On Thursday night, Joe, Giselle and I went with John to the Doubletree Hotel in Burlingame where the Fire Buffs were going to honor him with a scholoarship. The Fire Buffs are a group that are called by the Fire Departments in San Mateo County when they have long calls. This group has been bringing food and water to firefighters who are hungry for many years. Since 1995 they have been giving a scholarship to one of the Fire Students at CSM. This year it went to John. Yes, there were only 5 applicants, but not all students were qualified to apply. It was a small scholarship, but a scholarship nonetheless. We were in the presence of the Fire Buffs heirarchy, many chiefs from the county, Keith Marshall, the CSM Fire Program Leader, and Chief Uncle Ron. I know that John appreciated Ron taking time to come to the ceremony.