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t was a Monday morning staff meeting like no other. I sat in our Eastport office with my laptop open, sweat rolling down my back, biceps and forearms sore. The rest of the CBM Bay Weekly team shuffled in, some with work gloves and boots, all looking fatigued.

We’d just spent the first two hours of the workday carrying hundreds of boxes—some waterlogged, some damp, some mercifully dry—from a temporary storage area that was, unfortunately, touched by floodwaters during last weekend’s near-historic flooding event.

We spaced out like an assembly line to try and save Chesapeake Bay Media’s various publications and archives, along with other equipment, from their damp home. As luck would have it, the elevator was out of order that morning, so each box had to be carried up four flights of stairs. By the time it was over, my Apple Watch indicated I’d climbed nearly 3 miles carrying the boxes—and that was just my portion of the assembly line! It’s not how any of us hoped to spend our Monday morning, but it was a true team effort, with everyone huffing and puffing side by

side. (And a restorative carryout pizza went far in bringing us back to life.)

The three-plus days of dangerously high tides that covered Chesapeake Country’s waterfront brought back memories of Hurricane Isabel in 2003—from the feet of water that rose into shops near City Dock to the boats floating high above their slips, lines pulled taut.

Eighteen years ago, just like today, neighbors pulled together to help one another. At our house on Cypress Creek, up the Magothy River, water crept so high I remember my dad securing our sailboat’s mast to a tree in the middle of the backyard. We fared better than most properties on the creek, though, thanks to our high pier and pilings. My dad launched our dinghy to help other neighbors re-adjust and secure their boat lines, too.

This time around, while water levels were thankfully not quite as high, the community went into recovery mode right away. The last peak high tide was still coming in when Anne Arundel County launched a Disaster Recovery Relief Program for businesses affected

by the floods. Pasadena, Annapolis, Deale and Galesville all dealt with water coming over docks and into buildings. In some cases in South County, it crept right into restaurants. In Calvert County, Solomons saw a new record water level and water breached North Beach’s boardwalk.

As you’ll read in our feature story (page 4), planners are already working on future solutions to prevent damage from the increasingly frequent coastal flooding we’re seeing in Chesapeake Country. Some of these plans will take years, so in the meantime, it’s a good thing we can all work together to overcome flood events.

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Missing Crabber’s Body Found, Pandemic Oysters Replanted, New Prez at CBF, Bike Trail Extended, Pumpkins Carved up in Annapolis.............................. 10 BAY PLANNER ....................... 14 SPORTING LIFE...................... 16 MOON AND TIDES.................. 16 CREATURE FEATURE............... 17 GARDENING FOR LIFE............. 17 MOVIEGOER.......................... 18 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 19 CLASSIFIED........................... 20 PUZZLES............................... 21 SERVICE DIRECTORY............... 23 THE STATUE OF ALEX HALEY WAS NEARLY COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AT CITY DOCK IN ANNAPOLIS. PHOTO BY CHERYL COSTELLO.

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Many members of the chapter have had family members who

were cared for by Calvert Hospice and other local hospices, and they wanted to give back to show their appreciation.

The Hells Angels Nomads MD chapter organized the family friendly event, which featured a car and bike show, local entertainment, and food vendors. They also held raffles for a signed guitar and Nationals artwork with all proceeds benefitting Calvert Hospice. Next year’s event will be held on July 9, 2022 at the Calvert County Fairgrounds.

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HIGH TIDE RECORD COASTAL FLOODING LEAVES LASTING DAMAGE

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BY CHERYL COSTELLO AND KATHY KNOTTS

OT SINCE Hurricane Isabel has Chesapeake Country seen such disruptive flooding. From Thursday to Sunday, low pressure and persistent onshore winds caused record-breaking water levels in some spots and near-record water in others.

The tidal Potomac River and Solomons all received never-before-seen flooding. Annapolis had its fourth-highest level ever recorded, and southwest Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va., had their third-highest. The region saw measurements ranging from 4.8 to over 8 feet of flooding, according to the National Weather Service.

The CBM Bay Weekly community dealt with high waters from Pasadena to North Beach, cutting some people off from their homes and forcing some businesses to close temporarily.

We were out in some of the hardest-hit areas and asked leaders—what’s being done to combat future coastal flooding?

In Annapolis, wind, rain, and tidal surge sent sailboats rocking and waves crashing over the docks on Back Creek.

Eastport resident Ben Lyon came to check CONTINUED O

A boat was spotted adrift in Fairhaven by employees of Thursday’s Bar and Grill in Owings. Facebook photo.

Portions of the North Beach Boardwalk are closed after the storms last weekend.

Photo by Town of North Beach.

The Annapolis Maritime Museum was able to save its exhibits which have been built to be mobile. Photo by Jay Fleming.

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Photographer Jay Fleming captured the tidal waves crashing into a pier outside the Annapolis Maritime Museum. Photo by Jay Fleming.

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The statue of Alex Haley was nearly completely submerged at City Dock in Annapolis. Photo by Cheryl Costello.

A truck carefully makes its way down Second St. in Eastport last weekend. Photo

by Cheryl Costello.

Travis Dorsey of Annapolis riding his bike on Craig St on Friday.

Photo by Cheryl Costello. on some friends’ boats to make sure they were holding fast in the ever-higher water.

“You give the lines a little more slack so the boat can float higher as the surge pushes it up, and that way it’s not going to break free, in theory. That’s basically all you can do,” he told us.

Over a three-day stretch of extremely high tides, the Alex Haley Memorial sculpture was swimming and the water level topped out at 4.9 feet above normal.

