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• 'Operation Fright Night'

• 'A very, very big surprise'

• 2 Stanislaus County farmers vying for 26th Assembly seat

• Zoo expansion means snow leopards and river otters coming to Micke Grove in 2010

• 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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Lodi's Alison Simon aces senior season

Accomplishment: Lodi High No. 2 singles player Alison Simon recently finished her four-year high school career with an undefeated record in San Joaquin Athletic Association regular season matches. The senior went 10-0 in league this year on her way to a 24-2 mark including all scrimmage and tournament matches.

Alison Simon

Last week, Simon was the only Flames' singles player to record a win over Tracy in a match that Lodi went onto win and by doing so sealed its SJAA Title.

In SJAA play, Simon won most of her matches decidedly, having lost only one set all season. Lodi head coach Dennis Sebastian said Simon, who he admires for her sportsmanship, isn't the hardest hitter, but wears out her opponents with her relentless approach of returning the ball — even if it is 40 times.

"She is very motivated person and she motivates her teammates and she even motivate me as a coach just with her presence," Sebastian said.

Family: Father Ron and mother Julie; two brothers and one sister.

Favorite sport: Tennis. It's because it is such an exciting sport to play. It gets my heart rate up. I've played since I was seven.

Favorite athlete: Roger Federer. I like the way he covers the court and his footwork is just awesome.

Favorite hobbies: I take vacations with my family and we go boogie boarding and we surf. Usually we go to Santa Cruz.

Favorite subject: Anatomy because it is cool to learn about the human body and I have a really good teacher.

Would like to meet: (Actor) Shia LeBeouf because "Even Stevens" was just a crackup and "Disturbia" was insanely good.

Crowning achievement: Winning all my league singles tennis matches in high school and just never backing it down and always giving it all I've got.

Plans: I am going go to go to Delta for two years and then hopefully I'll be transferring to UCSB (the University of California at Santa Barbara) to study health and exercise science. Delta doesn't have a tennis team, so my coach wants me to play in tournaments so I can try and play in college. Even if it is not for school, I will definitely still be playing.

The Athlete of the Week is selected by the News-Sentinel sports staff. Nominations are gladly accepted. Simon will receive a T-shirt courtesy of Lodi Sporting Goods for being selected.