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• ALL INTHE FAMILY: Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home celebrates 75 years.B1 • RETIREMENT:Vacationhome succession should be clear.B1 • NEW BANK:Site work started Thursday on a new OakValley Community Bank in downtown Sonora.B2 • FAMILY FINANCE: Helping kids buy a house beneficial.BS

Jackson Henningsen, 3, of Sonora (above), swings while at Pioneer Park Monday. Tommy Sutton, 7, (left photo, at left), and Erick Dial, 9, both of Sonora, play with a yo-yo.

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Familiestook advantage ofsunny spring weather Monday a/ternoon and visited Pioneer Park in Columbia. Mostly clear skies are forecast through Saturday High temperat.ures are expected to rangefrom 72 and82 degrees, with overnight lows between 39 and 49 degrees, according tothe National Weather Service.

NEWS ELSEWHERE • SOCIAL SECURITY: Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie proposed a Social Security overhaul.A5

pared with 2013, and they will have a chance to air their opinions at a public hearing before the board of direct ors votes on proposed reductions. Other drought related impacts that came up at Tuesday's TUD b o ard meeting included an update on the district's surface water supply, the Twain Harte Lake Association' srequest forwater, reduced TUD revenues due to conservation, the district's restricted and unrestricted cash balances, and the need for future rate-increase discussions. District s t afF a sked See TUD/Back Page

Bowden namednew Columbia school chief By SEAN CARSON The Union Democrat

The Columbia Union School District Board of Trustees named the dis-

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Children (above, from left) Phoebe Yaley, 4, of Columbia, Gabriela Ramos, 7, of Sonora, and Mercy Mueller, 16 months, of Sonora, play Monday at Pioneer Park in Columbia.

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Multiple agencies will parThe Union Democrat ticipate in separate drills scheduled for this Thursday Public agencies in Calav- in Calaveras County and eras and Tuolumne counties April 22 in Tuolumne County. have announced dates and Area residents can expect locations for full-scale disas- to seelots of emergency reter drills taking place over the sponders and equipment for next couple weeks. each of the exercises, which By ALEX MacLEAN

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are intended to simulate certain disaster scenarios. T hursday's exercise i s scheduled from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m. in the West Point area. The joint operation, featuring agenciesfrom Calaveras and Amador counties, will practiceemergency response to a

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cording to a California Highway Patrol press release. Dozens of agencies in Amador and Calaveras counties are set to participate in Thursday's exercise, including, See DRILLS/Back Page

ONCOLOGISTS:Mussa Banisadre, MD; Mihoko Fujita, MD; Roozbeh Mohajer, MD; Abdol Mojab, MD

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"I am ready to continue to build on the solid foundation here at Columbia Elementary School," he sald.

Bowden has been an educator and a dministratorfor 21 years, with See SCHOOL/Back Page

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dent-principal at a public meeting on Tuesday. The board approved the hire of Craig Bowden during aclosed-session meeting. Bowden will step into the newly created position for the 2015-16 school year and assume the responsibilities currently held by Superintendent John Pendley and Principal Ed Pelfrey. Bowden attended the meeting and addressed

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Sonora Elementary Rim Fire timber sale on meeting agenda to host annual Family Fun Night Forest Supervisor Jeanne Higgins is scheduledto give a forest overview to start the meeting at 10 a.m. Timber operators, contractors and coEntomologist Beverly Bulaon, who operators are invited to a timber sale studies insects, will discuss tree mortaland vegetationmanagement program ityand forestconditions at10:40 a.m. meeting scheduled April 27 at Stanislaus An update on the Rim Fire Salvage National Forest headquarters at 19777 Sale is scheduled from 11:15 a.m. to noon. Greenley Road, Sonora. From August 2013 to October 2013, By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat

curriculum lacks, O'Brien sard. Dance offers a more physical approach to learning not available in visual art and music courses, she said. By SEAN CARSON Beginning in J a nuary, The Union Democrat students at the school received professional dance Sonora Ele m entary instruction &om OnStage Union Democrat staff' School students will show Dance Studio and learned offthe fruits of a recent a dance toperform at the dance program during Fam- review. M ost seasonal road and trail closures in the 'The kids love being exily Fun Night on Thursday. Stanislaus National Forest are set to be lifted toThe annual event, open pressive with their bodies," day, the U.S. Forest Service announced. to school children and their O'Brien said. "It draws out In aTuesday press release,the ForestService f amilies, will r u n f r o m the shy ones, and moving said it planned to open most roads and trails 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with art your body is joyful." thataretypically closed from Dec. 16 toApril14 shows andactivities. The school has received due to weather conditions. "Parents aren't a l w ays the danceinstruction-based "Traveling on wet or icy roads can cause natcomfortable coming to grant &om Support Sonora ural resource damage and unsafe travel condischool," said Sonora El- School, a parent and comtions," the press release stated. "Seasonal road ementary art teacher Kelli munity group,and Front closuresare designed to protect both the interO'Brien. "But this is a posi- Porch C o mmunications, ests of public lands and of the public." tive night to make school a a technology business in The public is advised to drive defensively when safe and fun space." Standard. traveling through the forest and take extra care A dance review featurThe theme for this year when visiting areas previously burned by fires. ing every student in the will be Fitness and the Arts, Areas of the forest thatwere affected by the school will kick off the eve- as it hasin yearspast. 2013 Rim Fire and 2014 El Portal Fire still conning on stage in the cafFrom 5:30 to 7 p.m. fittain snags and other possible hazards, the Forest eteria. The performance is ness and art-basedactiviService stated. the culmination of a dance ties will be open to families. The ForestService advises visitors to refercurriculum made possible Teachers will host acence the Stanislaus National Forest's Motor Vehicle Use map and check for current closures through a nearly $2,500 tivities like drama games, grant awarded in Decem- chalk painting, bark paintand advisories beforegoingoutinto theforest. ber. ing, yoga, agility course, and Visitors are also advised to check the Caltrans This is the third year in a more, O'Brien said. website for openings and closures of state-mainrow the funds were devoted The school has partnered tained roads, which includes highways 4 and to a dance program, as it's with several community or108. something the school's arts ganizations that will host For more information, contact the Stanislaus activities as well, includNational Forest Supervisor's office at 532-3671. ing OnStage Dance, Sonora MMA Academy, and American Sports Gymnastics. EVENT INFORMATION: Sonora Elementary Family Fun Night, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sonora Elementary School, 830 Greenley Road, Sonora.

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The annual "Volunteers The Heart ofTuolumne County" awards ceremony will be held Friday at the Elks Lodge in Sonora. The luncheon is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. The event is put on by Sierra Nonprofit Services and a committee of community volunteers. Nominations were made by community members, and volunteer awards will be given in six categories: • Lifetime Achievement Award — Awarded to a person to honor

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has positively impacted the community. • Extra Mile Award — This award is given to an individual who has made personal sacrifices to help the community. • The Volunteer's Champion Award — This award is for a nonprofit organization that does an outstanding job of supporting and recognizing its volunteers. • Community Excellence Award — This award is given to a for-

the one time they can make a substantial gift to the organization or cause they love," a press release sard. The lunch began in 2001 at the suggestion of community volunteer Ed Minium. The catered event will feature food and live music. Lunch tickets cost $20 each and are available from Sierra Nonprofit Services (seating is limited). For information, call591-8082.

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nora, 532-0570. of Commerce,contact for time Tuolumne County Board of Columbia Area Advisory and location, 736-2580. Supervisors Housing Policy, 3 Council,7p.m., Eagle Cotage, CoRepublicans of Ebbetts Pass Way, Jamestown.

brary, school, 830 Greenley Road, Sonora.

a.m., Mary Laveroni Community Park, Highway 120, Groveland, Tuolumne County Resource 962-7585.

a.m. to 4 p.m., 88 Bradford St., SoStorytime and Crafts, chilnora, 588-1597; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Conservation District,5:30 p.m., Tuolumne County Senior Center, 77 N. Washington St., Sonora. dren through age 5, 10:30 a.m., 540 Greenley Road, Sonora. Tuolumne County Planning Tuolumne County Library, 480 Mother Goose storytime, Commission,6 p.m., Tuolumne Greenley Road, Sonora, 533-5507. children to age 2, 10:30 a.m., County Administration Center, 2 Crystal Falls Association, Tuolumne County Library, 480 S. Green St., Sonora, 533-5633. noon, Crystal Falls Clubhouse, Greenley Road, Sonora, 533-5507. Central Sierra Audubon So- 21725 Crystal Falls Drive, 533Food Resource Coalition, ciety,7 p.m.,Tuolumne County 4877. noon to 1 p.m., 10059 Victoria Library, 480 Greenley Road, SoTuolumne County Board of

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TODAY Tuolumne Talkers, Toast- p.m., Board of Supervisors Cham- lumbia State Historic Park. masters, 6:45 a.m., Papa's New bers, 2 S. Green St., Sonora. Tuolumne County Veterans Roost, 20049 Highway 108, East Twain Harte School District Committee,7 p.m., Veterans MeSonora, 586-4705. Board of Education,4 p.m., dis- morial Hall, 9 N. Washington St., Tuolumne-Stanislaus Inte- trict office, 18995 Twain Harte Sonora, 984-4719. grated Water Management Drive, 586-3772. Plan, 9 a.m., Tuolumne Utilities Sonora Elementary School THURSDAY District, 18885 Nugget Blvd., So- Board of Trustees,5:30p.m., liSierra Club day hike,meet9

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the Rim Fire burned more than 400 square-miles including portions of the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. More than 80 percent of the Stanislaus Forest did not burn and remains vulnerable to bark beetle infestation, tree mortality, drought and competition forscarcewater. For more information, call 532-3671.

Valley Springs Area Business Association,noon, call for location, 772-2136.

Vallecito Union School District Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m., call for location, 795-8500.

American Legion, Ebbetts Pass Post No. 290, 7 p.m., Lions Clubhouse,School St. , M urphys, 795-6859, 728-2283.

Union Public Utility District, 7 p.m.,339 Main St., Murphys, 728-3651.

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Network, 9 a .m., CalWORKS building, 509 East Saint Charles Supervisors Planning Commit- St., San Andreas,728-0602. Calaveras County Planning tee,1:30p.m .,Tuolumne County Administration Center, supervi- Commission,9 a.m., supervisors sors' chambers, 2 S. Green St., chambers, Government Center, Sonora, 533-5633. 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Tuolumne County Trails Andreas, 754-6370. Council, 7 p.m., 19550 Cordelia Story time, 11 to 11:40 a.m., Ave., East Sonora, 532-2594. Calaveras County Library, Copperopolis branch, Lake Tulloch CALAVERAS COUNTY Plaza.

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tion District, 5:30 p.m., fire staTODAY tion, 8160 Church St., Mokelumne Storytime, 11 a.m., Calaveras Hill, 286-1389. Central Library, 891 Mountain Copperopolis Area Business Ranch Road, San Andreas. Associati on,6p.m.Call785-5600 Calaveras County Chamber for location.

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Eugene 'Gene' Franck Oct. 7, 1931 —April 7, 2015

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Franck; daughter, Kandace Hawn; grandson, Mack Conway; daughter-in-law, Dana Franck; and granddaughterin-law, Kalla Conway. He is survived byhis wife of 85 years, Vera L. Franck; his four children, Robert Franck, Debra and David Howard, Kimberly and Mike Kiernan and Terri and Mitch Jeremy; 15 grandchildren, Sherri, Angela, Leslie, Cam, Sean, Mandie, Nick, Kelly, Kaley, Karly, Jocey, Logan, Amber, Justin and Jesse; 16 great-grandchildren; and two siblings, Donald and Flora Franck and Doreen and Lewis Endsley. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015, at the Tuolumne United Methodist Church, 18851 Cedar St., Tuolumne (at the corner of Cedar and Baker). Reception to follow at the Franck residence, 19444 Tuolumne Road North. In lieu of flowers, donations can bemade in Gene's name to Hospiceofthe Sierra.

with new blood," he said, due to the volunteer nature of the positions and the limits of the older population that The Calaveras County SherifFs tend to volunteer. Volunteer Unit is seeking more volunSeniors are more than welcome in teers. the Volunteer Unit, as are any seriousMany volunteers are needed to sup- minded citizens who wish to help their port county law enforcement on a daily community, Chiu said. basisand particularly for big events Volunteers are generally expected to like the Calaveras County Fair and attend one monthly meeting and serve Jumping Frog Jubilee, according to about 16 hours a month. Louis Chiu, Volunteer Unit spokesOn a daily basis, volunteers help man. staff the four sub-stations in the coun"We constantly need to replenish ty to answer citizen questions. They By AUSTEN THIBAULT The Union Democrat

TUOLUMNE COUNTY The Sonora Police Department reported the following: MONDAY 2:32 p.m., animal crueltyA caller said a man on South Washington Street hit a dog with a cane. 5:11 p.m., burglary —A man said someone broke into his son'shome on East Lyons Street sometime since Easter.

Death Notices in The Union Democrat are published free of Eugene "Gene" Franck, a charge. They includethe name, 24-year resident of Tuolumne age and town of residence of City, passed away on Tuesday, thedeceased,the date ofdeath; April 7, 2015, at his home. He service information; and memowas 88 years old. rial contribution information. The Gene was born on Oct. 7, deadline is noon the day before 1931, in Kerman, California. publication.

While working as a deputy sheriff in Modesto, California, Gene was an avid hunter and

fisherman. Later in life, while married to Vera, they enjoyed square dancing, bowling, gardening and RVing. Gene loved listening to country and bluegrass music but more recentlyhis favorite past time was watching the Grand Ole' Opry reunion. Toward the end ofhis life, his favorite place to be was in his yard surrounded by friends and family. Gene was preceded in death by his son, Michael

The Sheriff's Office reported the following: MONDAY 9:46 a.m., Sonora area — A woman on Conklin Trail said 25 to 30 packages she ordered online were stolen. 10:12 a.m., Groveland area — A rental property was vandalized on Highway 120 including damage toa window, fence and garage door. 11:56 a.m., Sonora areaA car was broken into on the 14200 blockof Tuolumne Road and old medication was stolen from inside. 12:21 p.m., Columbia Abuse wasalleged on Columbia Village Drive. 12:22 p.m., East Sonora — A 15-year-old student at a charter school on the 19400 block of Village Drive had marijuana and a pipe. His mother was called, and the incident was handled at the school level. 12:31 p.m., Groveland — A man on Merrell Road said he had his taxes done and his accountant said someone already filed in his name.

ENGH — Arlyn Engh, 100, of Sonora, died Sunday at her home. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements. MAHAN — Garland "Lee" Mahan Sr., 65, of Sonora, died March 28 at Stanford Medical Center. A memorial will be heldat 3:80 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Soulsbyville United Methodist Church. SIMPSON Clifford Simpson,83,of Sonora, died Tuesday at his home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Rollover accident a suspected DUI By ABBY DIVINE The Union Democrat

A Sonora man Monday night suffered major injuries in an alleged drunk-driving rollover vehicle accident, the California Highway Patrol reported. Ronald Richardson, 41, of Sonora, was flown to Doctors

Medical Center in Modesto for treatment. He suffered major head injuries after he was found unconscious at the scene, according to a CHP report. The accident was reported at 8 p.m. on South Fork Road, near Sunny Brook Drive in Twain Harte. Richardson was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche truck at a speed "in excess"

of the posted 25 mph when he swerved off the west side of the road and slid down an embankment,the report sald.

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1 p.m., Tuolumne —Someone on Saddle Drive said their identity was stolen. 1:06 p.m., Mi-Wuk Village — A person was squatting in a garage on the 24100 block of Highway 108. 2:21 p.m., Crystal Falls — A woman on Nile River Drive said someone tried to have her mail forwarded to Florida to steal her identity. 3:48 p.m., Groveland — A man on Foote Street said a former tenant stole a stove and refrigerator from a rental unit. 4:48 p.m., Campbells Flat area — A man on Via Serena said another man calledand accused him of stealing a video camera. 6:56 p.m., East Sonora — A cell phone was stolen at a motel on Hess Avenue at Mono Way. 7:13 p.m., Sonora area — A man said hewas assaulted by another man on Wards Ferry Road. 7:32 p.m., Groveland — A woman on Harper Road said someone assaultedand wanted her medication. 8:16 p.m., Mi-Wuk VillageTwo men on Highway 108 got into an argument over kitty litter. 9:07 p.m.,Columbia — A woman on Souza Lane said she was receiving threatening and harassing text messages from a man. 10:33 p.m., Jamestown area — A man said he was driving on Wigwam Road and another man flipped him off and punched his vehicle mirror but did not cause damage. 10:53 p.m., Jamestown area — A suspicious car is frequently being spotted parked near Baseline Conservation Camp on New

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Two pedestrians were hit by a car on Monday night in downtown Sonora. Steven Taylor, 69, and Ann Taylor, 67, of Twain Harte, w e r e cr o ssing W ashington S t reet a t Dodge Lane in a marked c rosswalk about 9 p . m. when Irma Bernal, 56, of Sonora, struck them while driving her 2001 Hyundai, according to a Sonora PoliceDepartment press release. She was traveling about 20 mph. Bernal said she did not see the pedestrians,the press release said. B oth T a y lor s we r e knocked to th e ground. Steven Taylorsuffered a

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tree, which caused the truck to roll over. At some point, Richardson was ejected from the truck, according to CHP Oflicer Ken Bruce. Richardson was found in the creek bed at the bottom of the "steep" embankment next to his totalled truck, Bruce said. Bruce said a witness who heard theaccident reported it to CHP. The area is remote and Richardson is "lucky" someone heard the collision or he may not have been found, Bruce said. The witness and the officers on scene had to do a small search to find Richardson because the embankment was very steep, Bruce said. Richardson was cited on scene for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, Bruce said. Richardson's blood was drawn at the hospital and is in Ripon for testing.

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att e onora rea oun ation oes oryou Twenty five years ago, a man with a vision to provide the best for his hometown set into motion something entirely new for our community. A new non-profit, public charity to be known as the Sonora Area Foundation was founded by Irving J. Symons as a vehicle for broad-based philanthropy within our community. As we celebrate our 25th anniversary this year — notably through our 25 for 25 grant awards event last month — let's pause to consider what our Community Foundation does for you and take a peek forward to the future. Our mission is really quite simple — to strengthen the community through assisting donors, making grants and providing leadership. Donors who choose to give back to their community through the Sonora Area Foundation are an important reason why the Foundation was formed in the first place. It was Mr. Symons' desire to provide a mechanism where all individuals, not just the rich, would be able to make adifference for otherslessfortunate. Donors who give through the Sonora Area Foundation are a big part of the "community" of ourCommunity Foundation. As donors give, we award grants. At the

Foundation, we hold and administer approximately 180 donor funds, such as funds designated for a specific purpose,agency or field of interest. We have donor advised funds that allow for specific grant suggestions &om those funds. And we have over 80 scholarship funds serving to benefit graduating students from our area high schools. Unlike most other Community Foundations,we do notcharge feestoadminister our

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donor funds. This is part of the investment

legacy created by the Sonora Area Foundation's two supporting organizations — the Irving J. Symons Foundation for Tuolumne County createdby Mr. Symons, and the Symons Family Fund created by Mr. Symons's sister, Elaine Symons Baker. Those two supporting organizations provide for our administrativeoverhead costs.

The SonoraArea Foundation also has a competitive grant program that each year budgets $600,000for grant awards to numerous local non-profit organizations for a broad range of purposes. Feeding the hungry and homeless, supporting low income housing, helping with teen mentoring or funding innovation — proj-

ects and programs big and small — all make a difference for our community and

community center for the 21st century. There is reason to be very optimistic about

the Foundation is here to

olumne Countyisa very generous — a very giving - community, which Irving Symons likelyknew when he founded the Foundation. It is our broader community that will continue the success of the Foundation. It is certain thatthe three parts ofour mission, as stated above, will continue to guide what the Board and staff seeks to accomplish on a daily basis. Like any organization, we will undergo change. Board members will reach the end of their terms, new Board members will be seated, grant making will hopefully increase and fundraising campaigns will be held to address specific community needs. Change is part of the life cycle of any Community Foundation as

help. In twenty-five years of grantmaking &om donor funds and the competitive grant program, the SonoraArea Foundation has awarded total grants approaching $20.5 million. Our annual grant making exceeds$1.2million.Lastyear,forthefirsttim e, our scholarship awards exceeded $200,000 for the year. The third leg of our mission — leadership — takes many faces. Over the years, it has included the generation of data and reports on various community indicators; asking the question and reporting on "How can our schools work together better"; and taking a look at use of the Dome, as examples. Currently, we are working with a collaboration of agencies feeding the hungry and homeless — Feed Net — seeking to improve efficiencies and effectiveness; we participate with annual classes for Leadership Tuolumne County and Leadership Tuolumne Senior; and we are engaged in initial discussions about a multigenerational

the future of the Sonora Area Foundation. Tu-

it opens new doors and opportunities.

Community Foundations have a long tradition of helping bring about thoughtful, effective change. Such is the twenty-five year story of the SonoraArea Foundation. With your continued support, we expect the next twenty-five

years to be the same. Ed Wyllie is the executive director of theSonora Area Foundation.

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Warmer temperatures, meanwhile, have turned formerly inhospitably cold parts of America into contenders for that market. This is no endorsement of climate

change — let's make that clearbut rising temperatures are breathing new life into northern agriculture. Farm economists say that the net result will be a vast expansion in America's food growing capability. A century ago, corn was not a vi-

able crop above North Dakota's southern third. But an average temperatureriseof2.7degreesoverthat period has let North Dakota farmers grow feed corn up to the Canadian border. The growing season there is three weeks longer. In farming, that's huge. For similar reasons, soybeans now grow in upstate New York. And though the state's Finger Lakes region has produced hardy wine grapes for a long time, milder winters have enabled it to nurture fancierEuropean grape varieties. As for New England, the hope is that some centuries-old farms will become profitable, as well as pic-

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2) I have never understood the hubris that bestows upon the U.S. the authority to forbid other nations, rogue or otherwise, to develop nuclear weapons when we evidently place To the Editor: no such restriction on ourselves, or Perhaps I'm naive, but: our perceived and often temporary, 1) I am dismayed by the continu- alliesl Israel, which campaigns so ing confusion and "debate" about adamantly against such developthe recent nuclear treaty with Iran. ment in Iran, has its own nuclear It is done, it is signed, it is legal, IT capability which it kept hidden for IS! Congratulations to the negotia- many years. tors who painstakingly hammered 3) Someone observed that Christiit out, a process much more difficult anity is discovering the Gospels for than provoking and then entering the first time! Instead of worrying another pre-emptive war! As long about how many angels can dance as people are talking, they are not on the head of a pin, it is hearing killing one another! Blessed are the what Jesus said about killing and peacemakers! loving enemies and dialoguing with

Give peace achance

tion that ships California vegetables thousands of miles to eastern cities where the same things could easily grow a few miles away. One famous study at Iowa State University's Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture found that

the South are seeing more rain and snow than they did a century ago. The Rockies and most of the Southwest are seeing less. Again, climate change is not something to celebrate, including in places seeing opportunity in it. The

carrots consumed at Iowa institu-

northern states' ghastly cold winters

tions traveled an average of 1,800 miles from the conventional source (California). Had they been grown in Iowa, the average trip would have been 27 miles. What gives? Anyone who travels the Hawkeye State feasts on vistas of horizon-to-horizon farmland. The soil is heavenly, and water falls from the skies. But a system of subsidized industrialagriculture has turned

had the advantage of killing off insects. The pests now have a better chance of proliferating. In one of the sadderexamples,bark beetleshave been decimating the aspens of a warmer and drier Colorado. The New England soil is still rocky. Will warmer temperatures, new seed varieties and other technological advances bolster its farming economy? Remember, it still rains

Shouldthat happen, New England may end up producing half its food. Which brings us to the concept of food miles. For more than a decade, agricultural scholars have marveled at a national system of food distribu-

m ost of Iowa's farm acreage into fac-

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your brother and sister and care for the poor.Ibelieve these are signs of the evolvingconsciousness ofpeople that peace is the way to a lasting peace and that war is futile and immeasurably sad. It's a revolvingdoor. Peacemaking has its dangers and its risks and takes time."All we are saying is give peace a chance."

vocabulary. That word is PARKLET. logging truck drivers as they pass PARKLETS will be placed on by, all at the same time! Washington Street taking up valuIf you like t his idea,VISION able parking spaces. SONORA is definitely for you! You can sit in or on these parklets amid the shrubs, drink your Laurel Leslie coffee latte and shake hands with Sonora

Froma Harrop turesque.Agriculture never disappeared there, but it had to concentrate on dairy products and niche crops, such as cranberries and wild blueberries. Warmer weather opens new possibilities. For example, peaches may become a commercial crop in Maine. A paper out of Brandeis University predicts that by 2030, the New England region could have three times as much farmland as it does now, thanks to w a rmer weather.

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'Parklets' anyone? To the Editor: I have been to City Hall to view the plans for VISION SONORA. A new word has been added to my

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Sex-offender limits not tied to initiative

terrorism in the future." Cuba will officially be removed &om the t error l i st

45 days after the president's message was sent to ConSACRAMENTO — Cali- gress. Lawmakers could vote fornia parole agents will have to block the move during that to 6nd a speci6c link to child window, though Obama would victimsifthey decide to bar be all-but-certain to veto such sex ofFenderparolees from a measure. living near schools and parks, under a new policy issued WORLD Tuesday. The 2'/2-page memo issued

by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation responds to a state Supreme Court ruling last month that the blanket residency limits imposed by California voters in 2006 go too far to restrict where sex ofFenders can live. What became known as Jessica's Law required that any registeredsex off ender live at least 2,000 feet from schools or parks where children gather. Under the new policy, parole agents can still restrict where sex offenders live. But in order to do so, they must 6nd that the restrictions are justified by the parolee's criminal history, and those circumstances must be

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Clinton lays out campaign tenets

Top al-Qaida cleric killed in droneattack

CAIRO — Yemen's alQaida branch announced on Tuesdaythat its top cleric,a Saudi-national who has had a $5 million bounty on his head, has been killed, allegedly in a drone attack. Al-Qaida said in a statement posted on Twitter that I brahim a l -Rubaish w a s killed by a drone late on Sunday, along with other, unnamed members of the group. The statement did not specify the location of the drone attack. Yemeni officials had no immediate comment on the claim and the White House declined to comment. Al-Rubaish,believed to be in hislate 30s,wasreleased &om Guantanamo Bayin 2006, after which he joined al-Qaida in Yemen. He was considered the group's main ideologue and theological adviser and his writings and sermons were prominent in its publications. If the drone attack is confirmed, it would be the 6rst use of unmanned aircraft since Yemen sank further into turmoil last month, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to launch airstrikes on March 26 in an attempt to halt Yemen's Shiite rebels known as Houthis who have taken over much of the country.

MONTICELLO, Iowa Hillary Rodham Clinton declared herself a "champion" for struggling families Tuesday, offering a full-throated embrace of economic and good-governmentpoliciespromoted by liberal Democrats at the first formal event ofher young presidential campaign. "I think it's fair to say that as you look across the country, the deck is still stacked in favorof those already at the top," Clinton said during a discussion with students and teachers at a community college in rural Iowa. "There's something wrong with that." LAGOS, Nigeria — They After a morning stop at a have been gone a year now, cofFee shop in the Mississippi the hundreds of girls abduct River town of LeClaire, Clin- ed by Islamic militants &om ton arrived in this town of a their school in northeastern few thousand people to lay out Nigeria. fourpillarsforher candidacy: And while the cry to Bring a need to build "the economy Back Our Girls" remains a of tomorrow, not yesterday," worldwide cause, the new s trengthen families, fix a president Tuesday would not dysfunctional g o vernment repeathispredecessor'sfailed and protect the country &om promise to find them — only threats at home and abroad. that they won't be forgotten.

Hope dwindles for Nigerian schoolgirls

A solemn march was held to

Obama to remove Cuba from terror list WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will remove Cuba &om the list of statesponsors of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday, a key step in his bid to normalize relations between the two countries.

The terror designation has been a stain on Cuba's pride and a major stumbling block for eff orts to mend tiesbetween Washington and Havana. In a message to Congress, Obama said the government of Cuba "has not provided any support for international

rememberthe219 girlsseized from their boarding school in Chibok bygunmen &om the Boko Haram extremist group. In Nigeria's capital of Abuja, 219 girls paraded in the streets, with each carrying a placardbearing thename ofa kidnap victim. 'Vile believe the girls are still alive," said Dr. Allan Manasseh, the brother of missing 18-year-old Maryamu Wavi, in an interview with The Associated Press. But it was clear that hope has dwindled a year aRer the April 14-15 mass abduCtio. — The Associated Press

terrorism" over the last six

months. He also told lawmakers that Cuba "has provided assurances that it will not supportacts of international

Christie: Overhaul Social Securi M ANCHESTER, N . H . (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie proposed pushing back the age of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare for future retirees on Tuesday as part of a plan to cut deficits by $1 trillion over a decade, an approach he said would confront the nation's "biggest challenges in an honest way." In a speech in New Hampshire,site of the 6rst 2016 presidential primary, the New Jersey governor also proposed reducing Social Security bene6ts in the future for retireesearning more than $80,000 a year and eliminating them for those with annual incomes of $200,000 or more. He said seniors who work after age 62 should beexempt from the payroll tax. "Through its unwilling-

ness to address our biggest challenges in an honest way, the Obama administration has put us on a perilous course for both our shortterm and our l ong-term futures," Christie told the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. "See, I think it's time to tell the truth about what we need todo in order to solve our problems and put our country back on the path to greater prosperity." The proposal marked an attempt to establish Christ ie's

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dentials in a race that has three other Republicans as declared presidential candidates, with more to come. Christie says he will decide in May orJune whether to launch a campaign for the nomination.

The nearly 4 0-minute speech delved into policy spe-

cifics Christie has previously avoided. But similar proposals to take on cherished entitlements have been made for years, by peoplein and outof Congress, and have not gone anywhere. Christie proposed increasing the retirement age for Social Security to 69, beginning with gradual increases in 2022, as well as raising the early retirement age to 64 &om 62, and changing the way cost-of -living increases are calculated for Social Security and other bene6t programs, an adjustment that would mean smaller increases in the future. He'd also increase the M edicare eligibility a g e gradually to 67 by 2040and turn Medicaid into a block grant program to the states, which Republicans have long proposed and critics say could mean reduced

benefits over time. While he put the savings ofhis proposals at $1 trillion over a decade, neither he nor aides outlined numbers to back up the estimate. The most signi6cant impact from raising the age of eligibility for Medicare and Social Security would come farther into the future, when workers currently at mid-career begin to reach retirement age. The speech kicked off Christie's first e x tended swing through the early-voting state. It comes as Christie faces an uphill battle for a pension overhaul in New Jersey, where he has been sued by more than a dozen public workers' unions for scaling back promised payments into pension funds as part of a deal hailed as a landmark during his first term.

Marijuana growers become lobbyists SACRAMENTO (AP) — California's growers risk being raided and prosmarijuana farmers have existed in a le- ecuted. galgray area during the 18 yearssince The growers' coalition says it's worth

Their first at-bat is a hearing today for a bill that would require medical marijuana growers to obtain permits

the statebecame the first to allow resi-

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and subject them to environmental in-

dentsto use the drug for medical purposes. Now, veteran cannabis growers are emerging from the shadows to make theirvoicesheard atthe Capitolasthe groundwork is being laid to legalize pot forrecreational use in the state. Marijuana producers from Northern California's infamous Emerald Triangle are hiring veteran lobbyists, forming political action committees and taking elected officials on fact-6nding tours — even though large-scale pot farms remain illegal under federal law and

represented as lawmakers, and ultimately voters, consider regulations that could allow them to do business aboveboard. 'This is democracy in action," said Casey O'Neill, who grows flowers, vegetables and marijuana in Mendocino County and serves as secretary of the 750-member Emerald Growers Association. "Every other industry sends lobbyists to tell government how to think, so finally as an industry we are realizing if this is how it works in America, we are going to have to play ball."

spections. The association is bringing members to Sacramento for advocacy training and to support the legislation with visits to legislators' offices and Tshirts reading, "I am a farmer." The author of the bill is Assemblyman Jim Wood, a Democrat whose sprawling, 300-mile-long district encompasses the prime, sun-grown marijuana territory of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties. Wood said he doesn't know how his constituents will be received, but he hopes his colleagues will keep open minds.

Obama pl edgesto support Iraqi leader WASHINGTON (AP)President Barack Obama brought Iraq's prime minister to the White House Tuesday to pledge U.S. support for his effort to run Islamic State militants out of its country, while making it clear that ultimately Baghdad must be in charge of its own destiny. Obama's comments reflect war f a t igue f r om Americans after more than a decade of military involvement in Iraq, as well as a signal to Iran about its involvement in helping 6ght Islamic State m i litants. Obama said any foreign assistance must be answerable to Iraq's chain of command. After frustrations with the previous Iraqi government, Obama expressed confidence that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is a strong partner in fighting terrorism and forming a more inclusive government. He said al-Abadi is strengthening Iraqi securi-

ty forces and has recovered

abouta quarter oftheterritory the Islamic State had captured in the country. "This is a long process and in o u r d i scussions Prime Minister Abadi made clear that this success will not occur overnight. But what is clear is that we will be successful," Obama said during his first Oval Office meeting with the prime minister elected seven months ago. Obama pledged$200 million in humanitarian aid to help those displaced by Islamic State militants, saying it's crucial the U.S. help support families who have been displaced by the militants.

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in U.S. airstrikes, weapons deliveries and training has helped roll back Islamic State forces, but he needed greater support from the international coalition to 'finish" them. "We want to see more," he said.

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Tuolumne Coun 'Status quo' kept on medical pot rule seeks 10 million transportation grant in the community, who they say provide accessible, afFordable medicine to county residents and taxes to the county. Following comments from an overThey are a much better alternative flowing audience, the Calaveras County to cartel-based, illegal operations that Board of Supervisors on Tuesday tabled steal water and electricity and damage a first-ever ordinance on cultivation of the environment and the economy, they medical marijuana. SBld. "I am so lucky to be in Calaveras The county's legal department asked the board for direction before finalizing County," said Megan Guthry, whose a draft ordinance that has been worked daughter is quadriplegic and blind with on for several months. multiple sclerosis, among other ailThey had asked broadly whether the ments. She thanked Collective Patient board wanted to allow cultivation, both Resources for providing her with a &ee outdoor and indoor and, if so, to answer cannabis-based oil that is made locally a list of follow-up questions about regu- and has allowed her daughter to quit lating the grows. using six other medications. Dozens of residents Tuesday showed Only a few voices cautioned against their support for medical marijuana cul- the dangers of the drug, which is still iltivation. legal at the federal level. Tom Liberty, executive director of Bill McManus, Calaveras County Collective Patient Resources, a county- coordinator for Citizens Against Legalbased collective growing operation, said izing Marijuana, said marijuana was keeping Calaveras County a welcoming responsible for tragedies among county place for growers benefits the entire youth, but said "this ordinance is not community. about attacking marijuana ... it is to He was among about 20 speakers control the volume here." who generally espoused the benefit of Janet Cuslide, of Angels Camp, having legitimate, small-time growers agreed, saying the board needs to decide By AUSTEN THIBAULT The Union Democrat

if the county will be known for wine or marijuana. The board noted positives on both sides of the argument, but ultimately took no stance beyond maintaining the status quo under state law and tabling the draft ordinance. The status quo falls under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which allows for the individual possession and cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes in California, with a doctor's recommendation. The board said the increasing likelihood of recreational marijuana use being legalized statewide by voters in 2016 would make further time spent on draftingthe ordinance a waste ofstaff time. The county has a 2005 ordinance allowing for the distribution of medical marijuana in permitted dispensaries but has not taken a stance on cultivation, allowing growers and patients to follow the current state law unabridged. The first announcement of maintaining the status quo was met by a standing ovation in the overflowing board chambers.

