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Boating, Books and Beaches Finding Joy in Relaxed Restrictions

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s there any better feeling than having something to look forward to? Whether it’s a planned vacation, an upcoming event, or a visit with loved ones you don’t see often, the joy of counting down the days can be just as fulfilling as the reward at the end.

The best anticipation for me has always come from booking a trip to a warm place during those dreary, late-winter months. February feels much more tolerable when there’s a ticket to South Florida, sunblock and a swimsuit waiting at the end. To get the full effect, I like to have the trip on the calendar at least a couple of months ahead of time. What fun is a spontaneous getaway when you haven’t had time to get excited about it?

Now that I have young children, we count down to special dates together on a small chalkboard. 23 days until Grandma comes to visit. 11 days until baby brother’s birthday. 57 days until we fly on an airplane!

One of the big psychological bummers of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the loss of

events to look forward to. Every time I look down at my Apple Watch, which automatically displays upcoming events from my calendar, it reads, “No more events. Your day is clear.” For several weeks, I refused to let my mind wander to what might become of our summer beach trip, my son’s school year (or next school year) and when we might see my in-laws from the Midwest again.

But the tide is beginning to turn, one small step at a time. After restrictions tightened down to the point of “stay home whenever possible,” we’re finally at the point where state and local leaders are starting to relax a small number of those restrictions—keeping health precautions in place, of course. And we can celebrate each one of our new opportunities, big and small.

Bay Weekly just got word that some public libraries will be offering book borrowing in the next couple of weeks. The reading material in my house has gotten so tired, I feel giddy about the thought of fresh books. My favorite small farmer’s market, a family Saturday morning ritual, is up and running again.

Recreational boating and fishing are now allowed, after a historic 37-day ban. CBM Bay Bulletin spoke to boaters readying their vessels bright and early the morning the ban was lifted. The governor’s decision to allow golf, tennis and camping to resume has undoubtedly brought joy to people who have missed those pastimes.

And Ocean City reopening its beach and boardwalk brightened many a Mother’s Day weekend.

In fact, my family’s annual summer trip “down the Ocean” is looking a lot more possible and a lot less like a pipe dream. Dare we start a chalkboard countdown?

Sure, there’s still an awful lot we aren’t allowed to do, but we now have things to look forward to. These days, it doesn’t take a plane trip with palm trees to get me excited. I’ll be joyfully anticipating my next chance to check out new books from the library. p — MEG WALBURN VIVIANO, CBM NEWS DIRECTOR

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Cheryl Costello talked to boaters the first morning they were allowed back on the Bay

MD. WATERS BACK OPEN FOR FUN Bay Celebrates Reopening of Recreational Boating efore this spring, it would have been hard to imagine Maryland without pleasure boating. But that was the reality for five weeks of the pandemic, right up until Thursday, May 7.

Governor Larry Hogan’s recreational boating ban was part of a larger set of restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but for many boat owners itching to get on the water the decision to lift the ban is cause for celebration. It will also provide a boost to the boating industry in a tough economic time.

Bay Bulletin met boaters bright and early the morning the ban was lifted, many hitting the water for the first time this season. Of course, social distancing is in effect. But those restrictions weren’t putting a damper on

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some people’s joy as we talked to them at Eastport Yacht Center.

“To be able to work in this kind of environment versus being secluded in a house, it’s just uplifting,” says Stan Welle from his boat. “It changes your whole mentality, your whole spirit to be able to come out here and just enjoy all of this.”

The governor’s stay-at-home order banned recreational boating (with a few exceptions) for 37 days, making history. Now, many boaters are making up for lost time.

“Our original splash date was April 10. And we were really looking forward to starting the season then. I think we’ve missed a lot of good days of being on the boat or out on the water. So, we are very, very thrilled to be back,” says Allen Goldstein.

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Natural Resources’ Frequently Asked Questions page, found at https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2020/05 /06/frequently-asked-questions-aboutgovernor-hogans-stay-at-home-order/, says boaters may only go out with immediate family or people who live with them. There is no rafting up or docking at restaurants or bars allowed.

The businesses who serve the recreational boating community are relieved the ban is over. CBM Bay Weekly’s publisher, John Stefancik, is on the board of directors for the Marine Trades Association of Maryland. “There was a collective sigh across the state,” Stefancik tells us.

“The boating industry in Maryland is right around a $3 billion a year business.

It employs over 70,000 people.”

Stefancik was out with a film crew just hours after the ban was lifted, shooting a safety film with our sister company, The Annapolis School of Seamanship.

Captain John Martino, the school’s founder and president, says boaters

can’t forget safety, no matter how excited they are to be back on the water.

“It goes back to basic seamanship,” Martino says. “Just make sure your boat is ready, make sure you have lifejackets onboard. Think about the fact that the water is cold…even with a lifejacket on, cold water can kill.” Martino also cautions boaters to make sure they have a working VHF radio, instead of just relying on a cell phone.

With the right safety equipment, boaters can enjoy smooth sailing despite the boating season’s late start.

And when social distancing guidelines are followed, boating is a welcome diversion for those with quarantine fatigue, like Stan Welle.

“Lifting the ban is great because it’s no different than walking around in a park or going for a jog or being with your family in another environment. Now we get to do it on Back Creek, and the Severn River and the Bay.” — CHERYL COSTELLO

Side-by-side graphics show the average air pollution from nitrogen dioxide from March 2015-2019 versus March 2020. Images: NASA

QUARANTINE IMPROVES BAY AIR QUALITY, BUT FOR HOW LONG? uman life has been on a near-universal lockdown since the coronavirus pandemic first gripped the country in late March. It has been a crushing blow to the economy, but another sector has reaped a windfall: the environment.

Power plants eased off electricity production. People stayed home more, and many cars disappeared from the roads. As a result, air pollution is down sharply, and new records are being set for air quality across the Chesapeake Bay region.

Researchers are normally cautious about ascribing an observed phenomenon to a specific cause so soon. But many say the current situation is unique.

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“We’ve seen this immense decrease in passenger traffic, anywhere from 40– 50% depending on where you are in the state,” said Jeremy Hoffman, chief scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia. It’s important to note that weather plays a huge role in air quality, he added, but “that huge drop in traffic coinciding with this huge drop in [nitrogen dioxide] in the air is, to me, a pretty convincing relationship.”

