CANASTOTA, NY
Julie Kelsey, New
York Sate Dairy
Princess lives on a
1,200 acre dairy farm,
where she and her
family raise 300 head
of registered
Holsteins, grow hay,
corn and oats.
She is a recent
One way . ,
or another!
New York Dairy Princess Addr
graduate ot
Chittenango High
School, NY and will
attend Cornell
University as an ani
mal science major in
the fall. She is very
excited about her new
role promoting the
dairy industry on the
statewide level
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Since her corona
tion in February,
Kelsey has been very
busy She and first
alternate State dairy
princess Meghan
Fulhngton, and sec
ond alternate
Roxanne Herman
have traveled all over
New York to the local
m
pageants to welcome
the newly-crowned
County dairy princess
es. These new county
representatives of the
dairy industry will
come together this
summer at SUNY-
Morrisville for a train
ing seminar The girls
will learn how to effec
tively promote
nature’s most perfect
food to the consumer
They will attend work
shops on public speak
ing, product knowl
edge, newspaper and
media relations, and
school programs
Recently Kelsey
traveled to Albany to
represent ADADC and
local dairy farmers at
the June Dairy Month
Celebration Governor
Pataki presented the
proclamation of June
as Dairy Month to
ADADC President
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29, 1998-B9
New York State Dairy Princess
Julie Kelsey
Ray Johnson and -she
spoke to the crowd of
state officials and
media about the
industry She served
milk punch with sev
eral county dairy
princesses and she
spoke with legislators
as they passed
through the reception
Kelsey joined NYS
Assemblyman Bill
Magee, and Madison
County Dairy Princess
Tiffany Drape in a
television interview
The experience was
both fun effective as
many consumers were
reached through the
media and publicity
that surrounded the
event
In addition to her
responsibilities as
New York State dairy
princess, Kelsey is a
Communications
Intern in the
American Dairy
Association and Dairy
Council office in
Syracuse She may be
contacted there with
any questions regard
ing the promotion
efforts of local dairy
princesses
Kelsey has partici
pated in several co-op
meetings and other
special events “At the
State FFA convention,
I was able to say a few
words and was very
impressed with their
enthusiasm for the
dairy industry,” she
said She participated
in the AgCitement
Day held at
VanLeishout Farms in
Oneida J County,
explaining the dairy
industry and the
AQADC’s role in it
“I am very excited
and optimistic about
the dairy industry,
and am enjoying my
reign this year as New
York State Dairy
Princess,” she said
Kelsey can be contact
ed at the ADADC
office in Syracuse at
(315) 472-9143.