  Bay Reflections
From Shoes to Marriage to Graveyards
Measuring 9/11’s changes, by standards small and large
  One Child at a Time
Sandi Shanahan is reforming health care through sheer strength of personality
Any given Tuesday, you can find pediatric nurse practitioner Shanahan doing routine exams, diagnosing and treating illness and prescribing medications. She logs over 300 visits annually, half with ongoing patients. The children she sees range in age from infancy to 19. Most are Latino, from five or six different countries. Another 10 percent are African American or Asian.
 Sit a Spell and Remember
Benches on the North Beach boardwalk commemorate eight local Naval Intelligence workers lost in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon
On North Beach's boardwalk, along the long pier that juts out into the Bay, the plaques on these memorial benches bear the same date: September 11, 2001.
 Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Proper hand hygiene can save you from the flu
In the battle against bacteria, trust no one. Just because a surface or person looks clean does not mean that they are devoid of bacteria. Seemingly innocent objects such as telephones, keyboards, elevator buttons and doorknobs are rife with bacteria.
 Dock of the Bay
Go Fish: Fort Smallwood Park’s fishing pier takes Bill Burton’s name . . . A Fifth Century for Maryland Tobacco: Our traditional crop hangs on by a leaf . . . Our Hapless Neighbors: Better ways to avoid paying beach admission . . . This week’s Creature Feature: Pets breathe a little easier with new oxygen masks . . .
Earth Journal
Red-Winged Blackbirds
The brightest contributor to autumn’s blackbird flocks
Beginning in the fall, huge mixed flocks of blackbirds form. Red-winged and rusty blackbirds, grackles and others gather into massive clouds of birds. These clouds of countless black specks stretch and bend as they move through the air, sometimes breaking apart and reforming as if controlled by a magnetic force.
Spotlight on Theatre
2nd Star Productions’ The Dinnter Party
Levity is seasoned with solemnity in The Dinner Party. It should be a gourmet spread, and the opening is strong. Yet we guests leave still hungry for more.
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