1) Fourteen car clubs will hold a classic car cruise on Saturday to raise money for cancer research. Over the past three years, the event has raised $35,000 for the American Cancer Society. 2) The car cruise will be held from 11am to 4pm at Quaker Steak & Lube. Attendees can get a card to receive 10% of their bill back for the cancer research funds. Organizers encourage community support to help in the fight against cancer. 3) The organizers are also planning a large car show next year at Ohio Valley Mall to support local drug-free youth programs and bring these initiatives to grade schools.

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The Times Leader
Classic cars cruisin’ for cancer cures
TRIADELPHIA — Next Satur-
day 14 car clubs will combine
their efforts for the fourth year for
the Project Care Fund Raiser
cruise.
This is not a judged show, but
each club will present one trophy
to its choice. The key is that 100
percent of the proceeds will go to
the American Cancer Society.
The event will be held 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday at Quaker
Steak & Lube at The Highlands
with 50/50 drawings, auctions and
more. The rain date is Aug. 27.
Over the past three years, this
cruise has raised $35,000 for can-
cer research. The Clubs putting on
the event this year are the Chan-
cellors Car Club, Classy Chassis
Car Club, Cruises Unlimited Inc.,
Fort Steuben Street Rods;
Moundsville Cruisers, Noble
County Cruisers, Ohio Valley
Mopar Club, Ohio Valley Street
Survivors, Rumblers Car Club,
Sultans Car Club, Tri-County
Klassics, Millennium Street Rod-
ders, the Warthogs Motorcycle
Club and the Belmont Auto Club.
Jim McCraw, president of
Classy Chassis Car Club, and
Frank Fregiato, author of National
GTO column “Quarter Mile with
the Judge,” are serving as spokes-
men for the Ohio Valley Car
Clubs.
McCraw and Fregiato said,
“Everyone (with or without a his-
torical vehicle) will be provided
with a card to present when order-
ing your meal at Quaker Steak &
Lube, which results in the restau-
rant returning 10 percent of the
bill back to us to be added to our
cancer research proceeds.”
They ask everyone to turn out to
help overcome this dreaded dis-
ease.
“Your local car guys and gals
need your support,” they said. “Help
us help you and your family.”
They went on to announce an
additional, upcoming project.
They are currently organizing a
huge car show to be held next
year at the Ohio Valley Mall in
St. Clairsville to promote the
local high school chapters of the
Drug-Free Clubs of America.
Another goal will be to bring
these positive forces into the
grade schools.
“Stay tuned, and stay in gear,
further down the road as we keep
you informed and continue to sup-
port you and the Ohio Valley,”
they said.
For more information, call
McCraw at 740-371-0580.
Photo Provided
THE FOURTH Project Care Fundraiser cruise will be held Saturday at Quaker Steak & Lube at The Highlands.
By TIFFANY BUMGARDNER
For The Times Leader
MILLERSBURG, Ohio —
Fans of down-home country
activities were treated to a tradi-
tional rodeo last Monday, when
former Bethesda resident Shadow
Montag returned to the Buckeye
State to perform and to debut a
Flaming Roman Riding act he has
been working on for three
months.
“I would do four performances
a day at Dixie,” said Montag,
who is a performer in Pigeon
Forge, Tenn., at the Dixie Stam-
pede. “And then I would go out
and practice my new Roman rid-
ing act until 2 a.m., and I did this
on repeat for months.”
Montag has a storied history as
a fancy and trick rider — per-
formers who do stunts on horse-
back. In 2012, he was in a seri-
ous accident that resulted in brain
trauma and had doctors saying he
would never ride again. However,
Montag didn’t let that phase him
and he put in the hours, worked,
recovered and returned to the
arena, flipping and jumping off
his trusted mount, Thunder, and
earning the nickname of the
“Comeback Kid.”
In 2014, Montag moved to
Tennessee to become a performer
at the Dixie Stampede, leaving
behind family and friends to
“learn the production and every-
thing that goes into putting on a
show on such a scale.” For those
who follow him closely and
eagerly await opportunities to
watch him perform, his brief
return to Ohio every year is a
highlight for them, as are the
opportunities to get their photo
with him and cheer as he com-
pletes difficult stunts.
“I love watching Shadow per-
form because it reminds me of
everything he has had to over-
come,” said Stacie Capalingo, a
longtime friend and supporter of
Montag. “He reminds us all to
always keep going no matter
what, to never give up, and that
makes him a great role model.”
Montag does more than just
perform — he also uses his talent
to give back and for years has
worked raising money for multi-
ple charities such as The Chil-
dren’s Hospital and Wounded
Warriors Project. He and his sis-
ter, Dallas Montag, a former trick
rider herself, used to hold training
camps for children and Shadow
Montag has kept the teaching
spirit alive by training budding
fancy riders in his new home.
Montag has been working with
Alexandria Jaynes, whose stage
name is Gator, in Tennessee,
teaching her trick stunts such as
the Hippodrome Stand and the
Cossack Drag or Death Drag.
“I always wanted to trick ride,”
said Jaynes. “Shadow presented
the opportunity to me and on my
second practice with him, he
offered me the chance to come to
Ohio and perform with him.”
For Jaynes, Monday marked
her debut performance and she
indicated she was happy with
how it went. Montag said he was
proud of how far she has come
and the work she did Monday
evening.
“For just a few short weeks of
training, she did great,” said
Montag.
Both performers are looking
to the future following their
visit to the Buckeye State. Mon-
tag plans to continue his charity
work and perfecting new ways
to impact and change the trick
riding industry.
For those wanting to see this
pair perform, they both will be
found riding the mounts at the
Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge,
Tenn., when they aren’t training.
Comeback Kid returns to Ohio
T-L Photos/TIFFANY BUMGARDNER
SHADOW MONTAG performs his Roman Riding act, which involves flaming torches and bringing his mounts, Thunder and Molly,
close to the flames as they weave between them and then split down the middle.
ALEXANDRIA “GATOR” Jaynes is all smiles after she suc-
cessfully performs the Hippodrome Stand before Monday’s
rodeo crowd.
JAYNES PERFORMS a one-foot trick riding stand on Thunder.