Katherine Talbott holds a photo of Terri LaManno and her daughter Layla.
Eli Aguilar and his grandmother, Sue Lanyon.
“Terri is obviously here with us today,” Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Director Nicola Heskett said as she awarded the 2015-16 Teresa R. LaManno scholarships to two students.
Terri LaManno was one of three people shot in April 2014 outside the Jewish Community Center and the Village Shalom retirement community in Overland Park. Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as F. Glenn Miller, is on trial this week for those shootings.
Following her death, a scholarship fund set up in LaManno’s name goes annually to young students at CCVI, where LaManno worked as an occupational therapist.
The scholarships were awarded today to Eli Aguilar, 2, and Layna Talbott, 5.
“Terri loved all of her kids and they meant the world to her,” Talbott’s mother, Katherine Talbott said, holding a picture of LaManno working with Layna when the child was younger.
Heskett gave scholarship certificates to the families. She said that CCVI served 399 visually impaired children last year, and the scholarships of $4500 per student cover the cost of occupational therapy for a year for the recipients.
LaManno’s husband Jim told the families he hopes to be able to fund the scholarships for many years to come.
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