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eaders, this is the CBM Bay Weekly issue I’ve looked forward to sharing with you for just shy of a year. No, it isn’t a special edition, like our trademark Dining Guide or the inspiring Home & Garden issue—though we’re hard at work getting ready to bring you both of those resources in the next month.

The remarkable thing about this issue is that it’s chock-full of events, news and key issues—none of which are pandemic-related!

This wasn’t intentional; in fact, our dearth of COVID-19 impact stories just dawned on me two days before this paper went to press.

To me, this is a natural, organic sign that Chesapeake Country is moving forward. Finally, there are new things to occupy our brains,

including controversial issues at hand in the Maryland legislature that could directly impact our communities.

In our public schools, there are proposed bills to take state funding away from school resource officers or change their role significantly (see our cover story page 10).

In some of our waterways, there is a proposal to allow commercial haul seine fishing, under which fishermen could bring a 750-footwide seine net into a small tributary, potentially impeding use of private piers and marinas and hinder water recreation. On page 4, neighborhood groups are banding together to fight the bill.

In other non-pandemic news, we answer the question, “What’s there to do for St. Patrick’s Day this

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I was reading the Bay Weekly and read the article A History-Maker ’s Take on Women’s History Month. In the article, there As seen in BAY WEEKLY was a list of women Jan. 28, 2021 who achieved “firsts” in Annapolis. I would like to shed light on another “first” in Annapolis. Her name is Sydney Barber, a 21-year-old Black woman of Lake Forest, Illinois, who will be the first U.S. Naval Academy’s first Black female brigade commander. She will break one of the final leadership barriers in the Annapolis, Md., school’s 175-year history. She will lead midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Even our columnists must have pandemic fatigue, because they’re all sharing insight on fresh spring subjects: what kind of rockfish season it will be, when you might start spotting those cute cottontail bunnies in your yard, how to create a garden that will attract butterflies.

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HB 843, which was heard last week by the state House Environment and Transportation Committee, would repeal “certain provisions of law that restrict the length of a haul seine that

a person may use in certain waters of Anne Arundel County,” meaning that commercial nets of 750 feet could be used instead of the 50-foot nets typically used for scientific research.

The “certain waters” in question include Lake Ogleton, Meredith Creek, and Whitehall Creek, all in and around the wide mouth of the Severn River.

Watermen use seine nets to fish for gizzard shad, a relatively new commercial fishery, which are sold and shipped to Southern states like Louisiana and Mississippi to be used for crawfish bait.

Most gizzard shad fishing happens in January, February, and the first half of March, explained Robert T. Brown, Maryland Watermen’s Association president, in the committee hearing.

Brown and his counterpart at the Anne Arundel County Watermen’s Association, Bill Scerbo, say the gizzard shad fishery is “very beneficial” to watermen.

“Especially in the time of COVID… this will allow watermen another avenue to fall back on to pay the rent,” Scerbo says. The bill has support from Maryland Department of Natural Resources, says its sponsor, Del. Seth Howard (R-30B) But what about other species who get swept up in the nets? The Severn River Association (SRA) and Coastal Conservation Association-Maryland (CCA) have come out strongly against the measure, questioning the damage that bycatch would inflict.

“Our concern is with the impact of these nets on non-target species, especially our endangered yellow perch,” says Jeff Schomig, board member and co-chair of SRA’s advocacy committee.

While Brown says watermen throw back all illegal fish when they haul seine, CCA Maryland’s Larry Jennings disputes that claim, saying tens of thousands of pounds of unsorted fish are loaded into tractor-trailers in these high-volume operations.

On Meredith Creek, neighbor Tom Schatz tells Bay Bulletin, “I am a lifelong resident (70+ years) on Meredith Creek and a former riverkeeper. This small and pristine habitat for populations of fish, eagles, ospreys, herons,

migratory birds, other sea birds, ducks and various mammals would be devastated by the passing of HB 843.”

SRA’s Schomig says the river advocacy group “wasn’t so much as given a heads up” that the bill was coming, and that “other recreational fishing, environmental and community groups have been similarly left in the dark.”

He continues, “It gives the appearance that someone is trying to sneak something past the residents and recreational fishermen who use the waters targeted by this bill.”

Community associations from the Bay Ridge community—about 460 water-privileged households—and three other communities bordering Lake Ogleton also feel there should have been outreach from the bill’s sponsor.

The major issue at hand: water access.

Neighbors argue that the headwaters of Lake Ogleton and Meredith and Whitehall Creeks are much too narrow for large nets.

“Allowing commercial fishing in these waterways would make recreational use much more difficult if not impossible, while these nets are in use due to the narrow width of these waterways.

Additionally, studies have shown that the use of seine gear can impact essential submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitats by disturbing bottom sediment and increasing turbidity,” says Bay Ridge Civic Association President Ryan Stangle, in a statement to Bay Bulletin.

In a letter from the civic association marina, Pier Committee Chair Kurt Karsten writes, “Lake Ogleton…is a tributary/cove off the Severn River which, at its widest is about 600 feet and at its longest is about 750 feet and it has houses on 50-foot waterfront lots, all around it, with piers at almost every lot, and multiple recreational boats at almost every pier, not to mention the four community piers that house hundreds of boats, all of which use these small waterways extensively throughout the boating and fishing season.

A Haul Seine of up to 750 feet would cause unimaginable chaos and could result in serious injury or death given that situation.”

Nuisance flooding on Dock Street in Annapolis in October 2019.

Photo: Cheryl Costello.

has left the campus more vulnerable to major storms, like the $120 million in damage caused by Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Both storm surges and frequent high-tide flooding affect daily operations at USNA, through road closures and impassable sidewalks and building entry points.

With relative sea level rise expected to continue in the Annapolis area well into the future, USNA’s Sea Level Rise Advisory Council predicts that an average high tide (Mean High Water) would flood low-lying roads daily at the Naval Academy by 2050.

And that’s before factoring in the impact of periodic storms: the superintendent says, for example, that a “one year storm,” the kind we can expect to see annually, would bring water 4.2 feet above sea level in the year 2050. That’s enough to flood the parking lots in the center of campus. And by the year 2100,

the same “one year storm” would put water 6.8 feet above sea level, producing flooding similar to Hurricane Isabel.

The Naval Academy has implemented stormwater surge strategies with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since Isabel, but USNA is also in the midst of developing a major, long-term Military Installation Resilience Plan with the city of Annapolis due to be complete by the end of 2021. It will give a course of action and year-by-year strategy to address sea level rise, ground settling, coastal flooding and storm surge, and stormwater management, says Vice Admiral Buck.

He says it will probably take a mix of approaches: seawalls, living shorelines, levees, changing land use, and temporary solutions. The superintendent calls the plan a “significant step forward” to enable the Academy to effectively execute its mission in the future.

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Gizzard shad are frozen and shipped to southern states for use as crawfish bait.

