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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 Robert E. "Buzz" Manley, who died Aug. 26 at the age of 65. His obituary was published in the Aug. 28 edition of The Herald-Mail. Family and devotion to friends and his firefighting brothers -- that was what Robert "Buzz" Manley held dear in his life.

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.

Obituary BOONSBORO -- Shawn Langley took a nap Sunday afternoon, and his mother was never able to wake him. "We're assuming his heart stopped beating, but we don't know why," Tammy Langley said Wednesday afternoon of her 17-year-old son's death. She remembered a "wonderful young man" who did anything and everything to help his family and friends. As a child, Shawn smiled all the time, his mother said. "In every picture I have, he always had a grin on his face," she said.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs "A Life Remembered. " Each story in 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 Karen Lee Reed, who died April 11 at the age of 50. Her obituary appeared in the April 15 edition of The Herald-Mail. By all accounts, Karen Reed was a good Samaritan with a big heart. "If it was in need, my sister would take it in and feed it," said Reed's sister, Cyndy Artz of Boonsboro.

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. - A preliminary hearing is scheduled Feb. 25, for a Harrisonville, Pa., being held on $1 million bail in connection with the attempted murder of a Fulton County man earlier this month. Gregory Aaron Rouzer, 40, of 1291 Possum Hollow Road, was arrested Friday evening near Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital by Pennsylvania State Police. He was accompanied by his attorney and a family friend when he was taken into custody, said Trooper Richard Cutchall of the state police barracks in Fulton County.

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.

WILLIAMSPORT - Whirls of red and blue lit the drizzly night outside Osborne Funeral Home Sunday as police directed the steady stream of relatives, friends, Smithsburg residents and police who came to say goodbye to Smithsburg Police Officer Christopher Nicholson and pay their respects to his family. While family members struggled with the injustice of the gunshot that fatally wounded the 25-year-old officer while he waited for backup Wednesday night, the community also mourned a sense of security they worry might never be the same.

HAGERSTOWN ? Medical technology has advanced a lot since the sawbones days of the 19th century, something that impressed Mercedes Campher on a recent field trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md. "I thought that place was nasty and scary," the 9-year-old said Saturday during the Holiday Festival of the No Smoking Youth Club. That could also sum up the effects of tobacco use around children, something this club has been trying to educate children and parents about for more than two years.

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.

Bicycling friends of a Hagerstown man killed in Nevada on Sept. 13 are gathering Friday at 7:30 a.m. at the Long Meadow Shopping Center to honor their friend. A family friend said the bicyclists will ride Lloyd W. Clarke's favorite 45-mile course in his memory, ending up at the Hagerstown Seventh-day Adventist Church on Robinwood Drive for a memorial service. The Washoe County (Nev.) Sheriff's Department said Clarke, 43, was killed in a biking accident.