The Union Democrat 07-17-2015

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Sonora El rebuilt — School's F Building, destroyed by an arson fire two years ago, will be ready to occupy in August.A2

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partner at Steinheimer, Riggio, Haydel and Mordaunt &om 1991 to 2000, where he was Sonoralawyer Kevin M. Seiberthasbeen an associate &om 1985 to 1990. appointed to a judgeship in the Tuolumne He earned a juris doctor degree &om the County SuperiorCourt, Gov. Edmund G. University of the Pacific, McGeorge School "Jerry" Brown Jr. announced Thursday. of Law, and a bachelor of arts degree &om Brigham Young University, the governor' s Seibert, 56, has been a partner at Down e y Brand LLP since 2000. He was apress release stated.

Former Superior Court judge, Eleanor Provost,retired Jan. 9 after serving 33 years and has been filling in on assignment for other judges in cases since Jan. 12.

"I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time travelling. I want to go to Europe,

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By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

The Bromley carriage stone, a nearly forgotten piece of downtown Sonora's history, may soon be placed near its original spot in the parking lot of what is now Yosemite Title Company.

The Tuolumne CountyBoard of Supervisors Tuesday will consider an agreement to loan the stone to the owners of Yosemite Title Company to display. The loan will be in efFect until the City of Sonora moves forward with its Vision Sonora plan, which includes mounting the stone as close to its original location as possible.

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By SEAN CARSON The Union Democrat

With schools closed for the summer, over 60 Mother Lode band students and their teachers have kept music education alive, and tonight will show ofF their work with a concert.

It will be the culmination of the week-long Gold Country Music Camp held at Columbia ElementarySchool.Thecamp, organized

by Sonora High School music teacher Yvonne Denton, is a way for younger students to get in some extra practice time with the help of older musicians and local

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Sonora HighSchool teacher Janean Woods (top)Wednesday demonstrates the harp for students at Gold Country Music Camp. Students Joseph Accurso (above left) and Mattison Knobloch play along with other band students.

elementary schools and increase their love of music," said Denton.

Denton has headed Gold Counmusic educators. try Music Camp as a day camp "It's a great way to make &iends since 2008, after the overnight with other band kids &om other camp at Silver Spur Camp in

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The camp is open to students entering grades six through nine who are actively involved in their school band.

Curtis Creek Elementary student Kiefer Newman,10, plays tuba in the camp concert band.

Newman has played tuba for six months, and said he wanted to go to camp to get better. That, and his mom suggested it because she attended the Silver Spur camp when she was a student.

Another camper, Ariana Henry, 12, is &om Washington state, and in Tuolumne County this summer

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street below, was installed in the early 1900s outside the stately home of Dr. Robert Innes Bromley, who operated a sanitarium on South Washington Street.

The stone has been in the county's Carlo M. De Ferrari Archive while an agreement has been in the works.

On Dec. 16, 2014, the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors accepted thestone from the archives after itreceived it&om thedescendants of the Bromley family.

to visit grandparents. She has played piano for seven years and cello for two. She has taken up bells for the first time at the camp this summer.

Camp instructor Allen Haugh Students (from left) Emily Rich, Travis Hudson and isaac Wells play in the brass section at Gold Country Music Camp.

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MCClure falls below 'minimum'

By GUY McCARTHY The Union Democrat

Limited water in the bottom of Lake McClure, one of the emptiest reservoirs in drought-stricken California, was below minimum pool Thursday and falling, leaving the man-made lake just 11 percent full.

Due to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and National Marine Fisheries Service concerns about low levels in the Merced River-fed reservoir and potential afFects on trout, about 3,200 people who get their water from pumps that fioat SeeWATER/Back Page

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Sonora Elementary School's new F Building (above) will be ready to occupy in August after completion of a nearly twoyear rebuild. The new construction was necessary after an arson fire destroyed the building and damaged two nearby buildings. New amenities include SMART boards with sound and projection (top left) and new cabinet storage (left).

onora emen a recaims sc oo a er arson "On the outside, it looks very similar to the old building," said Shampain. "But the inside is toSonora Elementary will soon tally different." erase the final reminder of an 2013 Reconstruction of the F Buildarson that hit three campus build- ing included a number of modings and displaced nearly half of ernizations like energy-efficient the schoolto portable classrooms.

LED lights to replace fluorescent Workers on Wednesday moved models, and the installation of a furniture into Building F — the low-energy heating and air-condisecond tolast step before opening tioning system. the building in August and comThere is now three times the pleting a two-year rebuild after amount of whiteboard space in the fire. each classroom, Shampain said.

A final walk-through of the new Among the added whiteboards construction is needed, but addi- is an interactive SMART board tional work, if any, should be mi- thatallows teachers to projectimnor,Superintendent Leigh Sham- ages from a computer. The display pain said. can then be manipulated either The 10-classroom facil ity was from the computer or directly on demolished last year after fire de- the board with a digital pen.

"Most importantly, it has smoke stroyeditand damaged nearby D and E buildings. Repairs to those and heat alarms that have been building were finished in August upgraded and there's fire protec2014. tion in parts of the walls, which The fire started when former we didn't have in the old building student Shahaun Davis pushed a and may haveprevented the fire," burning trash can next to Build- Shampain said. ing F. Davis pled guilty and was The district has spent close to sentenced to six years in juvenile $7 million — paid by insuranceprison last May. to rebuildafter the fire.

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Sonora Elementary's new F Building houses a special education room.

Part of that money has been used toreplace close to $400,000 o f technology, including n ew iPads, destroyed in the fire.

Shampain said he is excited for the nine upper-grade classes still

in portablesto have access to the technology and a fully-functional classroom this school year.

"It's a new beginning for those grade levels," Shampain said. "It means getting back to normal,

and will allow the school to feel whole again."

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ASKED IN SONORA BYJASON COWAN:

"What' s your favorite blockbuster and why!"

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KAREN TURNER Copperopolia, teacher "Probably 'Independence Day,' because of Will Smith."

Whether it's advice on how to live a well-spent and m oral life you're after, or just feeling melancholy and need to lighten up a little, Mark Twain's timeless witticisms, anecdotes and aphorisms may be the answer to your every want.

Down on his luck and barely scraping by as an unemployed journalist, Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, stayed only 88 days in the foothills, yet those dozen weeks drastically changed his life forever.

T his happened in t h e winter of 1864-65. During his brief sojourn on Jackass Hill, Tuolumne County, he wrote a shortstory titled "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" - a comic masterpiece that

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would bringhim fame and fortune the world over as America's greatest author and humorist of the 19th Century.

Besides Twain's one-ofa-kind literary style, he also had a knack for public lecturing. Of all the witty things said or written by Twain, no phrase has been

"I' ll go 'Jaws.' It was something brand new when it first came out.

Nobody really saw it before."

JD BETTENCOURT, 17 Twain Harte " 'Jurassic World.' It was a continuation of a really good trilogy and it was pretty jam packed."

HANNAH LAFAYETTE Tuolumne, homemaker "My favorite one was 'Pitch Perfect.' I just liked the creativity of the a cappella singing. I liked how they balanced the music and the voices."

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Mark Twain was known the world over as America' s greatest author and humorist of the 19th century.

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response toan alarmist report of his demise.

He was on a visit to London at the time, and had been secured as the speaker at a dinner to be given by a literary club. On the morning of the dinner, the club's secretary was shocked to hear that his guest of honor had died suddenly. At his wit's end, he sought to verify the untimely news by a diplomatic note to Twain's wife, Olivia.

with millions gives, he said, smiles and enormous laughhe makes a great deal of ter to thousands, his last noise. It's the widow's mite 20 years were largely unthat counts. Well, Hawley happy. An underlying cyniworked me up to a great cism and d i sillusionment pitch. I could hardly wait for towards what he called "The him to get through. I wanted Damned Human Race" beto give all I had and borrow gan to creep into his work.

"Nothing so needs reformmore to give. But instead of passing the plate, he kept ing than other people's habon talking and talking and its," he wrote in 1894. talking, and as he talked A few weeks before his it grew hotter and hotter death on April 21, 1910, he and hotter, and we all grew offered this advice on entersleepier and sleepier and ing heaven: "Leave your dog sleepier. My e n t husiasm outside. Heaven goes by fawent down, down, downvor. If it went by merit, you one hundred dollars at a would stay out and the dog clip - until finally, when the would go in."

M ark Twain (why n ot just call him "Sam," as he preferredto be called by his friends) got hold of the note and telegraphed the nowfamous reply, "Rumors of my death aregreatly exaggerated."

In 1870, happily married and raising a family in Connecticut, Sam was cornered one day by an overlyaggressive agent who tried to sell him life insurance.

After enduring a l engthy sales pitch, the reluctant author politely yawned and

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Gillis, by the way, was 1911. around findingpeople who plate came around, I stole still living on Jackass Hill, The Gillis letter, a copy of needed help but would not ten cents out of it. It goes to grubbing for pocket gold which comes to us courtesy ask for it. He told of the life show how little things like and barely meeting expens- of BardenStevenot,of in cellars where poverty re- thiscan lead to crime." es.

Murphya, is now in a "Dear Jim: I r emember private collection. sided; and gave instances of Ironically, while S am's the heroism and devotion often-disparaging and pithy

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that old night just as well!

And somewhere among my relics I have your rememb rances stored away. I t makes my heart ache yet to call to mind some of those days. And wouldn't I love to take old Stoker by the hand, and wouldn't I love to see "Man is a museum of dis- him in his great specialty, eases, a home of impurities; his wonderful rendition of he comes to-day and is gone 'Rinaldo' in 'The Burning to-morrow; he begins as dirt Shame!' Where is Dick and and departs as stench." what is he doing? Give him Clearly, Sam had become my ferventlove and warm deeplydepressed.His writ- remembrances. If you were ing was so negative and to landhere we would make misanthropic over the next you right royally welcome. few years that m uch of You can't come so far, Jim, what he created went un- but still I cordially invite published, or it was pub- you to come, anyhow. And I lished anonymously. invite Dick, too. Remember On a brighter note, Sam's me to the boys, and recollect memories o f Tu o l umne that whenever you shall County were sweet-savored chance to stumble into Bufand heartfelt to the endfalo, we shall always have a nor didhe ever forget those knifeand fork for you, and wild and carefree days on an honest welcome. Truly Jackass Hill, cabining with Your Friend, Samuel L CleJim Gillis and Dick Stoker. mens."

In 1870, from Elmira, New York, he wrote the Footnote: One or more of following letter to his old the quotesgiven above may friend Gillis. We have taken be unfamiliar to the Mark liberty todelete parts of Twain aficionado.They the text so that it will fit in were taken from an article the narrow space of today' s that appeared in the Union Shall we hear more?

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"Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven."

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UD: Is that going to stick or are you going to try to go back and re-demote these people?

PIMLOTT: It is currently in process. I think it was published that they have been served. It remains to be seen.

With Ken Pimlott, Janet U ton and Josh White

UPTON: Theyhave a righttoappeal.

PIMLOTT: It goes to the State Personnel Board. It is going through the process.

Background...

UD: What, if any, reforms are you undertaking at Ione, maybe other training Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott, Communi- camps, to keep order in the ranks and set cations Director Janet Upton and Tuolumnea tone?

Calaveras Unit Chief Josh White visited The PIMLOTT: A couple things happened imUnion Democrat on Tuesday to talk with Edi- mediately.... We completely changed the tor Lyn Riddle and Opinion Page Editor Craig leadershipat the academy. We have a new Cassidy about a pair of editorials calling for chief over training and a new chief of the White's resignation which they felt were unacademy itself.... We reached out and built fair. a cadre of professionals from throughout Undergirding the pieces was a Plumas the department and continue training. That County Superior Court judge's 2014 order in cadre rebuilt, essentially, our training prowhich White, other Cal Fire employees, and gram — our Firefighter Academy program. lawyers with the state Attorney General's Of- The academy has multiple disciplines ... fice were accused lying and obstruction in an core firefighter training and a variety of effort to frame Sierra Pacific Industries and other courses like peace officer training.... its contractor for the 2007 Moonlight Fire.

This was really focused on the Firefighter The two-part order signed by Judge Leslie C. Academy because that is where most of this Nichols also awarded SPI $32 million in attorwas occurring.... neys fees.

A lot said about this was trying to tie Pimlott and Upton said they were unable what was going on at the academy to some to discuss the matter in detail, because it is broader scale issue within the department. being appealed.

That is simply not the case. This was as a We invited White and/or Cal Fire to outline result of this unfortunate murder (Cal Fire their positions in an editorial for this Satur- Battalion Chief Orville Fleming, convicted day's paper. in June of killing his mistress, launching an Tuesday's discussion later turned to a con- investigation of the Academy) and the altroversial, now-frozen Cal Fire Wildland Fire leged sex tapes which did not exist....

Investigation Training and Equipment Fund It triggered me immediately saying, we' re — WiFiter, described by critics as an of-thegoing to figure out what is going on and I books "slush fund" — and troubles last year needed a third-party, nonpartisan invesat the lone Fire Academy — where 16 em- tigation from the state's law enforcement ployees were fired or disciplined for a variety agency (the California Highway Patrol). of alleged infractions including drinking on When you bring the state law enforcement duty, misusing a state-owned truck and cell agency into your house, that's a big deal.

They tore it apart — which is exactly what phone, and cheating on promotional exam.

Within weeks, two of the demoted firefightI wanted.

Ineeded to know — from bumper ers were re-promoted. Two others appealed to bumper — what we had out there. Were their demotions and won a settlement under there sex tapes? What other things were gowhich their demotions last only two years. ing on? That's what this investigation was able to get us to.... What it did was identify we don'thave this 7,000 group of employHere'san abridged transcript ofWednes- ees running around like a fraternity. What day's discussion... we had was a core set of problems with employees within that program there. So, we UD: The Ione Academy, and these addressed that, obviously through the discifirefighters who had been demoted plinary process that we took.... and re-promoted. I r ea d a n a r t icle We completely redid the policies, the code where you expressed shock. You said of conduct for the students. All of that is you'd repair these administrative pro- read to the students. After they read it, they cesses that allowed this to happen. are requiredto sign allthat....

What were thoseand what are you doI had the entire department go through ing to fix the situation? and do a focused review of all the key EEO PIMLOTT: That re-promotion, it was un- (equal employment opportunities) polifortunate for everybody.... I was surprised cies, the department's code of conduct, the by it and very clearly unhappy about it. So department's core mission, vision and valwe looked at our own internal processes to ues. Because clearly the behavior of these ensure that those kinds of things don't hap- individuals aren't consistent with the core values and the mission of the department. pen again.

I' ve met with all our managers stateUD: What are those internal process- wide multiple times to look at what are our high-risk areas within the department and es?

PIMLOTT: It's ensuring we are matching policies.... The idea is we don't want this up the hiring process with the disciplinary to ever happen again anywhere else in the process. So that they are not in two sepa- department.... rate silos — that they are happening in concert.

UD: How'd it get so bad?

We are alarge department — 7,000 emPIMLOTT: You had a number of employployees — and we are constantly hiring. ees working in close confinement, in a closed Whether it is seasonal firefighters through- kind of program.... That's sort of what I out the state — which is over 2,000 this think — they were led to believe was OK. year — or our permanent staff. Even with And it wasn' t. And it was in a small group of permanent staff, we have lots of turnover individuals.... It's not the kind of behavior — people retire, people promote. And with we expect of professional firefighters.... drought augmentation this year and last UD: Why did people notknow about year, we have additional limited-term positions that the governor has authorized. So it for a while, that this was going on? all that creates a constant hiring process.

PIMLOTT: It was isolated and...

