The Union Democrat 06-26-2015

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COMMUNITY: Schools name final star students for '14-15 MORE IN COMMUNITY:Lode libraries offer bevy of programs, activities, B1 INSIDE: Asphalt debate rocks Calaveras planning commission,A2

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Board maYvoid PendleY contract

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Seen andHeard — This week's photo opinion asks, "What is your favorite Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee activity?" A2

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dered — Janet Harriet Zierenberg, a longtime Tuolumne County science teacher, died June 16.A3

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perintendent of Schools. Columbia Superintendent Craig Bowden said he, the board president, and the dis-

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ing how to reverse the board's decision to keep Pendley on as aconsultant for the 20152016 school year, according to emailcorrespondence obtained by The Union Democrat through a public records

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It was one of several emails about the contract between

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Christine Dunham, owner of Llamas of Circle Home off Tuolumne Road, hoses down a llama during midday heat Thursday.

Animal safety urged due to rising temperatures The Union Democrat

Tax burden is second lowest in California

animals must get creative

to stay comfortable. Hot and dry are the code words for the next week in the Mother Lode with temperatures each day in the high 90s and beyond. "Heat related illnesses and impactsare possible to likely if actions are not taken," the National WeatherServicereported. George Caldwell and Christine Dunham, of Sonora,have raised llamas and alpacas at the Llamas of Circle Home on Tu-

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A group of llamas lie in the sun Thursday at the Llamas of Circle Home off Tuolumne Road in Sonora.

GOP lawmakers unveil drought package

A story in Wednesday's Union Democrat incorrectly described the financial impact of the delay in construction on Measure J projects at Sonora Union High School. The cost has increased 7 percent. Further delay will continue to increase the cost, the architect said.

co-sponsored by Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Roseville, who represents both Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, House R e p ublicans intends to make more water available to introduced le g i slation California communities by streamlining Thursday aimed at adthe approvalprocessfornew water stordressing the California age projectsand modifying regulatory drought. McClirrtock practicesaimed at protecting certain The Western Water and species of fish under the Endangered American Food Security Act of 2015, Species Act. By ALEK MacLEAN The Union Democrat

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Bowden, Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Margie Bulkin and CalSTRS — the state agency in charge of K-12educators'retirement. Under the contract, Pendley, 62, would be given $9,000

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"Droughts are nature's fault; water shortages are our fault," McClintock said in a written statement. "For a generation, we have failed to build the facilit ies needed to store water from wet years to have it in dry ones and radical environmental laws have squandered the water we did store."

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Tuolumne County residents pay less in taxes than most others in California, according to a recent study. A report by Smarb4set, a New York-based company that analyzesdata related to personal finances, looked at the taxes paid by individuals in allofthe state's58 counties and ranked them from lowest to highest. Tuolumne County came in behind only Trimty County. 'This says we are afFordable, on top of being a nice place to live," said Larry Cope, director of th e T uolumne County Economic Development Authority. The study calculated the amount of money a person pays inincome, sales, property and fuel taxes in each county using data obtained See TAXES/Back Page

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