Time capsule from '90s found in wall By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

A time capsule sealed in a stone wall at Sonora's Red Church was unearthed about 100 years early when a mason repairing the wall stumbled upon it. Sonora stone mason Chris

Bjornmose and his crew on Thursday were busy repairing the 2-foot tall slate wall that runs around the perimeter of St. James Episcopal Church. Damaged by skateboarders, there were some loose stones along the wall fronting Snell Street. When he removed the stones, "lo and behold," a PVC pipe about 10 inches long was sitting inside the wall. "I thought it was a water pipe or some otherpipe," Bjornmose said. "Then it came loose and I thought it was a time capsule." Right about that time, U.S. Postal service mail delivery woman Stacey Knight, of Sonora, was walking by on her

slate claim near Moccasin Creek to build the wall. The capsule contains a l etter from Bob Wieland to his future ancestors and included a family tree. Wieland died in April 1998 in a mining accident near the old Shawmut Mine off Jacksonville Road at age 54. The Union Democrat was unable to reach relatives by phone. St. James'priest-in-charge, the Rev. Verne L. Walter, of Sonora, said he was surprised to hear about the time capsule. Neither Walter nor Lacey Peterson /Union Democrat any St. James stafFknew the Stone mason Chris Bjornrnos, of Sonora, holds a time capsule was in the wall. "My assumption was that capsule he found Thursday at Sonora's Red Church. he thought it would be 100 route and Bjornmose showed Bjornmose said. years beforeit was discovher the capsule. The capsule contained ered,"Walter said."He hadn't "I was just as excited as loose change and bills, along counted on the skateboardthey were," Knight said of with a n ewspaper article ers." the stone masons. "It was from The Union Democrat Walter said the church just cool to see. I was think- published on Dec. 22, 1994, plans to return the contents ing it was &om way back in that focused on the wall's to the family. They believe the day." constructionby localstone there is still a local relative. The masons let Knight mason Bob Wieland and his Walter did not disclose the have the honor of opening son, Ty. contents of the letter or allow the capsule. The Wielands used slate them to be photographed, as "She was terribly excited," quarried from their own they are "personal."

TUD Continued from Page Al the board to schedule a public hearing on conservation measures intended to bring TUD in line with Gov. Jerry Brown's April 1 executive order for 25 percent mandatory cutbacks statewide. The boardspli t 3-2 to approve the measure, with directors Ron Ringen, Ron Kopfand John Maciel in favor and Kent Johnson and Jim Grinnell opposed. Johnson said revised water rules and regulations should be discussed by the boardseparate from a public hearmg. "This is not a board-proposed change in water regulations," Johnson said. "Thisisa staff-proposed change in regulations." The public hearing is set for 5:30 p.m. April28 in the district board room at 18885Nugget Blvd.,offTuolumne Road. The TUD board did not discuss specific reduction rates Tuesday, but District Manager Tom Scesa talked about a proposed 30 percent target for TUD customers at a drought forum Monday night in Soulsbyville. Speaking at Tuesday's TUD board meeting, John Buckley of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center urged the district to begin telling customers about the need for continuing waterconservationassoon aspossible.

voir may not fill for the first time since 1924. This year, the typical "end of spill" date at Pinecrest and Lyons reservoirs will likely be referred to as "end of runofF," because the reservoirs may not fill at all, TUD Engineer Glen Nunnelley saidina surfacewa tersupply update. "PG&E had been predict ing Lyons would fill and spill," Scesa said. "They are no longer predicting Lyons will fill and spill." Even with Pacific Gas and Electric predicting5,608 feetasthe peak elevation for Pinecrest this year, there may still be enough water for TUD to meet customers' needs from the end of April through February, when reservoirs should begin to fill again, Nunnelley SBld.

"We know there's enough water there," Nunnelley said. "It's very tight. There's just enough."

Twain Harte lake request for water

The scarcity of surplus water was key background to the Twain Harte Lake discussion Tuesday. In a March 26 letter, Scesa told the Twain Harte Lake Association that TUD would not be able to provide130 acre-feetofwater to fi ll the lake. Lynn Crook, lake association president, Bill Salsig, a lake association director and engineer, Jim Johnson of the Twain Harte Community Services District board, and Twain Harte CSD GenSurha. water supply update eral Manager Tom Trott all spoke to the As Tuolumne County and Califor- TUD board of directors. "Our lake is the most important econia enter a fourth consecutive year of drought conditions, concerns about TUD nomic driver in our small town," Crook water supply have been underscored by SBld. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. forecasts Crookoutlined how on Aug. 3"a naturaising the possibility Pinecrest Reser- ralstressrelease event" occurred on the

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Rock and cracked the upper corner of the dam that creates Twain Harte Lake. "Our summer did come to an abrupt end on Aug. 3, and our local chamber of commerce reports that, since the lake closed, retail businesses' activity has dropped 30 percent," Crook said. "Cabin rentals are down 50 percent to 70 percent, some employees have lost their jobs, and at least one business has closed its doors. Overall business activity in our town has dropped more than 30 percent." Jim Johnson said the lake is the key to the town's economy. "We have already lost three businesses, and one of our rental agents has gone out ofbusiness," Jim Johnson said. "People won't be able to put food on their tables. The whole 108 corridor will certainly be affected." The TUD board and the district took no action Tuesday on the Twain Harte Lake request for water. Lake association leaders modified their request to 90 acre-feetofwater,and Salsig indicated 75 acrefeetto 80 acre-feetm ight be adequateforrecreational purposes at the lake. "We wait and see what the weather does," Scesa said. Revenues at TUD are sufFering due to the drought. In 2014 the district's overall water treatment production was

down 32 percent, in large part a reflection ofconservation efforts made by TUD customers, Scesa said. During a discussion of the district's restric tedand unrestricted cash balances,the district's budget for fi scalyear 2016 andapproval ofa budget calendar, board memberstalked about the need forpossiblefuturerateincreases. The TUD Board of Directors voted 5-0 to schedule a budget workshop.

ment, including a large helicopter, will be used during the exercise. "We don't want people to be scaredifthey see equipment rolling through town and guys going out in their full SWAT uniforms," said Deputy County Administrator Tracie Riggs, the county's OES coordinator. Riggs said the drill will begin about 6 a.m. at Columbia Airport. County SWAT members and Environmental Health officials will be taken by helicopter about 7 or 8 a.m.

to Kennedy Meadows in responseto a simulated threat in one of the cabins. Once there, the team will receive information of a mock biochemical weapons threat at Hetch Hetchy Water and Power in Moccasin. The exercise is expected to conclude by about 2 or 3 p.m. According to the county's press release,a few of the primaryobjectives ofthe exerciseare to test the county's

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By ALEK MacLEAN The Union Democrat

County staffers are preparing to submit grant applications for nearly $10 million w orth of projectsaimed atim proving pedestrian and bicycle transportation in several areas throughout the county. The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors' Transportation Committee will be asked to review and support five proposed sidewalk and bicycle path projects at a meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday. If approved, county stafF would then seek authorization &om the board at its Tuesday meeting to apply for federal funding through the Federal HighwayAdministration's Active Transportation Program. "Active transportatio n" projects, such as those being proposed next week, are intended to promote walking, bicycling and other nonm otorized travel,according to Community Resources Agency Director Bev Shane. "I think these projects will be agreatbenefi t to thevarious communities in which they are proposed," Shane SBld.

dents to walk back and forth betweenTuolumne and Summerville High. • $1 5 million to construct a 3,800-foot sidewalk, curb, gutter and bike lane along Racetrack Road, from Jamestown Road to the Dragoon Gulch Recreation Area. The county couldcontribute $178,200 toward the project out of mitigation funds for Racetrack Road. • $2.8 million to install and renovate pedestrian facilities — such as sidewalks, flashing signs and crosswalks — along Highway 120 and Ferretti Road in Groveland. District 4 County Supervisor John Gray said the project would coincide with a plan recently approved by the Tuolumne County Transportation Council to create a bicycle and pedestrian network within the town of Groveland. • $1 8 million to construct a sidewalk along Parrotts Ferry Road, from Columbia Village Drive to Columbia Elementary School, and from Columbia Elementary School to Columbia State Historic Park. The project would provide a safer way for students and residents to walk to the school and park, according to Shane. Applications would be sub-

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a sidewalk, curb and gutter along portions of Fifth Avenue, Seventh Street, Fourth Avenue, Willow Street and Sixth Avenue. An 815-foot asphalt walkway would also be constructed along Seco Street fiom Jim Brady Road to Rolling Oaks Drive. This would complement a project currently underway to install a sidewalk along Willow, Seco and Ninth streets, providing a safe passageway &om Main Street to Jamestown Elementary School and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park. • $1.4 million to build a 5,000-foot pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists adjacent to Tuolumne Road, from Summerville High School to Cherry Valley Boulevard, as well as a pedestrian bridge across Turnback Creek. Shane said the idea behind providing the pathway is to encourage stu-

However, the county has seen some recent success in applyingfor federal funding for transportati on-related projects. Shane said the county was notified last week that an application submitted earlier this year for about $11 million through the Federal Land Access Program is among the finalists being considered for possible funding this fall. The money would be used

SCHOOL Continued from Page Al experience working in small communities in the Central Valley. Prior to accepting the position with the district, Bowden served for nine years in administration with the Washington Colony Elementary School District in Fresno, the last five as the district's superintendent-principal. Bowden plans to move to Tuolumne County this summer, but will be in the area for possible training and to assist the board in finalizing a job descriptionfor the district's new assistant principal. The board added the new assistant principal position

the county likely won't find out if any were successful until sometime in the fall, Shane

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Road &om Highway 120 to Hetch Hetchy Road, which was damaged by the 2013 Rim Fire. 'Vle do spend lots of time researching t h ese f u n ding programs to see what we could submit that would qualify for them," Shane said. "Especially with these road projects that are in the multimillion range."

The cost-cutting move continues to provoke distrust and

controversy among distri ct parents who feel the board withheld information in their decision-making process. The requirement of a master'sdegree for the superintendent-principal p o sition has been the root of many parents' concerns, as they believe this unfairly disqualified Principal Ed Pelfrey from the position. Board member Jeff Whitman said no one has contacted him about this issue and welcomed a conversation

about the decision outside of the meeting. He said the board was unable to respond to the parents' complaints while the meeting was in session. as part ofitsmove to cut costs Carrie MacDonald said she by combining the superinten- plans to move her five childent and principal positions. dren, who are enrolled at CoAn official job description lumbia Elementary School, for the assistant principal, to Soulsbyville Elementary with Bowden's contribution, School based on the recent will be presented totheboard changes in administration. at a later meeting. Pelfrey, who announced his The district is expected to resignation earlier this year, save $20,000 by restructur- would not confirm or deny ing its administration, ac- claims that he was prevented cording to Superintendent from continuing with the disJohn Pendley. trict.

Emergency Command Center on Striker Court, HAZMAT operationsand medical response. Riggs noted that the drill is completelysponsored by the California Army National Guard 95th Civil Support Team, which previously conducted a similar exercise with Stanislaus County agencies. "It's a great opportunity for us to go through the process and also learn about the resourcesthat are available to us if we need them," she said. Tuolumne County agencies

planned to participate in the April 22 exercise include the county OES, SherifFs Office, Environmental Health Department, Fire Department, Public Health Department, EMS and Tuolumne County Ambulance Service. Outside agencies slated to participate in the drill include Cal Fire, the FBI, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, San Francisco Police Department, Tuolumne Band of MeWuk Indians, CHP and Sonora Regional Medical Center.

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Chamber mixer Thursday The Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly mixer from 5to 7 p.m .Thursday at Jazz it Up Iron-on Sparklers, known as the Bling Bling Barn, on Lime Kiln Road in Sonora. The address is 16640 Lime Kiln Road, Sonora.

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Wine and train event set Zucca Mountain Vineyards will partner with Railtown 1897 State Historic Parkto offer the "Railtown Sip and Ride" event on April 25 at the train station in Jamestown. The event will include a roundhouse tour at 2 p.m. and a train ride at 3 p.m. The proceeds will benefit Railtown. The cost is $25 for wine club members and $35 for non-club members. Admission will include a glass of wine, snack, roundhouse tour and train ride in a private bar car. Additional glasses of wine are $5 each. For tickets, go online to zuccawines.com, or call 684-3278.

Leadership program returns The Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce will resurrect its successful Leadership Calaveras in May. Leadership Calaveras allows participants to learn about significant issues facing local communities and gives them insight into the organizations working successfully within the county. The program will conclude with a graduation as well as recognition for all participants at the chamber's annual installation dinner. The cost for Leadership Calaveras is $500, which covers all program materials, food and graduation expenses. Space is limited. For applications or more information, call 754-5400 or email chamberI calaveras.org.

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Wilson family members include (from left) Brian Sells, Denny Wilson, Norby Wilson, Kathy Wilson Sells and Jeff Wilson. Josie Terzich (left), pictured in 1930, and Norbert "Holly" Wilson (far left), pictured in 1956, foundedTerzich and Wilson Funeral Home.

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Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home will celebrateits75th anniversary on April 21. Terzich and Wilson is the county's longest operating funeral home, and is among the oldest

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The main reason: More people than ever are apartment hunting. Young people who have been living with their parents are increasingly finding jobs and moving out. Rising home p rices ar e leading many l o ng-time renters to stay put.

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County stil loperated by the same family, said Jeff Wilson, who runs the business with sister Kathy Wilson Sells and her son, Brian Sells. Terzich and Wilson, on Rose Avenue in downtown Sonora, receivedits funeral license March 20, 1940, and celebrated its grand opening on April 21, the 54th birthday of Josie Terzich, Wilson said.

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than 5 percent a year since 2010 — 9.2 percent in 2014 — according to Marcus & Millichap. Of the 9,400 new apartment units added last year, 23 percent were in ur-

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tracesits rootsback to 1919, when Josie Borzini Terzich began working for the W.B. O'Beirne Funeral Parlour. She was born in Greenville, Plumas County, in 1886. She moved toTuolumne County in 1904 and married Alfred Terzich. He and their infant son died during a flu epidemic in 1918. She started working for O'Beirne's as an apprentice in 1919 and, afterthree years, got her embalming license in 1921. She was elected as Tuolumne County coroner in 1922 and held the post for four terms until 1938.In 1972,she

cial propertytracker Reis Inc. That's four percentage points faster than i n flation, and more than double the rise in U.S. home prices over the same period. Now, even with a surge in apartment construction, rents areprojected to rise yet another 3.3 percent this year, to an average $1,161, according to Reis. While t hat's slower t h a n l a s t year's 3.6 percent increase, the broader upward trend isn't going away. "The only relief in sight is rents in the hottest markets are going to go up at a slower pace, but they're still going to go up," says Hessam Nadji, chief strategy officer at Marcus & Millichap,

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Vacation home succession should be clear By VICKIE ELMER Kiplinger's Personal Finance

A vacation home you own with your extended family can create beautiful memories. But family ownership can alsolead tofeuds. The biggest mistake owners make is failing to create a detailed plan for succession, says Wendy Goffe, an estate-planning lawyer i n S eattle who has helped dozens of vacation homeowners. It's best if the owners sit down with their adult children and their children's spouses to create a plan for either keeping the vacation house in the family or selling it.

Retirement Selling the property sometimes makes the most sense. The adult children may not be able to afford the taxes, maintenance and cost of travel to the house. And the recovery in property values has prompted families who need cash to sell, says Mark Fisher, a real estate agent in Glen Arbor, Mich. He helped one family sell a cabin that had been in the family since 1929. "They needed the money to pay for Mom's long-term care," says Fisher. If you decide to keep the house,

draw up a written plan you all agree to that outlines how to pay for expenses, including repairs, insurance and taxes. Family members often pay into an account that covers cleaning and maintenance costs. Time spent on household chores can be a source of tension. One solution is to set up a rotation among siblings. Hiring a cleaning service or property manager can reduce resentm ents. Ifone sibling serves astheprimary caretaker,consider giving that person a small bonus, such as extra weeks in the house or a discount on See HOME/Page B2

During the l ast r ecession many workers who lost their jobs moved in with relatives or took on roommates. About 32 percent of U.S. adults were living with roommates or adult family members in2012, up from 27.4 percent in 2006, according to Zillow, an online realestate firm. Stepped-up hiring has begun to reverse that trend. About 2.8 m i l lion m ore Americans have jobs than 12 months ago. "The share ofyoungadults with jobs has climbed in the past year, and that will help many of them move out of their parents' homes," says Jed Kolko, chief economist at online real estate firm Trulia. "Most of them will be rentersfirst."

More people vying for a partments h elps d r i v e rents higher. And metropolitan areas withfaster job growth are generally seeing higher-than-average r ent hikes as well. See RENT/Page B2

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The three metro areas with the biggest annual increase in rent in January, according to Trulia: Denver (14.2 percent), Oakland, Cali f ornia (12.1 percent), and San Francisco (11.6 percent). Job growth in each of those cities also eclipsed the national growth rate of 2.3 percent over the 12 months ended in January. Employment grew 3.7 percent in Denver, 2.7 percent in Oakland and 4.5 percent in San Francisco.

Site work started Thursday on a new Oak Valley Community Bank in downtown Sonora. The building will b e Oak Valley's second branch in Sonora, said Bill Nunes Jr., vice president marketing manager.

Construction crews were digging footings Friday, and the dirt work is underway, said Project Manager Ryan Relei, of Robert E. Boyer Construction, of Twain Harte.