Sandbags, offered up by the city on Thursday and piled at the doorways of shops and retaurants, were taxed to the limit and water slipped inside the buildings. Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency for Annapolis and other parts of Maryland. Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis moved quickly to organize a system for people to report damage and apply for relief funds.

Over a threeday stretch of extremely high tides, the Alex Haley Memorial sculpture was swimming and the water level topped out at 4.9 feet above normal.

Shorelines Spill Over

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aryland’s capital wasn’t alone in experiencing crippling high water. In Deale, Sydney Marshall couldn’t reach her home near Skipper’s Pier restaurant, so her dad Ty Marshall stepped up (in his waders) to pull her by boat. Over at Happy Harbor, patrons made the most of it, enjoying drinks at the dock bar sitting in water up to their knees.

In North Beach, water crashed over the boardwalk and destroyed portions of it. Segments of the boardwalk remain closed to the public including boat slips along the pier and a section between Hatch’s Corner and 7th Street. At Bayside Beach in Pasadena, it was tough to

The pier and boardwalk in North Beach remain closed due to damage by the flooding.

Photo by Town of North Beach.

Downtown Annapolis businesses were hit hard by floodwaters. Photo by City of Annapolis/ Facebook.

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Above and below: Ego Alley in City Dock was overflowing by Friday morning.

Photos by Cheryl Costello.

Water came into the dining room at Pirate’s Cove Restaurant in Galesville. Photo courtesy Anthony Clarke. find the pier when boat owners went to check on their property.

In Galesville, Pirate’s Cove Restaurant staff and owners were hoping they were prepared for the coming water.

“We’ve been through it before,” says coowner Anthony Clarke. “We had experience with Isabel, so we knew where the flood points are in the building.”

C l a r k e ’s staff moved furniture out of the dock bar and dining rooms Thursday night and unplugged and moved as much equipment Parkinson as they could. Still the water came. “We were underwater from the first tide Friday through low tide Sunday. About 95 percent of our interior was underwater, anywhere from 4 to 12 or 15 inches.”

The restaurant was able to reopen the dock bar by noon Sunday after being closed all day Friday and Saturday.

“When the tide subsides, it takes all the water with it,” said Clarke, “so you don’t have to pump everything out like you would in your basement. Once we pressure washed the debris off and the sun came out it all dried out pretty quickly.”

Clarke says the restaurant leans on its sous chef Bill Parkinson who has been working in the building in some capacity for over 40 years. “He has been through a number of hurricanes,” said Clarke.

“He is our weather guru so we rely on his opinion and he’s our hero in all this. He has so much knowledge of the local area and how the weather and water affects our building. He was there from start to finish, checking on water levels and giving us estimates on what to expect. He knew by Thursday that we were going to get hit. We are thankful for him.”

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nne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman is already working to avoid future disasters like this. “Long term, we have to prepare for more and more of this, which is why we created the Resilience Authority in Anne Arundel County. We’re in the process of hir-

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Water inside the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Photo by Jay Fleming.

Guests at Happy Harbor were content to still enjoy their drinks at the dock bar. Photo courtesy Marc Fowler.

“The installation of back flow preventers has clearly been a big help. But unfortunately, what’s going to be required is that these bulkheads all around the inner harbor area are going to have to be raised.

And there’s several low points within the harbor.”

—BILL O’LEARY, A VOLUNTEER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS Water inside the Annapolis Maritime Museum.

Photo by Jay Fleming.

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venters has clearly been a big help. But unfortunately, what’s going to be required is that these bulkheads all around the inner harbor area are going to have to be raised. And there’s several low points within the harbor.”

Jeff Holland, who runs patrol boats for the Annapolis Harbormaster, notes the increased frequency of coastal flooding.

“Twenty years ago we had these nuisance tides three to four days a year, and now it’s 30 to 40 days a year.” That’s 30 to 40 days that low-lying businesses are at risk.

Maritime Museum Goes Mobile ing a director and staff for that so we can finance some of the infrastructure improvements in some communities.

Shady Side, for instance, has got a lot of communities that are very low-lying,” Pittman told us at the height of the flood event. “We have to raise some of those roads to protect the community. And here at City Dock. They’re raising City Dock so they can deal with the future.”

Bill O’Leary, a volunteer on the Environmental Commission for the City of Annapolis, gave advice on needed upgrades.

“The installation of back flow pre-

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he maritime museum was one of the hardest-hit places in Annapolis during this flood event. Museum president Alice Estrada tells us 12 inches of water ended up inside the museum, and they closed indefinitely, saying that “the region’s widespread flooding has devastated the Annapolis Maritime Museum.”

“We think we protected the exhibits, but we have professionals cleaning as we speak and they will assess the damage,” says Estrada.

When CBM Bay Weekly checked in with Estrada again early this week, she said that a final assessment of damages had

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Anne Arundel County businesses affected by damage who experienced a pause in operations as a result of the storm and coastal flooding on Oct. 29-30 can apply for the grant for any legitimate business expense. That includes physical property repairs, replacement of equipment, loss of income from being closed, replacement of damaged inventory and working capital needed to get business operations up and running.

Annapolis Maritime Museum on Friday. Photo: Cheryl Costello.

this nature since Hurricane Isabel but deals with nuisance flooding throughout the year. “The impacts of the nuisance flooding are nominal because we have gone to such great lengths to modify our historic building in a process known as wet-proofing. When we began designing our new exhibits, flooding was at the forefront of our minds. The exhibits were custom designed to fit the needs of our (often wet) space,” says curator Caitlin Swaim.