Nitrogen dioxide, or NO2, is emitted by cars, trucks, power plants and anything else that burns fossil fuel. Fuel combustion also is a major driver of ozone and particulate pollution.

Where such air pollution levels are consistently high, people can suffer from asthma and an increased risk of developing respiratory infections, according

to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Emerging research has shown that areas with poor air quality have higher death rates from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Air pollution also makes it more difficult to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The state-federal Chesapeake Bay Program estimates that air pollution contributes about one-third of the nitrogen found in the Bay, fueling algae blooms that kill aquatic life.

Emissions of nitrogen oxides and other fuel-related pollutants have shrunk significantly over the past two decades. But scientists say they’ve rarely seen anything like the plunge in recent weeks.

Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Green-

belt, MD, have been tracking atmospheric nitrogen dioxide since 2005, using the agency’s Aura satellite. This team’s analysis shows that March of 2020 set a record for the lowest levels of the pollutant in that month during 20 years of tracking. The amount was 30% lower than the typical March reading from 2015–19 along the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington, DC, to Boston.

Air pollution has been trending downward for years, “but this is a stepchange down because of the emissions reductions we’re seeing now,” said Ryan Stauffer, a NASA research scientist who studies the atmosphere. “This is like a grand, unintended experiment in atmospheric chemistry.”

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BAY BULLETIN Back to the Books AACPL announces limited re-openings, curbside service

BY KATHY KNOTTS

issing your local library? We are, too. So, imagine the joy we felt when the Anne Arundel County Public Library announced that curbside pickup will begin June 8 and branches will open for limited service June 15.

While it’s not the full library experience, this announcement means that physical books that have been sitting on shelves for months can now be placed into readers’ hands and library staff can get back to work making literary matches.

“The reduced hours will ensure staff have time to disinfect high traffic areas and returned books, movies and music along with cutting down opportunities for large groups to congregate. Our staff are eager to again serve the public in person. While we may not be able to provide all our services immediately, we look forward to reconnecting with our customers who are like family members,” said Library CEO Skip Auld.

Library staff will offer curbside pickup from 10am-4pm, Monday-Saturday at all locations. Starting June 15, branches will be open for limited walkins from 10am-7pm, Monday-Thursday and from 10am-5pm, Friday and Saturday, except for the new Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library, which will open in July. Libraries are closed Sundays during the summer.

During the global health crisis, library staff have added more titles to the extensive digital collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and databases available on the library’s website.

Additionally, grant seekers and nonprofit organization employees will have temporary access to the online Foundation Directory normally only available in the Edgewater Library. The database provides information on nationwide grant makers and their grants through a database of over 92,000 foundations, corporate giving programs and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. Since the system’s closure on March 13, the library has offered dozens of virtual programs on its Facebook page (facebook.com/aacpl) and on Zoom including live kindergarten readiness storytimes weekdays at 10:30am, movie discussion clubs Fridays at 7 pm, book clubs, and numerous how-to workshops focused on using library resources. These will continue through the summer.

Based on recommendations from public health officials, all in-person library programs have been canceled through August 31. Some library programs will be held in the fall depending on state directives on gathering sizes.

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The North American river otters at Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons are getting daily visits and enrichment from staff during the coronavirus shut-down.

ESSENTIAL WORKERS CARE FOR WILDLIFE Behind the scenes with Calvert Marine Museum’s otters s aquariums, zoos and nature centers have been forced to close to the public, employees must still work around the clock to care for all the creatures inside. Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons is one of them, with their beloved river otter exhibit.

The essential employees who have been caring for otters and hundreds of other animals at the museum gave Bay Bulletin an inside look at all of the work that goes into the exhibits, whether they’re open or closed.

The museum’s popular North American river otters eat from a setup that looks like a bank teller’s window—complete with plexiglass.

“We have this little window here and we’re able to feed them through the holes in the window,” explains Perry Hampton, Curator of Estuarine Biology at CMM. “They’re getting two types of fish.”

Hampton and Dottie Yunger are a few of the guardians of the estuary. Someone has to feed over 600 animals who live here, during the pandemic.

“We want people to learn and understand all about the importance of the Chesapeake Bay and its ecosystems and animals that live there,” Hampton explains.

In the wild, you may see otters in the rivers, streams and creeks that connect to the Bay. Inside the marine museum, they practice different activities, like learning to follow a red ball. It’s a training technique that gives staff some control over their behavior.

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Stauffer cautions that the month’s rainy and windy weather likely lent a hand in reducing pollution levels; rain droplets attract aerosol particles as they plummet to the ground, leaving cleaner air behind. And the satellite can only measure air quality throughout entire columns of the atmosphere, so groundlevel pollution, which is more likely to be generated by humans, is only part of the picture produced by the satellite.

“If we want them to go to a certain location on command, they’ll do that for us. If we want them to stand up or maybe open their mouths or something so that we can look at their body or teeth for visual inspection, they’ll cooperate,” says Perry.

Typically, visitors would get to see this activity, too. But with the museum temporarily closed, CMM gave Bay Bulletin a chance to see feeding time via a Zoom call. Most museum employees are working from home, but the staff that cares for the animals are obviously essential—and so are the frozen treats they feed the otters.

Yunger, CMM aquarist, explains, “It’s a way of keeping them physically active and to burn off energy and to keep them mentally active. In the wild they would have to be finding their own food. In captivity they don’t have to do that; we’re feeding them three times a day. So, they get treats that are popsicles or treats that are just regular dog toys from Amazon and then I’ll put treats in those and put them in their enclosure. That will be their evening treat.”

There are also seahorses and terrapins to care for. As for any chance of passing COVID-19 to the animals, the staff isn’t too concerned.

“The only animals that we have that I think would remotely be at risk of this are the North American river otters. They’re the only mammals that we have…We don’t really have direct physical contact with them so much anyway.”

Calvert Marine Museum’s animals can’t wait to grab your full attention in person soon. If you can’t wait to see them, however, you can always peek in on the museum’s indoor and outdoor Otter Cams, found online at https://www.calvert marinemuseum.com/439/Otter-Outdoor-Cam.

Ground-level sensors are telling a similar story. The DC metro area has seen a string of healthy air days dating back to March 20, according to EPA monitors that detect ozone and particulate matter. As of May 3, that was 45 days and counting, shattering the region’s previous record of 22 consecutive days, Stauffer said.

Scientists don’t expect the air quality gains to be permanent. When the lockdown is lifted and fuel combustion kicks back into gear, pollution levels

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are likely to zoom back to pre-pandemic intensity, they say.

More research is needed to firm up the scientific community’s understanding of health effects, Stauffer said. He and fellow researchers have been fanning out across the DC area during the pandemic, collecting air samples in silver canisters. By studying various emission levels, the team hopes to learn whether the short-term air improvements influence pollution levels

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after the quarantine is lifted.

“This is not the way we want to be cutting air quality problems or reducing pollution,” Stauffer said. “Any reductions we see from the air quality will be temporary.

Any impacts we see in the environment or human health, that’s yet to be seen.”

—JEREMY COX, BAY JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE

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Sanctuary director Dani Dickerson and Betty, the opossum who sparked Dickerson’s love for misunderstood animals

New Sanctuary for Exotic Animals Opens in Crofton

BY KRISTA PFUNDER

hanks to Netflix’s Tiger King, a documentary about the world of big cats in captivity, the lives of exotic animals is a hot topic.

Now Anne Arundel County has a new exotic animal sanctuary of its own.

Little Zoo Sanctuary in Crofton has opened its doors to provide a safe home for animals.

“Farm animals, small exotic animals and local wildlife are often exploited,” says Dani Dickerson, sanctuary director.

Dickerson’s passion for helping animals not typically kept as pets began when she managed an exotic animal sanctuary in South Carolina.

“I befriended Betty, an opossum who was fearful when she first arrived,” Dickerson says. “Every day, I’d put her in my lap and talk to her. She came to trust me.”

Betty the opossum taught Dickerson about the misconceptions many have about unfamiliar animals.

“Opossums are thought of as pointless and terrifying creatures, which is not true,” Dickerson says. “They help control the spread of diseases, they very rarely carry rabies, and would rather play dead than be in a confrontation.”

“They have gentle souls and can be

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very loving when given the chance,” Dickerson says. “With all this new information I learned from Betty, I wanted to help educate others about opossums.”

As Dickerson watched visitors leave with a new understanding and appreciation of Betty and all opossums, Dickerson knew she’d found her passion.

“I decided to create a place that would give a temporary—or forever— place for animals who are misunderstood and mistreated,” Dickerson says.

“I named it Little Zoo because I was always being told I’d have a little zoo of my own one day due to my love of helping animals.”

Most of the animals arriving at Little Zoo will be owner-surrenders or sent from local animal shelters. Each animal the sanctuary takes in will be evaluated to see if it can thrive in a home environment and be adopted out or if they will need to remain in a sanctuary setting.

The sanctuary is being run out of Dickerson’s home, but she is looking for land in order to save farm animals, too.

“We would appreciate the community’s help in acquiring land for the sanctuary to grow,” Dickerson says.

“Right now, we can help by saving smaller exotic animals.”

An all-volunteer organization, Little Zoo is seeking volunteers, fosters and sponsors.

Go to www.littlezoosanctuary.org.

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The Quiet Delights of Backyard Birding

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PHOTOS AND STORY BY MARK HENDRICKS

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few days ago, I saw a flash of light blue move through the cherry tree outside my office window. In no more than seven seconds it darted rapidly between small branches and was off. In that quick flash I swore I saw white wing bars and a neckband. Did I just see my favorite bird of all, the cerulean warbler? I mean, they are still migrating so it is possible. But a cerulean?

At home?

I ran downstairs and onto my back deck hoping to hear its unmistakable song. Alas, this would not be the day I could confirm the presence of a cerulean at my home. Instead I was greeted to a symphony of birdsong from cardinals, gray catbirds, a tufted titmouse, and one very loud Carolina wren, all from my backyard.

How lucky was I to be serenaded by birdsong? I felt connected to the natural world and it also stirred up a sense of normalcy. I encourage you to channel your inner John James Audubon and begin bird watching from your backyard, too.

The beauty of bird watching (or birding) is that it can be done from just about anywhere, including the most urban of areas. Best of all, you do not need to spend a dime, just listen and observe.

Begin by researching the common birds in your area and learn their identifiable features and behaviors.

Purchase or borrow a bird guide and some binoculars. The most popular birding book is The Sibley Guide to Birds because of its beautiful lifelike sketches. Other great field guides include Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America and the National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America. If you cannot locate a copy, the Internet has a plethora of birding resources plus tips on identifying birds by their song.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology website, my personal favorite, is an excellent resource and provides audio samples of calls and songs of every bird you may encounter, among other identification and birding tips. (www.allaboutbirds.org) Every picture here was taken either in my backyard or on my back deck.

Birding allows you to enjoy nature right from home. Long live birds; may we continue to appreciate their grace and beauty. ‫ﵭ‬

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Cardinal

White-breasted nuthatch

Carolina wren

The beauty of bird watching (or birding) is that it can be done from just about anywhere, including the most urban of areas.

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Things to do, watch and explore from all corners of cyberspace.

Do A Little Dance Ballet Theatre of Maryland invites viewers to its Digital Library every Friday when a performance is posted to their YouTube channel. Last week, the theater unveiled the contemporary work Vortex, choregraphed by Dianna Cuatto and music by Marc Galiber. This piece was first performed in 2013 and was inspired by the four vortexes—Boynton Canyon, Cathedral Rock at Red River Crossing, Bell Rock and Airport Mesa—in Sedona, Ariz.

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Wish You Were Here Project Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center invites all ages to send homemade postcards to be included in an upcoming gallery show this fall. These “pandemic postcards” should showcase art on one side and a written statement on the back. The goal is to collect and exhibit handmade 6"x4" postcards that express the community members’ feelings and share how we all coped during this social-distancing period. So, get crafty, get creative and let them know how you feel!

