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C olumbia Coll e g e Campus Security called law enforcement after a Merce d High player punched a Sonora High spectator during the Columbia College Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament Tuesday night, but the victim said he

This year, The Union Democrat is ofFering a slightly diflerent look back on the year ending tonight.

All sorts of things — good and bad — happened in the Mother Lode, and we' ve endeavored to keep you informed at every step.

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Elijah Perez, 20, whose brother is a p layer on the Sonora team, said Wednesday he did not want to see the situation escalate, although he does not regret his ac-

hard tocover the storiesyou care about.

As is the case with most news organizations, once the story is

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written we move on to the next. Year-end oflers us a chance to revisit some of the people and places we wrote about during the year.

We selected stories that resonated most with readers and went back to find out what happened after the story appeared.

With 2015 behind us, we' ll move into 2016 even more determined to bring you the stories that matter.

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Nearly a year ago, Molly the Brahma cow from Tuttletown fell into an old mineshaft and was rescued by a special veterinary team from University of California, Davis. These days, she is back to her usual happy California cow self and has a new boyfriend named Valentino.

On Jan. 22, after nearly four days in a 35-foot deep mine shaft, then 9-year-old Molly was rescued by a team of veterinarians and others including Dr. Wes Wittman from Sonora, Vic's Towing, of Sonora, and Animal Control ofFicials.

She's the favorite pet of Tuttletown resident Antoinette "Toni" Nichols and her husband, Bill Nichols.

Molly, a whopping 1,200 pounds, sufFered no injuries in her fall down the mine shaft and suffered only a few scrapes coming back up.

Molly is doing wonderful, Toni Nichols said.

However, she's still skittish of people, which she wasn't before.

But she still comes over to Nichols and will eat out of her hand.

She's also a little nervous around men, which she wasn't before, Nichols said. Nichols thinks it's because much of the rescue operation was done by men, and now men remind her of her time in the hole. This year, Molly also sufFered an unrelated hip problem, but it's since cleared up.

The exciting news in Molly's life now is the Nichols' got her a boyfriend — a gray Brahma bull named Valentino.

"She's just as happy as a lark," Nichols said.

Nichols said after Molly's rescue, the cow wouldn't go around with her herd, but she's getting back to herself.

"I figure by spring time, she11 be back to normal," Nichols said.

Molly is one of six females the Nichols own. She's close to 10, and the Nichols have another cow that is 22 years old. Nichols hopes to breed Molly and Valentino next year.

Nichols said the U.C. Davis rescue team didn't charge her for the rescue. She said the leader thanked her for feeding them and following their instructions and not getting in the way of the rescue. Nichols said he told her, 'How can I charge a gal that loves a cow that much?"

Nichols is excited for the coming year and the babies Molly might have.

"I'm lucky to have her," Nichols said.

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As a result, officials called the game wi th Merced leading 58-54.

Stewart did not play in the championship game Wednesday against Liberty Ranch and did not make the trip from Merced to Sonora. Merced lost the championship to Liberty 66-19.

Throughout the game Tuesday, fans and coaches questioned some of the calls the referees were making and some they missed. At t imes, the off icials seemed more concerned with the flash from a local photographer's camera than what was happening on the floor.

"As far as the way the game was being called, it was inconsistent both ways," said Merced head coach Hector Nava. "So for meto sithere to criticize officials is kind of tough. But, like the instances with the camera, I' ve never heard of that before."

S tewart sat o n t h e bench for most of the second quarter but, once he got back in the game in the third quarter, he stole a Sonora pass, drove the length of the court and was fouled hard by sophomore Damian Kriss.

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The Feb. 5 blast traveled through underground electrical wires to the house, frying electricity panels and shaking the foundation so much that windows, bits of her ceiling, and the cement garage floorblew out and cracked.

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This photo (above) was taken on Highway 26 on the first night of the Butte Fire in September. It was a very scary moment. This photo (left) touches me on a personal level because I helped this gentleman connect with his insurance company and I spoke with the insurance company.

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I had hiked in from the back side of the Oak Fire on Big Hill in early September to find a crew of firefighters (above). I like this photo because of the way the sunlight filters through the smoke, highlighting a firefighter doing his job. We found out later when his mother contacted the paper it was his first fire. This photo is of Sheriff Gary Kuntz's family (below) receiving the flag from his casket at his funeral. It is moving especially because GaryKuntz was a great man.

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I like the laughter and emotion in this picture (above, of Sonora residents Janet Luquire, 83, left, and Anita Martin-Harvey, 84, both descendants of the Mayflower.

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Robert'Bob' Leigh Beebe Aug. 12, 1935 —Dec. 12, 2015

majored in Electronics and Radio.

In 1955, Bob joined the United States Coast Guard as a M e rchant M ariner aboard the SS M.E. Lombardi. In 1956, Bob enlisted in the United States Navy as an Electronics Technician 3 aboard the USS Mount McKinley. Bob left the Navy in 1957 to marry his high school sweetheart, Marie Ann. Bob remained active in the Navy reserves until 1962.

In 1958, Bob joined Pacific Telephone where he enjoyed a long and successful career as a Network Transmission Technician and Engineer. He

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Bob was an honest, hard working, dedicated family man and friendto many. A memorial service for Bob will be held on January 12, 1 p.m. at Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Sonora.

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received numerous awards

Robert "Bob" Leigh Beche, W6SHF, passed away peacefully in his home on December 12, 2015 at the age of 80.

Bob was born August 12, 1935 in Inglewood to Howard and Marguerita Beebe.

Bob spent his early childhood in Southern California, until 1948, when the family moved to Oakland.

Bob graduated from Oakland High School in 1953.

After graduation, Bob attended California State Poly-Technic College where he

for his outstanding achievements in the development of the T-Carrier Transmission standards.Bob retired from Pacific Telephone in 1988 and continued with his standards work as a consultant with Telco Systems and Verilink.

Bob was an avid and lifelong amateur radiooperator and enthusiast under the call sign "W6SHF." Bob contributed as a member to numerous organizations including the IEEE, Telephone Pioneers, Society of Amateur Radio, and the Tuolumne County Amateur Radio Electronics Society.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Darrell and Marguerita Arnold Beebe; his brother Gerald J. Beebe; and his son Charles Darrell Beebe.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of almost 58 years, Marie Ann; his son Kenneth; his grandson Victor; his sister-in-laws Chiyoko, Laurel and Gail; and Gail's children

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ACKER Franklin "Frank" Acker, 83, died December 17 at home in Sonora.

Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

GERNER — Patricia Ann Gerner, 59, died Tuesday at home in Sonora. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

KURTZ — Steven Kurtz, 60, of Sonora, died Wednesday at S onora Regional Medical Center. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

MINZLAFF Joan Minzlaff, 86, of Columbia, died Saturday at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto.

A Celebration of Life will be held ata later date. Eaton Funeraland Cremation handled arrangements.

WAFDEN — R a ymond Wafden,85,died Wednesday at home in Columbia. Heuton Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

NEWS OF RECORD TUOLUMNE COUNTY The Sonora Police Department reported the following: TUESDAY 9:14 a.m., theft — Mail was stolen from a mailbox on North Arbona Circle Monday night.

11:30 a.m., found propertyA backpack was found on the front porch of a Bradford Avenue residence.

1:14 p.m., theft —A diamond bracelet and earrings were stolen from a Terrace Avenue residence sometime in September.

4:21 p.m., suspicious circumstances — People were underneath a bridge near a Stockton Road business.

len, including keys.

4:24 p.m., Groveland —A female juvenile was "out of control" at an Elder Lane residence.

She kicked a hole in a wall and threw a screwdriver at a wall.

4:31 p.m., Mi-Wuk VillageA cabin on Pine Lake Drive was broken into.

6:20 p.m., Sonora — Someone walked around a Justice C enter Drive facility with a flashlight.

9:52 p.m., Sonora —A Chukar Circle woman said her newly adopted dog tried to bite her and attack her cat. The woman locked herself in her room because she was afraid.

10:49 p.m., Tuolumne "Lots" of yelling and screaming were heard at a Tuolumne Road residence.

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Flames burn a house on Wren Lane in Strawberry Wednesday morning.

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damages Strawberry home Cal Fire Captain John Fredrick confirmed a man evacuated the house.

Fredrick said there was significant damA two-story house in Strawberry was dam- age to the home.

"Most of the top story fell through onto the aged Wednesdaymorning afier a fi re fully engulfedtheresidence. bottom floor," he said. "The kitchen and the The fire was reported at 9:46 a.m. on the living room were destroyed."

30000 block of Wren Lane in Strawberry. It Multiple units, including Tuolumne Counwas fully extinguished by 11:10 a.m., Cal ty Fire, Strawberry Fire, Twain Harte DisFire Captain Chris Morse said. trict and Cal Fire responded to the scene, eWe were told all residents were out of the Morse said. Six fire engines and one water

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structure," he said. 'There was one occupant out of the structure when we arrived."

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Obama, lawmakers see centennial as chance to boost national parks WASHINGTON (AP)Under President Dwight

on suspicion of willful infliction of corporal injury after an arrest at a Sanguinetti Road business.

Arrests Cited on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs: TUESDAY No bookings reported.

and the celebration will be far moremodest.

D . E i senhower, th e n a The Obama administrationprepared for the 50th tion and Republican lawbirthday of the National makers have vastly different Park Service with a spend- ideas about what to do. ing splurge that r e fur- Both partiesagree that bished Independence Hall the c ountry's n a t ional in Philadelphia and helped parks and historic sites complete th e G a t eway could use some sprucing up.

Arch in St. Louis and the Their shared goal is to use 469-mile Blue Ridge Park- the centennial to improve way. Next year, the world- trails, visitor centers, campfamous system turns 100 grounds and other park fea-

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The question is how much of a dent Congress will make in a system-wide maintenance backlog with an estimated $11.5 billion price tag.

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The Sheriff's Office reported the following:

TUESDAY 5:02 a.m., San Andreas — A burglary was reported on Mariposa Street.

The Sheriff's Office reported 8:04 a.m., Copperopolis Vehicles were burgled on Black the following: Felony bookings Creek Drive.

TUESDAY 8:50 a.m., Angels Camp — A TUESDAY house boat was broken into on 9:23 a.m., Sonora — Someone slept in a truck on James9:15 a.m., Groveland —Chace Whittle Road. town Road.

Edward Wanamaker, 29, a tran9:31 a.m., San Andreas — A 9:25 a.m., Long Barn —A cell sient,was booked on suspicion assault was reported on Mounphone waslostoffHighway 108 of taking a vehicle without own- tain Ranch Road. er's consent, receiving a stolen and Long Barn Road.

12:48 p.m., Murphys — A 10:21 a.m., Tuolumne vehicle, trailer, or vessel, theft Green Tree Road residence was A S u mmerville E lementary from an elder, grand theft, mis- broken into.

School classroom was burgled. demeanor evading a peace ofThe school did not wish to seek ficer, misdemeanor hit and run Felony bookings of property and misdemeanor prosecution of the juveniles.

10:48 a.m., Groveland resisting/delaying/obstructing a TUESDAY Someone went onto the porch peace officer/emergency techniNo bookings reported of a Jones Hill Court residence cian after an arrest on Yosemite and "went through" items, and Springs Road.

Arrests a vehicle.

1:46 p.m., Sonora — Domi2:13 p.m., Groveland —A ve- nique Iris Rivera, 32, of the TUESDAY hicle was broken into on Rolfe 22000 block of South Gold Road. Multiple items were sto- Street, Columbia, was booked No bookings reported.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk had marijuana in her system, but prosecutors said Wednesday that it's unlikely she will be charged with driving under the influence.

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By far, the biggest event of the year in the Mother Lode was the Butte Fire.

It is hard to describe just how farreaching and devastating this fire was.

One tenthofCalaveras County burned.

Two men died.Some 503 homes and 769 structures destroyed. Millions of dollars lost.

The numbers just can't possibly describe it well enough. Some lost everything. One of Union Democrat photographer Maggie Beck's most poignant pictures this year was ofa woman searching through what was left of her home. Take another look. It is heart-rending.

And yet even as the sorrow swelled and spread, there came about a huge outpouring of support by those who

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were spared. Name it and it was do- Lassen Modoc Cal Fire firefighters Nick Brandow (left) and Ryan Johnson (left) hand a porcelain statue to Mokelumne Hill resident Kathy Yarbrough while sifting through the ruins of Yarbrough's home, one of 503 destroyed in September's Butte Fire. nated: food to blankets to recreational

vehicles.

And lots of money. Tens of thousands This sense of community, this con- nual Christmas parades. of dollars to be parsed out to various orcern for others fiows through the MothJust as with every new year, a sense ganizations helping the survivors.

As 2016 dawns, th e c ommunity should remain vigilant to the needs of those who suffered most from the fire.

For them, this tragedy is far from over.

It all unfolds as it will, but one thing is for certain. As long as people continue to watch out for each other, to

er Lode in all sorts of ways. In the busi- of expectationarises.What's coming? nesses that donate goods and services, Will the drought end this year? Who help those less fortunate, to reach out in law enforcement officers who take will be the next president? How will to people facing the unexpected, we not children shopping, in the magic of an- our lives change, evolve? only endure, we thrive.

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Chicken Ranch dinner a success

Looking on tbe brigbt side at year's end

To the Editor: Another great year at C hicken Ranch Casino Christmas Dinner, great food,great presents for the children, fun enjoyed by all. Loved that Santa Claus. He's awesome.

Thank you!

Next year I' ll sit on Santa's lap!

Yolanda Avalos Jamestown

Alternative plan for Dollar General To the Editor: I applaud the Planning Commission'sdenial of the proposal of a Dollar General in Columbia. I also applaud the more than 200 people who came out on a cold winter night to make their wishes and concerns known and the 20 or so speakers who were well-prepared and eloquent.

With that said, my heart goes out to the developer who had spent countless hours and money developing a proposal that was ultimately denied. Can not the General Plan be altered toprotect the historic nature

of Columbia which was founded long before chain stores were invented?

Doing that would save future developers a lot of time and money by letting them know projects like Dollar General will not be approved.

Ann Leonard Sonora

Terrorism! C r ime! D e adly storms! Hillary Clinton!

