{"id":3956,"date":"2008-09-13T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T14:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2008-09-16T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T14:14:49","slug":"a-special-prize-farm-show-winners-eligible-for-2009-state-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=3956","title":{"rendered":"A special prize: Farm show winners eligible for 2009 state competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There are a lot of winners at the Sinking Valley Farm Show each year, but this week was very special for one area resident.
\nWhen the winner of the 2008 Hershey\u2019s Cocoa Classic Chocolate Cake Baking contest was announced, eighty-eight-year-old Ruth Haynes was overjoyed to see her chocolate cake take first place honors.
\nThe Hershey\u2019s Cocoa Chocolate Cake contest is open to any Pennsylvania resident.
\nOne entry per person is accepted and each layered chocolate cake must be made from scratch, and frosted (no mixes).
\nA minimum of 1\/4 cup of Hershey\u2019s Cocoa must be used in the baking of the cake. If chocolate frosting, or chocolate drizzle is used, Hershey\u2019s Cocoa must also be used.
\nAny chocolate candy or baking chips must be a Hershey\u2019s product such as Reese\u2019s or Heath.
\nThe baking contests were judged by an individuals from outside of Blair County.
\nPoints were given for flavor, texture, inside characteristics, outside characteristics and frosting, for a total of 100 possible points.
\nWith her win, Ruth received $25, but even more exciting, she is now eligible to enter her cake recipe in the 2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show Competition.
\nThis was truly an exciting moment for Ruth, who said she didn\u2019t even plan on entering anything this year.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been years since I\u2019ve entered,\u201d she said.
\nLuckily, her family convinced her to bake her award-winning cake.
\nAt the state level, Ruth will have the chance to compete for first prize honors, along with $500. Second place is awarded $250 and third place receives $100.
\nFor junior bakers, ages eight to 18, Hershey\u2019s has a cookie, brownie or bar baking contest, with similar rules as the cake contest.
\nThis year\u2019s winner was Elle Young of Sinking Valley.
\nElle will also have the opportunity to compete in Harrisburg next year for a first place prize of $250, second place of $100 or third place at $50.
\nThe Hershey\u2019s Cocoa Classic Baking contests are sponsored by The Hershey Company, PA Department of Agriculture and the PA State Association of County Fairs.
\nThere were several other baking contests at the farm show this year.
\nThe 20th Annual Blue Ribbon Apple Pie contest winner was Brenda Decker of Bellwood. In the PEQAP Angel Food Cake contest, top honors went to Alicia Knab of Hollidaysburg. The angel food cake contest is sponsored by Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program and Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs.
\nThe farm show ends tonight With singer Tina Marie performing at 4 and 5:30 p.m. and the chicken barbecue at 5 p.m.
\nAll contests will close and the awards presentation will be held at 7 p.m. with the auction beginning at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n2009 Dairy Queen
\nThe 2009 Dairy Queen, crowned Wednesday night at the Sinking Valley Farm Show, is Jessica Long, daughter of Gary and Jennifer Long. She is a former Blair County Dairy Princess and a senior at Bishop Guilfoyle High School. (The Daily Herald\/Virgie Werner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of winners at the Sinking Valley Farm Show each year, but this week was very special for one area resident. When the winner of the 2008 Hershey\u2019s Cocoa Classic Chocolate Cake Baking contest was announced, eighty-eight-year-old Ruth Haynes was overjoyed to see her chocolate cake take first place honors. The Hershey\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}