Berks Dairy Pageant coming June 21st
READING On June 21
at the Berkshire Sheraton,
five young women will be
competing for the title of
Berks County’s Dairy
Princess.
Cindy Howard, Michele
Ruppert, Karen Sattazahn,
Janice Savidge, and Debra
Troutman will climax their
week at the Berkshire Mall’s
Ag Expo by taking part in
the pageant, starting at 7
p.m.
Each of the contestants
will be asked to give a brief
comment of the dairy in
dustry. The interview is
designed to test their
knowlege of dairying. The
young women also will be
presenting a promotional
skit.
Earlier m the week, the
contestants will be busy
handing out free dairy
product samples and
recipes, plus putting on
cooking demonstrations and
making ice cream and butter -
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at the Mall. They’ll be
modeling some of the latest
clothes m a fashion show
sponsored by a local
departmentstore.
Cindy Howard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Howard, R 2 Oley, is a dairy
princess contestant. The
nineteen year old graduate
of Oley Valley High School is
presently employed on her
family farm. The Howards
milk 127 Holstems.
Michele Ruppert is the
only contestant this year
who doesn’t hve on a dairy
farm, but she is employed by
Daniel Leatherman and
works on the 70 Holstein cow
dairy operation. Michele
owns several Holstems on
her own. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Ruppert, Shoemakersville.
Karen Sattazahn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Sattazahn, R 1
Womelsdorf, is a 20 year old
graduate of Conrad Weiser
High School. Karen is
studying Elementary
Education and Library
Science at Kutztown State
College. She is a member of
the county’s Junior Holstein
Association, along with the
National, State, Pomona,
and Marion Grange.
Janice Savidge is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Savidge, R 2 Mertz
town. Along with her
fulltime job at Caloric
Corporation, she is also
employed on her family’s 50-
Lancaster 4-H strawberry
roundup Wednesday
LANCASTER - The 4-H
Strawberry Roundup
sponsored by the Lancaster
Rotary Club is scheduled for
Wednesday, June 11 m the
Auditorium of the Farm and
Home Center here.
All club members are to
bring their strawberries to
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milking Holstein dairy farm.
Twenty year old Janice is a
graduate of Brandywine
Heights High School.
Debra Troutman, a recent
graduate of Conrad Weiser
High School, is presently
employed on her parents’,
Mr. and Mrs. George
Troutman, R 1 Myerstown,
dairy farm. They are
milking 67 head of Holstems.
The winner of the county
pageant will go on to com
pete for the state title and a
cash award of $3OO.
the Farm and Home Center
on Wed. by 10 a.m. At 12 noon
members will be the guests
of the Rotary Club for lunch.
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U.S. cotton exports for
1979/80 are forecast in the
eight-million bale range, the.
highest in 47 years.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 7,1980—A15
Contestants in the Berks County dairy princess
contest include, from left, Karen Sattazahn, Janice
Savidge, Debra Troutman, Michele Ruppert, and
Cindy Howard.
Londonderry officials
hear case
HARRISBURG - The
stink that was predicted to
nse at Tuesday evening’s
Londonderry Twp. (Dauphin
Co.) meeting failed to
materialize.
Complaints that kept the
telephones ringing in the
Department of En
vironmental Resources
offices vaporized and
seemed to vanish into thin
air.
The township trouble
seemed to be stemming from
the farm of Art Lutz. The
odor that residents of the
Newberry Road and Vine
Street-Route 283 area were
crying out against prior to
the meeting, was the result
of solid treated waste,
coming from the Middletown
Sewage Treatment Plant
and being spread on Lutz’
fields.
Francis Fair, DER’s
representative at the
township meeting, told the
supervisors that Lutz had
secured the necessary
permits and the site had
been approved for the
spreading of sludge.
When the township of
ficials said they were not
notified of the permit, the
DER official apologized and
told them a letter is nor
mally sent to each township
as a courtesy whenever a
permit is issued. But, he
added, it is actually an
agreement between the
treatment plant, DER, and
the farmer.
The supervisors heard how
incorporating the sludge into
the crop fields was a benefit
for both the farmer and the
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on sludge
treatment plant, and did not
pose a health hazard.
The supervisors asked
about the possibilities of
getting advance notice
before the sludge is spread,
and were informed by the
treatment plant operator
that this would not be
possible, citing day-to-day
variations in sludge and
weather conditions.
According to a township
spokesperson, the township
supervisors came away
from the Tuesday evening
meeting with the assumption
that the problem had been
corrected because the people
rhakmg the complaints
weren’t at the meeting.
There wasn’t too much
they could do but discuss the
situation, the spokesperson
added.
“Since we’re a rural
community, we must con
sider the needs of our far
ming community. We
recognize the problems the
farmers have and that there
are farm operations where
there is an odor.
“The DER official told the
supervisors a lot of the
problem this Spring con
cerning the sludge was that
it apparently had been
stockpiled. He told the
supervisors DER would try
to keep the township advised
on the sludge application,
and that any stockpiles
would be in remote areas,
away from high population
sections.
No further action on the
case was planned, concluded
the spokesperson.
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