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Let’s Hear it for Ospreys! And crabs, oysters, rockfish…

f there is just one aspect of the Chesapeake Bay we love (okay, aside from boats—we do love the feeling of being far from shore with the breeze and the horizon all around), it is the Bay’s iconic wildlife. You know, the critters we look forward to glimpsing, and sometimes catching and eating. The ones we see on our state license plates. The creatures that, when we get to observe them in their element on the water, it feels like we’ve been let in on a special secret. It always takes my breath away when I walk down to the marshy waterfront on Cypress Creek and accidentally startle a great blue heron. This long-legged, elegant bird can go from perfect motionlessness to full flight in mere seconds. “Ooh, there he goes,” I find myself saying in a hushed whisper as the heron whooshes away. As our seasoned Sporting Life angler Dennis Doyle recounts, the pursuit of a rockfish can take one’s breath away, too (page 17). His description of fishing for a striper as it surface-strikes is like art, a carefully choreographed dance with rod and reel. The thrill of the chase is certainly at play with this fish.

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Then, of course, there’s the obvious iconic species, the blue crab. I don’t have to tell you why we love these. The delicious tradition of steamed crabs is emblematic of the Bay. In addition to the crabs’ delectable taste, eating them continues an age-old social tradition. Friends and families sit down to pick crabs together; it’s a meal passed down through generations. Even in this day and age, you can’t rush a crab feast and you can’t be distracted by your cell phone. Your hands would be way too dirty for scrolling. Even after the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on the large-scale crab feast, the Annapolis Rotary Club has found a way to sustain its epic annual event (page 6). For the second year, it’s a crab feast to-go: one the CBM Bay Weekly team will be enthusiastically participating in. I can’t wait to see who the fastest crab picker on staff will be. And then of course, there are oysters. We eat them (celebrate National Oyster Weekend at a local restaurant this weekend!) and we help restore their population in the Bay (check out Chesapeake Beach’s newly expanded sanctuary reef on page 4).

To appreciate our final iconic Chesapeake species, you’ll have to look up. Our favorite bird of prey, the osprey, can be seen flying across the water with a fat fish in its talons, or building an engineering marvel of a nest out of sticks and debris woven together. But what happens when those nests are built too close to human habitat? Ospreys favor a high platform, whether it’s a navigational marker on the water or a tall light pole at a mall or public park. In our feature story, we look at what happens when ospreys establish their homes in human domain. It’s a scenario that can have a very different set of outcomes, as you’ll read on page 9. What can we do to honor the Chesapeake’s glorious creatures? We can start by making smart environmental choices as individuals. And we can keep supporting the organizations devoted to protecting our wildlife—the oyster growers, the bird rescue groups, and the clean water advocates that make the Bay healthier for us all. p —MEG WALBURN VIVIANO,

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Boats Crash in Upper Bay, National Oyster Weekend, Oysters Planted in Chesapeake Beach, Boat Shows President Retires, Crabs To-Go, Rosenwald Documentary Gets Grant ................................3 FEATURE

Osprey Conflicts ....................... 9 BAY PLANNER ....................... 13 PLAYGOER............................. 15 CREATURE FEATURE............... 16 GARDENING FOR LIFE............. 16 MOON AND TIDES.................. 17 SPORTING LIFE...................... 17 MOVIEGOER.......................... 18 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 19 CLASSIFIED........................... 20 PUZZLES............................... 21 SERVICE DIRECTORY............... 23 ON THE COVER: PHOTO BY BETSY KEHNE

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This Grady-White’s operator says he was using autopilot when the boat hit a piling and jumped the bulkhead. Photo: MET21/Facebook.

TWO POWERBOATS CRASH INTO LAND ON UPPER BAY, BOTH INCIDENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

olice are investigating not one, but two, incidents of powerboats striking the shore and crashing onto dry land, both of which happened on the upper Bay over the weekend. Just after 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Middle River, the all-volunteer Marine Emergency Team 21 responded to a call on Seneca Creek and found a 30foot Grady-White Marlin in the lawn of a local sportsmen’s club. Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) say the Grady-White’s owner had been trying to get a video of his outboard motors while using an autopilot feature on his boat. “Suddenly, his vessel was heading towards a piling. The vessel proceeded to Nollmeyer Road in Middle River and made head-on contact with the bulkhead. The vessel was entirely over the bulkhead and on land,” NRP spokes-

person Lauren Moses tells CBM Bay Bulletin. Thankfully the boat’s operator was the only one on board, and he was not seriously injured. He will be responsible for removing the vessel, NRP says. Just a day later, NRP responded to a boat crash on land in Cecil County. Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, a 39foot Fountain powerboat had apparently run aground on the Elk River while going about 40-50 mph. The boat was lodged between trees in a grassy area above the shoreline. NRP says there were six people aboard the boat at the time of the crash. Two were taken to Shock Trauma with non-life-threatening injuries, and the other four were treated locally for their injuries. Moses says alcohol is suspected to be a factor in this crash, but charges have not been filed as the investigation continues.

Shell recycling restaurants in the Chesapeake region are offering special deals and new oyster recipes for National Oyster Weekend. Photo: Blackwall Hitch.

SLURP UP HERE FOR NATIONAL OYSTER WEEKEND BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

N Alcohol is suspected in the case of this Fountain 39 that crashed ashore. Photo courtesy Maryland Natural Resources Police.

ational Oyster Day is officially Thursday, Aug. 5, but why not extend it to a whole weekend here on the Chesapeake Bay? After all, we’ve got enough places to slurp oysters for days. That was the Oyster Recovery PartSee OYSTERS on page 4

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nership’s (ORP) thinking in launching its National Oyster Weekend event, happening from the 5th through Sunday the 8th. Nearly 40 restaurants from Maryland to Virginia are offering deals on bivalves ($1 oysters is a popular one) and even creative new oyster dishes throughout the long weekend. All the restaurants involved are members of ORP’s Shell Recycling Alliance, which means they’re committed to saving the discarded oyster shells their diners leave behind, donating them back to ORP as habitat for new baby oysters to grow on. National Oyster Day is ORP’s way of thanking its partner restaurants and encouraging us oyster-eaters to spend our dining dollars with them. “These Bay-friendly businesses are critical partners in our shell recycling and oyster restoration efforts, so don’t be shy about slurping!” the organization says. The Irish Restaurant Company, who participates in shell recycling with all four of its Chesapeake Bay region restaurants, is offering surprising ways to dress up oysters like an Irish Ale Shallot Mignonette, a Spicy Chili Lime Mignonette, a Chow Chow Mignonette, and a Chimichurri Mignonette. Steve Hardison, executive chef of Pirate’s Cove, Galway Bay, and Killarney House, all in Anne Arundel County, tells Bay Bulletin, “Oysters have a long

history as one of Marylanders’ favorite dishes. Besides being a great start to a meal, they’re an important resource for our local watermen and communities. So we support the Oyster Recovery Partnership in their work. “ Hardison sources some of the oysters from 38 North in St. Mary’s County, which he praises as being consistently firm, meaty and delicious. Maryland’s Best Seafood, the state’s agriculture arm that encourages people to eat local catches, is sponsoring National Oyster Weekend. As Hardison puts it, “We’re supporting a healthy Bay, local business, and we’re providing good eating to our customers. Everyone wins.”

