Sara Donaldson, 24, who was hired Sept. 5 to be the Butler Historical Society's new education and outreach coordinator, left, stands next to Pat Collins, the society's executive director, who is leaving at the end of the month.

After a decade of collecting and preserving Butler County's past, Pat Collins has decided to try something new.

The executive director of the Butler County Historical Society has announced she is leaving the position at the end of the month.

“I am retiring. Technically, my last day will be Sept. 27,” Collins said.

Collins has headed the historical society for 10 years she said, ever since she retired from the United Parcel Service.

She felt it was time to make the change.

Collins said, “ I have always had the attitude that after 8 to 10 years in a position like this it is time to move on, get in some fresh ideas and new blood.”

Some of that new blood is Sara Donaldson, 24, who was hired Sept. 5 to be the society's new education and outreach coordinator.

Donaldson, originally from DuBois, graduated from Clarion University with a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in library and information science with a specialization in local and archival studies.

This is an excerpt from a story that appears in Sunday's Butler Eagle.