Cooperative Extension Service LaRue County P.O. Box 210, 807 Old Elizabethtown Rd. Hodgenville, KY 42748-0210 (270) 358-3401 Fax: (270) 358-9418 larue.ca.uky.edu

Newsletter

Sincerely,

Theresa A. Howard County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences Education E-mail: tahoward@uky.edu Website: http://larue.ca.uky.edu/FamilyConsumerSciences

January Lesson- MAILOUT, no leader training Economical Entrees- Ideas for easy and healthy main dishes while stretching your family food dollar.

Jan. 25 County Homemaker Council (Wed) 2:00pm at Extension Office Council members will be sent a proposed agenda. (Snow date, if needed, is Feb. 1)

Jan. 30 County Extension Council (Mon) Leadership & Awards Banquet 6:30pm at the Extension Office Open to everyone, meal cost is $7. South Fork Club will be catering this year. Contact the Extension Office to reserve your seat.

If you want to nominate an individual or group for the annual Award of Excellence for leadership or community service, nomination forms must be turned in by January 6, 2017.

The banquet speaker is Kenny Hunter- UK Food Systems Extension Specialist. He works to help communities statewide strengthen their food systems to improve access to quality, nutritious foods for all.

“Dine In” with Us! What you can do: Commit to “Dining In” on Dec. 3 Prepare and eat a healthy meal with your family on December 3 Take a photo of your family preparing a healthy meal and post it to Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram using #FCSday and #healthyfamselfie Ask your friends and family to “Dine In” Pin your favorite family meal recipes to a “Dining In” Pinterest board. Create your own posts about family mealtime

Remember for new recipe ideas featuring Kentucky Produce, check out the Plate It Up KY Proud recipes at plateitup.ca.uky.edu. New recipes are added year-round and we have

free recipe cards at the Extension Office.

Office Holiday Schedule: Extension Office will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 24 – Jan. 2. The office will reopen on Jan. 3, 2017. We will also be closed on Jan. 16 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Weather Policy: If school is called off in the county due to weather conditions, Homemaker programs will be cancelled. However the Extension Office should be open for our regular office hours unless it is severe and we have an Emergency Closing.

For cancellation or postponement of other meetings or status of an Emergency Closing at the Extension Office, call 270-358-3401 or check our office Facebook page.

Jan. 26 February Lesson (Thurs) Varying Your Fruits & Veggies with Exotic Choices 10:30am at LaRue County Extension Office. Learn about varying your fruit & veggies with all the options in the grocery store or at farmers markets. Instructor- Dayna Parrett, Hardin Co. FCS agent.

Open Sew Days- the Nifty Needles sewing service group usually meets monthly at the Extension

Office. No workday in December. January workday is Jan. 23 from 10:00am – 2:00pm. Everyone is welcome to help with their service projects. Current project is making comfort caps for cancer patients.

The group is led by Master Clothing Volunteer, Rosa Smith. She is also the contact for the local chapter of the American Sewing Guild which meets monthly at the office, usually on the 1st Mondays at 6:00pm.

County Quilt Club meets monthly at the Extension Office on 2nd Wednesdays from 10:00am – 2:00pm. Anyone can come by and show off your latest quilt project or learn quilting techniques from others. For those interested, they also offer a quilt block exchange each month.

Coming Up at Hardin County Extension Service- 201 Peterson Dr., Elizabethtown KY 42701 270-765-4121

Beginning Quilt Class on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 from 9:30am – 4:30pm. Cost is $20. The instructor is Patty Pruitt. You will learn the basics of quilting as you make one block. Will cover all the basics you need to get started, such as: thread, needles, rotary cutters/rulers/mats and much more. You will learn to cut and piece accurately. Bring lunch and/or snack. Class size is limited. Supply list given at registration. Registration deadline is January 20.

Basic Machine Quilting Class Tuesday, Feb. 17 at two different times: 9:30am- 1:30pm OR 5:30- 9:30pm Cost is $15. Instructor is Patty Pruitt Class will look at what you need to know to get started with machine quilting. Will discuss different methods of marking, how to properly prepare your quilt and more. Class size is limited. Supply list will be given at registration. Registration deadline is January 31.