New Bay Times Archives
Volume VI
Number 16 April 23-29, 1998
- On Our Cover: The Alchemy of Composting - by Betsy
Kehne. Composting is pretty satisfying to most anybody who does it, but
Mother Earth's magic stirred an especially responsive chord in Betsy Kehne.
- Feeding the Earth Three Essays for Earth Day '98 ·
We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands - by
Dr. Aref Abdul-Baki · Farmer Jon's Composting
Primer - by Jon Traunfeld· If I Can
Compost, Anybody Can - by Besty Kehne
- Dock of the Bay On Opening Day, Too Many Fish in the Bay? · If This Is
Spring, Those Are Peepers · In Our Neighborhoods: Cedar Grove Church
Grows by Pains & Miracles · plus, Way Downstream ... In the
Everglades, El Nino rains out wading birds In let them eat whale In Utah,
Robert Redford open some spaces From India, advice on closing the energy
loop and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: Skunk-lovers
plan ahead for next year's National Show.
- Editorial A.A. Attitude: Fat, Sassy and Wanting to Stay That Way
- Letters to the Editor Peace, Harmony and Chocolate; Compost,
Don't Burn, Chicken Litter; Alaskan Caught Up in the Web
- Bay Reflection Earth Week Homage When White Pines Were
the Redwoods of Chesapeake Country
- Burton on the Bay Bill Burton's Trophy Rockfish Tips
- Earth Journal Earth's Clock Keeps Steady Time, Even
in Warpy Spring
- Not Just for Kids Read a few poems by local children, in honor
of April, National Poetry Month. Celebrate Earth Day with a spiffy word
search.
Volume VI Number
17 April 30 - May 6, 1998
On
Our Cover: The life and times of Chesapeake
Bay oysters. From upper left: 1.) A 19th century oyster montage; 2.) The
lifecycle of the oyster, as drawn by Fred Sieling for Maryland Department
of Natural Resources; 3.) Spat bagged for seeding clings to ancestral shells.
Photo courtesy of the Oyster Recovery Partnership; 4.) Today's oysters,
harvested at about three years, are dwarfed by the giants of the 17th century,
when oysters were harvested at about six years old. Bill Lambrecht's photo
of oysters unearthed by Anne Arundel County archaeologists.
- Dock of the Bay Appreciation: Artie Dicks, Annapolis' "Ink-Spot" In
Shady Side: Land Trust Instead of Subdivision Explored In Annapolis, B-L-E-B-C-A-R-S
Spelled S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E For $$ plus, Way Downstream ... In Northern Virginia,
Department of Energy harnesses the sun In Boston, scientists say it hasn't
been hotter since 1400s In South Carolina, poultry farmers pour on too
much fertilizer and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: Do
Florida pigs really prefer country music?
- Editorial Five Years Later, The Bay Beat Goes On
- Letters to the Editor Birthday Hoorays; Likes Us, Discreet
Headlines; Shrink Wrap Rapped; Hounds Need Houses, Too
- Bay Reflection Five Full, Fabulous Years of Fine, Fair
News Coverage-A Birthday Letter
- Burton on the Bay Handicapping the Races
- Chesapeake Outdoors
- Not Just for Kids Poems from Davidsonville Elementary School
students and Happy Birthday to NBT!
Volume VI Number
18 May 7-13, 1998
- On Our Cover: First Lady Frances Hughes Glendening
walks the walk. An active advocate for the arts, she took advantage of
last year's Spring Fling to get paint on her hands. She and her artist
friend are dressed to keep from getting painted as they paint. Involve
yourself in art in this year's Spring Fling, Sat. May 9 on Lawyers Mall
in Annapolis.Photo from Governor's Press Office.
- Dock of the Bay NBT Bivalve Birthday Bash: Fun, Sun, Success At New Fairhaven
School, Kids Get Their Way Steward's Shipyard: New Finds Yield Clues, Mysteries
Update: Gardeners Help Grow a Home for Shady Side Mother, Daughter plus,
Way Downstream ... In South Carolina, poultry farmers pour on too much
fertilizer In Virginia, rivers flow with fecal bacteria In China, rivers
are worse still In Panama, making the rain forest safe for chocolate In
Arkansas, governor eats his rude words on environmentalists and last but
not least, this week's Creature Feature: New Hampshire imports a herd of
500 natural lawn mowers from Montana.
