Effingham County Fair Queen Krista Phillips, center, is the new Miss Illinois State Fair Queen. She competed with 75 other county fair queens at the Miss Illinois County Queen pageant on Jan. 18 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield. Board members and wives attending were, from left, Phil and Carol Hartke, Dean and Donna Wetherell, Wendell and Christine Alwardt, and Ava, Jennifer (board member) and Korina Hecht.
