The Union Democrat 07-23-2015

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No arrests have been made in connection with a robbery at Umpqua Bank in Twain Harte Tuesday morning, and authorities said they have not been able to identify the men seen in surveillance

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The two men entered the bank, demanded money,jumped over the counter andtackled the tellers before getting away on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.

One suspect was described as dark skinned, wearing a button-up, longsleevedstriped shirt and a beanie hat with a fuzzy ball on top.

The second man, also dark skinned, was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with blue-and-white checks. He had a beard or goatee.

Policereports released Wednesday said someone called the Tuolumne County SherifFs Office a few hours after the robbery to say they saw a suspicious man behind a beauty salon in Twain Harte.

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Hunter Reusche, 16, of Valley Springs, erected two granite benches, an eternal flame centerpiece and a layout of memorial bricks at the Jenny Lind Veterans Memorial District in Valley Springs for his Eagle Scout project.

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CORRECTION The Tuolumne County Farm Bureau will host its annual barbecue and auction at 5 p.m.

Friday at Hurst Ranch in Jamestown. An incorrect day was published in Wednesday's Union Democrat.

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Jamestown can see potential thunderAs of Wednesday afternoon, more heads building almost every afternoon mountains storms were building in recent weeks. and visible uphill from Sonora. One Sometimes these storms dump a of the roads into Yosemite National little rain, sometimes they generate Park remained closed due to a threelightning strikes and spot fires, and hour rainstorm Tuesday that dumped sometimes they unleash heavy rains downpours and moved mud and rocks that trigger debris flows. onto El Portal Road.

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With family history in the military, a Calaveras County Eagle Scout is the architect of a new veteran's war memorial at the Jenny Lind Veterans Memorial District building in Valley Springs.

Hunter Reusche, 16, of Troop 302 in Valley Springs, began planning his Eagle Scout project, which consists of two granite benches, an

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Family picnics are a common sight at Woods Creek Rotary Park in Sonora, but oneheld Wednesday afternoon had a unique twist.

It featured all the typical picnic fare — barbecue food, water-balloon fights and family bonding. However, this was for people going through a county-sponsoredprogram foradultfelony offenders.

"It's a great way for us all to get together,share our experiences and lift each other up," said Heather VanNatta, 38, of Sonora.

VanNatta served seven months in Calaveras County Jail after pleading no contestin 2012 to felony grand theftfor embezzling money from a Copperopolis homeowners association while working as its offi cem anager.

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Three local artists will lead elementary school classes next school year with the help of astate grant that supports community arts education.

The California Arts Council plans to award $10,200 to the Tuolumne County Arts Alliance as part of the council's Artists in Schools program, the alliance announced last week.

The annual grant supports projects that put community artistsand art organizations into public school classrooms across the state.

Four projects are planned for the upcoming school year: Tracy Knopf will compose a mural at Soulsbyville Elementary School; Dianne Stearns will teach a calligraphy class at Twain Harte Elementary School and lead

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"I wanted the credibility and experience of working with these people in the Bay Area," said McPeeters. nDoing it in my 50s was a bit of a stretch, but it keeps you young when you do things like that when you' re older."

McPeeters said her residency for next school year will emphasize how songs embellish and enrich lives.

She plans to connect music to the written and spoken word.

"The focus this year will be on expressing themselves in the language of music," said McPeeters, who described how she will teach students rhythmic patterns based on the cadence of spoken language.

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The three artists will participate in residencies of up to 13 weeks and will be paid with a portion of the grant money.

Tracy Knopf Artist Tracy Knopf, of Twain Harte, began her career as a house painter.

In 2011, the artist received

a grant &om Sonora Sunrise Rotary to paint the 70-footwide mural in the Tuolumne County Library children's section.

"It turned the corner from just house painting to fine arts for paya Knopf said.

The work led to a 2013 mural at Curtis Creek Elementary, and Knopf's first experience with the AIS program.

She was contacted last year by the school to return and create another mural for the school's 150th anniversary.

In all, Knopf has contributed to seven murals displayed throughoutTuolumne County, including three elementary schools, the Seventh-day Adventist youth group room and Sonora Farmers Market.

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Louise McPeeters, retired art teacher and arts education director for the Tuolumne County Arts Alliance (above) will lead a music class at Curtis Creek Elementary next school year with support from a $1 0,200 state grant.

Other local artists participating in the program are Dianne Stearns and Tracy Knopf.

All of Knopf's school murals are composed by the artist, but students design, draw and paint the final piece while she instructs.

"It makes me sharper when I go back to my own work," Knopf said. nI not only have to know how to mix paint and make colors, but I have to verbalizeand translate that information to the students."

Knopf primarily works in acrylics and mosaics, with her work often shown at the Ventana/Annex Gallery in Sonora or All That Matters: Framing, Gifts, and Gallery in Twain Harte.

She graduated from California State University, Stanislaus, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992.

She has yet to finalize the details of her time for her 2015-16 residency at Soulsbyville Elementary, but oversaw the creation of three studentpainted murals at the school last year.

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She expects her upcoming calligraphy class at Twain Harte Elementary to provide what she considers a difficult, but valuable, skill.

"The art of calligraphy requiresstamina and practice, practice,practice," Stearns said. "To learn calligraphy teaches discipline, history, and the culture of the past, and of all the other artistic disciplines I practice, calligraphy brings me the most pride, joy and relaxation."

According to Stearns, the d ecorative handwriting i s also very marketable.

As a nurse in the mid1970s, Stearns took her first calligraphy class from Sonora

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"Fitch Homestead" is a watercolor by Dianne Stearns (top). Tracy Knopf created an untitled mosaic made out of glassware from the 1930s (above). The piece was later turned into a table top. instructor Gereon Riof. Soon after, she began designing scripted business cards for the doctors with whom she worked.

Stearns said she made more money selling the designs than as a nurse. With the birth of her son in 1978, she le the field to be at home full time and produce art.

She now uses calligraphy in her glass engraving and to paint window-signs for a

number of local businesses.

Stearns never attended collegeforthe arts,butreceived one-on-one instruction from a number of artists. She also studied at La Romita School of Art in Italy, and the Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley, she said.

But her best training was while at Castro Valley High School,she said.

There she learned silver smithing, watercolor, leather work, ceramics, printmaking

and other disciplines. nIt made a huge difference for me, it sculpted my life," she said.

Louise McPeebers McPeeters will return to Curtis Creek Elementary after seven years of retirement.

She was an arts teacher at

the school for 33 years and has spent several years as an artist-in-residence through the Artists in Schools prograiil.

She will again teach a music course in the Orff-Schulwerk technique — a method of teaching music to children that incorporates movement,

language, rhythm, theater and percussion.

Iowa State University in 1968.She later studied vocal performance at San Francisco State University, performing arts at Guild Hall Theatre in London, and ceramics through the Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia.

McPeeters taught visual and performing arts for 38 years beforeher retirement in 2008.

M cPeeters isalso the arts education directorfor the alliance and helped write grantsfor the organization for more than 10 yearsthis included the Artists in Schools grants before her residency disqualified her from the process.

The alliance has received the grant since the mid1980s, with this year's grant the largest awarded in past ive years,according to allif ance Executive Director Connie O' Connor.

The Artist in Schools program offers a competitive grant for which all California nonprofit arts organizations are eligible to apply.

The council awards money based on availability of funds and statewide demand for programs. Each applicant's rank is determined by a panel of California professional artists and educators. The rank is based on the quality of theproject,artistic me rit, projectimpact, and proof of planning and fiscal ability to completethe project,according to the guidelines of the grant.

The Tuolumne County Arts Alliance ranked an eight out 10 this year, placing the alliance among the top-ranked applicants in California, said Caitlin Fitzwater, the Arts Council's spokeswoman.

The California Arts Council this year awarded more than $1 million to 129 projects as part of the Artists in Schools program.

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dren through age 5, 10:30 a.m., Calaveras County Planning Tuolumne County Library, 480 Commission, 9 a.m., superviGreenley Road, Sonora, 533-5507. sorschambers,Government CenTuolumne County Museum ter, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, Board of Governors,3 p.m., his- San Andreas, 754-6370. tory center, 158 W. Bradford Ave., Story time, 11 to 11:40a.m., Sonora.

Calaveras County Library, CopColumbia Chamber of Com- peropolis branch, Lake Tulloch merce Farmers Market,5 to 8 Plaza. p.m., Columbia State Historic Blue Mountain Community Renewal Council,6: 30 p.m., Park, Main Street, Columbia.

Willow Springs Homeown- Veterans Memorial Building, ers Association,6:30 p.m., Wil- West Point, 293-7160. low Springs Clubhouse, 20522 Calaveras County Fire DisWillow Springs Drive. tricts Association, 6:30 p.m., Visiting Nurse Association supervisors chambers, GovernAdvisory Board, 7:30 a.m., ment Center, 891 Mountain Ranch 20100 Cedar Road North, Suite C, Road, San Andreas, 754-6639.

Sonora, 533-6800.

FRIDAY FRIDAY Mi-Wuk Village Mutual WaAngels Camp Library Story ter Co. Board of Directors, 9:30 Time, 10 a.m., Angels Camp a.m., 24377 Lama Road, Mi-Wuk Village, 586-3304.

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grand jury indictment issued Wednesday that makes him eligibl eforthedeath penalty.

The 33-count federal indictment charges Dylann Roof, 21, with hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructingthe practice ofreligion in the June 17 shootings at Emanuel A&ican Methodist Episcopal Church.

The charges announced Wednesday by A t t orney General Loretta Lynch are in addition to state murder charges brought against Roofdays after the shooting.

The Justice Department has not decided whether it will seek the death penalty against Roof.

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Wildfire prompts evacuations NAPA — A wind-whipped wildfire near Lake Berryessa has consumed more than 700 acres asit moves from

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A 2008 GMC pickuptruck overturned Tuesday on Stockton Road inSonora

Tuesday wrecks lead to

Napa County to Yolo County, prompting evacuations.

Cal Fire says it brought in six air tankers, 15 truck companies, 11 bulldozers and five water tenders totry to slow down the blaze that brokeout shortly before2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Officials tell the Napa Valley Register the fire ap-

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A man was arrested and a woman injured in a pair of Mother Lode accidents Tuesday.

One, a rollover wreck, was reportedat 11:58 a.m. in Sonora.

Jerrod Leonhardt, 33, of Fremont, was driving east on Stockton Road in a 2008 GMC pickup truck when he reached down to pick up his cell phone, the Sonora Police Department reported.

The pickup drifted to the right, off the road and up a rock embankment, which caused it to roll over and come

to a rest in the middle of the opposing lane, police said. The eastlane oftraff icwas closed for more than an hour and a half during the investigation and vehicle removal.

Leonhardt, who sustained minor injuries, was arrested and booked on a charge of driving under the influence.

Leonhardt was no longer in custody Tuolumne County Jail as of Wednesday aRernoon.

A second rollover accident was reported at 8:04 a.m.

Denise D. Lahaie, 59, of Sonora, was driving a 2008 Chevy HHR north on Highway 49 about 50 to 55 mph.

The car drifted off the right side ofthe road onto a dirt shoulder. When the Lahaie turned the wheel hard to the left,she lost control,according to the California Highway Patrol. Lahaie's vehicle then went across the oncoming lane, through a barbed-wire fence and rolled over. The Chevy came to a stop in a nearby Geld.

Lahaie sustained minor injuriesand was transported by American Legion Ambulance to Mark Twain Medical Center in San Andreas for treat-

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Her condition was unavailable Wednesday afternoon.

OBITUARIES Death notices Death Notices in The Union Democrat are published free of charge.They include the name, age and town of residence of the deceased, the date of death; service information; and memorial contribution information. The deadline is noon the

Marinovich, 62, died Tuesday at home in Sonora. Terzich HOOKER Florence and Wilson Funeral Home is Hooker, 94, of Sonora, died handling arrangements.

Tuesday at Avalon Care CenUTLEY — Cynthia Utley, ter in Sonora. Terzich and 54, died Tuesday at home in Wilson Funeral Home is han- Sonora. Terzich and Wilson dling arrangements.

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ROADWORK Tuolumne County HIGHWAY 49 — One-way trafEc control will be in effect 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Friday &om Rawhide Road to Jackass Hill Road for shoulder work. Expect 15-minute delays.

HIGHWAY 49 — Right- and left-shoulder work will be in effect 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today throughFriday from Penon Blanco Road to Highway 120 for maintenance operations.

Expect five-minute delays.

HIGHWAY 49 — Right- and leR-shoulder work will be in effect 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today through Friday from Serpentine Point to the Mariposa and Tuolumne County line for drainage cleaning. Expect five-minute delays.

HIGHWAY 108 — One-way trafflc control will be in effect 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Fridayeast of Kennedy Meadows Road fordrainage cleaning. Expect fi ve-m inute delays.

NEWS OF RECORD TUOLUMNE COUNTY TheSonoraPolice Department reported the following:

Felony bookings

AustinMassey, 49,ofthe 22000 block of Parrotts Ferry Road, was booked after an arrest on Highway 49.

TUESDAY 3:48 a.m., Sonora — Manuel Joseph Nunez,31, of the 900 block GALA VERASCOUNTY of OakGrove Road, Modesto, w as TUESDAY booked on suspicion of burglary, 11:46 a.m., animal complaints The Sheriff'a 08ice reported — A dog was left inside a Jeep petty theft, violation of probation, parked in a Sanguinetti Road and misdemeanor attempting to the following: commit a crime, theft by use of parking lot.

TUESDAY 2:53 p.m., driving under the access card and unlawful use of 1 a.m., San Andreas —Noises influence —A possibly drunk ex- personal identifying information were heard at a Sunset Street employee of a Sanguinetti Road after an arrest on Mono Way. home. business drove around the parkArrests ing lot.

