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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     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
 
6     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
 
11     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
 
20     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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1 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
 
6     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
 
12     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
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 congratulate Molly Reeves on this honor and wish her the best
2 in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
3     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.