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By LACEY PETERSON The Union Democrat

The Mother Lode Community Center idea is gaining steam, and agroup of professionals are working to seewhat local residents would want in a center if one was built.

There are 14 members of the MLCC board of directors. Members are broken up into several committees like s t r ategic p l anning, community as s essment,

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And because of it, the 26-year-old specialist for the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry will represent the California Army National Guard in New M exico as part ofthe regionalsfor the Best Warrior Competition in May. In November, Maness competed

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in a competition Maness said was both physically and mentally demanding.

"There are more brigades.

But certain brigades didn' t send soldiers, "said Maness of thegap between soldier and NCO participants. "They only sent NCOs for whatever The competition in San Luis Obispo featured 25 events over a four-day period.

Events ranged from formal job interview-like exercises to an unknown distance racewith a rucksack, helmet and gun — to other shooting and combat exercises.

"The whole competition was kind of a mystery," Ma-

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However, a few months after brainstorming sessions began, it was decided to scrap that and have it be an intergenerational community center to be used by all.

Board Chairman C arleton Penwell, a f o r mer Chamber of Commerce executive, said 41 percent of Tuolumne County's population is older than 55. However, this group of seniors is more active, wealthy, healthy and involved in the community than previous generations.

Penwell said this is not to knock the county senior center, which does a great job serving it s c l ientele.

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Charles Dudley, the program director, said via social media last week the issues were due in part to administration that predated him.

contract with its previous director, Trisha Chalk, of Mariposa, and named Dudley its new director. Chalk said the decision to terminate the contract came from allegations she "mismanaged the program."

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CALENDAR For complete arts and entertainment listings, see the Weekender, published Thursdays in The Union Democrat.

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Tuolumne, (209) 928-3516.

Sonora Union High School District Board of Trustees, 6 p.m., district office, Sonora High School, 100 School St., Sonora, (209) 533-8510.

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Mother Lode Fairgrounds, 220 Southgate Drive, Sonora.

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Murphys Historical Walking Tour, 10 a.m., tours start at the Old Timers Museum across from the Murphys Hotel.

Calaveras County Master Gardeners Open Garden

Tuolumne Band of Chero- Day, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Demonkee Indians, 2 to 4 p.m., stration Garden, Government

Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, (209) 532-1902.

Center, 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas.

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ATCAA Food Bank distribution, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Columbia College, 11600 Columbia College Drive, Sonora.

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MONDAY

Sonora Elementary School counselor Kerri McCluskey reads a book about bullying to second-graders who attended a Children's Friendship Conference Friday at Columbia College.

Independence Hall Quilters Guild of Arnold, 9 a.m.,

Independence Hall, 1445 Blagen Road, White Pines, (209) 795Twain Harte Community 0619, (209) 795-1833.

Services District, 8 a.m.,

Twain Harte Community Services District office, board room, 22933 Twain Haite Drive, Twain Harte, (209) 586-3172.

Education, 4:30 p.m .,Calaveras County Schools Office, 185 S. Main St., Angels Camp.

Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors, 9 a .m., Tuolumne County Administration Center, supervisors chambers, fourth floor, 2 S. Green St., Sonora.

ATCAA Food Bank distribution Senior Program,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., ages 60 and up, Tuolumne County Senior Center, Sonora.

ATCAA Food Bank distribution, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Columbia College, 11600 Columbia College Drive, Sonora.

Runaway Bunnies storytime, toddlers ages 2 to 3, 10:30 a.m., Tuolumne County Library, 480 Greenley Road, Sonora, (209) 533-5507.

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TUESDAY Storytime for children, 10:30 a.m., Murphys Volunteer Library, 480 Park Lane, Murphys, (209) 728-3036.

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Angels Camp City Council, 6 p.m., Angels Camp Fire Station, 1404 Vallecito Road, Angels Camp.

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Within minutes, the place was transformed from a quiet e nclave f u r nished with basketball hoops and

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Roughly 400 secondgrade students gathered in the Columbia College Oak Pavillion for the Children's Friendship Conference. Tuolumne County Superintendant of Schools Margie Bulkin speaks to the crowd of students at the conference, which was designed to foster friendship skills an values by letting the county's young students meet others like them.

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The conference lasted from 9:30 until noon.

Amid the din of voices inside the Oak Pavilion, students and teachers alike teemed with enthusiasm.

"They' re so happy to be around each other, it's contagious," said Cathy Parker, assistant superintendent at the Tuolumne County Office of Education, standing among groups of students laughing and playing with one another.

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The first order of business was to divide into groups accordingto the color ofTshirts, each dyed a different shade and emblazoned with the same "Friendship Conference" insignia.

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Marnie Shively, a teacher at Columbia College, was in charge of one group of tan shirts. She asked whether anybody had ever felt angry before, and had known it.

"How many of you have ever felt your face get hot?

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Some of the youngsters' hands shot in the air.

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O thers shouted w h a t passes,at that age, for an introduction. "Me too! Me too!"

By the time the t hree groups had rotated among three teachers — learning, variously, friendship skills, empathy skills, and how to calm down when overwhelmed with emotionsthe students in each group, most of whom had never met prior to that morning, seemed as though they had never been apart.

"Our hope," said Margie Bulkin, Tuolumne County superintendent of schools, "is that events like these help promote the qualities that kids need to break d own barriers that m a y prevent them from making new friends."

By giving second-graders from each of the county's elementary schools a chance to interactwith their peers and to practice friendship and empathy skills together, they gain tools that will prove important throughout childhood, but e v en more so as adults, she said.

"That's the bottom line: Young people collaborate around the ideals of friendship."

It was not the first time that hundreds of Tuolumne County second-graders had gathered in the same spot, though the Friendship Conference was the first time that all schools in the county participated.

For each of the past three years, the Office of Education hosted what was called the Anti-Bullying Summit.

A lthough similar t o t h e Friendship Conference in aiming to foster strong interpersonal skills, Bulkin and other planners wanted to imparta positive, rather than negative, message.

The three-fold lessons of the Friendship Conference — called simply friendship, empathy,and "calm down" — amount to a rebuke of the negativeemotions that feed bullying. But they also go further, cementing positive skills and qualities needed not just to avoid bullying but to build and maintain relationships.

One purpose of the conference is to reach kids with these lessons before they grow too old for them. " Prejudice hardens i n us as we get older," Bulkin said. "Prejudice is that barrier that prevents us from getting to know somebody and realizing that they' re a lot like us.

"We can build on something they have naturally: idealism."

As noon approached, and not long after the secondg raders d i scarded h u n dreds of box lunches into trash bins, a troupe of seventh- and eighth-graders marched to the sidelines of the gym floorto put on a skit.

Playing t o a r a u cous crowd — there were cheers, guffaws, jubilations — the older students closed out the event by demonstrating how to make "friendship soup," a mishmash consisting of honesty, laughter and other goodies.

And then it was over almost as quickly as it had begun.

The schools g a thered t heir s t udents t o t h e m again, and chaperones led files of students back out

double-doors. The b u ses came, and went, and the pavilion was quiet again.

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She was married to Joe Porter in South Carolina.

They had met at the Piggy Park Dive-In, where Yolanda had worked. They had four kids; Mark Porter, Brandon Porter, John Porter and Ra-

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Later on in life Yolanda met

the love of her life, Ron Smith who became stepdad to her four children. They spent 38 years together.

Yolanda was known as the "Dancing Queen of Columbia" and was active with the Mother Lode Fair since 1987.

Yolanda was always known for and seen dancing her way right along with the Mother Lode Fair and never strayed from having others join her to, "just dance for your health!"

Yolanda was also involved in the Rotary Club.

Yolanda had an amazing free spirit and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.

A funeral service will be held at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home, 225 E. Rose St., Sonora, CA 95370, at 1 p.m. on Monday, February, 29, 2016. Burial will be at Columbia City Cemetery.

Yolanda 'Dancing Queen of Columbia' Costa rella Sept. 9, 1939 —Feb. 22,2016

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As Measure J project work continues at Sonora High School, employees of Don Lawley Construction, of Stockton, worked Friday to tear up a sidewalk between the existing pool and the band room at Sonora High School as they prepare for a new bridge (above). An emergency vehicle access road has been carved into the hillside (right) off Snell Street at the end of the existing football field.

The road will eventually be paved when a new track is constructed.

Man reported missing in Arnold found safe in Arnold a day earlier, has been located.

Eberhardt said, the man was found Sgt. Anthony Eberhardt, a pub- safe, though medics checked him out l ic i nformation officer w it h t h e as a precaution.

Calaveras County Sheriff's Office, No further information was availsaid Friday morning that Don Peter- able Friday.

The Calaveras County SherifFs son, 79, the man who went missing

By JASON COWAN The Union Democrat

THURSDAY 7:25 a.m., Sonora areaTheSonora PoliceDepartment A man was cited for having m ethamphetamine after h e reported the following: w as foundsleeping in a car by someone's driveway on Toyon THURSDAY 8:13 a.m., fraud — A busi- Way. 3:56 p.m., Sonora area — A ness on Morning Star Drive said someone ordered checks in the woman said she fell down on Wards Ferry Road but didn' t business' name fraudulently.

10:17 a.m., assault —A wom- know if she was pushed or not.

5:59 p.m., Tuolumne — A an said she was assaulted on man was standing on his Pesce Way. 10:32 a.m., trespassing — A hands and doing wheelies on a 34-year-old woman was cited for motorcycleon Tuolumne Road at Morris Road. trespassing on Hospital Road.

6:25 p.m., Twain Harte7:19 p.m., Sonora area — A woman on Saratoga Road was Two drunk women were argucomplaining that her neighbor's ing on Manzanita Drive. dog destroys her flower pots and 8:13 p.m., Willow Springs leaves feces in her yard.

— A man was cited for having drug paraphernalia at a The Tuolumne County Sher- clubhouse on Willow Springs iff's Office reported the following: Drive.

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11:47 a.m., Murphys — A suspicious man was walking around Jones Street in different clothes than he'd been in earlier.

THURSDAY 12:44 p.m., Arnold —A tree 3:03 p.m., Sonora area —Jose Antonio Rosas-Espitia, 27, of an was stolen on McKenzieAvunknown address on Wards Fer- enue. ry Road, arrested on Wards Ferry 9:50 p.m., San Andreas — A Road south of Richards Ranch fire hydrant box was vandalRoad. ized on East St. Charles Street.

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THURSDAY 3:45 a.m., Valley Springs — A woman on Quail Oaks Road said tools were stolen from a drawer at her house.

8:45 a.m., San Andreas — A vehicle was vandalized on Mountain Ranch Road.

9:26 a.m., Jenny Und — A fence was vandalized on Milton Road.

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Stanley Baker Blanchard June 3, 1938 - February 2, 2016 Stanley "Stan" Baker Blanchard passedaway unexpectedly, yet peacefully, onTuesday,February 2, 2016 with his beloved wife Dolores by his side. Hewas born June 3, 1938, in San Jose to Bert and Jeanette (Baker) Blanchard - hewas afourth generation San Josean.

Stan spent his early life in SanJose,attended Willow Glen High School and thenservedhis country in the Marine Corps. Upon returning homefrom the service hemovedto Sunnyvale, and began a 35 year career at LockheedCorporation working in the satellite division and programoffice. It was at the LockheedUnion Hall in Sunnyvale that Stanmet Dolores, his future wife of 44 wonderful years.

Betty Lou Bruce passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Angels Camp with family by her side. She was 92years old.

In 1939 she married William Wayne Bruce and remained married until Wayne's death in 1986. Together they raised their four children; Bob Bruce and wife Jerry Ferguson Bruce of Angels camp, Don Bruce and wife Kim Pilkington Bruce of Carson City, Nevada. The passing of her daughter Virginia Schultz (partner Chris Filmore living) of Tuolumne, and the passing of her son Lenny Bruce and the passing of his wife Terry Baraett Bruce of Angels Camp were very difficult losses.

In addition to Betty's children, her legacy includes 16 grandchildren, 22 Steat-grandchildren, and i3 great-great-grandchildren withone onthe way. She loved all of her babies big and small and cherished her countless friends.

Family prayers were that she wouldn'texperience any pain as she dealt with lung cancer and she didn' t. We are thankful for Betty's faith and knowing she is now with Jesuscelebratingher eternal life in His presence.

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Office issued a missing person alert for an elderly man last seen on the Arnold Rim Trail on Thursday. The alert was issued about 2:30 p.m.

Eberhardtsaid the sherifFs offices from Amador and Tuolumne counties along with California Highway Patrol air patrol assisted in the search.

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Yolanda "Dancing Queen" Costarella was born on Sept.

9, 1939, in Vallejo, and passed away on Feb. 22, 2016, in Modesto. She was 76 years old.

Yolanda was a resident of Columbia since 1982. She was a graduate of Mills College of San Francisco and Alameda College and had a master's in psychology. She retired from

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Betty, we love you and are so thankful that you were in our lives and shared your faith, your stories, your puzzles and your game shows; especially Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

Betty was such a blessing to so many and will be missed dearly.

Betty's memorial service will be held at Lake Tulloch Bible Church at i0:00 a.m. on Monday, February 29, 20 i6 with a viewing at 9:00 a.m. Her life will be celebrated by many family and friends who enjoyed her faith, wisdom and wit.

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Stan was a trueoutdoorsman; his lovefor fishing and hunting took him to manyplaces.As ayoung boy, Stan learned to fish the streams andrivers in andaround Santa ClaraValley. He later took that knowledge andcould often be seenon his boat fishing the Pacific Oceanout of Half Moon Bay for Stripers andSalmon, aswell as the SanFranciscoBayfor Sturgeonand Stripers. Heand Dolores went on long fishing trips to Guaymas,Mexico, fishing the Sea of Cortez for Grouper and YellowTail Tunaandfishing the waters of Alaska for King Salmonand Halibut. Spending every summerweekend camping, fishing, and skiing at LakeDon Pedrowasthe impetus to move from the Bay Area to Sonora. Uponretirement, they bought someland and built their retirement home in 2000. Sincethen, Stanwasfrequently found on NewMelones Lakewhere he loved to fish for Kokanee.Another sporting venturewas digging for Pismo Clamsin Cayucos Ii and Morro Bayduring the summer with family and friends.

Not to be outdone byfishing was Stan's love for duck hunting which he began at anearly age.

His bird hunting ran the gamut of quail, pheasant, ducksand geese.Early on hehunted the refuges throughout Central California and then joined several duckclubs in LosBanos,Lodi, Wheatland andTuolumne Countywhere he connected with friends in bagging limits of ducks andgeese.For manyyearswatching Monday Night Football meant having a brown paper bag between your kneesand plucking ducks. Hisadventures also included manyoutings with family and friends for hunting deer inTuolumneand CalaverasCounties. Hewasan avid sports fan of NASCARracing and enjoyedseason tickets to the Oakland Raiders.

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Being outdoors wasn't all about fishing and hunting. Stanwas anexcellent gardener. Heand Dolores spenthours in their gardensnurturing small bedding plants, manyshrubs, flowering bushesandSagopalms. Stanwas very proud of the many25 foot tall silk trees on their property that he grew fromseed. Heso enjoyed roaming the property on his 4-wheeler while feeding the birds, squirrels anddeer. Most recently he found pleasurequietly observing the wildlife and ever-changing waterscenefrom the deck of their "Lake House" on NewMelones.

Stan was afriendly, out-going and generousperson who loved life and lived life to its fullest.

His retirement motto was "EveryDayis Saturday." His presenceandfriendship will be greatly • missed by everyonewhoselife he touched.

Stan is survived byhis loving wife, Dolores; his son, Barryand wife Trad of Santa Cruz;his three grandchildren, Bobby of KlamathFalls, Oregon,Gina ofAptos, and Kennaof Santa Cruz;his two great-grandchildren Oliver andAyla; his brother-in-laws, Charles (Nancy) King of Fremont, Richard (Dianna)Proudof Henderson,Nevada,and Ray(Jacque) Proudof Cocoa,Florida; and I many niecesandnephews.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. onSaturday, March 12, 2016, at the Creekside Community Church, 13650 BergelRoadSonora, CA95370. If you wish, pleaseconsider a donation in Stan's memory to the American LungAssociation.

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The Associated Press breathlessly reported that in "one of the most exhaustive and damning reports on diversity in Hollywood," the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California put out a new report slashing at the "whitewashing" of our movies and TV shows. It's howling against an "epidemic of invisibility" for minorities (both racial and sexual) and declaring an "inclusion crisis."

One can only await the fun of the next Democratic debate, when a liberal journalist is sure to compel Sen.

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"i.lied lN8! " YOUR VIEWS Political objectivity To the Editor: This is in reply to Dr. Etty Garber, from Feb. 19 (" Campaign dollars could be better spent") concerning the waste of money spent on Political campaigns that basically don't give you any factual informationanyway.

There is an objective site that gives you information about politicians and their positions, as well as who is funding them. It is Project Vote Smart at votesmart.org.

Whereas they may not have all the info you seek (many politicians decline to comment ). There is a wealth of information there. Viva democracy!

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and we' re forever grateful.

property elsewhere and move to

hauling asphalt down through a residential area. Dr. Estoesta stated that the air could go out for miles. His two main concerns are the senior citizens, some already having respiratory problems, and children whose lungs are not developed yet.

Not only did the supervisorsvote against our appeal, at the next regular meeting (Feb. 23) they voted to increasethe appeal fees &om

Severalpeople stopped to help while we were waiting for the ambulance, and we appreciate that.

We' re especially thankful, though, for the angel and the two firemen.

Finally, I would like to commend the paramedics as well as Sonora Regional Medical Center staff' for their professionalism and compassion.Allofthesepeopleareheroes.

I believe God put the right people in the right place. Your community should be proud to have such people who really care.

Tuolumne County.

If property is not selling fast enough, itmay be not enough "qualified buyers." This is despite claims to the contrary. Clearly banks would like to loan money to 20-pluspercent on creditcards.

National economy is in decline and people are saving.

Mr. Ron Kopf states the demographicof 45 years and older is not economically healthy! Young peopleare overloaded with school debt. Mr. Kopf, as a member of the Tuolumne Utilities District

$100 to $500.

Dr. Ben Carson's quote in his book, "One Nation": "A nation that is powerful, yet benign? Do we have the courage to stand up for what we believe or will we continue to cower in the corner and hope no one sees us?"

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305 scriptedfirst-run TV series across

109 were black women.

In all the movies and TV shows, only one-third of speaking characters were female, and only 28.3 percent were &om minority groups — about 10 percent less than the makeup of the U.S. population. Characters 40 years or older tilt heavily to the male side across film and TV: 74.3 percent male to 25.7 percent female. The lack of female authority figures in fictional entertainment surely offends the Clinton backers the most,.

Some of the complaints didn't match the idea that they under-represented other minorities. They claimed just 2 percent ofspeaking characters were identified as gay, but that's pretty close to their actual fraction of the U.S. population. Even then, the population of gay characters was too white and too male!

