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• Boaters pay high price for fun in sun

• Veterans, troops honored in Memorial Day ceremonies

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• Lodi Academy graduates 29 students

• Regional Roundup

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November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

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

• Young girl is 200,000th person to assemble AIDS, HIV care kit

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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

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• 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

• Regional Roundup

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

• 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

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

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

• Regional Roundup

• Sandhill Cranes Festival comes to Lodi next weekend

• Lamborghini lovers gather for show, fine wine, luncheon in Woodbridge

• Lodi's 'Biggest Loser' Christy Richesin runs 5K Halloween race

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

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October 31st, 2009

• Area schools have no plans of closing due to H1N1 virus

• Tokay High evacuation

• Gated communities in Lodi

• Finishing touches on Hill House replica

• Regional Roundup

• In remembrance of Kyle Coumas

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• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

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Veterans, troops honored in Memorial Day ceremonies

"I'm not really a speaker; I'm a Navy man," Joe Richter said at Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at Woodbridge Masonic Cemetery.

Modest as he was, Richter was in the middle of the action when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

"I think I saw the first plane come through," Richter said. "In five minutes, you couldn't see anything."

Richter, the guest speaker at the Woodbridge ceremony, said he was a scared 21-year-old, as he told a brief story about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

While veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan are usually spotlighted, emcee Pete Gonzales of the Lodi Elks Lodge also acknowledged veterans who fought in Granada, Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.

The Lodi Community Band, conducted by Bob Gross, performed patriotic tunes.

The Woodbridge ceremony was one of six held in the Lodi area to honor people who gave their lives to protect the United States. Ceremonies were also held Monday at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Harmony Grove Cemetery in Lockeford, Glenview Cemetery in Clements and Galt Cemetery.

Jim Skarles of the Lodi-Stockton Delta chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War places a wreath in honor of soldiers who have given their lives. (Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel)

Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and San Joaquin veterans service officer Ron Green were the guest speakers at Lodi Memorial Cemetery.

U.S. Navy Capt. Charles R. Roots was the guest speaker at the Cherokee service, which featured 968 large veterans' flags and 6,082 small graveside flags marking the veterans' burial sites at Cherokee. There was also a field of flags in memory of the 4,374 soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Lockeford and Clements, the Lockeford Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted services. Kevin Young, president of the Clements-Lockeford Lions Club, and VFW Post Commander Steve Jackson spoke.

And in Galt, Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli and Galt City Councilwoman Barbara Payne were guest speakers at a service conducted by the Galt VFW. The Galt Community Choir Quartet also performed.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.