So, certainly when you have that large of UPTON: The ring leader of this, the chief a pool ofpeople that need to be hired officer in charge of that program, who was throughout the state, there is the potential terminated ... he had a collateral duty ... to miss these things.

PIMLOTT: One of the things is this process is not done, so I don't want to get into UD: So is it the case that these people much more discussion about it. There are just applied and got hired for other jobs? still appeals going on with a number of PIMLOTT. Correct. these individuals.

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UD (TO WHITE): Looking at the Plumas County judge's statement, probably of it was all Cal Fire staff making decisions the most troubling is when he is saying on where the moneys were going — i.e., buy- that you had lied about the area-of-origin ing specialized equipment — and it was all and cause investigation. He said that you good stuff. But the fire investigation com- and other investigators "continually atmunity in the state is made up of all of us in tempted to steamroll the truth by simply the fire service: Cal Fire, local government, denying orexpressing ignorance of the district attorneys, law enforcement, sheriffs, obvious." police, etc. We staff joint arson investigation UPTON: It's important to note that that units.... was written by Warne.

Basically this coalition of the experts in (Note: William Warne is one of SPI'a atthe state were really the ones at the table torneys. Nichols said his court order that he accessing training, really moving this spe- had both the plaintiffs and defendants write cialty forward, if you will. I wanted to stop p roposed "supplemental orders," taith t h e the fund and come back with this group prevailing party's order being the one signed and have a different governance structure off by the court. "The fact that the Court has — some body that involved all of them.... It signed Defendants'proposed orders with few was never about the validity of it. changes reflects only the reality that those orders are supportable in all respects. This UD: You don't think the validity was a document, which speaks in the Court's own problem withthe fees being charged by voice, and the other orders signed and filed the district attorney's organization to today,are to be taken today as orders of the manage it? — The Wall Street Journal court.") reported you were paying, I think, 15, 18 percent. It was also described in the UD (TO WITE): People have tried to media as acrazy feedback loop where tie the Moonlight Fire report to efforts these people who areprosecuting your to divert funds to this WiFiter fund. Was cases are getting something similar to there any pressure on you or others to a kickback out of this fund. bring money into the WiFiter?

UPTON: It's an administrative fee fund.

WHITE: Generally speaking, understand And I think it is important to note that this that the criminal and civil penalties that we is a tool, a settlement tool. This fund brought go after are an effort to conduct prevention. back more than $100 million to the taxpayer We want to stop fires in the future. So in recoveries from fires involving negligence. if there isn't criminal activity but there is It's also been used to purchase equipment. negligence that meets the criteria for civil I' ll just give you an example. For example, cost recovery, although it is good for the to do this cause and origin investigationtaxpayer for the State of California to reit's literally on hands and knees with a mag- cover those funds that we expended fightnet, if it's a vehicle fire, looking for shards ing those fires, it's also a long-term benefit of metal that are minute from a catalytic to curtail that behavior that starts fires in converter. These kits for each of these 177 the future. officersor anyone having anything to do with the investigation, cost $2,400. CamWhite later expressed surprise that The eras, things like that. In fact, I don't know if Union Democrat didn't cover an April fedyou are familiar with the (2006) Esperanza eral court ruling that Cal Fire officials feel Fire? (Raymond Lee) Oyler is the name of undermined SPI's fraud allegations. the arsonist.

US. Eastern District Court Judge WilPIMLOTT: Killed five firefighters in Riv- liam Shubb denied SPI's attempt to tererside County. minate a 2012 settlement with the federal UPTON: The first time ever of a success- government over the Moonlight Fire. The ful prosecution of a wildland arson with company had agreed to pay$55 million and murder. It came from individuals involved surrender 22,500 acres of land. in these trainings supported by this fundSPI said the settlement was a strategic ing with equipment purchased with these move made after a judge ruled it could be funds.Again, there was good coming from held liable for the fire even if its contractor this fund. And it benefits anyone — federal, didn't start tt. stateand federal — that had a role in this In the f ederal agreement- termination investigation and/or prosecution of these case, S PI a t t o rneys presented much t h e fires. So when the settlement, whether its same evidence given in the state case.

US. Eastern District Court Judge Wilpart ofthe administrative fee or a portion of the settlement coming to this fund, and liam Shubb doubted many of the fraud the rest to the general fund, it all is going to claims, and said the argument of "fraud on further that. It wasn't lining anyone's indi- the court" was invalid because the degree of vidual pockets or anything like that.... possible wrongdoing didn't rise to a significreviewed it — it was governance in terms

antt enough level ("Non-disclosure, or per-

UD: So the fund — it doesn't exist jury by a party or witness, does not, by itsel f, anyone? amount to fraud on the court.").

PIMLOTT: No. (It's been frozen, with the Shubb also said SPI couldn't argue ismoney returned to the state treasury, he sues of fraud it may or should have known said later.) about before entering the settlement.

and guidance by our nation's leaders and women to stand by doingnothhas slowlydeteriorated overthepast lllg.

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John Kretchman Today, our Nation's "Fathers" rarely use God and His Word to govern.

Sonora To the Editor: Theirgoalsaremo stlytopleasemen Our Founding Fathers built their and women, not God. We are no lonnew nationand governed theirnew ger "One Nation Under God". people based upon biblical princiHow does God feel about America To the Editor: ples. They tried to please God; while now? What will God do now? also pleasing men and women.

All that is required for evil to exist Your &ont page photo of shackled Dependence upon God forwisdom in America is for enough godly men Dr. Lori Sostock being arrested was

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UD: Cal Fire got more press in the past year about a hidden wiidiand-fire training fund.

PIMLOTT: We had looked at similar, other precedents that had been set — settlements with the tobacco industry and other cases where if you can help achieve settlement by saying it's not all going to go to the general fund and focus on, in the case of tobacco, education. Things to try to keep people from being hooked on cigarettes.... That's what the whole program was modeled after....

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UD (to PIMLOTT): More than a year ago, Cal Fire got a citizen complaint from a former Cal Fire investigator who wanted you (White) to be disciplined. Has the department done anything?

PIMLOTT: We actually received 17 or 18 citizen complaints, all with the exact same wording. The department responds back to all those.... We don't share if we take disciplinary action, but we review and investigate any time we get a citizen complaint against anybody in the department. If it involves disciplinary action, we can't share with that individual what sort of action was taken.

But we circle back to that individual who submitted the complaint and let them know thatit' sbeen looked at....

UPTON: Which, again, when we get to try the merits of the court case then ...

PIMLOTT: We can't talk about it.

UPTON: If we can go off the record, I have some elaboration of that. That's your guys' call.

(We stayed on the record).

disturbing. Equally so, your very cold "Pain is a Fact of Life" editorial.

The charges against Dr. Sostock are confusing and need clarification, although her career is already over.

The few facts gleaned by reporter LydiaBrowning appear todate back to 2013and are based on information &om a ProPublica database, whatever that is. If Dr. Sostock is indeed a specialist in hospice and palliative care, then pain management

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Medicine has been terribly slow to adequately treat acute and chronic pain, and this public persecution of physicians (Behymer last week, Sostock this week) will have a chilling effect on pain control for all patients.

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much extended family. possession and there was A memorial will be held at never a time that he failed Our Lady ofMount Carmel to telleveryone about his in Big Oak Flat on Sat. July daughters, their husbands, 25, at noon followed by the his five grandchildren and burial and a reception. All t heir spouses, or hi s 1 0 who called her friend, or fam- great grandchildren. Vic ily, are invited to attend. was always smiling, laughing, loving life, and interest-

Victor Mario Guerisoli Jan 5,1925 — July 9,2015

Harriet Nilson Causey June 1, 1928 — June 23, 2015

Harriet N i lson C ausey passed away at 87 years old on June 23, 2015. She was a Sonora resident for many years, but was raised in the East Bay in Pleasanton, Calif., where she graduated from Amador High School and later at Cal Berkeley.

She was married to the love of her life, Fred, a naval aviator and retired LCDR, until his passing in 2014.

Harrietenjoyed golf, gardening and the arts. She sang and performed with the Pinecone Performers, the Sonora Hills Chorus as well as both St. Patrick's and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She loved to entertain and enjoyed keeping in touch with both &iends and family, beitfarornear.

She is survived by their son, Jim (Ester) Causey; grandchildren, Arthur, Mija and Lily Causey; as well as a

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A Celebration of Vic's Life will be held at Christ the King Church, 199 Brandon Road, Pleasant Hill, California,on Wednesday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the charity of your choice.

Vic passed away at the age of 90 peacefully at home surrounded byfamily and sharing his love. He was born in Concord, California, to Vit torio and Angelina (Ginocchio) Guerisoli.

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tion until he retired at 55, then moved to Twain Harte, California, where he took a second career as Lake Manager for 10 years.

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cal Center, where she was say if Tammy Roe, the driver airlifted to a hospital in the of the Ford Ranger, was inA Jamestown woman sus- Modesto area. jured. tained major injuries after Both vehicles sustained Richardson's c ondition suffering &om a medical con- major damage &om the col- was listed as awake and in dition that caused a wreck lision. stable condition Wednesday about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

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and when he started "acting 1000 block of D St., Los Banos, up." She told him to get out and was booked on suspicion of forghe refused. ery and misdemeanor resisting, 10:35 a.m., Jamestown — A delaying or obstructing police, Williamson Road woman and public officer or emergency tech her daughter's clothes were all after an arrest on North Lower cut up.

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1:01 p.m., Sonora area Three men panhandling in front Arrests of aMono Way business refused to leave.

Cited on suspicion of driving un1:32 p.m., Sonora area —Ap- der theinfluenceof alcohol or drugs: proximately 16 auto batteries were stolen from a business on WEDNESDAY Industrial Drive.

None reported.

3:44 p.m., Sonora area —The tags off a Jeep were stolen on CALAVERAS COUNTY Smokey River Drive.

4:20 p.m., Long Barn — An The Sheriff's Office reported employee of a gas station off thefollowing: Highway 108 yelled at a customer for dumping their garbage WEDNESDAY into a trash can.

12:26 a.m., Copperopolis — A 5:20 p.m., Jamestown vehicle was abandoned on Surrey Someone called a woman's Lane. boss at her Seco Street work7:45 a.m., Angels Camp — A place and attempted to have her vehicle was taken on Moose Trail sometime in the night. fired.

5:40 p.m., Sonora area — A 10:14 a.m., Murphys —A Scott Jamestown Road man's ex- Street fence was vandalized.

12:51 p.m., Vallecito —A Pargirlfriend falsely accused him of breaking into her home while rotts Ferry Road person's tires she was out of town. were all found flat with damage 6:01 p.m., Sonora area — A done to the vehicle.

Partridge Way man's ex-wife 12:51 p.m., San Andreas — A texted and threatened him. lock was cut off outside a Church 6:31 p.m., Mi-Wuk VillageHill Road residence.

2:57 p.m., Vallecito —A person A man under the influence of drugs or alcohol was passed out tried to break into an occupied in a ditch near Highway 108. residence on Parrotts Ferry Road.

7:01 p.m., Sonora area — A Chukar Circle person received Felonybookings harassing text messages from a WEDNESDAY computer generated application.

None reported.

10:19 p.m., Tuolumne —A Tuolumne Road person's apartment door was possibly vandalized.

WEDNESDAY 5:32 a.m., threats —A South Barretta Street woman received a threatening voicemail from an unknown man.

8:29 a.m., unwanted person — In the past week, transients repeatedly stole and destroyed a West Stockton Street church's property.

9:37 a.m., suspicious circumstances — People looked inside vehicles on the first floor of a North Washington Street parking structure.

12:14 p.m., traffic violations — A woman was flipped off by another driver on Sanguinetti Road after honking at them and then was followed to her destination. Less than an hour later, the woman noticed her car had been keyed.

12:57 p.m., suspicious circumstances — A possiblyoccupied vehicle was parked in a South Washington Street parking lot all morning.

1:26 p.m., threats —A person was threatened by the guest of an apartment on Greenley Road.

2:09 p.m., miscellaneous codes — Salespeople posing as carpet cleaners went door to door on Calaveras Way. 4:49 p.m., animal complaints — A person possibly camped in their vehicle parked in the back of a South Washington Street parking lot.

5:18 p.m., trespass —Items possibly left behind by a transient were found behind a SanFelonybookings Cited on suspicion of driving unguinetti Road business. der theinfluenceof alcohol or drugs: 9:28 p.m., fight — A m an WEDNESDAY tried to start a fight with another 2:50p.m.,Sonora — Michael WEDNESDAY man in front of a liquor store on Jerry Duane McGee Il, 29, of the Non e reported.

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'Game ofThrones".24 George H.W. Bush Emmynominations breaks bone in fall PORTLAND, Maine Former President George H.W. Bush fractured a bone in his neck when he took a tumble at his oceanside summer home, buthe suffered no neurological imcharacter's rape scene. pairment and th e i n jury The series is a contender will be allowed to heal on again for top drama honors, its own, which is expected an award that has eluded it to take three to four months, since it debuted in 2011. TV officials said Thursday. academy voters rarely give Bush, at 91 th e oldest shows in the sci-6 or other living former president, regenresthe ultimate accolade, mained hospitalized in fair with "Lost" among the rare condition a day after he fell exceptions. at his home in KennebunkThe TV academy took a port. modeststep toward recognizing TVs increasing embrace of WORLD diverse TV talent, giving best actress nods to black stars Taraji P. Henson for Empire" and Viola Davis for 'How to Get Away with Murder."

LONDON — A dramatic The nominations set up the breach at an Italian surveilpossibility of a history-mak- lance company has laid bare ing win: An A&ican-American the details of government actress has never won the top cyberattacks worldwide, put drama acting award. ting intelligence chiefs in the hot seat &om Cyprus to South Korea. The massive leak has July 16 alreadyledtoonespymaster's resignation and pulled back W EST HOLLYWOOD The elaborate fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" received a leading 24 Emmy Awards nominations Thursday, its stature apparently untouched by backlash over a female

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ac onmiia s ies i s our CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman unleasheda barrage offi reata recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least four Marines, officials said. The attacker was also killed.

Federal authorities said they were investigating the possibility it was an act of terrorism, and the FBI took charge of the case.

Authorities identi6ed the gunman as Kuwaiti-born Muhammad Youssef

on condition of anonymity.

The shootings took place minutes apart, with the gunman stopping his car and spraying dozens of bullets 6rst at a recruiting center for all branches of the military, then apparently driving to a Navy-Marine training center 7 miles away, authorities and witnesses said.

The attacks were over within a half-hour.

In addition to the Marines killed, three people were reported wounded, including a sailor who was said to have been seriously hurt.

"Lives have been lost from some faith-

Abdulazeez, 24, of Hixson, Tennessee,

though the spelling of his 6rst name was in dispute, with federal officials and recordsgiving atleastfourvariations.

A U.S. official said there was no indication Abdulazeez was on the radar of federallaw enforcement before the shootings. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke

ful people who have been serving our country, and I think I join all Tennesseans in being both sickened and saddened by this," Gov. Bill Haslam said.

Authorities would not say how the gunman died. FBI agent Ed Reinhold said Abdulazeez had "numerous weapons" but would not give details.

"We arelooking atevery possibleavenue, whether it was terrorism, whether

it's domestic, international, or whether it was a simple criminal act," Reinhold said.

Within hours of the bloodshed, law of6cers with guns drawn swarmed what was belie ved to beAbdulazeez's house, and twofemales were led away in handcuffs.

A dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a bomb-squad truck and an open-sided Army green truck ~ g armed men, rolled into the Colonial

Shores neighborhood of Hixson, and policeclosed offstreets and turned away people trying to reach their homes.