They express shock that among the 11,306 speaking charactersstudied, only seven were transgender. But out of more than 300 million Americans,

the Social Security Administration has notchedabout 135,000 actual sexchange applications, an even lower percentage.

Somehow, in this epic search for diversity, this liberal journalism school did not address how many conservativeswrote and directed these movies and TV shows, or how many conservative characters were featured. That kind of diversity is never desirable to liberals.

L Brent Bozell III ia the president of the Media Research Center.

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Black cloud over Calaveras To the Editor On Feb.9,the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors denied us the appeal on the proposed asphalt plant at Hogan Dam Quarry. The boardroom was packed, mostly with residents who opposed the asphalt plant being allowed to go in without an environmental impact reportand a conditional use perm it. It seemed tofallon deafears, as each one of the appellants and community members pleaded with the board to uphold our appeal and require Ford Construction and CB Asphalt to obtain a conditional use permit. The majority of the board, (Supervisors Edson, Kearney and Oliveira) voted against our appeal and their own mission statement.

It so states, and I am quoting, "The mission of Calaveras County government is to provide service, in&astructure, leadership, and vision necessary to advance a safe community, maintain a high quality of life, while preserving local history and culture, and toprotectthepersonal liberties of all its citizens."

Dr. Estoesta, a local physician with years of experience, was an appellant who spoke so passionatelyabout hisconcern fortheresi-

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Looking for anangel To the Editor: On Jan. 8, while driving in a black 2002 Toyota Tacoma with my girlfriend on Highway 108 before Twain Harte, we hit a patch of black ice and were in a serious accident. The truck ended up upside down, roof caved in, and both of us injured. I crawled out of a window but couldn't stand up because of the ice. On my third attempt, a hand reached out and assisted me.

I will call her my unknown angel.I tried to walk to the front of the truck to help my girl&iend, who was still stuck inside. I was instructed to sit down because of my injuries by this angel and two San Mateo County firefighters. These two helped get my girl&iend out.

Board, voted for massive water

Who's to blame for housing?

To the Editor: I would like to respond to the article on the front page of Mday, Feb. 19 (" Solutions sought for looming housing crisis").

The view presented is that a crisis exists in housing. That there is a shortage of housing. One realizes that this is an election year.

Therefore, all sorts of claims by the political class will be made.

The same articlestates that about 300 residential properties are on the market. Hardly a

rateincreases.Mr. Kopf it seems has no problem rationing customer water. Then water was provided for Dollar General stores!

Mr. Karl Rodefer, the promoter of Mr. Kopf, implies that we shouldgiveup having a home on one or more acreage. Dense unit

housing brings congestion. Also, if the public is outraged by sky-high water rates in the future, Blame Mr. Rodefer.

Mr. Rodefer blames lawsuits for killing proposed projects. Should we have a lawless approach to development? So called "in fill development" will bring more traffic, degrading of the rural environment, enhanced road deterioration and more stresson a fragile

shortageexists.Then it is stated water system. Rural homeowners, that the median price is $299,000. defend your way of lifeI Many places in California have higher housing prices. People David Evans actually sell their higher priced Sonora

POLL QUESTION This week's poll question is:

During this time, my unknown

angel assisted me in contacting my family. She collected our personal belongings and valuables, put them ina bag, and brought them to the Sonora hospital for us, and was late for work. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get her name.

I would like to know this individual so I can personally thank her. Here's hoping she or someone she knows reads this. What a true angel. I'd like to acknowledge her bravery, compassion and selflessness. She didn't have to stop, but she chose to help,

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More trees, shrubs and benches More retailers More restaurants More parking A Highway 49 bypass to get through traffic out of downtown Public art Weekly concerts and other events Specialty foods with emphasis on local products Craft brew pub

The results from last week's poll question: ShouldPnsident Obama have gone to Justice Antonin Seal!a's funeral'?

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They found the most nausea for liberalsat the top.Directors overallwere 87 percent white, and broadcast TV directors were 90.4 percent white. Just 15.2percent of directors,28.9 percent of writers and 22.6 percent of TV series creators were female. In movies, the gendergap is widest:Only 3.4 percent of the films studied were directed by

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Zoo's missingbald eagle found PALO ALTO — A Palo Alto zoo's missing bald eagle is home again after wandering off during a training exercise this week.

KPIX 5 reports that the 27-year-old female eagle named Sequoiawas found at an open space preserve and returned to her handlers Friday.

The eagle was rescued years ago &om the wild afier suffering a gunshot wound that paralyzed her tail. She cannot fly well enough to catch prey, but has gone missing previously.

Sequoia was taking part in a flight training exercise Monday when she got distracted and flew away &om her handlers at the Palo Alto

try's defense ministry, a federal appeals court said Friday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appealsruled the seizure would not violate agreements

between Iran and the United States to resolve the Iran hostage crisis. The court also said the money, which has grown to more than $9.4 million with interest and attorneys' fees, was among assets that had been &ozen by an executive order.

A call to an attorney who represented Iran's defense ministry was not immediately

returned.

The victims include survivors of a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem. A lower court judge determined that Iran provided training and other materialassistance to the bombers and ordered Iran to pay the victims damages ranging &om $2.5 million to $15 million, according to the Junior Museum and Zoo. 9th Circuit ruling.

She was found at Rancho Another victim is the son San Antonio Open Space Pre- of former Iranian prime minserve, which is in Los Altos, ister Shapoir Bakhtiar, who California, about 12 miles opposed Iran's Islamic regime southeast ofthe zoo. and was murdered at his home in France in 1991.

Pony in unicorn getup captured MADERA — The calls coming into a California Kghway Patrol office were ~ g: A tiny unicorn was running down a road.

KSEE-TV reports more than three hours later the suspect was taken into custody.

A n ot-so-mythical white pony named Juliette who wears a fake horn for photo sessions was illuminated by a CHP helicopter Wednesday in

Court delays prison appeal; gov. objects

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown objected Friday to a California Supreme Court schedule that would push a decision on his prison population ballot initiative into at least the middle of next week.

The Democratic governor wants the justices to immediately overturn a lower court ruling that could stall until an orchard and Madera Ran- 2018 his proposal to increase chos resident Renee Pardy used sentencing credits for adult another horse to lead it out. inmates and allow earlier paThe ersatz unicorn's owner, role for non-violent felons.

5-year-old Tatum Boos (Bohs), Brown's attorney said in a says Juliette was given a court filing that even a fourtimeout for being a bad pony. day delay would likely make it impossible to gather enough signatures to put the measure before voters in November.

The governor has no one to blame but himself, countered SAN FRANCISCO — Ten Mark Zahner, chief executive terrorist attack victims who of the California District At won financial claims against torneys Association that sued Iran can seize a $2.8 million to block the initiative.

"Ultimately the only emerjudgment owed to that coungency that's caused here is kind of ado-it-yourselfnature that Feb. 26 the governor created by doing it the way they did," he said.

The lower court agreed with the district attorneys' arDaily 3 gument that Brown impropAfternoon: 8, 2, 8 erly amended an existing juEvening: 7, 8, 3 venile justice initiative to also increase sentencing credits Daily 4 for adult inmates and allow earlier parole for non-violent 4, 9, 5, 2 felons. The Sacramento-based Fantasy 5 Superior Court judge barred Attorney General Kamala 9, 11,32,33,34 Harris from issuing the documents required for Brown's Mega Millions supportersto gather the sigFriday: 3, 15, 19, natures needed to put his 62, 74 initiative on th e N ovember Meqa Ball: 14 ballot.

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companies are rallying to Apple CUPERTINO (AP) Apple CEO Tim Cookgot a standing ovation Friday at his first stockholder meet ing since his company's epic clash with the FBI unfolded.

He defended the company's unbending stance by saying: 'These are the right things to do."

On Thursday, the tech giant formally challenged a court order to help the FBI unlock an encrypted iPhone used by a murderous extremist in San Bernardino, California.

Federaloffi cials have said they' re only asking for narrow assistancein bypassing some of the phone's security features. But Apple contends

the order would force it to write a sofbvare program that would m ake o ther iPhones vulnerable to hacking by authorities or criminals in the future.

Major tech companies are rallying to Apple's cause, and now plan a joint '&iend of the court" brief on its behalf. Facebook said it will join with Google, Twitter and Microsoft on a joint court filing. A Twitter spokeswoman confirmed that plan, but said that different companies and

trade associations will likely file "multiple" briefs.

Apple filed court papers on Thursday that asked U.S. Magistrate Sheri Pym to reverse her order on the grounds that the government had no legal authority to force the company to weaken the security of its own products. The company accused the government of seeking

"dangerous power" through the courts and of trampling on its constitutional rights.

The dispute raises broad issues of legal and social policy, with at least one poll showing 51 percent of Americans think Apple should cooperate by helping the government unlock the iPhone.

The FBI and other lawenforcement agencies insist they need to get into the phone in order to run down every lead in the San Bernardino shootings, which were at least partly inspired by the Islamic State extremist group. But skeptics have q uestioned whether t h i s particular device — a work phone issued by one shooter's employer — is likely to contain much useful information. Both assailants took caretodestroy theirpersonal phonespriortothem assacre.

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knowledge similar doubts.

"If they went out of their way to destroy the other phones, there's a pretty good chance there may not be anything of value," said Jarrod Burguan,

San Bernardino's police chief. "This may be a whole lot of saber rattling and back and forth for nothing." Burguan, however, believes police still have "a duty and a responsibility" to make sure there's no useful evidence on the phone.

It's unclear how the con-

troversymight affectApple's business. Analysts at Piper Jafiray said a survey they commissioned last w e ek found the controversy wasn' t hurting the way most Americans think about Apple or its pi'o ducts.

At least one shareholder at Friday's meeting voiced support for the company's stance.

Which is safer, Uber or a taxi'? Not clear LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deadly shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, raises anew a question that has doggedUber and other taxicompetitors: Their rides may be cheaper and more convenient than a cab, but are they as safe?

It's not just whether Uber's part-time driversarebetter (or worse)behind the wheel. It's whether passengers are more likely to be assaulted, kidnapped or raped by an Uber driver than a cabbie.

The answer is that there seems to be no reliable answer. Police and transportation authorities around the U.S. say they know of no rigorous comparison of cabbies and Uber drivers.

The taxi industry, facing an existential threat &om Uber, has highlighted a seriesofincidents as evidence that an Uber trip is a gamble passengers should

not take. Then again, taxi drivers have The debate over safety has come assaultedcustomers,too. amid rapidgrowth by Uber and other If any place might have analyzed which app-based ride-sharing services such is safer, how about San Francisco, where as Lyft, and it flared after the arrest of Uber was launched more than five years Uber driver Jason Dalton last weekend ago and keeps its headquarters? in the killings of six people in the KaPolice there can't say because they lamazoo area. don't keep crime data in a way that Asked which is safer, Uber's own head would answer the safety question. Local of safety public policy did not answer ditransportation regulators don't know, rectly. either. Nor does San Francisco's district Instead, Dorothy Chou said Uber attorney, though his office is spearhead- is enlisting technology "to predict and ing a lawsuit that alleges Uber misled prevent incidents &om happening." She passengers into believing its driver pointed out that the app lets passengers background checks are the most com- sharetheirlocation and requires feedprehensive available. back ondrivers after every trip.Uber "We haven't done a comparison be- is starting to use its drivers' phones to cause that is not what the case is about," track hard braking and other dangersaid Max Szabo,a spokesman forSan ous driving, she said, as well as whether Francisco prosecutors. a driver is holding a phone. r

Inmate firefighter dies after being hit by rock MALIBU (AP) — A 22-year-old inmate firefighter died a day aAer a large rock struck her as she battled a brush fire in Southern California, corrections officials said Friday.

Shawna Lynn Jones was taken by helicopter to UCLA Medical Center with major head injuries Thursday after she was hit by a rock that fell about 100 feet &om the hillside above her, said Inspector Randall Wright of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

She was taken off lif support after her organs were donated,as her family requested, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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Qaida's branch in Syria, the ly 100 rebel groups, have said An Associated Press crew Nusra Front, were excluded. they will abide by the cease- in Damascus said the sounds The cease-fire aims to 6re despite serious skepticism of explosi ons stopped three bring representatives of the about chances for success. minutes before midnight. An Syriangovernment and the S~ t or e porters in Ge-Aleppo-basedopposition meopposition back to the nego- nevaafter the truce took hold dia collective, Aleppo24, said tiating table in Geneva for at midnight, de Mistura said Russian warplanes left Aleppo talks on a political transition. initial reports indicated that skies at 12:19 a.m.

The U.N.'s envoy, StafFan de within minutes both DamasThere were also some reMistura, announced that cus and the nearby rebel-held ports of violations, which could peace talks would resume on town of Darayasuddenly'had not be independently conMarch 7 if the cessation of calmed down." He said there firmed, but they appeared to hostilities "largely holds." was a report of one "incident" be relatively limited.

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Opposition activist Mohammed al-Sibai, who is based in the centralprovince ofHorns, told the AP that the ceasefirewas violated 15 minutes after it went into e6et in the town of Talbiseh, which was being subjected to shelling by government artillery based around the town. However, he said things later quieted down.

Signi6cantly, there were no immehate reports of any airstrikes. al-Masalmeh, an oppositi on adivist in Daraa in the country's south said intense fighting suddenly stopped at midnight when the cease-fire went into effect.

"In the first half hour of the cease-f ire the situation is relatively calm but tense," al-Masalmeh said via Skype.

He later said Syrian troops fired tank shells at the village of Lajat in Daraa province, wounding two people.

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Police officer indicted in shooting HENRICO, Va. — A Virginia police officer has been indicted in a shooting that injured a passenger in a car he was checking on.

Online court records show a grand jury returned the indictment against Henrico Officer Joel Greenway on Wednesday. He is charged with malicious wounding, shooting into an occupied vehicle and use of a 6rearm in the commission of a felony.

Police say that on Dec. 15, Greenway walked up to a car, the car sped ofF and hit him, and he fired at the vehicle.

Authoritie ssay apassenger was found injured when the car was located later.

A phone number listed for Greenway rang unanswered on Friday, and court records

do not list a lawyer for him.

Trump wins Christie's support in race FORT WORTH, Text (AP) — Donald volved into a series of fierce insults and nervousbasket case,"'a choke artist,"'a Trump scored a powerhouse endorsement schoolyard taunts heading into the week- tightened little puppy" and insulted the Friday as he sought to regam headway in end before Super Tuesday contests. size of his ears. 'This is a low-life," Trump a Republican presidential race that de Ne w JerseyGov.Chris Christiestunnedsaid of Rubio, not leaving out Texas Sen. the R epublican Ted Cruz.

"Cruz lies,butatleastit'sreaestablishment by sonable lies." Earlier, Rubio joked that I swinging behind Trump might have wet his pants backthe New York bil- stage on debate night. lionaire, d~ Christie's endorsement came after "there is no bet- Rubio shattered months of relative I ' t III' ter 6ghter than peace with the Republican front-runner Donald Trump." by repeatedly attacking Trump's char' I I the cue, acter in the debate. Christie caught the Trump unleashed room by surprise when he stepped out a raw assault on to join Trump at a Forth Worth news Marco Rubio, who conference announcing the governor' s I • • . went after him support. with fury on the The shift marked the beginning of a debate stage the long-awaitedTrump takedown eflort night before. that was cheered by anxious RepubliTrump called cans nationwide who question Trump's I' e 'I e l • the fir s t -term party loyalty and fear he's unelectable Florida senator "a in a general election.

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Had the officer "not done what he did, this would be a whole lot more tragic," Walton said.

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"We have worked diligently with our co-counsel to obtain the best possible result for Baby Bou Bou and his family," Davis said in a statement.

''What we achieved will not 6x what happened or take away the nightmares, but we hope it helps them move forward as a family."

Bounkham "Bou Bou" Phonesavanh was 19 months old in 2014 when deputies serving a warrant tossed a flash bang device into the home wherethey thought a drug dealer was staying.

The device landed in the toddler's playpen and left him with serious injuries to his face and chest.

In December, former Georgia sherifl's deputy Nikki Autry was found not guilty of charges stemming Irom her role in the "no-knock" drug raid. Autry was the only law enforcement officer charged in the raid.

"Since no one will be held criminally liable, the monetary victories will have to be used as a way to somewhat

ofFset this unfortunate preventable tragedy," said MarNORTH CHARLESTON, cus Coleman, activist and S.C. — A South Carolina president of the Save Our sherifFs deputy was shot and Selves Organization. "Considwounded early Friday dur- ering that this family was still ing a scuffle with an armed heldresponsible fortheme disuspectwho laterbarricaded cal bills is itself a travesty." himself inside a home and killed himself, authorities WORLD said.

Big rebound in monarch butterflies

The scuffle occurred when a female deputy &om Berkley County was investigating a suspicious vehicle with two peoMEXICO CITY — Monple in it behind a grocery store arch butterflies have made a in nearby Goose Creek, said big comeback in their winterState Law Enforcement Divi- ing grounds in Mexico, after sion spokesman Thorn Berry. suffering serious declines, exShe had placed a passenger in perts said Friday. her ~ r a n d was returning The area covered by the to take the driver into custody orange-and-black insects in when a fi ghtbrokeout. the mountains west of Mexico The deputy, identified as City this season was more Cpl. Kimber Gist, was shot than three and a half times twice below the protective greater than last winter. The body armor she was wearing, butterflies clump so densely Berrysaid.The deputy fi red in the pine and fir forests they her gun at some point, but it' s are counted by the area they not clear whether she hit the cover rather than by individsuspect.

Berkeley County C hief Deputy Mike Cochran said she is in stable condition and expectedto recover.Gist,who is black, worked as a correctional officer for a couple of years and had been a patrol office rforabout a year.

Thirty-six-year-old Travis Smith, who was black, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Charleston County Coroner's Office said in a news release.

Family awarded $3.6M after raid ATLANTA — A f ederal judge has approved settlements totaling $3.6 million to the parents of a toddler who was severely injured when a flash grenade detonated in his playpen during a raid.

The settlements were announced Friday by Mawuli Mel Davis, attorney for Alecia and Bounkham Phonesavanh.

The judge signed ofF on three settlements previously reached with three Georgia counties: Rabun and Stephen counties for$1.65 million and $964,000 with Habersham. A settlementwas also reached with the city of Cornelia for $1 million.

ual insects.

The number of monarchs

making the 3,400-mile migration from the United States and Canada declined steadily in recent years before recover-

ing in 2014. This winter was even better.

This December, the butterflies covered 10acres,com pared to 2.8 acres in 2014 and a record low of 1.66 acres in 2013.

While that's positive, the monarchs stiHface problems:

The butterflies covered as much as 44 acres 20 years ago.

