Volume 13, Issue 23 ~ June 9 - 15, 2005

On Our Cover:

  • Ocean Day Celebration Learn about whales, discover otters and build your own model boat and whale puppets at the Calvert Marine Museum
  • Bernie Fowler Day Wade into the Patuxent River
    with the man who started it all

This Week's Lead Story:

The Lost Boys of Sudan
These orphans escaped Sudan’s death squads, survived years in the wilderness, waited years more in refugee camps only to find themselves home in Annapolis. by Janice F. Booth

Why Can’t We Save the Bay
Tom Horton revisits the Chesapeake in National Geographic; reviewed by Dick Wilson

A Second Helping of Free Food for Thought on Living Waters
The water giveth and the water taketh away; by Sandra Olivetti Martin

Features:

Heart, Sea Legs and Half a Million Dollars
That’s what it takes to join the historic sailing race from Annapolis to Newport; by Maureen Miller

Wade a Minute
Sneaking into Better Water; by Carrie Steele

Way Downstream ~ Governor Ehrlich’s right hand signs memorandum of understanding to improve air quality — while his left blocks Maryland from suing for air relief … Meanwhile, Gov. E. strips Big Brother of night-vision goggles … Congressman Ben Cardin stages a love-in at City Dock … Crisfield considers a public ferry across the Bay … And, last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature: South African goats help Silver Spring fight invasive flora.

Summer Guide:

The Bay Weekly Summer Guide:
Its Here! Bayweekly's 2005 Summer Guide: 101 Fun Things for Adults and Kids to Do this Summer

Departments:

Editorial Letters to the Editor Commentary

EarthTalk ~ Sharpshooting pests

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ Too mulch of a good thing: Death by competition

Weekly Crab Forecast ~Crabs wait for warm water; by M.L. Faunce

Bill Burton ~ Fast as a pit stop at Daytona: An old timer remembers when newspapers were hot off the presses

Way Downstream ~ Governor Ehrlich’s right hand signs memorandum of understanding to improve air quality — while his left blocks Maryland from suing for air relief … Meanwhile, Gov. E. strips Big Brother of night-vision goggles … Congressman Ben Cardin stages a love-in at City Dock … Crisfield considers a public ferry across the Bay … And, last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature: South African goats help Silver Spring fight invasive flora.

Tidelog® Sky Watch ~Walking with the moon; by J. Alex Knol

Earth Journal ~Taking a chance on peas; by Gary Pendleton

8 Days a Week ~ Bay Weekly’s guide to good times; by Carrie Steele

Music Scene ~ Bob Dylan at Prince George’s Stadium “Forever Young”? Nope; preview by Jesse Rifkin

Curtain Call

Flickerings ~ Parker on Cinderella Man: “Corny, sure; but with professionals like Howard and Crowe, it’s a knockout.”

Bay Weekly Summer Guide ~ 101 Fun Things to Do this Summer

Free Will Astrology©

News of the Weird©

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