Abdulazeezgraduated &om the University of Chattanooga in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, school spokesman Mike Andrews said.

House passes White House seeks another bill to support for Iran deal stem drought WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed GOP-led legislation designed to bring more water to California's farm belt amid a severe and lengthy drought.

Similar efforts have faltered in the last two congressional sessions after initially passing the House, and the White House and Democrats remain opposed.

The four-year California drought has forced communities to cut water use. Some ruralareas have been particularly hurt as the state' swaterdistribution systems curtailed the amount of water for agriculture.

The bill is designed to take more water out ofthe Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta before it flows into the ocean and divert it to other uses.

The House passed the bill by a vote of 245-176. Opponents said that moving more water to farms will harm other communities and the state's salmon fishing industry.

Only five Democrats voted for the bill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — At home and abroad, the White House courted support for a landmark nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday as congressional leaders in both parties pointed toward a politically charged showdown this fall over Republican attempts to scuttle the agreement.

"It blows my mind that the administration would agree to lift the arms and missile bans and sanctions," said Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, referringtosome oftheprovisions in the complex accord.

He said the Republican-controlled Congress would likely soon be on track to pass legislation denying President Barack Obama the ability

Obama has pledgedto veto any bill rejecting the agreement. Neither Pelosi nor Boehner ventured a prediction on the final outcome.

The maneuvering in Congress unfolded as Secretary of State John Kerry met with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir, coming away without an immediate endorsement for the deal.

"We hope that the Iranians will use this deal in order to improve the economic situation in Iran and to improve the lot of the Iranian people and not use it for adventures in the region," the Saudi diplomat said. His country is Iran's main rival in the Middle East, and Kerry promised to

to lift numerous financial and other

respond if Tehran supports terror-

restrictions Iran currently faces.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California became the first prominent Democrat in Congress to back the deal, saying she is "very optimistic about our ability to support the president."

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Kerry intends to brief Persian Gulf leaders early next month at a meeting in Qatar. Even before then, Defense Secretary Ash Carter leaves this weekend for the Mideast, with stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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Communi band, duck race highlight homecoming

By TORI THOMAS

Murphys Homecoming

The Union Democrat

The 66th Annual Murphys Homecoming is set for Saturday at Murphys Community Park.

Suzanne Friedman, president of the Murphys Community Club, said the idea of the homecoming dates back to the late 1800s, when farmers and ranchers met in the area that is now Murphys Community Park.

"They would have a big barbecue and they would dance and sing.

The reason it was homecoming was becauseallofthe people were coming together, " she said. "(Murphys Homecoming) is a carryover of that."

Friedmansaidfood andbeverages will be sold at Helen's Hut, a snack shack located at the park, beginning at 10 a.m.

Music will be provided by the Calaveras Community Band, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Friedman,who has been involved with the homecoming for 10 years, said she enjoys seeing Murphys' long-time residents attend the event.

"It'sa great opportunity for them to gettogether," she said."A lot of them are elderly and they don' t

Saturday, 10 a.m., Murphys Community Park, 505 Algiers St., Murphys.

Duck race: 1 p.m.

Duck prices: First race, $3 each Second race, $5 each Third race, $10 each

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Park wins," she said.

Zem said kids prizes will be Annual duck races begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Murphys. awarded to the winner of the first race,outdoor adventure prizeswill drive, so they' re not able to see their Duck races be awarded for the second race friends as often as they would like...

Also during Murphys Homecom- and adult dinners and wine prizes It certainly brings a sense of com- ing, the 22nd Annual Duck Race, will be awarded for the third race. munity and brings the community put on by the Calaveras Youth "The ducks are marked with members together."

Mentoring Foundation will take numbers that are associated with Marion Galla, 87, of Murphys, place. names of purchasers," she said.

Beginning at 1 p.m., people will "Basically, it's a rafne." said she and her husband Jim, 91, have been attending the homecom- race rubber duckies down Angels Ducks will be sold at the homeing since 1988.

Creek, which bisects the park. coming and there is no limit on 'They' ve been very enjoyable," Barbaranne Zem, treasurer of how many ducks people can purMarion Galla said. "Everyone gets the foundation, said three sepa- chase. along, and everyone's happy." rate races will be held.

Winners do not need to be pres"(The rubber duckies will) go ent to win.

Proceeds from the homecoming will go toward maintaining the park. down the creek, and then the very Zem said participants cannot A donation jar will also be avail- f irst one that p asses under t h e keep the actual ducks used in the able. bridge at Murphys Community races, but that her group will be File photo /Union Democrat

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Tuesday's meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors' Chambers.

Part of the county's acceptance included the caveat that the stone be placed as close to its original location as possible, Whitman said.

Once a display of wealth and sophisticat ion, the Bromley carriage stone is a 600-pound square of engraved granite. It was passed down through the Bromley family and in 2012 was donated to the Tuolumne County Archive by siblings Tom and Kristen Fulton.

Their mother, Diane Hunt M ton, was the niece of Stuart Gibbons,who married Fannie Levering Bromley, a descendent of Dr. Bromley, said Charlie Dyer, record manager at Tuolumne County's Carlo M. De Ferrari Archive.

Bromley was born in Clayton, Contra Costa County, and graduated from University of California, Berkeley, said Pat Perry, Sonora's city historian.

Interested in gold mining, Bromleymoved toTuolumne County and in 1903 opened a sanitarium on Washington Street at Bradford Avenue, in the upstairs of what is now the Candy Vault.

He moved it nine years later to a larger space on Washington and Church streets, where Yosemite Title Company is now. He built a house next door, and the carriage stone (visible in historic photos) was placed in front, about where the title company parking lot is now.

The archives had the white granite stone refinished by Sierra Memorials, and it plainly reads 'Dr Bromley."

"When I first saw it, I thought it was a headstone," Dyer said.

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mentor unless the child wants it."

Zem added that the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Foundation raises money to make the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program happen.

"It gives at-risk youth in our community the opportunity to feel valuable and therefore live in a way that contributes to the community," she said.

Gold Country Music Camp Concert, 6 p.m. today, Columbia Elementary School Gymnasium, Columbia Elementary School, 22540 Parrotts Ferry Road, Columbia.

Continued from Page Al "This way, it' ll be on display and it' ll help us comply with the donor's intent," Tuolumne County AssessorRecorder Kaenan Whitman said.

Whitman will present the loan

selling ind i v i dually-decorated rubber duckies and duck hats.

"We' re also auctioning off a oneof-a-kind duck cup," she said.

The proceeds from the duck races will go toward the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Foundation, a nonprofit organization created in 2010 that supports the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program, which helps at-risk youth in Calaveras County.

Through the mentoring program, people under the age of 18 are matched with an adult mentor, Zem said. "(The mentor) commits to spending two hours or more a week with this child, making it happen and just being there for them," she said. eNo child is matched with a

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said the week is a good opportunity for instructors to bridge the gap between experienced and novice music students.

Haugh, 22, is a former Sonora High graduate now enrolled in a masters of music education program at University of the Pacific in Stockton.

Haugh is back in Sonora this week to teach saxophone and lead the camp jazz band — one of six

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According to the Tuesday Board of Supervisors meeting agenda material, since the City of Sonora is still in its planning stages of the Vision Sonora plan, the City wants to hold off on placing the stone permanently until the plan is finalized.

Dyer said he will work with the Kerns and Yosemite Title on displaying the stone and will meet with them to see if they would like to use historic photos in the display as well.

Once Vision Sonora gets off the ground and the stone is placed permanently, the local Clampers have agreed to help with signage, Dyer

learn a new instrument or explore different musical styles. He has volunteered at the camp since 2009.

"This is a nice revisitation of my musical experiences here in the county," said Haugh, who wants to be high school music teacher. "It

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A photo from the Tuolumne County Historical Society (above) shows the original location of the historic Bromley stone on Washington Street in Sonora. The stone itself (below) will be displayed until it can be placed in a permanent spot downtown. stones is scarcely heard of among area historians and archivists.

Perry said it's her impression that many people who lived on hills didn't need the stones, and many people walked downtown, so the stones weren't necessary. Bromley's house was on a flat street, and he often took his carriage about town to were kept where Coffill Park is now, attend patients, she said. and how he would get in at the "big According to Dyer's research, granitestepping stone" by the sidesuch stones were common on the walk in front of their home.

Dyer first heard about the Vision East Coast among the wealthy. He said the stone was probably used Sonora Plan from friend Sharon not onlyfor practicalpurposes,but Marovich and how it addresses how also as a sign of amuence. to keep downtown Sonora's historic Dyer, along with county Historian appeal.

Carlo De Ferrari, discussed what to The stone, when placed, will be do with the carriage stone and de- kitty-corner to the historic Sonora cided it should be shared with the fountain, which also sits near its community, rather than remain in original position on South Washingthe basement of the archives.

ton Street.

'The stone in its original location gives it historical significance. Anywhere else, it's just a rock with a name on it," Dyer said.

The original location of the stone was discovered through historic photos of the Bromley home and in an article written by Bromley's daughter, Mae Bromley McMahon.

McMahon wrote about how her father's horse, Hamlet, and buggy

Yosemite Title President Jeff Kerns said his family is pleased to display the stone at the business until it can be properly placed outside.

"Being in the title company business, history is our business. What a betterpieceofhistory forus,considering where we are located," Kerns said. "I am very excited to have it.

We' re going to put it here in the

said.

The stone being at Yosemite Title will at least allow people to enjoy it in the time being, Dyer said. eMy goal was to get it as close as it can to the original location because that's something Carlo (De Ferrari) and the Judith McMahon Shimer family wanted," Dyer said. "A lot of community support went into moving this project forward, including Supervisor Sherri Brennan, City Councilwoman Connie Williams, Judith Shimer and Jean Rosasco."

gave me some concrete evidence this

is what I want to do with my life."

Denton saidall of the 25 staff members at the camp this year have helped out in the past. This includes former and current Sonora High students and music teachers from six Tuolumne County schools.

"Most have been returning for seven years," Denton said.

Another instructor Kathryn Baker, 16, teaches the bells this year after attending as a camper in the past.

During the day, campers move between camp-wide rehearsal, and smallgroup practice sessions,with team building games and activities in between.

When each camper enrolls, they select the primary instrument the+ work with over the week and play in the camp's main concert band.

Students can sign up for classes in glee, jazz, guitar, or percussion

WATER Continued from Page Al on McClure were looking at having those pumps shut ofK Lake DonPedro Community Services District was going to have to stop drawing water from McClure unless Merced Irrigation District, which operates McClure and New Exchequer Dam that impounds it, agreed to implement a plan to rescue fish from the reservoir.

But, as of Wednesday, "the state Department of Fish and Wildlife in cooperation with Merced Irrigation District determined the preparation of a fish rescue plan was not neces-

sary andnot feasible for a variety of reasons," Lake Don Pedro CSD GeneralManager Pete Kampa said Thursday afternoon.

The upshot is Lake Don Pedro CSD can continue to draw water from McClure this year even as the reservoir's level continues falling below minimum pool, Kampa said.

Water surface elevation falling The minimum regulatory pool at McClure is set by the State Water Resources Control Board and

FERC at 115,000 acre-feet, and as of Thursday the reservoir was holding 114,620 acre-feet,according to the state Department of Water Resources. An acre-foot is enough water toRood a footballfi eld one foot deep.

Guy McCarthyI union Democrat

Customers of Lake Don Pedro Community Services District rely on pumps floating on Lake McClure, one of the lowest-level reservoirs in drought-stricken California.

The reservoi r' s water surface elevationwas at 625 feet above sea level, less than a hundred feet above the river bottom where the Lake Don Pedro CSD pumps are floating. eWe can continue to draw water from McClure down to approximately 560 feet elevation," Kampa said. "At that point, our pumps will be stuck in the mud, resting on mud, and no longer able to draw water. At 560,the pumps startto sit in the mud of the river bottom."

According to projections and the weather, McClure's level could drop to 560 feet sometime between the end of October and the end of December, Kampa said.

'Then we are 100 percent relying on our new groundwater wells," Kampa said. "Right now we' re testing three of them. We hope to have two emergency wells online and producing water by the end of August.

eWe hope to be getting about 175 to 200 gallons per minute around the clock," Kampa said.

The Lake Don Pedro district hopes to have two more emergency

wells online by the end of September orearly October. Once all four emergency wells are online, the districthopes the+I produce 350 gallons per minute around the clock.

'These are goals at this point," Kampa said. Lake Don Pedro uses 400 acrefeetto 600 acre-feetannually.

Targeting leaks Closer to home, in the neighborhoods of Lake Don Pedro Community Services District, leaky pipes first built in the 1960s account for more than 10 percent of the district's water usage, Kampa estimated Thursday.

"Leaks happen faster than our employees can keep up," Kampa said. eWe've been contracting for leak repairs."

The contractor, Njirich & Sons of Sonora, has had a crew working consistently, almost every day of the week for the past two months, responding to leaks and replacing old pipes, Kampa said. ''When they' re not working on leaks, they' re helping connect new wells to the district's system," Kampa said.

In May and June this year,Lake Don Pedro CSD spent dose to $40,000 to keep Njirich and Sons fixing leaks nearly full-time, Kampa said. The work included replacing about 20 service laterals — the smaller pipes that go from the water main to meter boxesatproperty lines.

The district is applying for more than $2.8 million in grants to contractfor replacement of nearly all its faulty pipelines, Kampa said.

In other business, Lake Don Pedro Community Services District has launched a Facebook page titled "Lake Don Pedro CSD." Kampa urges district customers and residents to usethe page to reportleaks,ask questions, start community dialogue, and stay up-to-date on current projects. Online the page is at www.facebook.corn/Idpcsd.

The next meeting of the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District Board of Directorsisscheduled for1 p.m. Monday at 9751 Merced Falls Road in La Grange.

among others, and daily performances from counselors and local musicians showcase instruments like the harp and bagpipes.

It is all put together for the concert today which will feature the camp concert band and chorus, with smaller sectional performances fromthe camp's elective courses.

"Thekidshave a greattim e, "said Denton. "Its great to see them improvefrom Monday through Friday."

SEIBERT Conti nued from Page Al Washington D.C. and to Massachusetts to visit family," Provost said.

"I most enjoyed getting to know all of the wonderful people in Tuolumne County. I enjoyed the challenge and the factthatIwas constantly learning new things," she said.

"I sat in about 100 difierent courts inprobably 50 different counties — the best way to learn is by watching how everyone else does it differently. Then you can piece together the best way to do it yourself," Provost said.

"Every new judge figures it out themselves a little differently. Seibert will be working very busily. I'm convinced he's so bright he' ll adjust quickly. Things are changing here and there, but he' ll love it," she said.

Seibert is registered without political party reference.

H is annual salary w il l b e $184,610.

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Registration started at 7 a.m. and the shotgun start will be at 9 a.m. The cost is $95 per person that includes green fees, carts, range balls, on-course contests on all par-three holes, two hole-inone prizes (including atripto Maui and a 2015 Subaru Outback), snacks and dinner at

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The veterans were offered threechoicesofaction: • Choice one was to form a chapterofthe national veteran's organization Veterans of

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Registration forms are available online at www.vietnamveterans391.org.

The VVA Chapter 391 gave out $30,000 in high school scholarships this year, said past president John Mars.

The group also donates to various causes including veterans in need, homeless and the local food bank.

MYACT

fundraiser set Mountain Youth and Community Theatre of Sonora will host its annual fundraiser at 5 p.m. Aug. 8 at the home of Judy and Roger Haughton on Confidence South Fork Road in Twain Harte.

The catered event will be an open bar, as well as silent and live auctions and a presentation by theatre actors.

The cost is $50.