"The news is good, but at the same time we shouldn't let our guard down," said Omar Vidal, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Mexico. "Now more than ever, Mexico, the United States, and Canada should increasetheir conservation efforts to protect and restore the habitat of this butterfly along its migratory route."

The United States is working to reintroduce milkweed, a plant key to the butterflies' migration, on about 1,160 square miles within five years, both by planting and by designating pesticide-&ee areas. Milkweed is the plant the butterflies feei and lay their eggs on, but it has been attacM by herbicide use and loss of open land in the United States.

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Chalk said she was accused of using gift cards — for grocerystores or gas stations — donated for Butte Fire survivors. Stone's announcement clears Chalk's name from suspicion, something she said Friday was a relief.

Chalk believes many factors went to the discontinuance of the "Out of the Weather Rallies."

One was it was not considered fiscally feasible to

w a n t s a s sess-

ment, Penwell said.

The researcher is i nterviewing numerous local community leaders (who she chose from alistof 20 suggestions), and will then interview still more community members in four to six focus

continue.

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groups, including "people off the street," Penwell said.

The idea is to not be biased in the research, so the results are more representativeof what the community at large would like and utilize, rather than what a group of active community members thinks might be nice.

The researcher will then

the few people being served at the events, Chalk

conduct an electronic survey

not plan to start other events like the "Out of the

through email and is buying the list from a third-party,so even that isn't biased. Email surveys tend to get a better response nowadays than phone surveys, W i l liams

Weather Rallies," but she would be interested to volunteer if someone else did.

The Mountain Ranch Community Relief Effortsheld its fi rstsetofrallies in December.Early on, it was a place where fire survivors could find awarm meal in the evening and spend the night if they needed. The weather determined its opening.

In January, the rallies were open each night, seven days a week, for victims and all day on Sundays. The decision was made after it was found

said.

For Chalk, who created the "Out of the Weather Rallies," it was never about the number of people coming.

She said she never went into it aiming to help 30 people or she would cancel the event.

"We totally helped people," Chalk said.

While Chalk indicated the series of events of the past month has hurt, she still wants to help Butte Fire survivors recover. She said she does

said.

In May, the MLCC board will hear the results of the survey and will be able to decide where to go from there, Williams said.

"If the community isn't interested,we'll fold our tents and go home," Penwell said.

"It'sa good endeavor, we'll see what happens," Williams

Lacey Peterson /Union Democrat

Carelton Penwell (left) and Connie Williams are two of 14 board members of the Mother Lode Community Club, a group of local citizens gauging interest in a modern community center for Tuolumne County to serve not only baby boomers, but younger generations as well.

that public outreach to communicate when the

money, Penwell said.

Everyone asks who is going to pay for it, but money isn' t being discussed by the board yet. The capital development committee, which includes said.

If deemed viable by the Black Oak Casino CEO Ron community assessment, com- Patel, does meet regularly to munity involvement through brainstorm.

"Money doesn't come to the entire process will be key.

"It's not going to be a dozen concepts. Money is attracted people doing it. It's going to to concrete,specific projects be hundreds," Penwell said. that are well planned," PenThe "gorilla in the room" is well said.

Some areas th e c enter might address are fitness/ exercise, sociaVevents, educational, performing arts and resourceoffices (like office space filled with rotating representativesfrom resources like HICAP or Social Security). However, organizers are open to pretty much anything and everything.

One such center in Arizona

has a Friday night jazz band jam session with seniors and

high schoolers playing. Another center in Suisun City has a theater. Others, still, have pools and f u l l-scale renaissance education programs for lifelong learning.

"Everything is on the table, or off the table, however you want to look at it," Penwell

warming center would be open was too difficult.

Earlier t hi s m onth, th e w a rming center changed its opening from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch. Overnight openings were reverted to reflect the weather criteria. Chalk said it did not seem that an overnight shelter was needed but added she thought the lunches offered were.

"They would serve 20 a day," Chalk said.

said.

To findout more about the Mother Lode Community Center, email Penwell at carpat@mlode.corn.

Contact Calaveras County reporter Jason Cowan atj cowan@uniondemocrat.corn or

(209) 588-4531.Follow him on Twitter at I j cowan1031.

WARRIOR Continued from Page Al ness said.

He recalled one instance during the final stages of

an urban terrain warfare simulator on day three of the competition, where he had to subdue an assailant — in a padded suit — that was wielding a taser knife while Maness had a "malfunctioning weapon."

"You kind of know you' re going to get tased.So I was like, I'm just going to decleat this guy and smash him as hard as I can so I don't get tased that much," Maness said. "Got his taser arm in anarmbar, gotthe taserand started tasing him."

Maness said he scored a perfect50 out of50 on the urban warfare simulator competition. But he did not find out any of his scores

until well after the competition ended. He said the uncertainty made it much more mentally demanding.

"It's hard to maintain motivation if you don' t know whether you' re winning or losing," Maness said. "It's human nature, if you' re so far in last place, to not try anymore."

When he was told his result a few days later, he learned he scored 1,190 of 1,300totalpoints. His score, because he said he needed to know, was the highest of the entire competition. Coming in second place was an NCO who scored 1,065.

"I thought I was doing well. But I didn't think I was doing that well at all," Maness said.

His victory at the state level was announced at a banquet on Feb. 20 in Anaheim, which was attended by 750 people, including highly ranked officials ranging from two-star generalsto the senior enlisted advisor of the joint chief of the National Guard Bu-

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Competitors set out on the unknown distance ruck march at the Best Warrior Competition in San Luis Obispo in November (above). The march began around 4 a.m. Nick Maness (below left, at right) also competed in an unknown distance run at the same event. Maness (below) completed the unknown distance ruck and several other events during the competition to take first place.

"It's hard to maintain motiuation if you don' t

know whether you' rewinning or losing. It' s human nature, if you' re so far in last place, to not try anymore."

Nick Maness, training for regional Best Warrior Competition

reau. It was at the banquet he realized the significance

of his accomplishment.

"I did not know anything about the competition when I first started," said Maness, who participated in the Best Warrior Competition at the brigade level priorto state competition.

"It was a huge banquet."

Company leadership asked Manessto participate in the October competition at brigade level after he quickly moved up the team ranks within the scout platoon and exceeded course expectations at the NCO academy.

Maness joined the recon-

naissance team last April.

During the first few field training exercises, leadership asked him to act as a team leader, then a radio telephone operator — two of the more important jobs during a reconnaissance mission — within the first month.

"I did fine," Maness said.

He went into the annual training session in July as a radiotelephone operator, which Maness said was not uncommon within the time period. Within the first week on the annual train-

evaluation, he "exceeded course standards" for three and "met course standards" ing, he was promoted to a senior scout observer — the the other two.

"In order to exceed route and movement planner. In September, he was course standard, you have to exceedat leastthree of promoted,once again, to the assistantteam leader, the modules," Maness said. his current position.

Maness, of Copperopolis, "It is a little bit more decided to join the Army uncommon," said Maness of National Guard in 2012 his rise through the rankbecause he felt it was the "right thing to do." His ings.

At NCO Academy, a prebrother had just gotten out requisite prior to promotion of the Marine Corps, and to sergeant Maness comManess said he felt guilty pleted in August, he earned because of the freedoms he the military's version of a had that he had never done graduation with honors. anything for.

"I figured, if I'm young Of thefi ve modules under

ness said he has to train for everything. Typically, in preparationfor the event, Maness said he's running, hiking, lifting weights, shooting and studying Army publications.

However, one aspect, perhaps the most challenging of the competition, may be more difficult to trainmental toughness. When it comes to it, Maness said it simply — "just do not quit."

And it paid off in November.

Maness recalled the shocked look on the faces of his 170-pound competitors, some thatparticipated in collegelevel crosscountry, as he passed them on the unknown distance run with one goal in mind. He wanted to beat the man behindhim more than he wanted to catch the man in front of him.

"I could see it in their face," said Maness. "They just weren't doing as well mentally as I was."

In terms of representing the state in regionals in a few months, Maness said it was humbling and exciting to beable to be one ofthe 20,000 soldiers within the California National Guard to hold the honor.

"I am honoredtobe able to do it," Maness said. "I am determined."

and healthy, I might as well enlist," Maness said.

Maness has not been deployed overseas yet. For the most part, his involvement in the Army National Guard has consisted of monthly training sessions and assistancefornational emergency events. The last time his unit deployed was 2008. Prior to that was 2005.

"They were deployed in a combat zone both in 2008 and 2005 for well over a Contact Calaveras County year," Maness said. "What reporter Jason Cowan at we trainfor is combat." j cowan@uniondemocrat.corn In leading up to the Best or (209) 588-4531.Follow him Warrior Competition, Maon Twitter at @j cowan1031.

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The Demonstration Garden is at the Government Center, 891 Mountain Ranch Road,

Phoenix Lake couple's oriental oasis an 8-year labor of love

San Andreas.

The discussion topic will be "Landscaping after a Fire," and will include a discussion of flammable vs. fire resistant plantings and the impact of hydrophobic soils. Master Gardeners will also demonstrate how to plant a bare-root tree.

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Tons of labor literally) have transformed one Phoenix Lake-area backyard into an intricate, serene oriental rock garden.

Out of the nearly 26 tons of rock on Rick and Judy Hanson's property, 25 tons were hauled in from other areas, while 1 ton of bull quartz naturally occurred on the property.

When Rickand Judy gottogether in 2008,oneoftheirshared interests was rock work. Together they have laboredforhours to createtheir backyard haven. ''When I met Rick, he said to me, You gotta see my rocks,' " she said.

Rick, the owner of Rick's Cobbler Shop in downtown Sonora, bought the home in 1974 and has since transformed the property — both the inside and out.

There are all kinds of different rocks in the yard, such as granite,

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Open Garden set March5 Tuolumne County Master Gardeners on March 5 will present an open garden day at its demonstration garden on the Dario Cassina High School campus.

The day will include presentations on rose pruning, bare-root rose planting, grapevine care and maintenance, seed starting and spring vegetable planting.

The garden, 251 S. Barretta Street in Sonora, will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and activities will begin at 10:30 a.m.

There is no cost to attend.

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Rick and Judy Hanson, of Phoenix Lake, sit in the garden they took eight years to build. A statue of Quan Yin (right) stands at the center of the garden.

Bonsai demo set March5 Two essential training skills will be presented at a meeting March 5 of the Mother Lode Bonsai Club.

Sensei (teacher) Dave Anderson, of Pine Grove, will conduct a free public demonstration on the techniques of wiring and styling following the club's monthly meeting at 10 a.m. The demonstration will be held at theOak Shadows Mobile Home Park Clubhouse, 1330 Calaveritas Road (off Mountain Ranch Road) in San Andreas.

Wiring is a method used in shaping and holding a bonsai tree in a desired form, while styling is a technique used to sculpt a tree into many possible bonsai styles, stated a press release.

Club demonstrations are open to anyone with an interest in bonsai miniature trees. All are welcomed to attend regardless of level of knowledge, experience or training.

For more information, go online to www.motherlodebonsai.org, or call Bob Dean, club president at (209) 754-5887.

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spills into the main garden in the backyard, Judy said.

'You have to fight the deer, squirrels and elements in the garden," she said with a laugh.

"But we love every minute of it," Rick said.

Rick got many of the garden's rocks &om a &iend who owned a ranch on Table Mountain as well as &om places in Copperopolis.

Rick found the ton of bull quartz on the property by hosing off dirt in the backyard himself.

The inside of the home has exposed brick walls and slate flooring entryways, and a large window in the den overlooks the entire garden.

"I got a lot of inspiration &om garden books and magazines," Judy Bald.

made up of 26 tons of different types of rocks. Blue slate, lava rock and bull quartz, (the only original rock from the property).

A bright red food bridge (right) adds a spark of color to the garden.

Judy used to work buying and selling homes and would do a lot of the physical work in refurbishing the homes herself. She would paint, spreadrocks and lay tile.

When the couple got together, their combined creative opinions really made the garden what it has come to be.

Before moving in with Rick, Judy had purchased a bridge at a yard sale without a plan for it. After painting it a bright red, it became the perfectaccent fortheiroriental garden.

Spread throughout the rock See GARDEN/Page B6v

Garden Club meets March 9 The Calaveras County Garden Club will meet March 9 at the Saddle Creek Golf Club.

The morning will begin with a meet-andgreet at 10 a.m., followed by a meeting at 10:30 a.m. The program speaker will be Ellen Zagory, director of public horticulture at the University of California, Davis, Arboretum. Her program will be titled "Arboretum All Star Plants."

Lunch will be held after the meeting for a cost of $20 per person.

Call (209) 728-9403 by Tuesday for reservations.

Saddle Creek is at 1001 Saddle Creek Drive in Copperopolis.

Backyard greenery includes maple, pine, willow and oak trees.

Cast iron pots hold blue fescue and bamboo, and several bridges are scattered throughout.

A creek, lined with rocks, runs along the right side of the property and connects the garden to the backyard. During wet years, water Rows through the creek and — in

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In God We Trust Starting at...

$815 Amenities: Clubhouse, pool, weight room.

Expanded basic cable included in rent.

Call 209-533-1310 QuailHollow1.corn Furnished units avail.

SONORA ONE BEDRM Downtown, wat/garb pd.

Newly remodelled, no smk/pets. $575/mo+dp.

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Rooms to Rent I SONORA ROOM Share home. $475/mo. incl's utilities & cable; Avail now.209-206-1270 220 Duplexes SONORA 3/1 579 S. Shepherd, TUOLUMNE 3/2 18565 Carter, ¹B 209-533-9966 agt.

FrontierForRent.corn TUOLUMNE 2BD/1 BA nr. Black Oak Casino.

Sm. yd. no pets. $800/ mo+800 dep. Tenant pays utilities. Avail now.

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TWAIN HARTE Roomate-No alchohol/ drugs. $350+1/3 utilities 532-2635 or 677-3385

DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATOR $27.60- $33.69/Hr.

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The Tuolumne Co. District Attorney's Officehas a vacancy for a District Attorney Investigator to investigate difficult & complex criminal cases; to obtain and process information and evidence and prepare cases for prosecutors; to assist local law enforcement jurisdictions with criminal investigations; and to perform related duties as assigned.

For details & minimum qualifications, please visit our website at www.tuolum-

DOWNTOWN SONORA 495 S. Washington St. Comm'I w/living quarters; 1k+ sf office with 760+ sf additional office or living area top floor.

1k+ sf storage/warehouse. Lots of parking!

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301 Employment ATCAA - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency is seeking highly motivated, result-oriented candidates with excellent communication and leadership skills. Job Announcement and qualifications at:

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Open until filled.

DRIVERS NEEDED: Previous exp preferred but not req'd. Will train.

Must have clean driving record. Apply in person at Vic's Towing, 1230 Hwy.49 w/DMV Report.

No Phone Calls!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; Looking to make adiff erence?

Lead Habitat for Humanity in providing affordable housing opps. in Calavaras Co. For details and application instructions go to www.habitatcaiaveras.or

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(209) 736-8340 EOE. CABINET & GRANITE fabrication and installation start at $13/hr.

588-8600 or evenings till 8 pm 533-4484

LEGAL SECRETARY for Sonora law firm. Litigation experience preferred. Pay DOE. Send cover letter and resume to: UD Box ¹90396942 c/oThe Union Democrat 84 S. Washington St., Sonora, CA 95370 MEDICAL ASSISTANT/ TECHNICIAN needed for Ophthalmology and optometry office.

Fax resume to 209-532-1687 or email to: BenLODonald-

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HOTEL TEAMMATES! Best Western PLUS Sonora Oaks Hotel is Visit us on the web: now hiring for: www.co.calaveras.ca.us • HOUSEKEEPERS • FRONT DESK CAREGIVER NEEDED In Tuolumne for a young •NIGHT AUDITOR (11:00pm To 7:00am) man, Thurs. through • JANITOR Sat. Call 209/352-5757 • MAINTENANCE CLEANERS NEEDED! Apply in person at • Good pay!• Large 19551 Hess in Sonora. company• Paid training! NO Phone Calls!

Call (209) 586-331 4.

INSTRUCTOR CONSTRUCTION Position available 9am-3pm. Mon.- Fri. Labourer for general engineering & building The Community Compass. company. 532-8718 209-588-1364 COUNTRY INN IS HIRING

www.co.caiaveras.ca.us

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HOUSEKEEPERS Apply in person: 18730 Hwy 108. Ph. 984-0315

JANITOR PART-TIME Angels Camp/T. Harte E-Verify; Call for info.

(209) 567-1078

EOE. FFD: Apply immediately.

Open until filled.

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SOFTBALL UMPIREStandardPark Sports Complex $16.02-$19.56/game

The Tuolumne County Recreation Dept has openings for umpires for men' s, women's and co-ed softball games.

Must be A.S.A. registered at time of appointment and have passed a current A.S.A. written test. Apply online at www.tuolumneOpen until filled.

301 Employment

SONORA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT is accepting applications for the following: Home to School Bus Driver.

SONORA AUTO Must meet the requireREPAIR and DIESEL is ments of the job deaccepting apps for an scription listed on webautomotive repair tech- site. Salary: Range 17, nician. Must have at $18.32-$20.20/hr. DOE. least 2 years exp with App deadline is 2PM, diagnostic and have exp 2/29/1 6. Varsity Assist. on diesel vehicles.

Swim Coachfor 15/16 Please contact Roger at School Year (Starts sonoraautoanddieselo immediately) Stipend mail.corn or 536-9683 $3,033 (prorated). EOE. Open until filled. Apps and info available at Classified ad prices www.sonorahs.kl 2.ca.us are dropping! II! and at the District Off. CHECK IT OUT 100 School St. Sonora.

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST ($27.64 - $33.58/hr.)

Behavioral health professional needed to develop, evaluate and monitor compliance with quality management activities relative to current mental health services. BS in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling or Nursing and a min. of four years' experience in an outpatient BH setting required. A MS may substitute for up to two yrs of required exp. For detailed job flyer please visit

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RETAIL ASSISTANT/CASHIER -Permanent, P/T, 24-30 hrs/week; must work wkends: Fri-Mon; POS /retail experience req'd; Visitor Center inside St. Park, Arnold. Send NEED LOG TRUCK drivers (3), loader oper., resume to: CBTAObi trees. or water truck driver, skidder oper., & timber faller. Call 532-2423 fax NEED QUICK CASH? resume to 532-1528 Sell any item for $250 NON-COUNSELING or less for just $8.00 graveyard position at Substance Abuse FacilCall Classifieds ity. Full-time w/benefits.

At 588-4515 Fax resume: 785-5238 or call 209-785-3667.

GROWING

HANDYMAN NEEDED Need truck, some skills, tools, heavy lifting req'd.

