Swedish Festival queen

August 15, 2011

Baylee Swanson holds a trophy after being named Sunday evening as the queen of the Mt. Jewett Swedish Festival. Baylee, 13, is the daughter of Deb and Paul Swanson of 141 W. Main St., Mt. Jewett. Taking part in the crowning ceremony are, left to right: Ashley Swanson, the 2010 Swedish Festival queen; Baylee Swanson, this year's queen; Ally Carpenter, chairman of the Queen Contest; and Haley Williams, first runner-up in this year's queen contest. Carpenter was chosen as the Swedish Festival queen in 2005. In 2008, she was named as Miss Kane High and also was crowned as Miss McKean County. She will be a junior at Edinboro University. Baylee and Ashley Swanson are cousins.