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CURRYVILLE (Blair Co.)
The 1998 Blair County Dairy
Princess Amanda Sollenberger
crowned Heather Hoover of
Tyrone Rd. as the 1999-2000
Blair County Dairy Princess on
Saturday, May 29, at the
Williamsburg Elementary
School,
Angela Sollenberger of
Curryville was crowned the
Blair County Alternate Princess.
Heather is the 18-year-old
daughter of D. Michael and
Carol Hoover of C&M Rippling
Run Dairy Farm of Tyrone and
Angela is the 16-year-old daugh
ter of Gerald and Jean
Sollenberger of Sollenberger
Farms in Curryville. Together
these two young ladies, along
with a team of dairy maids and
dairy misses will spread the
story of milk from farm to con
sumer and promote real dairy
products throughout Blair
County.
The evening began with a
welcome from master of cere
monies Jake Snyder and the
introduction of each of the con
testants. Heather was escorted
by her father, Mike Hoover, and
Angela was escorted by her
mother, Jean Sollenberger. The
reigning Blair County Princess
was introduced and welcomed to
the stage. Both of the contes
tants were then dismissed to
prepare for the creative presen-
ELIZABETH SMITH
Lancaster 4-H
Summer Assistant
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Once again the Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension
Offices are being invaded by col
lege students tilling positions of
summer assistants. Over the
summer as Cooperative
Extension programs pick-up,
extension agents rely on sum
mer assistants to lighten the
workload and help plan and
coordinate events.
This summer four summer
assistants are working with the
Lancaster Cooperative
Extension. Elizabeth Smith is
returning this year as the 4-H
Summer Assistant. Working
with Katina Showman she will
be helping with summer events
such as 4-H Camp and 4-H Fair.
Elizabeth attends Penn State
Harrisburg and will be graduat
ing in May majoring in commu
nications.
Also returning this year is
Paula Marshall, working as the
4-H Urban Summer Assistant
with Nancy Wiker. Paula works
with the youth of Lancaster
County, centering her program
around the different foods and
cultures of the world. A star
member of Lebanon Valley
College field hockey team, Paula
will be graduating in May 2001,
with a psycho-biology degree.
This year’s animal science sum
mer assistant is Suzanne
Bishard. Suzanne just complet
ed her junior year at Delaware
Valley College and will be enter
ing into Purdue University in
the fall under their early accep
tance program, majoring in vet
erinary sciences. Part of
Suzanne’s responsibilities this
summer will be organizing skill
a-thons for the livestock and
dairy programs and assisting
Lori Little and Chet Hughes
with other 4-H events. Filling
the position of the horticulture
Blair County Selects Heather Hoover
tation portion of the competi
tion.
Heather, who is a senior at
Tyrone High School, gave a
speech entitled “Osteoporosis"
and Angela, a sophomore at
Central High School, gave a cre
ative skit entitled “Milk: Our
Secret Weapon.” Heather’s
speech was geared toward an
adult female audience, while
Angela’s skit was geared toward
elementary aged students.
During the break between
presentations and the contes
tants return to the stage, the
junior promoters were intro
duced and given their sashes.
Then the popular “Parade of
Future Dairy Princesses” featur
ing the little girls between the
ages of 4-8, began. This year’s
parade included Danessa
Bigelow, daughter of David and
Patricia Bigelow, Sr. of
Williamsburg; Kirstin Bigelow,
daughter of Randy and Twila
Bigelow of Williamsburg; Jessica
Waltermire, daughter of Craig
and Karen Waltermire of
Williamsburg; Tara Brumbaugh,
daughter of Martin and Diana
Brumbaugh of Curryville, and
Caroline Smith, daughter of
Douglas and Veronica Smith of
Martinsburg. Each “Future
Princess” received a sunflower
bouquet.
The Princess contestants
Summer Assistants Help
Extension Programs
Helping out with Lancaster County Extension, from left, are Suzanne Bishard, Pau
la Marshall, Derek Stoner, and Elizabeth Smith.
summer assistant this year is
Derek Stoner. Derek attends the
University of Delaware major
ing in Natural Resource
How Long Should
While they don’t get taxed, death is an
eventualality even for faithful appliances.
The following list shows the average useful
life of major home appliances.
Appliance Average Useful Life (years);
Garbage Disposal (in the sink) 12
Trash Compactor 14
Dehumidifier
Room Air Conditioner
Washer (front-load)
Dryer
Washer (top load).
Microwave Oven
Blair County is well prepared for dairy promotion with this team. Kneeling from left
are Tara Brumbaugh, Daness Bigelow, and Kristin Bigelow. Standing are Caroline
Smith, Jessica WaKermire, and Blair County Dairy Princess Heather Hoover, and
Danielle Bigelow. Back, from left, are Angela Sollenberger, Amanda Solienberger,
Diana Bigelow, and Tracy Bigelow.
then returned to the stage for an responded that she felt that it
impromptu question. Heather’s was peer pressure and the kids
question was “What do you need to be encouraged to stand
think is the greatest problem up for what they believe is right,
facing the youth of today?” She even if it is unpopular. And that
Management and will be gradu
ating in Spring 2000. Working
with Tim Elkner, Derek will be
Appliances Last?
Oven (built-in)
Range (slide-in single oven)
Range (double oven)
Dishwasher (portable) 11
Dishwasher (built-in under counter) 13
Refrigerator (compact)
Refrigerator (built-in)
Refrigerator (top-mount) . . .
Refrigerator (side-by-side) . .
Refrigerator (bottom mount)
Refrigerator (one-door)
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13
14
Freezer (upright)
Freezer (chest) . .
assisting with various programs
over the summer, such as straw
berry research.
a true friend will stick by you no
matter what.
Angela’s question was “What
do you think is your greatest
accomplishment in life and
why?” Angela responded that
she felt her greatest accomplish
ment was her ability to tell peo
ple how she truly feels, gently
but honestly. And that she feels
people understand that she is a
fair and honest person.
Following the contestants’
impromptu questions, the three
judges were dismissed to discuss
their selection for princess and
alternate. Kristin Russell, dairy
princess coordinator, made com
ments about the activities of the
Promotion Committee and the
1998 Dairy Princess and award
ed Amanda with a gift from the
committee. Amanda gave her
teary farewell remarks, com
menting that she had a great
year and would greatly miss her
activities as dairy princess.
When the judges returned,
Jake Snyder introduced the
crowd on hand to the 1999-2000
Blair County Alternate Dairy
Princess, Angela Sollenberger
and the 1999-2000 Blair County
Dairy Princess, Heather Hoover.
After the crowning, Heather
was given an opportunity to
address the group. She thanked
the judges for the opportunity to
serve as dairy princess and
promised to try to do her best to
fulfill the role. Judges for the
evening were Jan Itle, of
Valewood Farms in Cambria
County; Andrew Krug from
Purina, also of Cambria County;
and Mary Beth Lieb, member of
the Cambria County Dairy
Promotion Committee.
Assisting Heather and
Angela in promotions this year
will be two dairy maids and
three dairy misses. Diana
Bigelow, 15, and Tracy Bigelow,
13, both daughters of Richard
and Cindy Bigelow of Dippy
Acres Farm in Williamsburg will
serve as dairy maids.
Dairy Misses are girls
between the ages of 9-12 and
this is the first year for the Blair
County to have a dairy miss pro
gram. Serving in this capacity
are; Emily Baker, daughter of
James and Anita Baker of
Martinsburg; Danielle Bigelow,
daughter of Randy and Twila
Bigelow of Williamsburg.
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