The first decade of the 21st Century ended with 2009. Because of that, the Eagle is publishing a look back at major events that occurred in the past 10 years. Each year will run in one day's edition. This is the sixth in this series and focuses on 2005. ———The year was deadly for military men from the Butler County area fighting abroad.Sgt. Shawn A. Graham, 34, of Brazoria, Texas, was killed in Baghdad when the vehicle he was in rolled over. He was a Grove City High School graduate and a member of the Army National Guard.Sgt. Carl J. Morgain, 40, of Penn Township died when the Humvee he was riding in was attacked by a suicide bomber. He died in a hospital in Balad. He was a 1982 graduate of Knoch High School.Sgt. Michael A. Marzano, 28, of Phoenix, died from an attack by a suicide bomber in Hadithah. He attended the Karns City School District from fifth to 10th grades.Marine Lance Cpl. Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr., 24, of Slippery Rock died in a helicopter crash about 220 miles west of Baghdad. He attended Moniteau schools.———Traffic began using the just completed Gen. Richard Butler Bridge on Oct. 29, which replaced the old Main Street Viaduct.The bridge closed July 23 to traffic for final construction to begin, but it was open for pedestrians to take a last nostalgic walk across the 80-year-old span before it was demolished.———The Middlesex Township supervisors voted to disband the township police force so the money could be used to repair township roads.The matter entered arbitration, but the township and police agreed to a three-man police force before a ruling was made.The police force now consists of three full-time and three part-time officers. State police patrol the township when the municipal officers are off duty.———The Saxonburg Area Authority moved forward with a $64 million sewage treatment expansion project to add more than 2,000 customers in Middlesex and Penn townships.Construction began early the next year and ended in the spring of 2007.———A Jackson Township woman and her children Jan. 13 won a $171 million Powerball jackpot.Florence Ayers of Oak Hill Drive and her children, James Ayers of Mars and Sharon Kreindel of Beachwood, Ohio, bought the winning ticket in New Castle.———Slippery Rock University broke ground April 28 on a $110 million housing project.The projects were completed in 2008 and included new dorms: The Ivy with 600 apartments, The Heights with 100 apartments, Stonecrest on Cornish Drive with 68 apartments, South Rock on Kiester Road with 140 apartments and Campus Side on Kiester Road with 84 apartments.———Former District Attorney Tim McCune won a seat on the Butler County Court bench in the November election.He won the sixth judge seat that had just been created by the Legislature.He ran unopposed.———The year was recognized as the most explosive as far as Cranberry Township's growth.More than $100 million of new construction began that year in the township.