FCS November 2024
November 2024 Edition
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November FCS Newsletter
Dates
November 3 Fall Back One Hour
November 5 Election Day - Office Closed
November 6 Woven Jacket Sewing Class
November 7 Extension Sponsored Rooster Booster
November 7 Laundry Love, Big Blue Book Club
November 8 Homemaker late deadline
November 14 World Diabetes Day
November 18 Tune in to WBKR
November 19 or 21 Fall Candle Silk Arrangement Class
November 28-29 Office Closed - Happy Thanksgiving
December 10 Wreath Workshop
December 16 Tune in to WBKR
December 25- January 1 Office Closed for the Holidays
Be sure to tune in to WBKR 92.5 FM to hear about the monthly SNAP recipe and hear reviews from the on-air taste testing.
November 18th - Hearty Harvest Bowl
December 16th - Slow Cooker Navy Bean Soup
November is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
Source: Amy Kostelic, Associate Extension Professor, Adult Development and Aging
It is common for people to worry about Alzheimer’s disease. You may forget a name or face … or you have a family member who has been diagnosed. With nearly 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, it is important to know the signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, warning signs include:
1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life and activity. You might forget new information or important dates and events and not remember or recall it later. You might repeat the same question, rely more on memory aids, or ask for help with things you used to handle on your own.
2. Challenges with planning and problem solving. You might have trouble following directions, like in a recipe or staying on top of your monthly bills. It may be harder to concentrate or complete tasks in a timely manner.
3. Trouble completing familiar tasks. Running an appliance, driving to a familiar store, or remembering rules to a favorite card game might become difficult.
4. Confusion with time or place. Losing track of dates, seasons, and time and not figuring it out later. Forgetting where you are or how you got there.
5. Difficulty with visual images and spatial relationships. Changes in vision can lead to difficulty with balance, reading, judging distance, determining color and contrast. This can also create challenges with driving.
6. New challenges with word-finding when speaking and writing. It can become increasingly difficult to follow or complete a conversation, find words, or call familiar objects by the correct name. Repetition may become more common.
7. Misplacing things or the inability to retrace steps. You might put items in unusual places, accuse others of stealing things, and lose the ability to go back and find items.
8. Changes in judgment and decision-making. You might experience poor decision-making in terms of finances, safety, and hygiene.
9. Withdrawal from work and social activity. With decreasing ability to follow conversations or carry out tasks, you might become less social or less interested in your hobbies and other activities.
10. Changes in mood and personality. As the disease progresses, you might feel more confused, suspicious, irritable, depressed, or anxious.
It is not unusual to have occasional trouble with word-finding or forgetting where you put something. But persistent or worsening trouble with thinking, memory, and the ability to complete everyday tasks may be a sign of something more serious. If you notice any of these signs in yourself or someone you care about, the Alzheimer’s Association encourages you to seek evaluation by a health-care professional. Early diagnosis not only provides increased access to treatment options, but it also offers opportunity for clinical trials, emotional and social support, and more time to plan for the future. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease, visit the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org or call UK Sanders-Brown Center for Aging at (859) 323-5550.
Interested in buying Rada cutlery, kitchen tools, pans, or even food mixes?
Contact a homemaker and ask to see a catalog.
Orders due by December 1.
Christmas Crafts with Homemakers
December 18, 2024 from 10 am to 2 pm
Lists of crafts, supplies, and cost will be in the December newsletter.
Fall Candle Silk Arrangement
Join us to create and take home a silk candle arrangement.
November 19 at 6 pm OR November 21 at 10 am
Registration is open November 1 through November 15.
Cash/check payment required for registration.
Class participation cost is $5 and is limited to 15 participants.
Daviess County Homemakers will be selling pecans again this year.
There will be a choice of halves, pieces, and chocolate covered.
Pecans should be delivered in November. Cost is $12 a bag.
Keep an eye on social media to know when pecans are available for pickup.
HOMEMAKER HAPPENINGS
Lesson for the Month
Composition in Photography - A Cultural Arts & Heritage Lesson
Roll Call
In November we celebrate Thanksgiving. How can your journey lead to you being a better person? OR What have you been most thankful for on your personal journey?
Thought of the Month
“And we know what we want. And the future is certain. Give us time to work it out.”
—(Road to Nowhere) Ozzy Osbourne - 1991
We have received dues and all enrollment forms from South Hampton and Trinity Homemaker Clubs.
We have extended the deadline for all other clubs to November 8. We are getting close to the state deadline and any received after that will not count towards state membership.
FOYER DECORATIONS
Thanks again to Southern Belles for our spooky October foyer.
FOYER SCHEDULE
November - Southern Belles
December - Maceo
January - Homespun
February - Trinity
March - South Hampton
April - Homespun
May - Maceo
June, July, August - office
September - Trinity
