Here is the list of Lodi High School graduates for 2013:

I got our usual holiday season call from Lodi Adopt-A-Child manager Jerry Glenn on Wednesday.

We are thankful for a bountiful harvest of wine grapes. Many people enjoy wine, and the word is the yields were strong and the quality in the bottle is going to be great. There's even reliable information that prices are strong.

Ever suffered "introductophobia"?

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

Hooray for Theresa Larson’s answer to Joe Guzzardi and all the guys who complain about Pink October and breast cancer awareness. If not for all of that “fuss,” as some of those men call it, I and many a wife, mother, daughter, etc. would not be alive today.

A few years ago, I entered a local restaurant wearing my pink ribbons and denim in support of Geweke's Pink October fundraising efforts. The young man behind the counter expressed his pink ribbon fatigue, admitted he simply did not "get it," and stated he did not know what the fuss was all about.

On the surface, it didn't seem like there was much to give thanks for in 2009. Jobless rates skyrocketed, people lost their homes at a rate not seen since the Great Depression and the state legislature again refused to pass a budget on time.

I came down with a cold Monday, but this one is different.

Below are the names and salaries of San Joaquin Delta College employees who made more than $100,000 during the 2008-09 school year.

Soroptimist International of Lodi and Lodi Sunrise recently had their awards night at the Temple Baptist Church. Awards were presented to outstanding women and girls.

He was recognized Monday as an absolute rock of stability.

The Soroptimist International of Lodi recently selected Theresa Larson as the Making a Difference for Women Award. This award acknowledges women who are working to improve the lives of women and girls through their personal or professional activities. Their efforts help to promote the issues that are important to the Soroptimist organization. Honorees are women who have worked in extraordinary ways to benefit women and girls. The program enables local Soroptimist clubs and the Soroptimist organization to thank these women and encourage others to explore ways to assist women and girls. The program begins on the club level, where the type of recognition varies. Award winners at the club level are eligible for additional awards at other levels of the organization.

Expect a state tax increase soon — maybe more than one.

Whether it's an undercooked turkey, mixing the wrong ingredients or flames shooting up the wall, almost everyone has a mishap that has happened on Thanksgiving. And while they seem disastrous at the time, these Thanksgiving disasters can create future family laughs for the whole family to enjoy. Some local residents have shared their unfortunate, yet funny Thanksgiving stories.

I wear many hats at the Lodi News-Sentinel. After being a columnist for the newspaper for nearly six years, I wrote my last column in November 2003. At the time, readers, co-workers and friends expressed concern for me. Was everything okay? Was my health good? Would I still be working at the Lodi News-Sentinel?

When Theresa Larson was diagnosed with breast cancer, she thought her life was over.

OK. I'll admit it. As a LOEL Foundation Board member, I am a little biased. But only a little.

Officials from the LOEL Center and Gardens are searching for ways to continue feeding homebound seniors in Lodi, Woodbridge and Acampo now that San Joaquin County's meal provider has canceled its contract. The Lockeford area is served by the county as well, but not under the LOEL Center's umbrella.

There's not much that can make a woman smile like being surrounded by a crew of firefighters in uniform. But in the 2008 Survivors Calendar, local women aren't just smiling because they are posing with firefighters. They're smiling because they've won the breast cancer battle.

A defining moment is generally a loss that has a profound impact or that affects our life in a memorable way. It is stashed away in our brain and resurfaces often. This is a difficult article for me to write, but it will be an honor to tell Melissa's friends. There may be some who read this and will understand, if they too have lost a child.

Project Linus

Tracy Williams has been involved with almost every part of the Lodi community for more than two decades. She has volunteered for organizations from young to old, police to wine, for the sick and the well.

UNIVERSAL CITY - The Lodi News-Sentinel received the prize for general excellence among papers its size at the annual meeting of the California Newspaper Publishers Association on Saturday.