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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?

November 20th, 2009

• Acampo woman killed

• Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff

• Advocacy groups sue East Bay Municipal Utility District over Pardee expansion

• Regional Roundup

• Galt plans to help residents with energy-efficient projects

• Stable southeast of Lodi approved

• One year after a heart attack, Lodi's Judy Mims thanks rescuers

• National Guard troops return home in time for the holidays

• Real estate market gets on more solid ground

November 19th, 2009

• Lodi Unified School District board votes to cancel summer school for 2010

• Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

• Lodi City Council will consider redevelopment next June

• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22

• Corrections

• Chase ends in crash

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

• Sales tax hike yields dividends: 5 new officers join Galt Police

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

• Lodi man finds wife's ashes during police display of stolen property

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react

November 17th, 2009

• Clarification

• Lodi Budget and Finance Committee to look into ways to save money on employee benefits

• Regional Roundup

• Decision on summer school expected at tonight's Lodi Unified School District meeting

• Clements gets free water rescue boat

• Redevelopment to be discussed by Lodi City Council again

• Court reinstates death penalty for killer of Lodi grad

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

• Regional Roundup

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

• A first look at 2009 vintages at Lodi's First Sip wine-tasting event

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise

• Despite an increase in homeless students, school districts look to bolster enrollment, raise revenue

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

November 13th, 2009

• What to expect with new homebuyer tax credit

• Lodi Muslim: Local mosque not involved

• Regional Roundup

• Mayor Larry Hansen points out Lodi's economic progress

• First phase of Lockeford park by 2011?

• Lodi veteran recounts close calls in Vietnam

• Burglary suspects are under arrest

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

• The country's mess is our fault (146)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (61)
• Despite budget cuts, some Lodi Unified School District salaries continue to rise (54)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (46)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Lodi Flames slim playoff chances vanish in setback to Tracy Bulldogs (25)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Tokay Tigers blow late 27-point lead in loss to Wolf Pack (22)
• Nightmares about America's future (21)

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Sports Shorts

Water Polo
Varsity Boys
Tokay 13, McNair 6

Cody Vincelet had four goals and Derek Leale and Nick Parisis each had two for the Tigers (6-5, 4-2 Tri-City Athletic League) in Monday's victory.

Kevin Yeats, Tyler Grupe, Kyle Iturraran, Danny Kemether and Cole Mahoney each scored once.

Brandon Fansher had six saves in the net.

Varsity Girls
Lodi 19, Bear Creek 3

Ashlyn Daniels scored four times and Lauren Plunkett had three goals to lead the Flames (18-7, 5-2 SJAA).

Brie Day, Amy Daneke and Molly Bria each had two goals and Taylor Gums, Ava Dornbush, Paige Budiselich, Amy Jacoy, Brooke Iturraran and Hannah Ricci each had one.

Gums, Jacoy and Jillian Rohrbach split time in the net and combined for six saves.

Frosh-Soph Boys
Lodi 5, Bear Creek 1

Mitch Thomas had five goals and three steals for the Flames (5-0 SJAA).

Connor Silva had three steals and two assists, Mikee Whiteside had two steals and two assists and Kevin den Hartog and Jack Morris each had one steal.

Andrew Watts had seven saves in the net.

Frosh-Soph Girls
Lodi 14, Bear Creek 1

Holly Melo and Emily Cervantes each had two goals for the Flames.

Nicole Haley, Karliegh Boss, Tori Detloff, Allison Shatz, Marissa Bentencourt, Brianna VanDiemen and Gianna Zazzarino each scored once for the Flames and goalie Jadin Kidson-Trigg had six saves.

Volleyball
Varsity
St. Mary's 3, Tokay 1

Nicole Buzo had 23 kills, three blocks, two aces and 15 digs and Arianna Brusa added 24 assists and four digs for the Tigers (10-11, 3-5 TCAL) in the 25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 25-11 loss to the visiting Rams.

Tori Nunez had six kills, two blocks and 15 digs, Enrica Bosco had three blocks and three digs, Sarah Boron-Trotter recorded four aces and 20 digs and Brooke Malcolm added nine digs.

