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Hope Lives On

3 nurses plan marathon to aid suicide foundation

From left, Crystal Wonderling, Dixie Perrine and Val Andreassi are nurses at Butler Memorial Hospital and close friends. As “Team Hope” they are trying to raise $10,000 to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as “Team Hope,” in memory of Wonderling's daughter.

Crystal Wonderling is moving forward — with her feet and with her friends.

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Mars student to appear in Netflix series

Mars Area High School junior Morgan Kivlan has a role in the newly released Netflix series “I Am Not Okay With This.”

A Mars Area student will be appearing in the Netflix series “I Am Not Okay with This” as an extra.

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Camp Outlook

Options vary from dek hockey to Hero Week

The Camp Alameda summer program runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m. Monday through Friday every week of the summer with a different theme every week.

From baby-sitter safety classes to dek hockey leagues the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department is determined to get children outside and moving.

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Cranberry parks to host summer camps

Cranberry Township Department of Parks and Recreation will offer summer camps starting in June.

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Sharing Symbols of Hope

Ancient egg-decorating tradition tied to Christian faith

Marlenna Hassler has her kistka wax pen to draw on her pysanky egg. The process involves dyeing eggs multiple colors using wax layers to keep dye from reaching certain parts of the egg.

The intricate and ancient art of creating Ukrainian Easter eggs lives on in the basement of SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 21 Evergreen St., Lyndora.

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Senior centers close doors

Efforts made to provide meals

The eight senior centers in Butler County will be closing Tuesday until further notice, according to officials at the Butler County Area Agency on Aging.

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‘To go’ meals offered

Community dinners adjust

All meals served by Katie’s Kitchen, which provides free community meals at nine sites, will now be served to go.

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EARLY DETECTION

Child Check screening spots issues

Lifesteps specialists help identify possible developmental problems children might have with Child Check.

In a 15-minute session with a child, a specialist can spot developmental difficulties in time to make a difference.

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Child Check

Child Check is a year-round free screening for children from infants to 5 years old.

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CLO offers 4 July camps

Pittsburgh CLO is joining forces with St. Barnabas to offer a new camp.

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2020 RUBY AWARD WINNER

Soroptimists honor Penn Township woman

Soroptimist International of Butler County has selected Judy Barkley as its 2020 Ruby Award winner.

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Working from home is awesome. Here’s how to excel at it

I love working from home.

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Town & County

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Verse

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.