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A glass ball by local artist Doris Olson depicts Santa under the Twain Harte arch.

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Did 2015bring a new ornament to the tree? Countless families and visitors traveled through Sonora this holiday season, but the popular keepsake and gift may have eluded those looking to capture their time in the Mother Lode. Gifts shops and antique stores along

Morton impresses ceramics with vintage linens, then stains and glazes the Most are made outside of the area, pieces. She' s made a batch ofabout 100 and only a few represent the foothills ornaments in this style for the past two town. Those that do simply say "So- years. nora." Morton is among a handful of local "It's not my style," said Sonora artist artists who craft unique ornaments Dana Morton. eI'm surethere are art- that lie tucked away in art galleries or ists that will do that, personalize things shelved in the artist's home and take a with names, but it's just not something I do." See ORNAMIKl'S / Back Page

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Holiday traditions offer a way for communities to hold onto the past and bond over shared experiences. Christmastime i n Tuolumne County is marked by annual parades, special events and community dinners intended to bring people togetherand spread the holiday cheer. Though many past traditions have faded with time, others remain familiar. "Celebrating Christmas in Tuolumne County began in the Gold Rush, very simply and humbly," said Sharon Marovich, a local historian.

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The house was an old one, grandfathered into the 0.87 acre parcel off Avenue A in Mountain Ranch. One story, two-bedrooms with ton g ue-and-groove cedar planks on the walls and ceiling, it was Anthony Soito's home for two decades, until the Butte Fire roared

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through Calaveras County back in September. On a recent day, he stood outside facing the empty lot, A water tank sits next to a tent on Soito's property. to his left a steep hillside, badlycharred,trees almost lights — two plastic bins full lights that would flicker onunrecognizable. To his right — outlined the house. Often and-off. "The lights had five or six was a sparse treeline and he left them on all night. "I'd say i t l o oked like different settings on them," a roadway that previously could not be seen, providing Christmas," said Soito, and Soito said. an ideal escape from his pre- chuckled. Soitohas collected ornavious home in the Bay Area. Inside, a set of lights ran ments most of his life. Among "I had it all," Soito said. through the various antler his favorites were the sentiIn any other year, the trophies on the walls. Two mental ones, like one his sisChristmas display outside artificial trees — one 6 feet ter painted with his name on his household would illumi- tall, the other 4 feet — would it or another he made out of nate the Mountain Ranch be placed on differentends of noodles when he was a kinsky. the house, but near a window dergartner. An inflatable Santa Claus so that they could be seen Soito said his girlfriend, accompanied an inflatable from the outside. Soito said Brenda Lundgren, had a Frosty the Snowman on the he always liked to decorate Star Wars collection that front l awn. M u l ticolored the trees with multicolored lookedlikevarious types of

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spaceships that would light up. But that is the past. All the decorations are gone as are the three paintings his father, Vernon, who died recently of cancer, painted, and countless photos ofhis family. He had collections, including knives and guns, eight chainsaws and all of his climbing career that dated back to his

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This year, Soito has a fake Christmas tree, about half a foot tall, sitting on his fridge in his temporary housing unit. For a while he and Lundgren lived in a small camping tent. The couple moved into a temporary housing unit provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency early this month. It is there, in a box similar in size to a school bus, where they sleep in temperatures no warmer than 50 degrees each night. Security is a c o ncern. Without a house alarm, he sleeps with a .44 magnum and shotgun nearby. He See SOITO / Back Page

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They were probably living in tents and very cold." Gold miners traveled to the area by the thousands during the mid-19th century in hopes of striking riches, some of them leaving behind familiesback East asthey tried to carve out their fortunes in the new frontier. A book published in 1959 by the California Historical Society, "Christmas in the Gold Fields,1849," provides some See TRADITION / Back Page

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It was 89degrees outside with cold rain coming down and a winter storm warning in effect through early Christ-

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Christmas Dinner with Friends, 1 to 4 p.m., Sonora Opera Hall and Tuolumne Veterans Memorial Hall.

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aimed toserve and distribute 1,800 meals Thursday as Tuolumne County residents took part in the annual Christmas Eve Day Dinner, a Mother Lode tradition since the early 1980s. Chief master cook Bob Killgore and a squadron of helpers in his kitchen put togetherplates of ham or turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, stuffing and rolls inside the John Muir Building at Mother Lode Fairgrounds. People with vehicles took 5 00 meals up the hill t o get to see Santa. We have a Groveland Community Hall, wonderful community. This where more volunteers with is the season when everybody the area's Wheels Program comes together and I just love delivered the food to individ- it." ual homes, said event coordiKaz Matsuoka lives in Los nator Cathie Peacock, of Long Gatos and keeps an office in Barn. Sonora, and he came to the dinner with his &iends, including Christian Damek, of 'Everybody comes Sonora. together' "This is a person's heartSanta was on hand to hear felt impulse to contribute youngsters tell what they' re to the community," Damek hoping to get for Christmas, said. "That is what the world and donations spurred in part depends on, this kind of senby Harley-Davidson riders timent. Perhaps that is too and a toy drive that started philosophical, but that is why in Jamestown in October en- I am here." sured hundreds of wrapped presents were ready to make Bringing the cheer children's wishes come true. Natalie Serrano, of CopVolunteers serving plates peropolis, said she'sbeen com- of food Thursday included ing to the Christmas Eve Day Tracie Riggs, deputy adminDinner for 15 years since she istrator and Office of Emer-

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A large crowd of people gathered for food, music and cheer at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds for the Christmas Eve Day Dinner Thursday afternoon (top). Preparing plates for the dinner are (left, from left) Donna Salazar, of Sonora, Annette Chiara, of Sonora, Heather Palmer, of Soulsbyville, and Leanna Salazar, of Sonora. Mahogany Councilman, 6, of Jamestown (above), sits with Santa at the event. Kaiden said he was enjoying the atmosphere and camaraderie. "It's goodespeciallybecause we' re helping," Kaiden said. Terri Bell, who identified herself as Head Elf, said she appreciatesall the advance volunteer work it takes to put on the Christmas Eve Day

noon Thursday was light compared with previous years. "Usually it's packed by noon," Bell said. 'This is the least I' ve ever seen, since 1986.It'stheweather,thefear of snow coming so low with this storm. It's going to be a trickle-in day I think."

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eWe raise funds at the Old Mill Run in April in Columbia," Bell said. "And we acceptdonations,ofcourse.All the toys for this event are supported by the Harley-Davidsontoy drive.Ialso getdonations for the toys from the post office. They have a tree there with tags showing gender and age of the children, and people bring gifts." Bell has been helping with the dinner for years, and she said the crowd shortly after

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"I adopted two girls, and Tuolumne County. I'm inthe process of adoptDana Sp u r r ier, of ing another from Montana," Tuolumne, said she came Serrano said. eWe came here with her husband, Mare, and to get warm and have some her sons Kaiden, 10, and Lanlunch, and my daughter and din, 6. "This is our first year comgrandson came up. "I first found out about this ing to this," Spurrier said."We from Social Services," Ser- came to help out. Mare is in rano said."We love to come working in the kitchen and and bring the kids, and they we' re here greeting people."

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Peacock said there were 221 volunteers working to make the dinner happen, from ages 7 up into their 80s. They sent out 759 meals altogether and planned to serve the rest right there at the fairgrounds. "I think the biggest thing is this event is free and open to everybody," Bell said. "So there's community spirit on Christmas Eve." Contributors for the Christ-

mas Eve Day Dinner include Mount C a rmel C a t holic Church, Parish Group Groveland, Pine Alley Rentals, Producers Dairy, Safeway, Sonora Area Foundation, Sonora High football players, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, TCA master swimmers, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Black Oak Casino, Sandy's Specialties, US Bank-Twain Harte, Vic's Towing, Waste Management, Women of the Moose, the 4-H Helpers, Kiwanis Club of Sonora, Burger King, Childrens Christmas Party, Curtis Creek School sta8' and administrators, Diestel Turkeys, Interfaith Community Social Services, Jim and Cheryl Perola,L. Kuckler family, McDonald's, Clarke Broadcasting, The Union Democrat and anonymous cash donors.

Notice of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) December 21, 2015 — The USDA, Rural Utilities Service has received an application for financial assistance from the Lake Don Pedro Community Services District (LDPCSD) for the construction of Well ¹5 to supplement the community's water supply during this drought emergency. The proposed project consists of construction of a groundwater well to serve as a public drinking water source, as well as the necessary associated well exploration, drilling, testing, pipeline and

e lect rica I connections and well controls. As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rural Utilities Service has assessed the potential environmental effects ofthe proposed projectand has determined that the proposal will not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an Environment Impact Statement will not be prepared. The basis of this determination is the review of all environmental information including any comments from the public and regulatory agencies. Copies of the Environmental Assessment can be reviewed at the LDPCSD office located at 9751 Merced Falls Rd., La Grange, CA 95329 or obtained at the USDA Rural Development Modesto Office, 3800 Cornucopia Way, Suite E, Modesto, CA 95358. For further information, please contactJose Guardado at 209-538-3783. A general location map of the proposal is shown in Figure 1.

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San Jose, and Alma Arlett, of Sparks, Nevada; nine grandchildren, 15 greatgrandchildren, and many great-great-grandchildren ranging from three months to 13 years old; and numerous nieces and nephews. Noral was preceded in death by he r h u sband, Philip Rudden; her brother, J.Ross Donald; her sisters Juanita Stewart and Geraldine Chacon; and her son, Robert Rudden. No services scheduled. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

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San Jose for 10 years. She enjoyed making afghans as a hobby. Noral is survived by her daughters; Donna Romine, of Sonora, and Joan Venell, of Bethel Island; her sisters Opal Winterhalder, of

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Michael Larson sensed something was wrong with his co-worker when he sat next to her in the break room Monday at Walmart in Sonora. It was just before noon and Larson, who works the 4 a.m.

to 1 p.m. shift, was taking his fmal break before docking out for the day. Dori Linden,of Tuolumne, was on her lunch break and snacking on slices of green apple when a piece became lodged in her throat. Linden couldn't breathe. She reached out and touched Larson's arm.

Death Notices in The Union Noral (Donald) Rudden Democrat are published free was born March 1, 1918. of charge. They include the She passed away Dec. 12, name, age and town of resi2015, atthe age of 97 at dence of the deceased, the Avalon Care Center. date of death; service informaNoral lived in Tuolumne tion; and memorial contribuCounty for 20 years. She tion information. The deadline was a cosmetologist for is noon the day before publicaHarts Department Store in tion.

LEECH Dalton Leech, 88, of Sonora, died W ednesday a t Me m o r ial Medical Center i n Modesto. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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"I kept thinking that if this goes on one more minute, this is going to be the end for me," she said. "I'm going to die in the break room." Larson thought that Linden might be choking. Her skin was turning gray. The only word she could say was "apple." He asked if she was choking, and she nodded. He then asked if she could breathe, and she shook her head. 'Tm thinking, 'I'm watching this woman about to die,' " said Larson, of Soulsbyville. The quick action he took

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one's life. More than 36 years ago, Larson was staying at a motel near the Oregon-California border when he saw smoke billowing from one of the rooms. A man had apparently fallen asleep with a lit cigarette and caught his bed on fire. Larson said he had to kick open the door and pull Maggte Beck / Union Democrat the man to safety. Michael Larson, 56, of Soulsbyville, saved the life of his This also wasn't the first coworker. Larson administered the Heimlich maneuver time Linden's nearly choked as she was choking on a bite of apple. to death. The same thing happened next was the difference be- den said. "Finally when it was at a restaurant in Oceanstween life and death. like, 'I'm OK,' I looked at him ide about two years ago and Larson, 56, reached deep and said, rMy God, thank you it was a Marine who came into his memory bank from so much!' and hugged him." to Linden's rescue. She said a physical education class in Larson, who has worked at she plans to have her tonsils college where he learned the Walmart for 18 years, went and throat checked out soon Heimlich maneuver. back to fmish his shift but to see if anything's wrong. aYou try to remember what couldn't stop thinkmg about Linden said she and Laryou' ve learned," he said of the what had just happened. son have been acquaintancmoment. "You have to make He searched the store for es over the years of working sure your hands are in the Linden to make sure he didn' t at the store, chatting from right position near the dia- bruise or harm her in any way time to time in the break phragm, otherwise you could while performing the maneu- room. crack ribs or do damage." ver. She's thankful he decided Afterthree tries,the piece Linden told him that she to sit at her table Monday. "Luckily, he was there for of apple was freed from Lin- wasn't hurt and thanked him den's throat. for what he had done to save me," she said. "If I was in "It took awhile for me to her life. there alone and didn't know ''We both started crying," he what to do, it could've been even breathe until another lady calmed me down," Lin- said. really bad."

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Two arrested after armed robbery, pursuit the suspect in a robbery reported Sunconspiracy, resisting or delaying an of- day at Burger King in East Sonora, in ficer and robbery. which about $200 was stolen. According to a Sheriff's Office press When the sergeant attempted to release,deputies responded to a re- stop the Dodge pickup, the driver did port at 12:22 a.m. Thursday that a tall not stop,the press release said. man wearing all black enSheriffs Sgt. Andrea Benson said tered Flyers Mini Mart on the vehicle pursuit began on Bergel Mono Way, held the clerk Road, went under Sullivan Creek at knifepoint and fled the Bridge, down Hess Avenue to Phoenix scene with an undisclosed Lake Road and ended on Oak Knoll amount ofmoney. Road. HutchinT he cl er k r e c e ived a At that point, Reel and Hutchinson son mino r cut during the inci-fled the vehicle on foot but were apdent and was transported prehendedshortlyafter. During an interview with authorito Sonora Regional Medical Center for treatment,the press release said. ties, Reel admitted to the Flyers Mini While responding to the report, a Mart incident along with Sunday's Sheriff'sOffice sergeant located a Burger King robbery. blue Dodge pickup near Flyers with Reel and Hutchinson are being held two people inside. The sergeant noted at Tuolumne County Jail on $50,000 the driverresembled a description of bond each.

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Two people were arrested early Thursday afteran armed robbery of an East Sonora mini-mart led to a two-mile vehicle pursuit in Sonora. One suspect admitted to therobbery,as well as a Sunday night robbery of nearby Burger King, the Tuolumne County SherRe e l iff's Office reported. Timothy Michael Reel, 22, of Sonora, and Kamelia Rose Hutchinson, 22, of Long Barn, were arrested following the incident. Reel was charged with evading a peace officer,conspiracy, resisting or delaying an officerand robbery. Hutchinson was charged with giving

11:31 a.m., Groveland — A woman was harassed on Pine TheSonora Police Department Mountain Drive. 11:42 a.m., Sonora area —Sevreportedthe following: eral mailboxes were found open on Crestridge Avenue. WEDNESDAY 12:08 p.m., Sonora area —Mail 11:12 a.m., reckless driving was stolen on South Creekside — A man wearing red-and-black Drive. flannel driving along Mono Way 12:09 p.m., Mi-Wuk Villagealmost hit a woman. An Olo Win Trail cabin was ran12:07 p.m., vandalism sacked. Someone threw an egg at a ve1:21 p.m., Columbia — A hicle parked on East Pasadena man walking on the side of ParAvenue. rotts Ferry Road waved his arms 1 p.m., theft —A flashlight was around and acted strange. stolen from a South Washington 1:23 p.m., Sonora area —A veStreet business. hicle parked in a Mono Way park1:04 p.m., theft —A leaf blow- ing lot was broken into. er was stolen from a truck parked on Terrace Avenue. Felony bookings 5:06 p.m., reckless driving — A person driving along South StewWEDNESDAY art Street cut off other drivers. 9:45 p.m., Sonora —Blake AnThe SheritF's Office reported drew Ryan, 31, of the 17000 block of Clouds Rest Road, Soulsbythe following: ville, was booked on suspicion of bringing a controlled substance WEDNESDAY into prison or jail after an arrest 12:36 a.m., Sonora area —An on Mono Way. unknown person drove a truck 10:45 p.m., Soulsbyvilleup and down Buckhorn Mountain Ryan Anthony Thomas, 36, of Road. the 21000 block of West Crystal 4:59 a.m., Jamestown — A Falls Drive, was booked on susnaked person walked along High- picion of theft or extortion of a way 108. motor vehicle and misdemean8:49 a.m., Sonora area — A or evading a peace officer, drivw oman's garbage can w a s ing with a suspended license moved by an unknown person a and driving without a license afquarter-mile down Tinnin Road ter an arrest on Willow Springs away from her house. Drive.

