Wilson County fce County-Wide Newsletter Summer 2016

“One benefit of summer was that

each day we had more light to

read by.”

- Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle

In This Issue

President’s Desk

Alaskan Adventures

Club Notes, Life Hacks

Fair Notes, Recipes

Craft Day Information

Walk Across Tennessee

News from the “Field”

County-wide Schedule

Cultural Arts Updated

Categories

Farmers’ Market Fresh!

Hello Wilson County fce Members!

Wow! Summer is here and I wasn’t quite ready. So many new

and exciting opportunities have come, gone and are starting up

in Wilson County!!!

Thank you to all that participated in our first ever Walk across

Tennessee program for Wilson County fce members, friends and

families. A total of 10 teams (60 people) participated in this ex-

citing friendly educational physical activity competition. More de-

tails on winners and impact results will be shared at the spring

luncheon. Please make plans to attend on June 1, 2016., Tick-

ets are on sale now and it is shaping up to be one of the best!

Farmers Market Fresh is a new and exciting program that will

begin this summer starting on June 14th at the Lebanon Farmers

Market. This program’s primary objective is to encourage fruit

and vegetable consumption by limited-resource families. We will

work toward this by offering fun food demonstrations on site fea-

turing food that is season and available at the market!

Make sure to make plans to stop by and see us on Tuesdays at

the Lebanon Farmers Market beginning June 14th. This pro-

gram will run through August. And invite your friends and fami-

lies too!

Farmers Market Fresh is part of the Tennessee Nutrition and

Consumer Education Program (TNCEP).

Shelly Barnes

FCS Extension Agent

Alaskan Adventures Suzanne Bell, Former Wilson County fce Member

It is FINALLY spring here in Gambell. Spring means rain and fog. The snow is

melting and slush and mud are everywhere. We are living up to the “Land of the

Midnight Sun” nickname. The sun sets around 12:20am but it is still light out till

almost 2:00am.

Spring also means prom, graduation, and the end of school. It is my last year with this group of kids. I had the privilege of looping with them from 1

st to 2

nd

grade. They will just be next door next year, but I will miss them. This year we had 8 graduates. One young lady plans to attend college in Colorado, major in English, and come back to teach here in Gambell. I feel that should be our goal here as teachers, to work ourselves out of a job, being replaced by native teach-ers. Prom was beautiful. Most of the girls’ dresses have been donated through-out the years and are just traded around each year.

A few other exciting things have happened. We had a visit from a permafrost scientist. She let my class touch a mammoth tusk and tooth that was found in the permafrost. Flat Stanley from Texas was visiting us when she was here. We love hosting Flat Stanley! The vil-lage also got a whale and two polar bears within just a few days of each other. The first polar bear had been spotted hanging around the airport, which is basically in the village! Some families here eat polar bear and the fur and claws will be used for carvings.

I will be headed to Lebanon in just a couple of weeks. I am ready for some warm/hot weather, to eat some Chick-fil-A, and roam every aisle of Walmart.

Frances Baker

Wilson County fce

President

I hope everyone is enjoying this spring. This is my favorite time of the year with things green

and blooming.

Now is the time to get items ready for fair

entries, Cultural Arts and Fashion Revue. Let’s

make this a great year at the Wilson County Fair!

Club Notes Leeville fce Club: We had a successful yard sale on April 9. It was great seeing everyone working together to make it a great sale. We will be touring the Fessenden House for our May meet-ing.

Tuckers Crossroads fce Club: Things are in full bloom for us.

We currently have 26 members, with new visitors attending almost

every month. In February, we made and donated cakes to the

Faith Lutheran Church, for the blood drive. In March, several mem-

bers contributed baked goods to the 4-H dessert auction. Our fce

club is in the process of making a Sun Bonnet Sue quilt for the Ce-

dars Senior Center. They will sell tickets to win the quilt. This will

raise money to help the center. Some of our other community pro-

jects going on are Caps for Cancer, Box Tops for Education, and

the pull tabs from aluminum cans. I just want to say thank you, to a

wonderful group of women.

“My Kids.”

Tennis Ball

Gripper

When lids are hard

to grip, a modified

tennis ball makes a

great gripper.

Supplies Needed

Tennis Ball

Scissors

Wilson County Fair Notes Robbie Rogers, Fashion Revue Chairperson would like to remind each

of you to begin work on your entries for the Wilson County fce Fashion

Revue. The county Fashion Revue takes place on Monday night (Aug.

