Photo gallery for Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016

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Avery Joseph, 3, takes a moment to think about what she wants from Santa at the Mars Library Christmas party on Dec. 3, 2016. Kids visited with the jolly old elf and Dottie, a miniature horse. They also decorated their own cookies.Dave Prelosky/Butler Eagle

Caris Hartman eats a cookie she decorated at the Mars Library Christmas party on Dec. 3, 2016. Kids visited with Santa and Dottie, a miniature horse.Dave Prelosky/Butler Eagle

Jase Walter, 3, of Butler visits with Santa at Clearview Mall on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Grace Rodgers, 2 , from Lyndora visits with Santa at Clearview Mall on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Butler Vo-tech culinary arts student Jessica Born cuts out cookies on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Butler Vo-tech culinary arts student Austin Monday puts holiday cookies in the oven on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Butler Vo-tech culinary arts student Aliddy Osche puts batter into cups on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Two soldiers sent back a photo thanking Kim Boucek and Boucek's Battalion for the care packages they received during the holiday season.Submitted photo

Some of the volunteers work an assembly line for packaging the hundreds of gift boxes that Boucek's Battalion sends each year. The packaging process typically takes 50 people three hours, much more efficient from when Kim Boucek first started sending the troops packages.Submitted photo

Butler Middle School sixth graders, from left, Destiny Bortz, Zoe Scott and Anna Hindman pack up a boxes as Butler Middle School students make care packages to send to an Air Force base overseas on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Groomer Ashley Smith trims a dog's nails at Whispering Winds Boarding Kennel in Butler Township on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Butler Salvation Army Major Valerie Hazeldine looks at toys that have been donated to the Salvation Army in Butler on Nov. 22, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Four year old Corin Clark, center, of Beaver Falls enjoys the rides at the Shadrack's Winter WOnderland with her cousins, 5-year-old Ren Steele, left, and Macyn Steele, 7, of Pensacola, Fla., on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. Tye Cypher for the Butler Eagle

Volunteer Jodi Johnston packs toys into a bag for a child in the Toys for Tots program at Clearview Mall in Center Township on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Volunteer Denny Johnston stacks bags up for kids in the Toys for Tots program at Clearview Mall in Center Township on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Hospice volunteer Linda Daugherty prepares boxes of cookies for families of individuals receiving care at the VNA Hospice. Daugherty makes selections from 100 dozen donated cookies.

Cantor Michal Gray-Schaffer of B'Nai Abraham synagogue in Butler talks about when Hanukkah and Thanksgiving fell on the same day in November 2013. This year, Christmas and Hanukkah converge.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Anna Marie Knoll fills a box up for a client at the St. Vincent de Paul food bank in Butler on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Russ Yockey puts a box on the shelf for a client at the St. Vincent de Paul food bank in Butler on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Blake Carmack, 4, plays around after visiting with Santa the Mars Library Christmas party on Dec. 3, 2016.Dave Prelosky/Butler Eagle

After visiting with Santa, Rikin Deshmukh plays around at the Mars Library Christmas party on Dec. 3, 2016.Dave Prelosky/Butler Eagle

Firefighter John Charles McGill, 54, of Grove City, Liberty Township, Mercer County, passed away Dec. 2, 2016.Submitted Photo

Ted B. Cranmer, 55, of Butler passed away on Dec. 1, 2016. He is remembered as a hardworking and dedicated BC3 board member and a “brilliant” petroleum engineer.Submitted Photo

Goodwill employees get a tour of the construction site of the new “superstore” on Freedom Road in Cranberry Township.Joe Genco/Butler Eagle

Butler goalie Nick Farmerie makes a glove save during the Golden Tornado’s 5-2 win over Upper St. Clair on Dec. 5, 2016, at the Ice Connection.Tye Cypher/Special to the Eagle

Dale Reckless, a physical therapist based in Cranberry Township, demonstrates a back extension stretch recommended to anyone who has been sitting still for an hour or more.Joe Genco/Butler Eagle

Miss Butler County Teen USA Karina Latsko made the top five and was named fourth-runner up in the 2017 Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA Pageant Dec. 2 to 4 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Pittsburgh International Airport.Submitted Photo