NewsCommunityMultimediaSlideshows Community snapshots By mycitizensnews - August 8, 2015 0 72 Luke Verrelli won the Citizen’s News Fourth of July coloring contest in the 9- to 12-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS Pokey, an African crested porcupine, eats an apple during Nature Nick’s Animal Adventures July 30 at St. Michael’s Lyceum in Beacon Falls. The Animal Adventures program was sponsored by the Beacon Falls Library and featured a variety of animals. –LUKE MARSHALL Nick Jacinto, of Nature Nick’s Animal Adventures, shows off Warlock, a Eurasian eagle owl, July 30 at St. Michael’s Lyceum in Beacon Falls during The Animal Adventures program sponsored by the Beacon Falls Library. –LUKE MARSHALL The Hawks Hoops Basketball Camp was held recently at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls. The camp, which was staffed by Woodland alumni and current student-athletes, included a full-day camp for 8- to 14-year-olds and a half day camp for 5- 8-year-olds. -CONTRIBUTED Ben Schwartz hits balls during a fielding drill July 31 during the Future Greyhounds Baseball Camp at Naugatuck High School. Nearly 30 children participated in the week-long camp. –KEN MORSE Students from United Day School in Beacon Falls, from left, Gavin Desrochers, 10, Audrey Fencio, 9, and Olivia Schwenger, 9, promote the school’s lemonade stand July 31 along North Main Street in Beacon Falls. The school sold lemonade to raise money for the food bank operated by St. Michael’s Church. The students raised over $420. It was the fifth year the school sold lemonade as a fundraiser for a local organization. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI The Connecticut Community Foundation awarded over $829,000 in scholarships to area students for the 2015-16 academic year. This total represents more than 360 awards from over 120 scholarship funds established by area donors. Scholarship recipients included the following local students: Beacon Falls residents Stephanie Amato, Zachary Monti, Joseph Poeta and Monica Vitzoski; Naugatuck residents Olivia Conforti, Angelina DeRosa, Evangelina DeRosa, Kassandra Fruin, Katarina Gullotta, Nicole Himmelberger, Mackenzie Huneke, Ayse Hursid, Edesiri Igbuya, Tara Mahoney, Fejiro Okifo, Oghenenyerovwo Faith Okifo, Jamie SaintPaul and Toni Smith; Prospect residents Drew Chura, Eric Dietz, Patrick Dietz, Eric Gomez, Lindsay Hawthorne, Carolyn Luddy, Mitchill Moutinho, Juan Quintero, Ashley Riley, Angeline Rosato, Salma Shitia, Michael Torselli and Brianna Tortora.-CONTRIBUTED Logan Wasilewski slides into third base during a drill July 31 during the Future Greyhounds Baseball Camp at Naugatuck High School. Nearly 30 children participated in the week-long camp. –KEN MORSE Cory Murphy, 7, from the United Day School in Beacon Falls, tops off a cup of lemonade during the school’s lemonade stand July 31 along North Main Street in Beacon Falls. The school sold lemonade to raise money for the food bank operated by St. Michael’s Church. The students raised over $420. It was the fifth year the school sold lemonade as a fundraiser for a local organization. –ELIO GUGLIOTTI Nick Jacinto, of Nature Nick’s Animal Adventures, introduces Lulu, a red kangaroo, to children July 30 at St. Michael’s Lyceum in Beacon Falls. The Animal Adventures program was sponsored by the Beacon Falls Library and featured a variety of animals. –LUKE MARSHALL The Naugatuck Emblem Club celebrated Flag Day in June at Hop Brook School with the Naugatuck Elks Lodge. The club gave its history of the flags presentation, which was assembled by Angela Flamer. -CONTRIBUTED John Strell won the Citizen’s News Fourth of July coloring contest in the 6- to 8-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS The Hawks Hoops Basketball Camp was held recently at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls. The camp, which was staffed by Woodland alumni and current student-athletes, included a full-day camp for 8- to 14-year-olds and a half day camp for 5- 8-year-olds. -CONTRIBUTED Molly Mays won the Citizen’s News Fourth of July coloring contest in the 3- to 5-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS