NBT Archives Issues 11-15

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Archived here are the bulk of each 1998 issue, excluding time-sensitive material, such as Sky Watch and Good Bay Times. Please use the sidebar at left to select an issue.

Volume VI Number 11 March 19-25, 1998

On Our Cover Leslie Bradley and Jeffrey Watson dance Igor Stravinsky's Rites of Spring at Ballet Theatre of Annapolis. See them for yourself as spring breaks, March 20 or 21 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. Beauregard's photo courtesy of Ballet Theatre of Annapolis.
Celebrating Women's History Month - Calvert County Decorates its Her-oes What makes a woman a leader? Glover's retrospective on five women honored by Calvert County's Commission on Women during its 16-year history reveals that achievers follow in the footsteps of supportive family members, mentors or role-models - especially mothers and teachers.
Dock of the Bay Maryland Honors Her Her-oes, Adding Five to Women's Hall of Fame · Anne Arundel Women of Color Get a Bit of Their Due · At Black & Blue Ball, Motorcyclists Raise Big Bucks to fight Muscular Dystrophy · plus, Way Downstream ... In New Jersey, Pick 6 for Mother Nature In Oregon, look who's "flushed with embarrassment" In New Mexico, desecrating Petroglyph National Monument Park In California, Marines scale cliffs and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: Wind farms aren't for the birds.
Editorial Will Annapolis Scandals "Fetch" Better Ways?
Letters to the Editor One More Abercrombie Legend; How Wet Was It?; Ellen Bashin' Time
Bay Reflection Maryland's Vanishing Cliffs
Burton on the Bay In the Movies - Burton Said Yes; Tangier No
Earth Journal Untimely Things
Not Just for Kids Learn about Theseus, hero of ancient Greek mythology, and the story of his battle with Minotaur. Puzzle through a maze to find Theseus's exit.

Volume VI Number 12 March 16 - April 1, 1998

On Our Cover: Smiling or not, this is what a bald eagle looks like. Look high in the tallest trees along the Bay to see cousins of this mature fellow, who's carried his fish dinner to his perch. Photo by Craig Koppie, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Close Encounters of the Avian Kind America's proudest symbol, bald eagles are returning to Chesapeake Country, where they find habitat they like: wetlands, open water and a great big sky to circle in the drafts of air. But even as we rejoice in their return, it's well to remember that the bald eagle's only natural enemy is us.
Dock of the Bay Bats and Trowels on Opening Day: Homestead "Colors" Play at Oriole · Coffee Beans for Caffeine Fiends · As Prez Seeks Safe Haven, AA Dems Party in Rose Haven · In Calvert, Four More Her-oes Named · In Annapolis, Chamber Music in Memory of Sara Watkins · In Southern Maryland, Village Doctor Chronicles Historic Villages · plus, Way Downstream ... In Michigan, some noses out of joint over Great Lake Champlain In California, score two for Mother Nature but deduct one from San Francisco's Russian Orthodox nuns In Massachusetts, kids prefer polar bears to Pilgrims and last but not least, this week's Featured Creature: Maine lobsters. Will today's feast mean tomorrow's famine?
Editorial New Bay Times Birthday Bivalve Bash Only Five Weeks Hence: The Countdown Begins & You're Invited!
Letters to the Editor NBT Beats Online Blues; Let's Hear It for Bad News
Bay Reflection He Had a Dream ... that there be dialogue, not a monologue. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
Burton on the Bay Behold this Eagle
Chesapeake Outdoors Farewell to Lady D
Not Just for Kids Travel to Antarctica, Russia, England, Tanzania and more when you read about Tidewater School's Pretend World Tour.