“The most basic explanation of the modifications is that all displays are on platforms raised 12 inches or more to allow for flooding with minimal impact and minimal preparation on behalf of the staff. The pieces that are not elevated are designed to be mobile and can be carried from the space for extreme high tides like what we saw this weekend,” says Swaim.

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not yet been made. “Offices, desks, computer equipment, appliances in our catering kitchen and significant supplies were destroyed.”

Estrada said that staff attempted to prepare for the inundation of floodwater. “We prepared with sandbags but that was woefully insufficient for this storm. We moved all of our exhibits, which were designed to be mobile for precisely this reason, to higher ground.”

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Crabber and volunteer firefighter Doug Hands. Facebook photo.

BODY OF COBB ISLAND CRABBER, FIREFIGHTER RECOVERED

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he search for a crabber missing from his boat on the Potomac River has reached a tragic conclusion.

Doug Hands, a 49-year-old waterman and longtime volunteer firefighter, didn’t return from his trip out on the water last Wednesday evening, and several agencies launched a search off

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Cobb Island. His boat was later found across the Potomac, in Westmoreland County, Va. The Coast Guard launched multiple boat and helicopter crews, and more than a dozen other agencies also searched. On Thursday morning the Coast Guard suspended its search after 35 hours on the water, covering 663 square miles.

But some of the other agencies continued searching as weather allowed—despite the hostile conditions presented by Friday’s storm. The Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and EMS, where Hands was a firefighter for 32 years and lifetime member, announced that his body was recovered Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2:15 p.m.

The VFD released a statement saying, “The Hands Family as well as The Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and EMS would like to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to ALL the resources who have assisted us during the search. We ask that you continue to keep the Hands family and his fire department family in your thoughts and prayers during this tough and tragic time.”

The fire department released a long list of agencies that helped in the search for Hands, in addition to several private citizens searching from docks and by boat. Callouts for search volunteers spread all over social media, and many said Hands knew the river inside and out, making it surprising for him not to have returned home.

One of those helping in the effort was Jason Jones, a longtime friend and fellow waterman, who gathered a small search crew when he heard Hands was missing. Hearing that Hands’ 22-foot center-console was found empty, he says they “got a sick feeling that it wasn’t good.”

Jones had seen Hands earlier the same day, selling him bait for crabbing and talking in Jones’ driveway.

Jones was taking the day off from the water, he says, because the weather was rough. He tells Bay Bulletin he encouraged Hands to wait for better weather on Thursday (“No sense in rushing out there today; you may as well wait til tomorrow”), but Hands wanted to get an extra workday in. Hands had fixed up the 22-foot boat that belonged to his father after his father’s death, and re-

cently jumped from part-time to making his living as a full-time waterman.

Hands was looking to upgrade his boat, Jones tells us, and had gone to look at a larger boat that very morning.

When Jones and Hands’ other friends got word that he’d been recovered from the Potomac, Jones knew he wanted to help the waterman’s family. Hands leaves behind his wife, Tammy, and a 6-year-old daughter. In a post that has since been shared 400 times, Jones came up with a crab feast raffle, offering a bushel of cooked crabs, a bushel of oysters, a 12-pack of beer, and a 12-pack

The VFD released a statement saying, “The Hands Family as well as The Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and EMS would like to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to ALL the resources who have assisted us during the search.” of sodas. After just 24 hours, supporters from Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania had bought at least 350 chances at $20 per chance, or offered cash donations.

Jones will continue selling crab raffle chances until Friday, drawing a winner that evening to enjoy the crab feast this weekend. He plans to present Hands’ family with a check on Saturday.

Anyone who would like to enter before Friday, Nov. 5 or make a donation can reach Jones at 921 240-216-4218 or Venmo @Jason-Jones921.

Jones says he’s blown away by the generosity of people both in and out of the Cobb Island community.

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1.25 MILLION OVERGROWN OYSTERS PLANTED IN REEFS SINCE 2020

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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t was one of those creative solutions to a pandemic-driven problem: the Bay aquaculture industry ended up with a overgrown oysters, since restaurant demand fell sharply due to COVID-19 closures.

So those overgrown oysters, no longer fit for eating, were bought from oyster farmers and replanted on sanctuary reefs in Eastern Bay and the Nanticoke and St. Marys rivers. Now, the Nature Conservancy has announced a big milestone in the program known as “SOAR” (Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration).

More than 1.25 million oysters have been planted since the winter of 2020.

The national program is a partnership with Pew Charitable Trust, supported by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, University of Maryland Extension, and Oyster Recovery Partnership. The program bought excess oyster stock from 26 Maryland farms—easing their financial burden and helping the oyster population at the same time.

“Not only did the SOAR program give us a much needed cash infusion, just as importantly it freed up space and equipment for the next generation of oysters,” said Choptank Oyster Company General Manager Kevin McClarren. “We depend on sales to make room on the lease and COVID-19 put a stop to that. In the near future, continuing the program will help clear up a glut of oysters on the market.

The program bought excess oyster stock from 26 Maryland farms—easing their financial burden and helping the oyster population at the same time.

We’ll have two years of production to contend with driving prices down.”

The Nature Conservancy believes SOAR could inspire a growing market for aquaculture businesses to supply oysters to restoration efforts. “We hope this program can serve as a model for a new market for growers to continue selling their product while also supporting Bay restoration efforts,” said Tim Purinton, Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy in Maryland and D.C. Thanks to the Maryland oyster purchases, 17 acres of oyster reefs were enhanced at three different sanctuary locations. The program also operates elsewhere in the mid-Atlantic, along with New England and Washington state. So far the SOAR program has purchased more than 3.5 million oysters nationwide.

