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• Fires rage across Northern California

• Dozens of homes destroyed in Northern California fires

• Corn syrup plant opens up in Lodi

• LOEL Center scrambling to feed seniors after contract is canceled

• Estrellita High School's principal finds success

• County looking at leaner annual budget

• Regional Roundup

• Tupperware seller hoping to raise money to fix park

• Tracy Fire: Weeds at abandoned homes are hazardous

November 2nd, 2009

• Deputies name suspect in fatal Acampo shooting

November 8th, 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 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

• 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

• 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

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Melvin 'Skeet' Rice

Served in the Korean War

Melvin "Skeet" George Rice, 74, of Lockeford, died June 8. He was born on March 26, 1934, in Downy.

Mr. Rice was a Sacramento native. He served in the United States Marine Corp during the Korean War as a staff sergeant, teaching electronics on Treasure Island. After graduating from California State University, Sacramento, he held a variety of senior management jobs at a number of corporations including Occidental Petroleum. He traveled extensively for work, spending time in Nigeria, Singapore, Europe and Mexico. Mr. Rice also enjoyed being an entrepreneur, purchasing a tank plant at the Port of Stockton, a door company and building and running a custom Web page business with his wife, Bettie Fiant Rice.

Mr. Rice's hobbies included boating, chess, tennis and underwater photography. He enjoyed sailing his boat up and down the Pacific Coast, spending several years living in Cabo San Lucus. In later years, Mr. Rice enjoyed spending time on his small farm, playing with his dogs, reading military thrillers and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Bettie Rice, of Lockeford; daughters, Kym Kennedy, of Coos Bay, Ore., and Valerie Silverthorne, of West Newbury, Mass.; and a granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Loretta Rice, in 1986.

A chapel service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park. A celebration of his life will follow at Gigalo's at Vino Piazza in Lodi. A private graveside service will be held on Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society at Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202, or by visiting www.leukemia-lymphoma.org.

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.