The new branch will be on the corner of Mono Way at Restano Way, the former site of Wright's Tires. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday at the site with bank executives and representatives from Symons Properties, which leases the land. Boyer Construction is the general contractor,

and 95percent ofitssubcontractors forthe project are local, said Rick McCarty, executive vice president, chief administration officer/CFO, of Oak Valley Community Bank, in Oakdale. Construction began on the site on March 31 and will be complete in eight to nine months, Relei said. The bank will be 4,000 square feet and include a drive-through window, Nunes said. "We're hoping to open by the end of December," Nunes said. The Oak Valley Community Bank in East Sonora is at 14580 Mono Way in the Indian Rock Center. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays. The new branch in downtown Sonora will likely have the same hours of operation, Nunes said. The bank does not plan to close its East Sonora branch and says opening the second branch in Sonora will help the company better serve its customers, Nunes said.

Homebuying delayed Lacey Peterson / Union Democrat

Preparing for a groundbreaking ceremony are (from left) Robert Boyer Construction Project Manager Ryan Relei, Barbara Ducey, of OakValley Community Bank, Mary Gorgas of Oak Valley Community Bank, Bill Polley of Symons Properties and Sonora Area Foundation, Mark Steichen of OakValley Community Bank, Ed Wyllie, of Sonora Area Foundation, Lyn Wilson of OakValley Community Bank, general contractor Robert Boyer, Gretchen Arbini of Design Studio 120, Jason Coons of Njirich and Sons, Rick McCarty of OakValley Community Bank, and Chris Courtney president and CEO of OakValley Community Bank.

T raditionally, re n t ing has been a stepping stone toward homeownership. When rents rise, tenants are motivated

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"The (East) Sonora branch is doing very well," Nunes said. "The fact that we're on the east side of town makes it hard for us to serve the business community. Sonora is really big and covers a lot of territory. We feel like the two branches will compliment each other really well," Nunes explained. Oak Valley Community Bank first opened in Oakdale in 1991. It's first expansion was to So-

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nora in 1996, Nunes said. The downtown Sonora bank will be the 16th branch of Oak Valley Community Bank, which also has locations in Modesto, Turlock, Patterson, Escalon, Ripon, Stockton, Manteca, Tracy, Bishop, Bridgeport and Mammoth Lakes. According to its website, the bank has more than $700 million in total assets. For more information, go online to www.ovcb. com.

for the partnership could cover such things as scheduling, maintenance, fees and any other guidelines you'd like to include, says Goffe. Because the individual members of the family wouldn't own the property under such an agreement, it could prevent a forced sale of the house if one member

wanted out. It could also establish buyout terms for the other family members. Vickie Elmer is a freelance writer. Send your questions and comments to moneypou/er@kipli nger com

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But these days, renters aretaking longer to buy. The U.S. homeownership rate ended last year at a 19-year low of 64.4 percent. Between higher rents taking a bigger bite out of the bank account and s harply h i gher h o m e prices,potential buyers are having more trouble saving for a down payment and qualifying for a mortgage. And many millennials, or 18- to 34-year-olds, simply prefer renting. That's true for Alyssa Hankins, a m a rketing and socialmedia strategist in Los Angeles. She moved in February to a newly opened complex where rents range from

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The real estate advertised herein is subject to the State and Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise 'any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin or source of income, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination'. We will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate that is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. VIEW WON'T QUIT! Angels Camp, 2284 Stallion Way, 3/2 home on 20 acres. $319k. Al Segalla, Realtor 785-14918ambiLand.com

105 Ranches RAWHIDE VALLEY 74.5 Acres + 3bd/2.5ba, 2800sf home. Irrigated pasture, reservoir, barn. $725,000. Tuolumne County Realty 532-7464

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Find your Future Home in The Union Democrat Classifieds COLDWELL BANKER SEGERSTROM - Your Home is Our Business (209) 532-7400 MONO VILLAGE CTR 1949 sf, 2 yrs. at $1,280 per month. Randy Sigler, Bkr. 532-0668 NEED QUICK CASH?

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SONORA KNOLLS Beautiful 3bd/2.5 ba. 2 story, 1,425 sf home. 5265k neg. 209-206-1 554

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EAST SONORA In print & online. Furnished Bed/Bath. uniondemocrat.com TV+utilites incl. No drugs/smk/pets. $125/ or $500/mo. You Sell your Car, Truck, RV week pay for background or boat for $1.00 per day! check. 532-1295 eve's 4-lines/20 days. LG ROOM W/PRIVATE If it doesn't sell, call us BA in spacious Sonora and we will run your ad Home. $700/mo+dep. for another 20 days at Incls. utils/kitchen privileges. 408-775-1032 no charge. ROOMS FOR RENT IN MI WUK VILLAGE 3/2 Huge Home. All util's pd $1000/mo+dep. Possible lease-to-purch opt. except TV & ph. 1 rmPets neg. Ph. 914-0421 $500/mo 8 1 rm- $250/ mo. (add $100 dbl occ) 213-8060 or 206-1670 SONORA 1BEDROOM No drugs/alcohol. $500/mo+some utilities. Call: 532-6391 MOTHER LODE SONORA ROOM FOR PROPERTY Rent. $450/mo+ $350 MANAGEMENT dep. Utilities included. FOR A LIST Avail. Now! 588-6503 OF RENTAL SONORA RURAL 1/1 PROPERTIES..... w/shared kitchen. No MLPMRentals.com drugs/alcohol. $475/mo +utilities. 532-6921 This Newspaper STUDIO W/PRIVATE CanMove AHouse. entrance near Black Oak Casino: $500/mo. The Union Democrat No pets. (415)310-8695 Classified Section 588-4515 220 Duplexes

GOT LAND YET? 20 Acres w/ Beautiful Meadow $125k - Terms. Al Segalla, Realtor (209) 785-1491 www.BambiLand.com 125 Mobile Homes

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REPO, '12 SR. PARK 2BD, New paint/carpets +extras. $38,000. Financing. Jim, 533-4981

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SONORA IN TOWN on Barretta St. 3/2.5+ 1 car garage, W/D hkup 2-story. $1,100.00/mo.+ $1000.dep. 928-9441 215 Rooms to Rent

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SONORA 96 SUMMIT, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 story + half basement, 2 car gar stove, refrig, w/d hookups, central air, view of downtown. $1500/mo.+ $1500 dep. 532-4950 TUOLUMNE 2 STORY Country home w/views. 3bd/2.5ba, wrap around porch, detached 2 car gar.$1500/mo 928-4078

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SONORA DOWNTOW N Mark Twain Apartments. Newly remodeled. Currently full. STUDIO NEAR TWAIN HARTE- No smk. Cat okay. Utils. $75/mo. $525/mo+dp. 586-4565 210 Condos/Townhouses

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SONORA COUNTRY Setting, clean 3/1, storage,indoorlaundry rm, cntrl h/a, fresh paint. $925/mo+$1000 dep. Call: 532-1058

Ask your classified representative about ATTENTION GETTERS TWAIN HARTE 1/1 23025/B T.H. Dr. $650 +dp. incls. wat, garb, TV No pets/smk. 586-5664 TWAIN HARTE 3/1 upper unit, $950/mo+ dep. water, garb & TV incl. 23025 T.H. Dr. No pets/smk. Ph. 586-5664 225 Mobile/RV Spaces Ml-WUK VILLAGE RV Two Lots for rent: $375 or $325+util's. Pets ok. 568-7009 or 432-8093

VACATION RENTALS Daily/Weekly/Monthly, starting at $75/night 209-533-1310 QuailHollow1.com 245

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DENTAL ASSISTANT WANTED: Mon-Thurs. Sam-5pm Fax resume to HILLSIDE DENTAL (209) 532-4251 DENTAL OFFICE IN SONORA - P/T Sterilization Technician 4 days per week. Experience preferred. Fax resume to: 536-6044 DESTINATION

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DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - P/T. CAMAGE AVE To manage off ice /proIndustrial space up to grams of Destination 21,000 s.f. for lease. Angels Camp. Start at Call for info 533-8962 15-20 hr/wk. info©desJAMESTOWN RETAIL / tinationan elscam .com OFFICE Spaces. 18263 DAC, POB 984, Angels Main St. $500/mo. OR Camp, CA 95222. 18259 Main for $800/ mo. Ideal for R.E., Accounting or Medical off. Avail 5/15/15 and may be joined. Ph. 928-4178 NEW COMMERCIAL BLDG. Sonora off Hwy. 108. 1000 sf & 2000 sf Bernie (209) 586-6514

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301 Employment AIRBORNE SECURITY Patrol needsSecurity Officers F/T & P/T. Must have valid Guard Card. 1(800)303-0301 ATCAA IS HIRING Service Center Secretarysubstitutes, strong customer service, computer & gen'I admin skills req'd. EOE Apply at www.atoaa.or ~ or 427 N. Hwy 49, Ste. ¹305, Sonora, CA Closes: 4/27/15, 4PM

BILLING (DENTAL) SPECIALIST II 2 years Dental billing. Excellent pay and 401K Match. For info go to: ~ri h r . o o ra-mail sherri.ian

DEPUTY PROBATION OFFICER I/II I: $19.95 - $24.36 II: $22.05 - $26.92

Tuolumne County Probation is seeking qualified DPO candidates to conduct investigations, prepare reports and make recommendations to the court, related to sentencing and probation of individuals. Only applicants with the req'd Bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, criminal Iustice or related field will be considered. Apply online at www.tuolumneoounr©a. ou Closes 4/22/1 5 ELECTRICIANCertified only. Min 3 yrs exp. in Residential & It Com'I. Valid DMV & own tools. Ph. 586-6541 EXP'D CARPENTER for Strawberry Area. Must have truck & tools. Call Dan: 965-4080 EXPERIENCED DELI WORKER needed for weekend shifts; responsible Non-Smoker; Hard Worker w/Sandwich & Pizza making exp. Salary DOE. Send your resumeto: P.O. Box82, Columbia, CA 95310

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Office seeks a warm, caring, responsible P/T Receptionist. Good communication, phone & business skills. Dental exp pref. If you are a team worker 8 want to provide quality dentistry that sets a standard for excellence in a patient centered practice send resume to: 532-1851 FRONT OFFICE: General clerical, phones, filing, billing. Computer skills req. Detail oriented. Reliable. Exp only. P/T. Hourly. Wage DOE. Cover letter & resume to UD Box ¹90373159 c/oThe Union Democrat, 84 S. Washington St., Sonora, CA 95370. Getyour business

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Employment GOLD RUSH CHARTER SCHOOL is looking for the following positions for the 15/16 school year: • Kindergarten Teacher I Country School, • Independent Study Teacher (K-12), • Special Education Dir. Apply on E ~ddoin.or or email resume to: ssaunders oldrushcs.or

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following two job openings: • Warehouse Intake Handler (Angels Camp) and a• Cashier (Angels Camp). If you are interested in working for a great org. that brings a valued service to the community, pls go to our website at www.hos iceofamador.or

to view the full job description, salary info and obtain an application. All applications are to be mailed. No phone calls, please. HOTEL TEAMMATES High Season Coming! Front Desk, Sales, Maintenance, Housekeeping & Lead positions: Permanent. HIRING NOW! 19551 Hess Ave., Sonora PLACE AN AD ONLINE www.uniondemocrat.com

WEATHER WATCHERS NEEDED The Union Democrat has a dedicated team of volunteer weather watchers who keep track of high-low temperatures and precipitation. They call the newspaper with fresh numbers early every morning for that day's weather page, on the back of the sports section. The only pay is an annual gathering - sometimes a picnic hosted by the newspaper, sometimes dinner at an area restaurant - where they are honored and thanked. Necessary equipment, which the volunteers must provide themselves, are a thermometer that records the high and low temperatures of the day and a rain gauge. They must also submit snow depths and melt snow, when they get it, to include its water content with their precipitation. Volunteers are needed right now in, Tuolumne, Pinecrest and San Andreas. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer may callPam Orebaugh 588-4546 or e-mail orebau h©uniondemocrat.com

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Visit us on the web: www.co.calaveras.ca.us CHINESE CAMP: P/T, Visitor Information Expert:Greatcustomer service, knows area, independent worker, reliable. Incls. wkends. Send resume to TCVB P.O. Box 4020 Sonora 95370. Open until filled.

COOK/SOUS CHEF Saute background req'd. P/T to start; must have flexible hrs. Apply in person at the Historic National Hotel, 18183 Main St., Jamestown. DAYTIME CAREGIVER M-F, Assist intellectually disabled adults with personal care and life skills. Excellent benefits. $9/hr. EOE. WATCH. For details go to: www.watchresources.or or call 533-0510 x105.

Today's Newest! STUDIO NEAR TWAIN HARTE- No smk. Cat okay. Utils. $75/mo. $525/mo+dp. 586-4565

COOK/SOUS CHEF Saute background req'd. P/T to start; must have flexible hrs. Apply in person at the Historic National Hotel, 18183 Main St., Jamestown.

EXPERIENCED DELI WORKER needed for weekend shifts; responsible Non-Smoker; Hard Worker w/Sandwich & Pizza making exp. Salary DOE. Send your resume to: P. O. Box 82, Columbia, CA 95310 SECURITY P/T FOR Weekend Evenings. Please call: 209-743-3080

NISSAN '84 300 ZX Great car, 90k tune up, timing belt, hoses, fuel pump, $4350 532-3253

BUYING JUNK, Unwanted or wrecked cars, Cash paid! Free P/U Mike 209-602-4997

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INSIGHT MANUFACTURING SERVICES is a precision manufacturing company located in Murphys. We offer a competitive salary & benes pkg & are currently accepting apps for: Shipping/Receiving Supervisor- Previous supervisory experience in multi-departmental organization a plus. Strong interpersonal & "people skills" a must. Must have excellent communication, organizational & time management skills. Must be able to work through others, lead others, manage up, multi-task 8 work as part of a team. Fax resume to (209)729-4194, e-mail to 'obs©insi htmanui~acioric .com, or come in 8 complete an employment app at 798 Murphys Creek Rd, Murphys CA. INSTRUCTOR Position available 9am-3pm Mon-Fri. The Community Compass.

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C.<vElvh4S LIVEMAS! WITH A Career at Taco Bell! Taco Bell in Sonora, Ca is looking for enthusiastic and experienced Management Candidates to join our Team. Benefits for Assist Managers and Restaurant General Managers incl. •competitive pay, •performance bonus, •health insurance, •401K matching, «vacation, tuition support and more! Previous experience should include 2 yrs of Retail and/or Restaurant Management; college is a plus but not necessary. If interested in applying please send a resume to Chris Plunkettchris©silveroaktb.com

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MEDICAL BILLER Previous Medical Billing exp. req. Coding & billing cert. pref. Working knowledge of office, billing software & procedures req. Ability to work independently, follow written & verbal instruction. Salary DOE. Apps avail on request at: 984-4827 MIA'S IS NOW HIRING: Dishwashers & Pizza Cooks. F/T 8 P/T. Exp. preferred. Apply at: 30040 Hwy. 108 in Cold Springs. (209) 965-4591 OFFICE CLERK/ PHONE SALES. Duties include handling multiple phone lines involving informational inquiries and taking reservations; communicate with multiple locations; data entry and assorted clerical duties as assigned. Neat handwriting a must. This is a temporary position, M-F 1-6:00 pm - must be available weekends and holidays if needed. Starting 5/4 and ending 9/6. Download app at www.caverntours.com or fax resume to 736-4191. FFD: 4/20/1 5

Looking For A NewFamily Pef For yourHome? Check our classified section 588-4515 PINNELL'S CARPET

ONE is looking for a rock star sales person for our Sonora location. Flooring sales experience is a definite plus. Send resume to: Da innellscar etone.com

ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE

The Union Democrat is looking for a full time Retail Sales Representative to join our team. The successful applicant will generate revenue by targeting new businesses and sell to an established customer base. Must have strong customer service background and be very organized with good communication skills. This position requires self motivation along with the ability to multi-task. Sales experience is preferred but not required. Must maintain a valid driver's license. Vacation 8 401K benefits are available. Pre-employment drug test is required. Send resume to: Peggy Pietrowicz, Advertising Manager 84 S.Washington St.,Sonora, CA 95370 ietrowicz@uniondemocrat.com No phone calls please Equal Opportunity Employer

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Connection POSITIONS AT THE Resource Connection: • Fiscal Coord (F/T) • Child Care Subsidy Coord (P/T) • Resource & Referral Coord (P/T) • Resource & Referral Trainer (P/T). Visit: lo ment 0

SEASONAL LIFEGUARDS WANTEDI April 28-Oct. 1. Must be certified. Competitive salary, positive working environment & flexible hours. Apply in person at Silver Spur Christian Camp. Ph. 928-4248

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or job descriptions & application or at 444 E St. Charles, Ste. B, San Andreas. Apply by: 4/17/15 (209) 754-3114 EOE/ADA

PRESS OPERATOR The Union Democrat is seeking a press operator in our printing and distribution facility. Responsibilities include press set up, operation and maintenance. Must have ability to perform as part of a team with a positive attitude. This is a full time entry level position which requires working nights. Benefits incl. paid vacation, sick time and 401K. Pre-employment drug test required. Please complete and submit application to 84 S. Washington St. Sonora, CA 95370 Attn: yochanan Quillen Please, NO phone calls.

SECURITY P/T FOR Weekend Evenings. Please call: 209-743-3080 SENIORITY LIFECARE AT HOME is hiring in-home Caregivers for Tuolumne & Calaveras Counties. Prefer only people with personal care exp. 24-hr & hourly shifts avail. P/T 8 Flex. Call (209) 532-4500 SHIPPING/ PACKAGING Person and Printer Tech. Will train. Call for application. 588-8876 SONORA & CALAVERAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Call (209) 532-1176 sonoraemployment.com

SONORA SUBARU invites you to join the sales team! Degree Required? No. Prior Experience Required? No. Requirements: Team Player, Self Starter, Motivated, Trainable, Professional Demeanor and Ready to Work! If you have what it takes, please apply ai: ~h«:II norasubaru.com/em lo ment-a l i cation.htm

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Accepting applications: Front Desk & Housekeeping positions. Great place to work! Good pay!! Apply at: 7633 State, Hwy 120, Groveland, CA 95321 (209) 962-5281

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Assistant Pool Manager - Relief $11.35 - $13.86/hr Office AssistantRelief $10.64 - $12.99/hr

UCCE 4-H PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE Univ of CA Cooperative Extension. This position will be a part of a team that provides leadership, guidance & coordination of volunteers & youth for the 4-H Youth Program in Tuolumne County. Full PVA & apps are available at htt://ucanr.edu/centralsierra'obs orcontact ~ Nancy at 530-621-5503. Closes 4/20. AA/EOE

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Walkways, patios, retaining walls, fences, steps. No lic. Mario 591-3937

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PITBULL MIX MALE FOUND on 4/13. CALL TO IDENTIFY! 209-770-3399

401 - Announcements 405 - Personals 410 - Lien Sales 415 - Community

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AVALON TRAINING CENTER is offering a PM CNA program. You can be a CNA in 8 short wks. No misdemeanors or felonies; must be 18 yrs of age & must have S.S. card 8 photo I.D. Apps available at the front desk at the facility on Greenley Rd. 4/9-17. Must be available for testing 4/17 at 2pm. Only 30 apps available. Avalon Training Center also offers Home Health Aide classes.

Pool ManagerRelief $12.55 - $15.32/hr

UD BOX REPLIES for accurate delivery, RANCHES is seeking a proper addressing Direct Support ProfesRECEPTIONIST/ is as follows: ADMINISTRATIVE sional to work in a group UD BOX¹ home setting w/ D. D. c/o The Union Democrat The Union Democrat children. Must be able 84 S. Washington St. has an opening for a to pass DOJ/FBI backSonora, CA 95370 Receptionist/ ground check. 984-3188 WILLOW STEAK Administrative THE DIAMONDBACK HOUSE: NOW HIRING person. The all Positions: Bartenders successful applicant is now hiring in kitchen for (2) Line Cooks and Dining Room & Kitchen. will have good Dishwasher. Must have Min. 2 yrs experience. computer skills, Apply in person. excellent telephone and 2 yrs exp and be clean 8 reliable. Apply in percustomer service skills. Must be son Tue-Thurs 9 -11am Needfo sell a car? punctual, have good 8 Fri & Sat1pm-3pm. Sellit fn the Cfassifieds Ask for Mike. NO phone attendance and a 588%515 calls Please! professional attitude. Duties include but are not limited to, answering the main line, greeting customers, running the cash register and scheduling insertions. This is a full time position with vacation benefits. Pre-employment drug test is required. Please pick up application at 84 S. Washington St. Sonora, CA or email resume to ietrowiczOuniondemocrat.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

RECEPTIONIST WANTED: P/T to F/T phone friendly, personable, customer service savvy for local veterinary hospital. Submit resume io amcewecOmonowa et.com

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Home Furnishings CEDAR MANTELS

Made from Rim Fire salvage logs. Must See! Call (209) 532-2349 MOVING: MUST SELL Child's Oak Desk / Bookcase Combo -$95. Ph: 209-743-5884 RATTAN FURNITURE Set incls Queen sleeper sofa/love seat, chair 8 ottoman,coffee & end table. Exc cond. Paid $3700- asking $600. 962-4996 or 404-5809 Sell Your Item Through The Union Democrat CLASSIFIED ADS

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575 - Auctions 580 - Miscellaneous 585 - MiscellaneousWanted

590 - GarageSales 595 - Commercial Garage/Yard Sales

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FARM ANIMALS nnd PETS 601- HouseholdPets 605 - PetSupply/Services 610 - PetsWanted 615 - Livestock 620 - Feed/Tack 625 - Boardingand Care 630 - Training/Lessons 635 - Pasture 640 - FarmEquipment

530 Sports/Recreation

It is illegal under California law to transfer ownership of a firearm except through a licensed firearms dealer.

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Runs until it sells (up to 1 year). Includes a photo or attention getter.

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MOUNTAIN ALARM Thanks for voting us Best Alarm Company 7 years in a row! 532-9662 ACO¹3058

GENERAL ENGINEERING GENERAL BUILDING Excavation/Grading

HAPPY FLOORS Carpet/Vinyl-Repair & Install -25 yrs exp!

Asphalt/Concrete Simunaci Construction

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Caregivers

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HEART 2 HEART Home Health Services Live-In/Respite/Emerg. 1 hr to 24 hrs 7 days/wk Lic'd/bonded • 532-1118

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Decks Concrete Windows Jim Brosnan Const. 694-8508 Lic.¹8493742

Flooring Computers & Service COMPUTER SICKF CALL

Me! House Calls, PC Set Up, Repair, Networking, & more. Mark 962-5629

HIGH SIERRA HARDWOODS Refinish/ Prefinish/ Showroom. 588-2779 14741 Mono. ¹887275

209.566.5052 ¹705384

Handyman HANDYMAN Fencing, Hauling, Chores, Almost anything! $25/hr. Reliable Call Joe C 213-8904

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Hauling AA Brush Burning, Hauling, Weedeating, Pine Needles [no lic.] 770-1403 or 586-9635

Hauling

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SANTAMARIA YARD Winters Cleaning Svcs Debris & Yard Work! SERVICES:Clean up, tree Fully Insured. maint., hauling, weed(209) 532-5700 ing. 728-7449 [No lic.]

Storage MOOREROOM.COM Quality Steel Sheds, Garages 8 RVports On Site Bid 984-3462

House Cleaning PJ & ASSOCIATES For All Cleaning Needs [FULLY INSURED] EST.1995 586-3314 KATHY'S CLEANING SERVICE-Residential & Comm'I. [Bonded/Ins'd] 209.928.5645

Landscape/Gardening LANDSCAPING Yard clean-ups, Tree Care, Hauling, Weedeating [no lic.] 768-0665 Guillermo

Painting CHRIS MACDONALD PAINTING Resident or Commercial Interior or Exterior Lic. ¹735177 532-9677

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Well Drilling

W ATE R TANKO BROS., INC. Wells & Pumps 532-7797 Lic. ¹395633

Get paid to clean your garage... sell your stuff In The Union Democrat Classified Section 588-4515

588-4515 Yard Maintenance

Plumbing ANDERSON'S PLUMBING & DRAIN Quality plumbing sewer drain cleaning. Modular specialist. 20 yrs. exp. Lic.¹ 739224 536-9557

Tile

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

NOTICE TO READERS: Cahfornia law requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor and/or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising. Check your contractor's status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752).Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

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INVITATION TO BID CALAVERAS COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL SERVICES The County of Calaveras is currently soliciting bids for Jail Medical Services on behalf of the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office.

Each bid shall specify each and every item as set forth in the attached requirements. Any and all exceptions must be clearly stated in the bid. Failure to set forth any item in the requirements shall be grounds for rejection. The County of Calaveras reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive any informalities. The bids must be received at the County Administration Office no later than 4:00 p.m. May 22, 2015. Questions must be submitted to the Administration Office prior to bid opening. Bidders are cautioned to read the requirements and be sure to quote items which meet the requirements. Failure to meet requirements will cause the County to not accept the bid. Details of the services required may be obtained through the County Administration Office at 891 Mt Ranch Rd, San Andreas, CA 95249, online at: htt://calaveras ov.us or contact Mary Rose Rutikanga at 209-754-6025. Publication Dates: April 8, 15, 2015 The Union Democrat, Sonora CA 95370

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SHERIFF'S CIVILNO. 2014000392 COURT CASE NO. CV58197 U NDER A WRIT OF SALE issuedoutof the Superior Court, Judicial District, County of Tuolumne, State of California, on September 26, 2014, on a judgment rendered on July 11, 2014. IN FAVOR OF Stallion Springs Trust AND AGAINST Testate and Intestate Successors of Clinton M. Snorek et. al for the sum of 112,468.20 Dollars; I HAVE LEVIED upon all the right, title, claim and interest of the judgment debtor(s), in real property, in the County of Tuolumne, described as follows: Real property in the unincorporated area of the County of Tuolumne, State of California, described as follows: Lot No. 74 as shown on Map entitled YOSEMITE HIGHLANDS UNIT 2A and 2B, recorded in the office of the County Recorder on August 21, 1968 in Volume 4 of Subdivisions at Page 1, Tuolumne County Records. APN: 066-560-0200 The property to be sold...is NOT subject to the right of redemption. The amount of the secured indebtedness with interest and costs is $112,468.20. Minimum bid amount (if applicable) $112,468.20. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS SHOULD REFER TO SECTIONS 701.510 TO 701.680, INCLUSIVE OF THE CODE OF CIVILPROCEDURE FOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND EFFECT OF THE SALE AND THE LIABILITY OF DEFAULTING BIDDERS. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in lawful money of the United States, all the right, title and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said execution, with accrued interest and costs on: May 6, 2015, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., at the following location: Courthouse Steps 41 W. Yaney in the City of Sonora, County of Tuolumne, State of California. Directions to property location to be obtained from the levying officer upon oral or written request. DATED AT SONORA, CALIFORNIA James Mele, SHERIFF COUNTY OF: TUOLUMNE BY J.Montgomery, Deputy Attorney for Judgment Creditor: AM Law Offices of Aron C. Mouroydrs, 15615 Alton Parkway Ste. 450, lrvine, CA 92618 949-633-2459 LIENS MAY BE PRESENT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVE THIS LEVY Publication Dates: April 15, 22, 29, 2015 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER 2 S. Green St. Sonora, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2015000118 Date: 3/20/2015 3:05P DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): LONE STAR TECH SERVICE Street address of principal place of business: 31472 Old Strawberry Rd Strawberry, CA 95375 Name of Registrant: Toste Jr, Christopher 31472 Old Strawberry Rd. Strawberry, CA 95375 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/1 6/2015 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/Christopher M Toste Jr. 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 commonlaw. (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.

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Friend questions etiquette for overseas nuptials DEAR ANNll<~: How much can I ask my host about etiquette for her overseas wedding? Ilivein Canada. Thebrideis French. I met her when she was briefly living in my hometown. She went back to France two years ago, and now she's getting married there. The wedding invitation was sent to my name only, and therewas not any kind ofRSVP card that I'm accustomed to seeing. So I'm unsure whether I am welcome to bring a guest, since attending would involve a rather lengthy journey. Would it be acceptable to email the bride and ask her whether I can bring my boyfriend? I don't want to put her on the spot, but I also don't want to bring mydate to a country where he doesn't speak the language and then stick him by himself for the day, only to find out later that they had expected me to bring him.— BEAUCOUP BAF'IKZD DEAR BAFl f'IED: Did the invitation appear to be formal or in-

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DEAR ANME: After reading the letter &om ''Holding My Breath," whose spouse has terrible breath, I had to respond. My husband had terrible breath, but he also had a very rigorous oral

care routine, which made me wonder DEAR BEEN THERE: Halitosis what else could be going on. Having is often a result of poor dental been a dental assistant, I was aware hygiene, but it also can be due to of variousodors &om different oral oral problems, throat issues, gum diseases. The smell was not from disease, infection, certain foods what he ate. I ate it, too, and didn't and sometimes gastrointestinal have such an odor. It waa the worst difficulties. Some of these, as you thing I had ever smelled, and I just have pointed out, ean be quite seknew it was metabolic in nature. rious.Please, folks, we want you Ks dentist simply told him it was to stick around for a long time. "not dental in nature." The doctor told You must bean advocate for your him he waa '%ne." Finally, after three own health. If you suspect somemonths of worsening gastrointesti- thing is wrong, be persistent. nal symptoms, his doctor gave him a Annie's Snippet for Income Tax blood test, and a colonoscopy showed Day (credit author Arthur C. Clarke): a fist-sized tumor. "The best measure of a man's honesty He underwent chemotherapy and isn't his income tax return. It's the waa graced with a lovely ostomy bag. zero adjust on his bathroom scale." But during this time, the breath issue Annie's Mailboxis written by Kathy went away. When it recurred, it was Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime because the lesions on his liver had editors of the Anrt. Landers column. spread. He passed away two months Please email your questions to annieslater. mailbox®creators.com, or write to: AnI would get that man in for a full nie's Mailbox, clo Creators Syndicate, physical, including a colonoscopy. It 787 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA could save his life.— BEEN THERE 90254.

Nasal polyps commonly return after surgery DEAR DR. ROACH:I am a 55-yearold, healthy male. A couple of months of persistent, more-severe-than-usual sinusitis leII me to my primary care physician, who referred me to an ENT specialist. The ENT doctor performed a nasal endoscopy and diagnosed me with nasal polyps on both sides of my sinuses and a slightly deviated septum. He says he likesto treatthese aggressively and wants to IIo allergy testing and a CAT scan in preparation for surgical removal of the polyps. I am uncertain that I want to undergo any of theseprocedures,and would like your input as to the best options and path forward. I get the impression that the polyps are likely to return anyway. I don't feel like my quality of life is severelyimpacted at present,although I do have chronic sinus and allergy symptoms. I have had persistent sinus/ seasonalallergy problems my whole life. I have been taking triamcinolone nasal sprayand levocet irizine tabs for my sinus symptoms for about six years, which largely have controlled

To Your Good Health Keith Roach, M.D. my symptoms.— R.S.M. ANSWElt Nasal polyps and nasal septal deviation both are common conditions. Although surgery can improve symptoms, you are quite right that nasal polyps often return within a few months to years a&er surgery, and that medication treatment oiten is required even after surgery. The mostimportantquestion,byfar,is how well your symptoms are controlled with the medication you are taking. Triamcinolone, a moderate-strength nasal steroid, is effective in most people, but sometimes a difFerent steroid will be moreeffective.Levocetirizine,theactive form of the over-the-counter medication Zyr( ec, is an antihistamine that usually is well-tolerated.

In contrast to your ENT doctor, I tend to be very conservative, and recomm end surgical referralonly for people whose symptoms are considerably more bothersome than you are making yours sound to me. I have seen a few people getworse after surgery (in addition to the many people whose symptoms are better only temporarily). DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you pleasediscuss the use ofPropecia for female hair loss? I am a female in my late 50s, and I have suffered from hair loss for many years. Afternumerous blood tests,a biopsy and exams, my dermatologistdetermined that I have androgenic alopecia. I have been on Aldactone, and have used minoxidil for quite a while, with minimal results, if any. For the past eight months, I have been taking Propecia, 2.5 mg daily. My hair doesn't seem any better or worse, but I worry about its side effects. Can you please give me your opinion on the use of Propecia by women? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? — R.M.

IIOROS CI'E Birthday for April 16.Share your passion this year. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Today is an 8 — Follow the A new love grows. Your career (and income) flourish money over the next two days. Don't let a windfall slip through communicative arts. Write, record and perform. through your fingers. Changes necessitate budget reviPrepare to launch an educational journey after 6/14. sions. Negotiate favorable terms. Collaborate for shared New professional opportunities arise after 10/13. Harvest profit and track expenses, or deal with a mess later. personal growth and development after 10/27. Apply what Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Today is a 9 — Your partner you learn for meaningful collaborations. Dare to lead from requires some loving attention. Be willing to share responyour heart. sibilities more than usual over the next few days. Do some To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the heavy lifting. You're scoring points. Do more than your easiest day, 0 the most challenging. share of the work. It's worth it. Aries (March 21-April 19):Today is an 8 — You're taking Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Today is a 9 — Dig into a control, with both Sun and Moon in your sign. You're big job and work out the details. It's getting extra busy. It getting more sensitive. Begin a self-confident phase. Heart could get intense. Don't skimp on providing great service. and mind are in sync today and tomorrow. You're more Delegate tasks. Use an outside provider if necessary. Deassertive. Ask for what you really want. stress with exercise and friends. Taurus (April 20-May 20):Today is a 7 — Make more Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):Today is an 8 — Begin time for contemplation today and tomorrow. Take things a lucky and cuddly phase. Prioritize love for the next two slow and easy. Consider all options before taking action. days. You have lots of emotional support. Don't wait Plan your moves. Research for bargains. Go treasure hunt- another minute to make a romantic proposal. Get creative. ing. Retreat from the world to rest and recharge. Add artistry to a passionate declaration. Gemini(May 21 June 20):Today is a 9 — Friends have Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19):Today is a 9 — Work from what you need. Schedule meetings for today and tomorhome and spend more time with family. Domestic bliss row. Align on shared priorities. Delegate tasks. Make provides a seductive temptation. Plan a luxurious evening. sure what you build is solid. Make required changes. Beautify your space, and then invite loved ones over. Circumstances dictate your actions. Support comes from Share a home-cooked meal with family. Flowers are a lovely touch. unexpected directions. Cancer (June 21 July 22): Today is an 8 — Career Aquarlus (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Today is a 9 — You learn matters emerge for your consideration over the next two voraciously over the next few days. You're sharp as a tack, days. Make a power play. Expect trouble with scheduling. and see business opportunities that others miss. Write A change in plans opens previously-unavailable options. promotional copy. Talk about what you're discovering. Prepare to make your move. Angels guide your actions. Share useful tools and information with your networks. Leo (July 23-Aug. K):Today is a 9 — Plan your itinerPisces (Feb. 19-March 20):Today is an 8 — Your morale ary. Travel conditions look excellent today and tomorrow. (and your wallet) get a boost over the next two days. It The newsaff ectsyourchoices.Begin an intense expancould get quite profitable. Rake in an abundant harvest sion phase. A conference, class or business trip offers from the seeds you planted earlier. Keep track of income enticing opportunities. Study and prepare. All systems go! and expense. Send invoices.

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/2/2008 This Business is conducted by: a corporation 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). Mountain Sage Landscapes s/ Regina Hirsch Owner 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.)

