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Newhaven Court team top fundraiser at Alzheimer's walk

Participants support the Walk to End Alzheimers Saturday at Butler Community College. More than 200 Butler County residents raised more than $33,000 to fight the disease.

More than 200 residents from Butler County joined the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimers Monday at Butler County Community College.

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Wicked-ly Talented Seneca Valley grad shines in Broadway internship

Rachel Noah holds Glenda costume in the costume supply warehouse for the national tour of “Wicked.” Noah spent her latest internship working for 321 Theatrical Managment researching ways to make the 16-year-old show reach new audiences.

Rachel Noah has a different view of the long-running Broadway musical “Wicked.”

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Wildbird Recovery holding fall festival

Annual event slated Sunday

A falconry presentation by Jeff Finch attracted attention at last year's Fall Migration Festival at Wildbird Recovery. This year's festival will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at 120 Forsythe Road, Valencia.

“I hope they come away with a better understanding that we are this amazing local organization that helps between 400 to 500 birds every year,” said Stacey Widenhofer, a 20-year Wildbird Recovery volunteer.

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HOMECOMING COURT

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock homecoming court are boys, left to right, Minamo Manning, Harold Domville, Nathaniel Willison, Vito Pilosi, Jace Franco and Anthony Bedel and girls, left to right, Evey Mertens, Lexis Prementine, Kayla Daugherty, Julia Hart, Olivia Elliott and Calla Martin.

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HOMECOMING COURT

SENECA VALLEY — Seneca Valley students will be celebrating the City of Lights with this year’s homecoming theme "Night in Paris." The carnival will be held at 5 p.m., followed by the parade at 7 p.m., on Sept. 26 on the district’s secondary campus in Jackson Township.

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Singing Praises

With new director, church rebuilding music ministry

Dan Byerly, director of musical ministry at Saxonburg Memorial Presbyterian Church, rehearses with the band. The church had been without musical direction for a year.

Music is a form of worship, said Dan Byerly.

9/19/2019 Community Features 0 comments

Storytelling transports patrons to stars

Zelie library hosts music, sky program

Miguel Sague of Pittsburgh performs a Native American song earlier this month in a program at the Zelienople Area Library. Sague dressed in traditional Seneca garb for the presentation. Sague is a Cuban-born descendent of the South American Ta�no tribe.

ZELIENOPLE — Miguel Sague has been a traveling storyteller since 1977.

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SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Mars facility earns Senior Center of the Year award

Nelda Higgins, 88, left, and Marilyn Boyle, 74, play a game of 500 at the Mars Senior Center. The facility recently was recognized with the Senior Center of the Year award by the Pennsylvania Association of Senior Centers.

MARS — For 24 years, Nelda Higgins has not had a lonely moment.

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DAR suggests Constitution Week tributes

General Richard Butler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution kicked off Constitution Week on Saturday with a luncheon at Butler Country Club. Local chapter participants were, back row from left, Stacy Stoughton, Carol Hepler, Karen Startzell, Laura Schaffner and Diana Grady, and front row from left, Martha Eberhardt, Donna Croft and Gloria Gillespie.

From coast to coast, bells will ring Tuesday to commemorate Constitution Week, celebrated annually from Sept. 17 to 23 to honor America's most important document.

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HOMECOMING COURT

KARNS CITY — The Karns City homecoming football game is Friday, and the homecoming dance is Saturday.

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Fall garden seminar slated Sept. 28 at Tanglewood

“Endless Summer” is the theme of this year's Butler County Fall Garden Seminar set Sept. 28.

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'Unusual' sunflower grows to 12 feet tall

Karen Smaretsky Vavro and Phil Vavro stand underneath the 12-foot-tall sunflower they grew outside their home at 129 Cornell Drive in Center Township.

CENTER TWP — Phil Vavro can't remember where he bought the seeds and he said he hasn't done anything but water it daily.

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IF YOU GO

WHAT: Open house

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IN THE BOOKS

Historical society director plans retirement

Pat Collins plans to retire as executive director of the Butler County Historical Society at the end of September. After nearly a decade archiving county history, she said she wants to try being a full-time grandmother.

After a decade of collecting and preserving Butler County's past, Pat Collins has decided to try something new.

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Friendship Club meets very special need

Group offers social outlet for members

From left, Mark Robinson, Christine Braho, Mark Petrosky and Cathie Petrosky sit down to dinner last month during a meeting of the Friendship Club for adults with special needs. Braho founded the group with Nancy Robertson. The group meets once a month for dinner and a game night.

Nancy Robertson of Butler Township and Christine Braho of Summit disagree on when their Friendship Club started — Robertson says it was 2010 while Braho said it began in 2009 — but they both agreed on the club's mission.

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HOMECOMING COURT

GROVE CITY — The Grove City High School homecoming king and queen will be crowned during halftime of the Sept. 20 football game against Slippery Rock. The homecoming dance will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 21.

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Churches join for free family fun day

Gathering in the Park scheduled on Saturday

Face painting is one activity at Gathering in the Park, a free community event, hosted by Harmony and Zelienople churches. The family-focused fun day will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Zelienople Community Park, 402 E. Beaver St. Other events will be a tie-dye shirt-making, nail painting, haircuts, photo booths, games with prizes, food and snacks.

ZELIENOPLE — Lou Ann Barbish called on churches for the sake of Jesus.

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SV student organizes Walk for Hunger

Events raise awareness of food insecurity

Last year's first A Walk for Hunger event recorded a fundraising total of $4,500. This year's walk will take place Sunday at North Boundary Park in Cranberry Township.

CRANBERRY TWP — Food insecurity takes many forms — for children, neighbors, loved ones.

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Mars Class of '49 plans what could be last reunion

Charles Norton and Elaine Brown, classmates of the Mars class of 1949, stand in front of a 1931 Model A Ford Mail Truck at the Mars Area History and Landmarks Society. Both Norton and Brown were born in 1931.

It could be that time has finally caught up with the Mars High School Class of 1949.

9/10/2019 Community Features 0 comments

For love of books

Intern promotes importance of libraries

Creative writing workshop for ages 9-13 planned

Library intern Sarayne Forbes, 16, of Butler returns a book to the shelves at the Butler Area Public Library. Her internship at the library this summer has included designing a six-week creative writing workshop for 9- to 13-year-olds.

Sarayne Forbes tucked yellow- and orange-jacketed books into their designated shelves as the setting sun's gold-dusted rays streamed through the Butler Area Public Library's windows.

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