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• Lodi shooting victim in intensive care

• Wal-Mart in Galt to see ban?

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• $357,000 a year

• Delta College to showcase projects at Lodi open house

• Regional Roundup

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 8th, 2009

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

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• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

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• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

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November 7th, 2009

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Lodi High School rally featured on 'Good Day Sacramento'

• Out of control

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

November 6th, 2009

• Short sales make up nearly half of Lodi market

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi man accused of smuggling drugs, weapons for inmates at state prison

• 'I-5 Strangler' sentenced to 6 terms of life

• Jury convicts Acampo man of torture, assault of his girlfriend

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• Woman in wheelchair struck by car

November 5th, 2009

• A lower Lodi Lake

• Streetside scarecrows

• San Joaquin County considers moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts

• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

• Armed robbers still targeting Lodi shops

• Regional Roundup

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy

• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

November 4th, 2009

• Candle fire

• Rep. Jerry McNerney sets telephone town hall for Thursday

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• Galt City Council argues over ordinance hiring residents

• San Joaquin County sues state over prison hospital planned for Stockton

• Big win for Allen Baroni in reclamation election

• California sends Democratic loyalist John Garamendi to Congress

• Bicycling father raising awareness of teen suicide

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

November 3rd, 2009

• 500 attend service for Kyle Coumas

• Correction

• Galt considers ordinance that would require city contractors to hire locally

• Regional Roundup

• Have you seen a missing guide dog puppy in Lodi?

• Galt man dies after weekend Highway 12 crash

• Jason Behrmann is top candidate for Galt city manager

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

• Clarification

November 2nd, 2009

• Downtown Lodi trick or treat

• Public Meetings

• Correction

• Kyle Coumas funeral today

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Regional Roundup

• Group investigates reports of haunting

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'In seconds'

Local brother team opens business to help companies make paperwork more efficient

Two Lodi brothers are looking to help local businesses cut down on the paperwork.

Brad and Brandon Stevens, who grew up in Lodi and are third-generation Lodians, opened ScanAndHost on Aug. 1.

The business scans large volumes of documents for companies and then creates searchable databases. The idea is to eliminate packed file cabinents, help offices go paperless and let customers find specific documents using only a name or a single sentence.

The Stevens brothers and their father, Richard Stevens, spent the past year-and-a-half developing the business. The elder Stevens, a certified public accountant specializing in the design of computer applications for his clients for more than 35 years, has had his share of frustrations in managing paper documents, according to Brad Stevens.

"Over time, he saw his stored documents increase immensely, taking up valuable office space and ultimately creating the expense of offsite file storage," according to the ScanAndHost Web site.

So how does this system work?

Attorneys can put casework or wills into the computer, for example, and CPAs can use the system to "file" clients' income tax returns, said Brandon Stevens. Or you can input your clients' utility or cell phone bills.

Business people can do the work themselves, but most companies have scanners that can scan only one page at a time. Through ScanAndHost, 500 pages can be scanned at once, up to 120 pages per minute, Brandon Stevens said. The cost is 12 cents per page.

Once the system is in place, the business person can access documents within seconds with a simple search.

Brandon Stevens gave an example: A customer calls a business and asks for a second copy of an invoice. The business person can then do a quick search, locate the invoice and e-mail it to the client while they're still on the phone.

"They're going to find it in seconds instead of minutes or hours or days," Brad Stevens said.

Before joining his brother, Brad Stevens, 27, aspired for a career in newspaper and TV sports journalism. He later investigated commercial liability claims for an insurance company. He and his wife, Sarah, have two daughters, Elizabeth, 3, and Emily, 9 months.

Brandon Stevens, 24, received a business degree this year at California State University, Monterey Bay. He is engaged.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.