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Article - News; by Ashley Brotherton - 8/23/12

Little Places Do Big Things

500,000 pounds of food feeds a lot of hunger

The seven shopping carts donated by Dickinson Jewelers customers early this month are long gone. “All of the food collected by Dickinson’s has already been distributed to local food pantries,” said Jacqueline Hahn of End Hunger in Calvert County. “That’s how fast it happens and how great the need is.” So great that End Hunger, housed at Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown, is distributing 500,000 pounds to Calvert County...

Article - News; by Jane Elkin and Sandra Olivetti Martin - 8/23/12

Money from Heaven

$1.1 million in bequests mean possibilities for Colonial Players and Maryland Hall

Dr. Roland Riley, a chiropractor in Annapolis for close to a half century, was a man of deep and quiet loyalties. He was also a theater lover. A 1942 graduate of Annapolis High School, he returned as a dedicated performance-goer after his alma mater’s transformation to Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. At The Colonial Players, Dr. Bob — who did not care for his given name — took a more active role. There, he was a volunteer sound...

Article - Bay Weekly Interviews; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 8/23/12

North of $15 Million

Hard Traveler Kenn Roberts on making — and giving away — millions

Bay Weekly: The Hard Travelers are in their second life. How is this one different? Kenn Roberts: Buddy Renfro and I had been listening to the Kingston Trio when we started the Hard Travelers in 1958 in the basement of the Phi Delt house at the University of Maryland. We were young guys grasping for notoriety and a career in music. Now nobody’s looking to get discovered. It’s all about playing this original music for people and using that to raise money for...

Article - People; by Ashley Brotherton - 8/23/12

Sitting Tall in the Saddle

Exceptional Hero inspires friends, classmates to support Maryland Therapeutic Riding

Katie Parry loves going to the movies and shopping with her sister. But what the 21-year-old loves most is riding horses. Katie, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, first climbed into the saddle at two years old, following the example of older sister Dayna. She had been riding in a county program for three years when her mother, Deborah, stumbled across Maryland Therapeutic Riding while flipping through a phone book looking for a tutor. Maryland...

Article - Creature Feature; by Peggy Lyles - 8/16/12

This Week’s Creature Feature ... Piper

Bay Weekly Route Dog

Piper, who has been on the Bay Weekly masthead as a distributor since 2007, knows when it’s Thursday. She picks up her leash, route sheet, and she’s ready. She watches over distribution partner Jim Lyles’ shoulder just to be sure he does it right. You can’t always trust humans to do everything correctly, you know. Us dogs must watch carefully. Many people along the Northern Calvert route know she’s in the van and ask about her. She’s very...

Article - Good Living; by Vicki L. Marsh - 8/16/12

Stretching Your Comfort Zone: Adopting a Rescue Dog

To bring Teddy home, this old dog had to learn new tricks

My pledge never to have another pet didn’t last a year. My favorite dog died of congestive heart failure last July. No more pets for me. My heart can’t stand the loss, I pledged. I still shed a tear when I remember Damien, my black Pomeranian. By February, an empty feeling invaded again. Time for another pet. This time I pledge to save a life. Never having had a rescue dog, I visited the library for books on dog ownership....

Article - Features; by Diana Beechener - 8/16/12

SPCA Dips a Paw into Creative Fundraising

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

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. But she preferred warmer weather for the dog day and family festival that...

Article - Features; by - 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. Anne Arundel County Rude Ranch Animal Rescue Center This no-kill shelter’s mission is to find loving and permanent homes for any adoptable animal, to rescue feral cats and to help with low-cost spay and neutering. 3200 Ivy Way, Harwood 410-798-9559; www.ruderanch.org SPCA of Anne...

Article - Features; by Michelle Steel - 8/16/12

The Rescuers

When disaster strikes, these dogs are ready for work

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. Racker worked at night over deep voids traversing a bridge made from a wrought-iron scroll fence. Search-and-rescue dogs like...

Article - History & Lore; by Ashley Brotherton - 8/16/12

Take Flight in a Time Machine

A World War II B-17 seeks passengers for flights over Baltimore

This is what flying feels like. I’m soaring 1800 feet above Chesapeake Bay in a plane that 70 years ago housed soldiers — and 50 years later actors. The Liberty Foundation is touring with the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 built in World War II. Restored to replicate the original Memphis Belle, it’s one of 13 B-17 still flying. The Liberty Foundation travels from city to city, raising awareness for World War II veterans...