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BUTLER TWP — Because of a water main break, the Butler County Community College main campus was to close from 2 to 6 p.m. today for repairs.
However, the Succop Theater will be open for the 7:30 p.m. performance of the play “The Laramie Project.”
The break happened between 2 and 3 p.m. Thursday on the northeast side of the campus, said BC3 spokesman Susan Changnon. She said that some buildings on campus still have water service.
Changnon said that no one should come to the campus between 2 and 6 p.m.
The college is on spring break, but staff members are still on campus.
The Butler Junior High School library needs online votes by March 18 to help them win the Follett Challenge, a program that recognizes education innovation and rewards school libraries with products and services worth up to $200,000.The library is touting its “Read, Review, Recommend!” online class project. Each participating student created an online reading profile and writes and shares book reviews with their peers, teachers and librarians.The school hopes to expand the project through its seventh and eighth grade literature classes during 2013-14.A video about the program is posted on the Follett Challenge website, www.follettchallenge.com. Search for the word Butler to vote for the video up to once a day. Thirty percent of the school's score will be determined by the number of votes it receives.Follett Library Resources is a part of Follett Corporation. It is the nation's largest supplier of books, reference materials, digital resources, eBooks and audiovisual materials to prekindergarten to grade 12 schools.To submit news items to the Butler Eagle, contact news@butlereagle.com.
