814-Lnjbw>f Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1995
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
BELLEVILLE (Mifflin Co.)
Mifflin County’s newest spokes
person for th’e daily industry was
chosen on Thursday, June 8, at SL
John’s Lutheran Church in Belle
ville.
Selected as 1995-1996 Mifflin
County Dairy Princess after skit
and speech presentations and im
promptu questioning, Diane Yod
er of Mcysytown accepted the
crown, sash, and responsibilities
for promoting dairy products in
this area.
The daughter of Gideon and
Hazel Yodfer, Diane competed
against t\yo others for the honors.
In her skit presentation, Diane
took guests attending the competi
tion on a journey into a cow’s sto
mach and explained how milk is
made. In her speech presentation,
she emphasized how everyone in
other occupations is able to func
tion better because of the nutri
tional products farmers provide.
She also read an essay entitled,
“So pod Made A Farmer.”
Twenty-one years old, Diane
Yoder graduated from Delaware
Valley College with a degree in
business administration and mar
keting. She served as Bucks/
Montgomery County Dairy Prin
cess in -1993-1994 and as one of
Mifflin County’s alternates in
1990. At Delaware Valley, she
was-a member of the National
Agri-Marketing Association and
was a Pennsylvania Council of
Cooperatives Scholar.
Selected as Mifflin County
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Junior honor
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Michelle Windlc
s group from left front are Amanda Gl ~.
ara Brown, Sarah Geiger, Julie Price, Ellen Nave, Katrina Shutt, and
Repertoire Ready For Dairy Promotion
Dairy Princess alternates were
Cynthia Yoder and Bridget Gear
hart, both of McVeytown.
The daughter of Lee and Joanne
Yoder, Cindy is active in the State
Holstein Association, the judging
team, church youth group, and is
president of die county Dairy 4-H
Club. A senior at Lewistown Area
High School, Cindy emphasized
teamwork in her speech presenta
tion and portrayed Holly, one of
the cows in the herd, for her skit
presentation.
Bridget Gearhart is the daughter
of Donald and Eilene Gearhart. A
senior at Mount Union Area High
School, Bridget is active in many
school and 4-H activities, includ
ing drama club, county band,
chorus, student council, and the
Wayne 4-H Club. Bridget empha
sized the importance of forming
good dairy nutritional habits as a
child for her speech, and explain
ed the farm-to-store process as
told by a milk truck driver.
The girls were joined on stage
by Dairy Maids Natalie Byler,
Megan Goss, April Goss, Laura
Peachey, Rachel Sellers, Marlene
Smith, and Michelle Yoder; and
Dairy Misses Candace Click, Ste
phanie Meinnert, and Bethany
Wingert
In her farewell speech, 1994
Dairy Princess Erin Goss thanked
each member of the Dairy Prin
cess committee for their help.
Cheryl Click, Deb Rheam, Judy
Goss, Marlene Smoker, Sandy
King, Jen Stuck, and Caryn
Peachey stepped forward to re
ceive a gift from Goss. She also
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Mifflin County Dairy Maids and Misses Join 1994 Dairy Princess Erin Goss on stage
during the 1995 pageant.
recognized district coordinator
Wanda Yoder and her own par
ents, Larry and Judy Goss of Lcw
istown.
PpAHAPPEiVIiVGS
Bellwoood-Antis
Receives Grant
Agriculture Secretary Charles
C. Brosius announced the Bell
wood-Antis FFA of Bellwood has
been awarded a $2,500 direct
grant through the department’s
PA State Alternate Dairy Prin
cess Rachel Tanis of State College
said a few words and John Rheam
served as emcee and auctioneer.
Agriculture and Rural Youth Or
ganization Grant Program.
The grant will be used to spon
sor 100 FFA members at the
Western Pennsylvania Leadership
Conference to bejwld July 27-28
at the University of Pittsburgh’s
Johnstown campus.
The objective of the conference
is to develop agricultural leader
ship, cooperation, and citizenship
in members at the conference. Ac
tivities will include small group
workshops, public speaking, and
organized recreation.
An evaluation will be given to
Southeastern Region
Selects Fashion
Revue Winners
READING (Berks Co.)—
Seventy-two youth from seven
southeast counties participated in
the 4-H Fashion Revue at the Inn
at Reading on June 27.
The purpose of 4-H Fashion
Revue is to:
•Build self-confidence and
poise
•Develop skills in planning,
selecting and making clothing for
different occasions
•Select appropriate accessories
•Develop good posture, groom
ing and punctuality habits
•Complete applications clearly
and submit them on time
•Acquire knowledge and skills
in planning, presenting and parti
cipating in fashion revues
Since community service is an
important part of 4-H, the 4-H’crs
used their sewing skills to make
shoestring tote bags. They also
filled the bags with tablets and
Crayola crayons donated by Ben
ney and Smith Co. Representa
tives Kay Meitrott and Barbara
Meitrott from the Salvation Army
of Reading accepted the totes for
use at the Family Service Center
for homeless children.
Other workshops which the
4-H’ers attended included model
ing and judging. For judging, the
participants were divided into
junior (ages 8-12) and senior (ages
Diane Yoder will compete in
the State Dairy Princess Pageant
on September 23 in Hairisburg.
all conference participants, and re
sults will be shared with the plan
ning committee for the upcoming
conference. In addition to the sur
vey, FFA chapter advisors will
evaluate the motivational effect of
the conference by observing atten
dees’ participation in FFA events
at the local, county, and state lev
els.
Under the Agriculture and Rur
al Youth Organization Grant Pro
gram, youth organizations such as
4-H and FFA apply for direct
grants of up to $2,500 and match
ing grants of up to $15,000.
13-18) divisions. The senior win
ners have the opportunity to attend
Pennsylvania State 4-H Fashion
Revue at University Park on July
26. A fashion show open to the
public was presented followed by
presentation of awards. The win
ners were as follows:
Senior winners eligible to go to
PA 4-H Fashion Revue include
Richard Folk, Berks County;
Melissa Kohler, Berks County;
Amy Lichtenwalner, Lehigh
County; Rebekah Moyer, Mont
gomery County; Laura Peiffer,
Schuylkill County: Karina Price,
Montgomery County; Dustin Putt,
Lerks County; Karen Savage,
Berks County; and Stephanie
V/ojszwillo, Berks County.
Senior alternates are Vicky
Hewitt, Chester County; Jennifer
Koehler, Northampton County;
Julie Lichtenwalner, Lehigh
County; and Kristin Mattern,
Lehigh County.
Junior honors group include
Kara Brown, Chester County;
Alexis Ferguson, Chester County;
Amanda Gauker, Berks County;
Sarah Geiger, Northampton Coun
ty; Erin Lichtenwalner, Lehigh
County; Ellen Nave, Montgomery
County; Julie Price, Montgomery <
County; Katrina Shutt, Berks!
County; and Michelle WindleJ
Chester County. 1