Mercer County Dairy Princess Poses As Tooth Fairy
SANDY BRADLEY
Mercer Co. Correspondent
GROVE CITY (Mercer Co.) -
Her name is Marsha Croskey,
but for a few minutes during this
year’s dairy pageant, Mercer
County’s winning contestant be
came Gladys Molarbee, a tooth
fairy that informed her public on
all the benefits of drinking milk.
As part of the skit, Marsha
presented a large molar that she
created by wrapping white crepe
paper around newspaper, engag
ing her audience by saying,
“Wow, look at how big this tooth
is! She must have really enjoyed
her dairy products!”
As well as using humor in her
pageant presentations, Marsha
displayed her intelligence and
courage by also addressing politi
cal issues related to the dairy in
dustry: In a speech that referred
to internet sites that slam dairy
products as “Cyber Cow-Tip
pers,” Marsha criticized the flim
sy research on which such crit
icisms are based - defending
dairy products with facts about
their nutritional value. Marsha
also praised the industry in gen
eral, warning that “cyber cow
tippers” had no idea of its
strength, and referring to the in
dustry as the “biggest cow ever.”
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When she is not taking politi
cal stands for dairy products and
impersonating the tooth fairy,
17-year-old Marsha spends time
at her Delaware Township home,
where she lives with her parents,
Lynette and James Croskey. Her
time is divided between caring
for her 4-H animals, which in
clude dairy goats (four LaMan
chas and two Nubians) and a
Nubian-Toggenburg meat mar
ket project.
Marsha also shows a neigh
bor’s llama and helps occasional
ly on the dairy farm of her aunt
and uncle, Kimberly and Thom
as Croskey.
The pageant, held June 27 at
the Leslie N. Firth Learning Cen
ter in Mercer, marked the second
year that Marsha has competed
for the dairy princess title. In
1999, she was named alternate.
Also competing for this year’s
crown was Kim Voohries, who
will serve as the 2000 alternate.
Dawn Seckler of Mercer was
named dairy ambassador.
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Leise were this year’s flower pre
senters. Rhoda Mathias, Dave
Trotter, and Chris Waddell
served as judges.
The impromptu question
asked of princess contestants was
as recent high school graduates,
what would you say to your high
school principal?
“I’d say “thank you for pro
viding such a good educational
environment,’” replied Marsha.
“Then I’d probably ask that he
try to improve the nutritional
value of school lunches!”
Not so coincidentally, Marsha
says that people she most admir
es include teachers in American
schools. “They have a pretty big
job,” she said. “A lot of people
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think that their jobs end when
they go home in the evening, but
they don’t.”
Enrolled at Youngstown State
University, Marsha will begin her
studies this fall to earn a degree
in music education. She plays the
saxophone and oboe, and after
graduating she hopes to become
a director. She said that the com
ing months will challenge her,
but she is eager to embrace her
responsibilities are dairy prin
cess. June is dairy month, she
said, and she has no school dur
ing June. During that time she
will work on many of those proj
ects related to her new role as
dairy princess.
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