Proceeds will benefit MYACT. For tickets and directions, call MYACT at 533-8633 or 481-5790.

Visit www.mountainyouthact.corn for more information.

Children needed for 'Macbeth' Sierra Repertory Theatre and Director Dennis Jones are seeking three children for the upcoming production of "Macbeth."

The small, but important, roles require two boys, ages 9 to 13, and one girl, age 10 to 16.

Auditions will be held at 5 p.m.Wednesday at the East Sonora Theatre Rehearsal Annex. No experience is necessary.

Auditions are by appointment only. Call 532-0502, ext. 104, or email srtdenI yahoo. corn to schedule an audition or for more information.

The production will run Aug. 21 to Sept.

13 at the East Sonora Theatre, with rehearsals beginning July 28.

Volunteers sought The Angels Camp Friends of the Library is seeking new members.

The volunteer organization is dedicated to the support of the local and county library system. Meetings are held at 9 a.m. on the third Friday of each month at the Angels Camp Library, 426 N. Main St., in Angels Camp.

Interested volunteers can call 736-9430 or 736-2198.

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Tom Fraser and passenger Sandra Renda ride in the "High Noon" wagon during Columbia State Historic ParlCs Glorious Fourth of July Celebration.

'High Noon' carriage returns to Columbia State Park

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The iconic wagon from the 1952 western "High Noon" is back to stay in Columbia.

The buckboard wagon is more than 65 years old and was featured in films from the 1940s to 1960s. It was recently purchased

by Columbia State Historic Park docent David Kelley, of Sonora.

Kelley is also president of the Native Sons of the Golden West in Columbia.

The buckboardmade itsreturn debut in Columbia at the Glorious Fourth of July Celebration and will be on display in Columbia during the summer's Gold Rush Days, held the second Saturday of each month.

The park agreed to temporarily store the wagon until a more permanent solution can be made for its public display, explained Jackie Olavarria, supervising park ranger.

"They're pretty ecstatic about it," Kelley said of the park and its staffand volunteer docents.

Kelleyheard about the wagon by sheer luck.

A friend emailed him a link to a Craigslist posting in Quincy and said, "I know you like old stuff," Kelley said. "He had no idea what it was."

However, when Kelley opened up the Craigslist ad for the old buckboard, he knew he had to get it and bring it back to Columbia.

It turns out the buckboard was purchased in 1962 by film director Dwight Brooks, 82, who lives in El Dorado Hills. He's had the buckboard in storage since about 2000, and it was in surprisingly

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After much discussion, it was decided to go forward with chartering the group with Veterans of Modern W arfare and to encourage all veterans to join the VFW, AL and DAV locally.

"It was a good meeting with lively discussion on the pros and consof allthree options.

In the end the consensus was

to work on options one and three," Smart said.

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Sonora-resident and Columbia docent David Kelley stands with the wagon that he purchased off of Craigslist. good condition, Kelley said. Brooks has a whole collection of old movie props from his years in filmmaking that he is trying to sell off, Kelley said.

From 1962 to 2000, the buckboard wagon was on display in Yosemite Valley and at the Coulterville Museum.

Kelley and friend Tom Fraser, who operates the stagecoach in Columbia, went up to see the wagon in April.

"It was in excellent shape. I decidedIgotta getthisfor Columbia," he said.

So after gathering up the money needed for the wagon, Kelley was able to buy it and put it in his own storage in Sacramento (where he lived before retiring to Sonora about five years ago). The purchase almost didn't happen,

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the wagon back on Craigslist, but Kelley bought it in the nick of time.

Kelley brought it to Tuolumne County the first week in July. It spent a day at Trotter Welding in Sonora, which made a new tongue, the part of the wagon that connects the two horses pulling it, Kelley said.

On July 4, Kelley had Fraser and Renda, dressed in western

garb, ride through Columbia while playing the award-winning score, "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin," written by Russian-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin.

"People went crazy," Kelley said.

"People were tearing up on Main Street. It was unbelievable."

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Commissary funding in danger The administration and the U.S. Senate are looking to slash commissary funding by a factor of $322 million next year, then another $1 billion on top of that.

If approved, this p l an would significantly

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ever seen at the State Fair.

We used a relief art concept in building the exhibit, which gave it a special artistic touch," said Anna Davies, special projectscoordinator for the bureau.

Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau earlier this month receiveda gold ribbon at the California State Fair for its Tuolumne County exhibit.

Volunteers from Tuolumne Every year, the bureau County man the booth enters the Counties Exhibits throughout the fair to answer contest to promote Tuolumne questions and give out inforCounty to thousands of fairgo- mation. Davies worked with ers, a bureau press release Sacramento designer and said. This year's theme is builder Richard Bay to come "Feastsand Festivals." up with a concept and mesThe Tuolumne County exsage for the exhibit. Foothill hibit highlights locally grown 4-H member Victoria Smith, and produced products, annual of Sonora, made the Tuolumne events and iconic landmarks, County presentation to the like Column of the Giants and judges.

Railtown 1897 State Historic The gold ribbon was awarded Park. The display also included at the County Awards CerMe-Wuk Indian history and emony and Dinner held at Cal artifacts, Gold Rush history Expo on opening day of the and historic buildings.

California State Fair. The fair "The design this year was runs through July 26 at Cal unique to anything else we' ve Expo in Sacramento.

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commissary savings, close many stores, and reduce the days the remaining stores operate, cost military family members thousands of jobs, and setthe stage for further Administration attacks on such much-valued quality-oflife benefits. On top of that, Base Exchange officials have indicated that the closure of the m i l itary commissar-

ies would seriously harm the levelofuseatbase exchanges and, therefore, their profits.

The result would be to slash millions of dollars that currently cost the taxpayer nothing each year and are used to support morale, welfare and recreation programs.

One has to ask, 'Why in the world would someone want to

destroy a highly valued benefit program that has helped to sustain the all-volunteer force?"

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The local efFort is being sponsored by Chapter 391, Vietnam Veterans of America, of Tuolumne County.

According to Smart, the national VVA assisted the fledglinggroup when they first started by providing freeoffi ce space,telephone and Internet service until they could afFord to go out

Christian Damek will present a talk exploring the many dimensions of yoga at 5 p.m. Sunday during the monthly EastWest Mosaic: Alchemy of Transformation.

The event will be held a t 709 A r bona Circle, Damek Sonora.

D ame k will discuss the various forms andschools ofyoga he has taught over several decades, both one-onone and in classes.

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Tom Fraser and Sandra Renda dress as Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly from the 1952 film "High Noon" while driving the movie star wagon through Columbia State Historic Park on July 4.

tial to exert a transfor-

mative impact on body, mind and spirit.

After the talk, there will be a question-andanswer session followed by a p o t l uck d i nner.

There is no cost to attend, but donations are

accepted.

Call 533-4208 for directions and more information.

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to touch a quality-of-life benefit, it is cutting spending on personnel programs. Help us stop this attempt to greatly defund the commissaries.

In order for us to succeed in protecting the commissary benefit, we need your help.

We urge all AFSA members, their family members, colleagues, and friends to send a letterto theirtwo Senators

and their Representative urging that the Senate yield to the House on the matter of commissary funding and that they (the Senate) back ofF destroying this benefit. Accordingly, we need to urge House members/conferees to stick to their guns for full commissary funding. We strongly maintain that th e commissary benefit must be protected as part of the military culture that significantly contributes to the financial well-being of those who serve, military retirees, their family members,

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The wagon in "High Noon" was seen coming down the street near Angelo' s Continued from Page Bl Hall, and the historic Columbia fire engine, Papeete, was also in the movie, The wagon and its history were put on Kelley said. display in Columbia on July 4 and again The wagon was also featured in the July 11 during Gold Rush Days. Kelley films "Gold Rush," and "Sonora."

"High Noon" was shot in less than 30 will continue to put it on display in front of the Wilson-McConnell House in Co- days with a $750,000 budget. Scenes lumbia on the second Saturday of each were shot in Columbia, Jamestown and month this summer, until a permanent Tuolumne. The historic No. 3 train endisplay is found within the park. gine from Railtown 1897 State Historic

ment Resource and Evaluation Center in the VA Office of Mental Health Operations, Robert Bossarte, Ph.D., director of epidemiology in the VA Oflice of Public Health, Ira Katz, M.D., senior consultant for mental health program analysis in the VA Office of Mental Health Operations, and colleaguesreport their findings today in the online issue of American Journal of Public Health. This paper is the result of a collaboration between the VA and NIMH, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. McCarthy and colleagues developed their s uicide-risk algorithm b y studying the VHA patient population from fiscal years 2009-11. Data on manner of death came &om the National Death Index, and predictors of suicideand other types of death came from VHA clinical records.

D ividing r andomly t h e patient population in half, the team used data from one halftodevelop the predictive model, and then tested the and survivors. model using data from the other half. Each of the two studysamples included 3,180 Suicide study suicide cases and 1,056,004 Clinicians are challenged controlpatients. Researches every day to make difficult compared predicted suici de decisionsregarding patient's' risk to actual morality to assuicide risk. sess the performance of the Using Veterans Health Ad- predictive model.

"As the largest health care ministration (VHA) health system electronic medical provider in the U.S., VA has recorddata,Veterans Affairs the responsibility to continu(VA.) and National Institute ously examine how our extenof Mental Health (NIMH) sci- sive suicide prevention efforts entistswere able to identify are working, and to identify very small groups of individu- critical opportunities for imals within the VHA's patient provement in service to our population with very high, nation's veterans," said Dr. predicted suicide risk — most Caitlin Thompson, Deputy of whom had not been identi- Director for Suicide Prevenfied for suicide risk by clini- tion for VA. 'This collaborative efFort cians. Such methods can help the VHA to target suicide pre- with NIMH provides us with vention efForts for patients at unprecedented information highrisk,and may have more that will allow us to design wide-ranging benefits. and implement innovative John McCarthy, Ph.D., strategies on how to assess M.P.H, director of the Seri- and care for those veterans ous Mental Illness Treat- who may be at high risk for

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Park was used in the movie, as was St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Tuolumne.

The wagon was built by the Studebaker Wagon Works in Indiana and assembled in Jamestown.

"It had to come back," Kelley said of the wagon. "It belongs here in Tuolumne County."

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suicide. This model will ad- Our nation in mourning vance the care provided to These veterans died on veterans through VA's suicide these dates.

Arthur "Art" Chase,Feb. preventionprograms toallow us to better tailor our suicide 21, 1937 — July 2, 2015. Art preventionefForts so that we enlisted in the U.S. Navy can ensurethat allveterans in 1956. He served for four remain safe." years as a Flight electrician.

The VHA care system iden- Art was based in Hawaii, tifies patients as being at Alaska and Japan. high-risk of suicide based on Full military and graveinformation assessed during side serviceperformed for clinical encounters. Research- this veteran by VFW Post es foundthattheirpredictive 3154 Honor Guard model was more sensitive Richard Edgar "Dick" than this clinical flagging, in Macdonald, Ma rch 2 6 , the sense that, even in groups 1923 — July 6, 2015. Richwith the highest predicted ard served in World War II, suicide risk based on the was part of the 82nd Airmodel, less than one-third of borne Division and jumped patients had been identified on D-Day. His honors inclinically. clude: Bronze Star, Pur"This is valuable, because it ple Heart, French Cross, gives the VA more extensive Presidential Unit Citation, information about suicide American Campaign Medal, risk," said Michael Schoen- European African Middle baum, Ph.D., senior advisor Eastern Campaign Medal for mental health service, with one Bronze Star, World epidemiology and economics War II Victory Medal, Comat NIMH and one of the co- bat InfantryBadge, Honorauthors of the report. "If the able Service Medal of World VA can identify small groups War II Sharpshooter Badge of people with a particularly w ith m achine gu n a n d high-risk of suicide, then they Marksman badge with Rifle can target enhanced preven- Bar. tion and treatment services Donald "Don" G r i t z, to these highest risk indi- Oct. 4 1924 — July 5 2015. viduals, e When Don turned age 18, he "It's particularly encourag- joined the Navy in 1942 and ing that these analyses use shipped out on the heavy the types of data available to cruiser USS San Francisco any large health care system," for service in th e Pacific said NIMH Director Thomas Theater. Don re-established Insel, M.D. "These methods contact with his Navy shipcould help us prevent civilian m ates through th e U S S as well as veteran suicides."

San Francisco Association In addition to identifying and served as secretary for suicide risk, the team looked many years. He was a life at deaths among people iden- member of the U.S. Navy tified as highest risk for sui- Cruiser Sailors Association. cidein 2010.The team found Don was a Charter Member that this group had both very of Veterans of Foreign Wars high suicide and non-suicide Post 3154 Honor Guard death rates over the next 12 which provided Full Milimonths. tary Honors at the funeral Source: VA. Office of Public service held at 2 p.m. Saturand Intergovernmental day July 11 at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home.

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have announced these scores: Mother Lode Duplicate Bridge meets at noon every Monday and Tuesday at the Union Congregational Church in Angels Camp: July 6, six-table Howell movement — 1) Dave Jenkins and Bonnie Landis; 2)Tom Wright and Don Stillwell; 3) Rich Banks and Don Cross;4) Duane Oneto and James Anderson; 5) Darryl Rosenheim and Glenna Larson July 7,five-table TEAM game1) Alan and Susan Hamilton, Bill and Jeanette Hutchinson; 2) Joan Thorsen, Glenna Larson, Dana andTim Davis Gold Country Duplicate Bridge m eets at noon Wednesdays atthe Calaveras Senior Center in San Andreas:

"And that," Smart said, "is in keeping with our national motto — 'Never again shall one generation of veterans abandon another.' " "That is what this is all about — supporting other generations of local veterans," Smart said.

The next meeting for the VMF has been set for 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Tuolumne Veterans Memorial Hall on Fir Drive at Main Street in Tuolumne.

Prospective members are encouraged to bring their DD214 to the meeting. Ten members are required for the chapter to qualify for a charter.

July 8, n i ne-table Mitchell movementNorth-South — 1) Alan and Susan Hamilton; 2) Yvonne Tiscornia and Jo Mclnturf; 3) Ann Sturm and Tom Wright; 4) Rich and Liz Banks; East-West — 1) Don Cross and Bonnie Landis; 2) Lydia and Bob Solomon; 3) Frankie and DickThorsted; 4) Joan Thorsen and Mike Weis berg Sonora Duplicate Bridgemeets at 12:30 p.m. Fridays at the Tuolumne County Senior Center in Sonora: July 10,six-table Howell movement — 1) Vicky and Duane Oneto; 2) Alan and Susan Hamilton; 3) Ann Sturm and Duane Oneto; 4) Yvonne Tiscornia and Darryl Rosenheim; 5) Tom Favero and Shirley Drake

for the first year.

For more information, contactPierce at928-5217 or Smart at 536-0439.

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LIIIIC;heS fer Semliem Tuolumne County Senior Centerserves lunches atl2:00 to I p.m. Monday through Friday. Seniors of all ages are welcome. For seniors 60 and over, the suggested donation is$4.50.To receive the discount price, registration is required. For non-registered and individuals under

60 the fee is $6.00 per person. No eligible senior is denied a meal for inability to donate.

Tuolumne County Senior Center: MONDAYJuly 20 —Pork chile verde, tortilla, salsaand sour cream, brown rice seasoned corn, seasoned black beans, apple.

TUESDAY july 2 I —Chicken fried stmk, mashed potatoes with gravy green saladwith carrot and cabbage,tropical fruit,GIrmt and raisin mumn,wheat bread with margarine.

WEDNESDAY, July 22 —Garlic lime chicken, brown rice, California blend vemnes, spinach salad with almonds, pineapple, wheat bread with margarine.Salad bar available on Wednesdoy.

