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waynesboro@herald-mail.com HAGERSTOWN - A half-century or more ago, the slogan for the March of Dimes walk could have been "Walk so others may walk. " This weekend, thanks to the polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk in the 1950s and other medical breakthroughs, the cause of the March of Dimes since has moved from polio to birth defects to its latest advocacy, premature birth defects. The slogan for Saturday's annual Walk America fund-raising event for the March of Dimes was "Use your feet to give premature babies a hand.

DEC. 3, 1928-OCT. 14, 2009 CHEWSVILLE - Lucy G. Young, 80, of Little Antietam Road, Chewsville, Md., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, Md. Born Dec. 3, 1928, in Waynesboro, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Paul B. and Harriet (Riddlemoser) Shank. She was preceded in death by her husband, William T. "Buck" Young Jr., March 1, 1994. She was a graduate of Smithsburg High School. She was a homemaker. She attended Bethel United Methodist Church, Chewsville.

Coalition gets poor response to inquiry WAYNESBORO, Pa. - An attempt by the Teen Pregnancy Coalition to determine whether parents in Waynesboro want to know more about helping their children avoid teen pregnancy has not drawn much response, an agency official said Monday. Maria Keyes, clinic manager for the Women, Infants and Children Program in Chambersburg, Pa., and coordinator of the coalition's efforts in Waynesboro, sent stamped, self-addressed postcards to 380 parents of eighth-graders in Waynesboro.

-- Others recognized Hagerstown businessman Michael A. Gardner received the Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce's highest honor on Tuesday night. Gardner, 55, was presented with the Chamber Business Volunteer of the Year award - recognizing lifetime achievement with the chamber - during the local business organization's 80th annual meeting at the Four Points Sheraton in Hagerstown. "This is very humbling and almost embarrassing for me," said Gardner, vice president of Wright, Gardner and Tischer Insurance in Hagerstown and a past president of the chamber.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Jollene Martin's list of and enthusiasm for charitable works undertaken by the Key Club at Franklin County Career and Technology Center grows as time goes by. The 16-year-old doesn't hesitate when asked why she invests so much time into the causes, saying that it's all about giving back to the community. "The community gives us so much - our schools, our roads, our houses ... " Jollene said. As president of the Key Club, Jollene has worked with the other members to raise money for March of Dimes and the fight against cystic fibrosis.

DEC. 17, 1915-APRIL 17, 2009 Edith Virginia Cook, 93, of Hagerstown, went to be with the Lord Friday, April 17, 2009, at Julia Manor Health Care Center, Hagerstown, Md. Born Dec. 17, 1915, in Weverton, Md., she was the daughter of the late Janie C. (Weedon) Brown and John T. Brown Sr. She was the wife of the late Howell Lawrence Cook Sr., who departed in 1958. Edith was a 50-year member of Zion Baptist Church, Hagerstown, where she was a senior choir member, served as a trustee, with the usher board, missionaries society and a number of other committees.

City on right side of hospital issue To the editor: When the Washington County Hospital is compared to a retrofitted, battle-weary aircraft carrier as it was in your Monday, July 19, editorial "Time to end roadblocks to new hospital project," we are jarred into speaking out against what we perceive as an expensive corporate project that will make medical care less accessible to many Hagerstown residents. Any benefit from tax revenues will be negated by increased costs for hospital stays at a time when health insurance coverage is declining.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail will run "A Life Remembered. " This continuing series will take a look back - through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others - at a member of the community who died recently. Today's "A Life Remembered" is about Bradley Lynn Cottrill, who died June 20 at the age of 44. His obituary appeared in the June 25 edition of The Herald-Mail. In April 2000, Bradley L. Cottrill penned "A Father's Wish" for his son, Bryan, who was then not a year old. At the June 27 celebration of Brad's life - cut short by cancer at age 44 - that poem graced the memorial program.

If only there were more youngsters like Ashley Newcomer. After the 7-year-old third grader from Hagerstown's Grace Academy heard about the financial plight of the Community Free Clinic, she went door-to-door in her neighborhood, collecting $350 in donations. If that were repeated in every neighborhood in the city, the clinic's problems might be solved, but because the clinic only has enough cash to get through this month, it's time for local folks to put together a long-time funding strategy.