Full Text of HR0796 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Miss White County Fair | 4 | | Queen Kelsi Kessler on being named Miss Illinois County Fair | 5 | | Queen; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler, 18, of Carmi, was crowned the 61st | 7 | | Miss Illinois County Fair Queen while representing White County | 8 | | at the 110th Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs | 9 | | Convention; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The pageant was hosted by the Illinois Association | 11 | | of Agricultural Fairs at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield | 12 | | from January 17 to 19, 2020; in total, this year's convention | 13 | | had more than 3,000 in attendance; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In August of last year, 25 years after her mother | 15 | | was honored as White County Fair Queen, Kelsi Kessler was | 16 | | crowned with the same title; 167 days later, Kelsi was crowned | 17 | | Miss Illinois State County Fair Queen; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler notes that winning the crown and | 19 | | participating in the State pageant was, for her, less about the | 20 | | competition and more about self-growth, getting to know people | 21 | | and developing as a public speaker; although a lot went into |
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| 1 | | preparing for the pageant, she felt it was much like competing | 2 | | on the county level, aside from higher stakes and additional | 3 | | events; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler currently attends the University of | 5 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she majors in accounting; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler will be a summer employee of the | 8 | | Department of Agriculture; she will also travel to an estimated | 9 | | 30 county fairs and will be the official hostess of the | 10 | | Illinois State Fair in Springfield and the DuQuoin State Fair; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, As queen, Kelsi Kessler's main duty is to | 13 | | emphasize the importance of agriculture and county fairs to | 14 | | Illinois; she got her start in agriculture with FFA; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler's father Curt is the plant manager | 16 | | of Champion Laboratories, Inc. in Albion, and her mother Kara | 17 | | is a banker; her grandfather operates a farm in Carmi; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler has her own video series on YouTube | 19 | | called "Crowned with Confidence," where she encourages young | 20 | | people to have confidence in whatever they attempt; therefore, | 21 | | be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Miss White County Fair Queen Kelsi Kessler on | 4 | | being named Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, and we commend her | 5 | | hard work as a college student and an active role model in our | 6 | | State; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Kelsi Kessler as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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