2015 Club Scholarship Awards...
Fenwick Island Lions Club
Club Scholarship Awards!
Fenwick Island Lions Club Awards
$9,000 in Scholarships to
Indian River High School Seniors
At
the
April
board
meeting,
the
Fenwick
Island
Lions
Club
voted
unanimously
to
award
$9,000
in
scholarships
to
Indian
River
High
School
seniors.
Six
scholarships
were
awarded—a
$4,000
scholarship
named
in
honor
of
the
long
serving
chairman
of
the
Scholarship
Committee—John
Furlow,
a
$1,000
scholarship
in
the
name
of
the
Club’s
founder
Noble
Simpson,
plus
two
additional
$1,000
scholarships.
In
addition
and
thanks
to
the
generosity
of
family
members
of
former
club
members,
the
club
was
able
to
award
two
more
1,000
scholarships—the
Ce
&
Skip
Higgins Memorial Scholarship and the Cly Rankin Memorial Scholarship.
This
year
the
club
received
nine
applications
from
Indian
River
High
School
seniors
and
on
April
29
th
the
Scholarship
Committee,
consisting
of
John
Furlow,
Bob
Pretty,
Bruce
and
Sharon
Schoonover
and
Judd
Bennett,
met
with
the
applicants.
In
awarding
the
scholarships,
the
committee
considered
academic
standing,
financial
need,
community
service
involvement,
extracurricular
activities
and
the
applicant’s
ability
to
communicate.
Commenting
on
the
process,
Club
president
Bruce
Schoonover
said
“It
is
always
a
difficult
job
to
select
the
winners
and
I
only
wish
that
our
club
could
do
more.
All
of
us
were
truly
impressed
with
every
one
of
the
applicants—their
academic achievements, and how well rounded and personable they were.”
The
Past
President
of
the
Club,
Jean
Bertram
and
Scholarship
Committee
chair,
John
Furlow
presented
winners
of
the
club’s
awards
at
the
traditional
Indian
River
High
School
Awards
Ceremony on Wednesday May 20
th
Receiving the $4,000 John Furlow Scholarship was Alexandra Long, daughter of Stacey
Goodman and Steven Long of Dagsboro. She will enter Salisbury University this fall as an
education major with her career goal of becoming a teacher.
Sarah
Buchler
,
daughter
of
Carol
and
Brett
Buchler
of
Frankford,
was
awarded
the
$1,000
Noble
Simpson
Scholarship.
Sarah,
who
had
the
distinction
of
being
number
one
academically
in
her
class
for
three
years
running,
will
attend
University
of
Delaware
where
she
will
pursue her unbridled interest, love and enthusiasm for teaching.
Alison
Jennings,
daughter
of
Patricia
and
Doug
Jennings
of
Dagsboro,
has
received
$1,000
Ce
&
Skip
Higgins
Scholarship
and
will
attend
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
where
she
will
pursue
her
life-long interest in biology, with an emphasis on environmental science.
Sean
Whelen,
son
of
Mary
Ellen
and
Jeff
Whelen
of
Ocean
View,
was
awarded
the
$
1,000
Cly
Rankin
Scholarship
and
this
fall
he
will
begin
his
studies
at
Wesley
College,
where
he
will
pursue
his
interest
in
sports
medicine
with
a
goal
of
ultimately opening his own business.
Amber
Watson,
daughter
of
Christine
Houston
and
Ryan
Watson
of
Dagsboro,
was
awarded
a
$1,000
Scholarship.
Amber
will
also
be
attending
Wesley
College
with a career goal in the medical field as a registered nurse, working in the OR or ER
.
Finally,
Margaret
Allison,
daughter
of
Kimberly
and
James
Allison
of
Frankford,
received
a
$1000
Scholarship
.
Maggie,
will
attend
Towson
University
in
the
fall
where
she
will
pursue
her
interest
in
speech
pathology
and
audiology.
She
has
a
desire
to
ultimately
put
her
studies
to
use
here
in
Sussex
County.
Founder & Long Time Co-Chair of the Scholarship
Committee Lion John Furlow
Lion John and Presenter Committee Members
PP Jean Bertram & Lion Tamer Debbie Moreland
await their turn
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