Central Collegiate graduate Harry Lin is the recipient of this year’s Dubinsky Family Scholarship.
Lin graduated in June with an average of 99.7 per cent and was accepted into the bachelor of science with honours program at the University of Alberta.
Besides eye-popping academics, Lin participated in several extracurricular activities at school, including badminton and track and field. He was also heavily involved in competitive tennis and swimming for many years.
In the community, he held various jobs, including coaching tennis, working for Elections Canada and at Prairie Berries. At the same time, he volunteered with the Moose Jaw Flying Fins swim club and Wakamow Indigenous Powwow. He has also helped at several summer tennis camps over the years.
During its Sept. 12 regular meeting, city council unanimously received and filed the scholarship report, while Mayor Clive Tolley presented the scholarship at the start of the meeting to Lin’s father, Jing Dong (Jonathan) Lin, since the youth was already in school.
“We wish Harry all the best with his studies at the University of Alberta,” the mayor said.
Meanwhile, the 2022 Snowbirds Scholarship went to Emma Cherney from Central Collegiate.
“These young students are a credit to our community,” Tolley added.
In 1982, the City of Moose Jaw entered into a trust agreement with Boris Dubinsky and Administrative Consultants Limited. The purpose was to establish an endowment that the municipality would hold, with interest from the main endowment awarded annually as part of a scholarship to a Moose Jaw high school student pursuing university or college.
The scholarship amount is supposed to be equivalent to the income the trust fund earned in the preceding 12-month period. The fund’s trustee is not allowed to use the principle — or any portion thereof — for any purpose other than earning income for scholarship awards.
The directors of education from Prairie South and Holy Trinity Catholic school divisions determine which nominated graduate should receive the scholarship.
The next regular meeting is Monday, Sept. 26.
