Local Bounty 2007
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Volume 15, Issue 47 ~ November 22 - November 28, 2007
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Going South
Both osprey and snowbirds are in vacation mode, resting and relaxing, in their southern digs. Their northern residence is truly home, with months full of responsibilities and work.
by Maureen Miller
Volunteer Vocations
As the season of giving begins, Bay Weekly offers a primer on volunteering beyond the copier. From helping construct a dream home to reading stories to cats, here’s a starter on odd and interesting avenues to your volunteer vocation.
by Diana Beechener
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What’s Good for the Deer is Good for the Doe
There’s no gender bias among deer hunters
Thanks to Walt Disney, hunters refer to it as the Bambi Syndrome. Ever since the popular flick featuring the hardships of a motherless fawn, the big sorrowful eyes of Hollywood’s Bambi are fixed in the minds of non-hunters.
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Ring Around the Flower Pot
The mystery of the African violets’ burned leaves
At a recent garden club lecture, a member of the club showed me a large African violet growing in a five-inch clay pot. The top edge of the pot was heavily encrusted with a white powder, several large bottom leaves were wilting and the stems appeared scorched. What was causing the white powder to accumulate on the rim of the pot, she wondered. Was whatever it was killing the leaves?
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Is Rubber Duckie a Ticking Chemical Time Bomb?
Many plastics aren’t as harmless as they look
Recent concerns surrounding toxic chemicals in children’s toys have focused on phthalates (pronounced THA-lates), a group of chemical compounds typically added to plastics to increase their softness and flexibility, and bisphenol A (BPA), a building block for polycarbonate plastic that is used primarily in shatter-resistant baby bottles.
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Our Celestial Neighbors
Planets and the moon brighten these dark nights
Darkness descends before 4:48 this week, revealing the last visage of Jupiter clinging to the west-southwest horizon. Within a week, the gaseous giant slips from view, not to return to view until the new year, when it emerges before the sun in pre-dawn skies.
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Fishing’s Last Hurrah
Last chances for food fishing and eating
I picked up a small but plump golden-brown fillet from the heaping platter and dipped it in my favorite sauce, fresh, homemade tartar. Biting off half of the crispy delight, I was reminded of why I love to catch white perch. The rascals are simply delicious.
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Earth Journal by Gary Pendleton |
Kale Comes into Its Own
This time of year, it’s good to look at and good to eat
The kale patch is really coming into its own now. Planted in the early spring, it complimented the other spring greens but went largely unused because we had plenty of lettuce and spinach. continue reading...
Way Downstream
Tom Horton follows John Smith’s path … Two Anne Arundel County parks – the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Trail and Kinder Farm Park – share $2 million worth of Open Space improvements … Project Open Space also buys Calvert County place for its first indoors swimming pool … Know your firewood — for your dollars’ and your forests’ sake … a new knucklehead in the news … plus, this week’s Creature Feature: Hard times for our own Bay blue crabs.
Editorial
Bay Fund Sweetens Bitter Pill of New Taxes
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Reflection
What Do We Do When Our Hearts Are Broken?
Steps to saving our children’s lives
by Albert ‘Abby’ Ybarra
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Curtain Call
2nd Star Productions’ Pirates is a solid gold treasure.
reviewed by Jane Elkin
Dining Guide 2007
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News of the Weird
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Free Will Astrology
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