11:37 a.m.,Mountain Ranch — Fuel was stolen from a dump 3:23 p.m., animal complaints Cited on suspicion of driving truck and tractor on Dove Lane.

— A pigeon hit the window of a South Washington Street busi- under the influence of alcohol or 2:14 p.m., Murphys — A vedl'Ugs: ness and was injured. hicle was left in a Bret Harte Drive parking lot for many days.

4:24 p.m., miscellaneous 6:41 p.m., Valley Springs —An codes —A blond woman driving TUESDAY along North Washington Street 3:30 p.m., Sonora —Jose Luis unknown man approached a Barthrew a lit cigarette into an inter- Bautista, 59, of the 1000 block of bour Road home and asked the section.

Sanguinetti Road, was booked af- owner if he could use their phone.

11:53 p.m., public peace — A ter an arrest on Sanguinetti Road.

9:34 p.m., Copperopolis — A South Barretta Street woman' s 1:30 p.m., Sonora —Christian vehicle on Harmonia Pointe Way roommate made too much and Nichael England, 24, of the 10 was vandalized. prevented her from sleeping. block of Dahl Road, Merrimack, New Hampshire, was booked afFelony bookings The Sheriff'a Office reported ter an arrest on North Washingthe following: ton Street.

TUESDAY 12:41 p.m., Sonora — Jerrod 9:10 p.m., San Andreas —DaTUESDAY DavidLeonhardt,33,ofthe 24000 vid Lee Slayter, 55, of the 2000 7:34 a.m., Jamestown — A block of Highway 108, Mi-Wuk block ofMountain Ranch Road, woman found an unoccupied Village, was booked after an ar- was booked on suspicion of child white pickup truck parked in her rest on Stockton Road. cruelty with possible injury or French Flat Road driveway.

1:30 a.m., Sonora — Troy death after an arrest at his home.

7:57 a.m., Columbia —A large male turkey was taken in the night by a mountain lion on Rancho Castanea Road.

9:16 a.m., Columbia —Miscellaneous items were stolen from Columbia Elementary School.

9:32 a.m., Jamestown — A man driving along Jamestown Road "attempted to swerve" at a woman driving in the opposite direction. After turning around her vehicle to retrieve the license plate number of the man, he pulled over and so did the woman. During the confrontation, the man spit on the woman and the woman slappedthe man.

2:14 p.m., Jamestown — A Karlee Lane resident posted a threatening sign stating, "Hit kids or animals and you will not need a lawyer."

8:38 p.m., Sonora area — A 3 years ago you moved to Heaven. woman was seen walking down Mono Way with a young child Our emptiness is overwhelming, toward an area where homeless Until we remember that you are living, people have been staying.

9:51 p.m., Sonora area — A safe forever with Jesus. man stolea pizza,soda and bank bag from a pizza delivery man on We love you as always, Sylva Lane.

Your family 11:54 p.m., Columbia —A man screamed,yelled and smashed Isaiah 57:1 Philippians 4:7 alcohol bottles in the middle of Parrots Ferry Road.

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A lot's been written and said lately about the proliferation of"dollar stores" in Tuolumne County.

The county's dollar-store bonanza began with a single Dollar Tree at The Junction shopping center in East Sonora, which was followed years later with the new Dollar General on Highway 108 in Jamestown, which was followed by a 99 Cents Only store in Sonora. Another Dollar General is now under construction in Mono Vista, one is under county review in Columbia, and Dollar General has expressed interest to the county planning department in building stores in Groveland and Don Pedro.

If all seven are built or remain in business, Tuolumne County will have about twice as many stores by population as thestateaverage (1per 10,000 people,compared with 0.4 per 10,000).

Critics say they are aesthetically unpleasant. Others complain they are an economic burden — the pay and hours low, and competing with better paying employers.

We'd have to agree with the main point of contention in Columbia — the planned concrete box is totally out of place with the community's rustic, western heritage.

But, like the others or not, there seems to be a market for the stores.

They reflect a 21st century, post-recession taste for bargains — dubious, as dollar stores are demonstrably no cheaper than other stores in many food and cleaning product categories when price per weight is calculated. (But, let' s face it, can you find a better deal on balloons, ribbon and glow sticks?).

If it's any consolation to critics, Tuolumne County is not alone. Dollar store construction has exploded nationwide since the Great Recession started and the stores began adding new consumers in the over $70K demographic (reportedly 22 percent of the market).

If you' re truly offended, however, get involved. The county takes public input on store plans and, when there are ques-

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cies, the projects are put before the county Planning Commission, where the public is free to comment.

To get notifications of upcoming projects and meetings, send a request to the county Community Development Department, 2 S. Green St., Sonora, CA 95370. Or email Community Development Director Bev Shane at bshane@ co.tuolumne.ca.us (she asks people to request email notifications to save paper and staff time).

Or, you can watch it play out. Market forces will prevail if Tuolumne County's dollar-store era truly is overkill.

This is already apparent as the rate of growth among the largest chains nationally seems to have crested — evidenced

by merger activity (Dollar Tree buying Family Dollar) and decliningsame-store sales even as revenues,the result of increasing store numbers, are up.

The MotherLode'sadopted son, Mark Twain, may have said it best: "If you don't like the weather in New England, wait five minutes."

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Trump a product of dysfunctional system

Trump onimmigration To the Editor: Since his recent statement about illegal aliens from Mexico, Donald Trump has been called — with political sanctimony and mischaracterization — "hateful," "bigoted" and "anti-immigrant."

Trump is not my candidate, but I'd like to suggest that a bettercharacterization ofhisremarks would be "accurate."

A 2013 FBI report said that in some cities illegal aliens, primarily from Mexico and Central America, constitute 80 percent of criminal gang membership. Gangsters, like those MS13 and the Surenos, are, as Trump said, drug smugglers, robbers, murderers and rapists.

Further, the United States Sentencing Commission reportedthat in 2014 that 80 percent ofthose sentenced for federal crimes were illegal aliens.

This may explain, in part, the Obama administration's release of more than 30,000 federal, illegal-alien convicts "to save money."

Closer to home, the Federation for American Immigration Reform says that while illegal immigrants constitute a little over 7 percent of California's population, illegals make up 12.7 percent of our prison population.

Obama and his spokesmen have been silent during the uproar over Kate Steinle's murder by an illegal alien in the "sanctuary city" of San Francisco.

One may justly conclude that providing sanctuary in violation of federal law is simply Obama policy.

One may conclude further that it is the president's lawless policy to place citizens and legal immigrants at risk by elevating the interests of illegals, who became criminals the moment they crossed our border.

God bless Kate Steinle and her family.

If her death is to have meaning, let it be that it in some measure limits the damage Obama and his minions can do

in the last 18 months of his administration.

Michael Ackley Sonora

What's wrong with the way we pick our presidents?

The answer has got to be: plenty.

Today, John Kasich, governor of Ohio (a role that, among other things, makes him a "real" candidate), becomes the 16th candidatevying for one of 10 spots in the upcoming GOP debate.

This is a competition in which Donald Trump — the man who currently symbolizes everything that's wrong with the process — is running first.

I mean, can you picture them up there? Maybe they could all be in boxes like the old "Hollywood Squares," and you could give them buzzers and they could give 10-second answers to ques-

then attacking war heroes, then giving out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number. I'd love to dismiss it as just a childish prank or a play for ratings, but, in truth, it's scarier than that.

This is fire he is playing with, and the people who are playing with him seem more drawn bythe fi re than the specifics. Underlying this Republican primary contest, it seems very clear, is a level of unrest in the party. tions.

This is not the Tea Party talking.

Or we could have a contest and see Yes, there are, no doubt, tea drinkers how many viewers could match the among theTrump numbers, but there candidate with his name at the end are far more articulate advocates of of the debate. Sounds easy, but a lot the TeaParty agenda than Trump. of these guys look and sound a whole Trump doesn't listen to anyone, anylot alike. Perhaps we could have Bingo way. He is an actor who can play only cards! himself — writ large, of course. BeIfever therewere proofthatpollsare cause that is what he is, he takes no ridiculous, foolish, meaningless mea- responsibility for what he says, and sures of name recognition and nothing thereforedoes not pay a politicalprice. more, it's in the current ones, showing Imagine anyone who actually had a Donald Trump to be the leading Re- chance of being president saying that publicancandidate for president.

Mexicans are rapists, not to mention Is Donald Trump really the man attacking prisoners of war who fought more Republicans want to be president in Vietnam (incidentally, Trump conthan anyone else? You can't convince venientlyescaped service on a college me. As a candidate, he has inspired deferment). anger and resentment in seemingly And here is the danger. There is no everyone,calling Mexicans "rapists, " Republican out there who seems ca-

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Serious candidates will have to figure out, in the brief time slots they get during a debate, how to deal with Trump now without hurting themselves later.

This has nothing to do with picking the best person (however you choose to define that) to lead the Republicans in the fall. Right now, the crucial matter is how much damage that ultimate nominee suffers during a pre-nomination process that has been hijacked by a TV host who is ready to start firing people, and firing them up, even at the cost of burning those around him who are the rightful participants in what is ultimately not a game at all.

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"Thursday will be the coolest day of the next several with daytime highs expectedto come in 10 orm oredegreesbelow normal," National Weather Service officials in Sacramento said.

For Murphys,Columbia and Sonora, daytime highs today are expected to peak in the low to mid-80s, with mostly clear skies and overnight lows into Friday below 60. Daytime highs are expected to creep upward into the weekend with potential highs in the low 90s

by Sunday.

Higher in the mountains, at Pinecrest daytime highs today are expected in the low to mid-70s, with overnight iowa into Friday below 50. Daytime highs this weekend are expected in the mid-70s by Sunday.

Forecasts for Groveland include daytime highs today in the low 80s, with overnight lows into Friday below 60.

Daytime highs this weekend could peak in the mid-80s by Sunday.

Gullywasher closes140 The El Portal area in the Merced River watershed got gullywashed between 3 and 6p.m. Tuesday, said Jim Andersen of the National Weather Service in Hanford.

Instruments measured 1.16 inches in the three-hour period with the bulk of it — 0.98 inch — falling between 4 and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Andersen said.

"That is a really heavy amount in that time frame," Andersen said. "There were storm cells all in that area."

Yosemite National Park rangers advised motorists Wednesday that El Portal Road, the continuation of Highway 140, was "closed due to debris flows." Caltrans advised motorists that Highway

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Recent storms at high elevations on the Sierra Nevada crest are keeping headwaters running and meadows green. This is Unicorn Creek, which feeds Tuolumne Meadows andthe Tuolumne River.

140 was closed at the Yosemite National Park boundary"due toa m udslide."

The 140 remained closed in El Portalas of6 p.m .W ednesday,according to Caltrans.

Alternate routes into and out of Yosemite included highways 120 and 41, Yosemite rangers said. All other major roads in the park were open, including all roads in Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Road, Tioga Road and Hetch Hetchy Road. Mariposa Grove Road was

tional Park, was still running at eleva-

tionsabout 9,500 feetabove sea level.

Local water districts and many Mother Lode residents conserving water welcome any extra rainfall. But none of the region's major man-made reservoirs intended to catch and store storm runoff have showed any noteworthy increase in water volume or elevation due to this week's storms.

On the Calaveras River as of Wednesday, New Hogan was 14 percent full. closed for construction.

On the Mokelumne River, Camanche was 20 percent full. One the Stanislaus River, New Melones was 15 percent full.

No uptick at local reservoirs On the Tuolumne River, Don Pedro was Recent storms at high elevations on 35 percentfull. the SierraNevada crest are helping Dwindling Lake McClure, one of the keep headwatersfl owing and mead- emptiest reservoirs in the state and imows green. Just north of the Tuolumne pounded by the highest-elevation dam County line on Sunday, Unicorn Creek, on the Merced River, was 11 percent full which feeds Tuolumne Meadows and and showed no increase in water volthe Tuolumne River in Yosemite Na- ume from Tuesday's storms.

VIEWS Conti nued from Page Al "I started Cub Scouts when I was about in kindergarten," he said.

Reusche said his favorite part of involved in Scouts is being ableto show leadership skills and teach others.

Reusche has a family history in military. Multiple relatives of his, including his great-grandfather and great-uncle have served in the U.S. Army.

He said the memorial is "a placeto relax and to look at what our nation, our military and local veterans are able to share with us."

Reusche said h e s old spaces for the memorial bricksfor $100 each atvarious veteran events to raise m oney for the project.

"I went to several of the (veteran) crab feeds," he said. "Each brick has the name, rank and branch of serviceofthe (veteran) that the buyer chose," he said.

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Hunter Reusche, 16, of Valley Springs, works on his project at the Jenny Lind Veterans Memorial District. of the memorial, can be lit with a torch, Reusche said, adding that the flame aspectrepresents faith in the nation.

"The light of our county, our nation — does not go out," he said.

Reusche said the Stockton War Memorial and the Tracy War Memorial inspired his project.

"I remember looking at

(the memorials), especially the one in Stockton, which has 850 bricks — it really inspired me," he said.

R eusche worked w i t h

completed. It was finished in May. He had about $357 of the money raised leA over.

"All the remaining funds I donated to (American Legion Post 102)," he said.

"They said the money will really help."

L uis D omondon, w h o served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to1969 and is part of American Legion Post 102, said the money Reusche gave to the group will go toward the American Legion Honor Guard, which provides full military funeralservicesforveterans in Calaveras County.

"It's not funded," he said.

"We pay for all the uniforms, our expenses and all that."

Domondon added that there are more than 8,000 veterans i n t h e V a l l ey various contractors in mulSprings area. "(The memorial) brings tiple cities, including San Leandro. The actual con- a sense of pride and honor struction of the memorial among us veterans, and also began the beginning of this the community," he said.

"For a young kid to take on a year.

Month by month the me- project like that on his own, morial grew closer to being it meant a lot to us."

that was approved in May, limits all outdoor irrigation In May, th e C alaveras between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

County Water District re- and r e stricts o r n amental porteda 37percent reduction landscape irrigation to two on water use throughout the days per week.

