Sixth-grader Guerin Hammlonds places the corner boxes right before the domino topple begins at Butler Catholic School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Sawyer Sroka, 6, and her mother, Hannah, perform an experiment to show how a woodpecker finds and eats food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis O' Grady, left, and Richard Blews stand in the warming shelter on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
John Prementine, left, and Jennie Korn, both of Butler, walk Remmington, a 10-year-old shepherd, in light mist at Preston Park in Butler Township on Monday, January 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Tim Kramer, left, works with James Sykes, a Slippery Rock University intern, at VITA at their site inside the Clearview Mall on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mars’ Vita Vargo (4) battles hard around Armstrong’s Mario Mellish at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Karns City’s Braden Grossman drives to the hoop against Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Karns City's Shane Peters was on fire during their hard fought win against Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
It’s a slam dunk by Karns City senior Micah Rupp. Punxsutawney’s Noah Kengersky (14) is also pictured during their game on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Taite Beighley sinks a layup during Karns City's win over Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Mars’ Vita Vargo (4) looks for an open player against Armstrong at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Mars’ Olivia Donnelly (30) drives around Armstrong’s Olivia Yancy at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Alexa Coyle , a seventh-grader at Butler Catholic School, makes sure the cereal box dominoes topple correctly as they run past her in the school gymnasium on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Second-grader Ryan Klein, center, watches the cereal box dominoes topple at Butler Catholic School in Butler on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Butler Catholic School sets off a domino run after collecting 576 boxes of cereal for donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Butler on Monday, January 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Rick Beck, with St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, grabs boxes of cereal from eighth-grader Brendan Eicher to stack in the back of his box truck at Butler Catholic School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. The school collected 576 boxes and kicked off Catholic Schools Week by donating the cereal to the food bank. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Ezekiel Bennett, 7, participates in an experiment to determine how cardinals find and eat their food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Lorelai Hefley, 4, along with her sister, Perri Hefley, 6, and father Vance Hefley, perform an experiment to determine how a woodpecker finds and eats food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Sawyer Sroka,6, along with her mother Hannah, listen to Brandi Miller-Parrish with the DCNR at the Jennings Environmental Education Center as she talks about different birds in the area on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Brandi Miller-Parrish, an environmental education specialist at Jennings Environmental Education Center, points to Perri Hefley, 6, who answers a question about an endangered species on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Colin Hefley, 1, looks around for a deer he saw getting some of the birdseed on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023 at the Jennings Environmental Education Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The warming shelter has many things to offer, such as a pool and ping pong table, board games and a TV people can use as they stay warm. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Scott Winrade runs the Move program, which helps keep the warm coffee ready in the warming shelter on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler native Joe Fulmer, who's staying overnight at the Grace Wellness Shelter to escape the dangerous winter freeze, often spends the day at Butler Public Library. Chris Kopacz/Butler Eagle
Jean Bowen, the VITA coordinator, left, stands with Tim Kramer at the VITA site in the Clearview Mall on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Sixth-grader Guerin Hammlonds places the corner boxes right before the domino topple begins at Butler Catholic School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Sawyer Sroka, 6, and her mother, Hannah, perform an experiment to show how a woodpecker finds and eats food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis O' Grady, left, and Richard Blews stand in the warming shelter on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
John Prementine, left, and Jennie Korn, both of Butler, walk Remmington, a 10-year-old shepherd, in light mist at Preston Park in Butler Township on Monday, January 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Tim Kramer, left, works with James Sykes, a Slippery Rock University intern, at VITA at their site inside the Clearview Mall on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mars’ Vita Vargo (4) battles hard around Armstrong’s Mario Mellish at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Karns City’s Braden Grossman drives to the hoop against Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Karns City's Shane Peters was on fire during their hard fought win against Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
It’s a slam dunk by Karns City senior Micah Rupp. Punxsutawney’s Noah Kengersky (14) is also pictured during their game on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Taite Beighley sinks a layup during Karns City's win over Punxsutawney on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Karns City won 55-51. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
Mars’ Vita Vargo (4) looks for an open player against Armstrong at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Mars’ Olivia Donnelly (30) drives around Armstrong’s Olivia Yancy at Mars High School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Mars lost 37-28. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Alexa Coyle , a seventh-grader at Butler Catholic School, makes sure the cereal box dominoes topple correctly as they run past her in the school gymnasium on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Second-grader Ryan Klein, center, watches the cereal box dominoes topple at Butler Catholic School in Butler on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Butler Catholic School sets off a domino run after collecting 576 boxes of cereal for donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Butler on Monday, January 30, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Rick Beck, with St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank, grabs boxes of cereal from eighth-grader Brendan Eicher to stack in the back of his box truck at Butler Catholic School on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. The school collected 576 boxes and kicked off Catholic Schools Week by donating the cereal to the food bank. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Ezekiel Bennett, 7, participates in an experiment to determine how cardinals find and eat their food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Lorelai Hefley, 4, along with her sister, Perri Hefley, 6, and father Vance Hefley, perform an experiment to determine how a woodpecker finds and eats food at the Jennings Environmental Education Center on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Sawyer Sroka,6, along with her mother Hannah, listen to Brandi Miller-Parrish with the DCNR at the Jennings Environmental Education Center as she talks about different birds in the area on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Brandi Miller-Parrish, an environmental education specialist at Jennings Environmental Education Center, points to Perri Hefley, 6, who answers a question about an endangered species on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Colin Hefley, 1, looks around for a deer he saw getting some of the birdseed on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023 at the Jennings Environmental Education Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The warming shelter has many things to offer, such as a pool and ping pong table, board games and a TV people can use as they stay warm. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Scott Winrade runs the Move program, which helps keep the warm coffee ready in the warming shelter on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler native Joe Fulmer, who's staying overnight at the Grace Wellness Shelter to escape the dangerous winter freeze, often spends the day at Butler Public Library. Chris Kopacz/Butler Eagle
Jean Bowen, the VITA coordinator, left, stands with Tim Kramer at the VITA site in the Clearview Mall on Friday morning, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
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