Photo Gallery: Monday, March 18, 2024

2024-03-18 00:15:00

Ella Heichel, 7, reads to a kitten during the Butler County Humane Society's Shelter Buddies event on Sunday, March 17, 2024. William Pitts/Butler Eagle

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the oldest-standing Catholic church in Butler County, as seen on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The church is being repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Michelle Dillaman Marlowe poses in front of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County. The church is being repurposed into a community center after years of being closed, and Marlowe is a volunteer helping to spread the word about the project. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, as seen on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Descendants of John Murrin, who provided land for the church to be built in the 1840s, are searching for board members to repurpose the church into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Bill Kumpf, treasurer of Penn Township Veterans Association, and Chuck Kaczmarek, president of the association, look over the damaged eagle that once was mounted on the memorial but now sits on the back of a truck waiting to be repaired. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

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Chuck Kaczmarek, right, president of the Penn Township Veterans Association, right, talks with Glenn Greenawalt and Teddy Trainor on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the eagle monument in Penn Township. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

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The eagle that once stood atop the Veterans Memorial in Penn Township now sits on the back of a truck waiting to be welded and repaired on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

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Bill Kumpf, treasurer of the Penn Township Veterans Association, and Chuck Kaczmarek, president of the association, examine damage to the eagle that once sat atop the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

Bill Kumpf, treasurer of the Penn Township Veterans Association, looks at the wing of the eagle that was removed from the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

The Penn Township Veterans Association monument — dubbed Wings of Peace — is seen here on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, after the eagle that stood atop it was removed due to deterioration and safety concerns. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

Charter member of the Penn Township Veterans Association, Glenn Greenawalt, talks about the now-broken eagle the once sat atop the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

Eileen Richards, of Eileen Richards Antiques, stands beside a display that had everyone talking Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Tanglewood Center during the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler Antiques Show & Sale. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

The items in David R. Johns' antiques booth had people of all ages lined up on Saturday, March 16, 2024, during the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler Antiques Show & Sale at the Tanglewood Center in Butler County. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

Marsha Murphy, of Marsha's Antiques, waits for the large crowd to find her and her antiques on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Tanglewood Center in Butler County. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson

Bucky Johns speakes to JJ Umbaugh, Jason Woolslare and Bernie Miloser regarding the Mason mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Bucky Johns speaks to artists regarding the Mason Martin mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

A donation jar sits on the counter at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady to help fund the Mason Martin mural on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Bucky Johns speaks to artists regarding the Mason Martin mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Bucky Johns, right, with Hannah Johns and Dezarae Heginbotham, speak to three artists, from left, Jason Woolslare, Bernie Miloser and JJ Umbaugh regarding the Mason Martin mural at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Jasper Wood, from Boy Scout Troop 16 out of Butler, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

John Cook, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

John Cook from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, left, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, right, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Landon Remaley, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, learns about plumbing during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Scouts Dominick Cummings, left, Jasper Wood and John Cook take an energy reading during the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Chris Fennell, from Troop 670 out of Ford City, left, and Jacob Donley from Troop 806 out of Ellwood City, program a robot during the robotics course taught at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Chris Fennell, from Troop 670 out of Ford City, programs his robot during the robotics course at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

Ella Heichel, 7, reads to a kitten during the Butler County Humane Society's Shelter Buddies event on Sunday, March 17, 2024. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
Ella Heichel, 7, reads to a kitten during the Butler County Humane Society's Shelter Buddies event on Sunday, March 17, 2024. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the oldest-standing Catholic church in Butler County, as seen on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The church is being repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, might be repurposed into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Dillaman Marlowe poses in front of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County. The church is being repurposed into a community center after years of being closed, and Marlowe is a volunteer helping to spread the word about the project. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Michelle Dillaman Marlowe poses in front of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County. The church is being repurposed into a community center after years of being closed, and Marlowe is a volunteer helping to spread the word about the project. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the second oldest Catholic church in Butler County, as seen on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Descendants of John Murrin, who provided land for the church to be built in the 1840s, are searching for board members to repurpose the church into a community center after years of being closed. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Bill Kumpf, treasurer of Penn Township Veterans Association, and Chuck Kaczmarek, president of the association, look over the damaged eagle that once was mounted on the memorial but now sits on the back of a truck waiting to be repaired. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Chuck Kaczmarek, right, president of the Penn Township Veterans Association, right, talks with Glenn Greenawalt and Teddy Trainor on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the eagle monument in Penn Township. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
The eagle that once stood atop the Veterans Memorial in Penn Township now sits on the back of a truck waiting to be welded and repaired on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle
The eagle that once stood atop the Veterans Memorial in Penn Township now sits on the back of a truck waiting to be welded and repaired on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Bill Kumpf, treasurer of the Penn Township Veterans Association, and Chuck Kaczmarek, president of the association, examine damage to the eagle that once sat atop the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Bill Kumpf, treasurer of the Penn Township Veterans Association, looks at the wing of the eagle that was removed from the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
The Penn Township Veterans Association monument — dubbed Wings of Peace — is seen here on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, after the eagle that stood atop it was removed due to deterioration and safety concerns. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Charter member of the Penn Township Veterans Association, Glenn Greenawalt, talks about the now-broken eagle the once sat atop the veterans monument in Penn Township on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Eileen Richards, of Eileen Richards Antiques, stands beside a display that had everyone talking Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Tanglewood Center during the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler Antiques Show & Sale. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
The items in David R. Johns' antiques booth had people of all ages lined up on Saturday, March 16, 2024, during the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler Antiques Show & Sale at the Tanglewood Center in Butler County. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Marsha Murphy, of Marsha's Antiques, waits for the large crowd to find her and her antiques on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Tanglewood Center in Butler County. Ed Thompson/Butler Eagle

Ed Thompson
Bucky Johns speakes to JJ Umbaugh, Jason Woolslare and Bernie Miloser regarding the Mason mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Bucky Johns speaks to artists regarding the Mason Martin mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
A donation jar sits on the counter at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady to help fund the Mason Martin mural on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Bucky Johns speaks to artists regarding the Mason Martin mural project at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Bucky Johns, right, with Hannah Johns and Dezarae Heginbotham, speak to three artists, from left, Jason Woolslare, Bernie Miloser and JJ Umbaugh regarding the Mason Martin mural at Rocky's Pizza in East Brady on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Jasper Wood, from Boy Scout Troop 16 out of Butler, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
John Cook, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
John Cook from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jasper Wood, from Boy Scout Troop 16 out of Butler, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, left, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, right, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jasper Wood, from Boy Scout Troop 16 out of Butler, solders in the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, left, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Landon Remaley, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, learns about plumbing during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Nathan Glass, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, right, learns about plumbing from volunteer John Relihan during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Landon Remaley, from Troop 553 out of Leechburg, learns about plumbing during the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Scouts Dominick Cummings, left, Jasper Wood and John Cook take an energy reading during the electronics class at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Chris Fennell, from Troop 670 out of Ford City, left, and Jacob Donley from Troop 806 out of Ellwood City, program a robot during the robotics course taught at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Chris Fennell, from Troop 670 out of Ford City, left, and Jacob Donley from Troop 806 out of Ellwood City, program a robot during the robotics course taught at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Chris Fennell, from Troop 670 out of Ford City, programs his robot during the robotics course at the Technology Merit Badge Academy hosted by the Moraine Trails Council at Butler County Community College on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle