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Do you make your own holiday cards? Would you like to share them with Eagle readers?

To submit your creations for possible inclusion in a story, call Sandy Marwick at 724-282-8000, Ext. 252 or send her one of your holiday creations in care of the Butler Eagle, P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003.

JEFFERSON TWP — Thorncreek United Methodist Church, 142 Rockdale Road, offers a free train show from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays and noon to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays each weekend until Jan. 2.The show is closed Dec. 24, 25 and 31 and Jan. 1. For information, call 724-352-4890.

The 2011 Historic Main Street Butler County calendar is available. A total of 49 Main Street and building photos from around the county are featured in the full-sized wall calendar.The calendar was designed and printed by the Eagle Printery and sponsored by Armstrong, Butler County Community College and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the County of Butler.The $10 calendars are on sale at May's Music Shoppe, Miller's Shoe Store, Natili's North, Worsley's, the Hair Specialist and he Butler County Historical Society's office.The office is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or order online at www.butlerhistory.com.

BUTLER TWP — Lifesteps' Child Check team will conduct free screenings for children from birth to age 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 13 at Butler Lifesteps, 383 New Castle Road.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.Call Lifesteps at 724-283-2154, Ext. 313, or 800-225-2010.

The Bartramian Audubon Society will host bird counts in December and January:• Dec. 18 — Butler County Christmas Bird Count. The center of the 15-mile diameter of the count circle is about 1.5 miles east of the junction of Lindey Road and Route 528 near Slippery Rock. For details, contact Suzanne Butcher at 330-759-1945 or sarbird@hotmail.com.• Jan. 2 — Pleasantville Christmas Bird Count. The center of the 15-mile diameter of the count circle is Pit Hole, near Pleasantville. For details, contact Russ States at 814-676-6320 or pabirder@verizon.net.For information about the organization, contact Kathie Goodblood at larkwren@hughes.net or 814-432-4496or visit www.bartramianaudubon.org.

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