Volume 15, Issue 3 ~ January 18 - January 24, 2007

Features:

Anne Arundel’s black heroes live among us as statues with legacies to pass down and with lessons to teach. story by Ben Miller • photos by Cathy C. Miller

A Visionary for Chesapeake Waters

Anne Pearson’s persistence erodes apathy — and earns a top award. by Carrie Madren

Way Downstream ~ Signs coming on Rt. 2 to help you find your way to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. … 50,000 tiny soft crabs are very wrong, say the Feds who’ve seized the illegal catch … Powerboaters alert: Here’s how boats sink … And last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature, From China, the invasive emerald ash borer, now in Maryland, could mean death for America’s ash trees.

Departments:

Letters • Editorial • Bay Reflections

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ A cactus for all seasons: Christmas cacti will bloom again for Easter.

Bill Burton ~ Smoked out: We smokers have a right to be paranoid; they are after us.

The Sporting Life ~ What El Niño might mean for 2007 fishing: I’m dreaming of fine, early fishing. by Dennis Doyle

Earth Talk ~ Don your organics: Eco-Clothes don’t need to be dowdy.

Tidelog® • Sky Watch ~ A ring of great winter lights; Six bright stars round out the Great Winter Circle. by J. Alex Knoll

8 Days a Week ~ Bay Weekly’s gguide to good times. by Carrie Madren with Aubree Stafford

Flickerings ~ Jonathan Parker on Pan’s Labyrinth: This fairy tale for adults is a fascinating visual spectacle with a story that keeps us engaged from beginning to end.