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timevolunteeringwithinher community, Fears said. Duncan is active in the communityassheisinvolved in several youth programs throughout the area, includ- ing 4-H and local youth foot- ball. She has served as a 4-H club leader in Flournoy and Paskenta, as well as a horse, sheep and goat leader. Duncan served on the Paskenta Community Hall Board as secretary and has recently joined Search and Rescue. FearssaidDuncan'swhole family is deeply-rooted in Corning and often volun- teers time within the com- munity. Duncan's mother Debbie works in Paskenta with the Tehama County Rural Fire Department and Duncan's daughter is a Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol Ex- plorer. Dispatch FROMPAGE1 raised the water level of the pool high enough that the hydroelectric power plant couldn't be used, so crews are working to clear a channel to lower the pool. If the power plant can be operated, 14,000 cubic- feet of water per second can be released from Lake Oroville without having to use the damaged spillway. A press release from DWR said 168,000 cubic- yards of material have been removed from the Di- version Pool so far. If that could be piled completely on a football field, it would be 75 feet tall. Still, that's less than a 10th of the to- tal debris at the site. The pool is normally 70 feet deep at the bottom of the spillway, Croyle said. The evacuation warn- ing in Oroville remains in place. Butte County Sher- iff Kory Honea said at a press conference Monday that the last step before lifting that warning was getting the power plant up and running. Friday, Honea said he wanted to hold off on un- til the plant was running at full capacity. He said he will re-evaluate after the weekend, over which some rain is expected. With the spillway shut down since Tuesday, the water level in the lake has been rising, but it's still well below the lip of the emergency spillway. That's the spillway that triggered an evacuation order Feb. 12 when rapid erosion on the bare hillside below the concrete weir threatened to undermine that struc- ture. As of 5 p.m. Friday, the lake water level was 849.19 feet according to the DWR website, more than 51 feet below the 901-foot eleva- tion of the top of the emer- gency spillway. With in- flow under 20,000 cfs, the lake is rising about a foot every 10 hours. DWR's release said work is continuing below the emergency spillway weir, including construction of rock benches and check dams to slow water and re- duce erosion, should that spillway need to be used again. Flows in the Feather River are being main- tained at 2,500 cfs, accord- ing to the release. Croyle said water through the powerhouse will be used to refill the Thermalito Afterbay, after which the river flows might be in- creased. Spillway FROM PAGE 1 Carter:ShirleyJean Carter, 92, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, March 1at Red Bluff Healthcare Center. Ar- rangements are under the di- rection of Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers. Published Saturday, March 4, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Coughlin: Daniel Richard Coughlin, 93, of Cotton- wood died Thursday, March 2at Brookdale in Red Bluff. Arrangements are under the direction of Allen & Dahl. Published Saturday, March 4, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Matthews: Betty Lou Mat- thews, 75, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, March 1at her home. Arrangements are un- der the direction of Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service. Published Saturday, March 4, 2017in the Daily News, Red Bluff, California. Parker: Eva Parker, 85, of Red Bluff died Wednesday, March 1at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Arrange- ments are under the direc- tion of Blair's Cremation & Burial. Published Saturday, March 4, 2017in 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 hitting 10 of 10. The Cardinals padded the lead in the third, go- ing up 40-18 at one point, and finished up 42-24 go- ing into the final period. Only 5 of the Cardinals' 12 points in the fourth came from the field, and they hit 6 of 12 tries while holding the Bears to 12 points to keep a comfort- able lead and cruise to the win. Zoppi led the Cardinals with 15, Busta had 11, Ber- ens and Mishoe each had 7, Tapia had 5 and Hoag and Vazquez each had 4. Senior Brian Coffee got into the game late and had hit a foul shot. He was joined in the fourth by juniors Marc Lengtat, Johnny Bennett and Cam- eron Olsen. The perfect season sets a new school record for wins in a season at 29. It comes a year after the Cardinals fell in the championship game to the Gridley Bull- dogs 52-49. The Cardinals may host the opening round of the regional playoffs Wednes- day. Brackets and seeds are scheduled to be releases Sunday night. Cards FROM PAGE 1 CHIP THOMPSON - DAILY NEWS Corning's Brendan Hoag puts up a shot Friday a ernoon against Pierce at Butte College. By Kristin J. Bender The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO It's an only in Silicon Valley kind of story: A well-to-do pri- vate Catholic high school makes a $15,000 invest- ment five years ago in the company developing the Snapchat app, holds onto it for years and ends up with a windfall of $24 million. One well-connected par- ent, Barry Eggers, made it happen for the Catholic St. Francis High School by con- vincing the school's board to take a risk on Snap Inc., which had a blockbuster initial