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Christmas is the power of the small Many people ignore Christ, not because they hate Him, but because they simply don't understand him. (An even larger number think they understand Him but don' t;that's a topic f or another day.) , I t s t arts w i t h His origin. Christ' s birth as an utterly i nsignificant, i m poverishedNazarene Jew was not what many expected of the Messiah. He was God. He could have come as a king and ruled the earth. Indeed, when He was grown and in His active ministry, there were times when He had to slip away from those

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king. On the day He died, He told Pontius Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world." He deliberately eschewed power. Why? Because the power of an earthly king is the power ofgreatness;itis the power to impose by force. Christ came to show the power of love. And love can never be imposed by force. The power of love is the power of the small. It is not merely the circumstances of Christ' s birth that many find difficult to comprehend. So many of Christ's admonitions seem counterintuitive: loving your enemy; turning the other cheek; forgiving someone who has wronged you "70 times seven times." Again, greatness is hidden in smallness. The smallness of these gestures belies the greatlove that ittakesto dothem — and the great miracles of healing that they produce. Virtually everything good is accomplished by small things. This message is often lost — even (or perhapsespecially)bythosewho seek to dogood for others. For some, that kind of good can only come from government — a large institution with the power toforce people to do what we are certain is right. For others, whose inclinations run more to-

ward philanthropy than governance, this takes the form of a belief that to truly make a difference, you need alot ofpeople,a lotofm oney,a big organization. Actually, no. Consider all the unrest and unhappiness we have seen on college campuses in the past year or so: claims of sexual assault, deprivations of due process on response thereto; claims of racial discrimination,and calls for restrictions on free speech; scream-fests, insults,widespread protests. All the while, there are calls for "something to be done." And these are usually big somethings: lawsuits, the installation of new leadership or public policyproposals atthe stateor even federallevel. But it is the small things, often overlooked as insignificant, that could truly change the climate on college campuses for the better. Starting with kindness. How many of these seemingly insurmountable problems could be resolved if we were simply determined to be kind to one another? It is so easy to dismiss this as idealistic and ineffectual nonsense. And yet, at some level, we know it to be true. Or, at least, we recognize it when we

see it. In keeping with the collegiate theme, perhaps you' ve seen a few of the videos that have gone viral recently: the University of Nebraska football team let a young cancer patient play — and score a touchdown — in their 2013 spring game. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UCLA decided to serenade and deliver flowers to a girl undergoing chemotherapy at the Mattel Children's Hospital across the street, and then put her name in Christmas lights on the roof of their fraternity house. A group of Georgia Tech students pitched in $1,600 in a surprise "thank you" card to the security guard who works every day at the Scheller College of Business. There are dozens — perhaps hundreds — of such examples. What do they all have in common? They are small gestures, easily done by a handful of people. And yet those touched by those gestures will never forget them. What was done by these students could be done by others. What can be done on college campuses can be done anywhere. W e see sorrow and loss and suffering in t h e

world, and the enormity of it seems overwhelming. It is natural to ask, 'What can I possibly do?" But Christmas is a reminder, every year, that we can do much more than we realize. God became human. The omnipotent became powerless. In so doing, He has proven to humanity that we, who often think ourselves insignificant and powerless, have incredible power at our fingertips: the power of the small. The power of love. May God bless you with the spirit of Christmas in your heart, during the holiday season and throughout the year. Professor Laura Hollis has received numerous araarda for her teaching, research, community service and contributions to entrepreneurship education.

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Ambivalent relationships can affect health High on most checklists for ensuring a long and healthy life is being married. Marriage is said to bestow protective health benefits, such as low blood pressure and bettercholesterolnumbers. But does putting a ring on it confer the same well-being to all married couples or even most? No, according to a recent study out of Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City. It suggested that people in "ambivalent marriages" are not so healthy as othermarried couples. This and similar studies have their critics, but they provide a needed deeper look into the nature of each marriage. The Brigham Young researchers asked married people without children to answer questions on how their spouse responds to their worries, their requests for advice and, im-

portantly, their good news. Does the spouse share in their happiness? About three-quarters of the husbands and wives surveyed see their spouse as

YOUR VIEWS Rationality rare onguns To the Editor: Congratulations to Gary Sipperley for his rational and lucid discussion of the 2nd Amendment. But we should all recognize, however, that when it comes to the 2nd Amendment, rationality is rare: Ideology and paranoia are the rule. In a civil societyreason would be therule,ideology and paranoia the exception. Not so in the USA. For example, there are no credible examplesofany government body or person "trying to take our guns away." Not one. There is an irony here in that those who are so concerned with their gun rights and who frequently refer to the Constitution don't really know how our system of checks and balances really works. These same people continually charge our President with being a dicta-

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National budgetasell-out To the Editor: House Speaker Paul Ryan spent last week explaining how a loss was really a gain as he sought to justify the Republican cave-in on the trillion-dollar national budget. Basically, he said the GOP couldn't win with a "divided government," meaning that with Barack Obama in the White House, it would be futile to seek necessary reforms. We' ll really try next year, he said. Good luck with that, as a president with nothing to lose in his last year proceeds to inflict on America as much of his destruc-

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''When you know someone is not going to be supportive, you acclimatize to that," Arthur Aron of the Interpersonal Relationships Lab at Stony Brook University in New York told a reporter. "But if they are sometimes one way and sometimes the other way, it's much harder." Ambivalence could help explain why so many couples live together rather than marry. Some of that could be a matter of keeping one's options open and, with it, an expectation of constant change reinforced by the gig economy. In other, more bloodless words, staying a freeagent leaves a path open "should something better come along." Surely, some of these couples end up marrying to end the craziness of having options. Not that divorce isn't a possibility. It obviously is, but it's a lot less traumatic to simply pack one's suitcase and, as the song goes, "hop on the bus, Gus" than to go to

sometimes supportive, sometimes not. They are ambivalent. The researchers repeatedly took all the respondents' blood pressure readings. Not surprisingly, those in relationships with mixed levels of support had higher blood court. pressure than those in consistently supIn olden times, marriage was an unportive marriages. breakable lifetime vow for all except heirSome social scientists looked at the esses and Hollywood stars. The joke went: Brigham Young study and suggested that "Would I ever consider divorce? Never. the health drain in an ambivalent mar- Murder, frequently." riage may not be the spouse's negativity so The anthropologist Margaret Mead saw much as the unpredictability. the growing acceptance of divorce as a

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Bay Area parksare drone no-fly zones OAKLAND — With many drones expected as Christmas gifts, a San Francisco Bay Area parkdistrict is reminding people that flying them on park property could ground the pilot with a hefty fine. The Contra Costa Times reports Thursday that the East Bay Regional Park District is reminding the public that motorized, remote-controlled aircraft are not only illegal to fly over its parks, but could pose a danger to helicopters and planes, while also disturbing wildlife and other park visitors. Cindy Margulis, executive director of Golden Gate Audubon Society, says recreational

then and how he wound up in Romulus, Michigan, isn' t clear, though the fleas and matted fur he had indicated he might have had a bit of a rough time. The Columbus woman says someone found him in Romulus and took him to an animal shelter, and a microchip in the dog helped workers track down the owner. Green says the dog has been doing well since he returned home in mid-Decem-

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SACRAMENTO (AP)The governor of California pardoned Robert Downey Jr. on Thursday for a nearly 20-year-old felony drug conviction that sent the Oscarnominated actor to jail for nearly a year. Downey was among 91 people granted pardons for criminal convictions after demonstrating they had rehabilitated themselves and been out of custody for at least 10 years, Gov. Jerry

m ainstay fora seriesofdrug- don after getting a judge to related arrests,has become issue a certificate of rehabilione ofHollywood's greatest tation,according to a proclasuccess stories for career and mation released by Brown's addiction rehabilitation. of5ce. It said Downey has Since 2008, Downey has "lived an honest and upright portrayed "Iron Man" in a life, exhibited good moral seriesofDisney blockbuster character, and conducted films, including 'The Aveng- himself as a law-abiding citiers," based on the Marvel zen." comic books. An email sent to Downey's The 50-year-old actor is a agent Jim Toth and a call to two-time Oscar nominee for his attorney Blair Berk were his roles in 1992's "Chaplin" not immediately returned. and 2008's 'Tropic Thunder." The Democratic governor, Downey's legal troubles a former Jesuit seminarian, began in June 1996 when he has made it a practice to iswas stopped for speeding on sue pardons around ChrisPacific Coast Highway and tian holidays. authorities found cocaine, her- The state's longest-serving oin and a pistol in his vehicle. governor has now issued In 1999, he was sent to 1,087 pardons, including 683 prison for roughly a year af- in the past five years and 404 ter he acknowledged violat- during his first eight years ing his probation. in of5cefrom 1975-1983,acDowney obtained the par- cording to his of5ce.

Brown's office announced.

Christmastime tornadoes hit South

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss.Bobby Watkins and his wife huddled beneath their oak dining table as storm winds roaring outside their Missisdrones can scare birds away sippi home tossed a barn onto from essential activities like their truck outside, tore the feeding, roosting, and nesting. steeple off a nearby church The Federal Aviation Ad- and reduced a neighboring ministration this week began building to rubble. "Santa brought us a good requiring drone owners to register with the agency be- one, didn't he?" Watkins said fore flying outdoors. Even reg- Thursday as the couple took istered drones are banned at a Christmas Eve stroll amid the regional parks. Citations the destruction in rural Benfor violating the drone ordi- ton County, Mississippi. "I nance cost about $300. may have lost some stuff, but I got my life." Others were less fortunate. At least 10 people were killed in M i ssissippi, Tennessee and Arkansas as spring-like FRESNO — Authorities storms mixed with unseasay they arrested a Central sonably warm weather and California man setting off spawned rare Christmastime home-made explosives in his tornadoes in the South. Emerneighborhood, leading inves- gency officials blamed the tigatorsto a trove ofweapons severe weather for injuring aild drugs. scores of others Wednesday Lt. Joe Gomez of the Fres- and destroying dozens of cars, no Police Department said homes and businesses. Thursday that a search of The threat of tornadoes 49-year-old Alan Robertson's eased asthe line of storms home uncovered bomb-mak- moved east Thursday and ing devices, an Uzi pistol, a brought heavy rain and thunsawed-off shotgun, metham- derstorms to Atlanta and the phetamine and cocaine. Carolinas. In the worst-hit Police say t hat n e igh- communities, search parties bors reported an explosion hunted for missing people Wednesday night; neighbors and volunteershelped clear told of5cers that for months debris on a day often reserved they' ve heard blasts coming for gift wrapping and lastfrom the home, sometimes minute shopping. severaltimes a night. Police say they suspect the WORLD home is source of gunshot blastsalsoreported. Robertson was booked into jail on charges including possession of destructive devices, ROME — In an act of bomb-making c omponents clemency, Italy's president and for having illegal drugs has shaved two years off the with a loaded firearm. sentence of a former CIA R obertson could not be base chief convicted in abimmediately reached at his sentiain the 2003 extraordihome. nary rendition abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect. NATION With t h e d e cree, announced Wednesday night by the presidential palace, President Sergio Mattarella reduced Robert Seldon LaCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A dy's sentence to seven years Yorkshireterrier that disap- from nine. Mattarella also peared out a doggy door at an wiped out the entire penalty Ohio home three years ago — three years — faced by anhas been reunited with its other American convicted in owner after being found about the case, Betnie Medero. The 200 miles away, near Detroit. palace statement noted that Ta'Shina Green tells The "neither of the two is curColumbus Dispatch the male rently in Italy." They are among 26 Ameridog, named Rexxn, was 2 V2 years old when he went miss- cans convicted in absentia in ing. Where he's been since the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric, Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Dec. 24 Omar, from a Milan street. The palace said Italy's head of state above all took into consideration President Barack Daily 3 Obama's ending the practice of extraordinaryrenditions, Afternoon: 7, 3, 2 which Italy and the European Union consider "incompatible Due to an early deadline, evening lottery with the fundamental prinresults will be reportciplesofa Stateoflaw." ed in Friday's paper. — The Associated Press

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The pardon does not erase recordsofa conviction,butit restores voting rights and is a public proclamation that the person has remained out of trouble and demonstrated exemplary behavior, according to material on Brown's website. Downey, once a courthouse

No benefits

Most of those pardoned Thursday were convicted of drug and property crimes, though three were convicted of arson, one of kidnapping and one of vehicular manslaughter. Three were convicted of assaults using deadly weapons and one of carjacking with a BB gun. Many are now residents of other states. The hundreds of pardons Brown has issued in each of his four terms are typicalexcept for his three immediate predecessors. Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger granted 15, Democrat Gray Davis granted none, and Republican Pete Wilson granted 13. Former Republican Gov. Ronald Reagan g r anted nearly 600, according to Brown's of5ce.

EPA wants toxic Nevada copper mine placed on Superfund list

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to designate the contaminated land a Superfund site, a step the state could still oppose. Rural neighbors of the World War II-era mine that has leaked toxic chemicals for decades won a $19.5 million settlement in 2013 from companies they accused of covering up the contamination to drinking water wells near Yerington, about 65 miles southeast of Reno. The EPA sent a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval this week announcing its intention to place the mine on the list of the nation's most polluted sites to "mitigate exposures that are a substantial threat to the public health or welfare or the environment." "If we do not receive a written response from the state by Jan. 29, we will assume that Nevada is in agreement with EPA and will proceed with proposing the site for addition to the NPL," Jared Blumenfeld, the agency's regional administrator in San Fran-

ST. LOUIS (AP) — No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or worktraining.Form any who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered injuries and anguish in Iraq, Afghanistan an d e l sewhere, standard veterans

benefits are o8'limits. The discharge serves as a scarletletter ofdishonor, and theeffects can be severe: Ex-military members with mental health problems or post-traumatic stress disorder can't turn to Veterans Affairs hospitals or clinics; those who want to goto college aren't eligible for the GI Bill; the joblessget no assistance for career training; the homeless are excluded

cisco,wrote in a Dec. 22 letter obtained by The Associated Press. NPL is the acronym for the Superfund's National Priority List. Aides to Sandoval had no immediate comment. Nevada has opposed past EPA proposalstolistthe site,fearing an effecton propertyvalues and any precedent that could be set by federal intervention in the miningfriendlystate,the world's sixth-biggest producer of gold. But Nevadaregulatorsestimated earlier this year that it would cost $30.4 million to address only what the EPA considers the most immediate health and safety concerns, and the state has been unsuccessful in obtaining financial assistance from those responsible forthe damage. Under the Superfund listing, the EPA would cover 90 percent of the costs. Itcomes afterresidentsfiled a class-action lawsuit in 2011 accusing Atlantic Richfield Co. and parent company BP America Inc. of "intentionally and negligently" concealing the extent of uranium, arsenic and other pollutants leaking into their drinking water wells from the mine.

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T he Department o f Defense said of nearly 207,000 peoplewho left the military last year, just 9 percent received what' s referred to as "bad paper." Still, that's more than 18,000 people last year and more than 352,000 since 2000, Defense Department data shows. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a Colorado Republican who's on the House Armed Services Committee, believes many of those men and women suffered battle-rel ated problems that a ffected their behavior, especially PTSD an d t r a umatic brain injury. A 2005 study showed Marines deployed to combat who were diagnosed with PTSD were 11 times more likely to receive less-than-honorable discharges.

B ETHLEHEM, Wes t Bank (AP) — Christian faithful from around the world on Thursday descended on the biblical city of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations at the traditional birthplace of Jesus, trying to lift spirits on a holiday dampened by months of Israeli-Palestinian violence. The fighting cast a pall over the celebrations. C rowds were thin a n d hotel rooms were empty. While the annual festivities in Bethlehem's Manger Square went on, other cel-

Thursday, although violence raged elsewhere in the West Bank. Israeli a uthorities said three Palestinian assailants were killed as they carried outor tried to carry out stabbing or car-ramming at-

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Continued from Page Al insight into how the holiday was celebrated in the early mining camps. The book reproduces recollections written in 1909 by Joseph J. McCloskey, a New Yorker who spent the Christmas of 1849 panning for gold along Woods Creek in Sonora. A 23-year-old McCloskey was with two other men when their camp fiooded in a rain storm on Dec. 21, forcing them to move farther down

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Artist Doris Olson holds examples of Mother Lode-themed ornaments and holiday cards she has created over the years.

the creek.

Some of the men became depressed on Christmas morning because they had never been away &om their families on the holiday, including McCloskey. To lift their spirits, the men gave each other presents from the supplies they had on hand, such as a broken-bladed pocketknife, silk handkerchief and pencils. Later, they combined their food provisions to prepare a Christmas feast that included bacon, bootleg coffee, fiapjacks and johnnycakes baked on a shovel. "Grouped about the fire, we all sang the old Christmas songs again and again, the eyes of each man seeking and finding in the fiames familiar scenes of home back East," McCloskey wrote, as reproduced in the 1959 book. Many miners left the area in droves after the gold diggings played out. However, some stayed and formed communities that started their own Christmas traditions. Former traditions in the City of Sonora included the placement of a large Christmas tree on a stone monument that once sat in the

middle of Washington Street at Stockton Road. Starting about the 1930s, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. would cut down a tree each year &om the high country to put on top of the monument. Utility workers would climb the power poles to help string lights and ornaments around the tree. "It was all a community operation," said Leonard Ruoff, 95, of Sonora. The tradition came to an end when the stone monument and fountain on Washington Street were moved in 1959. Both now sit at the

parking lot on the corner of Washington and Church streets. As some traditions fade away, however, oth-

ORNAMENTS Courtesy photo / Tuolumne County Historical Society

An old photo from the 1940s provided by the Tuolumne County Historical Society shows a former Christmas tradition in which a large tree was placed atop a stone monument in the center of Washington Street at Stockton Road in Sonora. ers arecreated totake their place.

In the 1980s, the Sonora Beautiful Committee began decorating the downtown area each year during the holiday season with "swags," which are old-fashioned decorations made from pieces of cedar with pinecones and bows. The city also began hangiiig wreaths &om the light posts along Washington Street later that same decade, according to Elena Linehan, who was the city's Main Street manager at the time. cWe wanted to make the town look festive,"

she said. "I think the wreaths are very stately looking." Both traditions continue on to this day. Other ongoing traditions that began in the 1980s include the Santa's workshop attraction in Courthouse Square, the annual downtown Christmas parade on the day afler Thanksgiving, Pop Hudson Memorial Christmas Sing and Mut's bean feed. Dorothy Brown, of Jamestown, was living in Sonorawith her husband, Jim, who ran a printing shop on Stewart Street, when she came up with idea for the parade based on one she had seen in El Centro. "We needed something going ondowntown, so that's why I started the Christmas

parade," Brown said. The parade,which turned 32 in November, is now considered one of the city's premier annual events. Originally consisting of only about 10 entries, the parade now regularly draws dozens of participants and thousands of spectators to downtown Sonora. Brown also lobbied the Sonora City Council during the 1980s to start the Santa's workshop attraction in Courthouse Square, which she said was originally constructed by inmates at Sierra Conservation Center state prison in Jamestown.

"It makes me feel very, very thankful and very grateful that I could help with some of this," Brown said. While these current traditions show no sign of slowing down anytime soon, history suggests they may eventually become another memory of a bygone era. However, Tuolumne County's Christmas spirit will assuredly live on. "As time goes on, people find difierent ways to celebrate what is a specialtim eoftheyear," Marovich said. "Other traditions come along and give people an opportunity to express themselves in a joyful manner during the holidays."