• Furthermore, CCWD county.

However, since it was such invested in public outreach a wet month due to stormy effortsthat worked to raise weather, it was uncertain awareness about the drought how much of the percentage, and inform the public of ways which is compared with 2013 to reduce indoor and outdoor as abaseline,was a resultof water use.

• Th i rdly, t he d i s trict publicconservation.

One month later, there is dedicated budget on free no longer any doubt. suppliesto provide to cusCalaveras County reduced tomers — anything ranging water usage by 40 percent, from low-flow showerheads according to a CCWD press to lawn-moisture meters to release. The number is two- dye tablets to inform of toilet and-a-half times more than leaks.

• Finally, the CCWD also what is required by the State Water Resources Control joined "Calaveras Conserve," Board and even surpasses a group made up of different the previous water conserva- water districts throughout tionstandard of32 percent. the county that worked to "This just s hows t h at collaborateon conservation. t hey' re really taking t h e Although water-use reducdrought seriously," said Pub- tion is the ultimate goal of lic Information Officer Joel the CCWD, consistent conMetzger. "People are mak- servation of this magnitude ing behavioral changes with could hurt the district finanwatering habits, That's very cially. The district expected difficult. It's evident when conservation levels within 20 you take a drive throughout to 30 percent and budgeted Calaveras. You see lawns go- for a 20 percent reduction in ing from green to brown. Wa- water use.

"CCWD has done everytering the lawn is the single biggestuse of outdoor water thing it can to promote waduring the summer." ter conservation and comply In addition to the efforts with state-mandated waterfrom thestate to raise aware- conservationstandards,"said ness about th e d r ought, Metzger. 'Well make this Metzger, who said the water work. There is no doubt in reductions were greater than my mind that we' ll be able to the expected, credits several work this out financially." endeavors for the conservation success.

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on JoaquinGully Road. The man was last seen headed Continued from Page Al in the direction of Meadow Lane possibly toward the About 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, Twain Harte Cal Fire staa caller reported a "black tion. male adult acting nervous All details regarding the and pacing around behind case are being forwarded to the business smoking a ciga- detectives working on the investigation, Sheriff's Office rette."

The man was described as detective and spokeswoman a light-skinned black male Deborah Moss said. adult in his early 20s, of avThere is still no informaeragebuild lastseen wearing tion on a reported vehicle a black beanie with a white l eaving the scene of t h e rim and a black and white crime,an amount of money stripedshirt,tan shorts and that was stolen or any public carrying a blue nylon bag suspect leads.

PICNIC Continued from Page Al probation violation.

VanNatta was orderedto enter the Tuolumne County Probation Department's day reporting centerprogram, operated in partnership with privatecontractor BI Incorporated.

The program has changed her lifeforthe betterover the pastnine months, said VanNatta, who attended Wednesday with two of her three teenage children.

"Justbeing part of society and functioning in daily life was vital to my success," she said.

The goal of the county's day reporting center, which opened in 2011,isto mo nitor and reintegrate felony probationers who would have been sentencedto prison or state parole prior to California's "public safety realignment" that took effect nearly four years ago.

Enacted by the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown through Assembly Bill 109, the realignment reduced certain felony crimes to misdemeanors and ordered felons who committed "non-violent, non-serious and non-sexual" offenses to be su-

pervised by counties rather than the stateupon theirreleasefrom prison.

The legislation was passed in responseto a 2010 federalcourtorder requiring California to reduce its overcrowded prison population.

To prepare, the county established the day reporting center at 1194 Highway 49 in Sonora. Those ordered to go through the program are required to check in two to five times a week depending on their compliance with the rules.

Each check-in requires participants to submit to a Breathalyzer test for alcohol, along with weekly screenings for drugs.

There are also requirements for daily to weekly group therapy sessions, one-on-one meetings with

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People gather at Woods Creek Rotary Park in Sonora for a family picnic put together by a county-sponsored probation program (above). Jason Peck, 42, of Sonora (left photo, at left) and Heather VanNatta, 38, of Sonora, congratulate each other for graduating to the aftercare program.

Jason Coons, 32, of Sonora, a 2013 graduate of the program (above left), talks with Bl program manager Lesette Ortiz during a family picnic for a county-sponsored probation program. counselors and community service.

The program can last &om six months to more than a year depending on the person. There are 40 active participants, along with about 20 in an after-care program that requires fewer check-ins.

Tina Marler, a substance abuse therapistfor BI Incorporated, said the county's center typically sees a sobrietyrateamong participants between 78 and 82 percent.

It wasMarler's idea for the company to host Wednesday's picnic.

Participants and graduates helped put on the event.

"It's to promote unity for our participants and their families," said interim program manager Lesette Ortiz, of BI Incorporated.

The company also hosts graduations in spring and fall for those who have completed the program. A ceremony held in May at the Hotel at Black Oak Casino Resort featured 40 graduates, the largestlocalgroup yet.

Ortiz said the company plans to

host family events like Wednesday's picnic on a monthly basis.

All special events like Wednesday's picnic are hosted by BI Incorporated at no additional charge to the county, which contracts with the company for$390,000 a year to oversee the center's programs and providetreatment services.

''We play the enforcement role and they play the treatment role," said Dan Hawks, the county's adult probationmanager."We know when people aren't compliant and can

jump on it.n

"One of the biggest supports an offender has when incarcerated is family," said Crescencio Castaneda, district manager for BI Incorporated. "The stronger we can keep these families together, the less likely they

Chief Probation Officer Adele Arnold earlier this week presented a budget for next year's Community Corrections Partnership Plan, which funds AB 109-related programs like the dayreporting center. are toreturn to custody."

Though the county regularly has Castaneda didn't know the coun- receivedabout $500,000 less &om ty's current recidivism rate among the state than needed to support participants in the program, but all of its programs, Arnold said she said it's generally been more suc- hopes more funding will come as the cessful than he's seen in other areas.

economy improves.

He oversees a district that includes Tuolumne, Merced, Madera and Fresno counties.

"I dobelieve the success rate is because of the partnership we have (with the Tuolumne County Probation Department)," he said.

Arnoldplans to present a report in lateSeptember or early October that will provide more details on the success of the programs since they began in 2011, including recidivism and employment rates.

Jason Peck, 42, of Sonora, said he

was released in February from Old Folsom Prison near Sacramento after serving 12 months. He declined to say what he was convicted of. He said he also previously served in prison&om 2005 to2011 before being released on state parole prior to the realignment.

Peck said he was at first resistant to the day reporting center's requirements, but found success. He recentlygraduated to the after-care program aflerachieving a 100 percent attendanceand sobriety rate since March.

Enrolled to begin attending Columbia College this fall, Peck hopes to eventually get a job doing reforestation work. He runs his own business clearing defensible space around people's homes.

"I can't say what for the next guy," he said while enjoying a hot dog and plateofpasta salad,"butthe end result was good for me."

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Car-seat traini ngs set Sonora Regional Medical Center and the California Highway Patrol will host monthly infant carseat safety training.

The CHP will be available to inspect child-safety seats and instruct people on their proper installation and use.

Appointments will be available between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday in the parking lot on the east side of the Greenley Road hospital, near the Rehabilitation entrance.

Additional dates are Aug. 22, Sept. 26, Oct. 17, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12.

The car-seat safety training is free. Call the Birth Center at 536-3260 to schedule an appointment.

Cancer group to meet The Calaveras Cancer Support Group will meet at 10 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6, at Camps Restaurant in Greenhorn Creek subdivision, 676 McCauley Ranch Road in Angels Camp.

Guest speaker will be Dr. Andrea Sullivan, who has worked for 35 years in dentistry and chiropractics. Her main focus now is on nutrition and chronic disease prevention. She will discuss what people can do to stay healthy and enjoy life.

For more information, call Debbie Sellick at 768-9415 or email DebbieSellickl live.corn.

NAMI to meet The National Alliance on Mental Illness support group will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 6 in the Parish Hall at the Red Church in downtown Sonora.

Guest speaker will be Martha Golay of the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency. Golay will talk about "first aid for mental health."

Council seeks input The Groveland Area Partnership Council is looking for ways to improve community health care services.

Groveland-area residents are asked to take a short online survey at www.surveymonkey.corn/r/GAPHealth.

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To sleep, perchance to ... ward off Alzheimer' s? New research suggests poor sleep may increase people's risk of Alzheimer's disease by spurring a brain-clogging gunk that, in turn, further interrupts shut-eye.

Disrupted sleep may be one of the missing pieces in explaining how a hallmark of Alzheimer' s, a sticky protein called beta-amyloid, starts itsdamage long before people have trouble with memory, researchers reported Monday at the Alzheimer's Association International Confer-

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creasein cases of pertussis,health officials are seeing herd immunity Most Mother Lode Schools will wane, Ortiz said.

"It's important that we maintain begin on or after Aug. 19, and for kindergartners and seventh-grad- high vaccination rates so that those ers, that means being up to date children who cannot be immunized with immunizations. are protected," Ortiz said.

"Likeany medicine and any medState law also requires that each child's family provide, within 90 ical intervention, there's always days of entry into first grade, proof risk, but we know the risks for vacthe child has received a health cines are extremely low, while the checkup within the past 18 months. benefits are extremely high," Ortiz "Vaccines are one of the most said.

"Vaccines are safe, and the disimportant advancements in public health and medicine over the last eases vaccines prevent are bad," century," said Dr. Liza Ortiz, Tu- said Dr. Dean Kelaita, Calaveras olumne County Public Health Offi- County Public Health Officer. cer. "They have reduced deaths and Polio can cause paralysis, pertusillnesses and virtually eliminated a sis can cause death, and measles large number of diseases, including can cause blindness, brain inflamthe elimination of smallpox." mation and pneumonia that can Many people who choose not to lead to death.

"Childhood diseases are bad and immunize their children say things like, "They haven't been vaccinated prevention is good," Kelaita said. and they are fine," which is because Parents should know that, deof herd immunity, Ortiz explained. spite rumors, there is no connection Herd immunity occurs when the between vaccinations and autism, majority of people in a community and there is no mercury in childare immunized against a conta- hood vaccines, Kelaita said. gious disease, hampering its ability A preservative called Thimerosal to spread. This especially benefits has trace amounts of mercury in it, those who are not eligible for cer- but it is not used in childhood vactain vaccines, like infants, pregnant cines, Kelaita said. women, or i m munocompromised In fact, it's illegal for doctors to people (AIDS, cancer, etc.). give children anything with Thi-

merosal in it, Kelaita said.

Additionally, there is more mercury in fish that people eat than in any previously used vaccines, he said.

To meet California's school entry requirements, children entering kindergarten need the following immunizations: • Five doses of diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT); four doses of polio; two doses measles, mumps, and rubella; threedoses ofhepatitis B; one dose Varicella (chickenpox).

Students entering seventh-grade must show proof of an additional dose of tetanus, reduced diphtheria and acellular pertussis, and two doses of measles, mumps and rubella.

Students must also show proof of immunization when changing schools.

Infants can start the childhood whooping cough vaccine series, DTaP, as early as 6 weeks of age.

Even one dose of DTaP may offer some protection against fatal whooping cough disease in infants.

Health officials also encourage adultsto get a Tdap booster,especially if they are in contact with infants or work in the health-care field.

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"It'svery clear that sleep disruption is an underappreciated factor," said Dr. Matthew Walker of the University of California, Berkeley, who presented data linking amyloid levels with people' s sleep and memory performance. "It's a new player on the scene that increases risk ofAlzheimer'sdisease."

Sleep problems are treatable — and a key next question is whether improving sleep can make a difference in protecting seniors' brains.

"Sleep is a modifiable factor. It's a new treatment tar-

get," Walker said.

Enough sleep is important for good health generallyseven to eight hours a night are recommended for adults.

When it comes to the brain, scientists have long known that people who don't get enough have trouble learning and focusing. And anyone who's cared for someone with dementia knows the nightly wandering and other sleep disturbances that patients often suffer, long thought to be a consequence of the dying brain cells.

The new research suggests that sleep problems actually interact with some of the diseaseprocessesinvolved in Alzheimer's, and that those toxic proteins in turn affect the deepsleep that' ssoim portant for memory formation.

"It may be a vicious cycle," See SLEEP / Page B2

Getting keen for quinoa good for your health Some words are universally hard to pronounce: the Irish girl's name Siobhan (Shivone), as in Siobhan Dervan, a four-time Irish National Road Race champion; Worcestershire (worster-sheer) sauce, which left New Jersey chef Pasquale Sciarappa tongueMehmet Oz, M.D., tied in a cooking video viewed more than 1 million times and Michael Roizen, M.D. on YouTube; and the latest trendy pseudo-grain, quinoa and international partners, (pronounced keen-wah). reports that quinoa contains No matter how you say "qui- a lot of health-beneficial phynoa," its nutritional virtues tochemicals, including amino are loud and clear. One study, acids, fiber, polyunsaturated done by Rutgers University fatty acids, vitamins, miner-

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Vitamins and M inerals: You' ll get a good dose of vi- Minimum exercise, tamins A, Bs, C and E. Plus maximum health: more minerals, such as calci- Your shortcut ta wellnem um, copper, iron, magnesium, "Short Cuts," the 1993 movphosphorus, potassium and zinc, than in rice or wheat. ie with Jack Lemmon, Tom Odd StufF. Contains phy- Waits, Lily Tomlin and Jentoecdysteroids, which might nifer Jason Leigh about the help build muscle; phenolics, which have anticancer, antiSee OZ/Page B2

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is on his or her rump 13 hours a day and then sleeps for six to eight hours. That' s 19-21 hours of downtime! No wonder anxiety is epidemic.

So what's the solution? A combo of motion and meditation will soothe your anxiety and help boost your overall health.

Stand up everyhour — and jump!

