Sam Hayes Jr., Pennsylvania ag secretary, shares a light moment eating ice cream dished out by Franklin County Dairy Princess, Mindy Martin. EVERETT NEWSWANGER Editor HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) - The Pennsylvania dairy industry’s advertising efforts with ties to June Dairy Month promotion reverberated across the commonwealth, Wednesday noon, when officials of milk pro motion groups built a giant 8- foot ice cream sundae on the capitol steps and invited urban radio and television station ce lebrities to participate in a “Milk Mustache” contest. Sponsored by the Pennsylva nia Dairy Promotion Program, the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council Mid East, and the American Dairy Associ ationairy Council Middle Atlan tic, 126 gallons of Green’s premium vanilla ice cream were used, along with 10 gallons of Hershey’s chocolate syrup, 5 gallons of Hershey’s classic carmel syrup, and 5 gallons of chopped nuts from Zimmer- Huge Sundae Built On Capitol Steps man’s Nut Company. Then they dished it out free to anyone who happened to be in the area while the recorders and TV cameras were rolling for the six o’clock news and the evening editions of the newspapers and talk shows Thursday morning. State Agriculture Secretary, Sam Hayes Jr., brought greet ings from Gov. Tom Ridge, and read a proclamation officially recognizing June as dairy month. Richard Waybright, chairman of the Pennsylvania program, accepted the procla mation on behalf of the dairy in dustry. Many of the county dairy princesses and their coor dinators were on hand to help make the sundae and help to scoop ice cream. Debra Summerall, industry relations manager and spok esperson for PDPP, said the state’s dairy farmers work dili gently 365 days a year to provide .consumers with a fresh supply Dairy industry royalty gather on the capitol steps with Pennsylvania Ag Secretary, Samuel Hayes Jr. to help build a giant ice cream sundae and dish out 126 gallons of ice cream to Harrisburg residents. Dairy princesses are from left, Bobbi Joe Dressier, Juni ata princess; Heather Bomgardner, York ambassador; Becky Kilgore, state alternate princess; Ashley Carper, Huntingdon former princess; Connie Snare, Huntingdon prin cess; Sec. Hayes; Mindy Martin, Franklin princess; Holly Miller, Dauphin alternate prin cess; Heidi Miller,. Dauphin princess; Angela Sollenberger, Blair alternate princess; Diana Bigelow, Blair princess; Lori Connelly, state dairy princess; and Elizabeth Young, Lancaster alternate princess. Photo by Everett Newsmonger, editor of milk and quality dairy prod ucts. “By celebrating June Dairy Month, we are honoring the dairy industry and giving citi zens of Pennsylvania an oppor tunity to thank dairy farmers”, she said. Milk is the official Pennsylva nia beverage and the state has Randall G. Renninger Certified Public Accountant Specializing in agriculture and construction industries “We help business people discover ways to cut costs, save taxes, and be more profitable” Call about our FREE seminars 535 W. Orange Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 299-6480 ♦ Fax (717)299-6390 9,900 dairy farms that produce 10.85 billion pounds or 1.36 bil lion gallons of milk each year. The state ranks 3rd in the nation for production of ice cream; 3rd in butter; 4th for milk produc tion; and 6th for the production Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10, 2000-A27 of cheese. This capitol steps event is part of many efforts across the nation this month, to promote the good taste and nu tritional values of dairy prod ucts through dairy farmer supported check-off funds. A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIER ADS GET RESULTS!