Brian McMillen and Katie Gillespie, both of Lodi, were married in August 2012.

Here is a list of awards presented to Lodi High School graduates for 2012:

Tonight, the curtain will rise on Lodi High School's spring musical, "Li'l Abner."

Leena Ou, 14, is in the eighth grade, and she doesn't want to grow up.

How quickly things can change. Just a week ago, I was so desperate for a movie to review that I actually sat and watched “The Twilight Saga — Breaking Dawn: Part 1” for two hours. (I’ve broken bones, suffered through mono, gotten tattooed and had a wisdom tooth wrenched out of my head without Novocain, but honestly, all pale in comparison to the sheer unpleasantness of the “Twilight” experience.)

Here is the list of Lodi High School graduates for 2011:

Here is a list of awards presented to Lodi High School graduates for 2011:

Here is the list of Tokay High School graduates for 2011:

Lodi High School’s swimming teams capped off banner seasons with a sweep of all four meets at the San Joaquin Athletic Association championships this past weekend at Lincoln High School in Stockton.

Getting back to a state of play. That has always been the quest for improv comedian Brent Tubbs. During the past 11 years, he has encouraged people to hop onstage and use their imaginations to come up with different characters and stories.

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The Lodi Flames varsity boys shut out the Tracy Bulldogs by winning all 12 events and advanced to 2-0 in San Joaquin Athletic Association meets.

Mary Griffith won two Sac-Joaquin Section swimming titles last year as a sophomore.

The Tokay High junior has notched multiple All-American times.

Her name is all over the Lodi Swim Club record book.

After the 2010 high school season ended, Griffith spent the summer swimming in meets all over the country, including the U.S. Junior National Swimming Championships. She then dove into her training with the Lodi Swim Club and head coach John Griffin.

Potential GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently criticized Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman for glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy.

We’re back to new movies this week with a quick look at “Hall Pass,” the latest raunchy comedy from Farrelly brothers (it was a close call between that and the Nic Cage exploitation vehicle “Drive Angry” — they both got terrible reviews, so I literally flipped a coin). Next week we’ll take a peek at “Rango,” followed by “Battle: Los Angeles.” Not the best lineup, but not the worst, either. 

The Tokay High softball team opened the preseason with two victories in the St. Mary's Tournament on Thursday at Arnaiz Stadium.

It’s that time of year again — a time for victors to be showered in glory, for losers to be mocked and ostracized, and for creative artists to cheapen their craft by taking part in the ridiculous circus that we call the Academy Awards. 

I’ll continue to do my best catching up with some late 2010 releases while we wait for the new year to really get going. So in that vein we’ve got a brief look at the awards-season favorite “The Fighter,” along with my predictions for this year’s Oscar nominations. Completely meaningless, but kinda fun.

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Taylor Gums and Lauren Plunkett scored five goals apiece and Amy Daneke and Molly Bria each chipped in a goal as Lodi splashed past Oak Ridge, 12-5, in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I girls water polo playoffs on Tuesday at the Tokay High pool.

Lodi High's girls golf team capped a perfect San Joaquin Athletic Association regular season with a 212-288 victory over Bear Creek on Thursday at The Reserve at Spanos Park.

You can have your pet officially blessed by the Rev. Harold Clinehens during St. John's Episcopal Church's annual Blessing of the Animals at Sunday's 10:30 a.m. service. A brief service, replacing the regular church service, will be followed by the blessing.

It appears the Lodi High volleyball team is ready for the 2010 season to kick into high gear. The Lodi opened up San Joaquin Athletic Association match play in dominating fashion with a sweeping 25-19, 25-14, 25-5 victory over the Tracy Bulldogs at The Inferno on Thursday night.

Lodi High’s varsity volleyball team took the first set before losing three straight close ones in a 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-21 loss to Ripon on Tuesday night at the Inferno.