Part-Time. 532-5857

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LEAD HOUSEKEEPER Pinecrest Chalet, P/T Train, coordinate a crew to perform duties to incl. cleaning, sanitizing dusting, mopping, vacuuming, inventory and ordering. Assists with check-ins/outs. Min. of 2 yrs exp; able to work weekends/holidays; able to lift 50 lbs. Must possess computer skills, be organized, multi-task and meet deadlines. $14/hr. Must have valid CA D.L. and pass FBI/ DOJ bkground check.

Submit cover letter & resume to: Quinn Davis recruitin Oalumni.ber~ke/6 .edk by 2/29/16.

closes 3/1 4/2016 EOE. FOSTER PARENTS WANTED-EnvironPERKOS CAFE IS mental Alternatives Looking for aCook.

Foster Family Agency is Exc. pay, F/T, busy enlooking for people who vironment. Apply in perare able to provide son M-F 11 am - 1 p.m. foster homes for clients between the ages of PLUMBER NEEDED ~ WW.a/Cay.ar CI OSing 0-18. Monthly reimW Seeking F/T plumber date: 3/9/16 EOE. bursement for the care w/3 yrs exp. in service of our clients is $877and repair work. No ATTENDANTFOR If interested or DUI, no drugs, able to Sonora Donation Trailer $1048. have questions please pass background check.

Immed. opening, $10/hr. call (209) 754-5500 $20-$30/hr. depending Sat/Sun. 20-25 hrs/ wk. or (800) 655-8354. upon exp. Full Benefits.

Call the Salvation Army OCA ¹057000184 EOE Waters Plumbing Heat to apply 209-466-3871 & Air, 21097B Longeext. 201. Fax resume to way Rd., Sonora.

Get your 466-9347. Interview & 533-1010 business orientation in Stockton.

BRET HARTE U.H.S.D. accepting apps for Two Special Ed Teachers (one for Structured Class), Salary: $50,861$83,174; Intern-$42,265 Closing Date: Open Until filled. Apply online: www.bhuhsd-ca.schooll

Plug g erS /020LC/ Tribune Content Agency, LLC nrookineArt, LLC

240 Roommate Wanted

CAMAGE AVE Industrial space up to 21,000 s.f. for lease.

Call for info 533-8962

301 E mployment

SONORA SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking (4) TEACHERSfor the 2016-17 school year: 6th grade teacher, 3rd grade teacher, temp.

3rd grade teacher, 1.0 teaching assignment (.40 temp/.60 p.e.).

See 2~6'oin.or for details and application.

Closes 3/17/16 at noon.

(209) 532-5491. EOE.

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TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPT. OF SCHOOLS is recruiting for an Accounting Specialist F/T-260 dys/yr, $20.01$24.42/hr, $775/mo Health Benefits CAP. Apply online at: Eddoin.or ~

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301-330 301- Employment 305 - Instruction/Lessons Classes 310 - Domestic IkChildcare 315- Looking for Employment 320 - Business Opportunities 325 - Financing 330 - MoneyWanted

Today's Newestt CONSTRUCTION Labourer for general engineering & building company. 532-8718 COUNTRY INN IS HIRING

HOUSEKEEPERS Apply in person: 18730 Hwy 108. Ph. 984-0315

TUOLUMNE COUNTY POWERED RECLINER SUPT. OF SCHOOLS is couch & love seat. 3y/o, recruiting for an perfect cond., leather Accounting Specialist both for $2K 743-1574 F/T-260 dys/yr, $20.01$24.42/hr, $775/mo Sell/t fast with a Union Health Benefits CAP. Democrat c/assifhd ad.

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301 Employment

SONORA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT is accepting apps for: • One-on-one paraprofessionalMust have a High School diploma or the equivalent, & 2 yrs of college (48 units), or A.A. degree (or higher), or pass a local assessment. Salary: $16.18-$17.84 DOE. App deadline is 2 PM 3/4/16.

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VALLECITO SCHOOL DISTRICT, an Equal Opportunity Employer, accepting applications for: 6 hr/day, Account Clerk I -$15.87-$21.47 — District Office; Deadline 2/29/1 6 Additional information 795-8503 or

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Director II, Technology School Nurse Occupational Therapist Program Manager (deadline 2/26/1 6)

Instructional Aide (deadline 2/26/1 6) Substitute Teachers Child Development Teachers Visual Impairment Specialist School Psychologist Substitute SELPA Classroom Aides

Competitive Salaries and Benefits, EEO

Contact us at (209) 736-4662 or apply online at: www.ccoe.k12.ca.us/domain/13

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'r • TT Tl LJ • L J o WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPR. 3 Operates & maintains WW treatment and pumping facilities; regulates influent and effluent flows; performs sample collection and lab testing; monitors equip, gauges & makes req'd adjustment for proper facility function; monitors reclamation system. Req's WW Treatment Plant Op-Gr. III cert and must obtain class B, D.L. $27.88$33.90 DOE. See www.tudwater.corn for detailed job description.

Apply at main office, 18885 Nugget Blvd, or obtain app on website.

Closing date: 3/11, 4PM

Find your Future Home in The Union Democrat Classifieds WINTERS CLEANING SERVICES is hiring for: House Cleaner, exp'd w/good ref's & driving record. Email resume: James winterscleanin .c om or fax: 536-4177 Phone: 209-532-5700

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YOSEMITE WESTGATE LODGE is 401 Accepting apps: FRONT Announcements DESK, HOUSEKEEPING & MAINTENANCE positions. Great place to DJ TREVOR SIMPSON work! Good Pay! Apply Live at Bear Valley Saturday, February 27 at: 7633 St. Hwy. 120, 7:30 PM at Sky High Groveland, CA 95321 bearvalley.corn/events (209) 962-5281 301

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WEATHER WATCHERS NEEDED ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, to HR Director and Tribal Attorney/FT

• Coordinate, attend and participate in various meetings and disseminate appropriate info; • Maintain calendar for HR Director and Tribal Attorney; • Coordinate and monitor special projects and expedite completion; • Knowledge of proper office methods/practices including filing systems, receptionist, letter/ report writing, computer and word processing.

• High School Diploma or GED req. Any combo of education, training and exp equivalent to at least 6 years work in secretarial and office administration of which at least 3 years has been doing legal secretarial administrative type work; • Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

• Ability to keystroke a min. of 55 wpm; • Demonstrate a high level of professional integrity and ethics/confidentiality.

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Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Personal Holiday, 401(k) match. Go to: www.mewuk.corn For application and job description or call (209) 928-5302 for questions.

The Union Democrat has a dedicated team of volunteer weather watchers who keep track of high-low temperatures and precipitation.

They call the newspaper with fresh numbers early every morning for that day's weather page, on the back of the sports section. The only pay is an annual gathering - sometimes a picnic hosted by the newspaper, sometimes dinner at an area restaurant - where they are honored and thanked. Necessary equipment, which the volunteers must provide themselves, are a thermometer that records the high and low temperatures of the day and a rain gauge. They must also submit snow depths and melt snow, when they get it, to include its water content with their precipitation. Volunteers are needed right now in, Tuolumne, Pinecrest and San Andreas.

Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer may callPam Orebaugh 588-4546 or e-mail orebau h Ouniondemocrat.corn

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE - Notice is Come pioIILeer you are. hereby given that on 3/1 7/2016 Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to the following: • Lisa Vierth • Kailee Burleigh • Karagh Bryan • Buddy Thompson The personal property incl's, but is not limited to, general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. The auctionends at2:30pm and will now be listed and advertised on www.stora etreasures.c om Purchases must be made with cash only & paid at the above ref'd facility at 20330 South Mono Vista Rd. Sonora, CA in order to complete transaction. Phone: 694-8832 Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any 515 555 purchase up until winHome Furnishings Firewood/Heating I g ning bidder takes possession of the property. I-COMFORT ALMOND - DRY MATTRESS SETS, FIREWOOD beds & more. •Sal's Firewood~ - 16", MERCHANDISE adjustable Free Delivery! 358-3697 Call 588-8080

Tk4'0 YLo log cabin!

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POWERED RECLINER couch 8 love seat. 3y/o, perfect cond., leather both for $2K 743-1574

CATEGORY 501-640 GENERAL MERCHANDISE

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501 - Lost 502 - Found 515 - HomeFurnishings 520 - HomeAppliances 525 - HomeElectronics 530 - Sports/Recreation 535 - Musical Instruments 540 - Crafts 545 - Food Products 550- Antiques/Collectibles 555 - Firewood/Heating 560 - OfficeProducts 565 - Tools/Machinery 570 - Building Materials 575 - Auctions 580 - Miscellaneous 585 - MiscellaneousWanted

BATHROOM VANITY 48" top faucet - lighted mirror; Oak. Exc. cond. $150. OBO 533-8637 MAYTAG FRIDGE, w/ice maker, 21 cubic ft.

Exc. cond. warranty til 9/1 6 $350 b/o 694-7001 REFRIGERATORS, Ranges, dishwasher + more! All New 50% off!

Direct Outlet, 238-3000 directappliance.corn 530 Sports/Recreation

590- GarageSales

It is illegal under California law to transfer ownership of a firearm except through a licensed firearms dealer.

540 Crafts

595 - Commercial

Garage/YardSales

FARM ANNALS and PETS 601- HouseholdPets 605 - PetSupply/Services 610 - PetsWanted 615 - Livestock

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YORKIE/BICHON (M) lost 2/19 Eve Parrots Ferry Rd., Columbia.

Friendly! Call 206-2686 502 Found

550 Antiques/Collectibles

HAT W/STRAP/IRISH? Tan/Brn on Racetrack Rd. "Kevin McAndrews" 2/21 Call 707-954-1741

BASEBALL, HOCKEY & FOOTBALL Cards (+6k) 30-Year Collection. $95. obo 586-3940

515 Home Furnishings

HEUSER'S FURNITURE Mattress & Design Center. Best selection & service. Call 536-9834

555 Firewood/Heating ALMOND • DRY • 90%

Split $260/cord. Free Delivery & Stacking!

ALMOND SEASONED 2-yrs. 16-18" delivered Wood Stove Quality 852-9170 - ZWART'S

580 Miscellaneous

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SEASONED PINE$175/cord; 1/2 cords available. Delivered!

743-8434 or 743-9773

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580 Miscellaneous

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MLCS Thrift Store Too 14705 Mono Way, MonSat. 10-5pm 536-9385

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Business of The Week SIIVKJNACI CONSTRUCTION G E N E R A L E N G IN E E R IN G - G E N E R A L B U IL D IN G

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Owner, BrendenSimunaci, is a licensed General Engineering and General Building Contractor. Diversity hasbeenour key to success,so our customers donot have to hire multiple contractors. Wespecialize in... Excavation Grading Underground Utilities Asphalt and • Concrete.Wealso provide Building Services andspecialize in helping "Owner Builders". Wecan'turn key' your project or do specific tasks: foundations, framing, siding, decking, etc.If you havea project in mind, pleasecall for a prompt response and affordable pricing.

Brenden'swife Dante isanLCS Wand Sports Physiologist, an avid snowskier andiceskater. Sonjett, age 11, is the mascotof theLV.F.D., playsfor thejr. Catsfootball team andis anAlpineDownhill Ski Racer,an honor roll student and lovesfishing andpracticing catch &release.

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MOUNTAIN ALARM Thanks for voting us Best Alarm Company 8 years in a row!

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Boat Covers SEASPRAY AWNINGS & BOAT COVERS Custom awnings bimini tops & upholstery 533-4315 Lic¹981187

Computers & Service COMPUTER SICKT CALL

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Contractors ROBERT' S CONSTRUCTION Bathroom remodel, tile, decks. 586-9487 Lic.¹1006631

Decks/Patios/Gazebos QUALITY INSTALLATION

Decks Concrete Windows Jim Brosnan Const.

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HANDYMAN Small jobs O.K. No lic., 768-6315 Hauling AA Brush Burning, Hauling, Weedeating, Pine Needles [no lic.]

770-1403 or 586-9635 U-CALL - WE HAUL! Pine needles, cleanup, affordablechainsaw work. 209-586-9247

Landscape/Gardening LANDSCAPING Yard clean-ups, Tree

Plumbing

Well Drilling

ANDERSON'S PLUMBING & DRAIN Quality plumbing, sewer drain cleaning. Modular specialist. 20 yrs. exp.

Lic.¹ 739224 536-9557

TANKO BROS., INC. Wells & Pumps 532-7797 Lic. ¹395633

Storage

Care, Hauling, Weedeating [no lic.]

768-0665 Guillermo

MOOREROOM.COM Quality Steel Sheds, Garages & RVports On Site Bid 984-3462

Painting

Tile

CHRIS MACDONALD PAINTING Resident or Commercial Interior or Exterior Lic. ¹735177 770-0278

TRADITIONAL TILE A Family tradition since 1923. Granite/Tile/ Marble. Lic. ¹421264 Free est. Call 754-9003

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Yard Maintenance THUMBS UP Would love to come & help you w/your yard.

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NOTICE TO READERS: California law requires that contractors taking jobs that total $500 or more (labor and/or materials) be licensed by the Contractors State License Board. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising. Check your contractor's status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752).Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

B4 — Saturday, February 27, 2016 701 Automobiles

580 Miscellaneous

710

BUYING JUNK, Unwanted or wrecked cars, Cash paid! Free P/U Mike 209-602-4997

Call 352-9243

CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Looking for a professional to sell your car at no charge?

WE ALSO BUY CARS! Call us today! 533-8777 LEXUS '94 400 SL Runs great! Power sun roof, 4-CD changer. $1,994. Call 588-9147

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GLASTRON '74 14 FT.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2016000078 Date: 02/24/2016 02:53P Refile of previous file ¹ 2015000423 After 40 days of expiration date (Publication Required) DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): STRAWBERRY STORE Phone Number 707-803-4818 Street address of principal place of business: 28620 Herring Creek Lane Strawberry, CA 95375 Name of Registrant: Strawberry Store INC. Residence Address: 28620 Herring Creek Lane Strawberry, CA 95375 Articles of Incorporation ¹ 3847872 CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: not applicable This Business is conducted by: a corporation.

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).)

Strawberry Store, INC s/ Mary Buche President NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration.

This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office.

DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Karen Gray, Deputy Publication Dates: February 27 & March 5, 12, 19, 2016 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

With Changes (Publication Required) DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): TWAIN HARTE FITNESS Phone Number: 209-586-2878 Street address of principal place of business: 18711 Tiffeni Drive, Suite 14 Twain Harte, CA 95383 Name of Registrant: Straub, Stephanie Residence Address: 20501 Canyonview Drive Tuolumne, CA 95379 Business Mailing Address if different from above 18711 Tiffeni Drive, Suite 14 Twain Harte, CA 95383 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/01/2012 This Business is conducted by: an individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) s/ Stephanie Straub NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration.

This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office.

DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Theresa K. Badgett, Deputy Publication Dates: February 27 & March 5, 12, 19, 2016 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2016000066 Date: 2/1 8/2016 09:08A DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): MOUNTAIN OM YOGA Phone Number: 909-647-6896 Street address of principal place of business: 20110 Canyonview Drive Tuolumne, CA 95379 Name of Registrant: Cook, Kimberly 20110 Canyonview Drive Tuolumne, CA 95379 The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: not applicable This Business is conducted by: an individual.

I declare that all information in this

statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) s/ Kimberly Cook NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration.

This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on

file in my office.

DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk & Auditor-Controller, By: Karen Gray, Deputy Publication Dates: February 27 & March 5, 12, 19, 2016 The Union Democrat, Sonora, CA 95370

13775 Mono Way, Suite 263 Sonora, CA 95370 Name of Registrant: Western Home Maintenance, INC Residence Address: 13775 Mono Way, Suite

was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from expiration.

This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office.

DEBORAH BAUTISTA, County Clerk 8 Auditor-Controller, By: Karen Gray, Deputy Publication Dates: February 27 & March 5,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT TUOLUMNE COUNTY CLERK 2 S. GREEN ST. SONORA, CA 95370 (209) 533-5573 FILE NO. 2016000076 Date: 2/24/2016 11:16A Refile of previous file ¹2009000176 With Changes (Publication Required) DEBORAH BAUTISTA, CLERK & AUDITORCONTROLLER The following Person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fictitious Business Name (s): A) WESTERN HOME MAINTENANCE, INC. B) THRIFTY HOME REPAIRS C) THRIFTY HOME MAINTENANCE D) WESTERN HOME REPAIRS Street address of principal place of business:

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Sonora, CA 95370 Articles of Incorporation¹ 3513621 CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/25/2012 This Business is conducted by: a corporation.

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).)

Western Home Maintenance, INC s/ Tom Griggs NOTICE: This statement expires five years from the date it

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Name (s): GOLD COUNTRY SMALL TRACTOR SERVICE Street address of principal place of business: 10903 Merrell Rd. Groveland, CA 95321 Name of Registrant: Warner, Shane P.O. Box 1187 Groveland, CA 95321 10903 Merrell Rd Groveland, CA 95321 The registrant commenced to transact business under the

fictitious business name or names listed above on: not applicable This Business is conducted by: 12, 19, 2016 an individual.

The Union Democrat, I declare that all Sonora, CA 95370 information in this statement is true and FICTITIOUS correct. (A registrant BUSINESS NAME who declares as true STATEMENT any material matter TUOLUMNE COUNTY pursuant to Section CLERK 17913 of the Business 2 S. GREEN ST. and Professions Code SONORA, CA 95370 that the registrant (209) 533-5573 knows to be false is FILE NO. 2016000057 guilty of a misdemeanor Date: 2/1 1/2016 09:OOA punishable by a fine not DEBORAH BAUTISTA, to exceed one thousand CLERK & AUDITORdollars ($1,000).)

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This filing does not of itself authorize the use of this name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law. (B & P Code 14411 et seq.)

CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office.

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She averages one a week. Doctors are puzzled. They last 15 to 20 minutes, with drooling and numbness on the left side. I am very worried about what is going to happen. Is this normal for an older person?

Aren't TIAs a prelude to a major stroke? What do you think should be done? — Anon.

ANSWER: A transient ischemic attackisa temporary loss offunction of the nervous system. It is similarto a stroke, but a stroke causes permanent damage to cells of the nervous system. (In a stroke, symptoms may improve despite permanent damage, and this is due to the nervous system's ability to find new ways to perform the functions of damaged areas.) A TIA is worrisome in itself, since even a brief episode of poor blood flow to the brain may cause permanent damage. However, TIAs are worrisome also because they predict

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We have spent uncountable, stressedout hours over Mom's opioid addiction.

Medicare has spent thousands of dollars, as have we. Last year, we were twice forced to hospitalize Mom involuntarily. In the interim, despite our clear communications, a psychiatrist wroteanother prescription for one of the offending drugs. We thought that having it written in big letters on all her charts was enough. It wasn' t. Needlesstosay,wechanged allofherdoctors.