THURSDAY, July 23 — Creole shrimp, brown rice, y rdensal ad w i th tom ato,seasoned peas,peach,w heatbread with margarine FRIDAY, July 24 —Roast turkey, mashedpotatoes with gravy, seasonedgreen beans,apricots, cranberry orange muffin, roll with margarine,.

The Calaveras Senior Center serves hot lunches from I I:00 a.m.to I p.m. Monday through Friday with no

age limit $6.00 for a f'ull meal,soup and salad$4.00, salad $3.00 and soup $2.00.

Calaveras County Senior Center: MONDAY, July 20 — Cheese tortellini, sides, soup and salad.

TUESDAY, july 2 I — Cheese burger and fries, sides, soup and salad.

WEDNESDAY, July 22 — Chicken strips, sides, soup and salad.

THURSDAY, June 23 —Enchiladas, sides, soup and salad.

FRIDAY, June 24 — Fish and chips, sides, soup and salad. *High sodium meal Menu subjectto change.

No reservation is required at the Calaveras County Senior Centers.

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EvENTS Harvest Fellowship and the Word of Life Fellowship Church will c o-host a "Real Men" Community Breakfast Saturday in MiWuk Village.

The event is a countywide meeting of Christian men' s groups who gather to share breakfast, fellowship and a word of encouragement from guest speaker Pastor Brandon Stearns.

It will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Word of Life Fellowship Hall, 24630 Higway 108 in Mi-Wuk Village.

All men ages 16 and older are invited. Tickets cost $5 per person and are available &om Tim Morton at Greg's Barber Shop, 14570 Mono Way, Sonora.

Hess Ave. in East Sonora.

Dunkley will speak on "Roots and Wings." He is a lifelong Unitarian and sings and plays several instru-

Vacation Bidle school Sonora United Methodist Church will host a free vacation bible school, called "Hometown Nazareth, where Jesus was a kid," from 10 a.m. to noon July 30 through Aug. 2.

The church is at 90Yaney Ave., Sonora.

In Hometown Nazareth, children and families will explore the culture of ancient Nazareth, Jesus' hometown, by playing games and creating crafts of the time period. Joining a tribe, families will visit Nazareth's marketplace, sample the food and visit Mary's house to hear her stories of her son.

For information and to register, call the church office at 5324850 or Lorraine Vogt at 536-1 206. People may register for one or all of the days.

ments.

A potluck will follow the service.

For more information, go online to www.uuftc.org or call 533-8883.

Bishop Stephen Blaire of the Stockton Diocese will be the celebrant at a Mass for the Feast of St. Anne's at 8 a.m. July 26 at St. Anne's St. Matthew Lutheran Church will hold a free Vacation Bible Catholic Church in Columbia.

School from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 3 through 7 for children in Brunch will take place after kindergarten through sixth grade. the July 26 Mass at Angelo' s The theme is "Conquering Challengers with God's Mighty Hall in Columbia State HisPower." toric Park.

The church is at 13880 Joshua Way, Sonora. Register at 532St. Anne's Church is on 4639.

Church Street in Columbia.

The La d ies M i s s ion For more information, call Group of F i rst B aptist 532-7139. tended, Mohler said.

Community will host a sumChurch, Big Oak Flat, will "It was a great time," he mer gathering, "Sunday in St. Susanna Orthodox said. the Sun, A Lakeside Potluck join other vendors on Saturday fora Summer Boutique Church will not hold Bible Free Bibles will also be Party," on Aug. 16 at Lake and Craft Fair sponsored by classes on Tuesday. given away, and there will be Tulloch. the Garrotte Lions Club.

On Tuesday, July 28, the a briefmessage at the beginThe event will be a casual The fair will be held from series of ongoing Catechism ning of the family oriented socialget-together,a tim e for 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Saturday at classes for entry into the Or- event. people to catch up with old &iends and share their sumthe Groveland Community thodox Christian Church will Hall and will include re-gifted resume at 6 p.m. each TuesC ountry Cowbo y mer adventures as well as items, gently used items, jew- day evening. Students will Church in East Sonora will meet some new faces, state a elry, handmade items, baked study the Catechism series hold two concerts in the com- press release.. Non-members written by Orthodox educator, ing weeks. interested in meeting others goods, and a kids' corner.

P roceeds will b e u s ed Father Thomas Hopko, and The first will be a &ee con- in the local Jewish commuto purchase gifts from the the New King James transla- cert by Dennis Agajanian nity are welcome.

Franklin Graham Samari- tion of the Bible. at 6:30 p.m. July 25 at the To attend, email the Mothtan's Purse Christmas Gifts For more information, call church,14888 PeacefulValley er Lode Jewish Community catalog for International Re- 352-6791. St. Susanna Ortho- Road. Doors open at 6 p.m. at motherlodejc@yahoo.corn lief. dox Church is at 10825 RobThe performance will in- or call 533-1650.

For more information, con- inwood Lane, at the intersec- clude acoustic instrumentals, A Shabbat Shuvah service tact Wanda Day at 770-6179. tion of Jamestown Road, in classic, fast-picking bluegrass, will be held in Murphys on Sonora. rock and upbeat country mu- Saturday, Sept. 19.

Mountain Chr i s tian sic.

Fellowship in M Creekside Community The second concert will A benefit concert for Agarecently started a new round Church will host a &ee Jesus take place 7 p.m. July 31. peProject25 will be held &om of GriefShare classes on Tues- Fest &om 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and 7 to10 p.m. July 31 at211 S. days.

July 25 at West Side Memo- seating will be first-come, first Washington St., Sonora.

Classes run &om 6 : 30 rial Park in Tuolumne. served.

AgapeProject25 is a to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday The event is intended as a The first band will be Dave group of artists whose intent through Sept. 29. The church way to share and celebrate Steely and Friends, followed is to "uphold the cause of the is at 3488 E. Highway 4 in Jesus Christ, said Pastor Tom by SierraMountain Band. orphan, poor and needy by Murphys. It will be facilitat- Mohler.

Tickets for the second coned by assistant pastor Doug It will include a &ee bar- cert are available in Sonora Nielsen. For more informa- becue, live entertainment by at the Mountain Book Shop, tion, call 728-2250. five bands, including The Red Live Oak Music and Tractor Airplanes &om N ashville, Supply Company. Tickets cost The Unitarian Un iver- drinks, popcorn, snow cones, $17 in advance or $20 at the salist Fellowship of Tu- children's games, clothing dool'. olumne County will host giveaways and a prayer tent.

Call 586-2042 for credit This is the second Jesus card orders. guest speaker the Rev. Leon Dunkleyat10 a.m. Sunday at Fest. The first was held in TheMother Lode Jewish its Fellowship House, 19518 2013 and about 100 people at-

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from 9 to 4:30 p.m. weekdays • The A m a dor-Tu- and 10 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. olumne Community Ac- Many free programs are tion Agency distributes food available. Call 533-2647. &om 10 a.m. to noon on the Call the church at 532-2441 third Tuesday of each month for more information.

• at All Saints' Catholic Church, Faith Lut h eran corner of Joaquin Gully and Church, 65 M itchler St., Cherokee roads in Twain Murphys, hosts a food comHarte, and at Tuolumne Me- modities distribution on the morial Hall, Fir Avenue in first Thursday ofeach month Tuolumne; A-TCAA Food including dry and canned Bank, 10059 Victoria Way, goods. There is also a food Jamestown; Church of the bag distribution &om 9 a.m.

Forty Niners, 11155 Jack- to 1 p.m. Monday through son St., Columbia; Lake Don Wednesday, available once a Pedro Baptist Church, 4175 month to local residents, in Abeto St. ,La Grange; Mount conjunction with the MurCalvary Lutheran Church, phys Senior Center, co-located 24176 Pine Lake Drive, Sugar on the campus.

Pine; Sonora Baptist Church, For more information, call 412 Stockton Road, Sonora; 728-2041.

• Interfaith CommuTuolumne County Senior Center, 540 Greenley Road, nity Social Services, 18500 Sonora; Tuolumne Veterans Striker Court, off Tuolumne Memorial Hall, 18375 Fir Road, Sonora, helps those Ave., Tuolumne. They distrib- in need with food, clothing, ute 10a.m.to 2 p.m .Monday household linens, showers through Thursday and Friday and haircuts. The program by appointment at Columbia is in need of towels, blanCollege. They also distribute kets, sleeping bags,tents,can &om 10 a.m. to noon the Fri- openers, pots and pans, small day after the third Tuesday at working appliances, silverGroveland Evangelical Free ware, toiletries, bath towels, Church, 19172 Ferretti Road, layettes for babiesand linens.

Groveland.

There also is a special need • All Saints operates a for canned soup and cold cefood pantry&om 10 a.m. to real. noon all other Tuesdays.

It is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Columbia Presbyte- weekdays. rian Church of the 49ers Anyone seeking services offersfree food and clothing should bring identification each week. or proof of Tuolumne County - Helen Johnson Com- residency. munity Dinner, &ee to all, For more information, call isserved at6 p.m .every Mon- 532-0905. day in the church social hall, • Mount Calvary Lu11155 Jackson St., Columbia. theran Church in S ugar Donations are accepted but Pine holds several events not required. Free showers each month to help the comareoffered preceding the din- munity. ner &om 5 to 6 p.m.

Events include: - ATCAA Food Bank disSenior Exercise, 10:30 tributes food at 10 a.m. on a.m. every Thursday third Tuesdays of each month - Senior Lunch, noon to 1 in Lower Sanctuary. p.m. every Thursday (call 586- Nancy's Hope Commu- 8166 for reservations) - Parish Food Pantry, 10 nity Center, located on the church campus, is open daily a.m. to noon, first Tuesday

of each month Worship services begin at 10 a.m. weekly.

The church is at 24176 Pine Lake Drive. Call 586-3616 for more information.

• M u rphys Covenant Church hosts "His Kitchen," a ministry of free hot meals offered from noon to 1 p.m. each Thursday at the church, 34 Jones St. • Seventh-day Adventist Community Services,87 S. Forest Road, Sonora, offers clothing, small appliances, blankets, sheets, linens, shoes and coats to anyone in need &om 9 a.m. to noon Mondays and Wednesdays. Groceries are given out Mondays and Wednesdays.

For more information about services or making a donation, call 532-1872.

• The Food Pantry program at Sierra Bible Church distributes food on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the officeconference room at 15171 Tuolumne Road, Sonora.

• St. Matthew Lutheran Church hosts a &ee lunch at the Lambert Community Drop-in Center on the last Saturdayofeach month.

The lunch is served from noon to 1 p.m. at the Center, 347 Jackson St., Sonora. The Center is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for fellowship and games.

For more information, call 533-4879.

• St. Patrick's Catholic Church serves a &ee breakfast&om 6:30to 8 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday in the parish hall at 127 Jackson St., Sonora. Everyone is welcome.

• Tuolumne U n ited Methodist Church offers free food to anyone in need &om 10 to11 a.m. every Saturday. The church is at 18851 Cedar St., in Tuolumne. For more information, call 9281376 or 206-3090.

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by My namewill humble themselves,and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,then I will hear from heavenandwill forgive their sin and heal their land.

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Dinner tickets cost $15 for project is building homes in Santa Panchu, Nicaragua. adults and $6 for children The evening of live music ages 6 to 12. Children under will include performances by 6 are free. Pre-event dinner recordingartists Isa Agape, tickets are $12, available at Nina Landis, The ii & Noah the parish office.

Jenks and special guest The main raffle prize is a speaker Dani Johnson. Food Hawaiian getaway for two, and drink will be available for plus many more prizes. Tickpurchase. ets for the rafHe, theme basTickets cost $20 in advance kets and silent auction are or $25 atthe door.Tickets available at the event or at can be p urchased online the parishoffice. at www .eventbrite.corn/e/ agapeproject25-live-showMount Calvary Luthertickets-17628550469. They an Church in Sugar Pine are also available at Runway will host a reunion at 10 a.m.

Xchange in downtown Sonora Aug. 2. or Twain Harte Miniature The church invites memGolf. bers, former members and For more information, go &iends all to attend the woronline t o w w w.AgapePro-ship service and barbecue. ject25.corn.

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All S a i n ts ' C a t h olic Church will host its Aloha Union Congregational Parish Festival at 6 p.m. Aug. Church in Angels Camp is 1 at Joaquin Gully at Chero- offering free lattes, iced or hot, kee Drive in Twain Harte. throughout summer.

Festivities will include a The church, 1141 Main dinner of ham with pineapple Street in Angels Camp, will salsa, barbecue chicken with serve the drinks &om 8:30 to island sides, drinks and des- 9:30 a.m. every Sunday. sert.

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Two schools name honor roll students Twain Harte and Jamestown se Moreno, Emily Orpurt, Gerald elementary schools have an- Quinn Alcorn, Joselyn Rosas, Ryan nounced honor rolls for the third Tungate, Esmeralda Uriostegul trimesterof the 2014-15 school 3.0 to 3.49 — Caius Bell, Gia year.

Broughton, Valarie Camarena, Star Carillo Stone, Pablo Enriquez, Angel Figueroa, Joleene Gion, Adrian Gonzalez-Marquez, Raymond Grade five Hurger, Destinie Johnson, Alee 4.0 — Mackenzie Collins,Wyatt Landry, Anthony Leitner, Liam Frankenstein, James Richardson, Mills, Unity Nelson, Korayma SaEthan Thompson gastume Velazquez, Alyssa Sinklier, 3.5 to 3.99 — Colton Chroman, Kaileen St. Claire Madeline Fowler, Emily Rich 3.0 to 3A9 — Cayden Bell,Gide- Grade six on Groff, CodyTermeteet, Ethan Turn3.5 to 4.0 — Jasmine Encibough, Manhattan Young nias, Garrett Franklin, Brendon Greenway-Vidaurri, Abigail Hall ElGrade six liott, Faizon Hilson, David Lunt, 4.0 — McKenlie Ballard,Kierah Jonathan Martin Ascencio, Jayden Cain, Kadie Jacobs, Desiree Kiernen, McKeon, Charlie Nau, Riley Paz, Ryan Moore, Chase Varvayanis Kevin QuinnAlcorn, Hannah Sou3.5 to 3.99 — Shelby Crom,Vic- sa, Eduardo Uriostegui-Basabe, toria Gast, Patrick Hogan, Navaeh Hannah Vienop, Isaac Wells Layne, Layla Smith, Abigayle Tucker 3.0 to 3.49 — Paige Angelo, 3.0 to 3A9 — Adam Griggi, Jaden Dreuth, Ethan Hatt, Matthew Ashleigh Hoffman-Brady, Trevian Johnson, Derek Matthews, Alysia Wise Means, Kyleigh O' Connor, Hailey Pena Vargas, Claudia Salazar, JoGrade seven seph Troche

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The Book Nook is open from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and now offers gift certificates.

For more information, call Ric Mannix at 694-0288.

The Tuolumne CountySenior 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 once a month at the center.

Members can choose titles from a multi-county library cooperative where books and discussion sheets are provided. If members want to read a book not on the co-op list, they must purchase them independently or check them out at the library on their own.

The Sonora Lions Club's Glenn Bass Run will take place Aug. 1 at Columbia College's Carkeet Park, raises money for the cross-country team and for the nonprofit Lions Club.

Two events will be held: a one-mile and a 5K Awards will be handed out to the top three finishers in each age group category, with special prizes to the top male and female finisher.

The shorter run is stroller friendly.

No dogs are allowed.

