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2025 Fair Royalty announced during opening evening’s events

by Lynette Dotson

2024 Fair Queen and King stand with the newly introduced 2025 Fair Royalty. Pictured from left to right are Avarie Tedrick (2024 Queen), Caiden Hogue (2024 King), Caden Wasson (2025 Attendant), Dyllon
Ault (2025 Attendant), Aaron McConnell (2025 King), Madison McConnell (2025 Attendant), Braylee Chambers (2025 Queen), Braylie Burkey (2025 Attendant), Cameron Hogue (2025 Prince) Delaney Makuh
(2025 Princess); and Addison Derry (2024 Princess). Lynette Dotson

An anticipated opening day tradition, this year’s Princess. do. And without them, I don’t think I’d moment. This year will go by faster than
the crowning of new fair royalty, took Caiden Hogue addressed the crowd be standing here today,” said McCon- you think, and the memories you will
place in front of the Grandstands on explaining his past year as King. nell. make will last forever. Today, as I am
Sunday, August 10. “I had a great year traveling around Last year’s Queen, Avarie Tedrick, passing down my crown, I am not saying
2024 Fair King, Caiden Hogue had the the state. It was a great time. I want to took the mic next and spoke about her goodbye to the fair or this community.
pleasure of announcing this year’s Fair thank everyone that helped me along past year. I’m just saying goodbye to this chapter.
Prince since the 2024 Prince was not the way, that supported me, everyone “I’m going to say a couple words be- I will forever be proud to have worn this
able to make it. Cameron Hogue, Caid- that stopped me at this point. I made fore I give it off to the new best queen. title and even prouder to be in the place
en’s little brother was named Prince and 17 fairs overall. I met some great peo- When I first got this crown, I had no idea that feels like home.”
donned the ceremonial cowboy hat and ple along the way. I know that Ohio is in just how much it would teach me. Not Runners up Braylie Burkey and Madi-
sash. great hands with the people I met,” said just about representing our fair, but rep- son McConnell were announced and
Next up was the crowning of the Prin- Hogue. resenting myself, my values, and my Braylee Chambers was crowned the
cess. Last year’s Princess, Addison Der- Hogue then announced runners up community,” said Tedrick. “Fair Queen 2025 Muskingum County Fair Queen.
ry did the honor. Caden Wasson, and Dyllon Ault before has been more than wearing a sash and “I want to thank my family who pushed
“I’ve been incredibly honored this past crowning Aaron McConnell the 2025 smiling for photos. It’s been early morn- me to this point, and these amazing
year to represent our county, go to vari- Fair King. ings, long days, countless moments of girls here who have honestly kept me
ous fairs and meet some amazing peo- “I just want to say thank you, it’s an connection with people of all ages and from crying this entire time, and I want
ple. This has been such an incredible honor to be Fair King Muskingum Coun- backgrounds. This year has been full to thank the entire youth group that I’ve
opportunity. And although this is a very ty 2025. I just want to say thank you to of joy, growth, and gratitude. I want to been with, and my advisors who push
bittersweet moment for me, I am very Caiden Hogue. He’s been a great friend thank my family for standing behind me every year to keep doing it, and I
excited to announce this year’s princess. over the last several years through FFA, me, my friends for cheering me on, hope to see you all on the midway,” stat-
And I know she’s going to do such an in- 4-H, and many different events. I want to and the Fair Board and Volunteers who ed Chambers.
credible job,” stated Derry. thank the McDonald family for pushing work tirelessly to keep our fair thriving.
The crown went to Delaney Makuh, me in as many 4-H activities as I could To the next Fair Queen, embrace every

The Columbus Zoo brought Bonita a 26-year-old three banded Armadillo to visit with fair attendees. Elsie Spillman cuts the ribbon to officially open the fair. She has worked as a gate-teller for two years,
Lynette Dotson from 1958 to 1960 before taking a job assisting Dennis Winkle in the Treasurer’s office in 1961. She
still works there all these years later. Lynette Dotson

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