September 2017 Board Book

District 7 Dairy Princess Crowned…Page 2 of 3

First Alternate, Jolene Simas, is the daughter of Rick and Jennifer Simas of Hanford. She is a senior at Lemoore High School. Jolene is a member of the Lemoore FFA and is on the dairy judging team. She is raised a heifer for the 2017 Kings County Fair. Jolene is also a member of the Kings County Junior Fair Board and has served as a District 7 Milk Maid. Jolene will assist the new District 7 Dairy Princess in her duties, which include speaking on behalf of the California dairy industry at schools, service clubs, with the media, and at numerous public events throughout the year. Miss Vitality 2017 was Kristina Raulino. She is the daughter of Christopher and Melinda Raulino of Lemoore. She is currently attending West Hills Junior College in Lemoore and majoring in psychology. She plans to transfer to Fresno Pacific University to complete her bachelors and masters degrees. Kristina was an active member of Lemoore FFA and a member of the dairy judging team. She is currently the Associated Student Body Social Services senator at West Hills College. Kristina has showed dairy heifers at the Kings County Fair since she was nine years old. In addition, the Dairy Princess and her Alternate will attend a training session with workshops on presentation development, promoting the California dairy industry and leadership and etiquette tools. Along with the excitement of naming the new Dairy Princess, Kristina Raulino was awarded the Lori Brazil Paulo Memorial Scholarship. Also, the Kings County June Dairy Month committee recognized the Fernandes Dairy of Hanford as the 2017 Kings County Dairy Family as well as Eduardo and Fatima Valadao as the Distinguished Dairy Couple. The Master of Ceremonies for the event was Joe Neves, District One Kings County Board of Supervisors. Contestants were judged on poise, personality, speaking ability, education and dairy background. Judges for the contest were Shannon Fast of Fresno, MacKenzie Gomes of Turlock and Brandon Souza of Sacramento. The Dairy Princess Co-Chairpersons was Jackie Giacomazzi and Debbie Raven.