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county considers flood zones. "I'm just waiting and listening," Soito said. "I'm waiting to see if the county will harass them about it." As of now, Soito believes he will eventually purchase a manufactured housing unit. But he does not know where, on his lot, to place it. If he moves it up the hill, it will be susceptible to fire down the line because of the amount of trees in the vicinity. "I believe where my house was beforewas an ideal place in case of a fire," Soito said. For the immediate future, the

Continued from Page Al says he is alert and suspicious of strangers, prompting him to check outside his new home roughly every other night. Until about three weeks ago, he cried every day. Now he just shakes his head when he looks at the empty lot where his house once was. The county says he cannot rebuild his home on the space where his house once was because it is now a Rood zone. In the months following the fire, Soito says he has been scatterbrained. He does not know times or dates anymore — the days morph one into the other. "To be honest, I'm just not in the Christmas Spirit this year, Soito said. "I'm still trying to get over this, not having a house. I'm trying tonotgettoo depressed about it."

Christmas past It was about 12 years ago, on Dec. 17, that Soito's mother, Marie,passed away from cancer.It hit him hard. "Christmas kind of sucked after that,"Soito said. After she died, he developed an indifference to living. And, about six months after she died, he almost lost his life. He said while working as a tree trimmer for Provco Inc. he got into

the habit of trimming trees widely considered dangerous. Once, while climbing, a tree snapped. Soito fell toward a powerline. Before impact, however, his rope tightened, diverting him toward an adjacent tree and away &om death. It wasn't until the next day, when climbing an oak tree over a canyon, that he realized what had almost happened. "I started going out there and all of a sudden, it hit me. I started shaking," Soito said. He became more cautious and mindful. Instead of rushing into a job,he learned to look at a job more thoroughly, he said. "Itsortofopened my eyes,"said Soito, a man of faith, who added that he was angry with God after his mother passed away. "I was reckless because my mom passed away." Christmas Day with Marie was special. His family, including four sisters, would get together on Christmas Eve in the Bay Area to go to mass. From there, they would spend the night together and open Christmas gi's the following morning. Since his mother died, the celebrations have changed. The family gets together, but usually on the weekend before or aRer the holiday. The festivities typically take place at a different venue, still in the Bay Area, each year. Soito had been trying to host a Christmas celebration, but says the commute to the foothills would be difficult. Typically, the recent more re-

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Tony Soito sits in the modular building he now calls home. His Avenue A residence burned in the Butte Fire in September and he had to wait for FEMA to provide the temporary housing.

Continued from Page Al bit more searching to purchase. Watercolorist Doris Olson once captured scenes of Sonora and Twain Harte on countless glass balls and holiday cards, but hasn't made a new ornament in the three years since her husband died. The artistsold cards for years before members of the local chapter of Omega Nu, a women's sorority, found a way to transfer the images to glass ball ornaments. A doctor and his wife took a trip to China and, when they returned, they told Olson and the sorority about a business there that wouldcopy an artist'swork onto glassballs and bells, Olson said. Images of the Sonora High School marching band, Santa Claus flying over a snowcoated courthouse or waving with Rudolph under the Twain Harte Arch, and the Sonora Dome are among Olson's favorites. She still keeps the final ornaments in delicate red velvet cases at her East Sonora home. "It's kind of fun to tell the story of all these different ones," Olson said. For about five years, the sorority sold the ornaments in front of Joan's Boutique, to popular demand. uWe had to start in February," Olson said.

"It was a tremendous amount of work." Olson also sold her ornaments and cards at places like Bob's Greenley Phanmcy and Pottery Plus, now renamed Out of Hand in Sonora, atvariouscraftfairs,and otherlocations. Twain Harte glass engraver Shirley Wilson also makes ornaments each year, etching local nature themes and images of Murphys and Yosemite onto small glass stars. "I have some stencils made up of the little red church," Wilson said. "I just ran out of time this year." "I do what people want," she said. "And a lot of what they do want pertains the area that they live in." Other artists like Ann Nancy Macomber, of Dorrington, and Lori People Fields, of Sonora, have small ornament displays in Sonora's Aloft Gallery. "They' re kind of a kitsch market, kind of a sideline," Fields said. Her ornaments are made of ribbon folded into the shape of a pine cone, and range in

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brown. A neighbor taught Fields the style and severalother crafting techniques before passing away. "I make them to memorialize and honor our time together," Fields said. At least three local business showcases and sell, when available, these artists' holiday and regular works. The Aloft Gallery and Out of Hand in Sonora and All That Matters in Twain Harte all point to artists like Olson, Morton and Wilson when asked about locally made holiday art. But OutofHand owner Gini Sebert and All That Matters owner Babs Desrosiers are quick to include mention of the artists' main works and the myriad of other local art they carry in the stores. The artists themselves have mixed opinions about creating the marketable holiday goods. "Art is so subjective," Fields said. "Any-

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and had no perimeter foundation, does not have the money to purchase a long term solution. cent family gatherings, if they power pole, the customer needs to He is thinking about going back began early, would kick off with a have a county building inspector into the tree trimming business, big breakfast, including sauteed sign off on a permit. something that he hopes can help "When we went to connect him him earn $40,000to $50,000 to linguica with Sauterne, a cooking wine. The event would also on the day two months ago, he purchase the unit he wants — a feature a big, planned out dinner didn't have the county building discontinued floor model of some meal — most often either ham, inspector sign off,n Moreno said. sort. "Those are actually the ones turkey, or in some years, both. In "By law, we couldn't connect him." the time between the meals, the Three weeks ago, a CalRecycle they show to people who come family would drink wine, enjoy debris truck nearly backed into in as they take a tour of the each others company and open his septic tank and hit a tree unit when they come in," Soito presents. while turning around. As the said."Even if they have fingertruck ambled over a miniature printsor are scuffed up,itdoesn't bridgethatleads out from Soito's matter to me. The price would This present propertyover a creek, it rode off be lower if it was discontinued. I Family Christmas took place the edge ofthe overpass,cracking think I can cut a deal." on Dec. 19. Soito did not go. He its cement foundation. Rejoining the tree trimming said hedoes not feelcomfortable The truck just tipped over and i ndustry, something that h e leaving his property unattended, fell into the creek, Soito said. has been away from since 2008, especially after the issues that Despite all the misfortune and would require Soito to acquire a he has encountered with various the series of events, Soito said he climbingsaddle,a setofgaffs,a agencies throughout the post-fire hopes he can step away for an chainsaw and other gear that he hour or two to do the only thing previously owned, but lost in the process. A little more than two months we wants for Christmas — to at- fire. And it may also put him at ago, with debris still on the prop- tend church in San Andreas. risk for potential injury. "I want to try to go to church. erty, Pacific Gas & Electric was Soito, who has had scolioinstalling a temporary power pole Because that's what it's all about sis most of his life, popped his prior to the delivery of a FEMA is Jesus and being born on this neck out 21 years ago while dotemporary housing unit, which, day," Soito said. "Going to church ing situps. Since then, he has at the time, could be installed if it would make me happy." spent thousands of dollars on was far enough away &om debris. Soitosaid he'snotsad toloseal- chiropractic work that he says Midway through the process, an most all of his material goods. The has not worked. Visits to docofficial with PG&E arrived and memories, the joy remain. tors have revealed that he has "Nothing can take away my degenerative disc disease in his shut down the operation until Soito obtained a permit from the memory," Soito said. "Just like neck and potentially in his lower county, something that he was led my house. My house might not be back — though signs of the disto believe would be waived. here, but Ill always remember it. ease in the lower back were un"I went to the county that day. And that's something nobody can traceable in recent X-rays. Had topay $166 for a temporary take away from me." It was because of back issues that he was forced to take power pole permit," Soito said. 'This was after they said all the The f'utum one week off work for every six feeswere going to be waived as months on the job. In the seven long as you rebuild." More than three months af- years he has been away &om the By the following day, he had the ter the event that took his home, job, however, he has not had any permit.A temporary power pole Soito is uncertain about the next issues with his back. And he expects it to stay that was set up on his property about step. He knows he does not want two days later. However, by that to leave the property that he has way, even while re-entering the time, an ordinance was passed lived on for the past two decades, industry. Soito plans on becoming that stated a FEMA trailer could but he wants to wait and see what an independent tree trimmer. Unnot beplaced on a property that others in the community do before like working previously as a subhad debris on it. Ultimately, Soito he decides. contractor for PG&E, he will have had to wait two additional months He knows, through conversa- freedom with his work. If the back before living in a temporary hous- tions Lundgren has had while begins to act up and get stiff, Soito ing modular. working at Sender's Market, of sayshe can stopfortheday,take a "I missed it by two days," Soito 16 people who have lost their muscle relaxer and resume when said. homes and planned on pursuing he feels better. "One of the things I really liked Paul Moreno, a spokesperson a manufactured housing unit. with PG&E, said that before the He says he heard that inten- about tree trimming," Soito said, enterprisecan reconnect electric- tionsare to place the long-term "I can be my own boss. If I don' t ity to a parcel via a temporary modulars at other locations the feel up for the job, I won't take it."

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art. Even if they' re mass producing, the original is the art, the rest is for sale." Whether art or not, there is value in owning something handmade, according to Fields. "I mean, you can go out get a plastic (ornament) ... it's $L50, but it means more when someone created something."

ROADS Continued from Page A1 Officer Nick Norton. Several accidents were reported Thursday morning as snow flurries dropped into the foothills. One accident involved about 10 vehicles on Crystal Falls Drive. Norton urged drivers to be prepared for rapid changes in weather. "Remember that there are limits to our vehicles, and it only takes one driver to get stuck on an incline to create a problem for everybody else," he said. Norton said drivers should always carry chains and should pull off the road completely when installing them. The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly cloudy skies with only a slight chance of snow showers this morning, then becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Skies will be mostly clear Saturday, becoming mostly cloudy by Sunday night with a slight chance of rain through Monday night. Lows are forecast in the mid- to upper 20s tonight and tomorrow night, which could mean icy road conditions. "Carry extra supplies of blankets, food and water and pay attention to the signs on the sideoftheroad,"Norton said.

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Applications for the Sierra Music Scholarships given by St. James Episcopal Church in Sonora are due Jan. 15. Scholarships are awarded in two age categories of 10 to 14 and 15to 20 and are open to students of classical instrumental and vocal music who are involved in private studyinTuolumne and Calaveras counties. Auditions will be held Feb. 6 at thechurch, 42 Snell St. in Sonora. First place scholarship recipients will receive $500 and second place will receive $400. Recipients will also perform in the St. James Concert Series on Feb. 21. The scholarship fund is managed by the Sonora Area Foundation and has awarded $13,000 to 57 students since 1998. For more information visit www. sjconcertseries.org or call Steve Taylor at 586-0529. Tax-deductible donations can be made to the Sonora Area Foundation marked for Sierra Music Scholarship Fund.

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Do you remember this? If so, write us your recollection — context, date, names — and we' ll run it in a subsequent "Flashback" (100 words or less, please). Answers can be emailed to features@uniondemocrat.corn, dropped off at 84 S. Washington St., Sonora, or called in to 588-4535. "Flashback" is a weekly feature in The Union Democrat. Dec. 18 Flashback — Two readers came forward to identify the people pictured in last week's FlashbackTuolumne County Sheriff's Office retired Capt. Jim Earll and Charlotte Hague, of Jamestown. Neither could recall the date or place the photo was taken, but pictured are (from left): Foreground — Steve Szalay, Sheriff Wally Berry and Deputy Mark Bennett; second row — Jail Sgt. Bob Muir, jail Cmdr. Jim Childress and jail Deputy Jim Zapar.

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As a special bonus during January, drop off your cut Christmas tree at the Earth Re cycling Facility. They will give you a &ee load of mulch to take home to enhance your home landscaping. A win-win situation! Real Christmas t rees are a renewable, recyclable resource. Help reduce the waste stream by recycling accept clean cut trees at or composting your Christno charge. The minimum

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• Make a list of your favorite coping tools that you can use for different types of situations. Keep them on hand, in the event something triggers you. • Bring stress-management tools with you wherever you

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• Create a playlist of music that you can listen to when you are stressed. • M ake a fo lder offavorite photos. Look through them to take your mind off what is stressing you. •Writea listofthe reasons you want to change your habits or reactions. They help motivate you. • Set time limits for activities that are diflicult for you. • Reward yourself for your hard work with a healthy activity. • Reach out for support if you need it. Know who you can rely on for help. If your symptoms of PTSD are getting worse or you feel down, reach out to your provider or call the crisis line. If you know someone with PTSD, there are things you can do to make sure the holiday season is pleasant and enjoyable for everyone: • Educate yourself: Read about PTSD symptoms, and how PTSD affects your loved one. • Talk to your family member about what they need to feel comfortable during the holidays. If your loved one needsservices,callCoaching

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Group, 13th Air Force. • Army Pvt. James M. Smith, 19, of Wilcox County, GA, was lost fighting in South Korea on Feb. 12, 1951. He was assigned to Company K, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.

toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-2738255 and press one, chat online,orsend atextm essage to Our Nation in mourning 838255toreceive confidential support 24 hours a day seven These veterans died on days a week, 365 days a year. these dates: Source: Department of VetA full military graveside erans Affairs serviceperformed by theVeterans of Foreign Wars Post 3154 Honor Guard for: Harry C. Roberson, Aug. 12, The defense POW/MIA 1920 — Dec. 12 2015, joined Accounting Agency has an- the Marine Corps in 1940 nounced th e i d e ntification and served in World War II. of remains of two American He was buried at Mountain servicemen who have been Shadow Cemetery on Dec. 18, missing-in-action since World 2015. War II and Korea. Being returned home for Erank Matranga, of burial with full military hon- Sonora, served in theUS. ors are: • Army Air Forces 1st Lt.

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Lunches for Seniors Tuolumne County Senior Center serves lunches from 12:00 to I p.m. Monday through Friday. Seniors of all ages are welcome. For seniors 60 and over, the suggested donation is $4.50. To receive the discount price, registration is required. For nonregistered and individuals under 60, the fee is $6.00 per person. No eligible senior is denied a meal for inability to donate.

Tuolumne County SeniorCenter MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 Potato soup with bacon 8~ cheese, wheat bread with margarine, California blend veggies, green beans, and fresh orange. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 9 P e sto c h icken sandwich with p rovolone cheese, spring mix salad, capri blend veggies, and pears. WEDNESDAY, D E C EMBER 3 0 Me a t loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green salad with carrots 8r cabbage, Bahama blend veggies, wheat bread with margarine, tropical fruit. T HURSDAY, D E CEMBER 3 1 B a k e d fi s h with tartar sauce and lemon, wheat bread with margarine, garden rice, Italian blend veggies, peaches, molasses and raisin muffin. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 Closedfor the holiday. Happy New Year!

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EVENTS The Mother Lode Jewish Community will celebrate Tu B'Shvat (Jewish Arbor Day) on Jan. 31. Tu B'Shvat is also known as the "New Year for Trees." The community will participate in a Seder service conducted by Rabbi Andra Greenwald, share a potluck meal and plant trees. This will be an informal, festive gathering, taking place at a member's home in the Bar XX area (just west of Angels Camp). The Seder is scheduled for 11 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and tree planting at 1 p.m. For more information or to register, call 533-1650, email motherlodejc@yahoo. corn or go online to motherlodejewishcommunity.org. The MLJC's mission is to provide opportunities and events that nurture a

vibrant and enduring Jewish identity, culture and community in the Mother Lode, drawing its members from Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne counties.

New members and guests are welcome.

St. Susanna Orthodox Church offers a series of ongoing Catechism Classes for entry into the church. Classes are held at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Study will focus on the Catechism series written by the renowned Orthodox educator Father T homas Hopko and t h e New King James translation of the Bible. For more i n formation, call 352-6791. St. Sus anna Orthodox Church is at 10825 Robinwood Lane, at the intersection of Jamestown Road, in Sonora. St. Matthew Lutheran Church Women's Missionary League will collect winter outerwear and blankets for donation to Interfaith Community Social Services during December. Anyone wishing to donate can do so at the church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 8 a.m. tonoon Sundays. For more i n formation, call the church at 532-4639. The church is at 3880 Joshua Way, Sonora. Religious

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Wednesdays at St. P a t rick's Catholic Church in Sonora. Classes for students in kindergarten through sixth grade meet in the Parish Hall from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Confirmation c a ndidates (seventh grade t h r ough h igh school) meet in t he Steinmetz house from 6:30 to 7:45. For more i n formation, call Kathy Casas at 7705987 or 532-7139, ext. 110, or email kathy@stpatssonora.org. Meditation and Modern Buddhism in Sonora is offered from 3 to 4 p.m. each Sunday at the Aronos Clubhouse, 37 E. Elkin St., in Sonora. The meetings provide group study, meditations and discussion. Hosts will play recorded teachings by A merican Buddhist n u n Kelsang Chogyop. A $5 to $10 donation is requested. For more i n formation, call 588-8109. New Li f e Re c o very Group will host a "Christ Centered Life Group" from 6 to 8 p.m.W Tuesdays at Harvest Fellowship R.I.O.T. Center at13849 Mono Way, across from Burger King in Sonora. It is themed "Overcoming Emotions That D estroy," and will be led by Kurt and Margie Wiley. The group will teach people the difference between good and bad anger, how to gain control of it, and how to use it i n c onstructive ways.

