Helping out with the dishing up of free ice cream courtesy of Keating Farms were members of the Susquehanna County Dairy Court, from left, including Mercedes Spickerman, 14; Mariah Tompkins, 13; Allison Kiefer, 17; Emory Bewley, 9; and Callie Curley, 16. STAFF PHOTO/ROBERT BAKER
BY ROBERT L. BAKER
Ali Teel makes a mean Summer Berry Pie
Just ask grandpa Cleo Teel of Dimock who spent $270 for the tasty treat at the pie auction during Friday’s 23rd Annual Dairy Day atElkLakeHigh School
Ali’s dad, Ron Teel, realized after the bidding got to $260 that there was no way he was going to outbid his dad.
And, so, he let him have it.
Such was the way of this year’s family friendly pie auction which cleared more than $4,000 for the first time ever and helped to feed the coffers of theSusquehannaCounty4-H Dairy Program and the Susquehanna County Dairy Princess Promotion Committee.
Even before the auction, Dairy Day coordinator Michelle Kowalewski proclaimed the show a huge success as some 72 exhibitors along with 15 community and health organizations shared their wares and helped area residents get back to their agricultural roots.
In addition to free ice cream dished up by the county’s dairy ambassadors, free health screenings were also available from the health fair exhibitors.
Classroom educational opportunities crossed the gamut from Lightning Strike Prevention, to Pesticides to the ‘Scoop on Poop’ which helped explain nutrient management plans for farmers with extra manure in their barns.
Harold Ely, 93, of Heart Lake, no longer keeps cows but he loves to come to the Dairy Day activity just to see old friends and get a read on the latest technologies.
“It’s quite a show,” he said, but acknowledged his wife would kill him if he paid the kind of prices that pies were fetching Friday.
Vicki Clark proudly holds her own Fluffy Fruit Pie that was purchased Friday for $160 by Cabot Oil & Gas. STAFF PHOTO/ROBERT BAKER
Adult pie bakers and the prices their concoctions fetched Friday: Evie Goff, Apple-$140; Mackey Wright, Peanut Butter Swirl- $100; Ginny Wright, Key Lime- $110; Olivia Mitchell, Cherry Cheesecake, $125; Heid Mitchell, Raspberry Cheesecake- $135; Matt Fearnley, Paenut Butter- $170; Shari Minarski, White Chocolate Raspberry-$150; Melinda Keeney, Black Forest- $145; Cindy Rhubarb, Rhubarb- $110; Valerie Trowbridge, Coconut Cream-$100; Panda Loomis, Blackberry Custard- $100; Peggy Empet, Blackberry- $140; Robin Campbell, Maple Pecan Cheesecake- $140; Brandy Teel, Cherry- $130; Tara Bushnell, Lemon Supreme- $110; Sally Button, Pumpkin- $100; Jake Stoltzfus, Cherry Crumb- $130; Jake Stoltzfus, Shoefly- $200; and Bewley Family, Strawberry Rhubarb- $125.
Youth pies: Allison Kiefer, Coconut Cream- $170; Celia Dewitt, Brownie Pecan- $140; Cydney Dewitt, Peanut Butter Cream Cheese- $170; Elizabeth Trowbridge, Apple Custard- $120; Mercedes Spickerman, Choclate Cream- $200; Callie Curley, Blackberry- $210; Vicki Clark, Fluffy Fruit Pie-$160; Maria Tompkins, Cherry O’ Cream- $160; Austin Bonavita, Fresh Apple- $130; Kyle Bonavita, Blueberry- $195’ Autumn Bonavita, Strawberry- $140; Ali Teel, Summer Berry- $270’ Alex Bonavita, Strawberry Rhubarb-$160; Grasyn Bushnell, Strawberry Pretzel- $250.
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