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Elizabethtown Fair seeks queen contestants BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Do you want to be the face of the Elizabethtown Fair? If you’re a young woman between the ages of 16 and 20, you’re encouraged to apply for the Elizabethtown Fair queen program. The queen will represent the Elizabethtown Fair, which will run from Monday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 26, this year. “She helps to promote what our fair has to offer to the community and encourage our
Nick Sieber with his 1930 Ford Model A
Car show and tour will spotlight antique cars BY CATHY MOLITORIS
e may be only 23 years old, but Nick Sieber is an oldfashioned guy. He’s really into antique cars, and he owns several, including a 1930 Ford Model A, a 1928 Buick and a 1940 Buick. Now he’s inviting other people to share his passion for the vehicles. He’s organizing the Stone Gables Prewar Car Show and Tour. The event will be held on Saturday, July 29, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. “There are so many car shows that focus on cars from the 1950s or 1960s,” Sieber noted. “For folks who have pre-World War II or preWorld War I cars, there are not a lot of opportunities. I wanted to give people a chance to take their car out and enjoy it as it should be.” Unlike other car shows, Sieber’s event is a tour, meaning participants will be able to drive their vehicles
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Supporting a friend to all BY CATHY MOLITORIS
For the past four years, Eugene Williams has been delivering smiles along with packages as a driver for FedEx - and he’s made an impression on customers along his route throughout Mount Joy and Manheim. “He is such a happy, engaging person,” said Kathy Anderson, who regularly receives deliveries from Williams. “Eugene treats everyone special and makes us all feel like we’re his favorite customer.” One day earlier this year, however, Kathy and her husband, Dan, noticed something about Williams. “He didn’t seem like his usual bubbly
self, so we asked him if he was OK,” Kathy recalled. “He briefly shared about his situation. He didn’t share a lot of details and wasn’t complaining, but he was clearly feeling burdened. We knew right away that we wanted to help.” In early June, the Andersons and several of their neighbors, including Kimberly Rudis, surprised Williams with a gift of money; gift cards; a basket of snacks, drinks and treats; and homemade cards created by neighborhood kids. Williams, who lives in Elizabethtown, said he was completely surprised by the gifts. He explained that he was going through a particularly hard time. See Friend pg 5 R097321
growing up, every Sunday after church, we’d go back to her house, enjoy dinner and sit and talk,” he recalled. “She would always reminisce about stories of growing up in the 1920s and 1930s. Her brothers had these old jalopies - Model Ts and Model As - and she remembered riding in the rumble seat. She talked so fondly of her childhood, I fell in love with it.” At 16, Sieber bought his first car, a 1925 Ford Model T. “That started what you could say would be a slight obsession,” he said with a laugh. He invites anyone with an interest in antique cars to come out to the car show and tour, noting that it will be a unique event. “The big draw for this is that it’s a driving show,” he stated. “You’ll get to see and hear the cars running, and you might even be able to take a ride in one.” Fore more information on the show, visit https://sites.google.com /view/stonegablescarshow.
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through the roads on the property’s 275 acres, offering rides to attendees. “People from the general public can come out for the day, ride the 1860s steam locomotive on the estate’s private railroad, enjoy some lunch, tour the Star Barn and just enjoy the grounds,” Sieber stated. The car show and tour will highlight cars built in 1942 and earlier, and Sieber said he’s been pleasantly surprised by the response he’s gotten from participants. People are driving their antique cars from Maryland, New York and New Hampshire, among other places, and one of the cars dates to 1910. This past year, Sieber drove his 1930 Model A to a car show in Michigan, where he networked with other car enthusiasts who are helping to spread the word about his Elizabethtown event. Sieber noted that he’s always been into old cars, starting when he was a young boy. “My maternal grandmother was born in 1923, and
contestants,” said Lia Swartz, fair queen program coordinator. “The queen attends events during the week such as handing out ribbons, crowning the senior king and queen, and participating in children’s games and fair auctions. Not only does the queen participate in the events during the week of the fair, but the entire court is encouraged to participate.” Swartz, who was crowned Elizabethtown Fair queen in 2013 and state queen in 2014, said the queen competition offers more than just a crown and sash. “The competition is full of opportunity - the opportunity to learn more about the fair and the community, to make new friends and to gain new skills,” she noted. “Don’t let the fear of an area of the competition hold you back from trying. My personal experience running for fair queen opened doors for me to learn more about myself as well as introducing me to people who would change my life.”
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