ABOVE: Panther Valley students, from left, Stephen Hood, Jonathan Kelvis, Brad Hood and Aiden Rohrbach scrub the hood of a car during a car wash at McDonald's in Nesquehoning on Saturday by the Panther Valley Class of 2023 for the family of Troy and Julie Gower. Julie is a teacher in the Panther Valley School District. Besides losing their home in a fire in Mahoning Township earlier this month, their daughter, Vahnne, 9, died. Troy was critically injured with severe burns. Another son also sustained burns that required hospitalization. RIGHT: Panther Valley students, from front to back, Madison Henthorne, Izabella Schuler and Craig Conville work at cleaning one of the many cars who came out for the carwash. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

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