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Tuolumne County leaders are moving forward with a four-year plan to build a new jail under the assumption that the county will receive the rest of the money it needs &om the state later this sum-

— First through fourth-grade Foothill Leadership Academy students made mariachi band instruments from recycled products and performed for each other Tuesday.A2

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The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday's meeting unanimously approved a revised funding plan for the much-needed new lockup at the site of the future Law and Justice Center off Wards Ferry Road in Sonora. It will see the county spend up to $11.5 million through June 2019 in additionto a total$33 million in funding from the state.

"This is something that has been a priority to this county for a long time," said County Administrator Craig Pedro. cWe're getting real close to making this a reality."

In 2013, the county received a $20 million grant

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Jamestown Elementary first-graders (above, from left) Zachary Nelson, 6, Alina Gallegos, 7, and Thomas Carrillo-Stone put pennies in a bucket during class Tuesday at the school. Isaac Everman, 12, of Jamestown (below), runs with a bucket of pennies he found during a treasure hunt for penny wars.

Funds will benefit resource center, which could close June 30

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By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

• THE SWEETER SIDE: Drought and wine grapes: Bad for yield, good for flavor.B1 • SONORA FEED:Sonora Feed on Tuolumne Road in East Sonora will close its doors May 16.

Dave and B.J. Shiles, of Sonora, who have owned the business for 16 years, plan to retire.

B1 • TECH NOTES: Backup Internet a smart move.B1 • HOME SALES:The local housing market is showing signs of stability and recovery.B1

Jamestown School students are having a penny war to raise money for the Jamestown Family Resource Center, which is in danger of closing from lack of funding.

"As of right now, we' re scheduled to close June 30," said Mark Dyken, the center's director.

The center has been in existence since 2001 and serves 300 families a year, Dyken said.

Students at Jamestown School are competing in a penny war against each other and with staff at the Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office. The war began Monday and will continue through May 15.

The community is invited to participate as well, and bring their pennies and silver change to either Jamestown School (school office open &om 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or the County Schools Office on Fairview Lane in Sonora (open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). People can designate to which class or grade level they'd like their donation to go.

"It gives meaning to the phrase 'every penny counts,' " said Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Margie Bulkin.

The object of a penny war is to get as many points as possible during the "war," explained eighth-grade

NEWS ELSEWHERE • WATER:Californians conserved little water in March and local officials were not aggressive in cracking down on waste, state regulators reported Tuesday.AS • MIGRANTS:The question of how best to save migrants from drowning has taken center stage in Europe.

A6 • 2016 RACE:Republican Mike Hucka bee declared his presidential candidacy Tuesday.

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Budget on track, city still recovering

By AUSTEN THIBAULT The Union Democrat

The Angels Camp City Council on Tuesday heard an update on its annual budget and a "State of the City" re-

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City Administrator Michael McHatten gave an overview

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Non-profit hits the ground running and focuses on serving kindergarten through 12th-grade students and their families.

"First and foremost it's about chilA new nonprofit organization, HealthLitNow, officially launched last week dren," said HealthLitNow board Presiwith a number of projects already un- dent Barry Hillman. "They can be much derway designed to teach students more more easily influenced to make better about health management. choices." cBut it's also about the community," The program is Tuolumne County's first public health education program Hillman said. "The issue nearly all rural

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The good news was that the budget was generally performing as expected, he said.

The bad news is that the budget did and still does include an operating loss as the city recovers &om the economic recession.

Expenses so far were encouragingly just under the

communities are facing is a near crisis of healthcare."

Hillman said accessibility and affordability of care are limited in areas like Tuolumne County.

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'Paddle to Sea' fundraiser

Cinco de Mayo celebration

events benefit River Trust Dos Rios Ranch, which the trust is helping to restore, and the confluence with the San Joaquin River.

•May 31 — Paddle down the San Joaquin Riverthrough the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. Eric Hopson, refuge manager, will talk about migratory birds.

"The paddling is flatwater in canoes and is great for those who are just learning," organizers said in an announcement. "May 30 and31 in particular are good for allages ... The Tuolumne River Trust provides the gearnecessary,so itisreally easy."

To learn more about the Tuolumne River Trust, go online to www.tuolumne.org. For more about Paddle to the Sea events, go online to www.paddletothesea.org. To register visitwww.paddletothesea.org/paddle/register.asp.

The Tuolumne River flows 149 miles from its headwaters in Yosemite National Park to the San Joaquin River in the Central Valley. Dams on the Tuolumne River include O'Shaughnessy, Don Pedro and La Grange.

The Tuolumne River Trust has ofllces in Sonora, Modesto and San Francisco.

By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat

People with the Tuolumne River Trust are touting their annual Paddle to the Sea fundraiser events for flatwater canoeing enthu-

siasts, including May 16 &om La Grange to Basso Bridge and May 17 with a Columbia College professor.

Anyone who registers to take part in Paddle tothe Sea events is required to raise a minimum of $100. The nonprofit's executive director is also soliciting donations to help the trust reach its goals: Advocating for a healthy Tuolumne River and promoting stewardship through education.

Event dates and activities include: • May 16 — Paddle 3 miles from the historic Gold Rush town of La Grange to Basso Bridge with a lunch-time presentation on local geology.

• May 17 — Paddle 5.5 miles from Basso Bridge to Turlock Lake State Park with guest speaker Tom Hofstra, Columbia College professor, who will talk about natural history in the surrounding foothills.

• May 30 — Paddle past the 1,600-acre

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First through fourthgrade Foothill Leadership Academy studentsmade mariachi band instruments from recycled products and performed for each other Tuesday in celebration of Cinco De Mayo. After making instruments Students (above, from left) William Dragun, 8, Ethan Harrington, 9, Adrian Magdaleno, 10, Evan Harrington, 9, and Kenny Brown, 9, gathered a band and played their instruments.

First-grader Zoe Rimmer, 6 (left), shakes maracas she made in celebration of Cinco De Mayo. Second-graders Estrella Torres, 8 (below left, at left), and Dylan Binning, 8, fill plastic eggs with rice as they make shakers. Foothill Leadership Academy first and second-grade teacher Colleen Applegate (below right, at left) helps first-grade student Owen Shepherd, 6, make a tambourine out of a paper plate, pipe cleaners and jingle bells.

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Tuolumne County PlanTODAY ning Commission, 6 p.m., TODAY National Active and Re- Tuolumne County AdministraCouncil of Governments, tired Federal Employees As- tion Center, 2 S. Green St., So- 6:30 p.m., supervisors chambers, sociation, 11:30 a.m., Pine Tree nora, 533-5633.

Government Center, 891 MounRestaurant, 19601 Hess Ave., Tuolumne Sanitary District tain Ranch Road, San Andreas, East Sonora.

Board of Directors, 7 p.m., 754-2094.

Tuolumne County Trans- 18050 Box F actory Road, THURSDAY portation Council Technical Tuolumne, 928-351 7.

Tuolumne County VeterMurphys Business Associans Committee,7 p.m., Veter- ation, 8:30 a.m., Gold Country

Advisory/ Citizen's Advisory Committees,1 to 3 p.m., Public Works Conference Room, third floor,48W. YaneyAve.

ans Memorial Hall, 9 N. Washington St., Sonora, 984-4719.

CoffeeRoasting Company, 78 Scott St., 728-9325.

Tuolumne Coun + BehavTuolumne Hose Co. No. 1, Calaveras County Planning ioral Health Quality Improve- 8 p.m., Tuolumne Firehouse, Commission,9 a.m., superviment Committee,3 to 4 p.m., Main Street, Tuolumne. sors chambers, Government conference room, 105 Hospital Road, Sonora, 533-6245.

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THURSDAY Road, San Andreas, 754-6370.

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Tuolumne County RepubliTuolumne Coun + Histori- can Central Committee, Landscape and Lighting cal Society Board of Direc- 6 p.m., Tuolumne County Admin- District Committee, 2 p.m., tors, 4 p.m., county museum, istration Building, 2 S. Green St., Fireside Room, Greenhorn Creek, Bradford Avenue and Lower Sonora, 532-5352.

Angels Camp, 736-2181.

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Mi-Wuk-Sugar Pine Volun- Land Use Commission, 6 p.m., Association,7 p.m., Rossetti's, teer Fire Department Auxilia- airport administration office, 7670 Highway 12, Wallace, 763ry potluck dinner,6 p.m., fire 10723 Airport Road, Columbia.

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her students, friends and family. This memorial is an open event to all who will miss her dearly and were touched by her life.

A celebration of life will be heldfrom 2 to5p.m .Saturday, May 9, at Discovery House, 23191 Mark Twain Drive, Twain Harte, CA 95383.

For more information, contact Brenda at 650-380-3955.

Obituaries, including photos, are published at a pre-paid fee based onsize.The deadline is 5 p.m. two business days prior to publication. Call 532-7151, fax 532-5139 or send to obitsluniondemocrat.corn.

Memorial ads are published at a pre-paid fee based on size.

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ville Catholic Cemetery.

A celebration of life will be held at Rosemary Vineyard's house, 725 Gardner Lane, Angels Camp, on May 9 from 12 to 3 p.m., with a light lunch served.

Robert Ray McVicker Feb. 3, 1931 —April 28, 2015

Bertha Mae Walsh May 2, 2015

Madeline Carroll Sharp Sept. 21, 1940 —March 14, 2015

Madeline Carroll Sharp was known for her kindness, her warm smile and her passion for education. She loved every day of her career, spending a majority of her time as a teacher and principal at Twain Harte E l ementary School. One of her favorite sayings was "A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help a child."

Mrs. Sharp believed strongly in community and was very active in local charities and international organizations including Hospice, Young Life and Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary society of women educators.

Madeline cared deeply for

Bertha Mae Walsh died peacefully at her home on Saturday, May 2, at the age of 96.

She is survived by her loving husband, Earl; children, Rosemary and Kelly; stepchildren, Betsy, Cathy and Danny; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

After spending her first 30 years in the San Joaquin Valley picking fruit and cotton, she moved to Angels Camp in 1955 with her first husband, Henry Williams. After Henry's death in 1965, Bertha married Earl Walsh in July of 1967. She owned and operated Williams Auto Parts for more than 50 years until retiringatage 85.

Earl and Bertha enjoyed 47 years of marriage filled with love and laughter. They traveled to Ireland and Hawaii but spent most of their days in their home, outside of Angels Camp, gardening and enjoying life.

She was an avid bowler until age 94. In 2007, she published her life story in a book titled "Fruit Tramps."

Services will be held May 7, at Angels Memorial Chapel with viewing from 9 to 11 a.m. and servicestarting at 11 a.m. followed by a gravesideservice at Alta-

Robert McVicker, a longtime resident of Sonora, was born on Feb. 3, 1931, in Boone, Iowa. He was the son of the late Russell McVicker and Edna Steffy, and brother to the late John McVicker.

On May 3, 1950, he went into the U.S. Navy and served in Germany and Hawaii. He was an avid believer in paying it forward; donating to Hospitalized Veterans and Christian Children's Fund over the years and adopting several children. He was a longtime member of the Loyal Order of the Moose.

Sonora Bob, as he was known, enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, volunteering at the CSU, attending the Mother Lode Rodeo and wearing his kilt to the Scottish Games where he was part of the McVicker Clan.

Sonora Bob is survived by

NEWS OF RECORD TUOLUMNE COUNTY The Senora Police Department reported the following: MONDAY 7:46 a.m., suspicious circumstance —A possible drunk driver rantwo stop signs on Mono Way. 8:42 a.m., animal complaints — Two pit bulls were loose on Yaney Avenue.

12:48 p.m., theft —Two women in their mid-40s were swapping price tags at a business on Sanguinetti Road.

11:33 p.m., public intoxication — A man was drunk on Sanguinetti Road.

The SherAFs Office reported the following: MONDAY 11:38 a.m., Columbia —Someone broke into a home on Parrotts Ferry Road.

12:38 p.m., Columbia — A landlord found a broken camera at his home on Highway 49.

3:54 p.m., Sonora area —Gas was stolen on Countryside Court.

6:34 p.m.,Columbia —Two men were screaming and shoving each other on Parrotts Ferry Road.

7:55 p.m., Sonora area —A Big HillRoad man was punched by his neighbor.

misdemeanor charges of burglary and possession of a controlled substance after an arrest on Sanguinetti Road.

2 p.m., Sonora — Ounkam Bounthavog,37,ofthe 400 block, Modesto, was booked on suspicion of grand theft, criminal practice and misdemeanor charges of burglary and possession of a controlled substance after an arrest on Sanguinetti Road.

6:09 p.m., Sugar Pine —Eran Robert Strawn, 26, of the 20000 block, was booked on suspicion of false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery after an arrest at his home.

put wet tissues through the window of a vehicle, possibly for a dog, on Blagen Road.

6:29 p.m., Valley Springs — A drunk man drove a backhoe on Greer Way. 6:40 p.m., Mokelumne HillItemswere stolen from a home on Independence Road.

9:09 p.m., San Andreas — A person was drunk on Mountain Ranch Road.

Felony bookings

MONDAY 3:20 p.m., Angels Camp —Riley PeterThomas Segale,20,of the 1000 block of Purdy Drive, Arrests was bookedon suspicion of battery, robbery, burglary and a misCited on suspicion of driving demeanor charge of destruction under the influence of alcohol or of a wireless device after an arrest dl'Ugs: on Monte Verda Street.

MONDAY Arrests 9 p.m., Sonora area —Michael Herrman Tubbs, 58, of the 10000 Cited on suspicion of driving block of Cavalieri Drive, was under the influence of alcohol or booked after an arrest on Caval- drugs: ieri Drive.

MONDAY CALAVERAS COUNTY 12:30 a.m., Angels CampClay Edmund Anderson, 37, of The Sheriff's Office reported the10000blockof Scabbard Lane, the following: Herriman, Utah, was booked after an arrest on North Main Street.

MONDAY 7:31 p.m., Valley Springs7:05 a.m., San Andreas — A Alan Jason Woden, 35,of the woman staggered in and out 1000 block of Highway 49, San of traffic on East Saint Charles Andreas, was booked after an arFelony bookings Street. rest on Baldwin Street.

12:52 p.m., San Andreas — A MONDAY loose goat ran around on Toyon 1:35 p.m., Sonora — Peunh Drive.

Nammachanthy, 34, of the 1000 1:10 p.m., San Andreas —Two blockof Bowie Avenue, Modesto, llamas were in the parking lot of a was booked on suspicion of church on Highway 49. grand theft, criminal practice and 4:23 p.m., Arnold —Someone

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Diana McVicker; daughter, June took up the sport of golf Maggie Levy,of San Mateo; and joined Mountain Springs daughter an d s o n-in-law, Golf Club. He loved to atCandace and Derek Harris, of tend Church of the 49ers and Laramie,Wyoming; and one made many friends there. grandchild, DeAnna Harris.

He loved spending time with In lieu of flowers, donations his wife of 60 years, enjoying can be made to the Hospital- road trips and visiting all izedVeterans Association at 50 states, with Alaska being https J/hhv.secure-donor.corn/ one of his fondest memories. donate?source=WEBCC Family was the most imporPrivate servicesfor the tantpartofBob'slife. family have been held at HeuHe was preceded in death ton Memorial Chapel. by his parents, Lupe and Leota Perea; and his siblings, Frank Perea, Ralph Perea, Robert 'Bob' Perea Lorena Perea Prichard and April 11, 1935 —May 2, 2015 Earl Perea.

Bob is survived by his Robert "Bob" Perea, a 48- wife of 60 years, June Perea; year resident of S onora, his three children and their passed away on May 2, 2015, spouses, Peggie and Joey Piat Avalon Care Center in So- nocchio, Pam and Larry Carnora. He was 80 years old. rillo and Randy and Teresa He was born on April 11, Perea; seven grandchildren 1935, in Van Nuys, Cali- and their spouses, Ricky and fornia.Bob grew up in the Krisi Pinocchio, Corinne and San Fernando Valley and Ricky Ellingburg, Bobby and married his h i g h s chool Leslie Carrillo, Ted Carrillo sweetheart, Junie, in 1954. and Dana Fernandez, Dennis He was a standout football Carrillo and Jamie Gomez, player at Canoga Park High Kenny and Stephanie Perea School (Crazy Legs Perea). and Kayla Perea; and nine He was MVP at Valley Col- great-grandchildren, Jesse, lege in North Hollywood and Chloe and Caylee Ellingburg, laterreceived a scholarship Ayden, Connor and Lyla Carto Washington State Col- rillo, Carson Carrillo, Gwenlege. He started working for neth and Roran Perea.

PacBell in 1955, working A visitation will be held through the ranks to become from 5 to 7 p.m. today at a managing engineer. He Terzich and Wilson Funeral moved his family to Sonora Home. A funeral will be held in 1967. Finding a renewed at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 7, passion for football, in the at the Columbia Presbyterimid-1970s he was involved in an Church of the 49ers, with helping start a youth football a reception following at Faith league in Tuolumne County. Hall.

He loved coaching the young men in football and baseball.

Bob loved the outdoors, Betty K. Ringen stream fishing, pack trips into the Emigrant WilderBetty K. Ringen died May ness and water skiing with 4, 2015, in Turlock, Califorfamily. He also had a pas- nia, following a brief illness; sionforwoodworking, having aged 93 years. Previously of made many family heirlooms. Twain Harte and Mill Valley, After his retirement, Bob and California.

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late 1930s and early '40s at venues such as Boyes Hot Springs. She awaited the return of Warren from his duties in World War II and they married in 1944. Together they raised six children and she continued an active family life until her death.

A visitation will be held Friday,May 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and funeral service

at 1 p.m. at Turlock Funeral Home, 425 N. Soderquist Road, Turlock, with interment immediately following at Turlock Memorial Park.

Death notices Death Notices in The Union Democrat are published free of charge.

They includethe name, age and town of residence of the deceased, the date of death; service information; and memorial contribution information. The deadline is noon the day before publication.

BERG — Kenneth Berg, 76, died Monday at his home in Groveland. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

tempted to leave the scene on foot. Officers

on scene "contacted him, and it was easy to A single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon determine he was the driver," Norton said. ended inthe arrest ofthe car's driver.

The man was arrested on suspicion of driv-

Officer Nick Norton, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol, said a man was driving northbound on Soulsbyville Road about 3:40 p.m. at a high rate of speed when he failed to make a right-hand curve and crashed into an historic bridge south of Soulsbyville Elementary School.

According to Norton, the man, described as being in his 40s, got out of his vehicle and at-

ing under the influence of alcohol.

The bridge received minor damage. A small amount of fuel leaked from the vehicle, but none made its way into Curtis Creek, Norton said.

The road was blocked for about 30 minutes.

The man's name was not available at the time of publication.

Senior Center to start book club The Tuolumne County Senior Center has a new book club.

Offered in partnership with the Tuolumne County Library, the club, "Book Club in a Box," is a casual drop-in group that meets

independently o r c h e ck them out at the library on their own.

For more information,

contact Cindy Graham at 928-4975 or email cgraham@co.tuolumne.ca.us or call 533-2622.