ANSWElt Male pattern hair loss will occur in up to 80 percent of men and 40percent ofwomen, with age being the primary risk factor. Hair loss can aft 'ect self-image and self-esteem significantly, probably even more in women than in men. Diagnosis usually

is made by appearance, but a biopsy is sometimes necessaryto rule out less-

common causes. Finasteride (Propecia) is a blocker of dihydrotestosterone, and although it kequently is used in men, is not approved for use in women. It should not be used by women who could become pregnant. Women (and men) should not donate blood while taking 6nasteride. However, it is sometimes used"offlabel," and one study showed that although it did not cause regeneration of hair, it did slow further loss. Side efFects of weight gain, loss of libido, depression and fat igue are listed aspossible. Readers may write Dr. Roach, MD., at P.O. Box 586475, Orlando, FL 328536475 or email ToYourGoodHealth@med. cornell.edu with medical questions.

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was honored as Northern California's oldest funeral director by the California Funeral Directors Association. In a 1972 interview with The Union Democrat, Terzich recalledusing dogteams from Long Barn to take bodies out during snowy winter months.

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that a young man, who recently moved to Sonora from Hollywood, named Norbert "Hollywood" Wilson started working for Mrs. Terzich. "Holly" Wilson started out washing the cars, mowing lawns and doing other odd jobs, said Kathy Wilson Sells. His future father-inlaw, Tony Rodriguez (he married Elaine Rodriguez), drove Terzich around because she didn't drive. Eventually, Holly became Terzich's main driver, and the two became close. "She took him under her wing," Kathy Sells said. Terzich became like an adoptive mother to Holly Wilson and hi s c h ildren later considered her their grandmother and called her "Nanny Josie," Jeff Wilson

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(now Heuton Memorial Chapel). Terzich began construction on a new funeral home in the Simpson Terrace area of Sonora, on what was then Terrace Avenue. Later, that

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owned crematory. Non-related staff includes Office Manager Donna Watson, who has worked there for 14years;Matt Pedroni, "You don'tfocus on the bad. Youfocus onhelping a new associate; and retired families.You get a senseof pride helping people Pastor Ray Shopp. In 2012, Terzich and Wilthrough this time." son opened Mother Lode Jeff Wilson, Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home Crematory in Jamestown in association with partners, the Botto family, Angels Memorial Chapel, San Andreas pel on Bay Avenue in Tu- Terzich and Wilson full time MemorialChapel and Oakolumne. since 1987; Norbert "Norby" dale-Riverbank M e morial Wilson married Elaine Ro- Wilson, who is a retired golf Chapels. The Wilson family has driguez in 1943 and they had pro and now does bookkeepfour children — Kathy Wil- ing for the business; Denny been partners with the Botson Sells, who has worked at Wilson,of Sonora; and Jeff tos in O akdale-Riverbank Wilson, who has worked for funeral homes for 60 years. the business full time since Cliff Botto was an appren1979. tice of Holly Wilson's in the Jeff Wilson and Kathy early 1950s, Jeff Wilson said. Sells have managed the In the 1960s, they partbusiness together s i n ce nered with Adolf Gualdoni to 1987, when Holly Wilson re- acquire and run the Angels tired. Holly Wilson died in and San Andreas memorial 2003 and Elaine in 2007. chapels. When Gualdoni reThe children were always tired in1980, his stepson, around the family business Terry Parker, took over un— Holly and Elaine Wil- til his retirement in 2002. son built their home behind Norby Wilson now oversees the funeral parlor, and Jeff those funeral homes. Wilson worked there in the Because Tuolumne Count summers during c ollege. ty is a r ural county with Both Kathy and Jeff started no official morgue facility, out doing the books under Terzich and Wilson Funeral the direction of their mother. Home and Heuton Memorial Josie Terzich stayed in- Chapelprovide the space for ta

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Terzich and Wilson family and staff include (above, from left) Denny Wilson, John Moore, NorbyWilson, Kathy Wilson Sells, Brian Sells, Jeff Wilson, Chris Smyth, Ray Shopp, Donna Watson and Matt Pedroni. The family also partners in the Mother Lode Crematory in Jamestown (left).

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people," she said. Kathy's son, Brian Sells, It's certainly not always started working at Terzich easy, and she said that carand Wilson in 1992. In 2006, ing for children is especially Brian and his wife, Yvette, difficult. bought a h e adstone and eYou don't focus on the monument business, Sierra bad. You focus on helping Memorials. Brian Sells is families," Jeff Wilson said. still part of the family busi- "You get a sense of pride ness and earned his funeral helping people through this directors license in 1999. time."

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Combine still historicallylow mortgage rates with the tax deduction for home interest and it may be cheaper for your kids to buy than to rent. If you would like to help them close the deal by lendingthem money, be preparedto formalize and document the transaction.

The loan term may be as short or as long as you like, but th e r esulting monthly payment plus all other monthly debt repayments (including student loans) can't exceed the lender's maximum debt-to-i ncome ratio. The lender will c on sider your loan a second m ortgage, which y o u must "subordinate" to the lender's interest in the property, says Dan Gjeldum, of Guaranteed Rate, amortgage lender based in Chicago. And you can't do your child a favorby forgoing interest or charging a super low rate. For starters, the lender may require you to chargeinterestat a market rate, and you must establish a repayment schedule. The IRS will also require you to charge a m inimum i n t erest r a t e

(the current applicable federal rate, or A F R), which was recently 2.17 percent for loans with terms longer than nine years. You must report the interest as income, and if the IRS catches you charging a r at e l ower than the AFR, it could add the i n t erest y ou should have charged to your taxable income and view itas a gift to your kids. To document the loan, you'll need a promissory note and a deed of trust, which secures the loan with the property. That allows your child to deduct the mortgage interest he pays you. And it protectsyou ifyour child defaults. (You could foreclose, although you'd be second in line for reimbursement after the first-

mortgage lender.) It takes about an hour of a lawyer's time to draw up the paperwork, says Paula E. Meyer, a real estate lawyer in Orange County. If you don't want to act as the loan servicer,

you could use National Family Mortgage (www. nationalfamilymortgage. com) to set up, document and servicethe loan. It will email payment reminders and m o nthly statements, collect and

credit payments, and issue year-end IRS 1098 and 1099-INT taxforms. Cost: a one-time fee of $725 and a minimum of $15 a month forservicing. Meyer a ls o r e commends asking the title agent (who may conduct the closing)for a copy of the property's title report and that you buy a title insurance policy (about $100 to $400 to cover a $25,000 loan, depending on property location) to protect your interest if an issue arises later. Patricia Mertz Essuiein is an associate edi tor at Kiplinger's

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Ex-lA owner's wife wins lawsuit LOS ANGELES(AP) — The wife of former Clippers owner Donald Sterling is owed $2.6 million by a woman her husband showered with gifts, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Richard Fruin Jr. awarded Shelly Sterling most of the nearly $3 million she had sought. Sterling had claimed thatmoney used to buy V. Stiviano a house, luxury cars and expensive gifts was her community property. Stiviano's lawyer had argued the gifts were made when Donald and Shelly Sterling were separated and that Shelly Sterling couldn't seekthem from a third party. The judge rejected those arguments. The ruling comes nearly a year after Stiviano's recording of Donald Sterling making racially offensive remarks bounced him from the NBA and cost him team ownership.

Grass hr MexiaoUS brown, yellow SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A day ahead of an exhibition between Mexico and the United States, EITri moved its training session from the Alamodome to nearby Trinity University because of poor field conditions. The grass laid on the Alamodome's concrete floor has brown and yellow patches. Mexico coach Miguel Herrera later toured the field and deemed it worthy. Teams are missing several Europe-based regulars for the game, which is not on a FIFA date for international m atches. The game gives U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann another chance to evaluate young players and experiment. The US is missing captain Clint Dempsey, who hasn't played since injuring a hamstring last month, and Jozy Altidore, serving a onegame suspension for his red card in an exhibition against Switzerland.

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The Summerville Bears long distance team (from left) junior Candela Fernandez Reino, junior Stephen Higginbotham, sophomore Colby Dibble, senior Constantin Moses Rust, junior Benjamin Richardson, junior Jake Noonan, sophomore Ashley Mikita, freshman Haley Brower, and freshman Matthew Hartwig stretchTuesday before practice. Summerville freshman Hunter Kronholm (below) practices the high jump.

Summerville to host 1st meet at new digs By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

Summerville High is 11-years removed from the last time the Bears track and field team hosted a meet at Thorsted Field, but on Thursday, four schools will travel to Tuolumne for the first Mother Lode League event of the season. For Summerville, it's an opportunity to not only display its talent, but also show ofF the full capabilities of its new and improved stadium thanks to Measure H, an $8 million bond voters approved in 2012. "Being able to play at a facility like this just gives us more pride in being a Bear," said junior Travis Rodgers. "We have the nicest facility in the MotherLode League and maybe even our(Sac-Joaquin)section,soit's nicetobeabletoshow itoff." With Summerville hosting its first track meet in over a decade, it has been a learn-as you-go-along experience and has been a large undertak-

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"It is a little scary because I've never put on a track meet before, but there is no way I could do it on my own," said Summerville track coach Claude Parcon. "That is one thing

about being part of a community, coach here at Summerville." "It takes an army to put on a track becauseeverybody pulls together to make something special happen. I'm meet," said Summerville athletic dijust really honored to be a part of rector Debbie Mager. 'You have to thisopportunity to host,aswellasto have multiple people at each of the

different events. You need people recording times, measuring throws, raking the sand pits, working the See TRACK/Page C4

NHL powers face Giants fall, lose 6th straight new blood in Western Conference playoffs ANAHEIM (AP) — T he Half of the Western teams Western Conference produced heading into the postseason six of the last eight Stanthis week missei the ley Cup champions, and playofFs last year, and the NHL appeareI to be much of the conference's tilted decidedly to the left momentum resides with again when this season the upstarts in an unprebegan. dictable slate of matchFast forward to April, and ups. the West stiH looks powerful Take the Anaheim Ducks, — but its recent hierarchy has See PLAYOFFS/Page C8 gone through a bit of upheaval.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) the eighth. He immediately fifthstraight defeat. — Colorado third baseman made the throw &om his San Francisco ended an Nolan Arenado made ~, knee s while still on 18-inning scoreless streak on a sensational falling y,gg l l g ~ t h e tarp then toppledMatt Duffy's eighth-inning catch over the tarp ~ " ~ ' ~ -t t o t h e d i rt. Center sacrifice fiy. The Giants, who in foul territory, Cofielder Charlie Black- lost their AT&T Park opener rey Dickerson had an RBI m on followed with his own 2-0 on Monday, avoided being single among his three hits gem when he chased down shut out in consecutive home and the Rockies established a deep fiy at the fence to rob games tostartthe season for their best road start in fran- pinch-hitter Buster Posey to the first time in San Franchise history with a 4-1 win end the inning. cisco history. against the San Francisco S c ott Oberg (1-0) pitched Tim Hudson made his Giants on Tuesday night. t he fiRh for the win in his ma- home debut but didn't get a A s p r inting A r enado jor league debut as the Rock- single run of support for the crashed into the tarp and i es moved to 5-0 on the road second straight start. The went over the railalong the to starta season for the fi rst right-hander is planning to left-field line while catching time. They sent the reigning retireafter this season, his a popup by Gregor Blanco in World Series champions to a 17th in the majors.

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BASKETBALL Today 4:00 pm(ESPN) NBA BasketballCharlotte Hornets at Toronto Raptors. 6:30 pm(ESPN) NBA Basketballlndiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies. 7:30 pm(CSN) NBA BasketballSacramento Kings at Los Angeles Lakers.

BASEBALL Today 7:00 pm(CSBA)MLB BaseballColorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants.

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FOOTHILLS HIGH SCHOOL Today Boys — Baseball: Calaveras at El Dorado, 4:15 p.m. Golf:Calaveras vs. Lodi, Woodbdidge, 3 p.m. Coed — Swimming: Sonora vs. Calaveras, Sonora pool, 3:30 p.m. Thursday Boys — Baseball: Summeiville vs. Calaveras, San Andreas, 4 p.m.; Sonora vs. Argonaut, Bev Barron Field, 6 p.m.Golf: Summerville vs. Calaveras, La Contenta, 3 p.m.; Sonora vs. Argonaut, Mountain Spdings, 3:30 p.m. Girls — Softball:Summeivllle vs. Calaveras, Tuolumne, 3:30 p.m.; Sonora vs. Argonaut, The Dome Field, 5 p.m. Soccer:Summerville vs. Sonora, Dunlavy Field, 7 p.m.; Bret Harte vs. Linden, Dorroh Field, 7 p.m.; Calaveras at Amador, 7 p.m. Coed — Tennis: Summerville vs. Amador, Tuolumne, 3:30 p.m.; Sonora at Linden, 3:30 p.m.; Bret Harte at Argonaut, 3:30 p.m.Track and field:Summerville/ Sonora/Calaveras/Bret Harte, Thorsted Field, 3:30 p.m. Friday Boys — Baseball: Sonora vs. Bret Harte, Angels Camp, 4 p.m.; Calaveras vs. Linden,

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The Madness in the Mother Lode All-Star basketball games took place Saturday at Columbia College's Oak Pavilion. Top girls' and boys' high school players from the Mother Lode and Central Valley took part, and Columbia Claim Jumpers head basketball coach Rob Hoyt was impressed with the talent he saw. "Both games were great," Hoyt said. "There were a lot of very talented girls in the area this year. The boys played well, and there are a few players that I hope end up playing for us next year. Jake Polack from Beyer was the standout player in the boys game, and we really hope he ends up at Columbia this fall." (Pictured clockwise from top left) Sonora's Brook Canepa drives to the basket. Grace Davis' Jordan Davis (5) shoots in the lane while under defensive pressure from Beyer's Jake Polack. Wildcat Sandra Renda (11) surveys her options. Summelville's Bailey Richter (21) passes inside. Bret Harte's Danny Eustis-Smith (5) tries to drive against Sonora's Thomas Nelson.

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Girls —Softball: Sonora vs.

San Andreas, 4 p.m. Coed — Swimming: Sonora vs. Argonaut/Amador, Jackson, 3:30 p.m.; Bret Harte vs. Calaveras, San Andreas, 3:30 p.m.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Jordan Spieth became the first player to reach 19-under par at any point during the Masters. He just didn't stay there. On the finalhole,hechipped too strong and missed a 5-foot par putt that would have put him alone in the Masters record book at 19-under 269. Instead, he shares the spot at 270 with Tiger Woods, who made a 4-foot par putt in 1997 to break the record held by Raymond Floyd (1976) and Jack Nicklaus (1965). Asked on Tuesday ifhe was botheredby not making par, Spieth said, "A little bit." "I knew he had shot that," Spieth said. "I didn't know where I was at. I was so fo-

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ing it I thought to fO UllUHP over Rose on what myself, 'I've been told had thepotentialfora after each round about some two-shot swing. He narrowly record.I'm sure it's for some- missed a birdie on the 17th. thing. Let's make it, Spieth And then he bogeyed the said. 18th. "It looks like I looked at the Sure enough, he missed a 6-foot birdie putt on Friday chip,but Ihad alot ofthoughts that would have broken the in my head and I was just enrecordfor the lowest 36-hole joying that whole moment," total at any major. He made Spieth said. "I wished I had par for 66 in the second round m aybe glanced at it,tried to and still set the Masters re- read it. But it matters very cord at 130. little at this point." Spieth reached 19 under Indeed. He has a green with an up-and-down birdie jacket. He gets to come back behind the green on the par-5 everyyear for the restof his 15th. He made an 8-foot par life. That's what matters. Mateh play: Charley Hoffman closed with a 74 at the Masters and tied for ninth, but he gets a few consolation

ing Park in San Francisco. par putt. That enabled StreelTim Clark (No. 57) did not man to finish among the top play the Masters as he recov- 12 and ties and earn a return ers from injury.

to the Masters next year.

Tiger's time:Tiger Woods not only returned to competition at the Masters, he looked more like the player &om a year ago with a stronger back — not sharp enough to win, but certainly good enough to believe he is headed in that direction. Woods tiedfor 17th and made it sound as if he would be taking more time off to keep working on his game. Then again, he always has been vague about announcing his schedule in case he changes his mind and causes an uproar for backing out. He's certainly not playing the next three weeks, including the Match Play Championship — at No. 101, he won't be eligible for a second straight World Golf Championship. He likely will be at The Players Championship, but he won't be playing the Wells Fargo Championship again. His 17th annual "Tiger Jam" is that weekend in Las Vegas. The stars are out:Jordan Spieth was No. 4 in the world ranking when he won the Masters, making it the 13th

Streelman got in this year by winning the Travelers Championship. He is No. 71 in the world. Masters Minutiae: The Masters might be busier than usual updating its record book this summer. For starters,the scoring average for the fi nal round at the Masters was 70.91, the lowest of any round in tourna-

ment history. Jordan Spieth set or tied at leastone record in every round — lowest start ofa

champion (64), 36-hole (130) and 54-hole (200) scoring records, and tied with Tiger Woods for 72-hole record

(270).

And while Spieth set the M asters record for most birdprizes. For starters, he is alies — 28, beating by three the ready eli gible for next year. record set by Phil Mickelson He also moved up 13 spots in in 2001 — he also broke the the world ranking, securing recordfor most birdies by a his place in the Match Play Masters champion. Woods Championship in San Franheld that mark of 24 in 2005. Meanwhile, Mickelson set cisco. With the Match Play mova Masters record with his ing this year to April 29 (ineighth tournament finishstead of February), the Masing at 280 or better (he was ters could have played a big runner-up at 274). Woods has role in shaping the 64-man done that seven times. Lefty field. It worked that way for consecutive major won by a also tied Woods with his 11th H0%nan, but not so much for player from the top 50. The finish in the top five. They Ben Martin. last player outside the top trail Jack Nicklaus at 15. Martin missed the cut. He 50 win a major was Keegan Mickelson also moved into is No. 64, though he is pro- Bradley, who was No. 108 a tie for second with Tom Watjected to drop this week be- when he captured the 2011 son with his 17th finish under cause of his tie for third at PGA Championship. par. Nicklaus holds the record Hilton Head a year ago. MarPerhaps it's a sign of the with 22. tin at least is playing the RBC deepening talent in golf. Divots:Jordan Spieth said Heritage this week, so he can Whatever the case, it's the he plans either barbecue or make the Match Play on his longest such streak since Tex-Mex for the Champions owii.

