Volunteers Mike Spangler, left, and Rick Grecco cook eggs and bacon during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Volunteer Rick Grecco scrambles eggs during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Colton Franklin, 8, eats a sausage during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Deacon Franklin, 5, eats pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Colton Franklin, 8, eats a sausage during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Beck cooks pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Beck cooks pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jason Palmer with the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company prepares eggs to be cooked on the griddle during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Volunteer Gretta Sabish prepares toast during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest along Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 21. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle (9/21/2024)
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Julie Stiffler helps her granddaughter Harlow Stiffler, 1, paint a pumpkin at the pumpkin decorating station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Julie Stiffler helps her granddaughter Harlow Stiffler, 1, paint a pumpkin at the pumpkin decorating station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Lennon Greathouse, 3, participates in the tractor pull during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kaleigh Dietz, 5, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Aiden Dietz, 7, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Lennon Greathouse, 3, participates in the tractor pull during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Hanna Ervin, 6, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Aiden Dietz, 7, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kaleigh Dietz, 5, performs teh hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest along Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 21. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle (9/21/2024)
From left, Winter, 5, Damien, 7, and Kavianna Frederick, 3, get their picture taken with a giant pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jess Rohrdanz, Northwest Region outreach and education coordinator for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shows safety gear recommended for ice fishing during a lecture at the Zelienople Area Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Irina Bucur/Butler Eagle
Volunteers Mike Spangler, left, and Rick Grecco cook eggs and bacon during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Volunteer Rick Grecco scrambles eggs during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Colton Franklin, 8, eats a sausage during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Deacon Franklin, 5, eats pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Colton Franklin, 8, eats a sausage during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Beck cooks pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Beck cooks pancakes during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jason Palmer with the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company prepares eggs to be cooked on the griddle during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Volunteer Gretta Sabish prepares toast during Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company's fall pancake breakfast fundraiser at the fire station on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest along Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 21. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle (9/21/2024)
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Julie Stiffler helps her granddaughter Harlow Stiffler, 1, paint a pumpkin at the pumpkin decorating station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Julie Stiffler helps her granddaughter Harlow Stiffler, 1, paint a pumpkin at the pumpkin decorating station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Lennon Greathouse, 3, participates in the tractor pull during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kaleigh Dietz, 5, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Aiden Dietz, 7, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Oliver Hastings, 6, makes a clay pumpkin at the clay mobile station during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Lennon Greathouse, 3, participates in the tractor pull during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Hanna Ervin, 6, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Aiden Dietz, 7, performs the hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kaleigh Dietz, 5, performs teh hoola hoop during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Graham Galloway, 4, plays pumpkin putt-putt during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Paisley Ervin, 4, decorates a pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest along Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 21. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle (9/21/2024)
From left, Winter, 5, Damien, 7, and Kavianna Frederick, 3, get their picture taken with a giant pumpkin during the Evans City PumpkinFest on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jess Rohrdanz, Northwest Region outreach and education coordinator for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shows safety gear recommended for ice fishing during a lecture at the Zelienople Area Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Irina Bucur/Butler Eagle
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