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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
Page 3 FCS & Homemaker Newsletter
Check out our Estill County Extension—Family & Consumer Sciences Facebook Page!
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