820-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 2000
TIPTON (Blair Co.) Diana
Bigelow was crowned Blair
County dairy princess on Satur
day, May 20, on the stage at
Bland’s Park, Tipton. Her ready
smile and enthusiasm for the
dairy industry won the hearts of
the judges and the audience dur
ing the pageant.
Diana will be assisted by two
capable and talented alternates,
Corinne Snare of Tyrone and
Angela Sollenberger of Curry
ville. All three girls where
crowned by the 1999 Blair Coun
ty Dairy Princess Heather Hoo
ver.
For the creative presentation
portion of the pageant, Diana,
the 16-year-old daughter of Rich
ard and Cindy Bigelow, pres
ented a speech entitled “Why
Drink Milk?”
Contestants were given a
choice to present either a three
five minute speech or skit. Di
ana’s speech outlined many of
the nutritional reasons of choos
ing milk and real dairy products.
Diana’s delivery displayed her
love and enthusiasm for the in
dustry.
The final on-stage portion of
the pageant was answering an
impromptu question. Diana’s
question was “If you are selected
as dairy princess what is one goal
you wish to accomplish this year
and how to go about doing so?”
Diana replied that her goal
would be to reach more teen
agers with the message of milk
and dairy products. She stated
that too many teens are making
poor dietary choices and are rob
bing themselves of healthy futur
es. She continued that it would
be her goal to educate teens
about the nutritional value of
milk over soda which has no nu
tritional value.
Alternate Corinne Snare is the
17-vear-old daughter of Daniel
School Benefit Auction
Is June 16-17
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
The Ephrata Mennonite
School will hold its 16th annual
benefit auction June 16-June 17.
The event begins Friday June
16 with a pig roast supper. The
auction will begin at 6 p.m. with
certificates sold at 7:30 p.m. and
Winross trucks at 8 p.m.
Saturday begins with a break
fast buffet served 6:30 a.m. to 9
a.m. The auction begins at 9
a.m. Certificates from local busi
nesses and restaurants will be
sold at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Quilts and wall hangings will be
sold at 1 p.m.
Items to be sold at noon in
clude pedal tractors, a ham
mock, curio cabinet, Teeny
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Blair County Crowns
New Dairy Princess
and Virginia Snare of Tyrone.
Corinne’s creative presentation
was a speech about The Chang
ing World of Diary. She confi
dently spoke of the need for
more consumer awareness of the
dairy industry as the urban pop
ulation grows and the agricultur
al population decreases. She also
outlined some of the strengths of
the dairy industry in the 21st
century, including readily recog
nized advertising slogans like
“got milk?” and the popular
“Where’s your moustache?”
print ads.
Angela Sollenberger will also
be assisting Diana this year as an
alternate. Angela is the
17-year-old daughter of Gerald
and Jean Sollenberger of Curry
ville. Angela entertained the au
dience and judges with her crea
tive presentation a skit, geared
towards elementary age students
about Milk...it’s in your future.
For her skit, Angela was trans
formed in to a fortune-telling
gypsy, who read the futures of
several children while reminding
them of the importance of con
suming their daily need of milk
and dairy products. Angela
brings to the team several years
experience in dairy promotion, as
a former dairy maid and alter
nate dairy princess.
Mistress of Ceremonies for the
evening was Pennsylvania State
Dairy Princess Lori Connelly of
Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre
County. Lori kept the evening
moving along and introduced
eight junior promoters for the
year.
Serving as a dairy maid is
Tracy Bigelow, the 14-year-old
daughter of Richard and Cindy
Bigelow, Williamsburg. Tracy is
an eighth grader at Huntingdon
Christian Academy. She is the
vice president of the Blair Coun
ty Baby Beef 4-H Club, involved
Beany babies. At 2 p.m., items
with the theme “enjoy the out
doors” will include lawn furni
ture, gas grill, lawn and garden
accessories, and various types of
iron hooks.
Food including barbecue
chicken and baked goods will be
available all day. All proceeds
benefit Christian education at
Ephrata Mennonite School.
The school is located at 598
Stevens Rd. Ephrata. Rt. 272 N
from Ephrata, turn left onto
Schoeneck Rd. The school is lo
cated approximately one-half
mile at the corner of Schoeneck
and Stevens Roads.
For more information, call the
school at (717) 738-4266.
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At the Blair County Dairy pageant, from left are Lori Connelly, PA Princess; Angela
Sollenberger, Blair Co. Alternate; Heather Hoover, 1999 Blair Co. Dairy Princess; and
Corinne Snare, Blair Co. Alternate. Seated is Diana Bigelow, Blair County Princess,
Sam Hayes, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, is kneeling.
her in church youth group, and
helps with the Williamsburg
Farm Show. This will be Tracy’s
second year serving as a Blair
County Dairy Maid.
Dairy misses, young ladies be
tween the ages of 9-12, will assist
the team primarily at summer
promotions. The following girls
were given their new dairy miss
banners by outgoing dairy prin
cess Heather Hoover. Emily
Baker, 12-year-old daughter of
James and Anita Baker of Mar
tinsburg, Katy Bigelow, 10-year
old daughter of Randy and Twila
Bigelow, Williamsburg, Kristy
Bigelow, 9-year-old daughter of
Randy and Twila Bigelow, Wil
liamsburg, Courtney Huntsman,
12-year-old daughter of Randy
and Karen Huntsman, Shasta
Miller, 10-year-old daughter of
Steve Clapper and Amy Miller,
Tara Shollenberger, 10-year-old
daughter of Earlyn and Lynette
Sollenberger, Curryville, Jenna
Smith, 11-year-old daughter of
Max and Jeannie Smith, Mar
tinsburg.
Serving judges for the evening
were Vicky Daubert of
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Paul
Neer of Belleville, Mifflin Coun
ty, and Brucette Metz of Allen
sville, Huntingdon County.
White the judges deliberated
their selections, Miss Connelly
introduced the Future Princesses
between the ages of 4-8, and their
escorts, the Future Farmers. Fu
ture princesses include Lindsay
Knab, 6-year-old daughter of
David and Genee Knab, Holli
daysburg, Desteny Ramsey,
7-year-old daughter of Brenda
and Ellery Amick, East Free
dom, Laura Ritchey,
4-year-old daughter of Tom and
Cindy Ritchey, Martinsburg, and
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Martinsburg.
Another highlight of the eve
ning was the recognition of one
of Blair County’s long-time dairy
farm couple George and Mary
Brennaman, who were recog
nized for their years of work on
the family dairy farm in Wil
liamsburg. Sons Kenneth and
Louis now manage that opera
tion, with assistance from their
father, George. Heather Hoover
presented Mr. and Mrs. Brenna
man with a gift basket and flow
ers.
Before crowning the new Blair
County Dairy Princess, Heather
thanked the committee for their
support and guidance through
out the year and each committee
member was presented with a
long stem red rose.
Blair County dairy promotion
chairperson, Twila Bigelow,
presented outgoing Alternate
Angela Sollenberger with a
thank you gift for her work dur
ing the last year. She also pres
ented Heather with a gift and
$l,OOO scholarship made possible
by contributions from area farm
ers and agri-business people.
Heather received this scholarship
because she completed the sec
ond level of incentive as set forth
by the Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess and Promotion Services, Inc.
Heather visited more than 30 ele
mentary classrooms,., spoke to
more than 25 non-farm and farm
meetings, did over 25 store or
mall promotions, and completed
more than 30 radio or television
spots and newspaper articles.