COUNTYButler County Parks and Recreation Department free Thursday night programs this summer at Alameda Park include ATA Master Connell’s Self Defense today and Let There Be Slime Animals on July 21, both at 6:30 p.m. in the Carousel Shelter. Call 724-284-5383.Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, will “Celebrate the Bloom!” from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The event celebrates Jennings’ blazing star prairie with free activities including prairie tours, music, artisans, demonstrations and local food. Call 724-794-6011.Moraine State Park, Muddy Creek Township, will host a program on “Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the outdoor classroom on the North Shore. An “Owl Prowl” is planned for 8:30 p.m. Tuesday departing from the park office on the South Shore. Call 724-368-8811.

REGIONMcConnells Mill State Park in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, off Route 422, will host the program an “Industrial History of Hell’s Hollow” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The mill is open 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays, closed Tuesdays. Tours are at 1 and 2 p.m. daily. Call 724-368-8811.