Five young women are vying for the title of Snohomish County dairy ambassador, formerly known as the dairy princess.
The county dairy ambassador serves for a year and represents the local dairy industry.
The new ambassador will be crowned by her predecessor, Alycia Schoenbachler, at a banquet set for 6 p.m. April 21 at Viking Hall, 1331 Pioneer Highway in Silvana.
The candidates are Hannah Donaldson, Tanya Moman, Emily Neff, Adrienne Schoenbachler and Liz Soler.
* Hannah, the daughter of Charles and Betty Donaldson, is a junior at Sultan High School. Under an agreement with a neighboring dairyman, she has raised dairy calves to show at fairs, where she earned many awards.
Hannah also has been a farmhand on a local dairy farm and has held leadership roles in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. Her goal is to study animal nutrition at Washington State University, where she hopes to live and work on the campus dairy farm.
* Tanya, the daughter of Tim and Lois Geist, is a junior at Arlington High School. She also hopes to attend Washington State University to pursue studies in an animal science field. Tanya has lived on dairy farms and has been involved in 4-H and FFA for many years.
She has shown Jersey and Guernsey breeds at the Evergreen State Fair. She also raised a pig as an FFA project and showed it at the Puget Sound Junior Livestock Show in Marysville.
* Emily, the daughter of Jacob and Carrie Neff, is a senior at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. She and her family live on a dairy farm near Marysville. They milk 200 Holstein cows and raise 200 replacement heifers.
Emily’s main job is raising calves. She is active in 4-H and has worked on numerous community service projects with her church youth group. She is considering studying business administration at Washington State University.
* Adrienne, daughter of Fred and Tammi Schoenbachler, has lived all her life on her family’s farm. She is an 11th-grade home-schooled student.
Her family primarily raises Holsteins, and she is involved with a variety of daily chores on the farm. Adrienne has earned many honors through her 4-H dairy and leadership projects.
She is a Junior Holstein Association member and has attended association conventions as a dairy bowl quiz team member. She plans to attend Franciscan University in Ohio to major in communications arts.
* Liz, the daughter of Fred and Bev Soler, is a junior at Arlington High School.
She works on her family’s dairy farm near Oso, where they milk about 130 Holstein cows and raise about 100 heifers.
In addition to her farm chores, Liz has shown dairy cows in 4-H and FFA projects for many years and has competed at the local, state and national levels.
She is president of the Arlington High School FFA chapter and the Washington State Junior Holstein Association. Liz plans to attend California Polytechnic University to study dairy science.
Reservations for the banquet must be made by April 17; call 360-435-4557. Also at the banquet, scholarship winners will be announced and presentation of the pioneer award is planned.
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