April 2018

Inside this issue:

Annual Meeting

Invitation

1

Important Dates 1

Check your tax

withholdings

2

County Annual Meeting 2

Upcoming Events 3

KY Proud Recipe Back

Panel

Cooperative Extension Service Estill County 76 Golden Court Irvine KY 40336 Phone: (606) 723-4557 Fax: (606) 723-5912 www.ca.uky.edu/ces

Estill County FCS & Homemaker Newsletter

DATES TO REMEMBER

April 10 — Cooking Around the World—Greece

April 23—Homemaker Leader Lesson—Creating Family Traditions

April 25— Cooking Through the Calendar

May 7-9 — KEHA State Meeting in Louisville

May 14—County Annual Meeting

FCS & Homemaker Newsletter Page 2

You may have noticed an increase in your take-home pay recently due to the

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress in December. Now, you need to determine

how that will affect you when it comes time to file taxes next year. The IRS has

released a new withholding calculator to help you determine whether to change your

withholding status on your W-4 to reflect these changes to the tax law. Everyone is encouraged to check

their withholding status, but it is particularly important for the following individuals:

Two-income families. People with two or more jobs or who only work for part of the year. People with children who claim credits such as the Child Tax Credit. People who itemized deductions on their 2017 taxes. People with high incomes and more complex tax returns. The calculator is available at https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-withholding-calculator. Before using the calculator, you need to have a few items readily available to help you answer the calculator’s questions. These items include: Your most recent pay stubs. A copy of your most recently tax return. Preferably, the 2017 tax return if you have already filed your

taxes this year. Depending on the results, you may want to update your Form W-4 with your employer to withhold more federal taxes from your paycheck. Updating your Form W-4 is not a requirement but a personal preference.

Leader Training— Creating Family Traditions

Monday, April 23, 2018

12:00 noon

Estill County Extension

Office

Building a strong family takes time and effort. Strong families are unified through deep emotional connections with each other, a sense of belonging in the family system and healthy relationships between members. This program is designed to reinforce the family assets of rituals and traditions by establishing routines, emphasizing habits, preserving and respecting existing traditions and providing practical ways to establish new traditions. All are welcomed to attend this lesson presented by Benita Peoples, Harrison County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent.

What You Need: Clay

Flower Pot, Fabric (Tip: you can even use an old dress or shirt!), Mod Podge, Brush or Sponge Brush, Scissors.

Step 1) Cut the fabric to fit around the pot. Put Mod Podge on

one end of the fabric and glue it to the pot.

Step 2) After the edge dries, spread Mod

Podge on the rest of the pot and carefully

smooth the fabric over it.

Step 3) Cut slits in the fabric around the top.

Step 4) Glue the ends of the fabric to the inside of the pot.

Let it dry, and enjoy

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KEHA State

Meeting May 7-9, 2018

KEHA State

Meeting to be

held May 7-9 at

the Crowne Plaza

Hotel in Louisville.

The lodging room

block is open for

reservations. The

room rate is $109

per night + tax for

standard rooms.

To reserve by

phone, call

1-888-233-9527

and request the

KEHA rate.

Reservations may

also be made

online, and the

link is posted on

the KEHA

website.

Cooking Through the

Calendar

Come join us for lunch on

April 25th at 11:30 a.m. to try

some delicious parmesan chicken.

We will learn some fun ways to stay

active, and the financial and health

benefits of this meal!

Cooperative Extension Service University of Kentucky Estill County 76 Golden Court Irvine KY 40336