We reporters focus on bad news, but at year's end, let's remember what went right. 2015 was a better time to be alive than most any prior point in his- fall. We cover horrible mass tory. shootings and spikes in crime The rich got richer. Some peo- in cities like Baltimore and St. ple think that's a problem, but Louis, but overall, crime is down why? Do rich people sit on their — over the past 20 years, down piles of money and cackle about by about half. how rich they are? Do they build Unfortunately, terrorism has giant houses that damage the increased — mainly because of environment? Well, they some- ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Afghanitimes do. stan.

But mostly they invest, hopNevertheless, there are far ing to get richer still. Those in- fewer deaths from war and tervestmentscreatejobs and better ror than t h ere w ere 3 0 y ears products and make most every- ago, and in America, the odds of one else richer. Even if the rich you or your family being killed leave money in banks, banks by a terrorist are infinitesimal lend it to people who put it to compared todisease, accidents productive use. and a thousand more-ordinary Sure, income inequality has threats. grown — but so what? The rich Marriage is good for civilizadon't get richer at the expense tion. This year th e Supreme of the poor. Poor people's income Court declared that gay people grew 48 percent over the past may get married. Government 35 years. Bernie Sanders says shouldn't be in t h e marriage that "the middle class is disappearing!" But that's mainly because many middle-class people moved into th e u pper class.

Middle class incomes grew 40 percent over the past 30 years.

This year we heard more horror storiesabout bad schools and students who don't learn.

But take heart: Seven more statespassed education choice legislation.

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Ending the political squabble means we can all go back to minding our own business and worrying about our own marriages.

In 2015, women inSaudiArabia got to vote.

More countrieselected leaders, rather than inheriting them.

The picture isn't all rosy. As I mentioned, terrorism is up. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are on track to lead America into bankruptcy.

We have eternal problems like hunger and disease.

But even those "eternal" problems are closer to being solved than they used to be.

Thanks to better vaccines, 6 million fewer children under the age of 5 dieeach yearcompared to 30 years ago.

Twenty-five years ago, 2 billion people lived in extreme poverty

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— that meant surviving on about a dollar a day, often with little accessto basic needs like water and food.

"Experts"predicted that number would rise as the population grew. Happily, thanks to the power of free markets, they were wrong. In the space of a generation, half the people most in need in the world were rescued.

Ten percent of the world's people still live in dire poverty, but the trend is clear: Where there is rule of law and individual freedom, humanity is better off. As Marian Tupy of HumanProgress. org puts it, "Away from the front pages of our newspapers and television, billions of people go about their lives unmolested, enjoying incremental improvements that make each year better than the last."

So enjoy it. Happy New Year!

can optout of bad schools and pick better ones, and over the long haul competing schools will have to get better at what they do. That will lead to a brighter future for all students — and for society, which will benefit from their improved skills.

In 2015, two more states and Washington, D .C., l e galized marijuana. Authorities are al-

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House says leaders from Southeast Asia will gather in NATION California in mid-February for their association's fi rst summit in the United States.

President Barack Obama had announced in MalayST. LOUIS — As swollen sia last month that the U.S. rivers and streams pushed would bethe host for leaders to heights not seen in nearly &om the Association of South- a quarter-century, officials in east Asian Nations.

Missouri and illinois helped The administration has residents get to higher ground sought to improve military Wednesday amid fears that and economic ties with those already dire conditions could nations as part of what it worsen as floodwaters began describes as a "rebalance" to spilling over the federal leAsia and the Paci6c. vees protecting some commuThe meeting will take place nities and farmland. at the Sunnylands estate in In Eureka southwest of St. Rancho Mirage, the same site Louis, firefighters and their where Obama and China's boats have been in high depresident, Xi Jinping, held an mand since Tuesday, account unusually informal summit ing for roughly four dozen resback in 2013. cues of people in their homes, The White H ouse an- businesses or vehicles. Televinounced the summit while sion news footage showed at the president is in Hawaii for least one home there drifting his annual holiday vacation. in the swollen river Wednesday, when 6re6ghters rescued by boat a man and a dog as floodwaters lapped at the eaves of the house roof on whichthey'd been trapped for S ACRAMENTO — T h e a night.

U.S. Department of HomeThe U.S. Army C orps land Security granted a last- of Engineers a nnounced minute extension giving Cali- Wednesday that nine levees fornia more time to comply had been topped by wawith the federal Real ID Act ter, although some of those that sets stricter standards on earthen barriers were meant identification. to protect farmland rather The state Department of than populated areas so it Motor Vehicles said the fed- wasn't immediately clear eral agency will give Califor- how many homes were in nia until Oct. 10 to comply jeopardy. Nearly a dozen othwith the rules. California was er levees were considered at among several states where risk for "possible significant an exemption to the law was distress" but were holding as set to expire on Jan. 10. of Wednesday evening,the "The department recogniz- Army Corps said. es your efforts in enhancing the security of your jurisdic- WORLD tion's driver's licenses and identification cards," Homeland Security officials said in a letter dated Tuesday.

The 2005 Real ID act imDUBAI, United Arab Emirposes tougher requirements ates — The U.S. on WednesforproofoflegalU.S.residen- day accused Iran of launching cy inorder for state driver's a "highly provocative" rocket licenses to be valid for federal test last week near its warpurposes. The law was passed ships and commercial traffic in response to national secu- passing through the Strait of rity concerns after the Sept. Hormuz, exposing how ten11,2001,terroristattacks. sions between the two counCalifornia's extension gives tries could escalate even after the state time to implement a a landmark nucleardeal. new law set to take effect on The strategic Persian Gulf July 1. It will require new ap- waterway, which sees nearly plicants for driver's licenses a third of all oil traded by sea pass through it, has been the scene of past con&ontations Dec. 30 between America and Iran, including a one-day naval battle in 1988.

But Saturday's incident Daily 3 brought no immediateresponse Afternoon: 0, 5, 9 &om Iranian oflicials or media, Evening: 0, 7, 1 while French authorities downplayed its danger.

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more than a decade, California's firefighting agency amped up its warnings to thousands of property owners who weren't doing enough to protect their homes by clearing brush and other flammable materials.

But it rarely put any muscle behind the threats: Violators were fined just 4 percent of the time, down from 10 percent when the drought was declared fouryears ago, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Pro-

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"She's very happy charges were brought," Kuvin s a i d. "She' s hopeful they' ll a l so bring charges in her case in L.A." Cosby has denied all the allegations against him, and his lawyer called th e c r i minal charge unjustified. Most of hisaccusers allege that he gave them pills or drinks that made them dizzy or knocked them out, and that he subsequently removed their clothes and raped or groped them.

rectedat police,soldiers and popular attractions in t he capital city of Brussels. The arrestof two suspects was announced Tuesday by the Federal Prosecutor's Office, along with the seizure of military-style training uniforms, computer equipment and propaganda materials from the Islamic State. No weapons or explosives were found.

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On Thursday, the arrested men, whose names have not

been made public, are due to go beforea magistrate, who will decide whether to hold them for another month. An official close to the investigation, speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing, told The Associated Press both suspects about the r emaining r i sks belong toa motorcycle club, that Mayor Yvane Mayeur the Kamikaze Riders, which announced Wednesday eve- is known for illegal stunts on ning that a New Year's Eve public roads. fireworks display and relatAt least one other member ed festivities planned Thurs- of the Kamikaze Riders is day in the city center are be- known to have been investiing canceled. gatedin the past for possible Last year, Mayeur told links to Islamic radicalism, RTBF Fre n ch-languagebut his former lawyer said television, 100,000 people Wednesday nothing was ever

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"The worst penalization of a homeowner who chooses not to comply is if their house burns down," Upton said.

"If you have been living in these areas and don't think it can happen, you haven't been paying attention."

CalFire Director Ken Pimlott said the generalapproach is to educate

tions. ''We need that tool, because there are just those individuals, for whatin wildfire-prone areas toclear com- fines. ever reason, (who) aren't interested bustible materials near buildings and CalFire spokeswoman Janet Upton in complying," he said. "I would rather allowscitations starting at $100 for said inadequate protection was a sig- have those individuals understand those who fail to do so. A third offense nificant factor in the loss of homes this what we' re doing and now become the brings a misdemeanor charge and a fall in a wildfire that burned through messenger for their community." $500 fine. in Amador and Calaveras counties in He also defended policies that mean The latest statistics show the num- the Sierra Nevada foothills. enforcement varies dramatically from ber andrate of citations issued in the More violations were found there county to county.

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year ending June 30 were lower than when California' s drought began. The rate of homeowners disobeying the law also increased during that period.

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REVIEW Continued from Page Al slightly damaged furniture, and a storage unit in Jamestown filled with what is left of her china.

Richards received only a portion oftheappraised damages from her insurance company, which included shattered antiques she says are priceless.

She was without power and electricity for almost three weeks.

At the time Richards worked seven days a week in Oakdale. The schedule coupled with the lack of insurance coverage further delayed cleanup and repairs.

Plastic covered windows as daylight shone through the house for about six months.

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Lorie Tomasovich's beloved quarter horse, R.J. Lynx, was put down after it was found disemboweled by the lighting, still walking Tomasovich's field.

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"You could just see their nerves," Tomasovich said. "It's hard to explain."

— Sean Carson

May I All chasesdropped Ultimately, no one was held accountable for starting the largest fire in the Sierra Nevada range, which cost the fire service $127 million to fight.

Nearly a year after the gigantic 2013 Rim Hre broke out, Forest Service investigators saida bowhunter from Columbia named Keith Matthew Emerald confessed to accidentally starting the fire while he cooked beans and burned trash at a campsite in a steep drainage near the Clavey River.

Emerald was indicted Aug. 7, 2014, on four counts, including violating a fire restriction order and making false statements. The

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Linda Richards stands near a crater created by a lightning strike in her front yard in February (top). County and Sonora Regional Center notables (above) shoveled dirt during a July groundbreaking ceremony for SRMC's new Outpatient Pavilion and Cancer Center. TJ Dillashaw spoke with commentator Joe Rogan (left) after defeating Joe Soto in his first title defense.

Dillashaw went on to defeat Renan Barao in Chicago on July 25 to retain his title.

said the remodel will increase treatment space by 30 percent and patient capacity by 50percent.In 2014,Sonora Regional's Emergency Department had just over 31,000 visits in a space designed to see about 20,000 patients a year, Jahn said. The$2.4 million project will last several months.

Several areas adjacent to the Emergency Department have been temporarily relocated, and the spaces that were vacated will be remodeled first. Patient care will move intothose spaces,and thebackspace willbe remodeled.

Patients may have to wait in makeshift waiting areas in hallways rather than a formal waiting room.

Demolition on the former Andy's hardware store began Aug. 3 where the hospital's new cancer center will be built. Construction hasn't begun, and officials are waiting for final permits to start, Dasko said.

Groundbreaking for the $20 million Diana J. White Cancer Institute Outpatient Pavilion and Cancer Center was held in July. The Pavilion and Cancer Institute will be a threestory, 64,000-square-footfacility.

It will have diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation,laboratory and primary care services.It will DAer medical oncology, radiation oncology and an infusion center.

In addition, $10 million will be spent to renovate the hospital main campus space and emergency department, and $6 million has been budgetedfornew equipment.

Adventist Health gave the hospital $29 million and asked that the community donate $3 million.

The largest single community donation was an estate gift &om George White, of Groveland, who donated $3.3 million in honor of his late wife, Diana J. White, who died in 2011.

George White died Nov. 26.

— Lacey Peterson

july 25 A new fight

UFC Bantamweight Champion and Bret Harte High graduate TJ Dillashaw will defend his title Jan. 17 against Dominick Cruz yearsand more than $500,000 in fi nes.He pleaded not guilty. in the legendary Boston Gardens.

In March this year, Emerald's defense Dillashaw successfully defended his title attorneyssaid hisalleged confession was on July 25 against former champion Renan coerced.

According to court documents, two staff Barao in Chicago. The champ defeated Barao On May 1, federal prosecutors announced medical assistants said they were directed by in the fourth round by TKO. In the fight, Dilthey were dropping all charges, in part beLori Sostock and Vanessa Sostock to operate lashaw landed 170 strikes while receiving 65. "business as usual" whenever Lori Sostock cause two key witnesses died in February and Dillashaw had control of the match for March. was not in the office, meaning they were to 5:38, while Barao had the upper hand for 9 A &iendofEmerald, Tanden Olsen,34,of issue prescriptions despite being uncertified. seconds.

Sonora,died Feb.16 daysafter aworkplace Previous employees also interviewed said The upcoming bout with Cruz will be the accident. Jerold "Jerry" Bonner, 72, an Alta Lori and/or Vanessa ordered non-certified third title defense for Dillashaw after winning Helitack Base pilot stationed outside Los Gastaff to issue prescriptions to patients. the championship from Barao in May of 2014.

The court documents noted that in Februtos, was found dead March 6 of a heart attack Cruz, who is 20-1-0, is the No. 1. contender, inside his barracks. ary Lori Sostock and Vanessa Sostock went though he has not competed in the octagon Emerald could not be reached to comment to a medical board hearing in Fresno. One of since September 2014 due to injuries. In forthisreport. his last bout, the San Diego native defeated the medical assistants said Lori Sostock left Since the Rim Fire broke out in August a pre-si gned prescription pad and directed Takeya Mizugaki in a first round TKO. 2013, new fiowers, shrubs and trees have uncertified staff to issue prescriptions while Dillashaw, 29, goes into January's champisprouted in 400 square miles of mountain she was gone. onshipbattlewith a 13-2 record. watersheds burned by what became the largBetween April 22, 2015 and May 11, 2015, In his last three bouts, Dillashaw's perestblaze in therecorded history oftheSierra Once completed, the new facility will also LoriSostock directed the assistantstoforge formance was awarded Performance of the Nevada range. include rooms for therapy, family counseling her signature on prescriptions while she was Night, and in his win over Barao in 2014, the W oodpeckers, squirrels,deerand other and schooling. out on medical leave, the court documents fight was named fight of the night. wildlife have returned to some parts of the County Administrator Craig Pedro said the state. At one point, Vanessa Sostock reportThe last time that Dillashaw's hand was burn, which stretches from narrow creek bot- contractor will continue working through the edlysigned a prescription for a patientduring not raised in victory was in 2013 when he toms of the Clavey River, and the North Fork, winter to complete the project. this time. lost to Raphael Assunacno by way of a split MiddleFork,and South Fork Tuolumne River, The county plans to begin the process of The court documents also noted that bedecision. to ridge after ridge, &om Jawbone to Buck hiring key management staff in early 2016. tween Jan. 1, 2015 and June 4, 2015, patients Dillashaw is ranked the No. 4 pound-forMeadows to Yosemite National Park.

