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Article - Bay Weekly Interviews; by Ashley Brotherton - 9/20/12

Pedaling to London and Beyond

After competing in the Paralympics, Annapolitan Clark Rachfal is eager to see where else tandem cycling takes him

Paralympian Clark Rachfal came home to Annapolis from the London Paralympic Games Sunday, September 15.     Rachfal, 29, was diagnosed with Leber’s congenital amaurosis when he was four. The degenerative eye disease has slowly taken his sight, leaving only fuzzy outlines on his periphery.     “I can see less than I saw yesterday, and more than tomorrow,” he says.     Leber’s hasn’t stopped Rachfal, who won last year...
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Article - News; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/13/12

Talking Trash

Annapolis jumps on the once-a-week bandwagon

This bandwagon is a trash truck, and it’s picking up speed in Maryland     On September 10, the city of Annapolis reduced its trash and recycling pickup from two days to once a week.     Anne Arundel County made the same move in June, reaping countians a savings of $17 on their solid-waste disposal fee, now $298.     Annapolitans will do better in increased saving and services. With the city’s switch from government to private pick-up...
Article - Gardening; by Sandra Lee Anderson - 9/13/12

From Your Garden

Who Ate the Cantaloupe?

Something has been nibbling on husband Charlie’s cantaloupe. I suspected the squirrels, and Charlie blamed mice or voles. Friend Fritz Riedel happened to snap another candidate: an eastern box turtle. It’s circumstantial evidence, but very convincing. Charlie’s conclusion is a new twist on the fable of the turtle and the hare: Turtles are faster than humans at getting to a ripe cantaloupe.     –Sandra Lee Anderson, St. Leonard What’s growing in...
Article - Creature Feature; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/13/12

This Weeks Creature Feature ... The Cutest Fish in...

Meet Facebook favorite Puff

There are many fish in the sea. The census of the Chesapeake extends to the thousands, filling 324 pages of Fishes of Chesapeake Bay.     But few are as cute as the young northern puffer John Mayer, captain of the charter fishing boat Marauder, caught in the Patuxent River about six miles above Solomons.     This little fish was so cute that Mayer carried him in a bucket to Calvert Marine Museum, which agreed to a rare adoption. “Walk-in identifications are...
Article - News; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/13/12

Kennedy Center Debut for Londontowne Symphony...

Local musicians join Iraqi conductor for a Musical Dialogue Between Nations

What’s a small-town orchestra doing at a place like this?     You usually hear the Londontowne Symphony Orchestra at South River or Annapolis High School.     This weekend, the community-based orchestra of some 80 local professional, community and student musicians plays the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.     “This will put us on the map,” says Anna Binneweg, Londontowne’s conductor and a professor at Anne Arundel...
Article - History & Lore; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/13/12

Get to Know a Waterman

The Bay’s endangered humans come to life in these exhibits

Once upon a time, if you lived in Chesapeake Country, you probably worked the water. Nowadays, you probably don’t. Statistics are against it.     Open the current edition of Waterman’s Gazette, and smack in the center of the monthly publication of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, you’ll read the legend: Endangered Species: Watermen of the Chesapeake. On the same page, right next to photos of real live specimens of this endangered species, you’ll...
Article - Green Living; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/6/12

Saving the Bay Foot by Foot

Grants to restore shorelines multiply dollars and deeds

Restoring the Bay is like cleaning house: We do it chore by chore.     Fortunately, the Bay multiplies much of the effort we put into it. Put water in motion and it keeps moving. Put $800,000 into shoreline restorations, and the grants multiply dollars and deeds.     The dozen new shoreline restoration grants in Maryland and four in Virginia are putting that money to work, multiplying the momentum.     This Bay chore is supported by the Chesapeake...
Article - Gardening; by Doug Sisk - 9/6/12

From Your Garden

Doug Sisk’s Towering Tomatoes

Those plants that are taller than me were all volunteers sewn by last year’s plants.     They say hybrid plants might not be as strong as their parents, but I’ve had pretty good luck. The UPS driver wanted to know if I got my topsoil from Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. I think it’s just the right amount of sun and shade per day, but if other farmers want to know, I rotilled one bag of 10-10-10 soil conditioner into my 25-by-25 garden plot on an 80-degree...
Article - News; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 9/6/12

Whoever Fixed That Up Deserves a Thank You

Nominate champions of preservation for Calvert historic awards

Calvert County sped up in the last quarter of the 20th century, zooming from a fishing and farming county of 15,826 in 1960 to a D.C. exburb of 88,737 people. In the 1990s, Calvert was Maryland’s fastest-growing county.     Yet its rural ways are part of its appeal, as well as its identity, so keeping its heritage alive in a new century is a priority. It’s also a job for Kirsti Uunila, who goes to work every day as Calvert’s historic preservation planner....
Article - Creature Feature; by Ashley Brotherton - 9/6/12

This Weeks Creature Feature ... The Foundling...

How a baby squirrel at the doorstep stole our hearts

Bay Weekly has acquired a furry friend, an orphaned baby squirrel. He (or she?) first caught our attention when he was stretched across the screen of our front window. We heard his cries through the open windows. Once our awhs stopped, we went back to work.     When the mailman came with his delivery later that day, he stepped over the squirrlel to get through our front door.     With mother nowhere in sight and baby crying at our door step, we decided to take...
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