Features

The Rescuers

When disaster strikes, these dogs are ready for work

Michelle Steel

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake hit the capital city of the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere, dumping 19 million cubic yards of rubble and debris on Port au Prince, Haiti, and its people. Two-year-old German shepherd Racker, of Eastport, rushed to the disaster, along with search-and-rescue dogs from France and Mexico.

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– by Michelle Steel – 8/16/12

Shelter and Support

Resources for companion animals and their humans

Volunteers make Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties animal- and people-friendly communities. Here’s where to go to rescue an animal, find affordable care for your pet or help out.

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– by – 8/16/12

SPCA Dips a Paw into Creative Fundraising

Pups pose and plunge for the cause at family-friendly festival

Diana Beechener

Mindy Nelson admires the spirit of the thousands of charity-minded fundraisers who cast their warm bodies into the frigid waters of the Bay for Special Olympics every January. “I thought, wouldn’t it be fun if dogs could do that?” says Nelson, fundraising and event coordinator for Anne Arundel County’s own Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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– by Diana Beechener – 8/16/12

Our Fathers’ Legacies

One good story deserves another

Heather Boughey began our Father’s Day feature with her legendary tale of what her late father, our beloved columnist Bill Burton, left behind. Magnetically, her story attracted a half dozen others. Read on for the legacies bequeathed another icon, Bernie Fowler; a politician, Mike Miller; a riverkeeper, Fred Tutman; a mourning adult daughter, Donna Ware; a fledgling fourth generation journalist, Bay Weekly intern Jesse Furgurson; and a foster child of beloved relatives, Marjorie Johnson.

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– by – 6/14/12

Crossing the Bridge

It takes heart to run the MRE 0.05K, but the cause is good

Moe Reese Sendbak

It needn’t have been this way. But when the overlords of Annapolis rendered the Eastport Bridge useless in 1998, the good people of Eastport were in a quandary. That was the occasion for the cannon shot heard ’round the upper reaches of Spa Creek. Revolution was at hand.

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– by Moe Reese Sendbak – 5/17/12

Hunting Herptiles

Neighbors help rewrite Maryland’s Amphibian and Reptile Atlas

Sandra Lee Anderson

“Why am I always stuck in the mud?” asked five-year-old Xavier Dailey. Xavier was one of the youngest in the group of rummaging herptile hunters on the annual pilgrimage, this year to Kings Landing Park in Calvert County in search of amphibians and reptiles.

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– by Sandra Lee Anderson – 5/3/12

Memorable Moments

A look at the highs and lows along Bay Weekly’s 19 years

Sandra Olivetti Martin

1993 • New Bay Times born April 22 to Sandra Olivetti Martin, Bill Lambrecht and Alex Knoll and delivered every two weeks. • Bill Burton, just retired from the Evening Sun, hires on as outdoors columnist. New Bay Times stock soars.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 4/19/12

Good Dogs

The hardest part of raising a puppy to be a Companion dog is saying goodbye

Diana Beechener

Since birth, Eaton’s destiny has been to serve. The golden retriever-Labrador mix was bred to be a calm, focused and obedient companion to a human in need. Aspiring to join the 1,721 active Canine Companions for Independence teams, Eaton hopes to help a disabled owner live a fuller life. For duty’s sake, Eaton gave up a typical puppy-hood.

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– by Diana Beechener – 4/12/12

13 Days of Non-Stop Mayhem

Steve Carr

When we last checked on The Volvo Ocean Race, the 15-ton, 70-foot-long boats were safely in Abu Dhabi — after hopping a stealth freighter to avoid pirates in the Indian Ocean. Leg 3 begins with the usual in-port race in Abu Dhabi, home of the boat in second-to-last place, and continues to Sanya, China, home of the boat in last place.

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– by Steve Carr – 2/23/12

Bay Weekly’s Annual Groundhog’s Movie Guide

Enjoy the last six weeks of winter with these select Hollywood pairings

compiled and edited by Diana Beechener

Everything old is new again. In a world that has come to appreciate recycling as a life essential, is it any wonder that the film industry has adopted the reduce, recycle, reuse philosophy? Sometimes the story needs an update, a modern lens. Other times, a movie made so much money originally that there may be more cash to come. Then again, some studios would rather remake a foreign film than chance subtitles at the box office.

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– by compiled and edited by Diana Beechener – 2/2/12

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