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• George Bradley to retire after 16 years of maintaining Lodi's streets

• Freeway chase ends with fatal shooting of suspect

• Seven water district hopefuls state their case to the board

• Jose Hernandez's family disappointed about delays, but glad for safety measures

• SAT results: More students setting sights on college

• Regional Roundup

• Tomato corruption suspect pleads guilty

• Good Samaritan ends up victim of hit and run on Highway 12

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

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

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• 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)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

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Regional Roundup

Initiative to cap city pay needs more work

Jane Lea withdrew a petition Tuesday for a ballot measure that would cap the pay of the city's non-union employees.

She submitted the petition to the city earlier this month with the goal of reining in city employees' salaries. Lea received feedback from City Attorney Steve Schwabauer that listed six court cases that have challenged issues related to her initiative. She plans to rework the measure and resubmit it.

"I'm certainly only going back to the drawing board," Lea said. "The problem still exists but the solution is still being worked on."

The measure she submitted would have limited the salary of the highest-paid non-union employee to 50 percent of the California governor's salary, which is $213,000. That means the city's highest paid non-union employee could only make $106,500. The Electric Utility was exclueded from the measure.

The measure would also have created a commission to set pay and compensation for council members.

— Maggie Creamer

Galt elementary district board meets today

Among the topics for consideration at this week's Galt Joint Union Elementary School District meeting are accepting an appraisal report regarding the Fairsite property and voting on a North American Riding for the Handicapped Association membership.

Trustees are also expected to hear a report from Superintendent Karen Schauer on the first week of school and one on STAR results from Judy Bullard, director of curriculum.

The board meets in open session at 7 p.m. today in the City Council chambers, 380 Civic Drive.

— Jennifer Bonnett

High school district seeking public input

The Galt Joint Union High School District is once again inviting all interested members of the community to attend a public forum to provide input regarding qualities, characteristics and attributes desired in the next superintendent. Tom Gemma's last day was June 30.

This is the second time public input on the position has been sought. After the first application go-round, the board opted to scrap those who had applied and start over.

The board then hired Leadership Associates to assist the district in the recruitment and selection process. They will be on hand at this input session scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Liberty Ranch High School auditorium.

Additionally, Leadership Associates partners plan to visit the district throughout the day, receiving input from community members and district employees, according to the public announcement. Board president Terry Parker-Owning said fellow trustees were asked to forward to the outside agency the names of community members they wanted interviewed.

For those who speak Spanish as their primary language, a bilingual Leadership Associates partner will be available at next week's meeting.

Trustees plan to add this community input to the information received during the recent search process. It was reopened on Aug. 11 and is expected to conclude prior to Dec. 1, according to the district.

It is Parker-Owning's hope that those who attended the first public input meeting earlier this summer will also attend this one.

Liberty Ranch is located at 12945 Marengo Road.

— Jennifer Bonnett

Educational photo contest announced

The San Joaquin County Office of Education is sponsoring the "School is Cool!" photo contest to showcase young and talented photographers in the 2010 SJCOE Annual Report. The photo contest is open to all high school students in San Joaquin County and is based on the theme "I Love School."

Each high school will be allowed to submit the work of three of its best photographers as a digital and an 8-by-10 printed photo (color effects or photo enhancements are acceptable).

Photo submissions are due Oct. 6 to the Public Information Office at San Joaquin County Office of Education, P.O. Box 213030, Stockton, 95213-9030.

Original submissions will not be returned to students.

All photos will be displayed at San Joaquin County Office of Education, and the winners of the contest will be awarded prizes at a special event later in the year.

The top four winning photos and the names of those photographers will be used in the 2010 SJCOE Annual Report, which is distributed to over 150,000 individuals. The winner of the "School is Cool!" photo contest will be the official photographer for the 2010 SJCOE Annual Report.

To enter the contest, download an application at www.sjcoe.org/

newsDetails.aspx?ID=1613.

For more information call 468-4937, or e-mail jratto@sjcoe.net.

— News-Sentinel staff

Hearing Friday on dropout rates

The Legislature's Select Committee on Lowering California's High School Dropout Rates, chaired by Assemblywoman Alyson Huber, D-El Dorado Hills, conduct a hearing defining the dropout crisis Friday at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

In addition, a new report will be released on historical dropout trends by Russ Rumberger of the California Dropout Research Project.

According to statistics released in May 2009 by the California Department of Education, the statewide dropout rate was 20.1 percent for 2007-2008, according to Huber's office.

The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 127 at the State Capitol. Stockton Unified School District Superintendent Anthony Amato is among those expected to speak.

For more information, please contact my office at (916) 319-2010 or visit asm.ca.gov/Huber.

— Ross Farrow

State Sen. Dave Cox endorses Republican Paul Hegyi for Assembly

State Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, who represents the Galt area, has endorsed Republican Paul Hegyi for the 10th Assembly District seat held by Alyson Huber, D-El Dorado Hills, according to Hegyi's campaign. Cox will also be one of Hegyi's campaign chairmen.

Hegyi, an Elk Grove resident, is chief of staff to Assemblyman Van Tran, R-Garden Grove. He lost to Jack Sieglock in the 2008 Republican primary.

— Ross Farrow