A total of 11 new full-time employees were appearedtohave received largequantities of pound fi ghterby UFC.corn. He isbehind FlyOther areas still look like moonscape, included in the approved 2015-16 budget. narcotics. weight champion, Demetrious Johnson, Light scorchedorclear-cuttostumps and bare Pedro said the county still needs to write One patient interviewed said Lori Sostock Heavyweight No. 1. contender, Jon Jones, and earth, deserted and devoid of life. policies and procedures foroperating thefacil- never examined him, but prescribed him Featherweight champion, Conor McGregor.

Property owners, including ranchers with Dillashaw vs. Cruz is the main event for ity, as well as begin training staff before the about 1,200 methadone pills per month, the privateholdings thatpredatethe creation of building is finished. courtdocuments state.

UFC Fight Night which will be aired on Fox Sta6'will be trained inside the building for the Forest Service, are still rebuilding. More The Medical Board of California identifies Sports 1 at 7 p.m.

—Guy Dossi than 7,000 acres in the Rim Fire burn in the a few months upon completion.

Lori Sostock as a 1995 graduate of Rush MedStanislaus National Forest have been logged, An opening date is scheduled for sometime ical College of Rush University in Chicago in while thousands of black, dead trees remain. in December 2016. the area of family medicine.

— Alex MacLean Earlier this year, the Rim Fire and its conLori Sostock was released from Tuolumne tinuing impacts prompted state authorities to CountyJailJuly 10,2015 on $200,000 bond, Making school safe select Tuolumne County as California's sole and Vanessa Sostock was released July 8, representative in a national disaster resilien2015 on $100,000 bond.

In August, the Sonora Union High School — Topi T/NlBas District safety committee met for the first cy competition with up to $1 billion at stake.

Pain pill investigation — Guy McCarthy time to address issues of violence and health A Sonora family doctor and her office for the high school community. manager accused of improperly prescribing The committee was formed after a father' s controlledsubstances to their patients were multiple complaints to the Sonora Union Medical expansion arrested July 7 after a seven-month investigaHigh School Board of Trustees about cyberA place for juvenile offenders tion.

Anyone who's been to the Emergency Debullying and physical attacks on his daughter.

It took 17 years but construction began on Dr. Lori Beth Sostock, 46, is charged with partment at Sonora Regional Medical Center The targeting has continued for more than a the $20 million Mother Lode Regional Juve48 countsofprescribing controlled substances lately probably saw the plastic partitions year, with no suspects. nile Detention Facility off Old Wards Ferry without a legitimate purpose, along with separatingcare areas &om remodeling areas.

The committee was a priority for chairmen other charges including transporting narcotThe reconstruction will take about eight Kathy Ankrom for some time.

Road in Sonora, part of the future Law and Justice Center campus that will eventually icsorcontrolled substances,repeated actsof months.

Regular members now include around 12 include a new county jail and state courtoverprescri bing administered drugs ortreatScott Dasko, project manager, said work representatives &om school administration, house. ment, and conspiracy to commit a crime. in the Emergency Department started two law enforcement, the Tuolumne County PubA $16 million state grant is covering the Vanessa Lynn Sostock, 43, is charged with weeks ago and involved setting up barriers for lic Health Department, campus security and construction costs, with the county paying for prescribing controlled substances without a infection control, namely to contain dust from maintenance. charges carried a maximum sentence of 11

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The 24,000-square-foot, 30-bed juvenile hall will accommodate male and female juvenile offenders &om Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador counties.

The county contracts with Nevada County to house juvenile offenders in a facility roughly three hours from Sonora, which puts a strainon familiesand probation ofBcers.

controlled substances, practicing medicine

Then construction on small areas at a time can begin, Dasko said.

Doing an interior remodel can be tricky, and workers will do one section at a time.

The Medical Center has seen an increasing number of patients over the past few years, and the volume has grown beyond capacity.

Hospital CEO and President Andrew Jahn

GAME Conti nued from Page Al hear anything that was being said,nor did any Merced player or coach make any mention of Perez's comments.

Then, with 17 seconds remaining, double technicals were given to both teams, and Perez, standing inches behind th e o ut-ofbounds line, used that moment to

once again taunt Stewart.

"I called him a crybaby and he was looking at me and I was like, Yeah, you,' and that was basically when we fought," Perez said.

"I didn't think he was going to punch me. I thought he was going

without a certificate and conspiracy to commit

a crime.

Both have pleaded not guilty. No trial date has been set.

A search warrant filed by a Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office detective gave access to medical records in Sostock's ofIice.

to chest bump me or confront me

about it so I didn't put my hands up. Then he swung. Basically, I wasn't ready for the punch."

Perez was hit in the face and the two fell back into the stands.

Perez was left with a small cut above his eye.

Perez said he didn't think he did anything inappropriate.

"I could have been a little more calm, but at th e same time, I was trying to help Sonora win the game by getting in the head of one of(Merced's) best players.

I felt like he came up here and was trying to bully our players around, and I was that one fan who stood up for the players. I do regret fighting, but I don't regret

"We want to make sure there's communica-

tion among this group of people so everyone' s on thesame page moving forward,"Ankrom said.

The group concluded a third safety training at the Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Oflice this month, and works to

heckling him."

Nava felt the officials made the After the men were separated, right decision. Not because it gave the officials decided the environ- his team the win, but because it ment became unsafe and the best was thesafest option.

"My No. 1 concern is always c ourse of action was to end t h e game. Finishing the game in an our players' safety," Nava said. "If empty gym was anoption,howev- there are ever any safety issues, er, the officials still felt the smart- I think as a coach or parent, you estcourse ofaction was toprevent have to make sure you bring up further incidents. those issues."

"In hindsight, the empty gym Sonora head coach Dan Dona maybe could have been done," said he was pleased with the way Montero said. "But it was still so both teams conducted themselves.

"Every kid that was on the court volatilebecause there were fans standing up y elling across at for both Merced and Sonora, was each other. And the Merced play- trying to help somebody," Dona ers looked like they were ready to said. "Nobody was fighting except blow up again and come off. So it for the two individuals involved." was justbest to separate everyNava said he had a simple mesthing." sage for his player following Tues-

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day night's game.

"I just told him that he needs to learn to control his emotions," he said. "This game is about competition. Within that competition, he has tobe able to controlhis emotions, no matter who is at fault."

For Dona, he hopes the community can move on and not make it into something larger than it is.

"I think people out in the community or on social media are trying to make this bigger than it was," Dona said. 'Yes, it was a horrible thing that happened.

Again, maybe ithappens every 25 or 30 years.It was horrible, but it wasn't a gang fight with two teams battling and throwing punches."

Sonora, California

REVIEW Continued from Page A6 promote the school WE TIP line, an anonymous crime reporting hotline funded through the school's insurance, Ankrom said.

The biggest improvement since the first September

meeting is a student outreach program headedby committee member Jackie Potts,

Wellness Coordinator at the high school, said Ankrom.

Potts has a dozen students who regularly volunteer time to communicate safety issues around campus as part of the Student Wellness Advocacy Program (SWAP).

The group broadcasts issues of violence, bullying and general health over morning

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eas around Pinecrest were a constant presence for one of

Fire and law enforcement personnel set up a temporary command post in September at Central Calaveras Fire and Rescue Station 1 during the height of the Butte Fire.

forcement in November, will

the students.

"The up-the-hill community has rallied behind

be implemented into district policy when administrators return from the winter break, said Superintendent Robert Griffith.

For Griffith, the threat of viol ence at the school, coupled with shootings at an Oregon community college and terrorist attacks in Paris are troubling.

"It seems to be a fall where we' ve become acutely aware there are dangerous people in this world."

anonymous student because

we know he is not that bad kid. He is a bright boy who is notviolent and, asfar as we are concerned, he is guilty of a thought crime," said neighbor and supporter Sue Kirk.

The Summerville Union High School District continues to evaluate safety protocol in the wake of the incident.

Active-shooter training,

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intercom announcements,

regularly hands out literature and speaks with peers at lunch. Occasionally the group will attend special events like a diabetes walk in November.

Potts joined the commit tee after sitting on a school wellness committee for years prior, a seat she still holds.

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The only other loss of the season was way back in August in the first game — a non-conference matchup — against Oakdale.

Twelve wins, two losses. The Hanford Bullpups dashed their sprint to the state championship in the 42-18 game that was closer than the score would allow. The Bullpups stuffed the Wildcats in the fourth quarter.

Junior Killian Rosko summed it up.

"We gave it our all. It was an emotional game, we worked so hard to get here. We have noreason tobe sad. We played great and we' re holding our heads up high."

— Bill Rozak

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Oct. 6 Murder in Valley Springs He was 15 when he was convicted, 12 when the murder happened.

Now, he's at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility, a sprawling place on the outskirts of Stockton.

That's about 55 miles from where he lived in Valley Springs, before that day in April 2013 when 8-year-old Leila Fowler was found stabbed to death in her bedroom.

She hadbeen stabbed 22 times, mostly in the chest, and died in less than an hour.

The boy said he had been there when an intruder came in. It was a guy wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. The boy heard the girl scream. He saw the man run out.

That washis story,a story Calaveras County SuperiorCourt Judge Thomas A. Smith found implausible. Smith convicted the boy of second-degree murder on Oct. 6 after a 17-day trial, which was held in

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Sonora head coach Bryan Craig addressed his team (above) after a 42-18 loss to Hanford at Dunlavy Field that took the Wildcats out of the playoffs. A hearing on a proposed Dollar General store packed the Faith Hall (left) at Columbia's Church of the 49ers. Motorists drove in wet conditions earlier this month as a wet storm dumped record amounts of rain in the Sierra Nevada foothills (below).

juvenile murder trials to be public, but The Union Democrat has not reported his name because he is a minor.

The judge said he found the boy guilty because the 911 call, in which the boy took more than a minute to say the girl had been stabbed, didn't make sense. He also said the crime could not have been com-

mitted as quickly as the boy said it did.

But the boy's parents and lawyer remain convinced of his innocence.

"We don't feel that he's guilty," said Crystal Fowler, the boy's stepmother. "I don't think we really even have absorbed even a fraction of what's going on in our lives right now."

The boy will remain in custody until he is 23.

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Oct. 29 A sheriff dies Two months after Calaveras County Sheriff Gary Kuntz died, deputies say they are taking care of business as they wonder who the next sheriff will be.

"We' re just waiting for that right now.

We' re just kind of in limbo," Sgt. Rick DiBasilio said. "It is just a concern. Are they going to appoint from within the department or from the outside?"

Calaveras County Supervisor Cliff Edson said by mid-December eight people had applied, including current and retired deputiesand retired officers.

The CalaverasCounty Board of Supervisors, which will appoint the next sheriff, decided on Nov. 3 to table the topic until Feb. 9. They said it was too soon to appoint a new sheriff, that the agency was reeling from the loss.

Kuntz died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home in rural Valley Springs at age 63.

A public memorial was held a week later at the Ironstone Amphitheatre in Murphys where hundreds gathered to honor the man who was with the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office for nearly 30 years as a deputy and a sheriff.

The Sheriff's Office has been operating

create a traffic nightmare and put local

mom-and-pop shops out of business.

Hundreds of people attended several town hall meetings in Columbia throughout the year. A Facebook page titled "Stop Dollar General-Columbia State Historic Park" was also created to share information.

County planners released an initial study in August and collected public comments through September.

More than 100 comments were received

Oct. 27 Cheryl Lucero once thought she was going to wed her married lover.

She set a wedding date and practiced writing Mrs. Rick Roberts.

Now she's serving time at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla after a jury convicted her of murder in Roberts' death.

The 46-year-old Twain Harte woman will likely be there — or the other California woman's prison, California Institution for Women in Corona, for the rest of her life unless the Board of Parole considers her forelder parole after she serves 25 years.

She was sentenced to 50 years to life on Oct. 27 after a jury of four men and eight women convicted her on Sept. 4. They deliberatedfortwo days.

Roberts, 49, of Sonora, was found shot to deaththe morning ofFeb. 16,2014, in an automobile shop he rented near his home on Mono Way.He was found lying faceup on the ground by a person he was scheduled to meet about renting space in the building.

Dr. Sung-Ook Baik, forensic pathologist with the Stanislaus County Coroner' s Office, found that Roberts died of a bullet wound to his chest. There was also a grazing wound on Roberts' left shoulder.

Throughout her trial, which began Aug. 10, 2015, Lucero was vague about how long she and Roberts were involved, but the prosecutionsaid itlasted about three years.

Lucero took the stand multiple times throughout the trial. She testified that at the time she was involved with Roberts, she believed he was separated from his wife, Teddi, and going to get a divorce.

She and Roberts met in 2010 at a Modesto Panda Express, where she worked.

Lucero was arrested June 18, 2014, and charged with first-degree murder after authorities said she admitted to being involved with Roberts' death during a police interrogation.

She pleaded not guilty in July 2014 and, in November 2014, she recanted her confession.

Public outcry reached a fever pitch over adeveloper'sproposal to construct a 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store in the historic Gold Rush town of Columbia.

The national discount retailer's proposed storewould be located at Parrotts Ferry Road and Howser Lane, less than a half-mile from Columbia State Historic Park. Two other Dollar General stores opened in Jamestown and Soulsbyville over the past year.

Opponents of the proposed Columbia store argued that the location would diminish the area's historical integrity,

with what Sgt. Anthony Eberhardt calls a unified command staff led by Capt. Jim Macedo andCapt. Eddie Ballard.

improvement planfor upgrading aging pipes, pumps, tanks and other infrastructure.

— Jason Cowan

A typical family's water bill will be around $60 a month in 2016, assuming daily water use of 225 gallons per day, and the monthly sewer charge for a singlefamily residence will be $40. The combined Disaster increases work out to $19.01 a month comFour years of drought brought a new pared tothis year's water and sewer rates challenge in 2015 — tree mortality. for a typical family.

