The Butler Farm Show board is working on additional security for its upcoming 76th annual show because of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at the farm show grounds while keeping the event focused on community and 4-H youth exhibitors.

The board is developing a plan for security to supplement security provided by a private firm and the county sheriff’s office that is in place every year, said Ken Laughlin, board president.

“We’re working on a plan,” Laughlin said. The show is scheduled for Aug. 5 to 10.

“We always have private security and the sheriffs,” Laughlin said.

Members of the Butler County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse will, once again, patrol the parking lot on horseback.

“There’s a lot of security around,” Laughlin said

He said the board is looking at options for additional security but hasn’t finalized a plan.

“Everything will be the same for the Farm Show. It will be a typical Farm Show,” Laughlin said. “We’re there for the community. We’re there for the local 4-H kids.”

Parents of 4-H members have not expressed concerns about security and are looking forward to the show, said Amy Metrick, Butler County 4-H educator with the Penn State Extension.

No changes are being made to the exhibitor arrival and check-in process for the hundreds of market animals being entered by 4-H members, Metrick said.

“Same arrival, same process. Everything is going as usual,” she said.

She said nearly 275 market animals, over 100 rabbits, over 100 goats and a lot of poultry are among the farm animals that will be at the show.

“We’re going to have quite a few animals there,” Metrick said.

As the show approaches, 4-H members are contacting potential buyers for the livestock sale, decorating their pens and completing their project books, she said. Members prepare project books in which they write about their entries and what they learned raising them.

“We're moving forward. We keep chugging along,” Metrick said.