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• Woman charged with felony in Lodi brother's suicide

• Marine returns to Lodi, girlfriend

• Trial starts in Lodi stabbing death

• Lodi Grape Bowl project is a 'go'

• Local government happy state budget passed

• Regional Roundup

• Corrections

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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Jerry Wadley

Air traffic controller

Jerry Wadley, 78, of Paso Robles and formerly of Lodi, died Feb. 14. He was born on Jan. 17, 1931, in Denver, Colo.

Mr. Wadley resided in Lodi in 1951. Later, he became a longtime resident of Ridgecrest and eventually settled in Paso Robles in 2005. He served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years as an air traffic controller and later as a civilian air traffic controller for 17 years at the Naval Weapon Center in China Lake. After retiring, he volunteered for the Navy Marine Relief Society. His hobbies included motorcycles, CB radios and R.C. model airplanes.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joyce Bradstreet Wadley, of Paso Robles; daughters, Debra Becker, of Placerville, and Kathleen Kirby, of Cambria; sons, Jeffrey Wadley, of Bakersfield, and Timothy Wadley, of Medford, Ore.; sisters, Patricia Ferrell, of Las Vegas, and Sharon Fawcett, of Vacaville; brother, Gary Wadley, of Utah; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A private funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Highway 99 and Harney Lane, Lodi, with Pastor Pat Christian officiating. Committal, with the U.S. Navy Honor Guard presenting military honors, will follow in the Garden of Trees.

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

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.