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The arrest of a Tuolumne County doctor last week, and the delicensing of another, has refocused attention locally on the national epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse. Last Tuesday, Dr. Lori Sostock was arrested and charged with 48 counts connected to prescriptions written at her Sonora office. On July 3, former Greenley Primary Care doctor Richard Behymer surrendered his license after being accused by the Medical Boardof California of gross negligence. Following Sostock's arrest, the Tuolumne County Public
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Sliding down the Super Slide are cousins (above, from left) Paisley Pluim, 5, Andi Marquardt, 5, and Lucy Yorston, 3, all of Sonora. Brad Johnson, of Jamestown, works as the ringman during the Junior Livestock Auction Saturday evening (below).
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Crorods flocked to the weekend s Mother Lode Fair to take in the dazzling sights, big sounds and uariety of entertainment amid unseasonably cool temperatures.
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High county postmaster
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Wyatt Danicourt, 20, of Sonora, throws mud during a break in the Destruction Derby Sunday (above left). Rob "Fat Rob" Howard, of Sonora, gives advice to his stepson, Fred Caler, 16, of Sonora, during the truck and tractor pulls Saturday evening (above right). Showing goats at the fair are (below, from left) Mac Hager, 10, of Jamestown, with his goat, Gizmo, Kevin Mark, 12, of Sonora, with his goat, Lucy, and Liam Kelly, 10, of Sonora, with his goat, Hazel.
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for 15 years, says there are three times as many backpackers seeking resupply this year at his outpost, and he's heard the same from others in the Postal Service and people who support backpackers on the Pacific Crest Trail. Kochakji says some speculate the increase in backpackers on the PCT, as well as the popular John Muir Trail, may be due in partto the bestselling book "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail," and the 2014 film it inspired, "Wild,"
Gabriel Pettis, 13, of Sandy, Oregon (top), tosses a ball while playing a game at the fair. Ron Hamilton, of Tuolumne (above left), presents a plaque to Tom 'Tommy' Fraser for 50 years of dedication to the Junior Livestock Auction committee.
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