BlMancaatar Farming, Saturday, May 16, 1992
The new Berks County dairy promotion representatives are, from left, Sarah Johnson,
alternate; Sandy Gross, Dairy Princess; Becky Riegel, alternate; and Katie Hartman,
front, Li’l Miss.
Dairy Promoters Crowned
At Berks County Pageant
Connie Leinbach
Berks Co. Correspondent
LEES PORT (Berks County)
Performing an unusual presenta
tion with a space-age theme. Sand
ra Gross, 16, of Hamburg R.D. 1,
was named the Berks County Dairy
Princess for 1992 during ceremo
nies Saturday in the Berks Agricul
ture Center.
She is the daughter of David and
Marilyn Gross and is a junior at
Tulpehocken High School.
Geared toward children, the pre
sentation pointed out how astro
nauts as well as everyone else
needs to drink milk every day to
ensure good health.
Inside a large box with NASA
on the door was an old-world
wizard who, in her monologue,
tried to counter all Sandra’s
assertions.
As a dairy ambassador assisting
outgoing dairy princess Kelly Gel
singer, Sandra is also treasurer of
the Tulpehocken FFA and is presi
dent of the Northern Berks 4-H
Dairy Club. She enjoys singing in
the church choir and school chorus.
She also is active with her church
youth group at Mohrsville Church
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of the Brethren.
Sandy is on the dairy bowl team,
Holstein bowl, and is a member of
the Junior Holstein Club.
She also helps with farm chores
on her family’s 350-acre farm
where they milk SO Holsteins.
Sandra is interested in studying
child psychology when she attends
college.
Rebecca A. Riegel, 18, a daught
er of Bruce and Florence Riegel,
was named alternate dairy princess
as was Sarah M. Johnson, 18,
daughter of Gerard and Jean John
son of Limekiln.
Both alternates attend Pennsyl
vania State University where Sarah
studies agriculture economics and
Rebecca studies horticulture.
Four-year-old Katie Hartman,
daughter of Beth and David Hart
man of Scattered Acres Farm in
Bemvillc, was named the 1992 Li’l
Miss Dairy Princess. She enjoys
feeding her family’s Holstein
calves, planting flowers, and riding
her bike.
The other dairy princess contes
tants were Tracey Lynn Borkey,
18, of Bemville R.D. 1, and Carrie
Lynn Hetrick, 16, of Oley R.D. 2.
Li Princess contestants chat with Casey Allen, WIOV-FM
io was mistress of ceremonies.
The other LiT Miss contestants
were Lauren Cochran, 4, daughter
of Paula and Kevin Cochran of
Womelsdorf; Kate Kocher, 6,
daughter of Jean and Ernest
Kocher of Birdsboro; Rosie Lyn
Moyer, 6, daughter of Lucinda and
Paul Moyer of Bemville; Megan
Phillips, 4, daughter of Brenda and
Jim Phillips of Bemville; and Jen
nifer Rassler, 4, daughter of Robin
and Bryal Rassler of Ketnpton.
Casey Allen, the morning disc
jockey for WIOV-FM, was the
mistress of ceremonies.
Judges were Ginny Altenderfer
of Kutztown; Carol Dreisbach,
information director American
Jersey Cattle Association and a for
mer Berks County Dairy Princess;
and Dieter Krieg, editor of
Farmshine.
In a tearful farewell, Gelsinger
described how much she enjoyed
being the dairy princess and how
she got lost frequently driving to
her many engagements.
Rachel Hartman, 6, outgoing
Li’l Miss, sang a farewell song to
the tune of “So Long, Farewell”
from ‘The Sound of Music.”
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