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Thomas Bjorn is No. 63 and should be OK unless a couple players pass him. Among those outside No. 64 going into this week are Tommy Fleetwood (No. 66), who is playing in China; Kevin Streelman, who tied for 12th and moved up three spots to No. 71; and Daniel Berger, the PGATour rookie who is at No. 69. Streelman is playing Hilton Head. As a rookie who has playedfewer times in the last two years, Berger won't have to finish as high as someone like Streelman. Still to be determined is if everyone shows up at Hard-

there were 1 4 c onsecutive Dinner at the Masters next major champions who were in year.... Porsche will be title

the top 50. That streak ended with John Daly, who was No. 109 when he won the 1995 British Open. See you next year: Just because Jordan Spieth led by atleastfour shots the entire back nine at the Masters

sponsor of the European Pen that will be played Sept. 2427 in Germany. The European Open was last held in 2009. This is the first time Porsche has been titl e sponsor of a professionalgolf event. Spieth is playing the RBC doesn't mean t here wasn't Heritage this week at Hilton something at stake even for Head. The last Masters chamthose who had no chance of pion to play Hilton Head was winning. Zach Johnson in 2007.... SpiThe 18th hole in that re- eth hasshot par or better for spectwas pivotal. his last 17 rounds. Kevin Na was alone in Stat of the week: In the 12th place at 7 under when last three majors Tiger Woods he misseda 6-foot par putt. has completed, he finished a Kevin Streelman was at 6 un- combined 50 shots behind the der when he made a 10-foot winners.

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BRIEFS Babe Ruth's 1933 will up for auction L AGUNA NIG U E L (AP) — A Babe Ruth will &om December 1933 is being put up for sale by SCP Auctions. I nternet b i dding i s scheduled to close April 25, the company said Tuesday. The nine-page document includes the player's "George Herman Ruth" signature and the signature of three witnesses. SCP said it has a letter of authenticity &om Ruth's grandson, Tom Stevens. SCP said this will was superseded by another in 1938. Ruth died in 1948.

College bowl money surpasses$500M Thanks to the College Football Playoff, b owl games paidmore than a half billion dollars to conferences and schools last season, the largest payout ever and an increase

of almost $200 million &om the final season of the Bowl Championship Series. According to an NCAA report r eleased Tuesday, the 39 postseason FBS games distributed $505.9 million to the participating conferences and schools. The schools spent $100.2 million to take part in bowl games. The revenue figures w ere reported by t h e bowls and the College F ootball Playoff to t h e NCAA and the schools supplied expense reports for participation, said Damani Leech, the NCAA's managing director, championships and alliances. Totalpayouts from 35 p ostseason games & om

the 2013-14 season were $ 309.9 m i l lion w h i l e schools spent $97.8 million to participate. For the 2012-13 season, payouts were $300.8 million and expenses were $90.3 million.

NCAAthreatened after releasing USC papers LOS ANGELES NCAA committee members say they received violent threats BRer docu-

ments were released in a former assistant University of Southern California football coach's lawsuit against the organization. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that Infractions

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members received unspecifiedthreats afi er documents the NCAA sought to seal were made public. T he documents ar e part ofa lawsuit by former running backs coach Todd McNair. He sued the NCAA for defamation after being sanctioned in the scandal over Reggie Bush. The footballprogram was banned two years from postseasonplay and lost dozens of scholarships because Bush and his family received cash and gifts. Documents show committee members mocking USC's response to the Bush scandal and include an email excerpt calling

McNair a "lying, morally bankrupt criminal."

Kristin Armstrong returning to cycling BOISE, Idaho (AP)Two-time Olympic gold m edalist Kristin A r m strong is returning to professional cycling. USA Cycling announced Tuesday that the 41-yearold Boise, Idaho, resident has been named to the 2015 Pan American Continental Road Championships roster. Armstrong won gold in the time trialatthe 2008 B eijing Olympics a n d again in the time trial at the 2012 London Olympics. She then retired for three years. A rmstrong, who h a s a 4-year-old son, says in a statement t ha t

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RookieGraveman, A'sshut down Houston HOUSTON (AP) — Oaklandrookie Kendall Graveman was walking off the mound after pitching into the sixth inning of what would be his first major league w in against the Astros on ' A ' Tuesday night when he heard a familiar voice. Graveman didn't think any ofhis family was in Houston to see him pitch. He was thrilled when he realized it was his uncle John Andrews who had traveled &om Alabama to be at the game. "I don't how he got here," Graveman said. 'Did he drive? Did he fiy?" Either way, the 24-year-old pitcher was excited. "It'salways good to have family around," he said. "So yeah, it surprised me." Fourrelieverscompleted the shutout to help the Athletics to the 4-0 victory. Graveman (1-1) yielded four hits in 5 V3 innings to bounce back &om his first major league start, when he allowed eight runs in 3 V3 innings. Eric OFlaherty allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings, Dan Otero gave up two in 2/3 innings, and Fernando Abad retired one

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batterbefore Tyler Clippard finished it off in the ninth. The Athletics were up by 1 in the sixth inning before an RBI double by Billy Butler that gave him the American League's only nine-game hitting streak. Stephen Vogt added a run with an RBI single later in the inning to make it 3-0. Houston starter Brad Peacock (0-1) allowed five hits and three runs in five-plus innings after being activated &om the disabled list on Tuesday. He made one rehabilitation start at Triple-A Fresno as he recovered &om offseason hip surgery. Houston outhit Oakland 8-7, but the Astros couldn't push across any runs as they went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Sam Fuld, who fini shed with two doubles, hit his first one tolead offand scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Ben Zobrist to make it 1-0. Graveman pitchedaround a pair of walks in the second and plunked Jed Lowrie with two outs in the third. But he retired Evan Gattis to end that nnlng.

Summerville (5-3 MLL) next will take on Sonora at Dunalvy Continued from PcgeC1 Field, Thursday at 7 p.m. 'Vile had great team play Calaveras Redskins (54) Thurs- tonight," said Summerville day at 4p.m. in SanAndreas. head coach Brad Schultz. 'The team hadgreatpossession and the ball very well. We Summerville sotxer pulls moved play Sonora on Thursday and away from Bret Harte are expcct)ng a very tough Afterthegame's first40-min- game, as I will be down to 11or utes, Summerville and Bret 12 players." Harte were tied 1-1 in Mother Lode League girls' soccer, Tues- Bear golfers thrash day night in Tuolumne. But in the final 40-minutes, the Bears Amador at Mtn. Springs exploded for five goals, and The Summerville Bears golf beat the Bull&ogs 6-1. team earned their fifth win of Summerville s o phomore the season defeating Amador Kelsey Darrin got the Bears 232-276 Tuesday, at Mountain on the board at the 11-minute Springs Golf Club. Max Wulf m ark on apenalty kick. shot a 5-over par 41 for the Bret Harte tied the game Bears, earning him medalist three minutes before halfiime honors. "Our players did pretty weH and it would only take the Bears nine minutes into the out there today," said Bears second half to retake the lead. head coach Ben Watson. "It Mali PetersonWood scored was pretty windy and they did the second goal of the night, a good job battling through it." giving the Bears a 2-1 advanVance Flores finished four tage. Summerville got back-to- strokes behind Wulf with a 45. back goals &om Teska Hapig- Jonah Funk shot a 46, Kaleb Ward with assists &om Darian Clarkcarded a 48,and Wiley Skellenger and PrestonWood. Hoyt ended with a 52. Watson One minute later, Skellenger has noticed the improvement would score with an assist in Clark's game, and is pleased &om Hapig-Ward. Skellenger with the results. ' He had a good round today," finished out the scoring and finished with a hat trick with Watson said of Clark "It was an assist &om PetersonWood. his best round of the season."

Luis Valbuena singled with no outs in the fourth for Houston's first hit since the first

inning and Jason Castro singled with one out. Graveman settled down after that to sit down the next two batters and end the threat. Oakland manager Bob Melvin was impressed with how Graveman performed with runners on base on Tuesday night. "For a youngster who had a tough first outing that shows you a little bit of what he's m ade ofbecause you're still thinking about, to an extent,

you want to get past that first outing that didn't go well," Melvin said. "And now you've got guys on base with pretty goodhittersup,and to be able to make apitch when he had to and get an out when he had to, confidence-wise that goes a long way for him." Right fielder Josh Reddick robbed Gatlis of a hit when he grabbed his fiy ball on the warning track in the eighth inning. Valbuena and Carter hit consecutive singles after that, but they were stranded when Reddick caught a long fiy ball hit by Castro.

Summerville (5-5 MLL) will be without top golfer, &eshman Vince Boyak, for the remainder of the season. Boyak broke his arm over the weekend and will be unable to compete for the Bears. Summerville will face Calaveras Thursday at La Contenta in Valley Springs.

Summewille netters edge MLL-leadingSonora The Sonora Wildcats CDM tennis team fell to the Sum-

merville Bears 5-4 in a Mother Lode League dash Tuesday at Columbia CoHege. Sonora had a hot start and jumped out to an early 3-0 lead over the Bears. Spencer Lyons won 6-0 in two rounds over Ross Gustefson, and No. 2 Augustin Gayar followed suit with a 6-3, and 6-1 win over Adam Sonnberger. In doubles, Wildcats Sammy Page and Louie Bouchet beat Jake Branscum and Chad Sweitzer 6-4 and 6-1. But Summerville's Jason Tweeiy and Deke Bader gave the Bears a point as they knocked off Ross Irwin and Duncan Raglund 7-6 (7-9), and 6-3. Makenna Klattand Summerville &eshman, Kennedy

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Today's games Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 1-0), 9:10 a.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 0-1) at Boston (Miley 0-0), 10:35 a.m. LA Angels (Santiago 0-1) at Texas (Ranaudo 0-0), 11:05 a.m. Detroit (Simon 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-0), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-0) at Baltimore (B Norris 0 1), 405 p m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 0-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 1-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Pomeranz 1-0) at Houston (McHugh 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 0-1) at LA. Dodgers (BAnderson 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

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lasted Brocket 6-3, 5-7, (10-5). Sonora head coach Sam Segerstorm had nothing but positive remarks forboth players following their match. 'Tm reall y proud ofMakenna in the way she played," Segerstorm said. "Makenna is an athlete and gets everythmg back, and made Kennedy work for every point. Kennedy, especially for a &eshman, has great form. She'll be one of the top players in league in the near

Clintock 6-1, and 6-0. Summerville's Katie Peterson and Megan Bryant topped Sonora's Celia Cotmne and Baylee Johnson 6-2, 7-6 (7-1). Bears mixed doubles Beto Dieste and Gabi GrandeEdralon beat Zach Whitmer and Leah Dambacher got 4-6, 6-1, 104 giving Summerville the overall match win at 5-4. "We lost the last two backto-back and it was really close," Segerstromsaid."Our singles with Spencer, Gus (Augustin), and Makenna played great. Makenna especially because she gutted out a marathon match. Credit to Summerville, they won almost all the doubles. It was a good match."

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Bear Bianeh Neih beat Sabrina Truong 6-2, 6-2. Summerville's No. 1 girls doubles team Emily Belwardo and Lauren Adams beat Hannah Smith and Sabrinah Mc-

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TRAGK Continued from PageCl timing system, and someone in the bullpen getting the kids ready. It's kind oflike a threeHllg Cll'Cus.

Summerville will unveil its new Eagle Eye Pro, which is a high speed video timing system. The Eagle Eye Pro is an automatic timer with a never-

distorted photo finish. When the runners cross the finish

line, they will know precisely who came in first, and at what

time. The Eagle Eye Pro eliminates the need for an old fashioned stopwatch. Acquiring the new timing system did not come cheap. The Summerville High School Foundationpaid $8,000 for the upgrade. The foundation also spent between $30,000 and $40,000forother facility upgrades, specificity designed to make the track and field program the best in the area. It also purchased new hurdles, a high-jump pit, the school's very fi rst pole vault pit, and built a brand new shot put pit. "I just can't believe the support the community gives us.

It's amazing," Mager said.

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The Sonora Wildcats have b een practicing with t h e Bears at Thorsted Field, and the two schools have been working together, side-by-side, to make each team as strong as possible. "It has been great working with Sonora," Parcon said. "Coach (Frank) Garcia has been awesome, and he has been really helpful in helping

only get to train with other athletes, but they also get to help themselves to Summerville's new accommodations. "It's nice practicing here because at Sonora we didn't have any of our throwing stufF set up," said Sonora junior discus hurler Gabe Gamez, who is hoping to break his personal best throw, and is aimingfor110-feet."Everyone me with events that I am not has been really nice and there well versed at. Being a part is no flack between any of of his program has been awe- us. It's been cool because you some. It's nice that the kids get to meet new people and I get an opportunity to train have made some good &iends together for their events. You with some of the Summerville don't get too many chances guys." like that in more traditional For Summerville, Rodgers sports, like football or basket- has been a standout in the ball. But in track and field, we eyes ofhis coach, and he has can make it happen and it is a benefited from not only worklot of fun." ing with coach Garcia, but "It's has been great to work also going head-to-head with with coach Claude from Sum- the powerful throwers &om merville," said Sonora track Sonora. "I like that we have been and field coach Frank Garcia. "We're helping each other practicing with Sonora this with our programs and shar- year," Rodgers said. "It has ing resources. This Thursday been a lotmore competitive and next Thursday will be than normal practices. When a Summervilleand Sonora you are out there with people combined efFort to put on the in your league who you will be first two MLL meets. It takes competing with, you want to a greatefFortto puton a track practice harder than them. It's meet with several school's at healthy competition." the same time." Ashley Mikita, a S u mFor the Wildcats, they not merville sophomore, is one of

so it will be fun to get to use it all." Summerville will be joined by Sonora, Bret Harte, Calaveras, andArgonaut. The Bears will start a new era of MLL track and field, and Parcon, as well as assistant coaches Brooke Howell (distance running) and Dave Butler (highjump) hope the event helps grow interest in the sport. Summerville has more than doubled its team size &om last season and has 36 athletes on its roster.

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Sonora junior Gabe Gamez hurls the discus on Tuesday at Summerville High's Thorsted Field. the top runners on the Bears team. Mikita will compete in the 400-meter dash, 100-meter hurdles, and the long jump. Mikita is in her first year at Summerville, as she was previously a resident of Hawaii. Mikita, much like

the rest of her teammates, is thrilled to get to compete on their home turf. "I think we are more excited than nervous to have a home meet," Mikita said. "It's great because we have a new field and a lot of new equipment,

"I think that track and field has been a sport that has kind of been forgotten," Parcon said. "Now that we can host meets, I think that will make people want to come out and be part ofagrowingprogram." Competition will begin at 3:30 p.m. and admission is $5 foradults,$3 for students, and $2 for senior citizens. The snack bar will be open. "Anytime we can get student-athletesdoing athletic events is awesome," Mager said. "It has taken a lot of community support to get the facilityto where itis, and I am just thrilled for the kids. It's a good looking place where people want to be. I just see all kinds of positive things for our future."

ScoREs R MORE Baseball MLB ROCKIES 4, GIANTS 1 C olorado ab r hbi SanFran. a b r h b i Blackmoncf40 10 Aokilf 3010 C.Gonzalezrf40 1 0 Panik2b 4 0 00 Tulowitzkiss40 1 0 Pagancf 4 1 30 Morneau1b 40 00 Belt1b 3 0 00 A renado 3b 3 1 1 0 G.Blanco rf 4 0 1 0 D ickersonlf 43 31 M.ouffy3b 2 0 1 1 Hundleyc 4 0 1 0 H.Sanchezc 3 0 0 0 L eMahieu2b20 11 Poseyph-c 1 0 0 0 Bergmanp 10 00 B.Crawfordss 4 0 0 0 Obergp 0 0 0 0 T .Hudsonp 2 0 0 0 Hawkinsp 0 0 0 0 Ariasph 1 0 00 Ynoaph 1 0 0 0 M achi p 0 0 00 F riedrich p 0 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 00 Betancourtp00 00 Lopezp 0 0 00 R osarioph 10 0 1 Maxwellph 1 0 0 0 Ottavino p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 9 3 T o taf s 32 1 6 1 Colorado 020 100 001 — 4 San Francisco 000 000 010 — 1 DP —San Francisco 1. LOB —Colorado 6, San Francisco 9. 2B — Tulowitzki (7), Arenado (5). 3B — Dickerson (1). SB — Aoki f2). CS—Arenado (1). S — LeMahieu, Bergman. SF —M.ouffy. IP H R E R BB SO Colorado Bergman 4 4 0 0 2 4 Oberg W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hawkins H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Friedrich H,2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Betancourt H,1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Ottavino S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 San Francisco T.Hudson L,0-1 7 8 3 3 0 4 Machi 1 0 0 0 1 0 Casilla 2/3 1 1 1 1 1 Lopez t f3 0 0 0 0 1 HBP —by T.Hudson (Blackmon). WP —T.Hudson. Umpires — Home, Brian Gorman; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Trlpp Gibson III. T — 3:09. A — 41P51 (41+15). A'S 4, ASTROS 0 O aldand ab r hbi Houston ab r h b i F uldcf 4 1 2 0 A l t uve2b 5 0 1 0 C anhalf 3 0 0 0 S p ringerrf 4 0 0 0 Gentrylf 0 0 0 0 L o wriess 3 0 10 Zobrist2b 2 1 0 1 Gattisdh 4 0 10 B.Butlerdh 4 1 1 1 Valbuena3b 3 0 2 0 i oavis1b 4 0 1 0 Carter1b 4 0 1 0 V ogtc 3 0 1 1 J . Castroc 3 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b 3 1 0 0 Col.Rasmus If 3 0 0 0 Reddickrf 4 0 2 1 Marisnickcf 4 0 1 0 Semien ss 4 0 0 0 T otals 31 4 7 4 Totafs 33 0 8 0 Oakhnd 100 002 001 — 4 Houston 000 000 000-0 DP —Oakland 2, Houston 2. LOB —Oakland 5, Houston 11. 2B — Fuld 2 (4), B.Butler (3). SBLawrie (1). SF — Zobrist. IP H R E R BB SO Oakhnd Graveman W,1-1 51/3 4 0 0 4 3 O'Flaherty H,2 12 9 1 0 0 0 3 Otaro H,1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 Abad H,1 tf3 0 0 0 0 0 Clippard 1 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Peacock L,0-1 5 5 3 3 2 3 Thstcher 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Neshek 12/3 0 0 0 0 3 Deduno 1 1 1 1 0 1 Peacock pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP — by Graveman (Lowrie), by Deduno (Lawrie), by Peacock (Vogt). Umpires —Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Tim Welke; Second, Mike Everitt; TVird, Tim Timmons. T — 2:58. A — 18 rl35 f41,574).