OYSTER REEF BALLS SUNK OFF CHESAPEAKE BEACH BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

early 12 tons of concrete are now sitting on the bottom of Herring Bay, just waiting to become a condominium for Chesapeake Bay oysters and other critters. Seventy-eight concrete oyster “reef balls”, or domes of concrete with holes throughout them, were lowered into the water by crane off the coast of Chesapeake Beach. They serve to expand the Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative site in Herring Bay’s oyster sanctuary. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and

A partnership between conservationists, the state of Maryland, and Chesapeake Beach allowed for 78 new concrete reef balls set with young oysters. Photo: Dan Duffy. Coastal Conservation Association Maryland (CCA) partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation society and the Town of Chesapeake Beach to plant the reef balls about two miles offshore. Now in place, the concrete structures become habitat for oysters to attach to and hiding places for fish, crabs and other species. Each 300-pound reef ball was already set with oyster spat (juvenile oysters raised in captivity). With the newly installed oyster reef,

partner organizations aim to improve water quality (thanks to oysters’ water-filtering power) and create new fishing opportunities for anglers. Species like spot, silver perch, shrimp, and crabs like to hang out in oyster reefs, which in turn attract fish like striped bass, croaker, and speckled trout, among others. “Throughout Maryland we’re supporting efforts to increase recreational fishing opportunities and that means adding more fish habitat,” said David See REEF on next page

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Sikorski, Executive Director of CCA Maryland, which advocates for healthy coastal fisheries. “Maryland anglers know the value of oyster reefs, so we’re happy to support this project and others that help oysters rebuild reefs after decades of habitat decline.” Chesapeake Bay Foundation scientists say reef balls help replace the disappearing oyster reefs in the Bay, giving oyster recovery a fighting chance. “They emulate the reef structure of an undisturbed oyster reef that builds higher in the water column over time through generations of oyster spawning and growth,” explains CBF Maryland Senior Fisheries Scientist Allison Colden. The oyster spat attached to these concrete balls count towards the goal of adding 10 billion oysters to the Bay by 2025. This targeted project is one of several smaler-scale oyster restoration efforts CBF and other partners are working on, including some in the Annapolis area.

Annapolis Boat Shows’ Paul Jacobs is retiring. Photo by Cheryl Costello.

LONGTIME ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOWS PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

nnapolis Boat Shows, the organizer of some of the nation’s biggest in-water boat shows, is saying goodbye to its longtime general manager, Paul Jacobs. Jacobs announced his retirement ahead of the busy fall boat show season, saying, “It has been an honor to

have been the caretaker of these iconic events for the past dozen years. I have always considered Annapolis a magical place and the boat shows to be the best of their kind….50-plus years of assembling a large temporary marina and a city of tents in three days to then make It disappear just as quickly takes incredibly detailed planning, capable supervision, and a Herculean effort from a large group of dedicated workers.” Show Manager Sheila Jones has been See PRESIDENT on next page

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promoted to general manager, and Annapolis Boat Shows is confident she won’t miss a beat leading up to the United States Powerboat Show running October 7-10, and the United States Sailboat Show on October 14-18. “I am thrilled to continue the time-honored tradition of the Annapolis Boat Shows,” said Jones. “Working side by side with Paul was an absolute pleasure and I look forward to continuing on the legacy of these iconic shows.” Jones has already weathered major challenges managing the shows over the past year and a half, after the pandemic forced all 2020 shows to be canceled, and the 2021 spring sailboat and powerboat shows were combined into one Bay Bridge Boat Show on Kent Is-

land for the first time. Show owners Peter Trogdon, Bob Crain, and Mary Ewenson say Jones has more than proven herself. “She’s the face of the shows and has provided excellent leadership through the pandemic and the difficult cancelation of the 2020 shows. Naming her as general manager was the obvious choice. She’s hit the ground running, and we’re looking forward to excellent fall shows on her watch,” Ewenson says. Annapolis Boat Shows has hosted in-water boat shows for decades in Annapolis, with the iconic sailboat show dating back to 1970. CBM is a proud media partner and longtime exhibitor at the fall shows. We’ll be hosting our traditional seminars together with our sister company Annapolis School of Seamanship—stay tuned for schedules.

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hallmark of late summer in Annapolis has long been the Rotary Club’s annual giant crab feast, held at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. This allyou-can-eat buffet of crabs, corn, watermelon and beer had become a tradition for thousands in the region until the pandemic brought things to a screeching halt. The Rotary Club pivoted to a drive-thru affair last year when restrictions meant dining together was unsafe and they will do the same again this year. Crabs will be steamed onsite at the stadium and packaged for travel. Rotarians and volunteers will direct traffic and provide customers with their orders as they drive through designated lanes in the parking lot. Unfortunately, 2021 has also brought with it an increase in the price of crabs due to supply issues. If you didn’t get your order in early, expect to pay a little extra for your bushel this weekend. The dollars still go to a good cause— several, in fact. The Rotary Club takes the proceeds and uses it to fund grants to dozens of regional organizations doing important work in your communities. In June, they announced they were awarding $42,500 in grants from its foundation, thanks to the steady ac-

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cumulation of member contributions. Funds are distributed to nonprofits as well as area high school students in the form of scholarships. Foundation Chair Mimi Jones announced $36,500 in grants to the following organizations: Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Box of Rain; Annapolis Symphony Academy; Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating; Eastport United Methodist Church; Gigi’s Playhouse; Langton Green Community Farm; Let’s Go Boys & Girls; Marshall Hope with Feeding Annapolis; Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR); and Tyler Heights Imagination Library. New Generations Director Jerray Slocum announced $6,000 in Foundation scholarships to four students from Annapolis High School, Archbishop Spalding High School, and St. Mary’s High School. Rockbridge Academy graduate Christopher John Crane, who will attend the Naval Academy, was honored with the donation of a Paul Harris Fellow in his name. The Rotary Club of Annapolis celebrates its centennial this year. The 100-year-old club currently has 142 members. Rotary Crabs to Go will accept orders until 6pm August 6 online only (annapolisrotary.org/crabfeast) with pickup Saturday Aug. 7 at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium (1-5:30pm, in half-hour increments). Choose from one dozen ($80), two dozen ($150), half-bushel ($175) or full bushel ($320) of crabs, with ears of corn; raffle tickets also sold online.

