Fanaiag, Satarday, Aggast 27,1983 BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent RISING SUN, MD. Colorful bit more ponderously, taking flags cracking overhead in a sun* erratic turns and hanging low in splashed breeze, a dozen “boats” the water, slipped into the waters of the four- And a few floated back to shore - acre Lovdal Lake as the Ist In- piece by piece, tergalactic Invitational Point to Hosted by the Bob and Warren Point Milk Carton Boat Race got Knutsen families at their Lovdal underway last Saturday afternoon. Holstein Farm, south of Rising Nearly 400 spectators cheered Sun, the great boat race was the their favorites and applauded as brainchild of the dairymen some crafts immediately pulled brothers, who are active in various ahead, with paddles -or arms and dairy industry organizations. Promotion not hot air j/*I “ ‘ " f*;,s^%ii ''• v "« ' “*.fW -._ < *£’ *<:TV^'”~ " f •« A-lfe./.v >* s > . (> ' * Added attraction was John Blair's hot air balloon with its “M-M-Milk" promotion. L° _ _ Some crafts started disintegrating pretty quickly. first heat. Cream comes to legs - flying furiously. Other nautical creations sailed a V ¥ v i >"* * *♦ "** f * * - Early trouble top in milk boat carton race Intended as both a milk promotion and a fund-raiser for the 12 invited church youth groups, the race generated nearly $l,OOO and earned each group a minimum of $60,00, plus special prize cash awards. <* XT*,o*-,. 0 *-,. Sponsors included Interstate Milk Producers, Dairymen, Inc., the Maryland Holstein Association and Sun Pharamacy, plus numerous contributors. Donations from the crowd also helped swell the coffers. v>- sv~ Paul Ayers, of Newak, Del., donated several old milk bottles for sale during the race. (Ayres, a milk memorabilia collector and owner of the Mooseum, was featured in Lancaster Farming in the June, 1982, dairy issue.) Most entries were built of plastic milk jugs, with many using well over 100 of the containers in con struction. Duct tape, glue, string and even baler twine were in evidence as part of the design in boats dubbed such labels as “Udderly Ridiculous,” “Boat of Many Colors” and “The Last Resport.” A few, however, utilized card board cartons, with an abundance of staples. Several area dairy princesses and farm queens comprised the judging team to select design awards. Heading the group was newly-crowned Maryland Dairy Princess Robin Hill, of Kent County. Assisting her were dairy prin cesses Karen McMann, Baltimore and Harford County, and Denise Ambler, Chester County, Pa., and farm queens, Shelly Krause, Cecil County, and Carrie Pringle, Baltimore County. An inspection committee, made up of representatives of sponsors, checked the boats for adherence to the race rules. Inspectors were Dick Hall, Interstate; Sam Foard, Dairymen, Inc.; and Raymond Armacost, Maryland Holstein Association’s milk promotion committee. * Named the Prettiest Boat was the “Boat of Many Colors,” created and crewed by members of the Elkton United Methodist Church. Congregation members assisted in saving the 131 plastic jugs in the design; and, according to a youth advisor, some even altered their milk buying habits to aid in the collecting. Most original and the craft using the most milk containers was the “Cosmic Cow.” a raft-type design made of 336 quart-size chocolate milk cartons. In the wake of intergalactic race il ike at Knutsen Farm showed trail of stray milk cartons as some craft needed a canoe tow back to shore. (Turn to Page A 24) Paul Owens saved 170 half-gallon milk cartons on his summer job at a Boy Scout camp. It took him and his paddling partner Susan Johnson a week to put entry together. ' # —)y v - won the prettiest designation Elkton United Methodist Yourh Group. , 'J ! **?Smm*t** r™ff, - „, 4 j -- **-"''“<p'v , v -,izsw,iitesS!Sje?ss?S* r C s? Cu. Prettiest craft ~ _ - ‘l*!*' TT"~ *** ** v 'W •si
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