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• Area crews continue battling fires; advise clearing weeds when safe

• Blazes fueled by wind, heat forcing evacuations in Northern California

• Lodi Middle students visiting Fresno State for tech camp

• Lockeford Community Park — possibilities endless, but money needed to keep it up

• Agency supplying meals to local seniors to shut doors

• Boy suffers head injuries after being hit by car

• Regional Roundup

• Galt prepares for flat revenue in '09 and '10

• Did petition against groundwater charge qualify for ballot?

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

• 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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Milking it

Tokay's Corinne Casey lands scholarship and spot in national milk ad

When Corinne Casey wasn't spending her senior year at Tokay High in the pool, or heading up the Lodi Youth Commission, or burying her nose in a schoolbook, she was applying for scholarships.

"Corinne made it her career as a senior to apply for scholarships," said mother LuAnn Casey. "She literally just looked for everything that she qualified for."

After several rejection letters, however, frustration began to set in for the water polo and academic standout. But when she spotted a scholarship offer of $7,500 on the Internet, one that, if accepted, would end in her sporting a milk mustache in USA Today, that changed everything for Casey.

Within a week of applying, she received an e-mail that informed her she was one of 500 finalists for the scholarship. Then another e-mail came, this one telling her she was one of 75 candidates remaining. When the third e-mail came, she was one of 25 student-athletes selected for the scholarship.

The judges were apparently impressed not only with her well-rounded resume — an impressive mix of athletics, academics and extracurricular activities — but the required essay, which asked, "What role did milk play in your life?"

Casey decided to take the satirical route.

"I happen to be really, really white — especially for a swimmer," Casey said. "So in the beginning of my essay, I basically compared myself to milk. I guess they found it funny."

Funny enough to send Casey to Disney World later this month, where she will receive VIP treatment and get to meet the judges who read her essay.

And not just any judges, but world-renowned athletes Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Steve Nash, Andy Roddick and Michelle Kwan. That has Casey more excited than anything else.

"Mia Hamm is my idol," Casey said. "I wear the No. 9 cap because of her."

During her stay in Florida, Casey will take part in a photo shoot with her fellow scholarship athletes, who will all be part of a two-page spread in USA Today sometime this summer — each of them donning a milk mustache.

So Casey must be a big milk drinker, right?

"I'm not, but I guess I shouldn't admit that," she said. "I should probably say, 'I drink five glasses a day.' (My parents) actually joke with me, because I'm only 5-2, that if I'd drank more milk I would have been taller."

Casey, who will study political science and biology and play water polo for Los Angeles' Occidental College this fall, has ultimately received numerous scholarships, including the Italian Catholic and Elk Lodge scholarships.

But she already knows none of them will compare to meeting Mia Hamm and wearing a milk mustache for the entire nation to see.

"This (application) I actually put off until the very last minute," Casey said. "When you start getting rejection letters, it gets frustrating. But it definitely paid off in the end."

And she'll have the milk mustache to prove it.