22) at the Wilson County Fair beginning at 7pm. Please see the fair

catalog or fair website (http://tinyurl.com/fcefashionshow) for official

rules. The categories are listed below:

Constructed Items:

1. Suit, dressy ensemble, or better dress

2. Jacket, blazer or coat

3. Casual and active wear

4. Children's casual and better wear (ages 12 or under)

5. Teen's casual and better wear (ages 13-18)

6. Sewing for an adult (over 18)

7. Recycled garment (utilizing used materials)

8. Wardrobe accessory (belt; tote bag; handbag; scarf; vest; hat; etc.)

9. Decorative Sweat wear (sweatshirt; sweatshirt jacket, etc.)

Purchased Items:

10. My Best Fashion Purchase: Casual Wear

11. My Best Fashion Purchase: Better Dress

Wanda Briddelle, Cultural Arts Chairperson would also like for you to

begin working on your entries for the Cultural Arts Competition.

Official rules can be found in the fair catalog or the fair website

(http://tinyurl.com/fcearts). Entries are taken on Saturday, Aug. 13th

between 10am and 3pm. Please see insert for categories and rules.

Please also consider entering the Caps for Cancer Competition

(http://tinyurl.com/faircancercaps) chaired by fce Member Wanda

Briddelle as well as the Adult Family and Consumer Sciences

Exhibits (http://tinyurl.com/FairFCS) chaired by fce member Katherine

Schubeck.

Craft Day

Information

Plans are underway for the 2nd Annual Craft day for Wilson

County fce. We are hoping to have several options of simple and

fun crafts for you and your friends. Specific class information will

be ready for pick up on July 1st at the Extension Office. Please

use this as a way to market your fce clubs. Please invite non fce

members to this event and let them learn what fce is all about!

Teachers are Needed contact Shelly at 615-444-9584 or

sbarnes@utk.edu if you have a class you’re willing to teach!

Towel

Stretches

An old towel can be repurposed into a stretch band to

increase flexibility.

Supplies

Needed

Retired Bath

Towel

Sashay Steppers Log 1,048 Miles in 8-Week Fitness Program

Congratulations to the Sashay Steppers for logging the most miles for the entire contest. This team logged 1,048 miles. Had this team left Lebanon and driven to a location 1,048 miles away they would have reached Blackstone, Massachusetts. According to Distances.io, a website that calculates distances between cities, driving distance between Lebanon, TN and Blackstone, MA is 1,048 miles. If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $77, since you would need about 35 gallons of fuel. Leaving from Lebanon, TN you would reach Blackstone, MA in about 15 hours 48 mins if you keep an average speed of 66 miles per hour, assuming you don’t make any breaks or get stuck in traffic. Congratulations to the Sashay Steppers, Champions of the Walk Across Tennessee program! Team members are listed below: Team Sashay Steppers

Joan Bryson, Team Captain Dorothy Ashley Sara Curson Patty Vaughn Sally Swain Annie Sue Patton

Team totals are listed below for the Walk across Tennessee program: Sashay Steppers* (Oakland fce Club): 1,048 miles The Believers* (Tuckers Crossroads fce Club): 1,024.7 miles Estrogen Express* (Tuckers Crossroads fce Club): 868.5 miles Oakland Steppers* (Oakland fce Club): 677.5 miles Green Hills Girls* (Green Hill fce Club): 644.8 miles Runner Up* (Norene fce Club): 605 miles Team Jigglin’* (Norene fce Club): 568 miles Weigh to Go* (Individual fce members and friends): 539.5 miles Go Getters (Leeville fce Club): 388 miles Splendid Steppers (Oakland fce Club): 369 miles Teams marked with an * Walked across the entire state of Tennessee, some more than once. Thank you and congratulations to all teams and members! Each and every participant is a winner of the Walk Across Tennessee program by taking home a healthy habit…walking for fitness! Walk Across Tennessee is sponsored by Middle Tennessee Natural Gas District’s Project Hometown Help, Elite Audiology, Sports Village and Wilson Bank & Trust. Other awards will be given at the Annual Luncheon on June 1st.

Pasta

Primavera

Salad

Makes 6 servings

Total Cost: $6.86

Serving Cost: $1.14

Ingredients

12 ounces pasta (any shape)

1 pkg frozen mixed vegetables

1 pkg dry vegetable soup mix

1 cup low-fat dressing

1/2 cup cheese, reduced-fat

3 hard boiled eggs

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to

package directions. Rinse

in cold water to stop cook-

ing and prevent sticking.

