1.1A Senate resolution
1.2recognizing Mayra Monjaraz-Olmos of Goodhue, Minnesota, for being
1.3named a 2016 Goodhue County Dairy Princess.
1.4WHEREAS, Minnesota has a rich tradition in agriculture, which continues to comprise a
1.5large portion of our state's economy and culture; and
1.6WHEREAS, our state's dairy industry is a crucial component of Minnesota agriculture;
1.7dairy is one of the principal drivers of the rural economy, providing income and nutrition to
1.8our fellow Minnesotans; and
1.9WHEREAS, county Dairy Princesses either live on a farm, work on a farm, or have parents
1.10who work on a farm, and they must have graduated from high school, be under 24 years of age,
1.11and single; candidates for Dairy Princess are interviewed by the judges and deliver speeches that
1.12demonstrate knowledge about dairy and their ability to promote the dairy industry; and
1.13WHEREAS, Dairy Princesses are community educators and ambassadors for the dairy
1.14industry; at the county level, the women visit schools to educate students about what dairy
1.15farming is like, including what calves and cows eat, how to milk cows, and what life is like in
1.16the county; and
1.17WHEREAS, at the Dairy Herd Improvement Association's annual banquet on April 2,
1.182016, at the VFW in Zumbrota, Goodhue County Dairy Princesses were crowned; and
1.19WHEREAS, in the coming months, those named Dairy Princess in Goodhue County will
1.20be involved in a variety of activities, including riding a float in parades, serving ice cream at visits
1.21to banks and local businesses, and helping out at Breakfast on the Farm; and
1.22WHEREAS, at the county fair, Dairy Princesses work at the malt booth and pass out
1.23ribbons at the dairy show, with most activities happening in June, which is Dairy Month; and
1.24WHEREAS, Mayra Monjaraz-Olmos is one of three young Goodhue County women
1.25sharing the title of Goodhue County Dairy Princess for 2016; her parents are Bernardo and
1.26Cenorina Monjaraz from Goodhue, and her sponsor was First District Association; and
1.27WHEREAS, along with the other 2016 Goodhue County Dairy Princesses, Mayra will
1.28compete in the Princess Kay of the Milky Way Finalist competition this May; and
1.29NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it
1.30congratulates Mayra Monjaraz-Olmos of Goodhue, Minnesota, on being named a 2016 Goodhue
1.31County Dairy Princess, and extends best wishes to her for the future.
1.32BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
1.33enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the Secretary's signature and that of the Chair
1.34of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Mayra Monjaraz-Olmos.

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JoAnne M. Zoff Secretary of the Senate

Thomas M. Bakk Chair, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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Matt Schmit State Senator, District 21