Monday, April 24, 2023

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Benny Ross, 6, left, and Juniper Ross, 3, both of Evans City, stir their slime at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Members of Alpha Xi Delta at Slippery Rock University raised the most money and therefore got to lead the university’s first Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Owner Bryan Frenchak, center, shows visitors the new venue’s blueprints framed in the Penn Theater’s marquee at the Take a Seat event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

Tree saplings were given out to people gathered Saturday morning, April 22, 2023, at the Penn Power Shelter in North Boundary Park in Cranberry Township during an event to mark the start of Earth Week. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

Golfers play on the island green near the 8th west hole at Krendale Golf Course on Thursday morning, April 20, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's pitcher Dawson Cook throws a strike in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Dawson Wallace claps as he gets a triple in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Connor Ealy gets a double and points to his dugout in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's pitcher Brock Matthews throws a strike in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Keagan Book makes contact with the ball in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's first baseman Dawson Wallace catches a pick-off play just a bit late in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's first baseman Dawson Wallace gets in front of a line drive to get an out in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Ian Ross gets the ball and makes a play to first to get an out in the top of the second inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Brock Matthews makes a play on the ball to get an out in the top of the fifth inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Landon Kelly points to his team’s dugout as he gets to third in the top of the 13th inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Moniteau's Landon Kelly slides into third base in the top of the 13th inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talks at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Teahers Jackei Young, left, and Emily Lampus listen to keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Rebecca and Christopher Guerrero listen to keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia smiles while she gives her talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

The Oak Hill Garden Club marks its 80th anniversary at Eva's Tee Room on theAubrey's Dubbs Dread Golf Course in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Jeanne Aubrey, with Eva's Tea Room, right, speaks to the group about the history of the tea room. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Tonya Hackwelder, of Cabot, right, attends the 80th anniversary celebration of the Oak Hill Garden Club at Eva's Tea Room in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Brenda Sepich, of Saxonburg, left, and Sherry Gealy, of Cabot, attend the 80th anniversary meeting of the Oak Hill Garden Club at Eva's Tea House in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

A 1944 photo of the Oak Hill Garden Club in the club's scrapbook shows its earliest members on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Kaitlyn Crawford, co-chair for the walk, talks to the attendees before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Alison Vlasnik, co-chair for the walk, talks to the attendees before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Susan Vinroe helps out with registration at the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Karley Furge plays cornhole before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Jesse Putkoski, regional director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, talks before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Megan Hepler, marketing coordinator for the Penn Theater, goes over plans for the new “multipurpose venue” at the Take a Chair event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

Crews work to unbolt the Penn Theater’s approximately 300 seats to give to visitors at the Take a Seat event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

McKenzie Holt, right, helps Eleanor Comeau, 7, of Pittsburgh, hold a violin at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Josh Sektnan, left, a fourth-grade teacher at Ehrman Crest Elementary school, along with Sophia, a therapy dog, talks with Chase O'Toole, 10, of Cranberry, at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Eleanor Comeau, 7, of Pittsburgh, plays the violin on her own at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Olivia Dukovich, 6, does some archaeological digging and finds a coin in the sand at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Silas Hamilton, 8, of Renfew, does some engineering by erecting a building with marshmallows and candy at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Joey Hamilton, 3, of Renfew, does some engineering by erecting a building with marshmallows and candy at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Nicholas Doerfler, 11, of Renfew, gets 68 coins into his boat before it started taking on water at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Layla Musser, 9, of Renfew, put 74 coins in her boat before it started taking on water at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Benny Ross, 6, left, and Juniper Ross, 3, both of Evans City, stir their slime at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Members of Alpha Xi Delta at Slippery Rock University raised the most money and therefore got to lead the university’s first Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Owner Bryan Frenchak, center, shows visitors the new venue’s blueprints framed in the Penn Theater’s marquee at the Take a Seat event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Tree saplings were given out to people gathered Saturday morning, April 22, 2023, at the Penn Power Shelter in North Boundary Park in Cranberry Township during an event to mark the start of Earth Week. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle
Golfers play on the island green near the 8th west hole at Krendale Golf Course on Thursday morning, April 20, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's pitcher Dawson Cook throws a strike in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Dawson Wallace claps as he gets a triple in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Connor Ealy gets a double and points to his dugout in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's pitcher Brock Matthews throws a strike in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Keagan Book makes contact with the ball in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's first baseman Dawson Wallace catches a pick-off play just a bit late in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's first baseman Dawson Wallace gets in front of a line drive to get an out in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Ian Ross gets the ball and makes a play to first to get an out in the top of the second inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Brock Matthews makes a play on the ball to get an out in the top of the fifth inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Landon Kelly points to his team’s dugout as he gets to third in the top of the 13th inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Moniteau's Landon Kelly slides into third base in the top of the 13th inning in their game Saturday, April 22, 2023, against Johnsonburg at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park in Butler. Moniteau won 5-5. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talks at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Teahers Jackei Young, left, and Emily Lampus listen to keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Rebecca and Christopher Guerrero listen to keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Keynote speaker Amiris DiPulgia smiles while she gives her talk at an autism conference at Buffalo Elementary School on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Oak Hill Garden Club marks its 80th anniversary at Eva's Tee Room on theAubrey's Dubbs Dread Golf Course in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Jeanne Aubrey, with Eva's Tea Room, right, speaks to the group about the history of the tea room. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Tonya Hackwelder, of Cabot, right, attends the 80th anniversary celebration of the Oak Hill Garden Club at Eva's Tea Room in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Brenda Sepich, of Saxonburg, left, and Sherry Gealy, of Cabot, attend the 80th anniversary meeting of the Oak Hill Garden Club at Eva's Tea House in Butler Township on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A 1944 photo of the Oak Hill Garden Club in the club's scrapbook shows its earliest members on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Kaitlyn Crawford, co-chair for the walk, talks to the attendees before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Alison Vlasnik, co-chair for the walk, talks to the attendees before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Susan Vinroe helps out with registration at the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Karley Furge plays cornhole before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jesse Putkoski, regional director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, talks before the first Slippery Rock University Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the Western Pennsylvania chapter, on Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Megan Hepler, marketing coordinator for the Penn Theater, goes over plans for the new “multipurpose venue” at the Take a Chair event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Crews work to unbolt the Penn Theater’s approximately 300 seats to give to visitors at the Take a Seat event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Crews work to unbolt the Penn Theater’s approximately 300 seats to give to visitors at the Take a Seat event on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
McKenzie Holt, right, helps Eleanor Comeau, 7, of Pittsburgh, hold a violin at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Josh Sektnan, left, a fourth-grade teacher at Ehrman Crest Elementary school, along with Sophia, a therapy dog, talks with Chase O'Toole, 10, of Cranberry, at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Eleanor Comeau, 7, of Pittsburgh, plays the violin on her own at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Olivia Dukovich, 6, does some archaeological digging and finds a coin in the sand at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Silas Hamilton, 8, of Renfew, does some engineering by erecting a building with marshmallows and candy at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Joey Hamilton, 3, of Renfew, does some engineering by erecting a building with marshmallows and candy at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Nicholas Doerfler, 11, of Renfew, gets 68 coins into his boat before it started taking on water at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Layla Musser, 9, of Renfew, put 74 coins in her boat before it started taking on water at the Earth Day Science Fair on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ehrman Crest Elementary/Middle School in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle