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year to see him, according to the Sonora Regional Medical Centerphysician referral office. Other local doctors and clinics have a two- to fivemonth or longer wait for new patients tobe seen. Finding a new doctor is complicated even more by the kind of insurance a patient has and how far they can travel.

In the meantime, many people who can't get appointments with their doctors who are overbooked, or who are waiting to get in with a new doctor, must utilize urgent care clinics or the Emergency Room when they need routine or minor medical attention. Sonora Regional Medical Center is trying to bring on

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this year, spokeswoman Gail Witzlsteiner said. "We need more doctors," said Mary Valentine, Mark Twain Medical Center admitting manager. Mark Twain Medical Center's central scheduling center gets 15 to 20 calls a day from people looking for a new doctor. Sonora Regional Medical Center's Physician Referral office reportsan average of20 calls a day. Both hospitals are recruiting fordoctors,their spokespeople said. That takes time and money, and it doesn't always guarantee the provider will stay and be a good fit, Aubrey Self, Sonora Regional's primary care office coordina-

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Professional ski patrol veterans Mike Bartholow and Bryan Dudley survey the slopes Wednesday near the top of Chair 8 at Dodge Ridge.

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release issued Tuesday. ing, reign in our debt and work for con"Ted Cruz is the only servativereforms," Cruz stated. uHe has top tiercandidate we can consistently fought against the Washbe absolutely certain will ington Cartel. We need more leaders govern conservatively and like Tom in Washington to protect our constitutionally; who will conservative principles." lar to that of conservative MC Clintock Cruz stan d his ground no mat- Cruz, who was elected to the Senate icon Ronald Reagan. ter what the pressure and in 2012, rose to prominence the followThe Mother Lode Republican's en- articulate our positions boldly and condorsement was announced by Cruz's vincingly to the American people," McSee NOMINEE / Back Page

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Calaveras still sowing seeds of kindness 20 years later "It's a very positive thing fyou I start

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More than two decades ago, Jim Bergantz read abook — a series of shortvignettes of peopledoing extraordinary acts of kindness for one another. It inspired him. The lifelong Calaveras County resident said he wanted to do something to encourage such acts in his hometown, things as simple as a smile to a stranger or allowing someone to step ahead in line at a grocery store. He began handing out thousands of roses by the dozen from a nursery he owned in Angels Camp with one catch. The recipient could keep one,but distributetherestto others. Now, more than 20 years since the first rose, the influence is still felt, and Bergantz, the coordinatorof Seeds ofKindness, a grassroots organization, continues to spread kindness. Last week, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to declare the county a Kindness Zone and recognize Feb. 8 through 13 as Kindness Week. Cliff Edson, supervisor of District 1, said kindness should be part of the culture in Calaveras. "It's a very positive thing. If you start with that,then everythmg elsetends to geta little bit better," Edson said.'The one thing we could do for each other is to think about being kind to each other." The first declaration was made about seven years. Gary Tofanelli, the supervisor of District 1 at the time, said the board knew the designation would be a good thing. "We were on the cutting edge at that time," Tofanelli said. The acts of kindness passed along each February have evolved, but the focus has, more or less, remained the same. Since its startaround 1995 when Angels Camp City Council declared the City of Angels a "Kindness Zone" — Bergantz said schools have been the central point for kindness. Though each participating entity, mostly elementary and middle schools, Bergantz said, organize individual sets of events, one theme has remained the same from year to yearribbons. Each year, blue ribbons, which replaced the rosesin 1995,are distributed to students,who sign their names on them. From that point, a

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Murphys resident Jim Bergantz, coordinator for Seeds of Kindness (above), believes that "with a little bit of kindness the world can be a better place." The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last week declaring the county a Kindness Zone from Feb. 8 to 13 (below left). Michelson Elementary School students hold up kindness ribbons (below right).

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ripple effect begins, Bergantz said. Students look for others expressing kindness in the community and pass the ribbon on. eWe're trying to call attention to kindness. Make it something that people embrace," Bergantz said. "Families, schools, community, California, the world. There's a need for this." A flyby has also taken place in recent years,

family or community who exemplifies kindness. "Then we get together and pick winners. If the person was a firefighter, aunt, uncle, the student and the hero would be celebrated at the parly," Bergantz said. He said it is particularly touching to see the kids and their teachers embrace the program. Ultimately, Bergantz believes kindness could extend beyond Calaveras County. He said Rabobank in Angels Camp expressed interest in expanding the reach to some locations in the Central Valley and has even sent and will continue again this year. On Feb. 10, ribbons to Sonora Elementary — though neistudents from participating schools will gather ther manifested, he said. "I will not give up," Bergantz said. on afi eld,into a shapeor a setofwords,before Kathy Zancanella, of Mother Lode Travel, flies overhead. Contact Calaveras County reporter Jason uWe're doing a heart," said Debra Rocco, the Cowan atj cowan@uniondemocrat.corn or special events coordinator at Michelson El- (209) 588-4531.Follow him on Twitter at @ ementary School in Murphys. j cowan1031

CALENDAR For complete arts and entertainment listings, see the Weekender, published Thursdays in The Union Democrat.

Main St., Tuolumne, (209) 9283612. Sing Along, 11 to 11:30a.m., Sierra Waldorf School, 19234 Rawhide Road, Jamestown, (209) 984-0454.

Landscape and Lighting District Committee, 2 p.m., Fireside Room, Greenhorn Creek, Angels Camp, 736-2181.

Wallace/Burson Business Association, 7 p.m., Rossetti's,

Divide Cemetery,Oak Grove 7670 Highway 12, Wallace, (209) District, 4 p.m., Groveland Com- 763-5037, (209) 763-5130. munity Hall, Denise Henderson, (209) 9624286. FRIDAY

TODAY Sierra Club day hike,meet9

Veterans of Foreign Wars Michelson Elementary ParPost 3154 and Auxiliary, 7 ent Club,8:15 a.m., 196 Pennsyl-

a.m., Mary Laveroni Community Park, Highway 120, Groveland.

p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 9 N. Washington St., downtown Storytime and Craft, chil- Sonora. dren through age 5, 10:30 a.m., Tuolumne County Library, 480 GALA VERAS Greenley Road, Sonora, (209) COUNTY 533-5507.

Tuolumne County Arts Alliance Board of Directors,5:30

vania Gulch Road, Murphys, (209) 728-3441.

Preschool Storytime and Art Activity, 10 a.m., Angels Camp Museum, 753 S. Main St., Angels Camp.

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rytime, 10 a.m., Angels Camp TODAY branch library, 426 N. Main St., Murphys Business Associ- Angels Camp, (209) 736-2198. ation, 8:30 a.m., Gold Country CoffeeRoasting Company, (209) The Union Oemocrat 728-9325. Calendar attempts to list all Storytime, 11 to 11:40a.m., non-commercial events of Calaveras County Library, Cop- public interest in the greater peropolis branch, Lake Tulloch Tuolumne and Calaveras Plaza. county areas. Contributions National Active and Re- are welcome. call (209) tired Federal Employees As- 588-4547,visit84 S. Washsociation, noon, Black Bart Inn, ington St., Sonora, or email 55 W. St. Charles St., San An- Ibrowning©uniondemocrat. dreas, (209) 772-1854. COIT7.

p.m., 251 S. Barretta St., Sonora, (209) 532-2787.

Tuolumne County Republican Central Committee, 6 p.m., Tuolumne County Administration Building, 2 S. Green St., Sonora, (209) 532-5352, tcrepublicans.corn.

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Coun agrees to pay 35,000 to settle man' s assault claim By ALEK MacLEAN The Union Democrat

A man who claims he suffered injuries at the hands of law enforcement officers while being detained at T uolumne County Jail i n 2014 will receive $35,000 in a legalsettlement approved by the Tuolumne CountyBoard of Supervisors. Noah Kolpackfi led a lawsuit against the county in Tuolumne County Superior Court on June 3, 2015, alleging hewas beaten by offi cers while being interrogated at the jail on June 17, 2014. The complaint sought unspecified damages for claims of negligence, assault and battery and a lleged that Kolpack's 14th Amendment rights were violated. 'The settlement represents a compromise," said Los Gatos attorney Louis Abronson, who represented Kolpack. "The county says they didn' t do anything wrong, my client feelsthey did." Following a lengthy discussion on medical marijuana at Tuesday's meeting, the board convened a closed session and returned tothe boardroom a few minutes later to an-

to the question and forcefully grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of the chair, causing both to fall to the floor. The complaint further alleged that Kolpack went limp afler falling to the floor and was battered repeatedly by numerous officers. One officer, identified in the complaint as Doe 2, allegedly placed his knee and full weight on Kolpack's lower back, according to the document. Kolpack claimed to have suffered from injuries to his wrist, arm and back, as well as "severe and intense" emo-

tional distress. The county rejected his original claim for damages in December 2014, according to the complaint. Court documents st ated

that attorneys for both partiesreached a settlement on July 27, 2015, but Abronson was having trouble reaching his client to discuss the deal at the time. Both sides made and were granted multiple extensions to the deadline for which the county was required to file a response to Kolpack's complaint. A notice of settlement was filed with the court on Jan. 28, the same day that the county's response was due. nounce the settlement. Board Chairman Karl RoSanta Rosa attorney Anne defer, who represents District Keck represented the county 5, reada prepared statement through the California State saying the county believes the Association of Counties' Exsettlementwas a "reasonable cess Insurance Authority, a conclusion considering the member-directed risk-sharing allegations," adding that the pool. Schmidt said the pool

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Rocco said Kindness Week has a resounding impact on the students during Michelson's 15 years of participation. Students look forward to the activities each year. "We try to encourage those random acts of kindness year round," Rocco said. 'There's a huge buy in, especially with the older ones. Each student does a different activity, each grade level. When kids are older, they get to go into town." Kindness can be felt outside of the schools as well. Ribbons have been handed out at Mark Twain Medical Center, the Calaveras County Government Centerin San Andreas and at various businesses throughout the county. Bergantz said it is difficult to document specific examples of kindness, but he is moved whenever he attends the Hero essay celebration at Mark Twain Elementary School. Students write essays about someone in the

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"not an admission of guilt by the county." Deputy County Counsel Christopher Schmidt said jail records show Kolpack was arrestedon violation of probation charges on the day of the alleged incident. The complaint said Kolpack was seated in a chair at the jail and told to remove his socks and shoes, while an interrogating officer asked him about a drink he had earlier in the day. Kolpack claimed the interrogating officer, identified in the complaint as Doe 1, was displeased with his answer

feesand settlement costs,exceptfora $10,000 deductible. Schmidt reiterated that the county doesn't admit liability in agreeing to the settlement. "It's justforthe purposesof the parties to move on without the expense of litigation," he said. Tuolumne County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Andrea Benson said the Sheriff's Officewas directed to forward allquestions about thecaseto the County Counsel's Office. Contact Alex MacLean at

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OBITUARIES Obituary policy Obituaries, including photos, are published at a pre-paid fee basedon size.Thedeadline is 5 p.m. two business days prior to publication. Call 532-7151, fax 532-5139 or send to obitsl uniondemocrat.corn. Memorial ads are published at s pre-paid fee based on size. The deadline is noon two business days prior to publication. Please call 588-4555 for complete information.

Zelpha (Crawfordj Comstock Aug. 23,1918 —Jan. 9,2016 Guy McCarthy/Union Democrat

Emergency personnel respond to a minor-injury vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon at North Sunshine Road, west of Soulsbyville.

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shine Road and collided with a westbound SUV on A motorist sustained bro- Highway 108 west of Soulsken ribs and a head contu- byville, California H i ghsion Wednesday afternoon way PatrolSgt. Randy Mawhen an eastbound SUV tyshock said at the scene. turned left at North SunOccupants in the westCrews work to clear the site of a collision between SUVs Wednesday afternoon at North Sunshine Road. Minor lnfuries were reported.

bound vehicle reported minor injuries. The crash was reported before 4 p.m. and westbound trafficslowed to a crawl while firefighters cleared debrisfrom the roadway.

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Zelpha (Crawford) Comstock was born on Aug. 23, 1918, in Ford City, Pennsylvania, and died on Jan. 9, 2016, at Oak Terrace Memory Care in Soulsbyville. She was 97 years old. Zelpha grew up in Whittier and married Howard Comstock in 1940. They lived with their two daughters in various towns throughout California and 6nally settled in Sonora in 1964. Howard retired &om the Department of Corrections in 1974, and they moved to Twain Harte where they lived until shortly after their 50th wedding anniversary in 1990, when they moved to Sonora Hills in Sonora.

Man accused ofsexually abusing minor obtains new defense team By TORI THOMAS

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A Columbia man accused of sex crimes with a minor at a Columbia College dormitory building was granted a new legal team Wednesday in Tuolumne County Superior Court. Kyle Jared Simas, 29,was arrested Dec. 22 at Columbia College and charged with three sex-related felonies, including unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than three years younger. He pleaded not guilty Dec. 23 before Judge Kevin M. Seibert. S imas Handcuffed and dressed in a striped jumpsuit, Simas &equently looked around the Dept. 1 courtroom, but mostly looked directly at Judge Donald Segerstrom throughout Wednesday's hearing. S imas, who was represented by t h e Tuolumne County Public Defender's Office,

Ameet Birring, of the Arata Swingle Sodhi & Van Egmond law firm in Modesto, confirmed his office will represent Simas moving forward.

Segerstrom then relieved the public defender's ofnce. According to a Tuolumne County Sheriff"s Office press release, the Sheriff s Office arrested Simas after a 16-year-old girl's family came forward with information. Simas lives in a Columbia College dormitory building, where the alleged sex actstook place, the press release said. Simas' next court hearing is scheduled for Feb. 17. He is being held at the Tuolumne County Jail on $50,000 bond. Contact Tort Thomas at tthomas@ uniondemocrat.corn or (209) 588-4526. Follow

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NEWS OF RECORD 5:23 p.m., San Andreas —Rog- on her East Dodge property. er Douglas Stevenson, 59, of the The Sheriff's Office reported The Sheriff's Office reported 1000 block of Highway 4, Arnold, w ss booked on suspicion ofvio- the following: the following: lating probation, misdemeanor obstructing/resisting a peace ofTUESDAY TUESDAY ficer and misdemeanor trespass12:04 a.m., Mokelumne Hill7:53 a.m., Sonora —A msn ing after sn arrest on West Saint An altercation wss reported on stolea backpack ata M ono Way Charles Street. Clark Street. business. 11:48 a.m., San Andreas9:32 a.m., Twain HarteArrests Batterywss reported on Old Osk Firewood was stolen on SeRoad. Cited on suspicionof driving un- quoia Drive. 12:50 p.m., Campo Seco4:02 p.m., Sonora — A cow der theinfluence of alcohol or drugs: Someone with s dog slept on was in the road at Standard and Campo Seco Road property. Tuolumne roads. TUESDAY 2:07 p.m., Valley Springs4:26 p.m., Jamestown —Peo9:30 a.m., Angels CampChairs were stolen on Sequoia DeonJohn Carter, 36, of the 300 ple argued on Rawhide Road. Avenue. 7:11 p.m., Columbia — Two block of Bennett Street, Altaville, 2:45 p.m., Angels Campwomen fought on Sawmill Flat wss booked after an arrest on Windowsof multiple trucks were Highway 49, east of Pool Station Road. broken on Murphys Grade Road. 11:05 p.m., Columbia —Loud 3:12 p.m., San Andreas —Peo- Road. music played st s Psrrotts Ferry 5:30 p.m., Angels Camppleargued on Government CenJohn Ray Walker, 70, of the 800 Road residence. ter Drive. 4:33 p.m., San Andreas —Peo- block of Feather Drive, CopperoFelony bookings ple argued on West Saint Charles polis, was booked after an arrest on Highway 4. Street over a vehicle. 4:52 p.m., Valley SpringsTUESDAY TUOLUMNE COUNTY Mailwas stolen on Siegel Street. None reported. 6:50 p.m., Copperopolis —PeoThe Senora Police Departple argued on Acorn Street. Arrests mentreported the following:

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TUESDAY 11:33 a.m., trespass/unwantTUESDAY 1 p.m., Murphys — Angela ed person —A female transient Alexis Bruno, 42, of the 100 block trespassed on Snell Street propof Mitchler Street, wss booked erty snd took sandwiches. 1:29 p.m., theft — A man on suspicion of driving under the influence with prior convictions, stole a sewing machine from s misdemeanor disorderly con- Sanguinetti Road business. 4:27 p.m., theft —A speaker duct, misdemeanor driving under the influence snd misdemeanor wss stolen on South Barrette driving under the influence with Street. a blood alcohol concentration of 4:46 p.m.,trespass/unwant0.08 percent or more after sn ar- ed person — A woman found rest on Jones Street. sleeping bags and other items

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Two hurt aRer head-on crash By TORI THOMAS The Union Democrat

Two people were injured Monday morning aftera head-on crash in San Andreas. According to the California Kghway Patrol, Craig Cather, 64, of Glencoe, was driving a 2013 Scion FRS eastbound at about 40 mph on Highway 26, when he crossed into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 2002 Ford Ranger, driven by Charles Hochstetl er, 66, of West Point, about 10:50 am., west of Deardorff Road. Hochstetler was traveling about 55 mph. Cather was transported to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto following the crash, where he was

treated for major injuries. Ks condition was not available Wednesday night. Hochstetler suffered minor

inj u r ies and refused medical attention. Neither alcohol or drugsarebelievedtobefactors in the crash.

