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Hagstrom:EdwinOscar Hagstrom, 69, of Red Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 11at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Houghtby: Michael Allan Houghtby, 65, of Red Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 11at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Hoyt- Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Slye: Richard Lee Slye, 75, of Red Bluff died Thursday, Dec. 11at his home. Ar- rangements are under the direction of Allen & Dahl Funeral Chapel, Anderson. Published Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. Deathnoticesmustbepro- vided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obitu- aries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituar- ies may be placed by mor- tuaries or by families of the deceased and include online publication linked to the newspaper's website. Paid obituaries may be of any length, may run mul- tiple days and offer wide latitude of content, includ- ing photos. Deathnotices sistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta for the Civil Rights Division. "He not only violated the victim, but also his oath to serve and protect, and the trust the community put in him. The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute those who abuse their position and authority to harm those whom they have sworn to protect." United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner an- nounced the sentencing Friday. "Police officers are sworn to protect and to serve the citizens of their commu- nity," Wagner said. "Sexu- ally assaulting a citizen in police custody is the worst betrayal of that duty. Officer Benson not only violated the trust of his community, he let down his fellow offi- cers of the Anderson Police Department who work dil- igently every day to earn that trust." This case was the prod- uct of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation with assistance from the Redding Police De- partment and the Anderson Police Department. Trial Attorney Chiraag Bains from the Justice Depart- ment's Civil Rights Divi- sion and Assistant U.S. At- torney Matthew G. Morris prosecuted the case. "Bryan Benson violated the trust of his community and undermined the rep- utation of all law enforce- ment officers by raping a person in his custody and attempting to cover up his illegal activities. His victim is courageous for coming forward to report this egre- gious crime and we hope today's sentence brings her some peace while her emo- tional and physical wounds heal," said Special Agent in Charge Monica M. Miller of the Sacramento FBI. "FBI is committed to investigating allegations of police miscon- duct and holding those who abuse their oath of office ac- countable for their actions." Anderson Police Chief Michael Johnson said the city fully supported the de- cision. "The city of Ander- son, Anderson Police De- partment and the Shasta County community have suffered through the hor- rific aftermath of this inex- cusable crime. Mr. Benson's breach of trust and abuse of authority cripples the foun- dational integrity of law en- forcement," Johnson said. Officer FROM PAGE 1 cer Sean Baxter, included 13 weeks of instruction for the school's seventh-grad- ers, according to a depart- ment press release. Students spent one hour each week learning about gangs, violence and crime as it relates to the commu- nity, developed personal goals, communication skills and decision-making skills, and learned conflict resolu- tion techniques, according to the release. Students also developed "saying no" skills as well as anger-management skills. The fall semester of GREAT classes, which con- cludes this week, ended with students completing their "Making Vista a Bet- ter Place" projects. One class, police said, created anti-gang, anti-bul- lying and anti-alcohol pre- sentations. Another orga- nized a Red Ribbon week event at the school in which students educated younger students about the risks of drug use. A third class planted 100 flowers in an old and un- used flower bed at Vista Preparatory Academy that was overrun with weeds, according to the release. In the spring, the school's four remaining seventh grade classes will partici- pate in the GREAT classes, according to the release. The GREAT program was established in Phoenix in 1991, and began national implementation in 1993, ac- cording to the release. A six-year evaluation of the program conducted by the University of Missouri, St. Louis showed a 36 per- cent drop in gang and crime participation of students who were in the program compared to those who weren't. Since the program was established in 1991, more than six million students have graduated from the GREAT classes. Vista FROM PAGE 1 500-member employee as- sociation in Tehama County and has been a member of the city's Planning Commis- sion, told council members that he believes his back- ground in infrastructure development could help the city. "I don't claim to know all the answers, but I do know that I have the tools that it would take to help the council both in nego- tiations ... and I do think my background and knowl- edge of infrastructure will also help us." Patel, who has led a ca- reer as a businessman, said he has lived in Red Bluff for about six years, and has grown to love the city. "I want to see that ev- erything goes in the right direction," Patel said. He added, "There's definitely opportunities that the city could do to bring us back on course so that we do bring in, generate more sales, generate more rev- enue." Schutter told the City Council that she's lived in Tehama County for about 35 years, and has resided in Red Bluff for about 21 years. Schutter, who earned a master's in public