Photo Gallery Thurs 6-29-17

2017-06-29 01:00:00

The Rev. Ron Schermerhorn was installed Sunday, June 25, 2017, as pastor at Mount Chestnut Presbyterian Church. He previously spent 29 years as a Church of the Nazarene ministerJustin Guido/Butler Eagle

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A small machine that controls the hands of the clockin the tower in the Butler County Courthouse adjusts the time and even tells the bell to toll on special occasions.The 190-foot tower contains staircases, ladders and the clockworks, which have been replaced and simplified over the years since the courthouse was built in 1885.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Harmony will begin celebrating the Fourth of July as it has in the past with fireworks June 29, 2017, after a concert on the square.Butler Eagle file photo

Re-enactors march during Zelienople’s 2016 Fourth of July parade. The 2017 Community Day celebration will feature the Zelienople Rotary Club parade down Main Street at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2017.Butler Eagle file photo

Emily Beaver of Mars portrays Wendy Darling in this rehearsal for Comtra Theatre’s “Peter Pan.”Submitted photo

The clock house, a 20-by-10-foot structure on the third level of the Butler County Courthouse, once protected the clock’s machinery from the elements. The little structure, now unnecessary, is original to the building and displays graffiti and signatures left there over the years. The 190-foot tower contains staircases, ladders and the clockworks, which have been replaced and simplified over the years since the courthouse was built in 1885.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Butler County maintenance worker Devin Schweinsberg inspects the clock in the tower in the Butler County Courthouse on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The 190-foot tower contains staircases, ladders and the clockworks, which have been replaced and simplified over the years since the courthouse was built in 1885.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

At a news conference Wednesday, June 28, 2017, state police Lt. Eric Hermick said Kasey Rose Dischman, 30, of Butler was charged with aggravated assault on an unborn child. Hermick said in an interview this incident was the first instance in which an overdosed mother could be charged with regards to her unborn child’s health. Dischman overdosed on heroin while seven months pregnant, prosecutors said. The baby, delivered by cesarean section, was last reported in critical condition on life support.Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Cory Voltz, 13, of Penn Township holds the Jim Simons Trophy after winning the West Penn Boys Golf Championship Wednesday, June, 28, 2017, at Chartiers Country Club.Submitted photo

D.J. Cannon, a 2007 Mars High School graduate, was a three-sport athlete for the Planets. He starred on the baseball team as a pitcher during his junior and senior seasons and will be inducted into the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame Sept. 8, 2017.Eagle file photo