Regis Young, former Butler County Bureau of Elections director from 1996 to 2010, accepts his certificate during the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Albert Baker, Carol Ball and Amy Beiler listen to closing remarks at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Patricia Whitesell, a poll worker for 40 years, and her husband, Thomas Whitesell, accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Frank Stuper Jr. accepts his certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Judith Stewart, a poll worker for ten years, and her husband, Mark Stewart, accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Patricia and Al Lindsay accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Carol Ball accepts her certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Carol Korn, a longtime poll worker, accepts her certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Aspin Selzer, 10, and her grandmother, Tammy Roberts, of Cabot, talk to fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Kohut at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Families entering the Knoch Intermediate School are greeted by teachers and staff at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
From left, Paige Emerick, 10, and Olivia Jones, 10, check out their new classroom with Mrs. Kohut, fifth-grade teacher, at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
From left, Ellie Wible, 7, and Leah Wible, 9, along with their parents, Dale and Emily Wible, talk about plans for the new year with Leah's fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Staples, at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Kim Andrews, with Keystone Wellness Programs, gives out information about vaping and its effects to students at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Cross Swanox, 15, hits hockey pucks into a washing machine to raise money for the Knoch hockey team at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Dave Aitken, with AARP, runs a game of AARP Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Rose MacDonald, of West Sunbury, receives her prize for playing AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Frank Semerod and Sandy Dye, both of Slippery Rock, play AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Sandy Trainor, of Slippery Rock, raises her hand as she wins AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ella Maxwell, of Slippery Rock, plays AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Lis makes dishcloths on her knitting machine during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jackie Huff uses her standard knitting machine, which has 200 needles to accommodate smaller yarn, to make tiny stockings to hang on Christmas trees as ornaments.The Butler County Machine Knitting Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Patty Johnson demonstrates on her sock-making knitting machine during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Lis uses her knitting machine to make dishcloths during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file into Haine Elementary School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Mrs. Robert L. Eisler, president of the Butler Area League of Women Voters, left, shows 18-year-old Jane Holt how to write in a vote on an automatic voting machine on Aug. 24, 1970. Butler Eagle file photo
Butler boxer Lucas Adams stands outside the entrance to Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park, where he will be fighting in the main event Saturday night, Aug. 26, 2023. John Enrietto/Butler Eagle
Regis Young, former Butler County Bureau of Elections director from 1996 to 2010, accepts his certificate during the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Albert Baker, Carol Ball and Amy Beiler listen to closing remarks at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Patricia Whitesell, a poll worker for 40 years, and her husband, Thomas Whitesell, accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Frank Stuper Jr. accepts his certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Judith Stewart, a poll worker for ten years, and her husband, Mark Stewart, accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Patricia and Al Lindsay accept their certificates at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Carol Ball accepts her certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Carol Korn, a longtime poll worker, accepts her certificate at the Butler County Bureau of Elections Voter Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Aspin Selzer, 10, and her grandmother, Tammy Roberts, of Cabot, talk to fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Kohut at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Families entering the Knoch Intermediate School are greeted by teachers and staff at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
From left, Paige Emerick, 10, and Olivia Jones, 10, check out their new classroom with Mrs. Kohut, fifth-grade teacher, at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
From left, Ellie Wible, 7, and Leah Wible, 9, along with their parents, Dale and Emily Wible, talk about plans for the new year with Leah's fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Staples, at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Kim Andrews, with Keystone Wellness Programs, gives out information about vaping and its effects to students at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Cross Swanox, 15, hits hockey pucks into a washing machine to raise money for the Knoch hockey team at the Knoch School District Welcome Back to School/Open House event Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Laura Welsh/Special to the Eagle
Dave Aitken, with AARP, runs a game of AARP Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Rose MacDonald, of West Sunbury, receives her prize for playing AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Frank Semerod and Sandy Dye, both of Slippery Rock, play AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Sandy Trainor, of Slippery Rock, raises her hand as she wins AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Ella Maxwell, of Slippery Rock, plays AARP’s Fraud Bingo on Tuesday morning, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Slippery Rock Senior Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Lis makes dishcloths on her knitting machine during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jackie Huff uses her standard knitting machine, which has 200 needles to accommodate smaller yarn, to make tiny stockings to hang on Christmas trees as ornaments.The Butler County Machine Knitting Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Patty Johnson demonstrates on her sock-making knitting machine during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jennifer Lis uses her knitting machine to make dishcloths during a meeting of the Butler County Machine Knitting Club on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file into Haine Elementary School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Students file off the school buses and into Haine Elementary and Middle School for the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Mikayla Torrence/Butler Eagle
Mrs. Robert L. Eisler, president of the Butler Area League of Women Voters, left, shows 18-year-old Jane Holt how to write in a vote on an automatic voting machine on Aug. 24, 1970. Butler Eagle file photo
Butler boxer Lucas Adams stands outside the entrance to Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park, where he will be fighting in the main event Saturday night, Aug. 26, 2023. John Enrietto/Butler Eagle
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