WELLSBORO - Brigid Demko, a recent graduate of Mount Carmel Area High School, was named Laurel Queen at the Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival this past weekend in Wellsboro. Twenty-eight girls from throughout the commonwealth competed for the title.
Demko, a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Demko, of 1162 Chestnut St., Kulpmont, graduated third in her class. She plans to attend Syracuse University to major in broadcast journalism.
Lillian Newton, of Jersey Shore, last year's queen, joined Tioga County Commissioner Mark Hamilton in crowning Demko during a ceremony Saturday night at Wellsboro Area High School.
Demko is the fourth Mount Carmel area contestant to be named Laurel Queen in the festival's 70-year history. Others were Claire Shoop, 1949; Julie Morrison, 1994, and Maura Menapace, 2002.