Bouncing upand down fortwo to four minutes will boost your metabolism, wake up muscles, build bone strength and dispel stress. Jumping jacks or hopping &om one foot to the other also does the trick! When you get home, stay clear of TV and digital screens; instead, take an after-dinner walk with the whole family. And before you hit the hay, take 10 minutes for mindful meditation (instructions at sharecare.corn).

Continued from Page Bl intersecting lives of 22 Los Angelenos, squeezes in enough plotlines to make your hectic day look like an afternoon snooze at the beach, and we know how busy you are with work, child care and other responsibilities!

That's why (you say) you have so much trouble fitting regular exercise into your weekly routine. Well, we have a shortcut solution:a super-compressed, four-step exercise plan that will help you avoid weightgain,make your brain younger and stronger, and perk up your sex life, while dialing down your blood pressure, lousy LDL cholesterol and blood sugar levels. So here it is!

1. Make sure you get in 10,000 steps everyday — and keep track ofthem with a pedometer or a smartphone app! Remember: One minute of aerobic exercise (like swimming) equals 100 steps.

2. Tone muscles with 30 minutes of resistance exercises a week using stretch bands, hand weights or your own body weight!

3. Gofor20jumps a day.You heard us: JUMPS. You can try jumping in place, jumping up and down off a step platform, jumping from one leg to the other or jumping rope. This exercise builds bone.

4. Get 20 minutes of cardiovascular exercise three times a week. Cardio should be done at 80 percent or more of your ageadjusted heart rate. You can calculate your AAHR by subtracting your calendar age from 220.

Sugar and fat: The dumband dumber duo

Pregnant and smoking pot?Cool it!

Alanis Morissette, the Canadian songstress who penned the tune "Mary Jane," Thinkstock admits to using pot in the past to juice Medical experts say jumping in up her creativity. But when she became place helps build bone mass. pregnant — her son, Ever, is 4 now — she gave up the weed.

"You Oughta Know" what she knows: bacteria communicate with your brain!

Healthy, happy gut bacteria release Smoking pot while you' re pregnant or compounds that act as neurotransmit- breastfeeding is dangerous foryourfetus ters, which stimulate sensory nerves and and your child. Studies show that when other biological functions. But they can' t you expose your fetus t o m arijuana, run smoothly if there's a lot of sugar and chances are your child will have lower saturatedfatdisrupting their fuellines. test scores on visual problem-solving, viIn lab-basedresearch, it took just four sual analysis, and visual and motor coorweeks forsaturated fat- and sugar-eat- dination, plus behavioral problems and a ing mice to become dim-witted. decreasedattention span.These are lifeSo stay sharp. Avoid life-shortening long handicaps.

Unfortunately, according to a recent sugarsand fatsin processedfoodsaswell as saturatedfats in red and processed report from the American College of Obmeats. Because, as Lloyd says to Harry: stetricians and Gynecologists, marijuana "Life's a fragile thing, Harr. One minute is the most commonly used illicit (in some you' re chewin' on a burger, and the next places) drug during pregnancy, with minute you' re dead meat." roughly half of female marijuana users continuing to smoke it while pregnant.

Self-reported prevalence of marijuana Is sitting down use during pregnancy ranges from 2 to too much causing your anxiety?

5 percent of all pregnant women and 15 Missing a 3-foot putt on the 18th hole to 28 percent of young, economically deat the U.S. Open surely caused golfer prived urban women. Switching to edible Dustin Johnson some anxiety. But he' s pot may not be less hazardous for your not the only one. According to recent Aus- offspring; the psychoactive chemicals tralianresearch,anxiety alsocould a8ect still go into your bloodstream and then the millions of golf fans who never miss into the fetus's. A recent report shows 25 a putt watching &om their living-room percentof the legal products deliver a couch: Too much sitting is associated lot more of pot's active ingredient, THC, with anxiety. than their label says!

According to the Substance Abuse and If you want to mellow out while you' re Mental Health Services Administration, pregnant, we suggest yoga for pregnant 6 million full- and part-time American women (detail s at sharecare.corn) or a workers suffer from anxiety, and many stress-reductionapp for your smartof them have desk-chair-bound jobs. On phone. top of that, every day many of you sit another one to two hours watching TV (36 Mehmet Oz,M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz percent); play video games foronetotwo Show,"and Mike Roizen, MD. is Chief hours (10 percent); get on a home com- Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness puter for one to two hours (29 percent); Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your and that doesn't include sitting in the car. healthiest, tune i nto "The Dr. Oz Show"

Jim Carrey (Lloyd) and Jeff Daniels (Harry) were "Dumb and Dumber" (or maybe it was the other way around) in the 1994 movie that showcased how ignorance could be bliss — and mildly amusing. While it was a hit, it left moviegoers wondering how two characters could be so half-witted. Well, researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute have the answer: by eating a high-sugar, high-saturatedfat diet.

We' ve long known that artery-clogging saturated and trans fats, and inflammation-producing added sugars and syrups damage your cardiovascular and immune systems. Now it's clear that the sugar- and saturated-fat-laden diet of most North Americans slams the brakes on cognitive flexibility, the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and think on your feet. And there's more: The study found that a high-sugar diet also dims short- and long-term memory.

Why are added sugars and unhealthy fats so brain-dulling? The research showed that they alter the way your gut Turns out, the average North American

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Walker's team gave PET years, and found those who scans to 2 6 c o gnitively had poor sleep quality — they healthy volunteers in their tossed and turned and had a 70s to measurebuild-up of hard time falling asleepthat gunky amyloid. They were more likely to develop were given words to memo- mild cognitive impairment, rize, and their brain waves early memory problems that were measured as they slept sometimes lead to Alzheimer's, said Dr. Kristine Yaffe of overnight.

The more amyloid people the University of California, harbored in a p a r t icular San Francisco. brain region, the less deep Sleep apnea — brief intersleep they got — and the ruptions of breathing that remore they forgot overnight, peatedly awaken people withWalker said. Their memories out them realizing — caused weren't transferred properly a nearly two-fold increase in from the brain's short-term that risk, Yaffe said. She recmemory bank into longer- ommended that people at risk term storage. of Alzheimer's be screened for What's the risk over time? sleep disorders, especially Two sleep studies tracked apnea, which has effective nearly6,000 people over fi ve treatment.

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Animal studies give clues to the biology behind these changes. Dr. David Holtzman of Washington University in St.Louis reported a series of mice experiments that found amyloid production is highest during waking hours and lowest during deep sleep. Deprivingmice ofsleep spurred toxic amyloid build-up and, intriguingly, once those deposits began,the mice stayed awake longer on their own.

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IMMUNIZE Continued from Page Bl Previously, parents who did not want to immunize their children could get a "Personal Belief Exemption," but a recently signed bill has nullified that.

On June 30, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 2 7 7, which requires all children in daycare and public and privateschool to be vaccinated, unless they have a doctor exempt them for medical reasons. California joins Mississippi and West Virginia, which do not allow personal-belief exemptions for vaccina-

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"The science is clear that vaccines dramatically protect children against a number of i n fectious and dangerous diseases," Brown said in a signing statement. "While it's true that no medical intervention is without risk, the evidence shows that immunization po w erfully benefits and protects the community."

Opponents of the measure said it unfairly restricts parent choice.

Choice groups have vowed to challenge the law in court and want a r eferendum at the ballot next year.

Proponents of the legislation, spurred by a measles outbreak at Disneyland, said unvaccinated children put kids who are too young or sick to be vaccinated at risk.

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They would need to show proof of up-to-date immunizations, Ortiz said.

People can file personalbelief exemptions through Jan. 1, 2016, but they' ll expire July 1, 2016, Ortiz sard.

The only people exempt are children who attend home-based private school and students on independent study who do not receive classroom-based instruction, Ortiz said.

"The rules are going to be enforced. They are either not going tobe let into school,or they're going to take up the alternative," Ortiz said, adding that it's hard to say how many people there are in the community who feel that strongly against vaccines and who have the ability to homeschool their children.

Since 2014, there have been 20 cases of pertussis in Tuolumne County. One case of mumps was report-

ed in 2010, and one case of hepatitis A in 2012, Ortiz sard.

Calaveras County saw several cases ofpertussis

in 2014 and 2015, Kelaita said. Neither Tuolumne nor Calaveras counties have had a recent case of measles.

Since December 2014, 136 California residents had confirmed measles. So far thisyear,178 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with measles.

More than 9,000 cases of pertussiswere reported in California during 2010, Pan, a Democratic sena- the most in more than 60 tor from Sacramento said years. Those reports inin a statement that, "The cluded 10 infant deaths. courts have been very So far in 2015, there clear that you don't have have been 3,150 cases of a right tospread a com- pertussis in California, inmunicable disease, that cluding 80 infants younger there's a public interest in than 4 months who were keeping our communities hospitalized and one insafefrom disease." fant younger than 3 weeks T he bil l a l l ows a n y who died from it. s choolchild with a n e x In 2014, 11,203 cases of emption on file to remain pertussis were reported in unvaccinated until he or California, including 278 she starts kindergarten or, infants who were hospiif already in elementary talized. Five of those died school, seventh grade. The (two of whom were diagexemption does not apply nosed in 2013).

the same effecton deep sleep.

Another hint came a few years ago, when University of Rochester scientists reported that the brain uses sleep to fiush out toxic debris. They injected mice brains with amyloid and watched it clear faster while they slept.

The work comes as res earchers hunt w ay s t o prevent a coming wave of Alzheimer's as the population ages, driven by the baby boomer generation that begins turning 70 next year. More than 5 million Americans already h ave Alzheimer' s, a number expected to more than double by 2050. Changes that lead to Alzheimer's can begin 20 years before memory lapses,and scientists are studying drugs in people at high risk in hopes of finding

preventive treatment.

But so far, lifestyle changes are the main r ecommendation, and starting early seems important. Yaffe also reportedMonday thatyounger adults who get little physical acti vity have worse cognitive functioning by middle age. In Sweden, Karolinska Institute researchers tracked down seniors' long-ago report cards to find that school performance at age 9 or 10 predicted who was already building a better "cognitive reserve" to guard against later-in-life decline.

"Thereare lots ofrisk factors we might be ableto change. Sleep is one," said Alzheimer's Association chief science officer Maria Carrillo.

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Behavioral Health is seeking a Clinician to provide a variety of professional behavioral health services to clients. Master' s degree in psychology, counseling, psychiatric social work, or a related behavioral science and registered as an intern or associate for supervised clinical exp or current enrollment in a MA' s degree program and registered as a trainee or intern with the BBS is required.

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TUOLUMNE COUNTYLIBRARY JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Library Page - ReliefSonora Branch $9.21 - $11.24/hr.

Library Assistant I - ReliefGroveland Branch $13.32-$16.26/hr.

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Call (425) 221-0462 physically fit - able to 20 hrs/wk at $18.53/ hr. hike and work outdoors. No phone calls, please. Position hours will be HOMECARE •weekends, eholidays adjusted to the weekly PROVIDER WANTED •days/nights - 24/7. Exp event schedule. Apps for elderly couple in preferred. CDL in good avail at Summerville HS Angels Camp. Flex hrs. standing. $12.25/hr. Call 17555 Tuolumne Rd. Req's background Marianne, (415)661-7468 Tuolumne, CA 95379. check. (209) 256-0484 oi' MELakam s h o o.corn Deadline: 4PM, 7/24/1 5 NO Phone Calls Please!

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305 Instruction/I essons AIRLINE CAREERS Start Here - Get trained as an FAA certified Aviation Technician.

Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance.

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866-231-7177 (Cal-SCAN) 315 Looking For Employment A NOTICE California State Law requires licensed contractors to have their license number in all advertisements.

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JAIL DEPUTY Recruit & Lateral Recruit: $18.61-$20.72/hr.

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C/oses: Ju/y 29, 2015 DEPUTY SHERIFFLateral $23.76 - $29.01/hr.

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CATEGORY 401-415 401 - Announcements 405 - Personals

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KIRKLAND FRIDGE

Apt. size. White- $100; Yard Swing w/canopy.

Frame only -$65; Lakewood "Cambridge" Carpet 46" x 67", Burnt Red. Like new - $85.

OBO. Call 532-1058 OAK COFFEE TABLE (glass) on rollers, 25" w x 56"1-$25; PLUS 2-dark oak end tbls w/drwr-$20 ea. Beauties! 588-8210

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Home Appliances HYDRO MASSAGE TABLE - Therapeutic rotating water jets. Auto timer. $100. 928-4480 KITCHENAIDE GAS RANGE converted to propane. White w/ convection oven. 30" wide.

Slide - In. Excellent cond. $200. 536-6518 SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB! Alert for Seniors.

Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation.

Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4-inch Step-ln.

Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American made.

Installation included.

Call 800-799-4811 for $750.00 off. (Cal-SCAN)

MERCHANDISE CATEGORY 501-640 Gj3NERAL MERCHANDISE 501- Lost 502 - Found 515 - HomeFurnishings 520 - HomeAppliances 525 - HomeElectronics 530 - Sports/Recreation 535 - Musical Instruments 540 - Crafts 545 - Food Products

550- Antiques/Collectibles 555 - Firewood/Heating 560 - Oflice Products 565 - Tools/Machinery 570 - Building Materials

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DIRECTV Starting at $19.99/mo. FREE installation, FREE 3 months of HBO, SHOWTIME, CINEMAX, STARZ. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket included (Select Packages) New Customers Only. CALL 1-800-385-9017 (Cal-SCAN) DISH NETWORKGET MORE for LESS! Starting $19.99/month (for 12 months.) PLUS Bundle & SAVE (Fast Internet for $15 more/ month.) CALL Now 1-800-357-0810 (Cal-SCAN)

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590 - GarageSales 595 - Commercial

Garage/YardSales FARM ANHVLALS and PETS 601- Household Pets 605 - PetSupply/Services 610 - PetsWanted 615 - Livestock

620 - Feed/Tack 625 - Boarding and Care 630 - Training/Lessons 635- Pasture 640 - Farm Equipment

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

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

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Painting

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

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

770-1403 or 586-9635

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

D. P. TILE & STONE • New Construction •Remodels «Residential

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

ANDERSON'S PLUMBING & DRAIN Quality plumbing, sewer drain cleaning. Modular specialist. 20 yrs. exp.

