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Dense Johnson is the
SUN Area Dairy Princess.
“Sunde” Members of the committee and volunteers
scoop sundaes to serve to the mall patrons.
From left, SUN Area Dairy Misses Jonelle Wetzel, Katy
Heimbach, Emily Weller, Marissa Ewing, and Ashley Wet
zel.
SUN Area Dairy Maids, from left, include Lauren Coch
ran, Dawn Heimbach, Cheryl Pfleegor, Amanda Hauck,
Joanna Thomas, and Crissa Johnson.
SUN Area Ag Festivities Fill Two Days
SELINGSGROVE (Snyder
Co.) Two days of Ag Dairy
Day festivities for the SUN Area,
which includes Snyder, Union,
Northumberland, and Montour
counties, ended with the crowing
of Denae Johnson of Union
County as the SUN Area Dairy
Princess on Saturday June 21.
The Ag/Dairy Days festivities
were conducted at the Susque
hanna Valley Mall in Selinsgrove.
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While the transfer of the SUN
Area dairy princess crown was a
major part of Ag/Dairy Days,
several other festivities took place
during the event.
The Ag/Dairy Days event
began in full swing on Friday
evening with the construction of
a giant ice cream sundae. Future
Farmers of America members
from local chapters, committee
members and other volunteers
helped to build the huge sundae
which was made up of 99 gallons
of vanilla ice cream, 4 gallons of
strawberries, 7 gallons of choco
late fridge, and 20 pounds of pea
nuts. Sponsors for the sundae
were, Turkey Hill Ice Cream, Ag
Choice Farm Credit, Pardoes
Perky Peanuts, W. A. Dehart,
Inc. and Rockwell Center Assist
ed Living.
More than 1,000 12-ounce
dishes of ice cream were served
during a two-hour period while
mall patrons stood in lines more
than 10 feet long waiting for their
share of this great dairy product.
During Friday evening and
Saturday, 105 pounds of cheese
samples were available for the
mall patrons. Sponsors for the
cheese tasting samples were
M&T Bank, Mifflinburg Bank
and Trust, SUN Bank and West
Milton State Bank.
Pictures with “Daisy”, the
SUN Area Dairy Princess Com
mittee Ipascot, were available on
Friday evening and Saturday for
a $2 donation to the SUN Area
Dairy Princess Committee. Sat
urday’s events included Milk
Punch samples and a Pedal
Power Tractor Pull.
The Milk Punch samples were
distributed by the Snyder County
Holstein Association. Weis Mar
kets donated the ice cream and
sherbert for 1,700 five-ounce cups
served during the six hours the
samples were available.
Youth ages 3 through 9 took
part in a Pedal Power Tractor
Pull that was held in Boscov’s
Garden Center. Sponsors for this
event were Boscov’s, DFA-Daity
lea, Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension-Snyder County, Valley
Ag and Turf, Hoober, Inc., Mif
flinburg Farm Supply, Inc. and
Donald Erdley Farm supply.
Participants of the pull re
ceived trophies for first place, ro
settes for second and third places,
and all participants received
String Cheese. In addition,
Swineford National Bank held its
annual Scooper bowl, with pro
ceeds to be donated to the local
Snyder County 4-H Foundation.
Speakers for the dairy princess
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First place Pedal Pull winners show off their trophies.
pageant included Michelle Shear
er, SUN Area dairy princess
committee chairwoman, Steve
Kline, Beaver Community Fair
Association; and Dawn Marie,
Big Country Radio. Jane Hawn,
Boscov’s public relations depart
ment, served as emcee at the pag
eant, which also featured a fash
ion show with dairy princess
royalty modeling Boscov’s appar
el.
Now that the pageant is over,
newly-crowned Dairy Princess
Johnson,-along with the 12 dairy
maids and misses will undertake
the charge of promoting the dairy
industry throughout Snyder,
Union, Northumberland and
Montour Counties.
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Judges for the Dairy Princess
Pageant included Jessica Bailor,
1998 Juniata County Dairy Prin
cess, and Beth Ann Cooley, 1988
Lycoming County Dairy Prin
cess.
Outgoing SUN Area Dairy
Princess Melissa Wolfe, with help
from her court and committee
members, traveled about 8,000
miles to promote the dairy indus
try during the past year. Within
the Snyder, Union, Northumber
land, and Montour counties she
completed 112 school promo
tions, 184 newspaper articles, 238
radio/TV appearances, 49 store/
mall promotions, 141 non-farm
meetings, IS farm meetings, 28
special events and 5 state events,
for a total of 772 promotions.