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BILL TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL SEINE FISHING IN SOME ANNAPOLIS WATERS DRAWS OUTCRY

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measure in the Maryland House of Delegates that would open three Annapolis creeks to commercial haul seine fishing is getting stiff opposition from neighbors and conservation groups alike.

USNA CHIEF: ANNAPOLIS SEA LEVEL RISE PUTS ACADEMY’S MISSION AT RISK

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he Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) says sea level rise in Annapolis is putting the service academy’s buildings, historic infrastructure, and entire military mission at risk.

USNA Superintendent Vice Admiral Sean S. Buck gave a statement before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Defense last week, highlighting how vulnerable the Naval Academy is to storm surge and localized high-tide flooding.

Vice Admiral Buck says that kind of nuisance flooding has increased from 2 to 3 times a year, historically, to 30–40 times a year today.

He says the rise in relative sea level— slightly more than one foot since 1929—

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An eastern oyster taken from the Choptank River. Photo: Sarah Donelan.

STUDY: STRESSED, YOUNG BAY OYSTERS GROW LESS MEAT

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new study on the Chesapeake Bay finds oysters may grow less “meat” if they’re exposed to low oxygen and warmer waters when they are young—common conditions of Bay summers. And that’s not good news for the oyster industry.

A team of biologists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) on the Rhode River found that early exposure to tough conditions “could leave lasting scars on oysters’ ability to grow meaty tissue.”

In the Bay’s shallow tributaries, where eastern oysters tend to live, oxygen levels can swing drastically from day to night in the hotter months. They can be perfectly healthy during the day and near zero at night. The research, published in the journal Ecological Applications, found that oyster react by focusing more on shell growth than tissue growth, to save energy.

That could lead to large oyster shells with puny amounts of meat inside.

“What we all of course want to eat at the raw bar is the oyster tissue,” says Sarah Donelan, a SERC postdoctoral fellow and lead author of the new report. “Customers and restaurants might be less pleased if there’s less tissue in what looks to be a large oyster.”

For this study, Donelan teamed up with SERC senior scientists Matt Ogburn and Denise Breitburg, experts in oyster conservation and how shellfish cope with the Bay’s environmental dangers.

Donelan ran an experiment in SERC’s cleverly-named Room of DOOM (Dissolved Oxygen Oyster Mortality), which mimics conditions in shallow Bay waters. She used 3,600 oysters, exposing groups to hotter water, low oxygen at night, or neither, for 18 days.

At first, they showed no ill effects. But then she gave them a two-month break and returned them to the experimental tanks. Faced with the same rough conditions again, the oysters showed signs of strain, including oversized shells and underperforming tissue.

“Low oxygen and warming waters are a real double whammy for marine organisms,” Breitburg said. “Warmer water holds less oxygen and causes oxygen to decline faster. At the same time, cold-blooded animals like oysters and finfish require more oxygen at warmer temperatures.”

Donelan points out that things are especially bad for oysters, who can’t move within the water column like fish can.

The study’s findings could help oyster farmers to better protect their stock.

They could track oxygen levels in the water, SERC suggests, bubbling extra oxygen into dead zones. Or, it may help to keep young oysters in tanks longer before moving them into the field. Protecting the oysters while they’re young is the key.

“Of course it’s more of a time investment to have to move oysters around or look at dissolved oxygen profiles on your farm, but it could be worth it,” Donelan said.

To read the study, go to: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ doi/epdf/10.1002/eap.2315.

A Quieter St. Patrick’s Day

BY JILLIAN AMODIO

W Gaelic Storm’s Pat Murphy will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at his Annapolis home, with his family, including son Patrick and daughter Lola.

Gaelic Storm will release a livestream concert to mark the occasion. Photo courtesy Patrick Murphy.

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hile the calendar says we are inching closer to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), we aren’t observing it in quite the same way. But one of our favorite holidays here on the Bay can still be celebrated, as our Irish brethren tell us.

John O’Leary, owner of Naptown Events and founder of the Annapolis St. Patrick’s Day parade has transformed the way we celebrate since the parade’s founding in 2011. “St. Patrick’s Day itself has always been busy, but if we See ST. PATRICK’S on next page

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY LIVE MUSIC Galway Bay, Annapolis: Richard Hayward noon-4pm, Jim Matteo 5-9pm, https://galwaybaymd.com/ Brian Boru, Severna Park: Jim Matteo noon-3pm, Sean Suttell 3-5pm, Sean Suttell in the tent 5:30-8:30pm, The Drinker & The Scholar 7-10pm, https://www.brianborupub.com/

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were going to do the parade, I wanted to create an entire week of Irish activities, especially for those who were coming in for the parade from out of town or even out of the country,” O’Leary says. “We have people from Norway that have been coming to the parade for the past three years. Every year it just grows bigger and bigger.”

Last year the parade was able to occur because it is was held the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day—before the state went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last year we probably had the largest, or only, St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world because everyone else was doing theirs the following weekend and had to cancel,” he says with a laugh. While the parade won’t happen this March, O’Leary is not letting that dampen his spirits.

He is saving up his energy and excitement for September, when the ninth annual parade returns for a full weekend of festivities, including the popular Hooley on City Dock the night before the parade featuring Dublin 5 and the 20th anniversary remembrance of 9/11, a special concert to honor local heroes who have supported the area during the pandemic, and Shamrock the Dock after the parade.

If September seems too far away and you want to mark the occasion on St. Patrick’s Day itself, you can livestream a concert by popular Celtic group Gaelic Storm.

Band member Patrick Murphy is a native of Ireland who now lives in Annapolis but the rest of the band members are spread across the country.

Gaelic Storm had its first big break in California in 1996 when they were recruited for the movie Titanic. Murphy jokes that for a while many people thought they “weren’t a real band” and were “just actors.” They ended up being signed by record label Virgin EMI. From there the band’s career took off and they began touring full time.

Through touring Murphy fell in love with the Annapolis area and decided to make it home.

Murphy says that, for the band, “St. Patrick’s Day is like Christmas day and Santa Claus, and it felt like all of that excitement has been taken away” when they had to cancel their show last year.

“The first couple of months were really strange,” Murphy says. “Last year was the first year ever we were home for St. Patrick’s Day.” Even so, Murphy says he is especially grateful for the time he has gotten to spend with his wife Susie, and two children Patrick, and Lola.

BETTER TOGETHER Local bagpiper and student Mackenzie Boughey. Photo: Betsy Kehne.

Gaelic Storm’s concert will air on their website at 8pm on St. Patrick’s Day ($22, RSVP: www.gaelicstorm.com).

Local bagpiper and student Mackenzie Boughey will also be finding alternative ways of channeling the Irish spirit. Her family is of Irish and English heritage and she grew up enjoying the various St. Patrick’s Day celebrations the area had to offer. It was at these events that she discovered the bagpipe.

While attending a fair, Boughey met a bagpiper named Eddy. “I was talking to him after the show and I really wanted to know how they worked,” she says.

