Philip Kramer, 10, hugs a goat at his family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Philip and his siblings, David and Emily, will be the 7th generation to farm if they choose. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A house on Unionville Road in Cranberry Township was damaged Monday afternoon, May 1, 2023, when an unattended township municipal vehicle rolled into it. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Lisa Jewell holds a kitten on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes. Hole number 5 is pictured on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Crews are performing pipe maintanance along SR 8, near the intersection of SR 228, and have the right northbound lane closed in Middlesex Township on Monday, May 1, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, tries to find the very best minnow as she looks to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, tries to find the very best minnow as she looks to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, looks down at her bobber as she prepares to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler's Ayden Davis (1) adjusts his helmet after getting hit in the face in Butler’s game against Fairview on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, at Art Bernardi Stadium. With two games left in Butler’s regular season, Ayden is trying to hunt down the boys lacrosse school record of 69 goals in a season. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler's Ayden Davis (1) gets past the defense put up by Fairview’s Junior Kessler (2) in their game on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, at Art Bernardi Stadium. With two games left in Butler’s regular season, Ayden is trying to hunt down the boys lacrosse school record of 69 goals in a season. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Amanda Kramer, right, carries a basket of formula to her barn for her family's herd of goat kids at her farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. To the left is David Kramer, 12, and, to the right, Emily Kramer, 16. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
From left, Emily, 16, Amanda, Philip, 10, and David Kramer, 12, have their portrait taken as one of the goat kids, named Honey, nuzzles Philip at their farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The family participates with 4H and has produced several grand champion goats over the last few years. They have been raising goats for 8 years, starting with 2 animals, and now have a herd of 60. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Goat kids work on wiping out a basket of formula in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A kid slurps one of her two daily feedings at the Kramer farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A goat pokes her head out of her stall as the family feeds young kids at the Kramer family's farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Amanda Kramer, right, feeds two kid goats at her farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Helping out is David, 12, behind her. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Ears fly and a tongue licks as the Kramer family kids know it's feeding time in Clearfield County on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. These goats are only weeks old and must be fed twice a day. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Philip Kramer, 10, anticipates feeding time as much as the goat kids behind him at the Kramer family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Philip Kramer, 10, moves a kid from her pen to feed her at the Kramer family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A house on Unionville Road in Cranberry Township was damaged Monday afternoon, May 1, 2023, when an unattended township municipal vehicle rolled into it. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Female dog Denver appeared on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Female dog Twilight appeared Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Sky from the Butler Humane Society is not adoptable but wanted to come greet all the wonderful guests at the 16th annual Fur Ball on Saturday, April 29, 2023, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
L. Welsh Photography
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes.Flags mark the tee on hole number 6 on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes. Hole number 5 is pictured on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Philip Kramer, 10, hugs a goat at his family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Philip and his siblings, David and Emily, will be the 7th generation to farm if they choose. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A house on Unionville Road in Cranberry Township was damaged Monday afternoon, May 1, 2023, when an unattended township municipal vehicle rolled into it. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Lisa Jewell holds a kitten on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes. Hole number 5 is pictured on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Crews are performing pipe maintanance along SR 8, near the intersection of SR 228, and have the right northbound lane closed in Middlesex Township on Monday, May 1, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, tries to find the very best minnow as she looks to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, tries to find the very best minnow as she looks to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, Sadie Ogden, 5, of Canfield, Ohio, looks down at her bobber as she prepares to defend her win last year in the Glade Run Lake Conservancy Youth Fishing Derby. This marks the 3rd year of the event. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler's Ayden Davis (1) adjusts his helmet after getting hit in the face in Butler’s game against Fairview on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, at Art Bernardi Stadium. With two games left in Butler’s regular season, Ayden is trying to hunt down the boys lacrosse school record of 69 goals in a season. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler's Ayden Davis (1) gets past the defense put up by Fairview’s Junior Kessler (2) in their game on Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2023, at Art Bernardi Stadium. With two games left in Butler’s regular season, Ayden is trying to hunt down the boys lacrosse school record of 69 goals in a season. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Amanda Kramer, right, carries a basket of formula to her barn for her family's herd of goat kids at her farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. To the left is David Kramer, 12, and, to the right, Emily Kramer, 16. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
From left, Emily, 16, Amanda, Philip, 10, and David Kramer, 12, have their portrait taken as one of the goat kids, named Honey, nuzzles Philip at their farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The family participates with 4H and has produced several grand champion goats over the last few years. They have been raising goats for 8 years, starting with 2 animals, and now have a herd of 60. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Goat kids work on wiping out a basket of formula in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A kid slurps one of her two daily feedings at the Kramer farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A goat pokes her head out of her stall as the family feeds young kids at the Kramer family's farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Amanda Kramer, right, feeds two kid goats at her farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Helping out is David, 12, behind her. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Ears fly and a tongue licks as the Kramer family kids know it's feeding time in Clearfield County on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. These goats are only weeks old and must be fed twice a day. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Philip Kramer, 10, anticipates feeding time as much as the goat kids behind him at the Kramer family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Philip Kramer, 10, moves a kid from her pen to feed her at the Kramer family farm in Clearfield Township on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A house on Unionville Road in Cranberry Township was damaged Monday afternoon, May 1, 2023, when an unattended township municipal vehicle rolled into it. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle
Female dog Denver appeared on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Female dog Twilight appeared Saturday, April 29, 2023, at the 16th annual Fur Ball, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Sky from the Butler Humane Society is not adoptable but wanted to come greet all the wonderful guests at the 16th annual Fur Ball on Saturday, April 29, 2023, which benefited the Butler County Humane Society and was hosted at the Butler Country Club. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
L. Welsh Photography
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes.Flags mark the tee on hole number 6 on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The new disc golf course at Slippery Rock Borough Park has nine holes. Hole number 5 is pictured on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
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