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Dave Cover (leftj, Summerville High School teacher Tom Dibble and student Dillon Staudenmaier stand in front a classic logging truck auto shop students will restore.
Auto students work on 1945
logging truck By ABBY DIVINE The Union Democrat
Summerville High School students are working to restore a 1945 logging truck used in the heyday of Tuolumne's West Side Lumber operations. Tom Dibble, the school's auto shop teacher, said this project gives students the opportunity to learn about history while working on the oldest vehicle the shop has had since he started in 1998. Ethan Scott, 16, said he was "stoked" to be put in charge of the truck restoration. "No one can just come tinker around on this truck" without his consent, he added. The truck is owned by Joe Cover & Sons Inc., a Tuolumne logging company. Dave Cover, one of Joe Cover's six sons, purchased the 1945 M-5 International truck in 1998.He delivered the truck to the school on Feb. 16 after he
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Stan York in 1950 stands next to one of Arnold Nelson's logging trucks used to haul lumber to the mill in Tuolumne. was assured the truck was in good hands with Dibble. Scott'sgoal is to have the truck fully operational. On Wednesday, he will work on the truck's carburetor— the device that feeds fuel into the motor. He said in Thursday's class that the project is coming along great. The truck's original engine turned over last week when it was manually cranked, which means the motor is not locked up and there are no oil leaks. The pistons
were checked and seemed to be in perfect condition. However, the only fully functional parts so far are the truck's brakes, accordingto Scott. There are still a lot of parts to be checked, and the work will not be finished until sometime this fall or even next spring. It all depends on the work needed, said Scott. "I want to know the history behind the truck," he added. See TRUCK/Back Page
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tions. The water-saving measures are effective April 1. More than 200 people attended Monday's public hearing in the Don Pedro High School gymnasium to hear how their primary water supply at Lake McClure could run out by August. They sat in folding chairs and bleachers, and some asked how they can cut back their water usage. Others asked what a water outage could mean for firefighters, how they can expect totake careoftheirhorses, and why fish downstream are getting more water than human beings. The boardalsovoted 4-0 to declare an emergency pursuant to public contract codes in order to proceed with emergency water supply construction projects without public bidding. The measure — deemed necessary because noticing and advertising for bidding could preclude timely action before McClure water is no longer available — is effective immediately, district General Manager Pete Kampa said.
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By ABBY DIVINE The Union Democrat
A Sonora man Monday afternoonwas sentenced to six-months in jail for beating his family dog, which died. Morgan Kenneth Styre, 19, of Sonora, was sentenced by Judge Donald Segerstrom at a hearing in TuolumneCounty Superior Court Department 1. Styre on Jan. 12 pleaded guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty and misdemeanSty r e or charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to his attorney, Public Defender Hallie Gorman. Styre was 18 when he committed the crime on July 14. He and a 16-year old friend allegedly consumed alcohol provided by Styre and a cab driver. The Tuolumne County SherifFs Office reported Styre and the teen were drinking vodka at Styre's parents' home on the 20000 block of Lyons Bald Mountain Road.
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