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Third grader Thea Cannatella, pictured with her art teacher, Ashley Broderick, won the prestigious Horace Mann Art Award for her drawing of a flower. Rose Lincoln/The Bethel Citizen

WOODSTOCK — To applause from her classmates, third grader Thea Cannatella, headed to the stage at Woodstock Elementary School cafetorium to accept a prestigious art contest award.

She won $500 in the Horace Mann planning calendar art contest, presented at an all-school gathering Dec. 19.

She was the only winner in the state and was one of four finalists in the country.

A $500 “donors choose” was awarded to the school, too.

Rose Lincoln began as a staff writer and photographer at the Bethel Citizen in October 2022. She and her husband, Mick, and three children have been part time residents in Bethel for 30 years and are happy...