Al6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981
Broken hand can’t keep Crawford
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
HARRISBURG - It was a busy
week for Cinda Oakes, a pretty
eighteen-year-old from
Cochranton in Crawford County.
She not only had animals to show
at the Junior Dairy Show and, the
Eastern National Holstein Show,
but she also had to look her
loveliest to participate in the
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
contest. And through all her ac
tivities she was nursing a broken
finger which required a cast up to
her forearm.
But neither the hectic pace nor
the handicap kept her from
thoroughly enjoying each activity.
And the only evidence that there
has been a strain was that she was
found napping on a bale of straw in
the middle of the day.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Oakes, Cinda showed her
junior calf to the Junior Cham
pionship on Monday, something
which made her "pretty happy.”
The calf, Vel-rus Marvex Penstate
Maria, had done well in earlier
shows.
Cinda said the only difficulty in
showing with a cast is trying to
smooth the topline with the af
fected arm. She also had to turn
over the washing chores to
someone else when her cast began
to get soggy.
But while she was showing on
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Monday, she also had her mind on
her interview with the Dairy
Princess contest judges. She had
been given the last slot of the day
to allow her to show her animals.
She had made arrangements for
someone else to show Maria in the
championship class but at the last
minute changed her mind and
showed her herself. Now’s she says
she’s glad she took the time to do it
so she could savor the moment.
As soon as her part in the show
was over, she rushed to the Penn
Harris Motor Inn, had ten minutes
to change and become more
princess-like and go into the in
terview. She recalls, “I worried
more about showing than the
contest. I was just myself. I saw no
reason to be anything other than
natural.”
Tuesday was a more relaxed day
for her at the contest, when she
gave her presentation to the
judges. She called the contest
“fun,” saying she enjoyed being
with the other contestants.
A 1981 graduate of Cochranton
High School, Cinda has been in 4-H
for nine years, and says, "I love 4-
H. It helps you relate to people and
gives you a lot of self-confidence,
even if you don’t win. You can see
what you’ve accomplished. I’ve
stood at the other end of the line.
“I’m grateful to 4-H because I’ve
seen myself progress. I would
suggest it to anybody, even to city
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kids. It helped keep our interest in
the farm and added a little special
fun. It lets you show off what
you’re proud of.”
It was 4-H that got her into
showing, and Cinda says, “I love
showing. I wouldn’t miss it for
anything. I’ve got one more year
and if 1 have a job next summer I
may just take off so I can show.”
Cinda is going to Southeastern
Academy in Florida for six weeks
this Winter to train for a travel
career.
Her real plan after a few years
away from home is to return home
and farm. Right now she works on
the farm with her parents and
younger brother Ernie Ray, 9, who
is following in his sister’s footsteps
with his 4-H animals. An older
sister, Beth, lives away from
home. The'Oakes family farms
about 450 acres of land and milks
about 76 registered and grade
Holsteins.
The Oakes children got their first
calf and began in 4-H when their
father drove bus for a friend who
gave the girls one calf. This caused
a problem and soon another calf
appeared so they each had one.
The family likes to show, and
Cmda says, "It’s a good promotion
for the dairy industry. ’ ’
Her father states, "It’s good
publicity for the herd and you get
to meet and see a lot of people. ’ ’ He
added that they have really ap-
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