public stock offer- ing Thursday Snap launched which launched the Shapchat app that teens and young adults love to use to send photos and videos that disappear a few seconds after recipi- ents see them. Barry Eggers, is a part- ner at Lightspeed Venture partners, the venture cap- ital firm that invested in Snapchat when its founder was still a student at Stan- ford University. He had a child attend- ing St. Francis in 2012, when the board of the high school in Mountain View agreed to invest the seed money in Snap. Few, if any other schools, have that sort of advantage, said Stephen Andriole, a professor of business, ac- countancy and informa- tion systems at the Villa- nova School of Business in Pennsylvania. "The only way to do this is through a personal re- lationship," he said. "The probability of success is quite low." Snap's shares sold for $17 each in in its initial pub- lic offering and St. Fran- cis sold 1.4 million shares at that price ,generating a gain of about $24 million. The stock soared to about $27 as of Friday, mak- ing the remaining 600,000 shares that the school owns worth about $16 million. "I think everyone under- stands it's a pretty trans- formational event for our school," school president Simon Chiu said in an in- terview. Chiu acknowledged the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time. "Our kids are under- standing that it's pretty exciting to live out in Sili- con Valley," said Chiu. "It's hard to imagine it happen- ing anywhere else. If you work hard and do the right things, sometimes luck will find you." Andriole and other ex- perts did not know whether investing in startup compa- nies when they are in their early stages is a grow- ing trend at private high schools. Universities have es- tablished venture capital funds, so it's possible that there has been a "trickle- down effect," he said. But St. Francis' big gain could inspire schools to try to get into the investments. To do so, they would have to reach out to venture cap- ital fund partners, asking for permission to invest in targeted small companies trying to turn technology innovations into hit prod- ucts. The problem, Andriole said, is that most of those companies end up losing money. AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay in New York contributed to this story. INVESTMENT Silicon Valley high school makes $24 million from IPO By Ken Ritter The Associated Press LASVEGAS A federal pros- ecutor has snuffed out plans by pot fans to cele- brate Nevada's new recre- ational marijuana law by lighting up on an Indian reservation near Las Ve- gas. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden took a hard line in a letter to organizers of a cannabis festival this weekend, saying that fed- eral law applies and pot smokers could be prose- cuted. The warning raised concerns about a possi- ble Trump administration crackdown on marijuana and said a 2013 Obama ad- ministration directive that was seen as relaxing en- forcement on tribal lands in states where pot is le- gal might have been mis- interpreted. Pot is still illegal in In- dian Country and on fed- eral land, Bogden said. Organizers of the High Times Cannabis Cup festi- val say there will still be music, T-shirts and sou- venirs at the event at a Moapa Band of Paiutes fes- tival site. MARIJUANA FESTIVAL US snuffs pot fans' plans to party on Indian land near Vegas By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Family, friends and fellow law en- forcement officers filled a Southern California church with laughter, tears and mu- sic Friday as they mourned the death and celebrated the life of a Whittier police offi- cer slain as he tried to help a motorist who turned a gun on him. Veteran Officer Keith Wayne Boyer was remem- bered not only as a dedi- cated officer but a friendly man who loved both law en- forcement and music. In his nearly 30 years with the Whittier Police De- partment he took on nearly every assignment there, al- ways with a smile, said Po- lice Chief Jeff Piper. One of Boyer's partners, Officer Mike Carson, noted candidly how police work can change some officers, making them hardened and callous. But he said that never happened to Boyer. "He showed up at work with a smile on his face ev- ery day and left every day with a smile on his face," Carson said. "I never heard him use profanity. I never heard him use a racial slur. He judged no one and friended everyone." Boyer, who grew up in Whittier, joined the city's Police Department as a dis- patcher in 1989, becoming a full-time officer the follow- ing year. Over the years he worked as a SWAT officer, training officer, school resource offi- cer, canine officer and patrol officer. "He had a profound im- pact on hundreds of stu- dents and parents" when he was a school resource offi- cer, Piper said, adding that Boyer not only worked to keep students safe but took a personal interest in them and their problems. "He simply loved his job, he loved his co-workers and he loved his community," said Piper. He was also a talented musician who played drums with several first-rate rock bands. "Keith also played several times with not-so-talented groups, particularly the one I played guitar in," Piper added to laughter from the severalthousandpeoplewho crowded the cavernous Cal- vary Chapel's sanctuary in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey. Then, shortly before bursting into sobs, the chief added: "He's playing drums with the most magnifi- cent band imaginable. God speed, Keith, my