82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 18, 2003 Anther Sholleriberger Reigns As State Lamb, Wool Queen LOU ANN GOOD Food And Family Features Editor HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Opening day of the Penn sylvania Farm Show was filled with lots of competitions. One of the contests was the quest for the position of Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen. From five contestants pres enting speeches, displays, and personal interviews with three judges from the industry, Amber Sollenberger was crowned queen during the evening banquet con ducted in the Farm Show Com plex. Although only 16 years old. Amber is well prepared for her responsibility as the official spokesperson for the Pennsylva nia Sheep and Wool Growers As sociation, as well as the entire sheep and wool industry of Penn sylvania. Poised, confident, and enthusi astic, Amber has been involved in raising Cheviots on the family’s acreage and has been active in the 4-H Sheep and Lamb Club for eight years. Her older sister, Ashley, was the state queen in 1999. Best Apple Pie Drizzled With Caramel, Tapped With Pecans Best apple pies and their bakers in Pennsylvania are shown from left: Sharon Kurtz, first; Vicki Becker, third; Barbara Noye, fourth; and Cindy Bruce, fifth. Second-place winner Janet Oberholtzer was not present. Best Chocolate But Tough HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) “It’s tough judging. We have more outstanding cakes than we have ribbons,” said one of the five judges for the Greatest Cocoa Cake Contest at the Pen nyslvania Farm Show on opening day. Sixty entries qualified for state competition out of 940 entries in local fairs. In the final round, Kristi Cun ningham’s “My Grandmother’s Hershey’s Cocoa Cake” took first place. From Gardners, Adams County, Kristi was not present for the awards ceremony but will enjoy the prize a two-night stay at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Second place went to Brenda Moore, Mount Wolf, who qualifi ed through the York County Dillsburg Fair. It was the first win at state competition for Brenda, who had entered last year but did not (Turn to Page B 3) “I helped her and learned a lot,” Amber said of assisting her sister with promotional duties. Her objective is to increase awareness and appreciation of the sheep and wool industry. Amber also is a representative of the 4-H Development Board and the Berks County Commu nity Foundation’s Youth Advi sory Committee and the United Way’s Healthy Community/ Health Youth 40 Developmental Assets Initiative. Because she is home schooled, Amber has developed motiva tional and self-starter skills. These skills will assist her in up coming promotional duties. In addition to attending various trade shows, county fairs, and as sociation meetings, Sollenberger will complete many store and mall promotions. Amber is also an accomplished artistic dancer, who focuses on tap, jazz, hip-hop, and ballet. After high school graduation, Amber is considering majoring in agriculture communications. Along with Sollenberger, four other young women vied for the (Turn to Page B 3) Pennsylvania Fair Queen Jacqueline Pratt congratu lates Brenda Moore, second-place winner in the Creates! Cocoa Cake Contest. Amber Shollenberger, second from left, is the second family member to reign as the Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen. Her sister Ashley, standing next to her, was the 1999 queen. With the sisters are their parents Jeff and Penny Shollenberger, Mohr sville. Cakes Sweet, To Judge LOU ANN GOOD Food And Family Features Editor HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Sharon Kurtz, Enunaus, captured first place and $l6O for her apple pie at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, but almost missed it. Through a paperwork glitch, the wrong name was announced as winner. Curious to see who won out of 60 entries, Sharon pressed through the crowd to sneak a peek at the prizewinning pie. “That’s my pie,” she ex claimed. After the paperwork was cor rected, Sharon told how she had prepared nine pie crusts before Wet-Bottom Shoofly Pie Captures $5OO Prize Debra Ann Gruber (right) won $5OO for her Wet-Bot tom Shoofly Pie. Although an accomplished baker, she had never made a shoofiy pie until the week before the Farm Show com petition. “I just about burned the house down making one after another,” she said of perfecting her recipe in time for the com petition. See story Page 87. Orange-Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Impresses Judges This pineapple upside down cake garnered a blue ribbon and $5OO for Belin da Myers, York (right). Baked in the shape of a pineapple with lots of pine apple and grated orange rind, the winning entry was topped with roiled fondant leaves. Belinda, who in pre vious years captured first place for her apple pie and chocolate cake, said that her goal was to win the Up side-Down Pineapple Cake contest. See story Page 87. she got one that met her criteria. The recipe was one she perfected using a basic recipe from her mother. “I added pecans and caramel to the filling, and the crust has apple cider vinegar in it,” she said. Her entry placed first at the SchnecksviUe Community Fair, which qualified her to compete at the state level. To be eligible, par ticipants must place first at a local fair. Second prize went to Janet Oberholtzer, Ephrata. Her pie had qualified at the Ephrata Fair. Judges for the state event said (Turn to Page B 7)
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