[RP TownTalk] Awards, Guy Tiberio Celebrated Tonight @ 7 at Town Hall

Wed Feb 26 19:26:14 UTC 2014

* 2nd Year Lions Club Scholarships For GPAs, Service*

* Awards, Guy Tiberio Celebrated Tonight @ 7 at Town Hall*

*Riverdale Park, MD.  Feb. 26, 2014* -- The Riverdale Lions Club and
Riverdale Park Council member Jonathan Ebbeler (Ward 1) today announced the
winners of their second annual scholarship program that recognizes a pair
of area students with $1,000 each in scholarship funding to help further
their educations.

*Carol Anne Bosco*, of College Park, and *Kelsey Jarman*, of Riverdale
Park, will receive awards this evening (Wednesday) when the Lions meet at
the Riverdale Park Town Hall at 7 pm. *Lucia Kilday*, an 18-year-old
Hyattsville resident who attends Bladensburg's Elizabeth Seton High School,
will receive an honorable mention along with a $500 scholarship.

The students were selected for their top-end grade point averages and for
their on-going commitments to community service.

Carol Anne Bosco began playing the cello in school when she was 10 years
old. After graduating from Florida State University with a Bachelor's
Degree in Music Performance, she moved to New Orleans to expand her musical
vocabulary outside of classical playing, as well as to teach with the Youth
Orchestra of the Lower 9th Ward.

[image: Text Box: Carol Anne Bosco]Carol Anne is now attending school at
the University of Maryland and working towards an MM in Music Performance.
While participating in the University Symphony and Opera, as well as
various chamber ensembles, the DC-based orchestra Avanti Chamber Orchestra,
and the occasional theater pit, she teaches lessons and continues to
experiment with adapting the cello to alternative styles of music ranging
from Irish folk groups to her indie rock trio, Call of Crows. The cellist
delighted a packed house last August when she debuted in Riverdale Park at
the Riverdale Park Arts Council's Summer Patio Concert Series and was
invited back to perform at the series "best of" concert the following
month.

"I'm so grateful for all that the Riverdale Lions Club has done for me,
Carol Anne said. "It is a wonderful feeling to be recognized in such a way!"

Kelsey Jarman, 19, an exercise science major at Towson University, is a
sophomore who hopes to become a physical therapist. She is a second-time
winner of the Lions' $1,000 scholarship who completed her last semester
with a 4.0 grade-point average. She has a cumulative grade-point-average of
3.93 over the past three semesters.  A wholly dedicated student, Kelsey has
classes Wednesday evenings so her parents Doug (aka Mister Magic) and Lori
Jarman will accept her award this evening.

Lucia Kilday rows on the varsity crew team and she is the leader of the
Yoga Club, and a member of Ambassadors and Scholars at Seton. Lucia also
does extensive volunteer work at Providence Hospital as well as other local
community organizations. Stuart Eisenberg, her proud dad, also reports that
she's not a bad photographer either. Lucia said she plans to major in
health sciences and eventually become a physician assistant.

The Riverdale Park Lions-Jonathan Ebbeler Scholarship Awards were created
in 2012 by then-King Lion Guy Tiberio and Councilman Ebbeler. Both felt
there were plenty of area students who regularly participated in community
service and maintained high grade-point averages who were in need of
educational funding. Their goal was two-fold: to reward the students' hard
work and community service and to inspire others to achieve higher goals.

Lion Guy Tiberio died Feb. 16 after a bout with cancer. He would have
celebrated his 86th birthday today, Feb. 26. The Riverdale Lions Club will
honor the co-founding member of their 43-year-old chapter this evening at 7
at Town Hall with a special meeting dedicated to his honor. The meeting is
open to all and all are invited to celebrate Guy Tiberio's life and service
to Riverdale Park, Edmonston and surrounding communities. Hors d'oeuvres,
Crudités and beverages will be served.

[image: Text Box: Guy Tiberio]

The Lions Club and Council member Ebbeler were impressed with the
applications they received and are excited to be able to continue offering
educational scholarships to area students. This year, the Town of Riverdale
Park's council voted to contribute an additional $500 to the Lions Club
scholarship fund. The contribution goes a long way to bolstering the annual
awards program.

"The Lions Club is thrilled to create these scholarships and proud of our
young winners who exemplify the energetic and smart generation that will
make tomorrow's leaders and tomorrow's Lions," said King Lion Patrick
Prangley. "I salute Councilman Ebbeler, who represents the essence of what
it means to be a Lion. We thank him and the late King Lion Guy for their
hard work in creating this wonderful scholarship program two years ago."

Prangley added, "the Lions also thank Jonathan for his generous financial
contribution to these scholarships and his tireless efforts to find such
impressive and worthy winners. And we are delighted that the Riverdale Park
Town Council has come aboard to help us help deserving students. We invite
all area businesses and individuals who can contribute to help us in this
very worthy cause. You can do it in the memory of Guy!"

The Lions Club International is a 97-year-old secular service organization
with nearly 1.4 million members worldwide and is perhaps best known for its
work with the blind and for its hearing and speech conservation, diabetes
awareness and youth outreach programs.

The Riverdale Lions Club, chartered in 1971, last year provided eye exams
and glasses for more than 60 Riverdale area youth and needy persons, and
distributed more than 50 food baskets to under privileged families at
Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Each year, the group collects hundreds of used
pairs of eyeglasses that are refurbished and sent to people in need. The
Riverdale Lions Club is also a significant contributor to community arts
and youth programs and last summer was the primary sponsor of the Riverdale
Park Arts Councils' inaugural Summer Patio Concert Series.

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