Walt Smith, a member of the Early Bird Toastmaster Club in Butler, earned first place in the division-level table topics contest held recently in Knox.He also participated in a division-level contest in Martinsburg, W.Va., placing third.The Early Bird Toastmaster Club meets at 7:30 a.m. on alternate Saturdays at Lifesteps in Butler Township.———

<b>Tracy Vrana</b>, a Seneca Valley Middle School math teacher, was recently awarded a $400 MAC Grant, an initiative sponsored by local McDonald's owner/operators, to help make activities count for students.The cash award will be used to support Vrana's classroom programs.———

Winners at the <b>Butler Duplicate Bridge Club</b> game held Oct. 6 were:North/South: <b>Jacquelyn Skirboll</b> and <b>Mary Ann McNeirney, Donald Toy</b> and <b>Cleman Rosenberger </b> and <b>Thomas Richards</b> and <b>John Kristufek</b>East/West:<b>Lynn Rafferty</b> and <b>Jan Horwitz</b>, <b>Robert Freemon</b> and<b> George Cross</b> and <b>Nicholas Tredennick</b> and <b>Alan Martin</b>Winners at the game held Oct. 20 were:<b>Patsy Bachman</b> and <b>Jean Brackett</b>, <b>Alan Martin</b> and <b>Teresa Fraas</b>, <b>Betty Thompson</b> and<b>Helen Brydon</b> and<b> Mary Ann McNeirney</b>