Full Text of HR0938 95th General Assembly
HR0938 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Molly Reeves of | 4 |
| Danville, who was recently named 2008 Miss Illinois County Fair | 5 |
| Queen; and
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| WHEREAS, Molly Reeves took the title of Miss Illinois | 7 |
| County Fair Queen at the Illinois Association of Agricultural | 8 |
| Fairs convention in Springfield on January 20, 2008; she won | 9 |
| the Miss Georgetown Fair competition last August in order to | 10 |
| compete with 66 other county fair queens for the title; and
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| WHEREAS, She will reign over the Illinois State Fair from | 12 |
| August 8 through 17, 2008; 67 contestants competed in evening | 13 |
| gown and swimsuit divisions, gave a one-minute speech on stage, | 14 |
| and had a four-minute private interview with the judges off | 15 |
| stage for the first round; after the top 12 contestants were | 16 |
| announced, the slate was wiped clean of scoring; the final | 17 |
| round included repeating the one-minute speech, swimsuit and | 18 |
| evening gown competitions, and a two-minute private interview, | 19 |
| and each contestant was given three questions to answer; and
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| WHEREAS, Her duties as Miss Illinois County Fair Queen will | 21 |
| include reigning over the Illinois State Fair and attending the | 22 |
| DuQuoin County Fair and visiting as many county fairs as |
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| possible; next year is the 50th anniversary of the state fair | 2 |
| queen pageant, and she will be helping to plan for this special | 3 |
| convention; she is taking a semester off from school this | 4 |
| spring and will attend Southern Illinois University in the | 5 |
| fall, majoring in fashion design and minoring in Spanish; and
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| WHEREAS, Molly Reeves will receive access to wardrobe | 7 |
| through assistance from pageant sponsors and the Illinois | 8 |
| County Fair Queen Directors Association; she will have a car | 9 |
| and gas reimbursement when she represents the Department of | 10 |
| Agriculture; she will also be employed by the Department during | 11 |
| the months of June, July, and August; and
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| WHEREAS, Molly was the first runner-up in the 2005 Miss | 13 |
| Vermilion County Fair competition and won the 2006 Miss East | 14 |
| Central Illinois competition, the local title in the Miss | 15 |
| America competition; she has worked with Georgetown Fair | 16 |
| pageant directors Karen Thornsbrough and Jill Pope every Monday | 17 |
| since she won that title; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Molly Reeves is a graduate of Schlarman High | 19 |
| School and is the daughter of Art Reeves and Susan Willaman; | 20 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Molly Reeves on this honor and wish her the best | 2 |
| in her future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the 2008 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, Molly | 5 |
| Reeves, as a symbol of our respect.
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