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Bay Weekly Interview: Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele: In 2010, Michael Steele hopes to become Maryland’s first African American governor. Then, he says “the question will have to be asked, ‘Is Maryland ready?’ And history will either say, ‘I can make’ — or it will be up to us to make it.” Photo by Sara Kajs.

Bay Weekly Interview:
Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele
with Sandra Martin and Sara Kajs
Steele joined heavyweight ranks when he became the first African American to win statewide office in Maryland. He’d like to go all the way to the top.

Appreciations
Owen Carr IV
George Daly

A New Oyster’s Coming to Chesapeake Country
Virginia Approved to Plant One Million Asian Wonder Oysters
The Two Stories of Lynn Buhl:
Maryland Senate Will Write the Next Chapter
Coming Soon, a Dog Park Near You:
Pressed by Owners, County Ups Eventual Dog Park Count
Way Downstream
• In Virginia, what’s a 40-foot-long fin whale doing in the Elizabeth River?…
• In Chesapeake Bay, some island’s got growth in its future…
• This week’s Creature Feature: In Europe, pets soon may get a ticket — and tattoo — to ride.

Gambler’s Eponymous: Cruel Old Draco versus Dr. Faust	Hold on, Osama: My Safe Room’s Not Quite Ready
People Produce Pollution Another North Beach Motto All Should Indeed Serve — But Not Just in Military	In Season ~ Hermit Thrush (and lots more) story and illustration by Gary Pendleton
In Memory of Owen Carr IV by Sandra Martin, Sonia Linebaugh and Nancy Kelly; Appreciation ~ George Daly, May 13, 1923–February 18, 2003 By Sandra Martin with M.L. Faunce and Eric Smith	One book, two book, Old book, new book by April Falcon Doss; Ordinary Boys by Joseph Kelly