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Lothian School. Photos courtesy of Lyndra Marshall.

Remembering the County’s Rural Black Schools Galesville receives grant for Rosenwald documentary BY KRISTA PFUNDER

uring the early 20th century, around 23 small rural schoolhouses educated African American children in Anne Arundel County. Rosenwald schools, named for philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, were some of the first schools in Black communities and helped improve education across the South. Rosenwald met African American educator and activist Booker T. Washington in 1912 and partnered with him to build thousands of schools for Black students in 15 states. They were considered state-of-the-art in their time, but the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling declaring segretation unconstitutional made the Rosenwald schools obsolete, and most were closed. Eleven of the 23 Rosenwald schools still stand in Anne Arundel County, including schools in Galesville and Lothian. Now, Galesville historians are organizing a documentary project to share the story of the schools and their impact on the local community. The community center’s project, Persistence, Purpose and Preservation: Rosenwald Schools in Anne Arundel County, recently was awarded a $49,500 grant from Four Rivers Heritage Area to create it. “Based on original oral histories and

“The documentary will share the history of a program that provided education to thousands of people in Maryland and across the American South.” —LYNDRA MARSHALL (NÉE PRATT), HISTORIAN FOR THE GALESVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER research, the documentary will share the history of a program that provided education to thousands of people in Maryland and across the American South,” says Lyndra Marshall (née Pratt), historian for the Galesville Community Center. Four Rivers Heritage Area is a nonprofit organization which creates and supports products and activities that promote economic development through preservation and heritage tourism. The money from the grant will cover research, oral histories and a documentary film. “The Galesville Community Center will capture impactful, first-hand accounts of Anne Arundel County’s 23 See SCHOOLS on next page

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The Lothian Rosenwald School building today.

Rosenwald Schools,” Marshall, a genealogist and preservationist, says. “We will gather stories from past students, family members, activists, instructors and descendants of Rosenwald and Washington to develop an educational documentary that seeks to highlight the impact of Rosenwald Schools.” Marshall has a personal tie to the legacy of Rosenwald schools. “My grandparents purchased the school in Lothian in 1957 and it is now our family homestead,” she says. The Galesville Community Center— which hosts a variety of events, including oral history days, historical exhibits and community gatherings— is also a former Rosenwald school. “It was built as an elementary school for African American children in 1929

as a one room school and expanded to a two-room school in 1931,” Marshall says. “The school closed in 1956 and pupils were bussed out of the village. In 1957, a group of Black residents formed a community association to save the schoolhouse. The school was purchased from the Board of Education at a cost of $1,000 in 1958 by twelve residents who formed the Galesville Community Center Organization, Inc. Local help is needed to create the documentary. “We need the help of researchers, former students, local churches, heritage and cultural organizations, schools, colleges universities, repositories and persons interested in being interviewed,” Marshall says. To share your Rosenwald school story, contact the Galesville Community Center at 410-703-0610 or CommunityCenter@historicgalesville.org.

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SHARING SPACES CAN OSPREYS AND HUMANS

An osprey nest was recently relocated from the Westfield Annapolis Mall parking lot. Photo by Steve Adams.

LIVE IN HARMONY?

BY S T E V E A D A M S

OST MARYLANDERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OSPREY. We track their arrivals and departures, we watch them on webcams, we marvel at their nest engineering. But once in a while, ospreys end up somewhere humans don’t want them, usually an inconvenient nesting site, occasionally dropping their seafood dinner on your car or lawn. A recent incident had a lot of Chesapeake Country talking—not about the dangers of a nest atop a pole, but for what happened to the young birds inside. News broke last week that two juvenile ospreys had been euthanized after their nest was removed from a light pole at a baseball field in Calvert County’s Cove Point Park in Lusby. The county had contacted the U.S. Department of Agriculture for help removing the birds so that a light pole could be replaced. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health

Inspection (APHIS) Wildlife Services is the federal agency that resolves “conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist”. The organization “uses an integrated approach to solving conflicts, such as those associated with osprey, and considers a wide range of lethal and non-lethal methods”. According to Tanya Espinosa, public affairs specialist for APHIS, the county parks department requested the removal of the nest at the ball field “due to human health and safety and property maintenance concerns.” Espinosa says personnel subsequently removed the nest and euthanized two immature birds, “estimated to be 30 days of age and not close to fledging,” under the authority of a depredation permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). “WS works closely with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to ensure sound management decisions,” she added. CONTINUED O August 5 - August 12, 2021 • BAY WEEKLY • 9

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“Osprey population recovery has been a conservation success in this region. Once nearly extirpated before the 1970s due to use of certain pesticides, the Chesapeake Bay area is now home to more than 2,000 nesting pairs. As trained and dedicated wildlife management professionals, WS carefully considers the decision to remove individual birds and lethal removal is done with consideration for the population of the species as a whole.” Despite the authority of the USDA to undertake these actions at Cove Point Park, many citizens were clearly disturbed to learn of the outcome and

Despite the authority of the USDA to undertake these actions at Cove Point Park, many citizens were clearly disturbed to learn of the outcome and quickly took to social media to proclaim their shock and horror. quickly took to social media to proclaim their shock and horror. Hundreds of members of the MD Birding Facebook group, which totals about 16,500 members, said neither the USDA nor Calvert County did the right thing. “Why couldn’t they just wait a few weeks?” asked one commenter. “Seriously ... how can they do this?,” wrote another. “There is no acceptable reason for it all. So sad and such disregard for wildlife. Anyone that signed off on this should be ashamed of themselves.” One member expressed frustration at the darker side of managing wildlife. “Argghh - I guess their excuse is we have enough osprey already so disposing of a few ‘inconvenient’ babies makes perfect sense. I’m heartbroken for the two babies who didn’t get a chance to live out their lives, the parents who spent a season nest-building, incubating eggs, and successfully raising their young, just so some selfish, cruel humans can kill them according to a senseless narrative. People who prefer to kill wildlife instead of choosing a non-lethal relocation should get another profession. They should NOT be in charge of our natural resources, period.” When a citizen shared photos of the ospreys’ removal on Facebook (in a post that has since been deleted), they were under the impression that the birds would be “taken to a rehabilitation center in Annapolis and will (be) in very good hands and will be released back in the Park when they are ready next season.” But that’s not what happened.

A screenshot of a since-deleted Facebook post that alerted members of the MD Birding group to the nest removal in Lusby. Screenshot courtesy Steve Adams.

