Pittsfield native Ralph G. Burton was a forestry dynamo. Among his achievements was the invention of the Biltmore Pachymeter, a device to gauge upper stem tree diameter from the ground.
Nearly 10 years after Molly Burton was struck and left critically injured in a ditch by an impaired driver, the Vancouver Island woman hopes her story will help others cope with pain and disability and discourage people from drinking or using drugs and driving.