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The summer of 2012 has been a productive one for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball players taking part in summer leagues. The program produced five all-stars among current players, and one all-star honor for an incoming player.
Trevor Belicek and Jacob Dorris were named to the Northwoods League (NWL) All-Star team, while Eric Weiss, Franco Pace and Stafford Brantley were also honored for their performances. Weiss and Pace made the Texas Collegiate League (TCL) showcase, with Brantley earning honors in the Pacific West Baseball League (PWBL). In addition to current Islanders, former Moody star A.J. Longoria, who will be joining the team in the fall, was named an all-star pitcher in the PWBL.
In the NWL, Dorris is dominating hitters with what has been describe as having the best breaking ball in the league for the La Crosse Loggers. With his repertoire, Dorris leads the NWL with 66 strikeouts, 12 more than the next closest pitcher. He is also third in wins with a 5-1 record to go along with a 2.52 ERA.
Also in the NWL, Belicek has come on strong as a relief pitcher, striking out 26 while walking just five with a 1.86 ERA in 14 games. The 1.86 mark is lower than the league leader, but Belicek has pitched only 0.6 innings per contest, just under the required 0.8 per team game.
In the PWBL, Brantley started slow, but has come on late to make the all-star roster. Playing for the California Glory, he is currently hitting .329, with four doubles, one home run and 12 RBI. The Islanders centerfielder is also a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts this summer.
A.J. Longoria, who will be joining the Islanders in the fall, is doing damage from the mound for the Atwater Aviators. In 13 appearances, he has pitched 16.1 innings and given up just three walks while striking out 14 hitters. He is 1-1 with five saves and a 2.20 ERA.
Closer to home, Weiss and Pace have starred in the TCL, earning spots in the all-star game from the Victoria Generals and Brazos Valley Bombers.
Pace has been dominant on the mound for the Bombers, earning just a 1.15 ERA in 15.2 innings. He has given up just nine hits and two earned runs while striking out 21 batters for a 1-0 record with one save.
Weiss is hitting .259 with one double, two homers and 12 RBI for Victoria. He has also drawn 12 walks and is 3-for-3 in stolen bases.
In addition to the all-stars, the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team has several players performing well in summer leagues throughout the nation.
In the Valley Baseball League, Jordan Lee is currently hitting .271 with six doubles, three home runs and 16 RBI. After a slow start, Lee has come on strong, including going 10-for-10 in stolen base attempts for the Front Royal Cardinals.
Trevor Foss is currently fifth in the NWL with 50 strikeouts for the Madison Mallards, walking just 13 in 45.2 innings with a 4.93 ERA. In the Coastal Plains League, Tim Keller is 3-1 with a 5.60 ERA for the Wilmington Sharks.
Kyle Danford and Matt Danton are part of the Hornell Dodgers team in the New York Collegiate League. Danford holds a .281 batting average with three doubles, two triples, two homers and 19 RBI, while Danton has given up just one walk against 13 strikeouts in 22.0 innings on the mound.
The final trio of players is from the TCL, where Tanner Green and Tyler Schnuriger play for the Victoria Generals, and Brad Porras is on the Brazos Valley Bombers squad.
Green has thrown 20.1 innings for Victoria, allowing just two walks against 13 strikeouts for a 1-1 record with five saves and a 2.21 ERA. Schnuriger is just behind his teammate with a 3.34 ERA over 29.2 innings. He has struck out 17 batters in six appearances on the mound.
Porras rounds out the Islanders contingent this summer, where he currently has four doubles, one home run and eight RBI while drawing four walks for Brazos Valley.
Play continues throughout the summer, with players reporting back to school this upcoming semester to join current teammates and the class of newcomers for fall practice.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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|Length Overall
|22' 6''
6.85 m
|Dry Weight
4,200 lbs.
1,905 kg.
8' 4''
2.56 m
|Tested Weight
99 cm
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
45 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
6.5 gal.
24.6 L (opt.)
|21 deg.
|Length on Trailer
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|1 x 260-hp MerCruiser 5.0L MPI ECT
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1 x 260-hp MerCruiser 5.0L MPI ECT
1 x 300-hp MerCruiser 350 MAG ECT
By Captain Steve Larivee
Mission- Improving the Breed
Sea Ray stepped up and went beyond just a renamed model for this new launch. Instead, several significant improvements were made to not only deliver a better product, but a better boating experience. It is part of Sea Ray's strategy to provide a full line of premium luxury boats.
The 220 Sundeck has a capacity rating for 12 people making her competitive with pontoon boats of equal or larger size.
Upscale Treatments
Sea Ray is clearly morphing back to the days when the brand lead the industry with innovations and styling and its customers couldn't be happier with the transition. In fact, with the current market trend leading towards more value-priced boats, these Sundecks may be one of the few premium offerings in class.
First rate materials, with multiple patterns and tones and even custom embroidery adorn the interior of the 220 Sundeck.
More Capacity
One of the most significant improvements in the 220 Sundeck is how Sea Ray takes better advantage of the beam to add to the spaciousness. This is clearly evident at both the bow and stern cockpit areas where there is a noticeable increase in the amount of useable space making it easier to get around throughout both areas. And it's not just an optical illusion. Because of this added space, Sea Ray was able to increase the capacity of the 220 Sundeck from 10 to 12 persons, a direct benefit to boaters with a lot of friends, and with this boat, believe that friends are going to be coming out of the woodwork.
Storage Improvements
The storage areas also got an upgrade. The helm console storage is now lockable, and includes a stereo "pod" that houses the standard Sony premium head unit. Just beneath are a USB and MP3 port, a 12V power receptacle, and beneath that is a padded tray to hold the MP3 player of choice, all together in one spot. The compartment also includes dedicated storage for the optional cockpit pedestal table, and is now lockable, so no worries about having to take all the valuables that were brought aboard as everyone makes their way to the dockside restaurant.
Sea Ray went well beyond the norm of just planting a stereo into the storage compartment. Here, a dedicated spot for the stereo, and a MP3 player that includes power connections.
