With Christmas fast approaching, there are so many ways to celebrate the holiday. Going back at least 80 years, one of the longest-running parades in the state, the Minier Christmas Parade has become a local tradition to celebrate Christmas. This year the parade was held on November 27th with the theme “Minier Memories”. This theme was put in place to acknowledge the generations of Minier residents that have watched and been a part of the parade.

The Minier Corn Daze is a festival held in Minier by the Olympia Kiwanis Club. This year, the Corn Daze will be held on Saturday, July 31st and Sunday, August 1st. There will be many different activities that can be enjoyed by attendees. On Saturday, there will be a Softball Tourney and a Fire Department Water Fight. Sunday will have, “all the sweet corn you can eat”, a Cruise-in, tractor pulls, a community church service at 10 AM, a vendor fair, a pedal tractor race, a lawn mower tractor pull, multiple events for kids, a car show, live music, and lots of food. 

Family Reading Night 2021 at Olympia West Elementary School was one for the books. The event, sponsored by the H.A. Peine District Library and Olympia West Elementary School in Minier, featured a motivational program and exhibition by former Harlem Globetrotter, “Corey the Dribbler”.

Founded nearly 154 years ago, the village of Minier has an interesting history all of which leads back to its founder, Rev. George Washington Minier. Born on October 8th of 1813, Rev. Minier was one of ten children. He was raised in Bradford County where he found his education in public schools and Athens Academy. He was so dedicated to his studies he would walk six miles to and from school. After Rev. Minier finished his college education, he taught for three years.

The Olympia Kiwanis Club is a part of the global Kiwanis organization of volunteers that are “dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.” The Olympia Kiwanis Club sponsors a bunch of different events throughout the year that bring the community together. A few of these events are a house decorating contest around Christmas, a Christmas parade, The Olympia Kiwanis Corn Daze, and community Easter Egg Hunts. The Olympia community has always enjoyed these events that the Kiwanis Club puts on.