Celebration of Life for

Malcolm K. Bull Please join us as we celebrate Malcolm's life on Friday, February 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the club house at the Woods Creek Mobile Park, 18725 Hwy. 108, Jamestown. Bemelao~ g Formed & Jtemiirg zzzmy gzestskriesm d z remories Sincerely, M alcolm's Family

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Cited on suspicion of driving under theinfluenceof alcohol or drugs: TUESDAY 4:35 p.m., Jamestown —Jack William Bain, 64, of the 20000 block ofJamestown Road, was booked after sn arrest on Racetrack Road. 11:48 p.m., Tuolumne —Alsyna Reynese Jim, of the 10000 block of Willow Avenue, was booked after sn arrest on Willow Avenue.

sold at the Mother Lode FairJoan A. Minzlaff grounds Flea Market that Jan. 2,1929- Dac. 26,2015 they founded in 1980. When theymoved to SonoOn Dec. 26, 2015, Joan A. ra Hill sthey retired a second Minzlaff, of Columbia, left us time &om the antique-selling to be with the Lord. business and concentrated With Joan's passing she is on enjoying trips with differ- survived by her husband of 36 ent clubs, including the Elks years, Ralph Minzlaff, her two Club RV/Mother Lode Rollers sons, Barry (Jake) Blount, of travel group and the Sonora Sonora, and Larry Blount, Hills travel club. Howard and of Fair field;her three grandZelpha were avid sports fans daughters, Angie Blount, of and loved hosting Super Bowl Tuolumne, Chaedel Blount, of Parties. Tuolumne, and Faith Blount, After Howard's death in of Sacramento; her two grand1999, Zelpha continued to sons, Ralph (Rocky) Blount play cards and go on trips and Kelson Blount; numerous with the Sonora Hills com- great-grandchildren, and one munity. great-great-grandson. At the ageof 94, Zelpha Joan was preceded in death moved to Skyline Assisted by her son, Gary Blount, who Living but missed her So- died in 1997. nora Hills home so much No services are planned she moved back in where but there will be a celebration she lived with her little dog, of her life at a later date. Whiskers, until she moved to Casa Viejo in Jamestown and then to Oak Terrace in Soulsbyville. Death Notices in The Union Zelpha enjoyed playing Democrat are published free of cards, going on day trips, charge.They include the name, cooking with her great-grand- age and town of residence of children, reading to them, and the deceased, the date of death; just enjoyed being with them. service information; and memoZelpha is survived by her rial contribution information. The daughters, Janet Comstock deadline is noon the day before and partner, Richard Hawk, publication. of Sacramento,Judie ComLEATH — Oma Leath, 71, stock Kavanaugh and husband, Dan Kavanaugh, of of Sonora, died Wednesday Sonora; her grandchildren, at Sonora Regional Medical Ian and Megan Kavanaugh, Center. Terzich and Wilson of Columbia, and Elaine and Funeral Home is handling ~ Cas t aneda, of Sonora; arrangements. her gre at-grandchildren, RAMOS — A memorial Rand and Courtney Kava- service for Raquel Ramona naugh, of Germany, Hannah, Ramos, 77, who died Jan. 5 Austin, and Carson Cas- at home in Sonora, will be taneda, of Sonora; and her held at 11 a.m.Saturday sister-in-law June Crawford, at St. Matthew Lutheran of Sonora. Church,13880 Joshua Way Burial was a private ser- in Sonora with a reception vice at Mountain Shadow to follow. Terzich and Wilson Cemetery in Sonora. Funeral Home is handling A celebration of life will arrangements. be held at 11 a.m. on Super SMITH — Phyllis Smith, Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at 93, of Sonora, died Wednesthe Sonora Hills Clubhouse. day at Skyline Place Senior Lunch will be served. Please Living in Sonora. Heuton come and celebrate her life Memorial Chapel is hanand share stories. dling arrangements.

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y oun g and beautiful, often for playing the down and out. Some older actresses survive the nominating process, but observe how many wouldn' t be there had they not established their careers on earlier goddess roles. This helps explain why there are so few good parts for women who are dark and short — or, for that matter, white but less than spectacular. As with the lack of black nominees, the perpetual dearth of non-beautiful actresses surely reflects the socializing preferences of the white men in charge. This is not to disparage Jennifer Lawrence's acting talents, which many say are considerable. But it seemed odd that she was chosen to play the lead in "Joy," a performance for which she has been nominated as bestactress."Joy" is based on the true storyofJoy Mangano, a hard-luck working mother who found success inventing and selling homely mops. Now the real Mangano is a fine-looking

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woman with s trong Mediterranean fea-

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tures. But she was not born porcelainskinned and blue-eyed. She did not pursue her dreams with a team of hair stylists maintaining the highest standards through her deepest indignities. The Hollywood version lingers on endless close-ups of Lawrence's mug — a picture of northern European perfection, currently a "face of Dior." Of course, Lawrence has been on the cover of Vogue, which calls her "Hollywood's blockbuster blonde." In 2006, Julia Roberts won best actress for "Erin Brockovich," a real-life story about a blunt, working-class girl's legal victory. Nothing wrong with the real Brockovich's looks, but Erin was never the Roberts-level babe who could dominate the glossies &om the lowliest fan maga to Vogue. Roberts broke into stardom in Pretty Woman,"playing a characterwho was supposed to be beautiful.Had Roberts not already achievedstardom as a dazzler,would she have been cast in the meaty role of a vulgar crusader? The 2003 Oscar went to former model Charlize Theron for her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in "Monster." Fan magazines at the time marveled at how teams of makeup artists were able to turn a stunner into an ugly wretch. You'd think that roles to play these tortured women would create opportunities forextraordinarily talented actresses ofordinary appearance, but that's not how Hollywood usually works. Hollywood demands that female actors do double-duty as thespians and glamour queens. On Oscars night we see how, when it comes to gender, Hollywood actors inhabit two entirely different planets. The men romp into the Dolby Theatre, while the women must run the gauntlet of red carpet humiliation. You see them freeze in cheesy poses, every detailoftheirfacades followed by a week of microscopic critique. At the ceremony itself, the male winners joyfully bound up the stairs to the stage. The female winners in spikes gingerly climb the stairs, no doubt terrified that a heel could lock into a long hem. So this is a night to pity the bombshells as well as the great female actors who never had the chance to win the great parts. Why even bother with this dated vision when we canstream fascinating stories ofthreedimensional women on our own screens day or night? And small wonder the Oscar audience numbers have been tanking.

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No proof afdiscrimination To the Editor: From Dinesh D'Souza's new book "Stealing America" we read: "Each year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) extracts tens of millions of dollars in settlements from corporations after threatening those corporations with anti-discrimination lawsuits." These lawsuits are not necessarily based onproofofdiscrimination past or present, but on statistics showing that minorities are "underrepresented" in that company. The corporations are terrified of the EEOC and the accusation of racism. The taxpayer pays these suits to these "historical victims." In one suit,

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To the Editor: What is wrong with this picture? A developer in Texas wants to build a Dollar General (DG) store (based in Tennessee) in Historic Columbia where nobody wants it. Yet they are appealing to the County Board of Supervisors to override the Planning Commission's decision to turn the project down, and on top of that, the developer wants an

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zen of this county, you have a voice in the new general plan. The proposed General Plan Land To the Editor: Use Element provides for development of up The men occupying the Malheur National to 10,000 new homes in rural communities by Wildlife Refugein Oregon are trying to play on extension of "community boundaries" into cur- people's sympathy with their stories of their rent agricultural lands and rural residential rights being abused. The Federal land is there communities. for all U.S. Citizens to enjoy and people from By insisting that Jamestown, Columbia anywhere in the world, not a just bunch of craand Soulsbyville, are called "urban" communi- zies that don't even live there. They would like ties, costly rural sprawl is the new design in to make it their private cattle land. Many are the proposed general plan. How will funding on disability or have their hands out for fedcover the costs of building and repairing our eral aid &om the government they hate. Let's call them what they really are. A group roadsand providing the necessary services of fire and law protection? Much of the proposed of armed anti-American Mormon terrorists. development will have fast tracking and waiver of permit fees under the guise ofaffordable Suzanne Holland housing with six units on one acre of land. Fast Sonora

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$1.3 billion was paid to 91 plaintiffs and thousands of Hispanic and female farmers. Encouraged by this largesse law firms began to find new claimants. According to the New York Times; one family in Little Rock, Arkansas, had 10 members each submitting a claim for $50,000 giving the family $500,000 without proof of discrimination. Our assignment as citizensofafree country is to elect people to office and president who covenant to cut spending in every department 10 percent every year until our budget is bal- tracking means that current neighboring resiallced. dents will not have a voice, and our taxes will support community services for those so called Jan Higgins secondary units or affordable housing. SupSonora porting infrastructure must be in place before any newly designed community is proposed, or the cost of new communities creates a tax burden to all residents of the county. Lack of funding is the mantra for the Transportation To the Editor: Commission when asked to repair our current It is tim etopointouttothereadersthatthe residential streetsand roads,what next? Voice your concerns in writing or by email to pundits, politicians, and civilians in the Pentagon who want "boots on the ground" in the Tuolumne County Community Resources DeMiddle East really mean they want to send velopment, 2 S. Green St., Sonora 95370. our Military folks into harm's way. "Boots on the ground" is easier to say than sending our Barbara Farkas troops to fight and die in a foreign land. We Sonora

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may have the finest military in the world as some say, but discounting Desert Storm, we haven't won a "war" since WWII. We stopped fighting in Korea to avoid a war with China and the Soviets. We pulled out of Viet Nam because we, the people and the government, no longer supported the "war" there. We also discoveredthat our military at the time did not do counter- Insurgency well. We do well if we recognize the insurgents, defeat them, and then occupy the area afterward. Since the end of WWI, the people of the Middle East have had to endure occupation of their land by Europeans and/or Americans. They hate it! They like our weapons and our money, but it seems we always try to nation- build, and to date, that has not worked well for us or them. With full support of the administration, congress and the people, we might destroy ISIS. But so far the administration is in the "wait and see" mode, Congress can't tie their own shoes, and the people are at the Mall, thumbing their devices or protesting somewhere. Maybe after the coming election. Maybe not.

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Kidnapped cab driver recalls ordeal

after Republican l eaders booted Planned Parenthood from a state women's health

program in 2013, which researchers say may explain an increase in births among some poor families. The research examined the effectsofTexas severing taxpayer ties with the largest abortion provider in the U.S. The same year Texas barred Planned Parenthood, thenGov. Rick Perry signed tough

WESTMINSTER A 74-year-old California taxi driver expected to die when an escaped jail inmate put a gun to his stomach and kidnapped him. But on Wednesday, the driver instead thanked the man for saving his life. Cab driver Long Hoang Ma detailed the harrowing week a bortion r e s trictions t h a t he spent with the three violent shuttered clinics statewide. fugiti ves who escaped on Jan. Researchers say their find22 &om the Orange County jail ings suggest a likely policy and the unexpected kindness link between the exclusion &om one of them, Bac Duong, a of Planned Parenthood and fellow Vietnamese immigrant. women obtaining long-acting Ma said his ordeal began birth control. after he unknowingly picked Republican state Sen. Jane them up just hours after their Nelson called the study misjailbreak and Duong pulled the leading and defended access to women's services. gun. In the days that followed, however, Duong began calling him "unde" and eventually w~ him t o &eedom &om a motel in San Jose where the fugitives had holed up during a TUCSON, Ariz. — The manhunt. only known wild jaguar in the "From the bottom of my United States is seen roamheart, I can say Bac Duong ing around a creek and other saved my life and I'm so grate- parts of a mountain range ful and thankful to him. I just south of Tucson in the thought I was dying," Ma said first publicly released video of in Vietnamese through a trans- the giant cat. "El Jefe" — Spanish for latoratNgoiViet,a newspaper "the boss" — has been living in Westminster. Ma said he speaks limited in the Santa Rita Mountains Englik and did not know &om 25 miles south of downtown minute to minute if he would Tucson for over three years, liveor die as he wa s forced to according to the Center for travel 400 miles with his cap- Biological Diversity. tors and they fought over his El Jefe is about 7 years old fate. and is the only documented wild jaguar in the country. He is one of only four or five jagCisco buys 3asper for uars that have been spotted 'Internet of Things' in the U.S. in the last 20 years. "A lot of people have no idea SAN JOSE — Cisco Sys- that we have jaguars in the tems Inc. is buying Jasper United States or that they beTechnologies for $1.4 billion long here," said Randy Serrain cash in a move to help its glio of the Tucson-based Cencustomers connect, automate ter for Biological Diversity. "In and manage billions of Inter- bringing this video, we hope net-connected devices rang- to inspirepeople tocareabout ing &om cars to jet engines to these animals and support implanted pacemakers. protection for their homes." Cisco said Wednesday that C onservationists don ' t privately held Jasper has de- know where El Jefe's mom velopedtheindustry'sleading may be, but they say he first platform for what's known in popped up in the Whetstone technology parlance as the Mountains in 2011 when he "Internet of Things" that en- was about 3 years old. compasses a growing range of connecteddevices,appliances WORLD and machines. Cisco, which makes com- Militants hijack oil puter networking equipment, tanker, take hostages says it plans to add new Internet of Things services includLAGOS, Nigeria — The ing enterprise Wi-Fi, security navy of Benin is guarding an for connected devices, and ad- oil tanker hijacked by milivanced analytics to better tants who are holding five manage device usage. crew members hostage in Jasper, based in Santa Clara, Nigeria, Nigeria's navy and a California, has more than 3,500 shipping security expert said customers in 100 countries. Wednesday. The Liberian-flagged, GreekCisco of San Jose, California, will pay Jasper additional but owned MT Leon Dias is anunspecified "retention-based chored off Cotonou, Benin's incentives." commercial capital, Nigerian

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Kabir Aliyu told The Associated Press. He gave no details about the crew and hijackers. The hijackers disembarked from the vessel on Sunday and took five hostages with AUSTIN, Texas — A new them — the captain, chief study finds that Texas saw engineer, third engineer, the a drop in women obtain- electrician and a fitter, said ing long-acting birth control Dirk SteAen, maritime security director of Denmarkbased Risk Intelligence. The Feb. 3 ship then sailed to Cotonou, he told the AP. Owner Leon Shipping and Trading in Athens did not anDaily 3 swer requests for comment. Afternoon: 5, 1, 2 Evening: 4, 4, 7

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Israeli security oNcer JERUSALEM — Three Palestinians armed with automat-

ic weapons,explosive devices and knives killed an Israeli security office and seriously wounded another in Jerusalem on Wednesday beforepolice shot and killed the attackers. It was one the most brazen attacks in nearly five months of near-daily Palestinian assaults, mostly stabbings, on Israeli police, soldiers and civilians. Israel has struggled to containthe violence, despite sendingtroops to secure cities,expanding police powers and toughening punishments for attackers.

Messaging application scrutinized Kik linked to stabbing death of 13-year-old girl ATLANTA (AP) — Kik Messenger, a smartphone app popular among younger teens, is on the defensive following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl in Virginia who told friends she was using Kik to connect with an

es such as WhatsApp, which connect people through their phone numbers. Law enforcement officials say the application is dangerous in part because parents cannot reliably prevent anonymous strangers &om contacting their children if they use it. Kik made an u pdated guidefor parents available on its website following the arrests of two Virginia Tech students in the slaying of NicoleLovell,a seventh-grader who lived two miles &om their campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Kik also pushed out an update to the app, available on Google Play and Apple's iTunes store, and had Apple raiseKik's age-appropriate ratingon Monday from 9+

18-year-old man. Like Instagram, Snapchat and other messaging rivals, Kik provides &ee, easy and instant connections to other users anywhere. Kik enablespeople to m essage each other one-on-one or in group chats, and to share photos, videos and other content. By enabling people to identify themselves only by an in- to 12+, closer to its requirevented username, it provides ment that no one under 13 more anonymity than servic- use the service, terms that

lion registered users, including 40 percent of U.S. teens and young adults. Investors recently valued their collective stakes in the company at $1 billion. Asked whether making technical changes to r emove the anonymity feature would harm K i k's business model, McLeod said. "I think part of the allure of Kik is that it is anonymous." Many parents have vent-

ed their concerns on social media since the girl's body was found Saturday. "Attention all Parents: If your child has the APP "KiK" on their phone.......lose it!!" one woman posted on Facebook. "There are a lot of bad elements out there. We certainly saw that in Blacksburg this week," said Adam Lee, special agent in charge of the FBI i n Richmond, Virginia.

El Nin™o storms easing California drought FRESNO (AP) — In the strongest inThe board exercised caution Tuesday since Brown set the goal in June. dication yet that the California drought when it extended an emergency conser- However, the state is still on track to could be easing, officials said strict wa- vationorder by Gov.Jerry Brown that beat Brown's goal, officials said. ter conservationorders could be dra-

requires communities to cut water use

In extending the conservation order,

matically scaled back or even ended if El Nino storms keep pummeling the stateintothe spring.

the water board gave a slight break to cities that are particularly hot and dry or quickly growing. Places that have implemented desalination or developed efficient ways to recycle water also received consideration on their conservation mandate. Officials said the conservation goal could drop closer to an average of 20 percentstatewide after the breaks are implemented. Those breaks still don't go far enough, saidRobert Roscoe, generalmanager of the Sacramento Suburban Water District. He said his district invested$120 million in groundwater storage a decade ago,making Sacramento drought-proof.

The water content of the snowpack

by 25 percent in response to the fouryear drought. Come April, when the snowpack is typically at its highest level, officials intend to revisit the conservation plan. By then, they should know the full impact of the heralded El Nino system — a warming of the Pacific Ocean that alters weather worldwide and is associated with stormy California winters. Brown ordered the cutbacks last year,

now stands at 130 percent of normal for

saying mandatory conservation was im-

this time of year. ''We are hopeful that we are turning the corner on this drought," State Water Resources Control Board chair Felicia Marcus said in a statement. "The truth isthatit'sjusttoosoon totell."

perative because the drought could drag past this year. The effort slipped in December when residents and businesses used 18 percentless water compared to the same period of 2013. It was the worst showing

The assessment came amid encour-

aging results from Tuesday's measurement ofthe Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides a third of the state' s water during the spring runoff when it feeds rivers and replenishes depleted reservoirs.

Obama visits mosque, says impression of Muslims distorted CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans a s

made his first visit to a U.S. mosque. He said those who demonize all Muslims for the actsofa few are playing into extremists' hands. Inserting himself into a debatethat hasricocheted in the presidential campaign, Obama told parishioners at a mosque outside Baltimore that he'd heard &om young M uslims worried t h e+I be rounded up and kicked out of the country. He said Muslims, too, are concerned aboutthe threat ofterrorism but aretoo often blamed as a group"for the violentacts of the very few."

''We' ve seen children bullied, we' ve seen mosques vandalized," Obama said, warning that such unequal treatmentfor certain groups in society tears at the nation's fabric. "That's not who we are." For Muslim a dvocates, Obama's visit was a longawaited gesture to a community that has warned of escalating vitriol a gainst them that has accompanied the public's concern about the Islamic State and other extremist groups. Although Obama has visited mosques overseas,he waited untilhis final year in office to make such a visit at home, reflecting the issue's sensitive political implications. In this year's Republican presidential campaign, Don-

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Muslim-American advocacy groups have warned of growing antagonism that has followed recent attacks in Paris and SanBernardino,California, by those purporting to act in the name of Islam. "We have to understand: An attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths," Obama said. He said it fell on all Americans to speak up. For Obama, the visit re-

flected a willingness to wade into touchy social issues that often eluded him earlier in his presidency. For years, Obama has fought incorrect claims that he's actually a Muslim and was born in Kenya, beliefs that polls suggest remain prevalent among many Republicans.Obama, a Christian, was born in Hawaii.

Obama, acknowledging that uncomfortablechapter in his own story, noted that

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NOMINEE Continued from Page A1 ing year for his hardline conservative stances on is-

sues including the Affordable Care Act and immigration. Cruz is also widely noted for playing a prominent rolein the standoffthatled to a two-week shutdown of the federal government in

October 2013, an attempt to stop the rollout of the ACA that drew heat on him with other Senate Republicans. The shutdown failed to delaythe ACA from launching and severely impacted Tuolumne County businessesalready reeling from the Rim Fire, mainly due to the closure of Yosemite National Park — the economic lifeblood of the Highway 120 corridor. At least one business in Groveland closed as a result of the double-whammy from the Rim Fire and government shutdown, while others claimed to have lost tensofthousands ofdollars. McClintock faced criti-

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Aaron Cloyd, of Sonora (above), rides his bicycle along Parrotts Ferry Road Wednesday afternoon. His route took him near the old Stevenot Bridge (right), which is slowly being covered back up by rising water levels at New Melones Reservoir. Sonora has accumulated 24. 67 inches of rain this weather year, which began July 1. At this time last year, the city had only recorded 11.07 inches. According to weather records kept by The Union Democrat, the average rainfall in Sonora through the end of February is 22.93 inches. For a story on El Nino storms easing California's drought, see Page A5.

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"He (Cruz) never advocated for shutting down the government. No Republican did," McClintock said i n an int e r view Wednesday. McClintock said he's "absolutely certain" that Cruz would govern by Reagan's principles if elected president, though he couldn' t say the same about GOP national frontrunner, Donald Trump. McClintock c o mpared Trump's popularity to that of former California Gov. Arnold S c hwarzeneg ger, whom McClintock lost to in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election. "He was a celebrity and said all the right things. The problem is he didn't mean any of them," McClintock said of Schwarzenegger. "I worry that might be the case with Donald Trump." Nevertheless, McClintock already said he would support Trump if he wins the Republican nomination over Cruz.

"If Trump's the nominee, I will gladly support him," he said. "I just don't have the same level of confidence that he will actually do what he promises."

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Ridgeboundaries are rare,said Dodge Ridge co-owner, president and CEO Sally Helm. But the resortis ready, and staff are prepared to work closely with Tuolumne County search-and-rescue and the Forest Service when necessary. Dodge Ridge professional ski patrol stafF are alltrained in search-and-rescue operations, Helm said Wednesday. Each member is also required to have Emergency Medical Technician or Outdoor Emergency Care certification. Helm touts the experience of her ski patrol leadership: Carl Richter, Kendall Jewett and Doug Parker have more than 25 years each, and Dudley, Mike Bartholow and Joe Mumford

Continued from Page Al the Ski Patrol hut, Dudley said. Elsewhere along the edges of Dodge Ridge are Ski Area Boundary signs that state Section 602(q) of California's penal code: "Skiing out of bounds or knowingly skiing on a trail which is closed to the public and which has signs posted indicating the closure is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine up to $1,000 including the additional cost of rescue fees." "One of the reasons for the exit points is to have a starting point if we do need to look for someone," Dudley said.

have more than nine years each.

Backcountry beckons There was plenty of room on more than 60 runs Wednesday at Dodge Ridge. Visitors revelled on the uncrowded slopes. Meanwhile the backcountry beckoned for a handful of seasoned skiers and snowboard-

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Ski patrol stafF can use snowcat grooming machines, snowmobiles and a transport cat when needed for search-and-rescue support, Helm said. "Our goal is to locate lost skiers and riders as quickly as possible," Helm said. Every visitor to Dodge Ridge has access to individually printed daily grooming reports, which include trail maps and a seven-point safety-responsibility code. Visitors are reminded that skiing and snowboarding safety is up to each individual to know and understand. In addition to professional ski patrol stafF, Dodge Ridge National Ski Patrol volunteers support search-and-rescue operations when necessary, Helm said. They are celebrating 65 yearsofservice atDodge Ridge thisseason. Dodge Ridge Wintersports Area operatesin the Stanislaus National Forest under a Special Use Permit from the U.S. Forest Service.

Signs and rope mark a closed area next to a groomed run Wednesday at Dodge Ridge Going out-of-bounds appeals to the expe- below Chair 7. rienced for obvious reasons: the chance to carve fresh tracks, frolick in unmarked pock- These trails lead back to the ski area's main Check it out ets of powder several feet deep, and getting runs and access to chairlift . "If people are going into the backcountry we out there where nobody else is. Dodge Ridge National Ski Patrol is The dangers are also obvious but unseen in tell them to be prepared with adequate suprecruiting volunteers. For more information places: steeper terrain that' s more technical- plies, food and water and medical," Dudley ly difficult, obstacles including rocks, trees, said. "And avalanche transceivers and shovels contact Assistant Patrol Leader Bob Eriksen at cliffs and gulleys, and the sheer distance anil Inaps. reconsts@sbcglobal.net or (209) 480-6629. from help if it's needed. Several backcountry areas accessed from Injury calls Dodge Ridge exit points allow skiers and respond to "a couple hundred" injury calls a snowboarders plenty of downhill runs that The ski resort employs about 25 profession- season in the resort, and as many as 15 to 20 Contact Guy McCarthy at gmccarthy@ intersect with groomed or semi-groomed al ski patrol staff assisted by a contingent of injury calls on a busy weekend, Dudley said. uniondemocrat.corn or (209) 588-4585. cat tracks, trails put in by snowcat vehicles. about 75 National Ski Patrol volunteers. They Search-and-rescue calls i nside Dodge Follow him on Twitter @GuyMcCarthy. ers.

DOCTOR Continued from Page Al Providers who have families with young children often are more likely to stay once their kids get involved in schools and activities and the family feels more connected to the

area, Valentine said. Recruiting one doctor can take as long asa couple ofyears,Selfsaid. Sonora Regional Medical Center is recruiting for two internal medicinedoctors,onefamily practicedoctor, one rheumatologist, one physical medicine/rehab provider, one OB/ GYN, one psychiatrist, one otolaryngologist, and one pediatrician, said Gail Witzlsteiner, hospital spokeswoman.

There is a nationwide shortage of doctorsand primary care providers and it' sexpected to getworse. In the November/December 2012 Annals of Family Medicine, a study triedtoprojectthenumber ofprimary care physicians required to meet health care needs through 2025 after passageof the Affordable Care Act. This need may be hard to meet given the f act t ha t

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enough hospital residency slots for the number of medical school graduates each year. According to the National Resident Matching Program, in 2015, there were more than 41,000 medical school grads vying for about 30,000residency slots in 4,756 programs in the U.S. The total annual number of officevisits to primary care doctors is

projected to increase to 565 million in 2025, compared to 462 million in 2008, the Annals of Family Medicine study showed. The United States is going to need 52,000 moreprimary care doctors by 2025 — 33,000 more for population growth, 10,000 more for aged

Americans (by 2030, people 65 and older will be more than 75 million, comprising nearly one-third of the population), and 8,000 more for the newly insured, the study reported. Research has consistently showed the relationship between having insurance and increased health services use. However, when the Affordable Care Act was passed,nwe didn' t have a bunch of doctors come on board," Self said. According to Mark Twain Medical Center's Find a Doctor application, thereare approximately 11 primary care providers in Calaveras County, though not all are part of the hospital's network. It lists three internal medicine specialists, one of whom is in Jackson. Its network includes five Family Medical Clinics around Calaveras County, which are open to residents of Tuolumne County as well. Dr. Robert Allen, the Mark Twain familymedical center director,has changed things so that people can now walk in to the centers if they have a health need like a sore throat or urinary tract infection, rather than going to the emergency room, Valentine said. It all ows people to stay closer to home, takesthe burden off 'the ER and is an attempt to "answer the call for patients to be seen," Valentine said. Furthermore, a doctor'soffice visit is less expensive for insurance to reimburse, she said. Each medicalcenter's providers (exceptone),can see approximately two new patients a day — one in the morning and one in the afiernoon, Valentine said. Sonora Regional's network of doctors includes 13 primary care providers and five internal medicine specialists, Self said. People can call Self for a list of providers that don't just include SRMC's network. She tries to keep

tabs on all providers in the area to be able to help people find the best providerfor their needs, so her list also includes Don Pedro, some CalaverasCounty providers and privately run clinics. nI have anybody I can get my hands on,n she said.

She has three providers right now that "could possibly see you in the next five months," and none are

with Sonora Regional,and none accept Medi-Cal, or its Covered California counterparts — Anthem Blue Cross or California Health and Wellness. Another provider is accepting new patients, but only accepts cash and patients can bill their insurance themselves after paying her. In Tuolumne County, which doctor'soffice a person goes to depends

on what kind of insurance they have. Mark Twain's family medical center's all accept both private insurance and Medi-Cal. There is one provider accepting new patients at the Mathiesen Memorial Health Clinic (which accepts Medi-Cal) but it is about a two month wait to get in for a first visit. The Tuolumne Me-Wuk Indian Health Center, which also accepts Medi-Cal, is closed to new patients, except children. Last year, the Mother Lode lost threedoctorsto retirement and one whose license was suspended when she was arrested for suspected over prescription of pain medication. During the fall and holiday season, Self said her office was inundated with calls from people trying to fi nd a new provider. One Sonora doctor is booked until September, but is still accepting new patients, and another is booked out throughFebruary 2017,Selfsaid. It depends on the doctor whether the practice closes when the schedule is full or not. Some only close their practices when they are going on vacation.

Forest Road Primary Care, operated by SRMC, who are filling a provider gap for people with Medicare-MediCal combination insurance patients, Self said. There was nowhere for those patientstogo,so thehospitaladjusted its offerings and now there are three providersatthatclinicto servethat population in need, Self said. P rivately owned clinics l i k e MACT, Matheisen and Tuolumne Me-Wuk, also accept that combination of insurance, but often there is a several week or month waiting period, she said. Selfsaid she recently discovered a new family practice in Don Pedro that she has been referring patients to which also accepts most insur-

ished for other people abusing it,n she said. She finall y found a nurse practitioner, who told Brookshire she didn't have many pain management patients. So far, Brookshire said she has received good care. However, many pain management patients have few options. Right now in Sonora, the Northern California Spine Institute will only accept patients with spine relatedissues and doesnotassistwith MethadoneorOxycontin. The Pain Management Center in San Andreas is only open two days a week and does not accept Medi-Cal or HMOs and does not assist with Methadone. A doctor in Jackson acceptsallinsurance except Worker's Compensation and will assist with Methadone. However, that doctor requiresa referral to be seen. All other pain management practices are in the Valley, Self said. When a doctor in Arnold retired last year, he didn't renew his license and so his prescriptions still out there weren't able to be refilled,

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When it comes to pain management practices,patients face a shortage of providers. Many providers are hesitant to take on pain management patients. When Tracy Brookshire's doctor was suspended from practice last year, it took the Sonora resident two or three months to find a new provider. She said she understands why doctors are buckling down on prescription medication because of the people who abuse it, but on the other hand, there are people who genuinely need the medication and do takeitasprescribed. During that time of not having a doctor, Brookshire said she started tofeeldesperate. nI've been clean and sober for eight years, but I'm getting pun-

scramble," Self said. Self said she thinks the lack of

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(TRICARE) also face issues getting in to see a doctor. Clinics where local TRICARE patients have to travel to be seen in the Bay Area are impacted as well, so sometimes the VA callsSelfto see if she can get their patients in any sooner. There are three doctors atthe

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likely felt in the Valley and cities as well. "They may have more options down there but they have more people too,n she said.