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household linens, showers • The A m ador-Tu- and haircuts. The program olumne Community Ac- is in need of towels, blantion Agency di s tributes kets, sleepingbags,tents,can food &om 10 a.m. to noon openers, pots and pans, small on the third Tuesday of each working appliances, silvermonth at All Saints' Catho- ware, toiletries, bath towels, lic Church, corner of Joa- layettes for babies and linquin Gully and Cherokee ens. There also is a special roads in Twain Harte, and need for canned soup and at Tuolumne Memorial Hall, cold cereal. Fir Avenue in Tuolumne; It is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A-TCAA Food Bank, 10059 weekdays. Victoria Way, Jamestown; Anyone seeking services Church of the Forty Niners, should bring identification 11155 Jackson St., Colum- or proof of Tuolumne County bia; Lake Don Pedro Baptist residency. Church, 4175 Abeto St., La For more information, call Grange;Mount Calvary Lu- 532-0905. • Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 24176 Pine Lake Drive, Sugar Pine; theran Church in Sugar Sonora Baptist C h urch, Pine holds several events 412 Stockton Road, Sonora; each month to help the comTuolumne County Senior munity. Center, 540 Greenley Road, Events include: Sonora; Tuolumne VeterSenior Exercise, 10:30 ans Memorial Hall, 18375 a.m. every Thursday Fir Ave., Tuolumne. They - Senior Lunch, noon to distribute10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1 p.m. every Thursday (call Monday through Thursday 586-8166 for reservations) and Friday by appointment - Parish Food Pantry, 10 at Columbia College. They a.m. to noon, first Tuesday of alsodistribute from 10 a.m. each month to noon the Friday after the Worshipservices begin at third Tuesday at Groveland 11 a.m. weekly. Evangelical Free Church, The church is at 24176 19172 Ferretti Road, Grove- Pine Lake Drive. Call 586land. 3616 for more information. • All Saints operates a • M urphys Covenant food pantry &om 10 a.m. to Church hosts 'His Kitchen," noon all other Tuesdays. a ministry of &ee hot meals • Columbia Presbyte- offered from noon to 1 p.m. rian Church of the 49ers each Thursday at the church, offersfree food and clothing 34 Jones St. each week. • Seventh-day AdvenHelen Johnson Com- tist Community Services, munity Dinner, free to all, 87 S. Forest Road, Sonora, ofis served at 6 p.m. every Mon- fers clothing, small appliancday in the church social hall, es, blankets, sheets, linens, 11155 Jackson St., Columbia. shoes and coats to anyone Donations are accepted but in need&om 9 a.m. to noon not required. Free showers Mondays and Wednesdays. areoffered preceding thedin- Groceries are given out Monner from 5 to 6 p.m. days and Wednesdays. ATCAA Food Bank For mor e i n f ormation distributesfood at 10 a.m. about services or making a on third Tuesdays of each donation, call 532-1872. month in Lower Sanctuary. • The Food Pantry pro- Nancy's Hope Commu- gram at S ie r ra Bi b l e nity Center, located on the Church distributes food on church campus, is open daily Tuesdays, Wednesdays and from 9 to 4:30 p.m. weekdays Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 and 10 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. a.m. in the office conference M any f re e

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available. Call 533-2647. Call the church at 5322441 for more information. • Faith Lu t h eran Church, 65 Mitchler St., Murphys, hosts a food commodities distribution on the first Thursday of each month including dry and canned goods. There is also a food bag distribution &om 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Monday through Wednesday, available once a month to local residents, in conjunction with the Murphys Senior Center, co-located on the campus. For more information, call 728-2041. • I n terfaith Community Social Services,18500 Striker Court, ofF Tuolumne Road, Sonora, helps those in need with food, clothing,

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from 10 to 11 a.m. every Sat- day of each month at Family Cherie Beuse, 795-0420, for urday. The church is at 18851 Community Church in Angels Angels Camp. Cedar St., in Tuolumne. For Camp. The church is on Main An international organizamore information, call 928- Street, with a second-floor en- tion founded in 1984, Moms 1376 or 206-3090. trance on Raspberry Lane. in Prayer has groups in evFor more information, call ery state and more than 100 559-8035. countries worldwide. Support groups For more i n formation, • Sierra Bible Church Other support services go online to www.momsinCelebrate Recovery meets prayerorg every Thursday in the Youth • Moms in Prayer hosts • As You See Fit, a bouPortable at 15171 Tuolumne one-hour weekly meetings tique run by the Refuge Road, Sonora. in local homes and churches church, is open from 10 a.m. Dinner is served at 6 p.m., during which participants to 2 p.m. every Tuesday and followedby a program at 7 pray for students and their Wednesday. p.m. schools. Moms in Prayer also All the clothes in the store The program is designed supports teaching stafF with are donated by local consignto help those struggling with occasional lunches, get-well ment shops, and customers hurts, hang-ups and habits. cards,notes of appreciation can take what they need, and • Celebrate Recovery, a and retirement recognition. pay what they can. All the fellowship to celebrate God' s For a complete listing of proceeds will go back to the healing power through the meeting times and places, community. 12 Steps and 8 Recovery call Ginny Milnik, 533-4642, For information, call 736Principles, is held at 6:30 for Sonora; Lori West, 962- 2035 orvisitjesusourrefuge. p.m.every Monday attheSo- 5111, for Groveland; and corn. nora Seventh-day Adventist Church. Separate groups for men and women are o6'ered for anyone suffering with chemical and alcohol addictions, codependency, grief recovery, anger,food addiction,divorce and physical, sexual or emotional abuse. ( A freedinner is also offered. The church is at 40 N. Forest Road in Sonora. Call532-3337 for more information. • Celebrate Recovery, Presbyterian a church-sponsored support group for those recovering Church of the 49ers Lutheran Church &om substance abuse and Bible-Based other life issues, meets MonChrist-Centered Come as a stranger. days at Tulloch Bible Church, Sunday Worship Return as a friend. 3566 Spangler Lane, CopService with Choir peropolis. Dinner is served 10 a.m. 13880 Joshua Way at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting Sonora • 552-4659 ,= begins at 7 p.m. For more inWhere Godis theGold 11155 Jackson Street, Columbia formation, call 743-4594. 5unday 5ervices 8 s 10:30a.m. • A cancer support group, SundaySchool & Bible Class9:15 a.m. 532-2441 Snuff Out Cancer, meets at stmatthewchurchsonora.org 49erchurch.org 7:30 p.m. on the third Thurs-

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c oo s name ovem er's s ar s u en s she represents our school as student of the month." Kennedy is the daughter of Kenneth and Kelli Bruce, of La Grange Kloyie Richie, fourth grade, SoulsRayanne Benzie, sixth grade, Belbyville Elementary —Kloyie Richie, leview Elementary(not pictured)1 the daughter of Sean Richie and Nicole Rayanne,the daughter ofTroy and Amy I Benzie, ofSonora,"stands out among Mainard, of Soulsbyville, "always goes P above and beyond to do more than her the many hard-working students here at Belleview School," said teacher Kim share of making our class better," said Haycock. "She has a cooperative, positeacher Jessica Brouns. "She sees what tive attitude, which influences everyone needstobe done without being asked. around her. Rayanne has a unique way She is very kind and cooperative. Kloyie of looking on the bright side of every is especially helpful to students with situation and continues to lift the spirits different needs. She makes them feel Lily Pennisi Hann a Nunnelley Al e x is Longeway Cheyenne Uhl Zahar a Bisset of everyone in our class. She is honest, w elcomed and special." Chinese Camp Columbia Connections Connections Curtis Creek hardworking and takes responsibility Jackson Flannery, eighth grade, ScienceAcademy El e m entary Academy Academy Elementary for her education. She consistently puts Summerville Elementary —Jackson, forth her best effort in everything she theson ofShawnn and Wendy Flandoes. She is always willing to lend a nery, of Tuolumne, "is a wealth of helping hand to students and adults on knowledge in and out of the classour campus." room," said his teacher. "He is kind Lily Pennisi, fifth grade, Chinese and goes out of his way to help others. Camp Science Academy —"Lily is both He hadovercome many obstaclesand a cheerleader on the field and off," said remains an extremely positive and teacher Sheri Betz. "Taking her cheer kind-hearted young man." Jackson has skills right into the classroom, Lily is a a 4.0 GPA and works hard to maintain patient encourager of all her peers. Her his grades. Another of his teachers said, ever-present smile and upbeat attitude "Jackson is an intuitive young man that is infectious as she helps to build up has a precise way of asking poignant her classmates. Having a mature sense questions that stir up greater discusof compassion and empathy, Lily is sions. He is a great guy to have in the quick to notice when there is someone classroom, as well as have a friendly Hailey Hovvren Ari Dias Piper Guin Tyler Rose Shad Tolbert who needs cheering up. I have seen conversation with. Jackson is also on Dario Cassina Don Pedro Foothill Leadership Gold Rush Hickman this both in the classroom as well as in the boys basketball team. He is highly High High Academy Charter Charter the nursing home when the class visits respected by his peers and the teaching the elders. Far from shy, Lily takes the staff." initiative in comforting those who are Jacob Frese, 12th grade, Summerisolated and lonely. Besides having ville High - "Jacob is a hardworking excellent social skills, Lily has also tackstudent who is always willing to lend a led some very challenging academic hand to his peers and teachers," said goals. Her math skills have increased John Contreras, grade-level coordinaa great deal this year as she maintains tor. "He is active in school with yearthe 'can do' attitude even when it gets book and studio art while maintaining a crazy hard. Just recently, she finished a 3.5 GPA. If Jacob's current work ethics long chapter book within a short span are any indication of what to expect of time while acing the comprehension from him in the future, we will see great test despite a reading disability. I love accomplishments from Jacob." Jacob Lily's enthusiasm for life. She makes is the son of Adam and Alice Frese, of me want to stand up and cheer for her Tuolumne. and all the rest of our Dragons." Lily is Jenna Abbott, fourth grade, Tenaya the daughter of Dana and Dan Pennisi, Alex Meek Kaylee Hewitt Ki e r stiahnna Howell Clay R itts Kennedy Bruce Elementary —"Jenna is an excellent of Sonora. Jamestown Lake Don Pedro M ot h er Lode M oun tain Oaks Sonora student who always works hard, keeps Hanna Nunnelley, sixth grade, Elementary Elementary Christian Charter High a positive attitude, and is willing to help ColumbiaElementary — Hanna, the others," said teacher Rob Egger. Jenna daughter of Erin Mutch and Glen is the daughter of Rob and Shelley AbNunnelley, of Sonora, "deserves to be bott, of Groveland. recognized because she is a great allAustin Caldera, 12th grade, Theodore around student," said teacher Natalie Bird High School —Austin, the son of Hornibrook. "She is, friendly, upbeat Tony Caldera, of Twain Harte, "works and kind. She keeps her grades up and hard in his courses and always does a is well-organized. She hasn't had a late great job," said teacher Jeff Hansten. assignment all year. Hanna is involved "Austin is a great guy and a fun person in our school's drama department, as to know. Because of his hard work, he well as playing soccer and basketball. will graduate ahead of schedule. Austin She seems to handle anything in stride completed the CTE Wildfire Program at and always keeps a great attitude." Alexis Longeway, eighth grade, Sonora High School last year and is currently enrolled in the CTE Emergency Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy - "Alexis always has a First Responder course. He plans to Kloyie Richie Jackson Flannery Jacob Frese Jenna Abbott Austin Caldera positive attitude, is very enthusiastic, move to Texas and become a fireSoulsbyville Summerville Summerville Tenaya Theodore Bird and her theater teacher, Van Gordon fighter. I am certain that Austin will be Elementary Elementary High Elementary High describes her as 'bright, vivacious and successful in his career. He is very motitalented,' " said Principal Diana Harford. vated and focused on his future. It really "On her last report card, Alexis earned is a privilege to be Austin's teacher." ing staff. Aside from ing, amiable, young excellent grades including three A-plus- academics, Ari plays William Cook, 12th grade, Tioga man with many skills es. She is also an incredibly talented volleyball, participates and a delightful eager- High —William "has already taken dancer and performer. Alexis is a great the necessary steps to join the United in FFA competitions ness to learn and help asset to our program, and we enjoy see- and is the ASB presiStates Army after graduation in 201 6," others," said teacher ing her smiling face every day." Alexis said Principal Ryan Dutton. "Will came dent. She also had the Daniel O' Connell. "He is the daughter of Lloyd and Nichole privilege of spending is an involved member to us at Tioga a few years back from Longeway, of Sonora. the valley and has really come into his two weeks in Europe of the local ranching Cheyenne Uhl, 12th grade, Conown in terms of maturity and motivation as part of a national community apprecinections Visual and Performing Arts after finding his career calling. He is our high school tour ated by many for his Academy - "Cheyenne is a diligent group. She has taken good humor and sense 'Mr. Fix It' here at Tioga and is currently and dedicated student who is always placed in an automotive internship at The online college classes of responsibility. He seeking an intellectual challenge," said Tire Shop in Big Oak Flat, for which he along with her regular is a go-to guy when Principal Diana Harford. "This year receives high school credits. He has been school work and is neighbors need an William Cook Robert Slavvinsky Victoria Young alone, she is enrolled in AP Spanish, AP a member of the Tioga soccer and track able-body and knowlready to continue her Tioga County Schools Twain Marte calculus, AP physics and two honors programs since becoming a Timberwolf higher education after edgeable cowboy to High Office Elementary courses, as well as participating in the graduating. She will be handle animal care and and hasspent many hours helping serve Academic Decathlon Program. She is members of his local community. He ranch upkeep. He is attending a junior colAlexandra 'Alex' Meek, sixth grade, a leader in the robotics program, and works on the weekends at Evergreen lege before going onto a four-year col"Alex is a expanding his skills with practical colJamestown Elementary her organizational skills and determiLodge asa member ofthe m aintenance lege. No matter what, Ari is determined delightful student who is respectful of lege coursework and apprenticing with nation are key to the team's success. crew. He is well liked, respects his classto be successful in her future and will a cabinet-maker. Life for cowboys like her fellow students as well as teachCheyennehasalso volunteered to be succeed." ers," said teacher Adrian Nickols. "She Clayhas been tough due to drought and matesand teachersatschool,and comes a sound technician for theater producto school with a smile and willingness to Piper Quin, second grade, Foothill fires, and he has had to grapple with is mature, responsible and always tions, is a member of the Ecology Club, Leadership Academy —Piper, the many challenges lately, but his cheerful, help others. Will should make an incredworks to the best of her ability. Alex volunteers for youth events, and brings ible addition to our military, bringing his daughter of Janelle and Aaron Quin, upbeat disposition always wins out." is self-motivated, very focused, likes her therapy dog to a senior care center work ethic and toughness to the table Clay lives in Sonora with Gayle and of Sonora, "has found her voice and to learn new things and is continually monthly. Next year, Cheyenne plans each and every day." become a strong, determined leader," Willie Ritts. striving for excellence. She shows care to attend college to pursue a degree in Robert Slawinsky, fourth grade, Tusaid teacher Colleen Applegate. "She Darius O'Meal, eighth grade, Sonora for her fellow classmates and can be medicine and robotics." Cheyenne is olumne County Schools Office —Robert, Elementary (not pictured) — Darius, the has taken a proactive approach with her counted on to stand up for what is right. the daughter of Bert and Christy Uhl, of the son of Melissa Slawinsky, of Mi-Wuk academics, her leadership roles, and is Alex is an excellent role model for other son of Kimberlee and Larry O'Neal, of Sonora. Village, "has become a leader in the always willing to lend a helping hand Sonora, "is a stellar student, achieving students and a pleasure to have in our Zahara Bisset, second grade, Curtis classroom," said teacher Shea Morgan. to staff and students alike. She is just a a high grade-point average, and teachschool." Alex is the daughter of Justin Creek School —"Zahara is such a "Robert continues to exhibit positive bewell-rounded great student!" ers have commented on his attentiveand Kari Meek, of Jamestown. positive role model," said teacher Erica haviors that are helping himself and his Tyler Rose, seventh g r ade, Gol d Kaylee Hewitt, first grade, Lake ness in classroom lectures," said school Waelty. "She always strives to do her peers. His academics have all improved, Rush Charter — Tyler, the son of staff. "He cares about his education and Don Pedro Elementary — "Kaylee is a best work and is excited about learnactively participates. In athletics, he has and he puts forth maximum effort on determined, shy student with a kind, ing." Zahara is the daughter of Erik and Jacquelyn Pullen, of Groveland, "is a pleasure to work with," said teacher gentle spirit," said teacher Jennifer participated in cross country, basketball everything he does. Mr. Morgan is proud Daphna Bisset, of Sonora. of him and the effort he continues to put Lorraine DeMattei. "He comes in with and track. In the community, he has Housler. "She says she likes to write Hailey Howren, 12th grade, Dario about stuff and read during class time. played for youth football and travel bas- forth. Overall, he has improved greatly, Cassina High —Since attending Cassina a smile and is very enthusiastic about what he is learning. He consistently nues to have successin and out At home she loves to play with her dolls ketball. In his free time, he likes to hang and conti High School, Hailey has worked hard of the classroom. goes abovewhat is asked ofhim. out with his friends and enjoys visiting and feed her pet rabbit, Snow Flake, to achieve her goal of graduation, said Victoria Young, sixth grade, Twain Shad Tolbert, eighth grade, Hickwho eats a lot of hay! She loves big, Natural Bridges and Yosemite. Teachers school staff. She has steadily improved man Charter — Shad, the son of Trace have shared that he is engaging, with a Harte Elementary —Victoria, the daughsparkly jewelry and flouncy skirts. Kayher grades and is on track to graduter of Neil and Kim Stanion, of Twain and Jennifer Tolbert, of Sonora, "is a lee is positive and fun loving, and it is a personality that lights up a room. He is ate early this winter. Hailey is also an Harte, and Tom Young, of Loomis, "is a student with diligence and perseverprivilege to have her in our classroom." kind, polite, and a leader." avid reader and enjoys helping others. ance," said teacher Sarah James. "Just Kennedy Bruce, 12th grade, Sonora very hard worker and excels in all of her Kaylee is the daughter of Nickolas and The Cassina High staff is very proud High —"Her polite demeanor and academicclasses asw ellas m usic and recently, he completed every assignKristina Hewitt, of La Grange. of Hailey's accomplishments thus far. kind smile capture the type of student sports," said teacher Molly Rose. "She is Kierstiahnna Howell, third grade, Hailey is the daughter of Nicole Camara, ment (some of them challenging) for well-liked by all of her peers and school the eighth-grade constitution class. He Mother Lode Christian — Kierstiahnna, Kennedy strives to be and models the of Sonora. staff. But that's not the only thing that is the daughter of Benjamin and Echo behaviors of excellence expected from Ari Dias, 12th grade, Don Pedro High kept the attention of the audience with his natural ability to orate in front of an Sonora High students," said Principal special about her. One thing that makes — Ari, the daughter of Jeannette and Howell, of Sonora, "is a responsible young lady," said her teacher. "She Ben Howell. "Kennedy works hard in all Tori unique is that she loves to learn. She Bruce Thompson and Dennis Dias, all of audience. He shows up for class ready of her classes, including a range of AP is excited about every topic in school the Don Pedro area, "is the top student and attentive. Not only does Shad have gives 100 percent in all that she does. She is kind, loving and helpful to every- and honors courses, and she has been from ancient Egypt to ratios. She literally of her senior class and a great represen- the habits of an excellent student, he is tative for the school," said her teacher. joyful, funny and helps all students feel one around her. Kiersti is a wonderful competitive in athletics where she has sits on the edge of her seat in class and is "Ari has been my top math student for included during activities. Shad's favor- friend to her classmates and others at run for the cross-country team and the anxious to contribute and participate. She school." track team. She is ambitious, ingenuiis also one of our school's very first peer the past four years. Ari is a hard worker, ite class to attend is art. His creativity leader and leads by example. She is and easy-going nature seeps into all of Clay Ritts, 11th grade, Mountain tive and friendly to all. We are proud of mediators. Tori is a great example for all well respected by her peer and teachhis tasks." Oaks Charter —Clay "is a hard-workKennedy's hard work and honored that of our sixth-grade students."