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Members can c h oose titles from a multi-county librarycooperative where books a n d dis c ussion sheets are provided. If members want toread a book not on the co-op list, they must purchase them

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Owners Rabies Clinics will be held on the following dates and in the following locations: Sat,1Nayl6 l:30.3 p.m. Animal Control/Humane Society Porking Lot, DogslCats & Livestock

Tue.June2 7 p.m. ColumbiaState Park Main & Jackson Sts.

Tue. June l6 7 p.m. Jamestown Fire Station 4th 4 Willow Sts.

Wed.July I 5 7 p.m. Groveland Mary Laveroni Park

Tue. Aug. 4 7 p.m. Tuolumne Memorial Hall Memorial Hall Front Lown

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on ra ic ic e rues If you' ve ever gotten a traffic ticket in Tuolumne County, and thought about contesting it, you know it's pricey proposition.

You get written up, assigned a court date, and are given a "bail" amount that the court will require you to pay upfront, even if you plan to contest the ticket (you get the money back in six to eight weeks if found not guilty, accordingtothe court websi te).

This process is not unique to Tuolumne County's court, but it' s not entirely legal either,according to letters sent out last week to eight California county courts by a San Francisco attorney representing the American Civil Liberties Union.

Attorney Marley Degner argues courts cannot require a "bail" payment before an arraignment — a step in the court process where charges are read and a plea typically entered.

Tuolumne and the others, she argues, are misreading a sectionofthe state Vehicle Code that allows people to opt for paying "bail" if they request to have their arraignment and trial at the same hearing.

The code says: 40519. (a) Any person who has received a written notice to appear for an infraction may, prior to the time at which

the person is required to appear, make a deposit and declare the intention to plead not guilty to the clerk o f the court named in the notice to appear.

The deposit shall be in the amount of bail established pursuant to Section 1269b of the Penal Code, together with any assessment requiredby Section 42006 of this code or

Section1464 of the Penal Code, for the offense charged, and shallbe used for thepurpose ofguaranteeing the appearance of the defendant at the time and place scheduled by the clerk for arraignment and for trial, and to apply toward the payment of any fine or assessment prescribed by the court in the event of conviction. Thecaseshall there-

upon be set for arraignment and trial on the same date, unless the defendant requests separate arraignment. A

deposit of bail under this section does not constitute entry of aplea or a court appearance. A plea of not guilty under this section must be made in court at the arraignment.

People who wish to be arraigned separately, then return for trial, shouldn't be required to pay as a condition of even setting foot in a courtroom, Degner says.

The ability to combine the arraignment and hearing was intended by lawmakers to be a "convenience," she said.

It may seem a fine point. However, Degner argues requiring up front payment denies people due-process rights — particularly low-income people.

That's because the up front cost can be prohibitive. For example: Running a stop sign can cost $367 when a bevy of feesforcourtconstruction, night courts,etc.are added to the $70 base fine (even calling it "bail" is a misnomer, Degner says. "It's not bail, it's punishment.").

"Requiring people to pay up front in order to access the court system is unfair and unconstitutional. But it hap-

pens every day in traffic court, with devastating effects," Degner said.

She and the ACLU point to studies showing the snowball effect on people who fall into debt and/or further legal difficulties as a result of substantial traffic fines. "In our

democracy, everyone has a right to be heard in court when their innocence is in question, even if that court is a traffic court.

Tuolumne County is not alone in interpreting the vehicle code in its way.

Letters like that sent to Tuolumne County Superior Court Presiding Judge Donald Segerstrom were also sent to courts in Del Norte, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Shasta and Tulare counties.

That's not a comprehensive list, since the law firm examined the practices of only Northern California courts.

Some places surveyed, she said, are doing it right, like Kern County.

The letter requests Tuolumne County change its policy and clearly explain that combining arraignment and trial are a "convenience" nor a mandate.

It gives the counties until May 28 to respond. If ignored or rejected, a lawsuit would follow.

Tuolumne County andseveral ofthe other named coun-

ties have asked the Judicial Council of California to look into the law and render an opinion, according to Segerstrom.

If it comes down to choice, our fair-minded court should err on the side of due process and change the way it handles these pre-payment requirements.

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Paul book a nice departure from politics The life of the wife of a presidential candidate can sometimes be like the government: Taxing.

You wake up and blink through that first cup of coffee, trying to register that the Politico headline blaring "How Rand Paul blew it on Baltimore" is about your husband.

Did Rand go to Baltimore? What did he blow?

Paul th e c a ndidate apparently quipped on a radio show last Tuesday that he was glad his train didn't stop in Baltimore. We call that bad timing or,at worst, a poor choice ofwords.

The same day of the headline, I happened to be meeting Kelley Paul for breakfast,ostensibly to discuss her new book, "True and Constant Friends," an exploration of her relationships with her mother, grandmother and a small group of her closest friends.

Seated at a tiny table in a noisy restaurant, we ordered coffee and omelets — and quickly fell into the sort of intimate dialogue women can so easily have. We discussed children and husbands, drinking and diets, mothers and fathers, lovers (just kidding), Uber, hair, death — and, of course, the book. Our conversation lasted twoand-a-half hours.

And, no, we didn't know each other all that well beforehand, though we had met one previous time for lunch.

Most women will admit that they can meet other women ever so briefly, whether in the boardroom or the powder room, and move seamlessly from the day's events to manicures without much concern for the overrated segue.

I'm not sure why this is, but it is.

Women share a universal connection that transcends politics and time.

Whatever the source — hormones, the shared power of human creation, or the

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hidden bearings that evolved through millennia to aid women's survival — it does seem to be constant and true.

The sources and ways of women' s

connectedness is what Kelley Paul wanted to explore in her book. Tender and sweet, itisa seriesofvignettesand anecdotesthat read almost like a diary.Interspersed are memorable quotes and artwork by women in a New Jersey homeless shelter. Paul bought the paintings for use in her book and then sold them at her book party. Proceeds went back to the shelter.

The book also includes a forward by Rand Paul about the women in his life.

"Ah, so he does like women," I said to Kelley wearily, bored with my own cynicism but feeling compelled to trot out the old nag, anyway. I was referring to recent speculation that Rand Paul doesn't like women because he had rebuked a female reporter with the same tone he uses with men.

Silliness.

Rand Paul's contribution is worthwhile, however, if only to learn about the remarkable women who helped shape him. Whether before marriage or an election, you can never know too much about the women in a man's life.

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Kelley Paul was appropriately concerned about exposing so much of herself during a political season.

But revealing the concentric circles that connect her to the most important women in herlife produced an unexpectedretreat from the grind of politics — a thing and a place all her own.

She says her most "i ncandescent"

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moment in time."

She noted that often one's most important moments correspond to the smallest things — not grand canyons of life-altering transition but fresh settlements of spring flowers that cause one to remember the smell of rain. The little gifts of a radiant smile, the way Paul's grandmother beamed at Kelley's mother upon the family's return from two years in Turkey.

Or the happy chatter of women in her mother Lillian's beauty salon in a converted utility room when Kelley came home from school.

It was the sound of "hope, encouragement and validation — of women helping one another feel good about themselves," she writes.

Many such stories fill th e book, touching on experiences that will feel familiar to many women.

We may have lost the beauty parlor to the unisex salon, but the spirit of Lillian's parlor is still with us, whether this translates to women helping women feel beautiful or helping them run for public office.

When your husband is daily immersed in the gritty world of politics, it is good to have a book of family and friends you can turn to.

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Guerra denied the allegation at his sentencing in San SACRAMENTO — An As- Diego but Judge Katherine sembly committee has reject- Lewis said she had no doubt ed making California one of he was guilty. more than a dozen states that She called his six-month allowpolice to conduct road- sentencea"travesty"and said side testing for marijuana she wished she could give him and other drugs. more time.

AB1356, by R epublican Assemblyman Tom Lackey of Palmdale, would have allowed police to use a device similar to Breathalyzers used to chart blood alcohol levels.

S ANTA YNEZ — T w o However, these devisesdetect Santa Barbara County sherdrugs in the driver's system. iff'sdeputies are being credThe bill did not garner ited with helping to save an enough votes to advance &om 18-month-old girl who was the Assembly Public Safety choking.

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fcials were not aggressive i in cracking down on waste, state regulators reported Tuesday as they considered tough measures to f orce savings amid a continuing drought.

The State Water Resources Control Board received the updateas itconsiderssweeping mandatory emergency regulations to protect water

suppliesin theparched state.

Gov. Jerry Brown has argued that the voluntary targetsin place since early 2014 were insuflicient and that Californians needed a jolt to take conservation seriously.

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City of LA sues Wells Fargo, alleging fraud LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wells Fargo Bank employees driven by strict sales pressure issued unwanted credit cards and opened unauthorized accounts that charged customers fees and damaged their credit, according to a lawsuit filed by the city of Los Angeles.

The civil complaint filed Monday contends the largest California-based bank violatedstate and federal laws by misusing confidential information and failing to notify customers when personal information was breached, City Attorney Mike Feuer said at a Tuesday news conference.

"In its push for growth, Wells Fargo oftenelevated itsprofitsoverthelegal rights of its customers," Feuer said.

The bank has blamed the problems on a few rogue employees who have been disciplined or fired and said it would defend itself.

"Wells Fargo's culture is focused on the best interests of its customers and creating a supportive, caring and ethical environment for our team members," the San Francisco-based bank said in a statement.

The city's investigation found only token efforts to prevent wrongdoing, according to court papers.

The complaint was filed under a law that allows attorneys representing large California cities to seek relief for unfair business practices for customersstatewide.

The lawsuit seeks a court order

ending the alleged practices along with penalties up to $2,500 for every violation and restitution for affected customers.

Feuer said the number of possible violations would be determined during adiscovery process.Ifthesuitprevails in Los Angeles County Superior Court, it would apply to county residents and possibly some customers farther away, he said.

Frank Ahn, who owns a convenience store and a coin-operated laundry in the San Fernando Valley, said he was repeatedly pressured over four years to open additionalaccounts at Wells Fargo. When he declined,the bank opened three savings accounts in his name anyway, Ahn said.

Farmers can use drones to spray crops FRESNO (AP) — A drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has won rare approval from federalauthorities to spray crops in the United States, officials said Tuesday.

The drone, called the RMAX, is a remotely piloted helicopter that weighs 207 pounds (94 kilograms), said Steve Markofski, a spokesman for Y amaha Corp.

U.S.A., which developed the aircraft.

Smaller drones weighing a few pounds had already been approved for limited use to take pictures that help farmers identify unhealthy crops.

The RMAX is the first time a drone big enough to carry a payload has been approved, Markofski said.

The drone already has been used elsewhere, including by rice farmers in Japan.

The FAA approved it for the U.S. on Friday.

"I certainly understand their cautious approach," Markofski said. "It's a daunting taskgiven ourairspace is complicated."

The drone isbest suited for precision spraying on

California's rolling vineyards and places that are hard to r each from t he ground or with larger, piloted planes, said Ken Giles, professorof biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis. Giles tested the drone in California to see if it could be used here.

"A vehicle like this gives

you a way to get in and get out and get that treatment done," Giles said.

Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, said in a statement that the approval

highlights other potential uses.

'The FAA is taking an important step forward to helping more industries in the U.S. realize the benefits (drone) technology has to offer," he said.

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An economic analysis of industries into symbols of Thoseconservation targets the water board's proposal water waste, including alare among the most conten- commissioned by the board mond growers,water bottlers tiousprovisions of the pro- estimated that private water and golf courses. departmentsreleased at the start of the two-day meeting shows water use fell less than 4 percent in March compared with the same month in 2013. Overall savings have been only about 9 percent since last summer, even though Brown set a voluntary20 percent target.

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GOP budget targets 'Obamacare' WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesdayadopted a GOP budget that paves the way for an assault on President Barack Obama's health care law this summer and a partisan showdown over spending bills this fall.

The Senate passed the nonbinding measure by a nearly party-line 51-48 vote. The House adopted it last week.

The measure sets a potential path for a balanced budget within a decade. It promises to cut domestic agencies and safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps, carve up transportation spending and student aid, and curb tax breaks for the poor.

Republicans don't plan to adhere to most of its cuts in follow-up legislation, however.

And in the near term the GOP plan promises a $38 billion, 7 percent increase for the Pentagon that is possible only by padding war accounts.

Republicans and many economists say balancing the budget helps the economy in the long run and say it' s better to tackle the long-term financial problems ofprograms like Medicare and Medicaid sooner rather than later.

They also promise to relieve the burden of debt that's being passed on to future generations.

The budget plan does not go to Obama, who has promised to veto follow-up spending bills that he says will shortchange domestic programs like student aid, highway construction and scientific research.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest disparaged the budget plan for increasing money for defense but not for non-defense domestic programs.

In the wake of racial tensions involving police and low-income communities, Earnest specifically argued the Republican plan would jeopardize programs that provide criminal justice assistance to state and localgovernments.

"Republicans have started talking the talk about issues like inequality and criminal justice reform, but their budget shows they are not walking the walk," Earnest said.

The measure pleases the GOP faithful by setting up a debate this summer that would permit Republicans to finally pass legislation to repeal Obama's health care law. That's because Senate

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Democrats would be unable to filibuster the repeal bill under fast-track budget rules, though Obama is certain to veto it.

But Republicans have no plans to follow up the budget document's call for other spending cuts with binding legislation that would, for instance, curb Medicare payments to providers, tighten eligibility rules for food stamps, or dump poorand disabled people offthe traditional Medicaid program.

Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky, both presidential contenders, were the only Republicans who voted against the blueprint. GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, also seeking the White House, voted in its favor, as did Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a potential presidential candidate. All Democrats voted in opposition.

Democratsblasted the measure for getting the bulk of its savings &om cuts to programs that help the poor and middle class while leaving tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy, including

CATANIA, Sicily (AP)Young men piled over each other, some shimmying up ropes dangling from the towering rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea.

Women and children were the last off the stricken dinghy during a chaotic Mediterranean rescue in which at least five migrants were crushed to death and more were feared drowned.

Dramatic footage shot by a seaman aboard the Maltese &eighter showed the weekend rescue of more than 100 West A&icans aboard the flimsy boat off th coast of Libya. Survivors were brought Tuesday to the Sicilian port of Catania.

The video, obtained by The Associated Press, highlights the danger of marine rescue, where safety and tragedy too often lie just moments apart.

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Mike Huckabee opens 2016 bid HOPE, Ark. — M i ke Huckabee declared his presidential candidacy Tuesday, counting on his brand of conservative populism to make his second White House bid m ore successful than hi s first.In 2008, he captivated evangelical Republicans but couldn't build wide enough support to win the Republican nomination.

The former Arkansas governor announced his 2016 bid in the hometown he shares with former President Bill Clinton, becoming the sixth notable Republican to enter the campaign, with more to come.

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YOLA, Nigeria — A year ago, a dozen Nigerian troops fightingabout 200 Boko Haram militants in the town of Chibok exhausted their ammunition and ran, leaving the road open for the abduction of nearly 300 girls.

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hold of the Islamic insurgents.

In the last three months, military forces from neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon have joined the battle. In addition, Nigerian troops are finally receiving better arms and weapons, as well as hazard pay that they had not received until this year.

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Nigeria's military has announced that it has recaptured all major towns seized by the insurgents and that Boko Haram's main fighting force is hemmed into the Sambisa Forest, where it is being pounded by air raids and attack helicopters. While the government forces are s tronger, Boko Haram i s growing weaker by the day.

the world's most ancient biblical manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem, has never before been publicly displayed in Israel and has only been shown in brief exhibits abroad, said Pnina Shor of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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Alex MacLean (above), Jesse Jones )right) /Union Democrat

Tuolumne County Administrator Craig Pedro was awarded Tuesday with the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Posse's Top Hand Award. The award is given by the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Posse — organizers of the annual Roundup parade and rodeo — to people who help make theRoundup a success. Posse members Ron Stearns (above left) and Al O' Brien presented Pedro with the award at Tuesday morning's Board of Supervisors meeting. Pedro (right) displays the oversized belt buckle given to him by the posse.

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Whoever finds the treasure will not only save this weekend's Roundup, but will also receive a $200 prize from The Union Democrat. When found, the treasure should be brought to The Union Democrat, 84 S. Washington St., in downtown Sonora.

HealthLitNow is also working with Dr. S. Todd Stolp, former Tuolumne County Health

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Officer, to develop a K-12 cur-

needs," he said.

HealthLitNow will advocate "Public Health Literacy" — a term which the organization uses to encompass education that allows individuals to make informed decisions about their personal health and the health care system as a whole.

The new nonprofit will operate through the Tuolumne County InnovationLab — a membership-based community space that offers businesses and individuals access to technology-based resources.

HealthLitNow has about five activeprojectsin works,according to Hillman.

Seniors at the University of California, Merced, are working with the nonprofit to develop a user-&iendly wrist &acture detector. The current

model makes the process uncomfortable for patients.

It has also opened up the InnovationLab to give students access to it's 3-D printer and design sofbware while working on the project.

Raised garden beds are being cultivated on the grounds of the InnovationLab, and HealthLitNow is planning to use the lab's kitchen to tie the production of food &om the garden to healthful cooking instruction.

Summerville High School students have been working with a 30-inch teaching robot on loan from HealthLitNow and the InnovationLab. The schoolreceived therobot,called NAO, two weeks ago. c Barry asked u s t o

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with the robot and see what we could do with it, and maybe show other schools how to use it," said Richard Krueger, robotics teacher at Summerville High School.

There is a potential for the robot to be programmed to work with autistic children, said Hillman.

"The thing is incredible. I saw my students sit around it in ahalfcircle and try to communicate with it. They' re like little kids," said Krueger.

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riculum incorporating greater health literacy to be submitted toschools for the 2015-16 school year.

A pilot program to help youth prepare to navigate the healthcaresystem started last week and is being overseen by the new nonprofit organiza-

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A group of Tuolumne County students at risk of not graduat-

ing are the first to participate in the 45-minute modules designed to teach adolescents how t o

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health records and explain disease identification.

The pilot program was developed by the Nemours Foundation, a children's health nonprofit based in Florida.

"We feel quite grateful to have this pilot in Tuolumne County," said Hillman. "This is the first pilot the Nemours Foundation has conducted outside of Florida."

Finally, HealthLitNow is using an$11,965 grant todevelop a series of career workshops for seventh- through ninthgraders.

The workshops will explain the range ofpositions available in the healthcare profession. Hillman said the goal is to show young people to how they can remain in the area and contribute to the county's healthcare.

"The apparent dichotomy in Tuolumne County is that we have a rapidly aging population, while at the same time there is a decline in younger people who don't stay because of lack of employment," said Hillman.

The Office of S t atewide Health Planning and Development awarded the grant.

Hillman s ai d T u olumne County Behavioral H ealth will match the grant, and he is expecting HealthLitNow to receive additional funding in the future.

For more information about HealthLitNow and future projects, go online healthlitnow.org.

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Jamestown Elementary School first-graders Rigo Estrella, 7 (left), and Sophia Mcleod, 7, put pennies in a bucket during class Tuesday for the school's penny wars, which will benefit the Jamestown Resource Center.