Drought-weakened trees became vulnerThe money will be used to increase waable to infestation from the native bark ter storage capacity at Phoenix Lake, build beetleand the number of dead trees across three water storage tanks and two pump California skyrocketed over the summer stations,pay offoperational deficits in the to more than 22 million, according to U.S. water and sewer funds, replace 39,000 Forest Service and Cal Fire estimates. feet of leaky water main pipes, build four Alternate studies by scientists also sewer pump stations and repair five sewer determined at least another 100 million pump stations, replace about 5,000 feet of trees— approximately 20 percent of the sewer pipes and provide equipment and state's forests— also remain in danger training to improve customer service and due to low water levels. employee safety.

Heavily forested rural areas, such as TUD staff said the Gibbs sewer colTuolumne County, were the hardest hit. lection improvements project that is County residents from Sonora to Kenalreadyunder way isfunded in part by nedy Meadows found themselves with a Community Development Block Grant unmanageable amounts of dead trees, with from Tuolumne Countyin the amount of some facing$10,000-plus bills tohave $1,420,000. them all removed.

Some projectsare expected to be comHiring l aicensed private contractor to pleted by 2021. The plan does not include chop down a single tree can cost hundreds a timeline of construction start and finish to thousands of dollars. dates for individual projects.

Meanwhile, public agencies like Tu— GuyMcCarthy olumne Utilities also reported hundreds of dead trees that were threatening to disrupt services relied upon by thousands of county residents.

Volleyball disappointment Pacific Gas and Electric Co. deployed hundreds of maintenance crews to cut The Sonora Wildcats girls volleyball down thousands of hazard trees on both team suffered its first loss in a playoff in public and private property. almost two years to Marin Catholic, a 0-3 Residents pleaded for the Tuolumne game that knocked out the defending state County Board of Supervisors to take champs in three sets. action, though the problem had grown It was the semifinals of the division IV beyond the scope of the county's limited CIF State Girls' Volleyball Championships.

"The only way to end on a win is to win resources.

The boarddeclared a localstate of state,and at leastwe did that lastyear," emergency on Sept. 15 and sent letters to said Wildcat head coach Kim Evans. "But I'm so proud of these girls."

Gov. Jerry Brown asking him to authorize assistance for counties to address the The Wildcats finished the season with problem.

32 wins in 37 games.

Brown declared a state of emergency Over the past three years, Sonora has a Oct. 30 in response to what he described recordof98-17 and has not lostitsleague, as the"worst epidemic oftree die-offin Valley Oak or Mother Lode, match in modern history." almost four seasons.

County officials are working on a plan —Bill Rozak that will make local public agencies eligibleforstate assistance to cover 75 percent of the cost for removing trees threatening public infrastructure.

Rooting for the home team The boardisexpected to consider approving the plan at a meeting in January.

When the Sonora Wildcat football seaPrivate landowners, however, will not be son came to a close on a freezing December eligiblefor assistance from the state. night, Coach Bryan Craig had one thing to —Alex MacLean say to his team.

"Don't hang your head."

The 2015 Wildcats were the first in school history to play in the IV-AA NorCal final of the California Interscholastic Rising rates Federation State Football Championship The cost of water and sewer are going Bowl Games. up Jan.1 for about 44,000 customers of Not only that, but the Wildcats were Tuolumne Utilities District.

Mother Lode League and Division V SacIncreasesfrom 2016 to 2021 are intendJoaquin Section champions. It was the ed to fund a $26.8 million, five-year capital school's second section championship. The

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about the proposal with most saying they were against the development, including the California Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Tuolumne County Planning Commission held a public hearing Dec. 16 to consider the request from Texas-based developer Cross Development for permits to construct the store. The commission limited each speaker to three minutes. More than 200 people gathered at the Church of 49ers Faith Hall in Columbia, with about 50 voicing opposition. Five spoke in favor.

After five hours, the commission denied a permit in a 5-2 vote. Commissioners JerryBaker and Cole Przybyla voted in favorofthe store.

Joe Dell, of Cross Development, is appealing the commission's decision to the Tuolumne CountyBoard ofSupervisors.

That hearing is scheduled for February.

—Alex Maci ean

Dec. 22 It rained California's drought is now three months into its fifth consecutive year, but

on Dec. 22 something magical happened.

It rained. Steadily. Some 4.6 inches in Sonora, causing record-setting amounts of rainfall this fall.

Oceanographers and weather forecasters say the area is still in an El Nino advisory.

Ocean warming is expected to produce atmospheric rivers of rainfall and snowfall for the Sierra Nevada. Models show the coming El Nino is still on track to rank among the top three strongest episodes going back to 1950.

State water officials, including the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Control Board, say the current drought has so badly depleted California's water and groundwater reserves that even a blockbuster El Nino is unlikely to completely counter lingering drought impacts. Some water managers say there' s

not enough storage to catch all the runoff.

As of Dec. 15, more than 97 percent of California was still in a state of drought, from moderate tosevere, extreme and

exceptional, according to scientists with the U.S. Drought Monitor. More than 44 percent of California, including most of the SierraNevada and allofCalaveras and Tuolumne counties, remained in exceptional drought, the most dire classification.

Snow course water content records show

Sierra Nevada snowpack has been below historic averages seven ofthe past nine years.

Earlier this year, low water levels at some MotherLode reservoirs exposed long-submergedbridges and relicsofformer towns put under water decades ago.

The old Parrotts Ferry Bridge emerged in June as levels at New Melones on the Stanislaus River dropped to more than 250 feetbelow high water at fullcapacity. Remnants of old town Melones were exposed.

Low levels at Don Pedro on the Tuolumne River showed parts of an old stamp mill in a draw previously long under water. Old Exchequer Dam came up for air as McClure on the Merced River recededto record-low levels and kept dropping.

Whether the expected El Nino pattern follows through as forecast and exactly what it will mean for Mother Lode watersheds remains to be seen.

As 2015 comes to a close, Tom Haglund, general manager for Tuolumne Utilities District, noted Sonora rainfall and snowpack water content in TUD's primary watershedare above average since Oct. 1.

Haglund said it's "a very encouraging sign at this specific point in time."

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Nurse Teresa Nelson will be guest speaker at the Parkinson' s Support Group of Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mendocino counties, which will meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 5 at the Calaveras County Central Library, 1299 Gold Hunter Road, San Andreas.

Nelson is a staff chaplain at Sonora Regional Medical Center.

Her presentation will focus onfinding meaning and purpose in life through faith, hope and love.

For more information, call Rex Whisnand at 785-8166.

Having too many friends can backfire The 2010 movie "The SocialNetwork" tracesHarvard student Mark Zuckerberg's controversial (just ask the Winklevoss twins) launching of Facebook and reveals the stress that the company's founding caused for everyone who had anything to do with it. Fast-forward to 2015: Mark has 43,325,923 Facebook followers and a multi-billion dollar company. But it's still stressful!

We don't think your teenager isclose to having that many friends on Facebook, but he or she still may be dealing with the hyper tension Facebook can trigger. A new study from the University ofMontreal looked atcortisollevels,a m easure ofstress, in teenagers who had 300 or

Elder program seeks volunteers The Mother Lode Office of Catholic Charities is seeking volunteers for its C.A.FE.(Connections and Awareness for Elders) program.

The program is designed to help volunteers "provide a connection" to isolated and lonely older adults as well as offer support, encouragement and activities.

A training session for volunteers will be held in January at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sonora.

The training is free.

Water, coffee and snacks will be provided with an hour for lunch to go out or bring a sack lunch and eat in.

The trainings will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 19 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21.

To register, call Nancy Hansbury at 532-7632.

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for depression The University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health and Aging, is conducting a research project aimed at helping older adults in rural communities who are depressed.

People over 60 can qualify to get 12 weeks of free case management and mental health counseling or selfguided support with a senior peer counselor.

Participants will receive gift cards as financial incentive to participate. Interventions are conducted in the client's home.

For more information, call the Mother Lode Office of Catholic Charities and ask about the Sparrow Project at 532-7632. All calls are confidential.

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"It makes you more aware," and pounds or so, then slowly gain it back, plus an additional five can lead to change of habits, Ortiz pounds for good measure. said.

Tuolumne County Public Health The best health change a person Officer Dr. Liza Ortiz says it's best can make is to stop smoking, Ortiz to startslow.

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"A lotofpeoplewant to lose weight. Sustainable weight loss, especially if you are going to lose a lot of weight, relies on you doing something you like doing that you can do for a while," Ortiz said.

"Don't do a big change on New Year's Day. You can start walking 15 minutes and then move up."

People could try riding a bike, or going to a dance class, walk more,

Smoking causes all kinds of health problems, including death.

There is free help out there.

Both Calaveras and Tuolumne county public health departments offer &ee quit kits. Call 533-7401 or 754-6460 to get one.

Peoplecan talk to theirdoctors about getting things like gum, patches and medications that curb cravings, which are now covered by

smokers ho use medicine%,can stay smo -free for more than 6 months, he American Cancer Society said. Counseling and other typesofemotional supportcan boost success rates even higher.

People should also make a habit of washing their hands with soap and water more often in the new year, Winn said.

"Hand sanitizer doesn't replace washing your hands with soap and water," Winn said.

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belt, and do "stuff'your mom told you," Winn said.

"I would tell people to just add one moreserving ofa fruitor vegetable.

An d getyouremergency plan together in case you have to evacuate quickly," Winn said.

Get your important papers, medications and things you need to evacuate your animals, includ-

ing their food, carriers and medications, all in a central place you can get to quickly, Winn said.

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"There is nothing magical in it that regular food doesn't have," said Brad Haag, a personal trainer and USA Triathlon-certified running coach who founded Bend Fitness.

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Athletes commonly drink protein shakes following workouts. Many of them subscribe the idea of a 30-minute to one-hour "workout window," the time period following exercise during which a person must consume food to replenish their depleted muscles and prevent their gains from being lost.

Some of the dietitians interviewed for this article, however, underplayed the importance of consuming protein so quickly following a workout.

While some research has shown that eating protein within two hours of exercising can help build muscle, most people already get enough protein t h r ough their diets and more protein than necessary doesn' t benefit the body, said Abby

Douglas, a registered dietitian with Synergy Health & Wellness in Bend, Oregon.

The Institute of M edicine recommends sedentary adults get 0.4 grams of protein per pound of body weight per day. For active adults, it's between 0.4 and 0.6 grams per pound. Athletes require 0.6 to 0.9 grams per pound.

For a 1 5 0-pound sedentary adult, that works out to 60 grams of protein per day. For an active adult: 90 t o 135 g rams pe r day.

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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/ Cheryl Dodge 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.

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AYES: Steam, Williams, Segarini, Garaventa, Canning NOES: None ABSENT OR ABSTAIN: None

Signed and approved on December 21, 2015 By: s/ Mayor Ronald Steam ATTEST: s/ Marijane Cassinetto, City Clerk Approved as to Form: By: s/ Byron Smith, City Attorney Publication Date: December 31, 2015 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370 PUBLIC NOTICE

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Sonora Cit Plannin Commission NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, January 11, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, in the City Council Chambers located at 94 N. Washington Street, Sonora, California the Sonora Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the following item:

A proposed land use ordinance that would ban all marijuana dispensaries within the City of Sonora. The proposed land use ordinance would also limit the cultivation of marijuana in the City of Sonora to six plants per legal parcel regardless of whether a marijuana plant is considered a mature or immature plant. The proposed land use regulation would permit the cultivation of marijuana in the City of Sonora only within a detached, fully enclosed, secure structure which conforms to Sonora's Municipal Code and which is not used for or intended for human occupancy.

The proposed land use ordinance affects all property owners and inhabitants of the City of Sonora.

The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State and City Guidelines for implementation of CEQA which states that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.

At the above time and place, all persons interested in the above, either for or against the proposed ordinance, will be given the opportunity to be heard. The proposed ordinance is available for review at the City of Sonora Community Development Department, which is located at 94 North Washington Street, Sonora CA 95370. The Sonora Community Development Department is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Please be advised that if you challenge the item listed above in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Sonora City Planning Commission at, or prior to, the January 11, 2016, Public Hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the January 11, 2016, Planning Commission meeting, please contact the Community Development Department at (209) 532-3508. Notification of at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28CFR35.102-35.104ADA Title II).

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So if you think a senior moment is decades away &om you,think again — ifyou're not movin' and groovin' on the joys of physical Adlve not passive activity. Grab a buddy, a pedometer and start Mahatma Gandhi was a dedicated paci- walking; aim for 10,000 steps total a day and fist, but he was hardly passive. His 240-mile, sweat for 20 minutes three times a week. nonviolent Salt March in 1930 gave impetus Spend 30 minutes 2-3 times weekly doing to the Indian independence movement. And strength-building exercises. If you can jump his habit of walking everywhere inspired 40 times a day, do itl Your brain (and hips) will The Mahatma Gandhi Health and Peace thank you.

Walk — a New York-based public health initiative. Their motto? In His Footsteps For MehmetOz,M.D. is host of"The Dr. Oz Your Health.

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Readers weigh in on golf-ball-cleaning rift DEARANNK: I can't believe your response to the letter &om "Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place," saying that golf balls shouldn't be cleaned in the kitchen sink.

We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. Fighting over which sink to wash them in is like fighting over which way to hang the toilet paper. Get over it! —EMT DEAR EMT: We were surprised at the volume of mail this letter elicited. A lot of golfers must read our column. (And let's not get into the toilet paper.) Here are a few more comments:

From I'm Not Fooled: I' ve played golf for 50 years and everyone uses the ball washers at each tee or wets a towel and wipes them. Unless a ball is lost or damaged, golfers play with one ball for 18 holes. How hard is it to wash one ball at the end of a round?

Practical Guy: I fail to see the

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Annie's Mailbox problem. Cabbage and potatoes are exposed tothe same environment as golf balls, and I am sure the wife has no problem washing those things in the kitchen sink.

The problem seems more territorial than practical. My wife and I both wash paintbrushes and scrub buckets in the kitchen sink.

On many occasions, I' ve washed dog poop from the soles of our shoes in that sink. Just clean the sink when you' re done, and forget about it.

