HORST GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTED

 (Manheim Township) Lancaster, PA  (January 2, 2001)  Four directors have been reelected to the Horst Group board for a two-year term. They are: John O. Shirk, partner of Barley Snyder Senft & Cohen, J. Robert Hess, president & retired CEO of Lancaster Malleable Castings Company, Randall L. Horst, president of Horst Construction, and Richard A. Watson, Jr., president and CEO of the Horst Group.

Leadership of the Horst Group board of directors also includes Clyde W. Horst, founder and chairman of the Horst Group, David H. Berndt, president of Horst Insurance, and Robert Horst, Co-owner, E.K. Bare & Sons, Inc.

The Horst Group is a family of diversified construction, property management and insurance companies (Horst Construction, Horst Excavating, Horst Masonry, Horst Painting, Horst Property Management (commercial, residential, association, hospitality and senior housing development, management, janitorial and service), Horst Insurance and Horst Financial Services. Employing over 650 people, the company was recently named the 16th “Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania.” Situated in Granite Run Corporate Center, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the Horst Group offers a tradition of quality, honest service dating back to 1880. To contact the Horst Group, call 717.581.9800, email info@horstgroup.com or visit www.horstgroup.com.

For more information regarding this release, please contact Karen Haski, communications manager, Horst Group, call 717.581.9817 or email to khaski@horstgroup.com.