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Whileapplicationswill go out June 8-10 at Lariat Bowl, the organization is proud to announce that it has funding to take about 300 children shopping in 2015, Berry said. Schutter, the recipient of the Barbara McIver Award, is the Shasta Col- lege Director of Grant De- velopment and a found- ing board member of Girls Inc. of the Northern Sacramento Valley. She has served as Girls Inc. NSV's Board Treasurer and Board President, and devoted countless hours to the local non-profit's development, according to the release. Schutter always had a clear vision for Girls Inc. in its infancy and was in- strumental in thinking through its policies and procedures. In addition to Girls Inc., Schutter has been key to advancing the newly formed grants of- fice at Shasta College, gaining an impressive amount of funding. Her grant work experience has included the Career Pathways Trust, Trio Stu- dent Support Services and the Prevention of Sexual Assault & Domes- tic Violence on Campus. Previously, Schutter was the Director of Stu- dent Support Services for the Tehama County Department of Educa- tion. Schutter is also one of the original founders of V-Day Tehama-Shasta, a group of women who annually put on a lo- cal production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." The per- formances raise money for local non-profits like Girls Inc., which help end violence against women and girls. "I am honored to be recognized by Girls Inc., particularly for this award which is named af- ter my good friend, mover and shaker Barbara Mc- Iver," Schutter said. "Growing up in Tehama County, I really wanted to be a part of building an organization and a movement that helped our girls value them- selves and realize their potential in life, both within and beyond the boundaries of our small communities. Girls Inc.'s mission of inspiring girls to be strong, smart and bold really speaks to my heart." Girls Inc. NSV has provided empowerment skills to girls in Shasta and Tehama counties since 2006. Its programs teach girls media literacy, economic literacy, leader- ship and community ac- tion, stress management, self-defense and healthy relationships. Women FROMPAGE1 While everyone came to Salisbury for different reasons and faced differ- ent obstacles along the way, they became like a family, Sefton said. "Without your sup- port and the people at Salisbury we wouldn't be here," LaFrentz said. "Ev- ery graduate connected with the staff in a way that they will never for- get us and we will never forget them." Destiny Freeman gave the Spirit of Salisbury ad- dress and talked about how different her expe- rience was after having attended four schools through her high school career. "One of the many things I heard about Salisbury was that it was like an island of misfit toys," Freeman said. "At first, I was hurt hearing this, but I wouldn't want to be from any other is- land. From the second I walked in there has been nothing but support and encouragement. There was never any doubt or hesitation that I could go to any of the staff or TLCs. They were willing to work with and help us. I made life-long friends and mentors. We may leave in different boats, but I hope everyone finds their way to success." Erika Couch and Cy- rille Reese, Jr., gave the Helping Hands speech in which they thanked orga- nizations and individuals who invested in the stu- dents at the school, in- cluding the Kelly-Griggs House Museum, Red Bluff Police School Resource Officer Heidi Thomas, Melissa Mendonca, Os- car Razo and his tech crew, The Home Depot, Ide Adobe and the Triple Creek Ranch. "We finally made it," Reese said. " All the hard work and struggles made it possible to be here." The Come Back of the Year Award is given to the student who has been a positive influence on the school and had difficul- ties they have overcome, said teacher Aaron Sand- ers. Nichole LaFrentz is an excellent example of that, he said. "Salisbur y is the school of second, third and sometimes fourth chances," Sanders said. "Tonight's recipient had an attitude problem. She had a short fuse and there was always a flame nearby. She left Salis- bury for Red Bluff High School and it wasn't long before she wanted to come back. She has de- veloped into a huge part of the positive school cli- mate here. She is on stu- dent council and has de- veloped the communica- tion skills to help others deal with their prob- lems." T he C i t i z e n s h ip Awards, given out to those who are always willing to lend a hand, were presented to Sam Cline, Brittney DeBuono, George DeGrace, Dallas Givens and Kyle Salazar. The following schol- arships were given out: Community, $500, Des- tiny Freeman; Rene Perez Memorial, $250, Victoria Sefton; Ide Adobe, $150, Erika Couch; Kiwanis Club of Red Bluff, $1,000, Daniel Hurd; Tehama County Employers Advi- sory Council, $100, Nich- ole LaFrentz and Class of 1957, $1,000, Cyrille Re- ese Jr. The school also pres- ents the Hall of Fame award to adults who have made a difference at Salisbury High School. The 2015 awards were given to Debbie Cha- karun, John Miller and Chase Knutsen. Salisbury