In terms of specialty providers, locally there is not a long wait to see cardiologi sts orear,noseand throat. There is a wait to get in with orthopaedistsexceptfor emergencies. In terms of pediatricians, Tuolumne Me-Wuk Indian Health Center in Tuolumne is accepting new pediatric patients, but only has one pediatrician on staff; after its other left in 2015. Foothill Pediatricsis open to private insurance and Forest Road Pediatrics accepts patients with Medi-Cal.

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Cholesterol tests offered to women Free cholesterol tests will be offered all month to women in Calaveras County in observance of American Heart Month. The service is offered through a partnership between Mark Twain Medical Center and Soroptimist International of Calaveras County. In 2015, more than 500 Calaveras County women were screened. The screening is also known as a lipid panel. The test measures good and bad cholesterol and triglycerides to help identify women who are at greater risk of heart disease and stroke. The "Take It to Heart Program" offers the free cholesterol tests throughout February to women who live in Calaveras County. A12-hour fast is recommended or no food after midnight, and proof of address is required. Appointments aren' t necessary. Women can go to the MarkTwain Medical Center lab or to MTMC-run medical centers in Angels Camp, Arnold, Copperopolis or Valley Springs. For more information, call the MTMC Laboratory at 209-754-2583. Friday is national Wear Red Day in honor of the "Go Red for Women" movement started by the American Heart Association. People are encouraged to wear red to raise awareness of heart health and that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.

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During a Jump Rope for Heart event Wednesday at Mother Lode Adventist Junior Academy, parent Cheryl Peterson (top) talks about heart health to students; students (above center, from left) Stephanie Sanchez, Devin Walker, andTravis Flower, jump rope; cardiologist Eric Hemminber talks about the heart (above); student Addle Richardson checks out healthy snacks (below); cardiologist Atul Ramachandram (below left) pulls apart a model of a human heart; and parent and organizer Carey McCulloch, with son Caden, takes a break from jumping (left).

Youth mental health ed set A free program in Tuolumne County called Youth Mental Health First Aid, designed to help youth who are having a mental health crisis, will offer a training on Feb. 18 and 19 in Sonora. The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 and 19 at the Tuolumne County Public Health Department, 20111Cedar Road North, Sonora. The class introduces common mental health challenges for kids ages 12 to 18, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches an action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders that can cause psychosis, disruptive behavior disorders (including ADHD) and eating disorders. To reserve a space, call Dianne Aventi at ATCAA at 209-533-1 397 ext. 270 or email daventi@atcaa. org. Continuing Education will be available for LCSW, LPCC, LEP,LMFT CAMFT and the Board of Registered Nurses.

MLAJA event aims to make health education fun for youth By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

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Mark Twain awards community grants Mark T w ai n M e dical Center on Wednesday announced the recipients of the Mark Twain Medical Center Community Grants for 2015. This year's honorees, under the Community Access and Education Program, include the following organizations:

• The Arc of Amador and Calaveras, which provides more than 150 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities greater access to a broad range of health- and nutrition-related activities;

ports the independence of individuals with disabilities through resources, advocacy and services; Creative Support Alternatives that provides Supported Living Services and Independent Living Services to people • Common Ground S e- with developmental disnior Services, which sup- abilities;

• and Harmony Ranch horsemanship pr o gram, which offers recreational therapeutic services to children and adults with or without special needs. The grants total $28,000. T o date, m or e t h a n See G~

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passion is bringing awareness toheart defects. The event included fun and educational activities to encourage healthy liv-

latedto a pain-med overdose, 30 women show up at the ER and recover. The numbers for men are equally staggering. So why do folks who aren' t addicted to or intentionally abusing opioid medications overdose? 1. It can be hard to keep track of how many pills you' ve taken. Smart Move: Always keep a log of the date and time you take every pain pill. 2. You may inadvertently mix medications that trigger a dangerous interaction. Smart Move: Tell all of your doctors about every medication you' re taking, and obtain them all from one pharmacy. Your pharmacist

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importance of exercise and nutrition to heart health. The event was sponsored by the American Heart Association, and Jump Rope for Heartisa national program heldat schools to promote heart healthy living. Through Jump Rope for Heart, kids learn jump rope skills and how their heart works.

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Mother Lode Adventist School fifth-grader Anthony Klein (above) jumps rope Wednesday afternoon during a heart health awareness activity. Students (left, from left) Summer Sundahl, Norma Santos, Brock Scott, Jacob Andries and Alyssa Inocencio, look at pig lungs and a cow heart during the event.

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At W s event, there were eight different stations, five of which were jump-rope games. Sonora Regional Medical Center cardiologists Dr. Eric Hemminger and Dr. Atul Ramachandran gave a presentation about hearts and had educational hands-on activities including pacemakers, catheters and pig lungs, a cow heart and a lamb heart. The two sets of pig lungs showed what a s moker's lung looks like compared to healthy lungs. McCulloch said she was "really thrilled" Hemminger and Ramachandran participated in the event. Other stations included healthy snacks, a health talk by school mom Cheryl Peterson, and a craft and activity station. M cCulloch firs t h e a r d about Jump RopeforHeart through Columbia Elementary School, and when she approached MLAJA principal Patty Osborne about doing it this year, she said, "absolutely." The McCullochs, Carey, husband Greg, and sons, Kyler and Caden, moved to Sonora two years ago from Sacramento. There they were part of a heart support group for families of children with heart defects, called Mended Little Hearts. Both boys were born with heart defectsand both are doing very w ell, h ealth-

wise, right now, McCulloch sard. Kyler had a heart catheterization when he w as 3 months old and is monitored bydoctors at University of California, Davis, for his pulmonary valve stenosis. Caden has had multiple heartsurgeries,the lastone

birth. They happen when a mishap occurs during heart development soon after conceptionand often before the mother is aware that she is pregnant. Defects range in severity from simple problems, like "holes" between chambers of the heart, to

three years ago, to treat his

including complete absence of one or more chambers or valves. Anyone can have a child with a congenital heart defect.Out of 1,000 births, at least eight babies will have some form of congenitalheart disorder,most of which are mild. Having a con g enital heart defectcan increase a child's risk of developing

coarctationofthe aorta and his Scimitar Syndrome. The severity of childhood heart defectsvaries on a wide spectrum from electrical issues to having to have a heart transplant, McCulloch said. Congenital heart defects are structural problems with the heart present at

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3. You figure one more pill will finally ease your pain. Smart Move: If the medication isn't working at the prescribed dose, call your doctorto explore other ways to get relief. 4. According to a study in Annals of I n t ernal Medicine, there's one more reason: Among patients who've overdosed once, 91 percent are prescribedthe same opioid 10 monthslater (61 percent by the same doc), and that d oubles the risk of overdosing again! Smart Move: After an overdose, explore alternate pain solutions.

Get vaccination information before you need it In the animated Disney comedy, "The Emperor's New Groove," haughty Yzma (Eartha Kitt) dismisses the concerns of one unfortunate subject: eYou really should've thought of that before you became peasantsl" Pretty funny line, since no one ever decides to be a disadvantaged peasant. But here's one thing you can decide before your actions put you and your family's health at a disadvantage: Get reliable information, so you can make an educated decision about vaccinations. We mention this because of a recent Washington Post story about a Canadian woman with

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Mark Twain Medical Center, The Arc of Amador and Calaveras, and C r eative Support Alternatives, Common Ground Senior Services, and Harmony Ranch will conduct four nutrition workshops to help educate Calaveras County residents on healthy eating, physical activity and community resources.

The nutrition workshops will educate attendees on three steps for eating healthy on a budget — planning, purchasing and preparing. The MTM C E x ecutive Leadership Team "carefully evaluated the programs to determine which programs best address the u nmet health needs as revealed in MTMC Community Needs Assessment," a Mark Twain statement said.

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ATCAA HEAD START/ EARLY HEAD START is recruiting for all SONORA ROOMMATE Teaching positions. We needed, share 3 bd have current openings TWAIN HARTE 2/2ON home. Great loc. $425+ for Infant and Toddler split util. 588-3075 creek. 2 c-gar, level site. Teachers at our new Wood heat. Avail. 2/10. Jamestown Early Head SONORA ROOM $1050/mo. 586-4565 Start. We are also Share home. $475/mo. looking to build our incl's utilities & cable; 205 eligibility/sub list for all Avail now.209-206-1270 Teaching positions Rentals/Apartments including Preschool TUOLUMNE Teachers at all of our Close to townsites throughout Tuo Utilities/Wi-Fi included. $600/mo. Ph. 928-3271 County. Application / job announcements with 220 position requirements ONO VILI.AG available at ATCAA PARTMENT Duplexes Head Start, 427 N. Hwy TWAIN HARTE 1/1 49 ¹202, Sonora l Bedroom, l Bath 23025/C T.H. Dr. $650 (closed Fridays) or $780/mo www.atcaa.or FFD: +dp. incls. wat, garb, TV ~ 2 Bedroom, 1-1/2 Bath No pets/smk. 586-5664 02-10-2016, 4PM. EOE. $830 to $920/mo No App//cstion Fee

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301 Employment CLERICALJLAW OFFICE-Telephone, scheduling, filing, computer and general administration skills. 30 + hours. Wages DOE. Cover letter and resume to: U.D. Box ¹90394494 c/o The Union Democrat 84 S. Washington St. Sonora, CA 95370 DRIVERS NEEDED: Previous exp preferred but not req'd. Will train. Must have clean driving record. Apply in person at Vic's Towing, 1230 Hwy.49 w/DMV Report. No Phone Calls!

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MARK TWAIN UNION ELEMENTARY School District:Special Ed ParaEducator $11.72$12.93/hr. DOE 5.5 hrs/ day- 180 school days. App/Job description available at E ~d'oin.or or at 981 Tuolumne Ave in Angels Camp. Open Until Filled. 736-1860 MIA'S IS NOW HIRING: Dishwashers, Bussers & Servers F/T 8 P/T. Apply at: 30040 Hwy. 108 in Cold Springs. (209) 965-4591 OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN. Ophthalmology and optometry office. P/T. Exp. preferred. Fax resume to 532-1687 or email to BenL DonaldsonE eCare.corn

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SADDLE CREEK GOLF RESORT in Copperopolis is now accepting apps. forwait staff, bussers and a line cookfor March employment. This Top 10 Golf Resort is a very exciting place to be employed at with many events such as weddings, golf tournaments, dinner parties etc. Please apply in person Mon.— Fri., 9a.m.—3p.m.

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HOTEL TEAMMATES! 245 Best Western PLUS Commercial Sonora Oaks Hotel is now hiring for: CAMAGE AVE • HOUSEKEEPERS Industrial space up to • FRONT DESK CALAVERAS BIG 21,000 s.f. for lease. •NIGHT AUDITOR TREES SP is hiring Call for info 533-8962 (11:00pm To 7:00am) motivated, honest & • JANITOR OFFICE/RETAIL 630sq. reliable people for • MAINTENANCE ft. in Jamestown, lease. JANITORIAL duties: Apply in person at w/bath 8 yard $700 mo. Housekeeping, clean+ utilities John 532-2052 ing restrooms, trash. 40 19551 Hess in Sonora. NO Phone Calls! hrs/wk. 7am -3:30pm. Must have valid CA D.L. JOURNEYMAN and work weekends and ELECTRICIAN. Must have current state $10.18/hr. OPPORTUNITIES holidays. certification & service seasonal- no benefits. work exp. Fax resume Application DPR(678) to 795-4420 or email CATEGORY at www. arks.ca. ov, click jobs, seasonal & 301-330 part-time. Send to: KAMPS PROPANE Columbia State Park 301 - Employment is seekingService -Sector Office, 11255 Tech-F/T Must have 305 - Instruction/Lessons Jackson Street. Class B Lic; able to Classes Columbia, CA 95310. work independently; be 310- Domestic &Childcare Call (209) 795-8906 for mechanically minded & 315 - Lookingfor Employment info. Deadline 2/6/2016 have clean DMV. Good 320- Business Opportunities wage & benefits. Apply: 325 - Financing CALAVERAS CO with resume at 18877 330- MoneyWanted Visit us on the web: Microtronics Way in www.co.calaveras.ca.us Sonora, E.O.E.

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SMALL 1BD APT, walking distance to Jamestown. $500 mo. + 500 dep., utilities incl. Avail. 3/1/1 6, 770-6283. ATCAA EARLY/HEAD START is hiring for Maintenance Workers to maintain classrooms and grounds as well as minor plumbing, landscaping, weed eating, painting, sanding and other routine maintenance. Must be min of 21 yrs old to apply. PT (4 days a week, 7 hrs/ day). $12.54-$13.83/hr. D.O.E. Apps & job announcements avail. at: ATCAA Head Start, 427 N. Hwy 49, Suite 202 Sonora (open 8am — 4pm and closed on Fridays), or~www.atcaa.or FFD: 02/18/16 O 4 pm. EOE. STYLIST & MANICURIST needed. Booth rentals only at country Girl. 532-4933 Dawn Sell/t fast with a Union Democrat class/ fed ad. 588-4515

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TRADITIONAL TILE A Family tradition since 1923. Granite/Tile/ Marble. Lic. ¹421264 Free est. Call 754-9003

THUMBS UP Would love to come & help you w/your yard. We offer basic yard care & more! City Lic., bonded, insured. [no lic] Free est. 536-1660

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Sonora, California 701 Automobiles

CARS AND TRUCKS CATEGORY 701-840 701 - Automobiles 705 - 4 Wheel Drive 710 - Trucks 715 - Vans 720 - SUV's 725 - Antiques/Classics 730 - Misc. Auto 735 - Autos Wanted

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CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Looking for a professional to sell your car at no charge? WE ALSO BUY CARS! Call us today! 533-8777

801 - Motorcycles 805 - RV's/Travel Trailers 810 - Boats 815 - Camper Shells 820 - Utility Trailers 825 - Leasing/Rentals 830 - Heavy Equipment 835 - Parts/Accessories 840 - Airplanes

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701 Automobiles

CHEVY '99 CAVALIER Tags 2017, passed smog. Asking $1,800 Call 352-9243

Need to sell a car? Sell it in the Classifieds 588-4515

HONDA '11 ACCORD LX-P 4 door. 53k miles.

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705 4-Wheel Drive

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CHEVY '00 SUBURBAN 4x4 loaded Leather int., drives exc. $4,800 OBO 890-3291

Haveunwanted items? Sell it with a garage sale 58M515 DODGE '94 DIESEL 4x4, 5.9L 1-Ton 5spd. Manual. Runs Great! $4,000 obo. 352-1435

Very good condition $10,500 586-3487 msg.

