Photo Gallery: July 12, 2022

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Zelienople Area Swim Club’s Gavin Blazer competes in the boys 50-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Paula Rishack, of Rochester, teaches a yoga class at the Alameda Park Carousel Shelter in Butler on Monday, July 11, 2022. This is Rishack's third year for Yoga instruction at the park on Mondays during the summer. Class is at 5:45 PM. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russel Redding, left, talks with Pastor John Barkley, 59, of Hillcrest Baptist Church about grant programs from the state on Monday, July 11, 2022. Barkley's church provides land, water and some infrastructure for a community garden. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Jack Stauffer, 99, of Butler, shares a laugh with his daughter Patti at Lowrie Place assisted living facility in Butler on July 6. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

The driver of this vehicle was taken to a hospital after the it overturned on Interstate 79 southbound around 4:15 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2022. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Country singer Chase Bryant sang in front of an ecstatic crowd Saturday, July 9, 2022, the final concert on the final day of this year's Big Butler Fair in Prospect. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle

Spectators watch competition during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Sylvan Swim Team’s Kira Schrecongost competes in the girls 50-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

SEBCO’s Valentina Josephs, 8, competes in the girls 25-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Swimmers wait for their heats during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

A lawn sign on the side of Three Degree Road on Monday, July 11, 2022, shares a sentiment of opposition to selling the Municipal Water Authority of Adams Township and the Breakneck Creek Regional Authority. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Honorably discharged US Navy Seaman 1st Class John (Jack) Stauffer, 99, Butler, holds his portrait taken over 76 years ago in August of 1946. Stauffer will be a centenarian on August 8. Read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

John Stauffer, known as Jack, 99, of Butler, pictured here in his high school yearbook. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Jack Stauffer, 99, Butler, married his high school sweetie, Ellen Matheny, deceased, shown here in their high school yearbook. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

John (Jack) Stauffer, 99, Butler, recounts stories of his life to his daughter, Patti, with his honorable discharge photo in front of them on July 6. Jack spent most of his enlistment in Guam. Stauffer served in the Navy during World War II. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, right, tours The Produce Cart, a mobile farm stand owned by Community Action Partnership, with Sandra Curry, executive director of Community Action Partnership, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Erika Thurkins, garden coordinator, left, and her son, Phil, 11, asses the readiness of cauliflower for harvest on Monday, July 11, 2022. Vegetables from this plot, in Butler, are given to FreeSA, a program by Community Action Partnership that offers boxes of vegetables to the community. Approximately 15 Butler area families are served by the program. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Zelienople Area Swim Club’s Gavin Blazer competes in the boys 50-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Paula Rishack, of Rochester, teaches a yoga class at the Alameda Park Carousel Shelter in Butler on Monday, July 11, 2022. This is Rishack's third year for Yoga instruction at the park on Mondays during the summer. Class is at 5:45 PM. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russel Redding, left, talks with Pastor John Barkley, 59, of Hillcrest Baptist Church about grant programs from the state on Monday, July 11, 2022. Barkley's church provides land, water and some infrastructure for a community garden. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Jack Stauffer, 99, of Butler, shares a laugh with his daughter Patti at Lowrie Place assisted living facility in Butler on July 6. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
The driver of this vehicle was taken to a hospital after the it overturned on Interstate 79 southbound around 4:15 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2022. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle
Country singer Chase Bryant sang in front of an ecstatic crowd Saturday, July 9, 2022, the final concert on the final day of this year's Big Butler Fair in Prospect. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle
Country singer Chase Bryant sang in front of an ecstatic crowd Saturday, July 9, 2022, the final concert on the final day of this year's Big Butler Fair in Prospect. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle
Country singer Chase Bryant sang in front of an ecstatic crowd Saturday, July 9, 2022, the final concert on the final day of this year's Big Butler Fair in Prospect. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle
Country singer Chase Bryant sang in front of an ecstatic crowd Saturday, July 9, 2022, the final concert on the final day of this year's Big Butler Fair in Prospect. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle
Spectators watch competition during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Sylvan Swim Team’s Kira Schrecongost competes in the girls 50-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
SEBCO’s Valentina Josephs, 8, competes in the girls 25-yard backstroke during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Swimmers wait for their heats during the A-K Valley Swim Championships at SEBCO Pool on Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Jefferson Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Paula Rishack, of Rochester, teaches a yoga class at the Alameda Park Carousel Shelter in Butler on Monday, July 11, 2022. This is Rishack's third year for Yoga instruction at the park on Mondays during the summer. Class is at 5:45 PM. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
A lawn sign on the side of Three Degree Road on Monday, July 11, 2022, shares a sentiment of opposition to selling the Municipal Water Authority of Adams Township and the Breakneck Creek Regional Authority. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle
Honorably discharged US Navy Seaman 1st Class John (Jack) Stauffer, 99, Butler, holds his portrait taken over 76 years ago in August of 1946. Stauffer will be a centenarian on August 8. Read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
John Stauffer, known as Jack, 99, of Butler, pictured here in his high school yearbook. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Jack Stauffer, 99, Butler, married his high school sweetie, Ellen Matheny, deceased, shown here in their high school yearbook. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
John (Jack) Stauffer, 99, Butler, recounts stories of his life to his daughter, Patti, with his honorable discharge photo in front of them on July 6. Jack spent most of his enlistment in Guam. Stauffer served in the Navy during World War II. Jack is celebrating his 100th birthday; read the story in the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 edition of the Butler Eagle. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, right, tours The Produce Cart, a mobile farm stand owned by Community Action Partnership, with Sandra Curry, executive director of Community Action Partnership, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Erika Thurkins, garden coordinator, left, and her son, Phil, 11, asses the readiness of cauliflower for harvest on Monday, July 11, 2022. Vegetables from this plot, in Butler, are given to FreeSA, a program by Community Action Partnership that offers boxes of vegetables to the community. Approximately 15 Butler area families are served by the program. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle