This year we’ve added something special to the annual Light Up Lakewood event. Plantation Home in Downtown Lakewood  generously sponsored a $500.00 scholarship.

The Light Up Lakewood Festival King and Queen Scholorship was avaliable to any Lakewood resident that is a high school Sophomore or Junior during the 2011 – 2012 school year. Six finalists were selected to be interviewed, three for the queen and three for the king. One king and one queen was chosen by the selection committee

The winners are…….

King – Pete Nelson – Lakewood High School
Queen – Rachel Ritter – Lakewood High School

Congratulations to them both as the winners of the scholorship and the FIRST parade King & Queen!

Rachel & Pete will be presented to the community in a horse drawn carriage in the parade at 5:00 pm and again at the lighting ceremony at Lakewood Hospital at 6:00 pm.

A huge thank you goes do David Stein of Plantation Home for sponsoring the scholarship and to the following volunteers on the scholarship committe for their time. It had to be a hard decision to make among the applicants!

Kelley Drumm – Chairperson
David Stein – Sponsor
Chris Gordillo
Tori Worron
Tamera Karel
Geof Pelaia