- NBT Interview -Maryland First
Lady Frances Glendening with
Sandra Martin From Maryland's busiest woman, a Mother's Day guide for living
multiple lives.
- Editorial Baldwin's Choice: This Trust is a Must
- Letters to the Editor For the Oysters, Thanks for the 'Clams';
Help Put Kevin's Name in Record Book; Poetry Appreciated
- Bay Reflection Message to My Mother
- Burton on the Bay No Smoke Gets In My Eyes
- Chesapeake Outdoors Fishing Bedfellows
- Not Just for Kids Celebrate Mother's Day with a look some
different mothers and babies, a spiffy breakfast idea, pick of the week
and more!
Volume VI Number
19 May 14-20, 1998
- On Our Cover:
Carousels
of Old: bottom, Chesapeake Beach's second carousel, which turned at Seaside
Park from the 1930s into the 1970s. Photo courtesy of the Chesapeake Railway
Museum. At bottom left, carousel creatures restored by Steve Crescenze
of Waldorf. Photo by M.L. Faunce. At bottom right, friends and coworkers
from Alexander's of Annapolis visit Quiet Waters Park on a test Walk for
the Animals.
- Dock of the Bay In Annapolis on Homestretch, Tour de Sol Dries Out Harwood: At
Boxwood Farm, Time Inches By Anne Arundel County: Piles of Learning for
Horse Farmers Calvert County: Like Bonsai, Mysteries Written with a Twist
Earth Journal: June is busting out all over in May plus, Way Downstream
... In Texas, women become eco-warriors In Ohio, dishwashing detergent
helps make a 'low-fat artery' In Chile, fighting pollution with pop art
In North Carolina, can a hog farmer stay a Senator? and last but not least,
this week's Creature Feature: Great Britain gone batty.
- Carousels - There's
Still Magic in Those Old Machines by M.L. Faunce Their 'golden age' has come and gone, but there
are merry rounds still to be had. Here's where to find them.
- Editorial Chicken Plant Crackdown a Boost for Bay
- Letters to the Editor Birthday Bash Was a Blast; Gov's Open
Letter
- Bay Reflection In Our Big Cities, Impressionists Throw
Light on Country Life
- Burton on the Bay Hunting's Dollars - And Sense
- Chesapeake Outdoors Thank Bay Grasses for Bay Bounty; Fish
Are Biting
- Earth Journal June is busting out all over ... in May
- Not Just for Kids Make your own future car and learn about
a National Championship's local pit stop!
Volume VI Number
20 May 21-27, 1998
- On Our Cover: With Memorial Day, the pleasures of
summer begin. When you live along the Chesapeake, the only boundaries holding
you back are in the minds, not the calendar.
- Dock of the Bay After Reichardt Tragedy, A Brother Lives His Dream; You Can Help
Build a Monument Way Upstream: Bay-Spurned Movie Makes Way to Maine In
Southern Anne Arundel, Artists Beckoned At SPCA Pet Walk, Wagging Tongues
and Tails of a Turnout On Memorial Day, Remembering 'Hell on Earth' Sound
of Roaring Boats, Ringing Cash Registers plus, Way Downstream ... In New
York, Munsters' Grandpa would be 'Green' governor In Oregon's Enchanted
Valley, it's Greens against guns From Trinidad-Tobago, Ms. Universe's got
the whole world on her mind In the U.K., lit up by chicken waste In Japan,
eating the wrong whale and last but not least, this week's Creature Feature:
Smokey the Bear turns down a job selling Subaru Foresters.
- Bay Summer's Here! From Bay beaches to boating to bathing,
here's "NBT's 21 Gun Salute to Good Times"
- Editorial Along the Chesapeake, Settle in For Summer Pleasures
- Letters to the Editor A Plea From Shady Side's Front Line
of Preservation
- Bay Reflection Spring's Conspiracy
- Burton on the Bay Where Hunger Rules. In Bill Burton's
woods, even DNR's lists may get eaten.
- Chesapeake Outdoors I Must Be the Luckiest Guy in the World;
Fish Are Biting
- Not Just for Kids Mobiles Are Art in Motion -- learn how to
make a mobile and sneak a peek at mobiles displayed at the National Gallery
of Art in Washington, D.C.
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