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BAY BULLETIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION EXEC NAMED PRESIDENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION

BY TIMOTHY B. WHEELER, BAY JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE

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ilary Harp Falk, a top executive with the nation’s largest conservation group, has been tapped to be the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s next president and chief executive officer, the Annapolis-based environmental group announced Monday. She will succeed Will Baker, who is retiring after 40 years leading CBF. It’s a return to her roots for the Maryland native, who began her career in conservation as a CBF intern more than 30 years ago.

Falk is chief program officer with the National Wildlife Federation, which since its founding in 1936 has grown to encompass 53 state and territorial affiliates with more than six million members and supporters.

In Falk’s nearly 13 years with the federation, she also served as its Mid-Atlantic regional executive director and vice president for regional conservation before being promoted in January 2020 to lead all of the federation’s conservation and education programs. One of her first posts was as senior manager of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, an umbrella group of more than 200 environmental and community organizations advocating for the Chesapeake’s restoration.

Starting Jan. 3, Falk takes the helm of the Bay-focused foundation, which has had only two chief executives since its founding in 1967.

Baker joined CBF as an intern in 1976 and has run the organization since 1981. It has grown to 300,000 members, with 210 employees in offices, restoration centers and educational facilities in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Over the years, it has provided outdoor educational experiences about the Bay to more than 1.5 million students, teachers and others across the region.

Hilary Harp Falk will become the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s next president and chief executive officer on Jan. 3, 2022. Photo: Dave Harp.

“I am humbled and honored to now be charged with leading this prestigious institution,” Falk said in a CBF press release announcing her selection.

“Together, we will build a future that brings people together for clean water and a healthy Bay.” In the release, Baker hailed her as “a proven leader.”

“She got her start at CBF over 20 years ago,” he said, “but she has had Bay water in her veins from a much earlier age. Hilary has the experience and wisdom necessary to continue the work that CBF launched 55 years ago to save this national treasure.”

Falk first joined CBF’s staff as an intern in 1997. After graduating from Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, she returned to CBF to spend three years at its Port Isobel Island education center in Virginia, teaching children, teachers and others about the Bay and its island fishing communities.

Falk takes CBF’s reins as the clock is ticking on the long-running effort to restore the Bay, which formally began in 1983. After missing two earlier deadlines, the multi-state campaign has

The Making of Giant Jack o’ Lanterns Monster pumpkins carved up for holiday in Annapolis

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alloween may be over, but hopefully you were able to enjoy some of the most impressive pumpkin carving around. Four giant pumpkins were on display around downtown Annapolis—at Market House, St. Anne’s Church on Church Circle, the Graduate Hotel (126 West Street), and Visit Annapolis/Anne Arundel County Visitors Center (26 West Street).

Local artists painstakingly carved the pumpkins, weighing more than 1,000 Annapolis mom Berkley Kersch visits the pumpkin closest to Market House with her kids, Wyatt and Rylee, age 5.

Photo: Cheryl Costello.

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shown some progress in the past decade but appears likely to miss key goals — including the central aim of reducing nutrient pollution — by its latest self-imposed deadline at the end of 2025.

An internal review earlier this year by the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program concluded that 7 of the 31 outcomes pledged in the most recent restoration agreement are “unlikely to be met without a significant change in course.” Several others also are far short of their targets or lack the data needed to tell how much progress, if any, has been made.

The foundation graded the Bay’s health a D-plus in its latest report card issued in January, giving it a score that has risen only five points since the group issued its first ecological status report in 1998.

CBF has focused its advocacy on getting the region’s states and the federal government to carry out what it calls the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint—the total maximum daily load, or “pollution diet,” that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set in 2010 for restoring the Bay’s water quality.

“Enforcing the Clean Water Act and investing in the pollution-reduction practices that provide clean water and mitigate climate change will be paramount to CBF success going forward,” Baker said.

But progress toward meeting those targets has been uneven, with Pennsylvania lagging badly. CBF has joined three of the six Bay states and the District of Columbia in suing the EPA in federal court for not doing more to enforce its cleanup plan.

“Today, we stand at a crossroads for Bay restoration,” Falk said. “Finishing the work of Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint by 2025 and leaving a restored Bay to our children and grandchildren is possible. But it is not certain.”

She also assumes leadership at CBF at a time when environmental groups large and small are reckoning with their lack of diversity and historical negligence of the disproportionate impacts of pollution on Black and other disadvantaged communities.

Falk was chosen by CBF’s board of trustees after a national search that began in January when Baker announced he planned to retire at the end of 2021. The board’s search committee looked at more than 100 candidates nationwide, according to Harry Gruner, the search panel’s chair.

“Strong leadership skills, a commitment to equity in the environmental movement, and a devotion to following the science to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay made Hilary Harp Falk the clear choice for leading CBF during this critical time,” said board chair Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow.

Falk championed making the National Wildlife Federation a more equitable and inclusive workplace, according to the CBF release. She was a 2016–2017 fellow with the International Women’s Forum and co-chaired the federation’s Women in Conservation Leadership Advisory Council.

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Local artist Skribe is creating what he calls a friendly alien monster. pounds each, last Thursday for weekend visitors to enjoy. Then, something even spookier arrived—stormy weather and three days of extreme high tides.

The artist-musician known as Skribe pulled out all his tricks to carve a jack o’ lantern from the 1,600-pound pumpkin sitting outside Market House at City Dock. He even made his design with the pending storms in mind.

“I’m trying to strategically cut it so the rain doesn’t collect inside. So it’s hopefully going to go off the front and then maybe some eyebrows are gutters to channel the rain,” he explained, just hours before the storms began.

