Photo Gallery: November 1, 2022

2022-11-01 00:30:00

Cale Duffield, 8, of Prospect, smiles as he shows his winnings after the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Precinct and poll worker coordinator Adam Price presents a machine used to scan and tabulate vote tallies on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Chris Kopacz/Butler Eagle

Dashiell Thieme, of the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team, dives in the first event held since the pandemic on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at the Pump Invitational at the YMCA. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Runners begin the 5K race at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

A mini excavator sits outside the project area at AC Valley Industrial Park in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

A train comes down the tracks toward a spaceship at Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free & Accepted Masons in Zelienople on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The exhibit was put on by The Model Train Club of Zelienople. The club's next event will be in December at the lodge. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

The judges — Mayor Jim Butler of Prospect and Gayle Blackwood, of Butler — confer to decide the winners during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Hadley Reinert, 4, signs in with her dad, Josh Reinert, of Prospect, at the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Contestants in the infant to 3-year-old category line up at the judges’ table during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Jessica Parker handled microphone duties. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Holly Flinner, of Prospect, makes a touch up to Jack Flinner, 3, before the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Jessica Parker gives contestants a thumbs-up during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Parker, a teacher at Moraine Elementary School, cheered on her students during the event. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Caroline Purvis, left, and Tammy Roland pass out candy to a trick-or-treater in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Cassie Green, 6, of Prospect, leads Lori Bassetti and Samantha Green house to house during trick-or-treat in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. They represent three generations. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Caroline Purvis, left, and Tammy Roland pass out candy to trick-or-treaters in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

The Burtner family — from left, Eli, 18 months, Julie, Ebelyn, 3, and Nathan — dress in coordinating outfits for trick-or-treat in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The children are a scarecrow and corn on the cob; mom and dad are farmers. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Butler County commissioners and officials from surrounding townships and counties met Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the AC Valley Industrial Park for a groundbreaking ceremony for sewer system repairs, which are estimated to cost a total of $5.5 million and be completed by March 2024. Steve Cukovich/Butler Eagle

Chuck Stowe attends a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Mark Gordon attends a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Pie, coffee and discussion were on offer after a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Alice Anderson, 8, of Harmony, gets ready for the 5K race at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Sara Palmer, 12, of Zelienople, runs to the finish line at the 12th Annual Great Pumpkin Race. It includes a 5K run and 1-mile Fun Run at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

95-year-old Edward Sherman crosses the finish line with Linda Sherman, both from Zelienople, at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Herbie Brittner, 4, of Zelienople, waits for his friends to cross the finish line at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Amy O’Donnell starts the 1-mile run on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, in Zelienople at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race. She won first place in her age group. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Dean Banko makes his way to the finish line in the 1-mile run. He won both races at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Jacob Grobe, 9, of Harmony, crosses the finish line at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race. It included a 5K run and a 1-mile fun run at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Herbie Brittner, 4, of Zelienople, runs the race in a dinosaur costume at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Jack Anderson, 5, and his dad, Michael Anderson, of Harmony, finish the 1-mile run together at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido

Shari Hunt, library director, left, and Dru Bryan, president of the library board, are preparing to mark the library's 100 years of service with an open house on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

Members of the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team prepare for the Pump Invitational on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2022. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

It was a packed house at the Pump Invitational at YMCA on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, as the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team holds its first event since the pandemic. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Members of the the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team cheer on their teammate during an event at the Pump Invitational at the YMCA on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

An aerial photo shows Westinghouse’s Cranberry Woods campus. Westinghouse will help build a nuclear power plant in Poland, it was announced Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Butler Eagle file photo

