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• Return of the cranes

• Transit employees, police don't want homeless at station for Sunday breakfast

• Acampo man, 95, recalls undefeated football team

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• Regional Roundup

• Public Meetings

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

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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

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• City of Lodi settles case of mistaken identity

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Acampo man, 95, recalls undefeated football team

Lowell Kadel has a sparkling memory of his 95 years. One of his happiest memories for the Acampo resident is his high school football team's undefeated season in 1932, right during the depths of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl in rural Kansas.

Kadel has two outstanding souvenirs of his 1932 season for Hunter High School in north-central Kansas. One is a team picture that includes him and his brother, Omer. The other is the very football he used, marked with every player on the team and the opponent and score of all eight games.

"Me and my brother, we could out-run them all," Kadel said. "We were country boys. We were tough. We played in rain and snow and ice."

Kadel played left guard on offense; on defense, it was fullback and safety. Fullback is considered an offensive position today, but in the '30s it was similar to what a linebacker today.

Kadel described Hunter as "a little town of 150, if there was that many there." The 2000 Census says that Hunter had even fewer people — 77.

He recalled the excitement of beating Beloit, the Mitchell County seat, which had a lot bigger school.

"We sent them home, 38-0," Kadel boasted.

The beloved football he showed Sunday on the kitchen counter at his residence at Arbor Mobile Home Park off Woodbridge Road is "old genuine pigskin," Kadel said. "I wouldn't take $1,000 for the ball. I have too many bruises."

Kadel's family farmed wheat in Kansas, but they left for Idaho when the Dust Bowl began. Nevertheless, he enjoyed life in Kansas, frequently drinking corn whiskey during the midst of Prohibition.

Kadel got tired of farming and transferred to a career in the aircraft industry, living in places like San Diego, Tucson, Ariz., and New Orleans. They moved to Lodi in 1961 to live near a daughter.

He and his wife, Helen, met on a blind date in 1937 and married six months later. They've been happily married for 72 years.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.