812-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. June 26, 1999
Centre County Board of Commissioners, from left, Sue Mascolo, Vicle Wedler, and
Keith Bierly present a proclamation to Centre County Dairy Princess Billie Jo Bird pro
claiming June Dairy Month in Centre County. Later, Bird presented a tray full of dairy
products to the commissioners.
Centre County Crowns Princess
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
PLEASANT GAP (Centre
Co.) On June 5, three contes
tants vied for the 1999 Centre
County Dairy Princess title. Lori
Connelly of Pennsylvania
Furnace, was crowned as the
1999 Centre County Dairy
Princess. Connelly resides on
Fairbrook Farms with her par
ents Ronald and Denise
Connelly. Lori recently graduat
ed from State College Area High
School and is enrolled in Penn
State University majoring in
animal sciences. Her activities
in school included The Dance
Marathon for Cerebral Palsy,
High Academic Honor Roll, and
she is a Power of PAWS award
recipient.
In addition to her activities in
school, she has served in numer
ous offices of the Mt. Nittany 4-
H Dairy Club, The Centre Hall
4-H Ag Club, president of the
Pennsylvania Junior Holstein
Executive Committee, Centre
Co./PA Dairy Quiz Bowl, and
has shown Holstien dairy cattle
for nine years. She also served
as a Pennsylvania representa
tive for the National 4-H Dairy
Leadership Conference in
Madison, Wisconsin. Lori enjoys
showing dairy cattle and market
swine and spending time with
friends and family.
In Connelly’s acceptance
speech, she stated, “I am hon
ored to represent such a strong
group of industry leaders in
Centre County. I will do my best
to represent you, the dairy farm
ers well throughout my reign.”
The pageant, led by Master of
Ceremonies John Ishler was
held at the Logan Grange Hall
in Pleasant Gap. The panel of
judges for the evening including
Cheryl Glick of Mifflin County,
Charles Schillings of
Huntingdon County, and Lisa
Shaw of Franklin County, had
their work cut out for them as
all the contestants gave strong
presentations.
Each contestant presented
both a 3-5 minute speech and
skit for the audience. The judges
also held interview sessions
prior to the pageant and each
contestant was given an
impromptu question.
While the judges made their
decision, the 1998 Centre Co.
Dairy Princess, Billie Jo Bird
gave her heartfelt farewell, clos
ing her reign.
As the night came to a close,
the judges named Emily
Cloninger of Centre Hall, the
1999 First Alternate Princess.
Emily is the 17-year-old daugh
ter of Dr. Robert and Ellen
Cloninger, also of Centre Hall.
She will be a senior this year at
Penns Valley Area High School
where she is involved in
Marching Band, Student
Council and managing the track
team. She has also been
involved in Dairy Quiz Bowl,
Centre Hall 4-H Ag Club, Mt.
Nittany 4-H Dairy Club, Penns
Valley 4-H Beef Club, and Pa.
Junior Holstein Executive
Committee.
In her spare time she enjoys
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
In eight days it will be the
fourth of July. Summer is here
with it’s picnics and family gath
erings. Today July 4th does not
create the excitement that it did
when I was a child.
My six sisters and I looked
forward to the fourth as a time
when we could play a little more.
Usually, our parents kept us
very busy either in the kitchen
or in the fields. But on this day,
they allowed us to sit in the tall
grass along the road and shoot
our cap pistols. We imagined we
scaring the passing
motorists.
were
In the evening our 1923
Overland car carried us to a
place called Owl Hill where we
could view the fireworks from a
nearby town. Other cars also
came to view the bursts of light
in the heavens. One evening we
parked along the road as usual
reading, working with animals
and Dairy Bowl. Emily present
ed a speech entitled, “The Dairy
Farmer.” Her skit, accompanied
by stuffed animals and tea sets
was entitled, “Noontime Milk
Party.”
Helping the princesses to pro
mote this year will be a number
of Dairy Maids, Misses and
Ambassadors including Amanda
Gates, Mandee Bierly, Ashley
Bird, Amanda Corl, Rebecca
Cloninger, Courtney Klingler,
Miranda Ullmer, Naomi Ullmer,
Bethany Wasson, Krystal
Wasson, and Nicole Wasson.
The evening concluded with
an ice cream social for all to
enjoy.
To book the princesses, con
tact Candy Wasson at (814) 237-
2339.
but apparently too close to a
ditch. You see, when we tried to
go home, we discovered that we
were stuck. As our car was light
weight, several men simply
picked it up and put it on the
road again. Of course, we chil
dren considered this quite an
adventure. However, our father
was embarrassed and angry all
at the same time.
The excitement of the holiday
dims as the years go by. In fact,
our enthusiasm for many holi
days takes on a different mean
ing as we grow older. Christmas
is not a dash downstairs to
check our long brown stockings
hung along the wall. And,
Thanksgiving isn’t a day to visit
Grandparents as they are long
gone. But, with some grandchil
dren living nearby, we can latch
on to a bit of their fervor for the
coming holidays.
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