Just when it looked like the Fourth of July Old-Fashioned Children’s Games in Lewes were about to be canceled, Ron Krajewski, a Lewes State Farm Insurance agent, stepped in to be chairman of the event. He knows a little something about children and fun and games; he and his wife Kate have four daughters.
Sponsored by the City of Lewes, with prize coins donated by the Improved Order of Red Men, the games went off as planned as they have for decades on Second Street in downtown Lewes.
![Youngsters compete in the three-legged race during the Old-Fashioned Children’s Games on Second Street.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8135.jpg)
Youngsters compete in the three-legged race during the Old-Fashioned Children’s Games on Second Street.
![Friends Charlotte Balboa, left, and Layla Walke are old hands at the July 4 children’s games as they take another win in the three-legged race.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8173.jpg)
Friends Charlotte Balboa, left, and Layla Walke are old hands at the July 4 children’s games as they take another win in the three-legged race.
![Somehow they made it to the finish line. Friends Ella Hunsaker, left, and Bailey Ferguson compete in the 13-and-above age group three-legged race.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8184.jpg)
Somehow they made it to the finish line. Friends Ella Hunsaker, left, and Bailey Ferguson compete in the 13-and-above age group three-legged race.
![Ron Krajewski took over as chairman of the Old-Fashioned Children’s Games this year when it appeared the event would be canceled.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8240_0.jpg)
Ron Krajewski took over as chairman of the Old-Fashioned Children’s Games this year when it appeared the event would be canceled.
![With looks of determination, youngsters hop along Second Street in one of several heats in the bag race.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8223.jpg)
With looks of determination, youngsters hop along Second Street in one of several heats in the bag race.
![Seven-year-old Lawsyn Fitzgerald masters the technique of balancing a ping-pong ball on a spoon on her way to a first-place finish.](/sites/capegazette/files/2022/07/field/image/DSC_8247.jpg)
Seven-year-old Lawsyn Fitzgerald masters the technique of balancing a ping-pong ball on a spoon on her way to a first-place finish.