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The purpose of the committee is to get the word out to the community Continued from Page Al that help is needed to come up with a sustainable way to fund the resource students Desi Bostic, 14, and Hannah center, O' Neill said.

"We want the community involved Dowler, 13.

Every class has a bucket that stu- in making it sustainable," O' Neill dents will put pennies into this week. said.

"The Jamestown Family Resource Then, starting next week, silver change will be allowed, and students Center is a vital life thread in this use the silver change to "bomb" other community for children and families," classrooms or grade levels and take Sunday said. away points earned from accumulating Since 2001, the center has provided pennies. thousands of pounds of food through For example, a quarter would take its pantry program. away 25 penny points, Dowler said.

It also hosts weekly recovery meet"It's fun. The little kids love it,e Dowl- ingsand anger management, parenter said. ing and English as a Second Language "They get to bomb us big kids," Bos- classes. Additionally, it offers clothing, tic said. transportation, utility bill assistance, A committee formed to help save the counseling, family advocacy, resource center includes Tuolumne County Su- referral and connections and access to perintendent of Schools Margie Bulkin, phone, fax and computers to people in Jamestown School District Superin- need. tendentBrenda Chapman, Jamestown The centeralso collects backpacks School board member Cathy Stone- and school supplies for children.

Carlson, eighth-grader Desi Bostic, The center has a counselor who Jamestown Family Resource Director meets with children on Medi-Cal, Mark Dyken, eighth-grader Hannah and in the past has offered nutrition Dowler, Jamestown resident Jim Oli- classes.

"There's no other place like it in the ver, Jamestown resident Jim O' Neill, and Laura Sunday, of Center for a Non community," Chapman said.

Violent Community.

The closure of the resource center

but thought it was important to mention to the board that those are opContinued from Page Al tions," Pedro said of nixing the kitchen and laundry rooms. through a separate state-funded proPedro suggested paying for the projgram to build a $37 million jail. The ect up &ont using leftover money in proposalwas a scaled-back version of the General Fund, money from annual a previously proposed $80 million jail. state reimbursements, selling countyPedro said there is language in the owned property like the Jamestown proposedstate budget for next year Mine, and renting out commercial that would give Tuolumne County $13 space toprivate parties at the Law million out of unused money leftover and Justice Center.

"The jail is the No. 1 priority, but &om AB 900, a 2007 law that set aside $7 billion for jail construction projects. not the only priority," said District 5 "That's essential to making this Supervisor Karl Rodefer.eWe need to whole project work in a way that won' t make sure to keep a tight rein on the financially strap this whole county," county's purse strings."

Pedro said of the AB 900 funding.

If financing is needed, Pedro said the The county will need to fund $8.8 countycould borrow againstassets or million of the 216-bed jail project, as its workers compensation fund. Howwell as $2.5 million for the construc- ever, he added that the goal is to "minition of roads and utility infrastructure mize borrowing," because acquiring at the Law and Justice Center site. debt could put a strain on the county's Most of the county's share would operating budget in the future.

District 1 County Supervisor Sherri go toward the actual construction in 2017 or 2018. The first two years of Brennan said she thinks it's importhe plan would be design work and ac- tant to"keep debt service low," but quiring state approvals. current interest rates are at historic Pedro said he hopes to bring the lows and are forecast to change in the cost to the county down to about $11 near future.

"I think that it's important to bring million by "challenging" the project consultants to "refine their cost esti- that in as part of the equation," she mates" and use "value engineering" said of the low rates. during the design process.

Tuolumne County grand juries Other ways to save money could foryears have criticized the current come from outsourcing kitchen and Yaney Avenue jail as old and "outlaundry services rather than building dated."

A 2012 grand jury report said the facilities on site. the lack ofspace atthe 140-bed facil"I don't really support doing that, ity made housing and working condi-

tions "inadequate" for both staff and inmates.

Replacing the old jail is "extremely important for safety of the community and staff" said Tuolumne County Sheriff's Jail Commander Tamara McCaig.

"It's long overdue," she said.

Also at Tuesday's meeting, the board: • Renewed a local state of emergency due to the ongoing drought.

• Annexed 15 parcels in Tuolumne into the Tuolumne Fire Protection District.

• Amended a contract with California Psychiatric Transitions for residential placement of high-risk mental health patients to increase the total compensation from $150,000 to $300,000.

• Approved an o rdinance that would require owners of damaged or neglected buildings that cause a "visual blight" to fix or demolish the structures.

• Passed Proposition 90 provisions that allow reti rees to transfer the base-year value oftheirproperty from another county.

• Adopted a resolution that allows waste-collectionfranchisees to

increasethe rates for solid waste collection annually based on inflation withoutapproval from the board.The boardisrequired toapprove such rate increases each year under the county's current contract with the &anchisees, which expires in 2022.

won'taffect the school's after-school program.

The budget shortfall was $60,000, and the Sonora Area Foundation gave them $10,000, Dyken said. So, to continue operating, the center must raise $50,000by the end ofitsfi scalyear on June 30.

Peopleforgetthatbasicservicesprovided by the resource center are funded through"extra"money &om grants and outside sources, Bulkin said.

"Our community needs to know, when funding gets cut, programs like this that do wonderful things for the community get cut," Stone-Carlson said."Our program was grant-funded, and we' re one of the last family resource centers in the foothills."

The resource center was f unded

through private foundations, local grants and some state money, Dyken said.

'The biggest thing we' re missing is private foundation," Dyken said. eWe serve all kids and all families, but notmany people know what we do," Stone-Carlson said. "We' re trying to tell people, we can't keep this going. Budgets are tight and funding is tight. I don't want us to lose that fabulousprogram. We have to work together."

BUDGET Continued from Page Al target75-percent-of-the-budget mark for the third quarter, while revenues were similarly just under 75 percent, he said.

However the city's transient occupancy tax — a tax on hotels and the like — were only at 62 percentofthe budget.

Although the primary TOT season is summer, McHatten still mandated that city staff only approve expenses for health and safety, if they would impact the general fund, for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Despite the lingering economic hardship of the recession, McHatten noted that this year's budget has just again reacheda levelmat ching 200809 levels.

As for the finance department itself, it has been cleaned up since full-time Finance Director Julie McManus was hired two years ago. That's according to the first installment of the year's "State of the City" reportscovering the 2014 calendar year.

McManus reported that numerous aspects of the city's financial operations, like tax returns and parking tickets, were lagging when she was hired.

It's all up-to-date now, she said.

"I'm looking forward to not fixing the past anymore, but looking at ways to make things better in the future," she said.

On that note, she said her department installed a backup computer system t hi s

y e ar,

which saved them from a computer virus a few weeks ago.

T he council will t ak e a closer look at its budget in the coming summer months.

The council will continue to hear "State of the City" reportsscattered throughout its next meetings, as time allows, according to McHatten. Next up is public safety, including police and fire.

Also at Tuesday's meeting, the council: • Ap proved its 2 0 14-19 Housing Element for its General Plan, outlining housing growth through 2019.

• Approved an ordinance amendment giving business fee breaks to intermittent vendors, like at the farmers market.

• Introduced an ordinance

that would give fee breaks for installing solar panels on homes.

Contact Austen Thibault at

athibaultouniondemocrat.corn or 588-4526.

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Sonora Feed has been in businessforatleast 35 years, said Dave Shiles.

"It's an institution here. It' s Sonora Feed on Tuolumne Road in East Sonora will close kind of like an end of an era," its doors May 16.

Shiles said.

Dave and B.J. Shiles, of The choice to retire has Sonora, who have owned the been a long time coming, and business for 16 years, plan to the Shileses tried to sell the retire. business for a while.

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Dave Shiles

"A lot of customers were interested. But they couldn't get the loans, or they wanted us to carry the note," Shiles said.

"It's time, and the business is in the way of things we want to do," Shiles said.

His wife has relatives who they want to visit in New Mexico and Nevada, and

Mike's Main Street Barber Shop is now open at 520 N. Main St., in Angels Camp.

A grand opening celebration will be held at noon Friday.

A member of the Angels Camp City Council will officiate along with representatives of the Angels Camp Business Association and Destination Angels Camp. Complimentary refreshments and appetizers will be served. A ribbon cutting ceremony will begin at 12:15 p.m.

Owner Mike Baker is a graduate of Marinelli Barber College in Chico and has worked in barber shops in Paradise and Sonora.

His specialty is men' s haircuts, as well as hot lather straight razor neck shaves.

The barber shop is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Appointments and walk-ins are welcome.

For more information, call 530-966-6063.

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According to local growers and statewide wine experts, the 2014 harvest was a great vintage.

The 2014 wine grape harvest was "third in a string of great vintages this decade," according to the Wine Institute.

"California vintners and growers acrossthe state aregrateful for anotherexcellent vintage, despite an ongoing drought and earthquake that rocked south Napa in late August just as crush was getting underway," the institute said in a statement. "A mild winter and spring caused early bud break, although the overall length of the growing season was similar to past years."

The 2014 crop was "really high quality," said wine grape grower Kevin Locke, of Locke Vineyards in Murphys. "The yields have been average, but the quality is above average."

"Our yields were off by about 30 percent. But as a result, we got better quality (grapes)," said

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There's less foliage on the vines because growers are actively pruning back leaves this year.

"We pruned and dropped fruit on the ground. We could see the vines were suffering" from a lack of water, Mast said.

In 2014, grape quality was "great," said winemaker Chuck Hovey, of Hovey Wines in Murphys. Hovey also makes wine for other wineries in the area.

Last year, "we anticipated it being a dry year, so we pruned back quite a bit so the vines weren' t carrying much fruit," Hovey explained. "Because there's less water in the grapes, the flavor is more concentrated."

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Some places ran out of water last year, Collum said.

"This year is going to be somewhat of a challenge in that there is overabundant growth, which, in my opinion, cannot be supported in a dry year," said Les Martin, owner ofChateau Le Maul in Valley Springs. "We are in the midst of repeated suckering, shoot

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Business of the Month named Yosemite Highway 120 Chamber of Commerce announced Digipix Photography is its business of the month for April.

Digipix Photography was started by Rudy and Nadele Manzo when they retired and moved toPine Mountain Lake in 2003.

Digipix specializes in pet pictures mounted on canvas frames with finish that makes the final image appear to be a painting. Digipix will also take digital images of special occasions and turn them into slideshows with music.

If people want to save old photographs and 35mm slides, they can call Digipix at 9621854 to convert these to digital format and transfer to DVD or CD format.

Shiles wants to visit his sister in Missouri. They also have friends in Idaho and Montana, so they plan to drive the northern route first, then loop their way back to California through the southern stops.

The Shileses also have five

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Kevin Locke, of Locke Vineyards in Murphys, talks about the effect, or lack there of, that the drought has had on his vineyard.

Drought and wine grapes: Bad for yield, good for flavor

By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

To not overstress the vines in

2014,Chatom Vineyards in Murphys thinned and pruned grape vines and fruit, which resulted in a excellent quality fruit, said owner Gay Callan.

During a drought, the berries are smaller, said Steve Collum, a vineyard manager and consultant at several local wineries.

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order to place the vineyard in a production range of 1.5 to 2 tons per acre.

I'm pretty confident at this level we should be able to not only make it through the year, but have excellent quality fruit with intense fiavor profile."

Hovey said each year of wine grapes is different, and it's hard to make a generalization like "drought is good for wine grape quality," because the quality depends onseveral factors,including how hot summers get and how cold nights are.

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Home sales in the Mother Lode mostly steady the first quarter of 2014.

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I L LDDE cWe've definitely reached a Firstquarter home saledata 9.S32 6993 SHABON TE was released last week by both stable market," Burby said. zp9/7p itzlcH the Tuolumne and Calaveras The Calaveras County Assocountyassociations ofRealtors. ciation of Realtors reported the There were 173 homes sold market is in a slow but steady in Tuolumne County in the first recovery for the first quarter of quarter of 2015, the same num- 2015.

"There are signs that the ber sold in the first quarter of 2014. spring home-selling season is File photo / Union Democrat In Calaveras County, 176 off to a promising start," said Home sales are holding steady in Tuolumne Coun- homes sold in the first quar- CCAR Administrative Associaty and growing in Calaveras County. ter,a 6 percent increase from tion Manager Valerie Moon.

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Calaveras spring and summer salesin 2014 were disappointing, Moon said, so there are "higher hopes that this crucial period for sales, which runs February toJune, exhibits a positivetrend for2015."

Tuolumne County currently has about375 active listings, which is a 6 V2-month supply.

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be pruned back. It's someFruit that's not maturthing he's noticed at other ing at the same rate as area vineyards as well. the bulk of the crop gets Locke said most wine- dropped, Mast said. grape growers don't norChatom Vineyards owner m ally water during t h e Gay Callan said she thinks winter so that plants get this year's grape harvest stressed. The stress helps will depend on whether condense the flavor in the growers have ample water.

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"For the last two to three This drought, now in its years, the quality has been fourth year, is really unthe highest I' ve seen in 20 precedented, Mast said. years," Locke said. "It is a H arvests h av e b e e n silver lining in the drought. ahead of schedule, and You have to just stay on top area growers report buds of it, picking and water are already out and crops wise." could beready forpicking The 2009 vintage was three to six weeks ahead of really good and was a dry time. year, Hovey said. The wine In 2014, Chatom Vinefrom 2014 has alot of the yards harvested the second w ater t o sus t a i n n ew s ame qualities, and t h e or third week of August, grapes, Locke said.

2015 harvest looks like it and the vines are already The roots in older vines will be equally good, Hovey blooming.

"It may not be unusual to go deeper into the ground, sard. said Stuart Mast, of Brice Mast said he's spoken to harvest at the end of July.

Station Vineyards. other wine grape growers It's really too soon to tell," Locke saidthe stress of and "everybody says their Callan said. "If we have the drought has caused yields are down, and they really high peaks of heat, some arms of vines to "die are doing everything they then we probably will harback," and they' ve had to can to keep quality up." vest earlier. Hopefully we

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A nother f a ctor s o m e growers faced in 2014 was a shortageof labor to pick the grapes, Locke said.

The different varieties of grapes ripened closelyto each other, and the harvest was compressed into three weeks, with picking occurring at 2 a.m. with headlamps, Locke said.

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ural resources," Horiuchi said. "Most of the industry is on drip irrigation. That' s always been a way to tar-

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Although grape yields are down, more grapes have been planted in recent years, so the overall tonnage produced in California is still high, Horiuchi said.

The 2015 statewide harvest may beless than last year, Horiuchi said.

"Those vineyards that are planted more closely together and have been on irrigation their whole lives, there will be major stress on the plants if one expects to garner production in the 4 to5 ton-per-acre level," Martin said. "While it is still very early in the season, I'm cautiously optimistic that we should see a quality year, but lower tonnage."

Wine-grape gro w ers across the region are making due, Hovey explained.

For Hovey Wines, Chuck Hovey buys Murphys- area grapes that are grown on well-established vines.

In 2014, there was "less yield and good quality," Hovey said.

Established, older vines require less water t h an new grapes, growers say.

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Calaveras County has 240 active listings, compared with 202 in 2014.

The average number of days on the market for the first quarter in Tuolumne County was 144 days. In Calaveras County, it was 133 days.

The average is between 120 and 140 days, Burby satd.

"It's about what we normally see," she said. "It's exciting. It seems like the housing market it recovering from the recession."

During the fi rs t q u ar-

ter,the median sale price of homes in Tuolumne County was $220,000, up from $212,000 from the first quarter in 2014.

In Calaveras County, the median sale price of homes in the fi rst q uarter was $230,000, which was up from $222,000in the fi rst quarter of 2014.

"Housing afFordability is still a reality in Calaveras County," Moon said.

Of the Calaveras County homes sold in the first quarter, 57 were sold at $200,000 or below.

Most of those were in Valley Springs, said Teri Rogers, CCAR publicity chairwoman.

And 60 to 70 percent of those homes priced under $200,000

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CAMAGE AVE Industrial space up to 21,000 s.f. for lease.

Call for info 533-8962 NEW COMMERCIAL BLDG. Sonora off Hwy. 108. 1000 sf & 2000 sf Bernie (209) 586-6514 250 Rentals Wanted

Front Desk Clerks Apply in person: 18730 Hwy 108. 984-0315 Turn clutter

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DISPATCHER - F/T Nights/weekendsmandatory. Heavy phones, MAN NEEDS SMALL computers, customer HOUSE. Fixer upper ok. service exp needed. $400/mo or work for APPLY IN PERSON rent. Good lic/ref's. Ray ONLY at Vic's Towing, 586-4165 or 206-0143 1230 N Hwy 49. No Leave message phone calls please.

CLERICAL ASSIST. P/T. A/R, A/P, QBks. knowledge preferred. $10/hr. Call 532-7132 for appointment.

ABSOLUTELY YOUR BU Y I NG JUNK, BEST DEAL! Oak: 1 Unw a nted or wrecked cd-$225; 2 cds-$400. car s , Cash paid! Free Free Delivery! 536-5815 P/ U Mike 209-602-4997

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301 Employment

PINE MOUNTAIN LAKE ASSOCIATION is looking to hire a full-time Department of Safety Officer. Hourly pay range $14A1-$14.97 with union pension and benefits pkg. Detailed job description and application avail at www. inemountainlake.corn

SOULSBYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT is accepting applications for P/T Bus Driver and Sub Bus Drivers. Must have a valid Calif. Class B Driver's Lic. with passenger endorsement, valid medical certificate and current DMV printout. Contact the District Off. 209-532-1419 X201 or soulsb villeschool.corn for application. Closes 5/1 5/2015 at 3:00 pm.

POWER PLANT SHIFT OPERATOR: Tri-Dam Project in Strawberry, CA is seeking a power plant shift operator. Ph. 209-965-3996 for application or apply online: www.tridam ro'ect.corn EOE. Deadline: 4 P.M., May 8, 2015

STRAWBERRY INN ~Hirin now! Prep Cook,

Servers & Housekeepers. Larry, 965-3662

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 & Flex.

Call (209) 532-4500 SIERRA MOTORS HAS immediate openings for: Porter/ Detailer. Apply at www.sierramotors.net SONORA & CALAVERAS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Call (209) 532-1 176 sonoraemployment.corn

SONORA UNION HS DISTRICT is accepting online applications for District Superintendent through May 25, 2015.

Please apply online at ~www.EOJoin.or

THE CALAVERAS County Off ice ofEducation is seeking to fill the following Education and Education Support positions for the 2015/1 6 school year: • School Psychologist • Special Ed Teacher • Assist. Administrator • Teacher/Resource Teacher combo • Foster Youth Services Program Coordinator • Special Circumstance (1:1) Aide To apply, visit www. ED JOIN.or

EMERGENCY CHILDREN'S SHELTER RESPITE Foster Parents

Tuolumne County Dept. of Social Services is looking to contract on a yearly basis with one or more persons to run county-owned children' s shelter housing on a respite basis. Candidates must have the ability to reside in 24 hr. facility.

Preferred: Experience working with the children in crisis situations.

CLOSING DATE: May 27, 2015 at 3 p.m., interested parties may contact Karen McGettigan: Kmc etti an©co.tuolumnecount .ca.us or 533-7378 for more information. Detailed information is also available on the County of Tuolumne website www.tuolumnecoun .ca. ov under "Business", "Bids, RFPs, RFQs".

