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• Lodi planners say proposal to widen freeway from Stockton ignores wastewater, power plant

• Galt City Council makes guidelines to promote respectful discourse

• 'Education advocate' proposes charter school on former site Turner Elementary

• North San Joaquin Water Conservation District rejects claims for groundwater charge refund

• Regional Roundup

• Are you a Lodi High student interested in journalism?

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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Break the poverty cycle through literacy

Adult Literary Services in Lodi is part of a national network of literacy organizations offering an adult education program to help Americans break the poverty cycle that too often passes from one generation to the next.

The U.S. House of Representatives designated the week of Oct. 18 as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. This comes on the heels of Census Bureau data released in late September that revealed that the official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2 percent, up from 12.5 percent in 2007. The U.S. Department of Education also reported earlier this year that 32 million American adults do not read, write or do basic math above an eighth-grade level.

Education remains the most successful tool we have to fight poverty. Our adult literacy program matches trained volunteer tutors with adults to help them improve reading, writing and language skills, and to then pass that on to their family members as a means to break the cycle.

Adult Literacy Services of the Lodi Public Library is a member of ProLiteracy, the world's largest organization of adult basic education and literacy programs, and is one of 1,200 community-based organizations that make up the ProLiteracy network.

"In the U.S., one out of seven adults has below-basic literacy skills," said David C. Harvey, president and CEO of ProLiteracy. "The problem is being further exacerbated as less-educated adults lose their jobs and are further subjected to poverty. Initiatives such as designated Adult Education and Family Literacy Week help us open the eyes of the public, businesses and government officials to this growing American crisis,"

For more information on Adult Literacy Services at the Lodi Library, visit www.lodi.gov/library or call (209) 333-5554.

Adults and educators can also find free, online tip sheets, podcasts and courses from ProLiteracy's partner's Thinkfinity Literacy Network at www.literacynetwork.verizon.org/TLN and Verizon Thinkfinity at www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx.

Yvette Herrera
Adult Literacy Services
Lodi Public Library