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are so important, in addition to
mall promotions and special
events.
Children are very responsive
to the young women who enter
their classrooms wearing the en
viable and admired tiara.
“A princess makes a big differ
ence in promotion,” Dave Myers,
Allied president, told the group.
He noted there are cases where
farmers on school board panels
also carry influence.
Milk, as opposed to colas, is a
Pictured is a bevy of dairy princesses who attended the annual meeting of the Allied
Milk Producers Cooperative, Inc. conducted at the Masonic Temple in Johnstown. From
left, Amy Mearkle, former state alternate and mistress of ceremonies; Mindy Wolfe,'
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess; Misty Claypoole, Armstrong County; Sherry Plummer, Jef
ferson County; and Lacey Coleman, Somerset County.
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healthy drink for people from
birth to old age.
“We hope we can get them
drinking milk for life,” said
Myers, about students and local
sport fans.
Serving on the board are Fred
Shankle, vice president, Bedford
County; Jan Itle, treasurer, Cam
bria County; Richard Kaufman,
Somerset County; and Jim Scott,
Indiana County.
Dorothy Naugle is the dairy
marketing specialist.
Dorothy Bromley, extension
educator and family living agent
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“The E.coli Risk When Cows
and Kids Come Together.”
Bromley said she grew up on a
farm and is interested in promot
ing milk. She thanked farmers
for their generosity in hosting
school groups visiting their
farms.
“Keep in mind there is a bit of
a risk,” she said.
Cloven-hoofed animals such as
cattle, goats, deer, and bison can
shed the E.coli bacteria in their
manure.
Those most at risk for E.coli
bacteria are the young, because
their immune system is not built
up; the elderly because their im
mune system is wearing out; and
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pregnant women, whose immune
systems are protecting two.
Children tend to touch every
thing at the farm where they
usually are treated to a snack be
fore departing back to school.
“An effective control is putting
up a barrier from hand to
mouth,” Bromley said.
That would be washing hands
for 20 seconds in warm water
with regular bar or liquid soap
and drying with a paper towel.
This responsibility is the teach
ers.
In advance of the visit, the
farmer can work with the teacher
to stress the importance of the
children washing their hands.
Another possibility is having a
snack time first and the tour last.
Or farmers may limit access to
some areas and not take the chil
dren there.
“Don’t let them go anywhere
unsupervised,” said Bromley.
In recent weeks the threat of
foot and mouth disease has
found such restrictions and
greater ones already implement
ed by most farmers whose facili
ties were accustomed to hosting
neighborly tours. They want
folks to understand where their
food comes from.
Bromley also used volunteers
to demonstrate the speed with
which bacteria is passed from
one person to another.
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Carol and Larry Barnick of
Jennerstown, Somerset County,
were introduced by virtue of the
astonishing order they gave for
Allied’s annual cheese and butter
sale. Last time it was conducted,
Carol Bamick ordered 1,740
pounds of products, Naugle said.
When asked about it later,
Carol said: “All I do is make a
couple of phone calls to friends
and relatives and it just escalates.
“We eat a lot of pizzas,” she
reported of her own household.
Carol herself gets a case of
butter and a block of mozzarella
cheese which she grates and
freezes in separate packages.
Naugle reported billboard
cheese promotions and the
cheese identification contests
popular at schools and senior cit
izen centers and in television and
radio commercials.
Allied Milk Producers Cooper
ative, Inc. is a major sponsor of
the Keystone State Games,
where the official drink is milk.
Allied supports the county
promotion committees that are
holding fundraisers at festivals
such as Mountain Craft Days in
Somerset, the Folk Festival in
Springs, and at county fairs.
The place mats Allied has
available appear to be “dairy
fun” indeed, with cheese scram
blers, multiple choice cheese triv
ia, and a word find.
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