Photo gallery for Wednesday, July 31, 2019
2019-07-31 01:00:00
Terry Foertsch, left, his dad, Vernon and children, Timothy, 11, and Granite, 15, of Saxonburg recently cut about 1½ acres of oats with an old-fashioned grain binder on Guy Daubenspeck's farm in Connoquennessing Township. The Foertsch family and others will be separating the straw and chaff from the grain using a threshing machine at the 2019 Butler Farm Show. The 71st Butler Farm Show starts on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.
Meredith Cherry and her horse, Apollo, are traveling across America to raise awareness about domestic violence issues. Their four-year journey will take them through 48 states. They passed through Butler County on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Knoch senior Sammy Jo Barnes is looking for big things this season in her final year of cross country and track and field star.Submitted photo
Butler native Catie Brown poses in the orchestra pit at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Brown is in demand both as a keyboard player and as a musical director in productions in Pittsburgh.submitted photo
Danner Sweeney, 13, of Chicora talks to Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe, right, and Deputy Walter Widenhofer in Slupe’s office Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Tanner was selected to take part in a big-game hunt in Arizonawith the help of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.NATHAN BOTTIGER/BUTLER EAGLE
Zelienople Manager Don Pepe reads to children and parents gathered Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at the gazebo in Community Park. Pepe’s story focused on community helpers and careers children might want to have as adults. The weekly story time event is held at 11 a.m. each Tuesday and features special guest readers, as well as activities. No registration is required for the free event.J.W. Johnson Jr./BUTLER EAGLE
A pickup truck traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike through Cranberry Township on Tuesday morning, July 30, 2019, reportedly left the road, coming to rest on a soccer field in Graham Park.J.W. Johnson Jr./BUTLER EAGLE
The Miller family of Saxonburg won the Eagle Bowl title at the 2018 Butler Farm Show. From left, are Garrett, Tyler, Stacy, Brian and Austin Miller. The 71st Butler Farm Show starts on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Danner Sweeney, 13, of Chicora was made an honorary sheriff’s deputy by Butler County Judge S. Michael Yeager on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, while county Sheriff Michael Slupe looks on.NATHAN BOTTIGER/BUTLER EAGLE
Danner Sweeney, 13, of Chicora was made an honorary sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.NATHAN BOTTIGER/BUTLER EAGLE
Route 68 was closed Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 2019, after a vehicle accident near Butler First Church of the Nazarene. Butler Township police said a woman crashed the vehicle into a pole at the intersection of Route 68 and Oakdale Road around 5 p.m. The woman suffered minor injuries. Power wires were down across Route 68, and police said the road was closed from Oakdale Road to Eberhart Road until West Penn Power arrived at the scene.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Danner Sweeney, 13, of Chicora was made an honorary sheriff’s deputy by Butler County Judge S. Michael Yeager on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, while county Sheriff Michael Slupe looks on.NATHAN BOTTIGER/BUTLER EAGLE
