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O’Mara congratulates Horseheads HS senior for success at recent NYS Dairy Princess Pageant: Chemung County’s Alyssa Roorda named First Alternate Dairy Princess
March 11, 2019
!["Alyssa will be busy in the year ahead making us proud as a prominent ambassador for our regional and statewide dairy industry,” said Senator O’Mara. "Alyssa will be busy in the year ahead making us proud as a prominent ambassador for our regional and statewide dairy industry,” said Senator O’Mara.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/dairyprincess_newweb2.jpg?itok=66NA99YL)
Albany, N.Y., March 11—State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats) welcomed First Alternate New York State Dairy Princess Alyssa Roorda of Chemung County to the State Capitol on Monday, March 4.
Alyssa, a senior at Horseheads High School, emerged as the First Alternate from among 22 contestants who competed for the Dairy Princess title at the 56th Annual New York State Dairy Princess Pageant sponsored by the American Dairy Association North East (ADANE) on February 19 in Liverpool, New York. Over the next year, she will help represent ADANE and promote the state’s nationally renowned milk and dairy products at farm meetings and special events throughout New York.
Senator O’Mara also congratulated Hailey Pipher, also of Chemung County, on her yearlong reign as the 2018-2019 New York State Dairy Princess.
“Chemung County continues to be well represented. Thank you to Hailey Pipher on her outstanding reign as the State Dairy Princess over the past year. Now, congratulations to Alyssa for her fantastic and well-deserved success at this year’s Dairy Princess Pageant. Alyssa will be busy in the year ahead making us proud as a prominent ambassador for our regional and statewide dairy industry,” said Senator O’Mara.
Senator O’Mara welcomed Alyssa to Albany at the New York Farm Bureau’s annual Taste of New York Reception and Lobby Day on Monday, March 4 in the Empire State Plaza.
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