Lic.¹ 739224 536-9557

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

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Well Drilling

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

TANKO BROS., INC. Wells & Pumps 532-7797 Lic. ¹395633

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

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Backhoe/Tractor Service NEW CONSTRUCTION remodels, decks, retaining walls & tractor service. Lic¹740752 Petersen Construction (209) 532-4223

Contractors SONORA CONSTRUCTION

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Remodels, additions & decks. 533-0185 ¹401231

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

Computers & Service

Decks/Patios/Gazebos

Hauling

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

Decks Concrete Windows Jim Brosnan Const.

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Winters Cleaning Svcs Debris 8 Yard Work!

Fully Insured.

(209) 532-5700

Landscape/Gardening / SCOTTY'S YARD SERVICE

Weedeating, Brush Removal & Yard Work

768-8383 [no lic-bonded]

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Confidence Ridge Water more (labor and/or ma209-768-5967 Lic¹79590 terials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that Yard Maintenance contractors include their license numbers on all THUMBS UP advertising. Check your Would love to come & help you w/your yard. contractor's status at www.cslb.ca.gov We offer basic yard or 800-321-CSLB care & more! City Lic., (2752).Unlicensed bonded, insured. [no lic] persons taking jobs that Free est. 536-1660 total less than $500 must state in their AFFORDABLE YARD advertisements that CLEAN-UP & HAUL they are not licensed by • FIRE SAFETY• the Contractors State 352-4834 Lic¹698177 License Board.

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GOT KNEE PAIN? Back Pain? Shoulder 580 Pain? Get a painMiscellaneous relieving brace - little NO cost to you.

A FAB SELECTION OF or Medicare Patients Call DENIM JACKETS Health Hotline Now! Community Thrift Shop 1-800-796-5091 797 W. Stockton Road Mon-Sat 10-5. 532-5280 (Cal-SCAN) LOWEST PRICES CANADA DRUG CENTER is your choice On Health and Dental Insurance. We have the for safe & affordable best rates from top medications. Our licensed Canadian mail companies! Call Now! 888-989-4807 order pharmacy will (Cal-SCAN) provide you with savings of up to 93% on all your medication needs. TWO (2) EXECUTIVE Call today 800.273.0209 STYLE DESKS! MLCS Thrift Store Too for $10.00 off your first 14705 Mono Way, Monprescription and free Sat. 10-5pm 536-9385 shipping. (Cal-SCAN) NEED QUICK CASH? Sell any item for $250 or less for just $8 00

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TINY CHIHUAHUAS. 7 WKS. 3 M. 3-5 lbs. Full grown. Mom/Dad for sale also. $250.

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

RECREATIONAL 801 - Motorcycles 805 - RV's/Travel Trailers 810 - Boats

815 - Camper Shells 820 - Utility Trailers 825 - Leasing/Rentals 830 - Heavy Equipment 835 - Parts/Accessories 840 - Airplanes

701 Automobiles

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

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

Got The Fishing Bug But No Boat?

Check Out The Union Democrat Classified Section 588-4515

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

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

New tires. $13,250.

(209) 599-9497 GMC '06 ENVOY XL SLT

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

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MERCEDES'13 SMART CAR

2-Seater with lots of leg room!

1,900 mi, 37+ m.p.g.

Leather interior; Sun Roof, A/C, Excellent condition. $12,000. OBO (209) 785-5161

MERCURY '03 SABLE Auto, A/C, V6, No smk!

Leather interior. $3,000 OBO (760) 907-9027 MERCURY'99 TRACER, 4DR, new tires, smogged/tags. $2,200. Ph. 984-3250

NISSAN '93 300 ZX Maroon. Fully loaded, 62K original miles, fuel injection; new stereo, leather int., 17" wheels/tires, Very Nice!! $7,500.

(209) 890-3291 705 4-Wheel Drive

ISUZU '95 TROOPER 252k miles, Well maintained. $1495 OBO. Groveland. 962-4980 or Cell 768-0615

PATHFINDER Auto trans., 3-spd w/4WD, cruise control, Bose sound system w/Clarion CD, Clean ln & Out! 213 K miles. Call Pete 209-768-8574 and make best offer!

Need tosell a car?

Sellitin the Cfassifieds 588~15 TOYOTA '00 4RUNNER LTD. 3.4 L V6, sunroof, leather int., Bose CD, very gd. cond. $5,800.

Call Ben, 209-591-9758

TOYOTA '15TACOMA dbl cab 4x4 V6, 3.1K mi, premium sound, TRD sports pkg, A/C, keyless entry, 236 hp - 5 Spd. Under Warranty! $35,750 (209) 588-8544

TOYOTA '91 4-RUNNER 4X4, V6, auto, cold AC, sun roof, over Sk on new tranny & newer tires.

Smogged/ tagged. 184k mi - runs exc/good cond.

53,950. 080. 288-9019 TOYOTA '94 SR5

Ext'd Cab, 5-spd. Runs and drives gd. $2,800.

OBO. (209) 890-3291

Chevy 1967 4 Wheel Drive, TRK. Restore it! $2900 OBO. Call 588-1034

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Fri/Sat. 8am-? Antiques, tools, collectibles, office, household and more!

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New stuff & things.Jaccuzzi, rocky jeans and more. No Early Birds!

JAMESTOWN 19810 Peppermint Falls Rd. Sat. 7/25 sam-2pm Clearing Out Grandma's House! Dishes, clothes, linens, furniture, books, SONORA 21838 Sawmill Flat Rd. art and Much MORE! No Early Birds, Please! Fri/Sat. 7-2. New electric pruning saw, sm. chipper, crafts, books, yard items, lots more!

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TOYOTA '95TACOMA New motor / tranny, new tires; new fuel pump & More! $5,800 352-3912 710 Trucks

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tow pkg. $500. w/ spare eng./cam-$600. & spare tranny (2)- $150 each.

Brian, (209) 213-9410 OWNER RETIRING! TRUCKS for Sale at Bargain Prices. Call Jack at (209) 533-4716

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Antiques, tools, furniture, patio set, and misc.household. Please call for appt. 743-1877

Only $18.00 All garage sale ads require prepayment.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

(Cal-SCAN)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 121576 Title No. 95510265 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/07/2007.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 07/29/2015 at 3:30 PM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 03/01/2007, as Instrument No. 2007003632,in book xx, page xx, ofOff icial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Tuolumne County, State of California, executed

by Robert Pollard, and Sandi Pollard, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States), At the front entrance to the Administration Building, at the County Courthouse Complex, 2 South Green Street, Sonora CA 95370. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said Countyand State,described as: FULLY DESCRIBED INTHE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 047-046- 08- and 047-046-18 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 20150 Manzanita Dr, Twain Harte, CA 95383 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonableesti mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $324,589.83 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Dated: 7/1/2015 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana Rivas/Authorized Signature 41689 Enterprise Circle North, Ste. 228, Temecula, CA 92590 (619) 465-8200 The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for thatpurpose. FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site - www.servicelinkASAP.corn - for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 121576. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. A-4532882 Publication Dates: July 9, 16, 23, 2015. The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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PUBLIC NOTICE

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA NOTICE INVITING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR: MHSA PREVENTION & EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tuolumne County Behavioral Health Department has

issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), for providing Prevention 8 Early Intervention services for Tuolumne County's Behavioral Health Department, Attention Kristi Conforti, to be received via US Postal Service at: 2 South Green St. Sonora, CA 95370, or via hand delivery at: 105 Hospital Road Sonora, CA 95370 until 3 p.m. LOCAL TIME, JULY 31, 2015.

It is the responsibility of the Respondent to see that any RFP submittal sent through the mail, or any other delivery method, shall have sufficient time to be received by the deadline. Faxed or e-mailed RFP submittals will not be accepted.

Late RFP submittals will be returned unopened.

OBTAINING RFP DOCUMENT: The RFP document may be obtained by contacting Kristi Conforti, at the Tuolumne County Behavioral Health Department at: KConforti @co.tuolumne.ca.us The document can be mailed or e-mailed to potential respondents. The documents are also available online at: htt://www.tuolumnecount .ca. ov/bids. as x htt://tuolumne.networkofcare.or /mh/content. as iix?id = 5266 SELECTION PROCESSAND AWARD OF CONTACT:

The County shall rank the proposals and may, at its option, hold interviews with respondents. The selected Respondent and the County will enter into an Agreement for two fiscal years. All expenses associated with the preparation & submission of any RFP response to the County, or participation in any presentations, interviews or any other element of the RFP process shall be the sole financial responsibility of the respondent.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No.: 2013-1432 Title Order No.: 91203860 APN: 091-230-35 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 11/08/2013 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 08/1 3/2015 at 03:30PM., ATC ASSESSMENT COLLECTION GROUP, LLC As the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 11/1 2/2013 as Document No. 2013016350 Book page of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of TUOLUMNE County, California, property owned by: RAYMOND KOTOW, AS TRUSTEE OF THE RAYMOND KOTOW REVOCABLE TRUST, UDT DATED 10/5/2000 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by

cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.) at: the front entrance to the Administration Building at the County Courthouse Complex, 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA all right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein: APN: 091-230-35 As more fully described on the referenced Assessment Lien The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19805 FERRETTI ROAD, GROVELAND, CA 95321 Vacant Land: Directions may be obtained pursuant to a written request submitted to the claimant within 10 days from the first publication of this notice, as follows: Pine Mountain

Lake Association, Inc. c/o ATC Assessment Collection Group, 1451 River Park Drive ¹125, Sacramento, CA 95815 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $10,682.28 Estimated Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The claimant, Pine Mountain Lake Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Please be advised that this property being sold is subject to a ninety (90) day right of redemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 5715 (b). Notice to Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 2013-1432. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Payment must be in the form of certified funds payable to ATC. DATE: 07/15/2015 ATC Assessment Collection Group, LLC 1451 River Park Drive, Suite 125, Sacramento, CA 95815 Please call (916) 939-0772 for sales information. Ericka Bates, Trustee's Sale Officer. NPP0252368 Publication Dates: July 23, 30 & August 6, 2015.

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I declare that all information in this statement is true and

PUBLIC NOTICE correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) s/ Justin Porter s/ Stephen Fischer

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DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk 8 Auditor-Controller, By: Theresa K Badgett, Deputy Publication Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY NOTICE: This CLERK statement expires five 2 S. GREEN ST. years from the date it was filed in the office of SONORA, CA 95370 the County Clerk. A new (209) 533-5573 FBN statement must be FILE NO. 2015000256 Date: 7/1 4/2015 10:28A filed no more than 40 DEBORAH BAUTISTA, days from expiration.

CLERK 8 AUDITORThis filing does not of CONTROLLER itself authorize the use of this name in violation The following Person(s) is (are) doing business of the rights of another as: Fictitious Business under federal, state or Name (s): common law. (B & P SILVER CROW Code 14411 et seq.)

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Today in history Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2015.

There are 161 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On July 23, 1945, French Marshal Henri Petain (ahnREE' pay-TAN'), who had headed the pro-Axis Vichy (vee-shee) government during World War ll, went on trial, charged with treason.

(He was convicted and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. On this date in 1951, Petain died in prison.)

On this date: In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for "Twilight Zone: The Movie." (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)

In 1984, Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, after nude photographs of her taken in 1982 were published in Penthouse magazine.

In 2011, singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush announced his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1997, the search for Andrew Cunanan, the suspected killer of designer Gianni Versace (JAH'-nee vur-SAH'-chee) and others, ended as police found his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, an apparent suicide.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Cain knows he doesn't have time tosettle in after returning to the San Francisco Giants following a

Oakland wins

lotteryforpick NEWYORK (AP)The Reds, Athletics, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Marlins and Pirates won picks after the first round of next year's draft in Major League Baseball's competitive balance lottery.

The lottery involved the 10 teams with the lowest revenue and 10 in the smallest markets.

They were competing for six picks after the first round. A club's odds of winning the lottery were based on its winning percentage last season.

The teams that did not win a pick after the first round were entered into another lottery for picks after the second round.

The Padres, Indians, Twins, Brewers, Orioles and Rays won secondround picks.

The competitive balance draft was agreed upon as part of the labor agreement that went into effect in 2012.

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A's Fuld finds new challenges with diabetes OAKLAND(AP)Sam Fuld jogs to the outfield each inning with enough gum in his back pocket to give him a quick boost of carbohydrates if his blood sugar dIps. He might experience dizziness or feel weak.

That's how he knows.

After nearly eight years in the majors, Fuld has learned to count his carbs and determine his insulin without nutritional labels on much of the clubhouse food from ballpark to ballpark, city to city.

AType 1 diabetic, diagnosed at age 10, his body requires constant attention all day long to stay in top form for the Oakland Athletics.

"There are a lot of ways it challenges you.

I' ve always looked at it as a challenge to do whatever I would do otherwise if I didn't have it.

Getting to where I am as a baseball player is extra rewarding given what I have to go through. It' s changed over the years.

I think there used to be more of a negative stigma attached to it or this idea that you can' t do things like sports. If you' re on top of it, you certainly can."

For the A's annual Root Beer Float Day on Wednesday, Fuld served up his own sugar free version made for those who need to control their blood sugar levels: with Zevia, an all-natural stevia and monk fruit sweetened soda.

Oakland holds the event each year to raise money and awareness for juvenile diabetes.

The A's raised $34,709 on Wednesday for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to bring the total to more than $4$,000 over the 16 years of the event.

