Photo Gallery Fri. for March 13, 2020

2020-03-13 01:00:00

Mars Area second-grader Spencer Merkel built a mini motor with copper wire and two Duracell batteries for the Mars Area Elementary Science Fair. See the story in the Friday, March 13, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Samantha Beal/Butler Eagle

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Mars fourth grader Luke Romig tests electrical current coming from potatoes in his science project at the Mars Science Fair on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Mars High School. Romig’s project tested whether potatoes generate more electricity than lemons. He used current from the potatoes to power LED lights in a model house he built as part of the project.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Chef Spencer McKivigan at Mac’s Brick Oven Pizza begins the process of making a pizza by spreading out the dough. A loan fund has about $30,000 available to loan to owners of commercial and mixed-use properties in the Main Street project area. See the story in the Friday, March 13, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

The United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council honoree and president of UPMC Passavant Susan E. Hoolahan speaks at the WLC Spring Mixer on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Pittsburgh Marriott North.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Horan of Butler smiles while being acknowledged as one of three recipients of the United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council History-Making Woman of Butler County award evening Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Pittsburgh Marriott North.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Jean Purvis, founder of the Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center of Butler County, smiles while being acknowledged as one of three recipients of the United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council History-Making Woman of Butler County award Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Pittsburgh Marriott North.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

The United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council honorees are, from left, Susan E. Hoolahan, Jean B. Purvis, and Marilyn J. Horan. See the story in the Friday, March 13, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

From left, University of Pittsburgh graduate research student and science fair judge Michelle Lynskey listens to Mars Area third grader Patrick Quinn as he explains his moldy cheese experiment. See the story in the Friday, March 13, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Samantha Beal/Butler Eagle

Mars Area second grader Adelaide Smaretsky entered the Wednesday, March 11, 2020, elementary science fair with a project called “Slime Time,” for which she tested the times it took for different slime recipes to dry.Samantha Beal/Butler Eagle