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• $220 million expansion done

• Lodian Delores Silva honored at George Washington — the school she named 50 years ago

• Two more Lodi gas stations robbed at gunpoint Sunday

• Wal-Mart still eyeing large stores in Galt and Lodi

• Public invited to fundraiser for 1-year-old heart transplant patient

• Regional Roundup

• Assemblywoman Alyson Huber hand-delivers 2,000 postcards opposing peripheral canal

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

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Lodi's Marissa Hinchman gains experience at Northern California golf championships

The Northern California championships came at Marissa Hinchman as fast as a runaway putt on the gut-wrenching greens at Almaden Country Club.

Making her first appearance in the NorCal tourney, the Lodi High sophomore struggled but came away with valuable experience after shooting a 92 on Monday in San Jose.

Hinchman failed to qualify for the state championships, but she'll get more opportunities.

"It was a bad day but I'll learn from mistakes," Hinchman said. "Next year I'll try to get back and do better."

Hinchman said the Almaden was one of the most difficult courses she's played this season, with hilly terrain and slick greens making for challenging round.

"Putting was definitely my biggest weakness," Hinchman said. "Some of the greens were downhill, and you'd make a putt and it would just keep rolling past the hole."

Lodi coach Tara Staal said Hinchman was up against some stiff competition.

"For a sophomore she did a really good job," Staal said. "She learned a lot today. She'll be back next year and maybe a competitor to go to state."

Hinchman started her round on the 10th hole and was even through four holes before double bogeying the fifth and sixth holes. She went out with a 5-over 41 on the front nine.

She opened the back nine with a triple bogey and was never able to recover.

Despite Monday's finish, Hinchman said it was a good season for the Flames, who won league and divisional titles. "I wish the team could have come along with me," Hinchman said. "It would have been more fun.

"I had a good season but I could have done better. Now I know what I need to work on to get better next year."

St. Francis finished first on Monday with a 395, following up last week's section victory with a NorCal title. Alameda was second (399), followed by Granada (420), Foothill (434), St. Ignatius (434) and Presentation (437).

Hannah Suh of Evergreen Valley was the low medalist with a 2-under 70 and was followed by Presentation's Mariko Tumangan and Alameda's Grace NA (71), Salinas' Taylor Camany (72) and Alameda's Samantha Moyal and Granada's Marguerite Swearengin (73).