MultimediaSlideshows Community snapshots By mycitizensnews - September 6, 2013 0 74 Prospect Grange President Timothy Meehan, right, presents Doris Welton, a longtime resident of Prospect, with a 75 year membership award. Welton and her late husband, Joseph, joined Prospect Grange in April 1937. They were very active for many years. Welton keeps active in her gardens around her home every day in good weather. –CONTRIBUTED Former Hillside Middle School teachers Fred and Jeanne Scheithe hosted a ‘no class’ reunion for classes from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s at the Naugatuck Elks Lodge Aug. 17. Pictured, members of the Hillside classes of the 1970s come together for group photos. –CONTRIBUTED Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Michael Jankovsky of Prospect prepares to throw out the first pitch at a New Britain Rock Cats game Aug.13 at the New Britain Rock Cats stadium. Children representing libraries that participated IN the Reading Books in Summer program this year were chosen to throw out first pitches at Rock Cats games Aug. 13, Aug. 14 and Aug. 15. The children were joined on the field by the team mascot Rocky. –CONTRIBUTED U.S. Army sergeants Curtiss Howard Leilich and Nathan Leo DeBaca present June Ottowell, left, and Carol Butler both of Naugatuck, with the U.S. Army Citizen Service Award for 2013 Aug. 20 at the Naugatuck Senior Center. The Army recognized Butler and Ottowell for 10 years of voluntary work at the senior center, including their creative efforts on the center’s annual Holiday Bazaar. –CONTRIBUTED Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Volunteers from Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan helped out at a Special Olympics Connecticut Northwest Region Christmas in July themed dance for athletes at Veterans Memorial Park in Watertown on July 21. Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan set up a craft table for athletes to make their own sun visors with members of the bank. –CONTRIBUTED Volunteers from Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan helped out at a Special Olympics Connecticut Northwest Region Christmas in July themed dance for athletes at Veterans Memorial Park in Watertown on July 21. Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan set up a craft table for athletes to make their own sun visors with members of the bank. –CONTRIBUTED Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL Former Hillside Middle School teachers Fred and Jeanne Scheithe hosted a ‘no class’ reunion for classes from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s at the Naugatuck Elks Lodge Aug. 17. Pictured, members of the Hillside classes of the 1980s come together for group photos. –CONTRIBUTED Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck rolled out the red carpet for the first day of school Sept. 4. –LUKE MARSHALL U.S. Army sergeants Curtiss Howard Leilich and Nathan Leo DeBaca present June Ottowell, left, and Carol Butler both of Naugatuck, with the U.S. Army Citizen Service Award for 2013 Aug. 20 at the Naugatuck Senior Center. The Army recognized Butler and Ottowell for 10 years of voluntary work at the senior center, including their creative efforts on the center’s annual Holiday Bazaar. –CONTRIBUTED