NBT issue 44

Volume VII Number 44
November 4-10, 1999

On Our Cover: Pigeon fancier Al DeToto, in his Deale loft, feels the heft of a racing pigeon. Members of Hillside Racing Pigeon Club, he and his buddies are amateur geneticists, depending on selective breeding to develop fast birds with sure homing instincts. Photo by Christopher Heagy.
Dock of the Bay Dear Principal: AA Kids Say the Darndest Things * For Guinness Sake, Bay Shuckers Snubbed in Old Sod * Grabbed by Nature at Jug Bay: If the Hawk Doesn't Get You, Toadstools Will * Flu's Nothing to Sneeze at: Vaccinate Now * plus, Way Downstream, In Washington, D.C., Maryland Rep. Wayne Gilchrest wants to regulate jetskis ... In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Ridge is labeled a cheapskate and his $500 million pro-environment "Growing Greener" package dubbed "Growing Meaner" In Arizona, banking Nevada and California water And in California, tax money goes up in smoke on marijuana plus, last but not least, this week's Creature Feature: In Wyoming, Kitty, a calico cat, recycled to a good home.
Pigeon Racing: Local Fanciers and Fliers Soar in Chesapeake Country by Christopher Heagy -- What makes a good pigeon? Good breeding, good food, good training - and the sure instinct to find its way home from strange, faraway places. 11 Re-Possessed ~ Writer Christy Grimes introduces Chesapeake Country's own visionary artist - Shady Side Artist-in-Residence Bob Kelbaugh
A Bite Between the Covers: Cooking Secrets Mid-Atlantic & Chesapeake Bay, by Kathleen Devanna Fish -- Reviewed by M.L. Faunce
Editorial Statues Make Good Neighbors
Letter to the Editor Three Questions; Ban Wacky Handgun Ban; Call for Holiday Stories
Bay Reflection Good-Bye Babe
Burton on the Bay Why Pick on Rose? He's No Worse than the Next Guy
Chesapeake Outdoors A Diamond in the Rough
Not Just for Kids Snakey times

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