Promoting Dairy Everyday Is Goal For Somerset County Dairy Princess
Jennifer Stahl, 2001 Somerset County Dairy Princess is
outdoors at her home.
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GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
SOMERSET (Somerset Co.)
Jennifer Stahl, Allegheny Road,
Somerset, was crowned Somerset
County Dairy Princess by Lacey
Coleman, Berlin, the retiring
dairy princess.
The coronation conducted at
the Heritage Baptist Church in
cluded a dinner crowd of 120
persons.
Stahl addressed the guests
with a speech that dealt with the
dairy industry and the essentials
of good health with milk as a di
etary staple. Equally important
are cheese varieties, ice cream
and yogurt.
The 18-year-old princess,
whose parents are Richard and
Ellen Stahl, is learning how busy
are the days of a promoter. That
is how her life must be for a
dairy princess to make a differ
ence.
In doing her job well, the prin
cess, too, needs several daily
Servings of milk to maintain
strength and keep up with de
mands on her time. In lieu of
milk she may prefer a frozen
treat to celebrate July as Nation
al Ice Cream Month.
Stahl has set some lofty goals
because the general pubUc is a
big audience that she is com
mitted to reach. She declares her
primary concern is that of being
visible each day throughout her
reign.
“I want to do something ev
eryday. I feel it is my job to be
out there meeting the public with
information about the dairy in
dustry,” she said.
“The nice thing is that 1 am
out of school,” Stahl said of the
advantage of having a flexible
schedule that allows her to
participate in many promo
tions; Her job at the turnpike
Subway had been full time,
but now is maintained at
part time.
College will come later,
she said.
Stahl invested in a new
piece of equipment with the
cash incentive the Allied
Milk Producers Cooperative,
Inc., presented the night of
her coronation. She pur
chased a portable TV/VCR
to play videos on the road.
The rationale for that deci-
sion was machines owned by
others can be unreliable and
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time fiddling with an unfamiliar
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On her parents’ dairy farm
working with cows, over the
years Stahl absorbed cow knowl
edge, but she made a surprising
discovery after ninth grade when
she joined the Somerset FFA
Chapter. There was a lot more to
the cow business than she had re
alized.
The family farm near Lava
nsville uses a system of intensifi
ed rotational grazing for a mixed
herd of 70 Holsteins and Jerseys
covering some 44 paddocks. The
Jerseys add butterfat.
“I wanted to promote the
dairy industry,” she reported. ‘I
thought it was important to me
since mom and dad have been
milking cows for 30 years.”
Thus, as invitations from Day
care centers, nursing homes,
Bible Schools and parades come
in, her schedule is growing more
and more like a buzzing beehive.
At this point she anticipates
visiting every classroom in Som
erset county and being present at
farm and non-farm meetings she
is asked to attend.
At banquets the milk toast has
become a popular promotion
choice. Stahl looks forward to in
troducing it herself. She may sa
lute the dairy cow, the farmer, or
whatever....
When the clinking of glasses
subsides everyone will proceed to
sip their dairy drink.
For years the big Holstein cow
mascot that follows a dairy prin
cess around has been a winning
combination with kids. In target
ing youngsters with the “Drink
Milk” message the mascot con
tinues to be a useful and fun tool.
A volunteer from the Stahl fami
ly has offered to wear the black
and white suit. They want to
help out wherever possible.
Stahl gives chocolate milk to
kids because she enjoys it herself.
Fruit dip, on the other hand is
her choice for promotions at
nursing homes.
Dairy shows often last several
hours, but the dairy princess has
a duty to present awards as
judging of divisions continues all
day until a grand champion is se
lected.
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Among the largest promotion
al events of the year is Ag-Pro
gress Days in August. Stahl and
other county dairy princesses
will serve throngs of visitors
known to attend the annual
event.
Stahl’s successful FFA career
in grades 9-12, has earned an im
pressive list of awards.
As a senior she won the State
Record Keeper Award as well as
Western Region Star in produc
tion agriculture. She also re
ceived a state silver medal for
dairy judging and was in state
competition with her speech on
intensified rotational grazing.
She served as Somerset FFA
Chapter president and received
the Keystone Degree and was se
lected by the Somerset County
Beef Producers to receive their
award at the county FFA awards
banquet. She attended the Na
tional FFA Convention as a jun
ior.
A member of the National
Honor Society, three years in
succession Stahl won the FFA
Agronomy Contest. She was a
guest of the Somerset Lions and
Somerset Kiwanis Clubs and
named Outstanding Student in
Agriculture by the Pomona
Grange.
At the 2000 Somerset County
Junior Dairy Show her Jersey
animal was named the reserve
grand champion.
She joined 4-H to pave the
way for her brother Matthew,
now 15, she said. He wanted to
show animals and be involved in
projects but felt more comfort
able with an older sister there,
too.
Stahl also has two sisters who
are married with children.
Following is a favorite recipe
from the dairy princess.
8 ounces cream cheese, soft
ened
7 ounces marshmallow cream
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
'A teaspoon grated nutmeg
In a medium bowl combine
softened cream cheese,
marshmallow cream, milk, vanil
la and nutmeg. Beat until
smooth. Place in serving bowl
and serve with assorted fresh
fruit that has been thoroughly
washed.
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