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He p itched like it on W ednesday, throwing s i x strong innings to help the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 7-1. Brandon Belt hit a tying solo home run in the sixth inning and Buster Posey hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh.

Cain (2-1) allowed one run and five hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and one walk. He was making his fourth start of the season. He had elbow surgery in 2014 and had been sidelined this season with a strained flexor tendon.

His only mistake was a home run by Jedd Gyorko leading off the second.

"The first couple of innings it was a little erratic," he said of his fastball command. "It was just one of those where luckily it was missing enough where it wasn't going over the plate where guys could put the good partofthe wood on it.I settled down later on, which was definitely a benefit."

Manager Bruce Bochy said Cain pitched better than in his last start, when he went five innings in a no-decision at

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"He really hit his spots much better than the last outing, where he had trouble getting the ball where he wanted," Bochy said. "He gave us some length, got his pitch count up and that should help him. Great job by Matty."

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49ers' York puts foot in moutb, again

By TIM KAWAKAMI The San Jose Mercury News

Thank you, Jed York, for reminding us about everything at stake in this upcoming 49ers season and everything that was foul about the previous one.

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3amaicashocks US 2-1 atGold Cup ATLANTA (AP) — The United States tory in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semihad everything on its side. History. finals Wednesday night.

A raucous home crowd. And, supInstead of heading on to an expected berth in Sunday's title posedly, thebetter team.

None of itprevented Jamaica game at Philadelphia, the Amerifrom handing the Americans cans will play a day earlier for their biggest upset defeat. third place following their first i The Reggae Boyz stunned home loss to a Caribbean nation the U.S. with a pair of first-half since a 1969 defeat to Haiti.

"Obviously the team is disappointed. goals, one off a blunder by goalkeeper Brad Guzan, and held on for a 2-1 vic- The fans are disappointed," U.S. coach

Jurgen Klinsmann said. 'We wanted to play in the big final Sunday."

Darren Mattocks, who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer, putJamaica ahead with a 31stminute header directly off a throw-in.

Houston Dynamo's Giles Barnes followed five minutes later with a goal on an 18-yard f'ree kick after Guzan was See SHOCKER/Page C2

ing camp practice and many weeks before the first game of 2015.

But oh well, Jimmy T, welcome tolife in the 49erscauldron, where nothing is ever Jed's fault and when he talks he only makes things worse.

OK, this latest instance probably wasn't intentional; I presume the 49ers CEO's recent ridiculous comments to MMQB.corn comparing Tomsula's hiring to the Warriors' hiring of Steve Kerr were meant merely to compliment York's hand-picked coach.

We can guess that York just thought that was the proper way to frame the 2015 season and to brush away the Jim Harbaugh era.

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OUTDOORS BASEBALL Today 12530 pm(CSN) MLB BaseballToronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics.

Nugget team wins in final match of season

By TAYLOR LUCKIE For The Union Democrrrt

VOLLEYBALL Today 4:00 pm(CSN) Volleyball FIVB World League: United States vs. Iran.

BRIEF Some Speal Olympians forml to sleep on gym floor LOS ANGELES (AP)Special Olympics competitors arriving in Southern

California were greeted by a logis ticsmess thatforced many tosleep on a gymnasium floor before they were finally shuttled to their host cities on Wednesday.

At least1,500 athletes and coaches spent the night at Loyola Marymount University after flights and buses arrived late Tuesday, Special Olympics spokesman Rich Perelman said.

By midday Wednesday, the athletes &om Norway, Mexico, Venezuela, Kenya, the Cayman Islandsand other countries were on their way to their host cities.

That wasjustin time to dear the campus for the arrival of thousands more scheduled to show up Wednesday.

The Red Cross provided blankets and water.

The university near Los Angeles International Airport is serving as a staging area &om which approximately 6,500 athletes and thousands more coaches and delegates are being routed to host cities, &om San Diego to San Luis Obispo. They will be housed there until the opening ceremonies Saturday.

Problems began when some international flights were delayed and buses assigned to meet them began stacking up. Construction nearthe airportthatcaused traflic delays didn't help.

The final shoot of the California Youth Shooting Sports Association took place last weekend in Las Vegas. Teum &om California, Arizona, Utah, and Idaho made the trip to compete in the desert and, fortunately for those participating, the area had uncharacteristic temperatures in the mid-70's.

In the rookie division, the Mother Lode Gun Club Nuggets team of Cooper Kldebrand,TylerKeith and Gregory Forrest, of Calaveras, finished in second place. The team shot a combined458 targets out of 600 over the two-day shoot.

The intermehate advanced division had the same Nugget team (Darius O'Neal, Craig

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Toronto (Hutchison 9-2) at Oakland (Kazmir 5-5), 12:35 p.m.

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has beenaround the game fora long period of time but has never coached Continued from PageCl before. Kerr changes the culture, comes in with a different perspeccontroversially replacing Harbaugh tive, and look what happens." is basically the same thing!

You don't have to parse York' s Actually, Y ork's c o mparison comments too much to figure out breaks down in so many real ways that...

1. He's implying that the team that it only highlights how far out of touch 49ers management has be- was good enough to win a champicome. onship under Harbaugh but that Here's what York said in the oth- the "cult ure" under Harbaugh kept erwise very smart Tomsula profile: the 49ersfrom getting over the last "Culture is h uge," York told hurdle.

MMQB's Emily Kaplan. 'That's the The 49ers were bad, then they difference between a championship- hired Harbaugh and he took the caliber team and a championship 49ers to three consecutive NFC team. championship games; but it's still "You look at the Golden State War- Harbaugh's fault, according to York. riors. They were the dumbest team Yeah, York surely would know this in the NBA for letting Mark Jackson because the other coaches hired ungo, who won the most games in the der his watch have been: Mike Nolan &anchise's history. How could you be (as Jed was just coming into power), so dumb?

Mike Singletary and now Tomsula.

"They bring in Steve Kerr, who If anything tells you that an own-

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his team with a 190. 0"Neal missed finishing in first place individually by only three targets. Amos and Cazeres were right behind him, shooting 189 and 188, respectively. Ponder and Morey each shot 171.

Sonora Kgh's Dylan Kcks tied for third in the junior varsity division, shooting a 196. In the ensuing shoot-off, Kcks dropped one target, and missed out on third to Charlie Wacthel, of Lake Havasu.

MLB Davis' infield single in 10th lifts A' s OAKLAND (AP) — Pinchhitter Ike Davis beat out an infield single with two outs in the 10th inning that went to replay review, liking the Oakland Athletics past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Wednesday night.

The play went to review with the A's already in the midst in a postgame celebration near the mound. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons immediately emerged &om the dugout to challenge, and Oakland players stood together near the mound during the review that took 2 minutes, 45 seconds before they celebrated again.

na (1-4) to start things off in the bottom of the 10th.

Fernando Rodriguez (1-1) pitched the top half for the

Oakland and Jake Smolinski drove in a run for the fourth straightgame with a sacrifice fly. win.

Toronto's Danny Valencia A's closer Tyler Clip- homered in the seventh, but pard blew a s econd Gray didenough toput Oakstraight save o ppor- land in position for a third t unity in t h e n i nth t o straight series win heading waste a strong start by All- into Thursday's rubber game.

A's manager Bob Melvin Star Sonny Gray.Clippard loaded the bases with no outs was ejected for arguing balls then struck out former A' s and strikes in the fifth, mostar Josh Donaldson on a 3-2 ments before Vogt singled in pitch for the first out. He then the go-ahead run. walked Jose Bautista to force Smolinski has seven RBIs home the tying run. in his past four games and Gray gave up nine hits and has playedin six games for two runs, struck out three and Oakland since being claimed walked two in seven innings. &om division rival Texas.

I t confirmed t hat D a v i s Edward Mujica worked the Facing a lefthanded startbarely beat the throw by eighth then gave way to Clip- er for the third straight game, shortstop Jose Reyes, for his pard, who blew a save Satur- the A's got runners aboard fifth career walkoff hit and day against the Twins. against Felix Doubront every first since July 1, 2014. That Clippard walked leadoff inning. Doubront allowed two ended the B-hour, 49-minute batter Danny Valencia before runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 Devon Travis doubled. innings in his third start of game.

Josh Reddick hit a one-out Josh Phegley and Stephen the season and fourth appeardouble against Roberto Osu- Vogt each hit RBI singles for ance.

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er knows how to pick a champion leader, it's putting the franchise in the hands of Nolan and Singletary.

2. York is ignoring some history-

that had just been eliminated in the playofls and had a young core-Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson-and Kerr added to -Kerr won five championships as a that by putting together one of the player under legends Phil Jackson best coaching staffs in the NBA. and Gregg Popovich, was a general Tomsula is taking over an 8-8 managerand a long-time announcer team that since then has lost Patrick and was one of the hottest names on Willis, Justin Smith, Chris Borland, the coaching market when the War- Frank Gore, Anthony Davis and sevriors hired him. eralgreat assistant coaches.

Tomsula has none of that backAlso,there is no reasonable perground and was notone of the hot- son who would currently call Tomtest names on the coaching market sula's current staff one of the best in last winter. the NFL. Actually, if you' re going to com4. By drawing a parallel to the pare the Kerr hiring to anything in Warriors' firing of Mark Jackson, 49ers history, you'd compare it to the York finally is tacitly conceding that hiring of Harbaugh-with multiple yes, he and Baalke actually fired other teams in play-in January Harbaugh.

2011.

Who was the first principal to But York and general manager say that Harbaugh was essentially Trent Baalke would prefer not to do fired? That would'vebeen Harthat. baugh, to me, in mid-February, after 8. Kerr inherited a Warriors team

area on a routine throw.

Other than those two set plays,the Americans largely dominated. They f i nished with a 10-3 edge in shots on goal — including eight in the second half, as they furiously charged at Jamaican goalkeeper Ryan Thompson, who plays for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the third-tier United Soccer League.

Thompson was up to the task, turning aside every shot but Michael Bradley's goal in the 48th minute.

"My phone hasn't stopped, as you can imagine," said Barnes, savoring one of his country's greatest victories.

"Back in Jamaica, there's got to be a party going on. Everybody knows how we are."

At the final whistle, the Jamaicans charged onto the field, hugging and waving their flag while a small contingent of fans, clad in green and gold, saluted their underdog team. This was a glorious moment for an island nation of about 2.9 million people, one that had nothing to do with Olympic champion Usain Bolt. A t eam ranked 76th in the world became the first Caribbean nation to reach a Gold Cup final and will face Mexico, 2-1 winner over Panama in

In the varsity division, Sonora's team of Aubrey Modrell, Eric Warner, Colton Castro, Chase Miller and Austin Alberto, finished fourth with a 954.

They were only six targets behind the first place score of 960.

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the wild second semifinal.

The Jamaicans want more, said their German coach, Winfried Schaefer. eWe have one more match to play," he said. "Bob Marley isforafterthematc h."

The 34th-ranked Americans, who had played in five straight Gold Cup finals and were the defending champion, willface the loser ofW ednesday's second semifinal in the third-place game. They also must meet the Gold Cup winner in a playoff for the North and Central American and Caribbean berth in the 2017 Confederations Cup. It marked the first time the U.S. was eliminated by a CONCACAF team en route to the Gold Cup final. In the era when teams outside the region were invited guests, the Americans lost semifinals to Brazil in 1996 and 2008, and a quarterfinal to Colombia in 2000.

In the early going, it looked as though the Americans might romp to another impressive win after a 6-0 blowout of Cuba in the quarterfinals. In their first game in Atlanta in 38 years, they had most of the chances but kept sending good looks wide or over the net.

Suddenly, Jamaica jumped

separation was "mutual."

If the CEO will mislead everyone on something as simple as this, when can you ever trust him?

5. The worst part: York isn't so much praising Tomsula, really, York is congratulating himself for his own darmg and gemus.

If Tomsula turns out to be a great coach, it will happen on the field, and York and Baalke will get full credit.

But York couldn't wait for the games; he had to reach for the splashiest example out there, and now anything short of an epic 49ers season will seem like a failure-according to the owner's own words.

Obviously, Tomsula doesn't need that kind of pressure, the players don't need it, and the fans don't need it.

Jed York, though, decided it was the way to go, and if you don't like it, what are you going to do about it?

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ahead. Kemar Lawrence got everything on a long throwin, delivering it perfectly into the penalty area. Mattocks, with his back to the goal and sandwiched between defenders Ventura Alvarado and John Brooks, leaped up for a dazzlingheader that caught the underside of the crossbar,out of a leaping Guzan's reach, and dropped beyond the goal line. Guzan had taken a step off his line and scrambled back for the ball, but it was too late. He slammed it in disgust as the Jamaicanscelebrated.

The U.S. goalkeeper was really steaming minutes later, when his huge mistake set up Jamaicafor a commanding lead.

On a routine throw downfield from the edge of the penalty area, Guzan's right arm went over the line when he let go of the ball. That gave the Jamaica a dangerous free kick and Barnes hooked a shot over the defensive wall and into the right side of net, while Guzan was covering the opposite side.

After th e g oal, Guzan screamed at the linesman who made the call, but the replayshowed itwa stheproper one.

"He made the decision 2 or

3 yards behind me," Guzan said. "Those decisions, they sometimes don't go in your favor. But you' ve still got the &ee kick. You' ve got to defend it. He hit it well."

Bradley added, "It's a call you don't see very often. It's a call I wouldn't be making if I was a referee. But I'm not a referee."

The Americans fought back. Early in the second, Aron Johannsson ripped a shot that was smothered by Thompson, but he couldn' t hang on to the ball. Dempsey tried unsuccessfully to poke it under the sprawled-out keeper, and Bradley swooped in on the third whack for the goal that sent the sell-out Georgia Dome crowd of some 68,000 into a frenzy.

Bradley nearly evened it in the 57th, when his shot onehopped off Thompson's chest, caught the near post and deflected away.

The Americans had a few m ore good chances therestof the way, but none that came

close.

