By Chloe Beardsley - email

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced an Arkansas Woman has been indicted for defrauding the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said a Federal Grand Jury in San Jose indicted Lisa McMahon of Mountain View, Arkansas for wire fraud and theft from MBARI.

MBARI is a non-profit organization for research and education in ocean science and technology. They have a station located in Moss Landing, CA. Research for MBARI is partially paid for by the federal government.

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula (MOWMP) named Dorothy Maras-Ildiz, a long-time supporter and volunteer as their Woman of the Year.

Ms. Maras-Ildiz will be honored at the 6th annual Women Who Care (and the men who love them) luncheon on Sunday, June 2nd at the Monterey Marriott.

Maras-Ildiz has a long history of volunteerism and a celebrated career in hospitality. Dorothy owned her first restaurant in Sacramento at the age of 19. Working in the downtown area she came across many homeless and hungry people and never hesitated to feed whoever came to the back door looking for something to eat. 

“Witnessing the volume of food that went into the garbage cans, it didn’t make sense to me, not to feed those in need.” said Maras in a news release last week.

Currently Dorothy serves as the culinary liaison Coastal Luxury Management which produces The Pebble Beach Food & Wine event and the Los Angeles Food & Wine event.

The United States Census Bureau, along with the Department of Defense, have put together information on wartime veterans from the Civil War until today. To see the statistics, click on the picture to enlarge, or visit: http://www.census.gov/how/pdf/memorial_day.pdf