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Ospreys at Westfield Annapolis Mall. Photo by Steve Adams.

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Residents and wildlife enthusiasts turned their ire to the Calvert Board of County Commissioners, asking why the nest couldn’t have been removed after the ospreys had fledged or why the birds were euthanized without contacting one of the nine licensed wildlife rehabilitators in Calvert County—including two right in Lusby. BOCC issued the following statement: “We have received a number of comments and questions regarding the removal of an osprey nest from a light pole at Cove Point Park. Because the nest was located in an area adjacent to a ball field, the nest posed a risk to the safety of the public; the light pole at Cove Point Park is not equipped to accommodate the presence of ospreys. The presence of the nest could endanger visitors to Cove Point Park with the risk of falling sticks or other nesting material. Calvert County Government enlisted the services of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, through a cooperative services agreement, to remove the nest. Due to the nature of this agreement, Calvert County Government was not

consulted or informed as to why or how the decision was made to euthanize the juveniles in the nest rather than relocate. For the safety of the birds we often enlist the services of USDA. Moving forward we will work to ensure that any ospreys removed from county property will be relocated and will communicate this position with USDA. We appreciate and value the outpouring of concern for our county’s natural resources. The county is in the process of installing lights equipped to safely accommodate the presence of ospreys at our parks, to enable wildlife to coexist in our recreation spaces.” There have been precedents for ospreys being successfully relocated or rehabilitated when they move into human territory—stories with happier endings. In April, three Natural Resources Police officers made the news after constructing a new nest on a piling for two ospreys after removing their nest from an abandoned boat at Goodhands Creek Landing in Chester. And just last week, a juvenile female osprey that had been seen hanging upside down from her nest in Shady Side with twine wrapped around one leg took flight and returned to the nest after being taken to and rehabilitated at the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitation center specializing in birds of prey. Naturally, the outcry surrounding what occurred at Cove Point might make you wonder what you can do, or should do, when you see an osprey nest somewhere too close to humans.

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According to David F. Brinker, regional ecologist with the Maryland DNR’s Wildlife and Heritage Service, it’s not about where, but rather when and in what condition, you see the nest. While Brinker withheld comment on the situation in Cove Point, given his lack of personal involvement in the matter, he says it’s common to see nests on all sorts of manmade structures akin to ospreys’ most natural nest location, dead trees. “We see nests on channel markers, power poles, telecommunication towers, barges, abandoned and unused boats, roadside billboards, and specially-designed platforms that landowners put in place to entice ospreys to nest on their property or in a location where people can easily watch the nesting process from start to finish.” Wherever their nests are, ospreys are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which “prohibits the purposeful take or attempting to purposefully take any migratory bird, nest, and eggs or parts thereof, unless permitted by USFWS,” and USFWS’s Chesapeake Bay Field Office (CBFO) is responsible for evaluating impacts of projects or activities on migratory birds in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. CBFO states that in the Chesapeake region, nests can be removed without a migratory board permit or permission from September through February, when they are deemed inactive due to ospreys being at their wintering grounds in Central and South America, or at any time if there are no eggs or young present in the nest or if the eggs fail to hatch by July 15. However, CBFO notes that “A nest

should only be removed if it threatens human health or safety, poses potential risk of injury to the osprey parents or their offspring, or conflicts with normal use or function of property or equipment.” It also states that “once removal of a nest has begun, you must be vigilant and continue to remove sticks. Ospreys are persistent nest builders and will do so for several weeks to follow. If ospreys lay eggs while you are actively trying to remove the nest, you must cease all activities.” CBFO also makes it clear that the public can do much to avoid and minimize its disturbance to ospreys, like retrofitting problematic nest sites during the non-nesting season (September through February) or constructing artificial nest poles or platforms above undesired nest locations. Use common sense to limit disturbing the ospreys. Fror example, avoid parking directly under a nest like the one I recently spotted atop a light in the Westfield Annapolis Mall parking lot. Finally, and most importantly, if and when you think an occupied nest may need to be removed during nesting season (March through August), CBFO states that you must contact the USDA Wildlife Services hotline at 1-877-4636497. It also states that if maintenance on structures with active osprey nests, which “should not occur between April 1 and August 15,” is potentially necessary, you must call the same number for assessment and evaluation—something that happened at Cove Point, but didn’t result in the conclusion that many p would have hoped for.

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THURSDAY AUGUST 5

Chamber Music Festival for an interacAug 5: The Docksiders in Concert tive performance and an inside look at the tools that composers use to change the way music feels. 10-11:30am, Busch Annapolis Library: aacpl.net

KIDS Sea Squirts Children (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in frog-themed story time and carryout craft. 10:15am, 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Archaeology Hike Hike three miles through the park’s archaeological sites. 10am-12:30pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $5: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Thomas Point Lighthouse Cruise Experience close-up views of the iconic lighthouse and discover the history of the light during this guided cruise on the Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Wilma Lee. Noon-3pm, City Dock, Annapolis, $45 w/discounts, RSVP: www.amaritime.org.

Blood Drive 10am-3:30pm, Busch Annapolis Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

Tour Jug Bay Music by Kurt Gibbons

SoCo Farmers Market 3-6pm, Deale Library, Facebook: @SoCoFarmersMarketatDealesLibrary.

6-9pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: killarneyhousepub.com.

Colonial Cocktails

Dunkirk Market

4-7pm, Town Center, 101 Crain Hwy: glenburniefarmersmarket.com.

Make and enjoy two historical drinks and learn about colonial tavern culture: Negus, a spiced port, and Lemonade a Second Way, a thirst-quenching drink (ages 21+). 6:30pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, $30 w/discounts, RSVP: historiclondontown.org.

Bristol County Fife & Drums

Music by Ted Garber

3-7pm, Dunkirk calvertag.com.

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Historic Annapolis invites you to an evening of celebration with the Bristol County Fifes and Drums where you will meet 25 fully uniformed fifes and drummers from Bristol, Rhode Island as they play favorites like Yankee Doodle, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and You’re a Grand Old Flag, along with Irish jigs and reels. Bring a blanket and watch from the lawn and terrace as the group marches and plays authentic music of the colonial era. 5:30-7pm, William Paca Garden, Annapolis, $20, RSVP: annapolis.org.

6:30-9:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Tides & Tunes Davidson Exchange performs, bring lawn seating; no coolers. 7-9:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, free ($10 suggested donation): amaritime.org.

