The Baltimore-Annapolis Trail saved Tom Caraker’s life. In 2000, Type II diabetes and multiple strokes tormented the now 81-year-old, depriving him of feeling in his hands. Defying the doctor’s orders he dug a mountain bike out of his shed and went riding through Severna Park. Squeezing handbrakes brought back first tingling, then full feeling.
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Maryland Olympians swelled with power and pride in competition among 6,500 athletes from 165 countries at this summer’s Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.
    “I became a leader,” says Chris Dooley of Denton. In competition, the kayaker won a bronze medal in his 200-meter singles race.
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Annapolis is making such strides in advancing fitness that First Lady Michelle Obama ranks our capital city as a top community in her signature Let’s Move! initiative. The honor means healthier citizens — plus White House visits for city movers and shakers.
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When a new school comes to your neighborhood, you can’t help but wonder what your tax dollars have bought. In Lothian, you paid for a LEED Silver certified sleek, sophisticated and thoroughly modern school that keeps up with the 21st century in hopes that the kids studying there will, too. It is the only new school built in either Anne Arundel or Calvert counties this year. The cost? Only $31.7 million.
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