D: Please tell that Golf (goof) Ball never to wash those disgusting things in the kitchen sink When he washes the car, he can have an extra pail with hot water, soap and maybe a little bleach and throw in

the balls. By the time he's 6nished with his car, those balls will be pretty clean. His wife should give him information on E. coli and show pictures of necrotizing fasciitis. I would disinfect the kitchen and tell him Fd never make him another meal unless this stops. (He should take off his shoes before entering the house, too.)

The Villages: There should not be a big issue with cleaning golf balls. Take a wet towel and clean them after you play.

California: We put a lot of stuff in our kitchen sink that is disgusting, but nobody thinks twice about itmostly fruits and vegetables from our garden that are covered in dirt and fertilizer. We simply clean the sink thoroughly with bleach and that's the end of it. I think she doesn't want her husband to play golf.

S. Spring.As a health educator and a pesticide reform activist

since the '80s, it is unfortunate that some folks are still not aware of the toxicity of pesticides that are used on nearly all American golf courses. Golf balls are contaminated from contact with pesticides on the grass, and most certainly ought not be washed at home, except in a designatedpaiL Shoes and gloves used for golfing would best never be taken inside the home, and instead left in the garage or a golf locker.

Pesticides are designed to adhere to surfaces, even during rain, and are highly toxic. Their half-lives are decades long. An online search of "pesticide and golf course" will giveyour readers some education.

Thank you.

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Today in history Today is Thursday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2015.

Today's Highlight in HistoryrOn Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

On this date: In 1775, during the Revolutionary War, the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed.

In 1951, the Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.

In 1969, Joseph A. Yablonski,an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was shot to death with his wife and daughter in their Clarksville, Pennsylvania, home by hitmen acting at the orders of UMWA president Tony Boyle.

In 1972, Major League baseball player Roberto Clemente, 38, was killed when a plane he'd chartered and was traveling on to bring relief supplies to earthquakedevastated Nicaragua crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Rico.

In 1974, private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.

In 1985, singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year' s Eve performance in Dallas.

In 1986, 97 people were killed when fire broke out in the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Three hotel workers later pleaded guilty in connection with the blaze.)

In 1995, the syndicated comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," created by Bill Watterson, came to an end after a 10-year run.

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DEAR DR ROACH:I'm a 50-yearold male. I recently retired from the military after serving over 21 years, deployed three times to war zones. During

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this time, I received numerous vaccina-

tions, including 11 anthrax shots. I' ve always had seasonal allergies, which seemed to get much worse about five years ago. I had been taking an antihistamine regularly for about 10 years. I was sent to an allergistforallergytesting, and was told to discontinue taking the antihistamine for seven days prior to the testing. After the first two days, I was unable to do so because of hives and severe itching of my skin. I was

consulted with another allergist and re-orderedthe testand some others.It came back elevated again.

They' ve told me I have mastocytosis, although they are not sure what to do about it. They suggested I continue to

skin-tested and was positive for many

take an antihistamine daily to control

grasses, trees,etc.I've been on allergy immunotherapy since, which does seem to help.

Since then I moved to another state and resumed immunotherapy,and recentlytold my new allergist that when I discontinue my antihistamine, I have a severe itching reaction. He did not think that should happen, and so orderedsome tests.Allwere normal exceptan elevated tryptase level.He

the itch, and to wait and see if things get worse, then get retested in six months, etc. They' ve talked about doing a bone-

Keith Roach, M.D.

marrow test at some point in the future.

What is mastocytosis? What causes it? Was that the cause of my itchy skin and hives when I stopped taking the antihistamine five years ago?Could my military deployment exposures have contributed to it? My anthrax shots?

What can be done about it, other than

take an antihistamine? What is its course? — S.K ANSWER: It sounds very likely that

cellspredict more-severe disease. I must emphasize that mastocytosis can have wide a range,&om afairly benign you havesystemic mastocytosis,a rare conditio n to a very aggressive disease disease of the mast cell, which is a part involving multiple systems. Much more of the immune system. Vaccinations information is available at www.tmsare notrelated to mastocytosis.M ore foracure.corn. than 95percent ofcases ofmastocytoREADERS: Many people have sis are associated with a DNA muta- come down with the mysterious illtion in the c-kit receptor, which causes ness chronic fatigue syndrome. The activatio n of the mast cells and a re- booklet on it explains the illness lease of chemicals from the mast cells. and its treatment. To obtain a copy, This is what causes the hives and the write: Dr. Roach Book No. 304, 628 itching.Mastocytosis also may cause Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. flushing, lightheadedness or fainting, Enclose a check or money order (no or abdominal cramping and diarrhea. cash) for $4.75 U.SJ$6 Can. with the Mood swings and depression are symp- recipient's printed name and address. toms that go under-recognized by both Please allow four weeks for delivery. patients and doctors. Symptoms often Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to have specific triggers, and it's critical to answer individual letters,but will inidentif y these so they may be avoided, corporatethem in the column whenever ifpossible. possible. Readers may email questions High tryptase levels supportthe di- to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu agnosis, but a bone-marrow biopsy is or request an order form of available the optimal way to make the diagnosis; health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., it helps provide your doctor with some Orlando, FL 82808.Health newsletters personalized information on what your may be ordered from www.rbmamall. course might be. High numbers of mast corn.

IIORCS CCPE Birthday for December 31. What do you want for the world? Make long-term plans and strategies. Springtime brings new inquiries and professional opportunities. Take notes on an autumn trip for later distribution. Store your traveling shoes after 9/9, when Jupiter enters Libra for a year-long career phase. Tend your garden with love.

quarters. You have enough, but not too much, just what you need. Experience a philosophical shift. Initiate your new plan. Prioritize obligations to beautify and simplify your home.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today is a 6 —Publish the news and grow your audience. Your network holds abundant resources. Let people know what you' reup to. Get drawn To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the into a new world by a fascinating friend. Clear space for easiest day, 0 the most challenging. new endeavors.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is an 8 — This is a lucky Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today is an 8 — It's a surpristime for setting intentions. Envision how you would like ingly good time to make money. Find joy in your work. your job, pattnerships, and home life to look. Look farther Accept a bonus. Appreciate the abundance with thanks. into the future, and imagine more time with passions and One good sentiment leads to another. Words of acknowlenthusiasms. Set big goals. edgment satisfy. Share with those you love.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Today is a 7 —Good work Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is an 8 —Exotic leads to more assignments. Resources you' ve hidden are destinations delight. Travels and research flow with surprishandy now. Soak up the love, and chart your course. You ing ease. Time spent together is precious. Team efforts win can get what you need. Opposites attract, and you' re atbig. Together, you' re all stronger. Go outside and play. Take tracted. Make plans for growth. advantage of the diversions of the locale. Celebrate love.

Gemini (May 21 June 20): Today is a 5 — Apartner offers Capricorn (Dec. 22 Jan. 19): Today is a 7 —Avoid stepinsight and energy. Finish old business and celebrate. You ping on others to get what you want. It's possible to rise have plenty to be grateful for. Count your blessings, and together. You' re gaining respect. New status leads to new protect them. Nurture your roots with a deep watering. friends. Expand your personal horizons. Discover hidden Your dear ones fill your heart. benefits to group participation. Private contemplation pays Cancer (June 21 July 22): Today is an 8 —Gather up off. windfall benefits. Collect as much as possible. There's an Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today is a 7 — Adjust to abundance of creative work, so schedule it into the future. changes. Accept an assignment. Take on more responsibilBegin a new project, after completing a major task. Some- ity. Join a good team. You and your partner enjoy a sweet one important is paying attention. moment, and you' re looking especially good. Discover Leo(July 23-Aug. 22):Today is an 8 — Don't underestisomething you'd been taking for granted. Share the glory. mate the power of love. Put down roots and stretch them Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Today is a 7 —Travel beckons, out. Material abundance is nice. Share backyard fruit and but take care. A surprising financial development could homegrown treats with your neighbors. What you give slow things. There's more coming. Attend an important comes back multiplied. Share cheers for mutual abundance. meeting. Push past old barriers. Follow through on what Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is an 8 —Contemplate you said. Friends keep you inspired. Make a personal changes to your personal space. Improve your living delivery.

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John Galsworthy, an English dramatist and 4 J109 8 playwright who died in 1933, said, "A man of 0 J109 5 2 action forced into a state of thought is unhappy I @ J 1 0 8 7 l 62 until he can get out of it."

486 At the bridge table, you must be a man or South woman of thought before becoming a man or 4 AQ6 woman of action. And if the thought process T AQ4 precedes accurate card-play, your opponents t AK 3 will be unhappy.

4 A KJ5 In this deal, how should South make his opponents unhappy? He is in three no-trurp, and Dealer: South West leadsthe diamond queen.

South starts with eight top tricks: one spade, S outh W e s t No r t h Ea s t one heart, two diamonds and four ciubs. A player of action would win the first or second 3 NT Pass Pa s s Pas s diamond trick, cross to dummy by ieading a low club to the 10, and take a major-suit finesse.

Openinglead:1 Q Declarer would win the next diamond, return to dummy with a club to the queen, and take the other major-suit finesse ... and here go down one.

Yes, that would be unlucky, but North would be unhappy with that line. South should win the first trick and, strangely, cash his other high diamond. If East discards, declarer should take his four club tricks, ending on the board, and decide which way to turn.

When East follows suit, though, South next cashes three club tricks, leaving a winner on the board, then exits with his last diamond.

If East wins the third diamond, South can still take both major-suit finesses; he hasn' t lost anything. Here, though, West may cash three tricks in the suit, but must then unhappily lead away from one of his kings, conceding a ninth trick to declarer.

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Tioga High5K Run/Walk 3an. 2 Tioga High School's 2nd annual New Year 5K RuniWalk 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.

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Columbia's Bostan Van Der Veur (above) goes strong to the hoop Wednesday night vs. Skyline at Oak Pavilion DeAndre Stallings (below) hits one of his five first half 3-pointers.

Stallings' 30 points leads Columbia

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By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

Signups for a recreation dodgeball league will begin Jan. 4.

The Tuolumne Memorial Hall will host a

Happy New Year Jumper Nation! The Columbia Claim Jumpers beat the Skyline Spartans 74-58 Wednesday night at Oak Pavilion to give them 10 wins before the start of Central Valley Conference play. It was not too long ago where 10 wins would

weekly, Thursdaynight

have been a great season. Now, 10 wins shows

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.sonorasunriserotary.org.

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that the Jumpers are ready to make a run at the CVC title.

Following the Jumpers win, DeAndre Stallings stood in the locker room holding a cake that was brought to him by his family. And why shouldn' t Stallings enjoy a nice piece of cake?

The 6-foot-7 freshman scored a game-high 30 points and took over the game midway through the first half.

"He is such a great all-around player," said Aaron May. "He's a good teammate and he's not selfish. He' ll take his shots but he will also pass the balltohisteammates."

Stallings gave Columbia a 5-0 lead and then after that, he went cold. It was not only Stallings who could not make a shot, but all Jumpers had a problem putting the ball through the net. It wasn' t because of a lack of efFort. Columbia had excellent ball movement and were taking open shots. They just weren't falling.

Though nothing was happening on the scoreboard, head coach Rob Hoyt was happy with the shots his team was taking.

"All of the shots that were taken were a result of great ball movement," Hoyt said. "They were great shots so there is no adjustment. If we are going to take great shots and miss them, then we will lose."

Though for sophomore Michael Meserole, he knows the importance of not letting a missed shot linger too long.

"It's very hard to notlet the misses go to your head, but as a shooter you have to think about the next one," Meserole said. "It's hard coming out after a week long break. I kind of thought that we might be a little sluggish coming out shooting -wise. I was actually surprised with how well we shot throughout the whole game. But in that first half we were missing shots, and then DeAndre

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J J Barea scored 23 points in another big game filling in for injured point guard Deron Williams, and the Dallas Mavericks rolledto a 114-91 victory over a Golden State team missing the NBA's leading scorer and reigning MVP. "That's 30 points and a lot of playmaking, so we' ve just got to collectively try and chip in," said Thompson, who had 10 points while matching Draymond Green with 4-of-15 shooting, with Green scoring 11. "We had great looks. It was just one of those nights."

Curry has a bruised lower left leg and might sit again Thursday at Houston. But the Warriors (29-2) still have the best 31-game start in NBA historya game better than four teams — aftertheirrecord 24-0 start.

"They were a l i ttle shorthanded tonight. Might have made a little difference," Dallas guard Devin Harris said. "The attention that he brings in shotmaking and the way the ofFense flows with him out there, obviously was a little bit different tonight."

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stanford's Mccaffrey key target at Rose Bowl LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stanford running back Christian McCafFrey did nearly everything it' s possible to do with a football in his hands this season, dropping jaws and breaking long-standing NCAA records along the way.

With a big performance in the Rose Bowl on Friday, he might even become famous in Iowa City.

"I hadn't heard too much about him," Iowa linebacker Cole Fisher said of McCaffrey. "I didn' t follow him (before) the Heisman race too much. That was probably the first time I heard about him."

Fisher can be excused for missing those late-starting Pac12 games. ARer all, many Heisman Trophyvoters undoubtedly did the same during McCaff'rey's incredible sophomore season,

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WOOdsan'S imPaCt On RaiderS Will be felt after retirement ALAMEDA (AP) — Charles Woodson was unableto lead the Raiders back to theplayoffsin his second stint in Oakland.

But if the Raiders manage to get back to the postseason after Woodson retires, he will deserve credit for the work he has done the past three years in teaching young players and creating a winning culture.

While Woodson prepares for the final game of his 18-year career on Sunday in Kansas City, the Raiders believe his influence will last much longer.

"He will have a legacy here that lasts because of the things that he has shown people," coach Jack Del Rio said. "The lead that he has provided in terms of the way he prepares, the way he attacks his preparation, the way he trains his body, the way he takes care of himself, the respect he has

for the game. I think those things stay with the organization for a number of years."

While Woodson repeatedly said he didn't come back to Oakland solely to mentor younger players, it was a natural byproduct of the way he did his job every day.

Teammates who grew up watching Woodson win the Heisman Trophy at Michigan and become one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history, relished the chance to see Woodson work up close.

"As a player when you get a chance to play with a guy that caliber you have to take things from him and apply it to yourself in your own way," cornerback David Amerson said. "The great things he does are little things I see to help him get to that position. I definitely want to apply them to myself."

As much as the 10 interceptions and countless other plays Woodson made the past three years, it was his work ethic that resonated most.