Skribe carved his pumpkin sideways— its oblong shape and sheer weight were unlikely to stand upright. “Yeah, sometimes the pumpkin tells you what to do with it. This guy is a weird shape so maybe the mouth goes there,” he showed us, pointing to the pumpkin’s side.

Passersby marveled at the size of the pumpkin and the amount of guts inside it. Pumpkin spice, pumpkin muffins—all things are possible with 1,600

pounds. Market House smoked the huge seeds from inside to serve as a snack.

Elsewhere in the city, other artists dreamed up a pumpkin carved with sea creatures and a portly version of Spiderman. It’s the second year that giant pumpkins have been placed in Annapolis. And from here they’ll head to composting containers to keep the circle of life growing.

The giant pumpkins will be carved up with chainsaws once again—this time for the compost pile at Truxtun Park.

“We were told that they were going to bring them to Truxtun this week,” says Elvia Thompson of Annapolis Green, which spearheads the composting efforts.

The pumpkins are so large they will first be cut up by chainsaw to be transported to the composting facility.

Annapolis Green was able to bring back its Great Pumpkin Drop Off (for all pumpkins—not just the gigantic kind) thanks to a grant from the Rotary Club of Annapolis’ annual Crab Feast.

Last fall, the organization collected over 10,000 pounds of pumpkins. p

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Heritage Awards Celebrate history, heritage and excellence as individuals, organizations, programs and more are awarded honors by Four Rivers Heritage Area. 5-7pm, $10, RSVP: fourriversheritage.org.

Sharks! Sink Your Teeth in Series Join the fourth and final lecture on Megalodon: Evolution, Body Size and Extinction, presented by Dr. Victor Perez, Assistant Curator of Paleontology. 7pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Homegrown National Park Master Naturalist Alison Milligan introduces the concept of creating a homegrown national park in your backyard to protect the watershed, restore biodiversity and add value to your home; sponsored by the Hillsmere Garden Club. 7-8:30pm, Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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By the Way Meet Vera Stark

Colonial Players harkens back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and introduces you to Vera Stark, a headstrong African American maid and aspiring starlet. Live streaming available. ThFSa 8pm, Su 2pm, Colonial Players Theater, Annapolis, $23 w/discounts, RSVP: thecolonialplayers.org.

Have you ever given or gotten a beautiful blooming poinsettia or amaryllis and then slowly watched it decline?

Kathy Jentz of Washington Gardener Magazine teaches you how to care for classic seasonal plants like poinsettias and Christmas cactus, plus learn about green holiday gift ideas for the gardeners in your life. 7-8:30pm, RSVP for link: homesteadgardens.com.

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Gingerbread House Contest & Show Last day to apply to enter your gingerbread creations in this annual contest at Darnall’s Chance House Museum in Upper Marlboro that invites the public to choose a winner for The Viewer’s Choice Awards; creations must be delivered Nov. 21 & 22. Rules and application details: https://pgparks.com/3059/ Gingerbread-Contest-Show.

Blood Drive

Learn about the history of the B&A Short Line Railroad; bring a chair and Nov. 5-12: Children’s Theatre of Annapolis share s’mores around the fire. 5:30Liam O’Toole and Erica Yamaner 7pm, Earleigh Heights Ranger Station, in Children’s Theatre of Annapolis’ Severna Park, $5: aacounty.org. production of The Addams Family.

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Holiday Preview Party

Get a peek at this year’s holiday displays, plus refreshments and live music. 6-9pm, Homestead Gardens, Davidsonville and Severna Park locations: homesteadgardens.com.

Friday Night Lecture

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

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Enjoy favorite Greek specialties and pastries (carry-out only). FSa 11am-7pm, Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Annapolis.

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The Addams Family

America’s darkest family comes to life in this original musical comedy. F 7pm, Sa 11am & 4pm, Su 2pm Children’s Theatre of Annapolis, Bay Head Park, Cape St. Claire, $18 w/discounts, RSVP: cta.ticketleap.com.

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The Annapolis Opera presents Rossini’s classic fairytale, with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra; pre-show Opera Insight Series with guests Melissa and Stephen Osmond, retired singer and retired conductor, one hour before each show (RSVP) join the opera’s Artistic and Music Director Craig Kier and members of the cast for a conversation following the Sunday show. F 7:30pm, Su 3pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $28-$100 w/discounts, RSVP: annapolisopera.org.

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Bird Walk Learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound on this guided hike (ages 12+). 7-10am, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee, RSVP: jugbay.org.

North Beach VFD Yard Sale 8am-noon, North 410-231-1775.

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25th Jug Bay Run for Wildlife Run 10K, 5K, or take a 3K Fun Walk to help conservation projects and research aimed at preserving the Patuxent Riv-

er’s natural wildlife; hosted by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Patuxent River Park and The Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary. 9am, Patuxent River Park, Upper Marlboro, $20-$35, RSVP: outdoors.pgparks.com.

KIDS Sensory Nature Hike Introduce children to the outdoors; bring change of clothes and expect to get wet and dirty. 9:30-10:30am, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: rpjarb00@aacounty.org.

Free State Fly Fishers Learn to tie fly patterns and proper tying techniques; materials provided.

10am-noon, Davidsonville Family Rec Center, RSVP: rybeer@gmail.com.

WWII Memorial Cleanup Make it a Day of Service in honor of Veterans Day; hosted by the D30 Delegation and the Maryland Dept. of Veteran Affairs. 10am-12:30pm, WWII Memorial, 1920 Gov. Ritchie Hwy, Annapolis, RSVP: http://bit.ly/WWII_Cleanup.

