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• Cash for clunkers

• Gettin' trimmed at the All-American Barber Shop

• Galt Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

• Lodi fireworks on schedule for Saturday

• Lodi Unified School District's Barbara Johnston secures job in Berryessa

• Regional Roundup

• Holiday Closures

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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• President Obama's first year (45)
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• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
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• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
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Galt Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

Starting tonight, Galt will begin a weekend of celebrating "The Good Ol' Times" at this year's Galt Festival. This year is the 50th anniversary of the festival, which has taken place every year since 1959.

Festival coordinators have added a children's circus with four shows daily, a petting zoo, fire cracker money scramble, diaper derby, slot car racing and even a Miss Galt Festival Queen Pageant.

In addition to dozens of festival games and rides, one huge draw for the Galt Festival is the live music daily. The Garcia Brothers Band, of Elk Grove, will perform for tonight's gala, starting at 9 p.m. and play until midnight on the main stage. The Garcia Brothers have performed with artists such as Lou Rawls, Avril Lavigne, Tower of Power and Creedence Clearwater Revisited.

On Saturday, the Silver Rockers, a classic rock band, will play from 3-6 p.m. Moments Notice will play from 7-9 p.m. on the soccer field.

Sunday's entertainment will be provided by country music's Bryan Keith Band, who will perform on the soccer field from 6-9 p.m. The same day, Slacke 'n' Loader will perform starting at 8 p.m.

Perhaps one of the biggest events of the festival is the fireworks show that will start at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

On Sunday, there will be a custom car and bike show from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is $5, which includes admission to the festival. All cars and bikes will be from 1974 or earlier. When you attend, vote for your favorite vehicle that will be awarded a people's choice award.

The festivities will come to close with a night parade that will start at the south parking lot of Galt High School and go down A and C streets, and end by the library. The theme, The Good Ol' Times, celebrates the parade's first days and features old-fashioned clowns and entertainment.

The festival is made up entirely of volunteers from the local community, and has no paid staff. All proceeds go back into the festival, said festival coordinator Brenda Renfrow.

Tickets are available at the Galt Frostie, 800 C St. in Galt, or at the entrance to the festival.