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Butler police to use $30,000 donation for K-9 unit

Butler Bureau of Police Lt. Brian Grooms poses for a portrait with his patrol dog Chooch at the Butler Public Safety Building in August. BUTLER EAGLE FILE PHOTO

Leanne Heaton has been around dogs since she had one as a child living with her father, Robert R. Heaton.

When Heaton became responsible for “disposing” of $30,000 from a family trust to maintain its charitable status, she had a hard time finding a cause to donate to. She decided in September to donate the money from the Glenn R. Logan and Rhea Jean McCandless Logan Family Trust to the Butler Bureau of Police K-9 department, a recipient she said her dad could appreciate.

“He was definitely a dog person, so I think it would have appealed to him,” Heaton said.

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