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Sonora ceremony to benefit victims
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By ALEX MacLEAN
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Class of 20i5 — Don Pedro High School will graduate 15 students Saturday in a ceremony held in the gymnasium.A2
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Nuptul Tenpei Nyima Rinpoche will lead a spiritual ceremony Saturday.
A Tibetan Buddhist leader is in Sonora for a spiritual ceremony Saturday thatwillalso serve as a fundraiser for rural villagers in Nepal impacted by recent earthquakes. Nuptul Tenpei Nyima Rinpoche, 30, is a Tibetan Buddhist lama and abbot
of theSerang Gompa monastery in the Nepalese Himalayas, near the border with Tibet. He's friends with Sonora couple Peggy Dylan and Steve Brougher, who will host the ceremony and fundraiser at their home off Woodham Carne Road. uI was invited by Momma Peggy," Nuptul said in a Wednesday interview. "One of the reasons I'm here is to raise
funds for my village in Nubri, Nepal." A devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal shortly before noon on April 25, killing more than 8,000 people and completely destroying about 600,000 homes. A powerful magnitude-7.3 aftershock that occurred May 12 near Mount Everest left more than See NEPAL / Back Page
upgrades -porter Painting crew members paint the "ThorntonLa Torre 1989" building Monday on North Washington Street.A2
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ShlP —Bret Harte High School senior Delaney Gray received a $10,000 college scholarship.A3
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'Peanut Butter with a Purpose'Food drive underway in Calaveras County.A3
OPiniOn — Deadly Yosemite accidents beg questions.A4
Vital Stats — A list of marriages, births and deaths recorded in Tuolumne County.AS
Wreck roundup — Two wrecks on Wednesday caused only minor injuries, but one woman was jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.AS
Fire drill -Fire drill planned today in Stanislaus National Forest.AS
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Sonora High School senior class president Sarah Cormier speaks at the commencement ceremony Thursday evening. Behind Cormier are past class presidents (from left): Junior class president Hannah Smith, sophomore class president Katrina Patterson and freshman class president John Ogle. Photos by Maggie Beck, The Union Democrat
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More than 200 studentswalked in the Sonora High School graduation ceremony held Thursday at Dunlavy Field. SeanBrennan was this year' s valedictorian, and Tess Houghtonwas salutatorian.
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Sonora High School seniors (clockwise, from above left) participate in Thursday's graduation ceremony: Valedictorian Sean Brennan and salutatorian Tess Houghton speakduring the commencement; and drum major Cassidy Wise leads the Golden Regiment band in a final song.
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Rancher takes steps to deal with drought By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat
A rancher who has served on the Lake Don Pedro Community S ervices D istrict Board of Directors since 2008 invested in a 1 ,000-gallon nurse tank trailer this week to ensure he can continue to
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Two of three juvenile girls arrested last week in connectionto a reported robbery and stabbing at a Jamestown home in May will be tried as adults, District Attorney Laura Krieg said. Many factorsare considered by the court when determining whether to try a juvenile as an adult, Krieg said. A closed-door hearing was held Wednesday. "We look at what age the juvenile is, the degree of criminal sophistication, whether or not there are juvenile programs that could counsel the juvenile facing charges, what kind of prior cases the juvenile has been involved in and whether or not it seems appropriate overall," Krieg said. The juveniles names and the charges they face have not yet been released.
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The Sonora High School class of 2015 graduated Thursday at Dunlavy Field.
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