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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

November 26th, 2009

• Giving thanks in Lodi: For a community's generosity

• Candlelight vigil held for Britani Coberly

• Giving thanks in Lodi

• Giving thanks in Lodi: For a son who is alive

• Grocery stores open on Thanksgiving

• Giving thanks in Lodi

• Regional Roundup

• Giving thanks in Lodi

• Thanksgiving closures

November 25th, 2009

• Man arrested after allegedly selling stolen jewelry in front of police

• Thanksgiving closures

• Elderly woman dies in Galt house fire

• A Thanksgiving feast

• San Joaquin County supervisors to lay off district attorney workers to aid budget

• Lodi Police hand out tickets and ... turkeys?

• Thanksgiving services held tonight, Thursday

• Regional Roundup

• Stores, shoppers prepare for Black Friday

November 24th, 2009

• Logbook

• Robber who shot himself in knee gets 16 years in prison

• Lodi Lake lowered for pipeline connection, will be refilled between March and May

• Thanksgiving meals available today and Thursday

• Woman poisoned by mushrooms dies

• Supervisors to consider Williamson Act moratorium

• New event to bring holiday cheer to the lake

• Regional Roundup

November 23rd, 2009

• Herald rancher Gary Silva caters to increasing demand for goat meat

• San Joaquin County offers loans to aid businesses as RV center defaults

• Regional Roundup

• Lockeford Cleanup Day

• Let there be light

• Public Meetings

November 21st, 2009

• Logbook

• Holiday drive spreads cheer to U.S. troops

• Galt High students want board to approve open-campus policy

• Poisoning victims remain hospitalized

• Expert: Half a mushroom cap can be deadly

• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl

• Lodi Middle School holds annual Turkey Trot

• Regional Roundup

• No motive or suspect in shooting

• Sacramento cop arrested for alleged kidnapping

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

• Operation: Christmas

• Logbook

• Suspect arrested after hiding in fridge

• Chase ends in crash

• Galt Joint Union High School Distric hires new superintendent

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

• 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

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

• Public health care is a Christian option (115)
• Founding Fathers were not deists (46)
• Lodi Unified School District should consider cutting physical education, Elkhorn and transportation (42)
• Words from our Forefathers (36)
• No one should be denied basic coverage (32)
• Collision with Grant Pacers knocks Tokay Tigers out of football playoffs (30)
• Tokay grad files claim over Lodi's Grape Bowl (24)
• Woman poisoned by mushrooms dies (23)
• Thanksgiving feast — without turkey? (23)
• Lodi Unified School District's budget priorities demand a hard look (18)

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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