Photo Gallery for Thurs 12/07/17

2017-12-07 00:00:00

The lights of this nine-foot menorah will shine at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center, 2525 Rochester Road, to celebrate Hanukkah. After the lighting, there will be a party at the center with live entertainment, hot beverages and traditional foods such as jelly doughnuts and potato latkes. The Chabad of Butler County and the Cranberry Jewish Community Association will host the event. For more information, visit www.cranberrytownship.org. Jewish families and communities will celebrate Hanukkah from Tuesday, Dec. 12 through to Dec. 19, 2017.BUTLER EAGLE FILE PHOTO

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State Rep. Matt Bradford touches state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s arm during a House State Government Committee meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.Submitted photo

State representatives Daryl Metcalfe, left, and Matt Bradford, right, attend a House State Government Committee meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Metcalfe berated Bradford for touching Metcalfe.Submitted photo

Amy Campbell, center, places a check for $1,000 from the Butler Eagle into the Salvation Army’s red kettle Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, at the corner of Diamond and Main streets. Eagle employees Campbell, Ed Nebel, left, and Keith Graham were among coworkers who staffed the corner from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., collecting donations for the Salvation Army. The nonprofit’s goal is to raise $100,000 by Christmas Eve, through its Red Kettle campaign. Among programs the Butler branch of the Salvation Army funds with the donations are a soup kitchen, a September backpack program, youth after-school programs, needs at the food pantry and senior outreach.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Saxonburg native Allison Cahill reprises her role as the ghost who shows Scrooge his past in “A Musical Christmas Carol” opening Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh. Also in the production is Mark Tinkey of Cranberry Township, who plays Topper, Vendors and the School Master.SUBMITTED PHOTO

Local singer-songwriter Tom Panei, along with the Tornado Big Band, will perform in concert Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, to benefit the Community Health Clinic of Butler County.SUBMITTED PHOTO

Charley Cameron of Evans City is dancing the part of a toy soldier in Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker.” The ballet runs through Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh.SUBMITTED PHOTO

Karns City graduate Tristan Rhoades has excelled at three positions for the Allegheny College football team while pursuing a degree in biology and a career in the medical field.SUBMITTED PHOTO

Piggy Yarroll, a site reliability engineer with Google, helps fourth-grader McKenna Schneider with her coding project on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at Haine Elementary School in Cranberry Township.RACHEL WAGGONER/BUTLER EAGLE