Rachel Hastert, a resident of Grass Valley and an employee of Sierra Theaters in Grass Valley, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada to be used for college expenses. Hastert is the fifth of seven kids, born and raised in Grass Valley. She began working at Sutton Cinemas in May of 2008 and worked there for a little more than two years, plus summers and Christmas vacations ever since. Hastert will be a junior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this fall and is studying neuroscience with a minor in chemistry. She …