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TICONDEROGA | With starting speed, a hit of naloxone can rush to receptors in the brain of a dying drug user and shove aside the opioids than are shutting down the central nervous system. Like that, the previously comatose patient is breathing again, alert and sober. It’s a miracle, but with caveats. When the effect of the opioids is canceled out, the onset of distressful withdrawal symptoms is instantaneous as well. So instead of being grateful for their new lease on life, “they may come up swinging,” said Dr. David Clauss, emergency department director and chief medical officer at the University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network-Elizabethtown Community Hospital.

A presentation on Adirondack ghosts will be held at the Hancock House on Oct. 18. Photo provided

TICONDEROGA | With 6 million acres of deep, dark forest, the Adirondacks seems a natural setting for Halloween horror. But perhaps a better reason that the park is rich in spooky tradition is its deep historical roots reaching back into the mists for centuries. And more history means more ghosts, said Diane O’Connor, who will present the Ticonderoga Historical Society’s final program for the year, entitled “Haunted Adirondacks: A Horrible History” on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m. at the Hancock House, 6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga. “The scariest stories usually have their basis in historical fact,” said O’Connor. “From the well-known story of Duncan Campbell at Fort Ticonderoga to Lord Howe to lesser known ghosts across the region, this program will look at our local history in a spine-tingling way.” Campbell was a Scots noble who died battling the French in 1758, but his legend traces back to his life in the Old World, when he took in a guest who, it turned out, had murdered the nobleman’s cousin. That proved to be a pickle for Campbell, who wanted to avenge his cousin, but didn’t want to be rude to a guest. So he allowed him to stay, but in a cave instead of a castle. See SPOOKY » pg. 2

A LOOK TO THE FUTURE Career day lets South Essex students plan for life

Nurse Manager Julie Lamotte displays a naloxone kit at the Ticonderoga hospital. The kits are now available free of charge in UVM health centers in Elizabethtown and Ti. Photo by Tim Rowland

Stories abound of people who have overdosed, been rescued by naloxone and then overdosed again in the same evening. In a vacuum it defies logic and sounds crazy. But in the context of a person desperately trying to alleviate the pain of withdrawal, it makes sense. So the immediate goal is to keep the patient alive until such a time as more permanent treatment can be sought. To that end, UVM hospitals in Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga are now offering naloxone kits free of charge to anyone who wants one, no questions asked. The kits come courtesy of a grant from the Albany-based Alliance for Positive Health. Nurse Manager Julie Lamotte said the Ticonderoga center has already given out a couple of kits, which are commonly carried by police and medics. She said family members of someone struggling with opioids, or even concerned members of the community may want one. The naloxone, which often goes by the brand name Narcan, in the kits comes in nasal-spray form. It’s easy to use, and it’s generally easy to tell when someone is overdosing. “It happens so fact, sometimes the needle will still be in their arm, or there will be drug paraphernalia around them,” Lamotte said. “Typically, the first sign you are going to see is that they will have stopped breathing.”

By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER

CROWN POINT | Thanks I want to to role models in his do something family, Tristan Carey has that’s bigger had a pretty good idea than myself.” since seventh grade that —Tristan Carey he wants to attend a miliJunior, Crown tary academy and study Point Central School engineering. Now a junior at Crown Point Central School, Carey was able to use the CFES College and Career Fair to chat up representatives from the military Anita Johnson tells students at Crown Point Central School about job opportunities for tips and advice about what to expect. at Camp Dudley in Westport. Photo by Tim Rowland “I want to do something that’s bigger the future do not exist today,” said Kelli Point English teacher Rachael Leclairethan myself,” Carey said of his career List Wells, the Founder and CEO of the Charron. The event was co-sponsored choice, which will revolve around serSTEM Leadership Alliance. by College for Every Student (CFES) an vice to his country. Essex-based initiative to inspire young Wells was the keynote speaker at the For other students who have not made people to find successful career paths. up their minds, the challenge can be event, which attracted about 200 students daunting. “Sixty percent of the jobs of from 7th through 12th grades in Southern See STUDENT FUTURE » pg. 2 Essex schools, according to Crown

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Fall fest in Moriah Oct. 19 Events for kids to be held By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER

Kids will have a chance to decorate for the season at the Moriah Fall Fest in the pocket park next to the Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 19. Photo provided

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PORT HENRY | The Moriah Chamber of Commerce will host a fall festival for kids on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the pocket park next to the chamber building in Port Henry. The event drew 70 children last year, and is put on in conjunction with the Moriah Central School National Honor Society, said chamber events coordinator Catherine Sprague. Kids are encouraged to come in costume. There will be free cider and donuts, pumpkin decorating, cookie decorating and a petting zoo. There will be games too, including taking a bite

out of a donut on a string, which Sprague said is not as easy as it sounds. Visitors to Port Henry from now through (almost) Halloween will also be able to see a unique brand of artwork hanging from poles and signs. They’re not exactly scarecrows, they’re not exactly zombies — they are Funky Folk, and they come out at this time of year in Port Henry, decorating the streets leading up to Halloween. The Chamber of Commerce decorated about 20 figures and more have gone up along the streets courtesy of private businesses and residents. According to Sprague, people come from far and wide to take pictures of the Funky Folk, which will stay up until just before Halloween (so as not to be a temptation to holiday pranksters). On Halloween itself, Sprague said there will be a “Trunk or Treat event from 5 to 7 p.m. om Church Street. People can come and bring their decorated cars and pass out candy to kids. ■

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