The 2013 Thelma and Anthony P. Cecere Scholarship Fund has been awarded.

Shortly after Anthony P. Cecere passed away in 2002, his son Anthony M. Cecere set up a Scholarship fund for a member of the Yorktown Heights Engine Company Junior Corp.
He named the fund after his mother and father because of their dedication to the town and more so to the Engine Company.
Moving to Yorktown and opening the well known Yorktown Pharmacy in 1930, Anthony P. (DOC) Cecere joined the Yorktown Heights Engine Co. #1. Responding to many calls and helping out in many of the fundraising events, the Doc played a more important roll as time moved forward. With the increase of fire calls and Doc. Cecere's business growing, arrangements were made so Anthony or his wife Thelma would be able to answer the fire emergency phone and transmit radio communications right from the Yorktown Pharmacy for the Engine Company. Anthony and his wife Thelma had been the day time dispatchers for many years. To this day parts of the old phone system still exist.
This year's 2013 Thelma and Anthony P. Cecere Scholarship has been awarded to Timothy Keiling. During Tim's time in the Junior Corp. he has shown a mature, responsible, and assertive attitude towards all endeavors he partakes in. Tim will be furthering his education in Maryland and will be continuing his fire training in a ride-a-long/bunk program.
The members of the Junior Corp Committee and the members of the Scholarship Committee congratulate Timothy Keiling on a job well done.