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With Spring finally arriving and the weather warming up, Nate Moody, 11, of Uniontown makes the most of it by going in for a practice layup on Saturday at Areford Park in South Union Township.
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Isabella Packrone (left), 8, of Uniontown and her sister Gabriella, 6, warm up for their upcoming softball season with their parents on Saturday at Areford Park in South Union Township. Isabella and Gabriella both play for the R.W. Clark Softball League.
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For the past 20 years, the Barry family of Brownsville, Pa. has celebrated their Irish heritage with a private family celebration on St. Patrick's Day. The event draws 300 family members every year and takes several weeks of preparation.
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Ron Barry displays the family crest which was brought over from Ireland by his uncle. The inscription at the bottom is French for "push forward."
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Proudly sporting his traditional Irish tweed cap, Ron Barry of Brownsville displays a "shilelagh" which is an Irish blackthorn walking stick.
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Pastor Ron Hudson offers up prayer for the friends and families of Trevor McFadden and De'Andre Jones, who died in a car accident Wednesday afternoon, during a vigil at Calvary Baptist Church in South Union Township on Friday evening. Hudson offered up the words that "if we can hurt together, then we can heal together."
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Cairae Fitzgerald (right), cousin of the late De'Andre Jones, is embraced by her aunt Vicki Steckley at a prayer vigil at Calvary Baptist Church in South Union Township on Friday evening. Jones died alongside classmate Trevor McFadden in a car accident Wednesday afternoon.
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| St. Helen Church was originally founded in 1917 as a Slovak Parish in the neighborhood of East Pittsburgh. |
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| The current church was built in 1929 while the original building was transformed into a social hall. |
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| St. Helen merged with St. William Church to form Holy Cross Parish in 1994 when the declining community could no longer support two independent parishes. |
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| St. Helen's bell was forged by the McShane Bell Foundry Co. in Baltimore Md. in 1932 |
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| In 2013, financial difficulties caused the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to begin considering the future of the parish. |
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| It was announced in February, 2014 that lack of finances would cause both churches to close by the end of the year. |
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| Services will continue through the end of April, 2014 when the parish will be discontinued. |
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Candles are laid out in preparation for the Uniontown Area Anti-Violence Movement during a candlelight vigil on Saturday evening at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown. The vigil was held to honor the victims of community violence and to help raise awareness for the movement.
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Adrianne Wilson of Uniontown lights candles for the Uniontown Area Anti-Violence Movement during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.
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Pa. State Representative Tim Mahoney speaks about the importance of community involvement during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.
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Malachi Thompson, 7, of McClellandtown warms his hands on a candle during Saturday evening's anti-violence vigil at the East End United Community Center in Uniontown.
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