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Best Tire Service
Buck's Body Shop Sierra Motors AutoZone Big O Tires Sonora Express Lube Wright's Tire Services
Best Barber Shop Best Hair Salon Best Nail Salon
Family Barber Shop Happy Hour Lisa Nails 8 Spa
Best Auto Body Paint Best Auto Dealer Best Auto Parts Best Auto Repair/Service Best Oil Change
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Best Dinner Restaurant Best Fast Food Restaurant Best Hamburger Best Happy Hour Best Ice Cream Best Local Wine Best Lunch Restaurant Best Mexican Restaurant Best Pizza Best Salad Bar Best Sandwich Best Steak
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Pine Tree Restaurant Taco Bell Diamondback Grill Applebee's Baskin-Robbins Cianel li Vineyards Pine Tree Restaurant El Jardin Restaurant Mike's Pizza Mike's Pizza Subway Cus's Steakhouse Continued on page 18
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To Our Wonderful Community and the Faithful Readers of the Union Democrat, It is an honor to be voted the Best Appliance Store
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Best Antique Store Best Appliance Store Best Consignment Store Best Furniture Store Best Gift Shop Best Grocery Store Best Jewelry Store Best Mattress Store Best Organic Foods Best Shoe Store Best Thrift Store
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Antiques Etcetera Sears Hometown Store Trade Winds-Fine Consignment Heuser's Furniture, Mattress 8 Design Center Twain Harte Pharmacy Safeway Taylor Jewelers Sonora Mattress Outlet Nature's Whole Food Depot Famous Footwear Big Thrift Continued on page 20
Thank yeu or your vote! Proul to be the on1yOrtholontic Specialist in Tuo1umne 6r Ca1averas Countiesfor over 25 years.
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Best Women's Boutique/Clothing
Joan's Boutique
Best Assisted Living Facility Best Chiropractor Best Dentist Best Eye Care Provider Best Hearing Care Provider Best Massage Therapist Best Orthodontist
Skyline Place Senior Living Discover Chiropractic Twain Harte Family Dental Care Donaldson Eye Care Associates Greenley Oaks Hearing Resource Center Julie Durnall
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