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Calling all gardeners: Do you have a pepper shaped like a smiley face? A potato resembling Richard Nixon? The Eagle is looking for these and other harvest look-alikes for an upcoming Focus photograph page.

To show us your interesting produce, call Sandy Marwick at 724-282-8000, Ext. 252.

Lifesteps' Child Check team will conduct free screenings for children from birth to age 5 from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the Butler YMCA, 339 N. Washington St.Visits take about 30 minutes, and results are discussed immediately. The screening looks at the child's development in the areas of playing, talking, seeing, hearing, moving and thinking.Appointments are recommended but not required. For information, call Lifesteps at 724-283-2154, Ext. 313, or 800-225-2010.

Lifesteps, 383 New Castle Road, Butler Township, will offer a Families Forever seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Enrollment is Saturday.Families Forever teaches parents how to minimize the negative effects on children involved in divorce and/or custody situations. Registration fee is $55 for adults. To register, call 724-283-1010.

The Butler County Young Professionals and United Way of Butler County will present the MedExpress Ducky Derby on Thursday during the seventh inning stretch at the Butler Blue Sox game at Sullivan Run.Participants may purchase a numbered duck to enter in the race with a cash prize awarded to the winner. Proceeds benefit the Moraine Trails Scoutreach Program.Tickets are on sale at the United Way of Butler County, Butler County Young Professionals Officers, Butler Downtown, Butler County Chamber of Commerce and Big Big Design. For information, call 724-285-4883.

The following American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled for August.• Noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Harrisville United Methodist Church, 301 S. Main St., Harrisville.• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Aug. 9, Zion Baptist Church's meeting room, 148 Currie Road, Slippery Rock• 1 to 7 p.m. Aug. 10, Harmony Moose Lodge, 607 Mercer St., Harmony• 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 10, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2217 Chicora Road, Route 68 North, Chicora• Noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 11, Slippery Rock Fire Hall, 162 Elm St., Slippery Rock• Noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 27, St. John's Byzantine Catholic Church, 105 Kohler Ave., Lyndora• 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Cranberry Township Municipal Building's meeting room, 2525 Rochester Road, Cranberry TownshipFor information, call 724-709-6206.

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