Bi4-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 22, 1991
Five 1991-1992 Dairy Darlings were selected at the Lancaster Co. Dairy Princess
pageant last week. Here they stand with newly crowned princess, Robyn Groff, center.
Behind her is Jacy Clugston, former Lancaster Co. dairy princess. From left, Megan
Good, 10; Amber Shellenberger, 9; Sarah Bard, 9; Laura Hershey, 10; and Laura Blank,
8. Photo by Andy Andrews
Lancaster Crowns Robyn
Groff Dairy Princess
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) Just like Dorothy wanted
to go home, the scarecrow wanted
a brain, the lion needed courage
and the tinman craved a heart, so
Robyn Groff, 17, Ephrata, wanted
to be Lancaster County dairy
princess.
What an honor, to represent the
county with the most number of
cows of any county in the state,
comprising 1,930 dairy farms and
90,000 cows!
What an honor, on the 55th
anniversary of June Dairy Month,
to represent an industry that feeds
2.5 million people and generates
about $220 million in income!
What an honor, to be a dairy
princess!
Last Saturday night, Robyn,
dressed as Dorothy in “The
Wizard of Oz,” went hand-in
hand with the audience down the
yellow brick road. Along the way,
she asked various witches, mun
chkins, and other Ozzian denizens
about the benefits of milk. After
ward, she was crowned Lancaster
Co. dairy princess at the Farm and
Home Center.
Robyn found out a lot of things
during the journey. The most
important —milk products such as
cottage cheese (low in fat and
cholesterol, containing only about
1 percent milkfat); frozen yogurt
(96 percent fat free); cream cheese
(low in fat and cholesterol); ice
cream; ice milk (50 percent less fat
and cholesterol than ice cream);
and lowfat milk are good for you.
“So follow the yellow brick
road to healthier eating habits
using dairy products,” she said.
Robyn, the daughter of Robert
and Esther Groff, Ephrata, is a
recent graduate of Ephrata High
School. After being crowned, she
thanked her family for help in
“finding lots of information for
my speech.
“I would like to thank my mom
for helping me those long hours for
the skit and everybody else who
contributed and helped me decide
what I wanted to do,” said Robyn.
Robyn will now assume the
duties formerly held by Jacy Clug
ston, 1990-1991 Lancaster Co.
Dairy Princess. Jacy, in her
farewell speech, described the year
as one of ‘ ‘education and growth, ’ ’
she said. ‘‘My experiences have
Jacy Clugston, left, former Lancaster Co. Dairy Princess,
crowns Lancaster County’s new dairy princess, Robyn
Groff, Ephrata, at the coronation last Saturday night. Photo
by Andy Andrawa
changed me into a more mature,
responsible person.
“It has been an honor and pri
vilege to represent the highest pro
ducing dairy county in Pennsylva
nia,” she said. Jacy said site is
excited to move on, “but I know
I’ll always be the dairy princess at
heart.”
Also at the coronation, the
1991-1992 Dairy Darlings were
selected. They are Sarah Bard, 9,
daughter of George and Jackie
Bard, Conestoga; Laura Blank, 8,
daughter of Clifford and Joyce
Blank, Gap; Megan Good, 10,
daughter of Leon and Linda Good,
Marietta; Laura Hershey, 10,
daughter of Steve Hershey, Man
heim; and Amber Shellenberger, 9,
daughter of Harold and Cindy
Shellenberger, Mt Joy.
Sarah Bard is in 4th grade and
enjoys roller skating and swim
ming. She won Master Showman
at a local fair the first time she
showed. She enjoys feeding calves
and once wrote a book for a school
project about Rudy the cow.
Laura Blank, second grade,
enjoys feeding the calves and help
ing around the farm.
Megan Good, 4th grade, reads
and collects baseball cards, and
also works feeding the calves. She
also raises geese and goats, and
also takes care of her pony, Dalma
tian, and a rabbit
Laura Hershey, 4th grade, also
feeds the calves and helps around
the farm.
Amber Shellenberger, 4th
grade, feeds the calves, and enjoys
helping unload hay and straw. In
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