For m or e i n f o rmation, c ontact Advancedregistration cost $20 for Cindy Graham at 928-4975 or email the 5K, $10 for the one-mile and $45 cgrahamoco.tuolumne.ca.us or call for a family pack, which is three or 533-2622. more in either race. The price goes up $5 for each run and $10 for the fam- Friends ofthe Library ilypack on raceday.Early registration plan booksales must be postmarked by July 24.

Checks can be sent to: Sonora Lions Friends of the Tuolumne County Pride Stride, P.O. Box 101, Standard, Library will host a weekly half-price CA 95373. Check-in starts at 7 a.m. book sale through July in the CommuThe one-mile run begins at 8 a.m. and nity Room at the library, 480 Greenley the 5K at 8:30.

Road, Sonora.

For more information, call Jim The sale will feature many different Gormely at 532-6515 or Windy Dart book genres: July 22 — history; and at 406-5015.

July 29 — miscellaneous non-fiction.

Newcomers to meet The Tuolumne County Newcomers Club meet for dinner on the third Wednesday ofthe month, January through Mayand in October and ¹ vember.

Reservations are required by the Friday before the dinner.

Call Bill Burnes at 533-4334 or Dana Youngborg at 588-9632 for more information.

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The fundraising run raises money for the Sonora Wildcat cross country team and the non-profit club.

Two events will be held, a one mile and a 5K and awards will be handed out to the top three finishers in each age group category, with special prizes to the top male and female finisher.

The shorter run is stroller friendly. No dogs are allowed.

Advanced registration is $20 for the 5K, $10for the one mile and $45 for a family pack, which is three or more in either race. The pdice goes up $5 for each run and $10 for the family pack on race day. Early registration m ust be postmarked by July 24.

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Check-in starts at 7 a.m.

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For more information, call Jim Gormely at 532-6515 or Windy Dart at 406-5015.

Alps last obstacle for Froome PLATEAU DEBElLLE, France (AP) — One mountain range completed, one more to go.

Only the Alps loom as the last major obstacle between Chris Froome and a secondTour de France victory in Paris.

His rivals tried and failed to make the British rider and his superstrong Sky team wilt on the toughest — and last — day of climbing in the Pyrenees on Thursday, on Stage 12.

With those mountains that straddle France and Spain behind them, the opportunities for podium contenders to eat into Froome's race lead are running out. That might make them only more dangerous. They could take bigger risks, like speeding hell for leather on downhills, in hopes that Froome might crash, or gang up on him, as they sought to on Thursday's steep final ascent.

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Sonora's Riley Patterson holds her medal for helping her club volleyball team win the USA Girls' Junior National Championship earlier this month in New Orleans.

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By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

Riley Patterson has accomplished more on the volleyball court then most can imagine.

And she's just 14 years old.

Last season as a starting freshman for Sono-

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ra High School, Patterson won a Mother Lode League crown, followed by a Sac-Joaquin Section title and then capped off the sensational season by helping the Wildcats win their first team CIF State championship.

This summer, as the young teenager prepares for her sophomore season, she earned the title of National Champion.

Over the fourth of July weekend, Patterson's club team, the Rage Volleyball Club, won the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championship in New Orleans. Her team defeated squads &om Texas, Arizona and Florida before knocking off'the San Gabriel Elite, from Southern California, to claim the ultimate prize.

"It was really exciting," Patterson said of winning the National Championship. "I was nervous because I had never been put in a situation like that before, but it was super fun. It still doesn't feelrealtom e."

Beating the San Gabriel Elite in the "Big Easy" was anything but. The match reached the third and deciding set and the Rage rallied

to win 20-18, after fighting off several match points.

"My coach made sure that we didn't get too excited or too down on ourselves if we were losing," Patterson said. 'Vile kept our emotions steady and that's what we did the whole game."

"Just to make the final eight is awesome," said Rage head coach Gabe Leal, who is also the head varsity coach at Lincoln High School in Stockton. "It's such a difficult tournament and is so mentally challenging. Heading into See PATTERSON / Page C2

The A's are going to make the playoffs.

I know. I know. Sounds crazy. Especially if you' ve already written off this season as a bad stretch on the Billy Beane Stock Exchange.

But the Athletics are primed for a second-half run to shock COMMFNT the baseball world.

Sure, they have the worst record in the American League. They sit SV2 games behind the Angels in the A.L. West and eightgames back fora wild-card spot.Butall they need are a few breaks, and the Beane worship can resume.

How can this happen, you ask? How can the A's rise &om the cellar to play October baseball?

Step 1: Sonny Gray will throw a no-hitter today.

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NBA BASEBALL Today 6:30 pm (KMAX) MLB BaseballSan Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks.

7:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics.

Saturday 5:00 pm (CSBA) MLB BaseballSan Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks.

6:00 pm (CSN) MLB Baseball Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics.

Sunday 10:30 am(WTBS) MLB Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals.

1:00pm (CSBA) MLB Baseball San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks.

(CSN)MLB Baseball Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics.

5:00 pm (ESPN) MLB Baseball Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Monday 4:00 pm (ESPN) MLB Baseball New York Mets at Washington Nationals.

7:00 pm (CSBA) MLB BaseballSan Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres.

AUTO RACING Saturday 7:00 am(CNBC) NASCAR RacingSprint Cup Series: New Hampshire 301, Final Practice. From New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. a ed

BICYCLING Saturday 11:00 am(KCRA) (KSBW) 2015 Tour de France Stage 14. Mediummountain stage race of 176.5 km. From Rodez to Mende. Same-da Ta e

Sacramento voids Mbah a Moute's contract The Associated Press

The Sacramento Kings voided the contract of forward Luc Mbah a Moute on Thursday after he failed a team physical.

The announcement by the Kings came two days after Mbah a Moute signed a one-year deal as a free agent.

The team had hoped he could add depth and defense to the second unit.

Instead, Mbah a Moute is

looking for another landing spot — and the Kings are searchingfor a replacement.

The 28-year-old Mbah

NBA seasons. fill the void. The splashiest Both of Mbah a Moute's remaining at th e position stints in Sacramento have might have been Josh Smith, been brief. The Kings first who reportedly has an agreea Moute wa s b orn i n acquired Mbah a Moute from ment with the Los Angeles Cameroon and played at the Bucks in the summer of Clippers.

UCLA. Milwaukee draft- 2013, but they traded him to The voiding of Mbah a ed him with the 37th Minnesota for Derrick Wil- M oute's deal is a setback to liams less than a month into what had been a productive overall pick in 2008.

Mbah a Moute averaged the season. week for the Kings and their a career-high9.9 points to Williams signed with the new headofbasketballoperago with 4.9 rebounds with New York Knicks last week. tions, Vlade Divac, the former Philadelphia last season.

Outside of a trade, there franchise center.

He has averaged 6.8 points are few options left in free Divac signed point guard and 4.9 rebounds in seven agency for Sacramento to Rajon Rondo, shooting guard

Marco Belinelli and center Kosta Koufas on Monday.

Mbah a Moute andforward Omri Casspi signed Tuesday.

The agreement between veteran forward Caron But-

ler and the Kings is not yet complete.

The Kings also announced that sixth overall pick Willie Cauley-Stein signed his rookie deal and journeyman James Anderson signed his contract.

Terms forboth deals were not disclosed.

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SEC moves ahead alone on tougher transfer rules HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has taken the high road when it comes to domesticviolence, aiming to keep alleged abusers offtheir rosters even if it means they land in a rival

league.

It'sa rare move that could put the SEC, which won seven straight national titles from 2006-2012, at a competitive disadvantage in some cases.

So far, no other conference has put a similar rule into effect.

SEC schools passed a rule in May barring the signing of any athlete disciplined for serious misconduct at anoth-

er college stop. The new rule defines a seriousoffense as

"sexualassault,domesticviolence or other forms of sexual violence."

Domesticviolence advocate Katherine Redmond Brown said she was surprised and pleased that it was the SEC, known for its "crazy good competition," that first took this step.

'The message was long overdue because the NCAA has stayed relatively silent on the issue for years," said Brown, founder of National Coalition Against Violent Athletes. "Basically it was up to the conferences and individual schools to do something.

"To be honest, I never expectedthat it would be the SEC that would be the first to draw this line."

It wasn't a coincidence that the SEC adopted the rule this year. Defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor was dismissed

from Alabama after his arrest on a domestic violence charge a couple of months after signing. The woman in the caselaterrecanted her story, but Taylor had already been kicked out of Georgia following a similar arrest.

Georgia proposed the new rule.

"That one was pretty cut

and dry," said Bulldogs coach Mark Richt, adding that he wasn't the one making the call to propose the rule.

Alabama coach Nick Saban saidhe doesn'tregretsigning Taylor and that Taylor "didn' t really get the kind of due process before he was judged as maybe any person should." He added, however, that Taylor was signed under a zero tolerance policy.

"But I do think that this is an emotional issue that's very, very complicated," Saban said.

"It's against the law, and we respect the law, and we will continue to do things that respect the law.

"I think that ... we should be creating as many opportunities to try to solve this problem and use this as an opportunity to try to solve this problem with young people, male and female alike, because this is an issue across the board with any emotional relationship."

Beyond Taylor, the rule came after much-publicized domestic violence cases in the NFL, including Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and Dallas defensive end Greg Hardy. Pro leagues

across sports have grappled with the question of how to treatplayers who face domestic abuse allegations in the wake of the NFL cases.

Mississippi State q uarterback Dak Prescott, one of

the league's most high-profile players, said it was a line that needed to be drawn.

'Tm not going to be shy to say that maybe you shouldn' t play college football again with a d o mestic violence issue," Prescott said. "We shouldn't have things like that in this day and time. As men, we need to get better and get past it."

South Carolina coach Steve Spurriersaid it'sa no-brainer: "I' ve always had a rule as a coach that if you ever hit a girl, you' re finished."

SOCCER Saturday 2:00 pm (KTXL) 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinal: Teams TBA. From M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

BOXING Today 10:00 pm(SHOW) Boxing Antoine Douglas vs. Istvan Szili in a 10-round bout.

From Bethlehem, Pa. (Same-day Tape) Saturday 1:00pm (KOVR) (KPIX) BoxingPremier Boxing Champions. Carl Frampton vs. Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. in the main event. From El Paso, Texas.

7:00 pm(SHOW) Boxing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs.

Marcos Reyes in a super middleweight bout, 10 rounds.

GOLF Today 1:00am (ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipFirst Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

12:00 pm(ESPN) 2015 Open Championship First Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. (Same-day Tape) 4:00 pm (ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipBest of the First Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. (Same-day Tape) Today 1:00 am(ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipSecond Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

12:00 pm(ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipSecond Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. (Same-day Tape) Saturday 4:00 am (ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipThird Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

12:00 pm(KCRA) (KSBW) GolfAmerican Century Championship, Second Round. From Lake Tahoe.

(KGO)2015 Open ChampionshipThird Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. (Same-day Tape) Sunday 3:00 am (ESPN) 2015 Open ChampionshipFinal Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

12:00 pm(KCRA) (KSBW) GolfAmerican Century Championship, Final Round. From Lake Tahoe.

(KGO)2015 Open ChampionshipFinal Round. From The Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland. (Same-day Ta e

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"Riley is a player that can do it all," Leal said. "If we need her to set, she can set. If we need her to play the right side, she can do it. She does so much for our team. She' s a total team player that can play any position we ask her to play."

In her first season with the Rage last summer, Patterson and the rest of her teammates

traveled t o Mi n neapolis, Minn. to play in the National Championship Tournament.

The Rage walked away with the silver medal after losing Courtesy photos in the championship game Riley Patterson, of Sonora (above, far right), celebrates a to the Tampa Bay Volleyball point won while playing for the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championship in New Orleans. Patterson Academy. ''When we went to Nation- (at right) holds the championship trophy. als the first time," Patterson said, "I really didn't know get another medal," Patter- fending State championship what to expect. Once we got son said. 'Vile had five new team. ''We lost seven seniors from there, at first it didn't feel playerson this year's team, real. But it turned out to be a but the core group of play- last year's team, but there a really cool experience." ers from last year were still lot ofgood athletes that are In her second season with there, so we were expecting to going to step up and fill those the Rage, Patterson began go pretty far." roles," Patterson said."We are As a freshman at Sonora going to be pretty good." practicing the last week in "I see her being a large November 2014. She trav- High, Patterson was a confiels to Stockton two or three dent player, which stemmed part of many aspects of the times a week to practice, and from her play on her club team," said Sonora High head spends seven months a year team. volleyball coach Kim Evans.

"Playing in club volleyball "She's no longer the freshman with her Rage teammates and coaches. made me more prepared for newbie. I know she can come "Going through the grind high school ball because I in and contribute even more last year, she became really was playing against really than she did last year. We had close to those kids," Leal said. competitive teams," Patter- a lotofoffensiveweapons last "I think that prepared her to son said. year, but we may not have be able to handle her own at During her freshman sea- those same assetsthis year.

Sonora. She's had a great last son, Patterson was on the She will be a big part of our 12-13 months." most successful volleyball offenseand plays great deBefore being able to com- team in the history of Sonora fense as well." petethisyearattheN ational High, helping the Wildcats a Heading into her second Championship Tournament win their second consecutive season with the Wildcats, in New Orleans, the Rage Sac-Joaquin Section champi- Patterson is more comfortfirst had to qualify. The team onship and was also key in able than she was as a freshcompeted in tournaments in bringing home the school's man.

Philadelphia and Chicago. first ever team State title this "I was nervous joining the It took third in Philadelphia past winter.

Sonora varsity team, but I "I was always pretty ner- became comfortable with the and finished first in Chicago to receive an invitation to vous in league play, but once girls because I had played New Orleans. we got into the playoffs, I just with some of them when Because the Rage finished stayed calm and played," Pat- I was younger," Patterson in the top three during their terson said. "I was more ner- said. "I was nervous because National Qualifier Tourna- vousforthe games before the I looked up to them and they ment, they were put in the big games, rather than actu- are so much older and better." prestigious "open" division, ally playing in the championThe differences between which plays the highest level ship games." playing club volleyball and of competition from throughNow with a Na t i onal high school volleyball are noout the United States. Win- Championship to add to her ticeable. Not only in the skill ning a medal in 2014 was list of accomplishments, Pat- of the players, but also the atsuch an a ccomplishment, terson is heading into her mosphere.

"Club is more intense," PatPatterson was willing to ac- sophomore season at Sonora ceptno lessthisyear.

High, and is one of the key terson said. "People know I "Going in, our goal was to pieces returning to the de- play club ball, but playing

in high school is more of a community feel.Everybody knows you are playing and can see you play. With club, people are like, 'Oh yeah, you' re playing club.' Nobody really sees you play." ''With bigger blockers, and added pressure of crowds and bands, that is a huge difference between club and high school volleyball," Evans said.

"I look at what she did last yearforus,and really helped translate that over to her club season. She's played in front of big crowds and the growth was in both areas. She came in and learned things, and

left and learned things."

Patterson has a bight volleyball future ahead of her, and to accomplish what she has at such a young age, is truly remarkable.

"The pride that I have for players like Riley, it's probably only second to their mothers," Evans said. "To see a player that takes something you taughtthem and go on and be great, that's why we coach. We coach to see the improvement in every player. I am extremely proud of what she has accomplished and am glad that I was able to be a small part of that."

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Giants sign Cabrera to minor leaguedeal SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shortstop Everth Cabrera has signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.

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He spent the previous six seasons in the NL West with San Diego regularly facing the reigning World Series champion Giants, who also won titles in 2010 and'12.

Cabrera was suspended

by Major League Baseball for the final 50 games of the 2013 seasonfor violating thesport' sdrug agreement in relation to its Biogenesis of America investigation.