The Docksiders in Concert America’s Favorite Yacht Rock Band. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

AUGUST 5, 7, 10 & 11

Mud Crab Parasite Project Volunteers needed to collect mud crabs for study on invasive parasitic barnacles (ages10+). Half or full-days, 9am-4pm, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, RSVP: cawooda@si.edu. FRIDAY AUGUST 6

Life of a Waterman Learn about the life of a waterman on the Bay and how to catch blue crabs in this interactive event. 9:30am, Bayside History Museum, North Beach: baysidehistorymuseum@gmail.com.

KIDS Summertime Blues Get a hands-on blue crab education on the William B. Tennison (ages 8-12). 10-11am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $20 (one child w/one adult), RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

KIDS The Composer’s Toolbox Join musicians from the Annapolis

Join a naturalist for a tour along the marsh boardwalk to discover the unique plants and animals found at the sanctuary and learn the history of the park. 1pm, McCann Wetlands Center, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee: jugbay.org.

KIDS CSI Critter Scene Investigation Explore nature scenes using investigative techniques (ages 8-13). 1-2:30pm, Watkins Nature Center, Upper Marlboro, $6 w/discounts: pgparks.com.

Patty Fest Music by Run Catch Rain, food and drink sold, plus clothing, crafts, and informational vendors. 4-9pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $8 w/ discounts, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Davidsonville Farmers Market 5-9pm, Riva Trace Baptist Church, Facebook: @davidsonvillefarmersmarket.

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BAY PLANNER ent River aboard the historic skipjack Dee of St. Mary’s (BYOB). 6-8pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $35 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

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6-10pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Annapolis Sunset Cruise Watch the sun sink into the horizon onboard the Wilma Lee. 6:30-8:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, $60, RSVP: www.amaritime.org.

Music by Aaron Hawkins 7-10pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Music by Pete Best 7-11pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: killarneyhousepub.com.

Pressing Strings in Concert W/ Daphne Eckman. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $15, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Aug 7-8: National Lighthouse Weekend at Piney Point

Lusby Market

Exhibit Begins

9am-2pm, Sneade’s Ace Home Center: calvertag.com.

What a Beautiful World, featuring work by Melissa Winslow and more; runs thru Sept. 25. Noon-5pm, calvART Gallery, Prince Frederick: calvertarts.org.

Craft & Flea Market Shop arts, crafts, produce, home decor, collectibles, vintage items and more. 9am-2pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons: annmariegarden.org.

Freedom Hill Horse Rescue

Urinetown

KIDS Storytime Outside

The Talent Machine presents Urinetown. FSa 7:30pm, SaSu 2pm, plus 6:30pm Aug. 8, Classic Theater of Maryland, Annapolis, $20, RSVP: talentmachine.com

Join Calvert Library for outdoor stories, songs and some socially distanced fun. Bring seating, dress for weather, wear a mask. 10-10:30am, Kings Landing Park, Huntingtown, RSVP: http://CalvertLibrary.info.

New volunteers (ages 13+) learn about feeding routines, take a tour of the barn and meet the horses (1-3pm); then the public is invited to the open house and tack sale (3-4pm) with horse meet and greets, pony rides ($5), gently-used tack, and tours of the grounds and barn. Hampton Plantation, 7940 N. Flint Hill Rd., Owings, RSVP for orientation: freedom.hill.org@gmail.com.

Dino Park Open House

Artworks Open House

See preserved fossils from the early Cretaceous Period, about 110 million years ago. 10am-2pm, Dinosaur Park, Laurel, free: 301-627-1286.

Meet the artists and see the exhibit Art Inspired by Lyrics (thru Aug. 29). 1-4pm, Artworks@7th, North Beach: artworksat7th.com.

Negro League Vintage Baseball

Rotary Crab Feast To-Go

Watch former major and minor baseball players, local leagues and collegiate players dressed in vintage attire play in observance of Negro League Legends Hall of Fame week, saluting the 88th anniversary of the Negro East-West game. Car show 10am-1pm, ball park gates open 1pm, Prince George’s Stadium, Bowie, free: https://bit.ly/3i3xKfd

Order online and then drive-thru to pick-up your feast: Order one or two dozen crabs, or a half bushel or a full bushel, with ears of corn. Crabs steamed onsite and packaged for travel. 1-5:30pm, Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, to order: annapolisrotary.org/crabfeast.

Drayden African American Schoolhouse

National Lighthouse Weekend at Piney Point

Learn more about one of the nation’s best-preserved one-room African American schoolhouses, located in St. Mary’s County. Hear the real stories about how African American students learned up until the mid-20th century. 11am-2pm, Drayden African American Schoolhouse, 18287 Cherryfield Road: Facebook.com/DraydenSchool.

Open House weekend in recognition of National Lighthouse Day, celebrated annually on August 7. Enjoy tours of the museum, Potomac River Maritime Exhibit, lighthouse tower and grounds. SaSu 10am-5pm, Piney Point Lighthouse Museum, 301-994-1471, Facebook.com/1836Light.

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Mysteries of the Marsh Discover sunrise on Lyon’s Creek, as you paddle around abundant wildlife and plants along the Patuxent River and some of its smaller branches. 5-9am, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $20, RSVP: jugbay.org.

Bird Walk All skill levels welcome for this 2-3 mile walk. 7-10am, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee, RSVP: jugbay.org.

AACo Farmers Market 7am-noon, Riva Rd. & Harry Truman Pkwy, Annapolis: aacofarmersmarket.com.

North Beach Market 8-11am, North Beach Senior Center: northbeachmd.org.

Severna Park Farmers Market 8am-noon,Park&RidelotatJonesStation Rd. and Ritchie Hwy: www.facebook.com/ SevernaParkFarmersMarket.

Museum & Art of Norman Gross Open Sundays 12-4pm

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AUGUST 7 & 8

BAY PLANNER mons, RSVP: http://CalvertLibrary.info.

Aug 8: The Fifth Dimension

Luminis Health/HACA Farmers Market

CalvertHealth Farmers Market

Learn why some of the mysterious and dangerous creatures of the sea may not actually be so mysterious or dangerous as you meet and explore with Dr. Laminaria C. Weed and D.T. 2-3pm, RSVP for link: calvertlibrary.info.

3:30-6:30pm, 130 Hospital Rd., Prince Frederick: calvertag.com.

Piney Orchard FarmersMarket

1-4pm, Eastport Terrace Community Center, Annapolis: 443-707-0397.

Music by Jim Matteo 5:30-8:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

SUNDAY AUGUST 8

Bowie Farmers Market 8am-noon, next to Bowie High School, Facebook: @BowieFarmersMarket.

The Fifth Dimension 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $75, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com. MONDAY AUGUST 9

Patuxent Cleanup

Showstoppers Perform

Paddle canoes to help clean up trash and litter in the river and on the shore. 9am-1pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sancturary, Lothian, RSVP: jugbay.org.