The storage space in the helm console includes space for the optional pedestal table.
The port console now features storage seating with the head being optional. This is a big improvement as most users of this boat are not going to need a head, but certainly will appreciate the added storage space for beach chairs, tote bags and whatever else gets us through the day. Optional interior treatments are now offered with upgraded decking, all bulkheads being padded, cargo netting added to the port bulkhead, and the forward bulkhead can have wood laminated cabinetry with two shelves.
Most will use this compartment for storage so Sea Ray made the Porta-Potti optional.
The door is lockable, and includes a rubber-pated surface for putting stuff, but it needs a raised lip to hold items in place.
And finally, in the category of storage, a dedicated space for a 25 quart (23.7 L) cooler has been added to the cockpit, under the L-shaped seating. It's behind a door and slides out from a recessed holder with fiddles to keep it in position. It can also be accessed without having to lift the seat, meaning there's no longer a requirement to have someone stand up just to get a soda… just swing the legs to one side for a moment, thanks.
Cooler storage has been improved with a side access door rather than having to lift a cushion.
The Bow Seats 7
As we look at the individual areas, the improvements keep coming. In the bow, designers were able to create both forward and aft facing seating, certainly an unusual step in a boat in this size and class. For the aft facing, the backrest measures 3'9" (1.14 m) across which creates 3-across seating, with two to each side able to relax with legs extended. The backrest comes up high enough to remain comfortable topping out at 11" (28 cm). The addition of an optional side mount pedestal table would really round out the comfort features of this bow area.
The bow makes good use of space by allowing for both forward, and aft-facing seating.
The usual storage accommodations are under the side seats but it's more accessible thanks to the articulating hinges secured to the aft ends of the seats. The forward seat has covered storage under a hatch held in place with a piano hinge, creating the added use as a step to the foredeck for disembarking to either a bow in docking, or a dive into the water.
Sea Ray created a much roomier bow over its previous models and storage under the seats has been made easily accessible thanks to hinged seat cushions.
The foredeck is also covered with non-skid and the hatch opens to reveal anchor storage that works in conjunction, as opposed to instead of, a location to store the four-step beach re-boarding ladder. The beefy hatch is nearly ½" (1.27 cm) thick and held open with a gas assist strut.
A Pet Peeve
The latch is the turn and close type to lock and we'd like to see these abandoned industry-wide. Nearly every builder uses them. They're always turned the wrong way leaving the hatch inadvertently unlocked and allowing it to start flapping open when speed is added. Funny thing is, there are usually better latches elsewhere on the boat (in this case the helm storage compartment) that lift to unlatch, and automatically latch when the hatch is closed, so why not just use those and be done with it?
The anchor locker accommodates both an anchor and the four-step beach reboarding ladder. Usually it's an either/or scenario. We'd like to see a cleat for the anchor in the compartment or on deck at the bow. Forward mooring cleats are just abaft the bow.
To the starboard side is an optional freshwater shower. The nav lights are separated to port and starboard instead of a combined unit at the forward part of the bow that would impede the passage off the deck, so thank you for that small touch Sea Ray. To both sides of the bow are 6" (15.24 cm) cleats bringing the total number of cleats on the 220 Sundeck to 6.
Windshield Walkthrough
Moving back towards the cockpit the two consoles are separated by 17 ½" (44.45 cm) and Sea Ray provided not one but two in-deck storage lockers. A bi-fold door rests flush against the port console and closes off the walkway to add comfort on chilly boating mornings. The walkthrough windshield has more of a rakish look to it as it is mounted at a sharp 27-degree angle, which has the added effect of giving the 220 Sundeck more of a look of speed. The windshield is still supported at both sides and I found it to be sufficient to support my full weight of 185 lbs. (83.91 kg.) of solid muscle.
The walkthrough to the cockpit includes a bi-fold door that closes off the wind on chilly mornings.
The upscale treatments are nowhere more evident than at the helm with a two-tone soft touch vinyl dash with a light tan lower and a dark brown upper sunshade brow. Our test boat was equipped with the optional Ritchie compass which was mounted a bit off to the left, but for this style and class of boat that will hardly be used for serious navigation, so its position just out of the direct line of sight of the helm works fine.
The gauge cluster includes a SmartCraft gauge with selectable information display.
Sea Ray went with anti-fog gauges with chrome bezels and the panel includes a SmartCraft gauge with its selectable information. The beveled area just below the gauges, that will hold sunglasses… etc., has a small drain allowing water, moisture or morning dew, should the 220 SD be left uncovered (for shame), to be directed into the bilge. Switches are all toggle type and are lit when activated. A stereo remote is over to the left-hand side, to the right are switches for the water pump to operate the showers and the bilge pump switch. Empty switch positions are still included even if the options are not selected and are just covered over with a dark tinted plug.
A carbon fiber panel highlights the upscale features of the helm. Switches to optional items that aren't selected are plugged so all boats get the same panel.
All the way to starboard is a good-sized cubbyhole that measures 3 1/5" (8.9 m) deep x 6" (15.24 cm) wide x 4 ¾" (12.1 cm) high. Finally a builder has managed to get the construction of such a compartment correct by angling it downward meaning that the contents won't dump out into the lap once the throttle is thrown forward. The three-spoke steering wheel is trimmed in comfortable vinyl and wood trim and mounted to a tilt base.
The helm has two-tone upholstery and the lower panels are carbon fiber. Note how the storage to the right is large and angled down to ensure items stay put when accelerating.
Creature Comforts.
An angled footrest is molded into the console. To starboard, a padded caprail provides a comfortable place for the operator to rest an arm while making incremental adjustments to the throttle control. A lower armrest provides a second comfortable spot.
Good Details.
Storage is nestled into the bulwarks with stainless drink holders located fore and aft that also are fitted with drains leading into the bilge. An interesting departure from previous designs, Sea Ray has now moved the ignition over to the position inside this storage compartment meaning the keys are now well out of the knee strike zone, and even the bumping into zone. A second 12V charging port is located just forward of the drink holder/cell phone holder. A carbon fiber trim piece matches the look of the helm panel and again, adds to the upscale look of the 220 Sundeck.