admin- istration this year, is grant development director for Shasta College and a self- employed grant consultant. She said she has experi- ence working with county government and the pri- vate sector, and has ex- perience with budgeting, staff supervision and grant management. "I think what's really im- portant in this position is transparency and account- ability to the citizens that we represent," Schutter said, adding that she's also aware of issues facing the city's low-income and tran- sitional families. The City Council is sched- uled to meet at 7 p.m. Tues- day at 555 Washington St. Council FROM PAGE 1 By Darlene Superville The Associated Press WASHINGTON Michelle Obama said Friday that it's wonderful that more of the world's girls are attending school, but advocates must counter the array of issues that force adolescent girls to drop out. Among the issues are early or forced marriage, fear for the girls' physical safety as they travel to and from school, and economic disincentives, such as the cost of an education. The first lady said the period when girls begin to develop from children into women "is when this issue truly starts to get hard." That is the time, she said, when they are first sub- jected to cultural values and practices "that de- fine what it means to be a woman in her society." In some countries, par- ents keep their daughters out of school because of fear that they will be at- tacked on the way there, an act that would be in- terpreted as harming the young woman's honor and ruining her future. In other instances, girls are kept home because the family can't pay for an education or can't afford the loss of household help. Mrs. Obama argued that those reasons aren't good enough. "Educating girls is one of the most powerful things that we can do not just for girls and their fami- lies, but for their commu- nities and for their coun- tries," she said in remarks to advocates who promote girls' education around the world. The first lady, a mother of two teenage daughters, became more outspoken on the issue after more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic extremists earlier this year. "We need parents to ac- tually believe their daugh- ters are as worthy of an ed- ucation as their sons, and that sending girls to school is a good investment for their future," she said. Mrs. Obama said 56 mil- lion more girls are attend- ing school now than a de- cade ago, but 62 million girls still are not in school. And less than 10 percent of girls in some countries complete secondary school, she said. The first lady told the ad- vocates that "I'm in" on the issue, and that she will "use my voice, my platform" to help move it forward. SCHOOLS By Cara Anna The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS The prosecutor for the Interna- tional Criminal Court told the U.N. Security Council on Friday she is stopping her investigations in Su- dan's chaotic Darfur region for now because no one has been brought to justice in a decade and the council has done little or nothing to help. Darfur's situation is de- teriorating and the bru- tality of crimes is increas- ing, but there have been no discussions with the council for "concrete so- lutions," Fatou Bensouda said. She demanded a new approach. Darfur was the coun- cil's first referral to the ICC, which is seen as a court of last resort for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted on charges of all three and is accused of or- chestrating atrocities in Darfur, but he remains at large and refuses to rec- ognize the court's author- ity. He has traveled freely to some African countries that are parties to the stat- ute that created the ICC but have refused to arrest him as required. Two of the countries are Chad, which holds the Se- curity Council's presidency this month, and council member Nigeria. "It is becoming increas- ingly difficult for me to ap- pear before you and pur- port to be updating you when all I am doing is re- peating the same things I have said over and over again," Bensouda told the council, which has been di- vided on how to press Su- dan for cooperation. This was the 20th time the prosecutor has briefed the council on Darfur. "Given this council's lack of foresight on what should happen in Darfur, I am left with no choice but to hi- bernate investigative ac- tivities in Darfur as I shift resources to other urgent cases," Bensouda said. Reports of a mass rape of 200 women and girls in a Darfur village by govern- ment-linked fighters are the latest source of tension between Sudan and the in- ternational community, es- pecially after a U.N. official accused Sudan of intimi- dating villagers during a U.N. investigation. Sudan says its own investigation found no proof anyone was raped. Bensouda said the rape allegations should "shock this council into action." Nigeria's representative said his country has "no reason to doubt" the credi- bility of Sudan's report, but it and Chad, among others, urged further and more in- dependent investigations. Darfur has been gripped by bloodshed since 2003 when rebels took up arms against the government in Khartoum, accusing it of discrimination and ne- glect. The United Nations says 300,000 people have died in the conflict and 2.7 million have fled their homes. "We must collectively and urgently wake from our slumber," a U.S. deputy ambassador, David Press- man, told the council. But some African coun- tries are pushing back against the court's au- thority. In February, the African Union urged its 54 members to "speak with one voice" to pre- vent criminal proceed- ings at the ICC against sitting presidents. It also has asked for a deferral of criminal proceedings against al-Bashir. 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