Drain.

2. Cook vegetables until just

tender. Drain and cool.

3. Combine cold pasta, vege-

tables, envelope of soup

mix and salad dressing.

4. Top with sliced eggs and

cheese.

5. Refrigerate until time to

serve.

News from the “Field” Ruth Correll, Ag Extension Agent & County Director

Hello fce Friends:

“Get More with Milk” is the 2016 June Dairy Month

theme. Since 1939, June Dairy Month has encouraged

families to make milk their beverage of choice based

on its nutrition and value.

An average Tennessee dairy cow produces an about 7-9 gallons of milk per day, or

enough to make 5.3 pounds of cheese or 2.5 pounds of butter or about 128 glasses of

milk. A typical cow consumes about 100 pounds of feed daily, which is a combination

of hay, grain and silage and drinks nearly 40 gallons of water to make that 7-9 gallons

of milk.

Wilson County currently has three dairy farms. The largest, Major Dairy has about

400 head and milks 150-200 daily. The newest and smallest is Turner Dairy which

began operating this year and has about 80 head but is looking to grow.

Milk is the number one food source of calcium, potassium and vitamin D, all of which

are critical for bone development. All milk, regardless of the fat content, is fortified with

vitamin D. Milk and milk products are also great sources of protein. •Research shows

consuming dairy improves overall diet quality and may help reduce the risk of osteo-

porosis, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.

All milk is required to be tested to the same rigorous standards by the U.S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. There is no nutritional dif-

ference in organic milk and regular milk. Both varieties contain the same vitamins and

minerals and taste great. Pasteurization is the process of heat processing a liquid or a

food to kill pathogenic bacteria to make the food safe to eat. According to the Centers

for Disease Control, pasteurized milk is 150 times safer than raw milk.

Regardless of assurances, the concern about the presence of antibiotics in our milk

continues to be a public concern. Dairy cows are only given antibiotics if needed for a

health purpose. Once a cow is given antibiotics, it is separated from the herd and con-

tinues to be milked, but the milk is discarded. That milk is never mixed with milk from

the herd and never reaches the milk processor or the store. It is not included in the

preparation of any of the milk products. Rigorous testing ensures antibiotics do not

enter the milk supply.

Dairy farming is a family tradition and has been a way of life for many generations.

Ninety-eight percent of dairy farms are family owned and operated. •Dairy farmers are

dedicated and take pride in caring for their cows and providing us with a healthy,

wholesome, quality product. “Get More with Milk” and have a great summer.

Best regards, Ruth

Date Time Activity Location/Due to

June 1 Annual Luncheon James E. Ward Ag Center

East/West Building

June 1 50 Year Member Application due Frances Baker

June 21 Leader Training Pick Up Extension Office

July 9 Gourd Gala James E. Ward Ag Center

East/West Building

July 11 Regional Officer Nominations due Pat Rottmund

July 11 Kate Bagnall Scholarship

applications due

Patt Rottmund

July 14-17 NAFCE Conference Memphis, TN

July 18 FCL Applications due Lucy Deal

July 21 9:00 AM County Council Gentry Building

July 29 Newsletter information due Shelly Barnes, 615-444-9584

sbarnes@utk.edu

July 31 Membership List & Dues Lawana Walker

July 31 Copy of Membership List Extension Office, Diane Marsh

August 1 State Office Nominations due Phyllis Narus

August 13 10AM-3PM Non-perishable entries due Wilson County Fair

August 15 Registration and Credential Forms

for Regional Annual Meeting due

Lucy Deal

August 16 Leader Training Pick-Up Extension Office

August 18 3:00PM-6:00PM Perishable entries due Wilson County Fair

August 19-27

August 28 1:00PM-3:00PM Pick Up Fair Entries Wilson County Fair

September 1 Character Counts Contest begins

September 2 Newsletter Mailed

September 8 Central Region Annual Meeting UT-TSU Extension, Rutherford County

September 20 Leader Training Pick Up Extension Office

September 22 4:00PM-6:00PM County Picnic Fiddler’s Grove Pavilion

Recipe in Newsletter is from USDA’s What’s Cooking (USDA Mixing Bowl) Recipe Finder Database :

http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/

Life Hacks Sources:

http://www.tetrasociety.org/devices/details.php?id=215&cat_id=15

http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/home-organizing-new-uses-for-old-things/favorite-new-uses/rubber-bands-glasses