MARSHA ANN CHESS
Mercer Co. Correspondent
MERCER (Mercer Co.)
Seventeen-year-old Tamella
Menke achieved a life-long dream
when she was named Mercer
County Dairy Princess at the pag
eant, which was held in the Leslie
N. Firth Learning Center, Mercer,
June 30.
Tamella is the daughter of Ted
and Rosemary Menke of Green
ville and will be a senior at Rey
nold Junior/Senior High School
this fall. She is active in 4-H and is
a member of the Country Milkers
dairy club and the veterinary sci
ence club and is president of
County Council. She is in Nation
al Honor Society, Key Club, Con
cert Choir, and German and Latin
clubs, track and field and the Rey
nolds Varsity “R” Club. She also
belongs to the Jersey and Holstein
breed associations.
Tammy plans to attend Penn
State University and major in
dairy and animal science after
high school.
Tammy’s skit “Dairy Day at
Farmer Bill Academy" depicted a
farmer visiting an elementary
school class and introducing the
students to a calf and milk. Her
speech “Changes” talked about
changes in the dairy industry.
Alternates Terra Ferris and
Elizabeth Voorhies with Dairy
Maids Katie Hanna. Kimberly
Dairy Maids Emily Daivls, Katie Hanna, and Melissa Han
na pose with Mercer County Dairy Princess Tammy Menke.
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Voorhies, Emily Davis, and Me
lissa Hanna will help promote
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Terra is the 18-year-old daugh
ter of Frank and Rosalie Ferris,
New Wilmington. She is a 1998
graduate of Wilmington Area
High school where she was active
in FFA, Key Club, and chorus.
She served as a track statistician
and assisted with the Kiwanis
book sale and pancake breakfast.
Terra plans to work on her family
farm and work with 4-H and FFA
members.
Terra dressed up as a football
player and told third graders how
milk could help them grow up big
and strong in her skit, “Three
Times a Ghana.”
The 23-year-old daughter .of
Gerald and Susan Voorhies.
Stoneboro, Elizabeth will be a
senior at Edinboro University this
fall where she is majoring in ele
mentary and early childhood edu
cation. She is a member of Alpha
Phi Omega, a national co-ed ser
vice fraternity and was a nine-year
member of No-Bull 4-H dairy,
club. Elizabeth is employed at the
London, Pa. McDonald’s and
Eat’n’Park this summer.
Elizabeth presented a speech cm
lactose intolerance called “Got
Milk” and a skit “Where Does
Milk Come From?"
Katie. IS, and Melissa Hanna,
13, are the daughters of Clayton
and Cindy Hanna, Stoneboro. Ka
tie presented “Friends” in which
she talked about how her imagin
ary friend helped her discover the
benefits of eating dairy. Melissa
cheered for dairy foods in “Melis
sa the Moo.”
Kimberly Voorhies is 16 and
performed a skit called “Little
Miss Muffet Learns About
Dairy.” In it the spider teaches her
that milk, cheese, and ice cream
are really good for her.
Thirteen-year-old Emily Davis
is the daughter of Chuck and Cin
dy Davis of Mercer. Emily ex
citedly told the audience what she
learned about dairy products at
school in her skit “A Day at
School.”
The Daily Delights ages 5 to 10
years, will help the royalty pro
mote milk as well. They are Sarah
Snyder, 10, of Greenville; Erica
Montgomery, 9, Grove City; Sum
mer Paxton, 8, Grove City; Laura
Sturgin. 6. Fredonia; Laural Mont- Mercer County Dairy Princess Tammy Menke realizes a
gomery. 7, Grove City. Karen dream as she poses for pictures during her first official
Siege, 7 and Jill Siege, 5, Green- duty.
ville. The Dairy Darlings sang .. . .
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Mercer County Dairy Princess Tammy Menke, center left, poses with Alternates
Elizabeth Voorhies, right, and Terra Ferris, left, and Kelly Clark, former Mercer Coun
ty dairy princess.
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