She was fascinated and soon began taking lessons from local instructor Hal Cummings. When asked what she enjoys most about the instrument, Boughey says “I love that it is such a rare instrument. It’s fun to be a little different and its always such a crowdpleaser.” While she won’t be playing live anywhere this year, she hopes to post a set on her Facebook page so people can still enjoy the sounds and sights of the bagpipe.

As always, the Irish Restaurant Company will mark the occasion, although the celebrations will be smaller due to pandemic restrictions. Special menus will be available for carryout and dine-in, but reservations will be required to enjoy live music (see box above). Get your own glass of Guinness engraved to take home at Killarney House in Davidsonville, Galway Bay in Annapolis, Brian Boru in Severna Park and Guinness Blonde glassware will be given away tonight (March 11, starting at 6:30pm) at Galway Bay. Details: https://irishrestaurantcompany.com/.

Over 25 sites in Annapolis & Anne Arundel County

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Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Church Earns National Award

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Severna Park church is being recognized nationally for its efforts to be better stewards of the Bay watershed, one of just five winners selected in the U.S. Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church was selected by Interfaith Power & Light 2021 as a winner of its Cool Congregations Challenge. The annual contest recognizes religious congregations across the U.S. that address global warming by reducing carbon footprints and create models of sustainability within their communities.

Woods won a Cool Congregations Sacred Grounds Award for its collaborative effort to restore a 4-acre habitat on the church grounds.

An Anne Arundel County Master Watershed Steward came up with a plan to transform the property to a habitat that would support pollinators and wildlife, sequester carbon and mitigate stormwater. The plan included elements such as diminishing the size of the lawn to reduce the use of fertilizer and water, and planting native trees and plants. The project, which began in spring of 2018 and was completed in November 2020, has been warmly welcomed by the congregation.

“The parishioners have been very enthusiastic, especially when they saw so many butterflies that they hadn’t seen previously,” says Karen Royer, co-chair of the church’s garden committee. “The Cub Scout troop that meets at Woods asked for a garden tour and the Woods preschool asked for a flyer to give out to their families who were asking about the new flowers and shrubs that had so many pollinators.”

The church didn’t stop at watershed efforts in its goal to address global warming. It began a campaign to reduce energy use by upgrading to LED lighting, ultra-efficiency HVAC systems and building insulation improvements.

“Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church and the other winning congregations are casting a vision for the kind of world in which they want to live, and then carrying out that vision with practical actions that make a real difference in creating lasting solutions to climate change,” says the Rev. Susan Hendershot, president of See AWARD on next page

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The restoration work continues to expand at the church. “We hope to continue to showcase native plants and watershed friendly practices in our newsletter to keep the native plant benefits in front of people, and we will continue to plant many more native plants in all of our gardens and grounds going forward,” Royer says.

The church’s efforts to be responsible stewards of nature have proven to be an inspiration beyond their own parish. “People from the church and from the Severna Park Community Center who park on the church parking lot have taken pictures of the plant identification signs to use when they ask their landscapers for the same flowers or shrubs,” Royer says.

Neighbors interested in creating their own native garden often begin their search at the church. “The question of where to buy the native plants that they see in our gardens is the question that often comes up,” Royer says. “We hope that the local garden centers respond to the increased number of requests for native plants by stocking more.”

Homestead Gardens has established Native Habitat Centers to improve the Bay watershed in both its Davidsonville and Severna Park locations. The garden centers carry native plants sourced within a 50-mile radius and trains staff to ensure customers can get help selecting the appropriate native plants for their gardens.

Visitor Center Goes Mobile

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s statewide vaccine numbers and temperatures continue to climb, Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County (VAAAC) is hoping its latest innovation, the Arundel Ambassador, will encourage stir-crazy Marylanders to choose businesses and attractions in the region when they begin looking for some safe, socially-distanced fun.

Unveiled during a sneak preview event in downtown Annapolis on March 6, the 20-foot-long travel trailer will be hitting the road and serving as a mobile visitor information center at high-traffic locations throughout the county and state, distributing promotional materials for businesses and attractions, playing video blogs on its two 65-inch televisions, live-streaming performances, and hosting giveaways.

“What’s great about the Ambassador is that it allows us to connect with people throughout the county, and eventually the state, very directly,” said VAAAC Board Chairman Gary Jobson. “It’s the perfect way to show residents all of the great things to see and do right in, or within a short drive of, their backyards.”

“The beauty of the Ambassador is that, much like a bookmobile, it allows us to go to places and reach communities where we can’t easily take our staff,” echoes Kristin Pironis, who begins her role as VAAAC’s Executive Director on April 19.

The whole strategy is showing peo-

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Arundel Ambassador. Photo courtesy Visit Annapolis. ple how much there is to see and do in relatively close—but not too close— proximity to their homes, explained Alexis Fish, VAAAC Director of Marketing, and Susan Seifried, VAAAC VP of Public Relation & Communications.

VAAAC staff had the idea for the Ambassador before the pandemic struck but decided to make it a reality when the crisis turned a spotlight on the importance of supporting local businesses.

During the March 6 event the Ambassador featured brochures, vlogs, and gift card giveaways to businesses at the Arundel Mills Mall; it will focus more on Annapolis-area businesses when visiting farther corners of the county.

The mobile center serves as a billboard on wheels, with glossy images of horseracing at Pimlico, rolling dice at Maryland Live!, midshipmen marching, crab cakes, and City Dock in downtown Annapolis on its exterior.

While the Ambassador will expand its outreach to promote Annapolis and Anne Arundel County at trade shows, conventions, sporting events, and more throughout the state (and beyond) in the future, its current focus is on promoting inter-county travel.

To that end, its schedule for March (10am– 2pm) includes: Saturday, March 13: Killarney House in Davidsonville, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day with giveaways of $100 gift cards to Irish Traditions and the Irish Restaurant Company.

Saturday, March 20: Historic London Town and Gardens, for Maryland Day and to promote historical tourism and getaways.

Sunday, March 21: City Dock, where it will kick off Annapolis Restaurant Week.

Saturday, March 27: Quiet Waters Park, where it will celebrate the start of Spring.

Seifried says that VAAAC is not only actively seeking input and ideas from Anne Arundel County businesses on how to use and where to take the Ambassador—including offering partners the opportunity to be featured on its back end, host or accompany it on site, or provide giveaways or gift cards—but also from the public. “The possibilities really are endless,” said Seifried.

EVERYONE KNOWS that chicken manure makes a great natural fertilizer and soil conditioner.

But did you know that farmers who use manure take extra steps to protect local streams and the Chesapeake Bay? Maryland farmers test their soil to see if chicken manure is the right fertilizer for their crops.

Nutrient management plans tell them how much manure to use. Stream buffers and setbacks keep manure and its nutrients away from local waterways. Learn more.

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School resource officers attend a countywide co-training program with principals and school administrators. All photos courtesy Anne Arundel Co. Police Dept.

