photo gallery Mon. Sept. 13, 2021

2021-09-13 01:00:00

Shilo, a golden retriever, lives up to his breed as he chases a ball into the pool at the Dog Paddle Pool Party Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at Alameda Park in Butler Township. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle

Wendy Mccall, a volunteer with the Saxonburg Rotary, pours a beer at Sprankle’s Oktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Landon Lloyd joined his family at the Beyond Memories Butterfly Release sponsored by the Butler VNA Hospice this Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Families participated in a memorial service including music, poems, and a reading of names. The celebration ended with the release of 175 monarch butterflies.Molly Miller/Special to the Eagle

John Pristas, Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief, plays Taps in honor of 9/11 victims on Sept. 11, 2021. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Participating in the 911 Memorial Stair Climb on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at Slippery Rock University are SRU seniors Brittany Fitz, front right, and Jacob Barid, who completed the steps representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center in full firefighter gear. Both are members of the Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Department. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

From left, Kristie Knights of iR;se Leadership Institute and Marta Barger, mother of Tyler Barger, examine the quilt with patches in honor of lost loved ones with Ron Flick of CORE (Center for Organ Recovery and Education) on Saturday at Karns City Athletic Field. The Barger family organizes the Warr;or Walk for Hope to support families with loved ones who died by suicide and educate the public on suicide prevention.Linda Miller/Special to the Eagle

Norman and Roman Seto of Mars pay their respects to the 9/11 memorial at the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Department station on Saturday Sept. 11, 2021. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Department hung a flag from a ladder truck as part of memorial ceremonies in honor of the victims of 9/11 on Sept. 11, 2021. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Students took part in the 911 Memorial Stair Climb, ascending and descending 2,071 steps on five staircases Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 at Jack Critchfield Park on the SRU campus. The steps represented the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that first responders and firefighters climbed on the morning of the terrorist attacks. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

Bria Otwell of Crossfit Saxonburg helps 4-year-old Nina Ceccheti lift a keg as part of the keg clean-and-press contest Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 in Saxonburg. Julia Maruca/Butler Eagle

Slippery Rock’s Chad Kuhn pressures East Stroudsburg quarterback Jake Cirillo in SRU’s 22-7 home win Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Slippery Rock running back Tim Smith breaks outside on a run against East Stroudsburg Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. SRU won 22-7. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Dog Pool Party 1: Brownie, a chocolate lab, jumped in the pool as his owner Katie Ellis of Butler watches at Sunday’s Dog Paddle Pool Party at Alameda Park in Butler Township. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle