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• School budget woes have districts turning to other pockets besides Uncle Sam's

• It's in the mail: One Galt school turned card-making into fundraising

• Teens learn art of Christian murals at Lodi youth rally

• For many people, the Super Bowl is just no big deal

• Richard Blackston, longtime Lodi Republican, now a Democratic activist

• Regional Roundup

• Public Meetings

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

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• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
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• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
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For many people, the Super Bowl is just no big deal

Traffic was light in Lodi as the clock struck 3:30 p.m., but that doesn't mean everyone was watching the Super Bowl, or simply drinking beer while pretending to watch the Steelers and Cardinals.

Parents with small children could be seen at the park or at Lodi Lake. A man at Lodi Lake was walking his three dogs, while young people were hanging out outside Starbucks in Downtown Lodi.

Bob Pulido

"We went to see a movie this year," Lodi resident Bob Pulido said. "We're taking care of our granddaughter (age 8), and she doesn't like football. It's a change in tradition, and my team (the San Francisco 49ers) isn't playing this year."

Samer Sublaban, who spent Super Bowl Sunday at Emerson Park at Elm and Hutchins streets, said one reason he didn't watch the big game is that no local teams were involved.

"The economy's too bad for me to think about the Super Bowl," Sublaban said. "We came out here just to relax."

Outside the Downtown Starbucks, a group of young people were hanging out at a table — definitely not watching the Super Bowl.

Shelby Munsch

"I think it's ridiculous," Lodi resident Shelby Munsch said. "It's just a football game. I know people who think it's their life."

Chris Coppick, another Lodi resident hanging out at Starbucks, doesn't understand why people have Super Bowl parties — especially as a "matinee version" of New Year's Eve.

Chris Coppick

"They need to get a life if they have to have a party to watch TV," Coppick said.

Lodi resident Aaron Garcia was among the people who enjoyed Sunday's balmy weather more than watching the Super Bowl indoors. He brought friends from Gilroy to Lodi Lake, where they took a walk, played cards and brought a bunch of board games.

Aaron Garcia

"I don't hate it," Gilroy resident Ed Van Deventer said of the Super Bowl. "I'm just not excited about it."

Sometimes cultural upbringing is a reason one chooses an alternate activity.

"I never watched it; I watch soccer," Woodbridge resident Maria Ochoa said as her husband filled up his gas tank in Woodbridge.

While football is not her game, Ochoa understands the phenomenon that the game is in America.

"I work at a convalescent home, and they even had their party there," Ochoa said. "They went to the dining room and they had a big-screen TV there."

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.