Mifflin Celebrates
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
BELLEVILLE (Mifflin Co.)
It was an evening to celebrate
Mifflin County’s first dairy prin
cess contest and pageant in several
years.
And after the introductions,
skits, questions, farewell remaiks,
and judge’s deliberation, Erin
Goss of Lewistown stepped for
ward to accept the 1994-1995
Mifflin County Dairy Princess
crown and sash from last year’s
princess Cathy Gro of
McVeytown.
Held at the Belleville Menno
nite School, pageant contestants
Crystal King, Erin Goss, and Cin
dy Yoder were escorted to center
stage by their fathers.
1994 Dairy Princess Committee
chairperson Cheryl Click wel
comed the crowd and introduced
the rest of her committee
secretary/treasurer Jen Stuck,
ordering chairperson Sandy King,
booking chairperson Deb Rheam,
Marlene Smoker, Judy Goss,
Caryn Peachey, and Central Area
Coordinator Wanda Yoder.
Terry Dillman, editor of the
County Observer, emcee’d the
event and introduced the judges:
Dieter Kreig from Lancaster
County, editor and publisher of
Farmshine; Blair County dairy
fanner Ray Diebold; and Some
rset countian Dorthy Naugle of
Allied Milk Products.
Dillman also introduced each
Chicken Corn Soup
(Continued from Pago B 20)
WAYNE FRAMPTON’S
CHICKEN CORN SOUP
Third Prize
2/i pounds chicken legs and
thighs
32 ounces white com
14 teaspoon white pepper
'A tablespoon gound peppercorn
1 medium onion, diced
1 small carrot, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 medium egg. hardboiled,
diced
In pressure cooker, place chick
en parts covered with water. Cook
on high until pressure cooker starts
to rock. Reduce heat to maintain a
slow rock for 15 ihinutes. Remove
from heat. Allow pressure to drop
on its own accord. Remove chick
en, discard skin and bones. Cut or
break chicken into bite-size pieces.
Put aside.
In a 5-6-quart pot, boil 3 quarts
water. When water comes to a boil,
add soup base, onions, carrots, cel
ery, white pepper, and ground pep
percorn. Cook until ingredients are
tender, approximately 30 minutes.
Add com, continue to simmer
until the com is tender. Add chick
en, hardboiled egg, salt and pepper
to taste. Simmer uncovered for 5
minutes then serve.
Yields: 8 servings.
MILK.
ITDOESA
BODY GOOK
contestant
Erin Goss, a 16-year-old junior
at Indian Valley High School, is
the daughter of Larry and Judy
Goss of Goss Farms near Lewis
town. a 600-acre family partner
ship with 180 milking Holsteins.
Erin owns four dairy animals and
is an active member of 4-H, the
National Honor Society, German
Club, her church youth group and
handbell choir. She plans to attend
college to study occupational
therapy.
Cindy Yoder, 16, is the daught
er of Lee and Joanne Yoder of
McVeytown. She is a sophomore
at Lewistown Area High School
and is an active member of 4-H,
the state Holstein Association,
dairy judging team and her church
youth group. Cindy owns six dairy
animals and helps with the milk
ing on their rented 150-acre Ridge
Point Farm. The Yoder’s milk a
57-cow herd. Cindy likes sports,
outdoor work, and showing
animals.
Crystal King is the daughter of
Delmar and Sandy King of Belle
ville. She graduated from the
Indian Valley High School in
1993 and is a secretary for the
True Colors Body Shop in Lewis
town. Crystal enjoyed being
invovled with 4-H and still owns
two dairy animals. In high school,
Crystal played basketball, soft
ball, and was a member of the
FVHS Varsity Club. In her spare
time. Crystal likes swimming,
DARLENE SCOTT’S
CHICKEN CORN SOUP
Second Prize
4 pounds chicken pieces
3 quarts water
'A onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
14 pound fine egg noodles or
rivels
1 carrot, grated
'A cup chopped celery
8 ears fresh com or 1 quart
frozen
'A teaspoon pepper
Cook chicken in water until ten
der on medium low heat (approxi
mately VA hours). Add salt and
continue to cook another 30
minutes. Remove chicken. Strain
broth. Take meat from bones. Chop
fine, add to broth. Cut com from
cob or add frozen or canned com.
