Students in Mrs. Amy Scheidt's third grade class collected the most items for Oakland Elementary School's food drive to benefit St. Vincent de Paul. Back, from left, Kyle Heller, Cole Hess, Dallas Hays, Brock Hinton, Liz Rakers and Abigail Matson. Front, from left, Samantha Graham and Hannah Hays.

Students at

Oakland Elementary School conducted a food drive to benefit St. Vincent de Paul.The school donated about 800 items to help make nearly 400 dinner baskets that will be handed out Dec. 18.The Rotary Club provided vouchers that are added to the baskets to provide each family with a turkey from Friedman’s Freshmarkets.Mrs. Amy Scheidt’s third grade class donated the most, collecting 186 items.———The Butler Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (PASR) selected

Virginia Shirey of Sarver as 2010 Volunteer of the Year.A retiree from the South Butler School District, Shirey contributed 919 hours of service from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010.———On Dec. 9, the winners at the Butler Duplicate Bridge Club were:First:

Bill Stewart and

Alex BeallesSecond:

Bob Freemon and

John Kristufek