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301 Employment

315 Looking For Employment

502 Found

565 Tools/Machinery

A NOTICE California State Law requires licensed contractors to have their license number in all advertisements.

MALE BENGAL CAT Found Confidence Area.

Call to identify.

209-533-2077

WORK BENCH TOP Brand New! Solid Core3' x 7' x 2" thick. $40.00 (209) 532-3743

515 Home Furnishings

580 Miscellaneous

WEEDEATING YARD WORK $15/hour.

Leave message for Bill 586-4165 or 206-0143 TUOLUMNE COUNTY JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Assistant Youth Center Coordinator -Relief$9.49-$11.58/hr.

Closes: 5/13/15

For detailed job descriptions and to apply please visit www.tuolumUD BOX REPLIES for accurate delivery, proper addressing is as follows: UD BOX¹ c/o The Union Democrat 84 S. Washington St. Sonora, CA 95370 WORSHIP LEADER: St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Sonora is seeking a P/T worship leader; an instrumentalist who reads music and can sing and lead vocalists is preferred.

Approx. 10 hrs/wk. with a starting salary of $800/mo. Resumes to stmattsonora mail.corn Questions: 532-4639.

YARD PERSON Service & Delivery for equipment rental yard.

Apply in person only w/ Resume + attached DMV Rpt.atSONORA RENTALS, 13613 Bergel Rd. Sonora, Mon-Fri 7:30-4:30. No ph. calls!

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YOSEMITE WESTGATE LODGE is Accepting applications: Front Desk & Housekeeping positions.

Great place to work!

Good pay!! Apply at: 7633 State, Hwy 120, Groveland, CA 95321 (209) 962-5281

YARD CARE 8( MASONRY Walkways, patios, retain-

ing walls, fences, steps.

No lic. Mario 591-3937

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

MERCHANDISE CATEGORY 501-640 GENERAL MBRCHANDISE 501- Lost 502 - Found

515 - HomeFurnishings 520 - HomeAppliances 525 - Home Eledronics 530 - Sports/Recreation 535 - Musical Instruments 540 - Crafts 545 - Food Products 550 - Antiques/Collectibles 555- Firewood/Heating 560 - OfrrceProducts 565-Tools/Machinery 570 - Building Materials 575 - Auctions 580- Miscellaneous 585 - MiscellaneousWanted 590 - GarageSales 595 - Commercial Garage/Yard Sales

FARM ANIMALS and PETS 601- Household Pets 605 - PetSupply/Services 610 - PetsWanted 615 - Livestock 620 - Feed/Tack

625 - Boarding andCare 630 - Training/Lessons 635 - Pasture 640 - Farm Equipment

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

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FACILITY MAINTENANCE Perform a wide variety of skilled mechanic and electrical duties for building, grounds & winery equipment including production waste water system, chiller units, preventative maintenance, and necessary repairs on facility and winery equipment. Work well under pressure, meet multiple and sometimes competitive deadlines.

Must have knowledge re: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, pumps, augers, press equipment and motors. Able to read blueprints, schematics, troubleshoot, determine and correct causes of breakdowns/equipment failure. Respond to and complete work orders. Knowledge of programmable controls, low voltage lighting systems, and welding a plus. Prepare maintenance reports and maintain record keeping of production waste water treatment system. Application available at: www.lronstonevine ards.corn Mail resume and application to Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Rd., Murphys, CA 95247, Attn: HR or email to: Info ironstonevine ards.corn No Phone Calls.

LEATHER RECLINER Lt. Brown, no rips or tears. Exc cond! FREE! You Haul. 586-2158 NICE WOOD DESK & NEW COMPUTER CHAIR + Etcetera! $125.00 Call 533-1568

Sell Your Item Through The Union Democrat CLASSIFIED ADS

"Quick Cash" $8.00 Ad Package Items total less than $250 4 Lines for 5 Days, Private Party Only, Price must be in the ad.

Call 588-4515

or submit your ad online at uniondemocrat.corn 520

Home Appliances BATHROOM VANITY-

w/marble top, side cabinet & wall mirror. Oak. $250/ offer. 890-3291 530 Sports/Recreation BIKES: WOMEN' S Cruiser & Men's Mtn. Bike. GOLF CLUBS w/ bag. Take all $100.

Call 352-7161

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

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Do you have a collection, hobby, or unusual skill you would be willing to share with readers of The Union Democrat? Do you know someone who does?

If you live in our circulation area, we want to hear from you. Please call (209) 588-4535 or email features O uniondemocrat.corn

For merchandise under $100 Call The Union Democrat Classified Advertising Dept. at 588-4515

It's as simple as that! (price of item must appear in the ad, one item, one ad at a time per customer)

565

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cial type. 24" cup.

Exc cond. $225 obo.

Call: 533-2696

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

This Newspaper Can Move A House.

The Union Democrat Classified Section 588-4515

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DODGE '94 DIESEL 4x4, 5.9L 1-Ton 5spd.

Manual. Runs Great! $7 ,000 obo. 352-1435

Automobiles

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DEMOC RAT FREE PALLETS Pick up behind The Union Democrat Production Facility, 14989 Carnage Ave., Sonora.

BMW '01 Z3 Fully loaded, black on black, convertible. Runs Grt. $4,700. 770-3028

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES

CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Looking for a professional to sell your car at no charge?

WE ALSO BUY CARS! Call us today! 533-8777

Find them in The Union Democrat Classifieds 209-588-4515

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MED LIFT CHAIR(Gold)-$400. Elliptical Pro Form 950 Exercise Mach.-$125. 586-6454 MULTIPLE COUCHES & Air Hockey Table!!

MLCS Thrift Store Too 14705 Mono Way, MonSat. 10-5pm 536-9385 TRAILER FOR RIDING LAWN-

MOWER Good Shape. $40.00 Call 532-2539 YOUR MOTHER SHOPS HERE! Treat her to a Gift Certificate.

585 iscellaneous Wanted

BLUE NOSE PITBULL Pups; Pure Bred.13 wks old. 1-M, 1-F; $300. ea.

Call (209) 499-9301 DACHSHOUND-MINI Aussie/Bichon Frise Pups

8 wks. Healthy & Adorable!Asking: 4-M's-$200 ea. 1-F-$250. 505-8593 GOLDEN RETRIEVER AKC Pups-Vet checked; Shots & de-wormed. $700. Call 928-1870 635

FORD '98 EXPLORER SPORT

1owner, excellent condition, 4WD, 127K miles, fully loaded. $4,300 Call 586-4745 between sam-spm GMC '05 SLT 1500

Sell your Car, Truck, RV or boat for $1.00 per day!

4-lines/20 days.

If it doesn't sell, call us and we will run your ad for another 20 days at no charge.

Crew cab, Auto, tow pkg. 5.3L V-8.

Pewter w/grey leather. Excellent Condition! 162K highway miles.

New tires. $13,250.

(209) 599-9497

MERCEDES '75 280C 10k miles on new German engine. New battery. $3,900. 532-5241 TOYOTA '06 AVALON Limited. 115k miles.

Asking $12,500. Please call 878-3567

Happy Mother's Day!!

Community Thrift Shop 797 W. Stockton Road Mon-Sat 10-5. 532-5280

601 Household Pets

Tools/Machinery

CHEVY '04

SILVERADO Reg. Cab, Fleetside Longbed, V8, 107K mi, one owner.

Fully loaded! CD & lots of extras. In good cond! $9,500. obo (209) 984-3775 No Calls After 7pm!

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ABSOLUTELY YOUR BEST DEAL! Oak: 1 cd-$225; 2 cds-$400.

Free Delivery! 536-5815

LATERAL FILE, BOOK CASE, & 2-drawer file.

All Oak. Exc Cond! All for $95.00 728-1915

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

FREE

SEEKING USED BABY CRIB & MATTRESS in good condition & Clean.

Pls. Call 586-9636

560 Office Products

4 wheel Drive

CATEGORY 701-840

ELECTRONIC LIFT Chair for Stairs. 18'-20' track. Like New! Buyer must remove & install. $1500. Call 559-1488

555 Firewood/Heating

ALMOND SEASONED 2-yrs. 16-18 in. Del'vrd.

Wood Stove Quality 852-9170 - ZWART'S

705

CARS AND ~ TRUCKS

VOLVO '98 V70XC AWD, runs great, tires/ breaks like new, 190k mi. $2980. 768-6605

GMC '06 ENVOY XL SLT

1 Owner, V6, 4WD, 123K miles, 3rd row seating excellent condition. Fully Loaded: OnStar nav, DVD, heated seats/power everything. $9 050 (209) 559-5032

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Garage Sale Here!

Gara e Sale Packa e: • Ad included in The Union Democrat Garage Sale Section & Online • 6 lines for 1, 2, or 3 days • Includes 2 free signs & pricing stickers

Only $18.00 All garage sale ads require prepayment.

(Private Party Advertisers Only)

Call Classified Advertising 209-588-4515

Pasture HORSE PASTURESonora 1 acre - good for 1 horse. FREE! Call (209) 532-2578

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A family ownedand operated local business, (hris and his family havebeen taking care of the Tuolumne (ounty area for 47 years. (hris Macdonald, licensed since 1988, takes on a variety of jobs to include interior/exterior, commercial or residential, remodels or new construction and insurance work. He is also able to paint mobile and modular homes be it a remodel or damage repair. (hris is also a licensed interior decorator!

Chris Macdonald Painting was recently contacted by the State and Federal government as a "Small Business" choice due to never having had a claim or complaint with the(ontractor'5 Board!Llc ¹735177

"We promise 100% satisfaction."

Sonora: 532-9677 Cell:770-0278 Alarm Systems

Decks/Patios/Gazebos

MOUNTAIN ALARM Thanks for voting us Best Alarm Company 7 years in a row!

532-9662 ACO¹3058

Decks. Concrete Windows Jim Brosnan Const.

694-8508 Lic.¹8493742

Computers & Service COMPUTER SICK? CALL Me! House Calls, PC Set Up, Repair, Networking, & more. Mark 962-5629

QUALITY INSTALLATION

Sellit fast with a Union Democrat class/ fedad.

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Construction

Flooring

GENERAL ENGINEERING

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

GENERAL BUILDING Excavation/Grading Asphalt/Concrete Simunaci Construction Lic. ¹619757 532-8718

Handyman

Hauling

Painting

Storage

HANDYMAN

Winters Cleaning Svcs Debris 8 Yard Work!

Fully Insured.

(209) 532-5700

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

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

House Cleaning

Plumbing

Tile

KATHY'S CLEANING SERVICE-Residential & Comm'I. [Bonded/Ins'd] 209.928.5645

ANDERSON'S PLUMBING & DRAIN

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

Small jobs O.K. No lic., 768-6315

Classified Ads Work For You! 588-4515 Hauling HAULING, BRUSH Clearing, Weed Eating.

John, (209) 770-1287 or 533-3168 [no lic]

Landscape/Gardening

AA Brush Burning, Hauling, Weedeating, Pine Needles [no lic.]

770-1403 or 586-9635

SERVICES:Clean up, tree maint., hauling, weeding. 728-7449 [No Iic.]

SANTAMARIA YARD

Quality plumbing, sewer drain cleaning. Modular specialist. 20 yrs. exp.

Lic.¹ 739224 536-9557 Find your Future Home in The Union Democrat Classifieds

Ask your classified representative about ATTENTION GETTERS

NOTICE TO READERS: Cakfornia law requires that contractors taking W ATE R jobs that total $500 or TANKO BROS., INC. more (labor and/or maWells & Pumps terials) be licensed by 532-7797 Lic. ¹395633 the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that Yard Maintenance contractors include their license numbers on all THUMBS UP Would love to come & advertising. Check your help you w/your yard. contractor's status at www.cslb.ca.gov We offer basic yard care & more! City Lic., or 800-321-CSLB bonded, insured. [no lic] (2752).Unlicensed persons taking jobs that Free est. 536-1660 total less than $500 must state in their advertisements that PLACE AN AD ONLINE they are not licensed by www.uniondemocrat.corn the Contractors State License Board.

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GALAXY '81 SKI BOAT 17-Ft. V-6, Runs Great!

Moving- Must sell! $1,500.

Please call 962-0829

Waverunner Ltd. Ecl. JET SKI 15 hrs. on rebuilt engine (with shop slip/receipt). Ski & Trailer in exc cond. $2,500. OBO Call (209) 785-2338 -or- (707) 843-0788 820 Utility Trailers

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715 Vans

CHEVY '11 SILVERADO

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FORD '98 E350 Cargo Van (white) w/custom built shelving & tow pkg.

125k mi, runs great.

Triton V-10, previous owner said was replaced at 36k mi. $2950.

( Top of the line LTZ, crew cab, Diesel, 3+ years on Ext'd Warranty! 4WD, 30,500 miles.

Fully Loaded. $42,500 firm (209) 736-2601

It works!

209-205-0384

Call 588-4515 for more info

Oh No! FluffyOr Rover Missing?

Be sure to check The Lost section in our classifieds.

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Over 150 years and still going strong THE UNION DEMOCRAT RAM '14 3500 4x4 Laramie Longhorn crew cab. 16.5K mi.

Diesel short bed, navigation, 5th wheel or gooseneck ready, loaded w/options, like new. $53,000.

Call 736-6822 Have unwanteditems?

Sell it with a garage sale 588-4515

TOYOTA '701/2 TON complete w/Plumbers Box. Low mil. New tranny. Great Shape! $4,000. 533-4716

Write a best seller...

Place an ad in The Union Democrat Classified Section 588-4515

VW '89 VANAGON Camper, orig. owner, garaged, sleeps 4-5, A/C, full kitchen $17,500 obo runs exc!! 928-1160

Need a helping hand?

Check out the Call an Expert section in the Classifieds PORSCHE 356, 911, OR 912, WANTED. Any cond. Immed. Cash payment. 650.703.5263

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735 Autos Wanted

BUYING JUNK, Unwanted or wrecked cars, Cash paid! Free P/U Mike 209-602-4997 801 Motorcycles

SUZUKI '07 BURGMAN Like new 400CC scooter. New battery, tires & drive belt.

35,000 miles.

Asking $2800 Call: 209-694-3161 805 RVs/Travel Trailers

SELLING YOUR CAR, TRUCK, RV OR BOAZ? TRY OUR NEW AUTO PACKAGE!!

ONLY $42.50

Runs until it sells (up to 1 year).

Includes a photo or attention getter. (your ad will appear in the paper, online

AERBUS'98 MOTOR HOME 29 ft. Wide Body Chevy Vortex eng.

47K mi, awnings, Dual A/C's, Onan Generator, All oak interior, exc condition. Tow Pkg. 8 brake buddy incl. $25,000 (209) 533-2731 JAYCO '10 TRAVEL TRAILER, 29ft. 1 Slide.

Elec. Tongue Jack, elec. awning, slide topper, $16,500. 586-9349

as a featured classified ad and in the

Foothill Shopper)

Package includes: a bold headline. the photo or attention-getter, up to 10 lines of

copy and border. Ads must be pre-paid

KEYSTONE '05 SPRINGFIELD w/ many xtras+gen. 1 slide-out. $8,750. obo 694-9316

Call Classified Advertising at: 588-4515

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No changes or refunds after publication of ad.

Private party advertisers only.

CAMPER A/C, awning, generator, electric jacks, privacy glass, T.V., am/fm/cd, Excellent Condition Many more extras. $18,500.

(209) 352-3153

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w/2 outboard motors, trailer, fish finder, 2 Cannon downriggers 8 trolling motor. $1000.

(209) 532-8424

,'PMQNOtt!lL', PONTOON '88 20 FT BASS Tracker.

Center cc@lnsul, 40 hp mariner, single axel trailer, great cond. $6000. 962-0507 PUBLIC NOTICE

INTERSTATE 1-LOAD RUNNER Cargo Trailer 5'x10' Purch'd new '13.

Ask: $3,300. 532-8366 UTILITY TRAILER, Heavy duty, 4' x 8' solid flrs, side panels & run lights. $400. 743-3174

Sell it in the Classifieds 588-4515 830 Heavy Equipment FORD TRACTOR w/Loader. 4-Spd. Good shape. Needs tires. $6,500. obo 533-4716 HYDRAULIC BOOM TRUCK, 10,000 Ibs capacity. $5,000 OBO Ph. Jack 209-533-4716 PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-14-626372-CL Order No.: 733-1400595-70 NOTE: THERE ISA SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE COPY PROVI DED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/1 4/2009.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial C ode and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but with-

out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS

THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RICHARD WELSH AND LORI WELSH, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 10/23/2009 as Instrument No. 2009013590 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of TUOLUMNE County, California; Date of Sale: 5/27/2015 at 3:30:00 PM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Administration Building, at the County Courthouse complex, 2 S. Green Street Sonora, CA 95370 Amountofunpaid balance and other charges: $255,229.98 The purported property address is: 19058 NORTH DRIVE, JAMESTOWN, CA 95327 Assessor's Parcel No. 059-401-2600NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company,eitherofwhich may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The saledate shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http: //www.qualityloan.corn, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-14-626372-CL . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released ofpersonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE

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information in this FICTITIOUS statement is true and BUSINESS NAME correct. (A registrant STATEMENT who declares as true TUOLUMNE COUNTY any material matter CLERK pursuant to Section 2 S. GREEN ST. 17913 of the Business SONORA, CA 95370 and Professions Code (209) 533-5573 that the registrant FILE NO. 2015000151 Date: 4/1 6/2015 12:29P knows to be false is DEBORAH BAUTISTA, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not CLERK & AUDITORto exceed one thousand CONTROLLER The following Person(s) dollars ($1,000).) s/ Timothy Huckaby is (are) doing business s/ Jared Strickland as: Fictitious Business NOTICE: This Name (s): statement expires five A) EMIGRANT years from the date it WILDERNESS was filed in the office of OUTFITTERS the County Clerk. A new B) EW OUTFITTERS FBN statement must be Street address of filed no more than 40 principal place of days from expiration. business: This filing does not of 24272 Hwy 108 Twain Harte, CA 95383 itself authorize the use of this name in violation Name of Registrant: A) Huckaby, Timothy M. of the rights of another under federal, state or Residence Address: common law. (B & P 25901 Long Barn Rd, Code 14411 et seq.)

Apt 1 CERTIFICATION: Long Barn, CA 95335 I hereby certify that the B) Strickland, Jared foregoing is a correct 25901 Long Barn Rd, copy of the original on Apt 7 file in my office.

Long Barn, CA 95335 DEBORAH BAUTISTA, The registrant commenced to transact County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: business under the fictitious business name Trina Nelson, Deputy Publication Dates: or names listed above May 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015 on: not applicable The Union Democrat, This Business is Sonora, CA 95370 conducted by: a general partnership.