DAVE PRELOSKY

A train wizzes past a cemetery and in front of the Ghostbusters’ headquarters fire department at Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free & Accepted Masons in Zelienople on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Ray Klems, of Butler, watches the trains to check for smooth operation.The exhibit was put on by The Model Train Club of Zelienople. The club's next event will be in December, at the lodge. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Cale Duffield, 8, of Prospect, smiles as he shows his winnings after the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Precinct and poll worker coordinator Adam Price presents a machine used to scan and tabulate vote tallies on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Chris Kopacz/Butler Eagle
Dashiell Thieme, of the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team, dives in the first event held since the pandemic on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at the Pump Invitational at the YMCA. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Runners begin the 5K race at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
A mini excavator sits outside the project area at AC Valley Industrial Park in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A train comes down the tracks toward a spaceship at Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free & Accepted Masons in Zelienople on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The exhibit was put on by The Model Train Club of Zelienople. The club's next event will be in December at the lodge. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The judges — Mayor Jim Butler of Prospect and Gayle Blackwood, of Butler — confer to decide the winners during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Hadley Reinert, 4, signs in with her dad, Josh Reinert, of Prospect, at the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Contestants in the infant to 3-year-old category line up at the judges’ table during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Jessica Parker handled microphone duties. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Holly Flinner, of Prospect, makes a touch up to Jack Flinner, 3, before the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Jessica Parker gives contestants a thumbs-up during the Prospect Borough/Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Halloween Costume Contest in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Parker, a teacher at Moraine Elementary School, cheered on her students during the event. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Caroline Purvis, left, and Tammy Roland pass out candy to a trick-or-treater in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Cassie Green, 6, of Prospect, leads Lori Bassetti and Samantha Green house to house during trick-or-treat in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. They represent three generations. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Caroline Purvis, left, and Tammy Roland pass out candy to trick-or-treaters in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The Burtner family — from left, Eli, 18 months, Julie, Ebelyn, 3, and Nathan — dress in coordinating outfits for trick-or-treat in Prospect on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The children are a scarecrow and corn on the cob; mom and dad are farmers. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Butler County commissioners and officials from surrounding townships and counties met Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the AC Valley Industrial Park for a groundbreaking ceremony for sewer system repairs, which are estimated to cost a total of $5.5 million and be completed by March 2024. Steve Cukovich/Butler Eagle
Chuck Stowe attends a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Mark Gordon attends a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Pie, coffee and discussion were on offer after a rainy groundbreaking at AC Valley Industrial Park at Emlenton Travel Plaza in Emlenton on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Alice Anderson, 8, of Harmony, gets ready for the 5K race at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Sara Palmer, 12, of Zelienople, runs to the finish line at the 12th Annual Great Pumpkin Race. It includes a 5K run and 1-mile Fun Run at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
95-year-old Edward Sherman crosses the finish line with Linda Sherman, both from Zelienople, at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Herbie Brittner, 4, of Zelienople, waits for his friends to cross the finish line at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Amy O’Donnell starts the 1-mile run on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, in Zelienople at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race. She won first place in her age group. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Dean Banko makes his way to the finish line in the 1-mile run. He won both races at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Jacob Grobe, 9, of Harmony, crosses the finish line at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race. It included a 5K run and a 1-mile fun run at St. Gregory’s School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Herbie Brittner, 4, of Zelienople, runs the race in a dinosaur costume at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Jack Anderson, 5, and his dad, Michael Anderson, of Harmony, finish the 1-mile run together at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Jack Anderson, 5, and his dad, Michael Anderson, of Harmony, finish the 1-mile run together at the 12th annual Great Pumpkin Race on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople. Justin Guido/Special to the Eagle

Justin Guido
Shari Hunt, library director, left, and Dru Bryan, president of the library board, are preparing to mark the library's 100 years of service with an open house on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle
Members of the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team prepare for the Pump Invitational on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2022. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
It was a packed house at the Pump Invitational at YMCA on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, as the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team holds its first event since the pandemic. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Members of the the Butler Barracuda YMCA Swim Team cheer on their teammate during an event at the Pump Invitational at the YMCA on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
An aerial photo shows Westinghouse’s Cranberry Woods campus. Westinghouse will help build a nuclear power plant in Poland, it was announced Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Butler Eagle file photo

DAVE PRELOSKY
A train wizzes past a cemetery and in front of the Ghostbusters’ headquarters fire department at Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free & Accepted Masons in Zelienople on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Ray Klems, of Butler, watches the trains to check for smooth operation.The exhibit was put on by The Model Train Club of Zelienople. The club's next event will be in December, at the lodge. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle