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Sweet Corn Queen Pageant candidate series: Leah Stamberger · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sweet Corn Queen Pageant candidate series Leah Stamberger written by
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  Speaker 1: Matthias Warner. This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. Leah Stamberger will represent
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  Speaker 1: Mendota Rotary Club in the seventy ninth annual sweet Corn
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  Speaker 1: Festival Pageant this fall, competing for the title of sweet
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  Speaker 1: Corn Queen. Stamberger, a Mendota High School graduate, spent four
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  Speaker 1: years active in Future Farmers of America, where she held
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  Speaker 1: leadership roles, including president, and served on the parliamentary procedure team.
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  Speaker 1: The team earned Section first place member honors all four
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  Speaker 1: years and qualified for state three times. She also competed
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  Speaker 1: in agricultural sales, public speaking, and livestock evaluation. Beyond FFA,
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  Speaker 1: Stamberger was a four year member of the varsity tennis
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  Speaker 1: team and served as co captain. She was named to
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  Speaker 1: the All Area team and also competed in varsity bowling.
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  Speaker 1: She was a member of the Interact Club, a Rotary
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  Speaker 1: sponsored student organization, serving as vice president and then president.
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  Speaker 1: This summer, Stamberger has been working at Small Animal Care,
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  Speaker 1: a self employed pet sitting business she started four years ago.
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  Speaker 1: She incorporated the business into her supervised Agricultural Experience for
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  Speaker 1: FFA and earned the Section seven Small Animal Care Proficiency
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  Speaker 1: Illinois State degree. Stamberger was named an Illinois State Scholar,
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  Speaker 1: received College Board National recognition, and earned Lions Club four
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  Speaker 1: point zero recognition. She was the high Honor Role speaker
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  Speaker 1: at graduation this spring. This fall, she plans to attend
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  Speaker 1: Iowa State University to pursue a bachelor's degree in agricultural communications.
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  Speaker 1: Her goal is to build a career with an agricultural
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  Speaker 1: business organization or media outlet where she can promote and
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  Speaker 1: advocate for the agriculture industry.