A36-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 17, 2000
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) While dairy farmers use
the long days of summer to toil
the soil, their local dairy promo
tion organization is gearing up
for a season of promoting milk
in the local markets. The Penn
sylvania Dairy Promotion Pro
gram has a myriad of events
planned to meet a wide realm of
public interests.
Jump starting the sizzling
season of events is Pennsylva
nia’s Special Olympics, Thurs
day, June 8, through Saturday,
June 10, in State College. Spe
cial Olympics Pennsylvania
(SOPA) provides year-round
training and competition in 23
Olympic-type sports to more
than 27,000 children and adults
with mental retardation or
closely related developmental
disabilities. PDPP promotes
dairy with a series of “got
milk?”® banners placed around
the track and field events, one of
the most highly visited and visi
ble locations during the week.
“We believe that not only do
Pennsylvania dairy farmers ben
efit from additional exposure of
our “got milk?”® campaign, but
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Dairy Promotions Shine In Summer
we are proud to support the
brave athletes of Special Olym
pics of Pennsylvania,” said
Debra Summerall, spokesperson
for PDPP.
What would summer be with
out ice cream? June Dairy
Month is the perfect excuse for a
celebration on the steps of the
State Capitol in Harrisburg. The
2000 event will run noon to 1
p.m., Wednesday, June 7. In co
operation with the American
Dairy Association & Dairy
Council Middle Atlantic and the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, a celebrity “milk
mustache” contest for local
media personalities has been or
ganized.
“We are anticipating to feed
ice cream to more than 2,000
people while promoting the
dairy industry in Pennsylva
nia,” said Summerall.
Green’s Ice Cream is support
ing the event by donating 126
gallons of ice cream. The sundae
will be topped off with five gal
lons of nuts, donated by J S
Zimmerman Company of Pen
brook, and ten gallons of choco
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Carmel syrup donated by Her
shey Foods. Pennsylvania Secre
tary of Agriculture Samuel
Hayes will present a proclama
tion declaring June as Dairy
Month, issued by Governor Tom
Ridge, to PDPP Chairman Rich
ard Waybright during the event
to honor the accomplishments of
the Keystone State’s dairy in
dustry.
In addition, PDPP is a proud
annual sponsor of youth activi
ties during Williamsport Cros
scutters and Erie Seawoives
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used to process livestock and
poultry products.
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and certified by this program
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games. “Displaying the “got
milk?”™ campaign at ballparks
in Pennsylvania is a fun and ex
citing promotion for young chil
dren,” said Summerall. “Our
goal is to urge these children at
an early age to create good nu
tritional habits, including drink
ing milk, that last throughout
adulthood.”
New for 2000, PDPP is spon
soring a Dairy Night at the Al
toona Curve baseball stadium.
The promotion will include “got
that the equipment meets mini
mum requirements for cleana
bility, suitability of materials
used in construction, durability
and inspectability,” said Kath
leen A. Merrigan, administrator
of USDA’s Agricultural Market
ing Service.
Under this voluntary, user
fee-funded program, AMS will
provide for the inspection and
certification of livestock and
poultry processing equipment to
sanitary design standards devel
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milk?”” coolers to the first 1500
people over age 18, a celebrity
cow milking contest before the
game and extensive advertise
ment.
“We are very excited about
this opportunity to promote not
only Pennsylvania’s official
beverage - milk - but the dairy
farming community of Blair
County,” said Summerall. “It
will be a fun evening that will
bring together urban and rural
life.”
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equipment, a voluntary con
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AMS estimates that there are
approximately 2,000 equipment
manufacturers that could bene
fit from this proposed marketing
program. Development of this
program was authorized under
the provisions of the 1999 Agri
cultural Appropriations Act,
and will be conducted under the
authority of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946.
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