Add onion, celery, carrot, and pep
per to soup.
Cook on medium low heat for4S
minutes to 1 hour. Bring soup to a
boil and add noodles. Continue to
cook another 10 to IS minutes on
medium heat, stirring
occasionally. *
Rivels:
1 cup flour
1 egg
/* cup milk
Rub together flour, egg, and
milk. Drop into boiling soup, stir
ring constantly.
Tastes even better the following
day. Serves 6,
With Dairy Princess Contest
walking, basketball, and spending
time with ha family and friends.
hi her farewell remarks, Mifflin
County’s 1993-1994 Dairy Prin
cess Cathy Gro said she decided to
be a dairy princess tp build up her
self confidence and to overcome
shyness. She also wanted to work
with children. She ran uncontested
last year, but had help from sever
al dairy maids. Cathy, the daught
er of Dale and Susan Gro of <
McVeytown, was escorted by
Jeremy Fisher. She thanked the
committee, ha parents, and ha
sister for their support. She
encouraged the new dairy princess
to take ha time, have fun, and to
make all of the dairy farmers in
Mifflin County proud.
State Dairy Princess Jennifer
Grimes spoke about her growing
up experiences on a dairy farm
and impressions of farm life.
Those helping Erin Goss as
Dairy Princess in the coming year
will be dairy maids Megan Goss,
April Goss, Joanna Pecht, Michel
le Yoder, and dairy Misses Natalie
Byla, Candace Glide, and Laura
Peachey.
Cheryl Click ended the evening
with a milk toast Dave Stuck vid
eo taped the event Joyce Yoder
planned the refreshments, and
Deb Rheam posed as “The Cow”
with Caryn Peachey as her udder
friend. Theodora L. Roth of Trian
gle Marketing in Lewistown pro
vided the door prize. Refresh
ments followed.
Future dairy princesses line up as dairy maids and dairy misses. From left, Dairy
Misses Larua Peachey, Candace Click, and Natalie Byler, and Dairy Maids Michelle
Yoder, Joanna Pecht, April Goss, and Megan Goss.
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This year we’ll be glad to see
the end of our strawberry crop as it
has kept us too busy. Last year I
picked 17S quarts by myself and
then ended with a knee problem.
So, this year Allen has helped me
and we’ve been able to sell quite a
few.
I’ve actually followed advice
from friends and I did not plant
more than half of the amount of
sugar peas that I usually do. It is a
pleasure not to bend over all
morning in the garden picking
peas. Then too. I will be able to
freeze what I get and not bother to
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Juna 25,1994-821
At Its first pageant In several years, Erin Goss of Lewis
town was crowned Mifflin County’s 1994-1995 Dairy Prin
cess at left Is alternate Crystal King of Belleville, and at
right Is Clnr' Yoder of McV wn.
Ida's
Notebook
Ida Risser
telephone and sell them to my
neighbors in the nearby building
development
While I’m outside, and even in
the house, I hear so many bird
songs. We are surrounded by mea
dow and woods, which seem to
attract lots of birds. A pair of
wrens have built a nest in our
bluebird box and I hear singing all
day long. There are many brazen
blue jays that even sit on the porch
railing. Others that I can identify
are house finch, cat birds, and
song sparrows.
The hill behind our house was
planted with wildflowers by a
landscaper. The first year we had
so many poppies. I’d often seen
red and orange poppies but we
also had white, yellow and pink
ones. Then my husband decided
he did not like the unkempt look
and so he started to mow most of
the hill when he did the lawn. But,
I’m glad that part of it is too steep
for the mower and so this year we
have lots of wild flax with their
bright blue flowers. Somehow
other flowers such as coreopsis,
gaillardia, sweet Williams, and
shasta daisies are also blooming
there. Where they came from is a
mystery as this is the first year that
they bloomed and I did not plant
them maybe the birds did.