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The Eagle would like to hear about your vacation for possible use in an upcoming story. To tell us about your trip, taken at home or abroad sometime in the last 12 months, call the Focus department at 724-282-8000, Ext. 252, or e-mail focus@butlereagle.com.
The following preschools for ages 3 to 5 will have open houses in Butler County.• SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock Community Nursery School, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. For more information, call 724-738-0953.• JEFFERSON TWP — HIS Kids Christian School, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through March 2 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and March 1, at 650 Saxonburg Road.For information, call 724-352-8177 or e-mail office@hiskidscs.org.• FRANKLIN TWP — Mount Chestnut Christian Preschool, 6 to 7 p.m. March 14, at 727 W. Old Route 422.For information, call 724-287-8799 or visit www.mtchestnutchurch.com.
The GFWC Junior Women's Club of Butler will have its annual fundraiser, Twilight Magic, March 3 at the Tanglewood Center.Proceeds benefit local charities.Call Chelynne Curci at 724-713-0145 or visit www.butlerjrwomens.com for tickets.
MIDDLESEX TWP —Middlesex Township Parks and Recreation will offer a gardening series starting with a talk on tomatoes at 7 p.m. March 6 at the municipal building, 133 Browns Hill Road.Guest speaker, Art King of Harvest Valley Farms, will offer a power point presentation on growing bigger, sweeter tomatoes and other gardening tips.Call 724-898-3571 to register.
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Public Library will have its first Hunger Games for teens ages 13 to 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. March 19.Teens who volunteer receive a Hunger Games bookmark.The winner of the Hunger Games wins a Hunger Games T-shirt and a Barnes & Noble gift card.Sign-up deadline is March 14.Sign up at the library or by contacting Rachael at rachael.troianos@cranberrylibrary.org or 724-776-9100, Ext. 1124.
SAXONBURG — A St. Patrick’s Day party will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. March 16 at the Fieldstone Barn at Armstrong Farms, 1020 Ekastown Road.There will be Irish entertainment, food and craft beer.Proceeds benefit new children’s and teen rooms at the Saxonburg Library.Tickets are available at the library.For more information, call 724-352-4810.