Trucks DODGE '733/4TON club cab. One owner. Runs. $1,200. Call 533-9207

Engine/trans/body solid. Over 10k invstd. $4,250 532-1107 or 352-3581

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GMC '15 SIERRA • Duramax ~D!esel Allison Trans, Crew Cab, w/trailer pkg. Bed cover & liner. 18" wheels. Running boards. 6,800 mi. Ask $49,000. Call for details! 586-9563

TOYOTA '85 TERCEL Runs exc, 30mpg, 157k mi,smogged, clean, reliable, good tires. $2,000. OBO 379-2695

JEEP '99 WRANGLER Sport; 108k mi, Lifted, new snow tires/soft top. Clean, $9,400. Mike, at 379-2695 or 559-3796

SUBARU '08 LEGACY Limited edition. White & Tan. Fully loaded. $6,500 OBO 962-0333

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FORD '95 3/4 TON Dump Bed, LANDSCAPERS TRUCK. $6,500. firm -ANDINTERNATIONAL '73 LoadMaster BOOM

TRUCK, gas engine. Good cond. $5,500. Call 533-4716

MERCURY '97 COUGAR

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THEtjMO!ti EMOCRA T TOYOTA '95 4-RUNNER. 297,451 miles. Runs good, needs work. $900 obo 352-9159

735 Autos Wanted

Over 150 years and still going strong THE UNION DEMOCRAT

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It works! Call 588-4515 for more info

CUSTOM LINE SHOW CAR: built on the TV show Fast & Loud, "Gas Monkey Garage" for Mark Cuban. 302 eng. 5spd manual, runs great! Must See! $27,000. OBO 890-3291

CHEVY '56 PICKUP Orig. V8, great project car. $15,000 OBO Call 209-743-2458

735 Autos Wanted

801 Motorcycles

GOT AN OLDER CAR, boat, or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1-800-743-1482 (Cal-SCAN) YAMAHA '01 VSTAR 1100 Excellent Bike. Very well taken care

WANTED! OLD PORSCHE 356/911/912 for

restoration by hobbyist 1948-1973 Only. Any condition, top $ paid 707 965-9546 (Cal-SCAN)

of. Very Cleanalways garaged. Removable windshield. Runs like new!! $3,850. OBO Call (209) 768-3413

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Motorcycles

805 Rys/Travel Trailers

HARLEY '05 ULTRA

CLASSIC 21k orig/mi. Mint! Black, runs great. $11,900 obo 890-3291

CARDINAL '01 FOREST RIVER 33'

BUYING JUNK, Unwanted or wrecked cars, Cash paid! Free P/U Mike 209-602-4997 DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3-Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. Call 800-731-5042

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5th wheel. 2 slides, large awning, arctic pkg. Gen. flat screen. Sleeps 4-6. Fully furnished. Bay window, Queen bed. $13k obo. Call Jake 209-962-6949

SUZUKI '07 BURGMAN Like new 400CC scooter. New battery, tires & drive belt. 35,000 miles. Asking $2,200 obo Call: 209-694-3161

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Infected knee may require antibiotics for life DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 68 years old. A recent column discussed a woman on antibiotics for seven years, and

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I was concerned about my own situation. I had a knee replacement four

years ago, and I had a severe staph infection afterward. I also have an artificial mitral heart valve, which added to my fears. Ihad a largehematoma, and I was on a wound vacuum and had to be infused with antibiotics three times a day for 45 days. My infecti ous disease doctor kept m e on500 mg Keflex four times a day for the first year following my surgery. Iseemy doctorand getm yblood testedonce a year, and my C-reactive

protein is within its normal range. For the past three years, my doctor has prescribed500 mg Keflex once a day. He has informed me that he plans to keep me on this regimen for the rest of my life. What are the benefits and risks associated with someone like me remaining on antibiotics for the rest of my life? — Anon. ANSWER: There are some times

Keith Roach, M.D. when long-term antibiotics are appropriate, and one is when there is a suspicion of infected prosthetic materials that are tmtcult or unsafe to remove.

This decision requires exceptional clinical skill and experience. I can't question the infectious disease doctor who made the decision, as it sounds very reasonable to me. The issue is that thereisa smallrisk ofa catastrophic infection if you were to go off the antibiotics completely. Weighed against that are the small risks of long-term use of a generally safe antibiotic. ¹ body wants to be in the situation you are in, but it sounds to me as though you and your doctor are making the bestofit.

The concern I had with the previAlong with a change in diet, almost ous letter writer's situation is that the all of us in industrialized countries reasonsfor the long-term antibiotics would benefit from increasing exercise w eren't clear,at leastto me .Iw asvery and reducing sitting time. Exercise concerned that there was a serious alone isn't enough to lose fat — abdomiinfectionor other problem that was nal or otherwise; it requires a change not being appropriately looked for or in diet. One can always outeat one' 8 treated. exercise. DEAR DR. ROACH: How can I get Waist size is an unrecognized risk rid of belly fat? — L.B.P. factorfor heart disease, and it's the ANSWER There is no way of losing abdominal fat that is thought to repweight speci6cally in one part of your resent that risk. However, it takes body.However, "belly fat" — meaning time and dedication to maintain the visceral or cmental fat, the kind that changes necessary to get rid of the is moststrongly associated with car- waistline. But, there are many bendiovascular disease — tendstobemore efits to a healthier diet and increased metabolically active and in most peo- exercise, including more energy and an ple is preferentially lost toward the be- increased sense of well-being. ginning of any healthy weight-loss pro- Dr. Roach regrets that he i 8 unable to gram. The most effective way to lose answer individual letters,but will inweight is to have a significant change corporate them in the column whenever in diet from calorie-rich, nutrient-poor possible. Readers may email questions foods like refined sugars and starches to T o YourGoodHealtIt@med.cornell. to adietmorebased on vegetablesand edu orrequestan orderform ofavailwhole grains, with generous amounts able health netvsletters at 628 Virginia of healthy fats and proteins, since Dr., Orlando, FL 82808. Health newsthese are more efficient at making us letters may be ordered from www.rbfeelfullthan carbohydrates are. mamall.corn.

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Today in history Today is Thursday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2016. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta. On this date: In 1783, Britain's King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America. In 1919, Congress established the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross. In 1962, a rare conjunction of the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn occurred. In 1976, more than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his exwife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In 2004, the Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage, and that Vermont-style civil unions would not suffice. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook." In 2010, the first National Tea Party Convention opened in Nashville.

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South abnormal that has kept the game alive. Today, 4 J4 South is in three no-trump. West leads a fourthT K J5 2 highest heart seven. East wins with his ace and I 72 returns the heart nine. How should declarer continue? 4AK J 108 You try to avoid rebidding immediately in a five-card suit, but two clubs is South's best Vulnerable: Both rebid. He cannot bid two hearts, because that wouid be a reverse promising some 17-20 points. S outh W e s t No r t h Ea s t Instead, one no-trump is possible, but debatable 24 Pass 2t Pass with two low diamonds. When North rebids two diamonds, which is forcing for one round, South continues with two no-trump, and North raises. Opening lead:T 7 South starts with seven top tricks: one spade, one heart, three diamonds and two clubs. He can get two more winners from clubs, but might first lose four hearts and one club. What is the solution? If declarer plays either his heart five or jack on East's nine, he will win the third or fourth heart with his king. Then he will have to turn to clubs, but here West will get in with his queen and cash the rest of the hearts for down one. Instead of making the normal holdup play, South should do the abnormal by winning the second heart with his king. Then he crosses to dummy with a diamond and runs the club nine. Yes, the finesse loses, but West cannot cash his hearts, because declarer still has the jack-five.

B6 — Thursday, February 4, 2016 805 ~ RVs/Travel Trailers

810 Boats

TREK-190 RV 360/auto. 18 ft.

loaded w/access. clean, beautiful cond., runs great. 116k miles. Built-in generator, forced air furn., A/C, sleeps 2 adult/2 kids. $8,500 low blue book. Call 209-984-9081.

GULFSTREAM '08 CANYON TRAIL 26 ft. 5th wheel w/super-slide. Rear kitchen w/lots of counters/cabinets. Bench style dinette. Sleeps 6. Many extras. Like new. $18,500. 928-1532 HAULMARK CAR

TRAILER-24 FT Customized-

enclosed. Locking cabinets, winch, pwr converter, kill switch, elec landing gear, 8 new tires. Used only 8X! Always garaged. $15,000 obo (209) 533-2035

JAYCO '02 EAGLE 5th Wheel, 31 ft. 2-slideouts. Central Heat & Air. Sleeps 4, Queen bed, Irg. tub &

shower. Microwave, 3-way fridge/freezer. Good condition! $11,500 obo (209) 770-5287

MONTANA '13 BIG SKY 3402 RL

4 slides, 6 pt. auto leveling, 4-season rating, dual a/c, double refrigerator, low mileage & great condition! $58,000. (209) 694-3982 SPARTAN '55 TRAILER 42 ft. move in ready. $20K at Dillon beach. must be moved. 916-725-4281

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ABANDONMENT OF FICTITIOUS CHAPARRAL H20 BUSINESS NAME TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 SOUTH GREEN STREET SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 '12 SPORT 19FT FILE NO.2015000444 Merc 4.3 Ltr V6 Max FILED: 12/31/2015 HP 220-Immaculate! 11:30A Only 31 hrs! Incl's STATEMENT OF Bimini cvr, built-in ice ABANDONMENT OF chest, ski locker, USE OF FICTITIOUS sound sys, new in BUSINESS NAME 2013. $25,000. Call THE FOLLOWING or text 770-2387 PERSON HAS/HAVE ABANDONED THE Need a helping hand? USE OF THE Check out the Call an Expert FOLLOWING FICTITIOUS section in the Classifieds BUSINESS NAME: J TAYLOR PRODUCTIONS 19030 Caleb Ct Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: TAYLOR, John Frank LAGUNA '80 19030 Caleb Ct REFURBISHED 24' Sonora, CA 95370 SAILBOAT w/Galley, The fictitious business 3 sails, new carpet, name referred to above table, toilet, 4 life was was filed on jackets, generator 06/05/2014 in the and 3 coats bottom County of Tuolumne. paint. Trailer: sandOriginal blasted & painted; File ¹ 2014000267 new bearings, This business is wench, lights/wiring. conducted by: $2,950 obo 962-0445 an individual. s/ John Taylor CERTIFICATION; SEA RAY '83 26 FT. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. DEBORAH RUSSELL, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller SUNDANCEBy: Karen Gray, Deputy 10 hrs. on rebuilt Publications Dates: motor & outdrive. January 14, 21, 28 & New upholstery. Full February 4, 2016 kitchen & bath. The Union Democrat, Sleeps 6-lots of xtras. Sonora, CA 95370 Excellent Condition! $6,500. FICTITIOUS (209) 559-5446 BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY STARCRAFT CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2016000037 Date: 2/1/2016 03:02P DEBORAH BAUTISTA, '78 Aluminum-19 FT. CLERK & AUDITOR150 HP Merc with CONTROLLER 7.5 HP Trolling Motor The following Person(s) Lots of Extras! is (are) doing business Good Condition. as: Fictitious Business $2,450.00 Name (s): Call Jim, GET IT DONE HOME (209) 559-5446 MAINTENANCE AND HAULING 820 Street address of principal place of Utility Trailers business: 20986 Flume Drive AMERICAN '99 Sonora, CA 95370 HORSE TRAILER Name of Registrant: Johnson, Johnathan 20983 Flume Drive Sonora, CA 95370 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name 3- Horse slant trailer. or 02/01/2016 16 foot. Includes This Business is separate tack and conducted by: storage area. an individual. Excellent I declare that all condition. Asking information in this $6,500. For more statement is true and information please correct. (A registrant call 209-559-3428 who declares as true

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any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) s/ Johnathan Johnson NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration. This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.) CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Theresa K. Badgett, Deputy Publication Dates: February 4, 11, 18, 25,

the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration. This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.) CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Theresa K. Badgett, Deputy Publication Dates: January 14, 21, 28 & February 4, 2016 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2016000003 Date: 1/4/2016 01:56P DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name: GEMINEYE MULTIMEDIA Street address of principal place of business: 19030 Caleb Ct. Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: Taylor, John Frank Residence Address: 19030 Caleb Ct. Sonora, CA 95370 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan. 1, 2016 This Business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) s/ John Taylor NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of

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Mozingo Construction will be performing fire hydrant and waterline replacements for the City of Sonora from 2/3/16 - 2/10/16 on weekdays from 7am to 5pm on Jackson St. and Oakside Dr., the intersection of Jackson/Oakside will be closed. Watch for construction equipment and one lane closures in that area. Publication Dates: Feb. 3-6, 9-10, 2016

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-15-688388-BF Order No.: 150253649-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/20/2004.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): BARBARA LEE FRELIGH, A SINGLE PERSON Recorded: 10/27/2004 as Instrument No. 2004023335 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of TUOLUMNE County, California; Date of Sale: 2/1 9/2016 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Front Entrance to the Tuolumne County Administration Center, 2 S. Green St., Sonora,CA 95370 Amount ofunpaid balance and other charges: $147,130.32 The purported property address is: 20143 SHAWNEE DRIVE, SONORA, CA 95370 Assessor's Parcel No.: 034-280-16-00NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company,eitherofwhich may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The saledate shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site htt://www. uali loan.corn, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-688388-BF . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released ofpersonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. 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APN: 088-170-060-0 TS No: CA08000534-15-1 TO No: 95307294 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 8, 2012. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 1, 2016 at 03:30 PM, at the front entrance to the Administration Building, at the County Courthouse Complex, 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA 95370, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on October 11, 2012, as Instrument No. 2012014011, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Tuolumne County, California, executedby JAMES R D'AMOUR AND STEPHANIE ALICIASTONE D'AMOUR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, ASJOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.as nominee for MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORP. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED INSAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 20811 TOMIRA MEADOW ROAD, (TUOLUMNE AREA) SONORA, CA 95370 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee's Sale is estimated to be $294,843.15 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary's bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee's Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000534-15-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. 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When things are good for the Columbia Claim Jumpers, it's oh so good. But when it's bad, it's oh so bad. Wednesday night was oh so bad. In a game that had second place in the Central Valley Conference up for grabs, the College of Sequoias Giant not only snatched

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Woods Creek LL seekscoach Woods Creek Little League is looking for a coach for a majors team. The team, designated the Orioles, is made up of10-12 year olds. The team name could change depending on the wishes of the coach. Practice begins the week of Feb. 8. There will be an average of three practices a week until the season opens March 19 at Standard Park. There will be one to two practices a week after the season starts. Coaches must be 21 or older, available for practices and games, and "love the game as much as all these players," said league president Corey Adams. Games are played in Columbia (Pioneer Park) and Jamestown (Patterson Field). Woods Creek is also looking for volunteer umpires. Depending on the level, umpires could be assigned to four to five games a week but the average is usually two, Adams said. Contact Woods Creek Little League at (209) 591-8877 or email woodscreeklittleleagueI yahoo.corn.

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The Tioga Timberwolves kept its playofF dreams alive Wednesday as Jake Pomeroy hit a basket at the buzzer to give the 'Wolves a 55-53 home victory over the Ben Holt Acad- PREPS emyBobcats. RouNDuP With 14 seconds

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Sonora's Keanu Perez (above, top) controls his match against Summerville's Brennan Dibble in the 106-pound weight class Wednesday at Bud Castle Gymnasium. Wildcat Aaron Davis (below, top) wins the heavyweight battle against Bears' Jarrett Burnett in the final match of the night.

Sonora edges S'ville for 2nd place Saturday at Lincoln High School in Stockton. "I think that's something we always The Sonora Wildcat wrestling team strivefor and we're happy and excited isheaded toplayoffs. about it," said Wildcat head coach Jon The Wildcats defeated cross-county Abernathy about reaching the playoffs. rival Summerville 50-25 Wednesday ''Well go down and see how we do." night at Bud Castle Gymnasium to The score may not reflect how close claim second place in the Mother Lode the teams were due to Summerville not Leagueand qualify forthe Sac-Joaquin being able to fill all the weights. Each Section Team Duals Championships team won five matches, three by pin. By BILL ROZAK The Union Democrat

DragoonGulch5K set hr Feb. 28 The Foothill Leadership Academy will host the 2nd annual Dragoon Gulch 5k, Feb. 28, rain or shine. The 5K is a family event to benefit the city of Sonora with further expansion of the Dragoon Gulch trail. Runners will start at 8 a.m., and walkers begin at 8:05 a.m. Strollers and dogs are not permitted. Open registration ends Saturday. For more information, call (209) 535-4585.

But Keanu Perez's technical fall victory in the 106-pound weight class to start the match, and Aaron David's pin at heavyweight, gave Sonora a 26-25 victory in the competitive matches. Summerville surrendered 24 points with four forfeits. "Overall, I was impressed with both squads," said Bears head coach Jordan See PLAYOFFS / Page C2

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maining in the fourth period, the Bobcatshit a 3-pointer to tie the game 53-53. With one chance to win, Tioga's J.W. Dauth moved the ball up the court and into the hands ofWill Cook. The ball was deflected, but a save by Cook and quick action from Pomeroy kept the ball in the Timberwolves possession.

