BMancastar Firming, Saturday, June 20,1992
Finally , A Crown For The Dai
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Oh, to be Cinderella!
For the newly crowned Lebanon
County dairy princess, just two
years can seem so long ago and far
away. At that time, she finished
last in the open class at the dairy
show at the county fair. And last
year she was denied an opportunity
to enter the dairy princess pageant
because she was under age.
But Saturday night, Angie Bak
er, 16-year-old daughter of Robert
and Ann Baker, Lebanon, won the
hearts of the judges and crowd and
received the coveted crown.
As the new dairy representative
for the county (which rates dairy
farming as the number one indus
try), Angie said she was ready and
proud to take on the responsibili
ties of the crown.
Also at the pageant, Stacy
Habecker, 18, daughter of Mark
and Darlene Habecker, Palmyra,
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Kathy Habecker, 13,
daughter of Mark and Darlene
Habecker, Is the 1992 Leba
non County dairy maid.
Karen Lentz, former ,iton. jss, center, pre
sents the Lll'Mlss crown to Janelle'Zimmerman, right, as
Bethanle Heagy, 1991 LH’Mlss, looks on.
was crowned alternate queen. And
Janelle Zimmerman, the 6-year
old daughter of Jay Calvin and
Thelma Zimmerman, was
crowned the 1992 Lebanon Coun
ty LiTMiss.
Start with children
During a question-and-answer
session conducted by master of
ceremonies Richard Kreider,
Angie said she wants to improve
her public speaking abilities. She
said that milk promotions must
start with the children. And if
posed with recommending a dairy
diet, she said she would emphasize
the importance of drinking milk
and exercising regularly.
During her skit, Angie spoke to
her high-producing cow about
what goes into making milk so
wholesome. She said it takes six
buckets of water to produce three
five gallon bucks of milk every
day. But milk isn’t the only thing
exercise is as important to stay
ing fit and trim.
After receiving the crown,
Angie said she intends to either
attend college or to work on a dairy
farm. Angie works part-time at the
Sher-Don Farms. She is a junior at
Lancaster Mennonite High
School, where she is president of
the FFA. Angie is also a field
hockey goalkeeper. She is an
active member of Midway Church
of the Brethren and is youth group
president. Her father, Robert, has
an agricultural nutritional
business.
Promote milk
Stacy Habecker, dairy alternate,
said that, as dairy princess, she
would enjoy the experience to help
build personality traits, including
self-esteem and self-confidence.
Being able to promote milk to all
different age groups and empha-
Last Saturday night, Angle Baker, 16-year-old daughter of Robert and Ann Baker,
Lebanon, center, became Lebanon County’s new dairy princess. Stacy Habecker, 18,
daughter of Mark and Darlene Habecker, Palmyra, right, was crowned alternate
queen. Janelle Zimmerman, the 6-year-old daughter of Jay Calvin and Thelma Zim
merman, was crowned the 1992 Lebanon County Lll’Mlss at the pageant. Photo by Andy
Androwt.
sizing the importance of balance in
the meal (which includes dairy
products) would be important to
her.
In her skit, Stacy spoke to her
little calf Daisy about how impor
tant milk is to die body. Pennsylva
nia, said Stacy, has about 13,000
dairy farms and ag is the number
one industry in the state (generat
ing about $1.4 billion in income).
Pennsylvania ranks fifth national
ly in milk production.
She said that milk and milk pro
ducts provide the essential calcium
needed to prevent a disease called
osteoporosis, which affects about
IS-20 million Americans, espe
cially women over 50 years old.
Stacy is a senior at Palmyra
High School, where she is a mem
ber of the National Honor Society,
Youth Alive, SADD, varsity choir,
select chorus, outdoor educational
counselor for seventh grade, and
peer counsel. She is also a member
of 4-H and teen council. Her
father, Mark, is employed on a
450-acre farm with 83 Holsteins.
Dairy maid
Kathy Habecker, Stacy’s sister,
was honored as the 1992 Lebanon
County Dairy Maid. Kathy, 13, is
involved in 4-H, the Junior Hols
tein Club, peer helpers, and her
church youth group.
New Lebanon County Lil’Miss
dairy princess is Janelle Zimmer
man. Her family, including parents
Calvin and Thelma Zimmerman,
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Angle Baker, 16, right receives the coveted Lebanon
County dairy princess crown from Karen Lentz, 1991 prln*
cess, at the pageant last Saturday night.
live on a 200-acre farm and milk
160 Holsteins. Janelle’s favorite
farm animal, she said, is the cow,
and she enjoys strawberry ice
cream. She said she wants every
one to buy Real dairy products,
including “My dad’s cow’s string
cheese” and “buttermilk, choco
late milk, yogurt, butter, icecream,
and pizza.”
Other contestants for Lil'Misss
included Charity Brubaker,
6-year-old daughter of Ron and
Joy Brubaker; Audrey Hitz,
5-year-old daughter of Steve and
Cindy Hitz; and Jenny Maulfair,
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6-year-old daughter of Dale and
Patty Maulfair.
Judges for the pageant were Ann
Rohrbach, 1989-1990 Berks
County dairy princess; Ruby Bol
linger, former chair of the Lancas
ter County Dairy Promotion Com
mittee; and Andy Stoltzfus, Berks
County dairy farmer.
Karen Lentz, 1991 dairy prin
cess, couldn’t hold back the lean
in her emotional fairwell to the
industry that “has given me so
much,” she said. “I would not
trade my upbringing on a farm for
anything. The dairy industry has
given me a future.”