State Senator Hugh T. Farley (R, C, I - Schenectady) had the pleasure of meeting Katelynn Smith of Fulton County, the current 2012 Miss Empire Rose, on March 14th when she came to Albany as part of Mental Health Matters Legislative Advocacy Day. Smith’s platform is suicide prevention and she spoke to Senator Farley about this topic. Smith has a blog and wrote about her day at http://missempirerose12.blogspot.com/