The calendar area in the classroom of Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and kindergarten through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets a spruce up on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jade Thrower, school counselor at Knoch Primary School, prepares the sensory area in her office on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Julie Watts, a kindergarten teacher at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jade Thrower, school counselor at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets things in order during the schools in-service day on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets things in order during the school’s in-service day on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Nick Krelow, co-owner of the Beacon Hotel, stirs up a seafood boil on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to shooting an episode of “America’s Best Restaurants.” Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Beacon Hotel's seafood boil is one of the featured dishes on an upcoming episode of “America’s Best Restaurants,” which was filmed at the Forward Township restaurant on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Seafood is ready to go into the Beacon Hotel's seafood boil on Monday afternoon. Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode of “America’s Best Restaurants.” Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
“America’s Best Restaurants” creative director, Joel Schneider, left, talks with show host Jacqueline Mains and cameraman Austin Turner at the Beacon Hotel on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
“America’s Best Restaurants” show host Jacqueline Mains livestreams video while Beacon Hotel co-owner Nick Krelow starts a seafood boil on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode of the TV series. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz, center front, poses for a picture with his family members in front of a painting on the school gymnasium wall, which was named in his honor during a ceremony Monday night, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz, center, poses for a picture with his three daughters — from left, Ronda, Paula and Leah — and wife, Judie, second from right, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
On Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, A-C Valley High School principal, Dr. William Jordan, right, displays a plaque that will hang on the school gymnasium's walls in honor of longtime basketball coach Ron Botz. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz accepts a memento from the school district's board at a dedication ceremony naming the school’s gymnasium after him on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
The calendar area in the classroom of Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and kindergarten through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets a spruce up on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jade Thrower, school counselor at Knoch Primary School, prepares the sensory area in her office on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Julie Watts, a kindergarten teacher at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jade Thrower, school counselor at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, does some work on her computer on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023, during the school’s in-service day. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets things in order during the schools in-service day on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Mylee Sikorski, a life skills and K through first-grade teacher at Knoch Primary School, gets things in order during the school’s in-service day on Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Nick Krelow, co-owner of the Beacon Hotel, stirs up a seafood boil on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to shooting an episode of “America’s Best Restaurants.” Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The Beacon Hotel's seafood boil is one of the featured dishes on an upcoming episode of “America’s Best Restaurants,” which was filmed at the Forward Township restaurant on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Seafood is ready to go into the Beacon Hotel's seafood boil on Monday afternoon. Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode of “America’s Best Restaurants.” Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
“America’s Best Restaurants” creative director, Joel Schneider, left, talks with show host Jacqueline Mains and cameraman Austin Turner at the Beacon Hotel on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
“America’s Best Restaurants” show host Jacqueline Mains livestreams video while Beacon Hotel co-owner Nick Krelow starts a seafood boil on Monday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2023, prior to filming an episode of the TV series. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz, center front, poses for a picture with his family members in front of a painting on the school gymnasium wall, which was named in his honor during a ceremony Monday night, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz, center, poses for a picture with his three daughters — from left, Ronda, Paula and Leah — and wife, Judie, second from right, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
On Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, A-C Valley High School principal, Dr. William Jordan, right, displays a plaque that will hang on the school gymnasium's walls in honor of longtime basketball coach Ron Botz. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
Longtime A-C Valley basketball coach Ron Botz accepts a memento from the school district's board at a dedication ceremony naming the school’s gymnasium after him on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle
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