Talents In 4-H
(Continued from Pago B 16)
Textile science team, Indiana County, from
left, Amanda Davis, Rebecca Pike, Lorena
Shannon, and Kitty Eget, coach.
Junior dairy promoters front, from left, Alissa Yoder, Mifflin; Andra Yoder, Mifflin; Rebecca Harrop, Mifflin; Michelle Hartzell, Butler; Rachel Har
rop, Mifflin; Amanda Beary, Clarion/Venango; and Quinn Mitchell, Clarion/Venango. Second row, from left, Katie Laughlin, Mifflin; Tanya Peachey,
Mifflin; Kristie Bigelow, Blair; Abby Puzo, Susquehanna; Christine Peachey, Mifflin; Mariah Castrogiovanni, Susquehanna; Allyson Peachey, Mifflin;
Jena Kauffman, Mifflin; Autumn Henning, Wyoming/Lackawanna; Sondra Yoder, Mifflin; Morgan Spicher, Mifflin; and Deanna Yoder, Mifflin. Third
row, from left, Amy Kramer, Butler; Tara Solienberger, Blair; Emily Baker, Blair; Sarah Weimer, Clarion/Vanango; Roxanne Andrejehak, Washington;
Kara Brendlinger, Berks; Mindy Dressier, Juniata; Merry Andrejehak, Washington; Sara Hoover, Juniata; Nicole Benner, Lancaster; Luke Hoover,
Juniata; Virginia Smith, Mifflin; Lauren Yoder, Mifflin; Katie Bieglow, Blair; and Shasta Miller, Mifflin. Fourth row, from left, Abby Mowrer, Hunting
don; Brittnee Rossman, Centre; Becky Aiken, Mercer; Nicole Cochran, Mercer; Pepper Kissel), Chester; Turner Swartz, Juniata; David Wilson, Juni
ata; Ashley Harshbarger, Juniata; Katie Thomas, Potter; Emily Martin, Potter; Elizabeth Thomas, Somerset; Lori Dotterer, Clinton; Stephanie Meyer,
Clinton; Tracy Bigelow, Blair; Lisa Yoder, Mifflin; Sara Marburger, Butler; Justin Kennedy, Butler; Renee Norman, Tioga; Crystal Moyer, Bucks/
Montgomery; Heidi Zembower, Bedford; Brittany Rice, SUN; and Amber Bemarding, Crawford. Fifth row, from left, Megan Dehart, Butler; Cara Ste
phenson, Butler; Nathan Boyle, Butler; Janelle Hartzell, Butler; Jenna Smith, Blair; Patty Peangatelli, Potter; Brooke Bardo, Clinton; Amanda Shaf
fer, SUN; Dorrie Fetter, Bedford; Jessie Cornell, Potter; Trish Harrop, Chester; Becky Nolan, Chester; Vicki Kieffer, Berks; Charann Foster, Hunting
don; Teresa Suba, Huntingdon; Cheryl Hershey, Lancaster; and Hillary Agney, Mifflin. Sixth row, from left, Rebekah Fox, Somerset Alternate; Kati
Click, Mifflin; Wendy Mast, Somerset; Melanie Wenger, Adams; Shana Gallagher, Beaver; Lora Fry, Lycoming; Sara Derstine, Tioga; Kate Hademon,
Bucks/Montgomery; Venessa Qreider, Lycoming; Denise Hardisky, Wyoming/Lackawanna; Sara Karns, Bedford; Sara Ulrich, Lycoming; Christine
Wagner, Wayne; Jenna Geislnger, Bucks/Montgomery; Kaitlynn Johnson, Tioga; Melinda Cramer, Butler; Mandy Daniels, Beaver; Lyndsey Fisher,
Record Numbers Attend Mini-Seminar
CLARION (Clarion Co.) A
record number of 148 young
dairy enthusiasts, and S 3 adults,
from counties ail across Pennsyl
vania assembled at Penn State’s
agricultural industries and sci
ence building on July 25 for a
one-day training session on the
do’s and don’ts of dairy promo
tion hosted by Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess and Promotion
Services, Inc. The participants
GRAND FORKS, N.D A
change in farm policy is being
spearheaded by two North
Dakota senators. The shift
would be toward more payments
for flood control and other con
servation benefits.
The Farmland Stewardship
Initiative would include $25 mil
lion for demonstration projects
ranged in age from 10-years to
20 and included a number of
young men who are active dairy
promoters in their home coun
ties.
The seminar was conducted by
Pennsylvania’s reigning Dairy
Princess Lori Connelly and Al
ternate Amanda Gilkinson as
sisted by former state royalty,
Angela Werley Davis, Jennifer
Dotterer, and Megan Meyers.
Shift In Farm Bill Philosophy Proposed
across the country, including $5
million for pilot areas in North
Dakota and Minnesota. Other
imposed tryout locations are
South Dakota, Vermont and
California.
The proposal has support
from Sens. Kent Conrad and
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., among
others.
Public speaking individual, Cassandra Hay,
Somerset County.
Emily Cloninger, this year’s
Centre County Princess repre
sented the host county. Instruc
tors are young women who know
and have experienced firsthand
the challenges, fears and satisfac
tions of successful promoting.
Sessions were held on industry
knowledge, cow breeds, produc
tion and processing information,
Pennsylvania dairy facts and nu
trition; speaking and interview
“Through the development of
these pilot programs, we hope to
build support for a broader shift
in agriculture policy toward
Farmland Stewardship in the
n«rt farm bill,” Dorgan and six
colleagues wrote in requesting
consideration of the bill.
The “single compensation”
concept would pay farmers for a
Textile science high-scoring individual,
Montgomery County, from left, Michelle
Heayn, and Myranda Caputo, coach.
ing and on image how to dress
and act as a professional promot
er.
A special session was con
ducted for young people who had
attended the seminar in previous
years and a tour of Penn State’s
“Ag Hill” dairy barns and facili
ties was enjoyed by the attending
adults.
Junia Isiminger, PDPPS pub
lic relations and special promo-
range of management practices
under existing programs.
The Farmland Stewardship
Initiative also would seek to in
clude “disincentives to sprawl”
in some urban areas through
eW ”e
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, August 26, 2000-819
tion director, also a former coup
ty princess and alternate gave an
inspirational talk to the entire
group on “A Dairy Maid and
Ambassador’s Role in Dairy
Promotion.”
PDPPS, Inc. Coordinators
Charlene Ranck, Betty Reibson,
Wanda Yoder, Roberta McCon
nell, Marsha Kuhns, and direc
tors Jan Harding and Junia Isi
minger assisted with the day’s
conservation easements. In
other areas, the government
might pay based on the absorp
tion of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases.