Amerikohl Mining came in with the highest bid for a sheep being auctioned for charity by the Beef Breeding Club at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Cheyenne Henru's Grand Champion rabbits sold for $3800 at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Sprankles and Saxonburg Feed together made the highest bid for the Reserve Champion rabbits belonging to Emersyn Kelley at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Swank Construction had the winning bid of a record-breaking $7000 for these Grand Champion chickens owned by Colt Douglass at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Butler Eagle — represented by general manager Tammy Schuey — won this County-Bred Reserve Champion steer owned by Luke Frazier at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Oesterling Feed won the Reserve Grand Champion Steer belonging to Eli Ambrose at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Welter's Meat Shop & Chrome Recycling came in with the highest bid at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, for a charity hog auctioned by the Livestock Club to benefit the It's About the Warrior Foundation. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
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The Grand Champion Steer belonging to the Kennedy family sold for $8 a pound at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The steer was donated back to the North Washington Rodeo. Briar Kennedy, 8, holds the award. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Dairy Club auctioned off a hog as a charity donation at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, to raise funds for Randy Freehling, a Kittanning man who was diagnosed with leukemia. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
The Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction was held Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, and saw 189 animals for sale. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
4-H members gather for a photo before the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
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The Grand Champion Steer presented by Briar Kennedy, 8, at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. It weighed 1,350 pounds. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Wendy Bosch-Allison, left, helped organize a blood drive, where Claudia Trusel is donating blood, at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Patti Vogan donates blood at a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Allen Vogan donates blood at a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Laura Petty and Connie Lukaszewicz work a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Beacom Family — from left, Kevin, Amy, Rachel and Craig — took home the 71st Annual Eagle Bowl Farm Family Award at the Butler Farm Show on Friday evening, Aug. 9, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
On Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, the Butler Eagle’s Tracy Leturgey awards the Eagle Bowl to the 2024 Eagle Bowl Farm Family recipients — the Beacom family. Shown are, from left, Leturgey, Kevin Beacom, Amy Beacom, Rachel Beacom and Craig Beacom. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Sue Davis sews a red, white and blue quilt for a veteran during a July 24, 2024, meeting of the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Shown is a stack of quilts made for local veterans by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Debbie Gottshall gathers a stack of quilts made by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Peggy Treadway and a group of volunteers from the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters make quilts for veterans at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Pauline Schriver and Sally Donahey sew some finishing touches to quilts being created for veterans by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Butler High School football player Declan Dobson makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football player Troy Herrington makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football player Evan Reinsel makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
The Butler Eagle sports team — from left, Derek Pyda, Jake Adams and Brendan Howe — interview Butler High School football coach Eric Christy during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
The Butler Eagle sports team — from left, Derek Pyda, Jake Adams and Brendan Howe — interview Butler High School football coach Eric Christy during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football coach Eric Christy speaks as the first guest during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler Eagle sports reporter Derek Pyda, left, interviews members of the Butler High School football team including Alec Teff, Leland Anderson and Owen Trettel during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football coach Eric Christy makes his entrance as the first guest of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast which underwent a live recording at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Moniteau football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Freeport football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Karns City football players have social media videos taken during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler Eagle sports reporter Brendan Howe interviews Knoch football player Codi Mullen during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Mars football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler football players and coach Eric Christy pose for a group photo during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Knoch Football Player Codi Mullen poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley football player Jayden Price poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Karns City football players Camden Ealy, left, Brennan Harmon, Coach Joe Sherwin and Aaron Walker pose for a group photo during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Union/A-C Valley football player Owen Bish poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
A Slippery Rock football player poses for a portrait during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Amerikohl Mining came in with the highest bid for a sheep being auctioned for charity by the Beef Breeding Club at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Cheyenne Henru's Grand Champion rabbits sold for $3800 at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Sprankles and Saxonburg Feed together made the highest bid for the Reserve Champion rabbits belonging to Emersyn Kelley at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Swank Construction had the winning bid of a record-breaking $7000 for these Grand Champion chickens owned by Colt Douglass at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Butler Eagle — represented by general manager Tammy Schuey — won this County-Bred Reserve Champion steer owned by Luke Frazier at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Oesterling Feed won the Reserve Grand Champion Steer belonging to Eli Ambrose at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Welter's Meat Shop & Chrome Recycling came in with the highest bid at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, for a charity hog auctioned by the Livestock Club to benefit the It's About the Warrior Foundation. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
The Grand Champion Steer belonging to the Kennedy family sold for $8 a pound at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The steer was donated back to the North Washington Rodeo. Briar Kennedy, 8, holds the award. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Dairy Club auctioned off a hog as a charity donation at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, to raise funds for Randy Freehling, a Kittanning man who was diagnosed with leukemia. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
The Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction was held Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, and saw 189 animals for sale. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
4-H members gather for a photo before the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Holly Mead
The Grand Champion Steer presented by Briar Kennedy, 8, at the Butler Farm Show’s Junior Livestock Auction on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. It weighed 1,350 pounds. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Wendy Bosch-Allison, left, helped organize a blood drive, where Claudia Trusel is donating blood, at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Patti Vogan donates blood at a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Allen Vogan donates blood at a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Laura Petty and Connie Lukaszewicz work a blood drive at Saint Faustina Parish in Slippery Rock on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
The Beacom Family — from left, Kevin, Amy, Rachel and Craig — took home the 71st Annual Eagle Bowl Farm Family Award at the Butler Farm Show on Friday evening, Aug. 9, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
On Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, the Butler Eagle’s Tracy Leturgey awards the Eagle Bowl to the 2024 Eagle Bowl Farm Family recipients — the Beacom family. Shown are, from left, Leturgey, Kevin Beacom, Amy Beacom, Rachel Beacom and Craig Beacom. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Sue Davis sews a red, white and blue quilt for a veteran during a July 24, 2024, meeting of the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Shown is a stack of quilts made for local veterans by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Debbie Gottshall gathers a stack of quilts made by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Peggy Treadway and a group of volunteers from the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters make quilts for veterans at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Pauline Schriver and Sally Donahey sew some finishing touches to quilts being created for veterans by the Pieceful Patchers Charity Quilters at Clinton United Presbyterian Church on July 24, 2024. Holly Mead/Special to the Eagle
Butler High School football player Declan Dobson makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football player Troy Herrington makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football player Evan Reinsel makes his entrance during a pep rally ahead of a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
The Butler Eagle sports team — from left, Derek Pyda, Jake Adams and Brendan Howe — interview Butler High School football coach Eric Christy during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
The Butler Eagle sports team — from left, Derek Pyda, Jake Adams and Brendan Howe — interview Butler High School football coach Eric Christy during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football coach Eric Christy speaks as the first guest during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler Eagle sports reporter Derek Pyda, left, interviews members of the Butler High School football team including Alec Teff, Leland Anderson and Owen Trettel during a live recording of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler High School football coach Eric Christy makes his entrance as the first guest of the Butler Eagle's Eye On Sports podcast which underwent a live recording at the Butler High School auditorium on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Moniteau football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Freeport football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Karns City football players have social media videos taken during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler Eagle sports reporter Brendan Howe interviews Knoch football player Codi Mullen during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Mars football players pose for a group shot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Butler football players and coach Eric Christy pose for a group photo during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Knoch Football Player Codi Mullen poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley football player Jayden Price poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Karns City football players Camden Ealy, left, Brennan Harmon, Coach Joe Sherwin and Aaron Walker pose for a group photo during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Union/A-C Valley football player Owen Bish poses for a headshot during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
A Slippery Rock football player poses for a portrait during the Butler Eagle Football Media Day at Butler High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
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