A Father's Day Inspired Scholarship

My dad always looked sheepish whenever Father's Day rolled around on the calendar. He spent 364 days a year providing for his family, paying for our educations, and being a fount of wisdom when we asked for his opinion. The fact there was a single day in the year designated to honor just such men as he was fine for the other dads, but it put him at the center of attention and that was not something he was entirely comfortable with. I know how he feels and can relate to what he must have felt every year when we offered our tokens of appreciation and uttered the memorable phrase, "Happy Father's Day!"

This year my brothers and I came up with an idea which surely would have made him blush. We endowed a scholarship at Ridgewood High School in his honor. The John B. McCubbin Higher Education Scholarship will be given to a graduating senior each year who will be attending either college or trade school in the fall. The principal at RHS, Jack Lorenz, will make the selection of the boy or girl from a middle income family, with at least a B average, to receive the $1,000.

I know my dad wouldn't have wanted his full name on the award, but we did it anyway. Thanks for all you did for us, dad. We miss you.