KIDS Nature Tales Join an old-fashioned outdoor story time and discover nature tales about the wildlife all around us (ages 10 and under). 11am-noon, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

American Indian Heritage Day Watch cooking, basket making, and flint knapping demos; see singers and dancers from the Piscataway Nation; try your hand at atlatl throwing, take a plnat walk, make pottery, scrape a dugout canoe, and explore the Wooland Village.

11am-4pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, free: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Small Beauties Open House Meet the artists behind the exhibit of one-ofa-kind treasures in a variety of mediums. 1-4pm, Artworks@7th, North Beach: artworksat7th.com.

Wine & Wander Join volunteer naturalist Diane Goebes for a two-mile hike to Emory Waters Nautre Presrve where you will learn about the vineyard and take a tour of the historic Riggleman House, light hors d’oeuvres and wine samples served (ages 21+).1-5pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $25, RSVP: jugbay.org.

Library Bookmobile. 2-3:30pm, Harriet Brown Community Center, Prince Frederick, RSVP: calvertlibrary.info.

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Hide Tanning Workshop Transform deerskins with knowledge and elbow grease into supple buckskin in this workshop (ages 13+). 10am-5pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $125 w/discounts, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Odenton Heritage Society Open House See a display about Sappington School, an elementary school for African American children in the area.

1-4pm, OHS Historical Center, 1367 Odenton Rd., free: odentonheritage.org.

Screech & Kestrel Meet two of North America’s smallest birds of prey: the American kestrel and the eastern screech owl. 1:30pm, National Wildlife Visitor Center, Laurel, free: 301-497-5887.

Nov. 8: Benjamin C. Bradlee Lecture

Hear from sociologist and professor Dr. Bobby J. Smith II on Food and Black Freedom: Reflections on Race, Resistance, and the Legacy of Food Justice in a virtual presentation. 7pm, RSVP for link: Sotterley.org.

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Storytelling Symposium This World Artists Experience storytelling session explores how location impacts stories and storytelling and how land influences stories of identity, kinship, economics, cooperation and peace. 7pm, virtual presentation: worldartists.org.

Digital Photo Club Join this group of beginners, hobbyists and pros who love to take and share photos and learn how to improve.

Virtual meeting speaker is Janet Jeffers on Nature Up Close: Macro

JOIN US IN TELLING OUR NATION’S VETERANS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. Veterans Day Parade & Wreath Laying The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County and the Commissioners of Leonardtown invite the public to salute America’s veterans at the with a parade that begins at St. Mary’s Ryken High School, followed by a ceremony in historic Leonardtown Square. 10am-1pm, for more info: 301-475-9791.

KIDS Little Minnows Children (3-5yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme Waterman—Where Are the Oysters?. 10:15am, 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

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On Watch Memorial Service Calvert County thanks all veterans for their service at the site of the “On Watch” statue at the end of Dowell Road, Dowell. Refreshments served on-site following the program. 2pm: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Animal Ambassadors Meet the raptors from Birds of Prey.

2:30-3:30pm, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, RSVP: rpfurr27@aacounty.org.

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Fleming Book Launch

Led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the NAACP hosts a virtual Freedom Fund fundraiser featuring Cheryl Jackson, Alan Reed, Jeff Majors, and Patrick Robinson. 4-5:30pm, $40, RSVP: calvertnaacp.org.

Celebrate local photographer Jay Fleming’s latest book Island Life, a visual narrative of the environment, communities, and commercial fisheries of Smith Island and Tangier Island and get your copy signed. 6-8pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum: amaritime.org. p

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Benjamin C. Bradlee Lecture Hear White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor deliver the Bradlee Distinguished Lecture in Journalism on the topic of Truth in Journalism: Reporting on Politics and Identity in America. 7pm, O’Brien Athletics Center, St. Mary’s College of Maryland,

Photography. 7-9pm, RSVP for link: president@digitalphotoclub.net.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9

KIDS Mr. Paca’s Garden Children read Bear Snores On, sing songs, make arts and crafts projects and spend time in the garden. 10-11:30am, William Paca House, Annapolis, $10 w/ discounts, RSVP: Annapolis.org.

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SPORTING LIFE

The fall feed-up is reaching the climactic stage for Bay game fish with schools actively feeding throughout the Chesapeake. Seabirds are marking the action and making it an easy experience on days that are mild enough to get out and look. Though the fish are mostly throwback rockfish, the action more than makes up for it and for those who want a seafood supper, there will be legal-sized keepers. There are also still a few spanish mackerel mixed with a few bluefish cruising about and making the bite interesting. Small, 3- to 5-inch bucktails, jigs and crankbaits will get the most attention. Soft plastics are most readily accepted but toothy blues and macks can make the experience expensive. white perch are schooling deeper and deeper in the tributaries and now is the time to put some in the freezer for the winter. Hi Lo rigs with small hooks (#4) and shrimp, worms, clam, minnows or grab will entice them. Get out there while you can, sometime soon it will all be over for the season or at least too uncomfortable to enjoy.

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The Long Rod in Late Autumn T here’s an old saying among linguists that you’re not really adept in another language until you dream in it. Last night I dreamed of fly fishing ... all night long. It was the first time in a while that has happened.

Years ago, it was a regular occurrence and, upon reflection, I’m ashamed that I’ve let my long rods languish to the extent I have.

I no longer have the energy level that casting a fly rod requires over a long day but this is a false argument.

Actually, I’ve likely been distracted by the multitude of outdoor sporting opportunities on the Tidewater. As for fly fishing, one can slow down the

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casting and searching efforts without sacrificing any of the experience. The thrill of angling does not depend on production, especially with fly fishing.