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Tioga High School's 2nd annual New Year 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Jan. 2. The event begins at 9 a.m. and starts and finishes atTioga High. The cost is $30. All proceeds go to the Timberwolves basketball and track teams. For more information, call 925-719-5687.

Signups for dodgeball 3an. 4 Signups for a recreation dodgeball league will begin Jan. 4. The Tuolumne Memorial Hall will host a weekly, Thursday night dodgeball match from Feb. 25 until March 17. The cost is $84 per team and six to eight players are allowed per team. Players must be 16 or older to compete. One hundred percent of the proceeds go towards the Tuolumne County Recreation Departments Youth Center programs. Online registration begins Jan. 4 and ends Feb. 18. For more information, call 533-5663 or register online at www.tcRecreation. corn.

Orient Express Run set for Feb. 6 The 31st annual Orient Express Run is set for Saturday, Feb. 6 at Chinese Camp School. A one-mile fun run begins at 9 a.m. followed by a four-mile run at10. A long sleeved sport Tshirt will be given to all who pre-register. The run is sponsored by Sonora Sunrise Rotary Club Foundation which benefits Tuolumne County Special Athletes. For more information, visit www.sonorasunriserota ry.org.

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Bret Harte's Hannah Ellsworth (above) holds the Most Improved Junior Golfer trophy Wednesday at Greenhorn Creek Resort that was awarded to her by the Women's Golf Association of Northern California. Ellsworth (below) escapes a sand trap earlier this year for the Bullfrogs in a season in which she won the Valley Foothill League MostValuable Player award.

By GUY DOSSI

The Union Democrat

SANTA CLARA (APl — If Anquan Boldin makes one catch in Sunday's game in Detroit, he will become the 13th player in NFL history to r each 1,000. But while that

Three years ago, Hannah Ellsworth picked up a golf club for the first time. Now, the Bret Harte junior is the Most Valuable Player of the Valley Foothill League. Ellsworth capped her MVP season by being named the Most Improved Junior Golfer by the Women's Golf Association of Northern California. "I had played in the Mas-

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l ikely wit h t w o games remaining this season, his futurewith the 49ers isfarm ore questionable. Boldin, 35, will be an unrestrictedfree agent after the season, and expressed interest Thursday in returning to San Francisco, where he's played the past three seasons. "Definitely. I like it here. I like the people here. The organization has been good to me," Boldin said. "And I have roots here now. There'sa lot of people,a lot of relationships that I' ve built in

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American Pharoah's Triple Crown is AP's top sports story Voters were asked to rank the top fivesports stories of the year,with the firs t-place story receiving fi ve NEW YORK (AP) — American points, the second-place story four Pharoah's sweep of the Kentucky points and so on. Derby, Preakness and B elmont American Pharoah's Triple Crown Stakes for horse racing's first Triple win received 317 points and 43 firstCrown since 1978 was selected the place votes. sports story of the year Thursday in The No. 2 sports story, the "Deflatan annual vote conducted by The As- egate" scandal that ensnared Super sociated Press. Bowl-winning Patriots quarterback Eighty-two ballots were submitted Tom Brady, had 191 points and 13 irst-place votes. from U.S. editors and news directors. f By RACHEL COHEN The Associated Press

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Here are 2015's top 10 stories: 1. Triple Crown: In the 37 years since Affirmed became the 11th Triple Crown winner — the longest drought in the sport's history — an unlucky 13 horses had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness only to fail to complete the sweep at the Belmont Stakes. But American Pharoah took the lead from the start of the grueling 1 V2-mile race and kept extending it. The bay colt with the unusually

short tail went on to win by 5 V2 lengths for jockey Victor Espinoza, trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed Zayat. It was Baffert's fourth Triple Crown try and Espinoza's third, both records. American Pharoah went on to cap his spectacular year with a victory in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. He then retired at age 3 and will See STORY/Page C4

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Top Raider moments at home sinae '95 return OAKLAND (AP) — The Raiders could have played their final game Thursday at the Oakland Coliseum against the San Diego Chargers. What was one of the most imposing stadiums during the Raiders first stint there from 1966-81, has been far less intimidating since the team returned in 1995. The Raiders have just a 77-94 record since coming back and have hosted just five playoff games. Here are some of the most memora-

ble games in Oakland since the return: Plenty of punts: The game between the Raiders and Chargers on Oct.11,1998, was far from aesthetic pleasing unless you liked punters. San Diego's Darren Bennett and Oakland's Leo Araguz combined for 27 punts, Ryan Leaf threw three interceptions, the quarterbacks completed

lessthan 35 percent of their passes and both teams were held under 200 yards. But the Raiders somehow managed to win when Wade Wilson completed his only pass of the day — on a play called 25 Bingo Cross — to James Jett for a 68yard scorewith 1:28 to play to give Oakland the 7-6 win. Gannon's injury: The Raiders earned their first playoff berth after their return in the 2000 season and beat Miami 27-0 in their first game to earn the right to host the AFC championship game. But the hopes for a Super Bowl were dashed early in the second quarter when Baltimore's Tony Siragusa drove Rich Gannon into the turf, knocking him out with an injured shoulder. The Ravens went on to win thegame 16-3and then Super Bowl. Super Bowl bound: Two years

DETROIT (AP) — Matthew for its home finale against Staffordmay drop back and the 49ers (4-10), Johnson and le a pass to Calvin Johnson Staff ord acknowledged they don't know if Sunday for the last time at Ford Field against the San will mark their final Francisco 49ers. game in the Motor City The Detroit Lions wearing Honolulu blue h ave invested a lot in Staf- a n d silver uniforms. "Whether it is or whether ford and Johnson, banking on t hem being a winning combi- it i s not, just going to go out nation.The fl oundering fran- here and trytoleave a great chise hasn't gotten much of a impr ession," Johnson said. return. Detroit, w hich d r a fted S ure, the superstar receiver J o h n son No. 2 overall in 2007, and inconsistent quarterback sign ed him to a $132 million have combined to break re- deal in 2012 that could keep cords and draw cheers. The him under contract through Lions, though, haven't had 2 0 19 . In the same year the much success as a team with pl ay er known as Megatron t hem. Perhaps with a new s i gn ed that contract, he surgeneral manager and coach passed Jerry Rice's single-seathis offseason, Detroit's deci- son record with 1,964 yards sion makers might choose to receiving. m anage the salary cap by pos- S afford t was selected No. s ibly parting ways with either 1 o v erall in 2009 and was or both of them. voted NFL Comeback Player As Detroit(5-9) prepared of the Year two years later

ELLSWORTH award I was shocked. I really didn't know how big of an award it was. When she told me how big the award is, it took me acouple of days to wrap my head around it." Ellsworth is in good company with past award winners. Most notably, Paula Creamer, of the LPGA, won the award in 1998. Creamer has won 10 LPGA Tour events and has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

tion and precise attention to detail, Ellsworth did not master the sport overnight. But it w a s t h e constant battleto become better that drove Ellsworth back out to the links day after day. "When I first started playing, I realized it was something that I had to work at to become good at,"Ellsworth said. "It's not something that you can just be good at. That's what I love about the sport. You have to keep working to get better at it." Ellsworth continued to hone her skills with constant

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Ellsworth was not thinking about awards, Paula Creamer or being the top golfer in the VFL. She was just trying to understand the sport. Ellsworth's older sister, Emaline, now 20, was a member of the Bret Harte golf team and took her to the driving range. Emaline playedfouryears ofgolfand was a good teacher. Like anything that takes dedica-

man season at Bret Harte, she began to notice an improvement in her scores. "When I started playing my sophomore year, I really noticed a huge difference in my scores," Ellsworth said. "I had been working every day aftermy freshman season up until my sophomore season. When you play every day, you don't realize the little improvements until you start playing again against competition. That's when you realize, 'Oh I dropped 20 strokes to my score,' and that was really exciting." Ellsworth had a breakout sophomore season, but like any determined athlete, she still had a strong drive to improve. Though she entered her junior season as one of the top golfers in the VFL, she had yet to be officially named the best. With the hopes of becoming theleague MVP on her bucket list, she had a desire to improve at the important midseason and the end of the year tournaments. If she was able to perform bet-

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MVP would be just the icing on the cake. "Initially, my goal w as to playbetter at the tournaments," Ellsworth said. "I wanted to be MVP, but I wanted to play better in the t ournament m or e I

nessee. Zack Crockett's 7-yard run late

took the field against Kansas City on a rainy night Nov. 20, 2014, with an 0-10 record and 16-game losing streak. Many of the Raiders all-time greats were on hand to see Ray Guy get his Hall of Fame ring at halfbme. They saw quite a game as well. But big runs by Latavius Murraygave Oakland an early lead and Derek Carr threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to James Jones with 1:42 to play. Sio Moore then sacked Alex Smith on third down on the ensuing drive but the Raiders nearly were called for a penalty when Moore and teammate Khalil Mack engaged in a lengthy celebration dance well behind the play. After Oakland got a timeout before a penalty could be called or Kansas City could exploit a nine-man defense, the Raiders got one last stop and sealed their first win of

in the fourth quarter on a play called 12 Blast sealed the win. The Raiders lost the Super Bowl and have not been back to the playoffs ever since, making thatgame on Jan. 19, 2003, the lastof 17 playoffgames played at the Coliseum. Favre's tribute:The night after his father died, Brett Favre took the field in Oaklandon Dec.22,2003,in one of the most memorable Monday Night Football games ever.Favre threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone, leading the Packers to an emotional 41-7 victory. Breakthrough win: The Raiders the season.

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wanted to be the MVP. Both of her goals were reached. Not only did Ellsworth win the MVP, but she shot in the 80s at both tournaments and finished first place each time. She performed well in tournaments and regular season matches and was the hands down favoriteto be named league MVP.

after bouncing back from an injured-filled start by throwing for 5,000-plus yards. He attempted an NFL-record 727 passes in 2012, connecting with Johnson 122 times. This year, he reached 25,000 yards passing in his career quicker than any player in league history. Stafford signed a $53 million, three-year extension two yearsago that potentially keeps him under contract through 2017. Stafford said he has thought "very lit tle," about perhaps playing his last home game as Detroit's quarterback, adding he is going to enjoy throwing to Johnson as long as he can. Lions cornerback Darius Slay refused to ponder the franchise's future without the dynanuc duo. "I can'tpicture that,and I won't picture that," Slay said. Here are some other things

to watch when the Lions host the 49ers: Faith rewarded: The Lions raised eyebrows when they selected Ezekiel Ansah with the No. 5 pick overall two years ago, shortly after he learned how to put on a football uniform at BYU. 'The target and expectations were put on me when they drafted me," Ansah recalled. He has exceeded the team's high hopes. Ansah has 13 '/2 sacks, trailing only Oakland's Khalil Mack, and is two sacks away from breakingRobert Porcher's single-season franchise mark. Musical RBs: The 49ers have handed the ball to a slew of running backs this season and another injury could lead to another player getting carries. Shaun Draughn left last week's game with a knee injury, leading to San Francisco

signing DuJuan Harris from Baltimore's practice squad. Marquee matchup: One of the NFL's best linebackers, San Francisco's NaVorro Bowman, and top pass-catching ~ g bac ks, Detroit's Theo Riddick, will likely get a chance to show what they can do in space. Bowman is tied with Indianapolis' D'Qwell Jackson with an NFL-high 136 tackles. Riddick leads the league's running back with 69 receptions and ranks second among his peers at the position with 605 yards receiving. Road woes:San Francisco finally won its first road game Dec. 6 at Chicago in overtime following an 0-5 start away from Levi's Stadium. The 49ers fiopped the very next Sunday in a 24-10 loss at Cleveland that included them giving up a franchise recordtying nine sacks.

Bret Harte junior Hannah Ellsworth smacksa tee shot in the fall forthe Bullfrogs. Ellsworth earned Most Valuable Players honors in the Valley Foothill League and capped her season with the Most Improved Junior Golfer award given out by the Women' s Golf Association of Northern California. File photo / Union Democrat

"I was really excited to win MVP," Ellsworth said. "I knew that I had only lost one match during the season, so I should be pretty close. When they announced it at the end of the year tournament, I was really excited. My coach was really proud and thatmade me happy. I felt like all the work that I put into it really paid off." If golf was the only thing that Ellsworth excelled in, she would still have something to brag about that most her age cannot. But h er performance in t h e classroom far outweighs her skill on the links. She has a 4.57 GPA and five of her seven classes are advanced placement or honors courses. Though she still has ayear and a halfofhigh school left, Ellsworth hopes that golf will be part of her collegiate life.

"I think I would like to play in college," Ellsworth said. "I don't know where I want to go yet, but I definitely would like to play after after high school. Hopefully, by playing in some more tournaments this summer, I can meet some coaches and see

what colleges have to offer." Ellsworth practices six days a week at Greenhorn Creek Resort, where she is also employed. Though she knows that i n h e r g ame there is always room for improvement, Ellsworth is aware of her strongest skill with a club in her hands. "I feel comfortable with my shorter irons," Ellsworth

said. "Like a seven iron and in. 100 yards and in is my favoriteplace.From there,I feel that I can hit the green and it's nice to know that from that distance in, it' ll be ok."

With one more season at Bret Harte, Ellsworth's goals are to be in the single digits with her handicap. But much like this season, she would like to perform well in the tournaments and become a back-to-back MVP, which is a t h ought that would have never crossed her mind three short years ago. "It is really exciting just to see how far I' ve come since I started playing," Ellsworth said. "The best part of this season, for me, was to see how proud my coaches were because they put in a lot of work. They were all super excited. The ladies club at Greenhorn has always been really supportive of the girls golf team and it was nice to make them proud. It was exciting and super unexpected for me. It was just nice to be proud of myself."

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BRIEFS WMU tops M.Tenn. in BahamasBowl NASSAU, B a h amas (AP) — Jamauri Bogan rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns Thursday, powering Western Michigan past M i ddle T ennessee 45-31 in t h e

Bahamas Bowl for its first bowl victory. Western Michigan (8-5) had lost its previous six bowl games. The Broncos ended a four-game winning streak by M iddle Tennessee (7-6). Bogan broke a tie game with a 1-yard touchdown with 6:12 left, setting up the score with a 61-yard burst. He added another 1-yard score with five minutes remaining after Rontavious Atkins' 29yard interception return to the Middle Tennessee 4. Bogan also had a 62yard touchdown and a 46yard score. He averaged 11.3 yards per carry.

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Gallman gives Clemson QB Watson major assisa: CLEMSON, S.C. (AP)Quarterback Deshaun Watson is certainly the face of No. 1 Clemson's high-powered offense. Then there's the broad, strong shoulders of running back Wayne Gallman, who powers the Tigers' ground attack on long drives. The redshirt sophomore, nicknamed the Wayne Train," has rushed for 1,332 yards and 10 TDs this season. He is just a modest burst away &om Raymond Priester's singleseason school mark of 1,345 set in 1996. That might come when the Tigers (13-0) face No. 4 Oklahoma (11-1) in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Eve for a spot in the national championship game. If Clemson gets to the title game, expect Gallman to be a big reason why. He has already eclipsed the Clemson record with eight

100-yard games this season, ton ever rushed for in one sea- Gallman's crunching blocks surpassing the seven of Pries- son with the Tigers. severaltimes ' He's worked hard and been ter (1996) and Kenny Flowers Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Gallman's develop- a big part of what we do," said (1985). Gallman, a t 6-f o ot-1, ment comes with maturing Watson, second on the team 215-pounds, has a powerful and understanding what it with 887 yards rushing. strength that's seen him ex- takes to excel at this level. "Father Time taking place," tend two- and three-yard carIn the run up to the Orries into first-down runs. Swinney said. "Gallman just ange Bowl, the spotlight will "I have a grit about myself," grew up." fall on Oklahoma's backGallman says. Gallman's p la y o p e ns field, which features runners That's apparent this sea- things up for Watson and the SamajePerineand JoeMixon son. Tigers'receivers. With de- who have combined for 2,040 Gallman was part of a non- fenses focused on Gallman's yards and 22 touchdowns on descript pack of Tiger runners running, it allows Clemson's the ground this season. last season trying to break speedy wide outs like Deon Gallman accepts he' ll be through to the top. He found Cain, Ray-Ray McCloud, Ar- the game's "other" back, much his stride late in the season, tavis Scott, Charone Peake like he has much of the year rushing for 579 of his team- and Hunter Ren&ow to slip with the focus on Clemson's high 769 yards in the final six behind the secondary, co-of- passing game. "It's been happening all fensivecoordinator Jeff Scott games. He entered this season on has said. season, people been doubting," top of the depth chart and Tight endJordan Leggett Gallman said. "All that stuff groundhisway among Clem- has also benefited &om Gail- doesn't really matter." son's very best at his position. man's production with seven Gallman said a significant Gallmau's totals this season of his34 receptions this sea- reason for his success this are more than NFL standouts son going for touchdowns. season is Clemson's revived C.J. Spiller and Andre EllingWatson has run behind offensive line. Long a weak-

point for the Tigers, the group of five new starters has de-

velopedinto a major forcewith all five starters and tight end Leggett making one ofthe Atlantic Coast Conference's three all-league teams earlier this month. Center Jay Guillermo said Gallman tells the lineman what he sees from his vantage point, things the guys up &ont can use to improve their performance on the next drive.

