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4-H Dairy Judging Team places in national competitions
The Kentucky 4-H Dairy Judging team participated in the All-American Dairy Judging Contest in Pennsylvania and the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest held in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo this fall.
"The team competed against 12 other teams from across the United States and had an excellent day at the Pennsylvania All-American Contest," said Larissa Tucker, senior extension associate for dairy youth programs for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. "They were the second place team overall in the 4-H contest. They placed in the top five in three of the five breeds. They won the Holstein breed team competition. In oral reasons, the team placed third overall."
Team members are Alex Poole, Madison Shanks and Kevin Herndon from Spencer County and Dylan Barber of Taylor County. Team members earned several individual awards. Herndon placed third in Guernseys, Shanks placed fourth in Holsteins and Poole placed third in Holsteins, Jerseys and the oral reasons competition. Poole was also third-high individual overall in the contest.
At the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest, the team placed ninth overall. They won the Jersey breed team award and were the seventh place team overall in oral reasons. On an individual basis, two team members joined the All-American club - Poole was the 22nd overall high individual and Shanks...
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Camp exposes students to engineering career opportunities, 4-H SET
Eighth-graders from Christian and Trigg counties got a jumpstart on career exploration when they attended the 4-H Everyday Engineering Camp hosted by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in Christian County.
The three-day, two-night camp held at West Kentucky 4-H Camp allowed the 42 participants to explore career possibilities in several different...
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Kentucky Equine Youth Festival to highlight 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games events
To celebrate the horse industry as it prepares to welcome the world to the Bluegrass state for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the Kentucky Equine Youth Festival will host live demonstrations of the eight games events from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 19, at the Kentucky Horse Park.
The Kentucky Equine Youth Festival will be a great opportunity for the youth across the state to experience elite riders...
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Caldwell County fourth-graders experience science in unique way
Caldwell County fourth-graders were immersed in science as they studied trees, arrowheads, soils and creatures both cuddly and not so cuddly during a recent science day.
The day was made possible through collaboration between the county office of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and Caldwell County Elementary School. It was designed to get students excited...
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Win With Wood spurs forest industry-related knowledge, competition
Chase Deaton is the president of his FFA chapter at Breathitt County High School, and like most people in eastern Kentucky, he's very aware of the forests surrounding him. He believes understanding as much as he can about the forest and wood industry will give him a leg up in his future career. That's a big reason why he takes the Win With Wood competition so seriously.
"In...
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4-H'ers race toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Using calculations, creativity and a little bit of duct tape, 16 west Kentucky high school students acted as race car engineers on a quest to build a faster, more efficient radio-controlled car during FastTrack Racing Challenges.
The challenges were part of a four-day camp put on by the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service at the UK College of Engineering...
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Pumpkin Day serves fun and learning for four east Kentucky counties
Sitting on hay bales with small spoons of sorghum in hand, a group of kindergarteners all shouted "We are brave!" and then they stuck the spoons in their mouths. A variety of facial expressions followed. Jackson City School kindergarten teacher Amy Hollan said that's the way she's taught her students to approach anything new - all together and...
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4-H'ers ‘snap' into science, engineering and technology
Clark County 4-H'ers discovered the fun and excitement of science, engineering and technology during a daylong program on Snap Electricity.
"They see circuit boards in their video games and other electronics, but they don't really know what they are; so they actually learn how to put one together...
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Pillowcase Project offers comfort to sheltered children
When children arrive with their mothers at a Women's Crisis Center shelter, they often have nothing more than the clothes on their backs.
"A lot of times when children come to the shelter they are afraid, they are scared, they have left their home, they have left their school and they have seen violence in their homes," said Maureen Rich, public education coordinator of the Women's Crisis Centers in northern Kentucky.
Kenton County 4-H'ers recently began a project to provide some comfort to those children. About 20 members signed up for...
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Sunny Acres Farm hosts soggy Funfest for rural and urban guests
More than 200 people braved soggy, muddy conditions to learn about agriculture at Sunny Acres Farm in Louisville. The biennial "Crossroads: Farm-City Funfest" went on despite torrential downpours at times. The weather didn't distract volunteers and vendors from their purpose, however - to show rural and urban folks alike what's happening...
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