BY NANCY KUNICK
Staff Correspondent
MEADVILLE - The twelfth
annual Crawford County Dairy
Princess Pageant held last
Saturday was the highlight of
another successful Farm-City Day
and June Dairy Month.
Four candidates, presenting
talent and intelligence vied for the
title before an audience of over 200.
Master of Ceremonies David
Jty v y lyalty
alternate; and Nancy Mitrich, princess.
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DATE July 10. 1984
TIME 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM
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Nancy Mitrich wins Crawford dairy crown
Dowler, Mercer Co. Extension
Agent, introduced each candidate.
Each gave a 3-5 minute presen
tation relating to the dairy in
dustry. The contestents were
judged on these as well as im
promtu questions and previous
interviews with the judges.
The judges sharing the decision
were Sharon Burawa, a voice and
piano instructor and former REA
Pa. Queen in 1969; Carol Koehler, a
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lody Lee, left,
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registered dietician at Greenville
Hospital; and Laszlo Mozes, a
Mercer Co. dairy farmer and State
Holstein director.
Chosen to represent Crawford
County’s dairy industry as the
1984-45 Dairy PrincdSs was Nancy
Mitrich, the daughter of Nick and
Betty Mitrich, of Guys Mills. She is
a graduate of Maplewood High
School and Crawford County
Vocational-Technical School. She
participated in various school
activites and is now c.o-owner of a
floral shop where she is a floral
designer.
Among the special things that
have happened to Nancy*in the
past year were being chosen 1983
FFA star dairy farmer and 1983
State Ayrshire Girl. Nancy has
been a member of dairy 4-H and
FFA clubs over the years, con
tinually exhibiting blue ribbon
dairy animals.
Nancy displayed her knowledge
of nutrition with a skit about the
Real Seal goodness found in dairy
products. She concluded by saying,
“Remember...they (dairy
products) don’t say Real, until I
say, they say Real!”
She answered her impromtu
question with the same energy.
When asked how to reply to an
older person who says milk isn’t
necessary at their age, she said,
“Milk is good for you at any age
but there are other dairy products
you may enjoy more.”
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next year as Alternate was 16-
year-old Jody Lee, of Cochranton.
She is a student at Cochranton
High School and hopes to attend
college in the future.
Jody displayed her talent as a
vocalist as she sang about milk
after “finishing the milking." This
enabled her to be recipient of the
Best Presentation Award in ad
dition to the title of Alternate Dairy
Princess.
The other girls who competed
were Wendy Proper, of Venango,
who “cheered” for real dairy
products, and Connie Worley, of
Saegertown, who exercised to a
milk commercial
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Erie County’s dairy princess Lynette Marie Loper flashes
winning smile as she begins her year-long reign.
Farmer’s daughter essayist
judged tops in Erie
MILLCREEK Amid a good
sized crowd in the Millcreek Mall
on Friday evening, June 29,
Lynette Marie Loper began her
reign as Erie County dairy prin
cess.
The 17-year-old daughter, of
William and Bonita Loper, of
Waterford, was selected by three
judges to wear the crown for 1984-
85.
Lynette captivated the audience
with her 100 word essay on her
“most memorable experience as a
farmer’s daughter.” She related
the evening of her first real “car
date” which ended by chasing the
family herd off the road and out of
the yard. She managed to impress
her date anyway and was sur
prised when he stayed to help with
the roundup. Even with this in
cident fresh in her mind, Lynette
emphatically says “I wouldn’t
trade being a farmer’s daughter
for anything”
Lynette is active off the farm,
also.. She has been busy at Fort
Leßoeuf High School in varsity
cheerleading and is on the softball
and volleyball teams. Lynette
intends to further her education at
Mercyhurst College in Erie and
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As Nancy Mitrich and Jody Lee
began their reign, 1983 Dairy
Princess Kathy Worley, of
Saegertown, and Alternate Dianne
Schutz stepped out of the limelight.
In bidding them farewell, Carol
Powell, coordinator of the
Crawford County Dairy Princess
Committee presented them with
the incentive award. Together the
‘B3 team more than doubled the
required number of appearances.
Nancy and Jody have their work
cut out for them but they accepted
the challenge with big smiles and
won a real seal of approval from
the crowd.
become a registered nurse, and
later a surgical nurse.
Chosen to help represent Erie
County’s dairy industry as
Alternate was 18-year-old Mary
Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Gardner, of Edinboro.
Mary was very active in high
school and is now working. Her
future plans include attending
Edinboro University to major in
accounting and economics. Mary
spoke of her first experience
milking a cow.
Lynette and Mary were chosen
from four contestants, the others
were Robin Blout, who received
the “Miss Congeniality Award”
and Deborah Wamshuis, both of
Edinboro.
The people with the toughest job
of the evening were the judges.
Jack Rynd and Jeff Raney,
Crawford County dairymen and
Cyndy Patton, newscaster for
W JET-TV, of Erie, interviewed the
girls over dinner at York Steak
House previous to the pageant.
Refreshments were available
after the pageant. Cheese, milk
and milkshakes were provided by
Milk Marketing, Meadow' Brook
and the Erie Co. Farmers
Association. N.K.
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