WASHINGTON BORO (Lan
caster Co.) Chairman of the
Lancaster County Commission
ers, James E. Huber, went into
spring training this week in prepa
ration for defending his 1993 Kiss
A Pig championship in a contest
sponsored by the Lancaster Chap
ter of the American Diabetes
Association.
Commissioner Huber wants to
increase his winning skills at kiss
ing a lovely Lancaster County pig.
On Thursday afertnoon he prac
ticed the skill at the hum of Dean
and Doris Neff, on Central Manor
Road. The three-week old pig.
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Lancaster County Commissioner Kisses A Pig
Pigonia 11, will be the pig that the
contest winner kisses on Penn
Square at noon on April 29,1994.
The Neffs along with their
3-year-old son Joey and Pigonia II
greeted the official party on the
front lawn of their beautiful farm
house and 43 acres of prime faan
land. They have 300 sows and a
farrow to feeder pig operation.
Joey represents the fourth genera
tion to live on the farm. No one
knew how many generations Pigo
nia II represented;
The contest has three basic
purposes— to raise money for
diabetes research programs: to
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raise awareness to the seriousness
of the disease; and to thank pigs
for the many years they have liter
ally kept people with diabetes
alive.
When insulin Was first discov
ered there were only two sources
the pancreas of pigs and cows.
Later it was found that pig insulin
had a higher acceptance level in
humans and became the preferred
of the two sources.
Today, human insulin is pro
duced synthetically and has
replaced pork and beef insulin in
most cases. However, there are
many people who owe years of
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their lives to the pig and still use
pork insulin.
, Commissioner Huber claims
his challengers are getting serious
and ate trying to remove his
crown. He claims he will be heart
broken to have someone else steal
a kiss from the lovely Pigonia. He
insists he is a jealous man when it
comes to kissing pigs.
Huber promises to kiss and tell
if anyone will help him to earn the
honor to plant a big one on Pigoni
a the Pig, April 29, at noon on
Penn Square.
As the 1993 Kiss A Pig champ
ion, Huber is one of six celebrity
candidates for the 1994 contest.
Other Kiss-A-Pig candidates
include; Patti Connell, president
of Land Transfer Co.. Inc. Ron
Ford, past president of Lancaster
City Council, and employee ser
vice associate at Ford New Hol
land. Philip Loht, director of
marketing development for Kunz-
Lancaster Faming, Saturday. Jprll 2, IM4-A2S
ler & Company, Inc. Lilia Nice,
executive assistant to state rep
resentative Michael Sturla. Jere
Schuler, state representative.
The winner of the competition
gets to kiss Pigonia, and the
American Diabetes Association
will have more funds for research,
education programs, and the
Association’s camp for children
with diabetes. The contestants will
vie for the privilege of kissing
Pigonia by collecting the most
money for diabetes.
Explaining his visit to the Neff
farm. Commissioner Huber said,
“I want to court the lovely Pigoni
a, woo her, and extend all my
charms as a contestant in the kiss
ing contest.”
Commissioner Huber was
accompanied by his campaign
manager Jack Church, vice presi
dent of the Farmers First Bank.
Church was officially named at
the Neff farm to head Huber’s
campaign.