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Shake Your Tail Feathers Watch local favorite Jimmie’s Chicken Shack perform their first-ever remote live feed concert on Facebook. Tune in for a night of alt-rock music and fun and spread some chicken love up in the “FaceShack.”

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this online virtual version of the popular SERC evening science lectures. SERC marine biologist Greg Ruiz highlights the rise of new technologies to combat the problem, plus latest efforts to track and clean up the ballast water in ship hulls to prevent future invasions.

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t may seem counterintuitive as May feels more like March, but now is the time to put all your warm weather vegetables in the ground.

From seeds to plants, we should try to take advantage of our rainy weather. I always try to plant just before a predicted rain. Watering helps to settle the roots in the soil and eliminate air pockets. An added bonus is the plants are established faster. Rain is so much more effective in establishing plants than just watering.

Always water whatever you plant though, because even if rain is coming you never really know how it will present itself.

Cool weather crops, such as lettuce, cabbage, radish, peas, spinach, onions and Swiss chard should already be in your garden. Don’t despair if you haven’t planted them until now, just keep them well watered and fertilized so that they grow quickly and can mature before extremely hot weather comes.

Many vegetables can be seed sown for a more economical garden and most nurseries now provide young starts for your garden. Beets can be sown now—blend kelp meal into the soil before planting. They are native to the Mediterranean coast and really thrive with the addition of kelp.

Sow seeds 15 to a foot, one-half inch deep. You can gradually thin the beets to two inches apart but save the seedlings to enjoy in salads, leaves and all.

Beans can also be sown now, two inches apart and one inch deep. You can also buy started plants from a nursery. There are round pods, flat pods and slender filet round beans, in green, yellow and purple. This is why seeds give you so much more

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SPORTING LIFE

FISHFINDER: The rockfish trophy season is proceeding nicely but without many of its previous celebrants. The Bay has remained almost empty of the usual crowd of sporting boats, but with the recreational fishing ban lifted (including catch and release) that may turn around. Those anglers getting on the water are having a reasonable amount of success and the Internet has seen quite a few portraits of happy anglers with trophy sized rockfish. Trolling is getting the job done and the most joy is coming from the south, down around the Deale area. However, we all know that the fish could (and will) be anywhere by tomorrow. Side planer boards with multiple rigs are quite popular with the boats getting out, so if you’re cruising the Bay watch for the boards and their small marking flags off to both sides of the craft. Give them a wide berth. Trollers cannot maneuver quickly and crossing the rod lines will cause chaos. The white perch run is still happening as is the snakehead bite up in the tribs. Hickory shad have also shown up and are putting on their usual aerial exhibition. Blue catfish are almost everywhere throughout the Bay and fish over 10 pounds are not uncommon. Spring is sprung and fishing season has arrived.

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First Rockfish of 2020

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net is too small.” our rod tips began to twitch, then a second later it slammed over, bending the whole rod dangerously in its holder as the line peeled off the baitcasting reel, its clicker alarm distorting into a metallic shriek. Our spirits soared and the 2020 rockfish trophy season suddenly became a reality.

Despite the usual discrepancy between the weather forecast and the actual conditions on the Bay, our first foray into trophy season, spent south of Hackett’s Point, was unfolding nicely.

The tidal phase was initially also a mystery, but as the outgoing current gradually took form it looked as though our plan to chum and fish cut baits with light tackle remained valid.

The preeminent method of fishing during the trophy season has always been to troll big, artificial baits with heavy tackle

and lately, lots of big baits with heavy gear. Because trophy-sized rockfish are unpredictable this time of year, the most effective techniques are those that cover the most water. Trolling certainly fills that requirement better than any other.

But if light tackle is your passion the next best technique is chumming and fishing cut bait. Putting a trail of chum (ground menhaden) into the tidal current could entice a big, migrating striped bass, having recently spawned, to interrupt its departure back to the ocean for a quick meal.

The key ingredient is an intense bait slick. Since the desired fish may be quite distant from your location, a broad sensory avenue back to your baits has to be as savory as possible. For that reason, we put one chum bag deep to lure feeders to our baits on the bottom and another bag over the stern at the surface to seduce

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the more distant travelers. We also, periodically, cut up and distribute small chunks of menhaden overboard to further encourage the bite.

The heavy distribution of chum can also attract quite a number of sizable blue catfish. In the first hours that morning, my long-suffering outdoor buddy Randy Steck and I had already slid four hefty cats into the cooler. Since blue cats exhibit a stubborn-but-localized resistance when hooked, we recognized the fish screaming away for the horizon that morning as certainly a rockfish and most probably a keeper (over 35 inches).

For a few moments our choice of light tackle was also seriously in question as that salty brawler immediately had me on the ropes. I was forced to pause patiently as the fish ran off whenever it wished, sometimes alarming distances.

My fresh 20-pound mono and the medium-heavy power six-and-a-half-foot casting rod were always stressed to their max, the line stretched so tight it vibrated with the arcing rod’s graphite fibers creaking dangerously in protest.

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three-foot, 30-pound fluorocarbon leaders and sliding, fish finder rigs with twoounce sinkers. Dead sticking the rods with firmly set reel drags in stern rod holders, we would not begin to handle the tackle until it was obvious that a fish was well hooked.

At long last, I managed the monster up and alongside the gunnel when Randy announced the last serious impediment to victory, “Uh, Dennis, the net is too small.”

Luckily, the fish was exhausted and compliant by now and my friend, ever accustomed to difficult situations when in my company, simply and selflessly took a knee, leaned well over, slid his hand under the fish’s large gill cover, and wrestled the beast up over the side and onto the deck.

We endured until early afternoon without further luck when a slack current put an end to things and we finally pulled anchor and headed back to the boat ramp. Exhausted and exhilarated at the same time, it was a fantastic day and we both announced it quite acceptable as our first trip of the new season. ‫ﵭ‬ W E D N E S D AY

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A Mysterious Home Invader L ast year, on a late spring weekend, I was startled by a crash and a scream from the basement. As I rushed downstairs, my wife called out, “There’s a huge animal down here!”

She had dropped the cans she was putting away and had run out of the storage area. She did not see the animal but heard it moving near her.

