Iron Man

No one wants to wear clothes that seem dated. Not even Spider-Man. As some of you may or may not know, earlier this year, Spider-Man started sporting a very cool, new costume. In "Amazing Spider-Man" No. 30, writer J. Michael Straczynski goes into more detail about its abilities. The new duds are fire retardant, bulletproof to small calibur bullets, have mechanical spider legs coming out the back, and have a unique cloaking device that not only make Spider-Man hard to see but can also look like some of his older costumes.

Amy Metzger, Paul Morgan and Tanya Ziniewicz enter the bowels of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in search of a painting ... and the iron guy. Iron guy is Iron Man, a polychrome steel and wood sculpture by Martinsburg, W.Va., artist Charles Mortensen and the last of 83 works to be wheeled into the Groh Gallery in anticipation of the 70th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition. Question is, does the stone base Iron Man has been set upon complete the sculpture, or is it an inconsequential companion of the colorful - and heavy - piece.

Scrap iron man collects metal in Waynesboro By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer, Waynesboro photo: RICHARD T. MEAGHER / staff photographer WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Charlie Reynolds remembers when scrap iron paid top dollar. Reynolds, 47, of Waynesboro, makes his living driving around Franklin County, Pa., and parts of Washington county collecting scrap iron and other metals in his 32-year-old, beat-up Ford pickup. continued He hauls the material to recyclers in the area.

The iron-y of it all - Forrester puts away woods to win WACO By LARRY YANOS / Mail Sports Editor photo: KEVIN G. GILBERT / staff photographer Drew Forrester proved to be an iron man Sunday at Beaver Creek Country Club. Forrester discarded his driver after the fifth hole of the final round of the 17th annual Washington County Open Championship and used a 2-iron off the tee most of the remaining holes to claim the championship. continued The 37-year-old member of the Mount Pleasant Country Club near Baltimore carded a 71 Sunday and finished with a two-day total of 145. Greg Henry and Tim Reeves tied for second at 149. Forrester opened tournament play Saturday with a 74 and was one shot behind co-leaders Henry, Reeves and Kenny Smith entering Sunday.