Port Observer's Seat
The observer's station to port offers guests the same comfortable seat as the captain that wraps around fully, includes a flip-up bolster and a padded lumbar support inserted into the seatback. It also swivels around 180-degrees allowing the observer a more comfortable position to watch the end of the towline while reclining in comfort.
The usual accommodations for storage under the port bulwarks are present as well as an aft facing speaker matching the position of one under the helm console. With this observer's position the armrest is much wider reaching into the bulwarks area a full 7" (17.78 cm) and leads to a forward raked stainless steel grab handle with the stainless drink holder just in front.
Sea Ray went with comfortable bucket seats that swivel and slide, and both include flip-up bolsters.
Port Console Storage
Forward, a two-tone bolster wraps around the curved console. A door to the interior of the console has been improved in its size and functionality and now includes a small nonskid area for placing items, but it could use a raised lip to better hold items like suntan lotion and sunglasses. That would be an easy fix for Sea Ray to accommodate and it has done so on the 240 Sundeck by raising the wrap-around padded bolster to create that raised lip.
The door opens to reveal a storage compartment that includes an optional Porta-Potti. A beefy stainless piano hinge is used as well as a stainless latch that is now lockable. A strap mounted across the hinge prevents the door from opening far enough to slam into the helm console. Inside overhead clearance is very much on the low side, a consequence of the boat's length and freeboard height. Every boat is a compromise, and here it is on the 220 Sundeck. However, a portable toilet will be very much appreciated in an emergency and it is well-suited for small children.
The layout of the Sea Ray 220 Sundeck.
The 220 Sundeck features a fully fiberglass-lined deck with the entire cockpit draining through two scuppers leading into the bilge. Courtesy lights are thoughtfully placed in key locations. L-shaped seating to the stern provides not only a storage compartment under the aft seat but a dedicated place for a 25 quart (23.7 L) carry-on cooler under the side seat, accessed through a door underneath the seat. This is a welcome departure from the usual method of asking the occupants to vacate the seat and now a simple request to swing legs to the side gets the job done.
Parents will appreciate the safety factor of the cockpit's 35" (88.9 cm) high depth. An optional side mount to the pedestal table is located under the forward facing seat.
With the cockpit table in place, all seats are within dining range, and certainly this creates an intimate gathering area.
This is the area that separates the 220 Sundeck from the 220 Sundeck OB. Let's take a look at them one by one.
Outboard Version. In the outboard model there is a walkthrough to starboard accessed by two steps from the aft platform. The stern has been well executed in this year's model. Non-skid is seen everywhere and accommodates walking not only in front of the engine, to aid in accessing for daily engine checks, but also for walking across to the port side swim platform, a position that is usually neglected by other builders like some orphaned child. Here, the port side is even more functional than the starboard side because it has a padded seat.
There is a walking surface forward of the engine allowing for servicing the outboard, and traversing to the portside staging seat with storage underneath.
Sea Ray went with a seat on top of the access hatch leading under the L-shaped seating, in effect creating a welcome staging area for putting on boards while still allowing access to the storage underneath. The dual swim platforms are added on rather than molded-in and measure 1'10" (.55 m) wide and while adding 2' (.6 m) to the overall length of the 220 Sundeck.
Stainless rails are on the inboard sides of the swim platform. The re-boarding ladder is located on the starboard platform, angled out well away from the outboard.
The portside seat makes a welcome place to put on the boards before entering the water.
Sterndrive Version. With the sterndrive version, a large sun pad covers the engine box just behind the L-shaped seating. A grab handle is under the aft seat, and a latch is conveniently located making the raising of the hatch a single-handed affair.
Engine installations are well thought-out and leave plenty of room to both sides for service. Daily checkpoints are within easy reach. Engine choices are the standard 5.0 MerCruiser with an Alpha drive, 5.0 with a BIII drive, or a 350 MAG MPI Alpha. And of course this version comes with a full beam swim platform.
Optional Towing Tower.
As this size and class of boat is so well suited to watersports Sea Ray also offers an optional wakeboard tower that is strongly recommended as it dramatically increases the enjoyment factor of the boat itself. It's a beefy forward raked tower fabricated from 2" (5.1cm) aluminum tubular powder-coated rails.
The tower is also collapsible by simply pulling two pins and leaning forward, and it can be done with one hand as it is so well balanced. LED lights are mounted into the underside of the tower providing much welcome illumination when operating after the sun goes down.
Our test boat was equipped with the 250-hp Mercury Verado 4-stroke outboards. Options include 175-hp and 200-hp as well.
We tested the outboard version of the 220 Sundeck. She has a length overall of 20'6'' (6.85 m), a beam of 8'4" (2.56 m), and a draft of 3'3" (1 m). With an empty weight of 4,200 lbs. (1,905 kg.), half fuel and two people onboard we had a test weight of 4,342 lbs. (1,969 kg.).
Our test boat reached a top speed at 6400 rpm of 53.3 mph. At that speed we were burning 27.7 gph giving us a range of 78 miles.
Best cruise came in at 3500 rpm and 23.8 mph. That speed reduced the fuel burn to 6.05 gph giving us a range of 159 miles and an endurance of 6 hours and 42 minutes.
We had a time to plane of 3.6 seconds, reached 20 mph in 4.4 seconds, 30 mph in 6.6 seconds, 40 in 10.7 seconds, and continued accelerating through 50 mph in 12.8 seconds.
She's an exhilarating boat to drive. Acceleration is quick, and the response to the throttle is instantaneous, so aggressive maneuvers can catch passengers off-guard. Turns are at a comfortable 10-degree angle, and she stays planted to the water, unless cutting across waves, which will produce a perfectly normal, pseudo-chinewalk effect. She bleeds off speed in the turns, as most boats will, so add power when turning, especially when towing. When taking power off, she settles back into the water stern first.
The 220 Sundeck is a thrilling boat to drive and reached a top speed of 53.3 mph.
Sea Ray has made great strides in returning to its roots in creating upscale boats, and this 220 Sundeck is a fine example of how that mindset is manifesting itself into reality. She's a comfortable boat to be in as she's clearly more roomy than her predecessors, and with this return to premium fit-and-finish, there's an added bonus in the form of pride of ownership. For those sportboat owners who want more seating space and have been thinking about a pontoon boat, I think the 220 Sundeck offers a compelling alternative.
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TASSAJARA VALLEY -- One of Betty Casey's fondest memories of her time as a young student at the Tassajara One-Room School House come from happy times she and her classmates would celebrate springtime by rolling around there on the tall green grass.
Back then, all the girls had to wear dresses, "and we would get grass stains on our clothes," she said, laughing. But it was also the place they learned the three R's of reading, writing and arithmetic and sang out songs with the lone teacher of 16 students of varying grades.
"We enjoyed our experience -- and we like telling people about it," she said.
The school operated as a one-room school from 1889 to 1946, and it is still standing on its orginal site in rural Contra Costa County, east of Danville, in restored condition at 1650 Finley Road.
And as one of the last living students to attend it, Casey, now 77, said the site continues to be a vital link to the past.
"I think that little school is the jewel of the valley," Casey said. "It's a little one-room schoolhouse with wooden floors, and it's picture postcard perfect ... with the bell on top and the flag pole out front. You should take a ride out there and see it."
And chances are that Casey will get her wish for flocks of visitors, who'll come to appreciate it, too. The State Historical Resources Commission, a nine-member review board responsible for registering and preserving California's cultural history, voted unanimously on Feb. 7 to recommend the Tassajara One-Room School for the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service has 45 days to approve the nomination, but there's a more than 90 percent likelihood it will be officially approved, said Jay Correia, a state historian for California State Parks' Office of Historic Preservation.
"When you look at the millions of buildings, it's fairly prestigious," he said. And to meet the criterion of the National Register, "it says this property counts and is worth saving and deserves to be protected."
The Museum of the San Ramon Valley, that took over ownership and management of the old school in October 2012, put in the application and request to the state last fall to be considered for the high historical distinction. It will make for Danville's third landmark on the National Register. Tao House, playwright Eugene O'Neill's Danville home, was listed in 1971 and the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was listed in 1994.
"It's the only outstanding one-room school room in Contra Costa County, so we wanted to preserve that building because it's a very cool building," said Jerry Warren, the museum's president of the board of directors.
The building, which served as a grammar school for 57 years, almost didn't survive after it shuttered its doors, he said. In fact, it withstood neglect, vandalism and disrepair until 1970, when the Tassajara Fire District -- which later merged with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District-- was formed. Its board agreed to take over the school and restored it for community meetings, fundraisers, dances, graduations, annual picnics and the like.
In 1994, Joan Kurtz, with her husband Don, also founded the Tassajara One-Room School living history program as a way to keep the school's history alive to thousands of third graders and their parents from all around the San Ramon Valley. Last year, about 2,700 students spent a half a day there -- girls in bonnets and long dresses, boy in suspenders -- going to school as if it was the year 1888.
"It's important for children to know what things were like a long time ago to give them an insight into history," Kurtz said. She said that such a listing on the National Register would be "wonderful."
Yet, with the official federal recognition, there also comes responsibility. It places restrictions on what the musuem and others can do it when restoring and replacing worn portions of the building, so that it can be preserved for future generations.
Keeping the school's legacy alive is essential, Warren said: "It's a treasure for Contra Costa County, and the museum wants to preserve it with all of its strength. We want to make sure that this continues to be a valuable resource in the community."
After all, "it's withstood the earthquakes and the storms, and it's a very sturdy old building," he said. "And several thousands of kids have tromped through it -- and it's still standing."
"And we're just really proud of it," he said.
Contact Joyce Tsai at 925-847-2123. Follow her at Twitter.com/JoyceTsaiNews.
Tassajara One-room school
The Tassajara One-Room School, 1650 Finley Road in Tassajara Valley in Contra Costa County, has been recommended by the State Historical Resources Commission for listing on the National Register of Historic Places
Here's a timeline of its nearly 125-year history:
Jan. 12, 1889: All 10 Tassajara School District voters approved the sale of bonds to purchase, build and furnish a school for $1,700. The district had outgrown a smaller structure.
August 1889: The first class moves in with 41 students in 1st through 8th grade. The teacher was Richard D. Williams.
1946: Enrollment shrunk to 11 when two families moved away. The school closes, remaining students attend Danville public schools.
1946 to 1970: The building fell into disuse and was occasionally vandalized.
1970: The new volunteer Tassajara Fire Department took over the site, that was used for community meetings, dances, graduations and polling places. It was also given a new roof and foundation.
1990: The San Ramon Valley Fire District took over the building, installing a flagpole and water tower.
1994: The Tassajara One-Room School program begins. The living history program allows 3rd graders throughout San Ramon Valley to step back in time as if it was 1889.
1999: A historical plaque was placed by the San Ramon Valley Historical Society.
2005: The fire district tears down two historic buildings, the stable and septic area, which in the 1940s was the school's shop building.
2006: Shapell Homes builds handicapped bathrooms, re-roofs and paints historical outhouses
2012: Museum of the San Ramon Valley take over ownership of the Tassajara One-Room School
California has a total of 2,778 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Santa Clara County has 194, Alameda County has 159 and Contra Costa has 45.
For a list of California historical landmarks and resources by county, go to ohp.parks.ca.gov/listedresources/
Source: California State Prks Office of Historic Preservation


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SAN JOSE -- When Walter Cottle Lester was a boy growing up on his family farm in the 1930s, thousands of acres of prune, apricot and cherry orchards bloomed across Santa Clara Valley. As time marched on, however, developers turned the pastoral "Valley of Heart's Delight" into subdivisions, freeways and electronics companies.
Nearly everything around Lester's family farm has changed. But Lester, and his farm, have not.
On Friday, construction crews began work on a project to turn Lester's 287-acre property, surrounded on all sides by development, into a new public park to showcase the agricultural heritage of Santa Clara County, provide new recreational opportunities for Silicon Valley families and make sure crops will continue to be grown on the land for years to come.
"It's part of history here. It goes way back to my grandfather's time," said Lester, 88. "I was born here. I've spent my entire life here. It would be nice for kids in future generations to know what it was like before it all changed."
Lester, who never married and has no children, donated the property, now called Martial Cottle Park, after his grandfather, to the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department and the California state parks department. Through the years, he and his late sister, Edith Lester, had single-handedly held back the forces of Silicon Valley's relentless urban sprawl, turning down countless offers that could have earned them hundreds of millions of dollars for the vast open space in the middle of America's 10th largest city.
"It was very upsetting to see the farmland disappear," he said Friday. "I wasn't interested in selling. I wanted to maintain what we had the way it was."
The property is in South San Jose, bounded by Chynoweth Avenue, Snell Avenue, Branham Lane and Highway 85. A few blocks away are a spate of fast-food restaurants and cul-de-sacs. But Lester's property features huge pastures, centuries-old oak trees and hand-painted signs along the edges advertising "vine ripe tomatoes," "fresh strawberries" and "fresh picked corn" for sale at a farm stand on the property.
"He dug in and held his ground," said Alicia Flynn, capital projects manager for Santa Clara County parks. "This would have been a shopping mall. It is an incredible gift to the public and an incredible legacy."
Construction crews will build a 4-mile trail around the perimeter of the property. Half of the trail is scheduled to be opened by December.
Workers also will build a 3,500-square-foot visitor's center, parking, family picnic areas and a "discovery farm" with exhibits for children on the property, which is the size of roughly 230 football fields. Those features, and the property itself, are set to open to the public by December 2014. Total construction cost: $26 million, paid by the county's voter-approved parks charter fund.
As it has been since the 1860s, the bulk of the property will remain in farming, with the county hiring a manager to oversee farmers who will lease the land in future years. Portions also will be devoted to a community garden, areas for children in 4-H to raise animals, agricultural research for the University of California and other related projects.
Lester, a private man who doesn't like public accolades or even having his picture taken, will continue to live in the white 1870s-era farmhouse on the property, surrounded by 30 acres that will stay in private ownership until he dies. That landscape then will become part of the larger park.
The land is now rich with the coming bounty of a fall harvest. Rows of sweet corn grow 7 feet tall. Pumpkin vines stretch across neat furrows. Cherry trees, old tractors, plows, irrigation pipes and horses encircle Lester's house.
"This has been his world for his whole life," said David Giordano, of San Jose, who manages farm operations for Lester.
"He took me upstairs in his house once and said, 'See that bed? I was born in that bed. And my mother was born in that bed.' His family hasn't changed over all these years."
The property has a rich history that dates back to before the Gold Rush.
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It was originally part of the 9,600-acre Rancho Santa Teresa. The rancho was a 9,600-acre Mexican land grant given by the Mexican governor of Alta California in 1834 to Jose Joaquin Bernal, a Spanish soldier and member of the 1776 De Anza Expedition that first settled San Francisco. After California became a state in 1850, the land was purchased in 1864 by Edward Cottle, who later donated 350 acres to his son, Martial Cottle.
Martial Cottle raised cattle and grain and other crops, and left the property to his daughter, Ethel Cottle Lester. After she died in 1977, the ranch went to her children Edith and Walter Lester. Edith Lester died in 1999, leaving Walter Cottle Lester as the only owner.
After Edith died, Walter faced millions of dollars in estate taxes. His attorney, now-county Supervisor Dave Cortese, contacted former state parks director Rusty Areias, who helped secure $5 million in state parks bond money to pay the taxes so the land could be donated free and clear to the county in 2004. Under the deal, although the state owns half the property, county rangers will patrol and maintain the land.
"A lot of kids don't understand where their food comes from. It's important for their health and it's just good for their historical knowledge to have a place like this," said county park ranger Carolyn Tucker. "As soon as you walk in here you are completely removed from the surrounding communities. It's just like going back in time."
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'They' would be the Washington politicians. What they will be taking away is the current social contract on entitlements.
Entitlements, it's a word that most of the Washington crowd seem to say with a sneer, "We have to do something about entitlements." You know, entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.
'Hey you folks nearing retirement age, how dare you think the programs you have paid taxes into for the last half century would be there? Or, at least be in the same form.'
It's been interesting to watch how all of the Republicans, many of the Democrats and all of the media have framed the issue as one of entitlements.
Sorry, but if I've paid into it for 50 frigging years I'm going to call it an 'Earned Benefit'. I expect my 'Earned Benefit' to be paid out under the rules I've been paying taxes on for the last several decades.
A pox on the sleazy politicians who tried to force cuts in 'Earned Benefits' as part of a deal on the fiscal cliff. They will be the same sleazy politicians who will try and slash these 'Earned Benefits' as part of the extension of the national debt.
On at least two occasions I've heard Speaker of the House John Boehner say, "Social Security is broke."
Sorry, Boehner, you don't know what you are talking about, or at least you can't read a financial statement.
At the end of 2011, the balance on the Social Security Trust Fund was $2.677 TRILLION to the positive. It increased nearly $69 billion dollars from the previous year, and it is expected to grow for many years in the future. It will then begin to decline and will reach a zero balance perhaps two decades or longer in the future. Even then it won't be broke, taxes will be coming in.
Do Social Security and Medicare have to be fixed? Yes. Would it be better if they fix those two programs now? Yes. Don't have to, but it would be better.
What I am saying, is there was a social contract made more than a half century ago and the citizens who paid into the system should receive what they were promised. It's that simple.
If the politicians say we really can't afford it, then I want the money I paid in back - adjusted for inflation and with a reasonable rate of return.
So that 1970 dollar might be an inflation adjusted nine dollars today and with a reasonable rate of return like five percent a year over 40+ years means that dollar would be now worth something like $70.
Page 2 of 2 - So you politicians in the we can't afford these 'Earned Benefits' crowd, are you ready to pony up that kind of money for every dollar put into the Social Security system by all of the baby boomers?
I think not.
The solution is not to further shred the social contract made between Washington and its citizens. Washington politicians must honor the social contract all tax paying Americans have lived by for decades.
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ROCHESTER — An East Rochester man was shocked by electricity Monday morning after climbing a telephone pole to remove a branch on the power lines next to his home.
The man, a resident of Periwinkle Drive, fell 25 to 30 feet after the shock around 11:30 a.m., said Fire Lt. Ken Chick. He was flown by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and so far it's unclear whether his injuries are considered life-threatening.
"I just know he was burned, I don't know how bad," said Chick.
He said the injured man was conscious when the Fire Department arrived at the scene.
An ambulance from Frisbie Memorial Hospital transported the man to Skyhaven Airport. From there, he was flown to the Boston hospital by DHART helicopter to be treated.
The tree branch on the wires had not caused any power outage, and Public Service of New Hampshire was called to the scene to remove the branch after the incident.
Chick reminded residents to call their power provider if they see a branch on the power lines, and to never touch the lines themselves.
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Nursing home for veterans holds grand opening in Black Mountain
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BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A nursing home for North Carolina military veterans mostly built with money from the federal economic stimulus program is opening in the mountains.
Gov. Beverly Perdue is speaking Thursday at the grand opening of the State Veterans Home in Black Mountain, where more elderly soldiers can find care. About 760,000 veterans live in North Carolina.
The 100-bed facility features private rooms for residents and when fully occupied will employ about 175 workers.
About two-thirds of the cost for it and another 100-bed facility in Kinston came from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
North Carolina now operates a 150-bed nursing home in Fayetteville and a 100-bed center in Salisbury.
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Gregory E. Osborne
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South Lake Tahoe, CA, — Gregory E. Osborne of South Lake Tahoe died at home on March 19, 2013 after a seven year battle with brain cancer. He was the loving husband of Corinna B. (Leary) Osborne of South Lake Tahoe.
Greg was raised in Peabody and graduated from Peabody High School in 1990. He also attended the University of Massachusetts.
At the time of his death, he was the owner of the Elegant Affair Catering Company in South Lake Tahoe. In addition, he was an officer in the Lake Tahoe Wedding and Honeymoon Association. Greg also worked part time for Friday's Station at Harrah's.
Greg was an avid outdoors person. His passion was downhill skiing at the many ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area. He also loved to mountain bike, kayak, fish, and golf in the area that he loved so much. He was a fan of every Boston sports team especially the New England Patriots.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his nine year old daughter, Emma Winifred, and four year old son, Gavin Ernest Raymond. He is also survived by his parents, George (Ernie) and Carol (Hodge) Osborne of Minden , Nevada and his sister, Leigh-Ann Osborne of Carson City, Nevada. He also leaves his maternal grandparents, Raymond and Marion Hodge of Peabody, formerly of Salem. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Erika Leary of Germany as well as his wife's brothers and sisters, Manuela, Martin and Rebecca and their families. Greg also leaves several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, George and Winifred Osborne of Peabody.
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On Monday, Eagle County Airport Director Greg Phillips told county commissioners that the airport is looking to hire its own consultant.
The consultant would help EGE, as the airport is referred to, maximize flight service in and out of Eagle.
So far Airplanners LLC and the EGE Air Alliance, a public-private partnership that includes the county, towns and about 20 local businesses, has filled that role.
"We've been thinking about it and planning for a while," Phillips said. "First of all, Airplanners doesn't work directly for the county. We want to have a consultant we can call on."
Phillips said that air service marketing efforts so far have been very focused on the resort visitor.
"What are the local travelers' needs?" Phillips said. "We want to do everything we can to make this a local's choice airport. It's hard to compete with Denver International Airport but we do have convenience going for us."
Airplanners is a bidder for the job.
"There are a lot of moving parts to these programs and there are numerous drivers of any new service," said Airplanners president Kent Myers. "Airplanners will be submitting a proposal. If we are selected, great. The Air Alliance will continue to play a role as a community organization supporting air service."
Phillips said the consultant will be selected by the end of the year.
This year, EGE is seeing a continued trend of winter flight service reductions that began in 2009-10. Partly in response to that, the management of Air Alliance is being restructured to operate under the Vail Valley Partnership as an effort to increase fund-raising power and lure new flight service to the area.
Airlines often require "guaranteed revenue" before they try serving a new route. Guaranteed revenue is money put up front so that an airline doesn't suffer the financial loss if the route is not successful in terms of filling seats. On the other hand, if the new route proves successful at the end of the trial period, the airline might choose to stick around on its own accord.
By working with the VVP, the alliance hopes to have more money to invest in guaranteed revenues and ultimately increase air service at EGE.
Vail Daily Assistant Managing Editor Lauren Glendenning contributed to this report.


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This week, the Northwest Fire Protection District welcomed a new chaplain, Martin Gipe.
The previous chaplain, Earl Doores, passed away earlier in the year, and Gipe agreed to take on the task.
Gipe, an eleven year resident of the Climax Springs area, is currently serving as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on Highway 7. He is married, and has three grown children.
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A News 12 investigation uncovers new information about a murder in a small town. In 2001 Robin Reeves was stabbed to death in her home in Thomson. Suspicion immediately centered on her ex-husband.
But no one was ever arrested. News 12 investigates the Reeves murder and has new information never made public until now.
Robin Reeves' friends and family say when she was murdered they believed her ex-husband, Robert Standridge, was involved, but they never had the proof. Tonight, we talk to a man in jail in central Georgia who says he has the proof. And we'll show you a pattern of stalking that friends and family say made Robin fear for her life. It's information that backs up what those close to Robin have suspected all along.
