Queen candidates announced for 2017 Fourth festivities
May 11, 2017
A pair of high schoolers announced plans to run for the crown in this year's Fourth of July Royalty competition.
Each spring the competition raises funds for Wrangell's Independence Day celebrations, with candidates holding fundraisers and selling tickets. Last year's competition between Kyla Teat and Alex Angerman broke records, with the pair selling 126,408 tickets.
Thirty percent of what contestants raise goes back to them as a scholarship, helping to pay for college or some other form of higher education. A percentage also goes back to the candidates' campaign managers, usually a parent...
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