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• Galt councilman wants to look at rent control for mobile home parks

• Rent control: Proponents

• Rent control: Opponents

• In Fairfield, mobile home tenants own their parks

• Summit offers ways to boost Downtown Lodi's image

• Man facing involuntary manslaughter charge in friend's death

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? (69)
• 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)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (32)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (32)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)

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Sports Shorts

Boys Soccer
Varsity
Elliot 6, Wilton Christian 0

Scott Greene had a hat trick and added an assist for the Eagles (6-7-2, 4-2 Harvest Christian League) in the win at Wilton. Greene has 10 goals in the last four games.

Paul Goossens had two goals and two assists, Joseph Van Meter scored once and Jordan Tiner and John Pardee each had an assist.

Andrew Cotton and Harrison Husting combined for the shutout. Clayton Silva, Anthony Galletta and Kenny Talbert also had outstanding games.

Elliot will play first-place Venture Academy on Monday.

Frosh-Soph
Lodi 1, Lincoln 1

Diego Yepez had a goal and Brandon Miller had the assist for the Flames (2-2 SJAA). Nathan Garcia had nine saves in the net and Eric Almazan, Nathan Shibler, Randy Longorio, Anthony Miller and Abel Carillo had solid games for Lodi.

Football

Varsity
Brookside Christian 53, Elliot Christian 0

Brookside Christian (4-2, 1-0 HCL) scored late in the first half to go up 18-0 and then broke the game open with three touchdowns in the third quarter in a victory over Elliot Christian (1-5, 0-1 HCL) on Friday night in Modesto.

"We played a good game in the first half but we just couldn't keep up with their speed," Elliot coach Dean Davis said.

Justin Santos accounted for 86 of Elliot's 94 yards on offense, rushing 13 times for 53 yards and catching four passes for 33 more.

Frosh-Soph
Lodi 42, Franklin 36

Jeff Dickerson caught TD passes of 5 and 4 yards from Louie Conti and also kicked a 37-yard field and three PATs for the Flames (4-1-1, 1-0 SJAA) in the win at Franklin.

Josh Mastro had TD runs of 68 and 4 yards, Tyler Wonnell scored on an 82-yard run and Conti returned an interception 84 yards for a score.

Andres Silva had an interception.

Volleyball
Section power rankings

With a perfect 4-0 record in league thus far, the Lodi volleyball team is ranked No. 4 in the first set of Sac-Joaquin Section power rankings released Friday.

The power ratings are used to determine the section playoff brackets. At season's end, the top 16 teams in each division will advance to the playoffs.

The Flames (13-7 overall) are the top-ranked SJAA squad and trail only top-ranked Oak Ridge, Pleasant Grove (2) and Napa (3) in the Division I rankings. Tokay (3-4 Tri-City Athletic League, 10-12 overall) is ranked No. 20 halfway through the season.

Lodi's league foes Chavez and Lincoln, who both have 3-1 SJAA records, are sitting 13th and 14th, respectively. No. 7 Edison (6-1 TCAL) is the top-ranked TCAL team in DI, while West is 16th at 4-3 in league. St. Mary's is currently in first place in TCAL with a 6-0 mark, but the Rams play in the Division III bracket in the playoffs. They are ranked second in DIII.

Galt, which is 1-7 in the Sierra Valley Conference, is ranked 29th in DIII.

In Division V, Elliot came in at No. 15 with a 5-3 record in the Harvest Christian League. Lodi Academy, at 2-6 in the HCL, is ranked No. 21.

Section power rankings (halfway through season)

Division I
1. Oak Ridge
2. Pleasant Grove
3. Napa
4. Lodi
5. Nevada Union
6. Modesto
7. Edison
8. McClatchy
9. Rodriguez
10. Davis Sr.
11. Vintage
12. Golden Valley
13. Chavez
14. Lincoln (S)
15. Enochs
16. West
20. Tokay

Division II
1. St. Francis
2. Atwater
3. Yuba City

Division III
1. Del Oro
2. St. Mary's
3. Pioneer
29. Galt

Division IV
1. Christian Bros.
2. Vacaville Christian
3. Escalon

Division V
1. Stone Ridge Christian
2. Woodland Christian
3. Big Valley Christian
15. Elliot Christian
21. Lodi Academy

Water Polo
Varsity Girls
Western States Tournament

The Flames went 3-0 on the opening day on Friday in Fresno.

Taylor Gums had five goals in Lodi's 13-2 win over Beyer. Ashlyn Daniels had four goals, Lauren Plunkett added three and Hannah Ricci had one. Jillian Rohrbach had five saves in the net.

Gums, Plunkett and Amy Daneke each had three goals in an 11-4 win over Atwater. Daniels, Ricci, Amy Jacoy, Molly Bria and Brie Day each scored once and Rohrbach had four saves.

Plunkett and Gums each scored four times in a 12-1 win over Enochs. Daneke scored twice and Daniels and Day each scored once. Jacoy three had saves in the net.

Lodi plays Oakdale in the semifinals today at 7:30 a.m.

Frosh-Soph Boys
Sacramento Tournament

Tokay (10-4) lost to Sonoma 14-6 and defeated Antelope 14-11 on the first day of the Sacramento Tournament.

Sam Drake and Jack Hahn had seven goals apiece, Kostos Parisis scored three times, Eli Macdonald had two goals and Paul Moore added one. Paul Aquinaga had nine saves in the net.

Girls Golf
Varsity
Lodi 256, Chavez 369

Marissa Hinchman shot a 39 to lead the Flames (12-3, 9-1 SJAA) at Woodbridge Country Club's Lake Course.

Coby Kooyman fired a 48, Danielle Aldrich hit a 49, Courtney Schmidt shot a 56 and Brittany Kim carded a 64.

Junior Football
Tokay Thunder (Varsity)
Tokay 33, Vacaville Christian 0

Anthony Aguirre and Anthony Zamora had TD runs of 54 yards for the Tigers, Michael Ybarra scored on a 46-yard interception return and Kyle Berry scored on a 34-yard run. Gerardo Gutierrez and Taylor Manous each scored from 3 yards out.

Leo Scott had an interception and Mark Delnero, Gerardo Gutierrez and Austin Mitchell each had a sack.

Tokay 33, Vacaville Christian 0

Kyle Fleming scored five touchdowns for the Thunder (6-1).

Tokay won the Rookies contest 32-0 and the JV game 27-0.