Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, left, listens to fourth-grade students at Summit Elementary School talk in the school’s greenhouse on Friday, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Face painting was a popular activity for kids during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding spoke Friday, April 28, 2023, at the second annual breakfast for farmers. Steve Ferris/Butler Eagle
Elli Heffefinger, left, and her mother, Marisa, of Rimersburg, pick out books at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Kaden Pyle, 11, left, and Sam Wilson, of Kittanning, dump a bucket load of trout into Bear Creek on April 7, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis Goehring, of New Sewickley, center, and two of his grandchildren, Justin Wagner, 9, left, and Dean Newkirk, 6, both of Mars, grin ear to ear as they watch trout swim away after they released them into Thorn Creek on March 20, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Roger Davis, of Butler, moves trout downstream on Thorn Creek in Penn Township with a float box on March 20, 2023. Davis has been volunteering on stocking days with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission since he was 12. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Casey Bogert, left, with Bellefonte State Fish Hatchery, shows a volunteer how to hold a bucket lid so he can dump a load of trout into the bucket to be released into the Bear Creek on April 7, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Bronwyn Wilkinson, left, helps a customer check out at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Holden Treichler, 10, right, and his brother Breck, 7, of Fombell, pick out DVDs at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ian Miller, of Butler, looks through books at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Andy Leith, of Butler, looks through records at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Crowds gather at the Butler County Bookfest, which kicked off Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Butler Farm Show grounds. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding holds a drone that is used by members of the Thiele family to survey their 153-acre farm on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Commissioner Leslie Osche, left, and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding listen to Summit Elementary School principal Chad Broman talk in the school’s greenhouse on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, right, talks with members of the Thiele family at their farm on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, left, listens to fourth-grade students at Summit Elementary School talk about the cow they adopted named Penny on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding looks out to the compost area at Summit Elementary School near the greenhouse on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding picks up a cherry tomato that has been grown at Summit Elementary School on Friday, Aapril 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, far right, listens to students at Summit Elementary School talk about how they grew trout and then released them into a lake on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Lola Layland enjoys riding the scooters during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Lola Layland enjoys riding the scooters during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler Fire Department brought a miniature remote fire truck that squirts water to Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Children participate in the balloon game during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Jessica Burr helps children play Jenga during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Aspen Smith, 2, of Butler, smiles for a picture after getting a deer drawn on her face during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, left, listens to fourth-grade students at Summit Elementary School talk in the school’s greenhouse on Friday, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Face painting was a popular activity for kids during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding spoke Friday, April 28, 2023, at the second annual breakfast for farmers. Steve Ferris/Butler Eagle
Elli Heffefinger, left, and her mother, Marisa, of Rimersburg, pick out books at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Kaden Pyle, 11, left, and Sam Wilson, of Kittanning, dump a bucket load of trout into Bear Creek on April 7, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis Goehring, of New Sewickley, center, and two of his grandchildren, Justin Wagner, 9, left, and Dean Newkirk, 6, both of Mars, grin ear to ear as they watch trout swim away after they released them into Thorn Creek on March 20, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Roger Davis, of Butler, moves trout downstream on Thorn Creek in Penn Township with a float box on March 20, 2023. Davis has been volunteering on stocking days with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission since he was 12. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cary Shaffer
Casey Bogert, left, with Bellefonte State Fish Hatchery, shows a volunteer how to hold a bucket lid so he can dump a load of trout into the bucket to be released into the Bear Creek on April 7, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Bronwyn Wilkinson, left, helps a customer check out at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Holden Treichler, 10, right, and his brother Breck, 7, of Fombell, pick out DVDs at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ian Miller, of Butler, looks through books at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Andy Leith, of Butler, looks through records at the spring Butler County Bookfest at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Friday, April 28, 2023. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Crowds gather at the Butler County Bookfest, which kicked off Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Butler Farm Show grounds. Three participating libraries — South Butler Community Library, Prospect Community Library and Slippery Rock Community Library — benefit from the event, which features more than 100,000 books for sale. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding holds a drone that is used by members of the Thiele family to survey their 153-acre farm on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Commissioner Leslie Osche, left, and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding listen to Summit Elementary School principal Chad Broman talk in the school’s greenhouse on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, right, talks with members of the Thiele family at their farm on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, left, listens to fourth-grade students at Summit Elementary School talk about the cow they adopted named Penny on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding looks out to the compost area at Summit Elementary School near the greenhouse on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding picks up a cherry tomato that has been grown at Summit Elementary School on Friday, Aapril 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, far right, listens to students at Summit Elementary School talk about how they grew trout and then released them into a lake on Friday afternoon, April 28, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Lola Layland enjoys riding the scooters during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Lola Layland enjoys riding the scooters during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler Fire Department brought a miniature remote fire truck that squirts water to Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Children participate in the balloon game during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Jessica Burr helps children play Jenga during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Aspen Smith, 2, of Butler, smiles for a picture after getting a deer drawn on her face during Healthy Kids Day at the Butler YMCA on Friday, April 28, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
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