818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1998
Hayden Is Huntingdon County’s Dairy Princess
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent
HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) Most people know that
dairy princesses take their milk
message into elementary schools
where young minds can learn
how important milk is to grow
ing bodies But Sara Hayden of
Huntingdon has another mes
sage that’s just as important.
“I want to go into the middle
and high schools. Eighty-five
percent of the girls and sixty
percent of the boys are calcium
deficient. I want to tell them to
drink milk before it’s too late,”
Sara said of the statistics she
found on the Internet.
Sara, the daughter of Jim
and Doris Hayden, was crowned
at the Huntingdon County Dairy
Princess Pageant the beginning
of June and has already attend
ed arts festivals, parades, senior
citizens centers and 4-H camp.
But Sara will rely on her alter
nate dairy princess, Lillian Joy
Couch of McAlevy’s Ford, for
dairy princess events in July.
Sara’s attending the Governor’s
School for Agricultural Sciences
at Penn State.
“I think I want to be a vet. At
the Governor’s School, we take
accelerated classes, go on field
trips, do hands-on activities. It’ll
be a good way for me to decide
whether I want to attend Penn
State. Out of the hundreds that
apply for the Governor’s School,
only 64 are chosen.”
Sara and her brothers J.C.,
14 and lan, 11, all show dairy
animals at the Huntingdon
County Fair. But they don’t com
pete against each other. Sara
PLEASANT GAP (Centre Co.)
Billie Jo Bird was crowned
Centre County Dairy Princess at a
pageant held at the Logan Grange
in Pleasant Gap recently.
Billie Jo is the 16-year-old
daughter of Rick and Patty Bird of
Pleasant Gap. She has a brother
Will, 19, and sister Ashley, 12.
“I am dedicating my year as
dairy princess to the promotion of
dairy products to help fight and
control osteoporosis. This disease
affects several family members
and I want to make everyone aware
that consuming dairy products
throughout your liefetime can help
you avoid getting this disease,”
Billie Jo said.
The Bird farm consists of 120
ifrty Iry. ..isJl
by, front row, Dairy Ambassador Derek Wasson, and Dairy
Maids Amanda Gates and Laura Musser. In back, are Alter*
nate Dairy Princess Laura Foust, Dairy Misses Miranda
Ulmer, Courtney Kllngler, and Amanda Corl, and Dairy
Ambassadors Nicole and Krystall Wasson.
Sciences at Penn State.
shows Ayrshires, J.C. shows
Jerseys, and lan mostly shows
Brown Swiss.
Sara serves as president of
the County-Wide Dairy 4-H
Club, is a member of the Junior
Holstein Association, the
Huntingdon Dairy Bowl Team,
the National Honor Society,
HAHS Power Source Club, a
Bible study group, County
Chorus, HAHS Chamber
Singers, and other organiza-
Princess Vows To Fight
acres, mostly com and alfalfa used
by the tenant dairy producer. The
family-owned R.W. Bird Trucking
Inc. operates about 30 tractor trail
ers and tankers to transport milk
for several cooperatives and inde
pendent companies. The business
has been operated since 19SS.
“Ever since I was a little girl, I
have ridden with my father and
grandfater to pick up milk and 1
have always wanted to be a dairy
princess,” Billie Jo said.
She will be a junior at Bellefonte
Area High School in the fall.
School activities include varsity
cheerleading, softball player, and
working with the preschool
program.
In the community, Billie Jo has
tions. She helps on her neigh
bor’s farm by keeping lactation
records and milking.
Sara will be attending the
Huntingdon Area High School
this fall as a senior honor stu
dent. She’s not sure how her
message of drinking milk will be
received in the middle and high
schools, but Sara’s winning
smile and healthy appearance
will clearly show the benefits of
drinking milk.
volunteered at' the Bellefonte
YMCA, been a summer softball
coach, and helped at Pleasant Gap
Elementary School. She enjoys
skiing, softball, cheerleading,
swimming, and working with
small children.