AK to debut Saturday night NBAcoverage NEW YORK (AP) ABC will add to its NBA coverage next season with

the debut ofa Saturday nightgame in January.

"Saturday Night NBA on ABC" will begin Jan. 23 and be the first of eight games that will be televised at 5:30 p.m. through the end of the season. The network had previously aired Sunday doubleheaders and now will air one game Saturday night and one game Sunday.

The schedule addition means ABC and ESPN will combine to broadcast NBA games four nights a week.

ESPN televises doubleheaders on Wednesday and Friday nights during the season.

ESPN announced the plans Thursday and says its "NBA Countdown" pregame show will air before the Saturday night games.

Game selections will be made in the coming weeks.

ABC's NBA schedule begins with a Christmas doubleheader.

MlS players ratify 5-year labor contract BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Major League Soccer playershave ratified their ive-yearcollectivebargainf ing agreement that runs through the 2019 season.

The MLS Players Union said Thursday that 91 percent of its members voted in favor of the deal announced March 5, a day before the season opener. MLS spokesman Dan Courtemanche

said owners also have approved the Players 28 or older with eight or more years of MLS service whose contracts have expired can become free agents, but with limitationson raises:25 percent for those ~ les s than $100,000, 20 percent for those earnixg more than $100,000 and less than $200,000, and 15 percent for those earning more than $200,000.

The minimum salary for the first 24 players on each roster rises &om $48,500 last year to $60,000 this season, $62,500 in 2016, $(35,000 in 2017, $67,500 in 2018 and $70,250 in 2019. The minimum for remaining players, who must be 24 or younger, increases &om $36,500 last season to $50,000 this year, $51,500 in 2016, $53,000 in 2017, $54,500 in 2018 and $56,250 in 2019. Players earning the lower minimum receive bonuses of $500 per league game appearance and an additional $750 per league start.

Each team's salary budget thisyear increased to $3.49 million from $3.1 million and will go up to Q66 million in 2016, $3,845,000 in 2017.

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The Ajax United Sonora youth soccer club hosted a four-day camp this week at Dunlavy Field. Campers (above, from left) Gracie Bearden, 9, of Sonora, Irelynd Speer, 10, of Sonora, Ava Vann, 9, of Sonora, Victoria Velazquez, 9, of Tuolumne (also at top right), and Alexia Villegas, 10, of Columbia, practice juggling. Missael Vazquez, 14, of Sonora (right) and Manny Bowman, 14, of Sonora (far right) work on free kicks.

THOMPSON Continued from PageC1 making the All-Star team and not being able to pitch.

Gray was stellar in the first half, entering the break second among American League starters in ERA. He's been a rock for the A' s.

So it only makes sense that he ignites the spirited secondhalf rally with a gem. And since A's manager Bob Melvin is going with a four-man rotationto start the second half, Gray is scheduled to start three of the next 10 games.

Step 2: Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, will attend an A's game. Some Curry magic is needed for this turnaround. It might even behoove the A's to let Riley get the mic at the postgame.

Step 3: The bullpen will start clicking.

Dan Otero is back in a middle relief role. The A's could use the relief. One of the key reasons to the A's first-half demise was a bad bullpen. They ranked 27th in the majors in save percentage, failing to convert19 oftheir31 saveop-

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the majors,is responsible for 23.3 percentof the Royals' earned runs. St. Louis' bullpen, not far behind, accounted for 28.8 percent.

But the A's relievers are about to flip the switch. The trio of lefties at Melvin's disposal — Eric O'Flaherty, Fernando Abad and Drew Pomeranz — are already clicking.

Add Otero to the mix, and the A's have enough setup men to get to Tyler Clippard, who has been arevelation atcloser.

Then, Sean Doolittle is going to come back with a vengeance. This time, he' ll manage to stay off the disabled list for more than one game and give the A's more icky prowess.

Step 4: Minnesota and Houston will fall apart. The Astros have been diving for some time now. The Twins benefit ted from a home-heavy first half (47 games, second most in majors) — 31 of their 49 wins have come at home.

But the road is waiting. This will pave the way for an A' s wild card.

Step 5: Beane will pull off a move to give the A's a jolt.

While everyone is wondering if he's going to sell the farm portunities.

The A's pitching staff has at the trade deadline, Beane allowed 302 earned runs so will raise some eyebrows with far, seventh-best in the ma- a move no one expected, one jors.But 39.4 percent ofthose that bolsters the team now inwere giving up by the bullpen. steadofforthe future.

For comparison's sake, the Admit it. Right now, you' re Kansas City bullpen, best in thinking, "Hmmm. Who re-

ACKERMAN Continued from PageC1 bouncing lures like Senkos or Crawdad imitat ions arebest.

Catfish bite well in summer and the Big Catfish winner at Glory Hole Sports last week was Della Simons with an 11-pound, 12-ouncer caught near the Parrotts Ferry Bridge with nightcrawlers.

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LA. Dodgers (Bolsinger 4-3) at Wash-

Kansas City (Volquez 8-4) at Chicago

ington (Zimmermann 8-5), 4:05 p.m.

Miami (Femandez 2-0) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-2), 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leaks 6-5), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago Cube (Hendricks 44) at Atlanta (Teheran 64), 4:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 6-2) at Milwaukee (Fiers 47), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Meta (Syndergaard 44) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-5), 5:1 5p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 1-1) at Arizona

White Sox (Samardzija 6-4), 11:10 a.m., 1st game Seattle (Montgomery 4-3) at N.Y. Yan-

(Ray 3-4), 6:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3) at San Diego (Shields 7-3), 7:1 0p.m.

ally could use Ben Zobrist?a Step 6: Josh Reddick will stop snitching on Melvin.

Step 7: Coco Crisp will return and supercharge the A' s offense.

Oakland hasn't been too bad at the plate. The A's are fifth in the majors in runs scored. But they are just 15th in on-base percentage.

Crisp — h ampered by a neck injury, with kidney stones adding to the torture — has been a nonfactor this season. He's played in just 14

kees (Tanaka 5-3), 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 5-5) at Toronto (Hutchison 8-2), 4:07 p.m.

Baltimore (U Jimenez 7-4) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 8-7), 4:08 p.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-5), 4:10 p.m.

Kansas City (C.Young 7-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danke 46) 510 p m 2nd game Texas (M.Perez 0-0) at Houston (McHugh 9-5), 5:10 p.m.

Boston (Miley $6) at LJL Angels (C.Wilson 7-7), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (E.Santana 0-0) at Oakland (Gray10-3),7:05 p.m.

games, managing two hits in 45 at bats. But that is going to change. And when it does, it will be a fitting symbol of the A's second-half theme.

Step 8: The A's will not make an error in the second half. OK, fewer than 30. ARer a MLB-high 82 in the first half, they' re due for some lucky bounces.

Step 9: It's at this point Lew Wolff will announce that he

and his ownership group will use their seemingly endless resourcesto privately finance

a waterfront stadium for the A's in Oakland. And at the news conference, he will take a knee while tearfully apologizing for ever attempting to fleeto San Joseand beg Oakland to forgive him.

Step 10: You get a Billy Beane tattoo.

All-Star Gametickets among highest-priced CINCINNATI (AP) — Dire weather forecasts hanging over the All-Star Game helped drive down costs, yet left the Cincinnati game with among the highest priced tickets for baseball's midsummer game in recent years.

Austin, Texas-based TicketCity reported a final median sale price of $467, tumbling from $536 last weekend. The online service'sfigures show

that was higher than $449 for the game at New York's Citi Field in 2013, and the $410 m edian price for last year's game in Minnesota.

S pokeswoman Ash l ey Kubiszynsaid storm forecasts likely scared away would-be buyers in the last days. But she said Cincinnati's central location and attractive riverside Great American Ball Park, hosting the game for the first time, helped keep demand higher than usual.

catches in favorite spots like the inlet, dam, or outside the swimming buoys.

For more information, call the Pinecrest Sport Shop at 965-3(337.

The Sacramento River salmon season op ened Thursday. The opening was previously threatened by warm water temperatures, but Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman, Clark Blanchard said, "As of now we have no plans to close the river to salmon fishing."

The season opened yesterday belowRed Bluffand between Red Bluff and Anderson it will open Aug. 1.

At Lake Don Pedro last week, Steve and John Derby, of Modesto, fishing with local guide Danny Layne, boated a limit of landlocked king salmon in the 3- to 4-pound range, using a variety of shad pattern lures, such as ExCel, Rebels, Apex, and Hootchies at depths A new lake record largeoffrom 80 to 120 feet. mouth bass has been recorded at Lake Camanche, near Ione, In the Ebbetts Pass area caught by Kevin Miranda fishing has been good due to of Sacramento. The big bass recent trout plants. All lakes weighed 18.17 pounds., meaare ingreat shape forboating sured 31 inches long, and had with the exception of Spicer a girth of 24 inches. which is low making launchThe lunker hit a deep diving difficult. ing crankbait. Records are Lake Alpine on Saturday made to be broken but this will be host to a Kid's Fishing one may take a while.

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For more information, call Looking back at last Fri795-1686. day's column, there was mention of Dick Anderson catch-

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Spieth opens bid with good round, familiar foe ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP)tief Goosen. Jason Day, coming off hi Jordan Spieth played like he had a scary bout with vertigo symptoms at Grand Slam to win. Dustin Johnson the U.S. Open, was back on his feet played like he had a score to and back in the hunt. Most imsettle. pressive from that group were The two main characters Zach Johnson and Danny Wil&om Chambers Bay brought lett, who posted theirscoresas theirgames acrosseighttime the temperaturedropped and zones and an ocean Thursday and wind stifFened late in the afternoon. set the tone at St. Andrews for what Spieth was joined at 67 by Louis could beanother riveting battle at Oosthuizen, the last Open champion the British Open. at St. Andrews.

"If D.J. keeps driving it the way he Spieth quickly seized on his opportunity for a third straight major with is, then I'm going to have to play my six birdies in his first 11 holes, fought best golf to have a chance," Spieth through a chilly wind on the inward said. nine and closed with a birdie for a The real test might come from the 5-under 67 that put him two shots weather. out of thelead.

Spieth and Johnson got a break Johnson, whose three-putt &om 12 by playing in the morning when St. feet on the final hole cost him a shot Andrews was ripe for scoring — 10 at the U.S. Open, looked as daunting of the top 12 scores came from that as ever. He simply overpowered the side of the draw. That didn't help TiOld Course with such force that he ger Woods, who hit into the Swilcan hit wedge into 10 of the par 4s and Burn onthe opening hole,m ade only had an eagle putt on another. With one birdie and shot 76.

"Guys have been shooting good a pair of big par saves on the tough closing holes, he played bogey-&ee for numbers," said Woods, a two-time a 65and foratleasta day m ade good Open champion at St. Andrews. "Unon a warning he made earlier in the fortunately I did not do that." Instead, week. he was headed for a missed cut for Asked about Spieth's chances to the third time in his last four majors. sweep the four majors, Johnson said, The afternoon wave suffered in "Well, I'm playing the next two so chill and wind so strong that Phil well have to see."

Mickelson hit driver and 3-wood and This was hardly a two-man show. didn't reach the 465-yard 13th hole.

The six players who were one shot He said he had to hit 5-iron for his behind at 66 included former Brit- third shot on the par-5 14th. Johnson ish Open champion Paul Lawrie and was pin-high with a 3-wood in the two-time U.S. Open champion Re- morning. Mickelson made only one

bogey on the back nine and shot 70.

He called the conditions "fun," though his smile might not last if the morning group doesn't face the same conditions.

"We were at a significant disadvantage today," Mickelson said. "And hopefully, if we' re able to play an entire day tomorrow, it will even itself out."

The first 26 groups had an average score of 71.46. The last 26 groups averaged 72.62.

Rickie Fowler, coming off a victory in the Scottish Open, said the final seven holes was "hanging on for dear life." He made two bogeys, one eagle and 15 pars for a 72.

The forecast was for rain early Friday and wind calming as it clears, followedby stronger gusts in the afternoon. Saturday could have gusts approaching 40 mph.

Any duel between Spieth and Johnson is void of animosity. They played in the same group, and during one long wait on the 17th tee, they laughed and chatted as if this were an openinground at a regular PGA

(exceptfor three longer holes into a hurting wind on the back nine) and a 7-iron that Johnson stuck to 10 feet for eagle on the par-5 fifth hole.

Spieth already has shown at the Masters and U.S. Open that power isn't everythmg. And while he laid back on several holes — Johnson's tee shots were on average 36 yards longer — Spieth can score.

He birdied four of the first six holes with putts inside 12 feet and took a share of the lead with a 10-foot putt on the par-3 11th. His lone mistake came in bunkers — a pot bunker in the 13th fairway he had to play out sideways, and the Road Hole bunker on the 17th. He blasted out to 6 feet aild nllssed.

Road hole Dustin Johnson kept the lead with a 15-foot par putt on the 17th hole, which must have felt like a birdie.

The infamous Road Hole was so difficult into the wind and with cold air that it didn't give up a single birdie to the 156-man field. The scoring average was 4.83, and more telling numbers might be the clubs.

Rickie Fowler hit a 3-wood. So did Mickelson, who didn't reach the green.

Watson'sbig day Five-time champion Tom Watson, at 65 playing in his last British Open, looked like he might have a good chance to hang around St. Andrews all four days. The final six holes made that a lot less likely.

Watson was 2-under par for his round until he made three double bogeys coming in. He wound up with a 76.

"I knew the back nine was going to play a little tougher into the wind, and I knew I had to hit some quality shots," Watson said. "And I didn' t.

That was the disappointment. I didn' t finish the deal. I failed."

Watson said it would take an "extraordinary" round for him to make the cut with a forecast of 30 mph wind. Either way, he plans a celebration for his final Open. Watson is the only player in the 155-year history of this championship to win on five links

'Tve played enough golf with him to where I believe in my skill set, that I can still trump that crazy ability that he has," Spieth said. "I expect when he stands on the tee it's going to up there miles and down the fairway.

I also expect that I can birdie each hole when I stand on the tee — it just happens to be a different route."

Not many can appreciate the route Tour event.

Spieth is taking. Only five other play"No chat about the U.S. Open at ers since 1934 have won the first two all, as I wouldn't imagine there would majors of the year. Only Ben Hogan be, other than talking about the dif- has won the Masters, U.S. Open and ferences in the course," Spieth said. British Open in the same year. No "But I enjoy playing with Dustin. I' ve one has won all four.

The key for Spieth in the first played a lot of golf with him."

And he knows what to expect &om round was to stay close, and that' s courses. But never at St. Andrews.

"We' re going to have a big party togolf's most athletic figure. John- what he did — not in driving disson hit driver on all but three holes, tance, but by score, which ultimately morrow night, and a good time tomorleaving him wedges into the par 4s is all that matters. row night," he said.

Misery is about the only company for Tiger Woods ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP)most before it began.

Tiger Woodsalready looked miserBy the time he reached for his able when the sky rain suit, Woods was briefly darkened and already seven shots a cold mist forceps him behind his playing T1IIl to pull out his rain partners and so far suit on the 10th hole out of the lead that at St. Andrews. any thoughts of comThe weather was peting on Sunday had something Woods could handle. What to be dismissed as sheer fantasy. seemed to perplex him on this day Not thatWoods seemed to care were the basics of a game he once all that much. The indifFerence with took for granted. which he played bordered on shockWoods put a shot into water near ing, with the fire that once burned the first green on the Old Course that fiercely inside ofhim seemingly extinfew others in the field even gave a guished, atleastfornow. second thought. He chunked woes, Woods would smile and laugh and made a string of bad club choices about it later, as if the whole thing that were mind boggling for a player was some kind of inside joke. If it is, once thought to be on his way to being he would be better served letting the the greatest ever. fans who still gamely rooted him on On a front nine just begging to in Thursday's first round to know be attacked — where Sweden's Da- they should stop bothering. vid Lingmerth shot a 29 just a few Because, for allofW oods'protestagroups in &ont of him — and on a tions, it appears he has already done course where he twice romped to that himself. wins, Woods carded a 40 on his way Earlier in the week, Woods had to a fat 4-over 76 that effectively insisted he is still young, still loves put him out of the British Open al- to play and compete and still gets up

Dahlberg

for the biggest events. But if this day and the dismal U.S. Open he had last month are any indication, he may be just as delusional as the fans who still call out his name.