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APN: 003-270-010-0, 003-270-020-0 TS No: CA05002237-14-1 TO No: 8505309 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED February 4, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 26,2015 at 03:30 PM, at the front entrance to the Administration Building, at the County Courthouse Complex, 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA 95370, MTC Financial inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on February 25, 2005, as Instrument No. 2005003925, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Tuolumne County, California, executed by EILEEN PRUTCH, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AND JOHN R PRUTCH, A MARRIED MAN AS HISSOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AS JOINT TENANTS, EILEEN PRUTCH, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION DBA DITECH.COM as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold aas is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17930 HWY 108, JAMESTOWN, CA 95327 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee's Sale is estimated to be $73,841.84 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale.

Beneficiary's bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee's Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05002237-14-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: April 21, 2015 MTC Financial inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05002237-14-1 17100 Gillette Ave lrvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.insourcelogic. corn FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766MTC FinancialInc.dba Trustee Corps MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Order No. CA1 5-000920-1, Publication Dates, 04/29/2015, 05/06/2015, 05/13/2015. The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 201500132 Date: 4/3/2015 12:10P DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business

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as: Fictitious Business Name (s): DEBORAH HAGINS PHOTOGRAPHY Street address of principal place of business: 11095 Nathan Ct Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: Hagins, Deborah Residence Address: 11095 Nathan Ct Sonora, CA 95370 The registrant

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commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3-9-15 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/ Deborah R Hagins 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

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This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office.

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principal place of business: 18859 Microtronics Way, B-7 Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: Sierra Hardware Products, INC. 18859 Microtronics Way, B-7 Sonora, CA 95370 Articles of Incorporation ¹ 3742215, CA The registrant commenced to transact

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I have never told anyone about this, you don't seem likely to do that. and there is little chance that we will You can discuss this with your ever encounter this woman. So my wife clergyperson or a therapist, alwill never find out. Do I owe it to her though depending on the particuto tell her? I believe that to do so could lars of the date rape and the state in which it happened, there cause serious harm to our marriage.

ANONYMOUS AND CONFLICTED mandatory reporting laws, as well DEAR ANONYMOUS: Society is as no statute of limitations on the much more sensitivethese days crime. (For information on these (and rightly so) to instances of sex laws, contact RAINN at r ainn. without consent, e.g., when the org, or see a lawyer.) A therapist woman is drunk or when someone also could help you decide how to in a position of authority takes ad- broach the subject with your wife. vantage ofa subordinate. We are Is there a way to apologize to the glad that this has been bothering victim? This can be more healing you for30 years.Itshows that you than you know, forboth of you. have remorse.

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— P.P. ANSWER: Our bodies' immune systems aredesigned to protect us from outsideinvaders(bacteria,viruses,fungi, parasites) as well as internal errors (cancers), and they are very effective at doing so. Unfortunately, the germs and abnormal growths also are skilled at avoiding our immune systems, so there is a constant struggle going on. Giving your bodyproper nutrition and rest, and managing stress help your immune system perform at its best.

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Keith Roach, M.D. — Human papillomavirus (three doses, up to age 26); — Zoster, the shingles vaccine (once after age 60); — Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13 once, PPSV23 once or twice).

Depending on the person's past history and risk factors, other vaccines — including the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; meningococcal vaccine; hepatitis A and B vaccines; and haemophilus vaccine — also may be recommended. International travelers may need others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains

Vaccines improve your body's ability to fight off particular infections, increasing your immunity to very speci6c bacteria and viruses. The vaccines that are generally recommended for healthy adults are: — Flu vaccine (yearly); the most recent recommendations on its — Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis website at wwwvaccineinformation.org. once, then tetanus/diphtheria every 10 DEAR DR. ROACH: I w as a years; healthy female until I had an injury to

what you did, but they are a step the recipients of largesse think in the right direction and better the gravy train only runs in one than doing nothing. direction and they don't need to D EAR ~ : You ' ve printed sev- show similar consideration to an eral letters about bridal showers and older generation. But what relababy showers and other occasions tive wouldn't be thrilled to get a where gifts are given. birthday card from a great-niece Let me ask these young women who or a holiday card kom a grandexpect their family members to give child without prompting?

If you have older relatives or gifts for every one of these events: Do you ever give your grandparents a kiends and have never thought birthday present? Do you ever send the about sending them a card or a gift great-aunts a Christmas card? When or making a phone eall on their your uncle is ill, do you send flowers or special days, please remember a get-well card? all of the considerate things they Life is not about how many gifts you have done for you over the years, can get. These young men and women and ask yourself how you could should count the number of gifts they express similar kindness. havereceived from theirgrandparents, Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy aunts, uncles and other close friends Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime and family members since their high editors of the Ann Landers column. school graduations and then consider Please email your questions to annieswhat they have given in return. mailbox@creators.corn, or write to: AnTIRED OF THE GIMME GENERA- nie's Mailbox, clo Creators Syndicate, TION 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA DEAR TIRED: Amen. Too often 90254.

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Now the pain has started in my le& sidealso.I have tried chiropractors, acupuncture, physical therapy, epidural shots and pain pills. I also had two laminectomies (decompression surgery on the spinal canal) on L4/L5 last year, with no relief from the pain. Upon seeing another neurosurgeon, I have been told that I have some large Tarlov cysts (1 cm).

There does not seem to be a great amount of information about these on

the Internet, plus I am not sure what information out there is accurate. One doctor on the Internet is all about having surgery on them. The neurosurgeon I am seeing does not want to do surgery just yet. He says that surgery does not always bring about pain relief.

Can you share some information about these Tarlov cysts and what can be doneforthe continued back and

HORS SCCPE Birthday for May 7.Family growth centers you this year. Talk about a passion. Plan a remodel for construction mode after 6/14. Balance work with rest, especially during busy spells, before autumn. Plan time off around 7/1 5. Begin a new romantic phase after 10/13. Listen for magic and hear it (especially after 10/27). Bring your love home.

To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19):Today is a 7 — Fulfill a fantasy. There's a test to pass over the next two days. A career advancementis possible.Yourhome becomes your love nest over the next month with Venus in Cancer. Focus on home and family. Beautify your surroundings.

Taurus (April 20-May 20):Today is a 7 — Travel is especially appealing today and tomorrow. Study a subject of your passion. You love learning for the next month with Venus in Cancer. Research and study lead to fascinating discoveries. Write, craft and express your creativity.

Gemini (May 214une 20):Today is a 7 — It's easy to make money.

Focuson your worktoday and tomorrow.

Get into your productive easy zone. The next month can be quite profitable, with Venus in Cancer. Discuss shared finances. You provide the imagination.

Cancer (June 21-July 22):Today is an 8 — Your luck in love improves immensely with Venus in your sign for just over a month. Take advantage with a new style. Partnership flows easily today and tomorrow. Negotiate to refine theplan.You don'tneed to know how.

Leo(July 23-Aug. 22):Today is a 6 — Finish old jobs this month, with Venus in Cancer. Look back at what was.

Sweeter dreams linger. Fantasies abound. Keep secrets.

Focus on your work today and tomorrow. Balance action with rest and good food. Take quiet time.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Today is a 6 — You' re espe-

leg pain? Dealing with this for several years has caused me much emotional distress and depression.— F.H. ANSWER: Tarlov cysts, also called perineurial cysts, occur along the lining of the spinal cord and nerve roots.

In one study, in 500 people with MRI scans, 23 had Tarlov cysts, but only five haII any symptoms from them. In this study,thecystsweredrained by a needle, which relieved the pain, although the pain usually came back as the cysts refilled with fluid.

I agree with your neurosurgeon that surgery on these does not guarantee success. Since you have had two surgeries and multiple types of therapies that haven't worked, I can understand your frustration. It might be worth talking to theneurosurgeon about a trial of draining the cysts to see if that helps the symptoms.

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Today's Highlight in History: On May 6, 1965, after a Rolling Stones concert in Clearwater, Florida, was cut short by rowdy fans, Keith Richards composed the opening guitar rift of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," which he co-wrote with Mick Jagger. (The song was recorded less than a week later, and the single was released in the United States on June 6.)

On this date: In 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first major-league home run as a player for the Boston Red Sox. Actor-writerdirector Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Political writer and historian Theodore H. White was born in Boston.

In 1937, the hydrogenfilled German airship Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

In 1942, during World War II some 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to Japanese forces.

In 1981, Yale architecture student Maya Ying Lin was named winner ofa competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In 1994, former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton, alleging he' d sexually harassed her in 1991. (Jones reached a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.) Britain' s Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand (frahn-SWAH' mee-teh-RAHN') formally opened the Channel Tunnel between their countries.

BRIDGE cially popular over the next month, with Venus in Cancer.

Group activities go well. Get out in public. Social activities benefit your career. Today and tomorrow get especially fun and romantic. Give your love generously.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Today is a 7 — Take on new leadership over the next four and a half weeks, with Venus in Cancer. Assume authority, and your professional status (and income) rises. Today and tomorrow especially favor domestic changes. Home and family take priority.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Today is an 8 — Travel and adventure call over the next month, with Venus in Cancer.

Set goals and plan a trip. Study something fascinating.

Today and tomorrow especially favor research and communications. Soak in what you' re learning like a sponge.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):Today is an 8 — Review family finances over the next month, with Venus in Cancer.

Find ways to increase your assets.Today and tomorrow could get especially profitable. Tap another revenuesource.Reconnectwith someone. Ac hieve a new sense of harmony.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 Jan. 19):Today is an 8 — Partnerships grow over the next month with Venus in Cancer.

Compromise comes easily. Rely on mutual support. Female magnetism plays a big role. You' re especially strong and confident today and tomorrow. Take charge. Express yourlove through actions.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Today is a 6 — Work gets more fun over the next month, with Venus in Cancer.

Beauty, creativity and profit come together. Get into thoughtful planning mode today and tomorrow. Listen to all points of view. Slow down and consider options.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20):Today is an 8 — Now the game gets fun. Follow your artistic muse over the next month, with Venus in Cancer. Create beauty and profit.

Share your intimacy and passion. Collaborate. Group activities produce powerful results today and tomorrow.

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4 AQ 9 7 4 North, with six-card support, should shut Y94 hiseyes and bid four spades.Who knows who can make what? East wonders if his side can do well in a minor, especially as North's jump to four spades suggests that West has Dealer: South some minor-suit cards, but the vulnerability Vulnerable: East-West is unfavorable. If East does bid, four no-trump should show both minors, not be Blackwood.

Note that five clubs can be made unless the defenders immediately take their three diaOpening lead:V A mond tricks.

It is all right to discard a spot-card, but it is much better to signal with an honor-cardpartner won't miss it. Here, East should pitch his club king, top of touching honors.

This makes it easy for West to cash another heart trick and the club ace before leading a second club for down one. On any other defense, declarer has at least 10 tricks: six spades and four diamonds.

True, if East discards the club eight before the club three, this ought to persuade West to shift to clubs. But why not make partner's life easy'?

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STATEMENT I declare that all TUOLUMNE COUNTY information in this CLERK statement is true and 2 S. GREEN ST. correct. (A registrant SONORA, CA 95370 who declares as true (209) 533-5573 any material matter FILE NO. 2015000155 Date: 4/1 6/2015 04:32P pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business Refile of previous file and Professions Code ¹2010000166 that the registrant DEBORAH BAUTISTA, knows to be false is CLERK & AUDITORguilty of a misdemeanor CONTROLLER The following Person(s) punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand is (are) doing business dollars ($1,000).) as: Fictitious Business Friends of Camp Mather Name (s): s/Gustin Gilbert, CAMP MATHER Vice President GENERAL STORE NOTICE: This Street address of statement expires five principal place of years from the date it business: was filed in the office of 35250 Mather Road the County Clerk. A new Groveland, CA 95321 FBN statement must be Name of Registrant: Friends of Camp Mather filed no more than 40 days from expiration.

Residence Address: This filing does not of 35250 Mather Road itself authorize the use Groveland, CA 95321 Articles of Incorporation of this name in violation of the rights of another ¹: C2433827 CA under federal, state or The registrant commenced to transact common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.) business under the fictitious business name CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the or names listed above foregoing is a correct on: 04/01/2010

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The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Earl Jones Jr. CASE NUMBER 2200076 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Earl Jones Jr. A Petition for Probate has been filed by:

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A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 8:30 a.m. in Dept.

or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: William Ray Jones Sr. 7830 Poppy Blvd.

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THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate underthe Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions 510-705-2857 without obtaining court Filed April 7, 2015 approval. Before taking By: Brandie Mesa, Clerk certain very important Publication Dates: actions, however, the May 6, 9, 13, 2015 personal representative will be required to give 21, at 800 11th St. The Union Democrat, Modesto, CA 95353 Sonora, CA 95370 notice to interested IF YOU OBJECT to the persons unless they NOTICE OF PETITION have waived notice or granting of the petition, TO ADMINISTER you should appear at consented to the ESTATE OF: the hearing and state proposed action.) The ARTHUR L. CUTLER, your objections or file independent aka ARTHUR LEWIS written objections with administration authority CUTLER, aka ARTHUR will be granted unless the court before the CUTLER, aka ART an interested person hearing. Your CUTLER appearance may be in files an objection to the CASE NUMBER person or by your petition and shows good PR-11181 attorney. cause why the court To all heirs, IF YOU ARE A should not grant the beneficiaries, creditors, CREDITOR or a authority. contingent creditors, A HEARING on the contingent creditor of and persons who may the decedent, you must petition will be held in be otherwise interested this court as follows: file your claim with the Date: 6-5-15 court and mail a copy to in the will or estate, or the personal represent- both, of: ARTHUR L. Time: 8:30 a.m. in Dept.

CUTLER, aka ARTHUR 3, at 60 N. Washington ative appointed by the court within four months LEWIS CUTLER aka St., Sonora, CA 95370 ARTHUR CUTLER aka IF YOU OBJECT to the from the date of first ART CUTLER issuance of letters as granting of the petition, provided in section 9100 A Petition for Probate you should appear at of the California Probate has been filed by: ED the hearing and state Code. The time for filing BROWN in the Superior your objections or file Court of California, claims will not expire written objections with before four months from County of: TUOLUMNE. the court before the the hearing date noticed The Petition for Probate hearing. Your requests that ED above. appearance may be in BROWN be appointed YOU MAY EXAMINE person or by your as personal the file kept by the attorney. representative to court. If you are a IF YOU ARE A person interested in the administer the estate of CREDITOR or a estate, you may file with the decedent. contingent creditor of the court a Request for The petition requests the decedent, you must the decedent's will and Special Notice (form file your claim with the DE-154) of the filing of codicils, if any, be court and mail a copy to admitted to probate. an inventory and the personal The will and any codicils representative appraisal of estate assets or of any petition are available for appointed by the court

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PUBLIC NOTICE TAMARA M. POLLEY, GIANELLI & POLLEY A Professional Law Corporation 27 S. Shepherd Street, P.O. Box 4918 Sonora, CA 95370 209 533-2233 Filed APRIL 29, 2015 By: Gloria Doehring, Clerk Publication Dates: May 2, 6, 9, 2015 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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The upheaval has rocked PC Google's influential search en- makers and other tech companies gine has hit a tipping point in such as Microsoft with businesses technology's shift to smartphones. tiedto salesofdesktop and laptop More search requests are now be- computers. Google has been able ing made on mobile devices than to adapt better than most como n personal computers in t h e panies,partly because its search U.S.and many other parts of the engine and other services are emworld. bedded in the popular Android The milestone announced at mobile operating system, but it a digital advertising conference hasn't been totally unscathed.

T uesday serves as a n other r e Google's average a d p r i ces minder of how dramatically on- have been declining for the past line behavior has changed since three-and-half years, partly be2007. That's when Apple released cause marketers so far have been the first iPhone, leading to a wave unwilling to pay as much for the of similar devices that have made commercial message displayed it easierfor people to stay con- on the smaller screens of smartBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press

phones. The company, though, says mobilead prices have been steadily climbing and will continue todo so asmarketers recognize the value of being able to connect with prospective customers at the precise moment that they are looking for someplace to eat, or comparing products on a smartphone while standing in a store.

"The future of mobile is now," says Jerry Dischler, a Google Inc. vice president in charge of the company's "AdWords" service for creating online marketing campaigns.

Besides in the U.S., Google's mobile search requests are outstripping requests in nine other countries. Japan is the only other

country that Google is identifying.

The Mountain View, California, company isn't specifying just how many mobile search requests it is getting.Google processes more than 100 billion search requests worldwide each month, including queries on PCs. As part of the mobile transition, Google last month overhauled its search-recommendation system to favorwebsites that are easier to read and load on smartphones.

That change, known as "Mobilegeddon," prodded m i l lions of websites to make changes to ensure they work well on smartphones to avoid being demoted in Google's search results.

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Credit card not a good teaching tool

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Parents and children don' t see eye to eye when it comes to credit cards, though not necessarily in the way you might expect.

In the 2015 Parents, Kids & Money survey from T. Rowe Price, 52 percent of parents said they thought their kids should have credit cards to learn about managing money. But only 21 percent of the kids, who were between 8 and 14 years old, said they felt knowledgeable about credit cards.

I'm with the kids on this one. In my opinion, children shouldn't use credit cards to learn how to manage money.

They should learn how to manage money firstand then graduate to a credit card.

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gle with managing credit.

In a 2015 study of Money Matters on Campus, which surveyed 42,000 first-year college students, students admittedthat they felt less prepared to manage money than any other aspect of college life. And "feeling prepared to manage money in college was not related to a student'sexperience with credit cards — it actually decreased as they got cards earlier in life," the report concluded. What really m ade apositive difference in both their financial knowledge and their behavior was experience with a checking account. "Respondents with a checking account, especially an individual account, were markedly more pre-

Taking a fi nancial-education course in high school also boosted students' financial knowledge and promoted responsible financial behavior, according to the Money Matters on Camto teach teens to manage a pus study. That's something stash of real cash. Whether parents can agree with. In they manage the account the T. Rowe Price survey, 75 on paper, online or with percentof parents said they an app, the act of tracking thought there should be a theirexpenses and avoiding personal finance requireoverdrafts is an invaluable, ment to graduate from high hands-on discipline. school. Remember, though, With credit cards, how- that when it comes to monever, young people don' t ey, studies consistently show learn personal responsibil- that you are your children' s ity as long as parents pay most influential teacher. the bill. Once young people have proved they' re mature Janet Bodnar is editor of enough to pay bills on their Kiplinger's Personal Finance own (think rent for college magazine. Send your students) without overdraw- questions and comments to ing their checking accounts, they can apply for a credit And for moreon this and card on their own when they similar money topics, visit turn 21.

pared than those who were unbanked." To which I say, Amen.

O ver the years it h a s been my position that a checking account linked to a debitcard is the best way

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W oman Helpi ng Other Women to meet May 15

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Women Helping Other Women, a business networking group, will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 15 at the Pine Tree Restaurant on Hess Avenue in East Sonora.

G uest speaker w i l l be attorney Gwendolyn Chisteson, who will discuss estate p l anning, wills and trusts.

The group meets the t hird F r iday o f e a ch month, February through October.

For more information, call Michelle Dean at 7432223, or go online to www.

Oak Valley Bancorp, the bank holdingcompany for Oak Valley C ommunity Bank and Eastern Sierra C ommunity B a nk , h a s reported its fi rst quarter earnings.

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ending March 31, 2015, consolidated net income was $1,526,000, or $0.19 per diluted common share.