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Ifshe already has had an extensive workup done, it is reasona higher likelihood of developing a able to consider some less-common stroke, which can range from mi- possibilities. Sometimes seizures nor damage to catastrophic loss of can appear clinically similar to brain function and death.

TIAs, as can multiple sclerosis and TIAs and strokes unfortunately other related conditions. are all too common, but I would Ifyour friend would like, perhaps you never characterize them as normal. could accompany her to her next visit, A TIA should belooked at as an so you can get a better idea of how thoremergency: One colleague of mine ough her medical team has been, and said it's "chest pain of the brain," consider a &esh look. Continued TIAs and people with TIAs should be areveryworrisome tome. rapidly evaluated. The evaluation DEAR DH. ROACK Fm 85 years can be complex, but generally in- old, and my doctor wants me to go for cludes imaging studies of the brain, another bone scan. Fm reluctant to go usually an MRI or CT scan, and an through with the test. At my age, I don' t evaluation of the blood flow to the think medication will do me any good. brain by MBA, CTA or ultrasonog- I take calcium and vitamin D. — E.C. raphy. Often, the blood vessels of ANSWER: I d o und e rstand

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LIBRA(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today is a 9 — Practical efforts bear fruit today and tomorrow. Focus on generating income, and it rises with your actions. Work now andplaylater.O nly spend on what's needed. The impossible seems accessible. Consider all possibilities.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today is an 8 — Take charge of your destiny. You' re getting clear on your objectives and growing stronger today and tomorrow. Use your power responsibly. Put in extra effort. Your quick action draws praise. Get help building your dream.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is a 5Take time for peaceful introspection over the next few days. Let things gel. A sibling's crazy idea could work.

Make plans and plot your moves in advance. Notice your dreams and subconscious desires.

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today is a 7 — Confer with allies. Friends are glad to give you a boost.

Today and tomorrow are good party days. Benefits come through social networking. Share inspiration. A promisemade now isgood. Leave nothing to chance.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today is an 8 — Assume more responsibility today and tomorrow. Be attentive. Career matters occupy you now. There's a test, so look sharp. One person's ideas spark another's. Follow through. Your charms cannot be denied.

Smile for the camera.

PISCES(Feb. 19-March 20): Today is a 7 — Travel conditions look excellent today and tomorrow. Exploration calls, either in person or through your studies.

Get adventurous. Opportunities to both learn and teach arise. Focus creative energy on generating the funding.

when patients tell me that they don't want to undergo unnecessary testsand procedures due to their age, but some tests make more sense than others. The reason I would recommend that you follow your doctor's advice in this case is that the test itself is simple and not dangerous, and because it's fairly likely that at age 85, you may have osteoporosis.

If you do have osteoporosis, there is effective treatment (both medication and not), even at age 85, that will reduce your likelihood of a fracture. I have seen fractures lead to long-term sufFering too many times.

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The entry position controls the play

By PHILLIP ALDER

Today in history Today is Saturday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2016.

There are 308 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 27, 1991, Operation Desert Storm came to a conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declared that "Kuwait is liberated, iraq's army is defeated," and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight, Eastern time.

On this date: ln 1801, the District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.

In 1911, inventor Charles F. Kettering demonstrated his electric automobile starter in Detroit by starting a Cadillac's motor with just the press of a switch, instead of hand-cranking. ln 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote.

In 1939, the Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., effectively outlawed sit-down strikes. Britain and France recognized the regime of Francisco Franco of Spain.

In 1943, during World War II, Norwegian commandos launched a raid to sabotage a Germanoperated heavy water plant in Norway. The U.S. government began circulating one-centcoins made of steel plated with zinc (the steel pennies proved unpopular, since they were easily mistaken for dimes).

In 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee inSouth Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre ofSioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until

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At the bridge table, you will often need to 463 have a way to get into one hand or the other.

Dealer: North You must carefully watch your entries. In Vulnerable: Both today's deal, how should South play in three S outh W e s t No r t h Ea s t no-trump after West leads his fourth-highest 14 Pass diamond, and East puts up the 10?

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South starts with six top tricks: two spades, three diamonds (given trick one) and one club.

His best chance for three more winners lies with the hearts, but declarer will presumably have to lose the lead twice. So he will need hand entries. lf South starts with a low heart and the defender with the ace takes the trick, there will be no problems. But if the queen wins the trick, declarer will be one hand entry short. Instead, he should start with the heart king and swallow dummy's queen. Suppose West takes the trick and shifts to the club 10 (best defense). South should take the second club, play a diamond to his hand, and continue hearts. Here, the deal has a happy ending.

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garden are chairs, fountains, red wagons, hanging wind chimes, a statue of Buddha, a golden calligraphy signs that read "Health, wealth and happiness," and pagodas.

In recent years, three pine treeshave fallen over,and one of thelargestumps — and itslarge,

A statue of Buddah is perched on a slab of slate in the rock garden of Rick and Judy Hanson.

thick roots — can still be seen on

its side in the back of the garden.

"I think the stump adds a lot of character," Judy said.

Judy alsohelped Rick repair the deck that overlooks the backyard garden. It has become their primary sitting spot for enjoying the work they have put in over the years.

Blossoms are blue, blue-violet, mauve and deepvioletshades.Varieties to look forare Munstead, Hidcote and Jean Davis. These lavenders stay smaller but are fragrant.They are perfect for borders along walkways.

Lavandula stoechas, or Spanish lavender, is a wildflower in the Mediterranean region. You can recognize Spanish lavender by the blooms — they look like pinecones with whirlybirds on the top. Count on them being big bloomers, usually from May to October. This type of lavender is a favorite of butterflies.

Other popular lavenders are hybrids called Lavandins. These are usually crosses between English lavenders and broadleaflavenders.These may be larger plants that will reach 4 feet if not pruned back. Varieties that are found easily are Provence, Grosso and Fred Boutin. La-

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STUDY Continued from Page Bl product, occupation, etc. It is important to point out that IARC's conclusions are based on assessing the hazard. A hazard assessment simply states that a certain chemical, environmental element or behavioris somehow related to cancer. IARC will then make a determination whether something "is," "is probable," "is possible," or "isn' t" carcinogenic. This type of hazard evaluation does not tell you how likely you are to get cancer. That's done by a risk assessment, which will use the same words "is," "probable" and "possible," but in a very different way. Risk is a measure of toxicity and exposure. A certain product may be very carcinogenic, but if you are not exposed to it or if you are exposed to it at very low levels, your risk of getting cancer will be low.

Take bacon and other processed meats. IARC recently classified theseas category 1,"carcinogenic to humans." Does this mean we shouldallstopeatinghotdogs,salami and bacon? Perhaps, if this is all you ate. But when consumed in

not all of the studies in the assessment revealed a carcinogenic link.

Only four of the seven chronic feeding studies used in the IARC assessment found a relationship between glyphosate and cancer.

One of those studies, a 24-month feeding study where kidney tumors in mice were determined to be glyphosate-related, was reevaluated by the USEPA in 1991.

When the USEPA first reviewed this study in 1985, they were in agreementthat the observed renal kidney tumors were caused by glyphosate exposure. However, the later re-evaluation cast doubt on the statistical significance of the researcher's initial conclusion.

Eventually, it was the judgment of the r eviewing pathologists that the kidney tumors were not treatment-related. The IARC pathologists, however, did not agree with the USEPA's conclusion and included this study in their 2015 assessment. tion — or correlation— between Toxicological risks must be asexposure to the agent and can- sessed by looking at both toxicity, cer, but they can't be used to de- or in this case carcinogenicity, and termine the cause of the cancers. exposure. The assessment cannot They also can't completely rule out be made solely by asking the quesother explanations such as chance tion, "Is the substance a carcinoor bias. Additionally, these studies gen? While several of the animal have limitations such as the accu- feeding studies in the IARC asof 1986(Prop 65).Prior to doing this, OEHHA announced a public comment period. The comment period for this decision closed this past October. OEHHA's decision is forthcoming.

Reaction to the IARC determination and the potential Prop 65 listing was significant. People on both sides of the fence — pesticide advocates and pesticide opponents — were asking the question, "Should we stop using glyphosate?e In order to answer this question, it's valuable to consider the following.

First, IARC's determination of "limited evidence" of human carcinogenicity was based on information provided by epidemiological studies. These studies used questionnaires given to farmers and their families in North America and Europe to look for a link between chemical exposure and cancer. Epidemiological studies can revealifthere'sa positive associa-

moderation, your exposure is low,

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conversely your risk is low.

In response to the IARC decision on glyphosate, California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice announcing its intent to list the herbicide as a carcinogen under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act

and the effect that exposure to other substances, including other pesticides, might have on cancer incidence. In short, these types of studies can identify a correlation, but they don't establish a direct link or causality.

IARC's determination was also based on"sufficient evidence" of carcinogenicity in lab animals, but

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ing on the study that's examined, the tumor-causing dosages were from 30 to 30,000 parts per million. Using these dosages, a man weighing 175 pounds would have to drink more than a quarter tablespoon to slightly more than 1 gallonofherbicide every day for 2 years to have an exposure that' s equivalent to that of the lab animals'.

A s more researchis done, it's a

certainty that many more substances, some of which we are commonly ~ to in everyday life, will be identif ied as carcinogens. The recent inclusion of bacon and other processed meats on IARC's Group I list for known human carcinogens is evidenceofthis.

When considering these types of determinations, it's critical to remember that the amount and duration of exposure must also be

considered, not just the fact that the chemical made it "on the list."

As to the question, "Should we stop using glyphosate?e The answer, yet again, leads us back to exposure. If exposure is low, risk will also be low. I am a strong advocate for non-chemical weed controlstrategies,but I also like to have access to a wide assortment of tools in the toolbox and believe sessment demonstrateda positive that herbicides do have a place in relationship between glyphosate agriculture. exposure and cancer, the concentrations in those tests were higher Scott Oneto is the farm than what an herbicide applica- adviser and county di rector tor would experience in the field. for the University of California Even if one ignores the fact that Cooperative Extension Central oral exposures are highly improb- Sierra, which includes Tuolumne ableforapplicators,the dosages and Calaveras counties. He can be themselvesare atypicalforactual reached at sroneto@ucanr edu or herbicide use scenarios. Depend- (209) 228-6834.

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sential oils, medicinal uses, flower arrangements, sachets and massage oils for sore muscles. Since Lavandins have a strong fragrance,they are not good for cooking. These varieties are hardy, diseaseresistant,and pretty much yearround.

French lavenders have a d i fferent texture, with gray foliage and serrated leaves. Quicker growing and larger, these plants need more room. Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender has a unique appearance and thrives on being ignored. Goodwin Creek grows lower and will spread to 3 to 4 feet without controls. The leaves add fragrance and texture to cut flower ar-

rangements.

Spring is an excellent time for choosing your lavenders. Often times the growers forceblooms prior to shipping to the retail stores. That gives you an opportunity to see the colors of the blooms. Lavenders run from blue with white, pinks, yellow, green, white, and various shades of blues and purples, with many against gray foliage. Different plants bloom at different times for various durations. With some planning,your yard could have lavender blooming the majority of the year.

There are so many varieties of lavenders, it may be hard to choose. The fragrances will be a beacon for butterflies and hummingbirds.

The gray-green foliage will add texture and brightness to your yard.In keeping with our dry,hot climate, lavenders are not heavy water or

fertilizer users.

As you visualize new plants in your yard for spring, take a look at the lavender family and their benefits. This is an easy-care plant and one that will surely add beauty to any garden. tulie Silva is a University of California Cooperative Extension Master

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workout MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics decided their roster needed some tweaking even a s o t her teams have stood pat this month. T hey' ve swung a couple of significant trades, o ne o f wh i c h brought slugging outfielder Khris Davis over from the Milwaukee Brew-

BRIEFING

Redskins fall ta West Campus The Calaveras Redskins boys' basketball team was defeated Friday night 68-43 byW est Campus of Sacramento in the quarterfinals of the Sac Joaquin Section Division IV Championships.

The No. 6 Redskins hung with the No. 3Warriors through the first period (13-13) but trailed 30-21 at halftime and 5030 heading into the final quarter.

Calaveras finishes its season 20-7 overall and earned second place in the Mother Lode League

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Spring softball

Summerville senior Braden Anderson (above) drives to the basket Friday night while being guarded by San Juan's Jeremiah Khem (1). Bear senior Kole Elkins (50, below) shoots over San Juan's Tony Murphy.

The Tuolumne County Recreation Department adult spring softball league is accepting registration for the 2016 season.

The season will run from April 5 until June 10 at the Standard Park Sports Complex.

Registration is $442.50 and teams should register at the box office

by March 11 or online by March 13 to avoid late fees.

For more information, callTCRD at (209) 5335663 or Standard Park at (209) 533-2678 or visit www.tcrecreation.corn.

Bears rip Spartans, reach final 4

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Wildcat golfers fall ta Oakdale The Sonora Wildcat boys' golf team started its regular season Friday with a 204-228 loss against Oakdale at Mountain Springs Golf Club.

Bradley Fulkerson starred for Sonora, shooting a 1-under par 35 to earn medelaist honors as the low scorer.

Fulkerson birdied hole No. 4 but gave it right back with a double bogey on five.

He followed that with birdies on each of the next two holes and parred eight and nine to post his low score.

The Wildcats next host Atwater at 3:30 p.m.

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Paul has 40, Clips tap Kings SACRAMENTO (AP) — Chris Paul scored a season-high 40 points

Springtraining

By GUY DOSSI The Union Democrat

With 24-seconds remaining in the first quarter Friday night, the normally loud and rambunctious Summerville High cheering section was as quiet as a

Sunday m orning church service. ee The Bear Cave r was standing and l ooking underneath t h e Summerville basket with concern.

Summerville senior Eli McLaurin, while driving to the hoop, fell hard and landed onthe leftside ofhisface.

He rolled to his back and took some time getting to his feet.

When he stood up and walked, blood trickled down his face and pooled in his left hand as it caught every drop.

The game was tied 17-17, but the concern inside the gymnasium was the health of McLaurin, who, along with medical sta6; headed into the Summerville locker room.

With 5:29 left in the first half, McLaurin e merged from the dressing room with blue tape over his left eye and a No. 10 jersey to replace the blood stained No. 34.

The loudest cheer of the night exploded from the Summerville faithful the moment he walked back to the Bears bench. The Bears and their fans used the return as a spark that burned the rest of the night as Summerville defeated the San Juan Spartans 59-39 in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin ''What you want, is you SummervilleheadcoachBen Section Division IV Championships. want the kid to react well," Watson said of the McLaurin

injury. 'You look him in the eyes to see how he is reacting. Is he scared? Is he nervous or worried? I just saw a kid say, Hey, it's time to get fi xed up.'I know what a tough kid he is and what a great kid he is and I knew that if there was any way for him to get out there in a

clean jersey, there wasn't any way to stop him. So I looked in his eyes, he looked good, but the one eye had blood in it soIfigured I'd justlook at the other one."

Even with missing some game time, a new jersey and having only one good eye, McLaurin finished the night with 18 points and nine rebounds.

"I feel fine," McLaurin said following the win. "I think I' ll need some ibuprofen and Ill get some stitches at the ER and get ready for Monday."

Before the McLaurin injury, the biggest concern was the Bears slow start. Summerville trailed 7-2 nearly 3 minutes into the first quarter and looked shell shocked.

Even though it was early, W atson knew he had t o make a change.

"What goes through my mind is, how long am I going to be able to stick to the game plan?" Watson said.

"I had a game plangoing in, and we actually had to switch out of it pretty early.

Our kids, they are smart and thereare multiple defenses

Davis and his new teamm ates tookbatting practice together on Friday against live pitching, the first fullsquad workout of the spring for the A' s.

"It's a great opportunity.

It's exciting and just a new start," Davis said. "Couldn' t ask for more. Just have to be grateful for the opportunity."

Davis, who played left field in Milwaukee last year, has hit 49 home runs and driven in 135 runs over the past two seasons.

A .250 career hitter, Davis figuresto get a lot of at-

bats against right-handed pitching, against which he batted .260 with 21 homers compared to .212 with six See AS/Page C4

Romero hopes for return to big leagues SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants are stocked with talented pitchers, with Madison Bumgarner,Matt Cain, Johnny Cueto, Jeff

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Jake Peavy having been named All-Stars atleastonce.

Those five figure to comprise the opening day starting rotation for the Giants.

But there's another former All-Star on the Giants' spring training roster who is trying

beat us in different ways.

But I was concerned and if we didn't do something different, I thought that it could

to make the most of the opportunity he has, though he faces long odds to make the majorleaguerosteroutofcam p.

Veteran left-hander Ricky Romero is trying to revive a career derailed by injuries to both knees. An All-Star in 2011 with his original team, the Toronto Blue Jays, Romero hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2013.

The Giants signed him to a minor-leaguecontract last May, then after granting his free agency re-signed him in

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and added 13assi' with eight rebounds to propel the Los Angeles Clippers to a 117-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.

Sparked by the scoring and playmaking of Paul, and considerable hustle at the defensive end, the Clippers ran off 20 consecutive points in the third quarter to break the game open. The lead remained in double digits the rest of the way.

DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists for the Kings. Rudy Gay scored 23, Seth Curry had a career-high 19 and Darren Collison 18.

Curry is rolling and fans everywhere are enjoying the league'spremier sharpshooter is doing on a nightly basis. The most entertaining player on the NBA's most A 40-footer buzzer-beater in Mi- e n tertainmg team has fans coming ami one night. A 45-footer to earlyand staying late to catch a ,„. beat the clock in Orlando the e~ ~ gli m pse,takeaselfie,getanautovery next night. In both cases, $~~~„, graph, whatever they can muster the thousands of fans who came @ ~p i n order to feel like they were part "' to watch the brightest star in toof the show. day's NBA do something special ex"I was fortunate to play with Mipressed their satisfaction with long, chael Jordan and just about every lusty cheers. night I was awestruck," Warriors And remember, those were road coach Steve Kerr said Thursday in Orlando, after Curry's shot from midcrowds.

It is Stephen Curry's game right court was the highlight of a 51-point now, and whether the Golden State night. "I would say that Steph is on Warriors are home or away it seems no one needs a reminder to enjoy what See CURRY/ Page C4

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Summerville edged in season opener

HIGH SCHOOL o ay Boys — Baseball:Calaveras at Escalon, 11 a.m.

Girls — Soccer:Calaveras at Bear River, 1:30 p.m.

Monday Girls — Softball:Summerville at Waterford, 3 p.m.

Soccer:Bret Harte vs.

Ripon, 6:30 p.m., Dorroh Field, Angels Camp.

AUTO RACING Sunday 10:00 am(KTXL) NASCAR RacingSprint Cup Series: Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500. From Atlanta Motor Speedwa inHampton, Ga.

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SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION DIVISION 4 GIRLS' BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS Tuesday at Tokay High School, Lodi No. 1 Brookside Christian vs.