The Showstoppers are a 55-plus troupe from Anne Arundel County that perform and entertain at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, senior centers, county fair, and other locations throughout the state. 1:30pm, Heartlands Assisted Living, Severna Park: www.showstoppersofscsc.com.

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

Sunday Market

TUESDAY AUGUST 10

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

Blood Drive

Owl & Kestrel

9am-2pm, Edgewater Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

Meet two of North America’s smallest birds of prey: the American kestrel and eastern screech owl. 1-2pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

Skipjack Sail Take a ride on the Patuxent River aboard the historic skipjack Dee of St. Mary’s. 2:30-4:30pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $25 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Music by Loose Ties 3-6pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

KIDS Mr. Paca’s Garden Preschoolers learn about The Listening Walk. 10-11:30am, William Paca House, Annapolis, $10 w/discounts, RSVP: annapolis.org.

KIDS Storytime Outside Join Calvert Library for outdoor stories, songs and some socially distanced fun. Bring seating, dress for weather. 10-10:30am, Annmarie Garden, Solo-

KIDS National Aquarium: Dangerous Creatures

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Concert 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $59.50, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11

AACo Farmers Market 7am-noon, 257 Harry S Truman Pkwy, Annapolis: aacofarmersmarket.com.

SERC Public Tours Take a guided tour while learning about research projects on climate change and other issues where the land meets the sea (also Saturdays). 10am, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, free, RSVP: serc.si.edu/visit-us/serc-public-tours.

KIDS National Aquarium: Sharks Explore these unique creatures and their amazing survival adaptations, while dispelling myths about these “monsters.” 10-11am or 6-7pm, RSVP for link: calvertlibrary.info.

2-6pm, Piney Orchard Community Center, Odenton, Facebook: @PineyOrchardFarmersMarket.

Virtual Haley Celebration Join Chris Haley, author and historian and nephew of Alex Haley for a Zoom discussion on his uncle’s 100th birthday. 7:30pm, RSVP for link: annapolis.org.

Paul Thorn in Concert W/ Jamie McLean Band. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $30, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com. THURSDAY AUGUST 12

KIDS Discovery Hike Enjoy the sights and sounds of nature while exploring trails (ages 5+). 10-11am, Watkins Nature Center, Upper Marlboro, $4 w/discounts: pgparks.com.

KIDS Sea Squirts Children (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in frog-themed story time and carryout craft. 10:15am, 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission: www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

SoCo Farmers Market 3-6pm, Deale Library, Facebook: @SoCoFarmersMarketatDealesLibrary.

KIDS Crab Lab Learn all about crabs, conduct water experiments, and explore the past, present, and future of these cool critters (grades 1-4). 1-2:30pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, $10 w/discounts, RSVP: historiclondontown.org. Aug 10: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Concert

Dunkirk Market 3-7pm, Dunkirk calvertag.com.

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Glen Burnie Farmers Market 4-7pm, Town Center, 101 Crain Hwy: glenburniefarmersmarket.com.

Music by Mark O’Dell

Music by Levi Stephens

6:30-9:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

3-7pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Tides & Tunes

Music by Stephen Henson 4-8pm, Galway Bay, GalwayBaymd.com.

Annapolis:

Honest Lee Soul performs, bring lawn seating; no coolers. 7-9:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, free ($10 suggested donation): amaritime.org.

Annapolis Summer Concerts

Satisfaction in Concert

Dr. Phil Butts Big Band. 7-9pm, Susan Campbell Park, Annapolis: annapolis.gov/summerconcerts.

The International Rolling Stones Show. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $29.50, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

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CREATURE FEATURE

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

Master Imitator: The Eastern Hognose Snake

n a cool late summer morning, I was walking with my wife around the large waterfowl pond at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. After rounding the far side of the pond, there was a spot in the sun and protected from the cool breeze. Immediately it was apparent that this is where the animals were congregated. Birds, lizards, and snakes were easy to find. For me the most interesting animal was a small well-camouflaged snake. It had a turned-up nose and nervous tail which it rattled in the rocks. The snake was an eastern hognose snake. The hognose snake is known by multiple names and has a lot of folk lore associated with it. A list of alternate names cited by the Virginia Herpetology Society are: Adder, bastard rattlesnake, black adder, black blowing viper, black hog-nosed snake, black viper snake, blauser, blower, blowing adder, blowing snake, blowing viper, buckwheat-nose snake, calico snake, checkered adder, chuck head, common spreading adder, deaf adder, flat-head, flat-headed adder, hissing snake, hissing viper, mountain moccasin, poison viper, puff adder, red snake, rock adder, sand adder, sand viper, spotted viper, spread-head moccasin, spreadhead snake, spread-head viper. These snakes have such a wide assortment of names and a false reputation as being dangerous is due to the way they try to bluff predators. When danger approaches, the first thing they do is freeze to let their camo work. If the camouflage doesn’t work then the snake will likely perform a rattlesnake imitation by rapidly shaking its tail. If that fails then it starts a puff adder imitation, where their body and jaws flatten, they hiss loudly and do a floppy strike. It looks dangerous but in reality, they almost never ever bite. If the puff adder performance does not scare the danger away, the snake will go into death throes. It will slowly writhe and twist onto its back and then go limp. The snake adds to the drama by hanging its tongue out, letting its open jaw go slack, and visibly slowing its breathing. If the snake is turned to its stomach, it will turn back over. If it is picked up in this fake death stage, the hognose snake will maintain a limp body. House cats in particular tend to ignore a dead looking snake. The hognose snake is fairly common, with sub-species spread throughout the United States. In Maryland, only the eastern subspecies is present but it comes in a variety of colors and patterns. They can be almost all-black, gray-checked or patterned in red and

Eastern Hognose Snake

black. Unfortunately, they can resemble poisonous snakes—black hognose snakes look like water moccasins, the gray ones look like rattlesnakes and the reddish ones can resemble a timber rattler or a copperhead. They are often killed by people at first sight. They are medium-sized thick-bodied snakes at most about three feet long. Hognose snakes have a varied diet of mostly insects and frogs, with a predilection for toads. The snakes have rear fangs and a mild poison used to stun prey. Despite the poison, they are known to be very calm, rarely bite and make good pets. Wild snake collecting, especially with certain western sub-species, has caused some local extinctions. Maryland requires a special permit to collect or possess wild snakes. If you are interested, hognose snakes will breed in captivity and those off-spring can be obtained through legal dealers. If you cannot tell if the snake you see is a hognose or a rattler, a rule for poisonous snake identification in Maryland is that non-poisonous snakes have round pupils and poisonous ones have vertical pupils. p

GARDENING FOR HEALTH

STORY AND PHOTO BY MARIA PRICE

Striking Beauty of Indian Pink

ndian pink (Spigelia marilandica) is a beautiful native plant rarely seen in nurseries or even in nature. The eye-catching red and yellow flowers grow 12 to 18 inches tall in summer with terminal, upright, two-inch long narrow, ellipsoidal, crimson flowers that upon opening have bright yellow throats.