Now, they' ve got to deal with a shocking loss.

"We had enough chances to putthree or four or five in

there," Klinsmann said. "We didn't do it. That's why we lost."

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BRIEFS MLB considering trade deadline date NEWARK, N.J.— Commissioner Rob Man&ed thinks baseball may need to consider moving the trade deadline back to give teams in the hunt for a wild card more time.

A second wild card in each league was added in 2012, keeping more teams in playoff contention long past the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline. And those clubs may not have enough time to evaluate whether their rosters are good enough to get one.

"I think that the July 31st deadline is something that we may want to revisit in the context of the revised playofF format," Manfred saidWednesday.

"Obviously when you have two additional opportunities to be in the playofFs, you have more teams in the hunt and they may want to wait a little longer before they make decisions."

"On the other hand, you' ve got to remember, we want teams that the core of which have been together for the year playing in the postseason," he said. "So you have to just balance those two issues, I think."

Man&ed spoke before joining MLB Ambassador for Inclusion Billy Bean on a panel at the "Beyond Sport United" program.

Commissioners Adam Silver of the NBA and Gary Bettman of the NHL had taken part in earlier discussions.

What goes Lipalso goes down at Tour PRA LOUP, FranceThe speedometer clocked between 50 and 60 kilometers per hour (30-37 mph) as the pine trees whipped by, and the riders leaned left to right and back again to negotiate the snaking, bumpy descent.

Winning the Tour de France isn't only about having the ability to get uphill fast. You' ve got to have nerves of steel going downhill too.

Chris Froome proved Wednesday that he's got both. The 30-year-old Briton retained the leader's yellow jersey as the Tour sped toward its Alps crescendo.

The 17th stage included a harrowing 16-kilometer (10-mile) descent that dealt perhaps the final blow to Alberto Contador's distant hope of a third Tour victory and doused the ambitions of promising French rider Thibaut Pinot for a stage win. They both lost time after hitting the asphalt on the way down &om the treacherous Allos Pass.

Germany's Simon Geschke won the stage by surging out of a breakaway bunch and keeping at bay Andrew Talansky of the U.S., who was second, by 32 seconds at the end of the 161-kilometer (100-mile) ride &om Digne-Les-Bains to Pra Loup ski resort.

Fellow American Tejay van Garderen, who was third overall, pulled out of the race with a headache and alack ofenergy after fighting a respiratory infectionforseveraldays.

Navy to play NDin San Diego in 20f8 SAN DIEGO (AP)Navy and Notre Dame will play their annual rivalry game at iokualcomm Stadium in San Diego in 2018, the first meeting between

the longtime rivals west of the Mississippi.

The Fighting Irish and Midshipmen have played 88 times and earlier this month agreed to play in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2016.

The teams play this season on Oct. 10 in South Bend, Indiana. The 2018 game issetforOct.27.

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TCAM swim trio fast at National Senior Games Over 10,000 senior athletes, including three Tuolumne County Aquatic Masters swimmers, converged on the Minneapolis area for the biannual ¹ tional Senior Games.

From July 3-16, athletes ranging in age50-to 102-years-old competed in 19 difFerent individual and team sports.

The meet was held at the Freeman Aquatics Center on the campus of the UniversityofM innesota.The 25-yard width of the 50-meter pool was used

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for the racing events. Swimmers competed in five-year age divisions in each event.

Ruth Garretson, 69, had an impressive medal showing, capturing second in five of her events. In her last and longest race of the meet, the 500-meter &eestyle, she placed fifth.

overthe lastseveralyears.

Kirby Smith, 68, continues to find success by competing in distance events. He dropped six-seconds under hispreviousbestin the 200 breast to finish sixth. Smith improved by two in the 100 breast and one in the 50 breast.

Garretson set a new team record in Swimming in the 80-84 division, the 200 backstroke, 3:39.47 and her Bob Garretson, 82, placed on the medal swims were in the 50 and 100 medal stand in all six of his events. He butterfl y,50,100 and 200 back. Her swam a personal best by two seconds besttimes have significantly dropped and set a new team record in the 200

"The biggest thing is to be getting back out there and having fun with it," Cain said.

"Everything is coming back together,being able to throw with these guys after having such a long break.."

Padres ace James Shields left with a 1-0 lead after throwing 96 pitches in five innings, and th e b u llpen promptly gave up the lead.

"I was still good to go," said Shields, who added that he

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back, 4:03.12. All six of his swims were faster than hisracesin 2014 and2015.

The three TCAM swimmers swam well paced raceswith fast,com petitive last lap efForts. In several races, each one came from behind to out touch other competitors at the finish.

The entire TCAM team continues to focus on stroke training and conditioning throughout the remaining months of the summer in preparation for the team's annual Pinecrest swim and for fall meets.

plenty more in the tank. I' ve dy play area beyond the fence to bring in Posey. been in that situation plenty of in right-center on a 3-2 pitch The Giants piled on with times in my career and I defi-

nitely had more in the tank" The Giants are 2'/2 games Murphy said it was a combibehind NL West leader Los nation of things, including the Angeles and are in the mix for pitch count and Shields workthe second wild-card spot. ing hard.

"A certainpart ofthe order Bochy said it was important thatCain had adequate rehab coming up that I knew (Martime. cus) Mateo could get out of," "All these starts are crucial," Murphy added. 'The pitcher Bochy said. "We' re in the back is leading ofF, a one-run game. half now. We' re not in a posiI think James understood it, tion where we can get a guy understood interim manager too. A baseball decision." ready here."

Pat Murphy's decision. "I had Belt homered into the san-

&om Mateo with two outs in

three more runs against Dale

the sixth.

Brandon Maurer (6-3) came on for the seventh and allowed Angel Pagan's one-out single before getting Joe Panik to ground to first. He walked Matt Duffy, who checked his swing on a 3-2 pitch, before Posey doubled to right, with the ball landing just in &ont of a diving Matt Kemp to give the Giants a 3-1 lead. Hunter Pence singled to right-center

Thayerin theeighth.Brandon Crawford hit a leadofF homer into the Jack Daniels' party deck atop the wall in right field. Justin Maxwell had a pinch-hit RBI single and Duffy had an RBI base hit.

Shields, coming ofF his first victory since June 3, held the Giants to three hits in five scoreless innings while striking out seven and walking three.

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B.crswford (14h Gyorko (5). SB — Belt (5), De. Norris (3). CS — Alonso (5).

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PB — De. Norris.

Umpires — Home, Ssm Hororook; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Glint Fsgsn; Third, Chad Fairchild.

T — 3:20. A — 38,435 (41,164).

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2B —Travis (17), Zobrist O 9h Reddick O 3). HRValencia (7). SB — sums (20), Semien (9h CSBurns (4). SF — Smolinski.

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Umpires — Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Pst Hoherg; Third, Bob Davidson.

T — 3:49. A — 18,827 (35,067).

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Per GF GA D.C. United 1 0 7 5 3 5 24 20 Columbus 8 7 6 30 31 30 New York 8 6 5 29 29 23 Toronto FC 8 7 3 27 28 28 New England 7 9 6 27 27 33 Orlando City 6 8 6 2 4 23 26 Philadelphia 6 11 4 22 26 34 Montreal 6 8 3 21 24 27 New Yorkcitypc 5 9 6 21 24 28 Chicago 5 11 3 1 8 20 28 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T p t s GF GA Fc Dallas 1 0 5 5 3 5 28 24 Los Angeles 9 6 7 34 36 25 Vancouver 1 0 8 3 3 3 24 21 Sporting Kansas City 9 3 6 3 3 28 18 Seattle 1 0 9 2 3 2 25 20 Portland 9 7 5 32 23 24 Real Salt Lake 6 7 8 2 6 21 26 San Jose 7 8 4 25 21 24 Houston 6 8 6 2 4 24 26

Colorado 5 6 9 24 18 19 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Fridsy's game Sporting Kansas City st Real Salt Luke, 5 p.m.

Saturday's games Toronto FC st Columbus, 4:% p.m.

Seattle at Montreal, 5 p.m.

New EnglandatChicago,5:30p.m.

Los Angeles atHouston, 6p.m .

Portland st FC Dallas, 6 p.m.

Sunday's games Orlando City at New York City FC, 11:30 a.m.

Philadelphia st D.C. United, 3 p.m.

Ssn Jose st Vancouver,4 p.m.

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup SEMIRNALS

Wedoesdsy'sgames At Atlanta Jamaica 2, United States 1 Mexico 2, Panama 1 ET THIRD PlACE Saturday, July 25 At Chester, Pe. United States vs. Panama, 1 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 26 At Philadelphia Jsmsicsvs.Mexico,4:30 p.m.

Tennis W TA TEB BNP Peubss IstanbulCup Wednesday, At Kore World of Sports, Istanbul purse: $250~ OntL) Surface: Herd&utdoor Singles — First Round Mons Barthel, Germany, def. Olgs Ssvchuk, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5.

Second Round Roberts Vinci, Italy, def. Alexsndrs Psnovs, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Urszuls Rsdwsnsks, Poland, def. Bojsns Jovsnovski, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.

Msgdalena Rybsrikovs, Slovskis, def. Ipek Soylu, Turkey, 64, 64.

Lesis Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Dsniels Hantuchovs, Slovskis, 6-1, 6-1.

ATP World Tour Konzum Crostie Open Umsg Wednesday, At ITC Stella Marie, Umeg, Gros(is purse: $475ANO ONT250) Surface: QayOutdoor Singles —First Round Dussn Lsjovic, Serbia, def. Lsslo Djere, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3.

Blaz Ksvcic, Russia, def. Andrey Rublev, Russie, 7-6 i0), 2-6, 6-3.

Second Round Joso Souse, Portugal, def. Andress Ssppi (3), holy,6-2,6-2.

Fshio Fognini (5), Italy, def. Dsmir Dzumhur, Bosnis-Herzegovins, 6-3, 7-5.

WTA Nuemberger Gestein Ladies Wednesday, At TCWels76, Bsd Gssteio, Aushhr purse: @60ANO (Intl.)

Surface: Gay-Outdoor Bugles —First Round Johanna Lsrsson,Sweden, def. Stefsnie Voegle, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-2.

Sara Errsni (1), Italy, def. Alisksandrs Sssnovich, Boleros,6-4,6-4.

Anna Ksrolins Schmisdlovs i7), Slovskis, def.

Patricia Msyr-Achleitner, Austria, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.

Second Round Polons Hercog, Slovenis, def. Lucio Hrsdecks (5), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Anniks Beck, Germany, def. Denies Allertovs, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

Dunks Kovinic, Moreenegro, def. Richel Hogenksmp, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-1.

Sam Stosur (2i, Australia, def. Klara Koukslovs, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-0.

ATP Workl Tour SkiStar Swedish Open Tuesday, At BestedTennisStadiun Bssrsd, Sweden purse: $475+00 (WT250)

Surface: Ch eer

Singles — First Round Federico Delhonis, Argentina, def. Rogerio outre Silva, Brazil, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Denis Islomin, Uzbskistsn, def. Diego Schwsrtmann, Argentina, 6-3, 64.

Second Round Thomsz Bellucci (6), Brazil, def. Christian Lindell, Sweden, 6-3, 64.

Alexander Zverev,Germany,def.JuanMonsco (4), Argentina, 64, 6-2.

Cycling Tour de France Wednesday, At pre Loup, France

17th Stage — 100miles to the foothills of the Alps from Digne-les-Bains to PreLoup, with Ave categorized dimhs including a Category 1 to the Col d'Alias and a Category 2 Bnishing ascent to PrsLoup 1. Simon Geshke, Germany, Giant-Alpscin, 4 hours, 12 minutes, 17 seconds.

2. Andrew Tslsnsky, United States, Cannondsle-Garmin, 32seconds behind.

3. Rigoberto Ursn, Colombia, Etixx-Quickstep, 1:01.

4. Thibsut Pinot, France, FDJ, 1:36.

5. Mathiss Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cycling, 1:40.

6. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Lotto NLJumbo, 2:27.

7. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Sky, 3:02.

8. Jonathan Csstroviejo, Sp ain, Movistsr, 3:04, 9. SergePsuwels,Belgium, MTN-Qhubeks, 3:05.

10. Simon Ystes, Britain, Orios GreenEdge, 3:21.

11. Jan Bskelants, Belgium, AG2R Ls Mondisle, 4:26.

12. Daniel Teklehaimsnot, Eritres, MTNQhubeks, 4:50.

13. Rafal Mejks, Poland, Tinkoff-ssxo, 4:54.

14. Merhswi Kudis Ghebremedhin, Eritres, MTN-Qhubeks, 5:55.

15. Ryder Hesjedsl, Canada, CsnnondsleGs rmin, 5:58.

16. Miksel Cherel, France, AG2R ls Mondisle, 6:06.

17. Perrig Quemeneur, France, Europcsr, 6:55.

18. Nsiro Quintana, Colombia, Movistsr, 7:16.

19. Rafael Yells, Spain, Lsm pre-Merida, same time.

20. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, same time.

Aho 21. Alejsndro Vslverde, Spain, Movisrs r, 7 23.

24. Gersint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 8:18.

31. Alberto Contsdor, Spain, Tinkoff-ssxo, 9:33.

129. Tyler Fsrrsr, United States, MTN-Qhubsks, 29:54.

Tejsy van Gsrderen, United States, BMC Rscing, abandoned.

Overall Stsodings (After 17 stages) 1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 69:0649.

2. Nsiro Quintana, Colombia, Movistsr, 3:10 behind.

3. Alejsndro Vslverde, Spain, Movistsr, 4:09.

4. Gereint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 6:34.

5. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-ssxo, 6:40.

6. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL Jumbo, 7:39.