FROM PAGE 1 Bell:AliceBell,64,ofRed Bluff, died Tuesday, May 26 at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Friday, May 29, 2015in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Deathnoticesmustbe provided by mortuaries to the news department, are published at no charge, and feature only specific basic information about the deceased. Paid obituaries are placed through the Classified advertising department. Paid obituaries may be placed by mortuaries 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 multiple days and offer wide latitude of content, including photos. Death notices PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. By Amy Taxin The Associated Press LOSANGELES There's a tor- rent of Californians taking advantage of rebates for ripping out water-guzzling lawns during the drought, and that's providing a big boost to landscapers. In Southern California in particular, things are poised to get even better for an in- dustry that was battered by the recession and slow to re- cover. This week, the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali- fornia voted to replenish its turf removal and other wa- ter conservation programs with $350 million to meet booming demand. In communities across the state, homeowners are swapping out traditional lawns for drought-tolerant plants and shrubs, chang- ing the look of many yards and the business outlook for landscaping and nurseries. "Where rebates exist, in- terest is high," said Sandra Giarde, executive director of the 2,000-member Cali- fornia Landscape Contrac- tors Association. The Metropolitan Wa- ter District says it has seen monthly rebate applications increase 20-fold since April, when Gov. Jerry Brown im- posed mandatory water cuts. The agency currently has requests involving the conversion of about 60,000 front yards. In Northern California, the Santa Clara County Wa- ter District issued rebates for the conversion of 1.2 mil- lion square feet of lawn in the first four months of the year, more than all of 2014. "It's just gangbusters," said Marty Grimes, a dis- trict spokesman. "We have people waiting in line." The rebates have helped long-time landscapers and also drawn newcomers to the industry. Last summer, a group of friends started Turf Terminators to pro- cess rebate paperwork and convert lawns for South- ern California homeown- ers who sign over the cash, said Julian Fox, chief op- erating officer of the com- pany. "The rebate is what gets us in the door and gets us on a lot of people's radar," Fox said, adding the com- pany has converted 4,000 lawns. Under rebate programs, homeowners get money af- ter they replace their lawns with drought-tolerant land- scaping, or in some cases, artificial turf. Some go way over budget, adding odds and ends. Still, others make more thrifty use of the cash. Raymond Aleman, a 71-year-old retiree from Los Angeles, tore out his thirsty lawn and planted a garden of pampas-style grasses, lavender and sage. He re- ceived nearly $5,000 in re- bate cash and used half for his project and the rest to take a weeklong cruise to Mexico. "I said, this is ridiculous not to do it, because it is not going to be any money out of my pocket," said Ale- man, who designed the new yard himself to cut down on costs and now only needs to water once a week. "When I look out, I marvel at the idea I did it and it looks so nice." But turf removal hasn't been a boon to everyone. Some small-time garden- ers, who rely largely on mowing, have seen business dip as residents water less or convert landscapes, said Alvaro Huerta, a professor at California State Polytech- nic University, Pomona who conducts research on La- tino gardeners. Some nurseries saw sales drop 15 percent or more in April, usually the peak month of the year. While sales of succulents, mulch and pottery are up, roses, bedding and tropical plants took a hit, industry leaders said. "We were rocking and rolling like we normally do in spring, and busi- ness kind of significantly slowed down," said Ash- ley Rossi, owner of Folsom- based Green Acres Nursery and Supply and vice chair of the California Associa- tion of Nurseries and Gar- den Centers. Homeowners seem to be evaluating what to do with their yards since the water restrictions, she said. Not every place in the state offers rebates — nor does the cash always seem to matter. In the northern city of Redding, where offi- cials are trying to get state funding to offer rebates, some homeowners have al- ready ripped out lawns, said John Wendele, the city's wa- ter utility manager. In the East Bay Munici- pal Utility District, interest in turf removal has surged even though a 50 cent-per- square-foot rebate has been available for years, said Nelsy Rodriguez, an agency spokeswoman. "It is mostly the water conservation that is the mo- tivation — but the money certainly helps," she said. Rick Jenkins, a 57-year- old retired firefighter, said he had already started dig- ging up his yard in Gilroy when he learned about the rebate. He said he would have done the job anyway, but the cash helped him make it look much nicer. But in some places, re- bates matter. Applications