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Photos by Alexandria Mansfield.Local students in the Fantastix youth choir show group rehearse for their anti-bullying musical performances Thursday night in their director’s Cranberry Township home. Members of the show, You Are With It, will take it on the road to perform at assemblies Aug. 31 and Sept. 13 for other students in the Seneca Valley School District. They will also perform for community members Sept. 7 at St. Stephen’s Church in Sharon.

Photos by Alexandria Mansfield.Local students in the Fantastix youth choir show group rehearse for their anti-bullying musical performances Thursday night in their director’s Cranberry Township home. Members of the show, You Are With It, will take it on the road to perform at assemblies Aug. 31 and Sept. 13 for other students in the Seneca Valley School District. They will also perform for community members Sept. 7 at St. Stephen’s Church in Sharon.

Photos by Alexandria Mansfield.Local students in the Fantastix youth choir show group rehearse for their anti-bullying musical performances Thursday night in their director’s Cranberry Township home. Members of the show, You Are With It, will take it on the road to perform at assemblies Aug. 31 and Sept. 13 for other students in the Seneca Valley School District. They will also perform for community members Sept. 7 at St. Stephen’s Church in Sharon.

Photos by Alexandria Mansfield.Local students in the Fantastix youth choir show group rehearse for their anti-bullying musical performances Thursday night in their director’s Cranberry Township home. Members of the show, You Are With It, will take it on the road to perform at assemblies Aug. 31 and Sept. 13 for other students in the Seneca Valley School District. They will also perform for community members Sept. 7 at St. Stephen’s Church in Sharon.

People gather on Main Street for the 2nd annual Butler Italian Festival on Main Street in Butler. 2018

Eric Braken, 23, and Rachael Henry, 22, of Butler meet Gianni Russo from the Godfather at the Butler Italian Festival. 2018 Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Megan, 24, and Denise Geary, 53, both of Pittsburgh, stop by a Patti’s Pastries booth Saturday to pick up cupcakes for a pre-wedding picnic. Megan was scouting out the area, as she was soon getting married at St. Paul’s in Butler. Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Loren Stevenson works at Dulce Mia’s Bakery in Butler. She and family members sold meatballs during the festival. Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Various pastas for sale at a pasta bar during the Butler Italian Festival are shown. Each plate contains about 20 to 30 pounds of pasta. 2018 Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Adnan Quedar, 55, is a painter from Florida who was invited to the Butler Italian festival by its organizers after taking part in the Pittsburgh Italian festival. 2018 Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Ella Heeter, 28, of Cranberry Township shows her son, Rodney, around the Butler Italian Festival. 2018 Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

Festival-goers race to eat piles of pasta at the Butler Italian Festival. The winner of Saturday's pasta eating competition won $100. Competitors were not allowed to use their hands. 2018 Lauryn Halahurich/Butler Eagle

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Butler Baron Jim Shearer, is welcomed to the field by teammates during the opening ceremonies of the Vintage Baseball Game held at Historic Pullman Park on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Abraham Lincoln, played by Dean Weiland, throws out the first pitch of the Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsides. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park in Butler on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Team interpreters (L) Sluggo Smith of the Butler Barons and (R) Jayson Bell of the Pittsburgh Ironsides toss the bat for home field advantage before Vintage Baseball Game held at Historic Pullman Park on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Butler Barons batter Randy Collins admires a base hit during first inning action of a Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsodes. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Butler Barons pitcher Nat McCullough delivers a strike to catcher Jim Shearer in the second inning of a Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsides. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Abraham Lincoln played by Dean Weiland recites Casey at the Bat, a poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, between innings of a Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsides. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park in Butler on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Spectators (L) Brenda Stull and (R) Angela Davis dress in traditional 1860's attire while cheering on a Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsides. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park in Butler on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

58737 - Vintage Baseball - Butler Barons vs Pittsburgh Ironsides

Butler Barons third baseman Cody Harold tags out a Pittsburgh Ironsides runner during late inning action of a Vintage Baseball Game played between the Butler Barons and the Pittsburgh Ironsides. The game was held at Historic Pullman Park in Butler on August 25, 2018. Photo by: Nate Black

Ron DiNicola, the Democratic candidate who will try to unseat US Rep. Mike Kelly in November for the 3rd district, holds a bib from the Butler Italian Festival bought by his canvasser Lynn Spadine-Taylor, right, of Zelienople. DiNicola, of Erie, held the grand opening on Sunday of his new office at 306 N. Main St. Also pictured is Catherine Lalond, the chairwoman of the Butler County Democratic Committee.