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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Kelly Cruse of Marion was crowned Miss Illinois |
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| Teen USA 2005 on November 21, 2004 after competing against 169 |
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| other contestants in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She is the daughter of Greg and Lisa Cruse of |
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| Marion; she will compete for the national Miss Teen USA pageant |
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| title in August 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, In August, in the first pageant she ever entered, |
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| Kelly was crowned queen of the Williamson County Fair; and
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| WHEREAS, After attending Marion High School, Kelly opted |
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| for home schooling this year to allow her a more flexible |
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| schedule, with more time for a full-time ministry; she is now a |
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| junior, and expects to graduate in May; she was active in bands |
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| and choir in high school, and now plays with a youth praise and |
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| worship band at Cornerstone Community Church in Marion, her |
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| family's church; and
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| WHEREAS, She studies voice and played alto saxophone in the |
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| high school band; she plays and composes music on the piano and |
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| guitar, and is working on her second CD of original music; and
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| WHEREAS, Kelly is a cancer survivor; and
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| WHEREAS, She plans to obtain a master's degree and work in |
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| crisis intervention, counseling women and teens; her pageant |
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| win put an internship for the ministry on hold this summer; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Kelly Cruse on being crowned Miss Illinois Teen |
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| USA 2005, we are proud to have such a remarkable young lady |