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Adair Rocks: Because of Tony Rose & Adair Co. 4-H program It's a high profile program with 1800 9-18 year old kids and 300-500 adult volunteers. The organization makes Adair Rock. The quiet strengths of one man makes it a standout program even among the other great Kentucky 4-H organizations. The next previous Adair Rocks: A Feeling of Exhilaration, a Sense of Awe. by Mike Watson, 2nd in the series First Adair Rocks: Adair Rocks: Why I love Adair County by Ted Caldwell By George Kolbenschlag Where in Adair County can you find 110 country hams being cured with careful attention by 50 teenagers? Don't ask me, because I'm not tellin', but ham curator Tony Rose knows and he keeps a close watch on both the hams and those curing them. The hams are actually a small part of Rose's work as the Adair County extension agent who coordinates about 1800 9-18 year olds and 300-500 adult volunteers involved in the county's extensive 4-H program. Adair County 4-H rocks and Tony Rose is the band director. Adair 4-H is mostly school based The Adair 4-H program is mostly school based, and includes a number of interest areas or clubs that are guided by adult volunteers many of whom have to be certified in their specialties. A partial list includes a horse club, a sewing club, livestock clubs (in areas such as beef, dairy, sheep and swine), a home school club, shooting sports clubs including, but not limited to, archery, .22 rifle and pistol and black powder rifle. There are a number of other clubs as well as individual projects in everything from babysitting to, you guessed it, country hams. Many of the programs this year are in areas of science, engineering and technology. What an asset he is to Adair County Mix in with all this a group of cute but very active 5 to 8 year olds organized into a 4-H Clover Bud club and one wonders how Rose has remained reasonably sane since he arrived in Adair County in 1996. It has helped that before coming to Adair Rose taught agriculture in Whitley County. But all you need to do is corner Tony for a few minutes and you realize what an asset he is to Adair. In his 17 years here he has built a 4-H program that has a tremendous positive impact on our children, their adult leaders and the county as a whole. Rose is not one to waste time. He says he "Puts in 60-70 hours some weeks and less others, but less than I used to now that my kids are the age where I want to put in more family time." Wife Cindy, is public relations director at Taylor Regional Hospital Tony's wife, Cindy, is the public relations director at the Taylor Regional Hospital. In addition to and with priority over the 4-H members, Tony and Cindy have two youngsters of their own, Brittany, 16 and Wesley, 10. The Rose family lives just across the Adair/Taylor line in Taylor County close by the Adair water plant. One very popular 4-H program is the annual 4-H camp at Jabez in Russell County. Rose takes anywhere from 50 to 100 Adair County youth to the camp every summer. He also schedules week-end camps with environmental and other themes throughout the year. The Jabez camp serves 22 Kentucky counties and is the largest 4-H camp in the state. Located on Lake Cumberland, it contains six miles of shoreline in its 1500 acres of rolling hills and forested land. Campers can swim, fish, canoe stay in heated cabins with toilet and showers, use the swimming pool, water slide, high-element zip line, and enjoy the caves and the miles of nature trails at the camp. "I really enjoy the outings, but I come home more tired every year," says Rose. Adair 4-H is overseen by the 4-H Council comprised of 18-20 adult members. The current Council president is Floyd Burton. All 120 Kentucky counties have 4-H programs and collectively serve over 250,000 youth. The 4-H programs are funded through government and private grants, federal and state appropriations, local funding and private gifts. Adair County's local funding comes mostly from its taxing district revenue and private donations in dollars, products and services. Local private donations from Adair Countians total about $10,000 a year and are used mostly for camp scholarships. The local 4-H is a registered 501c.3 organization which allows most private gifts to be tax deductible. Asked what he remembers most over the years he's been Mr. 4-H in Adair, Rose thinks about it and says, "I guess it's the overall enjoyment of working with kids. There are good days and bad days. They are, after all, teenagers. But they are appreciative." He also likes working with the 5-8 year old Clover Buds because, "they tell it like it is." Adair County owes Tony Rose a Big Thanks Adair County owes Tony Rose a big thanks. It is programs like the one held-together by Rose and his 300 or 400 volunteers that help keep Adair rocking. Back to the hams. You should know the Adair hamsters cure the hams and compete at the state fair in August. They sell them after the fair, so you can have your very own Adair County country ham in late August if you let Mr. Rose know you would like one. For further information on 4-H call the Adair County Cooperative Extension Service at 270-384 2317, or check the Extension Service Web page at www.ca.uky.edu/adair and click on the 4-H link on the top black line. - George Kolbenschlag This story was posted on 2013-03-24 09:07:34
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