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Lisa Laughton, 54, and Peter Laughton, 49, both of Sonora, put weight on a rusted cable Tuesday on old Parrotts Ferry Bridge, exposed due to drought.
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Crowds line the midway Friday afternoon at the 2015 Mother Lode Fair.
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Poll question — This week's poll question asks, "Do you support South Carolina abandoning the Confederate flag?"A4
SPORTS • VOLLEY KIDS:Sonora Sports and Fitness Center is hosting a fourweek youth volleyball clinic this month.C1 • GOLD CUP SOCCER:U.S. tops Haiti to win group.C1 • SWIMMING:TCA churns out 84 best times at mini meet.C1 • GOLF CLUBS:A roundup of golf clubs throughout the Mother Lode.C1
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The drought, in its fourth year, is exposing what existed in some river bottoms Old river crossings and before second-generation remnants of mining settle- dams were completed in the ments are emerging for the 1960s and 1970s, expandfirst time in a quarter-centu- ingreservoirsthatputmo re ry from some of the Mother low-lying parts of Tuolumne Lode's emptiest drought- and Calaveras counties unstricken reservoirs. der water. At McClure, the reservoir Rangers are concerned is now 88 percent empty and becausepeople are visiting old Exchequer Dam is show- these places.In some locaing. At Don Pedro, the res- tions, they have posted signs ervoiris 64 percent empty warning they can arrest you and an old stamp mill can be seen in one of the draws. See RELICS/Back Page By GUY McCARTHY
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Fair hours, aost Hours: The fair is open today from noon to midnight. Sunday, it's open noon to 11 p.m. Cost:Prices for admission is $10 per person. Dalton Cuneo, 13 (above left), and Kyler Hanks, 12, Children 5 and under are both of Sonora, eat snow cones. Ember Harris, 12, free, as are veterans with with the Groveland Highlanders 4-H (below left), and military id e ntification. Natalie Pfeiffer, 8, of Sonora (center), look at "Puffle In addition to admission, Top," a buff-laced Polish chicken Aubrey Harris, 10, also carnival passes for a full with Groveland Highlanders 4-H, entered in the fair. day of unlimited rides cost $20 per person and grandstand events cost $5 per Ei
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Recycling programs on board agenda PUBLIC MEETING: Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, 9 a.m. Tuesday, Board Chambers, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas.
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TUOLUMNE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: • District 1 — Sherri Brennan, sbrennanI co.tuolumne.ca.us • District 2 — Randy Hanvelt, rhanveltl co.tuolumne.ca.us • District 3 — Evan Royce, eroyceI co.tuolumne.ca.us • District 4 — John L. Gray, jgrayl co.tuolumne.ca.us • District 5 — Karl Rodefer, krodeferl co.tuolumne.ca.us
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Rhonda Harris, of Sonora, won first place and Best of the Mother Lode in the adult baked goods for her glutenfree blueberry pecan muffins (above).
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Former chamber leader Gritz dies "He was heavily involved in his work," his son Robert Gritz, of Sonora, said. Donald Lamar Gritz, a Gritz was born Oct. 4, long-time Tuolumne County 1924, in Hennessey, Oklaresident and community vol- homa, to Mary Miller and unteer, died July 5 at the age Herman Gritz. of 90. He attended Enid High % Don was a gentlemen. He School in Oklahoma and was always nice to everyone joined the U.S. Navy in 1942. and very helpful," said his son Michael Gritz, of Long Beach. See GRITZ/Back Page BY LYDIA BROWNING
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This should be an ideal weekend, weatherwise at least, to visit the Mother &de Fair. The National W eather Service predicts temperatures in Sonora will reach a high of 84 and a low of 63 degrees today, and ahigh of84 and low of 60 degrees is forecast Sunday. The average July high temperatureis 95,according records maintained by The Union Democrat.
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Don Thomas, of Sonora (above), browses the fair's photography exhibit Friday. Austin Clements (left at left) and Nicholas Valenta, both of Sonora, scream as they ride the Super Shot.
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