This is compared with consolidated net i n come of $1,642,000, or $0.20 per diluted common s h are, for theprior quarter, and $1,408,000, or $0.18 per diluted common share, for the same period in 2014.

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Total assets were $753.6 million at March 31, an increase of $3.9 million over Dec. 31, 2014, and $66 million over March 31, 2014.

Gross loans were $453.2 million as of March 31, a decrease of $1.3 million from Dec. 31, 2014, and an increase of $30.7 million over March 31, 2014.

The company's total deposits were $673 million as of March 31, a decrease of $3.4 million from Dec. 31, 2014, and an increase of $57 million over March 31, 2014.

quarter and $6,104,000 for the firstquarter in 2014.

The net interest margin forthe fi rstquarter of2015 was 3.74 percent, compared with 4.19 percent for the prior quarter and 4.04 percentforthe same period last year.

Oak Valley Bancorp operates through 15 branches in Oakdale, Sonora, Turlock, Stockton, Patterson, Ripon, Escalon, Manteca, three branches in Modesto, Tracy, and three branches in their Eastern Sierra D i vision, which includes Bridgeport, N et i nt e r es t i nc o m e Mammoth Lakes and Bishfor the first quarter was op.

A second branch in So$6,201,000, compared with $6,621,000 in t h e p r i or nora will open in December.

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For instance, rooms can now be booked within hotel ads, and car ads can now be swiped across a screen tomake it easier to comparison shop.

In a ddition t o a n n ouncing the milestone in mobile search, Google also introduced on Tuesday a service for comparing mortgage rates in the U.S. The mortgage product expands upon a similarservice for auto insurance policies that Google unveiled in California in March.

Google is a dding t h ree more states — Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania — to the auto insurance service.

clients' petsor to animal and wildlife rescues.

There have been a lot of people who say they will miss the business, Shiles said.

"There's been a lot of hugs, a lotoftears,"he said.

Sonora Feed is open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

grandchildren they plan to visit.

"We don't have a firm itinerary," Shiles said.

The business sold farm and ranch supplies and pet food and supplies. Shiles said Friday there isn't much inventory left, and much of Contact Lacey Peterson at what is left will be donated lpeterson@uniondemocrat. to seniormeals programs for corn or 588-4529.

— LAND TRANsFERsThe following isa list of real estate transactions logged from April 21 through April 28 by the Tuolumne County Assessor-Recorder's Office.

Sales price is calculated using the transfer tax paid, sois approximate.

April 21, 17165 and 17159 Mount Elizabeth Drive, Sonora, $95,500 April 21, 2238 Pepito Drive, La Grange, $170,000 April 21, 12260 Sugar Plum Lane, Columbia, $1 50,000 April 21, 15260 Mc Kamey Court, Sonora, $280,000 April 21, 19020 Rainbow Road, Tuolumne, $355,000 April 22, 12735 Junipero Serra Way, $153,500 April 22, 14571 Stone Lane, Sonora, $207000 April 23, 13294 Cabezut Road, Sonora, $580,000 April 23, 18225 Old Wards Ferry Road, Sonora, $410,000 April 24, 5262 Enramada Drive, La Grange, $47500 April 24, 20333 Nashua Road, Sonora, $282,000 April 24, 19175 Black Oak Road, Sonora, $65,000 April 24, 19762 Butler Way, Groveland, $122,000 April 24, 20956 Lama Tamalin Road, Mi-Wuk Village, $180,000 April 24, 22112 Crystal Falls Drive, Sonora, $209,000 April 24, 20795 Lower Hillview Drive, Sonora, $170,000 April 24, 21900 El Oso Way, Sonora, $365,000 April 24, 19123 Huron Drive, Twain Harte, $333,000 April 24, 19325 Salvador Court, Groveland, $101,000 April 24, 11566 Racetrack Road, Sonora, $450,000 April 24, 22747Tamarack Drive, Twain Harte, $210,000 April 24, 22026 Crystal Falls Drive, Sonora, $60,000 April 24, 12660 Red Chestnut Lane, Sonora, $135,000 April 24, 20603 Resort Road, Sonora, $364,500 April 27,17401 Highway 120, Groveland, $375,000 April 27,22440Tuolumne Road North, Twain Harte, $90,000 April 27,16715 Primrose Lane, Sonora, $282, 500 April 27,23988 Olo Win Trail, Mi Wuk, $187, 500 April 27,12600 Cresthaven Drive, Groveland, $260,000 April 27,24015Acorn Way, Twain Harte, $153,000 April 28, 18460 Muir Ave., Twain Harte, $225,000 April 28, 10675 Dunlap Lane, Sonora, $122,500 April 28, 16585 Estralita Drive, Sonora, $110,000 April 28, 22662 South Fork Road, Sonora, $72,500 April 28, 12333 Alps Court, Groveland, $325,000

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'Frog boys, 'Cat girls win league swim crowns While the Bret Harte Bullfrog boys' and girls' swim teams took first place Friday at the Mother Lode League meet, only the boys claimed the league title.

The Sonora Wildcat girls earned the MLL title by going undefeated during the regular season and finishing second at the league meet.

The Bullfrog girls went 8-2 and couldn' t accumulate enough points at the league meet to pass the Wildcats for the top spot.

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Exams for girls will take place first.

Incoming freshmen and future sophomores will be examined from 5-5:45 p.m. with nNext years juniors and seniors from 5:45-6:30 p.m.

For the boys, freshmen and sophomores will be seen from 6:30-7:15 p.m. and the upperclassmen from 7:15 till finished.

There will be no exeptions to the schedule.

Parents are encouraged to pick up an athletic packet at the high school after May 12 and complete the forms before arriving for physicals.

All athletes must have a completed athletic packet to compete in summer activities and will be good for the school year.

If unable to attend, a student will need separate arrangements.

For more information, call the athletic office at 532-5511 ex. 187.

Luc's Run to be heled May 30 Luc's Run, a benefit to the Major Lucas Gruenther Legacy Foundation, will take place May 30 atTuolumne Memorial Park.

A 2-mile run begins at 8 a.m. and the main event, a 6-miler gets underway at 9.

Cost of either run is $35 and $50 for running in both.

Runners can sign up from 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 29 at the Black Oak Casino hotel or race-day registration begins at 7 a.m. Sign-up forms can be printed from www. lucs run.corn.

Gruenther went missing Jan. 28, 2013 during a U.S. Air Force nighttime training mission over the Adriatic Sea and was found days later.

All proceeds benefit the foundation.

For more information, email info@ lucs run.corn.

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Sonora sophomore Joe Montelongo (12, above) slides safely into home plate Tuesday in the Wildcats 8-4 victory over the Summerville Bears in Tuolumne. Wildcat sophomore Bradley Canepa (3, below) charges down the third base line to score one of his three runs. Summerville's Sam Burns (bottom) scores a run.

Wildcats beat MLL champ S'ville

By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

The rubber-match goes to Sonora, but bragging rights belong to Summerville.

The Wildcats defeated the Mother Lode League champion Bears 8-4 Tuesday in Tuolumne to win the season series, but even in defeat, the Bears are satisfied with their regular season.

"Our guys played hard and they deserved to be league champions," said Summerville head coach Larry Gold. "They did what they needed to do in order to secure that championship, and I'm proud of them. It' s tough when you play your crosstown rivals three times, because someone is going to win the series. Yeah, we didn't get that this year, but we do have that league championship banner hanging out there in center field."

"Our goal was to come out and win the league," said Summerville junior Trey PetersonWood. oWe didn't get the wins we

necessarily wanted to win league, but we picked up the wins that mattered. It feels nice to not let Sonora come in and take

over the league like they thought they were going to do."

Sonora jumped on Summerville early, scoring one unearned run in the top of the first inning. Starting pitcher Danny Robles recorded five strikeouts in the first two innings of play.

"He's a good pitcher," said Sonora senior Carter Denton. "He does a good job of keeping hitters off balance. He pitched well and fortunately we were able to figure him out later in the game."

Summerville senior Bryce Farrell led off the bottom of the second with a triple into the right-center field gap. Elias Hidalgo knocked in Farrell with a sacrifice fiy to right field to tie the game.

The Bears would take the lead in the third. Kai Bannister led off with an infield single and quickly stole second base. Sam Burns followed with a single to left and the Bears had runners on the corners with one See CLASH/Page C2

The Sonora Wildcats coed tennis team defeated Ripon Christian Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the SacJoaquin Section Championships while the Summerville Bears fell to the top overall seed Placer.

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2-ranked team from the Mother Lode League, went on the road to defeat the Southern League champion Knights 5-4 and will play the Trans Valley League champion Ripon Monday on the Indians home courts.

"As a team, it felt really good to go on the road and beat a league champion," said Wildcat head coach Sam Segerstrom. "It shows how tough our league is."

Sonora's boys were dominant against the Knights.

Wildcats No. I player Spencer Lyons, the No. 2 netter in the MLL, won 7-5, 6A and Sonora's No. 2 Augustin Gayar earned a 6-4, 6-3 victory.

"It was windy down there and their No. I player played a little differently and Spencerhad tobattle.Itwasa good match."

Both Sonora boys doubles teams of Louie Bouchet and Zack Whitmer and Sammy Page and Ross Irwin won in straight sets.

The Wildcats girls doubles team of Celia Cotrone and Baylee Johnson scored a 6-4, 6-2 victory to push Sonora over the top with five points.

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Vogelsong, Giants shutout San Diego SAN FRANCISCO (AP)Ryan Vogelsong pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Joe Panik homered and the San Francisco Giants won their fiRh consecutive game by beating the

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Conley comes back, leads Grizzlies over Warriors OAKLAND (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mike Conley MVP Stephen Curry. He made his returned just eight days after having first four shots to get the Grizzlies gofacialsurgery to score 22 points, ing, and his teammates did the and the Memphis Grizzlies used:" ' " ' " ; r e st on defense. a smothering defensive effort to Zach Randolph had 20 points I beat the Golden State Warriors +~ and seven rebounds, and Narc 97-90 on Tuesday night, evening "n'ÂŤ Gasol and Courtney Lee scored 15 points each to help Memphis the Western Conference semifinals 1-1. end Golden State's 21-game homeWearing a clear mask to protect his winning streak. The Warriors dropped swollen face and red left eye, Conley to 42-3 this season at rowdy Oracle stolethespotlightfromnewlyminted A rena, losing for the first time at

home in more than three months and ley cramped up and went to the bench forthe first time this postseason. briefly, but by that point, his job had Game 3 is Saturday in Memphis. been done.

When the Warriors started to rally Conley added three assists in 27 in the closing minutes, Conley came minutes. through again.He made a 3-pointer Curry collected 19 points, six asto givethe Grizzliesa 90-80 lead with sistsand five rebounds but had little 2:11 left, silencing the sea of golden help Rom backcourt teammate Klay Thompson, who was smothered by yellow shirts for good.

During the timeout, the TNT broad- Allen's aggressive play. The Warriors cast caught teammate Tony Allen calling Conley"One-Eyed Charlie." ConSeeWARRIORS / Page C3

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Sonora, California

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

PREPS PLUS 41st annual Special Athletes Day

BASEBALL o ay 12:30 pm(CSBA) MLB BaseballSan Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants.

4:00pm (ESPN) MLB BaseballBaltimore Orioles at New York Mets.

5:00 pm(CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins.

BASKETBALL Today 4:00 pm(TNT) NBA BasketballConference Semifinal: Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers.

6:30 pm(TNT) NBA BasketballConference Semifinal: Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets.

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HOCKEY Today 4:00 pm(USA) NHL Hockey Conference Semifinal: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning.

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The Tuolumne County Recreation Department hosted the 41 st annual Special Athletes Track and Field Day Friday, May 1 at Summerville High's Thorsted Field. Sonora Sunrise Rotary provided lunch for the athletes who competed in the 50-, 100-, 400-, and 800-meter runs along with the softball throw and long jump. (Clockwise from far left) Danner Poe, 11, raises his arms as he crosses the finish line first in the 50-meter heat race. Tyler Wine, 9, prepares to land during the standing long jump. Trinity Ennis, 7, competes in the softball toss. Isaac Escalante, 10, races in a 50-meter event in his age group.

HIGH SCHOOL o ay Boys —Baseball: Calaveras at Linden, 4 p.m.; Sonora vs. Bret Harte, Bev Barron Field, 6 p.m.

Girf~ o f tbafk Caiaveras at Linden, 4 p.m. Sonora vs. Bret Harte, The Dome, 5:30 p.m.

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Continued from PageC1 usual win &om Celia and Baylee," Segerstrom said.

The Wildcats advance to the final eight and will play at Ripon Monday.

The Summerville Bears tennis team won its first-

round match Monday, defeating the Denair Coyotes 6-3 butfel l to defending champion Placer Tuesday.

On Monday, Summerville was led by number two singles player Bianca Neih who turned in a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kaelee Martinez.

The Bears doubles teams also provided crucial points.

Beto Dieste and Gabe Grande-Crarin remained undefeatedin league and team play for Summerville with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Robert Williams and Wanda Elliott.

Bears Jake Branscum Higuera and Deke Bader fought &om a first set deficit to win the next two sets 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 to take the number two boys doubles over Saul Mendoza and Joel Thornton.

The Bears team of Katie Petersen and Megan

Bryant, the MLL No. 1 girls doubles team in the upcoming section playoffs, won 6-3, 6-1 over Jasmine

Yonan and Cristal Fuentas.

Summerville's girls' No. 2 doubles Emily Beluardo and Lauren Adams won 6-3, 6-2 over Hollie Coiling and Shawn Silva.

For boys, Bears No. 1 team of Jacob Capito and Chad Switzer won 6-3, 6-3.

CLASH Continued from PageCl out. PetersonWood knocked in Banister with a single between first and second base and Burns scored on a throwing error for a3-1 Bears lead.

S onora got even in t h e l5 g tsf fourth inning. Afier loading Q the bases with no outs, Eric Gillatt brought home Bradley Canepa ona sacrifice fiy and Nate Gookin knocked in Joey Kish on a single to le.

Sonora head coach Scott Johnson sent Joe Montelongo home on the Gookin hit, and aperfectrelay to catcher Darren Warnock got the Sonora sophomore at home for the third out of the inning to keep the game tied at 3.

Sonora starting pitcher Tyler Casteel had a shutdown bottom of the fourth, Jesse Jones Un / ion Democrat and the senior ace was begin- Summerville's Case Dailey tags out Sonora'6 Nate Gookin as he tries to second base Tuesday in Tuolumne. Wildcat ning to find his groove. third baseman Eric Gilliatt (below) prepares to throw to first base to record an out.

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speed which is hard to pick with the go-ahead run. up," PetersonWood said. "He Sonora rallied back in the was able to get away with top of the sixth, loaded the his quick pitch, which makes bases and tied the game as it difficult to get a second- Casteel took a pitch off his ary lead while on base. He elbow, which allowed Canepa was mixing up his times and to scorefrom third to tie the pitches and threw a good game 4-4. game."

With the bases still juiced, S ummerville looked t o Gilliatt singled passed the break the tie in the bottom d rawn-in i n f i eld wh i c h of the fifth as it had runners scored Kish and Montelongo at second and third with two for a 6-4 lead they would not outs and PetersonWood at surrender.

"We have eight seniors on the plate. He fought off some tough pitches before smok- this team, so I didn't have ing a liner between third and to say too much going into shortstopto plate Bannister this game," Johnson said.

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'Vile had a team meeting last night and the seniors did most of the talking. I don' t care if we are 1-13 and Summerville is 2-12, it's going to be a big game. These kids play against each other and know each other, so it is going to be a big game no matter what. We played better, but we certainly didn't play an errorfree game, or a mental error &ee game. We probably didn't play as well as we did earlier in the year. We had some base running miscues, and some other minor things.

But we played better today than we did last week."

Sonora loaded the bases twice with no outs, and the Summerville pitchers were in the stretch all game.

"It's a tough situation to be in," Gold said of pitching with the bases loaded. 'The first time we were there, we were able to escape without too much damage.The second time, you just know something bad will eventually happen, and it happened.

We look back at the bottom of the fi fth and we had a chance to maybe blow the game wide open, but we couldn't produce as much as we wanted. That came back to haunt us. But you pickitup and move on."

Sonora added two runs in the top of the seventh and Casteel held on to earn his 11th win of the season. Sonora finished second in the MLL, and will be on of the three league teams (Summerville and Linden) playing in postseason next week.

"We knew that we could beat the good teams," Johnson said. "Our problem is maintaining focus. Summerville is a good team and we took 2 of 3 from them. We took 2 of 3 from Linden. The problem we had was beating the Amador and Argonaut's of the world, and team's that are not exactly upper-echelon this year.

Summerville played well, and

the Mother Lode League will r epresent pretty well in t h e

playoffs."

Sonora (12-5 MLL) has one game remaining, which is against Bret Harte today at Bev Barron Field at 6 p.m. The Bears (14-4 MLL) regular season is over and the wait is on to find out who they will play in the firstround of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V Championships.

"This loss doesn't really affect us," Gold said. "Maybe it takes a little of our momentum away. We had won five games in a row and we were really hoping to win our final game of the regular season.

I know the guys are a little disappointed, but last night took alittle out ofus.It's not that they weren't going to be completely up for this game, but they won the championship last night and that was a pretty big deal. But they still came out and gave it everything that they had.

We fell short, and our hats offto Sonora. Sonora played a good game and they were the better team today. Hey, the regular season is over.

We have a banner hanging in our outfield that says we are the champions. Our next move it to be section champs.

We have our eye on that target now."

Sonora, California

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BRIEFS Suit filed against Pacquiao for injury

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 — C3

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

Paaquiao injury just another hit for boxing

LAS VEGAS (AP)Manny Pacquiao and his handlers have been hit with a lawsuit asking for damages for anyone who paid to watch his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. because he failed to disclose his shoulder was injured.

The suit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas on behalf of two plaintifFs, identified as StaphaneVanel and Kami Rahbaran.

It alleges that the two were defrauded after paying to watch the fight, and seeks class action status on behalf of anyone who bought tickets, pay-perview or bet on the fight.

The suit comes as ¹ vada boxing regulators are looking into possible disciplinary action against Pacquiao for failing to disclose the injury suffered in training for the fight. Pacquiao, who would go on to lose a unanimous decision, is expected to undergo surgerythisw eek forarotator cufF tear.

Lindsay Vonnnamed ambassador for Seoul SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean Olympic organizers have appointed U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn as an honorary ambassador for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

Vonn is the first foreign individual selected for the role and she joins a list of high-profile South Korean sports stars including former Olympic fi gure skating champion Kim Yu-na and Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, Pyeongchang's organizing committee said Wednesday.

Vonn, 30, an Olympic g old medalist and t h e all-time wins leader in women's World Cup Alpine skiing with 67, missed the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, nursing a knee injury. She plans to compete in Pyeongchang and visited the construction site of the Games' alpine skiing venue this week.

US Ski Teamwill manage NASTAR SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Ski Team says it will take over operational control of NASTAR, a recreationalracing program that's in place at more than 100 resorts around the nation.