Never known for spending lots of time with his playbook or in the weight room as a young star, Woodson has been just that late in his career — a major reason why he has been so successful even at age 39.

Woodson took part in the entire offseason program and never missed a game despite dislocating his right shoulder in the season opener. Woodson occasionally had to leave games briefly to pop the shoulder back in place and even used it to deliver hits in lopsided games in a lesson on competitiveness.

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MCCAFFREY Continued from PageC1 which concludes with his debutinthe Granddaddy of Them All. The Hawkeyes (12-1) are up to speed on the challenge posed by Stanford's do-it-all back with speed, instinct, a throwmg arm and an uncanny knack for turning almost anythinginto apositive gain. Even aRer a season spent largely shutting down the best run games in the Big Ten, the Hawkeyes' defense hasn't faced anybody as daunting as McCaf&ey.

"You' ve got to make sure youknow wherehe's at, (because) he's at the quarterback, he's at wide receiver, they put him in the back-

BASKETBALL Today 2:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball Gonzaga at Santa Clara.

4:00 pm (CSBA) NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets.

Friday 4:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball North Texas at Texas-San Antonio.

6:00 pm (CSN) College Basketball Rice at Texas-EI Paso.

Saturday 9:00am (CSN)College Basketball Charlotte at Old Dominion. Women' s College Basketball Ohio State at Maryland.

11:00am(KOVR) (KPIX) College Basketball Tennessee at Auburn.

1:00 pm (CSBA) College Basketball Portland at Santa Clara. College Basketball Baylor at Kansas.

2:00 pm (CSN) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings.

3:00 pm (CSBA) College Basketball BYU at Pacific.

7:30 pm (CSBA) NBA Basketball Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors.

FOOTBALL Today 9:00 am (ESPN) College Football Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl — Houston vs. Florida State.

1:00 pm (ESPN) Capital One Orange Bowl Oklahoma vs. Clemson.

5:00 pm (ESPN) Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Michigan State vs. Alabama. Holiday Bowl — USC vs. Wisconsin.

Friday 10:00am(ESPN) BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame vs. Ohio State.

(KGO) (KXTV)College Football Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus BowlMichigan vs. Florida.

2:00pm (ESPN)Rose Bowl Stanford vs.

5:30pm (ESPN)Allstate Sugar BowlOklahoma State vs. Mississippi.

Saturday 9:00am (ESPN)College FootballTaxSlayer Bowl — Penn State vs. Georgia.

12:20pm(ESPN) College FootballAutoZone Liberty Bowl — Kansas State vs.

Arkansas.

3:45pm (ESPN)College FootballVaiero Alamo Bowl — Oregon vs. Texas Christian.

7:15pm (ESPN)College Football Motel6 Cactus Bowl — West Virginia vs.

Arizona State.

SOCCER Thursday 7:00 pm (CSN) English Premier League Soccer Southampton FC vs Arsenal FC. Saturday 9:30am (KCRA) (KSBW) English Premier League Soccer Watford FC vs Manchester City FC.

HIGH SCHOOL tur day Boys — Basketball: Calaveras vs. Liberty Ranch, Mike Flock Gym, 7p.m.; Bret Harteat Mariposa, TBA Girls — Basketball:Bret Harteat Mariposa, 12:30 p.m.

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Although Alabama's Derrick Henry won the Heisman, McCa8rey won The AssociatedPress'player of the year award last week — and his accomplishments are stunning by any mea-

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McCafFrey ran for 1,847 yards, led Stanford (11-2) with 41receptions for 540 yards and returned kicks while setting the NCAA record for all-purpose yards.

Most recently, he turned in a 461-yard performance against Southern California come to him. If he continin the Pac-12 title game. ues to play that way and if Stanford offensivecoorwe continue to play the way dinator Mike B loomgren we are, we are really going knows which award voters to have a shot at this thing. make sense tohim.

"We think ( the H eisAaron played the best game he played all year and so man voters) got it wrong," did a lot ofguys. This thing Bloomgren said. "We think is going right at the right the AP got it right. I texttime." ed him as soon as the AP The Jumpers got their (award) came out, and I was lead over Skyline as high as like, Well, at least we' ve got 29points,butstarted to slow oneofthosethingsright.'He downat theend ofthe game. fired back with:'I guess AP Skyline ended the night on standsfor"allpurpose,"be.40 a 12-4 run and even though cause at least they like my his team had a big lead, all-purpose yards.

Hoyt will never be alright After a few weeks of with not giving 100-percent. watching McCafFreyon fil, "I want them to be perParker seems inclined to C fect. I know they are not,but agree with theAP voters.

"People bounce ofF him," I still want them to be perParker said. "You see guys fect,"Hoyt said."I have high expectations for them and I hitting him, and he doesn' t don' t believe in sitting down godown.You'dbetterbe able and not coaching them. I to wrap him up, and we' ve don't care how I look when I gottodoabetterjobofthat." doitorifIcomeacrossredicYet Parker believes his ulous. I want to keep coach- defenseis capable of chaling them for 40minutes and lenging McCaf&ey and his I want them to keep getting imposing offensive line. The better. Maybe the game is Cardinalscored 37.2 points RobertWinters/Union Democrat in hand with 4 minutes left, per game and dominated Kashmiere Hughes(33) goes up for two of his eight but we are playing for the timeofpossessionall season points Wednesday night vs. Skyline. next game. We need to keep long.

"It's going to take all 11 moving forward." catches fire. So to be able be aggressive.

Ifshots don't Columbia (10-5) got 30 people on defense running to go through the shooting fall, they don't fall. I'm not points from Stallings and to the ball," Iowa defensive slump and to come back going to take myself out of 16 from Meserole. Hughes back Jordan Lomax said. with the same aggression the game. I'm just going to scored eight, Grant and Van "(McCaf&ey) is agreatback.

It's going to start with our and confidence is such a keep attacking."

Der Veur scored six, May D-line up front to get after huge growth with him."

Columbia got a huge shot had five and Lonzel Lewis Columbia led 39-23 at in the arm off the bench f inished the n i ght w i t h their offensive line. Their halftime. from May. Though he only three points. ofFensive line is built just Stallings ended the first scored five points, it was his Columbia is ofF until Jan. like our ofFense. It's going half onfi re,and that fl ame rebounding and smooth play 6 when it plays on the road to come down to who domijumped to Meserole. Me- that Hoyt relished. against Reedley. The Jump- nates the run game."

"I think that with Kash ers will not play again at Iowa's defense is a study serole scored back-to-back buckets to begin the half to out at the Modesto tourna- Oak Pavilion until Jan. 13 in simplicity, according to coaches and players onboth give the Jumpers a 20 point ment(due to an injury), and when Fresno comes to town. lead. After scoring only Aaron having to step up into The Jumpers are clicking sides of the matchup. three points in the first hal, a difFerenttype of role that at the right time and have Although the Hawkeyes Meserole finished the night fit him more," Hoyt said. proven that they could be present few of the gimmicky "Kash being out was kind of the team to knock Fresno with 16. &onts andunorthodoxblitz"I was a little sluggish in a blessing for us in a lot of off the top of the CVC moun- esencounteredinthe Pac-12 the firsthalf,"Meserole said. ways. Everything with Aar- tain. and elsewhere, their funda"I was prettyfrustrated at on is just slowing down. He "I feel like wehave a lot of mental toughness — partichalftime, but I got it togeth- goes so quickly with every- chemistry, and we are going ularly against the run game — is a daunting obstacle for er before the secondhalfand thing. We just need him to towards the right direction I told myself that I need to slow down and let the game right now,"Meserole said.

Stanford.

Iowaalsohasbeen remarkably good at limiting big plays, yielding only 12 gains of30yardsor more.

"They don't do a whole a 75-49 Dallas lead midway being on the court," Walton throughthe third quarter. said."Obviously without him lot, but they' re extremely Continued from PageCl The 23-point margin was thespacing won' tbeas good." good at what they do, and it Curry'snot the only one Golden State's worst defeat works for them," McCafFrey Z aza Pachulia had 1 4 since a31-pointloss to HousThe Warriors also were said. points and 15 rebounds for ton in 2013, according to without center Festus Ezeli Parker takes some comthe Mavericks,who wontheir STATS. The worst loss dur- (toe injury), while guard Le- fort in the strong similarifourth straight game with- ing the title run last season andro Barbosa (left shoulder ties between his defensive out Williams. Dirk Nowitzki was 15. sprain) and forward Harscheme and t h e t o ugh added 18 points and eight The Mavericks went up by rison Barnes (sprained left Northwestern defense that boards.

30 at 83-53 on a 3-pointer by ankle) didn't make the quick stifled Stanford in its inexThe Warriors looked out of Wesley Matthews, who had Texas trip. plicable season-opening loss sorts almost from the begin- 13 points. The Warriors, who "Ithinkpeople forget we've — yet the Cardinal already ning with their sharpshoot- fell behind for good with 8 got like four guys out," said learned &om that experiing star watching from the minutes leitin the first quar- Andre Iguodala, who had 12 ence.

"It doesn't look like the bench in jeans and a black ter,didn't get closer than 17 points. "We' ve been playing sport coat. after that. at such ahighlevel,that gets same team now," Parker Marreese Speights threw a Thompson didn't play in overlooked sometimes." said. pass into the first row in the the fourth quarter with a In practice, 5-foot-9 first half, drawing a rebuke mid-afternoon start against Count it, or don' t scout-team freshman Eric &om Ian Clark, the intended the Rockets looming, and The Warriors m atched Graham is playing the role target who led Golden State interim coach Luke Walton a season high by allowing of McCaffrey for the Iowa with 21 points. went with r eserves for the 14 3-pointers on 52 perdefense. The H awkeyes And Brandon Rush didn' t last 5 minutes in Golden cent shooting. It was almost will take their best shot at play much defense against State's third straight loss 15. Harris, who scored 13, McCaffrey, but they also Nowitzki. First, he let the without Curry. The first two banked in a half-court shot hope to limit t hree-time 7-foot,37-yearold Germango were last season. at the third-quarter buzzer, Rose Bowl starting quar"He's one of those rare but the ruling that it was af- terback Kevin H o gan's byhim forarare two-handed dunk, and soon after left him playersinthisleaguethataf- ter the horn was quicklycon- connections with his realone at the 3-point line for fects the entire game just by firmedbyareplayreview. ceivers.

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The Summerville Bears and Sonora Wildcats playedin the final round at the Columbia College Holiday Classic Tournament Wednesday at Oak Pavilion. Summelville lost to El Capitan 60-54in the consolation game. Cameron Saunders(left) led the Bears with 18 points. Eli McLaurin scored 15 points, Braden Anderson scored 10, Ethan McLaurin finished with seven points, and Jake Noonan and Kole Elkins each scored two points. Sonora beat Escalon 70-62to capture third place. Sophomore Jace Decker led the Wildcats with 23 points. Nate Patterson, who earned All-Tournament honors, scored 20. Rico Sanchez(right) scored 11, and lan Cicero scored eight points in the win.

JUMPERS Continued from PageC1 picked us up and we went forward from there."

Down 9-8 with just over 10minutesremainingin the first half, Columbia went on a 7-0 run with baskets from Meserole, May and Kashmiere Hughes. The Jumpers led 16-10 with 8:41 remaining in the half.

With 4:49 left to play in the half Columbia was up 25-19, and that i s w h en Stallings took over. He hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Jumpers a nine point lead off of an assist from Lewayne Grant.

The following possession, Bosten Van Der Veur found an open Stallings for a corner 3-pointer to give Columbia a 31-19lead.

Because the first two were so nice, the third time was just as sweet as Stalling drained his third consecutive shot from downtown.

He added a free throw two possessions later, and Columbia had a 10-0 run, all courtesy of Stallings.

"I was feeling pretty great out there in the first half,"

Stallings said. "My teammates did a good job getting me the the ball when I was open."

Stallings ended the first half with 21 points and five 3-pointers.

It wasn't th e n umbers that impressed Hoty, rather the way Stallings was able to shakeoffsuch a cold start to the game.

"It is a great growing process forhim as a player," Hoyt said. "He started 2 for 8 and he was cold, but he was getting great looks.

So, we subbed him out and let him know that he has to keep shooting. Then he

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Sixers surprise Kings for 2nd win in last 3 games SACRAMENTO (AP)Ish Smith scored five of his 18 points over the final 3 V2 minutes and Jamari Grant made three late &ee throws to help lift the Philadelphia 76ers to a 110-105 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

The 76ers have won two of their past three games since acquiring Smith in a trade with New Orleans, improving their NBA-worst record to

3-31. Nerlens Noel had a season-high 20 points with nine rebounds while Grant finished with 16 points, a career-best 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.

Isaiah Canaan scored 15 points for P h iladelphia, and reserve Hollis Thompson had 12.

DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Sacramento but fouled out with 1:47 left.

P hiladelphia led b y a s

much as 12 in the second half and was up 95-86 early in the fourth before Sacramento made a late push. The Kings closed to 103-101 on Marco Bellineli's jumper with 3:03 remaining, but Smith scored on a driving layup after Rudy Gay missed a potential tying shot.

After Cousins was called for an ofFensive foul, Grant made two &ee throws and Smith followed with one of his own to help Philadelphia hold on.

Coming off a four-point loss and led by four heading into in Utah on Monday, the 76ers the fourth. took advantage of the Kings' sloppiness in the second quarTip-ins ter and went on a 20-6 run 76ers: The 110 points are punctuated b y c o nsecutive the third-most scored by Philbaskets by Canaan. adelphia this season.... Jahlil Canaan and Grant made Okafor was limited to 19 mintwo 3-pointersapiece as part utes because of soreness in of another big Philadelphia his right knee. The rookie had run coming out of halftime, 10 points and 10 rebounds. helping the 76ers build a 73Kings: Cousins needs 34 61 lead. rebounds to break Chris Philadelphia was still up by Webber's franchise record.

10 with 5:45 left in the third ... San Francisco Giants re-

lieverSergio Rorno attended the game and satcourtside next to Kings owner Vivek Ranadive. Rorno wore a light blue Cousins jersey.... Coach George Karl remains one win shy of tying Phil Jackson for fifth place on the NBA's career coaching list with 1,155.

Up next 76ers: At Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.

Kings: Host Phoenix on Saturday.