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our proposed bills are currently in committees before the Maryland General Assembly that could radically change how schools and law enforcement work together in the future.

At the heart of the issue: concerns that the presence of school resource officers causes tension and fear among minority students, minor transgressions are being criminalized, and law

enforcement officers are involved in situations better left to teachers and mental health professionals.

House Bill 496, sponsored by Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (D-Montgomery),

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House Bill 1089, sponsored by Del. Gabriel Acevero (D-Montgomery), and Senate Bill 245, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles County), aim to bring major changes to the role of school resource officers (SROs) in public schools. Del. Alonzo Washington’s (D-Prince George’s) House Bill 522 prevents school administrators from using school resource officers to enforce discipline-related school policies, rules or carrying out disciplinary ac-

tions. All four bills have been heard in committee, with public testimony from witnesses.

Wilkins’s bill, also known as Counselors Not Cops, proposes diverting the current state funding of $10 million for SROs to other programs and services that support student mental and behavioral health, restorative justice and wraparound services. Wilkins says her bill would not stop local jurisdictions from funding the program, but wants

Anne Arundel County school resource officers (clockwise from top left): Cpl. Carrier, Cpl. Hopple, Cpl. Miller, Cpl. Swartz, Cpl. Wengert.

the state’s money to be used in a different way.

Acevero’s bill, the Police-Free Schools Act, would remove police officers from schools and replace them with security employees without the authority to arrest students. It would prohibit school systems from contracting with law enforcement to station officers with arrest authority on school property, and provide more mental and behavioral health services to students.

Ellis’s bill does not do away with the SRO program but would prohibit an officer from entering a school building except under certain circumstances and by direct invitation by school ad-

The school-to-prison pipeline is a term used to describe the trend of charging students as criminals for what once might have been only a detention-worthy transgression or simply for misbehavior, a practice that sets them up to drop out of school. ministration, make them conceal certain weapons and require them to wear civilian clothing.

The sponsors and proponents of the bills say the time has come to end po-

lice presence in schools, which supports the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” and disproportionately affects Black, LGBTQ+ and students with disabilities. The school-to-prison

pipeline is a term used to describe the trend of charging students as criminals for what once might have been only a detention-worthy transgression or simply for misbehavior, a practice that sets them up to drop out of school.

Ellis pointed out during his bill’s hearing that Black students returning to schools for the first time after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer last summer may be suffering from trauma every time they see an SRO in uniform.

The state senator shared the story of

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his own son being targeted by a white teacher in school, saying he never wants another child to feel that way.

“These are kids,” Ellis said. “All of us have bad days, but do you want a police officer hovering over you when you are having a bad day? We need our law enforcement officers and I will be the first to say that we need them and we respect them. But when we send our babies to school, do we really want a

For many years, Calvert County Public Schools have employed safety advocates for school security, retired law enforcement individuals with no police power or authority. Presently the county still employs two safety advocates in each high school and one advocate for every two middle schools, in addition to the SROs. “The SROs assigned to CCPS have historically and continue to be an essential part of the CCPS total school safety program,” said Titus. “The SRO’s presence at the various schools provides an added recourse as they continue to work with troubled youth, provide safety presentations to classes, security during athletic events, information sharing regarding community

A renewed push for school safety came to the state’s attention with the passage of the Safe to Learn Act of 2018, calling for officers in school buildings and increased access to mental health services. The act was crafted in response to a spate of school violence across the nation, including a shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County just days before the act was passed. law enforcement officer roaming the halls dealing with them? I don’t. I want a teacher to deal with them.”

A renewed push for school safety came to the state’s attention with the passage of the Safe to Learn Act of 2018, calling for officers in school buildings and increased access to mental health services. The act was crafted in response to a spate of school violence across the nation, including a shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County just days before the act was passed. SRO Blaine Gaskill is credited for helping to stop the gunman from potentially harming others.

There are 10 SROs and one supervisor currently serving in Calvert County schools and 20 in Anne Arundel County. The SROs are all sworn law enforcement officers with mandatory 40-hour minimum of specialized training, with the power to arrest and carry weapons, and are employees of their respective county departments— Calvert County Sheriff ’s Office and the Anne Arundel County Police Department—not the school systems.

According to Larry Titus, Calvert County Public Schools Community Resource & School Safety Specialist, there is one SRO assigned to each middle and high school within the system and the SROs make themselves available to the feeder elementary schools they serve.

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matters that affect the school environment, and the list goes on.”

Rick Weber, principal at Huntingtown High School, says the presence of SROs is overall a good thing but can be “tricky” at times. “The SROs really have two bosses,” he said. “Ultimately their boss is the sheriff, not us. So we have to make sure we work out how this is going to work, how to share information. They can’t treat things in a school as if they were on the beat in the street... there’s a big difference when an SRO gets involved.”

Weber says overall, his staff and the community at large appreciates having a police officer on campus. “One of the reasons there was the push to have them in school was school shootings, people thought it was important to have armed police in the school as a deterrent. But they are also a resource for other things that come up.”

At first, Weber says, he wasn’t in favor of having officers at the school.

“When they first came in, I thought other personnel, counselors, were more valuable. It is good having another set of eyes in the building, no matter who they are, to keep an eye on things, especially at times like arrival and dismissals, at lunch. But when an issue rises to the level of needing police, to have someone available is an asset.

One of the most valuable things they do is, if there is a need for a threat as-

sessment—say a child doesn’t come to school and may be a threat to themselves or others—the SRO can visit the home and evaluate the threat to see if there is a problem there. That could be done by calling the sheriff ’s office, but it’s good if it’s someone you—and the student—knows.”

This is one of the benefits of the SRO program, says Sgt. Kam Cooke with the Anne Arundel County Police Department.

Having an officer in a school is important for community policing, says Cooke. “One of the most important things that we look at is creating relationships...some of our SROs coach sports, some are mentors to students who may need a father figure or mother figure, only one part of that (role) is the safety of our kids in school.”

The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) compiles data on school-related arrests. For 2018–2019, the latest data available, in Anne Arundel County, there were 356 arrests, while Calvert County reported 185 students arrested.

“Every school has their issues: weapons, drugs, alcohol, serious fights.

Sometimes students make serious threats. A lot goes on at a high school level,” said Carrier. “It’s disappointing when people say SROs are not needed.

We mitigate a lot of those things by the relationships we have with these kids.

Even those who have negative views of law enforcement—I am still there for their child, no matter what.”

Yet those seeking reform or removal of SROs say the officers’ presence does not actually protect students. “School

Students have mixed emotions about the presence of SROs. Drake Smith, student member of the Board of Education in Anne Arundel County and a Meade High School senior, says much depends on an individual school.

Around the county, “we don’t have SROs that do the things we are seeing on TV,” he says. “They are trained, they know how to handle things and they don’t get involved in things that the administration should handle.”

