Chester Cou
Chester royalty, from left front, includes Ambassador Abby Hedrick, Chester County
Dairy Princess Betsy Young, and Ambassador Becky Bally. Back from left are Amabas
sadors Becky Nolan, Trlsh Harrop, and Christy Guest.
CHESTER SPRINGS (Chest
er Co.) Chester County dairy
farmers wrapped up June Dairy
Month and kicked off July Ice
Cream Month by crowning a new
dairy princess and court. The
pageant was on Sunday, June 30
at the Chester Springs Creamery
overlooking the meadows of
Milky Way Farm in Chester
Springs of northeastern Chester
County.
Betsy Young, daughter of
Charles and Debra Young of
West Grove, received the title
and crown. The 1999 Chester
County Dairy Princess Amanda
Grossman was on hand to per
form the coronation honors.
Five dairy ambassadors that
make up the court are Becky
Baily, daughter of Barnard and
Jane Baily of West Chester;
Christy Guest, daughter of Stan
and Cathy Guest of Pottstown;
Trish Harrop, daughter of Bruce
and Betsy Harrop of Exton; Abby
Hedrick, daughter of Ruth He
drick of Pottstown and John He
drick; and Becky Nolan, daugh
ter of Rob and Sharon Nolan of
Cochranville.
Charlene Ranck, a resident of
Chester County and the South
east coordinator for Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess and Promotion
Services, Inc. welcomed the audi
ence of family and friends. She
introduced Steven H. Dietrich,
the Penn State extension agent
for Chester County who served
as the Master of Ceremonies.
After introductions and a brief
interview of each girl, they had
opportunity to give a prepared
speech. Betsy Young gave a pre
sentation geared toward elemen
tary-aged children. Dressed in an
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artist’s paint shirt, she drew the
first letter of each of the nutrients
of milk and created a simple
drawing to help the audience re
member what aspect of health
each nutrient is noted for.
Each of the dairy ambassadors
prepared a speech for an adult
audience beginning with Becky
Baity who gave a detailed des
cription of the origin of the major
dairy breeds and also the Line
back cow, which is well-known in
the Baity herd.
Christy Guest explained the
origin and increase in popularity
of ice cream and encouraged the
audience to enjoy lots of it, espe
cially throughout July as Ice
Cream Month.
Trish Harrop, although the
youngest of the court has had
many experiences in life and in
her speech she shared some of
the events of her farm life, which
is new and different each day,
but never wanting for activity or
the security of family life.
Abby Hedrick did not grow up
on a farm but has always loved
animals. Without animals on her
family’s four acres, she decided
to go to the animals, and began
working on a neighboring farm
that now houses her own dairy
4-H animals. She cherishes the
relationships built through these
experiences.
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Becky Nolan spoke of the need
for Americans to consume the
recommended amounts of dairy
products. She gave statistics and
the value of the nutritional as
pects of milk and milk products.
Betsy will be attending a three
day intensive training seminar in
July, which focuses on public
speaking, nutrition, working with
the media and dairy knowledge.
A one-day mini-seminar in Au
gust will be conducted for the
ambassadors, which will cover
the same topics.
These seminars and the Penn
sylvania Dairy Princess Pageant
conducted in September, are
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess and Promotion
Services, Inc., the statewide or
ganization that trains and equips
the young people of Pennsylvania
to promote milk and increase
milk sales.
The Chester County Court will
appear at dairy events through
out the coming year in addition
to visiting schools, grocery stores
and grange meetings where they
will talk with the public about
the aspects of milk and hand out
promotional materials. Anyone
interested in inviting the Chester
County dairy royalty to a local
event may do so by contacting
Sharon Nolan, booking chairper
son at (610) 593-7465.
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Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
We all get wrapped up in our
own personal problems. I’ve been
thinking of several people to
whom I talked during the last
week.
One lady is a widow and lives
in a large farmhouse by herself.
She has family who visit and she
visits her very elderly father in a
nursing home. She likes flowers
and shares them with visitors.
She enjoys collecting birdhouses
too.
Another lady to whom I spoke
briefly mentioned that it was also
hard on her to have an ill hus
band. Sometimes she worried
more about his health than he
did. The years certainly change
our attitudes.
My husband had a visitor the
other week. He came bearing a
lovely cake that his wife had
baked. As he had an errand in
our area, he stopped to see how
Allen was doing. The answer is
York County 4-H ambassadors from left are Kayla
Baughman and Mary Zeigler.
York Teens Attend Penn State
4-H Ambassador Conference
YORK (York Co.) Kayla
Baughman, daughter of Lisa and
Tom Baughman, Felton, and
Mary Zeigler, daughter of Robert
and Linda Zeigler, York, recent
ly participated in the 14th annu
al Penn State 4-H Ambassador
Conference at the University
Park Campus, where they at
tended workshops on posters
and displays, interactions with
the public, presentations, and
Power Point program develop
ment.
In addition to the workshops,
the conference delegates visited
with a number of Penn State fac
ulty and administrators during a
reception.
State 4-H ambassadors
promote the 4-H youth program
and the land-grant university
system and are available to
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that recovery is slow as his prob
lem has not yet been diagnosed.
A neighbor lady stopped by
with two grandchildren as she
was trying to get rid of a big bag
of turkey bones. A farm usually
has a large supply of cats that are
anxious for extra bones. She told
of her daughter moving away
from the area and how unhappy
it made her as she had been a
very involved baby-sitter.
My sister and her husband are
planning a trip to Europe. They
will bicycle through the Scandi
navian countries. This couple is
younger and can do what older
couples only remember doing.
Before they leave they will travel
to Vermont for the wedding of
their son.
Therefore, some folks are still
living an active life, while others
are living more on their memo
ries. Keeping active seems to be
the answer to a useful life.
speak to groups about Penn
State Cooperative Extension and
4-H. This year’s ambassadors
wilj play key roles in helping
their counties celebrate the 4-H
Centennial in 2002. These am
bassadors represent Pennsylva
nia’s approximately 120,000 4-H
members.
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