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gregs@herald-mail.com Friends of a man who disappeared Sunday in the waters of Antietam Creek, equipped with little more than the will to find Mark Alan Fry's body, succeeded Wednesday. "We've all pretty much been here since Monday. We figured he was coming home today," said Jason Haupt, 29, of Cearfoss. Haupt was one of the men who helped pull Fry's body from a twisted logjam spanning the creek. Members of the group began their own search after a third official search proved fruitless earlier Wednesday.

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. - A man in an umbrella hat and sparkling rainbow vest would look out of place at an ordinary funeral but then Jordy Carper's life was anything but ordinary. Kenneth Jordan "Jordy" Carper, the Berkeley County, W.Va., youngster who drew national attention because of a rare double lung transplant he underwent last year, was laid to rest Thursday afternoon. The 11-year-old died last Saturday at a Washington, D.C., hospital after suffering repeated setbacks from the transplant operation.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail will run "A Life Remembered. " The story 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 Iva V. Fox, who died Sept. 2 at the age of 97. Her obituary appeared in the Sept. 3 edition of The Herald-Mail. marlob@herald-mail.com Named after a family friend, Iva Bowers Fox always bristled when someone called her "Ivy.

bobp@herald-mail.com WAYNESBORO, Pa. - To many people, Tom Balistrere was many things. He was a coach, a teacher, a great friend and, maybe most of all, an influential leader. That will be the legacy left behind by Balistrere, who died from heart failure Wednesday. He was the man who came to town in the late 1970s and established success through his hard work, philosophy and personality for two decades. "He was the most important person in my life," said Tom Hoffman, Waynesboro's current basketball coach and a family friend.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail publishes "A Life Remembered. " This continuing series takes 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 Elizabeth C. Smith, who died July 23 at the age of 72. Her obituary was published in the July 26 edition of The Herald-Mail. Elizabeth "Cleo" Broadus Smith's extended family gathered to talk about her recently. Before long, two common threads began to emerge - cooking and coffee.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail publishes A Life Remembered. This continuing series takes 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 Amy Kay Anderson, who died Nov. 29 at the age of 23. Her obituary was published in The Herald-Mail on Dec. 1. TOMAHAWK, W.Va. - Donny Anderson Sr. and his family are trying to cope with the sudden and unexpected death of his daughter, Amy Kay Anderson, who succumbed to a blood clot on Nov. 29. But other families also are mourning, including Amy's Wal-Mart family in Hagerstown.

marlob@herald-mail.com CLEAR SPRING - Paula Myers has two passions: Sewing and her Baha'i faith. Fortunately for her, she can practice both from her Ashton Road home. "I started sewing when I was 10 years old," Myers said. "My mother made clothes and my grandmother, quilts. There was always the sound of a sewing machine in the house. " With that kind of expert instruction all under one roof, Myers said she learned quickly. "The first thing I ever made was a lined wool jumper," she said.

Friends, co-stars mourn Jerry Orbach NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Orbach was mourned with music and meditations Friday during a funeral where he was remembered as the quintessential New Yorker on the long-running police drama "Law and Order. " "He always knew his lines - and yours, too," said choked-up co-star Sam Waterston, who joined 300 people for the hourlong service at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Manhattan's West Side. Orbach, a Broadway song-and-dance man who achieved his widest fame as Detective Lennie Briscoe on TV's "Law & Order," died of prostate cancer Tuesday night at age 69. Show business figures including Chris Noth, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Tony Roberts, Michael Imperioli, Brian Dennehy, Benjamin Bratt and Malachy McCourt attended the secular service, where Orbach lay in a simple wooden coffin draped with white blossoms under the chapel's vaulted, blue-and-gold ceiling.

Last month, a report from the Quad State Technology and Manufacturing Consortium said that wages lower than the national average have given this region's Interstate 81 corridor an advantage in attracting new jobs. Well, if that was the silver lining, here's the cloud: Families in the Hagerstown area surveyed recently say those low-wage jobs make it difficult for families to get by. The upshot, as we see it, is that taxpayers may have to spend more for services that low-wage workers need, but can't afford on their own. The survey was done by the Washington County Local Management Board, a group charged with planning the most effective use of state aid. The board surveyed 174 local adults by phone and through focus groups, to find out what their needs were.

BUNKER HILL, W.Va. - It's election time and both Sherry Smith and Will Sperry want your vote. Smith's pitch: "I would appreciate your vote and you may win a million dollars. " Sperry's turn: "I'm not a politician. Vote for the underdog. " Truth be told, neither is a politician. But the Bunker Hill residents - who are mother- and son-in-law - are among 100 finalists in the 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off contest that will culminate at the finals on April 13 to 15 in Dallas. Smith's Banana-Filled Caramel-Chocolate Crepes and Sperry's Chicken-Asiago-Spinach Quiche are in the finals for the breakfast and brunch category.