NHL

San Jose Sharks get rare home win, beat Flyers 4-2 SAN JOSE (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored twice in the third period to help the San Jose Sharks snap a four-game home losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Pavelski scored the tiebreaker just after a power play with 6:15 left and addeda power-play goal in the final minute. Brent Burns and Joe Thornton added power-play goals for the Sharks, who entered with the worst home record in the league at 4-10.

WOODSON Continued from PageC1 that he's done for these players, and just the competitive nature," defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. said. "He let the players know early on that, 'If you have any

Martin Jones made 17 saves.

Sean Couturierand Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers.

Philadelphia has one win in its past 19 meetings against San Jose.

Steve Mason got the late nod to start in goal in place of the sick Michal Neuvirth. He made 29 saves.

The game got chippy at times with one fight, a few other scuffles and a hard hit by Burns on Chris VandeVelde during a third-period power play for San Jose. The Flyers took exception to the hit and Vande-

chance of taking my position, good luck, because it' s not going to happen.' He let them know early on that he was competing from the very beginning. It doesn' t matter what is his age, it' s just a number. He was a guy that's letting them know it' s about how hard you work

Velde had to be helped to the dressing room.

Then just as Shayne Gostisbehere came out of the penalty box, Pavelski knocked in a one-timer off a cross-ice feed &om Justin Braun to give the Sharks the lead.

Burns helped give the Flyers the lead with a turnover and then tied it with a power-play goal in the opening minutes of the third period. The giveaway came near the offensive blue line, sending the Flyers on a 2-on-0 breakaway that Couturier turned into a goal.

and how hard you compete."

Despite a 14-33 record since his return to Oakland, Woodson sees reasons for optimism in the Raiders' near future thanks to two straight strong drafts by general manager Reggie McKenzie.

That has helped put foundation pieces in place with

But after R.J. Umberger was called for slashing in the ofFensive zone, Burns converted at the other end on a nice feed to the slot from Logan Couture.

Couture had two assists in just his fifth full game of the season for the Sharks. Couture missed eight weeks with a broken right leg and then got hurt again in his second game back and underwent emergency surgery Dec. 10 to repair a bleeding artery in his right thigh.

Couture also got an assist on San Jose's first goal when Thornton beat

quarterback Derek C arr, receiver Amari Cooper, pass rusher Khalil Mack as well as several other young contributors. The Raiders could be in posit ion next year to end a playoff drought that dates back to the 2002 season.

Woodson is one of three

Mason high from the side of the net on apower playmidway through the second period with Nick Schultz in the boxfor hooking.That extended Thornton's point streak to seven games.

But the Flyers tied it late in the period with an unusual goal. Giroux was taking a faceoff against Thornton in the circle to the left of Jones and whacked the puck instead of trying to win it back to a teammate.

The puck hit an unsuspecting Jones in the chest, fell to the ice and trickled into the net for the equalizer.

players still active in the NFL who have played in a playofF game for the Raiders, joining Oakland kicker Sebastian Janikow ski and H ouston p u nter S h a n e Lechler.

"I do feel like the organizationisin agreatplaceforgoing forward," Woodson said.

"I think they' re under great leadership under Jack Del Rio. I think Reggie has done a great job for what he inherited when he came. I guess you always want to leave a place better than when you came in. I feel like this organization and this team is definitely in a better place."

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Reassigned G Mackenzie Skapski to Greenville (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Signed F Andrew

soccer coach.

CLEMSON — Suspended WR Deon Cain, K Ammon Lakipand TE JayJay McCullough the remainder of the season for violating team rules.

INDIANA — Announced DT Darius Latham

ScoRES R MORE Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 6 p.m.

Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Athntic Division GP W L OTPtsGF GA 3 7 21 12 4 3 9 21 15 3 3 6 20 12 4 37 18 12 7 38 18 14 6 38 18 16 4

4 6 101 & 111 4 4 115 43 94 4 2 111 40 97

84 98 97 98 115 93

MAVEBCKS 114, WARRIORS 91 GoLDEN STATE (91) Rush 1-7 04 3, Green 4-1 5 24 11, Bogut 44 1-1 9, Livingston 3-7 2-2a IcThompson 4-1 5 1-2 10, Iguodala 4 7 3 3 1 z Clark 8-1 2 2 21, Speights 5-12 2-2 1z JThompson 0 24-64,

McAdoo 0-0 1-2 1. Tota 18 33-81 18-24 91.

DALLAS (114) Parsons 2-5 0-0 5, Nowitzki 6-1 5 4-4 18, Pachulia 584414, Barea 9120023, Mat36 14 15 7 3 5 9 5 1 02 thews 5-9 0-0 13, Harris 5-6 2-2 13, Powell 5-9 37 15 18 4 3 4 8 7 99 04 10, Felton 2-5 1-2 6, Villanueva 2-7 04 5, Metropolitan Division Jenkins 1-3 04 2, Evans 0-1 3-4 3, Anderson GP W L OTPtsGF GA 0-1 1-2 1, McGee 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 42-82 16-20 W ashington 3 6 2 8 6 2 58 11 5 7 4 114.

N.Y. Rangers 3 8 2 1 1 3 4 4 6 112 100 Goklen Qste 21 21 26 2 3 — 91 N .Y. Islanders 37 2 0 1 2 5 4 5 1 0 3 8 8 Dalhs 27 33 27 27 — 114 NewJersey 38 19 1 4 5 4 3 9 0 92 3-Point Goals — Golden State 7-1 9 (Clark 34, Pittsburgh 36 17 1 5 4 38 8 1 89 Iguodala 1-1, K.Thompson 1-4, Green 14, Philadelphia 3 6 1 5 1 4 7 3 7 7 8 1 00 Rush 1-6), Dallas 14-27 (Bares 5-7, Matthews Carolina 3 7 15 17 5 3 5 8 7 1 0 6 3-4, Nowitzki 2X, Harris 1-1, Felton 1-3, VillanC olumbus 39 14 2 2 3 31 9 8 1 2 3 ueva 1-3, Parsons 1-3, Evans 0-1, Jenkins 0-1 j.

WESTERN CONFERENCE FouledOut— N one.Rebounds — Golden State Central Division 41 (Bogut 10), Dallas 57 (Pachulia 15).

GP W L OTPtsGF GA Assists —Golden State 20 (Green, Livingston Dallas 3 8 27 8 3 57 13 2 9 7 4), Dallas 20 (Barea 6). Total Fouls — Golden St. Louis 39 23 12 4 5 0 9 9 93 State 18, Dallas 19. A — 20494 u 9200).

Chicago 3 8 21 13 4 4 6 104 9 4 Minn esata 35 19 10 6 4 4 9 5 84 Nashville 3 7 18 12 7 4 3 100 9 6 AVERNXS 114, WARRIORS 91 Colorado 37 18 17 2 3 8 106 102 GoLDEN STATE (91) Winnipeg 3 6 17 17 2 3 6 9 7 1 0 5 Rush 1-7003, Green 4-152411, Bogut44 PaciTic Division 1-1 9, Livingston 3-7 2-2 8, ICThompson 4-15 GP W L OTPtsGF GA 1-2 10, Iguodala 4 7 3 3 1 z Clark 8-1 2 2 221, LosAngeles 36 23 11 2 48 98 8 1 Speights 5-1 2 zz 1z J Thompson 0 2 46 4, San Jose 36 18 16 2 38 1 0 0 102 McAdoo 00 1-2 1. Tota Is 3381 1824 91.

Aizona 36 17 16 3 3 7 100 116 DALLAS (114) V anmuver 38 14 1 5 9 3 7 9 3 1 09 Parsons 2-5 04 5, Nowitzki 6-1 5 4418, PachuCalgary 3 6 17 17 2 3 6 9 6 1 17 lia 584-414, Bar889-120423, Matthews 5 9 Anaheim 35 14 15 6 34 6 7 87 0413, Harris 5-62-2 13, Powell 5-90-010, FelE dmonton 38 15 2 0 3 33 9 7 1 1 8 ton 2-5 1-2 6, Villa nueva 2-7 0-0 5, Jenkins 1-3 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 04zEvans0-1 343,Anderson 0-1 1-21, overtime loss.

McGee 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 42-82 16-20 114.

Wednesday's games Goklen State 21 21 2 6 2 3 — 91 Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Dslhs 27 33 27 27 — 114 W ashington 5,Buff alo 2 3-Point Goals — Golden State 7-1 9 (Clark 34, New Jersey 3, Ottawa 0 Iguodala 1-1, K.Thompson 1-4, Green 1-4, N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 2 Rush 1-6), Dallas 14-27 (Barea 5-7, Matthews San Jose 4, Philadelphia 2 3-4, Nowitzki 2-4, Harris 1-1, Felton 1-3, VillanToday's games ueva 1-3, Parsons 1-3, Evans 0-1, Jenkins 0-1 ).

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

FouledOut— N one.Rebounds — Golden State Pittsburgh st Detroit, 3 p.m.

41 (Bogut 10), Dallas 57 (Pachulia 15).

Washington at Carolina, 3 p.m.

Assists —Golden State 20 (Green, Livingston Minnesota at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

4), Dallas 20 (Barea 6). Total Fouls —Golden Chicago at Colorado, 5 p.m.

State 1a Dallas 19. A — 20~ u 9,200).

Nashville at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at C algary,6 p.m.

76ERS 110, KINGS 105

AnaheimatEdmonton,6 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA u10) Sampson 2-91-2 5, Grant 4-6 &816, Noel 8-12 4 7 20, Smith 7-144818, Canaan 6-18 0015, Stauska81-7003, Thompson 5-101-1 1 z Covington 2-4 3-5 9, Okafor 4-1 12-5 10, Mcconnell 0-2 0-0 0, Holmes 1-1 0-0 z Totals 40-94 21-34 110.

Winnipeg at Arizona, 6 p.m.

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W L Pct GB Cleveland 21 9 .700 Chicago 18 1 2 .6 0 0 3 Indiana 18 13 .5 8 1 3 ' / 2 Detroit 17 1 5 .5 3 1 5 Milwaukee 12 2 1 .3 6 4 1 0 / 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 28 6 .824 Dallas 19 1 3 .5 9 4 8 Memphis 18 1 6 .5 2 9 10 Houston 16 1 7 A 85 1 1 ' /2 New Orleans 10 2 1 .3 2 3 16Y2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 22 10 .688 Utah 13 1 7 A33 8 Portland 14 2 0 A 12 9 Minnesota 12 2 0 .3 7 5 10 Denver 12 2 1 .3 6 4 10'/2 PaciTic Division W L Pct GB Golden State 29 2 .935 LA. Clippers 20 1 3 .6 0 6 10 Sacramento 12 20 .3 7 5 1 r / 2 Phoenix 12 22 .3 5 3 1 F / 2 LA. Lakers 6 2 7 .1 8 2 24 Wednesday's games Orlando 100, Brooklyn 93

LA Clippers 12z Charlotte 117 Toronto 94, Washington 91 LA Lakers 11z Boston 104 Chicago 10z Indiana 100, OT Minnesota 94, Utah 80 San Antonio 112, Phoenix 79 Dallas 114, Golden State 91 Philadelphia 110, Sacramento 105 Portland 110, Denver 103

Today's games Milwaukee at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 4 p.m.

LA Clippers at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Casspi 3-10 zz 10, Gay 4-91-49, Cousins 4-10 13-20 21, Rondo 4-9 0-2 8, McLemore 3-4 1-2 9, Collison 5-11 2-2 13, Belinelli 11-17 3-5 28, Koufos 2-3 1-2 5, Acy 0-1 zz z Totals 3674 25-41 105.

Phihdelphia 30 27 28 25 — 110 Sacramento 31 26 24 24 — 105 3-Point Goals — Philadelphia 9-31 (Canaan 3-1 1, Covington 2-3, Grant 2-3, Thompson 1-4,

stauskas 1-6, sampson 0-z smith 0-2), sacramento 8-25 (Belinelli 3-6, McLemore 2-3, Casspi 2-7, Collison 1-3, Gay 0-2, Cousins 0-2, Rondo 0-2) .Fouled Out — Cousins,CasspL Rebounds — Philadelphia 60 (Grant 11), Sacramento 61 (Cousins, Casspi 11). Assists — Philadelphia 23 (Smith 9), Sacramento 23 (Rondo 14). Total Fouls — Philadelphia 28, Sacramento 26. A —17,317 (17317).

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Sunday's games Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

Washington at Dallas, 10B.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.

N.Y. JetsatBuffalo,10 a.m .

New England at Miami, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

St Louis at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1:25 p.m.

M innesota atGreen Bay,5:30 p.m.

2015 -16 NCAA Bowl Glance Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas California 55, Air Force 36 Russell Athletic Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Baylor 49, North Carolina 38 Arizona Bowl, Tucson Nevada 28, Colorado State 23 Texas Bowl, Houston LSU 56, Texas Tech 27 Wednesday, Dec. 30

Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn 31, Memphis 10 Belk Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. Mississippi St. 51, NC State 28 Music City Bowl, Nashville, Tenn.

Louisville 27, Texas A&M 21 Holiday Bowl, San Diego Wisconsin 23, USC 21 Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl, Atlanta Houston (12 — n vs. Florida state (10 — 2), 9 a.m. (ESPNj Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13 — 0) vs. Oklahoma (11 — 1), 1

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Transactions

BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Signed C Michael McKenry and LHP Donnie Veal to minor league contracts.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Scott Kazmir on 8 three-year contract.

American Association p.m. (ESPN) F ARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAW K S Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Signed INF Ryan Hodge.

Arlington, Texas GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed Alabama (12 — 1) vs. Michigan State (12 LHP Stetson Nelson.

— 1), 5 p.m. (ESPN) LAREDO LEMURS — Claimed C Ryan Friday, Jan. 1 Babineau off waivers from Winnipeg.

O utback Bowl, Tampa, Fla. FOOTBALL Northwestern (10 — 2) vs. Tennessee (8 National Football League — 4), 9 a.m. (ESPN2) ATLANTA FALcoNs — Signed LB Xzavier Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla. Dickson to the practice squad.

Michigan (9 — 3) vs. Florida (10 — 3), 10 BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Bud Noel a.m. (ABC) and CB Sammy Seamster to the practice Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. squad.

