DAIRY PRINCESS COMPETITION Newly crowned 2011 Dairy Princess Melissa Withrow, left, of Wilton, and first runner-up Stephanie Brasil of Escalon, pose after Thursday’s District 5 Dairy Princess Contest conducted at Isadore’s restaurant in Manteca. - photo by HIME ROMERO Scenes from Thursday’s District 5 Dairy Princess Contest conducted at Isadore’s restaurant in Manteca Latest Will Ripon’s failure to support a fire parcel tax hike prompt Manteca to drop automatic aid? Sierra’s Ava Hersman inks LOI with CBU STUNT team Ripon loses bid to claim outright TVL crown ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Faith Fasani, Ripon swimming