The storage area holds a second refrigerator, boxes that you “have to” keep, a sump pump and storage shelves for canned, bottled and dried foods. We have had an occasional mouse in that space but never anything large or scary.

I entered the room with a bat and a flashlight to find the invader. The animal I discovered was quite large and in the dark, up close, was a bit dangerouslooking. I took a piece of plywood and trapped the creature in the corner. I returned with a crab net and with some

difficulty placed it in a large bucket.

The intruder was a full-grown bullfrog, but one so big, I could not get my hand around it. It was over a foot long with the legs extended.

There are several mysteries within this tale. The nearest pond is about a half a mile from my house and bullfrogs do not usually travel that far overland.

How did it get into the basement? I have had two inspections and no wall or foundation breaches were found.

Luckily, no other animals have been found in our basement but I have never found out how the bullfrog got in the house in the first place. I relocated our guest to the Patuxent River.

The American bullfrog is the largest frog in North America, found from Florida to Canada. In the southern range, they grow from egg through tadpole and become a hopping frog in one summer. In the northern climates,

it can take three years to lose the tadpole tail and emerge from the water.

In the wild, bullfrogs can live 10 years and over-winter buried in mud.

They will eat any animal that can fit

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Liev Schreiber and Seann William Scott in Goon

BY DIANA BEECHENER

A Salute to Sports

Get your sports fix with a movie marathon t’s hard to take anyone out to the ballgame when you have to be sixfeet apart. In the time of social distancing, sports has become another thing we’ve had to do without. Baseball is looking at starting its season in late July. Basketball has considered cancelling their season. The Olympics have been postponed.

Basically, if you’re a sports fan, you’re stuck with ESPN reruns or hopes that seasons can safely restart soon. While we wait, check out these five films that will take you from the gridiron to the Olympics and everywhere in between.

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NETFLIX: Goon Bouncer Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) gets a golden opportunity when he beats up a player while attending a hockey game. Impressed with Doug’s pugilistic tendencies, the coaches of a minor league Canadian hockey team offer Doug a spot as an enforcer.

Doug learns pretty quickly it’s not his skill with a puck that gets him playing time, it’s his fighting skills. He gains a reputation as one of the best fighters in the league, protecting his teammates and dropping gloves whenever he can. But is there more to hockey than senseless violence?

Violent, funny and surprisingly full of heart, Goon is the best hockey comedy since Slap Shot. It perfectly captures the bloody brawling spirit that keeps fans enraptured with the sport. Featuring great performances from Scott and Liev Schreiber, as a legendary hockey enforcer gunning for Doug, this movie has a lot of comic depth as well as a sweet message.

Good Comedy * R * 90 mins.

in its mouth. I still remember a Disney TV special that showed a clip of a garter snake trying to eat a bullfrog and the frog turning and eating the snake instead. ‫ﵭ‬

HULU: I, Tonya Talented, tough, and voracious in her need to win, Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) was determined to skate her way to Olympic gold. But winning a medal takes more than talent. Though she is one of the best skaters and jumpers in the sport, Tonya is disliked by most of the judges and competitors. They find Tonya too poor and garish to be part of their “refined” sport, and penalize her unfairly because of it.

Eventually the pressures to perform and succeed against an unfair system get to Tonya and she becomes embroiled in a scandal that will forever change her life.

A snappy take on the Olympic scandal that rocked the ’90s, I, Tonya is the perfect movie for anyone missing the Olympic games. Robbie is ferocious as Harding, who tells her story as a bitter has-been whose life is defined by one scandal. The movie is in turns surprising, hilarious, and disturbing when it looks at the environment Harding had to overcome to make it to a national skating title.

Great Dramedy * R * 119 mins.

PRIME: A League of Their Own In 1943, the men went to war and the women went to work. They took up jobs in factories, in shops, and even on the field. As a publicity stunt, The AllAmerican Girls’ Professional Baseball League is formed. Handed short-skirts and told to pose prettily for the cameras, no one expected them to play ball.

But they do, and they do it well.

Soon, the league is drawing crowds

and baseball is back as America’s pastime. But when the men begin coming home, the league is threatened. Is there room for women in baseball?

A classic movie about the female baseball leagues of the 1940s, A League of Their Own is the perfect movie for anyone missing going to a Nats or O’s game. Director Penny Marshall outlines the prejudices faced by women in a man’s world and captures some truly thrilling baseball. Lead by glowing performances from Gina Davis, as the star catcher of her team, and Tom Hanks, as washed-up player-turned-coach Jimmy Dugan, this movie is well worth a view.

Great Dramedy * PG * 128 mins.

KANOPY: Hoop Dreams Two boys are recruited to join a basketball team in Westchester, Illinois.

The school is known for its program and is seen as a direct line to the NBA. The boys, William Gates and Arthur Agee, are from urban Chicago and must adjust to going to a predominantly white school.

One of the best sports documentaries ever made, Hoop Dreams is about far more than basketball. The film examines the socio-economic inequalities in the American education system, as well as the racial disparities that hurt

kids hoping to get a good education. Agee and Gates must do more than play great basketball, they have to rely on their families to financially and emotionally support them as they struggle for a piece of the American dream. If you’re missing regular NBA games, this movie about two kids chasing their dreams is the perfect antidote.

Great documentary * PG-13 * 170 mins.

DISNEY+: Remember the Titans When a southern high school is integrated in 1971, the football program is finally consolidated. Under the leadership of Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), an integrated team is formed. At first, the white kids don’t want to listen to a black coach or play with black teammates, but Boone won’t accept racist norms on his team.

He pushes his team towards excellence, forcing the boys to work together and appreciate each other. As the boys form bonds, the team begins a historic winning season.

Based on a true story, Remember the Titans is a feel-good sports movie for all the football fans. Washington is at his authoritarian best as a no-nonsense coach under tremendous pressure to perform in a prejudiced town.

The film also features Ryan Gosling, Wood Harris, and Hayden Panettiere as young actors. If you’re looking for a feel-good movie that will remind you of why you miss Monday Night Football, Remember the Titans is well worth a look.