Volume VI Number 13 April 2-8, 1998

On Our Cover: A good book like The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash is not just for kids. Gov. Parris Glendening's reading it at least two dozen times this year as he reads to kids in every Maryland county plus, of course, Baltimore in his Reading Across Maryland program. Here the governor reads to Karen Strandquist's first-grade class at Annapolis Elementary School. Photo by Stephen B. Armstrong.
Marina Dreams: NBT's Guide for Picking a Home for Your Boat With 589 miles of shoreline and 15,000 slips, Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties make a boater's second-biggest decision deliciously complicated.
Dock of the Bay At Roedown Races, All Who Showed Won · Horseshoes Find Friends in High Places · It's Safe to Go Back in the Water: After Axing by State, Venerable Cruising Guide Is Back · Spring Splash: Don't Be Reckless, Read This Checklist · plus, Way Downstream ... Without Clinton Administration, "fishing factories" won't shut down Among Great Lakes, Lake Champlain's out of luck In Florida, conservation wins one, development another and last but not least, this week's Creature Features: bighorn sheep in the North Dakota Badlands could use a little less company.
Editorial Gen. Gary: A New Drug Warrior Suits Up For Battle
Letters to the Editor Never Too Late for a Good Word; Advice to Weirdo: Shermans Fought on Both Sides; Are Lascivious Lentils Behind the President's Libido?
Commentary Must Anne Arundel County Grow? Part 2
Burton on the Bay Bunny Love: Don't Take It Lightly
Earth Journal Spring Fever is Just Another Name for Spring Cleaning
Not Just for Kids Gov. Glendening goes back to school! Check out cool Maryland Did You Know? facts and a neat word search.

Volume VI Number 14 April 9-15 1998

On Our Cover: Greg Hatza lives two lives. By day, he's a tai chi master, finding physical, mental and emotional strength in the meditative martial art. By night, he's a jazz master, coordinating hands and feet to play the organ while leading the four members of The Greg Hatza Organization. Photos by Betsy Kehne and N. Knoll.
NBT Profile: Greg Hatza by Nathaniel Knoll From music to martial arts, this Marylander has all the right moves.
Dock of the Bay New Maestro Speaks: Annapolis Symphony to 'Fine-Tune' · Goings-On in Bay Country: Puzzled by Worldly Machinations? Read a Great Book · Gov. Enriches Calvert Parks w/$400k Nest Egg · Bernie's a Bay Hero · NBT Ads Take 7 Awards · plus, Way Downstream ... In the U.K. turning chicken manure into electricity In Virginia, Chesapeake Bay has a friend at last In Alaska, climbers trash Mt. McKinley In Mexico, Norwegian Cruise Ship Line pays damages to the Great Maya Reef and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: now playing in Florida, the Mystery of the Unhatched Alligator Eggs.
Editorial Chapman's Landing: Glendening's Big Score
Letters to the Editor Help SPCA Raise $50,000 May 17; On Guns, Del. Owings Should Think Again
Commentary Give Nature a Chance: The Case for Federal Wetlands Protection
Burton on the Bay It's Do-It-Yourself Time - Time to catch, clean, cook and eat your own rock
Chesapeake Outdoors Dishonor for Chesapeake Country
Not Just for Kids Learn about Passover, Pascha and Easter. Sneak a peek at a V.I.B. and Little Bo Peep.

Maryland Poet Laureate Volume VI Number 15 April 16-22, 1998

NBT Interview: Poet Laureate Roland Flint with Sandra Martin -- In which the poet reminds us that times of need, whether great or small, for whatever kind of inspiration, people still turn to poetry.
Dock of the Bay Linda Gray Has a Hammer; Habitat to Build Again · Opening Day: This Year's Baysox More than a "Minor" Attraction · Green is Good and Good for You · Isabelle and Sydney Fly Away Home · On the Bay: Making Every Day Earth Day · plus, Way Downstream ... In San Francisco, Russian Orthodox nuns compromise with Mother Nature While in Portola, California Department of Fish and Game makes war on Lake Davis and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: Baltimore Orioles play ball for Baltimore orioles.
Editorial Adios General Assembly: Two Strokes For Bay Folks
Letters to the Editor Another Eagle Counted; He's Back: GOP's Parran to Run Again; Getting to the Corps in Wetlands
Bay Reflection For Arbor & Earth Days: Living Trees and Loving Memories
Burton on the Bay Rockfish Luck Returns
Earth Journal For Better or Worse, Everything's Hopping
Not Just for Kids Learn about the Summit School's 6th grade community, a world of teamwork and making a difference. Mayo Elementary School celebrates spring.

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