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Dad’s on the Job

In celebration of Father’s Day, dads from 19 to 94 tell us what they like best about the job

Shocking the Conscience

Jet correspondent Simeon Booker tells of his front-line reporting on the war for Civil Rights

Phoebes Take On UFOs

The dads take fatherhood seriously, too

Renovated Rehab

Animal sanctuary gets Bay-friendly upgrade

Bernie Fowler: Father of Patuxent Recovery

Fatherhood is a lifelong calling

Dads: Teach Your Children to Garden

It’s a lesson for life

I took a nice boat ride up the Severn River last week, exploring the smaller creeks on the north side of the river and swimming in some of the deeper holes. This is the best time to explore the upper Chesapeake, before the dreaded sea nettles take over. Kudzu has already invaded large tracts along the river. In some places, like over by Rugby Hall, the shoreline resembles a giant Chia pet. Native trees and bushes have been smothered by the lush green leaves of doom that grow about a foot...

Article - Where We Live by Steve Carr; by Steve Carr; 7/8/10

Never, Ever, Leave Fish to Find Fish

Forgetting that maxim, this dummy went home hungry

It had been a simple plan: Start out before dawn; catch some small Norfolk spot for live-lining; locate a pod of rockfish; catch two keepers; get off the water before the temps hit 100. I’d done it before, and that formula had been a sure route to success. However, all the parts had to cooperate to make my plan work. The before-dawn part was easily accomplished, though the gods know I don’t care for getting up in the dark. But after I had launched and began my bait search, I...

Article - Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle; by Dennis Doyle; 7/15/10

Sky Watch-Twilight’s Alignment

This week, the west is best

The sun this week passes a psychological yardstick, setting at 8:30 Friday and then a little less than a minute earlier each night. The sun’s exit, stage right, is the parting of the night’s curtain, revealing a stage full of luminaries. The waxing moon reveals a shadow of itself even in the glare of twilight, high in the southwest at week’s end. Thursday it shines just a few degrees below Mars and 10 degrees to the right of golden Saturn. Venus, unmistakably brilliant...

Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll; 7/15/10

The Osprey Saga-

Week 18: He — or She — Is a Big Baby

Junior is getting really big. He’s over half the size of his mother now, and is working his father hard to satisfy his ever-increasing appetite for fish, which his mother still feeds him one bite at a time. He was awkwardly stretching his wings out the other day; it won’t be long now before his mother will have him flapping his wings to develop his flight muscles. In case you wondered, even in hot weather, ospreys don’t need to drink water. They get enough from the...

Article - Osprey Saga by M.C. Koblos; by M.C. Koblos; 7/15/10

Correspondence

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Loving Books Dear Bay Weekly: I jumped right into your SummerReading Guide [July 1]. For MalcolmGladwell, under Documentaries CanRead Like Novels, I’d pick Outliersover your choice, The Tipping Point.The life list is a great idea. I wrote upmy list the same night I read yours. –Jenny Cook, Durham, NC - Loved Love a River Dear Bay Weekly: I loved your editorial Love a River in the June 24 issue of Bay Weekly. It’s absolutely beautiful! I’ve been reading Ageless...

Article - Correspondence; by correspondence; 7/15/10

Point and Click for Maryland Destinations

Plan your trip at www.visitmaryland.org/map

With many summer days to fill, do you ponder what to do, where to go? There is a lot to do in Maryland, with guidance now just a point and click away. Find your way to www.visitmaryland.org/map and the rest is easy. Unveiled by Governor Martin O’Malley, the Visit Maryland Interactive Map presents Maryland’s collection of natural, cultural, heritage and recreational resources in a user-friendly format. Choose an area or destination, move the cursor over the icon and click. Up pops a...

Article - News; by Margaret Tearman; 7/15/10

Back to the Woods

More trees mean better water

Once upon a time, the land surrounding Rockhold Creek’s headwaters in Southern Anne Arundel County was densely wooded. Over generations, the land was cleared for agriculture and pasture. This fall, that land will begin the return to its roots with the planting of 12,000 new trees. The path to the reforestation project was cleared by recent legislation requested by County Executive John R. Leopold that eliminates a restriction on the use of reforestation money paid by developers....

Article - News; by Margaret Tearman; 7/15/10

One Grand Dame

Within the Order of the Eastern Star, jewelry store owner Jean Chance wields power to do good

For 40 years, Jean Chance has been the grand dame of W. R. Chance Jewelers on Main Street, Annapolis, the family business started by her husband’s father more than 60 years ago. Now, she’s gained a grander title: Worthy Grand Dame of the Grand Chapter of Maryland Order of the Eastern Star. The Order of the Eastern Star is a tradition from her side of the family; her grandparents, father, aunts and uncles all belonged to the fraternal organization now numbering one million...

Article - News; by Amy Russell; 7/15/10

Hearing Hope in the Melody

Musicians Carolyn Surrick, Ginger Hildebrand
and Sue Richards perform to soothe wounded warriors

Before we go inside, viola da gamba player Carolyn Surrick touches my arm. With serious eyes and concern in her voice, she lays out the facts: Most of the people I’m about to see have been injured horribly. On some, the scars will be invisible; on others, all too visible. Her message is implicit: Don’t freak out. She tells me this not for my benefit but for the benefit of her audience, the residents of Walter Reed’s Mologne House, where she and sister Ensemble...

Article - News; by Diana Beechener; 7/15/10

Plants Need Clean Air, Too

The spate of Code Orange days have our plants gasping for breath

A Bay Weekly reader asked me why his Heritage birch was dropping its leaves despite the fact that it was under irrigation. The answer was simple: air pollution. The Heritage birch is a clone of river birch, and river birch trees are extremely sensitive to ozone and sulfur dioxide. Since the middle of June, we have experienced several days of Code Orange, and in early July we have also experienced Code Red. This means that air pollutants are sufficiently high to affect humans, and the...

Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Frank Gouin; 7/15/10

Dad’s on the Job

Shocking the Conscience

Phoebes Take On UFOs

Renovated Rehab

Bernie Fowler: Father of Patuxent Recovery

Dads: Teach Your Children to Garden

The Alien that Ate America

Never, Ever, Leave Fish to Find Fish

Sky Watch-Twilight’s Alignment

The Osprey Saga-

Correspondence

Point and Click for Maryland Destinations

Back to the Woods

One Grand Dame

Hearing Hope in the Melody

Plants Need Clean Air, Too

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