All of my favorite fly rods remain within reach on the racks just across the room so I firmly resolve to renew the artful experience they have long provided me. It seems that many anglers have had similar lapses. It’s been a long time since I’ve observed anyone casting a fly for a striper. With the current predicament the species is experiencing it may be the perfect solution to increasing the experience of catching one without unduly stressing an already stressed population.

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I’ve often heard the opinion, which I share, that catching a rockfish on a fly rod is ten times the experience of hooking and landing one any other way. If you’ve put up your fly gear in years past, now may be the ideal time to break it out and renew the artful experience. Fall is the best season for tangling with rockfish on the fly and with the falling temps you won’t even break a sweat.

If you’re never fly fished, the experience these days is yours for the taking. Fly tackle has never been better made nor more affordable. Lessons and information on technique are as accessible as the internet. A process that once took hours and hours of lessons and practice, which had to be provided by experts, can be achieved with a little web surfing in just days and a few repeated backyard tryouts.

A first class eight weight rod and reel with a floating line 30 years ago would have set an earnest angler back almost $2,000; now it can be had for the same cost as a similar quality

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Heading into winter, locating rockfish is as difficult as finding the mouth of the nearest river as it enters the Chesapeake. Rockfish up to legal size are schooling and feeding up for the cold and the Bay’s baitfish are schooling up as well and heading downstream at the same time. They meet consistently every morning and evening near the river’s mouth, marked clearly by large flocks of seabirds. The hungry rockfish will take any offering imitating a 3- to 4-inch minnow. The only requirement is stealth: you can’t be too clumsy, but even if you are they will resume feeding within minutes and you can cast to them again.

The lure colors are consistently simple as well, white, chartreuse or yellow. A 10- to 20-pound leader at the end of the fly line will get the job done and a fish is rarely injured and almost always lip hooked and easily released. Since you can keep one fish of 19 inches or more, dinner for two may also be included in the experience. What’s not to love? p WEDNESDAY

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Besides the trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants add color to the fall landscape. Our native winged sumacs are shrubs that turn a fiery orange and red and also make clusters of burgundy berries. The small tree-like shrubs of staghorn sumac turn orange-red in fall with dense conical structures of red berries. Our native shrub of bottlebrush buckeye turns a brilliant golden yellow in the fall that seems to glow much like our native spicebush.

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Doing Our Part to Protect Diamondback Terrapins

or have finished for the season. They are best treated as annuals as they don’t come back reliably. My favorite true perennial mum is Sheffield Pink, which is actually a soft peach color, blooms late, and blends well with the fall landscape.

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The greatest region of diamondback terrapin restoration is Poplar Island. Dredge fill removed from Chesapeake Bay shipping lanes have been used to build back the washed away island, but it is being done in an environmentally sensitive way. The fill is added when little bird or turtle nesting activity is present.

Since 2002, terrapin turtles have been nesting on the island and enjoying the lack of raccoons. Maryland Environmental Service has been facilitating wildlife research and reintroduction of terrapins to the waters around the island.

Each year about 800 newly hatched terrapins are collected from the island; about 200 of these tiny turtles are raised by children in Maryland schools through the MES Terrapin Program. Turtles reared in warm water aquariums can grow without being preyed upon and can grow larger than their siblings in the wild. This head start allows the hatchlings to grow to the size of a 2- to 3-year-old wild juvenile terrapin in just nine months.

After being nurtured over winter, the turtles are brought back to Poplar Island to be tagged and released in the spring.

Students that raised them sometimes get to tag along to see their turtles released.

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I would occasionally take my kids to a community pier on a South River creek and do some crabbing with fish heads or chicken necks. Back then it was quite common to have several diamondback terrapins of various sizes trying to get a share of the bait.

My kids and I thought they were more fun than the crabs. Several times we saw really tiny turtles that obviously had hatched nearby.

Over the next several years, the creek changed. There was more boat traffic, including skiing and wake boarding. The sandy shoreline was replaced with large erosion-preventing granite boulders. The water quality changed with the rain and sun. Rain would cause cloudy sediment laden water and the sun and heat would cause slimy green algae blooms. My family still would occasionally see a terrapin.

I have not seen a terrapin in the creek since 2008 when I found and saved one trapped in the riprap.

Then a ban on commercial harvesting of terrapins passed in 2007. Just before

it went into effect, professional fishermen placed nets at high tide across openings to submerged mudflats. As the tide went out, the fish and turtles trying to go out, too, were caught. At the time, live terrapins were being shipped to Japan as a delicacy.

When European settlers arrived in the Chesapeake Bay, diamondback terrapins were extremely common. They cooked them in their shells on the coals, and years later they were the main ingredient in a popular soup, nearly wiping out their species. Overharvesting, loss of nesting areas, and water degradation have all contributed to the crash in their population.

Even though I think that there is little hope that the turtles will return to my local creek, there is restorative action taking place. Living shorelines have been created as the alternative to continuous riprap. Living shorelines have wave barriers (even riprap) in slightly deeper water with breaks in the barriers to allow animals access to the shore. Along the shore, native grasses are planted. At high tide, fish have access to the partially sub-

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n a recent trip to Florida, the tropical landscape was lush with spots of color interspersed. Nothing beats our temperate fall climate when the entire woodland horizon turns to flaming colors of red, orange and yellow. Trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennial plants all help to paint the fall landscape.

Why do leaves change their color in the fall? During spring and summer, plants make lots of chlorophyll, hence their green color. Plants make energy with the help of chlorophyll and sunlight in a process known as photosynthesis. The summer sun triggers the leaves to keep making more chlorophyll to produce sugars for the plant to grow. Trees are sensitive to changes in the environment.

