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• Remembering area veterans

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February 8th, 2010

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• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

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

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

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February 5th, 2010

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

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• 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

• Regional Roundup

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• 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

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

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

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

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

• Find cuddly alpacas not too far from Lodi

• Public Meetings

• Patients can expect faster, better service when Lodi Memorial Hospital's new emergency room opens

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Elma Thurman

Nurse's aid

Elma Susan Thurman, 51, formerly of Lodi, died April 26. She was born on April 2, 1958, in Marion, Ohio.

Mrs. Thurman was raised in San Andreas, and graduated from Calaveras High School. She resided in various areas and later settled in Lodi, where she worked as a nurse's aid and later the recreational services director at Fairmont Rehabilitation Hospital for many years. She moved to Flora Vista, N.M. a little over a year ago. She was active in her church, served in the youth Sunday school program, and enjoyed helping the elderly in the church and watching television.

She is survived by her daughter, Julie Thurman, of Patterson; mother, Edith McCardle, of New Mexico; and brothers, Bill Robinson, of Sacramento, Ben Robinson, of Arkansas, James Robinson, of New Mexico, and Scott Robinson, of San Andreas.

She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Robinson; and brother, Harvey "Bud" Robinson.

A memorial service will be held on at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Highway 99 and Harney Lane, Lodi. Committal will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made c/o Julie A. Thurman, 226 Red Robin Drive, Patterson, CA 95363.

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.