84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 2, 2003
Chester County Crowns New Dairy Princess
CHESTER SPRINGS (Chester
Co.) Chester County Dairy farm
ers wrapped up June Dairy Month
and kicked off July Ice Cream
Month by crowning a new dairy
princess and court. The pageant
was conducted June 29 at the lovely
Chester Springs Creamery over
looking the meadows of Milky Way
Farm in Chester Springs, northeast
ern Chester County.
Meredith Baily, daughter of Ber
nard and Jane Baily of West Chest
er received the title and crown of
Chester County Dairy Princess. The
2002 Chester County Dairy Prin
cess, Elizabeth Young was on hand
to perform the coronation honors.
Cristy Guest, daughter of Stan
and Cathy Guest, Pottstown, re
ceived the title and crown of Chest
er County alternate dairy princess.
Five dairy ambassadors who
make up the court include: Becky
Baily, daughter of Barnard and
Jane Baily, West Chester; Trish
Harrop, daughter of Bruce and
Betsy Harrop, Exton; Abby He
drick, daughter of Ruth and John
Hedrick, Pottstown; and Rebecca
Nolan, daughter of Rob and Sharon
Nolan, Cochranville.
Elizabeth Young, daughter of
Charles and Debra Young, West
Grove, and past 2002 Dairy Prin
cess will continue to promote the
dairy industry as a county ambassa
dor. In her farewell speech she
spoke about her dairy princess ex
periences. As ambassador, she will
encourage the other ambassadors to
continue with the program and to
learn more about the dairy industry
so they may one day become a dairy
princess.
Sharon Nolan, Chester County
and member of the Chester County
Dairy Princess Program Committee
welcomed the audience and intro
duced Steven E. Dietrich, the Penn
State Extension agent for Chester
County who served as the Master of
Ceremonies.
Teachers Participate In Ag In The Classroom Workshop
WESTMINSTER, Md. Forty
elementary teachers from across the
state gathered in Westminster in
June for the 2003 Ag in the Class
room Workshop presented by the
Maryland Agricultural Education
Foundation. Agricultural industry
professionals and educators from
the region came together to present
dozens of educational ideas and ma
terials to teachers for use in their
classrooms in the coming year.
Teachers left the workshop with
books, videos, curriculum materials,
handouts, and enthusiasm for infus
ing agriculture concepts into stu
dents’ reading, writing, science,
math, and social studies curriculum.
The week-long workshop pro
vided five action-packed days of
seminars, field trips, demonstra
Chester County Dairy promotion team includes the following: seated from left are Christy
Guest, Chester County Alternate Dairy Princess, and Meredith Daily, Chester County Dairy
Princess. Chester County Dairy Ambassadors, from left back, are Abby Hedrick, Elizabeth
Young, Becky Nolan, Becky Daily, and Trish Harrop.
After introductions and a brief in
terview of contestants, each had op
portunity to give a prepared speech.
Meredith Baily focused her pre
sentation on the nutritional aspects
of milk. She explained the benefits
of milk and each nutrient. She ex
plained that about 70 percent of
Americans do not eat the correct
amount of dairy product to benefit
their nutritional needs.
Christy Guest talked about the
concerns facing the modern dairy
farmer in Chester County. She dis
cussed how educating the public
about farming could benefit the
community and increased a deeper
awareness of the value of the family
farm.
Each of the dairy ambassadors
also prepared a speech beginning
with Becky Baily who talked about
tions, and hands-on activities.
Seminars included Agriculture
Keystone of Civilization, Geogra
phy of Maryland Agriculture, Mar
yland Magic, Economics is Fun
damental, Udderly Amazing, New
Resources from Delmarva’s Poul
try Industry, Kids Growing Grains,
Sheepy Shenanigans, Everything
You Always Wanted to Know
About Beef, Ag Goes into The
Classroom, and more.
Field trips included a behind
the-scenes tour of Baugher’s Or
chard and Bakery in Westminster,
an opportunity to learn about Mar
yland’s dairy industry with a visit
to Sellers Dairy Farm in Manches
ter, a close-up look at Maryland’s
egg industry at the R.W. Sauder
Egg Packing Plant in Hampstead,
the importance of drinking milk
and eating dairy products during
the teenage years. She also ex
plained the importance of calcium
in our daily lives.
Trish Harrop, the youngest of the
court, has had many experiences
with her life on the farm. In her
speech she shared some of the
events. She explained that her life is
new and different each day, and
never wanting for activity or the se
curity of family life.
Abby Hedrick did not grow up on
a farm but has always loved ani
mals. Without animals on her fami
lies four acres, she decked to go to
the animals, and began working on
a neighboring farm that now houses
her own dairy 4-H animals. She ex
plained what could happen to the
dairy industry because of rapid de
and a visit to Union Mills Home
stead and Grist Mill.
The teachers got their hands dirty
with workshops on the importance
of soil and soil stewardship, explor
ing the many ways plants are used
while making a topiary and “build
ing” their own scarecrow under the
direction of the staff from Spring
Meadow Farms. Teachers had the
opportunity to experience several
hands-on projects using soybeans
and they also constructed their own
Crate representing the varied agri
cultural products of the state.
A highlight of the workshop was
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velopment in her vicinity. Abby is
involved in educating younger peo
ple about the importance of farming
in Chester County.
Becky Nolan spoke of the need
for Americans to consume the rec
ommended amounts of dairy prod
ucts. She gave statistics and the
value of the nutritional aspects of
milk and milk products.
The Chester County Court will
appear at dairy events throughout
the coming year in addition to visit
ing schools, grocery stores, and
county fairs where they will talk
with the public about the aspects of
milk and hand out promotional ma
terials. Anyone interested in inviting
the Chester County Dairy Royalty
to a local event may do so by con
tacting Sharon Nolan, booking
chairperson (610) 593-7465.
the premiere showing of “Take Me
Out to the Com Field,” a video pro
duced by the Foundation and Blue
Plate Productions of New York. The
video demonstrates how a baseball
game could not be possible without
agriculture and shares facts about
Maryland’s top agricultural prod
ucts. Curriculum guides are being
developed to accompany the video
and other educational resources de
veloped by the Maryland Agricul
tural Education Foundation in
2003.
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