Wyoming/Lackawanna Counties Crowns Dairy Princess
TUNKHANNOCK (Wyoming
Co.) At the annual dairy prin
cess pageant held at the United
Methodist Church in Tunkhan
nock, Traci Anderson was select
ed to represent the dairy industry
as the 2000-2001 dairy princess.
Chosen to aid her in promotion
was Bobbie Sue Adams. The
judges for the competition were
Chris Swilley, from Mehoopany
and a former dairy princess, and
Karen Kosner, a personnel man
ager at the Tunkhannock Wal
mart store. Emcee was Victor
Cappucci Jr.
The new princess is the daugh
ter of George Anderson and
Laura Seidel. Traci "lives in
Tunkhannock and is a student at
the Tunkhannock Area School
where she will be a senior this
fall. Traci is in both FFA and
4-H and has shown dairy and
sheep at local shows and fairs.
She is also in the band and cho
rus at school. She works at
McDonald’s.
Bobbie Sue, 17, is the daughter
of Bob and Rose Adams, and will
begin her junior year at Wyalus
ing High School this fall. She is a
member of SADD, and is in the
4-H Dairy Club. She has shown
both Holstein and Jersey breed
animal projects at local shows
and fairs. During the past year,
she served as dairy maid, and
participated in many appear
ances and functions promoting
the dairy industry.
Serving as dairy ambassador
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for the upcoming year will be
Stephen Henning Jr., the son of
Steve and Tina Henning, Mehoo
pany. Stephen has been a mem
ber of FFA, the 4-H Dairy Club
and was one of the founding
members of the Wyoming Coun
ty 4-H Beef Club. He has been
vice president of all of these
clubs. He has been in 4-H for five
years. He enjoys talking to kids
about the dairy industry and one
of his favorite promotions was
opening ceremonies at the View
mont Mall for 4-H week. He re
cently graduated from the Dale
Carnegie Course, and at 16, is
completing the 10th grade in
Tunkhannock High School. At
the annual 4-H Leaders banquet
he was named Outstanding Sen
ior Boy.
Denise Hardisky will be dairy
maid. Her parents are Michael
and Beverly Hardisky of Nichol
son. She loves to read, and has
been a cheerleader at Lackawan
na Trail School. Denise owns 100
ewes, and is now beginning to
branch off into a swine project.
She is a member of the 4-H swine
club, the lamb club, the sewing
club, and has held many offices
in the Baconeers and Shining
Shepherd clubs. She has shown
her lambs at various fairs, and
shows promise as a writer.
Autumn Henning continues as
dairy miss, serving with her
brother, Stephen, the dairy am
bassador. She is going into fourth
grade this fall, in the Mehoopany
Knapp
Elementary School. She is in the
4-H Dairy Club in the county
and has served as the social
chairman for this year. She has
shown her dairy project animal
at the county, district and state
levels of competition. She has
both Holstein and Guernsey
cows. At the annual 4-H Leaders
banquet, she was named Out
standing Junior Girl. Her other
activities include membership in
Girl Scouts, where she helps in
food and clothing drives for the
homeless. Her most memorable
promotion during the past year
was at the Wyoming County
Fair, where she was able to
promote the dairy industry along
with the Fair Queen.
Some of the past courts
promotion efforts were acknowl
edged by Emcee Cappucci. In
cluded were 34 school promo
tions and 11 special events. It
was estimated that the court
traveled approximately 2,000
miles and contacted more than
33,000 people. While the two
contestants prepared for their
skits, Cappucci talked of what
has become of past county prin
cess and three were in attend
ance and were able to give a per
sonal account of how the Dairy
Princess Program has helped
them. Charlene Shupp, daughter
of Dale and Judy Shupp Tunk
hannock, who served as pageant
chairperson, and now works in
Luzerne County for the Chesa
peake Bay Program; Becky Gar
rison; Chris (Adams) Swilley of
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Promoting the dairy industry in Wyoming and Lacka
wanna counties, from back left are Dairy Maid Denise
Hardisky and Ambassador Stephen Henning. In front are
Dairy Miss Autumn Henning, Alternate Bobbie Sue
Adams, Dairy Princess Traci Anderson, and Dairy Prin
cess Angela Adams.
Mehoopany and was filling one
of the judging positions.
Other members of the Dairy
Royalty Committee are Laura
Anderson, Tina Henning, and
Judy Shupp. Charlene presented
the two candidates to perform
their skits. Traci presented the
“Dairy Fairy,” who was really
the Dairy Princess. In the skit,
the value of milk was described,
as well as the Real Seal, which
identifies the genuine dairy con
tent of foods. Then, she described
the steps in the production of
milk, from the cow all the way
through to the consumer. This
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young school students.
Bobbie Sue Adams had a spin
off of Goldilocks. She appeared
at the house of the three bears as
a dairy inspector and showed
how samples the bears' breakfast
compared with foods made with
oil. margarine, and butter. Natu
rally, the butter was the winner.
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