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Scholarships

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union recently awarded scholarships. From left: Devonta Robinson, Science and Technology Magnet School; Jennifer Jules, Norwich Free Academy; Donna Guillot in place of Emma Guillot, Killingly High School; Brian A. Orenstein, Charter Oak’s Chief Executive Officer; Bridget Holte, Academy of the Holy Family; Lori Donovan, Ledyard High School; and Kasey Russell, Robert E. Fitch Senior High School. Courtesy photo.

 

 

GROTON — Charter Oak Federal Credit Union awarded $14,000 in scholarships to seven local students at its Annual Meeting April 24.

Five students were awarded with a Community Scholarship. Recipients were Jennifer Jules of Taftville, a Norwich Free Academy student; Robert Diaz of New London, a student at Eastern Connecticut State University; Bridget Holte of Sprague, a student at the Academy of the Holy Family; Lori Donovan of Gales Ferry, a Ledyard High School student; and Kasey Russell of Groton, a student at Robert E. Fitch Senior High School.

Two additional scholarships were awarded in memory of two longtime employees, LuAnn Dugas and Louise Jackson. The LuAnn Dugas Memorial Scholarship was presented by Tom Dugas, husband of the late LuAnn Dugas, to Devonta Robinson of Groton. Devonta is a student at the Science and Technology Magnet School.

The Louise Jackson Community Outreach Scholarship was presented to Emma Guillot of Dayville, who attends Killingly High School. The Community Outreach Scholarship is funded entirely by Charter Oak employees, who raise money by paying a small fee each week to participate in the credit union’s casual-dress campaign.

Charter Oak awards seven $2,000 scholarships on an annual basis as part of its Community Giving Program, which has awarded more than $850,000 since its inception in 2009. Scholarship applications will become available again in January 2015.

 

Then 

This is one of the first post offices, photographed in the 1800s. Putnam Town Crier file photos.

 

& Now

This is the same corner today.

 

 

Girls’ Softball 

Softball 

programs

pile up

victories

By Ron P. Coderre

Every high school girls’ softball team made it to the Win column last week with the exception of Woodstock Academy.  Putnam, Ellis Tech and Tourtellotte enjoyed two-win weeks, while Killingly and Plainfield also managed one win each.

The warm weather appeared to warm up the aluminum bats as Killingly, Tourtellotte, Putnam and Ellis Tech won games in which the scores resembled the results from football or basketball games more so than softball.

Constitution State Conference 

Teams Playing Well

Putnam High School girls’ softball added two wins to the ledger just prior to prom night.  The Lady Clippers comfortably took the measure of Cheney Tech 15-1 and Classical Magnet 15-3 behind the serves of star hurler Mackenzie Livingston.  She limited the Lady Techsters to one hit and the “Magnet Chicks” to six bingles.

The Ellis Tech ladies also got very offensive last week, beating Grasso Tech 20-5 and Prince Tech 30-1 in five innings.  Ana Riddick raised her record in the circle to 4-1, pitching the Eagles to both victories.  Ellis Tech had a combined 41 hits in the two wins.

Tourtellotte, after dropping four straight games, took out its wrath on Windham Tech pasting the Lady Techsters 23-3 and 26-6 in a doubleheader sweep.  Crystal Daly was the winning pitcher in the opener and Julie Szamocki picked up the victory in the nightcap.  Daly had a pair of doubles as she aided her cause in the first game.  Overall the Lady Tigers amassed 30 hit in the twinbill.

Earlier in the week it took Montville eight innings before they bested the Lady Tigers and tough luck loser Halie Poirier 5-3.  Griswold behind the strong arm of Kristen Drobiak slapped the Lady Tigers 21-2, as Tourtellotte stands at 4-4 overall and 0-4 in the Eastern Connecticut Small Division.

Plainfield split a pair of games edging Wheeler 2-0 and losing to Bacon Academy 9-4.  Keri Lehtonen fanned 10 Wheeler batters on the way to feeding the Lions a big fat bagel.  Bacon then fried the Panthers as Plainfield could only garner four hits in the loss.  Chivon Burns had a home run in the loss, which dropped the Lady Panthers below the .500 mark on the season at 4-5.

Killingly picked up its second victory of the year with a 10-4 win over the Lyman Lady Bulldogs.  Mikayla Pasco and Karlee Miller with three hits apiece paced the 2-5 Redgal offense.  Woodstock was shutout by Bacon 5-0.  The loss dropped the Centaurs to 1-7 on the year and 0-3 in the ECC Large Division.

RPC’s Super Standings

Putnam 7-4; Ellis Tech 6-3; Marianapolis 5-1; Pomfret 4-1; Tourtellotte 4-4; Plainfield 4-5; Killingly 2-5; Woodstock Academy 1-7.