TRADITIONAL
MINNESOTA STATE
FAIR WAS
CANCELED THIS
YEAR,
ONE FORMER DAIRY
PRINCESS CAN
STILL RELIVE THE
FAIR THROUGH A
PIECE OF ITS
HISTORY:
A BUTTER
SCULPTURE OF HER
OWN HEAD SHE'S
BEEN KEEPING
SAFE IN THE
FREEZER FOR 40
YEARS!
JOHN LAURITSEN
HAS THE STORY.
DAIRY FARMING IS
IN DONNA
MOENNING'S
BLOOD.
IN FACT, IN 1980,
SHE WON THE LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY
DAIRY PRINCESS
COMPETITION.
THEN SHE WON THE
REGION TO
ADVANCE TO THE
STATE FAIR IS ONE
OF 12 PRINCESS
KAY FINALISTS.
DONNA MOENNING/
FMR. PRINCESS
KAY:
"THE OPPORTUNITY,
AND
I'M BEING TOTALLY
SERIOUS, THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
COME DOWN AND
BE A PART OF THAT
MINNESOTA STATE
FAIR. WOW. I MEAN,
I, IT OPENED UP MY
WORLD."
SHE DIDN'T TAKE
HOME THE CROWN,
BUT SHE DID TAKE
HOME SOMETHING
JUST AS SAVORY.
DONNA MOENNING/
FMR. PRINCESS
KAY:
"IT IS A WRESTLING
MATCH THERE SHE
IS."
JUST LIKE TODAY,
PRINCESS KAY
FINALISTS IN 1980
WERE SCULPTED
OUT OF BUTTER.
DONNA DECIDED
BACK THEN SHE
WOULD KEEP HERS.
AND THROUGH
VARIOUS STAGES
OF LIFE, SHE NEVER
LOST HER HEAD.
40 YEARS LATER, IT
SITS IN THE
FREEZER NEXT TO
THE POT ROAST
AND WORD HAS
SPREAD LIKE
BUTTER ON TOAST.
JOHN LAURITSEN/
REPORTING:
"WHAT KIND OF
REACTION DO YOU
GET FROM
PEOPLE?"
DONNA MOENNING/
FMR. PRINCESS
KAY:
"THEY'RE AMAZED.
THEY'RE AMAZED. IT
IS AN ICONIC PIECE
OF MINNESOTA
STATE FAIR
HISTORY. SO THE
FACT THAT I HAVE A
LITTLE PIECE OF IT
IN MY FREEZER IS
VERY, YOU KNOW,
UNIQUE TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE."
DONNA'S LIKENESS
WAS CARVED OUT
OF A 60 POUND
BLOCK OF BUTTER
BACK THEN, THE
EIGHTIES HAIR IS
STILL INTACT.
SHE'LL BRING THE
SCULPTURE OUT
WHEN PEOPLE ASK,
BUT HER MAIN
REASON FOR
KEEPING IT IS TO
REMIND HER OF
HER ROOTS AND TO
CELEBRATE
MINNESOTA
FARMERS.
(NATS) "MOOOO."
ESPECIALLY DAIRY
FARMERS.
TAKING A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE.
MARCUS IS UP NEXT
WITH A FINAL LOOK
AT OUR FORECAST.
STAY WITH US.
