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Lee Dennis says it could cost as much as $10,000 to remove all of the fallen pine treesfrom her half-acre property off Leisure Drive near Twain Harte. Over the past two years, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. crews have chopped down about 30 large, drought-stricken pines on Dennis' property that were threatening critical power lines. Though the company will cover the cost of falling the dead or dying trees, the homeowner is responsible for paying to have them hauled away. Recent aerial studies conducted by the U.S. Forest Service have found millions of dead or dying trees in the central and southern Sierra Nevada caused primarily by drought-rel ated bark beetle infestation. The TuolumneCounty Board ofSupervisors on Tuesday discussed ways of potentially helping private property owners deal with the growing issue. One problem is that the cost to have the trees removed can be too high for some homeowners to bear themselves — Dennis, 66, said she was recently quoted at $1,200 per truck load. to process the timber are reportedly inundated due to salvage logging from the 2013 Rim Fire. Dennis attended her
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A Sonora man convicted of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree robbery in1989 was found suitable for parole Wednesday. Gary White, of Sonora, and his co-conspirator Chalen Selvian were convicted of forcing their way into a Foster Farms restaurant, previously located in Sonora, with the intent to steal money. The clerk, Pamela Comer, was led into the walk-in refrigerator and shot once in
the shoulder by Selvian and twice by White, in thehead and through her arm, a Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office press release said. Comer was found by her husband an hour later. She survived but was severely and permanently injured. W hite was serving a 17-year to life senSee PAROLE /Back Page
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