Good Drama * PG * 113 mins.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When I was young, I had a fun-filled fling with a smart Gemini woman who years later became a highly praised author and the authorized biographer of a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Do I regret our break-up? Am I sorry I never got to enjoy her remarkable success up close? No. As amazing as she was and is, we wouldn’t have been right for each other long-term. I am content with the brief magic we created together, and have always kept her in my fond thoughts with gratitude and the wish for her to thrive. Now I invite you to do something comparable to what I just did, Gemini: Make peace with your past. Send blessings to the people who helped make you who you are. Celebrate what has actually happened in your life, and graduate forever from what might have happened but didn’t.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You have two ways to live your life, from memory or from inspiration,” writes teacher Joe Vitale. Many of you Cancerians favor memory over inspiration to provide their primary motivation. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, although it can be a problem if you become so obsessed with memory that you distract yourself from creating new developments in your life story. But in accordance with astrological potentials and the exigencies of our Global Healing Crisis, I urge you, in the coming weeks, to mobilize yourself through a balance of memory and inspiration. I suspect

you’ll be getting rich opportunities to both rework the past and dream up a future full of interesting novelty. In fact, those two imperatives will serve each other well.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Anne Lamott has some crucial advice for you to heed in the coming weeks.

“Even when we’re most sure that love can’t conquer all,” she says, “it seems to anyway.

It goes down into the rat hole with us, in the guise of our friends, and there it swells and comforts. It gives us second winds, third winds, hundredth winds.” I hope you’ll wield this truth as your secret magic in the coming weeks, Leo. Regard love not just as a sweet emotion that makes you feel good, but as a superpower that can accomplish practical miracles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Theologian St. Catherine of Siena observed, “To a brave person, good and bad luck are like her left and right hand. She uses both.” The funny thing is, Virgo, that in the past you have sometimes been more adept and proactive in using your bad luck, and less skillful at capitalizing on your good luck. But from what I can tell, this curious problem has been diminishing for you in 2020—and will continue to do so. I expect that in the coming weeks, you will welcome and harness your good luck with brisk artistry.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I’m curious about everything, except what people have to say about me,” says actor Sarah Jessica Parker. I think that’s an excellent strategy for you to adopt in the coming weeks. On the one hand, the whole world will be exceptionally interesting, and your ability to learn valuable lessons and acquire useful information will be at peak. On the other hand, one of the keys to getting the most out of the wealth of catalytic influences will be to cultivate nonchalance about people’s opinions of you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On the kids’ TV show Sesame Street, there’s a muppet character named Count von Count. He’s a friendly vampire who loves to count things. He is 6,523,730 years old and his favorite number is 34,969—the square root of 187. The Count was “born” on November 13, 1972, when he made his first appearance on the show, which means he’s a Scorpio. I propose we make him your patron saint for the next four weeks. It’s an excellent time to transform any threatening qualities you might seem to have into harmless and cordial forms of expression.

It’s also a favorable phase for you to count your blessings and make plans that will contribute to your longevity.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Few people have a treasure,” writes Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro. She’s speaking metaphorically, of course—not referring to a strongbox full of gold and jewels. But I’m happy to inform you that if you don’t have a treasure, the coming months will be a favorable time to find or create it. So I’m putting you on a High Alert for Treasure. I urge you to be receptive to and hungry for it. And if you are one of those rare lucky ones who already has a treasure, I’m happy to say that you now have the power and motivation to appreciate it even more and learn how to make even better use of it. Whether you do or don’t yet have the treasure, heed these further words from Alice Munro: “You must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At this moment, there are 50 trillion cells in your body, and each of them is a sentient being in its own right. They act together as a community, consecrating you with their astonishing collaboration. It’s like magic! Here’s an amazing fact: Just as you communicate with dogs and cats and other animals, you can engage in dialogs with your cells. The coming weeks will be a ripe time to explore this phenomenon. Is there anything you’d like to say to the tiny creatures living in your stomach or lungs?

Any information you’d love to receive from your heart or your sex organs? If you have trouble believing this is a real possibility, imagine and pretend. And have fun!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “A myriad of modest delights constitute happiness,” wrote poet Charles Baudelaire. I think that definition will serve you well in the coming weeks, Pisces.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, there won’t be spectacular breakthroughs barging into your life; I expect no sublime epiphanies or radiant transformations. On the other hand, there’ll be a steady stream of small marvels if you’re receptive to such a possibility.

Here’s key advice: Don’t miss the small wonders because you’re expecting and wishing for bigger splashes.

Homework: What has been your favorite lesson during our Global Healing Crisis?

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The Passing Parade Virginia Hamilton, 69, was charged with felonious assault in Youngstown, Ohio, on May 3 after an altercation with her live-in boyfriend. According to WKBN, the boyfriend told police she became upset about his dirty underwear in the “laundry bucket” and grabbed a butcher knife; he tried to fight back with a pocket knife he had on hand. When officers arrived, Hamilton was on the front porch, washing blood off her hands, and the boyfriend was lying on a bed inside, covered in blood, with cuts on his arms and hands. The police report also noted that alcohol was involved. Ya think?

slid over from the passenger seat, put the car in gear and tried to escape, but the officer pulled him out of the car, The Palm Beach Post reported. Both men, police noted, smelled of alcohol, and both had wet their pants; neither had a valid driver’s license.

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Nursery school teacher Eloise Roberts, 32, has been making videos for her students during the coronavirus lockdown, and recently decided to take advantage of a lovely spring day to record a story about unicorns at the horse riding school in Moreton, Merseyside, England, where she lives. What she didn’t expect was the springtime friskiness of the horses in the background. “I could hear that the horses were up to something behind me,” Roberts told the Daily Mail, so she turned around to discover the more compelling story happening behind her, and quickly moved to another field.

A Utah Highway Patrol officer pulled over a car in Weber County on May 4 for “what he thought was an impaired driver,” the highway patrol said on Twitter, but instead he was shocked to find a 5year-old in the driver’s seat. The boy told the trooper he took off in his parents’ car after arguing with his mother because she wouldn’t buy him a Lamborghini, according to United Press International.

He planned to drive to California to get one for himself, but alas, “he only had $3 his wallet,” the highway patrol noted.

