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• Outgoing Mayor Mounce talks priorities, is looking forward to volunteering more

• Galt council elects Randy Shelton as mayor

• The canine controversy

• 2 teens stabbed in separate incidents

• Regional Roundup

• Morada group sues Stockton over development, water

• Galt Council not ready to make final decisions on Nueva Vision

• Shackled teen escapes

• Record 3.1 million California kids getting school meals

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

• Jason Behrmann is unanimously named Galt's city manager

• Regional Roundup

• 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

• Lodi City Council weighs raising fares to restore some bus service

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

• 27-year-old man shot to death Saturday night in front of Acampo home

• Regional Roundup

• Group investigates reports of haunting

• 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

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Martha Dietz

Homemaker

Martha Dietz, 90, of La Grande, Ore. and formerly of Lodi, died Nov. 26. She was born Martha Trick on Jan. 8, 1918, in Anamoose, N.D.

Mrs. Dietz moved to Lodi with her family in the early 1930s. She married Roland Dietz on Nov. 2, 1941, in Reno, Nev. She remained a longtime resident of Lodi until May 2008, when she moved to La Grande, Ore.

Mrs. Dietz was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and the American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 22 of Lodi. She was also a homemaker who enjoyed crafts, making custom Christmas ornaments, knitting, sewing, gardening and playing bingo.

She is survived by her brothers, Carl Trick, of Cowdrey, Colo., and Leslie Trick, of La Grande, Ore.; and sisters, Olga Fink and Clara Schmollinger, both of Lodi, and Alvina Fehling, of Vacaville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roland Dietz; and sister, Frieda Folsom.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way, near Beckman Road, in Lodi. Per her request, no services will be held and committal will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Please sign the guest book at www.cherokeememorial.com.

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.