"We all want to make things better," Guillermo said. 'We really want Wayne to do well." Gallman's play this season has him facing a decision if he wants to return or take his powerful running style to the next level. Among Clemson's commitments next spring is five-star runnmg back Tavian Feaster of Spartanburg, who figuresto chew up many carries in the Tigers backfield next season.

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Prosise practices for Notre Dame, but no contact

B OSTON (AP) — A judge has agreed to a postponement in the next murder trialfor former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. Hernandez is charged with killing two men in Boston in 2012. Jury selection for the trial was scheduled to begin Jan. 19, but Suffolk Superior Court Judge Jef&ey Locke on Wednesday granted a motion by defense attorneys and prosecutors for a postponement. Both sides cited a pending appeal over evidence in the case.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Running back C.J. Prosise practicei without taking hits Wednesday and coach Brian Kelly expects the leading rusher for eighth-ranked Notre Dame to be ready to play against No. 7 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1. Kelly said Prosise, who missed the regular-season finale against Stanford after sustaining a high-ankle sprain against Boston College, should be ready for contact when the Irish (10-2) resume practices in Arizona on Sunday. "I think we have to push him through a threshold of feeling confident on cutting and things of that nature," Kelly said. "I think we just have to get him over that hump." Prosise became the fi rst 1,000-yard

rusher for Notre Dame since 2011, running for 1,032 yards on 156 carries, an average of 6.6 yards a carry. But because of a concussion sustained against Pittsburgh and the ankle sprain, he rushed for only 79 yards on 14 carries over the final four games, sitting out two becauseofinjuries. Freshman Josh Adams rushed for 495 yardson 68 carries in those four games andfi nished the regular season with 757 yards on 103 carries, an average of7.3 yards.Kelly is eager to see

getthem taggedup together,itwillbea very lethal 1-2 punch." They should be aided by a healthier offensive line, where players had been slowed by ankle sprains and other injuries, Kelly said. 'The offensive line is definitely in much better condition across the board," Kelly said. "Other than the defensive line, where you' re always dealing with something there, the health of the football team going into this game is as good as it can be." bothagainst Ohio State(11-1). The Irish are to get back "Both of them complement each nose guard Jarron Jones and tight other so well. Josh has proven himself end Durham Smythe,who both susto be such a hard, inside, physical run- tained knee injuries. Jones has yet to ner and C.J. clearly gives us that home play this season, while Smythe played run ability," Kelly said. "If we can ever two games. Smythe could help the

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Irish score more points in the red zone, where Notre Dame ranks 90th in the nation. The Irish are scoring on just 80 percent of their chances inside the opponent's 20-yard line, and finishing with touchdowns only 56 percent of the time. Irish tight ends have only 17 catches this year, with Smythe ~ the only touchdown catch on a fake field goal. It was theleast productive year for the Irish at tight end since the 2002 season. Kelly said red zone was a focus at practice on Wednesday. He wants quarterback DeShone Kizer to make better decisions.

"He just needs to be a little bit more decisive down there in the red zone," he said.

No new trial date was set. Hernandez grew up in

Bristol, Connecticut. He has pleadednot guilty to gunning down Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado after a chance encounter at a Boston nightclub. He already is serving a life sentence after being convictedthisyearofthe 2013 killing of a man who was datingthe sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

76ers get Smith from Pelicans for 2 picks PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NBA-worst Philadelphia 76ers have acquired point guard Ish Smith from the New Orleans Pelicans for two second-round draft picks. Smith averaged 8.9 points and 5.7 assists in 27 games. He is the only player this season who has averaged at least 150 assists while committing at 45 or less turnovers. He' ll return to Philadelphia, where he played 25 games last season and averaged 12 points, six assists and three rebounds. The Sixers also waived guard Tony Wroten. Wroten has been bothered by injuries all season and averaged 8.4 points in just eight games.

Falcons'3ones has slimchanaeto set mark for catches FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons receiver Julio Jones said Thursday he isn't concerned with breaking the NFL single-season record for catches. With just two games remaining, Jones has a slim chance of moving past Marvin Harrison's 2002 mark of 143 catches, but the three-time Pro Bowl selection says he's focused solely on helping Atlanta upset Carolina on Sunday. The Falcons' season hit a low point two weeks ago in a 38-0 loss at Carolina as the offense went scoreless for the first time in 11 years.

Tempers fi ared notably between Josh Norman and Atlanta receivers, but Jones says the Pro Bowl cornerback didn't try to trash-talk him. Jones has spent all season matched up against the opponent's best cornerback, so facing Norman a second time hardly weighs on his mind.

Michigan St riding high with football-basketball combo EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tom Izzo's basketball team is undefeated, ranked No. 1 in the nation, and right now has to settle for second billing on its own campus. That's how high the bar has been raised at Michigan State. It's the football Spartans who are tantalizingly close to a national championship, capping what has been a spectacular2015 for the two most popular teams in East Lansing. Back in March, Izzo led Michigan State's basketball team to the Final Four for the seventh time, and now the school has reached the same stage in football after winning the Big Ten title earlier this month. "I think we' ve both kind of earned our keep," Izzo said. "We' re both kind of walking in similar territory." Long considered a bluecollar underdog in a region that includes Michigan, Notre Dame and Ohio State, Michigan State has emerged lately

as an athletic powerhouse, with title contenders in the two most lucrative college sports. Izzo's program has been outstanding for a long time while coach Mark Dantonio's football team has be-

with the 2006 football championship. Then Florida came back with a second straight basketball crown in the 200607 season. Michigan State's success is still a bit of a novelty, and

come a mainstay in the top 10

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over the past three seasons. "When Michigan State is out there, whether it's basketball, whether it's football, whether it's academics, or anything, obviously it's a positive," Dantonio said, shortly beforehisteam beat Iowa for the Big Ten championship. "That's what we represent." If the Spartans and Okla-

ing it for granted. Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors and LeVeon Bell of the Pittsburgh Steelers are quick to chime in on social media when the Spartans give the alumni something to celebrate. From Green and Bell to Magic Johnson and Jason Richardson, former Michigan homa make it to the national Stateathletes are giddy over championship game in foot- the Sp accomplishball, maybe they should set ments. "It's been amazing. I can' t up a doubleheader with the basketball teams. The Soon- leave my couch. I'm actually ers are also undefeated in gaining weight right now," basketball and ranked third said Richardson, who was in the country. part of the Michigan State The Spartans clearly have basketball team that won the a ways to go in both sports national title in 2000. "It' s to match the run by Florida. amazing to see both programs The Gators won the 2005-06 at elite status. That's what basketball title and followed you want for your university,

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especially the basketball program and now the football program is joining the elite ranks. You can't ask for anything more." The third-ranked Spartans will play second-ranked Alabama in a national football semifinal Dec. 31. One big question is whether Izzo and his players will be there. He was still uncertain as of last week. "I know my heart wants to," Izzo said. "My heart wants to take the whole team, the secretaries and everybody else with us, because it would be an incredible experience." Izzo says his basketball team can learn from the challengesthe footballteam faces, and vice versa. The football team upset Ohio State last month around the same time the basketball team beat Kansas.

Michigan State for so long. Defensive lineman Shilique Calhoun is careful not to take too much credit for the revitalization of the football team. "It wasn't us who built this program and made this program into what it is. It's been those Spartans that's been in the past,"he said."It didn't start with the 2011 class. It didn't start with the 2009, the 2007 class. It started way beforethen.It's a lot of former Spartans that helped pave the way for us." Now Michigan State is the envy of so many other athletic departments, and anyone associated with the school is in a posit ion tobenefit. 'Tve always thought that Michigan State had a brand," Dantonio said. Right now, it' s certainly talked about often relative to what's going on here athletically, and with our university in general and everything else, so it's very positive. But I' ve always thought we had a great name out

As the showdown against Alabama draws nearer, the Spartans can sense what their opportunity means for those who have supported there."

Coker fits neatly into No. 2 Alabama's quarterback mold TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jake Coker won the team over even when Alabama lost the game. Coker came off the bench to take charge of the offense and lead No. 2 Alabama back from a 20-point deficit against Mississippi . Even though the Crimson Tide couldn't complete the comeback, there was no longer a question of who was the Crimson Tide's quarterback. "I think he won the team over with the way he competed in the game," Alabama coach Nick Saban said."I think that was probably the most significant

REMATCH Continued from PageC1 Golden State won a record 24 straightgames to start the season and brings a 27-1 mark into this game that is the best for a team at Christmas. The Warriors also have won 31 in a row at home in the regular season but none

of those games has been as big as this one. So what does it mean? ''We either finish t h at game 28-1 or 27-2," Golden State forward Draymond Green said. "That's about it."

thing thathappened for Jake. And I think rather than worrying about what he was supposed to do and trying to be perfect, he just went out and played for the first time. "I think he gained a lot of confi-

dence. I think we gained a lot of confidence. I think the players gained a lot of confidence. Since that time, there' s been no doubt who the leader of the offensive team is." With all that being the leader of an Alabama offense entails. That means being efficient if not dynamic, poised if not prolific. Mostly,

Not everyone is downplaying the rematch. Cavs guard Iman Shumpert said he was still "salty" about losing the finals to the Warriors. Golden State center Andrew Bogut also acknowledged that this would be a big game. "We know it's huge for them to come here," Bogut said. 'We're undefeated at

it means winning — titles not just games. Coker has guided the Tide (12-1) into the playoffs against No. 3 Michigan State on Dec. 31 in Arlington, Texas, and also been selected a captain by his teammates. So far, Coker has neatly fit the bill of Alabama national championship passers like AJ McCarron, Greg McElroy and Jay Barker. He's also thrown in a dose of never-say-slide bravura when he's running that teammates love,even ifitm akes coaches cringe. Coker is the least heralded of the playoff quarterbacks that include a

different &om the series in June for reasons besides the lower stakes. The Cavaliers, who were without power forward Kevin Love for the entire finals and point guard Kyrie Irving for the last five games, are completely healthy for the first time this season. Despite those key absenchome, and with our record, es last spring, James almost they want to make a state- single-handedly helped the ment to us and we want to Cavaliers win Games 2 and do the same. I anticipate it 3 to takea 2-1 series lead. beingone ofthe classics that Then came a lineup switch we can all watch in 10 to 15 by coach Steve Kerr that years." sent center Andrew Bogut to This game will be very the bench in place of small

Heisman Trophy finalist (Clemson's Deshaun Watson), a celebrated walkon (Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield) and a potential first-round pick in the next NFL draft (Michigan State's Connor Cook). Coker has a Heisman winner to hand off to in tailback Derrick Henry and a relentl essly stingy defense to support him. In some ways, that just comes with the territory of being Alabama's quarterback, who sometimes gets scant credit outside the state thanks to all thosestarsdotting the roster.

forward Andre Iguodalathe Warriors won the final three games by an average of 14 points. "They' re a different team, we' re a different t eam," Green said. "We' ve grown. I'm sure they' ve grown. We' re not going back to the Finals like, 'Look at this, this is what they did.' They' ve got 26 games that we can look at from this year." The Warriors will be the team that is short-handed this time. Starting forward Harrison Barnes is unlikely to playbecause ofa sprained a nkle an d

sidelined &om complications from offseason back surgery. Even with those absences there will be plenty of star power led by James and MVP Stephen Curry. "Our guys love these type of games," Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said. "It' s not an epic game. It's a regular-season game. It should be entertaining. Obviously, a finals rematch with two of the best teams in the NBA going at it at prime time on Christmas Day. That's enough to make it a very exciting game. But win or lose, it's just an-

K e r r r e m a i ns other game on the column."

C4 — Friday, December 25, 2015

Sonora, California

THE UN' DEMO CRAT

NBA

Christmas debut happens today for many NBA stars MIAMI (AP) — Jrue Holiday grew up watching Christmas Day games, with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers almost being an annual fixture in the NBA's holiday lineup. He's never gotten to play on the holiday. That is, until now. He's not alone. Several players will make their debut under the Christmas lights, including New Orleans star Anthony Davis — the reason why the Pelicans are on the Christmas schedule. Then there are some of the top rookies like Miami's Justise Winslow and the Lakers'

D'Angelo Russell. And the wait may be over for veterans like the Clippers' Josh Smith, Miami's Gerald Green,the Lakers' duo ofRoy Hibert and Lou Williams, all set to play

ant said, "and so damn thankful for it." For others, like Cleveland's Richard Jefferson, this has been a long time coming: His only other Christ-

He was with the New York Knicks in 1987, playing seven minutes and shooting 1-for-3 in a loss to Detroit. He left Madison Square Garden after the game, caught the train &om

mas spent on the court was 2002.

Penn Station— under the arena-

"We got Christmas Day because of Anthony," Holiday said. "I think everybodyknows why.I'm notoffended or anything by being passed over or whatever. But it's pretty cool to play on Christmas. Thank you, Anthony." As many as 46 players could make their Christmas debuts Friday, when the league's holiday slate has New Orleans at Miami, Chicago at

Oklahoma City, Cleveland at Golden State in an NBA Finals rematch, San Antonio at Houston and then the Clippers and Lakers meeting in Los Angeles. For some like Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, playing on Christmas is as much of a holiday tradition as presents. Bryant will be in his 16th Christmas game — his Lakers haven't had Dec. 25 off since 1998. Wade will play in his 11th Christmas matchup for the Heat, who are looking for their seventh consecutive win on the big day. "I'm so damn happy about it," Bry-

But it' s a relatively safe bet that the widest-eyed players Friday will be those first experiencing the day in which the NBA dominates the sports landscape. "It's an honor," Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan said. Donovan remembers plenty of details from his only other involvement with the Christmas NBA slate.

to Long Island to his aunt's home for the family Christmas gathering. When his Thunder play host to the Bulls on Friday, Donovan will actually be the coach with the edge in Christmas experience: Fred Hoiberg, in his first season coaching Chicago, spent parts of 10 seasons in the leagueas a playerbutnever got in a Dec. 25 game.

12 years, and ranks 17th in league history with 13,097 yards receiving. Continued from PageC1 Heading into the game against the Lions, San Francisco is at 4-10 this community. When the time does afterreaching three straight confercome, it will just be hard to say good- ence title games and a Super Bowl. If Boldin were to hit the market in the bye to." Boldin is on pace to have fewer spring, he could be a hot commodity than 1,000 yards receiving for the for teams contending for a champifirst time since joining the 49ers onship. "I mean, it doesn't matter what in 2013, just months after beating them in the Super Bowl with the age you are, you want to be playBaltimore Ravens. Boldin eclipsed ing for a championship. That goes 1,000 yards in seven of his previous without saying. That's the reason

you play this game," Boldin said. "But I would also say it's difficult to say I just wouldn't want to be here because I feel like we' re rebuilding and I want to play for a championship.It's deeperthan that,especially when you' ve been at a place for a certain amount of years. And you have roots there." Boldin's NFL career has been unusual given his lack of the blazing speedtypicalofcontemporary receivers. He relies more on his technique and fundamentals to get separation

from defenders. It's a physicalbrand forthe position. "I feel like you could put him at Dline and he'd be successful. Anquan can play ball," receiver Torrey Smith said. "They don't make them like Anquan. I'm thankful that I' ve been able to play with him, and consider him family." Smith joined the 49ers as a highpriced free agent last spring, in part, because Boldin recruited him to rejoin him in California. Despite having different skill sets, Smith viewed

Boldin as a mentor after getting drafted by the Ravens in 2011. They won that Super Bowl together catching passes from Joe Flacco. "I'm more of a speed guy. He doesn't have that part, so he has to work harder at different things," said Smith. But he told me, You have all the natural ability. You have to work on all the techniques and get that down. That's how you last a long time in this league.' "And I took it to heart, and that' s what I work on a lot in the offseason."

on Christmas for the first time.