With time about to expire, Pomeroy put up a shot and sunk it for the win. "Jack Pomeroy played his best game of the year," said Tioga head coach Billy Hilton.aHe playedgreat defense, finished with 10 points, and of course won the game for us." Tioga trailed 14-11 after the first quarter, but took a 28-27 lead into the third quarter. Heading into the final period the game was tied 45-45. The Timberwolves outscoredthe Bobcats 10-8 in the final 8 minutes for the victory.

'This win kept our playofF hopes alive," Hilton said. "We need to win a few more games and get some help from other teams inourleague,butweare right there. Tonight was a hard fought game. We didn't play ourbestbasketball,butforthe first time we went out there and really competed. We didn' t shoot the ball particularly well and the ofFense was a little too stagnant, but we scrapped on defense, crashed every board, took every possession personal, and made our free throws."

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Curry lights up Wizards; Warirors win 8th straight WASHINGTON (AP) — Following ers and scored 51 points to lead the for 36 points in the best first half of one of his worst ofFensive games ,„ Golden State Warriors past the his career. After scoring just 13 points this season, reigning NBA MVP .~ 'e Washington Wizards 134-121 for Sunday at New York, Curry was in a Stephen Curry stopped thinkmg fl < their eighth straight victory, which zone, tying Gilbert Arenas and Miabout basketball and recalibrated @ ~ @ came in spite of a monster perfor- chael Jordan for the Verizon Center "RR' his mind. It worked out just fine. mance from John Wall. record and reaching 50 for the second Curry was all systems go WednesW a l l scored a season-best 41 pointstime this season. 'The shots that you know feel good day night as he made 11 3-point- i n the shadows as Curryshot13of 14

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Josh Skelley led T ioga with 25 points while going 9 for 12 &om the &ee throw line and pulled down 11 rebounds. Dauth had a strong performance with 14 points, 22 rebounds,five assists and four steals. Pomeroy, the hero of the game, scored 10 points and had four rebounds. Mike Ridgleyscored four,had fi ve rebounds,two assists and two steals, Will Cook dished two assists and Austin Pruitt had two rebounds, two assists and two steals. "It was a real team effort and I couldn't be prouder of my guys," Klton. Tioga (7-5, 6-4 Mountain

Valley League) will face Lodi &ogs (10-11, 4-4 MLL) make Academy Wednesday on the the tripto Tuolumne. road in Lodi.

Summewille boys maintain lead in MLL The Summerville Bears boys' basketball team maintained a halfgame lead overthe Calaveras Redskins for first place in the Mother Lode League with a 70-51 road win Tuesday night over the Linden Lions.

The Bears got 23 points and 14 rebounds &om senior Ethan McLaurin. Cameron Saunders scored 16, Braden Anderson scored 14 and Eli McLaurin scored 11. S ummerville (18-6, 8 - 1 MLL) is of the rest of the week, but will return to action Tuesday when the Bret Harte Bull-

Bears freshmenboys hoopsters defeat Linden The Summerville Bears &eshman boys' basketball team improved its record to 14-4 and 8-1 in the Mother Lode League with a 74-61 victory Tuesday over the host Linden Lions. Summerville took an early 17-11 lead, but the Lions outscored the Bears 15-11 in the second period to cut the lead to 28-26. Summerville exploded for 26 points in the third quarter, while holding Linden to 12. "We gotofF to a slow start, but we ended up picking up the tempo," said Summerville head coach Marlin Heldstab.

"But everyone got to play in the fourth quarter and they all played well." Octavian Hernandez led Summerville with 19 points and 12 rebounds, Mitch Prevost scorch 16, Colby West had 11, Bryan Wynne finished with 10 and Marcus Warnock pulled down seven rebounds.

Summerville girls lose close matx,h to Linden The Summerville girls' basketball team lostanother close game, falling to the Linden Lions 36-32 Wednesday night in Tuolumne. The Bears led 24-21 heading into the fourth quarter, but an injury to sophomore Karina Herrera killed much of their momentum.

Late in the fourth quarter, with the Lions leading, the Bears opted to put the Linden players on the line. For the first three quarters of the game, Lindenhad not made a free throw. The trend did not continue, and the Lions scored eight points from the charity stripe. "To their credit, they made more free throws than they had all game," said Summerville head coach Greg Smith. 'They made 8of 15 and that provedtobe the difFerence. Herrera led Summerville with 10 points, followed by Julian Craddock with nine and Sarah Boyer with eight. The Bears had won two of theirlast three games before Wednesday night's loss.

FOOTBALL Sunday 3:30 pm (KOVR) (KPIX) Super Bowl 50Carolina Panthers vs. Denver Broncos.

FOOTHILLS COLLEGE tur ay Mens — Basketball: Columbia at Fresno City Colic e,7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL n ay Boys — Basketball: Calaveras vs. Argonaut, Mike Flock Gym, San Andreas, 7:30 p.m.; Bret Harte vs. Sonora, Angels Camp, 7:30 p.m. Girls — Basketball:Sonora vs. Bret Harte, Bud Castle Gym, Sonora, 7:30 p.m.; Calaveras at Argonaut, 7:30 p.m.

CLIFTON Continued from PageCl Kraig Clifton, a former Sonora High athlete, Columbia Collegebasketball star and longtime head coach of the Calaveras Redskins boys' basketball team, was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer in early December. Wednesday night was turned into "Clifton Strong" night, which has been the battlecry of those helping Clifton fight his battle. The largest crowd of the year was on hand to watch the Jumpers, but it was the

love that the community has bia head coach Denny Aye, for Clifton that put bodies in current Columbia assistant the seats. coach Rick Francis, and a "It's really a good thing to teammate of Clifton's from see and to see him get that the 1993 Columbia State kind of support," Columbia Championship team. Aitken, who held back head coach Rob Hoyt said. "Because of the person that tears while delivering the he is, he deserves that and heartfelt messages, ended his then some." speech with the words that All ticket sales, as well as so many people have said to donations went directly to the Clifton since early December. ''We love you Kraig." Clifton family. At the beginning of halfThe crowd stood and aptime, Jeff Aitken stood be- plauded Clifton and his famfore the packed Oak Pavil- ily. ion crowd and gave a speech "I wasn't expecting all about Clifton, his dear &iend. that," Clifton said. "I really He also read lettersthatw ere didn't know what to expect written by former Colum- because the support of the

community just keeps blow- the announcement that over ing my mind as well as my $4,500 had been raised. families. It's amazing. It was Clifton, who is still in the strong when I first got diag- middle of his valiant fight nosed and it kept growing. with cancer, was positive and It's humbling and inspiring upbeat and smiled at all who at the same time." came to offer him encourageFollowing the speeches, ment and prayers. "I'm doing pretty good," members of the crowd had the opportunity pay $5 to Clifton said. "I' ve got my good take a shot from half court,

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with the reward of a basketball for making the long shot. Sonora High's star basketball player Nate Patterson was the only one to make the long distance shot. Midway through the second half, Columbia's athletic director, Nate Rien, made

can't complain with the way everything is going. All the support from my school district and the Sonora support for my wife so that she can take care of me, I couldn't ask

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NBA SACRAMENTO (AP)With leading scorer Jimmy Butler on the bench nursing a sore left knee, ETwaun Moore figured he'd get plenty of chances to pick up the slack for Chicago. Not only did Moore fill the scoring void created by Butler's absence,

DePaoli. 'They came out here and were physical with each other, but Sonora obviously came out on top. It didn't help we had forfeits, but we both split matches. You' ve gotta give credit where credit is due. Some matches the coaches thought were going to be close turned out one-sided. At 182 pounds, Sonora junior Nate Gookin tangled with Summerville's Nathaniel Ulvevadet and took control immediately, taking the Bear senior down twice in the opening roundbefore winning by pin at 2 minutes, 41 seconds

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case to become a permanent part of the Bulls' s~ lineup — something a few of his high-profile teammates such as Butler and Derrick Rose have already been calling for. Moore scored a careerhigh 24 points while starting in place of Butler, and Chicago overcame a sloppy finish to beat the Sacramento Kings 107-102 on Wednesday night. "I knew our team needed a spark," said Moore, who shot 9 of 16 &om the fioor. "Itwas soimportanttostart the game off well and get us

'They won some matches I thought were gonna be closer," DePaoli said. "Obviously Nathaniel's match I thought would be closer, but obviously Gookin came out, took care of business and that's all there is to it. He's a tough kid. We' re gonna see him again. Well have to fix some things and improve vastly." "They' re both good. But our Nate is really really good," Abernathy said. 'We' ll see at the end of the year how good, but he's fun to watch. He' s moving from move to move, he's chain wrestling real well. It's kinda hard to push him because he's better than everybody. But we' ve had Justin Barnes (former Bret Harte standout) come in and work with him." Abernathy was l ooking forward to the 145-pound matchup between his Gabe Kullman and the Bears' Zach Marquez, expecting it to be close. But Marquez took down Kullman twice before win- down to the final seconds. ning by pin 1:12 into the sec- After each wrestler went ond round. s coreless in the first t w o "Marquez worked Gabe a rounds, the action and points little better than I thought were fast and furious in the he would," Abernathy said. final round. "Zach did a real good job." Kellogg earned two points The closest match of the on a reversal. Camara earned night, and th e one t h at a reversealmost immediately brought forth the loudest after and then earned a twocrowd and team reactions point near fall. Kellogg batwas the 195-pound battle tled out of the near fall and between Sonora's Jack Ca- scored two points on another mara and S u mmerville's reversal. Tony Kellogg, which went With 30 seconds left Ca-

Moore has career night in Butler's place as Bulls beat Kings

going in the right direction. I did that and it helped out a lot." Pau Gas ol added 16 points, 13 rebounds and made two &ee throws with 4.3 seconds remaining to help the Bulls to their first win in Sacramento in more

than four years. Rose had 21 points and nine assists, and Taj Gibson scored 12. The Bulls led 101-92 with 2:40 left but struggled to close out the Kings. Chicago committed two turnovers and made only one

basket down the stretch before pulling out the win at the &ee throw line. "We had a couple plays there at the end that hurt us," coach Fred Hoiberg said. "But it feels great to find a way to finish it." DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and 11 rebounds in his return to Sacramento's lineup. The All-Star center missed two baskets and two &ee throws in the final 40 seconds. Moore made just his fourth start of the season after Butler — Chicago's leading scorer — was ruled out with tendinitis in his knee. Moore, who had 15 points in the first half, helped keep Chicago's offense running and repeatedly hurt Sacramento &om the perimeter. He seemed to wear down late and missed two &ee throws with 10.4 seconds left, but the Bulls hung on to end their two-game skid

Summerville's Zach Marquez (above, top) takes control Wednesday against Sonora's Gabe Kullman at Bud Castle Gym. Wildcat Nate Gookin (right, at left) puts pressure on Bear Nathaniel Ulvevadet. Summerville's JT McCready (below, top) works against Sonora's Brendyn Clark. Bill Rozak /Union Democrat

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quickly when Coleton Sanguinetti (120), Ethan Champe (126) and Kellen Phillips (132) each walked to the center of the matto receivetheirforfeit wins to make the score 26-0. But the Bears stormed back with three straight pins. Devin Conklin was finished in just 41 seconds. Marquez followed with his victory and JT McCready (152) won by fall with 34 seconds left in the first period to make the score 26-18. But Sonora pulled away with a Zach Whitmer forfeit and a Carson Dambacher pin at the 1:22 mark of the second I'oulld.

Summerville's Carson Caya earned amajor decision over Dillon Morrison and David finished the night with a pin "It's always a tough match against Sonora," Marquez said. "They' ve always been our rivals. It's hard to cheer against all the Sonora kids because we pretty much know them all, wrestled with most of them in club. It was tough. But it was a good dual. There were a lot of close tough matches. Overall, I think it was exciting for the crowd to watch."

Senior night The Wildcats and Bears celebrated senior night together, and will continue to do so every year they are scheduled to wrestle each other in the last dual of the regular season.

mara escaped to take a 5-4 match, it was even more exlead. With the crowd and citing because we came out each team yelling for their on top," DePaoli said. "I can' t wrestler, Kellogg took down say enough about Tony. I' ve Camara with 6 seconds left to thrown him into varsity sevwin 6-5. eral times and I bump him up "Tony is an extremely hard in weights all the time and he worker," Marquez said. 'We continues to go out there and all put in countless hours in get big wins." the wrestling room, but Tony Perez opened the match worked so hard to get the win. with a technical fall victory To see that, especially against over Brennan Dibble. Colton the odds, one of the greatest Davis followed with a 6-0 dethings I' ve seen." cision to give Sonora quick "By far the most exciting 8-0 lead. But the lead grew

STANDINGs & SU COLLEGE MENS' BASKETBALL CENTRAL VALLEY CONFERENCE Team League Overall Fresno City 7 -1 2 1 - 6 Sequoias 5 -2 1 5 - 9 Columbia 5 -3 1 5 - 8 West Hills 5-3 12-10 4 -4 8 - 1 4 Porterville 1 -7 7 - 1 6 Reedley 0 -7 2 - 1 8 Merced Wednesday's games Sequoiss86,Columbia 74 Porterville 99, Reedley 72 Fresno 86, West Hills 75

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Bear athletic director Debbie Mager asked the parents of Summerville's three seniors — McCready, Ulvevadet and Jarrett Burnett — to join the athletes on the fioor before the match. Abernathy had just one seniorto celebrate,Morr ison, who hugged his mother at the center of the mat. "Senior night was fun. It' s nice to end the duals with these guys basically being county teammates," Gookin said."Its pretty coolto honor those who have gone through the programs and h a ve worked so hard. It's a rivalry, but it's friendly. There's no trash talk. It's good competition."

5-3 Lodi Academy 6-4 Tioga 3-5 Delta Charter Able Charter 1-9 Don Pedro 0-8 Wednesday's game Tioga 55, Ben Holt 53

Linden 36, Summerville 32 Cslaveras 48, Amador 21 Argonaut 30, Bret Harte 28 Friday's games Bret Harte at Sonora Amsdor st Linden Cslaveras st Argonaut

GIRLS' BASKETBALL MOTHER LODE LEAGUE Team League Overall 8 -0 16- 3 Sonora 7 -2 16- 7 Argonaut Calaveras 6-2 174 Bret Harte 3 -5 8-1 1 Amador 2-7 1 1 - 10 2 -7 6-1 3 Linden Summerville 2-7 3-17 Wednesday's games

MOUNTAIN VAlJEY LEAGUE Team League 6-0 Stockton Chdstisn 7-1 Ben Holt Academy Delta Charter 5-2 Tioga 3-4 Lodi Academy 1-3 Lsngston Hughes Academy 1-6 0-7 Able Charter Wednesday's games Ben Holt at Tioga

Delta Charter at Lodi CENTRAL VALLEY CONFERENCE SEQUOIAS 88,COLUMBIA 74 Sequoias: Zack Nuttall 3, Simon Krajovic 14, Turner Nelson 6, Kyle Hurt 12, Derek Check 8, Marcus Junior 9, Kody Wilson 5, Dida Pereira 29. Columbia: Lewsyne Grant 21, Bosten Van Der Veur 20, DeAndre Stsllings 13, Trevin Wilson 11, Michsel Meserole 9. Halftime: S e quoias 4 0 -25. 3-pointers — Sequoias 6 (Hurt 4, Nuttsll, Check), Columbia 3 (Grant, Van Der Veur, Wilson). Free throws — Sequoias 15-29, Columbia 22-30.