to the Municipal Water Dis- trict of Orange County in- creased after the rebate rate jumped last year, and tend to spike when Brown makes an announcement about the drought, said Joe Berg, the district's wa- ter use efficiency program manager. Now, with the rebate reaching at least $2 per square foot, Berg said, "it's getting people off the couch and getting them to go out there and do their project." DEMAND Rebates drive grass removal frenzy during state drought KAREN JENKINS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rick Jenkins stands in the front yard at his home in Gilroy on Wednesday. By Michael Tarm The Associated Press CHICAGO Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep an unidentified person silent about "prior miscon- duct" by the Illinois Repub- lican who was once third in line to the U.S. presi- dency, according to a fed- eral grand jury indictment handed down on Thursday in Chicago. The indictment, which does not describe the mis- conduct Hastert was al- legedly trying to conceal, charges the 73-year-old with one count of evad- ing bank regulations as he withdrew tens of thousands of dollars at a time to make the payments. He is also charged with one count of lying to the FBI about the reason for the unusual bank withdrawals. Each count of the indict- ment carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The Associated Press left a phone message seek- ing comment with a person at Hastert's Washington, D.C., office. It was not im- mediately returned. Hastert did not immediately return a message left on his cell- phone seeking comment, or respond to an email. Hastert withdrew a to- tal of around $1.7 million in cash from various bank accounts from 2010 to 2014, and then provided it to the person identified in the in- dictment only as Individual A. Hastert allegedly agreed to pay the person $3.5 mil- lion, but never apparently paid that full amount. The indictment notes Hastert was a high school teacher and coach from 1965 to 1981 in suburban Yorkville, about 50 miles west of Chicago. While the indictment says Individual A has been a resident of Yor- kville and has known Hast- ert most of his life, it doesn't describe their relationship. The indictment says Hastert agreed to the payments after multiple meetings in 2010. It says that "during at least one of the meetings, Individ- ual A and defendant dis- cussed past misconduct by defendant against Individ- ual A that had occurred years earlier" and Hast- ert agreed to pay Individ- ual A $3.5 million "in or- der to compensate for and conceal his prior miscon- duct against Individual A," the indictment says. Around April 2012, bank officials began question- ing Hastert about the large withdrawals, and starting in July of that year, Hast- ert reduced the amounts he withdrew at a time to less than $10,000 —apparently so the withdrawals would be less conspicuous, accord- ing to the indictment. Among the focuses of the FBI investigation was whether Hastert, in the words of the indictment, was "the victim of a crim- inal extortion related to, among other matters, his prior positions in govern- ment." The court document does not elaborate. Investigators questioned Hastert on Dec. 8, 2014 and he lied about why he had been withdrawing so much money at a time. He told in- vestigators he did it because he didn't trust the banking system, the indictment al- leges. "Yeah ... I kept the cash. That's what I am doing," it quotes Hastert as saying. ILLINOIS Hastert indicted on bank-related charges SETH PERLMAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert speaks to lawmakers on the Illinois House of Representatives floor at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. ARLEENCARTWRIGHT(BOSWORTH) In Loving Memory Arleen Cartwright (Bosworth) passed away May 9, 2015 in Surprise, AZ after a long illness. Arleen is survived by her beloved husband of 30 years, Vince, Surprize, AZ; brother, Clyde Bosworth, Red Bluff; daughter, Julie Freemeeyers, Redding; sons, Dwayne and Michael Bline, Red Bluff; step-daughters, Tonja Soto and Danielle Cartwright, Sierra Vista, AZ. A Celebration of life will be held at 2:00 pm on Satur- day, June 6th at Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Rd., Red Bluff. Sharon Kay Ede Sharon Kay Ede died on May 26th at 71 years old. She was preceded in death by her husband William Ede whom she loved very much. She is survived by her broth- er Vernon Gaylord, son Justin Ede and daughter Shawna Keermann. She was a loving grandmother to five grand- children and eight great grandchildren. Sharon was born at Fort Sill Oklahoma and moved to Northern California as a young child, she went to Red Bluff high and graduat- ed beauty school around 1967. She loved and cherished her cats therefore in lieu of flowers we ask that you do- nate to P.E.T.S at P.O. Box 1174, Red Bluff, CA 96080. Please give her name so they will know the donation is in her name. As per her wishes we will be holding a cele- bration of her life on June 6, 2015 at 1pm at 180 5th street next to her house in Tehama CA, this is a potluck. Obituaries FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 9 A