The agreement was announced Monday at the National Ski Areas Association convention. USSA President Tiger S h aw says that by bringing in NASTAR, the ski team is hoping to "not only engage a new generation of skiracers,but also to have significant impact by extending our brand to new fans."

Through the NASTAR handicap system, which began in 1968, skiers can compare times against top skiers such as Olympic champions Ted Ligety and Julia Mancuso.

Kane, Crawford carry Blackhawks past Wild ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Patrick Kane has been playing like he never left.

Corey Crawford has resolutely rebounded from being benched.

The Chicago Blackhawks have only begun to rev up their game, and the Minnesota Wild have lost their touch at the wrong time.

Kane scored on a power play in the first period, and Crawford and the Blackhawks made the superstar' s goalstand up for a 1-0 win over the Wild on Tuesday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Game 4 is in Minnesota again on Thursday.

C rawford m ade 8 0 saves, giving him 90 on 94 shots in the three games.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The people who paid $99.95 to watch at home had no clue.

Neither did those spending $40,000ormore foraringside seat Saturday night in Las Vega s.

And, surely, the bettor who w agered $500,000 at t h e MGM Grand sports book on Manny Pacquiao to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. wasn't in the loop.

They all thought they were getting the Fight of the Century. Two fighters who, if not in their prime, were at least in peak condition for the fight of their lives.

What they got instead was a one-armed Pacquiao chasing M ayweatheraround the ring for 12 rounds. The Filipino who normally is a punching machine landed only 18 right jabs and didn't even throw as many punches as the defensive-minded Mayweather.

His shoulder had been injured in training. Injured so badly that Pacquiao will undergo surgery this week for a

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Yet the fight went on. No one outside the Pacquiao camp knew until two hours beforethefi ght,when hishandlers unsuccessfully sought permission from Nevada boxing officials for a shot of Toradol, an anti-inflammatory used totreatacutepain.

Fighters are tough guys.

They often enter the ring not 100 percent because in boxing it's an unwritten rule that the fight must go on.

But this was different. This was the richest fight ever, a boxing match so big that the fighters were getting paydays thatrivaled the gross domestic product of some developing countries.

This was a fight so hugely anticipated that it demanded the best of both fighters.

"I wanted to be more ag-

gressivebut it was hard for me to fight (with one hand)," Pacquiao said.

It's hard to blame Pacquiao, even ifhe lied a day before the fight when he checked the "no" box on a commission form asking him if he had a shoulder injury. He had the weight of an entire country on his shoulders, and he badly wanted to fight.

The people around him, though, are another matter.

They knew their fighter was damaged goods, but sent him into the ring anyway.

The stakes were too high.

The money was too big. The richest fight ever had to go on.

"Athletes always fight hurt," promoter Bob Arum said the night of the fight. "We felt the work that was done on the shoulder during training would give him the opportunity to use the right hand.

He deals with the injury and thinks he conquered it and it was reinjured again. Happens in football and every sport."

Turns out there was a rea-

son trainer Freddie Roach closed sparring sessions a month before the fight. Nothing to see but a one-armed fighter getting ready to fight the best fighter ofhis generation.

The problem for Pacquiao's camp wasn't in keeping Mayweather in the dark about the injury. That's fair game in boxing, where there's little advantage in letting an opponent know about any weakness.

But no one told Nevada boxing officials, not even when specifically asked on the form filled out by Pacquiao just before the weigh-in. They were blindsided when, just before the fight, Pacquiao's handlers asked if it was OK for their fighter to get a shot to deaden the pain in his shoulder.

By then it was too late.

Allowing the shot without knowing exactly what the injury was would have put Mayweather at a disadvantage, at the very least.

'They had plenty of time to disclose it,"said Bob Bennett,

executivedirector of the ¹

vada Athletic Commission.

The lack of disclosure will probably mean a fine,and possibly a s uspension for Pacquiao. He can afford both, with a payday that figures to exceed $100 million and a lengthy recovery time from shoulder surgery.

Still, Nevada boxing regulators need to do something.

They thought they had done everything possible to ensure a fair fight, but ended up being snookered instead.

It won't get people back the money they paid, something a pairoffans are seeking in a federal court lawsuit filed Tuesday against Pacquiao and his handlers.

But it might give them some confidence that the next time theyareasked todigdeep into their wallets they can do so with confidence that they are getting what they paid for.

Tim Dahlberg is a sports columnist for The Associated

Press.

MLB

Chavez dominates in A's victory over Twins MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Chavez was masterful in Even after shutting down the his thirdstart of the season red-hot Minnesota Twins of- after being moved from the fense for 7 V3 innings, bullpen to when Jesse Jesse Chavez left the Hahn missed a start bemound wanting more. s cause of a blister.

A The Oakland Athlet He h andcuffed a ics right-hander poundTwins offense that had ed his glove and shouted scored 39 runs during as he was taken out of a game its five-game winning streak. he dominated with runners He needed just 62 pitches to on the corners and one out. get through six innings, but Chavez struck out seven left the mound in a hufF in and allowed one unearned the eighth after first baseman run and the Athletics snapped Ike Davis made a throwing Minnesota's five-game win- errorto squander a potential ning streak with a 2-1 victory inning-ending double play.

Brian Dozier followed with onTuesdaynight.

"Just me being in the mo- a flare ofF Evan Scribner to ment, fiery," said Chavez (1- get the Twins on the board, 2), who gave up four hits and but Clippard struck out Huntneededjust87 pitches forhis er and got Joe Mauer to fly first victory of the season. out to left field to strand the "Just wanted it. That was the tying run on third base. only thing. I was just in the "We had been rolling pretty moment and wanted to com- good ofFensively. I don't know pete. I just wanted to win." if he took it personally or Billy Butler had two hits what, but he went out there and an RBI and Billy Burns and threw alot of fastballs," added two hits and a stolen Twins manager Paul Molibase forthe Athletics.Tyler tor said of Chavez. "Had good Clippard got five outs for his command, had it moving in third save in four chances. bothdirections."

The A's got on the board in Trevor May (2-2) gave up two runs on five hits and the first inning thanks in part struck out three in 5 2-3 in- to afortuitous bounce. Butler nings. Torii Hunter had two lifted a fly ball down the right hits for the Twins, who were field line and Hunter made looking for their first six-game a long run and leaped at the winning streak since 2011. wall to try to bring in the

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George Kontos and YusContinued from PageC1 meiro Petit each worked an inning to complete the fourinnings without scoring. hitter.

Brandon Crawford had Andrew Cashner ( 1-5) three hits and an RBI for the remained winless in eight Giants, who won their eighth games, four starts, in San straight at home and are a Francisco. He gave up six game over .500 (14-18) for the runs — four earned — and first time since April 10, the seven hits over six innings. beginning of an eight-game He walked three and struck losing streak. Justin Maxwell out three. and Matt DufFy, who had two Traiaer's room hits, also drove in runs.

Giants: OF Angel Pagan Vogelsong (1-2) walked two was scratched from the lineand struck out four in his lon- up with a cut on his middle gest outing of the season. He finger. The injury occurred retired 11 of his first 12 hit- Monday night when Pagan tersand pitched out ofa bas- stole second and his fi n-

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third out of the inning. But his left arm hit the wall hard and the ball popped out, and Butler followed with a base hit to right to score Burns.

Trainer's room Athletics: Melvin said OF 4 Coco Crisp is closing in on 4 4/2 joining the team. He's been on F/2 the disabled list since April 4 after needing surgery on his GB right elbow. Crisp was gets'/2 ting treatment in Oakland 7 8 on Tuesday and Melvin said 12'/z a decision on his return will GB likely be made on Wednesday. ... LHP Sean Doolittle, who 3'/ z has beenon the disabled list sanDiego 14 14 . 5 0 0 4 Colorado 11 13 A58 5 since April 4 with a strained Arizona 10 14 A1 7 6 leftrotator cufF,threw 25 Tuesday's games Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 1 pitches in a bullpen. Melvin Miami 2, Washington 1 said he could throw to hitters N.Y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2 Atlanta a philadelphia 0 on Friday in Seattle.

L.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 2 Twins: RHP Tim StaufFer st. Louis 7, chicago cubs 4 (rib strain) has started playArizona at Colorado, ppd., rain san Francisco 6, san Diego 0 ing catch, GM Terry Ryan Today's games said. StaufFer when on the Miami (Koehler 2-2) at Washington (scherzer 1-3I, 10:05 a.m. disabled list on Friday.... RHP Arizona (Collmenter 2-3) at Colorado Casey Fien (right shoulder (Matzek 2-0), 12:10 p.m., 1st game san Diego (Kennedy 1-1 ) at san Franstrain) has yet to begin throwciax> (Heston 2-2), 12:45 p.m. ing after going on the disabled Arizona (Ray 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles list on Thursday.

2-2), 3:40 p.m., 2nd game cincinnati (Leake 1-1) at Pittsburgh Burns excels (G.cole 40), 4:05 p.m.

Billy Burns had two singles, Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (dec rom 2-3), 4:10 p.m. stole a base, scored a run and Philadelphia (Williams 2-1) at Atlanta made a nice running catch in (Foltynewicz 1O), 4:10 p.m.

LW Dodgers (Facias2-0) at Milwaukee center field as he continues (W.Peralta 04), 5:10 p.m. to make a case for sticking chicago cubs (Lester 1-2) at st. Louis around when Crisp returns.

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ger was stepped on.... RHP Jake Peavy (strained lower back) threw a bullpen session and came out of it OK.

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Curry with chants of "M-V-P!" Once the game began, the other point guard drowned out those cheers.

Conley started after missing the last three games re-

28.1 percent from 3-point covering from surgery to re-

range. The Grizzlies had 13 steals.

Golden State had not lost at home since a 113-111 overtime defeat to Chicago on Jan. 27. The only other home loss came to San Antonio on Nov. 11.

The Warriors had won their first five games in these playoffs, including a sweep of New Orleans in the opening round, and were riding the good vibes of Curry's crown.

Curry received the MVP trophy from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver during an on-court ceremony just before tipoff, and fans serenaded

pair broken bones in his face.

He had been concerned about his mask fogging up, but he looked comfortable and in control.

Conley avoided serious contactuntilthe second quarter, when Draymond Green hit him in the face trying to grab the ball as the point guard lay on the court signaling for a timeout. Conley winced in pain before getting up, and some Grizzlies shouted at Green as the teams headed to their benches.

OfFicials reviewed the play and ruled there was no excessive contact.

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Players Championship should focus on what it is PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The criteria to be considered for the World Golf Hall of Fame smacks of yet another efFort by the PGA Tour to make The Players Championship something it's not.

Eligible players must have won 15 times on any of the six major tours around the world or win at least two of the following tournaments — The Masters, U.S. Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship and The Players Championship.

Five tournaments of equal standlilg.

Four of them are majors.

"On first hearing that, it sounds wrong," Graeme McDowell said. 'Tm not ofFended by it. But there are four majors. And this is very, very good."

The Players Championship tries to dress like a major, and for the most part, wears it well.

Therearea few glaring differences, of course. It's tough to get past the Jacksonville Jaguars' mascot parading around the practice range (can anyone picture the Georgia Bulldogs' mascot on the range at Augusta National?), or that the TPC Sawgrass is not open to the public until Tuesday.

Rory Mcllroy won't arrive until Wednesday. It's hard to imagine the world's No. 1 player not showing up at

St. Andrews until the day before the tournament.

Too much is made about what The Players Championship is not instead of celebrating what it is.

The Players Championship has the strongest and deepest field of the year on a golf course that wouldn't appear to discriminate any style of game. It has a back nine filled with risk and reward. And it has an island green on the par-3 17th hole that is either exciting or a ginmnck, but it makes you look.

A better description of The Players is this: It's the biggest event run by the biggest tour in golf. The name needs an apostrophe. It's a championship that belongs to PGA Tour play-

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ers.

That should be enough.

"It's big," Jimmy Walker said. "If you wanted one under your belt, this would be one of them. It's the PGA Tour's premier event.It'sthe biggest tournament run by the best tour in the world."

But a large poster on the wall in the media center has a quote from defending champion Martm Kaymer that starts, "At the end of the day, for all of us it's a major."

Augusta National celebrated a pieceofwood, a center cutofthe fa-

me — I think you have to look at them in probably two difFerent categories."

McDowell puts The Players a notch below the majors, on a level with the World Golf Championships. He said American-born players would tend to place The Players ahead of the WGCs because it's their tour. The Players has a 25-year head start on the WGCs. And for some international players, the WGCs helped them get PGA Tour cards.

The Players might be every bit as difFicult to win as the majors. The final hour rarely lacks for suspense or pressure. The tournament does not lack in prest ige.It gets better every year. it's worth paying attention to how It getsbigger every year.Ifithasn't score is kept. Fred Couples was in- earnedthe righttoberated alongside ducted in 2013 with 15 wins, including the majors, it is getting closer. the Masters and two Players ChampiIn eve~ but n ame.

"If it was a major," Justin Leonard onships. Mark OMeara gets inducted this year with 16 wins, including the said, "then it would be a major."

Rory's schedule: Tiger Woods Masters and British Open.

"Freddie actually won less tour- announcers his upcoming plans and naments than Mark did, but he had referred to a busy summer schedule. two Players," Woods said. "But Mark That's nothing compared with what had two majors in there. Freddie had 26-year-old Rory McIlroy has on his one major. So is that three to two, or plate leading up to the U.S. Open. is it one to two? According to the new McIlroy disclosed last week that he system, it's three to two. I think that' s plans to add the Wells Fargo Chamhow they' re trying to make it look. pionship to his schedule, which will But I think that us as players — I make for five straight weeks in three can't speak for everyone, but certainly countries. bled Eisenhower Tree lost during an ice storm. The Players countered with a pressrelease thatits oak tree overhanging the sixth tee, removed in ¹ vember because of decay and disease, had been converted into a bench.

And on it goes.

Tiger Woods will meet the Hall of Fame criteria, just barely. He has 90 victories on the major tours and 16 of those special tournaments (14 are majors, along with The Players Championship twice). He wasn' t buying the idea of The Players being linked with the majors.

Woods looked at the last two groups of Hall of Fame inductees to say that

He won the Match Play Championship. He is at The Players Championship this week, followed by the trip to Quail Hollow. After that, he heads to the Irish Open at Royal County Down and then he defends his title in the BMW PGA Championship at Went worth.

Furyk's career: The new standard for the World Golf Hall of Fame would seem to be lower as golf becomes more fiush with talent. Jim Furyk went from being on the cusp oftheconversation to being doser to a certainty when he won at Klton Head. That gave him 17 career wins, plus a U.S. Open, and nine consecutive Ryder Cup teams.

He thinks about it, not by choice.

'Tm kind of forced to because you all asked me about it," Furyk said. "I don't lay awake in bed thinking about what needsto happen or anything like that. Just go play."

In thepast few years,one target for this generation has been 20 wins, which comes with lifetime membership on the PGA Tour. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh reached 20 and more. Davis Love III got there with his last win at Disney.

Furyk had gone four years until his 17th victory, a playofF win over Kevin Kisner.

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E—Bryant (4), Lyons(1). Dp—chicago 3. LOB-

Chicago 11, St. Louis 8. 26 — Rizzo (5), Castillo (2), A.Rumell 2 (5), Jh.Peralta (7), Wong (5), Reynolds (4). HR—M.carpenter (5). S —Fowler.

sF — soler, M.carpenter.

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by EJackson (Jayj, by Hendricks (Jay, Bourjos). WP — Lyons.

Umpires —Home, Bill Welke; First, D.J. Reyburn; Second, John Tumpane; Third, John Hirschbeck.

T — 3:13. A — 41,61 3 (45~).

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LOB — oakland 8, Minnesota 5. sB —Burns (1).

CS — Tor.Hunter (2).

IP H R E R BBSO Oakhnd Chavez W,1-2 7 1/3 4 1 0 1 7 Scribner 0 1 0 0 0 0 c lippard S,3-4 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota May L,2-2 52/3 5 2 2 2 3 Due nsing 1 4 0 0 0 2 Tonkin 1f3 0 0 0 0 0 AThompson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pressly 1 0 0 0 0 1 Scdbner pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Umpires — Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Climt Fagan; Second, Mike Eveiitt; Third, Tim Timmons.

T — 2:43. A — 18,135 (39,021).

GIANTS 2, PADRES 0 Sanoiego ab rhbi SsnFranciscosbr hbi Myerscf 3 0 0 0 A o kil f 4 1 10 D e.Norrisc 4 0 0 0 Panik2b 3 1 10 K emprf 4 0 0 0 P agancf 4 0 2 1 Uptonlf 4 0 1 0 P osey c 3 0 00 Solarte1b 4 0 1 0 Belt 1b 4 0 20 G yorko2b 4 0 0 0 M axwell rf 3 0 1 1 Middlebrks3b30 0 0 McGehee3b 3 0 0 0 Barmes ss 3 0 0 0 acrawford ss3 0 0 0 T.Romp 2 0 0 0 B umgamerp 3 0 1 0 Hedgesph 1 00 0 Rorno p 0 0 0 0

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ner u ), B.crawford (3). Dp—san Diego 1. LOB-

San Diego 6, San Francisco 7. 2B —Belt (4).

SB — Aoki (8), Pagan (3), Maxwell (1).

IP H R E R BBSO San Diego T. Ross L,1-3 7 7 2 2 3 5 Vincent 1 1 0 0 0 0 San Francisco BumgarnerW,3-1 71/3 2 0 0 1 6 Rorno H,S 2/3 0 0 0 0 2

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Umpires — Home, Kerwin Danley; First, Rob Drake; Second, Gabe Morales; Third, Joe West.

T — 2:32. A — 41,278 (41915).

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING — AJones, Baltimore, .396; El l sbury, New York,.358; Vogt, Oakland,.358; Jlglesias, Detroit,.354; Brantley, Cleveland,.351; MiCabrera, Detroit, .351; Fielder, Texas, .350.

RUNS — Donaldson, Toronto, 22; Trout, Los Angeles, 22; Ellsbury, New York,21; KMorales, Kansas City, 21; Travis, Toronto, 20; Moustakas, Kansas City, 19; 7 tied at 18.

RBI — Ncruz, Seattle, 26; Vogt, Oakland, 25; Travis, Toronto, 23; HRamirez, Boston, 22; Teixeira, New York, 22; AJones, Baltimore, 21; KMorales, Kansas City, 21.

HITS — Altuve, Houston, 40; Ellsbury, New York, 38; Fielder, Texas, 36; AJones, Ba Itimore, 36; Ncruz, Seattle, 35; Micabrera, Detroit, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 33;Moustakas, Kansas City, 33.

DQUBLEs — cano, seattle, 10; cespedes,

Detroit, 10; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 9; Pillar, Toronto, 9; 8 tied at 8.

TRIPLES — Orlando, Kansas City, 5; Fuld, Oakland, 3; Bogaerts, Boston, 2; ACabrera, Tampa Bay, 2;Hosmer, Kansas City,2;Jlglesias, Detroit, 2; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 2; Marisnick, Houston, 2; BMiller, Seattle, 2; SSmith, Seattle, 2.

HOME RUNs —Ncruz, seattle, 14; HRamirez, Boston, 10; Teixeira, New York, 10; Travis, Toronto, 7;valbuena,Houston,7;vogt,o akIsnd, 7; 9 tied st 6.

