Soapbox Derby this Weekend

Daniel & his racecar

Ladies & Gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES! Well, in a manner of speaking. Back in September, we announced the countywide All American Soap Box Derby would be held this Memorial Day weekend. The event will be part of the Greater Liberty Chamber of Commerce's festival and will also include a parade, sidewalk sale and Yard Sale-O-Rama. After much anticipation, this event is finally here.

I recently learned that we have a local racer from Mountaindale who we can all be rooting for on Sunday at 10AM. The young man's name is Daniel. Thanks to the hard work of his pit crew and the generousity of Phil Vallone of the Rolling V Bus Corp, his soap box racer will be zooming down the Main Street track at this Liberty event. Daniel will be competing in the 8 to 13 year old Stock division. However, Daniel is no stranger to competition as he just earned 2 medals in a Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan martial arts tournament this past weekend in New Windsor, New York. Eight other students of Upstate Karate of Mountaindale also attended this event and took home championship medals.

Daniel is active in many other sports throughout the year. These activities include soccer, softball, skiing, and snorkeling, to list a few. These are all possible due to the love and support of his proud parents, Max & Slava Milov, who share in many of these sports with Daniel. We wish him great success! Go, Daniel, Go!!