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Its natural range is actually south of Maryland, from North Carolina to southern Indiana, southern Missouri, and Oklahoma, south to Florida and Texas. Spigelia makes a reliable presence in the garden, blooming in spring and often re-blooming in summer. The flowers are absolutely striking and grow

Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) best in moist woodland or along shady paths. And if you like watching hummingbirds then this is your hummingbird magnet. They can actually grow to a reasonable colony in your garden. The reason why Indian pinks are not as common as they should be is that propagation is slow and difficult. For gardeners, however, that is simply a challenge. They can be propagated by seed which is hard to find and must be collected before it is disbursed. The plants germinate reasonably quickly in containers left outdoors or over-wintered in cold frames. The seed requires cold moist stratification for three months in order to germinate. Cuttings can be very difficult using rooting hormone. Division is possible from well-established colonies. Be careful to include some root stock and transplant immediately. The plants can tolerate more sun the further north one gardens, but afternoon shade and consistent moisture result in faster growth. Indian pink is also known as worm grass and Native Americans recognized its anthelmintic properties, meaning it is able to destroy parasitic worms. Plants in this family contain poisonous alkaloids, such as strychnine; in the case of Spigelia, spigeline proved useful to Native Americans for purging themselves after ingesting a tea made of the roots. It is very toxic and can increase heart action, vertigo, convulsions, and possibly death. Use caution if you have pets who like to eat plants. p

SPORTING LIFE

rockfish season is back on and early reports are excellent. The quiet period of the last few weeks has relaxed and FISHFINDER reinvigorated the schools of rockfish, and while the bulk of the mid-Bay fish remain well to the north of the Bridge there are scattered pods of legal-sized fish working bait all around tributary mouths. Early and late angling for the surface bite is starting up and the cooler nights are making the shallows comfortable for cruising rockfish, especially in the mornings. Bomber Badonk a Donks, Stillwater Smack Its and Mirrorlure Top Dogs are the best producers but any surface plug worked thoughtfully should produce action for the determined angler. The one true rule is early and late. And if the topwater is not producing, a soft plastic paddletail, or chatterbait jig worked over the same areas just might do the trick. After mornings try jigging 2-ounce, 7-inch, chartreuse soft plastics over marked fish down deep. Trolling anglers are finding rockfish as well, dragging medium to small sized bucktails tipped with Sassy Shads in white and chartreuse. spanish mackerel have also shown up, making the trolling game that much more exciting. The macks love shiny baits dragged at higher speeds, six knots or more rather than five and below for rock. A casting rod tipped with a Kastmaster will also do the job if you see them breaking on bait. It’s the beginning of the fall bite and will only get better the next few months. crabbing remains disappointing but the jimmies remain delicious.

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE

Time for Topwater Techniques and Tribulations C

asting a 3/4-ounce surface plug arcing some hundred feet to the edge of a submerged jetty, I immediately put the small casting reel into gear as the lure touched down and gave it a small twitch. The first few seconds are often the most productive part of the cast. Some initial plug movement upon landing sends a signal to any nearby alert rockfish that the object is alive and possibly beginning to flee. In this instance nothing happened, not an uncommon occurrence. But still, I paused. There’s a second general rule on surface retrieval technique: wait until the ripples from the lure’s

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landing subside before you begin. A long pause later, I finally began to swim my plug back and within a few feet a finned brute exploded out of the water, sending violent geysers skyward. Luckily, I hesitated again— nerve control is also essential in successful topwater angling. Staring at the disturbed froth in the first seconds of the aftermath with no tension on my line, I spied my glittering popper rocking gently all alone at the edge of the torn water. The primary failure in hooking a surface-striking bass is to strike at the explosion of a fish’s attack. It is difficult to resist reacting to the blow-up. Every nerve in your body is screaming “fish on” when water is flung skyward by an angry predator intent on murder. But all too often the attack does not result in a hookup. There are a lot of reasons for this, T HURS D AY

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the first being that the fish, in its eagerness, simply misses the lure. It is, after all, in a hungry rush. Generally, only about half of surface strikes result in immediate hookups. The other half, called blow-ups, are an explosion of water but no fish. That’s where superior nerve control comes in. This is just the beginning—stay tensed to strike but make no move except to insure there is no slack in your line. The fish may have also missed the hook because it struck with the side of its head or its tail to stun the bait and didn’t engulf it. In most cases the predator is still somewhere nearby and eyeing its (presumably) injured prey. Count to about five, then twitch the bait again as if the critter is coming back to consciousness. That usually does it. If it doesn’t, emulate the slow movements of a crippled bait that S U ND AY

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is struggling to escape. In this case, the former tactic did the trick. The rockfish finally and enthusiastically engulfed the bait. I set the hook and the battle was on. Surface strikes with plugs are quite dramatic as the hooked striper often believes the plug is the attacker and rockets out of the water, trying to flee the offending object as quickly as possible. Since the fish does all of this on and above the surface and in plain sight in incredibly acrobatic moves, it is quite an exciting display. And since this usually also occurs in shallow water, when the fish finally realizes that it’s actually tethered to something else, it then attempts to vacate the premises at highest speeds possible. Which is why working a surface plug is the most exciting style of fishing of them all. Now is the time to get some. p

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THE MOVIEGOER

BY DIANA BEECHENER

Stillwater is a bargain for any moviegoer, in that it’s three movies jumbled into one. Sure, only two of those movies are interesting, but that’s the peril of bargain shopping.

