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Jim Briscoe, project director for Tuolumne Economic Development Authority, stands near the children's play area for the Strawberry Music Festival.
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Tuolumne residents hope to benefit from concert series By ALEX MacLEAN
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Many longtime Tuolumne residents are anticipating next week's Strawberry Music Festival as an opportunity to breathe new life into the once-bustling
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Thousands of people are expected to descend upon the Westside property between downtown Tuolumne and Summerville High School for the four-day folk music festival that begins Thursday. Several other events have been organized in town to coincide with the festival, including a yard sale, art exhibition and soap box derby. "It's a little overwhelming with all of the events we' re having over the weekend,"said Tony Krieg,finance manager
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ing in from out of town." Up to 3,900 attendeesand about 1,700 festival employees, vendors and musicians are expected at the event that runs &om Thursday to the morn-
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Last week, a five-month-old homeless German shepherd was starving and on the verge of death in Utica Park. On Wednesday,the puppy found a home — all because of the Pet Bath House, a business in Angels Camp that providesdog, cat and bird grooming, boarding, training and daycare. Aftera socialmedia post about the German shepherd in need of a home, a Portola Valley resident inquired and later adopted the puppy — but not before a full spa and grooming treatment
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Electrician with Two Ton Electric Todd Edwards (left), and owner Slim Markley work together to run power for the lighting and sound for the main stage at the upcoming Strawberry Music Festival.
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Deb Christenson is the supervisor at the Pet Bath House in Angels Camp.
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pulled &om consideration for entry in a national disaster resiliency competition. The Pacific Gas & Electric Main Canal, which consists of concretelined ditches and 11 wooden flumes, is considered a lifeline for Tuolumne County, and it is also one of the county'sgreatest vulnerabilities, Tuolumne Utilities District officials said in preliminary disaster resiliency project descriptions. Tuolumne County was selectedin December 2014 as California's sole representative in the national disaster resiliency competition because of the 2013 Rim Fire. It wasthe third-largest fire in state history and it burned more than 400 square miles, primarily in the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park. There's $1 billion in award money on the table in the competition, and the maximum amount a single entity can beawarded is$500 million, Deputy County Administrator Maureen Frank said Friday.
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Theater on look-out for weapons By SEAN CARSON The Union Democrat
Weapons searches at Regal SonoraStadium 10 on Friday had Mother Lode moviegoersappreciative ofthe safety measure, but q uestioning the effectiveness of the new policy. Theater employees now search every bag for weapons, part of a company-wide policy put into effect by Regal Entertainment Group after shootings in Louisiana and Tennessee theaters this summer.
Though weapons are not explicitly mentioned on signs at the theater or on Regal's website,local theater staff confirmed Friday the new search is to stop weapons &om entering the theater and saidithas been in effect for about four weeks. See THEATER/Back Page
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