REDS 3, CUBS 2 C incinnati ab r hbi Chicago ab r h b i B .Hamiltoncf41 1 0 Fowlercf 4 0 10 Vottotb 3 0 2 1 R izzo1b 4 0 10 Frazier3b 4 1 0 0 S olerr f 3 0 10 Phillips2b 2 1 1 0 Coghlanlf-2b 4 0 0 0 S chmaker2b2 0 00 S.Castross 3 0 1 0 B rucerf 4 0 1 1 M . Monteroc 3 0 0 0 B yrdlf 4 0 1 1 A l cantara2b 2 0 0 0 P enac 3 0 0 0 S z czurph-If 0 1 0 0 Cozartss 4 0 1 0 Arrietap 2000 D eSclafanip30 00 Rosscupp 0 0 0 0 G reggp 0 0 0 0 C astilloph 1 1 1 2 Cingranip 0 0 0 0 Strop p 0000 C hapmanp 00 00 D.Rossph 10 0 0 J.Herrera 3b 2 0 0 0 O ltph-3b 2000 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 31 2 5 2 Cincinnati 000 300 000 — 3 Chicago 0 00 000 020- 2 DP — Cincinnati1. LOB —Cincinnati 5, Chicago 7. 2B — Votto (2), Cozart (3). HR —Castillo (1).

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T — 2:45. A — 27,525 (40+29).

Tennis WTA Chro Open Cokranitas Tuesday, At Club Campestre el Rancho Bogota, Colombia Purse: 3250,000 (Intl 0 Surface: ClayOutdoor Singles — Rrat Round Teliana Pereira, Brazil, def. Francesca Schiavone (4), ltaly, 6-1, 64. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Maria Paulina Perez Garcia, Colombia, 6-4, 6-1. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 4-6,7-5, 6-2. Sachia Vickery, United States, def. Krlstina Kucova, Slovakia, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4. Monica Puig (2), Puerto Rico, def. Cindy Burger, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-3. lrina Falconi (8), United States, def. Sorana Cirstaa, Romania, 6-4, 6-1. Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-3, 74. Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Ajla Tomjlanovic (3), Croatia, 64, 6-1. Yaroslava Shvedova (5), Kazakhstan, def. Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, def. Timea Babos (7), Hungary, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3. Doubles —Rrst Round Paula Cristina Goncalves and Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, def. BeatrizGarcia Vidagany, Spain, and Florencia Molinero, Argentina, 6-1, 6-1. Elena Bogdan, Romania, and Nicole Melichar (4), United States, def. Nastja Kolar, Slovenia, and Elise Mertens, Belgium,7 6 l3),64. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, and Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Julia Glushko, Israel, 6-2, 6-2. A fp World Tour Montecarlo Rofex Masters Tuesday, At The Montecarlo Country Club Monaco Purse: $4.07 million fMasters 1000j Surface: Clay4iutdoor Singles-Rrst Round Gael Monfils (14), France, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Lucas Pouille, France, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-4, 6-4. Juan Monaco, Argentina,def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 64, 6-2. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-3, 6-0. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11), France, def. JanLennardStruff ,Germany, 6-4,6-4. Tommy Robredo l16l, Spain, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 16, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina,7-5, 6-2. Gilles Simon (10), France, def. Benjamin Balleret, Monaco, 6-4, 6-2. Gdgor Dimitrov (9), Bulgaria, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-2. Second Round Novak Djokovic f1 ), Serbia, def. Albert RamosVinolas, Spain, 6-1, 6-4. David Ferrer (St Spain, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-2, 2-0, retired. Marin Cilic (8), Croatia, def. Flodan Mayer, Germany, 6-3, M, 6-3. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-7 f4),7-6 (5), 64 Doubles —First Round Benoit Paire, France, and Stan Wawrlnka, Switzerland, def. Rohan Bopanna,lndia,and Florin Mergea, Romania, 67 f6), 64, 107. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4. RobinHaase,Netherlands,and Raven Klaassn, South Africa, def. Addan Mannarino, France, and Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2. Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfiied Tsonga, France, def. Jamie Murray, Bdtain, and John Peers, Australia, 441, 7-0 (4), 100.

LA. Clippers 112, Phoenix 101 Today's games Charlotte at Toronto,4 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. Portland at Dallas,5 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Orlando at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Detroit at New York, 5 p.m. Indiana at Memphis 630 p m Denver at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. SacramentoatLA. Lakers,7:30p.m.

Hockey NAllONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Daily Rayoff Ghnce RRST ROUND fBestW-7; x4f necessary) EASTBRN CONFERENCE Today's games Ottawa at MontreaI, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders atWashington,4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, R30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver,7 p.m. Thursday's games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers,4 p.m. Detroitat Tampa Bay,430 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg atAnaheim, 7 30 p.m. Friday's games Ottawa at MontreaI, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders atWashington,4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver,7 p.m.

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NATIONAL BASKEIBALL ASSOCfA TION EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 60 21 .741 y-Cleveland 52 29 . 642 8 x-Chicago 4 9 32 . 605 1 1 y-Toronto 4 8 3 3 . 593 1 2 x-Washington 4 6 35 . 568 1 4 x-Milwaukee 41 40 . 506 1 9 x-Boston 3 9 4 2 . 481 2 1 Indiana 38 43 . 4% 2 2 Brooklyn 37 44 . 457 2 3 Miami 36 45 .444 24 Charlotte 33 48 .407 27 Detroit 3 1 50 .383 29 Orlando 25 56 . 309 3 5 Philadelphia 18 63 .222 42 New York 17 64 . 210 4 3 WESTBRN CDNFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Golden Stale 6 6 1 5 .815 x-LA. Clippers 56 26 .683 1tF/r x-San Antonio 55 26 .679 11 y-Portland 51 30 .630 15 x-Houston 55 26 .679 11 x-Memphis 54 27 .667 12 x-Dallas 49 32 .605 17 New Orleans 44 37 .543 22 Oklahoma City 44 37 .543 22 Phoenix 39 43 .476 27/r Utah 38 43 A69 28 Denver 3 0 5 1 .370 36 Sacramento 28 53 LA Lakers 2 1 6 0 . 259 4 5 Minnesola 16 65 .198 50 xNrnched playoff spot y-cfinched division z-clinched conference Tuesday's games Boston 95, Toronto 93 Indiana99,Washington 95,2OT

BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated RHP Shaun Marcum for assignment Selected the contract of C Brett Hayes from Columbus (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Webb on a minor league contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHPAsher Wojciechowski to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated RHP Brad Peacockfrom the 1 5-day DL KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed OF Alex Rios on the 15-day DL NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHPChris Smith on a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS —Sent RHPKyuji Fujikawa to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Released RHP Ryan Webb. Optioned INF Darwin Barney to Oklahoma City (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP David Huff from Oklahoma City. MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP David Phelps on patemity leave. Recalled RHP Jose Urena from New Orleans (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — AssignedLHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Lehigh Valley BL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Designated LHP Xavier Cedeno for assignment. Selected the contract of RHPRafael Marlin from Syracuse

SL). sentoFDenardspanto Harrisburg (Eufor

a rehab assignment. American ssociation GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed LHP Chuck Fontana. LAREDO LEMURS — Signed OF D'vontary Richardson and RHPs Greg Holle and Rett Varner. Released RHP Justin D'Alessandro and OFAaron Haag. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS —Signed OF Eliezer Mesa and 3B Ryan Court. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed LHP

Miguel Pena and C Tyler Tewell. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHPsDaniel Carela and Scott Shuman. Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS —Signed INF Delwyn Young. Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Traded 1B Chris Duffy to Fargo-Moorhead (AA) for future considerations. ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed INFs Stephen Cardullo and Jared McDonald. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — SignedINF Devin Thaut. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Jake Stephens. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed OF Shawn Payne. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed3B Joel Huner. Traded INFTyler Sciacca to Joplin (AA) for a player to be named. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed SS Ryan Kreskyand OF Danny Poma to contract extenslons. FOOTBAlL National Football League PITTSBURGH STEELERS — CB Ike Taylor announced his retirement. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROITREDWINGS — Reassigned G Jake Paterson from Toledo fECHu to Grand Rapids

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned D Joe Piskula to Milwaukee (AHL). American Hockey League GRAND RARDS GRIFFINS —Recalhd FAlden Hirschfeld and D Scott Czarnowczan from

Toledo (ECHL). IOWA WILD — Returned D Collin Bowman to Colorado (ECHL). MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Signed F Adrian Kempeto an amateurtryoutagreement. COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Announced F Bobby Portiswill enter the NBA draft. DUKE — Announced F Justise Winslow will enter the NBA draR. FLORIDA — Announced OTRod Johnson will no longer play football due to a spinal injury. INDIANA — Announced women's basketball G Tia Elbert hastransferred from Marquette. MONTANA — Named Mike Hanson assistant athletic director ofcommunications. PITTSBURGH — Announced F Durand Johnson is leaving the men's basketball program. STANFORD — Announced DL Brennan Scarlett is transfening from Califomia. UNLV — Announcedthe retirementof men's andwomen's swimming and diving coach Jim Reitz, effective at the end of June. WESIERNKENTUCKY —Suspendedils swimming and diving programs for%ve years.

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T P t sGF GA D.C. United 3 1 1 10 5 4 New York 2 0 2 8 7 4 Orlando City 2 2 2 8 6 5 New England 2 2 2 8 4 6 Chicago 2 3 0 6 5 7 Columbus 1 2 2 5 5 5 New York City FC 1 2 2 5 4 4 Philadelphia 1 3 2 5 7 10 Toronto FC 1 3 0 3 6 8 Montreal 0 2 2 2 2 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T P t sGF GA Vancouver 4 2 1 13 9 7 FC Dallas 3 2 1 10 7 8

San Jose 3 3 0 9 7 7 Real Salt Lake 2 0 3 9 6 4 Sporting Kansas City 2 1 3 9 6 6 Houston 2 2 2 8 5 3 Los Angeles 2 2 2 8 6 6 Seattle 2 2 1 7 6 4 Colorado 1 1 3 6 4 2 Portland 1 2 3 6 0 7 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Thursdsy's game Philadelphia at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Friday's game San Jose at New York,4 p.m. Saturdrrf s games Houston at D.C. United,4 p.m. OrlandoCityatColumbus,430 p m. Toronto FC at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas Crty at Los Angeles,7 30 p m. Sunday's games New England at Philadelphia, 2 p.m. Portland at New Yodr City FC, 4 p.m.

The Line Glantz Cuhrer MLB National League FAVORffK U NE U NDERDOG UNE -115 at A t l anta +105 Miami at New York -160 P hiladelphia +150 -1 30 Cin c innati +1 20 at Chicago at St Louis -150 Mi l w aukee +140 -145 A rizo n a + 1 35 at San Diego at San Francisco -125 Colo r ado + 115 American League at Cleveland -1 50 Chic a g o + 140 -115 at Te x a s + 105 Los Angeles at Toronto -165 T a mpa Bay +155 -125 New y o r k + 1 15 at Baltimore at Houston -120 Oakl a n d + 1 10 -1 30 at Minnesota +1 20 Kansas City Interleague -1 30 Washington +1 20 at Boston at Pittsburgh -145 Detroit +135 Seat t l e + 1 20 at Los Angeles fNLj-1 30 NBA FAVORITE UNE 0/U DOG at Toronto 14 (201'/z) Cha r lone Oklahoma City 13 (218) at Minnesola at Chicago 4 (1 9 4 ) Atlan t a at Dallas 6 (20F/0 Port l and at Houston tfy/2 (193) Utah San Antonio 7/2 f194/gat NewOrleans at Cleveland 8 f t SP/0 W a shington at Brooklyn 10 (203f Orla n do at Milwaukee 3 (1 97 f Bosto n Detroit fF/2 (196f a t Newyork at Memphis 3 ft8 6 ) India n a Miami 5yz f193/B atPhiladelphia at Golden State 1 0yz(213'/0 Denv e r at L.A. Lakers 3/z f205) Sacramento NHL FAVORffK UNE UNDERDOG UNE at Montreal -1 50 Otta w a + 1 30 at Washington -145 N.Y. Islanders +125 at Nashville - 115 Chic a g o -105 Calga r y + 1 25 at Vancouver -145 Thursday at NY. Rangers 175 Pit t sburgh +1 55 at Tampa Bay 165 Detroit +145 at St. Louis 150 Min nesota +1 30 atAnaheim 160 Win n ipeg +140 Oddsto Win Series Montreal -1 55 Ottawa +1 35 -140 hLY. Islanders +120 Washington Chicago -140 Nash v ille +120 -150 Calg a r y + 130 Vancouver N.Y. Rangers -230 Pit t sburgh +190 -200 Tampa Bay Detroit +170 St. Louis -145 Min n esota +125 -155 Winn i peg + 135 Anaheim

TV SPORTSPROGRAMS AUTO RACING Saturday 8:00 am (CNBC) Formula One Racing Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying. From Sakhir, Bahrain. Sunday 10:00 am (KTXL) NASCAR RaCing SPrint CUP SerieS: Food City 500. From Bristol, Tenn.

7:30 pm (CSBA) Formula One Racing Bahrain Grand Prix. From Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. Same-da Ta e

BASEBALL Thursday 7:00 pm (CSBA) MLB Baseball ArizonaDiamondbacks atSan Francisco Giants. Friday 5:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals. 7:00 pm (CSBA) MLB Baseball ArizonaDiamondbacks atSan Francisco Giants. Saturday 4:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals. 6:00 pm lcsBA) MLB Baseball ArizonaDiamondbacks atSan Francisco Giants. Sunday 11:00 am (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals. 1:00 pm (CSBA) MLB Baseball ArizonaDiamondbacks atSan Francisco Giants. 5:00 pm (ESPN) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals.

Monday 4:00 pm (ESPN) MLB Baseball New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers. 7:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Tuesday 7:00 pm (CSBA) MLB Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisce Giants. (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Wednesday 4:00 pm (ESPN) MLB Baseball St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals. 7:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. (KMAX) MLB Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants.

BASKETBALL Saturday 12:00 pm (KGO) (KXTV) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 2:30 pm (ESPN) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 5:00 pm (ESPN) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 7:30 pm (ESPN) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. Sunday 12:00 pm (KGO) (KXTV) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 2:30 pm (TNT) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 5:00 pm (TNT) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. 7:30 pm (TNT) NBA Basketball First Round: Teams TBA. Monday

5:00 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA. 7:30 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA. Tuesday 5:00 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA. 7:30 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA. Wednesday 4:00 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA. 6:30 pm (TNT)NBA Basketball First Round Teams TBA.

BOWLING Sunday 10:00 am (ESPN) PBA Bowling Elias Cup Finals. From Portland, Me. a ed

BOXING Saturday 7:00 pm (SHOW) Boxing Chavez Jr. vs. Fonfara. From Carson. 9:45 pm (HBO) Boxing Lucas Matthysse vs. Ruslan Provodnikov in a junior weltefvyeight bout. From Verona, N.Y. Same-da Ta e

GOLF Saturday 12:00 pm (KOVR) (KPIX) PGA Tour Golf RBC Heritage, Third Round. From Hilton Head, S.C. Sunday 12:00 pm (KOVR) (KPIX) PGA Tour Golf RBC Heritage, Final Round. From Hilton Head, S.C.

HOCKEY Thursday 4:30 pm (CNBC) NHL Hockey playoffs Quarterfinal, Game 1, Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning.

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RODEO Sunday 10:00 am (KOVR) (KPIX) Bull Riding PBR 15/15 Bucking Battle: Billings Invitational. From Billings, Mont. (Taped)

RUGBY Thursday 7:30 pm (CSN) Rugby USA Sevens. From Las Vegas. 9:00 pm (CSN) Rugby USA Sevens. Semifinals and Finals. From Las Vegas.

SOCCER Saturday 9:00 am (KTXL) FA CUP SOCCer Reading FC vs. Arsenal FC. Semifinal.

9:30 am (KCRA) (KSBW) English Premier League Soccer Chelsea FC vs Manchester United FC. From London, England. 7:30 pm (KMAX) USL Soccer Portland Timbers FC 2 at Sacramento Republic FC. Sunday 7:30 am (CNBC) English Premier League Soccer Newcastle United FC vs Tottenham Hotspur FC. From Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. Tuesday 9:00 am (CSN) English Premier League Soccer Crystal Palace FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC. From London, England. (Taped) Wednesday 4:00 pm (CSN) English Premier League Soccer Crystal Palace FC vs West Bromwich Albion FC. From London, En land.

SOFTBALL Sunday 12:00 pm (ESPN) College Softball Oregon at Stanford. From Stanford.

WINTER SPORTS Sunday 5:00 pm (CSN) Skiing USSA Alpine Championships. (Taped) 6:00 pm (CSN) Snowboarding USSA Grand Prix: Boardercross. (Taped)

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