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• Micke Grove Park opens anew

• Galt to honor Stephanie Brown-Trafton tonight

• Lockeford bikini bar shuts down; now will become country bar

• County office yanks charter for Galt's Nueva Vision

• Lodi Christian School putting controversy behind

• Planning Commission hearing on Wal-Mart Supercenter set for Sept. 24

• 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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Micke Grove Park opens anew

The 15-acre expansion to Micke Grove Park is now open to the public, but at least on Tuesday it seemed that San Joaquin County's birds were enjoying the park more than its people.

More than 70 of the birds were drinking the water of the new lake, munching on the grass and standing in perfect formation. But still, the few people out at the park enjoyed the new acreage, too.

"I think it's beautiful," said Stockton resident Sally Cruz, who brought her 2-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old friend to the park Tuesday morning. "I love the bathrooms, compared to regular park bathrooms. When you have children potty training, it's a big deal."

The $5 million expansion area near Armstrong Road features a large fountain, a 3-acre man-made lake, a large covered picnic area that seats 100, water features to cool visitors off, a small rock wall for climbing and a tot lot.

"This is my first day out here," said Dennis Duffy of Lodi, who spent the morning at Micke Grove with his grandson. "Dave (Beadles) has done a great job."

Beadles is San Joaquin County's parks and recreation director.

Elsewhere in Micke Grove Park, the zoo is about to be remodeled, starting with a new area for otters and snow leopards at the east side of the zoo, said zoo manager Ken Nieland.

The project will begin with demolition of the circular aviary on Tuesday, followed by construction of the otter/snow leopard area, Nieland said.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.