County Princesses Gather For Pennsylvania Dairy Princess Pageant HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania Dairy Prin cess and Promotion Services, Inc. plans its 46th Annual Dairy Prin cess Pageant to be conducted Sat urday evening, September 21, at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center. A milk punch reception will start at 5:30 p.m. followed by a banquet at 6:30 p.m. and the coronation at 8:00 p.m. Thirty-six county dairy prin cesses will compete for the title of Pennsylvania Dairy Princess now held by Becky Mowrer of Hunt ingdon County. The newly select ed princess and two alternates will reign for a period of one year from September 2002 to Septem ber 2003. During that time, they will represent the dairy farmers of Pennsylvania speaking out for its number one agricultural in dustry and ail dairy products. The pageant, which will be held on the Saturday evening preceding the annual All-Ameri can Dairy Week, will end two full days of activities and interviews for the contestants. The contest ants are judged on a personnel interview, a 3-5 minute speech for an adult audience, a 3-5 min utes school presentation and a TOYS, T-SHIRTS & COLLECTIBLES ONEW ITEMS ARRIVING johnoumc WEEKLY uwhouau CHECK OUR WEB SITE www.abcgroff.com OR VISIT OUR STORE (800) 346-5319 f GJSOFf} 110iW»ithfWlK>«f AY*., N*wHo#«*l, RA17557 be Mon** 7:3M00n . Pp - - vwtoaf w>t> Bi>: vww.abearoff.wm , What Can't A Gator Do? Good Question. ’ ' "; The Gelor 4x2)tra.l Utility Vehicle 4x2Trail Gatoi* Utility Vehicle The Gator 6x4k) UTILITY VEHICLE • 4-cycle gas engine "" • Continuously variable transmission y£?~ ' N Q) y§i^¥ ■Mil Interest With 12 Equal Payments' - Till Citor 4x • 288-cc (10-hp) gas engine • Low ground compaction • 18-mphtop speed • Total payload capacity of 900 lb' www.JohnDeere.com ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT, INC. 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In addition contributions from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and other dairy relat ed organizations and individuals. This year. Select Sire Power, Inc. is sponsoring the $1,200 award to the Pennsylvania Dairy Princess. Awards of $6OO each will be given to the two alternates. In addition, two contestants will receive $lOO awards for out standing dairy presentations de signed for school children and, two contestants will receive $lOO each for the two best speeches de signed for adult audiences. There i/'v Utility Vehicli Front row, from left, are Elizabeth (Betsy) Young, Chester; Sara Derstine, Tioga; Ra chel Ebert, Westmoreland; Haley Blackburn, Clearfield; Becky Detwiler, Huntindgon; Sara Lynn Jennings, Pa. Alternate; Becky Mowrer, Pa. Princess; Amy Moyer, Pa. Alter nate; Melissa Wolfe, SUN Area; Amanda Gates, Centre: Raechel Kilgore, York; Ashley McGary, Lawrence; and Amber Kalwasinski, Cambria. Center row, from left, are Becky Zimmerman, Juniata; Courtney Johnson, Franklin; Jessica Steppe, Lycoming; Elizabeth Reibson, Sullivan; Rebecca Place, Susquehanna; Paula Deeter, Clarion-Venango; Jenni fer Kramer, Cumberland; Anna Johnson, Bradford; Kelley Marzka, Crawford; Amanda Hill, Warren; Kellie Phillips, Berks; Maggie Moore, Mercer; and Jessica Landis, Somer set. Back row, from left, are Ashley Chapman, Erie; Cala Adamson, Indiana; Rebecca Filson, Mifflin, Lynn Daniels, Wayne; Kari Martin, Lancaster; Laura Blauch, Lebanon; Becki Carr, Wyoming-Lackawanna; Shana Gallagher, Beaver; Amanda Clowney, Adams; Holly Moyer, Schuylkill; Cristin Crile, Washington; Sarah Dell, Blair; and Jamie Love, Butler. * v *x will also be two $lOO awards for compiling the best scrap books, which chronicle their Dairy Princess activities to date. The scrapbook award is being sponsored by ABS Global. The contestants themselves will select the coveted “Miss Congeniality” award from among their own ranks. For more than 45 years, the primary purpose of the Dairy Princess program in Pennsylvania is the promo tion of the dairy industry and its products on the local grass roots level and further ing consumers understand- Other low rate financing optons available Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 14, 2002-811 ing of the importance of agricul ture to our state’s economy. Incentive awards will again be given to the counties whose last year’s princess and her commit tee completed the incentive re quirements. In addition, an individual award of $3OO will be given to the young woman who stood out as the outstanding dairy promoter during her county reign. This award, entitled the “Tina Shultz Memorial Award” is given in memory and honor of the out standing young lady, who in May 1986 succumbed to cancer, dur ing her reign as Huntingdon County Dairy Princess. LANDIS BROS., INC. 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