Photo Gallery: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2023

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The 1930s-era copper kettle used by Virginia Mangel's late mother to make apple butter many years ago is still used for that purpose on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Virginia Mangel taste-tests her apple butter on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, by dipping a sample into a bowl. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Jeff Campbell, Virginia Mangel's brother-in-law, has stirred the family's homemade apple butter many times over the years. Here, he appears with Mangel, who supervises the operation, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Virginia Mangel prepares pint jars for the apple butter she and her family made on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Jeff Campbell, Virginia Mangel's brother-in-law, takes a turn stirring the apple butter, which Mangel deemed finished after a taste test, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Shirley Kimmel, right, traveled from her home in Maryland to help her sister, Virginia Mangel, with the annual apple butter session on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

From left, Emily Gibson, Dianna Rivers, Harper Smietana, Vera Widenhofer, Ava Lucas, Sophia Gibson, Sophia Rivers and Caydence Fennell of Girl Scout Unit 16845 listen to firefighter Jonathan Feicht talk about fire safety and protocol at the Butler Bureau of Fire downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Firefighter Jonathan Feicht speaks to Girl Scouts about fire safety Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Firefighters Josh Abbott and Jonathon Feicht speak to Girl Scouts about fire safety at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Captain Mike Huey, Larry Shuler, Sgt. Caleb Forsythe, Officer Vince Beaver, Officer Nathan Shulik with Josh Abbott and Jonathan Feicht stand with Girl Scout Troop 16845 at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle

Members of the Penn Township Woman’s Club prepare for the Hillbilly Ball the organization planned for Oct. 22, 1971, at the Saxonburg Fire Hall. Atop the wagon are Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Maggio, and standing are Mrs. Cosco and Mrs. Kopie. Butler Eagle File Photo

Jack Bowman and Jack Neely

From left, Butler County Farm Bureau president James Thiele hands a plaque to longtime member and board co-vice president James Boldy during the annual fall meeting on Thursday night, Oct. 12, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle

Shelly A. Kammerdiener vice president, community banking manager and business development officer with S&T Bank, talks with a guest on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, during the grand opening of S&T Bank’s new location in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

The new S&T Bank location in Cranberry Township was busy during its grand opening on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

A ribbon-cutting took place at the grand opening on S&T Bank’s new Cranberry Township location Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

The 1930s-era copper kettle used by Virginia Mangel's late mother to make apple butter many years ago is still used for that purpose on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Virginia Mangel taste-tests her apple butter on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, by dipping a sample into a bowl. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jeff Campbell, Virginia Mangel's brother-in-law, has stirred the family's homemade apple butter many times over the years. Here, he appears with Mangel, who supervises the operation, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Virginia Mangel prepares pint jars for the apple butter she and her family made on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Jeff Campbell, Virginia Mangel's brother-in-law, takes a turn stirring the apple butter, which Mangel deemed finished after a taste test, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Shirley Kimmel, right, traveled from her home in Maryland to help her sister, Virginia Mangel, with the annual apple butter session on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
From left, Emily Gibson, Dianna Rivers, Harper Smietana, Vera Widenhofer, Ava Lucas, Sophia Gibson, Sophia Rivers and Caydence Fennell of Girl Scout Unit 16845 listen to firefighter Jonathan Feicht talk about fire safety and protocol at the Butler Bureau of Fire downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Firefighter Jonathan Feicht speaks to Girl Scouts about fire safety Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Firefighters Josh Abbott and Jonathon Feicht speak to Girl Scouts about fire safety at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Captain Mike Huey, Larry Shuler, Sgt. Caleb Forsythe, Officer Vince Beaver, Officer Nathan Shulik with Josh Abbott and Jonathan Feicht stand with Girl Scout Troop 16845 at the Butler Bureau of Fire in downtown Butler on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Steven Dalton/Special to the Eagle
Members of the Penn Township Woman’s Club prepare for the Hillbilly Ball the organization planned for Oct. 22, 1971, at the Saxonburg Fire Hall. Atop the wagon are Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Maggio, and standing are Mrs. Cosco and Mrs. Kopie. Butler Eagle File Photo

Jack Bowman and Jack Neely
From left, Butler County Farm Bureau president James Thiele hands a plaque to longtime member and board co-vice president James Boldy during the annual fall meeting on Thursday night, Oct. 12, 2023. William Pitts/Butler Eagle
Shelly A. Kammerdiener vice president, community banking manager and business development officer with S&T Bank, talks with a guest on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, during the grand opening of S&T Bank’s new location in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The new S&T Bank location in Cranberry Township was busy during its grand opening on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
A ribbon-cutting took place at the grand opening on S&T Bank’s new Cranberry Township location Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Shelly A. Kammerdiener vice president, community banking manager and business development officer with S&T Bank, talks with a guest on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17, 2023, during the grand opening of S&T Bank’s new location in Cranberry Township. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle