Lincoln County Extension Homemakers Newsletter

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1 Lincoln County Extension Homemakers Newsletter Cooperative Extension Service Lincoln County 104 Metker Trail Stanford, KY Fax: lincoln.ca.uky.edu Wow!! It s only December and we ve already had snow. I hope your year is going well and that you are having lots of fun in Extension Homemakers. Please take time to create memories with family and friends. Bake some hootycreek cookies and share some hot chocolate together. (If you don t have the recipe for hootycreek cookies, please let us know. They are delicious!) With the new year comes lots of opportunities to get involved in activities and help others around you. Please remember to record your volunteer hours as you so willingly share with others. As always if you have questions, please let me know. Please remember to tune in to WPBK-fm radio station at 8:15 a.m. each weekday morning (8:05 a.m on Tuesdays) and listen to one of us from the Extension Office talking live on the radio. This is also a good way to find out about upcoming events and office/class cancellations (if needed). Thanks again for all that you do for others. I certainly appreciate your continued support and help with Extension programming. Sincerely, Rita Stewart County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences

2 Information STORY TELLING: Will not meet in December since office will be closed for the holidays that week. HAPPY HEARTS CLUB: The flower arrangement below will be live greenery and is the craft for Happy Hears in December. Brenda will furnish everything. Cost $3.00 Call Brenda to sign The members will go to Cheddars to eat after the meeting and craft. - OPI PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB will be taking a pre-arranged trip to THE CASTLE and will not meet on December 13th at the The Pieceful Hearts will meet on Monday, December 16 at 6 p.m. We will celebrate the Christmas season by bringing non-perishable food items to donate to Ft. Logan Cooperative Ministries and we will reveal our 2018 Challenge Quilts. Everyone is urged to bring your quilt even if it s not yet finished. This is always a fun time. Please bring appetizers/finger foods/desserts. We will also be drawing for our Opportunity Quilt. Please bring all tickets and money with you to the meeting. If you know you won t be attending please arrange to get money and tickets to Gail, Linda, or Sandy before meeting time. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Will meet at regular scheduled date December 19 (3rd Wednesday) 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (We will use day as a catch-up on previous paintings) Sassy Stitichers Special Interest Club Members will meet on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at 12 noon at the Lincoln County Extension Office. Please remember to bring your challenge project for show and tell as well as a potluck meal. For complete details, please see the Sassy Stitchers facebook page or contact one of the members.

3 OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH TEA DATE: Friday, December 7, 2018 TIME: 3 P.M. PLACE: CALVARY HILL CHURCH STANFORD, KY Clubs: Please remember to call Esther Bailey and let her know your plans for food for this event. Each club is asked to prepare food for 40 people. Esther is keeping a list of what each club is preparing. Also, please remember to bring a $15 door prize. Clubs will decorate their own table(s). There will be white tablecloths on the tables if you wish to use them. Clubs may set up their tables anytime after 1:00 p.m. day of the tea. If you have questions, please let Esther or Leoni know. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the UK Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. There will be a guest speaker at the tea. At the council meeting, a challenge was set to raise more funds than last year (about $180 last year). Let s rise to that challenge! Thanks, Esther Bailey and Leoni Mundelius, for coordinating this event! Lunch-n-Learn Program Gifts in a Jar Program Date: December 5th, 2018 Time: 12 noon Place: Lincoln County Extension Office RSVP by December 3 to participate Focus: Winter Squash This will be the last Lunch-n-Learn until April Date: December 14th, 2018 Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Lincoln County Public Library Please call the library to register. Everyone will leave with a gift in a jar (some type of soup probably). Homespun Holiday 2018 Date: Saturday, December 8, 2018 Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Place: Garrard County Extension Office Cost: $5.00 per person This program is a joint effort with Mary Hixson, Garrard County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences, and Alethea Price, Boyle County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Please see attached flier about the event. Open to the general public. Pre-registration is required by calling either the Lincoln or Garrard County Extension Office. Deadline to register: December 5, 2018