BOLDIN

STORY Continued from PageCl stand at stud for $200,000, one ofthe highest prices for a horse in his first year as a stallion. 2. Deflategate: The New England Patriots r o uted the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship game Jan. 18 to retuiu to the

Super Bowl, but the on-field action was soon overshadowed by the scandal dubbed "Deflategate." The NFL would go on to spend more than $3 million for the investigation by Ted Wells, whose 243-page report found it was "more probable than not" that two Patriotsemployees deliberatelyreleased airfrom Patriots game balls to below the league-mandated minimum at the game and Brady "was at leastgenerally aware." Brady, who had earned Super Bowl MVP honors when the Patriots won their fourth title, would be sus-

pended four games. But a judge lifted the ban a week beforethe season, criticizing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for dispensing "his own brand of industrial justice." 3. FIFA corruption: In an early-morningraid of a Zurich luxury hotel May 27, the U.S. government started a chain reaction that would take down soccer leaders around the world. The 47-count indictment for racketeering and bribery was just the beginning. By year's end, FIFA's president, Sepp Blatter, and his one-time likely successor, UEFA P resident M i chel Platini, had been suspended foreight years for unethical conduct by the sport's governing body. 4. Warriors win: To o small, not athletic enough. That was the knock both on the Golden State Warriors

in four decades behind the league's MVP, beating LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. Turns out t hat Golden State can play even better. The Warriors opened the following season with a record 24-0 start. 5. Spieth chases Grand Slam: No one had gone wire to wire at the Masters in nearly four decades, but that victory was just the start of the year for 21-year-old Jordan Spieth. He won the first two legs of a Grand Slam, halfway to becoming the first modern player to completethe feat. The only other men since 1960 to getthat far were Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — and none of them came as close to the third leg as Spieth, who was tied for the British Open lead with two holes to play before finishing one as a whole and on their star, shot out of a playoff. He was Stephen Curry. Instead, the also in the final group of the sweet-shooting Wa r r i ors PGA Championship, where won their first NBA t i tle he was runner-up by three

shots to Jason Day. 6. Serena chases Grand Slam, too: In t e n nis, a player was even closer to completing a Grand Slam. Serena Williams was two victories from becoming the first since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S.Open in the same year. But in one of the sport's biggest upsets, unseeded Roberta Vinci stunned the 21time major champion in the semifinals in New York. Getting that far h adn' t been easy, though. Eleven of Williams' victories at the majors came in three sets, including eight when she rallied from a set down. Hobbled by injuries all season, she was so sick in the final daysofthe French Open she considered withdrawing — yet somehow pulled out three-set wins in the semis and final. 7. Women's World Cup: Four years after a heartbreaking loss to Japan in the Women's World Cup fi-

nal, Carli Lloyd and her U.S. teammates made absolutely sure there would be no repeat in the rematch. Lloyd scored a hat trick in the first

Just two days after Missouri's f o otball p l a yers threatened to b oycott a game, the president of the university system stepped

16 minutes as th e Ameri-

down. Tensions about race

cans won 5-2 in Canada for and other student welfare theirfi rsttitle since 1999. issues had been simmering With record T V a u di- forweeks before the athletes ences back home watching joined the protest in support the prime-time matches, the of a graduate student who U.S. looked shaky early in was holding a hunger strike. the tournament before some As Tigers defensive end timely lineup changes by Charles Harris put it: "Let coach Jill Ellis put Lloyd in thisbe a testament to allof positionfor a scoring spree. the athletes across the counAll-time goals leader Abby try that you do have power." Wambach got to end her 10. Ohio State t akes career with her first World first CFP ti t l e: The first Cup championship. College Football Playoff did 8. Royals crowned:Kan- exactly what it was supposed sas City was one win from a to, awarding a championworld championship in 2014, ship chance to a squad that yet the small-ball Royals seemed eliminated from title w eren't considered favorites contention after an earlyin 2015. The players in the season loss and whose presclubhouse knew better, and ence in the new four-team they came from behind yet bracket was widely debated. again in Game 5 of the World Behind third-string quarSeries to beat the New York terback Cardale Jones, Ohio Mets in 12 innings for their State upset No. 1 Alabama first title since 1985. and No. 2 Oregon to kick off' 9. M issouri f o otball: a new era in the sport.

SCORES R MORE Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Athntic Dhiision

GP W L O T l t s G F GA 3 6 20 13 3 4 3 10 5 8 9 3 3 19 10 4 4 2 10 4 8 5 35 19 12 4 4 2 9 5 81 34 17 10 7 4 1 8 9 89 35 17 12 6 4 0 105 104 35 17 15 3 3 7 8 7 82 34 14 16 4 3 2 7 9 89 33 12 14 7 3 1 8 6 93

Metropolitsn Division GP W L OTPtsGF GA W ashington 33 2 5 6 2 52 1 0 5 7 1 N .Y. Rangers 3 6 2 0 1 2 4 4 4 1 0 4 9 3 N .Y.Islanders 35 1 9 1 1 5 4 3 9 6 8 2 NewJersey 35 1 7 1 3 5 3 9 8 3 8 7 Philadelphia 3 4 15 12 7 37 74 9 2 Pittsburgh 33 16 1 4 3 35 7 6 84 Carolina 3 4 13 16 5 3 1 8 0 1 0 1 C olumbus 36 13 2 0 3 29 8 8 1 1 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Cenbal Division GP W L OTftsGF GA Dallas 3 5 26 7 2 54 1 2 4 8 8 St Louis 36 21 11 4 4 6 9 2 85 Chicago 36 20 12 4 4 1 9 6 8 7 Minnesota 33 18 9 6 42 91 80 Nashville 3 4 17 11 6 4 0 9 0 8 6 Colorado 3 5 17 17 1 3 5 9 9 9 7 Winnipeg 3 4 15 17 2 3 2 9 2 1 0 4 Pacihc Division GP W L O T PtsGF GA LDSAngeles 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 8 4 76 San Jose 34 17 15 2 36 9 3 94 V ancouver 36 13 1 4 9 35 9 1 1 0 3 Arizona 3 3 16 15 2 3 4 9 0 1 0 4 Calgary 3 4 16 16 2 3 4 9 1 1 1 3 E dmonton 35 15 1 8 2 32 9 1 1 0 6 A naheim 33 12 15 6 30 6 2 85 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday's games No games scheduled Today's games No games scheduled Satunlsy'8 Games Buffalo atBoston,4 p.m. Columbus at Tampa Bay,4 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at A izona, 6 pm. Edmonton at Vancouver,7 p.m . SCORING LEADERS Through Dec. 23 GP G Patrick Kane, Chi 36 21 JamieBerm,oal 35 22 Tyler Seguin, Dal 35 19 Taylor Hall, Edm 3 5 15 V ladimir Tarasenko, StL 35 2 2 Erik Karlsson, Ott 35 9 J ohnny Gaudreau, Cgy 34 1 5 Joe Pavelski, SJ 3 4 18 Daniel Sedin, Van 36 16 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 34 10 7 tied with 32 pfs.

A PTS 29 50 24 27 24 16 29 22 18

46 46 39 38 38 37 36

20 36 25 35

Baseball MLB Remaining Free Agents NEW YORK (AP) — The 104 remaining free agents (q-did not accept qualifying ofl'er): AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE(4) —q Wei Yin Chen, Ihp; qchris Davis, 1b; Gerardo Parra, of; Steve Pearce, af. BOSTON (1) — Craig Breslow, Ihp. CHICAGO (2) — Matt Albers, rhp; Alexei Ra mirez, ss. CLEVELAND (3) — Gavin Floyd, rhp; Ryan Raburn, dh; Ryan Webb, rhp. DETROIT (3) — Joe Nathan, rhp; Alfredo

Simon, rhp; Ran+ Wolf, Ihp. HQUsTQN ro — scott Kazmir, Ihp. KANSAS CITY (5) — Jonny Gomes, ot q-Alex

Gordon, of; Jeremy Guthrie, rhp; Franklin Morales, Ihp; Alex Rios, af.

LOS ANGELES (7) — David DeJesus, ot David Freese,3b; Man Joyce,of,M atLatos,rhp;David Murphy, of; Shane Victorino, ot Wesley Wright, Ihp. MINNESOTA (4) — Blaine Boyer, rhp; Neal Cotts, Ih p; Brian Duensing, Ihp Topi Hunter, of. NEW YORK (2) — Chris Capuano, Ihp; Sephen Drew, 2b. OAKlAND (1) — Barry Zito, Ihp. SEATTLE (1) — Joe Beimel, Ihp.

TAMPA BAY (1) — G ra+ Sizem ore,of. TEXAS (6) — q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp; Colby

Lewis, rhp; Mike Napoli, 1b; Ross Ohlendorf, rhp; Drew Stubbs, of; Will Venable, of. TORONTO (5) — Mark Buehrle, Ihp; Jeff Francis, Ih p; Maicer Izturis, 2b; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; M unenos Kawasaki, inf. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (2) — Edwin Jackson, rhp; Peter Moylan, rhp. CHICAGO (6) — Chris Denorlia, of; q-Dexter Fowler, of, Dan Haren, rhp; Tommy Hunter, rhp;

Austin Jackson, of; Fernando Rodney, rhp.

CINCINNATI (4) —Burke Badenhop, rhp; Sean Marshall, Ihp; Manny Parra, Ihp; Skip Schumaker, inf-of. COLORADO (2) — Kyle Kendrick, rhp; Justin Morneau, 1b. LOS ANGELES (5) — Bronson Arroyo, rhp; q-Howie Kendrick, 2b; Joel Peralta, rhp; Jimmy Rollins, ss. MIAMI (2) — Don Kelly, 3b; Casey McGehee, 3b. MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse, rhp. NEW YORK (7) — Yoenis Cespedes, of; Tyler Clippard, rhp; Kelly Johnson, of; q-Daniel Murphy, 2b; Eric O'Flaherty, Ihp; Bobby Parnell, rhp; Juan Uribe, 3b. PHILADELPHIA (5) — Chad Billingsley, rhp; Jeff Francoeur, of, Aaron a Hrang,rhp; Cliff Lee, Ihp; Jerome Williams, rhp. PITTSBURGH (5) — Antonio Bastardo, Ihp; Joe Blanton, rhp; A.J. Burnett, rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis Ramirez, 3b. ST. LOUIS (3) — Matt Belisle, rhp; Randy Choate, Ihp; Carlos Villanueva, rhp. SAN DIEGO (5i — Glint Barmes, ss; Josh Johnson, rhp; q-lan Kenne+, rhp; Brandon Morrow, rhp; q-Justin Upton, of. SAN FRANCISCO (5) — Jeremy Affeldt, Ihp; MarionByrd,ofTim Hudson,rhp;Tim Lincecum, rhp; Marco Scutaro, 2b. WASHINGTON (7) — q-lan Desmond, ss; Doug Fister, rhp; Casey Janssen, rhp; Nate McLouth, of,Denard Span,of;M attThornton, Ihp;Dan Uggla, 2b.

Basketball National Basketball ~ n EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 1 8 12 .6 0 0 Boston 15 1 3 .5 3 6 New York 1 4 15 A83 Brooklyn 8 2 0 .2 8 6 Philadelphia 1 2 9 .0 3 3 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 1 8 12 .6 0 0 Miami 1 6 11 .59 3 Orlando 16 1 2 .5 7 1 Charlotte 15 12 .5 5 6 Washington 12 1 4 A62 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 18 7 .720 Indiana 16 1 1 .5 9 3 Detroit 17 1 2 .5 8 6 Chicago 15 11 .57 7 Milwaukee 11 1 8 .3 7 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pet San Antonio 24 5 .828 Dallas 15 1 3 .5 3 6 Memphis 16 1 4 .5 3 3 Houston 15 1 4 .5 1 7 New Orleans 8 1 9 .2 9 6 Northwest Division W L Pet 19 9 .67 9 12 1 4 A62 11 1 7 .3 9 3 11 1 7 .3 9 3

GB 2 3' / 2 9 17 GB '/2

1 1 '/2 4

Portland

11 1 9 Pacilic Division W L

Golden State 26 1 LA. Clippers 16 1 3 Phoenix 12 1 8 Sacramento 11 1 7 LA. Lakers 5 23 Thursday's Games

.3 6 7

Pct GB .963 .5 5 2 11 AO O 1 5'/2 .3 9 3 1 5'/2 .1 7 9 2 1'/2

No games scheduled Today's Games New Orleans at Miami, 9 a.m. Chicago at Oklahoma City, 11:30 a.m. Cleveland at Golden State, 2 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.

LA.Clippers atLA .Lakers,7:30p.m. INDMDUAL LEADERS MROUGH DEC. 23 SCOBNG G FG F T PTS AVG Curry,GS 28 288 165 874 31.2 H arden, HOU 30 2 5 12 84 865 28.8 D urant,OKC 23 20 9 1 3 8 611 26.6 J ames,CLE 25 250 1 3 4 659 26.4 Westbrook,OKC 29 257 182 735 25.3 G eorge,lND 28 224 1 6 8700 25.0 L illard,POR 29 243 1 4 4 712 24.6 C ousins,SAC 21 17 2 1 4 7 515 24.5 G riffi,LA C

3' / 2

GB 8/2 8/2 9 15

GB 6 8 8

Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

Football National Football League American Conference East W L T P c tPF PA y-New England 12 2 0 . 8 57435 269 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .6 4 3344 272 Buffalo 6 8 0 .4 2 9341 336 Miami 5 9 0 .3 5 7278 361 South W L T P c tPF PA Houston 7 7 0 . 5 00275 301 Indianapolis 6 8 0 A 2 9285 372 Jacksonville 5 9 0 . 3 57343 380 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 359 North W L T P c tPF PA

11 3 9 5 4 10 3 11

0 . 7 8 6378 243 0 . 6 4 3 378 287 0 .286292 360 0 .214253 387

West W L T P c t P F PA 10 4 0 . 7 14308 259 Kansascity 9 5 0 . 6 43365 257 Oakland 6 8 0 A 2 9 319 356 Sanoiego 4 10 0 .286280 348 National Conference East W L T P c t P F PA Washington 7 7 0 . 5 00316 332 Philadelphia 6 8 0 A 2 9 3 18 362 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 A 2 9 373 358 Dallas 4 10 0 .286246 324 South W L T P c t P F PA y-Carolina 14 0 0 1 .000449 278 Atlanta 7 7 0 . 5 00302 312 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 . 4 29311 353 New Orleans 5 9 0 . 3 57350 432 North W L T P c t P F PA x-Green Bay 10 4 0 . 7 1 4 347 265 Minnesota 9 5 0 . 6 43296 272 Denver

Detroit

5 9 5 9

Chicago

0 . 3 57 302 363 0 . 3 57 289 352

West W L T P c t P F PA

29 275 12 8 684 23.6

Davis,NOR 25 216 139 584 23.4 DeRozan,TOR 3 0 2 2 9 2 13 682 22.7 A nthony,NYK 28 21 2 1 4 1 609 21.8 Butler,CHI 26 185 158 558 21.5 Leonard, SAN 28 2 2 0 94 588 21.0 B ledsoe, PHX 30 22 1 1 3 8 628 20.9 L owry, TOR 30 196 1 5 1 626 20.9 T homas,BOS 29 1 9 8 1 47 605 20.9 W iggins,MIN 28 20 2 1 6 2 584 20.9 J ackson, DET 30 2 2 1 1 24 610 20.3 McCollum, POR 30 229 72 603 20.1 FG PERCENTAGE FG FGA PCT Jordan, LAC 115 163 .706 Whiteside, MIA 146 234 .624 Howard,HOU 118 201 .587 Kanter, OKC 130 232 .560 Parker, SAN 159 284 .560 Faried, DEN 129 232 .556 Towns, MIN 188 355 .530 Vucevic, ORL 201 381 .528 Durant, OKC 209 397 .526 Gortat, WAS 133 254 .524 RESOUNDS G OFF DEF TOT AVG Drummond,DET 30 166 316 482 16.1 J ordan,LAC 29 107 2 7 4 381 13.1 H oward, HOU 24 92 1 8 5 277 11.5 W hiteside, MIA 27 79 21 6 295 10.9 Gasol, CHI 25 5 5 2 16 271 10.8 C ousins, SAC 21 50 17 7 227 10.8 Davis, NOR 2 5 48 2 21 269 10.8 Love, CLE 26 64 2 12 276 10.6 P achulia, DAL 29 99 20 2 301 10.4 T hompson, CLE 26 8 0 1 7 8 258 9.9 ASSSIS G AST AVG Rondo, SAC 28 316 11.3 Wall, WAS 27 258 9 .6 Westbrook, OKC 2 9 271 9 . 3 Paul, LAC 2 4 216 9 . 0 Rubio, MIN 23 198 8 .6 Jack, Bro 2 8 200 7 . 1 Green, GS 2 8 199 7 . 1 Harden, HOU 30 205 6 .8 Thomas, BOS 29 197 6 .8 Lillard, POR 29 196 6.8

3 3

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y-arizona

12 2 0 . 8 57445 269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 . 6 43370 248 St. Louis 6 8 0 . 4 29241 294 San Francisco 4 10 0 .2 8 6 202 339 xNinchedplayoffspot yNinched division Thursday'8 game San Diego at Oakland Saturday's game

Washington at Philadelphia, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday's games Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 10 a.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Miami, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Detroit, 10 a.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at New Orleans, 1:05 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay at Arizona, 1:25 pm. N.Y. Giants at Minnesata, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 Cincinnati at Denver, 5:30 p.m. 2015-16 NCAA Bowl Glance Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego

Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7 Gooaddy Bawl, Mobile, Ala. G eorgia Southern58,Bowling Green 27

Thursday

Bahamas Bowl, Nassau

WesternMichigan 45,M iddleTennessee 31 Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego State (10-3) Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Ra.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. Uconn (6-6), 8 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl, 8 Paso, Texas Miami (84) vs. Washington State ($4), 11 a.m.

(CBS)

Heart of Dallas Bowl

Washington (&6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 12:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Rnstripe Bawl, Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, la. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 2:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl, Santa Clara Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA($4),615 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl, Annapolis, Md. Navy (10-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 11:3) a.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl, Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bcwvl,Orlando, Ra.

North carolina o 1-2) vs.Baylor (93), 230 pm. (ESPN)

Arizona Bowl, Tucson Nevada (66) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 430 p m.

(ASN)

Texas Bawl, Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bawl

Auburn (&6) vs. M emphis (9-3), 9a.m. (ESPN)

Belk Bowl, Chsrhtte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 12:30

p.m. (ESPN)

Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn. Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 4 p.m.

(ESPN)

Holiday Bowl, San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 7:30

p.m. (ESPN)

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National League

AT1ANTA BRAVES —Assigned RHP Brandon Cunniff outright to Gwinnett (IL). MIAMI MARLINS — Claimed LHP Tim Berry off waivers from Baltimore. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Claimed C Josmil Pinto off waivers from San Diego. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP

Jorge Rondon outright to Indianapolis (IL). American Association FARGO-MOOR HEAD R EDHAWKS — Signed C Ryan Wagner. KANSAS CITY r-BONES — Signed RHP Jared Messer and LHP Josh Tols. LAREDO LEMURS — Signed INF Alex A. Nunez. uNCOLN SALTDOGS — Traded OF Jesus Solormno to Normal for INF Pat McKenna. ST. PAUL SAINTS —Traded INF Ryan Lashley to New Jersey (Can-Am) to complete an earlier trade.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES— Recalled FsJames Ennis and Jarell Martin and G Russ Smith from

Iowa (N BADL).