It was the morning of February 28, 2001. Robin's Reeves' mother Faye discovered her daughter's body here in the hall of Robin's home, stabbed and bloody. Suspicion among those close to Robin immediately focused in on Robin's ex-husband Robert Standridge. He was already going to trial for stalking Robin. But as far as the murder, he was questioned but never arrested.
"Very frustrating, disgusting, I just get infuriated to know, it's been four and a half years now, we're still where we were to begin with," Faye Reeves said.
Robin's mother Faye and family friends like Mike Love say they know exactly who the killer is. They say Robert Standridge is behind it all.
"If the day comes that he's not involved I will personally apologize to him, but with everything I know and have seen, there's no doubt in my mind," said Mike Love, Robin's friend.
Robin's family has left her house untouched inside and out, unchanged since the murder. And they say that's how her murder investigation remains, unchanged for all these years. But there is one man who says he knows exactly what happened.
David Lee Hanks is Robert Standridge's Nephew. He says when he was serving time for aggravated assault in the McDuffie County Jail he shared a cell with two men who confessed to the crime.
"They said they were hired right through my uncle," said David Lee Hanks, witness.
Hanks says he knew the men, Spencer Moore, and Isaac Greer, from high school. He says the men told him his uncle, Robert Standridge, paid them $10,000 to kill Robin. Moore was the first to talk to Hanks.
"He was with him when he did it, the fella went in and killed her, that he was there with him, pretty much the lookout man," Hanks said.
"And what did Mr. Greer tell you?" News 12 asked
"That he done it and something about how my uncle still owed him money - that's about it," Hanks said.
Hanks says he even took a GBI polygraph and passed.
"I think the polygraph proves I'm telling the truth," Hanks said.
The GBI won't confirm that they have talked to Grier. So is this a case of murder for hire? Does the story hold up? According to these McDuffie County Jail logs all three men were in the jail at the same time in late 2002. And these bank records from Standridge's custody hearing after Robin's murder show that in late 2000 he took out $20,500 dollars in loans. According to the Reeves family attorney that money has never been accounted for.
"He let me know he wanted some of them dead and asked if I was interested."
This man says he used to be friends with Robert Standridge. He asked we hide his identity. He says Standridge asked him in the early 90's to "take care of" some of the coworkers he didn't like. He says he didn't know how serious Standridge was until Robin's murder.
"I knew in my gut he had it done, and he must have been more serious in the early 90's than I thought."
"I feel like whoever was there that night was there for one purpose to kill Robin - she was not raped, nothing missing from the house," Faye Reeves said.
Faye says the crime scene also suggests it was murder for hire. She was first in the house and saw no forced entry. One of Robin's friends tells News 12 just a few days before her murder Robin thought Standridge stole a set of her house keys.
And Robert Standridge was found to have a long history of repeatedly calling and following Robin in the months before her murder. This is a log Robin's lawyer says she kept of every time it happened from July 2000 to February 2001. All in all 26 confrontations - 16 logged as face to face, 14 of those are alleged to have been after Robin received a temporary restraining order.
"Sometimes it was I know where you went for lunch today, and I can tell you exactly what you ate - and he could," Faye said.
Eventually Standridge was convicted of aggravated stalking, but it was after Robin's murder.
"He's always told her if she divorced him and if he couldn't have her nobody else could - he wasn't hesitant to tell anybody that," Mike Love said.
Right now Robert Standridge is in the McDuffie County Jail, but it has nothing to do with Robin's murder. He is in there on a probation violation, accused of hitting his girlfriend with a pipe.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is the lead agency on the Robin Reeves case. It's hard to know what they're doing with the information we've just shared with you because they won't comment on the case. But everyone you heard from in our story says they have told this to the authorities. Other law enforcement sources say Standridge is in fact a strong suspect, but they just don't have enough. The men who allegedly confessed to this are in state prisons but not for this murder. Spence Moore is there for cocaine possession and Isaac Grier is there for aggravated assault.


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The MAX Charter School in Thibodaux has been named a "Top Gains" school by the Louisiana Department of Education, placing it among the fastest-improving schools in the state.
The MAX was not included in a previous Lafourche Parish list because it is a charter school that operates outside the regular school district.
Located on Nicholls State University's campus, the school serves students diagnosed with dyslexia or similar learning difficulties. School supporters said that makes it especially notable that its students met their growth targets.
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To expand this drill and extend the length of the retrieves, use three cones, each set 50 yards from the start point, with two bumpers located at each cone. Heel the dog to your side and give him a line to the first cone. Be patient. It is not unusual for a dog that has become used to less lengthy retrieves to stop short of the 50-yard cone. It may take some time for the dog to learn that he must go the distance to find the bumper. The handler may need to move closer to the cone, send the dog, and then retreat to the desired distance as the dog is running to the cone.
Once the dog successfully completes a retrieve from the first cone, rotate toward the second, give the dog a line, and send him to the second and ultimately the third cone. Once the lesson is learned, alternate the order of the retrieves. Your retriever is now learning to follow your instruction, which is a major step before advancing to blind retrieves.
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The new deadlines for crop acreage reporting for 2014 are fast-approaching. Producers must now report all perennial and biennial forage crops, such as hay, pasture and rangeland, to their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) for the 2014 crop year by Nov. 15. For fall-seeded small grain crops, such as winter wheat, barley and oats, these reports are due by Dec. 16, as Dec. 15 falls on a weekend.
Producers with crop insurance must also report their forages and small-seeded grains to their insurance company.
The new dates were implemented in 2012 to align reporting deadlines for the FSA and the Risk Management Agency (RMA), which oversees the Federal Crop Insurance Program. The move was done to make reporting easier and standardized for FSA program and crop insurance purposes.
I encourage all of our local farmers to file their acreage reports by the new deadlines. These reports affect FSA program eligibility and filing late can result in fees.