Frosh-Soph
St. Mary's 2, Tokay 0

Page Kininmonth had three aces, five kills, two blocks and eight digs for the Tigers in the 25-17, 25-20 loss.

Lillian Heng had five kills, Jenna Rohde had two aces, three kills, four assists and three digs, Tori Schallberger recorded two kills and five digs, Kacie Ring had six assists and three kills and Liz Boron-Trotter added two kills and eight digs.

Freshmen
St. Mary's 2, Tokay 0

Nicole Beardsley had four digs for the Tigers in the 25-13, 25-15 setback.

Megan Butler had two kills and two digs, Julie Kanemura, Makenna Plinski and Elliza North-Fauli each had two digs, Morgan Ellis one dig and one assist, Ariel Wilkinson had an ace and Cassidy Castillanos recorded one kill.

Girls Tennis
Varsity
Tokay 5, McNair 4

Kim Wong won in a third-set tiebreak 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) over Sopha Lam to help the Tigers win a thriller over the visiting Eagles in TCAL action.

The Tigers won five of six singles matches.

Tokay's Niki Polcerova defeated Hahn Dao-Tran 6-1, 6-0, Mandy Majidian beat Maryann Tran 6-1, 6-1, Alexa Abdallah held off Naj Washington 62-, 7-6 (8-6) and Andrea Ikeda beat Nina Chandy 7-6, 7-5. McNair's Susana Cruz topped Emma Brink 6-4, 7-4.

The Eagles swept doubles play. Guers Caldreron and Pharia Le beat Sydney Correa and Janelle Wu 6-3, 6-1, and Phannary Veasna and Kelly Sao defeated Morgan Hayles and Alyese Caraballo 6-1, 6-0. McNair also had a forfeit victory.

Lodi 5, Franklin 0

The Flames swept the Yellowjackets on the road.

In singles play, Anna Adams beat Amy Komure 6-0, 6-0, Audrey Simon defeated Julie Nguyen 6-0, 6-0, and Taylor Barajas knocked off Karina Sanchez 6-1, 6-2.

In doubles action, Jacque Lord and Emily Bingham defeated Roxana Torres and Jazmine Gonzales 6-0, 6-2 and Kendall Patterson and Leoni Lach beat Emily Yang and Mary David 6-2, 6-1.

Galt 8, Cordova 1

The Warriors (7-3 Sierra Valley Conference) took five of six matches in singles and swept all three doubles matches in the win over visiting Cordova.

In singles, Galt's Christina Phillips beat Michelle Lee 6-1, 6-1, Jana Hackett topped Irina Gulchenko 6-4, 6-4, Sarah Houghtaling knocked off Brenda Yang in three sets, and Ashley Rose defeated Christina Tsyberman.

Cordova's Kailey Chan rallied past Devin Smith 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

In doubles, Alyssa Greenhaw and Olivia Seifert beat Nancy Yang and Karen Chen 6-1, 6-2, Courtney Wright and Corinne Madison defeated Geraldine Francisco and Annaka Reader 6-1, 6-1, and Allison Barsetti and Dani Wise knocked off Kaetyng Chen and Karol Chacon 6-2, 6-1.

Boys Soccer
Frosh-Soph
Tokay 3, St. Mary's 0

Santiago Prieto and Richard Castillo each had a goal and an assist to lead the Tigers over the visiting Rams.

Fernando DelaSancha had one goal and Austin Mettler added one assist.

Brent Snyder had the shutout in goal and Luis Easulto and Luke Khoury had outstanding defensive games.

Motor Sports
Pitta secures spot in 2010

Galt's Juan Pitta was one of 10 race car drivers named to the NASCAR's 2010 Drive for Diversity program after earning a spot during a two-day tryout that wrapped up Tuesday in Radford, Va.

Thirty drivers competed for the 10 spots. For Pitta, who had 12 top-five finishes in the Late Model Division at All-American Speedway this season, 2010 will be his third season with the Drive for Diversity program.

Four drivers from the 2010 class will eventually earn rides in the Camping World East Series, while the other six will be placed with Whelen All-American teams.