STOLEN BASES —Ellsbury, New York, 11; Altuve, Houston, 10; Spiinger, Houston, 10; Marisnick, Houston, 9; Gardner, New York, 8; Cain, Kansas City, 6; Roavis, Detroit, 6; LMartin, Texas, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 6.

PITCHING — FHemandez, Seattle, 54; Pineda, New York, 44; Gray, Oakland, ~; McHugh, Houston, 4-0; Simon, Detroit, 4-1; 12 tied at 3.

ERA — Keuchel, Houston, 0.80; NMartinez, Texas, 0.84; Kazmir, Oakland, 1.62; Archer, Tampa Bay, 1.64; Gray, Oakland, 1.67; FHernandez, Seattle, 1.73; Volquez, Kansas City, 2.10. sTRIKEOUTs — FHernandez, seattle, 44; Archer, Tampa Bay,42; Buchholz, Boston,40; Kluber, Cleveland, 39; Pineda, New York, 38; Salazar, Cleveland, 37; Kazmir, Oakland, 36.

SAVES — AMiller, New York, 11; Soria, Detroit, 10; Street, Los Angeles, 9; Perkins, Minnesota, 9; Rodney, Seattle, 8; WDavis, KansasCity,6;G regerson,Houston, 6;Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 6.

NAllONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATllNG — DGordon, Miami, A22; LeMahieu, Colorado, .392;A Gonzalez,LosA ngeles,.361; Goldschmidt, Arizona,.356;Pagan,San Francisco, .350; Mcarpenter, St. Louis, .346; Holliday, St. Louis, .345.

RUNS — Myers, San Diego, 25; Mcarpenter, St.Louis, 23;AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 23; Rizzo, Chicago, 21; Freeman, Atlanta, 20; Frazier, Cincinnati, 19; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 19; Kemp, San Diego, 19; Upton, San Diego, 19.

RBI — Stanton, Miami, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona,22;AGonzalez, LosAngeles, 22;Upton, San Diego, 21; Mcarpenter, St. Louis, 20; Frazier, Cincinnati, 18; Marte, Pittsburgh, 18; DsnMurphy, New York, 18.

HITS — DGordon, Miami,46; Mcarpenter, St. Louis, 36; Pagan, San Francisco, 36; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 35; Kemp, San Diego, 33; Lagares, New York, 33; Aoki, San Francisco, 32; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 32; votto, cincin-

NBA Rayolfs CONFERENCE SEMIRNALS

n8tl, 32.

DOUBLEs — Mcarpenter, st. Louis, 14; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 12; DeNoriis, San Diego, 11; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 10; Desmond, Washington, 9; Duda, New York, 9; Freeman, Atlanta, 9; Lind, Milwaukee, 9.

TRIPLES — Revere, Philadelphia, 3; Trumbo, Arizona, 3; 14 tied Bt 2.

HOME RUNs — Frazier, cincinnati, 9; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 9; Marte, Pittsburgh, 7; Pederson, Los Angeles, 7; Upton, San Diego, 7; Votto, Cincinnati, 7; Arenado, Colorado, 6; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 6; KJohnson, Atlanta, 6; Stanton, Miami, 6.

STOLEN BASES — Hamilton, Cincinnati, 13; DGordon, Miami, 12; Aoki, San Francisco, 8; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Rizzo, Chicago, 7; 5 tied at 5.

PITCHING — Harvey, New York, 5-0; Greinke, Los Angeles, 5-0; Bcolon, New York, 5-1; Wachs, St. Louis, 4-0; Gcole, Pittsburgh, 4-0; SMiller, Atlanta, 4-1; 13 tied at 3.

ERA — Scherzer, Washington, 1.26; Burnett, Pittsburgh, 1.45; Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.56; SMiller, Atlanta, 1.66; Gcole, Pittsburgh, 1.76; Wacha, St. Louis, 1.93; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 1.95.

STRIKEOUTS — Kershaw, Los Angeles, 51;

Shields, San Diego,48;TRoss,San Diego,42; Cueto, Cincinnati, 40; Scherzer, Washington, 39; Hamels, Philadelphia, 38; Cashner, San Diego, 36; Lynn, St. Louis, 36.

SAVES — Familia, New York, 11; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 9; Casilla, San Francisco, 8; Giilli, Atlanta, 8; Kimbrel, San Diego, 8; Storen, Washington, 7; 5 tied at 5.

Tennis ATP Workl Tour/WTA, Mutus Madrid Open Tuesday, At Cajs Magics, Madel, Spain Purse $4,185~

(Best'-7; x4 necessary)

Mondaf s games Chicago 99, Cleveland 92, Chicago leads series 1-0

LA. Clippers 117, Houston 101, LA. Clippers leads series 1-0 Tuesday's games Atlanta 106, Washington 90, Seiies tied 1-1 Memphis 97, Golden State 90, Seiies tied 1-1 Today's games Chicago at Cleveland, 4 pm.

LA.Clippers stHouston,6:30p.m.

Friday'8 games Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Houston at LA Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey NHL playoNs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) Monday's game Washington 1, N.Y. Rangers 0, Washington leads series 2-1 Tuesday's games

Chicago1,M innesota0,Chicago leadsseries 3-0

Calgary 4, Anaheim 3, Anaheim leads series 2-1

Today's games N.Y.Rangers atW ashington,4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Thursday's games Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Tits GF GA

Surface: Gay '

Singles — Men —Rmt Round Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, def. Donald Young, United States, 64, 34, retired.

Jo-wilfiied Tsonga u2), France, def. Lukas

Rosol, Mech Republic,7-5,6-3.

Gael Monfils u3), France, def. viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 64.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Daniel GimenoTraver, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 5-2, retired.

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-3.

Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Jack Sock, United States, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 64, 7-5.

Roberto Bautista Ag ut (14), spain, def.Martius cop|I, Romania 7-5 6-3.

Philipp Kohlschreiber Germany def. Alejandm Falla, Colombia, 6-1, 6-4.

Richard Gasquet, France, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.

Second Round Milos Raonic (5), Canada, def. Juan Monaco,

Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.

Stan Wawiinka (8), Switzerland, def. Joao

sousa, portugal, 7-6 u), 7-5.

Women — Second Round Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-1, 6-2.

Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 64, 2-6, 6-3.

Caroline Garcia, France, def. Karolina Pliskova (14), Mech Republic, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

A nastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia,def.Sara Errani (15), Italy, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 64.

Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-3.

Barbora Sbycova, Czech Republic, def. Varvara Lepchenko,United States,64 ,6-2.

Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Csrla Suarez Navsrro (10), Spain, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 7-5..

Basketball

New England D.C. United New York Columbus Toronto FC

5 2 2 17 12 5 1 2 1 71 0 3 1 4 13 12 3 3 2 1112 3 4 0 9 11 Chicago 3 4 0 9 6 orlandocity 2 4 2 8 6 New York City Fc 1 5 3 6 6 Philadelphia 1 6 3 6 10 Montreal 0 2 2 2 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE

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Vancouver 5 3 2 17 11 9 Seattle 5 2 1 16 13 6 San Jose 4 4 1 1 3 9 10 LosAngeles 3 2 4 1310 9 S porting Kansss City 3 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 Portland 2 3 4 10 7 8 Houston 2 4 4 1011 13 Real Salt Lake 2 2 4 1 0 7 10 Colorado 1 2 6 9 8 8 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Tuesday's game San Jose1,Houston0 Today's game Los Angeles at Real Sa It Lake, 6 30 p m.

Friday's game

New E nglandtaOrlando City, 5 p.m.

San Josestcolorado,7p.m.

Saturday's games Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 12 p.m.

Portland at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 4 p.m. sporting Kansas city at D.c. United, 4 p.m.

Seattle at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

LOS AngelesatFC Dallas,5:30p.m .

Sunday's games Houston at Toronto Fc, 2 p.m.

New York City FC at New York,4 pm.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated OF Nick swisher from the 15-day DL optioned QF Tyler Holt to Columbus (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled INF Jose Pirela from ScrantoNWilkes-Barre (IL).

QAKLAND A's — Announced QF cody Ross cleared waivers and was released.

TEXAS RAN GERS —Claimed LHP Mike Kickham off waivers from Seattle and optioned him to Round Rock (pcL). Transferred OF Ryan Rua from the 15- to the 60-day DL TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled INF/OF chds colabello from Buffalo (IL). Optioned INF JonathanDiaz.Designated LHP Jayson Aquino

for assignment.

National League AT1ANTA BRAVES — Designated LHP Donnie Veal for assignment. Recalled RHP Brandon cunniff from Gwinnett (IL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Released c Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

NEW YORK METS — Selected C Johnny Monell from Las vegas (pcL). sent INF Etc Camp bel to Las Vegas.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled LHP Tyler

ECHL ECHL Florida's Mitch wahl has been suspended indefinitel and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in ECHEPlayoff G ame J-2, South CarolinaatFlorida,onMa y2 COLLEGE NCAA — Named J.D. Collins coordinator of

men's basketball officiating.

BROWN — Named Tyler Simms men's assistant basketball coach.

FORDHAM — Named Jaden Uken men' s assistant basketball coach.

IOWA — Announced sophomore DB Malik Rucker is leaving the football program.

MINNESOTA STATE(MANKATO) — Named Lon Rittenhouse-Wollmuth women' s volleyball

coach.

MISSISSIPPI — Agreed to a four year contract extension with men's basketball coach Andy Kennedy through 201 9.

NEBRASKA — Announced junior volleyball player Melanic Keel vnll transfer to Flonda State.

TEXAS TECH — Named Chad Weiberg depUty athletics director.

Lyons from Memphis (pcL). Optioned RHp sam Tuivailala to Memphis.

UMKC — signed men's basketball coach SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled LHP Frank Game from El Paso (PCL).Placed RHPBrandon Kareem Richardson to a contract extension Morrow on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May through 2020.

3.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Acquired OF Darin Mastroianni from Philadelphia for cash considerations.

American Association Glantz Culver AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS —Sig ned LHP MLB Rigaberto Arrebato.

Nstional League FARGO-MOORHEADREDHAWKS —Released F AVORBK U NE U NDERDOG UNE C Travis Higgs. Signed RHP Paul Raglione. at Washington -200 Miami +185 KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Traded C Jake at Colorado -145 Ariz o n a + 135 Taylor to Joplin for cash. at Ssn Francisco -120 Sa n Diego +110 LAREDO LEMURS — Signed INFChase at Pittsburgh -155 Cin c innati +145 Tucker and LHP Dayne Quist. at Atlanta -120 P hiladelphia +110 -115 at Milwaukee +105 SIOUX CITYEXPLORERS — Released c Joe Los Angeles Sta Icy. at St. Louis -125 Chic a g o + 1 15 Fmntier League American League EVANSVILLEOTTERS — Signed LHP Brodie at Toronto -110 New York +100 -125 T a mpa Bay +115 Liebrandt and Efraim Nieves. at Boston SOUTHERN ILLINOISMINERS — Signed OF at Houston -125 Texas +115 -120 at Minnesota +110 sako chapjain ,RHp steve Hagen, RHp pete Oakland Perez, RHP Shane Street and C Jared Welch. at Kansas City -130 Cle v eland +120 -150 TRAVERSECITY BEACH B VMS—Sig ned OF at Chicago Detroit +140 Jay Austin to a contract extension. at Los Angeles -1 35 Seattle +1 25 WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed OF Interleague David Popkins. Released RHP Willie Ethimgton, atNew York(NL) -125 Bal t imore +115 1 B Tyler peterson, and OF casey Roche.

NBA RayaSs BASKETBAlL FAVORITE UNE 0 / U UN D ERDOG Women's National Basketball Association at Cleveland 6 ( 194 ) Chic a go NEW YORK LIBERTY —Named Isiah Thomas at Houston 7 ( 214) L A . Clippers president NHL Playoffs FOOTBALL FAVORITE UNE UNDERDOG UNE Mont r eal + 130 National Football League at Tampa Bay -1 50 ARIZONA CARDINALS — Announced the at Washington -120 N.Y. Rangers +100

The Line

retirement of TE John Carlson. Agreed to terms with cB cariel Brooks, OT Rob crisp, LB Alani Fua, WR Trevor Harman, LB Edwin Jackson, LB Andrae Kirk, RB Paul Lasike, LB Gabe Martin, WR Damond Powell,CB C.J.Roberts, WR Jaxon Shipley, TE Gannon Sinclair, LB Zack Wagenmann and NT Xavier Williams. Released

RB zachBauman and CB Roc carmichael.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Announced special teams coordinator Bruce DBHaven took a leave of absence to deal with health concerns.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS —Waived JOJO Dickson, LS Jorgen Hus, WR Corbin Louks and QB Terrell Pryor.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Justim Coleman, WR Da Vari s Daniels, C Tom Farniok, S Anthony Harris, QB Taylor Heinicke, WR Jordan Leslie, WR Gavim Lutman, FB Blake Renaud, G JesseSomseland G Bobby Vsrdaro.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — ReleasedCB Alfonzo Dennard, LS Tyler Ott and LB Deontae Skinner.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS —Signed WRs ores Anderson, Issac Blakeney, DiAndre Campbell, DeAndrew White and Darius Davis; OL Patrick Miller, DL Marcus Rush, QB Dylan Thompson and S Jermaine Whitehead.

Canad>an Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Acquired DB Ryan Mouton from Calgary for OL Zebiie Sand-

ers.

HOCKEY National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Nate Schmidt to Hershey (AHL).

NFL Opening Odds W Win Super Bowl 50 Team Odds Seattle 9-2 7-1 Green Bay New England 7-1 10-1 Indianapolis Denver 12-1 15-1 Dallas Philadelphia 20-1 22-1 Baltimore Arizona 25-1 28-1 Pittsburgh San Diego 30-1 35-1 Cincinnati Detroit 35-1 35-1 Kansas City Miami 35-1 35-1 New Orleans Atlanta 40-1 40-1 Buffalo Carolina 40-1 40-1 Houston N.Y. Giants 40-1 40-1 St. Louis San Francisco 45-1 65-1 Chicago Minnesota 65-1 80-1 Cleveland N.Y. Jets 80-1 100-1 Washington Tampa Bay 150-1 200-1 Jacksonville Oakland 200-1 200-1 Tennessee

TV SPORTSPROGRAMS AUTO RACING Friday 5:00 am (CNBC) Formula One Racing SpanishGrand Prix, Qualifying. From Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Saturday 12:30 pm (KGO) (KXTV) IndyCar Racing Grand Pe< of Indianapolis. From Indianapolis Motor Speahvay.

Sunday 7:30 pm (CSBA) Formula One Racing Spanish Grand Prix.

From Circuit de BarcelonaCatalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

(Same-day Tape)

BASEBALL Thursday 7:00 pm (CSBA)MLBBaseball Miami Matins at San Francisco Giants.

Friday 7:00 pm (CSBA)MLBBaseball Miami Marlins at San Francisco Giants.

(CSN)MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners.

Saturday 6:00 pm (csN)MLBBaseball Oakland Athletics at Seattle Manners.

(KMAX) MLB Baseball Miami Marlins at San Francisco Giards.

Sunday 1:00 pm (CSBA)MLB Baseball Miami Marlins at San Francisco Giants.

(CSN) MLB Baseball Oakland Athletics at SeaCe Mariners.

5:00 pm (ESPN)MLB Baseball Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers.

Monday 4:00 pm(ESPN)MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds.

7:00pmlcsN) MLBBaseball BostonRed Sox atOakland Athletics.

Tuesday 5:00 pm (csBA)MLB Baseball San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros.

7:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball BostonRed Sox atOakland Athletics.

Wednesday 12:30 pm(CSN)MLB Baseball BostonRed Sox atOakland Athletics.

5:00 pm (csBA)MLB Baseball San Francisco Giants at Houston Astros.

(ESPN) MLB Baseball New York Mets at Chica Cubs.

BASKETBALL

Friday 5:00 pm (ESPN) NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls. Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 3.

7:30 pm (EsPN) NBA Basketball HoustonRockets atLosAngeles Clippers. Western Conference Semifinal, Game 3.

Saturday 2:00 pm (EsPN) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Washington Wizards. Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 3.

5:15 pm(KGQ) (KxTvl NBA Basketball Golden State Waniors at Memphis Grizzlies.

Western Conference Semifinal, Game 3.

Sunday 12:30 pm (KGQ) (KxTv)NBA BasketballCleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls. Eastern Conference SemiTinal, Game 4.

S:So pm (TNT)NBABasketbas HoustonRockets atLosAngeles Clippers. Western Conference Semifinal, Game 4.

Monday 4:00 pm (TNT)NBABasketbas Atlanta Hawks at Washington Wizamh. Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 4.

6:So pm (TNT)NBABasketbaR Golden State Wamors at

Memphis Grizzlies. Western Conference Semifinal, Game 4.

Tuesday 4:00 pm(TNT)NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavalier. Eastern Conference Semilinal, Game 5. (lf necessary).

6:30 pm(TN t) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at HoUston Rockets. Western Conference Semmnal, Game 5. (lf necessary).

Wednesday 4:00 pm(TNT)NBA Basketball Washington Wizards at Atlanta Hawks. Eastern Conference Semifinal, Game 5. (lf necessary).

6:30 pm(TNT)NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors. Western Conference Semifinal, Game 5.

(If necessary).

BOXING Saturday 1:00pm(KovR) (KPlxl Boxing Premier Boxing Champions.

Burns takes on Figueroa. From Hidalgo, Texas.

9:00 pm(HBO) BoxingSaul Alvarez vs. James Kirkland in the 12-round main event; from Houston. Samoa Tape)

GOLF

Saturday 11:00 am(KGRA) (KsBw) PGA Tour GolfThe Players Championship, Third Round.

From Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. 9:30pm (csBA) Golf RE/MAx W orld Long Dnve Championship.

From Mesquite, Nev. Sunday 11:00 am(KGRA) (KsBw) PGA Tour GolfThe Players Championship, Final Round.

From Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

HOCKEY Tuesday 5:00 pm (USA)NHLHockey Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. Wednesday 5:00 pm (USA)NHLHockey Conference Semifi nal:Teams TBA.

MIXED MARTlAL ARTS Friday 8:00 pm (sPIKE)Kickboxing Glory Kickboxing: San Diego. Artem Levin takes on Simon Marcus for the Middleweight World Championship title. From San Di~o. (Same-day Tape)

RUGBY

Saturday

2:30 pmlcsN) RugbyUsA Sevens. From tas Vegas.

4:00pm (CSN)Rugby USA Sevens. Semifinals and Finals.

From Las Vegas.

SOCCER Thursday 9:00 am (csN) Italian serie A Soccer AS Roma vs Genoa CFC. From Olimpico Stadium in Rome, Lazio, Italy. (Taped) 7:00 pm lcsN) English Premier League Soccer Swansea City AFC vs Stoke City FC. From Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales.

Saturday

5:00 am (cNBcl English Premier League Soccer Manchester City FC vs Queens Park Rangers FC. From Manchester, England.

Tuesday 9:00 am(CSN) English Premier League Soccer Chelsea FC v

Sonora, California

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