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• Local horse center specializes in Clydesdales

• 45 minutes: The time it might take for squad car to respond to new Galt high school

• Man who kidnapped a Lodi resident and two others sentenced to 25 years in prison

• Animal shelter will get assistance with consistent staffing

• County settles with former Lodi firefighter over privacy invasion

• Performing Animal Welfare Society gives presentation to Rotary Club

• Correction

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)
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• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
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Performing Animal Welfare Society gives presentation to Rotary Club

Video clips of precious cargo being loaded onto an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft flickered on a projector screen Thursday at the Lodi Rotary Club. The cargo was not military Humvees or tanks, but an African elephant named Maggie.

The video was part of a presentation by the co-founders of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, Ed Stewart and Pat Derby.

"I never want to hear anyone complaining about taking their dog to the vet," joked Stewart, while explaining how Maggie was transported from Alaska to the 2,300-acre PAWS sanctuary in San Andreas.

After the videos of Maggie's entry into the sanctuary, Derby, a short, energetic woman with bright orange hair — and a self-proclaimed "queen of fundraising" — stood and spoke about the sanctuary.

PAWS is home to five Asian and four African elephants. Over 30 tigers are located at the sanctuary, and they consume about 3,000 pounds of food a week.

Primates, bears and other rescued animals are also housed at the foothill sanctuary.

Ed Stewart speaks and shows a video about an elephant rescue. (Brian Feulner/News-Sentinel)

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