The Union Democrat 05-29-2015

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OPlnlOll —Clarifying our Columbia coverage.A4

Sonora City Couhcll — Budget, project contracts on docket.Back Page

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Diggin's a window to Gold Rush culture. Back Page

Burn ban -Mother Lode residents will have one last weekend to burn yard debris if air quality permits. Back Page Purchase photos online et www.uniondemocret.corn

COMMUNITY • LEADERS-IN-TRAINING: Parents learn skills to help with kids, community.B1 • VETS' CORNER: Congress to take on military retirement changes.B1 • FLASHBACK:The Union Democrat shares an unidentified file photo. Do you remember?.B2

SPORTS • COLLEGE HOOPS: Sonora graduate signs letter with Dll AlaskaAnchorage.C1 • MASTERS MEET: Sonora showing strong at track meet.C1 • ACKERMAN: Kokanee Power derby is Saturday.C1 • NBA: Curry wants what Lebron has in finals.C1

Sonora Elementary School students (from left) Jayden Wynn, 13, Danny Scott, 14, Karson Clifton and Spencer Lawson perform KISS' "Rock And Roll All Night" at the 34th annual lip sync Thursday. Photos byMaggie Beck, The Unr'on Democrat

The school year is wind-ing down and fun activities abound at Tuolumne and Calaveras county schools, including the 84th annuallip sync held Thursday at Sonora Elementary School.

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Eighth-grader Devon Herzog, 13 (right), performs Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" during the 34th annual lip sync Thursday afternoon. Eighth-grader Grace Bowman, 14 (far right) performs Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker." She performed with (not pictured) Mary Montano, Carley Ecroyd and Ashlee Craig.

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Sonora man dies after 108 wreck Union Democrat staff

A Sonora man was killed and another person injured T hursday afternoon in a wreck on Highway 108 east of Sierra Village. According to a California Highway Patrol report, Richard Baldwin, 52, of Tucson, Arizona, was driving a 2012 Ford F150 west on Highway 108 near Wheeler Road. His truck was followed by the Sonora man and his female passenger, who were traveling in a 2005 Chevy Silverado. Baldwin pulled onto the right-hand shoulder of the road. The Sonora man attempted to pass the Ford, when Baldwin pulled back onto the highway in an at-

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CORRECTION For information about Tuolumne County's aquatics programs, call the Recreation Departmentat533-5663. An incorrect phone number was published Thursday in a story about community pools.

A ceremony Thursday evening celebrated 40 people who recently graduated &om the Tuolumne County Day Reporting Center for adult probationers. Roughly 100 people gathered in Black Oak Casino Hotel's Four Winds Conference Room to recognize the reformed graduatesfor the steps they' ve taken to make a betterfuture forthemselves. The keynote address was given by Crescencio Castaneda,districtm anager forBIIncorporated, a private company that works in partnership with the Tuolumne County Probation Department to run the dayreporting center and its rehabilitative programs forformer prisoners. "Don't settle for being average,"he told the graduates. "Average will not get you to a higher quality of life or a better tomorrow. Tonight, you are surrounded by above-average people."

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Eighth-grader Matt Mills,13 (above left), performs RickAstley's "Never Gonna GiveYou Up." Eighthgraders (above right, from left) Mary Montano, 13, Carley Ecroyd, 13, Ashlee Craig, 14, and Grace Bowman, 14, perform Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova."

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