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• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

• David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy

• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

• Paul Tebbel shines spotlight on sandhill cranes

• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Regional Roundup

• Armed robbers still targeting Lodi shops

• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

• San Joaquin County considers moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts

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)
• 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)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (43)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen (31)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (31)

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Regional Roundup

Call for Parade of Lights entries

The Downtown Lodi Business Partnership is hosting the Parade of Lights in Downtown Lodi on Dec. 3 at 6:15 p.m. and looking for participants. This year's theme is Rock n' Roll Christmas. It is the 14th consecutive year for the event.

The cost for commercial operations and businesses to enter the parade is $220. For families and individuals, it's $95. Non-profits and DLBP members can enter for $80. Applications are available to download at www.downtownlodi.com.

— Jordan Guinn

Canned food drive set for football game

Lodi High School's Interact Club is sponsoring a canned food drive at Friday's football game.

To participate, bring a canned good or non-perishable food item to the game at the Grape Bowl, or to the school's administration office during regular business hours.

All proceeds will benefit the Lodi Salvation Army. For more information, call 331-7754.

The drive is just another aspect of this week's game, selected as Channel 31's game of the week. Additionally, an early morning on-campus pep rally will be featured live on "Good Day Sacramento."

From 7 to 7:45 a.m., the cameras will be rolling at the rallies. Lodi High's rally will feature not only the Flame football team, but the school's cheer and drill teams as well as Lodi's band.

— Jennifer Bonnett

Grape Bowl Classic this weekend

Tokay High School will host the annual Grape Bowl Classic band review Saturday. There are 34 bands competing, including 16 in the jazz and concert category and four in field show. All events are open to the public.

The parade starts at 8:25 a.m. on Century Boulevard near Ham Lane, while jazz runs from 7:30 a.m. until noon in Tokay's theater and cafeteria at 1111 W. Century Blvd. Those awards will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the school's amphitheater.

The field show begins at 2:15 p.m., with awards to follow at 3:45 p.m. on the field.

Food will be available on campus throughout the day with profits going to band programs at all of the district's high schools. For more information, visit www.grapebowlclassic.org.

— Jennifer Bonnett

Kindergarten registration set to begin

The Galt Joint Union Elementary School District will begin accepting kindergarten and first-grade registration for 2010-11 school next week. To enroll, a child must be 4 years and 9 months of age by Sept. 1, 2010. His or her birth date must have been on or before Dec. 2, 2005.

Enrollment in first grade requires that a child must be 5 years and 9 months of age by Sept. 1, 2010. Children who are in kindergarten this year are automatically registered for first grade for next year.

Nov. 16 is the deadline for a physical exam for any child entering first grade. For more information, call the district's health service department at 744-4521.

Enrollment begins Thursday, Nov. 12. Registration forms can be picked up at any school office or downloaded from the district's Web site at www.galt.k12.ca.us. Children are not required to be present at the time of registration.

— News-Sentinel staff

Local students take nationals at FFA

Galt students Isaac Valencia and Dominic Stellato were among the local students to place at the annual National FFA Convention held last month in Indianapolis.

The Galt High School students took gold in their division in the botany category for their entry on the effects of sucrose dips, light and fertilizer on root regeneration in pre-transplant processing tomatoes.

In the same Agriscience Fair, Caitlin Wolford of Lodi was awarded a bronze medal for her project titled, "The Role of Feed Supplements and Their Effect on Hoof Growth in Horses."

Courtney Miller and Shelbi Thall, also of Lodi, were each awarded with a silver medal for their project on the comparison of feeding conventional rabbit feed versus organic rabbit feed on the weight gain of lion head rabbits.

All five local students were successful at the state level before moving onto the national fair. Participants received ribbons along with their medals and were honored at a banquet at the National FFA Convention, Oct. 21-24.

The agriscience fair program is sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund and Syngenta as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, which includes cash awards.

— Jennifer Bonnett