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The lodge held their monthly meeting on Wednesday Aug. 9 at 5p.m. at Pizza Joe’s. The session began with a pizza luncheon hosted by President Clemmy Sirimarco and served by Trustee Pudue LaCava, Secretary Jackie Perno, Historian Mary Jane Folino, Guard Lois DiFrishcia, and Delegate Esther Santilo. Trustee Patty Regna presented the invocation and extended get well wishes to Vice President Ann Butchelli and member Christine Buccelli. The business session followed with Treasurer Louis Vitullo presenting the financial reports. She noted that some dues for the year 2017 are still outstanding and may be paid by contacting her. Secretary Perno…

Butler, PA – Thirty-one-year-old Amber Self strolled under Butler County Community College’s oak trees, swinging a blue BC3 tote stuffed with a yellow highlighter, black flash drive, dark blue and yellow folders, a blue three-ringed binder – and mechanical pencils and ball-point pens, with which the single mother of three is about to rewrite her life. Self, of Butler, is the first incoming BC3 student to utilize a reverse-referral form distributed by the state Department of Human Services in July. The form follows the agency’s Nov. 1 decision to expand eligibility in the Keystone Education Yields Success program by eliminating…