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The Butler Eagle is seeking stocking stuffer ideas as well as interesting Christmas stockings to photograph for an upcoming Focus story.
If you have ideas or a unique stocking to share with our readers, contact Sandy at 724-282-8000, Ext. 252.
HARMONY — The annual Giving Tree at the Harmony Museum provides a Christmas season opportunity for individuals, families and businesses to support museum improvements and activities.Each tax-deductible gift of $10 places a red ball ornament bearing the donor's name on the lighted live tree. It stands in the garden area created this year by museum volunteers in the former yard next to the museum's Mercer Street entrance.Giving Tree gifts may be sent to Historic Harmony, Box 524, Harmony, PA 16037. This is the fundraiser's 14th year.
The Prudential Preferred Realty offices in Butler and Cranberry Township is collecting Toys for Tots.New unwrapped toys the community provides will be given to needy families in the surrounding area.For directions or the addresses of Prudential offices, visit prudentialpreferred.com.
MARS — The Mars Farmers Market will hold its Christmas mart from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Community Christian Church on the corner of Pittsburgh Street and Route 228.Highway education programs plannedSeniors for Safe Driving will hold highway education programs for seniors 55 and older.Completion of the program will provide participants a 5 percent discount on automobile insurance premiums for three years. The programs are certified by the state Department of Transportation.• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Butler Memorial Hospital• 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Kelly ChevroletTo register, call 800-559-4880 or visit seniorsforsafedriving.com.
HARMONY — Historic Harmony has republished the book "Window on the Past, a Look Back at 19th Century Life in Harmony and Zelienople," and produced a 2009 wall calendar illustrated with local historical images. The limited editions are available from the Harmony Museum gift shop."Window," by Shelby Ruch, has been out of print for a decade. It presents 24 articles published in the News Weekly newspaper when both boroughs celebrated their incorporation sesquicentennials in 1990. A 25th article, describing development of Jackson Township roads, appeared originally in the Butler Eagle. The book's first edition sold out soon after its publication in 1998.The 2009 Harmony calendar features museum archive photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The items are available at the Harmony Museum Gift Shop, 222 Mercer St., and at www.harmonymuseumgiftshop.org.