Sonora, California

NFL 49ers rescheduleGirl Scouts sleepoverat Levi's Stadium SANTA CLARA (AP)The Girl Scouts of Northern California are getting their big sleepover at Levi' s Stadium after all, just rescheduled &om its original date. And now the San Francisco 49ers are paying for it afl er moving the event to schedule a concert — reaching a resolution Wednesday for some 1,000 Girl Scouts less than 24 hours after the change was made. "We are very pleased to have agreed upon a positive resolution with the Girl Scouts of Northern California regarding the scheduling conflict at Levi's Stadium," 49ers spokesman Bob Lange said. 'Their event is now scheduled to take place at the venue on May 21, 2016, one week later than originally scheduled. Additionally, the San Francisco 49ers have agreed to underwrite the entire cost of the

event and have guaranteed that it will not be moved &om that date." The Girl Scouts took to Twitter to thank the team. 'Thank you@49ers for your gift to the ¹GirlsScouts today. We are thrilled to announce the Sleepover at ®LevisStadium is CONFIRMED for May 21!a Girl Scouts NorCal tweeted Wednesday night. Concerts have been a big draw at $1.3 billion, s~ndyear Levi's Stadium, including a pair by Taylor Swik during an August weekend last year. Nikki V a n A u s dali, s pokeswoman for G i r l Scouts of Northern California, said earlier she was confident the sides would work something out.

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JUMPERS

caused them to fall back down. The Jumpers could not go on any significant run for the first 10 minutes of the second half. ''When you are trying to come back and you get as dose as you can, and then they hit a big shot or make a big play, it takes the air out of you," Grant

Continued from PageC1 second place &om the Jumpers, but ran away with it.

Columbia lost to Sequoias 86-74 at Oak Pavilion in &ont ofthelargestcrowd oftheyear. ia'a. I "Sequoias is good. They are really good," said Columbia head coach Rob Hoyt &om his office following the loss. 'They probably have the best coach in our conference and they did a really good job. It' s just a tough matchup with their strengths and our weaknesses." For the first 5 minutes of the game, Sequoias didn' t score a point. The Jumpers slowly built a 7-0 lead with five points &om Bosten Van Der Veur and two from Michael Meserole. After a Giant basket, Meseroleresponded with a spinning jumper in the key to give Columbia a 9-2 lead with 14:55 remaining in the first half. DeAndre Stallings scored two baskets, the second on a put-back rebound. With 13 minutes remaining in the half, Columbiahad a 13-6 lead. And then the wheels not only came off but were lit on fire. Sequoias went on a massive 25-2 run and it culminated with the Jumpers becoming ice cold &om the floor. With under 5 minutes to play, Columbia trailed 31-15. ''We could feel it while we were out there and it's definitely not a good feeling," Van They were standing in a hurDer Veur said of the momen- ricane, with nothing but a tum change duringthe 25-2 cocktail umbrella. run. "We are a young team Those runs happen so fast," and we need to learn how to Hoyt said. "I probably should shake that off and keep play- have called more timeouts to ing. It seems that we get up stop it. It's just an understandevery game and then we kind ing of what's going on in the of relax. Then, once the other game. We missed some shots team starts playing, we turn that we normally make during into being down and having to that run, and we also turned climb out of holes." the ball over several times During the 25-2 run, the during that run, so we weren' t Jumpers looked slow, unen- even getting shots. It got very thusiastic, and shellshocked. &ustrating, very quickly. We, 4 C

WARRIORS

Steve Kerr was worried. en State turnovers, including "I didn't know Steph was in seven &om Curry. Kerr said Continued from PageCl a slump,"Kerr said."Steph's that needs to change if the never in a slump." Warriors want to defend their missedseven of10 shotsdurCurry made his first six NBA title. ing the third quarter but was shots &om the floor and was Many of those turnovers dominant most of the night as feeling it, especially from turned into points for Wall, the Warriors (45-4) matched 3-point territory. He came one who shot 17 of 25 and added the 1966-67 Philadelphia 3 short of tying the single- 10 assiststo set the tone for 76ers for the best 49-game game record, and though it the Wizards (21-26), who led start in NBA history. was on his mind, he didn' t early but never got closer than "It's like Kobe (Bryant) start popping shots just to two after the first quarter. "I was just being aggressive when he had 81," Wall said. reach it as the game got out "He couldn't miss. You keep of hand. and doing whatever shots I "I was kind of searching but had," Wall said. "It was just a defending the best way you can. We challenged some not trying to force with where fast-paced game. (I was) also shots. He didn't have too the game was," Curry said. attacking the basket and getmany open looks. He just "You can't mess around with ting to the rim a little bit." made them." the basketballgods trying to Wall was doing all those Curry's 5 of 17 shooting per- chase a record if the game things, but Curry was doing it formance against the Knicks doesn't call for it." all. He finished 19 of 28 and was all forgotten by the end The game called for plenty 11 of 16 &om 3 but was still of this game. Not like coach ofbaskets because of18 Gold- kicking himself for the turn-

said.

Kraig Clifton and his wife, Melissa (upper middle right wearing white 'KC' shirts), were given a round of applause Wednesday night during the Columbia Claim Jumpers basketball game at Oak Pavilion. About $4,500 was raised for the Clifton family during 'Clifton Strong' night. Columbia's Bosten Van Der Veur drives in the paint for a layup attempt. Tami Wamock /Union Democrat

as a group, had trouble finding an answer on the fly."

Sequoias lead by 20 with under a minute to play in the first half, but the Jumpers went on a 7-2 run and trailed 40-25 at halftime. The Jumpers made only one shot from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes and Sequoias executed a perfect game plan to limit Columbia &om attempting the long ball. 'They pressured us out on the wings because they knew

overs more than reveling in the points. "It'sone of those games I think I had probably three of them that I shouldn't have had — just a couple lazy passes, telegraphed passes," Curry said. "It happens, but it's &ustrating because when they happen, that's when they got back in the game and you don't want to give them any life with transition or easyfast-break opportunities where we can't get our defense set and I was the culprit plenty of times."

Memory lane Twenty years aAer he and the Chicago Bulls won their record-setting 72nd game of

that we are a great shooting team," said Lewayne Grant. 'They basically let us rack and once we did a two-foot stop inside the lane, the hugged everyone so there was nothing that we could do. There was really nowhere for us to go other than to throw up a bad shot." "As a coaching staff we needed to identify that earlier in the game and have our guys attack the rim. That's my fault," Hoyt said. 'They didn' t change anything &om the first game and Ineeded to make some adjustments that we just didn't make." Columbia came out in the second half needing to push a Giant boulder up a steep mountain in order to reach the top. With every successful step up, the weight of the boulder

the 1995-96 season against the Washington Bullets in Landover, Maryland, Kerr returnedtothe area asW arriors coach seeing a lot of similaritiesas farastheattention the teams received.

"It was a pretty big deal then, obviously with Michael (Jordan) drawing so much attention everywhere we went," Kerr said. "I think today things are bigger in a lot of ways with social media and so many different media outlets. And Steph is getting a lot of notoriety, obviously, and drawingfans and media everywhere we go."

Tip-ins Warriors: Golden State

From the Columbia bench, assistant head coach Rick Francis could be heard saying, "Chip away. Let's just chip away." Trailing by 20 with 4 minutes to play, the Jumpers began to chip away. Columbia went on a 10-0 run and with 1:29 remaining in the game, and trailed by 10 points. Trevin Wilson drained a corner 3-pointer to cut the lead to 79-71, but that was as close as the Jumpers would get. "It's hard to keep playing these games where we are always having to fight to come back," Van Der Veur said. "That's a tough way to play." Grant led all Columbia players with 21 points, followed by Van Der Veur with 20, Stallings with 13, Wilson with 11, and Meserole with nine. Life does not get any easier for Columbia (15-5, 5-3 CVC) as it will travel to Fresno (216, 7-1 CVC) on Saturday to take on the first place Rams. Whether it's a win or a loss, Hoyt looks to use every game as a teaching tool and hopes his player will consume the learning experience. 'You always try to turn breakdowns i nt o br e akthroughs," Hoyt said. "Now that this game is over, we can move forward to the next one. Every game in this league is so hard and presents its own challenges. These last four games, our goal is to play 40 minutes of basketball per game and play better than we did the first time we played thesefour teams,regardlessof if we won or lost. We wanna be playing our best in these last four games."

reached 30 assistsfor the eighth consecutive game, the most since Charlotte had 13 in a row in 1989.... The team is setto be honored for its NBA title at the White House on Thursday by President Barack Obama. ... C Festus Ezeli missed his fourth straight game with a sore left knee. Wizards: The 134 points by Golden State were the most Washington allowed this season.... Assistant Don Newman served as head coach in place of Randy Wittman, who missed his second game following the death of his brother.... The Wizards wore jerseys with Mandarin lettering to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

ScoREs & MoRE Football NFL Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7, At Santa Qara Denver ve. Carolina, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

Basketball National Basketball aeociathn EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 3 3 16 .6 7 3 Boston 29 2 2 .5 6 9 5 New York 23 2 8 .4 5 1 11 Brooklyn 12 3 8 .2 4 0 21'/r Philadelphia 7 4 2 .1 4 3 2 6 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 2 9 22 .56 9 Miami 2 8 22 .56 0 '/2 Charlotte 24 2 5 .4 9 0 4 Washington 21 2 6 A 47 6 Orlando 21 27 A38 tr " / z Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 3 5 13 .72 9 Chicago 27 2 1 .5 6 3 8 Indiana 26 23 .5 3 1 9 " /r Detroit 26 2 4 .5 2 0 1 0 Milwaukee 20 3 1 .3 9 2 18/r WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 41 8 .837 Memphis 29 2 0 .5 9 2 12 Dallas 28 2 4 .5 3 8 1 4'/z Houston 26 2 5 .51 0 16 New Orleans 18 3 0 .3 7 5 2Z/z Ntrlhtweat Division W L Pct GB 3 8 13 .74 5 24 2 6 A 80 1 3"/z 23 2 5 .4 7 9 13'/z 19 3 1 .3 8 0 1F/r 15 3 6 .2 9 4 23 Pacilic Division W L Pct GB Golden State 46 4 .918 LA. Clippers 32 1 7 .6 5 3 13 21 2 8 .4 2 9 24 Sacramento Phoenix 14 3 6 .2 8 0 3 1'/z LA. Lakere 10 4 1 .1 9 6 36 Wedneaday's games Atlanta 124, Philadelphia 86 Charlotte 106, Cleveland 97 Indiana 114, Brooklyn 100 Boston 102, Detroit 95 Oklahoma City 117, Orlando 114 Golden State 134, Washington 121 San Antonio 110, New Orleans 97 Miami 93, Dallas 90 Utah 85, Denver 81 Chicago 107, Sacramento 102 Minnesota 108, LA. Clippers 102 Today's games New York at Detroit, 4 p.m. HoustonatPhoenix,6 p.m . LA Lakera at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 7 p.m. WARRiORS 134, WIZARDS 121 GOlDEN STATE (134) Barnee 5-11 1-1 12, Green 3-5 6-9 12, Begot 1-2 0-4 2, Curry 19-28 2-3 51, ICrnomimon 8-1 9

2-2 24, Iguodala 3-7 1-4 9, Barboaa 1-5 2-2 4, Speighte 4-9 0-0 8, Livingston 4-5 1-2 9, Rush 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 49-93 16-29 134. WASHINGTON (121 j Porter 3-6 3-4 9, Dudley 1-4 2-2 5, Gortat 4-8 1-29,Wall 17-254-641, Temple 2-93-38, seal 8-17 1-1 18, Nene 3-7 6-10 12, Sessions 5-61-2 12,Gooden 0-30-0 0,Meal3-6 0-07,Eddie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-91 21-30 121. Golden Stale 43 31 29 31 — 134 Washington 28 32 32 29 — 121 3-Point Goals — Golden State 20-42 (Curn/ 11-16, ICThompeon 6-13, Iguodala 2-4, Barnee

1-4, Ba rboea0-1, Rush 0-1, Green 0-1, Speig hte 0-2), Washington 8-23 (Wall 3-3, Sessions 1-1, Meal 1-2, Dudley 1-2, Temple 1-5, Baal 1-7, Gooden 0-1, Porter 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounde —Golden State 63 (Green 10), Washington 48 (Gortat Si Assists —Golden State 35 (Green 12), Washington 26 (Wall 10). Total Fouls — Golden State 24, Washington 22. Technicala — Wall. A —20,356 (20,308). BULLS 107, IQNGS 102 CHICAGO (107j Snail 4-6 04 9, Gibson 5-9 2-3 12, Gaeol 6-1 6 2-2 16, Rose 6-15 9-10 21, Moore 9-16 2X 24, Portia 48 0-0 8, McDermott 4-1 0 1-2 11, Hinrich 1-2 OO 3, Brooks 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 40-88 16-21 107. SACRAMENTO (102) Gay 5-1 32-2 12,Cousins 12-25 6-1 130, CauleyStein 1-4 0-0 2, Rondo 3-9 0-0 6, Be line lli 7-1 4 1-2 18, caeapi 4-7 0-0 10, colliaon 8-1 1 3-4 19, Koufoe0-1 0-0 0,M cLemore 2-40-0 5.Totals 42-88 12-19 102.

Chicago 34 26 2ti 27 — 1ti7 25 32 18 27 — 102 Sacramento 3-Point Goals —Chicago 11-21 (Moore 4-5, Gaeol 2-2, McDermott 26, Hinrich 1-1, Snell 1-2, Brooks 1-3, Portia 0-1, Rose 0-1 ), Sacramento 6-20 (Belinelli 3-7, Caeepi 2-3, McLemore 1-2, Rondo 0-1, Gay 0-2, Colliaon 0-2, Cousins 0-3). Fouled Out— Gay. Rebounde — Chicago 57

(Gaeol 13), Sacramento 49 (Cousins 11). Assists — Chicago 26 (Rose 9), Sacramento 21 (Rondo 9j. Total Fouls — Chicago 21, Sacramento 19. Technicala — Ponie, Chicago defensive three second, caeapi. A — 1731 7 (1731 7).

Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Athntic Diviaion GP W L O T PtaGF GA Florida 5 0 30 15 5 6 5140 110 Tampa Bay 5 0 28 18 4 6 0133 118 Detroit 5 0 25 17 8 5 8123 127 Boston 5 0 26 18 6 5 8150 135 Ottawa 5 1 23 22 6 5 2144 161 Montreal 5 2 24 24 4 5 2140 142 Buffalo 5 1 21 26 4 4 6118 138 Toronto 4 9 18 22 9 4 5118 137 Metropolitan Division GP W L O T PtaGF GA W L O T Pte GF GA Washington 4 8 3 5 9 4 74 160 109 N .Y.Rangers 5 0 2 7 1 8 5 5 9144 132 N .Y.islanders 48 2 6 1 6 6 5 8135 121 Pittsburgh 49 25 1 7 7 57 127 125 N ewJereey 51 2 6 2 0 5 5 7117 120 Carolina 5 2 23 21 8 5 4124 139 Philadelphia 4 8 2 2 1 8 8 5 2113 129 Columbus 52 19 2 8 5 43 134 168 Wt/EFKRN CONFERENCE Centml Dkriaion

Chicago Dallas

GP W L OTPtaGF GA 54 34 16 4 7 2 149 123 51 53 53 51 50 50

5 6 9 167 136 8 6 6 130 128 3 5 7 144 144 8 5 6 129 132 9 5 5 124 120 Winnipeg 3 4 7 129 145 Pacific Division GP W L OTPtaGF GA LoeAngelea 5 0 3 1 1 6 3 6 5 135 115 San Jose 49 26 1 9 4 5 6 1 4 4 132 Anaheim 48 23 18 7 53 1 0 4 113 Arizona 50 24 21 5 5 3 133 152 Vancouver 50 20 1 9 1 1 51 122 139 Calgary 49 22 24 3 4 7 130 147 Edmonton 51 20 2 6 5 45 1 2 7 150 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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Buffalo 4, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1

Calgary 4, Carolina 1 Today's games Boston at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, p.m.

N.Y. Islanders atWashington,4:30 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 4:30 p.m. San JoseatSt.Louie,5p.m . Philadelphia at Nashville, 5 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Loa Angeles, 7 p.m.