7. Vincsnzo Nihsli, Italy, Asians, 8 04.

8. Msthiss Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cyding, 8:47.

9. Bsuke Mollems, Netherlands, Trek Factory Radng, 11:47.

10. Wsnen Bsrguil, France, Giant Alpscin, 1208.

11. Romsin Border„France, AG2R Ls Mondisle, 16:04.

12. Andrew Tslsnsky, United States, Cannondsle-Gsrmin, 16:25.

13.Samuel Ssnchez,Spain,BMC Racing,17:52.

14. Pierre Rollsnd, France, Europcsr, 18:37.

15. Serge Psuwels, Belgium, MTN-Qhubeks, 20:07.

16. Tony Gsllopin, France, Lotto@oudsl, 2012.

17. Jsrlinson Psresno, Colombia, IAM Cyding, 21:14.

18. Thibsut Pinot, France, FDJ, 26:14.

19.Jan Bskelents,Belgium, AG2R Ls Mondisle, 39:22.

20. Gorks Izsgirre, Spain, Movistsr, 40:48.

Aho 155. Tyler Fsrrer, United States, MTN-Qhubeks, 3:09:22.

Transactions BASEBALL Ameucsu League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Raced INF/OF Steve Pes roe on the 15dsy DL, retrososve to Sunday.

Recalled RHP Kevin Gausmsn from Norfolk (IL).

Released LHP Wesley Wog hr. Agreed to terms with RHP Nichel Alcsresra end LHPDana Eveland on minor league oontrarSs. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Steven

Wright end LHP Brian Johnson to Psw rucket (ILi.

Recalled RHP Joe Kelly from Pswhjcker.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Designated LHP Joe Thatcher for ssisgnment. Recalled RHP Vincent

Velssquez from Corpus Christi (TL). Agreed to terms with OFAlejsndro Gsrds and RHPAngelo Serrsno on minor league contracts. Sent SS Jed Lowrie to Corpus Christi (Tu for s rehsh assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed LHP Jason Vsrgss on the 1Wsy DL. Recalled RHP Yordsno Ventura from Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELESANGELS —Optionsd RHP Cory Rasmus to Salt Lake (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with 3B Aderlin Rodriguez on a minor league oontract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF Grady Sizemore to Durham ilL). Reinstated OF Steven Souzs Jr. from the 15-dsy DL TEXAS RANGERS —Agreed to terms with RHP Eury Rodriguez on s minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUEJAYS —Aguud to terms with RHP Jobs Chamberlain on s minor league contract. Claimed INF/OF Ty Kelly off wsivers from Sr. Louis sod assigned him to Buffalo (IL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Designated LHP Clayton Richard for assignment. Recalled RHPs Dallas Beler snd Yoervis Msdins from lowe (PCL).Sent LHP Zsc Rosscup to Tennessee (SL) for s rehsh assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled LHP Tony cingrani from Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES —Sent OF Corey Dickuson to Albuquerque (PCL) for rehsb assignment LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Adam Libersrore to Oklahoma City(PCL).Recalled LHP iso Thomas from Oklahoma City.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jeremy Horst on s minor league contra or.

NEW YORK MHS — Agreed to terms with 3B Jonsthsn Gslvez on s minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES —Selected the contract of RHP Aaron Nolo from Lehigh Valley (IL).

Reinstated RHP Jerome Williams from the 15dsy DL PITTSBURGH PIRATES —Optioned RHP Wilfredo Boscsn to Indianapolis ilL). Selected the contract of INF Pedro Florimon from Indisnspolis. Designated LHP Jsyson Aquino for assignment. Sent Ors Gorkys Hernandez to Indisnspolis (Iu end Andrew Lsmbo to the GCL R rates for rehah assignmeurs ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Mitch Hsnis to Memphis i pen fora rehah assignment SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned 36 Will Middlehrooks to El Paso (PCL). Recalled OF Abraham Almonte from El Paso.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optionsd LHP Josh Osich to Sacramento (PCL). Reinstated LHP Jeremy Afbldt hum the 1Wsy DL Sent OF Nori Aoki to Sacramento for s rehsh assignment.

Optioned Josh Osich to Sacramento River Cats.

American Assocu4on AMARILLOTHUNDERHEADS — ReleasedRHP Chri Bslcom-Miller and INF Taylor Smart.

FARGCMIIOORHEADREDHAWKS —Rshassd LHPs Joe Heros snd Mike Mason.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP AJ Quintero.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Released INF Brian Myrow.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed INF Cie Arell.

LAREDO LEMURS —Released LHPJon Jones.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Released INFs Austin Stubbs snd Tony Delmonico.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Traded INF Taylor Oldham to Forgo-Moorhesd for future considerstions. Traded LHP Al Yevoli to Sioux Falls to complete sn earlier trade. rrorrher League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Austin Dslmotte.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed OF Cody Herald. Released LHPs Zsch Lessrron snd Jason Ziegler.

BASKEIBALL Netionsl Basketball sociation CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed FTyler

Hsnsbrough.

DETROITPISIQNS —Sig ned F StanleyJohn-

son.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G Seth Curry to s Nro-yes r contract and rs Quincy Acy snd Duje Duksn.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed F Jonsthon Simmons sod G Jimmer Fredette.

FOOIBALL National roothsll lesgue CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OLJoe Msdsen,Placed DB If o Ekpre-Olomu sod TE Rsndall Telfer on the non-foothsll injury list and DL Tory Slater on the PUP list.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Agreed to terms with D Josh Manson on s Nro-yesr contract.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS —Signed D Travis Dermott to s three-year, entry-level contract.

American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS —Signed G Anthony Peters, D Justin Agosrs sod F Matt Willows to twouvay contracts snd D Jake Chelios.

M torsports INDYCAR —Fined driver James Jakes $500 for not putting his visor down during s pit stop dur-

ing Saturday's race st lowe Speedway.

SOCCER MBJor Les9ue Socosr MLS — Announcedthe red card punishment of Orlando City F Cyle Lsrin hss been rescinded by the Independent Review Panel. Fined Orlando City coach Adrisn Heath for approaching match oScisls st halftime; Montreal coach Enzo Concins for using offensive, abusive sod insulting language towards s referee; snd Seattle M Thomas for simulation. Suspended Vancouver M Crisrian Techers one game for violent conduct that endangered the safety of sn opponent rC DALLAS —Signed M Ezequiel Ciriglisno on loan from River Plate (Argentine).

COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Suspended G Anton Beard, Fs Jscorey Williams snd Dustin Thomas indefin~ fiom the men's basketball team shor being arrested for using counterfeit money to buy merchandise.

HIGH POINT — Named E.J. o'Keeffe men' s soccer coach.

HOLYCROSS — Named Chrispothierassislsnt field hockey coach.

IOWA — Announced OLReid Sealby will transfer.

JOHNSON C SMllH — NamedTory Woodbury ofl'ensive coordinator.

LOYOLA MARYLAND —Named Trevor Quinn men's assistant basketball coach.

ST. SCHOLASTICA —Announced the resign+ tion of sohbsll coach Jen Wsltsrtotakethe same poseon sr M>ooesots Duluth.

TENNESSEE — Named Sean Pscetti director of men's golf insbucbon sod player development WEST ALABAMA — Named Alexis Meeks assistant vollsyhsll mach.

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THE UNION DEMOCRAT

C4 — Thursday, July 23, 2015

Sonora, California Q U E S T I O N S 4r ATT I T U D E

Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers

S PEE D F R E A K S

3 THINGS WE LEARNED AT NEW HAMPSHIRE

A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Any chance youbetagainstKyle at Indy?

GODSPEAK:All race teams need to bring their own white flag and just surrender to Kyle and the No. 18 Toyota

But a few of

those "proper" A wreck in the New Hampshire garageadded places have

come and gone to the gray in Jeff's beard.

2015, and right about now, you have to wonder if he' s really destined to win a race in his final

season.

How surprising is that?

At first blush, given Gordon's record, it seems surprising for Gordon to be winless19 races into the season, particularly if you assume Hendrick Motorsports wants to send him into retirement with all due glory.

week. Gordon was backing up and BANG! He got whacked

by Bowyer. "It's a wonder that stuffdoesn't happen more often," Bowyer said.

Percentage on chance Kyle misses the Chase?

GODSPEAK:Zero. He isgoing to takethisallthe way through. Heck, he has three months' rest on everybody.

KEN'S CALL:I'd say 33 percent chance. All it takes is one 40th-placefinish and he's

What aboutsecond blush?

Though therewas a fluke mishap inthe garage with Clint Bowyer last weekend,

2. On the clock Drivers are hearing their

we shouldn't be surprised. When a racer

mechanical clocks ticking. Ten drivers have straight-up qualified for the 16-driver Chase

leaning behind the eight ball.

playoffs, plus Kyle Busch is charging toward a berth. That leaves only seven regular-

Put a grade on NBC's coverage so far.

GODSPEAK:They were just handed the ball. No touch-

seasonraces leftto scorethat magical win, which nearly guarantees a playoff slot.

downs,but no fumbles. Ask me in November.

Race teams were using all sorts of racing strategy to win

are there, so I'd say a B so far.

has engaged the right-side blinker, with an exit ramp just ahead, he rarely goes at it full speed. He wants to, but never does. And with no more sponsors to please or attract, what's in it for the team?

Crew members for Jeff Gordon (not pictured), driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet, work on their car after an incident in the garage area with Glint Bowyer (not pictured), driver of the No. 15 Toyota, during practice for the NASCARSprint Cup Series 5-Hour Energy 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Saturday.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willisgnews-jrnl.corn

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3. No strategy

KEN'S CALL:No boogityboogity-boogity, which rates an A-plus. But growing pains

AP PHOTO/CHERYL SENTER

already in

NASCAR Cup drivers need to be on their toes at all times, considering how Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon banged fenders in the garage area last

KEN'S CALL:Unless it turns into a fuel-mileage deal, you go with the top team at the Brickyard. It's either Kyle or Kevin Harvick.

at New Hampshire. Kyle Busch b r eak," he said. "That was our drove hard and got a big saving bucket right there." opportunity at the end of the Ta k e note, Cup teams. race to win. "We got a lucky

— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.corn F EUD O F

O NL I )lgE E X T R A S

TH E W E E K

3 THINGS TO WATCH

news-journalonline corn/nascar

1. Can Jeff defend?

facebook.cong nascardaytona

This could be Jeff Gordon's

last ride at Indianapolis, and he returnsto the famed Brickyard as the defending race champion. Drivers put an Indy win right on the rear bumper of theDaytona 500. If he wi ns his sixth Indy race Sunday, Gordon won't be back. If he doesn' t, he left the door open to running there in 2016.

Maybe. Sorta. Kinda.

Ianascardaytona Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@newsjrnl.corn or Ken Willis at ken. willis®news-jrnl.corn

SPRINT CUP POINTS

28. Sam Homish Jr.

proper place.

1. Fender bender

on race morning.

1. Kevin Harvick 2. Joey Logano 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Martin Truex Jr. 6. Brad Keselowski 7. MattKenseth 8. Kurt Busch 9. Jamie McMurray 10. Jeff Gordon 11. Denny Hamlin 12. Kasey Kahne 13. Ryan Newman 14. Paul Menard 15. Aric Almirola 16. Clint Bowyer 17. Carl Edwards 18. Greg Biffle 19. Austin Dillon 20. Casey Mears 21. Kyle Larson 22. Danica Patrick 23. AJ Allmendinger 24. David Ragan 25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26. Tony Stewart 27. Trevor Bayne

Is Indy the last natural place for a Gordon win?

Given Jeff's Hoosier racing background, yes,Indianapolis would be a

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2. No Toyota win Team Toyota has never won the 400 at Indianapolis. Toyota got into the NASCAR Cup Series in 2007, and the car company has yet to bag this stock-car beauty. Of course, Kyle Busch has won three of

the pastfour Cup races since coming off the DL. All four Joe Gibbs Racing Camrys have scored wins in 2015. This could be Toyota's big chance.

Dillon

AUSTIN DILLONVS. DENNY HAMLIN: Hamlin did the bump-and-run on Dillon to win Saturday's Xfinity race and drew the ire

of Dillon. "He called me a spoiled rich kid two years ago. And I hate it," Dillon

said.

GODWIN KELLY'S TAKE:If anything would have happened, it would have happened last Sunday with the wound still fresh

on Dillon's mind. They raced each other clean. Nothing to see here.

The last laps led by Jeff Gordon at Indianapolis Motor Speedway were in this Corvette pace car for the May 24 Indianapolis 500. Gordon hopes to lead a few more laps this Sunday at Indy.

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has gone on to win the NASCAR Cup title eight times.

Jeff Gordon was the first to turn the double in 1998.

The Crown Royal 400, originally known as the Brickyard 400 when it debuted in 1994, has a way of identifying

SPRINT CUP:Crown Royal 400 SITE:Indianapolis Motor Speedway TV SCHEDULE:Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 1 and 4 p.m. EDT).

Saturday, qualifying (NBC SN, 1:10 p.m.

EDT). Sunday, race (NBC SN, coverage begins at 3, green flag at 3:45 p.m. EDT)

Jimmie Johnson was the last in 2009. This is more than

championship contenders.

coincidence.

Since 1998, the race winner XFINITY:Lilly Diabetes 250 SITE:Indianapolis Motor Speedway TV SCHEDULE:Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. EDT). Saturday, qualifying (NBC SN, 11:35 a.m. EDT), race (NBC, 3 p.m. EDT)

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June 7 —Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 (Martin Truex Jr.) June 14 —Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch) June 20 —Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Kyle Busch) July 5 —Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) July 11 —Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Kyle Busch) July 19 —New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kyle Busch) July 26 —Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero's Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis Aug.2 —Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 9 —Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 16 —Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug.22 —Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

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DID YOU KNOW? It's not to the scale of the $400 million Daytona Rising

project, but Indianapolis Motor Speedway is also undergoing renovations in advance of next year's 100th Indy 500. The price tag is reportedly $30 million and includes upgrades to upper-deck seating, restrooms,

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