Smith, who returned to in-person classes this week, says that recent events do shine a new light on the presence of SROs. “We have had students sitting at home watching Black

and brown people getting harassed, beaten and murdered by police officers around the country... we see ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) and ‘f the police’ all over social media... right now it is important for all SROs to form a relationship with every single student they can. They have to do twice, three times, the amount of work to build those relationships back up. What’s happened nationally has eroded our trust.”

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“It’s disappointing when people say SROs are not needed. We mitigate a lot of those things by the relationships we have with these kids.

Even those who have negative views of law enforcement—I am still there for their child, no matter what.”

—CPL. JON CARRIER

SROs have been a part of the school landscape in Anne Arundel County since 2001, when a cooperative agreement with the school system helped to create the program, starting with seven select middle schools.

Cpl. Jon Carrier has been with the program from its inception. He helped create the curriculum for the SRO training program for the state, and other localities look to Anne Arundel County as a model, said Cooke.

“I have been in law enforcement for 32 years, and our unit (SRO) is 20 years old,” says Carrier, who is also the president of the Maryland Association of School Resource Officers. “We have won national awards as a model program for the way we do things,” he adds, citing awards from the School Safety Advocacy Council plus awards from the Governor’s Office on Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services.

Carrier has been the SRO at Southern High School in Lothian for two years and was at South River High School for eight years before that.

“Most of my conversations at school are positive, even if I have to tell parents bad news about their child,” he said.

“In every action we do, the way we train is that, no matter what, if I have to arrest a child for a serious assault or theft, I want to still make it a positive interaction. I want to teach them that it’s a behavior-changing incident and walk through the process with them.”

should be a place of learning, with men and women in civilian clothes, not officers in police uniforms with weapons,” Ellis said, sponsor of HB 496.

“The school police model has failed Maryland’s students. 40 years of research demonstrates that it has not prevented school shootings or reduced school-based violence of any kind” says Monisha Cherayil, an attorney for The Public Justice Center, a legal advocacy group based in Baltimore. “At the same time, it has resulted in the arrests of children—particularly Black children and children with disabilities—for minor childhood behaviors, like fighting and disruption, perpetuating the school-to-prison pipeline.” The group, along with members of the Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability, has testified in support of both HB 1089 and HB 496.

Mckayla Wilkes, the recent Democratic challenger for Steny Hoyer’s seat in the U.S. House, has been a vocal critic of law enforcement in schools.

After her unsuccessful campaign, she began a nonprofit, Schools Not Jails, to help dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, something she says she is all too familiar with. “I was arrested by SROs,” Wilkes told the Senate committee during the hearing for SB 245. “I was thrown directly into that pipeline.

I wasn’t arrested for committing any type of crime, I was arrested for status offenses (truancy).”

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Mar. 11: Lunch & Learn.

THURSDAY MARCH 11

Blood Drive 8am-3pm, Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce, 2126 Espey Ct. Ste A, Crofton, RSVP: http://bit.ly/3chX0do.

KIDS Sea Squirts Children (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft all about boats. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm & 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Lunch & Learn The Maryland State Archives, with The Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Maryland Four Centuries Project welcome Chris Haley, director of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program for a virtual talk on racial control and oppression in the state from its founding to the Civil War. 1pm, RSVP for link: https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/.

Garden Movies Discussion Watch one of two movies beforehand, then join a virtual group discussion about sustainable agriculture practices that do less harm to the environment.

Films are The Biggest Little Farm and New Farms, Big Success: With 3 Rock Star Farmers. Hosted by Deale Library.

4-5:30pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

Step back in time for a night at the Emerald Lounge at Annapolis Town

Learn how to harvest, prepare and cook early spring herbs and vegetables with Executive Chef Frederik De Pue of Flamant, and host Katie Dubow; learn about his favorite seasonal and local flavors, how to work them into your repertoire and how to get them on the family table in this Facebook Live event; hosted by Homestead Gardens. Noon, www.facebook.com/homesteadgardens.

Compass Rose Theater Watch a Zoom performance of The Last Train to Nibroc, a comedy by Arlene Hutton. FSa 7pm, Su 2pm, free: www.compassrosetheater.org.

SATURDAY MARCH 13

Blood Drive 9am-2pm, One Annapolis Exchange Office Building, 1997 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, RSVP: http://bit.ly/3v8NBxp.

Women of Achievement Tour Stroll through the historic district with a suffragist guide and hear stories of notable female Marylanders, including Harriet Tubman and Barbara Mikulski. 10:30am-12:30pm, starting at Market House Park, 25 Market Space, Annapolis, $20/adult and $5/child (ages 3-11). One complimentary child’s ticket is available with the purchase of an adult ticket; RSVP: www.AnnapolisTours.com/ Women-ofAchievement/.

Mar. 13-Apr. 3: Bunny Bungalow.

SUNDAY MARCH 14

AACo Farmers Market 10am-1pm, 257 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis: www.aacofarmersmarket.com/

Sunday Market 11am-2pm, Honey’s Harvest Farm, Lothian: https://honeysharvest.com/.

Petite Works Reception See the 8th annual exhibit of art works all smaller than 12 inches on the theme A New Day. Exhibit runs thru April 17.

Reception 1-3pm, Wimsey Cove Framing & Fine Art Printing, Annapolis: https://annapolis-arts-alliance.com/.

Watch a virtual performance by the O’Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance. 11am-12:30pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

9am-2pm, Chesapeake Real Producers, 900 Bestgate Rd., Annapolis, RSVP: http://bit.ly/3enb1tc.

TUESDAY MARCH 16

Gardening for Pollinators Pollinators in Maryland and across the globe are in decline. Learn about common groups of Maryland’s bees, what plants provide good nectar, what plants are good host plants for butterflies, and about different types of nest boxes for pollinators; presented in partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

6pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

Building Wealth Webinar

Understanding Phragmites Since Phragmites australis began taking over U.S. wetlands in the 1970s, science has learned a lot about the non-native strain of this reed; hear from SERC ecologists Melissa McCormick and Dennis Whigham on the latest science and research, efforts by scientists and local citizens to link the ecology of phragmites with efforts to manage it, and discuss public perceptions of this not-so-friendly European visitor. 7pm, RSVP for link: https://serc.si.edu/

John Wright Speaker Series

MARCH 13 THRU APRIL 3

Jeff Holland shares his experiences discovering readily available hiking paths in and around the Severn River and Anne Arundel County with the Severn River Association. 7pm, RSVP for Zoom link: info@severnriver.org.

Bunny Bungalow Hop into Spring at Annapolis Town Center and bring the kids to the Bunny Bungalow for an in-person, contactless photo-op with the Easter Bunny. Pets can visit, too, for photos on Tuesdays (5-7pm). Packages and times vary, RSVP: www.visitatc.com/bunny/

Blood Drive

Join CCCS of MD & DE and learn about reverse budgeting; the importance of finding the right checking and savings account; and tips to help you get started working towards your savings goals; in partnership with the MD CASH Academy. 7pm, free, RSVP: www.mdcashacademy.org.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Join the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society, along with various women’s service and heritage societies, to celebrate the hard-working women of the historic home and the county, with a tour and an introduction to Nancie Smith Benson, wife of the builder, and the Kelly sisters who lived in the home. 11am-3pm, 7101 Aviation Blvd, Linthicum Heights: http://www.aachs.org.

