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Student is finalist in Photo ConteSt By AUSTEN THIBAULT The Union Democrat
ROCketLaunCH — Sonora High School students in Brian Miller's applied physics and engineering class launched rockets Friday at Wildcat Ranch.A2
A Sonora High School student is a finalist in an international photography contest and will have her photo printed this year in a magazine and hardcover book. Sarah Kidd, a senior,submitted her photo last school year
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She was a finalist at Sonora Kgh's own photography contest and was advised by her teacher Dirk Travis to submit a few pieces to the magazine. Kidd found out last month that she was a finalist and learned this month her piece wouldnot win ahigher award, but would still be printed. Finalist submissions are printed in both the November issue of Photographer's Forum and the hardcover book "Best of Photography 2015."
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The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors passes an annual budget that typically authorizes more than $160 million in local government spending each year, which is why it was unusual last week when the board was asked todeliberate over reissuing a long-expired tax refund check for less than $60. Former resident Frank Kulawiak was issued a supplemental property-tax refund by the county for $53.34 in December 1999, but he failed to deposit the check for the past 15 years. He came forward in October 2014 asking for a reissued check so that he could finally claim his return. "This is an item I don't recall ever happening in my
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