Animal Antics A monkey riding a small motorized bicycle in a street performance in Surabaya, Indonesia, on May 2, threw down the bike and suddenly grabbed a toddler who was watching, Global News reported, dragging the child down the cobblestone street for several feet before letting him go. The boy was scratched but not seriously injured.

Creative Quarantine Discovery Island at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has been closed to the public since 1999, and, of course, the park itself has been closed since mid-March because of coronavirus concerns. Once called Treasure Island, the 11-acre property sits in the park’s Bay Lake and was a pure “tropical paradise” for an unnamed interloper from Alabama, who was found camping on the island on April 30 by park security. NPR reported the 42-year-old man told Orange County Sheriff ’s deputies he was planning to stay about a week and was unaware he was doing anything wrong, despite numerous “no trespassing” signs and calls from authorities over loudspeakers. Nevertheless, he was charged with trespassing and was banned from all Disney properties.

Florida Two landscapers were charged with DUIs for driving the same vehicle at the same time in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, after police pulled over an SUV that had been reported to be driving recklessly on April 15. According to police reports, the officers spotted Alfredo Lopez Chaj, 24, behind the wheel, but by the time an officer approached the car, Chaj was standing outside it, and Martin Lopez Chaj, 20, was in the driver’s seat. The younger man, apparently a brother, had

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• Katrina Morgan, 50, called 911 on May 2 in Port Clinton, Ohio, asking for the fire department because, “I need somebody to come put it out with their hose,” according to police reports. “It” was her crotch, she told the dispatcher, and it was on fire. The News Herald reported that police responding to her call arrested Morgan for making false reports and disrupting public services, and found empty bottles of alcohol in the house. Other people at the home admitted they’d been drinking but said they didn’t see her using the telephone.

• An advertisement for a deodorant that aired during “Britain’s Got Talent” on May 2 caused a backlash among viewers who were shocked to see the ad conclude with a squirrel “getting it on” with a can of the deodorant, as one angry viewer put it. “We are watching this as a family,” wrote one complainant, according to The Independent, while others noted the ad celebrating Lynx Africa’s 25th anniversary was “inappropriately scheduled” and

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Officials in Lund, Sweden, were concerned about people spreading coronavirus in the town’s central park as they gathered for Walpurgis Night on April 30, a traditional celebration welcoming longer, warmer days that includes picnics and bonfires. So to discourage revelers, the town spread chicken manure all over the park. “This is a park where usually 30,000 people gather, but with COVID-19, this is now unthinkable,” Mayor Philip Sandberg told Reuters. “We don’t want Lund to become an epicenter for the spread of the disease. Even a small number of people still going to the park can become a big risk.”

Least Competent Criminals Before Quintin Henderson, 28, was released from Illinois’ Cook County Jail on May 2, he made a deal with fellow inmate Jahquez Scott, 21. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Scott promised Henderson $1,000 for letting Scott assume his identity, according to jail authorities, and when Henderson’s name was called, Scott stepped up, face mask in place, signed a few papers and walked away. It was when Henderson approached staff members a little while later and said he’d fallen asleep that officers realized there’d been a switch. Henderson, who was supposed to be released, is now being held on charges of aiding and abetting the escape of a felon, and Scott is still on the run. ‫ﵭ‬ Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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HELP WANTED Response Senior Care seeks part-time CNAs (with current license). Anne Arundel & northern Calvert counties. Must have reliable transportation and clean record. Personal care, companionship and light housekeeping are among the duties needed for our clients. Flexible daytime hours, referral bonuses. $12-$13 hourly. Call 410571-2744 to set up interview.

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1996 Harley Davidson Custom Sportster 1200 EXCELLENT EX EXCELLENT CELLENT CONDITION! $4,999 Call Ron: 301-247-1214

Granados Automotive is looking for an experienced automotive technician for our Prince Frederick location. Included are benefits, uniforms, good pay, and a sign on bonus.

Please forward your resume to granadostire@gmail.com.

MARKETPLACE Maytag gas washer and dryer. Unit hardly used due to death of owner. New $750 each; both $700. 410610-6772.

Honda generator model 5000X with wheel kit. Low hours, always garaged. $2,149 new, asking $750.

301-261-3537.

French country oak dining table. Parquet top, pullout leaves, 2 armchairs. $975 obo. 410-414-3910.

Armoire, Louis XV, excellent condition. $3,000 obo.

Shady Side, 240-882-0001, aabunassar@jadbsi.com.

Collection of Barbies from ‘80s and ‘90s. Collectors Christmas and Bob Mackie editions in original boxes. $4,000 obo for lot.

Call 410-268-4647.

Loveseat & queen sofa plus four extra cushions, coffee & end table. No smoking or pets ever. $995 obo, 410-757-4133.

Queen-size, dark bedroom set. Triple dresser. Moving. $850. 410-507-4672.

MARINE MARKET Commercial fishing guide license for sale. $2,500. Call Bob: 301-8557279 or cell 240-210-4484.

Kayak, 18' x 26" approximately 45 lbs. Luan natural hull, Okume top. Single hole, one-person. $1,800, 410-536-0436.

Rybovich Outriggers. 36’ triple spreaders. Center rigger. Very good condition. Call 301-752-5523. $900 obo.

Universal Atomic 4 – Fresh overhaul, new carburetor, etc. $2,500, trades accepted or will rebuild yours. 410-586-8255.

2005 185 Bayliner with trailer. 135hp, 4-cylinder Mercury engine. Good on gas, new tires on trailer, bimini. Excellent condition, low mileage. $10,500. 301-351-7747.

2008 19' Trophy walkaround. Great condition, just extensively serviced. $15,000; 301-659-6676.

1975 42' Grand Banks classic trawler (all fiberglas), two John Deere diesel, 8kw Westerbeake diesel generator, 200 hours, VHF depth-recorder & stereo. $65,000. 443-534-9249.

1985 Mainship 40' – twin 454s rebuilt, 250 hours, great live-aboard. $9,000 obo. Boat is on land. 443-309-6667.

1986 Regal 25' – 260 IO, 300 hours, V-berth, halfcabin, head, $1,950. Other marine equipment. 410437-1483.

Powerboats 1984 31' fishing or pleasure boat. 12’ beam, two 454s. All records, ready to sail. Slip available. $11,000 obo. 973-494-6958.

