812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, 1998
Officer Moo Enforces
Milk Law In Tioga County
CAROLYN N. MOYER
Tioga Co. Correspondent
WHITNEYVILLE (Tioga Co.)
—“Stop! You there, drinking that
bottle of soda. How many glasses
of milk have you had today?** asks
dairy princess candidate Kristina
Baker, who transformed herself
into Officer Moo, enforcer of the
“three a day” rule.
As an enforcer of the law, Baker
captured the judges’ attention and
was crowned the 1998 Tioga
County Dairy Princess. Named
first and second alternates respec
tively were Amanda Graves and
Emily Norman
“Wow,” said an excited Baker
after receiving her crown from
1997 Dairy Princess Ellen Nor
man. “This is what I’ve always
wanted to do since I was a little
girl.”
Before crowning the new prin
cess, Ellen Norman thanked every
one for their help in making her
year memorable.
“Being a dairy princess this year
has meant a lot to me and I can’t
say enough thanks to everyone
who helped me,” she said. “The
memories I’ve made this year will
last forever.”
Judges Doug Droppa, Galeton;
Phylis Gilpin, Towanda; and
Robin Huizinga, Willseyville,
N.Y.; had the task of choosing the
new princess.
Each contestant’s creative pre
sentation was a part of the contest
which included an interview and
answering an impromptu question.
Graves took the stage as a rov
ing reporter looking for a glass of
milk in a milkless town for her pre
sentation. “I’ll have to go on
assignment. I need to tell these
people about the nutrients in
milk,” she said.
Dairy of Distinction chairman Craig Williams, with
daughter Lydia, presentthe Dairy of Distinction slgnto Ken
ny, Sue and John Heyler of Heyler’s Farm.
Button Hill Farm receives the Dairy of Distinction award.
Shown accepting the sign, from left, are Craig and Bobbi
Button and Oliver and Virginia Button, of Millerton.
Past Dairy Princess Ellen Norman, First Alternate Aman
da Graves, and Second Alternate Emily Norman surround
newly crowned Dairy Princess Kristina Baker after the
pageant held recently.
Posing as a scientist, Norman
began making a milk substitute,
when her experiment boiled over
and she realized that you can’t
replace milk.
“What was I thinking?” she
exclaimed. “Milk is perfect—Just
the way it is!”
She then told just why milk is
nature’s most nearly perfect food
and decided to redirect her career.
“Hey, I wonder if I could increase
milk production if I could invent a
cow with two udders?** she said.
In another portion of the com
petition, each contestant had to
field their best answer to the ques
tion: “What arc some of the ways
you can reach consumers as a dairy
princess?”
Answers focused on the ways
consumers could be reached
directly through one on one con
versation or through radio adver
tisements and newspaper articles.
“You go right to them and talk to
them up front,” said Baker.
Graves answered, “ There are
many ways to reach consumers,
you can go to elementary schools
or to meetings or to grocery
stores.”
Norman also touched on the
importance of face to face
communication.
“Some of the ways you can
reach consumers is to do store
promotions and get out there and
talk about the products you’re
promoting,” she said.
Baker, daughter of William and
Rebecca Baker of Covington, will
be a junior at Mansfield Junior-
Senior High School in the fall. She
is a member of the Hillbillies 4-H
Club, serves on 4-H County Coun
cil, is a member of the Mainesburg
Youth Group, Pathfinders, and
Girl Scouts.
She is also active in her school
where she is a member of the
National Honor Society.
Graves is the daughter of Dennis
and Christine Graves of Little
Marsh. She attends Cowanesque
Valley High School and will gra
duate in 1999. She is also a mem
ber of the Tioga County 4-H Lives
tock Club and the Cowanesque
Valley Chapter of FFA.
Norman is the daughter of
David and Aggie Norman, Liberty.
In the fall, she will be a junior at
Liberty JuniorrSenior High School
where she participates in many
activities. She is a member of the
Liberty Community 4-H Club.
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