814-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, January 15, 2000
Faces Who Make
Pennsylvania Honey Queen Renee Blatt and Dave Cal
derone, president of the Capitol Area Beekeepers, show
'w visitors ■ hor 'is extracted.
James Coy demonstrates broom making using broom
com, which grows like regular com but produces seeds
instead of ears.
Carolyn and Frank Lore, fiber artists from Montgomery
County, demonstrate flax making.
The Farm Show Go Round
h# VS* ■*.*!? F,rm Show ***** floor- Here the Manesefami
ly from a lunch break. Parents Paula and Tim with children, Valerie, 6;
Virginia, 8; and Stuart, 4, aaid they come each year to eat and look around.
Elisa Ranck (Ills more than
her role as Lancaster Coun
ty’s Dairy Princess, here she
models a gown, which won
first place in the formal gar
ment division Farm Show
Fashion Show.
It’s an envious accom
plishment to win Best of the
Show, but for two family
members to win it in the
same year is almost
unheard of. Laura Miller and
her mother Grace, at left,
both won the award. Laura,
who Is modeling a gown for
the fashion show, won the
award In the youth division
for another dress she had
made. Her mother won the
award in the adult division.
After eight years of entering the state hay contest at the
Farm Show, the Christ family from Johnstown took best of
show. Walter Christ said drought conditions resulted in
less than one-third of the hay they usually cut. In addition,
Christ Farms, Cambria County, took eight ribbons for oats,
dried com, barley, and shelled com.
Christ, 10; Beth Christ, 0; and Sondra Christ, 10, while cou
sins Daniel and Qinny Christ watch.