Hi List, First, thank you for the well-wishes some of you sent. Whatever bug I caught seems to one that hangs on. My doc is treating numerous people every week who came down with the same bug back in Aug-Sept. like I did. We're all still sick due to the way this specific virus seems to change once it's in the body. Adult croup is very rare but occuring more frequently in adults (and it can kill in adults more than kids because it can make the throat tissues swell). It seems to start with croup then develop into a difficult to treat bronchitis after several weeks. Like in babies, this flu-based croup bug causes a distinctive dry persistent cough and shortness of breath as the primary 2 symptoms (throat and upper lung areas). It's hit in the middle NE states, first in school-age kids. So if you or someone you know has a dry hacking cough, it could be this bug. It is *highly* contagious since it is airborne and spread mostly by coughing. The same person can get sick over & over or it can seem to "get better" for a few days then gets worse again. Anyway... while I've been ill, I'm still slowly working on webpages. I haven't had the energy to do announcements so just check the sites every few weeks. I've mostly been doing cemeteries and obituaries. The last couple weeks, I've been trying to clean up a tombstone photo that Lola submitted -- and I'm getting stubborn to get the deceased's name! The tombstone face was/is pretty bad when she visited and took the photo. I've gotten the image cleaned up a lot using a photo program-- but unfortunately, it's still too messy to read an inscription. I wondered if someone who lives down in/near Washpa could go out before the weather turns colder and take some more pictures for me-- and take many photos from as many angles as you can? Also, I need the person who goes to really look at the "shield" area and footer of the stone to see if it possibly has more recent (1950s to 1990s) graffiti overlapping the original engraving on the stone. The shield outline is very distinctive-- just think of one of the PA Interstate signs and it's a similar shape as what's on the stone. If someone does go to take photos, Lola's directions to the location are on the WashPAGenWeb with the cemeteries. This one is in Cooke Burial Ground. The basic location is: The sign in the cemetery is visible from Interstate 79 north before the Meadowlands exit. From intersection at Rt. 19 South at Washington Mall/Home Depot, make right onto Oak Springs Road. At end of Oak Springs Rd. at intersection, make a right onto Locust Ave. Travel a few hundred feet and make a left onto Country Club Rd. (Proceed to Enterprise Rd. a short ways past Fairway Drive.) Make left onto Enterprise Road. The cemetery is over the hill behind the Washington Country Club Clubhouse. It's in a thicket-- i.e. a path goes through an opening of trees. Like I said, I'm getting stubborn with trying to "read" this stone from the photo. Since it has the PA Shield (from the PA State Seal), it's likely a soldier's grave so I'd really like to ID him. The tombstone is in the center of the cemetery near Hon. Isaac Leet who died June 1844-- but I'm pretty sure it does NOT have the name Leet on it. The graves at Cook aren't my family, but-- I guess I love a challenge. LOL Thank you in advance if you go out to do the photos. Judy -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/