2013 District #3 Dairy Princess Contest

Second Up....Contestants & Judges

 

2012-13 District #3 Dairy Princess Suzanne Amaral

Suzanne has done a great job representing the district for the past year.

 

 

This year we had five beautiful girls competing for the

District #3 Dairy Princess Crown.

 

Makenzie Floyd from Sebastopol

 

Francesca Gambonini from Petaluma

 

Callie Marsh from Petaluma

 

Jessie Peterson from Petaluma

Regina Pozzi from Petaluma

 

 

The contestants arrived at the hall early Saturday morning and soon began preparing for personal interviews with the judges.

 

This year the judges were:

 

Joe Macon, Branch Manager of Northern California Farm Credit 

 

Lori Marchy, Dairy Producer & Counselor at Turlock High School 

 Nisa Gallichio, Marketing Assistant with World Wide Sires



 

 

 

The Master of Ceremonies was

Rich Silacci, Dairy Herd Manager at Cal Poly State University

 

 

 Next up.....Cheese Social.

 

 

 

2013 District #3 Dairy Princess Contest

2013 District #3 Dairy Princess Contest

April 13, 2012

First Up....Set Up for the Event
 

On April 13 North Bay Dairy Women and California Milk Advisory Board

hosted the 56th Annual District #3 Dairy Princess Contest & Ball.

 

Our Contest Chair, Judy Buttke, did another outstanding job of organizing the event.

The theme this year was "Moo-la-Lah".
Thank you to all the ladies & a few good men who turned out to help decorate & prepare for the Saturday night event.  Decorations were under the direction of Paulette Swallow.
Here are a few photos from Friday.

The only (not so good) photo of Paulette!
Helpers are Howard Wilson & Janice Kehoe.

  Cathy Nommsen, Melissa Lema, Annette Grossi, Linda Moretti & Shirley Bianchi
at the task everyone loves to hate...silverware wrapping.

 Centerpieces by Barbie Brooks.

Clarette McDonald & Kristy Spaletta work on the photo board.

 Stage decorations taking shape with Chris Camozzi, Angie Bordessa, Judy Buttke, Rachael Cheda, Mike Moretti & Susan Bianchi.

Dayna Ghirardelli, Monique Moretti & Kristy Spaletta.

Barbie gets assistance from Joyce Leveroni (apologies for the bad photography Joyce).

 Angie Bordessa lights the tower.

 Our favorite hand-guy Sam arrived to work out some glitches.....

with his Jr. assistant!

Thank you to all the helpers.  Even if you aren't in the photos, we appreciate every minute of the time you put in to make the hall and event another beautifully successful one!!

Congratulations Gamlake Dairy!

Congratulations Gamlake Dairy!

 

2013 Sonoma County Fair Outstanding Dairy of the Year

 

(Photo from Petaluma360.com)

Stacey & Frank Gambonini with

Daughters Alexandra, Samantha & Francesca

and Parents George & Margaret Gambonini

 

Gamlake Dairy, Sonoma County Fair Dairy of the Year

 

Petaluma Youth Ag Day

 Petaluma Youth Ag Day, September 2012

A few photos of the Petaluma Youth Ag Day event held last September.
We served up almost 30 pounds of cheese cubes to the students.  Many had never tried the Colby-Jack cheese and it was quickly a favorite for repeat tasters.

We also ran the North Bay Dairy Women PowerPoint presentation for the students.

Those Dairy Women who attend and help with this event always enjoy it.....great students, great participants, super "herd" leaders and wonderful event organization by the Ag Committee.

 

 

 

Rose Grossi Memorial Scholarship Applications

Applications are now available for the

North Bay Dairy Women

Rose Grossi $500 Scholarship

DEADLINE: April 15, 2013 (Postmark)

Scholarship awarded to a male or female student graduating from high school.

   Criteria Includes (partial list-see application for more information):
   Genuine desire to further his/her education in any Agriculture related field such as dairy science, agri-business, veterinary medicine, animal science, agriculture education.

 

Requirements:

1.Written Application

2.One Page Essay:

Topic  “How agriculture has and will continue to influence your future"

3. 2 Letters of Recommendation

4. School Acedemic Transcript

 

Recipients of previous North Bay Dairy Women Scholarships are not eligible.

Links for information letter, application & letter of recommendation form:

Application Information

Rose Grossi Scholarship Application

Letter of Recommendation

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Essay, Academic Transcript & 2 Letters of Recommendation must be submitted along with the application.

 

Questions?

email nbdairywomenmail@yahoo.com 

 

2013 Dues

North Bay Dairy Women

2013 Dues & Event Help Request

 

 

The 2013 Dues Notices have been mailed, so you should be getting yours within the next day or so.

We have added the form here on the blog in a Google Doc.

If you know of anyone that would like to join, you can print this document and send it with the $20.00 to the address below.

 

North Bay Dairy Women

P.O. Box 750155

Petaluma, CA 94975

 

Click here to open the document:  NBDW 2013 Dues & Events 

2012 Sonoma County Fair Ag Education

Sonoma County Fair Ag Education Booth

 

North Bay Dairy Women again staffed a booth at the

Sonoma County Fair Dairy Barn on days of both

Junior & Open Dairy Exhibition.

 

Chair Susan Bianchi coordinated all exhibits & staffing.

Here NBDW President Judy & member Melissa Lema (of WUD)

staff the feeds & information table.

 

Susan very much enjoys this part of "Dairy Ed", taking photos

of a calf & fair goers.  Though most are children, a few adults join in

getting their photo taken.

 

Dairy Women "instant print" the photos so that fair goers can take home

a picture of themself with the calf.

Thank you to the exhibitors that shared their calf with us this year:

Rocco Cunningham, Amanda Charles & Jack Stafford.

Everyone loves the calves!

Also at the information booth we had running our presentation on the dairy industry

funded by a grant from California Milk Advisory Board.

 

 Feed & Information table was staffed & questions answered.

Dairy Princess Suzanne Amaral greeted barn visitors.

*Yes, the face is blurred on purpose.

Here Susan Bianchi answers questions from visitors watching the milking.

Alternate Dairy Princess Michelle McClure helped too.

 

 

Here are some of the many, many calf & kid photos taken. 

The faces have been blurred on purpose for privacy.

This is a great photo...don't know who was enjoying it more,

the calf or the young boy!

 

Thank you especially to Susan Bianchi for heading up this big project.

 

Thanks to those who helped at Dairy Education Booth at Sonoma County Fair

Including (and apologies to anyone missed): 

Rebecca Spaletta, Bea Charles, Margaret & George Gambonini, Melissa Lema, Chris Camozzi, Cindy Bordessa, Ryan Beretta, Kristy Spaletta, Emilie Strand, Janice Kehoe,

Dot & Earl Holtz, Nancy Chaffin, Dayna Ghirardelli, Joyce Leveroni, Judy Buttke, Sue McIsaac, Paulette Swallow, Taylor Serres, Ellen Durrer, Marie Riebli, and  Dairy Princess Suzanne Amaral, 1st Alternate Michelle McClure and 2nd Alternate Samantha Maas.

 

Also a HUGE thank you to those who loaned us a calf (all of whom were cooperative and photogenic) Rocco Cunningham, Amanda Charles & Jack Stafford.