Notre Dame u0 — 2) vs. ohio state (11 CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DL Greg — n, 10 a.m. (EspN) Scruggs and DL Terry Williams. Placed DL Rose Bowl, Pasadena Eddie Goldman and WR Alshon Jeffery on Iowa (12 — n vs. stanford (11 — 2), 2 p.m. injured reserve.

(ESPN) CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Daryl Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Richardson to the practice squad.

Oklahoma State (10 — 2) vs. Mississippi (9 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed TE Erik — 3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Swoope from the practice squad. Placed TE Saturday, Jan. 2 Dwayne Allen on injured reserve.

TsxSlayer Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed Penn St. (7 — 5) vs. Georgia (9 — 3), 9 a.m. DL Ishmaa'ily Kitchen. Released CB Troy (ESPN) Hill. Re-signed RB Joey losefa to the practice Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. squad.

Kansas St. (6 — 6) vs. Arkansas (7 — 5), OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Saowan 12:20 p.m. (ESPNj Edwards from the practice squad. Placed S Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Nate Allen on injured reserve.

Oregon (9 — 3) vs. TCU (10 — 2), 3:45 p.m.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — SignedS Bran(ESPN) dian Ross and CB Cassius Vaughn.

Cactus Bowl, Phoenix SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Claimed TE West Virginia (7 — 5) vs. Arizona State (6 Je'Ron Hamm off waivers from Washington.

— 6), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Placed RB Shaun Draughn on injured Monday, Jan. 11 reserve.

College Football Championship Game TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed WR Glendale, Ariz.

Vincent Jackson and S Major Wright on Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl win- injured reserve. Promoted S Kimario McFadner, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) den and TE Tevin Westbrook from the practice squad.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released OL Dominic Picard.

Pregame.corn Arena Football League NBA ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms Favorite Open 0 /U Unde r dog with OL Chad Anderson.

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Compelling questions... Wait, where' s Kevin Harvick's trophy?

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Harvick ended 2015 with more points than anyone,which would've been a big deal prior to 2004.

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The champwas20th?

Settle down. In an age when wild-card teams can win the Super Bowl and World Series, you shouldn't always expect the NASCAR champ to be the team that was

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most dominant all season. Particularly now thatNASCAR hasconfigured and reconfi g-

ured the Chase in a manner that there's now that whole lightning-in-a-bottle possibility

involved. And especially this year, when the eventual champ missed a chunk of the early seasonand fi nished 20th in the points-gathered department.

But 20th?

NASCAR is unique because you don' t have to be very old to recall the pre-2004

Throwback weekend, new aero package combine to give Southern500 new life

dayswhen thechamp was determined by season-long points. And since points are still used todetermine the eventualChase lineup, those points are still available for oldtimers and assorted others to determine who was best from wall to wall, from Daytona to Homestead.

By Godwin Kelly godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.corn

And...?

Over the offseason, NASCAR This Week will count down the top- five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held in zo15.

We start from the bottom and work our way up to No. 1. The Southern 5oo at Darlington Raceway comes in as the No. 3 Cup

Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano finished 1-2

in season-long points, with Harvick 21 points ahead of Logano and awhopping 104 ahead of third-place Brad Keselowski. Rounding out the top five were Junior Earnhardt and Martin Truex. Oh... Danica Patrick was 24th.

What's it all mean?

Series race of 2015.

Not a thing.Zip.It'sfun to look atthese

After a decade-long hiatus, NASCAR officials decided to move the Southern 500 a t D a r -

lington Raceway back to its traditional Labor Day weekend date in zo15. The race turned into a throwback event celebrated by most teams in the field.

N ASCAR t oo k t h e

opportunity to test its low-downforce package again and drivers loved it.

One of the more popular thrownbnck paint schemes for the Southern 500 at Dnrlington wns the No. 43 Ford of Aric Almiroln. Cnr owner Richard Petty used that same paint scheme most of his racing career.

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Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal's motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him

at godwin.k elly@

The 500- m i l e e ve nt

over Darlington's 1.366mile, egg-shaped oval had been running as a spring night race.

W hen N A S C A R

announced the switch back to earlySeptember, it brought back a flood of memories for the track nicknamed "Lady in Black" and "Too Tough To Tame."

The track recognized the opportunity and decided to make ita throwback weekend. A majority ofrace teams showed up in old-school uniforms and dressed their stock cars in throwback paint schemes.

Even NBC Sports got the bug and brought in former CBS racing announcers Ned Jarrett and Ken Squier to call a segment of the race.

The NASCAR competition department used this race to test its low-downforce package w ith th e st oc k c a rs . T h e

sanctioning body tried this same package at Kentucky and got ravereviews from

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things, but even if you' re aHarvick fan and feel ripped off, you shouldn' t. Keep in mind,

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laps remaining.

Rounding out the top five were Keselowski, Hamlin, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick.

Keselowski looked like the driver to beat until the final caution period for Jeb Burton's spin in Turn 1.

drivers.

The second time around was no different. By taking downforce from the rearof the car, it makes thestock cars harder to drive, but allows for more passing.

The numbers told the story. There were z < lead changes, plus 18 yellow flags for involving between one and three cars.

The z5th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season and penultimate regular - season event was won by Carl Edwards, t h a nk s to a

lightning- quick pit stop with under 15 laps to go.

Edwards, who drives the

No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, jumped into the lead (with 11 laps left to run) offpit road over race-leader Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin, giving him the advantage he needed on a subsequent restart with eight

Since Darlington is famous for eating the rubber offof race tires, almost every car in the lead pack came down pit road for fresh tires, which is how Edwards "passed" Keselowski for the lead.

Keselowski, who wheels the No. z Team Penske Ford, had led 5z laps as the race drew close to the finish, but that late yellow flag shook up the field.

Once in the lead, Edwards never gave it back, leading the final 11 laps to the checkered flag.

"That was a lot of fun racing with Brad and Kevin," said Edwards, who won for the second time in the zo15 season.

"I mean, that's as good as it gets.

"We were pushing each other as hard as we could without bumping into each other, blocking each other just enough that the other guys would put up with it and that was really fun racing."

As for the aero package, Keselowski said it is e xactly w h a t N A S C A R

needs to improve competition.

"I loved it," said Keselowski, who started from the pole. "It separates the race-car drivers from the pretends, and that's the way it should be."

Meanwhile, Kyle Busch finished seventh and moved into the top 30 in points making him eligible for the Chase playoffs.

The 3o — year — old driver missed the first 11 Cup races of the season while recovering from leg injuries suffered in a crash in the Daytona Speedweeks Xfinity race.

N ASCAR ch a i r m a n a nd CEO Brian Fr a n c e

gave Busch a waiver from having tostart every race of the Cup Series. In order toqualify, Busch had to win a race and finish top-30 points.

He won four races during the regular season and satisfied the other condition at Darlington.

"Making the Chase was something we weren't all sure was possible after my injuries," said Busch, who dr i v es th e No . 1 8

Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

"It's a great opportunity to be with these guys."

A co u p le questions we had to ask — ourselves

Your favorite racing memory of 2015?

GODSPEAK:Probably when Kevin Harvick shoved Jimmie Johnson in the motorcoach lot after Chicagoland. That was good TV. KEN'S CALLJeff Gordon's graceful exit, along with the surprising

of knew it would be his last career trip to Victory Lane.

KEN'S CALLThe group thumbsup from all those crew members who ran to Austin Dillon's upside-down car at the end of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona.

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should resolve to never use the term "learning curve" again.

Time to produce.

OK, maybe one more resolution?

GODSPEAK:For NASCAR and Race Team Alliance to come up with

a way to create more value for

news (to me) that he' ll join Fox's

If you could declare a New Years

race teams, in order to attract

broadcast booth full-time.

resolution for onedriver...

new and younger owners.

GODSPEAK:Don't be shy and

KEN'S CALLFor NASCAR leaders

speak your mind, Jimmie Johnson.

to seriously consider a

Favorite on-track memory?

GODSPEAK:When Jeff Gordon won at Martinsville. We all kind

KEN'S CALLDanica Patrick

futureCup race on the dirt at Eldora Speedway.

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thecurrentsystem leads some teams touse different set-ups and in-race strategies that they wouldn't use under the old format, so there's no way of knowing how it would've played out under pre-Chase rules.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis®news-jrnl.corn N ASCA R S T A T S

Facts andfiguresabout CupSeries driver andteam Cup SeriesChampioL. Kyle Busch Team:No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31stChampion:Kyle Busch has won hisf irst NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, becoming the 31st different series champion, and the first to win the title after missing the irst11races ofthe season.Busch won the f Ford EcoBoost 400 claiming the title.

Only lour.Busch joins Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonteand Brad Keselowski asonly the fourth driver all-time to boast both a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.

Champ's Stale Busch f inished the 2015 season withfi ve w ins (Sonoma, Kentucky,New Hampshire, Indianapolis and Homestead), 12 top-5s, 16 top-10sand one pole.In 25 starts Busch has led 736 of his 6,752 laps completed (10.9

percent). Busch's average running position in 2015 was 8.9.

OwnerChampioL Joe Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing Fterth CnnncThis is Joe Gibbs Racing's fourth series owner championship in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Titles: This is Joe Gibbs Racing's eighth NASCAR national series owner championship (four Cup Series, four Xfinity Series).

Best CupTeam:Joe Gibbs Racing fielded four cars this season: Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota (1st in points); Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota (fifth in points), Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota (15th in points) and Denny Hamlin,No.11Toyota (ninth

in points).

Winning Percentage: Joe Gibbs Racing has won four of the last 16 NASCARSprint Cup championships(2000-2015),putting theteam's title-winning percentage during that span at 25 percent Crew ChiefChampion:Adam Stevens

Rrst Championship:Adam Stevenshaswon his @nascardaytona Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin. kelly®news-jrnl.corn or Ken Willis at ken.willis® news-jrnl.corn

first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with driver Kyle Busch.

38th CrewChief: Stevens is the 38th different NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief to win a

championship.

Career Wim Stevens has f ive careerNASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins, all with Kyle Busch this

season.

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Gibbs team isn't sitting still in ofFseason By all accounts, it was a good zo15season for Joe Gibbs Racing. But that isn't stopping the flagship Toyota team from making some key changes in the offseason.

Gibbs Racing is doing some serious reshuffling to its lineup of crew chiefs. Denny Hamlin's former crew chief, Dave Rogers, will move down the lane and now sit atop the pit box for Carl Edwards' No. 19 team.

Hamlin's spot on the No. 11team will be filled by Mike Wheeler, who was crew chief for Gibbs' No. Zo Xfinity Series team last year. Wheeler won't need a name tag,

however, because he previously spent 1o years with the No. 11team.

These moves come although Hamlin and Edwards each won two races and finished top-1o in the Chase. Remaining in place will be Jason Ratcliff (with Matt Kenseth's No. zo) and Adam Stevens (Kyle Busch's No. 18).

"2015 was probably the strongest season

we have ever had at Joe Gibbs Racing," said Gibbs. "We won more races than we ever have, qualified all four teams into the Chase and were blessed to end it with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. I think

every year you evaluate each of your teams however and sometimes during that process you find that a change might be in the best interest for all involved."

Racing, andbefore that was an engineer at Hendrick Motorsports.

Darlingtonthemewill continue

The "throwback" weekend at Darlington last Labor Day Weekend was a hit, so Brian Scott's first full-time Cup season will the track will stick with the theme in zo16. be overseenby crew chief Chris Heroy, who Darlington Raceway officials, with a big assist guided Kyle Larson to a solid rookie season from several teams, turned the event into a two years ago. Richard Petty Motorsports celebration of the sport's past, complete with hired Heroy to run the show for Scott and the 3z teams ~ g t h rowback paint schemes.

No. 9 team. Heroy also served as crew chief Inzo16, the track will encourage a celebrafor driver Juan Pablo Montoya at Ganassi tion of the 1975-sg NASCAR era.

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Snow Rain July 1 t his Date Sonora 1 6.14 11. 0 4 25-45 0.00 0.00 Angels Camp 27-49 0.00 13.30 0.00 Big Hill 13.28 9.42 28-42 0.00 0.00 Cedar Ridge 25-39 0.00 1 9.85 15. 5 2 0.00 Columbia 12.10 Copperopolis 30-56 0.00 10.68 9.18 0.00 Grove)and 0.00 1 1.62 10. 1 8 28-48 0.00 Jamestown 25-50 0.00 11.60 9.38 0.00 Murphys 0.01 15.22 26-48 0.00 Phoenix Lake 22-50 0.00 2 1.30 13. 9 0 0.00 Pin ecrest 1 6.64 14. 7 7 18-46 0.00 0.00 San Andreas 29-48 0.01 9.88 0.00 Sonora Meadows 1 6.07 13. 0 2 27-43 0.00 0.00 Standard 30-50 0.00 10.43 0.00 Tuolumne 12.88 30-45 0.00 0.00 Twain Harte 24-39 0.00 2 2.32 16. 4 7 0.00

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BarometerAtmospheric pressure Wednesdaywas 30.09 inches and rising at Twain Harte and29.95 inches and rising at CedarRidge.

Special thanks to our Weather Watchers:Tuolumne Utilities District, Anne Mendenhall, Kathy Burton, Tom )0mura, Debby Hunter, Grove(andCommunity Services District, David Bolles, Moccasin Power House, David Hobbs, Gerry Niswonger andDonand Patricia Car)son.

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StanislausNational Forest,call 532-3671 for forest road information.

Yosemite National Park as of 6 p.m. Wednesday: Wawona, Big Oak Flat, El Portal and Hetch Hetchy roads areopen. Glacier Point RoadandTioga Roadare closrxl for theseason.MariposaGrove Roadis closed until spring 2017. For road conditions or updates in Yosemite, call372-0200 orvisit www.nps.gov/yose/.

Passes asof6p.m .W ednesday:SonoraPass(Highway 108) isclosedfrom 26.4 mileseast of Strawberry tothe Junctionof US395fortheseason. TiogaPass (Highway 120) is closed from CraneFlat to 5 miles west of the junction of US 395for the season. Ebbetts Pass (Highway 4) is closed from 0.5 miles east of the junction of Highway 207/Mt. Rebaturnoff to the junction of Highway 89 for the season. Goonline to www.uniondemocrat.corn, www.dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/ roads.cgi orcall Ca)transat 800427-7623for highway updates andcurrent chain restrictions.

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