Jason Day could only help but noticeas he played alongside the golfer he grew up idolizing.

The good thing about it is I saw him struggle a little bit before and he came back and got to No. 1, as well, so I know that he can get back out of this," Day said. "It's just depending on how much he wants it."

Just how much Woods does want itisatthecenterofany discussion of his play. At the age of 39, helping raise two young children and with no worries about his finances, it might be too much to expect him to apply the same kind of energy to his latest swing changeashedid theothersbefore it.

If that's the case, he might be betterserved simply staying athome for the PGA Championship next month.

With seemingly no clue what is going on in his game, there's no reason to further diminish his legacy — not to mention embarrass himself — by

missing yet another cut in a major.

Who would have thought there would be a time we started feeling sorry for Tiger Woods?

"It's hard to watch the greatest playerofthisgeneration bea middleof-the-pack hack," analyst and former player Paul Azinger said during the ESPN broadcast of the first round.

Woods talkedabout being angry at his play, though he didn't look at it when chatting with Day while waiting to hit on the 15th tee. He said he was &ustrated, though that's an old story in a winless streak that will reach two years next month.

Actually, he didn't say anything he hasn't said in recent times, including his belief that he was actually in contention at the Masters when he startedthe finalround 10 shotsback and fi nished 13 behind.

Delusional? You decide.

W oods, ofcourse,is an easy target for analysts and anyone else. He can never be as great as he once was, just as he can never become the warm and &iendly kind of player Arnold Palmer was.

He's caused a lot of his own troubles, whether by his actions off the courseorthe disdain he treated both fans and media with for years. He also can't stop changing swings, even if his original swing was good enough to make him the best player on the planet the minute he turned pro.

It was inevitable that a new group of players would one day take over the game, and they have. Jordan Spieth may not make fans jump up and scream his name, but he shoots low scores almost every time he goes out and after an opening 67 he has a chance to win a third straight major and perhaps the Grand Slam that no player has ever won.

Meanwhile, the forecast for Friday includes heavy rain and gusts up to 50 mph, the kind of bad weather that Woods believes may help get him back into contention.

Not a chance of that happening.

The only thing it will do is make him more miserable than ever.

Ti m Dahlberg is a sports columnist

for The Associated Press.

ScoREs R MORE Tennis WTA BRD Bucharest Open

Thursday, At Abele BNR

Buchan' Romania

pume: $250~ pntu

Surface: Qay~ r Singles — Second Round Aleksandra Krun|c, Serbia, def. Roberta Vine| (2), Italy, 6-1, 6-1.

Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Julia Goerges (4), Germany, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-z Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7), Slovakia, def.

Denisa Allertova, czech Republic, 6-1, 6-z Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romiania, 5-7, 6-z 64.

Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, def. Teliana pereira, Brazil, 6-z 6-3.

Anna Tatishvili, United States, def. Alexandra Dulgheru (5), Romania, 5-z retired.

WTA Collector Swedhh Open Thursday, At Bastad Tennis Stadiun Bastad, Sweden Pume: $250,000 (WT250) Surface: Gay-Outdoor Singles — Second Round Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, walkover.

Barbora Strycova (3), Aech Republic, def.

Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 64, 6-1.

Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Kateiina

Siniakova (6), Aech Republic, 7-5, 7-6 (6).

Johanna Lamson (7), Sweden, def. Anna-Lena Friedsam,Germany, 6-3,7-5.

Yulia putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Alize um, France, 6-0, 16, 6-z ATP Workl Tour Hall of Fame Championships

Thursday, AtThe International TennisHallof Fame, Newport, R.l.

Pume: %39,730 ONT250) Surface: Gras@Outdoor Singles — Second Round Dustim Brown, Germany, def. Sam Querrey (6), United states, 6-z 4-6, 6-4.

Quarterlinals Rajeev Rem, United States, def. Adrian Mannarino (5), France, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2).

John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

Cycling Tour de France Thursday, At Phteau de Beille,France 12th Stage — A 121.1-mile ride, the final stage in the Pyrenees, from lannemezan to Plateau de Beille, with a psir of Category 1 dimbs fol-

lowed byanHo w Categoricsummit%nish in min to Bateau de Beille 1.Joaquim Rodriguez,Spain,Katusha,5hours, 40 minutes, 14 seconds. z Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Aslena, 1 minute, 12 seconds behind.

3. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 1:49.

4. Gorka Izagirre, Spain, Mover, 4:34.

5. Louis Meintjes, South Afiice, MTN-Qhubeka, 4:38.

6. Jan Barta, czech Republic, Bora-Argon 1a 5:47.

7. Romain Sicard, France, Europcar, 6:03.

8. Mikael Cherel, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 6:28.

9. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 6:46.

10. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 6:47.

11. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, same time.

1z Thibaut pinot, France, FDJ, same time.

13. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time.

14. Alberto Contador, Spain, Timkoff-saxo, same time.

15. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, same time.

16. Vince nzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, same time.

17. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, same time.

18. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NLJumbo, 7:44.

19. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, same time.

20.Samuel Sanchez,Spain,BMC Racing,9:13.

Also 21. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale-Ga rmin, 9:46.

2z Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-soudal, same time.

144. Tyler Farrar, United States, MTN-Qhubeka, 36:54.

Overall Rsndings (After 12 of 21 slsgesj 1. chris Froome, Biitaim, sky, 46:50:3z z Tejay van Garderen, United states, BMc Racing, 2:52 behind.

3. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movi~r, 3:09.

4. Alejandro VaIverde, Spain, Movistar, 3:58.

5. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 4:03.

6. Alberta Contador, Spain, Tinkaff-saxo, 4:04.

7. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NLJumbo, 5:3z 8. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-soudal, 7:3z 9. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 7:47.

10. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 8:Oz 11. Wam:n Barguil, France, Giant Alpecin, 943.

1z Mathias Frank, switzerland, IAM cycling, 12:25.

13.Samuel Sanchez,Spain,BMC Radng,12:53.

14. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 13:33.

15. Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 13A5.

16. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 13:57.

17. Romein Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 17:05.

18. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannon-

dale-oarmin, 19:3z

19. Gorka Izagirre, Spain, Movistar, 26:57.

20. Eduardo Sepulveda, Argentina, BretagneSeche Environnement, 28:1 9.

Aho 14z Tyler Farrar, United states, MTN-Qhubeka, 1:51:4z

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T G AIts GF D.C. United 1 0 6 5 3 5 23 18 Columbus 7 7 6 27 28 29 New York 7 6 5 26 27 23 Toronto FC 7 7 3 24 26 27 Orlando City 6 7 6 24 23 24 New England 6 9 6 24 26 33 Philadelphia 6 10 4 2 2 25 32 Montreal 6 7 3 21 23 25 New YorkcityFC 5 8 6 21 24 27 Chicago 5 10 3 1 8 19 25 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T GA Pts GF Seattle 1 0 8 2 3 2 25 19 Vancouver 1 0 8 2 3 2 23 20 FC Dallas 9 5 5 32 26 23 Portland 9 7 4 31 22 23 Los Angeles 8 6 7 3 1 31 23 Sporting Kansas City 8 3 6 3 0 26 17 San Jose 7 7 4 25 19 19 Houston 6 7 6 24 24 24 Real Salt Lake 5 7 8 2 3 19 26 Colorado 4 6 9 2 1 17 19 NOTE: Three points for victory, onepoint for tie.

Today's game San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 pm.

201 5 CONCACAF Gokl cup Top two in each gmup and two best thintplace teems advance to quartwfinah GROUPA GP W D L G F GA Rs

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G PW D L G FGA Pts x Jamaica 3 2 1 0 4 2 7 x-Costa Rica 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 El Salvador 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 Canada 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 x-advanced to quarterfinals GROUP C G PW D L G FGA Its x-Trinidad 3 2 1 0 9 5 7 x-Mexico 3 1 2 0 10 4 5 x-Cuba 3 1 0 2 1 8 3 Guatemala 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 x-advancedtoquartertinals QUARTERRNALS Saturday's games At Bakimore United States vs. Cuba, 2 p.m.

Haiti vs. Jamaica, 5 p.m.

Sunday's games At East Rutherfonl, N J. Trinidad and Tobago vs. Panama, 130 p.m.

Mexico vs. Costa Rica, 4:30 p.m.

Golf British Open

Thursday, At st Andrews (okl course)

St Andrews, Scathnd Purse i8.28 million Yardage: 7~; Par. 72 (3636) Fimt Round (amateur) 31-34 — 65 Dustin Johnson Robert Streb 31-35 — 66 33-33 — 66 Retief Goosen Paul Lawrie 31-35 — 66 33-33 — 66 Jason Day Zach Johnson 31-35 — 66 33-33 — 66 DannyWillett a Jordan Niebrugge 33-34 — 67 34-33 — 67 Kevin Na Charl Schwanzel 33-34 — 67 31-36 — 67 Jordan Spieth Louis Oosthuizen 33-34 — 67 Greg Owen 33-35 — 68 Matt Jones 35-33 — 68 32-36 — 68 Luke Donald David Howell 32-36 — 68 32-36 — 68 Mare Warren 8-PaulDunne 32-37 — 69 29-40 — 69 David Ling merth a-Romain Langasque 35-34 — 69 33-36 — 69 Anirban La hiri Tommy Fleetwood 33-36 — 69 33-36 — 69 Branden Grace Thomas Bjorn 32-38 — 70 33-37 — 70 Alexander Levy AnthonyWall 33-37 — 70 33-37 — 70 Webb Simpson a-Oliver Schniederjans 34-36 — 70 34-36 — 70 Sergio Garcia Stewart Cink 34-36 — 70 34-36 — 70 Greg Chalmers 8-PaulKinnear 31-39 — 70 34-36 — 70 Tyrrell Hatton Marcel Siem 33-37 — 70 33-37 — 70 Steven Bowditch Adam Scott 35-35 — 70 35-35 — 70 Phil Mickelson Paul Casey 35-35 — 70 34-36 — 70 Mare Leishman Rikard Karlbert 33-37 — 70 34-37 — 71 Graham DeLaet Sandy Lyle 37-34 — 71 34-37 — 71 Ross Fisher Ernie Els 35-36 — 71 32-39 — 71 Brendon Todd Bubba Watson 34-37 — 71

Lee Westwood Ryan Palmer Kevin Kisner Brooks Koepka

Scott Arnold

Cameron Tringale Rafael Cabrera-Bello John Daly Geoff Ogilvy Hiroyuki Fujita Martin Kaymer Matt Kuchar Justin Rose Harris English 8-Ashley Chesters

James Morrison Brett Rumford Russell Knox

Charley Hoffman Hunter Mahan Carl Pettersson Graeme McDowell Patrick Reed Hideki Matsuyama

John Senden David Duval Eddie Pepperell Ryan Fox Richie Ramsay Padraig Harrington Bemd Wiesberger

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Brian Harman Matt Every Shane Lowry Billy Horschel Brandt Snedeker J.B. Holmes Shinji Tomimura

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Danny Lee Morgan Hoffmann Jason Dufner 8-Gunn Yang Stephen Gallacher Henrik Stenson Jim Furyk Koumei Oda IGradech Aphibarnrat Daniel Berger Robert Dinwiddie Todd Hamilton Joost Luiten

Byeong-Hun An Victor Dubuisson Ben Curtis David Hearn Jonathan Moore Scott Hend Ben Martin George Coetzee Russell Henley Bemhard Langer Ryan Moore Yuta Ikeda Edoardo Molinari

Mark Young a-Alister Balcombe Marcus Fraser James Hahn Tadahiro Takayama Mikkollonen Adam Bland Thomas Aiken

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Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — SuspendedBoston minor league RHP Michael Kopech (Greenville-SALj 50 games aAer testing positive for Oxilofrine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed RHP Jason Frasor.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with LHP Brandon Waddell and OF Ryan Nagle on minor league contracts.

SAN FRANCISCOGIANTS —Agreed to terms with SS Everth Cabrera on 8 minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreedto terms with OF Elvis Alvarado on a minor league contract.

EasternLeague

TRENTON THUNDER —Activated OF Taylor Dugas and C Gary Sanchez. Placed INF Rob Segedin placed on 7-Day DL, retroactive to July 13.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed

INF sam und and INF Jose sermo. Released INF AlexCrosby, RHP John Kovalikand RHP Matt Solter.

LAREDO LEMURS —Released C Yenier Bello.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released OF Jon Gaston.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES —Signed INF Mike Broad .

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released OF Robert YoungdahL Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Announced INF

Reegie Coronasigned with Washington (NL).

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Released INF Tyler Heil and RHP Dan Tobik.

TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed OF Matt

Taliesm.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Re-signed G J.J. Barea to a four-year mntract. Announced the resignation of president and CEO Terdema Ussery. Named chief financial officer Floyd Jahner CEO. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Voided the contract of F Luc Mbah a Moute after he failed a team physical.

FOOTBALL

Canadian Foathsll League CFL — Fined Ottawa DL Kalonji Kashama an undisclosed amount for 8 hit to the head of Edmonton QB Matt Nichols; Edmonton LB Deon Laceyanundisclosed amount foradangerous tackle made on Ottawa WR Chris Williams; TorontoDL Qeyon LainganUndisdosed amount after hitting Calgary's Pierre LaveNu late and away from the play; Winnipeg OL Dominic Picard

an undisc osed l amount forunnecessaryroughnesstowards Montreal's Alan-Michael Cash and Toronto DB Devin smith an undisclosed amountfor unnecessary roughnessonthe%nal play af the game against Calgary.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed D Philip Samuelsson and F Brendan Shinnimin to oneyear contracts.

COLORADOAVALANCHE —Sgned R Mikhail

Gsgorenko and Andrew Agozzino to one-year contracts and DMat Clark to a two-year contract.

DAUAs sTARs — Announced they will renew its affiliation with Idaho (ECHu for the 201 5-16 season.

EDMONTON OILERS — Agreed to terms with F Tyler Pitlick on a one-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Taylor Aronson to a one-year contract. Renewed their affiliation with Cincinnati (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed C Zach Sill to a one-year contract.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Re-signed F Alden HirscMeld to a one-year contract. Signed F Dominic Zombo and D Derek Docken to oneyear contracts.

SOCCER Major league Soccer D.C. UNITED — Acquired F Alvaro Saboso from Real Salt Lake for F Luis Silva.

MONTREAL IMPACT — Traded D Bakary Soumare to FC Dallas for MF Kyle Bekker.

COLLEGE CONFERENCEUSA — Announced the resignation of commissioner Britton Banowsky to join the College Football Playoff.

FOOTBALL BOWL ASSOCIATION —Named Doug Kelly director of communications.

CLAYTON STATE —Named Hank Kim men' s golf coach DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Named DeWayne Burroughswomen's basketballcoach.

MONMOUTH (NJ) — Named Ali Rubnitz w omen's assistantsoccercoach.

TENNESSEE — Named Ryan Robinson senior associate athletics director for communications.

THE CITADEL — Named Ivan Lopouchanski assistant wrestling coach.

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