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Shirley Ann Minehart

Shirley Ann Minehart, immediate past chairman of the Butler Little Theatre, is moving from her Butler home to a new house in Center Township, Beaver County.

Thanks to the transition, her purse has become a stopping place for important items, or just little items she doesn't want to misplace.

That includes items like a screwdriver and St. Joseph Home Selling Kit — a statue which, according to the belief, is supposed to be buried in the yard to help people find a buyer for their home.

“I haven't yet buried him,” Minehart said.

✔ Sunglasses✔ Contact case✔ Restless leg syndrome medicine✔ Kindle✔ Cell phone✔ Floss✔ Measuring tape✔ Comb✔ Flash drive“I'm an e-learning developer, so I'm always carrying fi les back and forth to work, home and other places. So you can usually fi nd some sort of media in my purse,”Minehart said.✔ Rosary“That's always in my purse in case I fi nd myself waylaid somewhere, I can say a rosary to pass the time instead of wasting it.”✔ Bracelets“I carry extra jewelry in case I walk out of the house without some on.”✔ Hand sanitizer✔ Pens✔ Keys✔ Reading glasses or “cheaters”✔ Gum✔ ChapStick✔ Lighter✔ “$4 winning Lottery ticket I haven't cashed in from Christmas.”✔ Tweezers✔ Butler Little Theatre ticket stub and show schedule“I usually have at least something from the Butler Little Theatre with me, either an e-mail from somebody or a to-do list.”✔ Steelers quarterback fi gurine“I'm wanting to fi nd a place of honor for him in my new home.”✔ Sewing kit✔ Restaurant gift card

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