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AmericanLegionMount Lassen post #167 awarded students from eight local schools American Legion student certificates and medals. The awards are based on the students' cour- age, honor, leadership, pa- triotism, service and schol- arship, all of which if cul- tivated are calculated to result in better citizenship. Schools and honorees were included Sacred Heart School Sophia Rubright and James Nichols; Reeds Creek Elementary Carly Storms; Gerber Union Elementary Alex Mendoza and Anahis Martinez; Manton Joint El- ementary Jade Deter and Gabriel Mancino; Berren- dos Middle School Ashton Smith and Jordon Munoz; Vista Preparatory Acad- emy Justin Nicholls and Johanna Wiltse; Plum Val- ley Elementary Tristen Ness and Sacramento River Dis- covery Charter School Jes- sica Rogers and Brandon Quinn. AWARDS AmericanLegionawards certificates and medals COURTESYPHOTO Legionnaire Clark Silliman congratulates Sacramento River Discovery Charter School students Jessica Rogers and Brandon Quinn on their being awarded certificates and medals. Reba Barnwell, a 2010 graduate of Red Bluff High School, graduated with a double major in Accountancy and Finance from Boise State Univer- sity during its 94th com- mencement ceremony held on May 17. She is the daughter of Henry and Debi Barnwell of Red Bluff. Reba has taken a posi- tion with the Cooper-Nor- man accounting firm in the Twin Falls, Idaho area while pursuing her Certi- fied Public Accounting des- ignation. Boise State recognized spring graduates in its largest ceremony to date with 1,637 graduates par- ticipating in the com- mencement ceremony. In all 2,307 students were el- igible to receive 2,479 de- grees. DEGREES EARNED Barnwell graduates from Boise State A graduate of Red Bluff High School and a gradu- ate of Los Molinos High School have been given $500 scholarships by the Tehama Shooters Associ- ation. Previously this organi- zation has given awards to Shasta College students, but this is the first year that scholarships have been of- fered to high school grad- uates regardless of their school of choice. This year's recipients are Joshua Jackson of Red Bluff and Jase Northup of Los Molinos. Joshua will be attend- ing the Fire Academy at College of the Siskiyous with the goal of complet- ing that program and at- taining an associate's de- gree in Fire Science. He would like to eventu- ally work for Cal Fire. Joshua is the son of Matt and Pam Jackson of Red Bluff. Jase will be attend- ing Chico State to com- plete his pre-veterinary work before transferring to Oregon State with the plan of eventually obtain- ing his Doctorate in Vet- erinary Medicine. Jase is the son of Rick and Sta- cey Nothup of Los Moli- nos. SCHOLARSHIPS Te ha ma S ho ot er s As so ci at io n awards two scholarships Four Tehama County stu- dents were awarded $250 each in honor of receiv- ing the inaugural Tehama County Republicans Com- munity Service Scholarship. Madelyne Henderson of Corning, Megan Lynn DiDio of Red Bluff and Adrian Garcia Zatary and Consuelo Langarica-Bar- raza both of Los Molinos all received awards total- ing $1,000. The role of community service in being a good and contributing citizen is the focus of a new scholarship being offered to students by the Tehama County Repub- lican Party. "As a committee we felt this was one way we could invest into the future," said Jill Botts, scholarship com- mittee chairwoman. "Most scholarships reward those students who stand out ac- ademically, and that's im- portant, but we also want to honor those who do a lot in order to better the com- munity of which they are parts." The new scholarship was open to all qualifying high school seniors in Tehama County. Applicants must be a member of the grad- uating class from any pub- lic, private, charter or home school in Tehama County who has maintained at least a 2.0 grade point average in high school. Applicants were asked to complete an application, provide two letters of refer- ence and to submit an es- say detailing their commu- nity service and why com- munity service is important in being a contributing cit- izen. Out of the 22 appli- cants, 11 where chosen as finalist and interviewed. The number of recipients and amount awarded was determined by the scholar- ship committee. The final determination was based on the applicant's essay, in- terview and financial need. "It was encouraging to meet so many young peo- ple who understood what community service was all about," said Joyce Bundy, a committee member. "They were all inspiring." The Tehama County Re- publican Central Commit- tee hopes to make this an annual award that will help support worthy recip- ients who plan on pursu- ing a course of study lead- ing to a post-secondary degree or certificate from a college, university, com- munity college or voca- tional school. The school where such studies are to be pursued shall be accred- ited and approved by the appropriate State Depart- ment of Education. SCHOLARSHIPS Tehama County Republicans recognize community service Wade Kittle graduated from Southern Oregon University June 14 with a degree in Business and Communications. Wade is the son of Joe and Sherri Kittle of Red Bluff. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY Ki tt le e ar ns d eg re e in business, communications Thirty students from Te- hama County are heading off to camp at Shasta Col- lege in Red Bluff to get a hands-on education in wa- ter science and drought. The day camp is coordi- nated by the College Op- tions UC Davis Gear Up program, which helps stu- dents prepare to enter and succeed in college. "Water is a limited re- source, and we'll be dis- cussing the implications of that throughout the week," said Karissa More- house, director of UC Da- vis' Gear Up program in Tehama County. Graduates from the 8th grade at Maywood Mid- dle School in Corning and Vista Preparatory Academy in Red Bluff begin camp on June 23. They'll work directly with wastewater treatment experts, an en- vironmental education and watershed expert, an irri- gation systems specialist and a chemist to gain an understanding of the com- plex issue that is Califor- nia's water. At the end of the week together the stu- dents will produce a pub- lic awareness campaign poster on a water related is- sue of their choice to be dis- played in the community. The goal of the program is to provide students a unique educational sum- mer opportunity that en- hances their knowledge in the sciences and con- nects them to viable ca- reer fields while learning about a fundamental nat- ural resource, water. The week will include a field trip to Whiskeytown Lake and Shasta Dam, which sits at only 44 percent of water capacity due to the drought. This program was developed in partner- ship with the Shasta Col- lege Tehama Campus, Te- hama County Department of Education, Tehama County Resource Conser- vation District, and the Job Training Center to create a curriculum which com- bines local knowledge, re- sources, and career ex- perts to reinforce science, literacy, technology, and math skills. Program activities run 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., June 23, 24, 26 and 27 at Shasta College Tehama Campus. Field trip to Shasta Dam andWhiskeytownLakewill run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25. Student presentations and a celebration dinner with students' families and community members are set for 6-8 p.m. June 27 at the Shasta College Tehama Campus Community Room patio. For additional informa- tion and details, call con- tact Karissa Morehouse at 530-570-7717. EDUCATION Teens learn about drought at science of water camp By Candice Choi TheAssociatedPress NEWYORK The scholarship portion of a new education program Starbucks is offer- ing to help workers pay for an online degree consists of a discount from Arizona State University, not money from the chain. The Seattle-based com- pany this week unveiled a benefit that is designed to let college juniors and se- niors complete their de- grees at Arizona State, with all of the costs covered. For the freshman and sopho- mores years, workers would pay a reduced tuition. A major aspect of the pro- gram is an upfront scholar- ship that Starbucks said is an investment between it- self and Arizona State. When asked how much of that scholarship portion the company is providing, Starbucks initially said fi- nancial terms weren't be- ing disclosed. Following the announce- ment, however, Arizona State University Presi- dent Michael Crow told The Chronicle of Higher Education that Starbucks is not contributing any money toward the scholar- ship portion. Instead, Ari- zona State will essentially charge workers less than the sticker price for online tuition. Starbucks confirmed Thursday that the schol- arship is a reduced tuition rate from Arizona State. It estimates the reduction in tuition would average about $6,500 over two years for total tuition of $30,000 for the freshman and sopho- more years. For the junior and senior years, Starbucks said the discount provided by Arizona State would amount to about $12,600 of the $30,000 total. To cover the remainder in the freshman and soph- omore years, workers would apply for financial aid, such as Pell grants, and pay for the rest either out of pocket or by taking out loans. Star- bucks would bear no costs in those years. For the junior and senior years, Starbucks would re- imburse workers for what- ever tuition they had to cover either upfront or through loans, once they complete 21 credits. Matt Ryan, chief strategy officer for Starbucks, said Thursday that for a work- er's junior and senior years, the company could poten- tially cover up to 58 per- cent of the tuition, in cases where workers didn't qual- ify for grants. If workers did qualify for grants, he said Starbucks could be responsible for very little, if anything. He noted that workers financial situa- tions can vary greatly. Laurel Harper, a Star- bucks spokeswoman, said previously that the compa- ny's analysis with ASU found most of its workers would qualifyforfederalPellgrants. A representative for Ar- izona State deferred ques- tions about the program to Starbucks. The program, which has been widely praised because education bene- fits are rare for low-wage workers, brought attention to the struggles people face in paying for college. It is unusual because workers can pick from 40 different degree programs and aren't required to stay with Star- bucks after they complete their degrees. It's not clear how much the program will end up costing Starbucks. But Ryan said the company ex- pects that it will "for sure" be a much bigger invest- ment than its current tu- ition reimbursement pro- gram, which will be phased out by 2015. That program offers up to $1,000 a year to take classes at City University of Seattle orStrayerUniversity,withno limit on the number of years they can apply. Since it was rolled out in October 2011, Starbucks said the program has cost it $6.5 million. Mark Kantrowitz, pub- lisher of EdVisors.com, a website about paying for col- lege, said the program could benefit all parties involved. Workers could get a chance at a degree from Arizona State University at a reduced rate. Arizona State could get a revenue boost from federal aid and out-of-pocket costs workers and Starbucks later pays. And Starbucks could at- tract a better pool of work- ers and burnish its corpo- rate image. Starbucks said its work- ers are "embracing this ben- efit with overwhelming ex- citement; ASU has seen an enormous uptick in inter- est." SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Starbucks degree program not as simple as it seems ALAN DIAZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A customer enjoys a coffee at Starbucks in Miami in 2011. It turns out Starbucks isn't contributing any upfront scholarship money to an online college degree program it introduced on Monday. 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