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There’s a great movie lurking in this convoluted mess

ill Baker (Matt Damon: No Sudden Move) lives a fairly simple life. He works construction, cleaning up the devastation left in the wake of tornados in Oklahoma. He’s a guns, prayer, and patriotism kinda guy, which is why it’s odd that he must take frequent trips to the south of France. Bill’s daughter, Allison (Abigail Breslin: Zombieland Double Tap), was convicted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad. Now, Bill must journey to visit her as she serves her sentence in Marseille, bringing her treats from home and trying to force the courts to reconsider their verdict. When a new clue emerges that might exonerate Allison, Bill decides to extend his stay in France and investigate himself. After a life of addiction and neglect, Bill believes saving his

daughter is his last chance at redemption for a wasted life. Immersed among the people of Marseille, he sees parallels between his new home and the U.S. His views are challenged further when he meets Virginie (Camille Cottin: Call My Agent) and her daughter. The duo adopt Bill as their sort of pet American, helping him navigate a strange land. Can Bill save his daughter? Or is true redemption found in the little moments in life? Stillwater is a bargain for any moviegoer, in that it’s three movies jumbled into one. Sure, only two of those movies are interesting, but that’s the peril of bargain shopping. Director Tom McCarthy (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made) combines Taken, Roma, and Tender Mercies into a bloated mishmash of themes and ideas. Because the movie is heading in three different directions, careening from mystery to racial injustice drama to character study, it shortchanges what could have been a

powerful film with great performances. If a story about an American student held in a foreign prison after a murder conviction sounds familiar, that’s because McCarthy (who co-wrote the script) was inspired by the case of Amanda Knox. Though media is often inspired by real events Knox has protested what she sees as a sensationalist take on her story. Whether you side with Knox or McCarthy, the murder investigation plotline is the weakest part of the film. It’s underdeveloped, with Breslin getting very little to do in her scant scenes. The real meat of the movie comes when Bill is forced to live in a new culture and forge relationships with those around him. His tentative steps toward redemption are beautifully acted and incredibly tender. Bill discovering that he likes being a father, as he helps Virginie with her child and having his eyes opened to different ways of life is a fascinating story that is hamstrung by a trite mystery. By

the time McCarthy tries to wrap all three storylines, the film has veered into the ridiculous. Though the movie itself is an exercise in frustration, Damon’s performance is incredible. He embodies Bill, both physically and emotionally. He’s got the stiff upper-lip, gruff demeanor of a man who hides his feelings beneath a worn baseball cap. But he begins to melt as he finds a second chance in Marseille. These moments are thrown into jeopardy every time Bill tries to help his daughter, his “the ends justify the means” attitude leading him down a dark path. McCarthy should have focused more on Damon’s Bill learning to acclimate, because the humanity of the movie is in these moments. Instead, Stillwater is a long, and exasperating movie, if only because you can see the better movie trapped within the larger plot. McCarthy can’t balance the weight of three hefty storylines and the film is ultimately uneven as a result. While Damon and Cottin both deliver excellent performances, it’s hard to watch them wasted in such an unfocused film. Fair Drama * R * 139 mins.

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An unnamed man in Yakima, Washington, was arrested on July 24 after a curious incident inside his home, KIMA reported. The man was stocking his refrigerator with soda cans when one exploded, witnesses explained to police. He pulled a handgun out of his waistband and fired a round into the bottom of the fridge. When police arrived, the man was outside his home in the alley, “yelling incoherently,” police said, with a gun lying on the ground. He told police that he believed the people living in the basement were trying to kill him, but it turns out no one lives in the basement—because there is no basement in the home. He also told police he had found the gun, but he was arrested for second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and discharge of a firearm.

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Reza Baluchi of central Florida didn’t get very far in his effort to walk on water from St. Augustine to New York City, Fox News reported. On July 24, Baluchi washed ashore in Flagler County, Florida, inside a bubble-like vessel, which he hoped to use to run (sort of like a hamster in a wheel) up the East Coast. He told sheriff’s deputies that he had encountered “complications” that brought him back to shore. “My goal is to not only raise money for homeless people, raise money for the Coast Guard, raise money for the police department, raise money for the fire department,” Baluchi said. This was not the first time he had been rescued after going to sea in a hydro bubble.

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On July 15, a 19-year-old driver from Hingham, Massachusetts, swerved to avoid hitting a squirrel in the road and ended up in the living room of a historical home built by Abraham Lincoln’s great-grandfather in 1650. The Boston Globe reported that the unnamed driver “drove off the right side of the road, over the sidewalk and into the front of the house” around 6:30 a.m., where residents were still sleeping upstairs. The driver was issued a citation for failing to stay in marked lanes, police said.

Least Empathetic Criminals

Two girls, 16 and 17 years old, were walking to a gas station in Medina Valley, Texas, on July 26 when they noticed something in a drainage ditch. It turned out to be a dead man, whom investigators believe hanged himself from a railing using “what appeared to be a shirt,” Fox News reported. When the girls came upon the body, they called a friend, who called 911. But before officers arrived on the scene, the girls allegedly helped themselves to the dead man’s gold necklace, documenting the theft on Snapchat. The video was anonymously sent to the Bexar County Sheriff’s office, and deputies charged both with theft from a human corpse—a felony. A friend of the 17-year-old told officers she stole it because it “matched her fashion style.”

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Cary, North Carolina, resident John Michael Kantz, 60, was arrested on July 24 for ethnic intimidation and vandalism after he applied bumper stickers to cars in the parking lots of Mexican restaurants On the Border and Totopos Street Food and Tequila, WNCN reported. The

bumper stickers read, “I (heart) being white.” He also applied them in the restroom of one of the establishments.

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Amanda Lee, 50, of Crewe, Cheshire, England, has been thumbing her nose at convention since the 1990s, urinating and defecating anywhere she chooses in the town’s open spaces, CheshireLive reported. Finally, the Crewe Magistrate’s Court issued a CBO (criminal behavior order) against her on July 12, which prohibits her from having alcohol in an open container; using abusive language or threatening behavior in public; contacting police without a genuine emergency; relieving herself in public; and entering one specific street, Preece Court. Police constable Alex Barker said Lee “has persistently shown no consideration at all for the actions her offending has had on others. There comes a point where you have to say enough is enough.” The criminal penalty for breaching the CBO is a five-year prison sentence.

Bright Idea

Australian Olympic kayaker Jess Fox, 27, showed her MacGyver chops in Tokyo on July 27, using an Olympics-issued condom to repair her kayak before winning bronze and gold medals in different events. CTV News reported that Fox used the condom to hold in place a carbon mixture that is applied to the tip of the kayak. “Bet you never knew condoms could be used for kayak repairs,” Fox posted on Instagram. “It gives the carbon a smooth finish.” Smooth, indeed.

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• An unnamed man in Xinghua, China, was hospitalized after he inserted a 20-centimeter-long eel into his anus on July 20 to ease his constipation, Global Times reported. The “folk remedy” backfired on him, however, when the eel slithered up into his colon and bit through it, entering his abdomen. Shockingly, the eel was still alive when it was surgically removed. The surgeon said the man could have died from bacteria in the large intestine migrating into the abdominal cavity. • The Oakland County (Michigan) Sheriff’s Office reported that an unnamed 31-year-old woman in Pontiac had a panic attack on July 27 when she discovered a bedbug in her car. So, according to Fox2 Detroit, she poured rubbing alcohol inside the car and set it on fire. In the process, she accidentally set herself on fire, too, suffering second-degree burns.

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