ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FOR 2009

Ellington graduate receives scholarship
 
 By Journal Inquirer Staff
 
 ELLINGTON - The Crystal Lake Association has awarded the 2009 Molly West
 Memorial Scholarship to Molly Ducharme, a former student at Crystal Lake
 School and a recent graduate of Ellington High School.
 
 Ducharme will be attending Dowling College in New York this fall where she
 will major in environmental sciences. Ducharme demonstrated significant
 commitment to the community while in high school through four years of
 service with the Ellington Rescue Post 512, a news release says. She also
 earned MRT and EMT designations and provided leadership as a membership
 second vice president and in her senior year served as president of the
 rescue post, the release said.
 
 The scholarship was for $500.
 
 "The primary mission of the Crystal Lake Association is to preserve,
 protect, and improve the Crystal Lake community. This often takes the form
 of monitoring water quality or working with town and state government to
 control invasive plant species," said Walter Moody, director of the
 Crystal  Lake Association.

 "In awarding this scholarship, funded by private donations in memory of
 Molly West, a lake community resident and past president of the Crystal
 Lake Association. The association honors the memory of Molly West, by rewarding the
 efforts of our youth, and invests in the future."