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• New Lodi Memorial rule to combat spread of H1N1: Visitors must be older than 16

• Tour packs buses as birdwatchers admire Sandhill cranes

• City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks

• Daytime thieves targeting Lodi homes

• Homicide suspect Anthony Hubbard arraigned

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi High graduate was at Fort Hood

• Lining up for flu shots in Lodi

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

November 18th, 2009

• Regional Roundup

• Paranormal group conducts second investigation of building

• Congress allocates money for local water projects

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

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

• Galt City Council rejects study on rent stabilization

November 17th, 2009

• Paying tribute to a Lodian

• 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

• Clarification

November 16th, 2009

• Correction

• Public Meetings

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

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

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

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

• Regional Roundup

November 14th, 2009

• Galt school district narrows superintendent search to one

• Regional Roundup

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

• Watchful neighbor in Lodi helped bust suspected burglars

• New Galt city manager juggles job, family

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

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

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

• The country's mess is our fault (165)
• Obama is not a moderate (130)
• Sarah Palin's book hits the shelves: Locals react (70)
• Lodi City Council plans to cap number of taco trucks at 22 (48)
• The haves should help the have-nots (30)
• Public health care is a Christian option (29)
• Tokay in, traveling to unbeaten No. 3 Grant for football playoffs (25)
• Government-run health care is a bad idea (17)
• Young woman fatally shot at Acampo home (17)
• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi (16)

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Greater Yosemite Council of Boy Scouts appoints new executive director

The Greater Yosemite Council of the Boy Scouts of America announces the selection of a new Executive Director, Rich McCartney, who will direct Scouting activities in the counties of Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne.

McCartney, 42, is a native of Pennsylvania and has worked for the Boy Scouts for 16 years, starting in Batavia, N.Y. His next assignments took him to Rochester, Denver, and back to Pennsylvania. Now he is located on the other side of the U.S., leading 15,000 enrolled Scouts and hundreds of volunteers. 

“I was really attracted to this area because, first of all, the Central Valley is beautiful,” he explains. “I’m also very excited about the high caliber of the volunteers that I will be working with and the challenge of a underserved population.” 

His most challenging experience is similar to the one he faces in Northern California — turning around a council in financial distress. 

“We did it by finding out our strong points and doing what we do better,” says McCartney.  “The raw material we have to work with here is unbelievable.” 

This attitude comes from his life experiences. His father died when he was 5 years old and his mother worked as a nurse to support the family. Throughout his life there he was instilled with an attitude of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.”

McCartney joined Scouting as a boy when his next door friend asked him to keep him company at a meeting. The friend quit and McCartney never left the program.

“I love hiking and camping. Scouting has given me opportunities I never would have had,” says McCartney.

McCartney holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from Penn State University and a master of arts degree in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Melinda, a math teacher, have two sons, ages 13 and 7.