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WINSTED — At its annual scholarship awards event Monday evening, June 13, The W.L. Gilbert Trust Corporation awarded almost $70,000 in higher education assistance to 59 Gilbert School seniors and alumni.More than 170 award recipients, parents, board members, faculty and staff attended the trust-sponsored awards event in the school auditorium, followed by a coffee and dessert reception. The Gilbert Jazz Combo provided pre-event entertainment.The Gilbert Trust, the non-profit organization that supports the town’s semi-private high school, holds more than $1.5 million in endowed scholarships and other named funds, many of which have been in existence since the early 1900s. The funds were established by graduates, local businesses and other friends of the school and are awarded each year to deserving applicants.One of the highlights of the evening was when trust President Tom Botticelli presented graduating senior Mallory Rotondo with the Phyllis C. Locascio Scholarship. The $10,000 higher-education award, renewable for a total of up to four years, was made possible last year by a generous bequest from the late Ms. Locascio of Winsted. Mallory is the daughter of Cathy and James Rotondo, the director of public works for the town of Winchester. Mallory is headed this fall to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

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