86-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5, 2003
Bradford County Dairy Maids help with promotions throughout the county. Shown
here, from left are, Erica Kuhlman, Abbie Kuhlman, Courtney Slater, Brianna Morse,
Lindsey Andrus, Genna Chilson, Juli Hunsinger, and Allison Waltemyer.
Monica Franklin Crowned
Bradford County Dairy Princess
CAROLYN MOYER
Bradford Co. Correspondent
LERAYSVILLE (Bradford
Co.) Prior to being crowned
the 2003 Bradford County Dairy
Princess at a pageant last Satur
day at the Northeast Bradford
Elementary School, here, Monica
Franklin’s goals were clear.
“I’d love to be the dairy prin
cess because the farmer needs to
be promoted in any way, shape,
or form, and I think I can do
that,” said the 16-year-old
Franklin, who resides on a dairy
farm in Warren Center.
Franklin is the daughter of
William and Pamela Franklin
and will be a senior at Northeast
Bradford High School in the fall.
Named first alternate was
Courtney Kline.- Kline is the
16-year-old daughter of Glen and
Lori Kline. She resides on Y-Run
Farm, a 400 cow dairy located
just outside of Troy. In the fall,
Kline will be a junior at Troy
High School. -
Johnica Hunsinger, of Troy,
was named the second alternate.
She is the 17-year-old daughter
of Lorinda Slocum and Duane
Hunsinger, and will be a senior at
Troy High School in the fall.
Hunsinger currently works at
Steve Pelton’s dairy farm and at
Lottahill Farm.
Family Living
Focus
by
Beth Van Horn
Centre Co.
Extension Agent
Family Traditions
Through Foods
As families gather for summer
celebrations and reunions, this
may be a good time to trace fami
ly traditions and history through
the foods that are served at these
events.
Family food traditions are
usually unique to each family. No
other family eats precisely the
same foods as your family.
Food can be reflective of our
family’s roots and heritage, as
well as societal norms and trends.
For example, families from dif
ferent cultures tend to prefer cer
tain foods.
Lately, you may find low fat,
low salt, or reduced sugar recipes
During the competition, con
testants were required to meet
with three judges, perform a pre
pared skit for the audience and
answer an impromptu question.
In her skit, Franklin taught the
ABC’s of milk as she recited the
alphabet with words of wisdom
relating to each letter.
“I was in the barn yesterday
talking to my cow Sassy, and she
was teaching me the ABC’s of
dairy,” said Franklin. “M is for
milk, something everyone should
drink,” she said when she got to
that letter.
Kline, a devoted NASCAR fan
chose a high speed skit where
milk and all the nutrients con
tained in milk were in a race for
the checkered flag in the “Got
Milk? 600.”
“By drinking milk and eating
other dairy products, the drivers
get lots of their needed vitamins
and minerals, but not just NAS
CAR drivers need dairy prod
ucts. We, the public, and fans of
NASCAR, also have to make
sure that we get our three serv
ings of dairy every day,” she said.
Hunsinger wowed the crowd
with her soccer skills as she re
viewed the game plan for milk.
“I want to be the best soccer
player I can be, and coach said If
1 follow his game plan, I can be
appearing or increasing in popu
larity. In addition, you might see
food trends, such as popular sal
ads or desserts.
If your get-together includes a
“potluck,” suggest that each per
son bring a copy of the recipe.
The recipes can be collated, cop
ied, and distributed to interested
family members. Make sure to
put the date of the event on the
recipe booklet. Save these book
lets of recipes-over the years, you
can definitely spot the favorite
dishes and trends. Each
generation creates traditions-over
time, you can see traditions cease
to exist as new ones are adopted.
One note of caution not all
cooks are totally honest with
the best I can be,” she said as she
reviewed the notes on the benefits
of daily.
“Dairy will give me the healthy
body I need to play soccer every
day.” Contestants were required
to think on their feet as they an
swered the question,
“If you had to come up with a
new idea for dairy promotion,
what would it be?” Franklin re
sponded to the question be noting
that she had been thinking about
different ways to promote milk
for quite some time.
“I was thinking about a dairy
maid and dairy princess auction.
What would happen is that the
dairy maid or dairy princess
would be auctioned to a public
place and the public places would
put in bids. The dairy princesses
and the dairy maids could then
give out information to the pub
lic.” Kline noted that she would
do something with the six breeds
of cows.
