CJ. HOUGHTALING During the Dairy Princess
Tioga Co. Correspondent . Pa B e ,ant. Norman held the audi-
MANSFELD (Tioga Co.) - ence s joyful attention with her
Laura Fitch was all smiles and comcdic slat >n which she starred
tears when the judges proclaimed as M‘B|Uy Milk. Dressed in
her 1994 Tioga County Dairy tights and cape common to super-
Princess Monday. June 27. her °7 Norman addres ? ed * e
Fitch is no stranger to the lime- "“ d for women particularly, to
light. A dedicated advocate of the m . llk 10 fight osteoporosis,
dairy industry and experienced B astl ! aßn j w^at happens to a
milk promoter, the 17-year-old i f U d oes not ft enough of
daughter of Elwin and Charlene the calcium-enriched milk it
Fitch of Roaring Branch paid her balloon-like muscles
dues by serving as 1993 Dairy h UI^ I w th the pnek of a pin.
Princess Alternate. senior at Liberty High
In an entertaining skit per- School, Norman is active in mtra
formed before the judging, Fitch m ural volleyball, chorus, school
donned a cow costume and njus'cals, and is captain of her
addressed the audience as “class” cheerleading squad. Her hobbies
while she explained the impor- arc . watching an <J playing sports,
tance of milk and dairy products, w nt,n g> singing, listening to mus
as well as what a cow needs con- ,c ’ working on 4-H projects,
ceming proper care to reach her Inching younger kids, and meet
optimum level of milk production. ,n 8 "7 P«>pte. In her spare time
Fitch attends Canton High she helps onlhe family farm. Nor-
School, where she is president of mande ! ’ T ll ®*) hassoo acres and
both the 4-H County Council and a herd of 60 Jerseys,
the Country Warriors 4-H Club. Assisting the dairy princess and
She also serves as Jr. Holstein her alternate this year in their milk
Club treasurer, is a member of Promotion duties are two ambas-
SADD (Students Against Drunk sadors Tina Bailey and Kimberly
Driving), is an assistant coach and Be „ Kennedy,
storekeeper for Little League, is . Baiey ** he 17 : year n 0,d
Foreign Language Club president, dau g f h * r
.r „ m ” ey of Mansfield. A senior at Man
k! te lf hT c « High School Oils fall she
teocL™ plans to attend York College as an
accountant major. She is a mem
ml she helps out on her family’! of the National Honor Society,
259 acre firm. Four Wynds, J ut ure Farmers of America
which has a milking herd of 40 Puture B “ s, " es D s L ® ader * of
Holsteins America, and the Peer Tutor Prog-
Providing stiff competition for ram at the Warren L Miller
Fitch during the Princess Pageant Elementary School in Mansfield.
was Cathleen Norman. whortL When she is not working on Gor
judges named Dairy Princess d ° n Wood s farm, she likes to
Alternate. The daughter of Ernest show cattle, read, go to fairs. shop.
and Dorothy Norman of Liberty. and ., han g out with friends Her
thus spunky young lady is also a fam ' ly ° wns lhe H Col^ ove h F 7" r
veteran milk JromSter. She served with 300 1 acres and milking herd of
as a Dairy Maid in 1992 and is the 90 Holsteins
4-H Co7„.y Council secretary,
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Laura Fitch Reigns In Tioga County
717'
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Kennedy of Middlebury Center. A
student at Wellsboro Area High
School, she is in the band. As a
4-H member, she enjoys showing
horses in open shows. Her hobbies
are milking cows, riding horses,
and taking care of calves. She
lives on the family’s Busted Fence
Farm, which has 126 acres and
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loga County Dairy Princess court includes, from left, ambassadors Tina Bailey
and Kimberly Kennedy, Alternate Cathleen Norman, Tioga County Dairy Princess
Laura Fitch and last year’s dairy princess Rebecca Bechtel.
mixed milking herd of 60 head.
Also helping the new Dairy
Princess with her promotion prog
ram within the county during the
coming year are dairy maids Lisa
Fitch, Jennifer Susan Johnson,
Ellen Norman, and Heather Marie
Wood.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 9, 1994-817
Princess Pageant, Nadine Hauck,
a member of the Dairy Promotion
Board, gave a slide and video pre
sentation explaining the Dairy
Board’s purpose. Deeming the
1993 milk advertising campaign,
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an average of 2.7 million people
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