Tennis ATP World Tour Garanti Koza Sotto Open W ednesday, At Arena Anneec Sofia Solia, Bulgaria Puree: $504~ (WT250) Surface: Hardlndoor Singles — First Round Adrian Mannarino (8), France, def. Evgeny Donekoy, Russia, 6-2, 7-5. DanielBrands, Germany, def.Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Ricardae Berankie, uthuania, def. Dimitar Kuzmanov, Bulgaria, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Second Round Martin Klizan (7), Slovakia, def. Lukae Roaol, Czech Republic, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (4k Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (3), Spain, def. Miaa Basic, Boenia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles — Fimt Round LukaeDlouhy, Czech Republic,and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine,def.Chung Hyeon, South Korea, and Matthew E bden, Australia, 6 3, 7-6

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Ilija Bozoljac and t/iktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Martin Draganja, Croatia, and Julian Knowle (2), Austria, 6-3, 6-3. Philipp Oewald, Austria, and Adil Shamaedin, Canada, def. Aliakaandr Bury, Belarue, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. Tuna Altuna, Turkey, and Konetantin Kravchuk, Russia, def. Sergey Betov, Belarua, and Mikhail Elgin (4), Russia, 7-5, 5-7, 10-5. Quartarfinals Mariuez Fyretenberg, Poland, and Lukae Roeol, Czech Republic, def. philipp peizechner, Germ any, and Alexander Peya,A ustria,6-3,6-3. A iP World Tour Open Sod de France Wednesday, At Park ik Suites Arena Montpellier, Franca

Purse: $504~ (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles-Rrst Round Edouard Roger-vaeaelin, France, def. Gael

Monfile (5), France, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed INF Ozney Guillen. TEXAS AIR HOGS — Signed RHP Sam Martin.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHPe Trevor Lubking and Steven Grover. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Marcoaaghdatie B CHICAGO BULLS —Recalled F Mike Dunleavy (8), Cyprus, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-2, 7-6 (7). from Santa Cruz (NBADL). Richard Gaequet (1), France, def. Erneate HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned F/c DonaGulbia, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4. tes Motiejunae to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Marin Cilic MEMPHIS GRIZZuES — Recalled FeJames Ennie and Jarell Martin from lowe (NBADL). (2), Croatia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1). Doubles —First Round Women's National Basketball Association MateuezKowalczyk, Poland, and Andreae ATlANTA DREAM — Re-signed G Tiffany Siljeetrom, Sweden, def. Johan Brunetrom, Hayes to a multi-year contract. Sweden, and Roan Roelehe,South Africa,7-6 FOOTBALL (5), 6-7 (3), 10-7. National Football League Andrea Arnobaldi, Italy, and Merc Lopez, BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Javier Arenas Spain, def. Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak, to a reserve/future contract. New Zealand, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5. CINCINNATI BENGALS — SignedTE John Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus (2), Peters to a reserve/future contract. New Zealand, def. Duetin Brown, Germany, NEW YORK JETS — Named Brant sayer and Rameez Junaid, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. special teams coordinator Lukaez Kubot and Marcin Matkoweki (1), WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DL Poland, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu and Vincent Ziggy Hood to a reserve/future contract. Mill ot, France, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-5. Canadian Football League Maheeh Bhupathi, India, and Jonathan MarWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Reaeaigned ray, Britain, def. Tomaez Bednarek, Poland, and running backs coach Buck Pierce to quarterDenie Ietomin, Uzbekietan, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6. backs coach. A'iP World Tour Ecuador Open HOCKEY Wednesday,At ClubJacaranda Cumbaya National Hockey League Quito, Ecuador NHL — Suspended Calgary D Dennis Widepurse: 4520,070 tWr.50) man 20 games for physical abuse of an officiak Surface: Clay-Outdoor ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Steve Singles — First Round Downie from Springfield (AHL). Pablo Carreno Buata (8), Spain, def. Inigo CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Mason Cervantes, Spain, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-2. Raymond to Stockton (AHL). Recalled D Jakub Thomaz Bellucci (3), Brazil, def. Albert Mon- Nakladal from Stockton. tanee, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Tim Paolo Lorenzi (6), Italy, def. Alejandro Falla, Bozon and D Dalton Thrower from Brampton Colombia, 6-3, 6-2. (ECHu to St. John's (AHL). Doublea- Rrat Round NEW YORK RANGERS —Recalled F Jayeon Austin Krajicek and Nicholas Monroe (3), Megna from Hartford (AHu. United States, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reaeeigned F Ryan and Albert Ramoe-t/inolae, Spain, walkover. Teeink from Quad City (AHL) to Alaska (ECHL). Quartarlinala American Hockey League Andrej Martin, Slovakia, and Hans PodlipnikHARTFORD WOLFPACK —Returned D Kodie Caatillo, Chile, def. Julio Peralta, Chile, and Curran to Greenville (ECHL). Horacio Zeballoe, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. ST. JOHN'S ICECAPS —Recalled Fe Brandon Pablo Carreno Buata, Spain, and Guillermo McNally and Angelo Miceli from Brampton Duran, Argentina, def. Victor Eatrella Burgos, (ECHL). Dominican Republic, and Joao Souza, Brazil, ECHL 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 10-7. ELMIRA JACKALS — Released F Blake Hietala. Traded D Zach Tolkinen to Missouri to complete an earlier trade. INDY FUEL — Sent F Kyle Stroh to Elmira. MISSOURI MAt/ERICKS —Sent F Zach Cohen BASEBAlL to Elmira NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Loaned F Alexandre American League LOS ANGELES ANGELs — Agreed to terms Ranger to St. John's (AHL). with OF Andrew Brown on a minor league READING ROYALS — Released G Nick Niecontract. dert. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with UTAH GRIZZLIES — Loaned G Mark Owuya 1B Dae-Ho Lee and C Steve Lerud on minor to Lake Erie (AHL). soccER leaguecontracts. National League Major League Soccer COLUMBUS CREW — Acquired D Amro Tarek PHILADELPHIA PHILuES — Traded LHP Jesse Biddle to Pittsburgh for RHP Yoervie on loan from Real Betia (Liga BBVA-Spaink LA GALAXY — Signed M Nigel de Jong. Medina. American Association United Soccer League SAN ANTONIO — Signed D Stephen MccarFARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed INF Richard Lucae and RHP Richie Miroweki. thy. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed C AlejanCOLLEGE dro Segovia. BERRY — Announced the resignation of LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed OF Alexi volleyball coach Mike Robinson to take the Colon. same position at Rollina. Named Caitlyn Janaen

Second Round Michael Berrer, Germany, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Transactions

volleyball coach. MISSOURI — Named Jackie Shipp defensive line coach. OREGON — QBMorgan Mahalak announced he will transfer. ST. SCHOLASTICA — Announced the retirement ofmen's and women's cross country coach Steve Pfingeten, effective March 1. TEXAS-RIO GRANDE VALLEY — Named Lee Williams assistant soccer coach.

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THE UNION DEMOCRAT

C4 — Thursday, February 4, 2016

Sonora, California Q U E S T I O N S ck AT T I T U D E Compelling questions... and maybe a

few actual answers

How close are we? You' re down to just one more boogityboogity-free weekend before you can start getting your fill of NASCAR on Fox, which means I'm only a few weeks away from collecting all those emails from the amateur TV critics who will insist Jeff Gordon go back to racing (or Manhattan) and turn in his microphone.

R OAD T O D A Y T O N A

What if we love Jeff? Those who are Jeff Gordon fans will love Jeff Gordon, regardless of how he

performs in the Fox broadcast booth. Those who always rooted against him will likely not like him and begin mounting a campaign to "Bring Back Larry Mac." Everyone else will fall somewhere in the middle. There's your one certainty

KaufFman says RTA close to NASCAR

approaching a new season.

agreement

How 'bout Katherine Legge?

By Godwin Kelly godwin.kelly®news-jrnl.corn

She's been a known quantity for sev-

eral years in open-wheel and sports-car

Rob Kauffman has partnered with team owner

racing. She's been the face of DeltaWing the past few years, which has gained her some more attention. And at last weekend's Rolex 24, she dominated the early stage and definitely raised her profile, which might help in the near future since DeltaWing is going away after 2016.

Chip Ganassi Racing after pulling his resources from Michael Waltrip Racing, which closed its competition department after the 2015 NASCAR season. Kauffman arrived in

NASCAR, perhaps?

NASCAR from the world of high finance and was picked by an elite group of Cup car

In earlier times, Legge would be a natural intrigue for a NASCAR team at some level, and who knows, maybe something will happen. She sounds open to it. She has a good temperament, a marketable persona,and a neat British accent with the edges slightly rounded off. Oh, and

owners to chair the Race Team Alliance. The RTA has

been tasked with improving serieswide efficiency among race teams — such as saving money on travel and pooling together for things such as

she knows her way around the track.

health insurance.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis®news-jrnl.corn

Last year, Kauffman and RTA members started a

conversation with NASCAR to createsome sort of

charter system to give race teams more tangible value, similar to a league franchise. NASCAR and RTA are expected to announce the charter plan before the start of this season, which begins

Allmendinger wants to run

with the Feb. z1 Daytona

5oo. Motorsports Editor Godwin Kelly conducted an

Le Mans

exclusive one-on-one inter-

view with Kauffman during the Rolex 2< At Daytona for NASCAR This Week.

By Godwin Kelly Rob Knuffman relaxes in his motorhome during the Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.

Define your function with Gnnnssi

Racing. "Business partner. This is

the early days of us figuring it out. Both of us are pragmatic people, and we' ll see what makes the most sense

for me and what areas I can

NEWS-JOURNAL/GODWIN KELLY

worked hard on the program. They have all the tools they need. If I have a con-

tribution, maybe it's more to how the teams relate to NASCAR, how the rules-

help benefit the team the

change processes evolve and communication between

most. I'm pretty flexible."

teams. We want to make

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal's motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin.kelly® news-jrnl.corn

sure the competition is good, Based on your history at Waltrip

but that we don't spend our-

Racing, youseemto beable to

selves into oblivion."

in 2015 been activated this year? "The travel stuff, we

How didyou get the RTA going?

saved millions of dollars last year. The health insurance we are working on through zo16. Listen, from

spark performance with a race

team. "We achieved some level

of success at MWR, but not the level that we wanted to

reach. Chip is pretty successful, and hopefully I can add to the mix. We did combine some parts of (Waltrip Racing) with Ganassi Racing, so some of the people, technology came over, and we hope that makes us stronger on the NASCAR side." What is your gut feeling about the Gnnassi NASCARteam right now? "I want to win the cham-

pionship. We have a strong group. The guys have

SPEE D F R I D L K S

there is more value potentially to teams over time, so

that NASCAR racing looks like other sports, which are organized and structured. We'd like team owner-

ship to (look like) that of baseball or football. We are quite optimistic we will have something in place for zo16."

appetizer — enough to tease the palate, but not too filling. Will we see Tony Stewart in n future Rolex 24? GODSPEAK:I see a future "Dream Team." How about

have something for this

end," Shank told NASCAR This

season."

Week. "He has been with me many years. I would love to see it happen." "It sounds fun to talk about it, but the reality is, AJ has a lot of (NASCAR) sponsor programs built around him." The Le Mans 24 program will be staged on a NASCAR Cup Series off week, June 1<-18. NASCAR races at Michigan on June 12 and goes to Sonoma June zb.

Nobody really cares how we get there. The fact we are

getting there much cheaper and safely and on time, that's great." Talk about what you have been talking about with NASCAIL "I think it is pretty

"We have worked on this for a while. The teams have

been working on it with NASCAR for a number of

months. I think we are quite close to getting something done for the zo1b season, and the season starts in three weeks. I think all the major issues have been ironed out at this stage, and now it's a

matter of dotting the i's and crossing the t's and getting the paperwork sorted out.

NASCAR to put more

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Jeff Gordon and Stewart as Rolex 24 racing teammates? KEN'S CALL:I'm guessing yes, but the prediction game with

the Saturday races, so to me it's like they never left.

Tony is always dicey.

also like to seereturn in some

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Which old sponsor would you

form? Busch beer is back, this time ns n GODSPEAK:Folgers,because I team sponsor. Thoughts? likecoffee when Ihave a bag GODSPEAK:Kyle Busch wins of M&M's. Cup championship and now KEN'SCALL IsGwaltney Busch beer is coming back; Foods still around? If not, I'd like to see Buddy Baker' s something is brewing. KEN'S CALL:I still say "Busch old Crisco colors return Series" when talking about somewhere.

facebook.corn/ nascardaytona ®nascardaytona

top "minor league" circuit from 198g-

For several years now, the only place to seethe Busch beer logo atrace tracks has been among the infield party crowd, but the long-familiar brand is returning the sport this year. Busch will be on Kevin Harvick's No. < car for 12 races in zo1b, beginning

2007. Since then, that series has been known as the Nationwide and currently

"Working for Race Day." Busch became a common name and common product at NASCAR tracks

through its sponsorship of NASCAR's

the Xfinity Series.

Fractionsand plates NASCAR announced last week that higher speeds will be a little harder to achieve when Speedweeks arrives at Daytona next week. The horsepower-

hobbling restrictor plates will have a slightly smaller hole, shrinking by ~/64th of an inch, from >8/64ths to»/64ths.

The plates are used only at Daytona and Talladega, which are host to

awesome to run that race. Le Mans,

all those years I have watched it on "I would do it in a heartbeat," he

Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kellygnews-jrnl.corn or Ken Willis at ken.willis®news-jrnl.corn

five Cup races, including the Sprint

An old NASCAR beer buddy Ieturning

"Le Mans to me is that last pres-

tigious race I want to compete in," Allmendinger said. "It would be TV, it looks so awesome."

Unlimited.

team will debut a TV ad campaign titled

behind the wheel of the Prototype at

is a charter system with

nature. It evolved over time, and it got to the point where the teams wanted more structure. For a variety of reasons, I wound up getting pushed to the front. The original thought was from a number of team owners and them inviting me to their meetings."

bition race at Daytona. To go along with that, the Anheuser-Busch marketing

Shank. MichaelShank Racing won the zo1z Rolex 24. with Allmendinger

I'm quite optimistic we' ll

teams to show up and race.

with the Feb. 13 Sprint Unlimited exhi-

years with IMSA team owner Michael

well known by now, this

on travel and things of that

Where does that now stand?

A co u p le questions we had to ask — ourselves

Did the Rolex get your blood flowing? GODSPEAK:Love those sporty cars. Can they run a couple of Prototype2 cars in the Daytona 500? KEN'S CALLIt's the perfect

AJ Allmendinger, whose full- time job is wheeling the No. <7 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, co-drove the No. bo Honda Ligier Prototype in the Rolex 2< At Daytona Saturday and Sunday. Allmendinger has been doing the sports-car thing for more than 1o

the checkered flag. Allmendinger can compete the 24-hour racebecause itstartsbefore the NASCAR season begins. There is no conflict with his NASCAR schedule. Allmendinger is one of those guys who can drive just about anything with wheels. Back in December, he competed at Daytona International Speedway in a go-kart. The one race on Allmendinger's bucket list is the 2< Hours of Le Mans in France. The 3<-year-old driver may get his chance this year. "If AJ can find a way to get to Le Mans, we' ll make it work from our

"I didn't really get it going. If you go back a few years, you will find different CFOs comparing costs and seeing a fans' standpoint, these are how they could save money boring things. They want the

Have any of the plans talked about

structure around teams so

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Danica hiving Nature's Bakery, entering its first season as primary sponsor for Danica Patrick's No. 1o team, has introduced a "Fantern Program" as a big marketing campaign for zo16. The program will be in play at zb events this year, beginning March 3 at Las Vegas. It will allow a fan to serve in the dual role of fan and intern.

"The program will provide a handson opportunity to gain a unique and valuable experience tied to a subjectmatter fans are curious tolearn

added. "If the stars aligned and the

right people said, 'You can go do this,' I'd jump at the chance."

about," the company said through a press release. More info can be found at NaturesBakery.corn.

Big bid, big donation Team Penske sold a piece of championship equipment at last week' s Barrett- Jackson auction in Scottsdale,

Arizona, with the full price going to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The car was one of Penske's "Blue Deuce" No. 2 Dodge Chargers that

Brad Keselowski drove to the zo1z Cup Series championship. The winning bid: $150,000.

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