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From prescription meds to heroin, drugs becoming ‘pervasive problem' Perley points to declining resources: ‘Gardens don’t weed themselves’ BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — July 22 marked the end of Orville Emery’s life. There's no indication he wanted to die, and he didn’t until the next day, but by that afternoon he’d laid his path. Derick Watson, of Tamworth, called the
ambulance for him. Watson was swimming under the Swift River covered bridge with his family when he decided to see where his kids had run off to. He climbed the bank up and saw Emery sitting on a bench on the bridge. “He looked like he was homeless,” Watson said. Emery was sitting, shirtless, with unkempt hair and a backpack. “He started
falling over and then started foaming at the mouth. He wasn’t breathing very well.” An empty prescription bottle sat next him. Watson ran to find a cell phone and called 911. Then he put Emery on his side and cleared his mouth and nose. “I was just doing what the 911 operator see DRUGS page 8
Team Chester hitching up for Sunrise Ascent on Mount Washington
Chester Eastwood and ‘mules’ make the climb Sunday as fund-raiser for Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
EATON — Ever-adventurous, Chester Eastwood, 25, water skis, kayaks and hikes in summer, and in winter, he skis. Now, come early Sunday morning, Aug. 7, he is hoping to get to a place he's never been, the summit of Mount Washington. On Sunday, four teams — including Eastwood's — will assemble at the base of the Mount Washington Auto Road at 5 a.m., determined to reach the 6,288foot summit of the tallest mountain in the Northeast. It's all part of a fund-raiser for Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country of Franconia. What makes this trek special is that each team will include an adaptive athlete and 14 human "mules," who, using a Trailrider (TM), will help push and pull the participant up the eight miles to the summit. Eastwood's team of “mules” is known as Team Chester. “Chester is very excited. He's always up for any adventure, but this one is something he's really looking forward to,” said his mother, Kristin Burnell, who along with Willie Hatch, since March have leased the Eaton Village Store from the Eaton Village Preservation Society. The store is currently conducting a raffle ticket fund-raiser as part of this Sunday's ascent. Home Depot donated a grill, with the winner's name to be drawn on the summit Sunday after the ascent, according to Burnell.
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Chester Eastwood, who has cerebral palsy, on the summit of Mount Willard.
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