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• Lodi Police Cadets helping with problem of vacant homes

• Hey brother, can you spare a satellite campus?

• A favored oak is gone, and some wonder: Who is responsible for upkeep along Lodi railroad tracks?

• Regional Roundup

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

• 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

• Group investigates reports of haunting

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

• Lodi-area Halloween events

• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

• Lodi a reflection of Halloween's retail emergence

• Izzy Laviola and Seth Siddle-Mitchell crowned Tokay homecoming queen and king

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• I predict: A conservative tide will rise in 2010 (71)
• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy (70)
• The Treaty of Tripoli hoax (58)
• Universal health care solves big problems (56)
• Here's what my father knew about the assassination of JFK (35)
• Words from our forefathers (27)
• Stuck in neutral? Hardly! (23)
• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks (20)
• Majority cannot deprive the minority (20)

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Natural cures, folk remedies

Readers share their cures for ailments

Dear Readers,

This column is YOUR column with folk remedies sent in by you. Don't e-mail me if your loved one starts to take on the essence of garlic bread or you catch your neighbor digging up your flower bed! — Suzy

The potato prescription

It wasn't passed down from my grandma, but I hope you'll print this anyway because it works. I had severe arthritis and now the pain is almost completely gone. I do two things: The first thing is, I wash a potato and slice it up (keep the skin on); then I soak the potato overnight in a bowl of fresh cold water. In the morning, I drink a cup of the potato juice. I also take baths in sea salt, about a half cup of sea salt added to my bath water. Amazing! — P.E., Lodi

Feet that smell like apples

I had the worst case of smelly feet until someone told me to soak my feet in warm water with some apple cider vinegar. I do that twice a week, and I sprinkle baking soda in my shoes; no more odor. — E.P., Gainesville, Fla.

Cold sore, be gone

This is cheap and easy. When you feel a cold sore coming on, rub an ice cube on the area for 15 minutes. Afterwards, dip your finger in table salt and press the spot for a few more minutes. — K.T., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Rid yourself of phlegm

If you get a nagging wet cough and have to spit a lot, drink Hyssop tea. Squeeze a little lemon into it, and some honey. This will loosen all the phlegm. — S.C., Decatur, Ill.

I used to have warts and my sister recently got rid of them with marigolds. She had a garden of these plants (I don't know all their names) and she cut the stems, squeezed out the sap and applied it to my warts. Like magic, they eventually disappeared. — N.G., Dallas, Texas

Acne or bad breath?

As a teenager, I had acne. Mom made me rub peeled garlic cloves right on the pimples three times a day. This worked very well, but people thought I had bad breath! — Y.D., Tulsa, Okla.

Ginger tea for everything

I had carpal tunnel pain and I found some relief from you! In a recent column, you gave a recipe for ginger tea (for stomach upset and nausea) and I began drinking this because I had chronic bowel problems. It worked for that, and interestingly, I noticed that I could type again, and even reduce my ibuprofen dosage. Then I started wearing a magnetic bracelet that I bought at the health food store, and now I am 100 percent better!

Here's the recipe for tea: Grate a teaspoon of fresh ginger into hot water with lemon and honey, add 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder spice. Steep it, strain it then drink. — J.P., New York, N.Y.

An avocado a day For bad breath, eat one avocado every day. It's better with salt and lemon on it, if you can't eat it straight. I believe it cleans the liver and stomach. — B.W., Sanibel, Florida