After high school, Billie Jo has
her sights set on working with
young children in the medical pro
fession. She is working part-time
with Penn State University’s
sports camp registration.
Assisting in Centre County
dairy promotion is Centre Coumy
Alternate Laura Foust. Laura,
17-year-old daughter of Lois E.
Foust of Milesburg and Larry
Foust of Mapleton Depot. She will
be a senior at Bald Eagle Area
High School in the fall. Laura’s
interest in the dairy industry stems
from her great grandfather’s farm,
which has been in the family for 78
years.
Dairy maids are Joleen Haines,
daughter of Charles and' Lori
Haines of Pleasant Gap; Laura
Musser, daugher of Thomas Jr. and
Cindy Musser of Bellefonte, and
Amanda Gates, daughter of Carl
and Carla Gates of Warriors Mark.
Dairy Misses are Amanda Corl,
daughter of Eugene Corl and of
Rob and June Kocher; Courtney
Klingler, daughter of Robert and
Kimberly Klingler of Port Matilda;
and Miranda Ulmer, daughter of
Daniel and Penny Ulmer of
Bellefonte.
Dairy Ambassadors are Nicole
and Krystal Wasson, daughters of
Ronald and Candace Wasson of
State College; and Derek Wasson,
son of Douglas and Jennifer Was
son, Centre Hall.
Former dairy princess Erica
Reese gave a farewell speech and
the 1996 Dairy Princess LaTrisha
Sara Hayden displays some of her many ribbons in her
room.
Osteoporosis
Wasson.was recognized for being
named the runner-up for the Tina
M. Schultz Award.
Amber Rice provided musical
entertainment and an old
fashioned ice cream social ended
the evening.
Retired vocational agriculture
Hinkelfest’s
Wings AT
Chicken Things
FREDERICKSBURG
(Lebanon Co.) The Eighth
Annual Hinkelfest will be held
September 11, 12, and 13, just
off Rt. 22 west of
Fredericksburg, at the Farmer’s
Pride Airport. The Hinkelfest
chicken and egg festival benefits
local community organizations
including the Fredericksburg
Fire Company, Library,
Community Association, Lion’s
Club, and American Legion.
Since 1991, more than
$85,000 has .been raised for
these community 'services as
families enjoy Hinkelfest’s “Eggs
n’ Wings n’ Chicken Things.”
The weekend’s entertainment
begins with the "Cramer.
Brothers Band” performing a
concert from 7 30 p.m. to 9:30
p.m. Friday, September 11. On
Saturday, enjoy the sounds of
“The McKabes” as they perform
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. followed by
“ Fall Guys and a Gal” entertain
ing at 5,7, and 9 p.m.
Sunday afternoon “The
Couriers” will get things rolling
at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. with
“Fall Guys and a Gal” giving
teacher and dairy fanner John Ish
ler served as emcee. Judges were
Joyce Dotterer, Clinton County
Dairy Promotion co chair; Dave
Bigelow, marketing manager for
Pa. DHIA, and Abe Harpster,
Ever-green Farms in Spruce
Creek.
Eggs N’
encore performances at 130
p.m. and 3:30 p.m. These shows
are all free of charge and open to
the public. Bring you lawn
chairs or blankets and enjoy the
festivities.
During this annual food festi
val, chicken is served a variety
of ways from chicken barbecue,
chicken and waffles, to chicken
wings. From 11 a.m. Saturday
enjoy chicken Bar-B-Que under
the Big Top. Sunday, events
open with the “Super Egg
Breakfast” from 8 to 10:30 a m
In the afternoon, enjoy the filled
chicken breast dinner starting
at 11 a.m
A hot air balloon launch,
rides for the children, games, ice
carving, and the Hmkelfest 5K
Run round out the weekend’s
activities along with the Fifth
Annual Craft Show on Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more “eggciting” informa
tion contact Mike Zeck at (717)
865-0042 or Rod Seidel, First
National Bank of
Fredericksburg at (717) 865-
2123.