Ellen Mahler, a student at the Butler Beauty Academy, left, massages the hands of Jakie Fedorek, 80, of Chicora Thursday at the Chicora Senior Center. Beauty school students visited the center to provide free manicures and nail polishing for Mother's Day.

CHICORA — Chicora resident Betty Karenbauer flashed her newly painted lavender nails that coordinated with her purple outfit around the room.

“Check that baby!”

The smell of fresh polish and the sight of smiles filled Chicora Senior Center along with ohs and ahs as the seniors showed off their finished manicures to each other.

Visitors on Thursday morning to the center, located in the basement of the Moose Lodge at 117 W. Slippery Rock St., received basic manicures complete with nail shaping, light massage and a polish of their choice from students of the Butler Beauty Academy.

May is usually a busy month for the Butler Beauty Academy, said Paige Mennor, a cosmetology, student teacher and aesthetician instructor, adding the academy has three field trips planned this week for Mother's Day.

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