Emerald Lounge

Cooking with Frederik De Pue

MARCH 12 THRU 14

Join Mark Wilkins, curator of maritime history, to explore European expansionism (1095-1500) in the kickoff event for the Calvert Marine Museum Spring virtual lecture series. 5pm, RSVP for Zoom link: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

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Center. Hosted by Vintage Views: A Wandering Bar, the speakeasy-styled event will showcase live music and an imaginative food and cocktail menu, complete with 1920 vibes. Each table receives two drink tickets and a small plate per seat, as well as a charcuterie board for the table. FSa 7-10pm, $100$300/table, RSVP: www.visitATC.com.

Benson-Hammond House

The Maryland Natural History Society presents Bob Long, wild turkey and upland game bird biologist for Maryland DNR, who will summarize the dramatic comeback of the species and also discuss the biology and current management of these fascinating birds in this virtual talk. 7pm: www. marylandnature.org/get-involved/calendar/

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Maryland in the Age of Sail

The Wild Turkey in Maryland

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Mar. 13: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Why It Matters: Reckoning with Race. Equity. Allyship.

Join authors Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal as they discuss their best-selling

To have your event listed in Bay Planner, send your information at least 10 days in advance to calendar@bayweekly.com. Include date, location, time, pricing, short description and contact information. Our online calendar at www.bayweekly.com/events is always open.

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Mar. 14: Petite Works Reception.

book, I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, inspired by the death of Baltimorean Freddie Gray. In their conversation, they’ll touch on some of today’s most pressing topics—the recent resurgence of our country’s reckoning with racial inequity, a video that went viral after the death of George Floyd, and reaching beyond platitudes to work together on issues of common concern. 7-8:30pm, free, RSVP: www.mdhumanities.org/events/.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 17

Blood Drive 9am-2pm, Edgewater Beach/Chestnut Hill Neighborhood, 155 Edgewater Drive, Edgewater, RSVP: http://bit.ly/3qt297F.

KIDS HiSTORY Time Preschoolers (ages 2-6) and caregivers watch an interactive story about life in the past, then engage in activity or craft; hosted by The Riversdale House Museum. (Also March 24.) 11am, $8 w/discounts, RSVP: www.pgparksdirect.com.

Conquering Debt Webinar Join Human Services Programs of Carroll County for this webinar on strategies to deal with debt collectors and create a plan to successfully manage debt; in partnership with the MD CASH Academy. 11am, free, RSVP: www.mdcashacademy.org.

KIDS Nature Play Day Get the kids outside for fun and exploration around the sanctuary.

Dress for the weather (ages 6-10).

1-3pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6/person, plus $6 vehicle fee, www.jugbay.org.

Women in Aerospace Join Historic Annapolis and Smithsonian Affiliations for a discussion of how women have worked from the very beginning of aviation to innovate, and how museums have documented their stories, with Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, Curator and Department Chair of the Space History Department at the National Air and Space Museum.

5pm, free, RSVP: www.annapolis.org THURSDAY MARCH 18

KIDS Little Minnows Children (ages 3-5yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft: What Floats Your Boat is the theme. 10:15am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm & 4:15pm, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission, RSVP: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Women of Marietta The Hammond Harwood House in Annapolis hosts a virtual presentation

by Dr. Julie Rose with the Marietta House Museum in Prince George’s County on the stories of five historical women, some who lived free and some enslaved, at Marietta around 1830. Noon-2pm, RSVP for Zoom link: https://hammondharwoodhouse.org/.

Wild Women of Maryland Historic London Town’s deputy director Lauren Silberman talks about her book, Wild Women of Maryland: Grit and Gumption in the Free State. 1pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

Blood Drive 2-6pm, Keller Williams of Maryland, 231 Najoles Rd., Ste 100, Millersville, RSVP: http://bit.ly/38lg1uz.

Gallery Tour and Q&A Take a virtual tour of the exhibit In Search of Meaning: Memory Becomes Us by artist Patricia Moss-Vreeland followed by a Q&A with the artist and exhibition coordinator, Emily Kohlenstein. 6pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl. net.

Senior Dog Sanctuary Virtual Meet & Greet Learn about the Senior Dog Sanctuary, dog safety and care, and perhaps meet an adoptable dog or two. 7pm, RSVP for link: www.aacpl.net.

PLAN AHEAD

Potato Planting Day March 20: Join volunteers for a potato planting extravaganza as part of the Growing for Good program, a sustainable farm project that has raised over 70,000 lbs of produce for local food pantries. Two sessions: 9am & 12:30pm, Historic Sotterley, California, RSVP: www.sotterley.org or call 301-373-2280 x1105.

Historic House Tours March 20: Explore two architectural treasures in downtown Annapolis, the Hammond-Harwood House and the Chase-Lloyd House on an hourlong tour covering the architectural details and long-standing social history that connects these two great houses on Maryland Avenue. 11am, Hammond-Harwood House Museum, Annapolis, $20, RSVP: https:// hammondharwoodhouse.org/events/ p

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CREATURE FEATURE

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

On the Trail of the Cottontail

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ast year, while taking a walk at Quiet Waters Park, the path took me near a calm and “chilled” rabbit, stretched out in the sun near a dense shrub. All it did was twitch its nose as I walked by.

When a dog on a leash paraded past, it tensed and sat up but stayed put. When I walked past a second time several minutes later, it was lounged out again.

I then realized that, around my neighborhood, there did not seem to be any rabbits when only a few of years before rabbits seemed to be everywhere.

Rabbits occur on every continent except Antarctica. There are 30 species of wild rabbits and many domesticated breeds. The domesticated ones range from the huge Flemish Giants which weigh up to 22+ pounds and measure 4-feet long, to the Netherland Dwarf which weighs in at little more than a pound.

Our local cottontail rabbits usually weigh just under 3 pounds. A southern species, the swamp rabbit, are a little bigger than the cottontail. They are common in the southern swamps and salt-marshes and are avid swimmers.

When I lived in Florida, I would take

hikes near the St. Peterburg-Clearwater Regional Airport and would occasionally see jackrabbits, mostly common in the West. I was told that the animals were used to train greyhounds and they got loose and began wild breeding. However, jackrabbits are not classified as a rabbit but rather a hare. Hares are larger and have longer legs than rabbits. They run faster and can weigh up to 6 pounds.

The cottontail rabbits are very prolific and can have four litters of up to 12 kits a year. The young will leave the shallow fur-lined ground nest in just 12 days and are independent in a month. The young are of reproductive age within three months. A female could have 30-some kits a year and the female offspring are mature in six months. Which means that one rabbit could be responsible for around 130 new rabbits in a year.