4 International Planning Committee Meeting TO BE RESCHEDULED This meeting date of December 11 will be changed due to schedule conflict with another club s meeting date. Please watch the January newsletter for a date to meet. Nursing Home Project Membership Dues th Members will meet on December 13 at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln County Public Library to put together the gift stockings for the residents at the Waynesburg Nursing Home. Anyone is welcome to bring personal care type items that day to donate. Things like lotion, shampoo, deodorant, etc. (small like bottles are preferred) are needed. If you would like to help and need more information, please contact Rosa Bertram or Brenda Hammons. Thanks, Rosa, for coordinating this project. Thanks to Leoni Mundelius for coordinating the Veteran s event last month; Brenda Caudill and Kathy Diaz for working at the scholarship event; and Phyllis Patterson, Angela Deno, Betty McReaken, and Brenda Hammons for going to the Area Craft Camp Planning Committee Meeting. McKinney Club Members gave out 10 boxes of food during Thanksgiving. Plans are underway for the upcoming holidays. Other Extension Homemakers clubs and many community partners are also involved. Way to go everyone!! All clubs should have turned in their membership dues to Kathy Diaz by now. However, if for some reason, you have not turned those in, please get in touch with Kathy before December 4th and make arrangements. We must send our county dues in to the area and the state before the deadlines. Thanks, Kathy, for handling our membership dues and other monies. The Lincoln County Extension Office will be closed for the holidays from December 24 to January 1, The office will re-open January 2, 2019 at 8 a.m. Dealing with addiction during the holidays Source: Alex Elswick, Extension Associate for Family Resource Management The holidays can be a stressful time as we rush from place to place buying gifts, attending parties and preparing food. But for families dealing with addiction, the holidays can present a unique set of challenges. You have probably heard that addiction doesn t discriminate. In fact, at least 25 percent of the population has a close relative who has a substance use disorder, and one in five Americans personally know someone who died from opioid addiction.

5 If you have an addicted family member, you are not alone and that there are things you can do to cope. Here are some considerations to help you deal with a loved one s addiction during the holidays. Keep your expectations in check. If you have an addicted loved one, then you know all too well that addiction can be messy. And, unfortunately, addiction never takes a holiday. You will want to accordingly manage your expectations. Unrealistic expectations can lead to disappointment and added stress among people who are addicted, people in recovery and their family members. Set firm boundaries. You are well within your rights to communicate to your addicted loved one that you have expectations. It is helpful to be clear about your boundaries and the consequences if they are not able to abide by them. If your loved one cannot act according to your boundaries, it is important that your family enforce those consequences in solidarity. Support loved ones in recovery. Recovery is a marathon, not a sprint. Your recovering loved ones still have struggles, and the holidays may exacerbate them. This may be particularly true if this is their first sober holiday. Especially in early recovery, your loved one may be dealing with anxiety or depression, and they may find it difficult to relax and enjoy the holiday. Be sure to give them the space they need during holiday celebrations and do not critique their every action. Remind other relatives that this may not be the appropriate time to air past grievances as it could create or revive tension among family members. If a loved one relapses during the holidays, offer them support. If they participate in a 12-step fellowship, you may consider contacting their sponsor, offering to attend NA or AA meetings with them or asking them if they will consider going to treatment. Remember, you have a right to establish and enforce boundaries to protect you and your loved ones this holiday season. Try this recipe for Plate it up! Kentucky Proud Pumpkin Apple Muffins that add fall flavor to a potluck meal. Plus, they are safe at room temperature. Pumpkin Apple Muffins 1¼ cups all-purpose flour 1¼ cups whole-wheat flour 1¼ teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 1¼ cups honey 2 large eggs 1½ cups fresh pureed pumpkin ½ cup canola oil 2 cups Granny Smith apples, finely chopped Yield: 18 muffins Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flours, baking soda, salt and spices. In a small bowl, combine honey, eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups, two-thirds full. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. Note: Can substitute two cups granulated sugar for honey, decrease baking soda by ¼ teaspoon and increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Nutritional Analysis: 200 calories, 7 g fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 160 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 20 g sugar, 3 g protein

6 Backpack Program This month I bought canned Chili and small packs of crackers for the students since it will go well with the cold weather. I also purchase some chef Boyardee beef ravioli for those who don t like chili. And for the fresh fruit I bought red delicious apples since it looks like in good quality. Our food donation will always include fresh fruits depending on what s the freshest and in season. Thanks to Brenda Caudill (Four Corner) for donating 2 cans of food and 2 ramen. The rest was the leftover money from last month s donation. Thanks to all who supported this program and anybody who would like to help enrich our local children give me a call Leoni (606) Veterans Appreciation The Lincoln County Extension Homemakers once again collaborated with the First Southern Bank in Stanford to honor our veterans in Lincoln County. Chili with crackers and shredded cheese, sour cream, tabasco sauce and cilantro for topping were served. And for dessert chocolate, spiced, white cupcakes and sugar cookies were enjoyed by everyone. We packed the extra food for the bank employees who couldn t make it, we also offered a take home food for those who attended. The veterans enjoyed the meal and the bank is very pleased with our service. Thanks to Brenda Caudill (Four Corners Club) Brenda Hammons (Happy Heart Club) Phyllis Patterson (Mtn. Crafters Club) for baking the cupcakes and Wanda Patterson (Mtn. Crafters Club) for providing the coffee. Leoni Mundelius (Food, Nutrition and Health Chair ) made the chili and sugar cookies. Thanks to Rosa Bertram (Lynwood Club), Lucy Burton (Crab Orchard Club), Kathy Diaz (McKinney Club), Nell Manning (Happy Heart Club) and Betty McReaken for serving and hospitality. Thanks to everyone who made this project a success.