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• Lodi City Council approves invocations before meetings

• Lodi Community Center will get 18 more parking spaces and trees

• Treasure Island Wine Fest to showcase Lodi wines

• 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

• 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)
• 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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'Thank you' to our Lodi Coastal Cleanup Crew

Be careful what you pray for! On Sept. 19, Lodi Lake Coastal Cleanup rained more volunteers than we ever expected. Last year's turnout brought 110 people; this year brought 328! You can imagine our surprise — and short supplies!

Thank you to all the volunteers who very patiently coped with us as we scrambled to make order out of chaos. We managed to get the job done, thanks to you.

Our mission for the day accomplished: 113 Lodi Lake Park acres cleaned; 15 Mokelumne River miles cleaned; 1,500 pounds of trash picked up, sorted, counted and documented; three boatloads of lumber/trash/plastic removed from river; and 328 people educated!

Top 10 Trash Items: 1,560 cigarette filters; 916 food wrappers; 809 bottle caps/lids; 276 plastic bags; 214 cups, plates, utensils; 178 beverage bottles; 171 straws/stirrers; 162 plastic bags; 154 beverage cans; and 136 glass beverage bottles.

Most unusual items found: firework shells; unopened can of tuna; in-line skate; bedding; and a bag of fresh Tokay/Flame grapes.

Schools/groups represented: St. Mary's, Stockton, Lodi High, Tokay High, Millswood Middle School — largest group — 60-plus, Lincoln HS, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, UC Davis, Davis, CSU — East Bay, St. Peter's Grammar School, Jim Elliot CHS, Lodi, Delta Middle College, Stockton, Leroy Nichols Elementary School, A Hand Up Homeless Outreach, San Joaquin County — PW, Granite Construction, French Camp — 20 people, Wal-Mart — four employees, Stockton Colts — Hockey Team — 45 people, Julia Morgan, Stockton, West Lodi — 4-H, Troop 295- Boy Scouts, Christa McAuliffe HS, Century Christian School, Vinewood Elementary School, Larson Elementary School, Reese Elementary School, Houston Elementary School, Galt HS, Merryhill School, Stockton, Houston Elementary School, San Joaquin County — PW, general public — families and individuals.

Finally, thank you to North Ham Lane Starbucks, Lodi Wal-Mart, and A Hand Up Homeless Outreach for coffee, cloth bags and food to eat. See you all next year (hey, let's register online)!

In the meantime, folks, keep our streets and parks trash-free for the sake of the waterways, the creatures that live there and, finally, our neighbors who may drink the water downstream.

Kathy Grant
City of Lodi
PW Watershed Ed Coordinator