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"I got tired of hearing everybody complaining, and so I was raised to make a difference, not complain Litter left along the Highway and make a difference. If there was 108 corridor from out-of-town snow a problem, find a solution. So let' s playershas been a hot topicoflate, go pick it up," McNicol said of the and localprofessor Lara McNicol trash that litters Highway 108 from has gathereda group offriends and the snow line to Long Barn (and strangers to do something about it. likely beyond). By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat
BRIEFING RejeCtiOn -The Tuolumne Utilities District Board of Directors votes to deny a $14,052 damage claim filed by a Sonora resident.A2
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McNicol grew up in Long Barn and lives in Tuolumne with her family. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia College in the Forestry and Natural Resources Department and spends as much time as possible outdoors. So, not really t hinking much about it, on Jan. 4 she posted an
open event on Facebook, inviting friends and her students to come
help clean up a portion of Highway 108. "It was shortly after everybody got frustrated with the trash that was left after our first snow," McNicol said. See CLEANUP / Back Page
Bank robberyMalique Isaac West, one of two men accused of robbing Umpqua Bank in Twain Harte in July, was sentenced Monday in Tuolumne County Superior Court.A2
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Record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot has Mother Lode residents lining up
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By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat
The odds that anyone in the Mother Lode will win the largest numbers game in world history tonight are slim and decreasingas ticket sales drive the Powerball jackpot ever higher. But that isn't stopping hopefuls from seeking their shot at riches that won't fit on some calculator screens.
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The Powerball jackpot contested in 44 states and three other jurisdictions swelled to more than $1.5 billion as of Tuesday evening. It's expected to reach or exceed $1.6 billion by this morning, Mike Bond of the California Lottery in Sacramento said.
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"It's been going up $100 million per day since Wednesday," Bond said. Lottery officials who help run the Powerball game in the Golden State are touting the fact that six Powerballticketsworth $779,264 each were sold in California in the last drawing Saturday. The tickets had five of five numbers correct but lacked the Powerball number, and they were sold in Stockton, Fremont, Nice, Nipton, Mountain Pass and Dana Point. Sumit Singh, a supervisor at the ARCO ampm gas station store near Sonora High School, said Powerball ticket sales have been up since last week. "When it passed $500 million we start noticing," Singh said Tuesday.
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Sonora ampm clerk Lynda Howard, of Sonora, hands a Powerball ticket to a shopper Tuesday morning. The jackpot is expected to reach $1.6 billion by tonight's draw.
For the past 76 days, Calaveras County has been without a sheriff And for the immediate
in Tuolumne County.
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Some people buy $100 worth of chances at a time, Singh said. "One person bought $200 at once," Singh said. "One hundred dollars, $80, $60. Twenty dollars is very common.e
Singh says20 to 25 percent ofbuyers fill out their own numbers and the rest go for quick picks. "A lot of older people like to fill it out with their own numbers," Singh said. "The maximum sale we see people filling out their own is $20." Singh said the business has been See POWERBALL / Back Page
ty Supervisor Cliff Edson calls the most important position in the county, one that has been open since Sheriff Gary Kuntz died in lateOctober. Supervisor Steve Kearney said it's not uncommon for the process to take this long. Especially with a decision that is considered to be of the utmost impor-
tance. "It has taken the board of supervisors several months to replace an elected official when someone has passed away in past history," Kearney said. 'This is not an uncommon approach for boards to be very, very careful." On Tuesday, more than two months after identifying interested applicants within t h e Ca l averas County Sheriff's Office, Calaveras County Supervisors officials met again to talk about the sheriff vacancy. A fter hours o f d e bate, which began in the morning and extended into the mid-afternoon, the supervisors decided to broaden the search parameterstoextend the opening to c andidates outside the C alaveras See SHERIFF / Back Page
Group offers support to those with eating disorders
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By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat
ln an article in the Jan. 12 Union Democrat, Alee Rutledge's grade level was reported incorrectly. He is in seventh grade at Sonora Elementary School.
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"The purposeis to relate to each ioral Health's Enrichment Center on Hospital Road in Sonora. other and support each other," Mills The group meets from 11 a.m. to said. noon Thursdays. There is no cost Eating disordersare becoming a to attend, and it is a drop-in style bigger problem among women, men group. and even children, said Claudia There is no therapy involved or Forster, a Sonora-based licensed advice given, said Megan Mills, the lead peer coordinator. See SUPPORT/Back Page
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