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Butler Area Public Library on McKean St in Butler on Wednesday October 17, 2018.(Justin Guido photo)

Patrons eat a Cajun seafood boil during Fat Tuesday at The Beacon Hotel in Forward Township on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The restaurant serves a Fat Tuesday menu every month, but on the actual holiday they expect over 200 customers. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle 3/1/22

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Kirkland Campbell, with Growing Together Aquaponics, cleans the tilapia tank Monday, March 13, 2023, at the farm in Slippery Rock. Campbell has worked in the program for three years. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Marena Toth, chief operating officer, left, and Robert Arnhold, chief executive officer and president of the board of directors, both of Growing Together Aquaponics, pose Monday, March 13, 2023, for a portrait at the end of the operation's growing beds in Slippery Rock. Growing Together Aquaponics mentors people with disabilities to aid in job skills development. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Garth Diehm, with Growing Together Aquaponics, takes notes while tending crops on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the farm inside the North Country Brewing production facility in Slippery Rock. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Kendal Kuhns, left, and Joy Mangiapane use a waterproof camera on Monday, March 13, 2023, to check the tilapia in the aquaponics system at Growing Together Aquaponics in Slippery Rock. Mangiapane started working in the program three months ago. Growing Together Aquaponics mentors people with disabilities to teach job skills. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Kendal Kuhns, with Growing Together Aquaponics, checks plants in the coarse-growing bed at their facility in Slippery Rock on Monday, March 13, 2023. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Tori Leonti, with Growing Together Aquaponics, harvests a head of lettuce Monday, March 12, 2023, at the farm in Slippery Rock. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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Equipment is seen Friday, March 17, 2023, at UPMC Passavant Sportsplex at Graham Park. Work is now underway on a project that will replace the existing tennis courts with six new pickleball courts beneath an air dome system. New tennis courts will be built where the existing basketball courts are located, while new basketball courts will replace the existing bocce courts. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Seven Fields Town Park Pool’s concession stand was completed as part of the first phase in the borough’s renovation project. 2023

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Brad Thomas owner of Thoma's Meat Market in Saxonburg carries out a hind qt of beef from the meat locker on Thursday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/9/23

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Brad Thomas owner of Thoma's Meat Market in Saxonburg lays down a hind quarter of beef from the meat locker on Thursday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/9/23

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From left, Paul Thomas, Brad holding 2-year-old Brody and 4-year-old Brycen, and Paul Jr. all stand together inside the meat locker March 9 at Thoma Meat Market in Saxonburg. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 2023

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From left to right Brian Thomas, Brad, Brody, 2, Brycen, 4, and Paul Jr. all stand together inside the meat locker at Thoma Meat Market in Saxonburg. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/9/23

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From left to right Paul Jr. Brian Thomas, Brycen, 4, and Brad Thomas make up four generations of the Thoma family. They all stand together outside of Thoma Meat Market in Saxonburg. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/9/23

0319_SPO_Sweeting: Former Slippery Rock University wide receiver and current Vegas Viper Cinque Sweeting listens to a question during a press conference following last Sunday's loss to the D.C. Defenders. Sweeting had two touchdowns in the contest. Brendan Howe/Butler Eagle