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• Lodi shooting victim in intensive care

• Wal-Mart in Galt to see ban?

• Home damaged by fire in Acampo; no one injured

• $357,000 a year

• Delta College to showcase projects at Lodi open house

• Regional Roundup

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Corrections

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Regional Roundup

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

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• The country's mess is our fault (166)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (72)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (50)
• Public health care is a Christian option (32)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (18)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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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.