2003 Stingray 20' cuddy cabin with trailer. Excellent condition. Good family boat.

Ready to go in the water. $6,000; 443-510-4170.

1956 Whirlwind Boat 14' fully restored with trailer.

Solid Mahogany. Originally $4,300, reduced to $2,300 obo. Can send pics. Call 301-758-0278.

1985 26' Wellcraft cabin cruiser. V-berth and aft cabin, galley and bath.

Great little weekend boat.

Asking $9,000. 202-2624737.

2007 Protatch aluminum pontoon, 5x10 marine plywood deck, trailer, two Minnkota marine trolling motors, livewell, bench seat plus two regular seats, canopy. Capacity 900 lbs. $6,900 cash. 301503-0577.

Sailboats 1982 Catalina 25 pop-top, fin keel. Well-kept. Upgrades, sails, furler, tiller pilot, Tohatsu 9hp outboard, $3,999 obo. Located in Edgewater. 201939-7055.

1980 Hunter 27', Tohatsu 9.5 outboard. Sails well but needs some work.

Sleeps five. $2,000 firm.

443-618-2594.

'67 Kaiser Evening Star – Draft 3'8", 25'4" LOA 5000#, 10' cockpit, fiberglass hull, mahogany cabin, bronze fittings, 9.9 Evinrude, transom lazarette, main & jib, 4 berths, extras, boat needs TLC. Rare. $2,000 obo.

410-268-5999.

22' 2000 Tiara Pursuit cuddy cabin

1996 33' Sea Ray Model 330 Sundancer

Bimini, tonneau and side curtains.

4.2 Merc Bravo III outdrive with 135 hours. Stored under cover.

$15,500

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1999 Wellcraft 22WA

AUTO MARKET Camry 2009 XLE. $5,500, Very good condition, Biege, 91,000 miles, 1 owner, sunroof. 410-610-6772.

Chevy 454 complete engine, 30k miles. $2,200.

410-798-4747.

2008 Nissan Altima 2.5SL. 4-door, 150K miles.

New transmission & tires.

Excellent condition, clean, smoke-free. Loaded options. Gray. $6,250. 732266-1251.

1980 Bertram 31 Classic SF This is a classic sportfish that cruises nicely and has a deep V that cuts through chop for a smooth ride.

Plenty of room on the aft deck for fishing or entertaining. Inside the cabin there is a dinette, small galley with sink, and refrigerator. There is a forward V-Birth as well as a bathroom with an MSD. Powered by twin V8 195 horsepower diesel Cummin’s.

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2006 Chevrolet Malibu (beige): Low mileage 90,000 and engine runs extremely quiet, and has four new tires. Needs flywheel. $1,500 with new flywheel installed or $950 as is with no flywheel replacement. Call 301423-4424 or email = actire@actireco.com. Ask for Lou 9am to 4pm.

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Here’s your chance to own a beautiful 1947 Chris-Craft 19' racer.

Red & white with custom galvanized trailer.

Current market value $65,000 OBO For details, call

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1988 Carver 28 Voyager

Very nice with FW sink and toilet, SW washdown and live-well. Well maintained 200hp Mercury w/2 new powerpacks. EZLOAD trailer w/electric winch. Located in Huntingtown. $n,500.

Call Rick: 410-610-1981

$15,900 Upper and Lower Station Twin 350 Crusaders New Bimini Top & Upholstery inside & out. New Carpet.

AC with Reverse Heat, Depth Gage, VHF, GPS Sam 703-609-5487 samhess993@gmail.com

1977 40' Jersey Sportfish with twin re-powered 375 turbo cats.

With Generator 400 hours, new enclosure & more.

59,900 OBO: 410-610-0077

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Coronado 25' Sloop – Excellent sail-away condition. 9.9 Johnson. New batteries, VHF, stereo, depth, all new cushions. $4,500 obo. 703-922-7076; 703-623-4294.

1973 Bristol 32' shoaldraft sloop – Gas Atomic 4, well equipped, dinghy.

Needs TLC. Great retirement project. $5,000 obo.

410-394-6658.

45' BRUCE ROBERTS KETCH w/Pilothouse. TOTAL REFIT completed 20142016. NEW Sails, Electronics, Solar added 2017. $95,000 OBO Southern Maryland 440-478-4020.

Sabre 28' 1976 sloop: Excellent sail-away condition; diesel, new battery, VHF, stereo, depth-finder, new cushions. $7,500. Call 240-388-8006.

OFFICE CONDO FOR SALE or LEASE Spa Rd & Forest Dr Sale Price $353,735 Lease $2,750 a month SCOTT DOUGLAS 301.655.8253 sdouglas@douglascommercial.com

The Inside Word

by Bill Sells

Kriss Kross

Anagram

Speak-Easy

Wildlife The ten anagrams below are all types of weapons.

Can you unscramble them and come up with the correct answers? Good luck!

1. R A B E ______________________________ 2. E D R E ______________________________ 3. M U A P ______________________________ 4. W O R C ______________________________ 5. S N I B O ____________________________ 6. S K A N E ____________________________ 7. N A V E R ____________________________ 8. G E L A E ______________________________ 9. Y E C O T O ____________________________ 10. K N I M C H U P________________________

How many two or more letter words can you make in 2 minutes from the letters in: Fortnight The English borrowed the German way of measuring time by counting nights rather than days. Fortnight, with the 'fort' being an abbreviation for fourteen, came to mean two weeks, and Sennight was for seven nights or one week. However, there are no time constraints known to man for Girlsnight.

Scoring: 31 - 40 = Aloft; 26 - 30 = Ahead; 21 - 25 = Aweigh; 16 - 20 = Amidships; 11 - 15 = Aboard; 05 - 10 = Adrift; 01 - 05 = Aground

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Lot for single-family home.

Riva MD. 155' waterfront. 30 miles from DC, easy commute. $480,000. Leave message, 410-212-2331 or pttkou@gmail.com.

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5.16 +/- acres zoned commercial Spacious office & retail store.

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Blue Knob Resort, PA. Studio condo, sleeps 4.

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Not a time-share! Ski, swim, golf, tennis.

410-267-7000.

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