brother in law enforcement and my friend." The officer's three grown children, Joseph, Joshua and Ashley, performed the hymn "Amazing Grace" be- fore each spoke movingly about their father. "My father was coura- geous, not only in his final momentsbutalways.Hehad no problem going on some random car chase or calling in some incident to the sta- tion when he was off duty," said his son Joseph. He was also a prankster, addedhissonJoshua,noting that after his father's death thefamilycalledalocksmith to open his personal safe. In- side it they found some im- portant papers along with a stash of magic tricks that Boyer would perform but never explain how he did them. "I'm like, 'Dad, this is what you kept in your safe? Magic tricks?'," his son said. "I half expected to pull on a handkerchief and just keep pulling. But that was my dad." The nearly two-hour ser- vice concluded with bagpip- ers playing as Boyer's flag- draped coffin was taken from the church for burial at a nearby cemetery. Scores of grim-faced of- ficers, each with a strip of black mourning tape across their badges, followed it out, somewipingawaytears,oth- ers embracing one another. On Feb. 20, Boyer, 53, be- came the first Whittier offi- cer in nearly 40 years to die in the line of duty. He and fellow Officer Pat- rick Hazell had gone to in- vestigate a seemingly rou- tine traffic accident, but when they asked the driver of one of the cars to get out authorities say he opened fire. Hazell and the sus- pect, Michael Meijia, 26, were wounded. Mejia re- mains hospitalized and it isn't known if he has an at- torney. LAW ENFORCEMENT Tears, laughter shed at funeral for slain Whittier officer PATRICKHOLBROOK Graveside services will be held at Manton Cemetery, March 6 at 11:30 am. VIRGINIA HUGHES "GINGER GRAHAM" 11-23-40 ~ 3-19-17 Ginger leaves her daughter Donna of Eureka, sons, John of Oroville and Jim of Phoenix, AZ, sisters Sharlet of Red Bluff, Teresa May of Corning, brothers, Jim of Manton and Richard of Placerville and 12 grandchildren and many great grandchildren, and best friend and partner Carol Hill of Orick and her furry friend Izzy Proceded in death by her parents Richard Graham and Lois Graham Thomas, daughters, Arlene and Patty, broth- er Jack, sisters, Mildred and Shirley. Graveside services will be held at Manton Cemetery at 11:30am, March 7, 2017. Reception to follow at the Manton Church. ERMA DARLENE ROWLAND July 11, 1939 ~ February 22, 2017 Erma Darlene Rowland, 77 of Rancho Tehama, CA passed away of natural causes February 22, 2017. Darlene was born to Henry and Lorraine Dean, July 11, 1939, in Fresno, CA. Darlene was a memeber of the Pencostal church. She enjoyed going to yardsales and CB her handle was (Ma Kettle). She lead people to the Lord thru her online Study Room "God Is Real". She worked at home as Foster Home daycare. She also Preceded in death by her parents Henry and Lorraine Ward. She survived by her husband, Dale, son, Chuck Moore, brothers Ray, Butch, and Frank Dean; 3 loving grandchil- dren, Chuck, Christopher and David. Graveside services will be held March 6 at Corning Cem- etery at 1:00pm Sweet Caroline September 11, 2016 ~ February 14, 2017 Our sweet Caroline Essie Binger was born September 11th, 2016 to her loving parents, William Shane Binger and Ashley Nichole Binger. Our little princess weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was truly a miracle baby. The pregnancy quickly became a high- risk pregnancy as there was a concern that she was going to be born with Trisomy 13, but she was born so perfect- ly healthy and beautiful. She was born on an infamous day remembered as one of the saddest days in history, and she for us made it a day of perfect beauty and happi- ness. It truly was one of the most amazing days of our lives. Sadly, sweet Caroline was called home to heaven on February 14th, 2017, on a day of love and celebration. Caroline Essie Binger passed away in her home of SIDs. Our love for our little princess will be remembered and celebrated on this day, and every other day for the rest of our lives. Caroline was survived by many loved ones including her parents William Shane Binger and Ashley Nichole Binger, her siblings Abel Eugene Binger and Beau Ri- chard Binger. She is also survived by her grandmother Essie Merrie Binger, grandmother Tina Ann Kanen, and grandfather Richard Norman Kanen. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Robert Eugene Binger. Although Caroline only lived to be 5 months of age she had quite an impact on our lives and will be greatly missed. She was the happiest baby you ever laid eyes on. There was not a minute that she was not smiling. She loved when her parents sang "You Are My Sunshine" to her and spending time with her family. Her immense gor- geous eyes could light up any room. You could be hav- ing a long day and just one look at her would melt your heart. There she was with those huge owl eyes and giant grin with slobber running down her bib. We will always love and miss you princess. Someday we will meet again in heaven our sweet Caroline. Soar high with those angel wings sweet baby girl. We will be holding service in remembrance of Caroline on March 4th, 2017 at 2 pm. It will take place at Hoyt- Cole Chapel of Flowers located at 816 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080. We would like to especially thank Hoyt- Cole Chapel of Red Bluff and Goble's Fortuna Mortuary for their donations. Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 9 A