810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16, 1991
Amanda Kolb At Home With Her Sisters And Brother
LOU ANN GOOD She is a Lancaster County Dairy
Lancaster Farming Staff Darlin 8- Th * t means she hel P s
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) P rincess tell others how g°° d
Amanda Kolb has a job to do. md * c ' s or dlcm- ands out
Lancaster County Dairy Darling Amanda Kolb promotes
milk and dairy animals.
“I like kitty cats,” Allison said. She also likes giraffes, but
doesn’t have any to hold.
Allison, 4, and Becky, 6, have lots of fun both inside and 11,8 Ko, h Wel * ant * their mother, Deborah, pose for a picture. From left: Deborah,
outside the barn. Allison, Amanda, Rebecca, and Matt.
samples of cheese and dairy
drinks. She helps out with the
program called Ag in the Class
room. She lakes a calf or a cow to
classrooms and tells them how she
takes care of it and what she needs
to do to show it.
Amanda is nine years old. She
hopes to become the county dairy
princess when she is older. Later,
she plans to be a lawyer.
Amanda has lots of talents. “I
kind of like to write,” she said.
Recently, she was selected as a
winner in the Newpapcr In Educa
tion Week Journalism Contest.
More than 19,000 students partici
pated in the contest. A copy of her
winning story appears on page
812.
Amanda is in cheerleading,
swimming, gymnastics, softball
and Girl Scouts.
As a 4-H Dairy Club member,
Amanda shows cows and calves at
many shows. At the Manheim
Farm Show, she was chosen as the
Dairy Junior Showmanship
Champion. Her 15-year-old
brother was chosen as the Senior
Showmanship Champion. This
meant that she had to compete
against her brother for Showman
ship Champion overall.
Her brother got it, but nine-year
old Amanda was proud that it took
the judges a while to decide.
Amanda’s parents arc Deborah
and Dennis Kolb. Amanda has two
sisters and one brother: Matthew,
15; Rebecca, 6; and Allison, 4.
Malt is in Penn Manor FFA, 4-H
Dairy Club, football, track, and
weight lifting. He plans to major in
agriculture at Penn State. Someday
he hopes to take over the family
business, Melvin Kolb Cattle
Becky finds a favorite resting place in the barn. She said,
“I like to work In the barn and Jerry (the hired man) said that
I’m a good worker.”
Dealing. her Mike. She likes to tease her
Becky is in kinderprten. She brother. She said. “Jerry (the hired
plays soccer and is a daisy Girl man ) sa id that Ido better than
Scout She considers herself a tom- Matt”
boy who likes to help in the bam.
She said the hired men nicknamed
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