Bath County Cooperative Extension

Jr. Homemakers Family and Consumer Sciences Extension News!

Happy New Year! I hope this year will bring lots of success, health, happiness, and wholeness to your days Inside this issue: and nights. 2019 took my family on a wonderful ride of ups and downs, and we wish to have a journey to better health, happiness, and togetherness. Do you know what your goals are for your family? I encourage KEHA News 2-4 you to talk about your goals with family and friends. Doing so will encourage more accountability.

Last month we had a great time during the annual Dine In Day—a special thank you goes out to Debbie 5 Highley, Kathy Adams, Judy Whaley, and Laykin Smith Butcher for assisting with that day. There is no way I could have done it without them. This day is supposed to highlight FCS programs and this is the first year I was able to host something specific on that day. Look forward to this year’s program on Decem- Youth Health Bulletin 6-7 ber 3 and I hope many more will come out. We also had a wonderful Cooking Around the World program, as well as DIY Days in Sharpsburg. Year in Review 8-9 This month we are still having our Cooking Around the World program. This month’s country is Ghana. We are still having Project Linus on the first Tuesday of each month and Sewing Day on the second Mon- day of the month. Please join either group if you have the time! Also, our DIY Days program date has Puzzle 10 changed to January 19.

District 1’s staff meeting is held in Bath County on January 15. The Bath County Homemakers have voted Leadership Training 11 to cater this meal as a fundraiser—the last time the Extension Homemakers had the opportunity to host this meal as a fundraiser was in September of 2017 (it was very successful). If you are able to assist on that day, please contact Judy Whaley. She will need people to assist with different tasks. Her number is listed below.

A Message From Your President!

Hello to the New Year and to the many journeys we still have ahead! This is the month to think about what the last year brought and what you want from the new year. I hope we can travel together through the next year accomplishing our goals, helping others and doing some fun things together. I’d like to make some trips to won- derful Kentucky locales and restaurants and historical places… Please let me know if that sounds like some- thing you would like to do as well. Nicole Gwishiri Bath CEA For Family and We have some special things to do in this next year. We will be sending bags to Build a Bed, making cards for Consumer Sciences Edu- shut-ins and nursing homes, raising money for special projects, trips and scholarships, learning new things, and cation hopefully getting to know each other better. We have a dinner to raise a few funds on January 15, for the Ex- tension Agents in District 1. We are serving soup, salad, and cookies. I can use a couple more people in the kitchen and serving on that day. If you can help, we would love to have you.

A big fish fry to raise more for scholarships is in the works. Last years was so successful it would be a shame not to do another one. Thank you to Lois and her club plus those from other clubs who cleaned, served or helped in other ways. Let’s make this one even more successful! Special points of interest: Have a great month. Call if you need to tell me anything. Love to you all.

Judy Whaley  Leadership Training Day is 1068c Hillsboro Rd. February 4 (February 25 snow Hillsboro, Ky 41049 606-876-2699 or 606-748-8504 date) Page 2 Building Strong Families in Bath County

KEHA News! Looking for a fun way to learn something new? Want to save Happy birthday to all of Jean Richenback money by recycling or finding ways to make money? Join us for you who have birthdays Sadie Staton the DIY Days at the Sharpsburg Community Center. Beeswax in the month of December CholeAnn Stewart Food Wraps. and January! Peggy Swartz Jane Wells When: January 29 Kathy Adams Patsy Wilson Vicki Amburgey Brenda Wright Where: Sharpsburg Community Center Shella Bailey Viola Brantley Time: 1 pm Dorothy Butcher Please call the Extension Office to sign up at 674-6121. Mary Clark Deborah Doyle Juanita Franz Betty Harmon Lucinda Harmon Brenda Johnson

Kitty Lentz Ever want to travel the world just to taste the Please send in your birth- Desiree Montgomery wonderful food? Want to do something different? day so that you may be Project Linus is a non-profit Henry Reed Our popular program is back! Thailand is on the recognized! menu. We will explore their culture, habits, pre- organization that creates pare the food they eat. blankets to give to children in the hospital. Join this When: January 9 group to provide impact for Where: Bath County Ag Cen- those affected by illness. ter When: January 7 Want to help make a difference in our com- Time: 10:30 am munity? Our Extension Homemakers have a Call the office to reserve your Where: Bath “Sewing Day” program where they create spot! County Ag items to give away. You don’t need to have Center sewing skills to participate in this day. You can cut, organize, sort, and display items for Time: 10 am them. Do you have unfinished sewing pro- jects and you want company? Bring those as well!

