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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Miss White County Fair
4Queen Kelsi Kessler on being named Miss Illinois County Fair
5Queen; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler, 18, of Carmi, was crowned the 61st
7Miss Illinois County Fair Queen while representing White County
8at the 110th Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs
9Convention; and
 
10    WHEREAS, The pageant was hosted by the Illinois Association
11of Agricultural Fairs at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield
12from January 17 to 19, 2020; in total, this year's convention
13had more than 3,000 in attendance; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In August of last year, 25 years after her mother
15was honored as White County Fair Queen, Kelsi Kessler was
16crowned with the same title; 167 days later, Kelsi was crowned
17Miss Illinois State County Fair Queen; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler notes that winning the crown and
19participating in the State pageant was, for her, less about the
20competition and more about self-growth, getting to know people
21and developing as a public speaker; although a lot went into

 

 

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1preparing for the pageant, she felt it was much like competing
2on the county level, aside from higher stakes and additional
3events; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler currently attends the University of
5Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she majors in accounting;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler will be a summer employee of the
8Department of Agriculture; she will also travel to an estimated
930 county fairs and will be the official hostess of the
10Illinois State Fair in Springfield and the DuQuoin State Fair;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, As queen, Kelsi Kessler's main duty is to
13emphasize the importance of agriculture and county fairs to
14Illinois; she got her start in agriculture with FFA; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler's father Curt is the plant manager
16of Champion Laboratories, Inc. in Albion, and her mother Kara
17is a banker; her grandfather operates a farm in Carmi; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Kelsi Kessler has her own video series on YouTube
19called "Crowned with Confidence," where she encourages young
20people to have confidence in whatever they attempt; therefore,
21be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we congratulate Miss White County Fair Queen Kelsi Kessler on
4being named Miss Illinois County Fair Queen, and we commend her
5hard work as a college student and an active role model in our
6State; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to Kelsi Kessler as an expression of our esteem and
9respect.