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August 14, 2016

The Times Leader

Classic cars cruisin’ for cancer curesTRIADELPHIA — Next Satur-

day 14 car clubs will combinetheir efforts for the fourth year forthe Project Care Fund Raisercruise. This is not a judged show, but

each club will present one trophyto its choice. The key is that 100percent of the proceeds will go tothe American Cancer Society. The event will be held 11 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Saturday at QuakerSteak & Lube at The Highlandswith 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 onthe event this year are the Chan-cellors Car Club, Classy ChassisCar Club, Cruises Unlimited Inc.,Fort Steuben Street Rods;Moundsville Cruisers, NobleCounty Cruisers, Ohio ValleyMopar Club, Ohio Valley StreetSurvivors, Rumblers Car Club,Sultans Car Club, Tri-CountyKlassics, Millennium Street Rod-

ders, the Warthogs MotorcycleClub and the Belmont Auto Club. Jim McCraw, president of

Classy Chassis Car Club, andFrank Fregiato, author of NationalGTO column “Quarter Mile withthe Judge,” are serving as spokes-men for the Ohio Valley CarClubs. McCraw and Fregiato said,

“Everyone (with or without a his-torical vehicle) will be providedwith a card to present when order-ing your meal at Quaker Steak &

Lube, which results in the restau-rant returning 10 percent of thebill back to us to be added to ourcancer 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. “Helpus help you and your family.”They went on to announce an

additional, upcoming project.They are currently organizing ahuge car show to be held next

year at the Ohio Valley Mall inSt. Clairsville to promote thelocal high school chapters of theDrug-Free Clubs of America.Another goal will be to bringthese positive forces into thegrade schools. “Stay tuned, and stay in gear,

further down the road as we keepyou informed and continue to sup-port you and the Ohio Valley,”they said. For more information, call

McCraw at 740-371-0580.

Photo ProvidedTHE FOURTH Project Care Fundraiser cruise will be held Saturday at Quaker Steak & Lube at The Highlands.

By TIFFANY BUMGARDNERFor The Times Leader

MILLERSBURG, Ohio —Fans of down-home countryactivities were treated to a tradi-tional rodeo last Monday, whenformer Bethesda resident ShadowMontag returned to the BuckeyeState to perform and to debut aFlaming Roman Riding act he hasbeen working on for threemonths.“I would do four performances

a day at Dixie,” said Montag,who is a performer in PigeonForge, Tenn., at the Dixie Stam-pede. “And then I would go outand practice my new Roman rid-ing act until 2 a.m., and I did thison 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 braintrauma and had doctors saying hewould never ride again. However,Montag didn’t let that phase himand he put in the hours, worked,recovered and returned to thearena, flipping and jumping offhis trusted mount, Thunder, andearning the nickname of the“Comeback Kid.” In 2014, Montag moved to

Tennessee to become a performerat the Dixie Stampede, leavingbehind family and friends to“learn the production and every-thing that goes into putting on ashow on such a scale.” For thosewho follow him closely andeagerly await opportunities towatch him perform, his briefreturn to Ohio every year is ahighlight for them, as are theopportunities to get their photowith him and cheer as he com-pletes difficult stunts.“I love watching Shadow per-

form because it reminds me ofeverything he has had to over-come,” said Stacie Capalingo, alongtime friend and supporter ofMontag. “He reminds us all toalways keep going no matterwhat, to never give up, and thatmakes him a great role model.”Montag does more than just

perform — he also uses his talentto give back and for years hasworked raising money for multi-ple charities such as The Chil-dren’s Hospital and WoundedWarriors Project. He and his sis-ter, Dallas Montag, a former trickrider herself, used to hold trainingcamps for children and ShadowMontag has kept the teachingspirit alive by training buddingfancy riders in his new home. Montag has been working with

Alexandria Jaynes, whose stagename is Gator, in Tennessee,teaching her trick stunts such asthe Hippodrome Stand and theCossack Drag or Death Drag.

“I always wanted to trick ride,”said Jaynes. “Shadow presentedthe opportunity to me and on mysecond practice with him, heoffered me the chance to come toOhio and perform with him.”For Jaynes, Monday marked

her debut performance and sheindicated she was happy withhow it went. Montag said he wasproud of how far she has comeand the work she did Mondayevening. “For just a few short weeks of

training, she did great,” saidMontag. Both performers are looking

to the future following theirvisit to the Buckeye State. Mon-tag plans to continue his charitywork and perfecting new waysto impact and change the trickriding industry. For those wanting to see this

pair perform, they both will befound riding the mounts at theDixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge,Tenn., when they aren’t training.

Comeback Kid returns to Ohio

T-L Photos/TIFFANY BUMGARDNERSHADOW 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’srodeo crowd.

JAYNES PERFORMS a one-foot trick riding stand on Thunder.