When: January 13 Where: Bath County Ag Center Time: 10 am

If Bath County Schools are closed, all FCS programs at the Exten- sion Office and in the community are closed. The suggestion is to also cancel Homemaker programs, but that is up to the individual clubs. For any questions, feel free to contact the Extension Office. Page 3 JANUARY 2020

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5 6 7 Project Linus 8 Scrapbook 9 Cooking 10 Sharpsburg 11 (10a) Ex. Off. Club (9a) Ex. Around the Country Off. World (10:30a) Sharps- (10:30a) Ex. burg Church Off.

12 13 Sewing 14 District 15 District Staff 16 Salt Lick 17 18 Day (10a) Ex. Board (6p) Ex. (12p) Ex. Off. (11a) Ex. Off. Off. Off. Country @ Heart (6p) Ex. Off.

19 20 21 Homemaker 22 23 24 25 Council (5:30p) Ex. Off.

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26 27 Master 28 29DIY Days (1p) 30 31 Clothing Vol- Sharpsburg Co. unteer Train- Center ing (10a) Ex. Off. Page 4 Building Strong Families in Bath County

Dine In Day (FCS Day) is the day to celebrate Family and Consumer Sciences and how far its come when the founder, Ellen Swallows Richard- son, was born. This is celebrated each December 3. This year we tasted several Plate it Up KY Proud recipes and was led in a Santa painting by Debbie Highley and Kathy Adams. We had a great night.

DIY Days in Sharpsburg consisted of making a poinsettia Our Cooking Around the World program was a success. pillowcase. We had a great time together. Join us this month We made food from Spain. It was educational, nutri- as we talk about money and make something new! tious, and delicious!

Laykin and Nicole visit the Bath County High School each month to prepare food samples for the kids to try. December’s reci- pe was the Fiesta Potatoes. 87 percent of kids rated the recipe a 4 or above (out of 5). Page 5 Building Strong Families in Bath County

Teen Activist Greta Thunberg is Time’s Youngest Ever “Person of the Year”

Time Inc.'s "Person of the Year" tradition began in 1927, when the magazine commemorated 25 -year-old aviator Charles Lindbergh for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Though the media franchise has since recognized several young people for their global influence, it has never given the important distinction to a teenager. But then again, few teens are as pas- sionate about their mission as 2019's "Person of The Year"— 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg.

Thunberg's rise to global prominence is even more stunning given that just over a year ago, she was a shy 15-year-old fretting about the looming threat of climate change. In August 2018, tired of the “refusal” of world leaders to take action, the young girl started camping out in front of the Swedish Parliament every Friday with a sign that said: “School Strike for Climate."

The teen's singular act of protest soon went viral, inspiring kids and adults worldwide to take action. By September 2018, her weekly strike became a global climate change movement called “Fridays for the Future," with tens of thou- sands of students skipping school on this day to protest the inaction of the leaders of their respective countries.

Her rally cry for progress also encouraged other young activists to begin their own climate change movements. They include 17-year-old in New York City, USA; 19-year-old Artemisa Xakriaba in Brasilia, Brazil; 17-year-old Vidit Baya in Udaipur, India; 16-year-old Howey Ou in Guilin, China, and many more. Varshini Pra- kash, co-founder of the US youth-led Sunrise Movement, says Thunberg "symbolizes the agony, the frustration, the desperation, the anger—at some level, the hope—of many young people who won't even be of age to vote by the time their futures are doomed."

The teenager, who has single-handedly helped bring climate change to the forefront of the global conversation, attributes her success to her Asperger’s syndrome. She says, “I see the world in black and white, and I don’t like compromising… If I were like everyone else, I would have continued on and not seen this crisis.”

Though Thunberg does not have a magical antidote for reversing climate change, she believes change can be affected at a grassroots level — by educating friends, being more selective about the companies you buy from, and electing officials that support the cause. In her address at the recently-held UN Climate Conference in Ma- drid, Spain, the young activist said, “In just three weeks, we will enter a new decade―a decade that will define our future. Right now, we are desperate for any sign of hope. Well, I’m telling you there is hope. I’ve seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.” Page 6 Page 7 Building Strong Families in Bath County Page 8 Page 9 Building Strong Families in Bath County Page 10 Below is the flyer for the upcoming Leadership Day in Mason Coun- ty. If you’d like to ride the van, please let me know. Please also let Bath County Cooperative Extension us know if you are planning on attending that day. We always have a great time and it’s a free outing for us to share with others.

As this new year starts we always try to do something different. 2914 E. HWY 60 Being consistent is the best way to make changes. If you need any Owingsville, KY 40360 assistance with anything, we are hear to help! Hope to see you soon

in this new year. Phone: 606-674-6121 Fax: 606-674-6687 Sincerely, Email: [email protected]

Teaching. Research. Extension. Nicole Gwishiri

Bath County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Education

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