A crashed Harley-Davidson motorcycle is towed away outside of the American Legion building in Jefferson Township on Friday, July 7, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
A crashed Harley-Davidson motorcycle is towed away outside of the American Legion building in Jefferson Township on Friday, July 7, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
Rich Blues, peer support service program manager at Grapevine Center, rings a bell Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the center’s annual Recovery Festival in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Grapevine Center’s Hugh Robert Miller, left, and Bette Peoples, the center’s executive director, talk at the annual Recovery Festival on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023, at the center in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Shannon Harbison, of Butler, waves as she plays bingo at the annual Recovery Festival on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023, at the Grapevine Center in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
A 1904 Bessemer Gas engine runs Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023. The engine is a living history piece stationed at the Marshall-Barr No. 19 oil well at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The belt that runs off of the 1904 Bessemer Gas Engine runs on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, to demonstrate the antique oil well at the Marshall-Barr No. 19 oil well at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis Moore, of New Castle, uses a mirror to give viewers an inside look at a 1904 Bessemer Gas engine during a living history demonstration of an antique oil well Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
A rotary power unit is driven by a belt on a 1904 Bessemer Gas engine that moves the antique oil well on display at Moraine State Park on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane potter/Butler Eagle
The Marshall-Barr oil well site once pumped more than 10 barrels of oil per day at Moraine State Park, shown here on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Marshall-Barr oil well site once pumped more than 10 barrels of oil per day at Moraine State Park, shown here on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Foltz School — shown on Sunday, July 9, 2023 — is one of the longest operating one-room schools in the county. It is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Foltz School, one of the longest operating one-room schools in the county, is open to the public once a month. It was a busy place to be on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Bryson Alker, 12, of Pittsburgh, rings the Foltz School bell Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. The one-room schoolhouse is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Robert Kaminski, 15, of Sarver, sits at one of the desks on display at the Foltz School house on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. One of the longest operating one-room schools in the county is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Michael Kaminski, 19, of Sarver, reads some oddities from a book at the Foltz School on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. One of the longest operating one-room schools in the county is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Cars and people pack the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport for the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department's Mega Cruise on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, with over 1,000 show cars, motorcycles, trucks, tractors and airplanes on display. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jim Walters, of Saxonburg, left, shakes hands with Samuel M. Ward, chairman of the Penn Township supervisors, as they stand next to Walters’ 1930 Ford on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ted Gengler, of Jefferson Township, sits on his 2022 Ural motorcycle Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Matthew Walter, of Saxonburg, stands with his 1930 Ford Model A Pickup on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
James Ortz, of Armstrong County, wipes the windshield of his newly restored 1968 Pontiac Firebird Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Cindy Tuskan, left, is the main helper and advocate for her daughter, Jennifer Gilliland, right, as her health challenges increase. Read the story in the Monday, July 10, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Gilliland, of Harrisville, is facing life with decreased independence as a result of transverse myelitis. Read the story in the Monday, July 10, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
A crashed Harley-Davidson motorcycle is towed away outside of the American Legion building in Jefferson Township on Friday, July 7, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
A crashed Harley-Davidson motorcycle is towed away outside of the American Legion building in Jefferson Township on Friday, July 7, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
Rich Blues, peer support service program manager at Grapevine Center, rings a bell Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the center’s annual Recovery Festival in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Grapevine Center’s Hugh Robert Miller, left, and Bette Peoples, the center’s executive director, talk at the annual Recovery Festival on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023, at the center in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Shannon Harbison, of Butler, waves as she plays bingo at the annual Recovery Festival on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023, at the Grapevine Center in Butler. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
A 1904 Bessemer Gas engine runs Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023. The engine is a living history piece stationed at the Marshall-Barr No. 19 oil well at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The belt that runs off of the 1904 Bessemer Gas Engine runs on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, to demonstrate the antique oil well at the Marshall-Barr No. 19 oil well at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dennis Moore, of New Castle, uses a mirror to give viewers an inside look at a 1904 Bessemer Gas engine during a living history demonstration of an antique oil well Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Moraine State Park. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
A rotary power unit is driven by a belt on a 1904 Bessemer Gas engine that moves the antique oil well on display at Moraine State Park on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane potter/Butler Eagle
The Marshall-Barr oil well site once pumped more than 10 barrels of oil per day at Moraine State Park, shown here on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Marshall-Barr oil well site once pumped more than 10 barrels of oil per day at Moraine State Park, shown here on Saturday, July 8, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Foltz School — shown on Sunday, July 9, 2023 — is one of the longest operating one-room schools in the county. It is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Foltz School, one of the longest operating one-room schools in the county, is open to the public once a month. It was a busy place to be on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Bryson Alker, 12, of Pittsburgh, rings the Foltz School bell Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. The one-room schoolhouse is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Robert Kaminski, 15, of Sarver, sits at one of the desks on display at the Foltz School house on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. One of the longest operating one-room schools in the county is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Michael Kaminski, 19, of Sarver, reads some oddities from a book at the Foltz School on Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2023. One of the longest operating one-room schools in the county is open to the public once a month. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Cars and people pack the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport for the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department's Mega Cruise on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, with over 1,000 show cars, motorcycles, trucks, tractors and airplanes on display. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jim Walters, of Saxonburg, left, shakes hands with Samuel M. Ward, chairman of the Penn Township supervisors, as they stand next to Walters’ 1930 Ford on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ted Gengler, of Jefferson Township, sits on his 2022 Ural motorcycle Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Matthew Walter, of Saxonburg, stands with his 1930 Ford Model A Pickup on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
James Ortz, of Armstrong County, wipes the windshield of his newly restored 1968 Pontiac Firebird Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, at the Mega Cruise at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Cindy Tuskan, left, is the main helper and advocate for her daughter, Jennifer Gilliland, right, as her health challenges increase. Read the story in the Monday, July 10, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Gilliland, of Harrisville, is facing life with decreased independence as a result of transverse myelitis. Read the story in the Monday, July 10, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
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