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The Summerville Bears softball team started 2016 Friday with 8 1-0 loss to Golden Valley in Tuolumne. Bears senior Shelby Conklin (right) hurled 8 solid game but Bears couldn't offer her any run support. The Bears next will play at 3:30 p.m. Monday against host Waterford. Bears sophomore second baseman Cheyenne Biggs(5,above) makes a nice stop then throws to first from her knees for the out.

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be a long night."

Down by five,McLaurin took command of the game.

He drained a 3 in front of the Summerville Orange Crush Band and a collective sigh was released by allBearfans.

His next basket came on an alley-oop from an inbound pass from his brother, Ethan, who was standing in &ont of the scorer's table.

Eli capped an 8-0 run with a wide open shot from behind the arc, and Summerville had a 10-7 lead.

San Juan scored four unanswered points, but the Bears responded wit h a n o ther strong run, this time going for 7-0.

After Eli McLaurin left the game with 28 seconds left in the quarter, Ethan hit two fic throws to give Summerville a 19-17 lead.

"After Eli went down, I just knew that we were in for a physical game so we needed to play more physical than we had been playing," Ethan

BOgOSian'S 3rd-PelIOd

goal leads Sabres past Sharks3-1 SAN JOSE (AP) — Zach Bogosian scored on a ricochet with 7:24 remaining in regulation and the Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks for the ninth time in 10 meetings, 3-1 on Friday night.

Johan Larsson also scored and E v ander Kane added an empty-netter to help the Sabres extend their domination over the Sharks by winning for the fifth straight time in San Jose.

Chad Johnson made 24 saves in what could be an audition for the Sharks, who could be seeking to upgrade at backup goalie before Monday's trade deadline.

Mare-Edouard V l asic scoredthe lonegoalforthe Sharks, who lost for just the third time in regulation this season in the 30 games that they scored first. Martin Jones made 19 saves as San Jose remained six points behind Pacific Division leader Los Angeles.

With the Sharks controlling the play, the Sabres took advantage of a fortuitous bounce to hand the Sharks a key loss that denied them to chance to close the gap in the division with rivals Anaheim and Los Angeles.

Bogosian's shot from the point defiected off San Jose forward Tomas Hertl's left skate, changed

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Summerville put together its longest run of the night, outscoring San Juan 11-3 through the first 6 minutes of the second quarter. Ethan went for seven points, while Eli and Braden Anderson added four points. The Bears ended the first half leading 33-28. sWe just wanted to keep

the game tempo up,"Ethan said of the multiple runs.

"It starts with Braden making those runs up and down the court. But the runs that we had came from defensive awareness and our ability to get rebounds and hitting the outlets quickly."

Like they did in the first half, the Bears began the third quarter with a 7-0 run to take a40-28 lead. Sum-

directions and went over

Jones' shoulder for the tiebreaking goal.

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Summer ville's Ethan McLaurin (20) drives to the basket Friday night while being defended by San Juan'sWilliam Brown in the Bears' 59-39 victory. m erville started to crash the boards and was able to get sixpointsoff of offensive rebounds from Kole Elkins and Cameron Saunders.

The Spartans had a difficult time adjusting to the team speed of Summerville and the Bears could sense theiropponents began totire in the second half.

'Vile are not a huge team like the team three years ago that won the section champi-

onship," Anderson said. "We are not that team. So we use what we have and speed is really something that we have and it's something that we use to our advantage."

Summerville went on a 10-0 run tostart the fourth

quarter to put the game out of reach. The Bears allowed only three points in the final frame and 11 in the second half.

"It's really all about time

of possession," Watson said.

"If you have the ball all the time and the other team has to play defense for an extended periodoftime, thatwears them down mentally. We had the ball most of the time in the second half and when they did have the ball, they felt hurried and felt they had to do something quickly."

Ethan McLaurin led Summerville with 19 points, 10 reboundsand dished out fi ve assists. Saunders had eight points and nine rebounds, Ben Richardson had six off the bench, Anderson scored six, had eight rebounds and six assists and Elkins scored two with five boards.

As time expired and the S ummerville f aithful e x pressedits gratitude, Anderson took a step back to soak it all in on his home court for possibly the final time of his high school career.

"I was just cherishing the moment that we had out there," Anderson said. "I just really wanted to please the fans that came out because we have the best fans in the entire league. We just wanted to make this last game for them, for us, for everybody, super memorable. " Summerville (23-6) advances to the final four and will play Central Catholic Wednesday at Tokay High School. The win also qualified the Bears to play in the NorCal Playoffs.

"It sounds really corny, but everything we do as coaches is for the kids," Watson said. "I had the luxury ofgood fortune of winning a section title a few years ago. But these kids haven' t. You really want them to be able to win one. Dale Clifton (C slaver as interim head coach), atthe all-league meeting said something that was really meaningful to me.

He said that these kids have earnedeverythingthey've got because they have taken their lumps. They' ve been on the bottom. Now, as seniors, they aregetting to seethe rewards of hard work and being able to stick with it, live through the youngness and the beatings. And now, they are seeing all the good things that hard work brings."

Today 9:00 am(ESPN) College BasketballTexas Tech at Kansas.

(KOVR) (KPIX) College BasketballButler at Georgetown.

11:00 am(CSBA) College BasketballFlorida International at Florida Atlantic.

(ESPN)College Basketball Arizona at Utah.

(KOVR) (KPIX)College BasketballOklahoma at Texas.

(KTXL)College Basketball Villanova at Marquette.

1:00 pm(CSN) College BasketballPepperdine at Loyola Marymount.

(ESPN)College Basketball Maryland at Purdue.

(KOVR) (KPIX) College BasketballKentucky at Vanderbilt.

1:30 pm(KTXL) College BasketballUCLA at Stanford.

3:00 pm(ESPN) College BasketballNorth Carolina at Virginia.

5:30 pm(KGO) (KXTV) NBA BasketballGolden State Warriors at Oklahoma City Thunder.

6:00 pm(CSBA) College BasketballPortland at San Diego.

(CSN)College Basketball Pacific at Santa Clara.

(ESPN)College Basketball Flodda at LSU. 8:00 pm(CSN) College BasketballSaint Mary's at San Francisco.

Sunday 10:00 am(CSN) College BasketballSt. Louis at Saint Joseph' s.

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Larry Feldbrugge. Closest to Pin: (Feb 16) Cha Cha Cha with a No. 13, Conrad Boisvert, 17-6; No. twist: 1. Nova Atkinson, Carolyn 3, Bob Bowser 11-10.

Butler, Pam Williams, Brenda Wolfe (Feb. 24) 1 Bert Elings, Eddie 117, 2. Jan Gove, Shanon Myers, Bates, Bud Harrison, Pete PeKaren Taylor, Fran Wagner 122. sonen; 2. Scott Behiel, Bill Burr, Closest to Pin: No. 6, June Shiver; John Pierotti. Closest to Pin: No. 6 No. 13, Pam Williams.

Keith Jolly 14-6; Dave Brown 25-0.

(Feb 23) Stableford — First Flight: 1. (tie) Kathy Archer, Karen Beed- Forest Meadows Ladies 18-Hole ing 39, 3. Karen Taylor 36; Second (Feb 3) Low Putts: 1 Pam La Vine Flight: 1. Jan Gove 34; 2. Joan Arm- 30, 2. (tie) Kathy Ganley, Sue Lyon, knecht 33; 3. Barbara Souza 32. 33, 3. Donna Fippin 34. Closest to Third Flight: 1. Shannon Myers 34; Pin: No. 8 Ganley 10-1.5; Money 2. Carolyn Butler 31; No. 3. Nova hole: No 13 Jan Anderson 30-9.

Greenhorn Creek Ladies 9-hole Atkinson 29. Closest to Pin: No. 3, (Feb 10) Low Net: 1. Dona Fippin (Feb 9) Low net — 1. Marsha Nova Atkinson, 15-9; No. 6, Joan 63, 2. Liz Ritchie 68. Money Hole: Schneider, 2. (tie) Susan Tribble, Armknecht 9-6; No. 15. Carolyn No. 8, Fippin, 12-05. Closest to Pin: Brenda Wolfe; 3. Karin Rohn. Clos- Butler 13-11; Feb. leaders: 1. Karen No. 13, Jan Andersen 22-10. est to Pin: No. 13, Patty Bates; No. Beeding 60, 2. Nova Atkinson 57, (Feb 17) Scratch and Scramble 15, Schneider.

3. June Shiver 49, 4. Cathy Muel- — 1. Donna Fipppin, Diane Winsby (Feb 16) Low net — 1. (tie) ler 48, 5. Debbie Miller 39, 6. Amber 66, 2 Joan Andersen, Liz Ritchie, Catherine Holt, Marsha Green, 3. Herron 37, 7. Sharon Sobon 34, 8. 78.5. Money Hole: No. 3, Diane Hanneke Ellings, 4. (tie) Sue Lyon, Barbara Souza 32, 9. Kathy Archer Winsby 12-3.

Sue Ten Eyck. Closest to Pin: 31, 10. Karen Taylor 29; Feb. Ace (Feb. 24) Low Net: 1. MJ Davis No. 3, Marsha Schneider; No. 6, of the Month: June Shiver net 68.

68, 2. (tie)LizTitchie, Diane Winsby Schneider 11 feet, 9 inches.

69. Closest to Pin: No. 13 Winsby Greenhorn Creek Men 21-3; Money Hole: No. 4 Donna Greenhorn Creek Women (Feb 17) Best Ball Greensome: Fippin 10-4.

(Feb 2) One best net ball, plus First Flight — 1. Sam Smith, Bill putts: 1. Nova Atkinson, Karen Burr, 2. Keith Jolly, Bob Koakowski.

Today 5:00 pm(KCRA) (KSBW) NHL HockeyDetroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche.

Sunday 9:30am (KCRA) (KSBW) NHL HockeyWashington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks.

4:00 pm(CSN) NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Vancouver Canucks.

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Busch fails inspection, other Busch onpole

difficult Friday when Abraham Almonte was suspended for80 games by Major HAIYIPTON, Ga. — Kyle League Baseball after testing Busch's car failed a pos+ual- positive forthe performanceifying inspection on Friday, enhancing drug Boldenone. leaving him at the back of the Indians general manager packinstead ofon thepolefor Mike Chernoff and manager Sunday's NAS CAR Sprint Terry Francona had high exCup race. pectations this season for the The ruling leaves brother 26-year-ol d outfi elder.

Kurt Busch as the pole winThe Indians released a ner at Atlanta Motor Speed- statement as well, in which way. Kurt Busch ran strong the team supported MLB's through all three elimina- stanceon steroids and other tion rounds of quaiifyix)g and performance-enhancing had the top speed at 191.582 drugs. mph before he was topped by Almonte was set to address Kyle's fastlap of191.668mph his teammates on Saturday, in his No. 18 Toyota. before he is removed from Kyle Busch is the defend- the team's 40-man roster and ing Sprint Cup series cham- placed on the restricted list.

While he's out, Almonte pion.

Scott Miller, NASCAR'S se- won't be able to play in regnior vice president of compe- ular-season bigleaguegames tition, said a laser inspection until July. He will remain revealed the rear toe, which in the Indians' dubhouse affects alignment, on Kyle throughout spring training.

Busch's car did not meet specifications. Miller said Busch and his crew chief; Adam Ste- ACC reprimandsDuke vens, do not face additional guaml Allen for tripping GREENSBORO, N.C. penalties.

Miller said the violation The Atlantic Coast Conferwas found in the new laser ence has reprimanded Duke test. guard Grayson Allen for Miller said Kyle Busch's car an incident involving Florpassed the same inspechon ida State's Xavier Rathanbefore qualifying.

Mayes.

The league issued a three-paragraph statement House backs bill to Friday after reviewing the boost hunting, fishing game, saying Allen was repWASHINGTON — The rimanded for his "involveHouse on Friday approved ment in the tripping of" a bill to expand access to Rathan-Mayes. hunting and fishing areas ACC officials say the maton public lands, extend pro- ter is closed and they will tectionsfor the use of lead not comment further. bullets in hunting and strip Allen stuck his left leg out wolves offederalprotections and Rathan-Mayes tripped in four states. and fell with 3.4 seconds left The bill also would let in No. 15 Duke's 80-65 home hunters import 41 polar victory Thursday night. bear carcasses shot in Cana- That incident happened afda before they were declared ter Rathan-Mayes appeared threatened in 2008 and al- to grab the back of Allen's low limited imports of ivory jersey in an attempt to fling from African elephants. himself downcourt.

The bill was approved, In a victory over Louis242-161, and now goes to ville two weeks earlier, Althe Senate. Twelve Demo- len received a flagrant foul crats joined 230 Republi- for tripping the Cardinals' cans in favor of the measure. Ray Spalding.

Supporters said the bill would protect and expand 3ason Bohn suflers mild the rights of sportsmen to attackatHonda hunt, fish and enjoy other heart recreation on public lands.

PALM BEACH G AROpponents said the bill DENS, Fla.— PGA Tour DSwould roll back important cials say Jason Bohn suffered protections for wolves and a mild heart attack after the other wildlife and under- second round Friday at the mine international efforts to Honda Classic. combat ivory trafficking.

The tour says Bohn comThe bill also contains a plained of chest pains after provision to remove gray his round and went to see a wolves in the Great Lakes medical staff at PGA Nationregion and Wyoming off the al. He was taken by ambufederalendangered list. lance to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, where tests a mild heart attack.

Team nearly wins with revealed Bohn was staying in the 2 players left at end hospital overnight until more FARGO, N.D.— In the fi- tests Saturday. He was in nal seconds of a wild double- stable condition. Ks wife was overtime junior college bas- home in Atlanta, though her ketball game that already parents were with Bohn at had a combined 310 points on the hospital.

The 42-year-old Bohn is a the scoreboard, point guard Shawn Craig still thought two-time winner on the PGA he would win it for United Tour who is No. 71 in the Tribes Technical Collegeworld. He is among the more even though he had just one popular players who often other teammate on the floor. partnerswith former SecCraig and Trevor Shave- retaryof State Condoleezza head were the lone Thunder- Rice in the AT&T Pebble birds left after three of the Beach Pro-Am. five players on their roster fouled out. Craig's attempt to weave through three de- Soccer elects Gianni fenders failed and the ball Infantino as pmident was knocked away, costing ZURICH — Gianni Infanthe visiting Thunderbirds tino is the new president of a chance to try a 3-point soccer's corruption-scarred field goal that would have world governing body, wingiven them a one-point win ning election after promisWednesday over the Dakota ing national leaders of the College at Bottineau Lum- sport that he would share berjacks. the wealth from FIFA's $5 The 'Jacks won 156-154 billion World Cup revenues. in a game with an unusual Infantino was chosen on ending, at least in terms of the second-ballo t Friday to who was on the floor. fill the unexpired term of The Thunderbirds were longtime FIFA leader Sepp hoping to pull off a feat that Blatter, who was forced looked all too familiar to Da- out by the pressure of U.S. kota College players like Joe and Swiss investigations of Baker, whose dad played on briberyand corruption that a Lumberjacks team that emerged two days before the nearly30 years ago lostto a previousvote in May 2015.

United Tribes squad that beThe stunning outcome gan with a total of five play- seemed to catch the 45-yearers and ended with three. old Infantino ofI'-guard. He had to compose himself beforestarting his acceptance speech and saluted voters by patting his heart with his GOODYEAR, Ariz. — With right hand. injured All-Star M ichael Infantino pledged to meet Brantley likely out for the quickly with World C first portion of the season, the broadcasters and sponsors, Cleveland Indians spent plen- saying they "they need to rety of time this offseason look- gain trust and confidence in ing for ways to fill the large football and in FIFA." hole he' ll leave in the outfield.

That search became more — The Associated Press -

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Pillsbury, Parker, Philbin are top rollers Flanagan 255/686; Young at Heart — Dave Rossi 678, Jim Simmons 658; Jokers Wild Patrick Pillsbury (Monday — Dan Isam 268/673, PatMadness) led rick Pillsbury 259/694, Curtis the way for Leonard 696 and Umchu Full TRIVIA this report by high game for the women with House — Dave Rossi 255/651, rolling a 273 a 214. Jeannie Philbin (Morn- Amanda Klaahsen 564, Steve game and 714 fmtat bou ling ing Rollers) sent the ball down Feola 660 and Jeremy Curry series, which te acher said that the lanes for the women's high 656. is high for the an e/fective ball series with a 588. men and also sh oulddothree Entering the "I can't believe the only 700 thi n gs — skid, Other notable scores in- I beat myself club" this report series for this ro l l and hooke clude: SIRS — Dave Rossi 651; are: Monday Madness — Curreport.

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Monday Madness — Warren tis Duncan, 140 pins over with E d i t h Walker 699, Robert Porov- 581; High Rollers — Geoff Parker (Early ich 686; High Rollers — Bob Kahl, 77 pins over average Birds), a former Women's As- Chambers 257/675, Bobby with 225; Daniel Borges 75 sociationsecretary,rolled the Papapetrou 256/651, Kevin pins over with 221; and JokThis column covers Feb. 9

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League results At Black Oak Lanes, Tuolumne Aff team stxtres am listed with handicap, if included SIRS (2-1 5) Games: DaveRossi244, Bob Haiges 204, Don Banchero 197.

Series: Rossi 651, Tom Newell 540, Banchero 529.

Team Game: Misfits 755, Georgie's Boys 736, Dennis' Gang 704.

Team Series: Misfits 2181, Dennis's Gang 2032, Georgie's Boys 1992.

Standings: No Excuses 20-8,H ines Pickles and Andy's Dandys 19-9, Georgie's Boys 1810.

Monday Madness (Feb. 15) Games — Women: Mary Feola 210, Mabel Wilets 200, Cheri Dickens 190; Men: Patrick Pillsbury 273, Robert Porovich and Robby Porovich 248.

Series — Women: Feola 548, diets 538, Deedra Hope 460; Men: Pillsbury 714, Warren Walker 699, Robert Porovich 686.

Team Game: The Tire Shop 855, Pocket Pounders 834, Lucy Strikers 820.

Team Series: Pocket Pounders 2440, The Tire Shop 2435, Lucky Strikers 2367.

Standings: Sauerkraut Samurai 23-5, San Andreas Mini Mart, Just Win Baby and Big Bear Roofing 18-10, The New Old Bears 17.5-10.5.

High Rolters (Feb. 9) Games — Women: Alicia Filiberti 182, Mary Feola170, ShariRago 165; Men: Bob Chambers 257, Bobby Papapetrou 256, Kevin Flanagan 255.

Series — Women: Filiberti 497, Rago 459, Jackie Ferreira 445; Men: Ranagan 686, Chambers 675, Papapetrou 651.

Team Game: Johnson Referral Realty 822,

Auto Tech & Tires 818, B.U.I. 797.