“There’s a lot of talk about the
3-a-day and that’s very impor
tant, but we also need to remem
ber the cows and what the cows
stand for.” Answering the same
question, Hunsinger quipped,
“Swim in a pool of milk,” before
saying, “I would want to do a
promotion at one of the farms
that I work at or go to the court
their recipes. Some leave out one
or two ingredients or specific in
structions so the recipe cannot be
duplicated exactly. Why? People
who have a strong personal iden
tification through their culinary
expertise do not want to share
their specialties with others. In
stead of denying a request by say
ing, “That’s my special recipe,”
they share the recipe, but without
a complete listing of ingredients
or directions so the results cannot
be exactly duplicated.
Ideas to record family food tra
ditions and histories include an
swering the following questions.
Answers can be recorded either
by hand or with a tape recorder.
How was the table set?
What time of the day was the
meal served?
If a prayer was included, who
said it? What was prayed?
Who served the meal, set the
table, and cleaned up?
Was there an order as to who
was served first?
Were special dishes used for
serving or eating?
How did you know when the
meal was finished?
What sort of activities took
place before or after the meal?
Monica Franklin, center, was crowned the 2003 Brad
ford County Dairy Princess at a pageant recently. Here,
she is surrounded by her court; first alternate Courtney
Kline, right, and second alternate Johnica Hunsinger.
house and tell them that dairy
products are good for you.”
Before the coronation, 2002
Dairy Princess Anna Johnson,
bid a tearful farewell to the farm
ers of Bradford County.
“As little girls, most of us
dream of wearing a crown. A sad
thing happens as we grow older,
the dream begins to fade. Other
things become more important,
we all lead busy lives,” said John
son.
“It takes a special kind of per
son to remember this dream, to
say, not only do I want to wear a
crown, but I want to be a leader.
I want to be an example to other
girls so that they will carry the
torch when my reign has come to
an end.”
Johnson thanked everyone for
the opportunity to represent the
dairy farmers of Bradford Coun
ty. Prior to the 2002 pageant,
Johnson admits she had little
knowledge of what being a dairy
princess really meant.
“1 know exactly what it means
to be a dairy princess (now). It
means representing an amazing
industry and farmers who put as
much hard work into their busi
Schuylkill Fair Seeks
Queen Contestants
SUMMIT STATION (Schuyl
kill Co.) The 20th Anniversary
of the Schuylkill County Fair, to
be conducted July 28-August 2 is
seeking contestants for their
queen and princess contest.
The purpose of the program is
to encourage the promotion of
agricultural fairs and create bet
ter relations between youth and
adults in both rural and urban
settings.
The contest is divided into
three age levels. “Little Miss”
contestants must be between the
age of 7 and 11, “Princess” con
testants must be betwen ages 12
and 15, and “Queen” contestants
ness as they put into their fami
lies,” she said.
2002 alternates Gina Alderfer
and Jessica Hunsinger also
thanked the crowd for the oppor
tunity to represent Bradford
County.
Each member of the 2002
court wished the new dairy court
the best erf luck in the coming
year.
“These three contestants have
taken an extra step. They have
decided to make their dreams
come true. Just sitting on this
stage tonight takes a kind of
courage that most don’t possess.
“One of these ladies will be
given the opportunity to carry
the title of Bradford County
Dairy Princess, for one year, but
all three will become a team in
representing the dairy industry
and the farmers of Bradford
County,” said Johnson.
Rounding out the dairy
promotion team for 2003 are
dairy maids, Lindsey Andrus,
Genna Chilson, Juli Hunsinger,
Abbie Kuhiman, Erica Kuhlman,
Brianna Morse, Lydia Shedden,
Courtney Slater, and Allison
Waltemyer.
must be between the ages of 16
and 20 at the time of the contest.
Cash awards will be presented
to the queen in the amount of
$5OO and the little miss and prin
cess will receive $lOO each, along
with their crown, trophy, and
sash.
All other contestants will re
ceive $5O. Each contestant is re
quired to obtain a $3O sponsor fee
on behalf of the Schuylkill Coun
ty Fair Association. For addition
al details contact Amy Jenkins,
queen chairperson, at (570)
739-1458.