Kyla Hart crowned Santa Lucia Queen

On Saturday, Dec. 14, Stanton held its 73rd annual Santa Lucia Festival of Lights and crowned its Santa Lucia Queen. In the morning junior and senior girls caroled to local nursing homes and shut-ins. The elementary students sang and danced under the direction of Leland Lantz. A special skit was performed during the evening ceremony, native Swedes and past Santa Lucia Queens were recognized, and the Skona Maj singers performed. The new Santa Lucia Queen, Kyla Hart, was crowned during the ceremony, and Stanton Mayor Eric Kutzli turned on the Christmas lights. Pictured are, front row, from left: Kennedi Bergren, Roger Gray, Emmett Herzberg, and Hadley Bates. Back row, from left: Kennedy King, Riley Burke, Lauren Johnson, Hannah Olson, Santa Lucia Queen Kyla Hart, Kiela Franzen, Anna Peterson, and Adrian Haynie.