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of Hope for its work with women who are unprepared for pregnancy. About a dozen county resiBy AUSTEN THIBAULT The board's vote on the dents, backed by the AmeriThe Union Democrat Calaveras Door of Hope fam- can Civil Liberties Union, ily planning center resolution filed a lawsuit challenging a The Calaveras County seemingly ended a nearly part of the resolution which Board of Supervisors on Tues- year-long controversy regard- they argued endorsed Chrisday rescinded its controversial ing the separation of church tianityand therefore violated resolution supporting a Chris- and state. The 2014 resolu- the state constitution. tian nonprofit organization. tion honored Calaveras Door The wording in question:
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Pendley to retire, Pelfrey to leave By ALEX MacLEAN The Union Democrat
Two top a dministrators have announced they will be leaving Columbia Union School District later this year. T he d i strict b o ard at Tuesday's
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Tenaya and Sonora elementary school girls participate in a volleyball game Monday at the Sonora Elementary School gym.
Photosby Maggie Beck, The Union Democrat
Sonora Elementary School mill host severallocal elementary schools ina volleyball tournament this week.Sonora and Tenaya faced off in a match Monday.
NEWS ELSEWHERE • PRISON PLAN:A federal judge outlined a plan to end nearly a decade of federal control over California'6 prison health care system.AS • COMMON CORE: The state Department of Educationrecommends the state suspend the 2014-15 Academic Performance lndex in light of new standards.AS
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ees • Playing in Monday's match (from left) are: Tenaya seventh-grader Melanie Radanovich;Sonora seventh-graders Lil y Lindsey and Ainslee Shuemake; and Tenaya seventh-grader Kira Radanovich. Shuemake (far right) sets the ball.
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aging snowmobiles on forest lands. The Union Democrat The plan is part of a Forest Service legal settlement with environmental and Stanislaus National Forest managers some recreation groups representing have planned four open house events skiers and snowshoers, said Sue Warren, this month in Sonora, Hathaway Pines, the Sonora-based project coordinator for Pinecrest and Bear Valley to receive pub- the Stanislaus forest. licfeedback on a draR proposal for manThe legal action began in November
2011. The groups Snowlands Network, Winter Wildlands Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity and their lawyersforced the ForestService toconduct a National Environmental Policy Act analysis of snowmobile trails in the Stan-
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