Unusually, female rabbits do not have routine estrus cycles. Their ovulation is triggered by a sexual encounter. Males (called a buck) have range that is about twice that of the females (called a doe). Bucks will chase and

woo the does by running at them in circles and by jumping over them. In the spring, when several rabbits run into each other in one field, the courting ritual can be quite dramatic.

Rabbits are prey for many animals, which is why I think the population around me appears to have disappeared. At the same time the rabbits became scarce, foxes became more common. On the Eastern Shore, I once was able to watch a golden eagle hunt

for rabbits.

Without predators, the rapid reproduction rate would have us covered in rabbits in just a few years. That happened in Australia in 1859 when rabbits for hunting were released. Now they are overwhelming native animals and altering the landscape.

The balance of predator to prey can be very delicate and removing too many predators could have us looking like Australia. p

sytoes. Nectar plants include: native asters, mistflower, mountain mints, sweet pepper bush (Clethra), purple coneflowers, and Joe-Pye weed.

There are many more than what I’ve

mentioned here. Join me on Saturday, May 15 for a native plant sale and garden tour at Beaver Creek Cottage Gardens, 11am-6pm, to learn more (8117 Beverly Rd., Severn, Md., 21144). p

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STORY AND PHOTO BY MARIA PRICE

Butterflies for a Better Bay

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he Chesapeake Bay Trust has awarded a grant to the College of Southern Maryland for a program called “Butterflies for a Better Bay.” The goal is to reestablish Chesapeake Bay watershed meadows as a community ecosystem restoration. This is a project of Paul Billeter, a CSM biology professor and Dr. Tracey Stuller of the CSM Environmental Sustainability Committee. Since monarch butterflies are the most recognizable butterflies, famous for their beauty and their incredible 2,000-mile seasonal migration, they will help to encourage interest in preserving the Chesapeake Bay by encouraging watershed native plant restoration. This will help to improve water quality in local streams and waterways, reducing storm flow volume and pollutants entering waterways.

We can all do our part in this effort to help restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed. We can all help to establish butterfly meadows and corridors on small plots in our yards by planting native plants that butterflies need to flourish. It’s important to include the host plants that butterflies lay their eggs on, which produce caterpillars that eat these plants for their specific larval food. We also should add native plants that produce a lot of nectar that adult butterflies thrive on. If we all did a small patch in our gardens or wherever some vacant land could be

used, it could all add up to a big effect around the Bay. Picture a sunny wildflower meadow or small little garden plot, humming with the activity of bees, dragonflies and colorful butterflies while at the same time resulting in cleaner waterways.

To start, remove all weeds from where you’re putting your native plant habitat. You can start with a regional wildflower seed mix or put nursery grown native plants in. Many perennials take about three years to get established. Many bunch grasses form clumps that feed and shelter birds, insects and small mammals. Some of these are Indian grass, brown sedge and prairie drop seed. Leguminous plants such as false indigo fix nitrogen in the soil and are caterpillar hosts for sulphurs, hairstreaks, blues and skippers.

One of the most important perennial families are the milkweeds. Most of these provide larval food for butterflies. Butterfly weed, a bright orange flower, swamp milkweed and common milkweed all feed monarch butterfly larvae.

Golden alexanders host the black swallowtail butterfly, white turtle head hosts the Baltimore checkerspot, and rough-leaved goldenrod hosts the Baltimore and silvery checkerspot.

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SPORTING LIFE

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE

The Oracle at Mill Creek: 2021 Will Be a Great Rockfish Year I t’s going to be a great year for rockfish in 2021, one of the best of the last decade. Despite many forecasts for exactly the opposite, I’ve gotten it on good authority that the rock are already stacked up in great number in the midBay this year and are good-sized. That’s just the kind of news I’ve longed for these last many months but increasingly felt the possibility non-existent.

There is one source of information on rockfish that has been steadfastly on-target better than all the others.

Not 100 percent accurate to be sure, which is just not possible, but close enough. I’ve found that any conversation with this witness concerning the Bay and its fish, has been uncannily valid—plus he lives conveniently nearby on the Severn. I like to call him The Oracle at Mill Creek, kind of like our Tidewater’s Warren Buffet (The Oracle of Omaha).

Leo James, a born-on-the-Bay waterman, has been on the Chesapeake day in and day out for three-quarters of a century. He’s seen the Bay at its very best (the ‘50s were incredible) and the not-so-best (the last few years have been a challenge) but he’s a firm believer in the Bay’s ability to rise and rise again from our many clumsy and

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The yellow perch bite is inching along. The frigid temps haven’t helped much, so some warm days could set it FISHFINDER afire. white perch are crowding the yellow run and should start showing up in better numbers soon. It’s worms and minnows under bobbers that are getting the most fish, with bait on the bottom being next best. The hickories are not too far away and throwing shad darts in multiple colors works best for them. pickerel are holding steady throughout the tribs and taking minnows, spinner baits and crank baits as well as surface plugs. The season may not be on fire quite yet but it is smoking a bit and due to take off soon. Get on the water and get some.

Leo James often disastrous attempts at resource management.

Leo has made his living off the Chesapeake’s bounty with a lot of hard work and not just a little insight.

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the point that the middle-Bay rockfish population is so numerous that it may be upsetting the balance of other species. I saw an incredible number of small crabs last year that just disappeared as the months went by. The fish just ate ‘em up, too many catfish, perch and rock gulped ‘em all down.

That one rockfish limit tilted things too much in the wrong direction.

“The price of rockfish has also dropped this winter (almost 50 percent, unofficially). That’s a clue that there’s a lot of fish in the water. I’ve heard tell that the schools of stripers stretch from the Bay Bridge down past the mouth of the eastern Bay. That’s a long, long way.”

Leo added that “the gill netters working rockfish have to be careful not to set much net out. And if they’re out more than 20 minutes or so, they get so full they can’t pull ‘em back in.”

While the mental image of that for a recreational angler is not particularly attractive, the thought that the rock are actually so numerous is indeed comforting. It’s only seven weeks from opening day, May 1. We’ll soon see if The Oracle is as knowing as he usually is. I certainly hope so I’m aching to do some good rockfishing. p

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THE MOVIEGOER

BY DIANA BEECHENER

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oy (Frank Grillo: Billions) is stuck in a rut. Every morning a man breaks into his apartment and tries to lodge a machete in his face. The first few times, Roy’s freaked out, but by the 100th time, it’s getting a little old.

Unfortunately for Roy, he’s trapped in some sort of time loop. So far, he’s relived the same day over and over again, repeating it every time he dies.

He’s never made it past 12:50pm. If Machete Guy doesn’t get him, the helicopter with the Gatling gun does. If he somehow misses both of those, and the women with the grenade launcher… there’s always the bomb expert or the dude with a spear bolted to his pickup truck.

