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• History rolls through Lodi

• S.J. County sued over mosque approval

• Locals vie for memorial tickets, reflect on Jackson's career

• Three-vehicle crash sends motorcyclist to hospital

• Fourth of July pursuit ends with Lodi arrest

• Regional Roundup

• Acampo man accused of kidnapping, torturing girlfriend

• No alternative for Lodi Unified?

• Wrong numbers and a puzzling press release

• With the Colors

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

• 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

• Man killed by Amtrak train in Lodi

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• President Obama's first year (67)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future (60)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (49)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (31)

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Education is the goal of school

Following is a copy of an e-mail I sent to all of the members of the Lodi Unified School District Board of Education after their budget study session:

Dear Board Members: First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Cassel for her impassioned plea on behalf of the high school librarians. It is apparent that Ms. Cassel does have the academic welfare of the students in mind when she votes on school district policy. I would also like to thank Mr. Thompson (a former teacher of mine at Lodi High) for making the sensible suggestions about ways to keep the librarians, and thus also save the jobs of dedicated high school teachers.

I feel that board members who oppose cutting of freshman sports in favor of cutting librarians are misguided. We must always remember that the goal of any school district should be the education of its students. Any other extra-curricular activities, such as sports, must always take second place to academics. Cutting the librarian positions at the high school level will send the wrong message to the students and parents of the district. It would be akin to saying: "Pool service workers and sports are more important than academics." Is that the message the board wants to send out to the public?

Mary Ward
English Teacher, Tokay High School