Queen Amelia Belmont

Queen Amelia Belmont will lead the Strawberry Festival’s Royalty Court this year. The Court has gone to a couple of festivals so far this year.

“So far it’s been going really amazing,” said Amelia. “The weather has been perfect at the couple of festivals we’ve been to and it’s been nice to meet all the other royalty.”

She looks forward to the opportunity to meet other royalty courts across the state and see how other festivals are run this summer.

Amelia said she is looking forward to the parade and the Market in the Park at the upcoming Strawberry Festival.

“Everything is going to be fun, but I think I’ll like being able to see all the people of Marysville who come down for the market with their art,” she said.

Amelia is a Lakewood High school senior who also takes dental assistant classes a the Sno-Isle Tech Center.

“That is a really hands-on class and we have internships in actual dental offices around the county,” she said.

Next year at university she hopes to continue her education, possibly in dentistry studies, but said it may depend on what options are available to her at her university.

She has been a part of her school’s

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