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Mercer County Dairy Princess Likes What She Promotes
SANDY BRADLEY
Mercer Ca Correspondent
GROVE CITY (Mercer Co.)
In her competition slat, dairy prin
cess contestant Katie Hanna por
trayed a senior citizen testifying to
the benefits of (kinking milk.
“Even though I didn’t appreciate
all that calcium then,” she reflect
ed on stage, “my bones, teeth, and
muscles sure appreciate it now.
And you can tell, because I’m still
drinking milk from a cup not
putting my teeth in one!”
As newly-elected royalty for
Mercer County, Katie is ready,
she says, to sink her teeth into
much, much more eager to
meet the challenges that come
with ho- crown. In addition to
writing a variety of articles and
speaking to both farm and non
farm groups about the industry, as
dairy princess Katie will partici
pate in promotional activities on
the radio as well as in schools,
store, fairs, and parades.
But for this 16-year-old high
school student, juggling a busy
schedule is already part of a life
style filled with responsibility and
achievement As well as working
five days a week in Greenville,
where she milks cows and per
forms calf and heifer chores on the
Leisure Lane Dairy Farm, Katie
serves as president of the 4-H No-
Bull Dairy Club, president of
Lakeview Bible Club, circulations
editor for her high school newspa
per, president of the school show
choir, and peer mediator at Lake
view High, where she is about to
Katie Hanna tella flower presenters Sarah Slater and Sar
ah Patterson that her dream to become dairy princess
began when she was a little girl.
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enter her senior year.
Katie also serves on the board
of directors few Students few Chari
ly, plays the flute and tuba, and
belongs to a variety of groups that
include her school cross country
team, chonis, chambers ensemble,
women’s ensemble, marching
band, concert band, pep band,
brass ensemble, and Sandy Lake
Wesleyan Church. In addition,
Katie belongs to the National
Honor Society and is listed in
Who’s Who Among American
High School Students.
To be eligible to run for dairy
princess, Katie explains, Mercer
County contestants must either
have parents who woik in the
dairy industry, be employed on a
farm, belong to 4-H and own at
least two dairy animals, or have
served for a year as a dairy maid.
Qualifying was easy, she says,
since she has met all, instead of
one, of the listed requirements.
Although her exposure to the
dairy industry began at home, with
a father who has worked on vari
ous farms, Katie’s influences also
included her aunt and uncle, Tam
my and Tim Hanna, who own and
operate Hanna Dairy Farm in Fre
donia. Tammy, who has also parti
cipated in the dairy princess pro
gram for many years, was prob
ably responsible for Katie’s early
involvement, which began at age
eight, when the little girls’ pro
gram began in Mercer.
“This is my ninth year in the
program,” she explains. “I’ve
been a Dairy Darling, a Dairy De-
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Joining Mercer County Dairy Princess Katie Hanna, center, are Marsha Croskey, left,
and Dawn Seckler.
light, a Delightful Dairy Daughter,
and a Dairy Maid. After the first
year I was hooked, and that was
my dream: to be the pretty girl
with the crown. I’m pretty excited.
I’ve waited a long time.”
With hobbies that include meet
ing new people and working with
animals, Katie said she expects to
excel in her role as dairy princess.
Also, she said, since her duties
will include presentations to peo
ple in various settings, the coming
year will help her develop those
skills so necessary for success in
business and marketing two of
her current professional interests.
“It’s going to be a lot of fiin,”
she says. “I also think it’s going to
be a lot of work, but I’m looking
forward to it.” As far as the mar
keting aspects of the job, Katie
says she realizes that, in order to
effectively promote a product or
idea, the presenter has to be a be
liever. “I believe you have to like
what you’re promoting in order
for it to go over well. If you don’t
like something, you’re not going
to do a good job of promoting it.”
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Dairy Maids Crystal Robinson and Miranda Moore are fol
lowing in the steps of Mercer County Dairy Princess Katie
Hanna, who is a former dairy maid and has been in the dairy
promotion program for nine years.
Luckily, dairy products ice elude an Eddy’s limited Girl Scout
cream in particular—rank among edition, which is flavored with
Katie’s favorite foods. At the mo- thin mints,
ment, her preferred varieties in-
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