Team Series: Johnson Referral Realty 2350, Auto Tech & Tires 2248, Sierra Memorials 2136.

Standings: Power House 18.5-5.5, Sierra Me-

morials 17-7, B.LI.I. 16$.

Morning Roffers (Feb. 10) G ames — Women: Jeannie Philbin200,Jackie Allen 199, Cindy Diebold 197; Men: Chuck Farris 237, Tom Newton 225, Bill Bowcutt 198.

Series —Women: Philbin 588, Allen 509, LaDonna Newton469;Men: Farris 602,Newton 558, Bruce Peterson 549.

Team Game: Black Oak Casino Resort BowlingBuddies772, Candy Vault687,Blooms & Things 677.

Team Series: Black Oak Casino Resort Bowling Buddies 2097, Candy Vault 2006, Blooms & Things 1991.

Standings: Blooms & Things 18-6, Mountain

Treasures 17-7, Black Oak Casino and Resort Bowling Buddies and XE Energyers t 64I. Young at Heart (Feb. 10) Games — Women: Norma Espino 202, Carol Dolan 192, Ruth Abreo 190; Men: Jim Simmons 249, Dave Rossi 247, Bob Thomas 245.

Series — Women: Espino 538, Abreo and Dolan506,Irene Deaver 503;Men: Rossi678, Simmons 658, Thomas 638.

Team Game: Ham Bones 778, Good Time Rollers and Lane Masters 729, The Beer

Frames 711.

Team Series: Good Time Rollers 21 73, Ham Bones 2160, Lane Masters 21 06.

Standings: Fearless Foursome 17-7, Alley Brats and The Ten Pins t 64I, four teams at 159

Jokers Wild (Feb. 10) Games — Women: Kathy Foote 200, Chrely Terry 184, Nan Irby 182; Men: Dan Issm 268,

Patrick Pillsbury 259, Curbs Leonard 246.

Series — Women: Terry 508, Irby 489, Foote 468; Men: Leonard 696, Pillsbury 694, learn 673.

Team Game: Sierra Motors 784, Oscar Martinez Bail Bonds 773, Linkline Charter 762.

Team Series: Sierra Motors 2256, Oscar Martinez Bail Bonds 2239, Linkline Charter 2189.

Standings: Anderson Plumbing 17-7, Sierra

Motors 16-8, Lane's Crew and Spare Me 15-9.

Early Birds (Feb. 11) Games — Women: Edith Parker 214, Jane Clark 196, Sharon McThom 172; Men: Ivan Johnson 173, Greg Gerhart 196, Lany Carrillo 167.

Series — Women: Parker 526, Clark 507, Sandy Johnson 495; Men: L. Carrillo 450, Gerhart 447, Duke Alsup 414.

Team Game: Sizzling Stars 523, Jim Johnson Trucking 51 0(x2).

Team Series: Jim Johnson Trucking 1459,

Sizzling Stars 141 7.

Standings: Wikxtx Consbuction 13-7, Slackers and Mr. Bathtub 12-8.

Senior bllerrymakers (Feb. 11) Games — Women: laura Persson 189, Wilma Starrett 182, Sally Salvi 177; Men: Scott Newman 234, Tom Starrett 200, Tony Basile 195.

Series — Women: Persson 492, SaM472, Teny Hall 470; Men: Newman 604, Steve Miller 505, Starrett 501.

Team Game: Golden Girls 671, Custom Homes 665, Fisherman 645.

Team Series: Golden Girls 1971, Custom Homes 1948, Fishermen 1903.

Standings: Fishermen and Golden Girls 18-6, Pin Busters 17-7, Custom Homes 15-9.

Mixed Angels (Feb. 11) Games — Women: Shirley Parades 188, Vicky Fox 169, Buffie Balcarcel 160; Men: Eddie War-

ers Wild — Tim Hollenbeck 78 pins over with 245.

Upcoming Tournaments include: Black Oak's 11th Annual Senior No-Tap on March 4 and 11 and the Annual Association Tournament on March 5 and 6.

Information on all tournaments is available at Black Oak Lanes.

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Series — Women: Parades 536, Fox 452, Balcarcel 442; Men: Warzee 632, Olson 627,Jason Hendricks 556.

Team Game: Sierra Glass 741, lane Brains 697, Sometimes Wonderful 695.

Team Series: Sierra Glass 2055, Sometimes Wonderful 2037, Lane Brains 1999.

Standings: Lane Brains 17-3, Sometimes Wonderful 16-4, Auto Tech 11-9.

IJmchu Full House (Feb. 18)

Games — Women: Amanda Klaahesn 210, Linda Whitney 203, Barbara Persson 194; Men: Dave Rossi 255, Chris Olson 248, Jeremy Curry 236.

Series — Women: Klaahsen 564, Paly. Hurley 509,Whitney 484;Men:Steve Feola660,Cuny 656, Rossi 651.

Team Game: Off Constantly 846, Mountain Oasis 843, Fantastic Four 832.

Team Series: Off Constantly 2522, Fantastic Four 2401, Mountain Oasis 2346.

Standings: Psychedeli c Seniors and Randy's Doors 21-11, Off Constantly 19-13, Sonora Ford 18-14.

Gamblers Getaway (Feb. 12) Games — Women: Kris Cox 177, Nicki Swendeman 172, Wendy McBride 168;M en:ChristopherSwendeman 206, LionelDay and Tri ni Mercado, Jr. 202.

Series — Women: Cox 459, Irene Melendez 449, McBride437; Men: Mercado 562, Day 557, John Pitsker 556.

Team Game: The Sierra Motors 704, Terry's

Sew &Vac 652, The Jamestown Hotel625.

Team Series: Sierra Motors 2010, Terry's Sew & Vac 1916, The Kahunas 1823.

Standings: The Kahunas 184, Terry's Sew & Vac 15-9, All Oiled IJp and The Jamestown Hotel 13-11.

Rickie Fowler takes lead at Honda Classic PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rickie Fowler isn't setting any course records at the Honda Classic. He' ll gladly settlefor more great golf,and the 36-hole lead.

Fowler got back to work last week in Florida after his big disappointment in the Phoenix Open and shot the course record at The Medalist (66). The next day, he went an hour north to The Floridian and shot 60 to break the course remrd held by Justin Thomas.

He set amore obscure record Friday with his 4-under 66 to build a one-shot lead over Jimmy Walker. Fowler became the first playertogobogey-freeoverthe opening 36 holes in the Honda Classic since it moved to PGA National in 2007.

"That's a big accomplishment around thisgolf course — notjust one day,but back-to-back," Fowler said."So pleased with how I' ve managed my game."

In his first start since Fowler lost a twoshot lead with two holes in Phoenix, he put

himself right back in position to win.

Fowler was at 8-under 132, one shot

ahead of Jimmy Walker, who finished his round of 66 with a 25-foot birdie on the 17th and a40-foot eagle putton No .18.Sergio Garcia, playing with Fowler, stayed with him until the final four holes. Garcia had a 69 and was two shots behind.

Adam Scott also played bogey-free in wind that was slightly calmer and in warmer weather. He holed a 10-foot eagle putt on the third hole and two-putted for birdie on his final hole for a 65 that left him three shots behind.

Scotthas yet to shoot over par in 10 rounds this year, with nine of those rounds in the 60s.

Rory Mcllroy left without speaking and won't be coming back this week He missed the cut for the second straight year at the Honda Classic.

McIlroy tried to play off a muddy patch in the hazard left of the par-3 fifth green, hit off the rocks into the water, took a penalty

drop and made triple bogey. A birdie on the final hole gave him a 72, though he missed the cut by one shot.

The cut was at 3-over 143, and Phil Mickelson made it on the number. Mickelson, coming off a runner-up finish at Pebble Beach after losing a two-shot lead going into the final round, failed to make a birdie in his round of 74.

"I hit 15 greens today and I didn't make a single birdie. That's a fiustrating deal," Mickelson said. "I hit a lot of good shots. Pm really not complaining. I just had a hard time getting it in the hole. I don't know what to say. The score certainly wasn't very good, but felt like I played all right."

Fowler had a similar round to Thursday — no bogeys, a 66, and tough par save on his 10th hole to keep his round going. He chipped in for par on No. 10 in the opening round. On Friday on his 10th hole (No. 1), he was in the trees well right of the fairway and managed to get out near the &ont of the gre.n for a simple up-and-down.

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Pitching abroad was never but these(other starters)are an option. "Not as long as I guys that could play a big part Conti nued from PageC1 still think I can compete here. in our season, a major part in There's no reason for me to it, whether now or later. AnyNovember. Romero is throw- even go that route, yet," Rome- time you have a guy with his ing bullpen sessions during ro sBld. success and experience, that' s spring training and will get The Giants were one of the intriguing. The fact he's left a look during workouts and first teams to call when the handed made us bringhim games, grateful for a chance. Blue Jays released Romero. back to see what he has."

"It means a lot. It's a change Manager Bruce Bochy likes Romero fel t frustrated due of scenery. You look around his resume and said he' ll build to his injuries and the missed this clubhouse and you see up Romero's innings in the time in the big leagues. He a lot of talent," Romero said. springfora look as a starting appreciates being back in the 'The past few years speaks pitcher. major-league fold again. eYou have a l e f t-hander e Walking in and seeing for itself with what this organization's been able to do and with a l o t o f e xperience.your jersey and your last for me to be able to come in Knows how to pitch. Gives us name again, I stare at it every and have a chance to compete depth," Bochy said. '%'e talk morning," Romero said. "It' s makes me excited. I worked about Cueto and Samardzija, something that I never, ever pretty hard this offseason to get healthy and I'm just taking it day by day."

Romero, 31, had his two surgeriesin 2014.Before that,he won 51 games with the Blue Jays from 2009 to 2012 and was 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA in 2011, when he was named an jj, RW ',I'ill All-Star.

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"When I signed here last year, everyone back home was like, 'We don't know if we can ever wear those colors,

but we' ll be rooting for you,"' Romero said with a laugh."It' s just how it went. It's fine."

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A' S Continued from PageCl against left-handers in 2015.

Davis also struck out 122 times in 392 at-bats and 121 games.

"I was surprised we made that deal," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "I think it came together pretty quickly. Maybe we' re lacking a little bit of punch,and any time you

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can get some right-handed power, a guy that's hit, what was it, 27 home runs in less than 400 at-bats last year, it's a nice complement to the middle of our lineup. So we were lucky to get him and very happy to have him."

Melvin added that what he saw while pitching to Davis during a drill Friday stood out.

"The ball comes back at you in a hurry. It looks like

he's been hitting for a while.

Using the whole field. He' s got power tothe other side and it really looks like bat control, too," Melvin said. "I threw him a couple of pitches in when he was trying to go away and still was able to get his hands inside it and hit it hard the other way."

Davis said being traded hit him when he first walked up to the Oakland clubhouse at Hohokam Stadium. He

was drafted by Milwaukee in a trade with the Cubs in 2009 and came up in the on Thursday. Coghlan, who Brewers' farm system. hit .250 with a career-high "At the same time, it's fast 16 home runs in 148 games and you' ve got to get over it last season in Chicago, said fast," he said. "I was ready he was pulled off the field forit.I'm here fora reason." at Cubs spring training to be informed of the trade Notes: New utility player and was surprised. He said Chris Coghlan got himself he's ready to embrace his unpacked and ready for his expected role of playing sevfirst full day as a member eral positions, and that he' s of the A's Friday morning. tried to model his game afOakland acquired Coghlan ter former Cubs teammate

CURRY

''What the guy has been able to do is different than we' ve seen," MiContinued from PageC1 ami guard Dwyane Wade said. "It' s rare to see a guy who dominates a that level now. You see it night aker game that far out on the perimeter. night. It's awesome, but it becomes Jordan dominated the game from routine because he does it so often." 15 feet and in, Kobe (Bryant) as Curry was the NBA's MVP last well. Shaquille (O'Neal) dominated season afteraveraging 23.8 points from about 7 and in. You' ve see a lot on 49 percent shooting, with a of guys dominate in different ways. league-record 286 makes from We haven'tseen a guy dominate 3-point range. the way he's dominated from about He's somehow better now.

38, 40 and in.

He's averaging 30.4 points on "If you' re a basketball fan, you' re 51 percent shooting. He's extended a Steph Curry fan,"Wade said. his streak of games with at least "There's no reason to dislike anyone 3-pointer to 128 and counting, thing about Steph Curry." a new NBA record. Reaching 400 Even opponents can't help but 3-pointers isn't totally out of the marvel at his long-range antics.

"Ridiculous," Orlando's Aaron question; he should eclipse the record he set last year sometime next Gordon said. "He's been doing that week. all year long."

Curry's pregame shooting and The Warriorsare 52-5, still on pace for the best record in NBA dribbling shows have become the history and could actually clinch a stuff of legend. There were more playoff spot when they visit Okla- than 150 people around the court homa City on Saturday — with just before 6 p.m. Wednesdaymore than six weeks left in the sea- most of them with phones in hand, son. poised to snap photos or take some

The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry signs autographs before playing against the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.

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(for a couple of days) Ben Zobrist, another jack-of-alltrades player. "'Zo' made it sexy and cool to be a utility guy," Coghlan said. Melvin said Coghlan is aware that he' ll play everywhere. "He' s honored that we look at him that way," Melvin said. . C Stephen Vogt threw soft toss and tracked pitches in batting practice Friday as he works his way back from elbow surgery.

autograph, as have plenty of others.

For his part, Curry enjoys the circus that follows the Warriors arouild.

"We have a lot of support," Curry said."Every arena we set foot in, it's a pretty electric atmosphere.

That's what you live for, really. To have that every single night, to get going in that kind of competitive environment with fan support, it' s pretty fun."

The Warriors have seen sellouts all season, Curry's jersey is the hottest seller in the league — look around a crowd at just about any NBA game, it's out there — and Golden State merchandise is flying off the shelves as well.

And while there's no shortage of star power on the reigning cham-

video — when Curry took the floor Curry started signing his name, to warm up in Miami. When he le@, and the boy said again, "make it out some fans were waiting for his au- to ..." before stopping. Curry looked tographand a teenage boy held out at him with a raised eyebrow.

"I'msorry, "the boy said."Iforgot a ball for Curry to sign.

"Make it out to me,n the boy said, my name for a second." handing Curry a Sharpie pen.

The nervous youngster got his

pions' roster, Curry is the unquestioned leader.

"When you have the juice,enjoy it," Wade said. "There's going to be somebody coming up behind him.

We don't know who that person will be. Right now, he has it and he's doing an amazing job with it."

ScoREs & MORE Basketball National Beekethall saociathn EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Divhrion W L pot GB Toronto 39 t8 .68 4 Boston 34 2 5 .5 7 6 6 New York 25 3 5 .4 1 7 1 P /2 Brooklyn 16 4 2 .2 7 6 2S'/2 Philadelphia 8 50 .1 3 8 3 1'/2 Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

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Pacilic DMaion W L pet GB Golden State 52 5 .St 2 LA. Clippers 38 2 0 .65 5 1 4'/2 Sacramento 24 3 3 .4 2 1 28 Phoenix 14 44 .2 4 1 3 $ / 2 LA. Lakera 11 49 .1 8 3 4 Z / 2 Foley'a Games Charlotte 96, Indiana 95 Washington 103, Philadelphia 94 Toronto 99, Cleveland 97 New York108,0rlando95 Atlanta 103, Chicago 88 Dallas 122, Denver 116, OT LA Clippers 1 t7, Sacramento 107 Memphis 112, LA Lakera 95 Today's Games Miami at Boston, 12 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Utah, 6:30 p.m.

M emphis at Phoenix,6:30 p.m.

Sunday'a Games Cleveland at Washington, t 0 a.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, t2:30 p m.

Portland at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 4 p.m.

Miami at New York, 4:30 p.m.

CUPPERS 117, KINGS 107

LOS ANGE LES (117) M bah a Moute 2-22-2 6,G reen 9-13 0-0 22, Jordan 3-5 ZS 8, Paul 13-20 10-10 40, Redick 7-15 1-1 t 6, Johnson 24 Otl 4, Crawford 7-19 7421,Wilcox04(MO, Prigioni02040,Aldrich 0-1 04 0. Totals 4389 22-26 t17.

SACRAMENTO (107) Gay 818 44 23, Acy t-1 24 4, Cousins 720 10-t 4 26, Colliaon 6-9 3418, McLemore 24 04 5,Cony 5-96-719,Caaapi3-904 6,Cauley-Stein 1-2 2-2 4, Belinelli t-4 0-2 2, Koufoa 0-2 0-0 0.

Totals 34-78 27-37 107.

LA.Clippers 30 34 34 19-117 Sacramento 30 37 16 24 — 107 3-Point Goals — LA. Clippers 9-29 (Green 4-5, Paul4-9,Redick1-3,Pdgioni 0-2,Johnson 0-2, Wilcox 0-2, Crawford 0-6), Sacramento 12-24 (Colliaon 3-3, Curry 3-4, Gay 3-6, Cousins 2-5, McLemore 1-Z Belinelli 0-1, Caaapi 0-3). Fouled

Out— None.Rebounda— LA Qippera 48 (Jordan

11 ), Sacramento 56 (Couaina 15). Assists — LA. Clippers 18 (Paul 13), Sacramento 19 (Coueina 9). Total Fouls — LA Clippers 27, Sacramento 23. Technicala — LA. Clippers defensive three second,Acy, Cousins,Sacramento defensive

three second. R ag rant roula — Caaapi. A—17317 (1731 7).

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Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 0 Washington 3, Minnesota 2

Boston 4, Carolina 1 Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1, OT Buffal3,SanJose t

Today's Games Adzona at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, t 2 p.m.

St. Louie at Nashville, 12 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Detroit va. Colorado at Denver, CO, 5p.m Ottawa at calgary,7 p.m.

BuffaloatLoaAngeles,8 p.m.

Sunday'e Games WashingtonatChicago,9:30a.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 12 p.m.

Florida at Minnesota, t 2 p.m.

Tampa BayatBoston,3:30p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

LoaAngelesatAnaheim,6p m .

N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m SABRES 3, SHARKS 1 0 t 2- 3 Buffalo San Jose 1 0 0 —t First Period — 1, SanJose, Vlaaic 8 (Nieto), 1:28.

Penalties —None.

Second Pedod — Z Buffalo, laraaon 3 (Gionta), t3:38. Penalties — None.

Third Period — 3, Buffalo, Bogoaian 4 (Girgensons, Reinhart), 12:36. 4, Buffalo, Kana 17(Sogosian), 18:43 (en). Penalties — None.

Shots on Goal —Buffalo 74-7 — 2Z San Jose 6-9-10 —25.

Power-play opportunities —Buffalo 0 of 0; San Jose 0 of 0.

Goaliea — Butialo, Johnaon14t43(25ahola 24 saves). San Jose, Jones 29 t74 (2t-19).

