By James Massara
CCN News Director

BUCYRUS — Five individuals will spend the next year representing Crawford County after being crowned Crawford County Fair royalty during the opening day of the 2018 edition of the fair.

Abigail Brocwell was named the 2018 Crawford County Fair Queen and Thomas Kurek was named the king. During the evening, Brocwell and Kurek had to answer a prepared question, and answer a question randomly selected during the competition.

Kurek was asked who his greatest role model was and why. He said it was his dad, because he said his dad was a hard worker and was still able to be very supportive of the various activities the three children in the family participate in.

Brocwell was asked who gave her the greatest advice she had ever received.

She said her dad told her that it does not matter if you fall, but you never fail if you get back up.

Brocwell was excited to claim the crown after three years of applying previously for princess.

“I never got a title, but I never let that discourage me from running for queen,” Brocwell said.

She said 2016 Crawford County Fair Queen CeCelia Von Stein was her inspiration to run for queen,

“She did a great job,” Brocwell said. “She went to every fair she could, and I just wanted to keep that going as I did my term as queen.”

Kurek said he hopes to continue the work he did as the 2017 fair prince and spread the word of the Crawford County Fair to fairgoers at other events.

“I knew, after the positive experience I had last year, that this was something I wanted to keep doing,” he said. “I wanted to be a role model for younger guys.”

Before embarking on representing the fair and county at other fairs, herself, Brocwell said she hopes to be a role model for the younger girls.

“I want to be at as many shows as possible and be an example for the younger girls,” Brocwell said. “I want to be a role model to them, how CeCe was to me, and encourage them to run for queen and be more involved in 4-H and anything they do.”

Blocwell takes market goats to the fair and also took self-determined quilting as a 4-H project. Kurek said he focuses on the science, technology, engineering and math projects.

“I’m now also dipping into the leadership projects,” he said. “I want to focus on being a strong leader for everyone else, to try to set a good example for everyone else.”

The 2018 prince and princess also were crowned.

Daniel Kurek, younger brother of Thomas, was named the prince. Thomas said he believed his brother wanted to apply for prince after seeing how much fun Thomas had the year before.

Sydnee Corwin competed against six other contestants for princess before receiving her crown. Sheba Sulser was named the princess’s attendant.

The 2018 royalty may be seen throughout the duration of the 2018 fair.