2022 JUNIOR RICE FESTIVAL ROYALTY - Acadia Parish School Board President Delo Hebert (back row) crowned the 85th Junior Rice Festival King and Queen during ceremonies on the Supreme Rice Sound Stage Friday morning. The new queen is Adilynn Dane Simar of St. Francis Elementary, daughter of Michael and Lindsey Simar, and king is Jax Michael Cormier of Estherwood Elementary, son of Marty and Annie Cormier. Members of the new Junior Rice Festival Court are, from left, 2nd Runners-Up Hayes Michael Richey of St. Michael Elementary and Gracyn Marie Smith of Estherwood Elementary, Adilynn and Jax, and 1st Runners-Up Mia Elise Clark of St. Michael Elementary and Jaxson Malcolm LeJeune of Branch Elementary. (LSN Photo/Lisa Soileaux)
Local representative among Rice Festival junior royalty
CROWLEY - Crowned as the 85th International Rice Festival Junior King and Queen are second-graders Adilynn Dane Simar of St.