He’s become a connoisseur of death.

He knows what hurts most when it comes to dying and the best ways to get the job done if he wants a restart.

Roy has a vague notion as to why this might be happening. His ex, Jemma (Naomi Watts: The Loudest Voice), is a scientist working on a top secret project. Could Jemma be the key to ending this violent loop? Or is Roy simply going to have to kill his way out of it.

A movie best described as “Groundhog Day, if the groundhog kept trying to kill Bill Murray,” Boss Level is a ton of fun for those who like big, dumb action romps. From the Commando school of “plots are for losers”, Boss Level isn’t really about the story. Boss Level is an extended action sequence with occasional dialogue. There’s an

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Director Joe Carnahan (State of Affairs) is an old hand at mindless action. He’s the perfect man to give Boss Level a sense of testosterone-fueled comedy and action. He creates (as the title implies) a video game-like universe for Roy to inhabit. By doing this, Carnahan eliminates any real sense of danger, but also amps up the fun. When you know Roy can’t really die, all the violence becomes cartoonish and goofy.

As the center of the movie and the time loop, Grillo does a great job.

He’s got the smirk, the oiled pecs, and one-liner timing of any good action

hero. His Roy is a gruff man who deeply regrets losing his ex and not having a relationship with his child.

The few tender moments Boss Level allows itself revolve around Roy using a few of his lives to really get to know his son.

Though Grillo does his best to keep the momentum going, there are some drawbacks. The Big Bad is played by Mel Gibson (Fatman), who is apparently trying to launch his Hollywood comeback with barely interesting performances. It’s a shame that Grillo’s nemesis has none of his energy for the material.

Most unforgivable, however, is Boss Level’s complete misuse of action legend Michelle Yeoh (Star Trek: Discovery).

Barely in the movie at all, she’s wasted on a thankless training montage. It’s a shame, since she has chemistry with

Grillo, that Carnahan couldn’t think of a better storyline for her.

The other issue is the script, which offers dated jokes and poorly timed punchlines. Also, much like a video game, every new area Roy enters features at least one helpful person who gives us paragraphs of exposition to keep the story going. It’s a tedious trope, but one that you can’t get too mad at since it efficiently moves the audience from bloodbath to bloodbath.

If you’re a fan of ‘80s and ‘90s action movies, Boss Level will keep you laughing, in spite of its flaws. It’s the sort of mindless flick that would have played well as a summer release. So make yourself a big tub of popcorn, settle in with a few people (if you can safely) and get ready to cheer and heckle this ridiculous, fun movie.

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On Feb. 23, Siriporn Niamrin, 49, discovered a large, waxy, oval-shaped lump that smelled of fish and weighed about 15 pounds along the beach near her home in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand, and was excited to learn it may be a rare substance called ambergris, or vomit produced by sperm whales. The Mirror reported ambergris is highly prized in making perfume, and it might be worth as much as $260,000. “If I really have the genuine ambergris, I can help my community once I find a buyer for it,” Niamrin said. “I’m keeping it safe in my house” as she waits for expert confirmation of its authenticity.

on Feb. 28 after her granddaughter’s pet goat, Billy the Kid, returned home from one of his frequent adventures around their rural neighborhood painted from head to toe. Harris told Fox 10 News she suspected local teens had stolen and abused the goat, but investigators followed the goat’s trail to Erica Farmer, who was visiting relatives nearby, and arrested her for theft of property and animal cruelty. Farmer has since apologized for dying the goat with colored shampoo and food coloring, and Harris now wants the charges dropped, telling the district attorney’s office, “I’m really sorry for wasting your time.”

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Northern California plastic surgeon Scott Green surprised officials in Sacramento Superior Court on Feb. 25 when he appeared for a traffic trial via videoconference from what appeared to be an operating room, the Sacramento Bee reported. As clicks and whirs of medical equipment and suctions could be heard in the background, a courtroom clerk questioned his whereabouts, and Green, dressed in hospital scrubs, admitted, “Yes, I’m in an operating room right now. I’m available for trial. Go right ahead.” Despite Green’s repeated assurances, Court Commissioner Gary Link was skeptical: “I do not feel comfortable for the welfare of a patient if you’re in the process of operating ... I don’t think that’s appropriate.” The trial was rescheduled for later in March. California’s Medical Board said in a statement it was investigating the incident.

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Sharon Carr of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested by officers responding to a residential burglary call on Feb. 26 when she stepped from the shadows in front of the victim’s house. Investigators found a window screen removed and a window open, where they allege Carr entered the home but quickly left, leaving behind an empty Cheetos bag and a water bottle. Cheetos residue on Carr’s teeth linked her to the crime, reported KTUL-TV, along with testimony from the victim. Carr was charged with first-degree burglary.

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Diplomats and their families from the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea, worked around extreme COVID-induced travel restrictions by pushing themselves across the border in a rail trolley to reach their home country on Feb. 25, the BBC reported. The group of eight, including children, traveled 32 hours by train and two hours by bus to reach the Russian border, but trains and wagons cannot enter or leave North Korea, so the embassy’s third secretary, Vladislav Sorokin, completed the last half-mile of the journey by pushing the trolley filled with the group and their baggage on train tracks over the Tumen River, where they were met by Russian officials at the border station.

Animal Antics

EuroWeekly reported that on Feb. 24, a routine Sudanese Tarco airline flight from Khartoum to Doha, Qatar, was forced to turn around about a half-hour after takeoff when a stowaway cat caused a midair emergency. The cat gained entry to the cockpit and became aggressive, attacking the crew, who were unable to restrain it, prompting the pilot to return to the airport. Officials believe the cat got onto the airplane while it was parked overnight in a hangar in Khartoum.

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Oops!

Mates Jackson Perry and Noah Palmer of Mandurah, Western Australia, planned a leisurely float offshore, drinking beer on a blowup air mattress on Feb. 27, but they wound up stranded in the Indian Ocean for nearly three hours after the wind blew them out to sea. “We couldn’t paddle against the wind, and we just kept going further and further out,” Perry told 7News, but they did manage to call a friend, who reached them on his jet ski just before their cellphones died. “We were kind of getting worried at that point,” Perry said, but the beers helped with the anxiety.

Mystery

Police in Hertfordshire, England, received about 100 complaints over a three-day period from people parked at a Tesco store in Royston who reported their car alarms inexplicably went off, and they couldn’t use their key fobs to lock or unlock their vehicles. Communications watchdog company Ofcom told the BBC in March 1 its investigators checked the area for signs of interference, but found nothing. No cars have been reported stolen, and police said they were not treating the incidents as malicious.

Devil’s in the Details

Amazon released a new icon for its shopping app in January with what was supposed to look like a jagged piece of tape on a package above Amazon’s smiling arrow logo but instead reminded some viewers of Adolf Hitler’s mustache, CBS News reported. After Twitter users commented on the resemblance, Amazon tweaked the art and rolled out a more squared-off version in late February.

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