816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,2001
Michelle Walker To Be York Dairy Princess
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
THOMASVILLE (York Co.)
A new dairy promotion team
is preparing to step into the York
County limelight with Michelle
Walker to wear the sparkling
princess tiara for the next 12
months.
The coronation of a new York
County dairy princess by cur
rently reigning princess Heather
Crowl will highlight the annual
pageant beginning at 7:30 p.m,
Saturday, May 26, at the York
4-H Center.
Michelle, 18, is the daughter of
Leroy and Brenda Walker,
Thomasville. She will graduate
in June from the York County
School of Technology, where she
is president of the National
Honor Society. Michelle attended
the Governor’s School for Health
Care and was active with the
Ambassadors for Career Educa
tion and the Hugh O’Brian
Youth Leadership program. She
plans to be an independent Mary
Kay director and pursue a busi
ness major at Wilson College.
The Walker family, which in
cludes brothers Brad, 24, and
Greg, 22, owns and operates
Walk-Le Farms, with 150 milk
ing registered Holsteins and 100
acres cropped to corn and hay.
Michelle owns two dairy animals
and has been active in 4-H dairy
and show activities. She was pre
viously an alternate York Coun
ty dairy princess.
Participants in the May 26 York County dairy princess
pageant will include, from left, Michelle Walker, princess
candidate, ambassador candidates April Daugherty and
Raechel Kilgore, and dairy maid candidate Amanda Hoo
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Two ambassadors and several
younger members of the promo
tion team will assist Michelle as
she makes appearances around
York County on behalf of dairy
producers. Ambassadors are
April Daugherty and Raechel
Kilgore, and Amanda Hoover is
the dairy maid.
April Daugherty, 17, is the
daughter of dairy farmers Philip
and Terry Daugherty, Lemon
Street, York. April has worked
with the princess program for
several years, assisting with milk
promotion events previously as a
dairy maid. She is home-school
ed and in her junior year of stud
ies. April is active in 4-H live
stock programs and youth
activities at her church.
Raechel Kilgore, 16, is the
daughter of Doug and Pam Kil
gore, Airville. She is a lOth-grade
student at Red Lion Area High
School and a member of the
FFA, as well as active in 4-H
dairy showing and the dairy
judging team. Along with help
ing on the family’s dairy and
crops operation, Raechel plays
field hockey for the Red Lion
school team.
Dairy maid Amanda Hoover
has several years of promotion
program experience as well.
Amanda, 13, is the daughter of
Paul and Rose Hoover, East
Prospect, who operate a dairy
goat business. She is a 4-H mem
ber with swine and goat projects,
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pant.
Rounding out the York dairy
promotion team are a bevy of en
thusiastic young ladies serving as
dairy misses and little misses.
Dairy misses are Jelee Anstine,
Carlyn Crowl, and Amy Baum
gardner, with Katie Baumgardn
er and Amber Thoman, the
youngest of the county’s milk
promoters, to serve as little
misses.
Jelee Anstine, 9, is the daugh
ter of Charles Anstine and Lynn
Hubbard, York. The fourth grad
er is a Junior Girl Scout and
plays the flute in her school
band.
Carlyn Crowl, 9, is the daugh
ter of Gary and Melanie Crowl,
Delta. A fourth-grader, she is a
member of the 4-H Milk and
Money dairy club and active in
school musical events and
church choir.
Amy Baumgardener, 10, is the
daughter of Daniel and Lori
Baumgardner, Dillsburg. Amy is
in the fourth grade, participates
in church group activities and a
member of the Central 4-H dairy
club.
Kathryn “Katie” Baumgardn
er, 6, is also the daughter of Dan
iel and Lori Baumgardner, Dills
burg. First-grader Katie enjoys
the family’s farm animals and
takes part in the family
church girls’ group.
Amber Thoman, 7, is the
daughter of Gary and Gail
Thoman, Oallastown.
Amber is in the first grade
and has her own dairy calf.
The pageant will mark
the last “official” task for
current York County dairy
princess, Heather Crowl,
completing a busy year of
appearances and speaking
opportunities. Just recently,
Heather visited with 300
eighth-grade students dur-
ing a health fair at West
York Junior High School,
where she manned a calci-
um display and offered
milk and cookie treats.
Every Monday for the
past several months, Heath-
er has spent her day off
from business classes visit-
ing elementary and pre
schools, educating young-
sters about the benefits of sistance major and plans a career
including milk and dairy foods in in the health field,
their chosen foods. Heather Michelle Walker’s reign will
teaches her young listeners about kick off with a busy June Dairy
how milk is produced, using Month line-up of promotions, be
posters and feed samples, shows ginning June 2 with a “cow
a video, and then gets them in- patty” bingo benefit planned at
volved in hands-on dairy food Northern High School. Organiza
preparation making either butter tions interested in booking the
or pudding. York County dairy princess for a
Now finishing up her first year meeting or event appearance
as a student at the Yorktowne should contact booking coordina-
Business Institute, Heather is tor Lori Baumgardner, phone
pursuing a two-year medical as- (717)432-3169.
Candidates for the York County dairy promotion’s Miss
and Little Miss honors join reigning dairy princess Heath
er Crowl, at right rear. Front, from left, are Amy Baum
gardner, Katie Baumgardner, Jelee Anstine, Amber Tho
man and Carlyn Crowl.
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