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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 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

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• The country's mess is our fault (161)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (70)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (48)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Public health care is a Christian option (29)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (17)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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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.