A — t7,562 (17,562). T — 2:17.

R eferees — Kelly Sut herland, D a n O' Rourke. Linesmen — Mark Wheler, Brad Laze rowich.

Tennis ATP World Tour Dubei Duty Free Championship Friday, At Duhei Tennis Stadium Dubei, United Arab Emiratee Purse: $2.25 million (WT500) Surface: Herd-Outdoor Singles-Semifinela Stan Wawrinka (2), Switzerland, def. Nick Kyrgioa, Australia, 6-4, 3-0, retired.

Maroon Baghdatia, Cyprus, def. Feliciano Lopez (6), Spain, 3-6, 7-6 l 1 ),6-1.

Doubles — Semifinele Simone Solelli and Andreaa Seppi, Italy, def.

Lukaaz Kuhot and Marcin Matkowaki, Poland, 6-4, 6-4.

Feliciano Lopez and Merc Lopez, Spain, def.

Chang Hyeon, South Korea, and Jiri Veaely, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

WTA Qatar Total Open Friday, At The Khalifa Tennis Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $2.517 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles — Semifinele

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Carl a Suarez Naverro l8), Spain, def. Ag nieazGP W L OTPteGF GA ka Radwanaka (3), Poland, 6-2, 6-0.

Florida 60 35 t 8 7 7 7 167 139 Jelena Oatapenko, Latvia, def. Andrea PetTampa Bay St 35 22 4 7 4 169 149 kovic, Germany, 7-5, 1-0, retired.

Boston 62 34 22 6 7 4 194 171 Doubles — Semifinels

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Chan Hao-ching and Yung-jan (4), Taiwan, def. Daria Kaaatkina and Elena Veanina, Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8.

Sara Errani, Italy, and Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Gabriela Dahrowaki, Canada, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 6-1, 64.

Abierto Mexioano Teloel Friday, At The Fairmont Aoepuloo Prinoeee, Aoaputoo, Mexico Purse: ATP, $1.41 million (WTSOO);WTA, $226,7M anti.)

Surface: Hant-Outdoor Singles-Men-Semifinela Bernard Tomic (5), Australia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, t-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominic Thiem (4), Austria, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-2 6-Z Women —Semifinale Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-3, 6-3.

Sloane Stephens (2), United States, def.

Yanina Wickmayer (8), Belgium, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles — Men —Semifinela Philipp Petzachner, Germany, and Alexander Paya (3), Austria, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Fabrioe Martin, France, S-t, 6-3.

Treat Huey, Philippines, and Max Mirnyi (4), Belarua, def. Juan Sebaatian Cabal, Colombia, and Robert Fare h (1), Colombia, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.

Women —Semifinale Anabel Medina Garriguea, Spain, and Are ntxa Parra Santonja (t ), Spain, def. Mada Irigoyen, Argentina, and Paula Kania, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.

Kiki Bertena, Netherlands, and Johanna Laraaon (2), Sweden, def. Xinyun Hen, China, and Christina McHale, United States, 6-1, S-t.

ATP World Tour Brasil Open Friday, At Eaporte Globe Pinheiroe Sao Paulo purse: SeSS,OSS (WI250) Snrhtce: Clay-Outdoor Singles — Querterlinele Pablo Carreno Buata, Spain, def. Roberto Carballea Baena, Spain, 6-0, 6-3.

Ini go Cervantes, Spain, def. Federico Delhonia (4), Argentina, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6%.

Duean Lajovic, Serbia, def. Gaatao Elias, Portugal, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

Pablo Cuevaa (3), Uruguay, def. Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Doublee-Quarterlinale Pahlo Carreno Bueta and David Marrero, Spain, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Andre Sa (3), Brazil, 6-3, 6-4.

Guillermo Dura n and Andrea Molteni, Argentina, def. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soarea (1), Brazil, S-t, 2-6, 10-8.

Andrej Martin, Slovakia, and Hans PodlipnikCaatillo, Chile, def. Federico Delbonia, Argentina, and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-4, 7-5.

Winter sports Men's World Cup Giant Shlom Friday, At Hinteratoder, Austria 1. Alexia Pinturault, France, 2:31.72 (t:16.031:15.69).

Z Marcel Hiraoher, Austria, 2:3ZSt lt:16.901:15.61).

3. Thomas Fanara, France, 2:32.64 (t:16.8t1:15.83).

4. Henrik Kriatofferaen, Norway, 2:33.04 (1:16.97-1:16.07).

5. Stefan Luitz, Germany, 2:33.13 (t:t6.541:16.59).

Also 29. Tommy Ford, United States, 2:36.21 (1:18.13-1:18.08).

Brennan Ruble, United States, t:18.74 (32ndfirst runt did not qualify for second run.

Ryan Cochran-Siegle, United States, t:18.83 (33rd-firat runt did not qualify for second run.

Tim Jitloff, United States, 1:t9AS (41st-firat run), did not qualify for second run.

Kieffer Christianson, United States, 1:20.32 (49th first run), did not qualify for second run.

Samuel Dupratt, United States, 1:20.95 (59th-

first run), did not qualify for second run.

World Cup Giant Shlom Standinge QLher sevenof eightraces) 1. Marcel Hirecher, Austria, 481 points.

Z Alexia Pinturault, France,330.

3. Victor Moffat-Jeandet, France, 297.

4. Hendk Kriatoffereen, Norway, 291.

S. Felix Neureuther, Germany, 264.

6. Mathieu Faivre, France, 248.

7. Roherto Nani, Italy, 18Z 8. Thomas Fanara, France, 168.

9. Andre Myhrer, Sweden, 16Z 10. Ted Ligety, United States, 157.

Also 2Z Tim Jitloff, United States, 97.

36. Tommy Ford, United States, 24.

39.David Chodounaky, United States,20.

5Z Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 3.

Overall World Cnp Standinge (After SS events) 1. Marcel Hiraoher, Austria, t 225 points.

Z Hendk Kriatofferaen, Norway, t02Z 3. Akeel Svindal, Norway, 916.

4. Kjetil Janarud, Norway, 837.

5. Alexia Pinturault, France, 728.

6. Dominik Paris, Italy, 630.

7. Felix Neureuther, Germany, 627.

8. Peter Fill, Italy, 61 6.

9. Victor Moffat Jeandet, France, 590.

10. Adden Theaux, France, 571.

Also 20. Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 331.

24. Travia Ganong, United States, 280.

25. Steven Nyman, United States, 273.

27. Ted Ligety, United States, 248.

44. David Chodounaky, United States, 169.

69. Tim Jitloff, United States, 97.

74. Bryce Bennett, United States, 90.

88. Jared Goldberg, United States, 6Z

Golf Honda LPGA Thailand Friday, At Siam Country Club (pettaya Otd Course) Chonhuri Thailand Purse: S1.6 million Yardage: S„rieS;Pan 72 (3636) Second Round Amy Yang 66-69 — 135 Jeaaica Korda 70-66 — 136 0 Seek %-71 — 136 Lexi Thompson 64-72 — 136 Harn Nomura 72-66 — 138 Chella Chai 70-68 — 138 In Gee Chun 6%B — 138 Ha Na Jang ~ — 138 Xi Yu Lin 71-68 —139 Pemilla Lindberg 69-70 — 139

Jenny Shin 68-71 — 139 IGm Kaufman 72-68 — 140 Eun-Hee Ji 70-70 — 140 Minjee Lee 69-71 —140 Hee Young Park 72-69 — 141 Stacy Lewis 75-67 — 142 Lee-Anne Pace 74-68 — 142 So-Mee Lee 73-69 — 142 Pomanong Phatl um 72-70 — 142 Wei-Ling Hau 71-71 — 142 70-72 — 142 Carlota Ciganda Brttany Lang 69-73 —142 Paula Creamer 69-73 —142 So Yeon Ryu 74-69 — 143 Ai Miyazato 73-70 — 143 Shiho Oyama 73-70 — 143 Hyo Joo Kim 73-70 —143 Modya Jutanugarn 73-70 —143 Candie Kung 72-71 — 143 Gerina Piller 72-71 — 143 Austin Ernet 71-72 — 143 Suzann Petteraen 71-72 — 143 70-73 — 143 Cdatie Kerr Charley Hull 75-69 — 144 Mike Miyazato 74-70 — 144 Na Yeon Choi 73-71 — 144 73-71 — 144 I.IC Kim Anna Nordqviat 69-75 —144 Brittany Lincicome 75-70 — 145 Sandra Gal 74-71 — 145 Mo Martin 73-72 — 145 Budaahakorn Sukapan 72-73 — 145 Sei Young Kim 69-76 — 145 Julieta Grenada 76-70 — 146 Ariya Jutanugarn 73-73 — 146 Lizette Salas 73-73 — 146 Angela Stanford 73-73 — 146 a-Paphangkorn Tavatanakit 72-74 — 146 Karine Icher 72-74 —146 llhee Lee 71-75 —146 Mariajo Uribe 71-75 — 146 Sun Young Yoo 77-70 — 147 Jaye Marie Green 76-71 — 147 Kris Tamulia 75-72—147 Thidapa Suwennapura 73-74 — 147 Caroline Maaaon 73-74 — 147 Seatriz Reoad 72-75 — 147 Sakura Yokomine 71-76 — 147 Azahara Munoz 68-79 —147 Michelle Wie 74-74 — 148 74-74 — 148 Mi Hyang Lee Inbee Park 72-76 —148 PannaratThanapolhoonyaraa 75-74 —149 Sydnee Michaela 73-76 — 149 Shanahan Fang 73-76 — 149 Mirim Lee 73-76 — 149 Yani Taeng 75-77 — 152 Morgan Preaael 72-80 — 152 80-73 — 153 Jane Park Karrie Webb 76-77 — 153 PGA Toorklonde Classic Friday, At PGA Netionel Resort end Spe , The Champion, Palm Beach Gentene, Re. Purse:SS.t million Yardage: 7,140; par 70 (35-35 Second Round Rickie Fowler 6&66 — 132 Jimmy Walker 67-66 — 133 Sergio Garcia 65-69 — 134 Adam Scott 70-65 — 135 71-65 — 136 Hudson Swefford Blayne Barber 70-66 — 136 71-66 — 137 John Senden Scott Brown 70-67 — 137 66-72 — 138 William McGirt Michael Thompson 65-73 — 138 Juatin Thomas 69S9 — 138 David Lingmerth 67-71 — 138 Luke Liat 73SS —138 Vijay Singh 69-70 —139 Patton Kizzire 75-64 — 139 AndrewLoupe 71-68 — 139 72-67 — 139 Jamie Donaldson Dawie van der Walt 71-68 — 139 72-67 — 139 Brett Stegmaier Ken Duke 75-f6 — 140 69-71 —140 Greg Owen Graeme McDowell 71-69 — 140 71-69 — 140 Davis Love III Morgan Hoffmann 75-% — 140 70-70 — 140 Russell Knox lan Poulter 71-69 —140 Sung Kang 71-69 —140 Darren Stiles 69-72 — 141 70-71 — 141 Cheaaon Hadley Stewart Cink 73-68 — 141 71-70 — 141 Alex Cejka Padraig Harrington 73-68 — 141 73-68 — 141 Ryan Palmer Will MacKenzie 71-70 — 141 69-72 — 141 Sean O'Hair Tyrone Van Aawegen 71-70 — 141 71-70 — 141 Daniel Summerhaya Camilo Villages 72-69 — 141 68-73 — 141 Jason Dufner Brooks Koepka 70-71 —141 73SS — 141 Robert Streb Jeff Overton 72-69 — 141 71-70 — 141 Mark Hubbard Franceaco Molinari 73-68 — 141 68-74 —142 Si Woo Kim Brendan Steele 74-68 — 142 75-67 — 142 Luke Donald Derek Fathauer 70-72 — 142 68-74 — 142 Erik Compton Andy Sullivan 71-71 — 142 72-70 — 142 Graham DeLaet Juatin Hicks 67-75 — 142 71-71 —142 Steve Wheatoroft George McNeill 67-75 —142 Seung-Yul Noh 75-67 — 142 Shane Lowry 67-75 — 142 72-70 — 142 Emiliano Grille Smylie Kaufmen 70-72 — 142 70-72 — 142 Stuart Appleby Gary Woodland 70-72 — 142 75-67 — 142 Colt Knoat John Huh 71-72 — 143 70-73 — 143 Will Wilcox Spencer Levin 73-70 — 143 71-72 — 143 Ben Martin Tom Hoge 70-73 —143 72-71 —143 Bronaon Burgeon Michael Kim 72-71 — 143 72-71 — 143 Freddie Jacobean Billy Horachel 73-70 — 143 72-71 — 143 Kevin Kiener Phil Mickelaon 69-74 — 143 71-72 — 143 Retief Gooaen

Ernie Ela

71-72 — 143

Chadea Howell ill Scott Pinckney Rory Mcllroy

72-72 — 144

69-74 —143 paul Casey Kyle Stanley 73-70 — 143 69-74 —143 Sam Saunders Failed to make the cnt

Locaa Glover

Harold Yarner III

71-73 —144 72-72 — 144 71-73 — 144 70-74 — 144

Matthew Fitzpatdck Jonaa Blixt Chris Stroud Brendon Todd Adam Hadwin

Daniel Berger Cameron Tringale Brendon de Jonge Ollie Schniederjana Keegan Bradley Geoff Ogilvy Zach Johnson Johnson Wagner Martin Laird Anirban Lahiri Chad Campbell Russell Henley Patdck Reed

Bernd Wieaberger Hiroahi Iwata Angel Cabrera Fabian Gomez Chris Kirk Brendan Grace Tom Gillie Jim Herman Sen Crane Robert Allenby Steve Madno Chris Baker Boo Weekley Mike Weir Pat Perez Jason Kokrak Kyle Reifere

David Hearn

7t-73 — 144

74-70 —144 75-69 —144 72-73 — 145 68-77 — 145 73-72 — 145 70-75 — 145 70-75 — 145 69-76 — 145 77-69 — 146 72-74 — 146 75-71 —146 77-69 — 146 77-69 — 146

70-76 —146 74-72 —146 74-72 — 146 74-72 — 146 75-71 —146 75-71 — 146 72-75 — 147 75-72 — 147 76-71 — 147 73-74 — 147 77-70 — 147 74-74 — 148 77-71 — 148 74-74 — 148

73-75 —148 76-72 — 148 73-75 — 148 75-73 — 148 72-76 — 148 79-69 — 148 76-72 — 148 77-71 — 148 72-77 — 149 7t-79 — 150 74-76 — 150 78-72 — 150 76-74 — 150

Tony Finau Jerry Kelly Carlos Ortiz Jon Curran Tyler Aldridge Alan Morin 76-74 —150 76-74 —150 Chad Collins Jamie Lovemark 74-76 — 150 73-77 — 150 Peter Malnati Ricky Barnea 70-80 — 150 76-75 — 15t Whee Kim Mark Wilson 75-76 — 15t Matt Jones 75-76 — 15t Dicky Pride 76-75 — 15t 77-74 — 15t Scott Piercy Rory Sabbatini 76-76 — 152 Brian Herman 78-74 — 152 Nicholas Thompson 79-74 — 153 ISO — 154 Matt Every Zac Blair 80-75 —155 St-75 — 156 Mark Blakefield Patdck Rodgers 76-81 — 157 78-79 — 157 Scott Stallinga Hideki Metauyama 71 — WD ISPS Honda Perth internetional Friday, At lake KaninyupCountry aub Perth, Auehalia Purse: $127 millio rt Yardage: 7,143; Pen72 Second Round teedere 65-68 —133 Peter Uihlein, United States Brett Rumford, Australia 68-65 — 133 Louis Ooathuizen, South Africa 70-64 —134 Rhein Gibson, Australia 67-68 — 135 69-67 — 136 Jason Scdvener, Australia Alexander Levy, France 70-67 — 137 Mardan Mama, Singapore 69-69 — 138 Todd Sinnott, Australia 68-71 —139 Magnus A.carlaaon, Sweden 68-71 — 139 David Branadon, Australia Tt-68 — 139 Adilaon da Silva, Brazil 72-67 — 139 Richard Lee, Canada 68-71 —139 David Lipaky, United States 72-67 — 139 Romain Wattel, France 66-73 — 139 68-71 —139 Scott Arnold, Australia Shiv Kapur, India 66-73 —139 7t-68 — 139 Jeunhung Wang, Korea David Dryedale, Scotland 69-70 — 139 Benjamin Hebert, France 70-70 — 140 Jamie McLeary, Scotland Tt-69 — 140 Scott Strange, Australia 70-70 — 140 Daniel Niabet, Australia 70-70 — 140 Panuphol Pittayarat, Thailand 73-67 — 140 Jena Fahrhdng, Sweden 72-68 — 140

Transactions BASEBALL National League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated 1 S/OF Efren Navarro for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Yovani Gallardo on a two year contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHPa Blaine Hardy and Jairo Labourt, C James Mccann, INFa Nick Caatellanoa and Dixon Machado,OF Wynton Bernard and RHPa Jeff Farrell, Michael Fulmer, Shane Greene, Montreal Robertson, Jose Valdez, Drew VerHagen and Alex Wilson on one-year contracts.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS —Agreed to terms

with LHP Scott Alexander; RHPa Miguel Almonte, Alee Mills and Kyle Zimmer; INFa Chealor Cuthbert and Rani Mondeai; and OFa Jorge Bonifacio, Brett Eihner, Terrance Gore, Jose Martinez and Bubba Starling on one-year contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Domonic Brown on a minor league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDSACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Edgar Martinez on a minor league contract.

CHICAGO CUSS — Traded OF Chris Coghlan to Oakland for RHP Aaron Brooks. Placed LHP Zac Roaacup on the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with OF Dexter Fowler on a one-year contract.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS —Traded INF Duatin Geiger to Wichita for a player to be named andcash and RHP MattSergey to Laredo for a player to be named and cash.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Traded RHP Jorge Martinez to York for a player to be named.

TEXAS AIRHOGS — Signed RHP Mark Pope.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Jon Link, LHP Anthony Capra and OF Brent Clevlen.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Eric

sim.

BASKETBALL National Baeketball Aaaooiation BROOKLYN NETS — Waived G Joe Johnson.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Reaaaigned F Jarell Martin to lowe (NBADu. MINNESOTA TIM BERWOLVES — Waived G Andre Miller.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed F J.J. Hickaon.

POOTBALL Canadian poothall Leettne WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed RB Marteae Jackson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Claimed C Chris Wagner off waivera from Colorado.

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American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Chicago RW Cody Beach two games.

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WICHITA THUNDER — Signed G Adrien Lemay.

SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Transferred F Ohafemi Martine to Shanghai Greenland Shenhua (Super League-China).

North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Named Ronan Wiaeman assistant youth director.

United Soccer League SAN ANTONIO FC — Signed D Greg Cochrane and F Manolo Sanchez.

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