From left, Dan Morrow and Mark Hall, both of Center Township, and Rue Snider, of Butler, work July 27 to put the Jimmy Bashline handcrafted circus back together at the Butler Eagle at 514 West Wayne Street. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Tucked near the presses, in a section of the Butler Eagle building dedicated to preserving the newspaper’s history, are tightrope walkers balancing on a delicate wire, men walking on painted stilts and flamboyantly dressed performers riding elephants.

While such scenes have been documented in past editions, this miniature traveling circus is being brought back to life.

With the end of its restoration in sight, community members will be able to visit the Butler Eagle to admire the circus handcrafted and painted by sign painter Jimmy Bashline, of Butler, who died in 2008.