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December Rings In More
Than Christmas For Melissa
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Every child is eager for Christmas,
but Melissa Bashore has another
reason for being excited about the
season—her birthday.
Both she and her sister Andrea
celebrate their birthdays on Dec.
22.
The girls’ parents (Ricki and
Roberta) recall that doctors told
them that they could never have
another baby after Andrea was
bom. When Andrea was 8 years
old, she insisted all she wanted was
a baby sister.
“Surprise! ” Melissa was bom on
her birthday and came home from
the hospital on Christmas Eve—
just in time to fulfill Andrea’s
wish.
Ever since then the girls share a
lot of interests despite their age dif
ference. Their mother said, “Ever
since then we also say when faced
with difficulties: Pray a lot and
believe in miracles.”
Wanted!
4-H TRACTOR SAFETY CLUB
The club runs from January until Marcn on ”uesoay evenings
When
Time
Usually the Cub elec's to hold meetings (rom 730 P M 830 P M
Location Meetings held at 'he Lebanon County Agrcultural Center located on the
comer of Rochertv and Cornwall Roads Some shop tours will be ottered
o see the prod-c* on service and repair ot machinery at local businesses
Topics will include:
■Lawn Mower Sa'ety
■Fuels ana Lubricants
•Hydraul c Systems
■Reaching Eme-genc/ Services
►Harvesting Equ oment and Safety
■RTO ana H ‘crnng
Note After completing the three stages of the course and a written test
14 & 15 year olds will receive a certificate to drive equipment on
farms. r
Registration
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piace CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 60 KIDS
The family needed another mir
acle when their mother was diag-
nosed with a brain tumor last year.
After surgery, she is doing great
(more on that in an upcoming arti
cle on the family).
The family lives on Udder-
Valley Farm in Lebanon County.
Melissa helps with the farm
chores. They milk 100 cows.
“I dip, scrape grates, and bed
cows before milking,” Melissa
said.
Melissa and Andrea show
Brown Swiss cattle at shows.
“I like Brown Swiss because
they are cute when babies and are
calmer to show," Melissa said.
Both girls are members of the
Junior Holstein Club and the
Brown Swiss Club.
Missy loves to work on word
searches. She runs some out on the
computer at school so that she can
work on them at home.
The two girls also have an older
sister Jennifer and an older brother
Ricki, who is married and has two
Boys & Girls
Ages 9-15 for a
•ATV Safety
•Electrical Systems
'Drive Tram
•Tools for S'eak rg the Soil ‘Res'icide Safety
•Service Record Keeping
•Cooling Systems
•Emergency First Aid
•How An Engine Runs
•Cutters For Crops
Here is a recipe that Melissa and
Andrea like to make and eat They
are sure you will enjoy it too.
WELSH RABBIT
'A cup butter
'A cup all-purpose flout
'A teaspoon salt
A teaspoon pepper
'/ teaspoon dry mustard
A teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
1 cup milk
2 cups shredded cheese
4 to 6 slices toast
Melt butter in medium size pan
over low heat Blend in flour and
seasonings. Cook over low heat,
stirring until mixture is smooth and
bubbly. Remove from heat and stir
in milk. Heat to a boil, while stir
ring constantly. Boil and stir one
minute. Stir in cheese; heat over
low heat, stirring constantly until
cheese is melted. Serve over toast
children.
All the siblings share something
in common—dairy promotion.
Andrea is the Lebanon County
Dairy Princess. Five years ago, her
sister Jennifer held that title.
Amazingly, brother Ricld married
a former Lebanon County Dairy
Princess —Stacy Krall.
Melissa isn’t old enough to be a
dairy princess, but that’s in her
wish of things to happen. She is
well cm her way. Last year, she was
crowned the Lebanon County
Little Dairy Miss. She helped the
dairy princess hand out cheese and
recipes.
Now that her sister is the dairy
princess, Melissa helps her mix up
milk punch and other little things
to help Melissa’s job to be easier.
Their mom is dairy promotion
chairperson. Their dad said that
someone must stay home and milk
the cows while they women are
convincing others to drink more
milk.
When the girls are home, they
love to bake Christmas cookies.
Melissa is in fourth grade at
Jonestown Elementary School.
Melissa loves to play with Tig-
iMh
Melissa and her sister Lebanon County Dairy Princess
Andrea Bashore enjoy serving cookies and milk punch to <
guests. Both girls will celebrate their birthdays on Dec. 22.
Mellssa’s favorite cat is Jigger. The pampered cat never
wants to go outside to play with the 10-15 cats around the
farm.
ger, a house cat Outside she has before enjoying a family dinner.
10-15 mote cats and two dogs to What does Melissa want for
play with. She’s hoping for snow Christmas?
so that she can go sledding. “An 8-ball,” she said.
This year on Christmas Day, the “She isn’t hard to please,” her
Bashores will milk the cows, mom said. “We never believed in
change their clothes, and open giving a lot of presents. We think
their presents while eating Christ- Christmas should be a birthday
mas cookies and sticky buns party for Jesus.”