PHOENIX SUMS — Suspended F Markieff Morris two games for conduct detrimental to the team. FOOTBALL Pregame.corn National Football League NBA ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released RB Abou Favorite Open 0 /U Unde r dog Toure from the practice squad. Re-signed RB at Miami 5'/2 (200) New Orleans Marion Gsce to the practice squad. A t Oklahoma City 9 ( 205 ) Chic a g o BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived TE Richard At Golden State Pli ( 21 0) Cle v eland Gordon. San Antonio 8/2 (200'/2) A t Houston CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived CB Troy LA Clippers 1 1 ' / 2( 207) A t LA Lakers Hill. Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris. Colhge Football Bcwvlgames GREEN BAY PACKERS —Signed RB Alonzo Saturday, Dec. 26 Harris to the practice squad. Favorite OpenTodayO/U Underdog INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed CB o'Joun St Petersburg Bowl Smith on injured reserve. Signed QB Stephen At St Petersburg Morss off philadelphia's practice squad. Marshall JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS — Released CB 4 5 (4 4 ) Uconn Sun Bowl Rashaad Reynolds from the practice squad. At El Paso NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived WR T.J. Washington St 2 2'/2 (62'/2) Miami Graham. Heart af Dallas Bowl NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Ben At Dalhs Edwards from the practice squad and WR Julian Washington 8/ 2 8/ i ( 5 5) Southern Miss Talley to the practice squad. Rnstripe Bowl SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed S JerAt Yankee Radium maine Whitehead from the practice squad. Indiana 2 2 (7u Duke TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Deon Independence Bowl Long to the practice squad. At Shreveport HOCKEY Virginia Tech 14 1F/~ (61 "/2 ) Tulsa National Hockey League Foster Farms Bowl NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G MagAt Santa Clara nus Hellberg and D Chris Summers to Hartford UCLA 8/2 8/2 (6 u Nebr aska (AHL). Monday, Dec. 28 COLLEGE Military Bowl VERMONT — Suspended men's basketball At Annapolis G Dre Wills eight games.

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19650 JAMESTOWN ROAD 771MOTHER SHIPTON $799,995 $764,400 BRAND NEW HOME ON37ACRES! Serene DESIRABLE LAKE FRONT PROPERTY. This property featuring 3,200 sq ft. home with 3bd, lakefront homeis in the gated community of Lake 3 baths and attached 4 car garage. Granite Tulloch Shores.Homeis located on an inside portion counter tops, stainless steel appliances, formal of a private covewith views ofthe openwater. The dining room and 2master suites. Amazing interior offersmodernupgrades suchasgranite views from every room. unique architectural de-counter tops, solid woodfloors, a kitchen with staintails such as crown molding, arched doorways less Jenn-AirandKitchenaid appliances andmuch and pillars. ¹20151448 CBTH586-5200

22355 JOSEPH DRIVE 314 PASADENA AVENUE $259,900 $199,000 CABINFOR ALL SEASONS 5 bedrooms 2full PERFECTLOCATIONin thevery desirable Myers baths. Whispering home sweet home. To the Hill section of Sonora. Perfect for walking to new buyers for this cabin. Gorgeous chalet is downtown. Perfect for either a first time buyeror investor. Perfect for relaxing ondecks orpatio and situated at end of cul-de-sac on private tree lined lot. This Cabin is the ideal getaway moun- enjoyin g theviews.¹20152165CBSEG 532-7400 tain home in the best kept secret neighborhood in the Sierras. ¹ 20152076CBTH586-5200

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17307 TABLE MOUNTAIN ROAD $459,000 COUNTRYESTATELIVINGON5.88 ACRES.Retro style kitchen w/classic antique range,island breakfast bar, granite countertops & breakfast nook. Master bedroom. onmain level w/ private patio. Eachbdrm. hasownbath. EnjoyA.M. coffee on the wrap arounddeckw/view. Flagstone patio, fenced garden

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6226 BLUFF VIEW $399,000 CONNOR ESTATESgatedlakecommunity.Exceptionalupgrades throughout. Beautifully appointed cabinetry, flooring, fixtures, crownmoldings and trim. Pool with electric cover, stone patio, gasfor bbq. Front yard haswonderful curb appeal with rock wall. Just momentsfromLakeTulloch andBoat launch. BonusLoft onupper level. Master bedroom onmain

19801 SUNSET DRIVE $398,000 MOUNTAINRETREATin Twain Harte. Single level homewith 3bd, 3ba, large family roomand living room. Granite in the kitchen, Frenchdoor off master suite andguest bedroom.Wrap around deck isTrex. Quiet andpristine. Close to DodgeRidge and Pinecrest. ¹20150570CBTH586-5200

19219 SOUTH COURT $389,995 AMAZINGHORSERANCH! Perfect location for this beautiful 2.27 acre horseranch. Level, fenced &cross fence with huge arena. Roomfor RV's &horse trailers with dump station. 2 master suites, antiquewood stoves, claw foot tub &country kitchen. Enjoy theseasonal creek &Koi pond, plus 2cargarage & horse barn. ¹20151305CBTH586-5200

2188 QUAIL HILL $329,000 SPANISH STYLEHOMEon.5 acre parcel with openfoothill views. Stainless steel appliances andgranite counters in kitchen, tile flooring, and anopenfloor plan with lots of windows large master bedroomwith slider to private balcony, walk-in closet and master bathwith jetted tub. Leveluseablehalf acre yard with plenty of roomfor boat or RVparking and 8x12storage shed. ¹152385CBLT785-2273.

1187 SAWMILL ROAD $329,000 FINALEOCTOF 2013! Move-In Ready! 1870sq ft home positioned on acorner 1.4 acre property with views of the hills. Offering granite, travertine tiles andmarble. There is aKlimaire Ductless heat &air system alongw/remote decorative light ceiling fan. TVroom on main level &bonus/lounge onupper leading out onto a deckwith views. Circular drive through w/ lots of parking. ¹152361CBLT785-2273

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IIIII IIIIIIIIIL! 20309 BROOK DRIVE 205 STONE STREET $379,000 $368,000 EXTENSIVELYRENOVATED2080 sq ft home on just under COPPER TOWNUPSCALE LOFTw/crnr location. 2 beautiful and acre. Main level features 2 bdrms, full tub/shower bath. finishes and views. 3suites+ great roomfloor plan. Balcony Master suite on upper level /walkin closet, shower and pri- wraps around loft with view of thetownsquare w/dining, shops vate balcony. open concept living/kitchen area w/island and services & events. 2nd floor with elevator in bldg. Stainless stainless steel appliances. Lower level features family/kitch- appliances w/granite kitchen. Laundry roomw/counters &cabenette area w/bedroom and full bath/ laundry area. New inets. Large closets andmuchmore to see. Rental OK.¹152652 roof and heat/ air 2 car garage. ¹20151544CBSEG532-7400 CBLT 785-2273

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21075 CRYSTAL FALLS DRIVE 23251 CRESTA DRIVE $257,995 $234,999 LOVELYNEIGHBORHOOD.This pristine single SO MUCHPOTENTIALThis home is located MOVE INREADYGorgeous hardwood floors TWAIN HARTE CABIN/HOME on a quiet street. level home islocated in the desirable MonoVilage on over 2acres in aprivate area of Jamestown throughout in this impressive3bd, 2ba home. Has a largefamily room that could beused for neighborhood. Threeroomy bedrooms two baths amongnice homes.Ithastonsofuseablespace Sleek & stylish kitchen, attached 2car garage & bedroom with bath. ¹20151585CBTH586-5200 with a lovely yard. All level living. Close totown. with fencing, outbuildings, fruit trees andviews. great location. Enjoyall the amenities Crystal Falls ¹20151910CBTH586-5200 The homehasover 2100sf w/3bd, 2ba, living & has to offer. 2 comm.Lakes, horsestables, rec family rooms &adining roomoff the kitchen. Lots area & muchmore. ¹20151645CBTH586-5200 of room for parking, animals &more! ¹20151726

PAR C-1PINEWOOD $219,995 ON GOLDEN PONDOver 200ft of shoreline on one of Twain Harte's mostbeautiful ponds. Enjoywaterlilies, cattails, ducks, deer, dogwoods+ pines. Several building sites available andgorgeous oak tree growing from ahuge rock. Complete privacy yetclosetotown.¹20140273CBTH 586-5200

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3179 BEAVER COURT $192,500 PRIVATE AND ROOMY... Fleetwood manufactured home offers over1700sqft of living space, including 4 bedrooms, 2bathrooms, kitchen dining, living room, family room and laundry.1.3 Acres of private property. Level parking! ¹152497 —CBLT785-2273

20705 N SUNSHINE RD 22868 E ELLMARO DRIVE $174,900 $169,900 EVER DREAMOF HAVING YOUR OWN RESTAU- KNOTTYPINEBEAUTY! Like knotty pine &the RANT?This wasonce athriving establishment & warmth of acentrally located wood stove?Your still can be.Sale includes building, land, equipment mountain cabinawaits and it is evencompletely fur& inventory. Excellent area w/ lots of traffic & park-nished! Multiple sleeping rooms including a 2room ing. Only1 block fromhwy108. Booths, tables & loft provides plenty ofspace. Easypavedaccess a bar sitting area.Cozy, warmdecor w/ possible closeto LongBarnLodge,LyonsLake,Pinecrest outside seating. "AS-IS" sale.Call for possible Lake aswell as DodgeRidge for skiing, swimming, financing details & moreinfo on re-opening. hiking & fishing. ¹20151678 CBML532-6993 ¹20151785CBML532-6993

13879 MONO WAY $99,000 TANNINGDEE-LIGHTGreat opportunity to own your own business. All equipment, fixtures and furniture included.Established and profitable tanning salon. Turnkeybusiness with state of the art tanning beds. Locatednext to theSierra Repertory Theatre in theTheatre Plaza. ¹20141221 CBML 532-6993

22882 RED CLAY ROAD $50,000 INCREDIBLEVIEWS!This 4.65 acre parcel has plenty of privacy with water/power avail, hook-up fees req. Perfect to build in thebeautiful Sierra Foothills. ¹20150877CBSEG532-7400

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PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2015000419 Date: 12/2/2015 11:48A DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): FORTY ELEVEN PHOTOGRAPHY Street address of principal place of business: 16185 Tuolumne Road Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: Wren, Nichole Elizabeth Residence Address: 16185 Tuolumne Road Sonora, CA 95370 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/01/2015 This Business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and 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/ Nichole Wren NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration. This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.) CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By:Karen Gray, Deputy Publication Dates: December 25, 2015 & January 1, 8, 15, 2016 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2015000414 Date: 11/24/2015 08:38A DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): A) MOB MIX, LLC B) MOBILE MIXOLOG I ST C) MOBILE-MIXOLOGIST. COM Street address of principal place of business: 3400 Sullivan Court, ¹203 Modesto, CA 95356 Name of Registrant: Mob Mix, LLC Residence Address: 3400 Sullivan Court, ¹203 Modesto, CA 95356 Articles of Incorporation¹ 201530610155 CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/29/2015 This Business is conducted by: limited liability company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and 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).) Mob Mix, LLC s/ David Eclevia Manager NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration. This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.) CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Karen Gray, Deputy Publication Dates: December 11, 18, 25 8 January 1, 2016The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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Avoid a blue Christmas, adopt Elvis

Rudolph's shiny red nose may be tied to eyes that glow blue

Elvis —Short hair, black, male, young Emma —Short hair, black, female, young Felicity —Short hair, female, young "Fearless —Short hair, orange, male, adult "Flash —Short hair, gray and white, female, CALAVERAS COUNTY adult "Gusto —Short hair, brown tabby, male, DOGS and PUPPIES young "Bruce —Akita mix, male, adult Jewels —Short hair, calico, female, young +Daisy —Yorkshire terrier, female, adult +Leo —Medium hair, orange tabby, male, +Duchess — Vizsla mix, female, adult adult "Lucy —Pit bull mix, female, young Louise —Medium hair, calico, female, adult +Vanessa —Hound,fem ale,adult +Marcus —Long hair, male, adult +Marty —Medium hair, male, young CATS Miss Tux —Short hair, black and white, feAbby —Short hair, tuxedo, female, adult male, young Alfred —Short hair, gray and white, male, Nash Bridges —Short hair, black and white, young male, young +Amber — Medium hair, calico, female, Newman — Short hair, gray and white, adult male, young Ariel —Short hair, female, young +Nicki —Medium hair, black, female, adult +Berkeley —Short hair, gray tabby, female, Nickelby —Medium hair, male, young adult +Opie — Short hair, orange tabby, male, Bluebelle —Short hair, gray, female, senior young "Rudy —Short hair, orange, male, young Christie —Short hair, female, young +Daisy —Short hair, brown and white, feSweetie —Short hair, female, young "Tasha —Short hair, calico, female, adult male, young Eli —Short hair, orange, male, young Tiffany —Short hair, female, adult

CONCORD, N.H. (AP)Everyone knows Rudolph has a red nose but what abouthis eyes? Prompted by questions from his4-year-old daughter, Dartmouth C ollege anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy recently wrote a scholarly paper on how the unique properties of reindeer eyes might explain the advantageof having a very shiny nose, particularly if it produces red light. Dominy, who specializes in primate vision, was already familiar with recent research on reindeer eyes when his daughter asked him about Rudolph's nose.

The following animals are available for adoption &om humane societies in the Mother Lode:

Thelma —Medium hair, calico, female, adult +Tilly —Short hair, brown and white tabby, female, adult Kittens —all kinds Barn Cats —all kinds

The Calaveras Humane Society does not have a shelter, so adoptable cats are cared for in foster homes. To view these animals and get contact information, vis-

it www.calaverashumane.org and click on "Adopt" or call the Humane Society at 736-9417forfostercontactinformation. Cats and dogs are also available for adoption through the Calaveras County Animal Services. For Calaveras County Sheltercats and dogs call 754-6509 or email Rebecca Andahl at Randahl@ co.calaveras.ca.us. Business hours are

from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Animal viewing and micro chipping services are available during all normal business hours. The Calaveras County shelter is at 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas. Animals with an * can be viewed at www.

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background. Reindeer eyes also include reflective tissue that appears to glow when light hits it — familiar to anyone who's seen a pet or wild animal illuminated by car headlights. But in reindeer, the tissue changes from a golden color during the summer to a deep blue in winter. '%hat happens is that at night, the animals are trying to dilate their pupils to allow as much light into the eye as possible, and because those muscles are so ac-

tive, it actually blocks little valves in the eye," Dominy Scientists in Great Britain explained. "The pressure have discovered that un- in the eye builds up and like most mammals, rein- compresses that tissue in deer can see ultraviol et the back of the eye, which light, meaning white polar causesthe refractive propbears or wolves that ab- erties to change."

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The 12 days of Christmas come with a price DEAR READERS:Merry Christmas. We hope you are fortunate enough to be with family and friends today. For the past few years, we have printed the annual PNC Christmas Price Index, which we find interesting and amusing. Start S1Ilglng:

'The Twelve Days of Christmas" On the first day of Christmas my true lovegavetome,apartridgein apeartree (cost: $189.99forthepeartreeand $25for the partridge,an increase of3.5 percent, mostly for the partridge). On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two turtledoves ($290, an increase of 11.5percent) and anotherpartridgein apeartree. On the third day of Christmas my

Annie's Mailbox On the fifth day of Christmas my true lovegave to me, fi ve gold rings ($750, amazingly, the sameprice three years in a row), four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six geese-a-laying ($360, no increase), flve gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and apartridgein apeartree. On the seventh day of Christmas my

true love gave to me, three French hens

truelove gaveto me ,seven swans-a-swim-

($181.50, same aslastyear),anothertwo turtle dovesandapartridgein apeartree. On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave tome,four calling birds ($599.96, no change), another three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear

ming ($13,125, pricey,but the same aslast yearafterthe costwasrevised to refl ect open market pricing), six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three

tree.

French hens, two turtledoves and a par-

tridgein apeartree. On the eighth day of Christmas my

true love gave to me, eight maids-a-milking ($58, still, sigh, at minimum wage), seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-alaying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partri dgein apeartree. On the ninth day of Christmas my truelove gave to me,nine ladies dancing ($7,552.84,same as lastyear),eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle dovesand apartridgein apeartree. On the 10th day of Christmas my truelove gave to me,10 lords-a-leaping ($5,508. 70,a 3 percentsalary hike),nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-alaying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partri dgein apeartree. On the 11th day of Christmas my truelovegave to me, 11 pipers piping ($2,635.20, same as before), 10 lords-aleaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maidsa-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six

Today in history Today is Friday, Dec. 25, the 359th day of 2015. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 25, 1818, "Silent Night (Stille Nacht)" was publicly performed for the first time during the Christmas Midnight Mass at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned king of England. In 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. In 1940, the Rodgers & Hart musical "Pal Joey" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 374 performances. In 1961, Pope John XXIII formally announced the upcoming convocation of the Second Vatican Council, which opened in Oct. 1962. In 1973, "The Sting," starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as a pair of 1930s grifters, was released by Universa I Pictures. In 1989, ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES'koo) and his wife, Elena, were executed following a popular uprising. Former baseball manager Billy Martin, 61, died in a traffic accident near Binghamton, New York. In 1990, the World Wide Web was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau (KAH'yoh) created the world' s first hyperlinked webpage. In 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.

geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and apartridgein apeartree. On the 12th day of Christmas my true lovegave tome,12 drummers drumming ($2,854.50, no increase), 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-aswimming, six geese-a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridgein a pear tree.

The cumulative cost of these gifts wouldbe$155,407.18,mostlyduetothose expensiveswans. Ifyou buy online,the cost would be $196.477.70. Have a happy holiday. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy

Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,longtime editorsof the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anntesmaitbox@ creatorscom,or rarite to: Annie's Mailbox, clo Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street,

Hermosa Beach,CA 90254. Youcan also findAnnie onFacebookatFacebook.corn) AskAnnies

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have no cervix and it has been so long, I no longer need them.What to do?—M.D. ANSWER: About 10 to 20 percent of women with cervical cancer will have recurrences after treatment. For this

reason, it's important for any woman with a history of cervical cancer to continue Pap smears indefinitely (although in women who have had radiat ion therapy, Pap smears are not very useful,and many gynecologic oncologists do not obtain Pap smears in this situ-

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HQRO SINPE Birthday for December 25.Retrospection provides a spiritual perspective on the road ahead this year. Make long-term plans. Your communications open new career doors this spring. Shift from exploratory wanderings to a year-long professional phase after Jupiter enters Libra (9/9). Discoveries give you something to talk about next autumn. Offer leadership with heart.

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