For those in Camden and Pulaski counties, contact the local FSA in Lebanon, located at:
- Laclede County Farm Service Agency
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Lebanon, MO., 65536-4669
(417) 532-5741
For those located in Phelps and Crawford counties, contact:
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Producers in Dent County can contact:
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Local farmers and landowners may also contact the state FSA office at:
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Columbia, MO., 65203-2546
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For more information about the FSA and the various programs available to crop producers, please visit www.fsa.usda.gov or contact your local FSA office listed above.
Always feel free to contact me throughout the year with any comments, questions, or issues by calling my office at (573) 751-5713 or by visiting my website at www.senate.mo.gov/brown.
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ACUSHNET — Two replica pellet guns were seized by police on Hope Street Dec. 17, at around 2:40 p.m. Acushnet police responded after receiving a report from a Hope Street resident about a group of people standing in the street with what appeared to be an assault rifle.
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Handing down the most severe rebuke they can, state regulators Thursday slammed BART for serious and willful safety violations related to the deaths of two workers hit by a train in October in Walnut Creek and fined the transit agency $210,000.
The state's top safety agency, Cal-OSHA, determined that the victims, Christopher Sheppard, 58, of Hayward, and Laurence Daniels, 66, of Fair Oaks, were not qualified to perform work near energized third rails. One was carrying an aluminum level, highly conductive to third-rail electricity and a safety violation.
Investigators also found that the high-ranking transportation manager training another employee to drive the train that struck the two men was seated in a passenger car where he could not view the track ahead, as required.
The third violation involved the controversial "simple approval" protocol, which put the onus for trackside workers' safety on those individuals. State regulators said that protocol was "inadequate" to prevent accidents like this and "not followed."
BART has 15 working days to appeal but has not indicated how it will proceed, although it did say Thursday that many new safety measures are now in place.
Sheppard and Daniels were inspecting a dip in the tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre stations on Oct. 19, during a BART strike when trains were running only for maintenance and training purposes. An autopsy report confirmed both men were facing away from the train when it hit them at about 70 mph, violating regulations requiring one of them to stand away from the track and watch for oncoming trains. While Sheppard and Daniels were experienced track engineers, Cal-OSHA said BART "failed to ensure that only qualified electrical workers were allowed to perform work" near energized third rails.
The day after their deaths, BART officials eliminated the "simple approval" protocol. Union representatives blasted the transit agency for training operators in an unsafe manner and placing workers at risk.
Cal-OSHA had pushed for abandonment of BART's "simple approval" protocol since previous worker fatalities in 2001 and 2008, and BART is still appealing a fine levied after the 2008 death of a BART worker hit by a train in Concord. The transit agency is scheduled to appear in Alameda County Superior Court on June 23 to continue that appeal.
"BART made inadequate amendments to 'simple approval' following the 2001 and 2008 incidents," Cal-OSHA spokesman Greg Siggins said Thursday, who insisted that protocol went against state law.
Chris Finn, the new president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents BART train operators, said he hopes Thursday's actions give the families of the deceased some closure. He and AFSCME Local 3993 President Patricia Schuchardt, who represents train controllers and other BART employees, blame BART management for having supervisors operate trains.
"It was their arrogant belief during the strike last October that they could run the system without the people who possess the skills and experience to run BART safely, and two men are dead because of that," Schuchardt said.
BART has since made additional changes to address the problems noted in the citations.
"BART has fundamentally upgraded its safety procedures with the implementation of an enhanced wayside safety program and a proposed budget investment of over $5 million in additional resources to bolster BART's safety performance," BART General Manager Grace Crunican said in a statement Thursday.
That money will be spent on additional positions in BART's maintenance and engineering, transportation and safety departments, track maintenance, train control systems, enhanced monitoring and a safety incentive program for front-line workers, the general manager said.
Crunican said her agency has also implemented safety regulations by the California Public Utilities Commission designed for rail transit agencies and will add further trackside protections for workers, adding that the BART family has spent the past six months mourning the loss of Sheppard and Daniels.
In March, BART announced that its on-time performance slipped by two percentage points, from 94.4 percent to 92.1 percent, since state regulators modified safety rules. And things may get even slower, as next month BART will add new policy changes to include better communication between the control center, train operators and work crews on the track; more safety measures and reduced train speeds near wayside workers; and a mandatory watch person during nonoperating hours when maintenance vehicles are on the tracks, Crunican said.
BART is still awaiting a final report and recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board, which could lead to further changes.
"These safety enhancements may mean more delays for our riders, and we ask for their patience and understanding," Crunican said. "A safer system for our employees will provide for a safer system for our riders and a better BART."
Thursday's fine is the largest levied by Cal-OSHA since January 2013, when regulators docked Chevron almost $1 million for the Aug. 6, 2012, fire at its Richmond refinery.
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- Grading the 49ers' victory over Panthers
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- By the numbers: San Francisco 49ers vs. Carolina Panthers
- Thompson: Superior defense gives 49ers the last word
- 49ers notebook: Frank Gore pops Carolina Panthers' hopes with big fourth-quarter run
- Kawakami: Survivor mentality will serve 49ers well in Seattle
- Purdy: San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick prevails in the battle of young, mobile quarterbacks
- 49ers' Vernon Davis makes most of only catch against Panthers
- Thompson: 49ers' cooler heads prevail against Panthers
- 49ers knock out Panthers 23-10, set up Seattle rematch
- 49ers lead Panthers 13-10 at halftime in NFC playoffs
- 49ers' cornerback Carlos Rogers won't play against Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Starting fullback Will Tukuafu is believed to have sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, and he will undergo an MRI on Monday, a league source said.
His status for Sunday's NFC Championship game is unknown, although 49ers guard Mike Iupati missed four games with a MCL sprain earlier this season.
Tukuafu did not return after injuring his knee while getting tackled on a third-down reception on the opening drive.
Tukuafu re-signed with the 49ers' last month and has served as their primary blocking back in the wake of Bruce Miller's season-ending shoulder injury last month at Tampa.
Anthony Dixon has split time with Tukuafu in the fullback role. Dixon had no carries in Sunday's 23-10 win.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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