As summer fades into fall, the days start getting shorter and there is less sunlight.

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he Celestials are giant galactic beings that manage the ebb and flow of life. They create and destroy planets as part of their cosmic plans. When they created Earth and humanity, the Celestials were invested in their little experiment. The only problem were the deviants—iridescent demons that hunted the humans, stifling their development.

To ensure that humans were allowed to thrive, the Celestials sent down the Eternals, super-powered beings with extremely advanced technology.

These Eternals were charged with safe-guarding humanity from the deviants so that humans could flourish.

They even helped us along with some of our greatest innovations.

So why didn’t they step up when Thanos threatened the universe? Why didn’t they stop horrible wars and famines? Why didn’t they at least share their spiffy tech with The Avengers or Wakanda?

Turns out, their orders were very specific. The Celestials only wanted the Eternals to intervene when deviants reared their purple-tinged heads.

But now, as Earth faces another disaster, the Eternals aren’t content to sit and watch. They’ve fallen in love with humanity, and want to protect it, even if that angers the Celestials.

If that summary sounds exhausting, imagine I took two-and-a-half hours to tell it to you while an overpowering instrumental soundtrack blared, and that’s pretty much what you’d be paying for in the theater.

The movie is a mess, with so much to say that nothing is said at all. In the age of Disney+, Eternals really should have been a series instead of a behemoth movie. There was no way to cram the story of the Celestials and the Eternals into one movie without it feeling like an two-hour book report.

The result is an Avengers-style teamup movie like Endgame, but the audience has no idea who any of the characters are or why they should care.

Eternals dedicates so much time to plot, that we barely have a chance to develop the characters. We know that Eternals love humans, one even mar-

ries a human, but why is never really explained. The film spends so much time trying to establish the group’s dynamics that humanity becomes an afterthought. Why are the Eternals ready to risk the literal wrath of the gods for this stupid, violent species?

Apparently braiding children’s hair and smiling at crops is the best answer we’re going to get.

Director Chloé Zhao (who won an Oscar a few months ago for the excellent Nomadland) seems at a loss as to how to fit so much plot into one movie. Her style is contemplative and natural, which is at odds with a big commercial blockbuster movie. She eschews most of the Marvel formula, instead trying a meditative tone. It’s an interesting choice, filled with lovely panning shots, but ultimately it fails to keep the lickety-split pace needed for superhero fare.

The characters are also a bit of a problem in Eternals. Star Gemma Chan (Raya and the Last Dragon) is given basically nothing to do. Her Sersi is given the hero’s journey, except she goes nowhere. She’s just a good, nice person who figures out she’s got immense untapped power. Richard Madden (1917) is also given very little to do for most of the movie, he’s essentially Marvel’s answer to Superman, and brings with that all the bland trappings.

The supporting characters acquit themselves better. Angelina Jolie (Those Who Wish Me Dead) and Don Lee (Ashfall) create a beautiful, bruising relationship as the team’s two melee fighters. There’s some real tenderness in their story, as well as some emotional payoff. Kumail Nanjiani (The Lovebirds) also gets some great moments as the comic relief—an Eternal who got tired of watching humanity fall apart and started a Bollywood film dynasty. It’s a great jokey role, but one that seems out of place when the dramatics start.

Ultimately, Eternals is an “eat your vegetables” kind of movie. If you’re interested in Marvel opening up the cinematic universe to Jack Kirby’s legendary Celestials storylines, you’re going to have to sit through this long, exposition dump of a movie. Still, with Zhao behind the camera, at least things are pretty to look at while you’re trying to follow along.

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“Appropriate disciplinary action has been taken” in Hazard, Kentucky, after photos surfaced on social media allegedly depicting students giving lap dances to high school staff, USA Today reported. The incidents from Oct. 26 were part of homecoming week; Superintendent Sondra Combs said festivities included a “man pageant,” which somehow led to the lap dances by scantily clad students. One of the grateful recipients was the school’s principal, Donald “Happy” Mobelini, who is also the mayor of Hazard.

“Using this as a teachable moment,” Combs said, “we will provide social media training for our students and staff.” But, she emphasized, the district “has a tradition of excellence and academics and everything we do” -- apparently including suggestive bumping and grinding.

spent more than four years being troubled by a haunting rendition of the nursery rhyme, “It’s raining, it’s pouring ...” sung by a young child during the night. “It was waking me up in the night. It was absolutely terrifying,” one woman said, according to the Mirror.

“Last week it played for hours. It was just horrible.” Finally, in September, the borough council’s rapid response team tracked down the source of the chilling singing: It was a motion alarm in an industrial park. “The sound is only supposed to act as a deterrent for opportunistic thieves that come onto our property,” a spokesperson for the park said. “The motion sensors were being triggered by spiders crawling across the lenses of our cameras, and it looks like we’ve had it turned up too loudly.” The volume has been lowered, and Ipswich residents can sleep at night.

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About 100 hippopotami that are descendants of hippos once owned by late drug lord Pablo Escobar have been recognized by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio as legal persons, United Press International reported. The hippos live in Colombia, but nonhuman animals are allowed to go to a federal court in the U.S. to obtain testimony in defense of their interests. Colombian attorney Luis Domingo Gomez Maldondo filed a lawsuit on the animals’ behalf to save them from being euthanized, arguing that sterilization would be a better option.

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A clever burglar in Coronado, California, devised a simple way to enter a home there on Oct. 21, the Associated Press reported. The 43-year-old woman just called a locksmith and asked him to change the locks on “her” home, then went inside, settled in, and turned on the music and fireplace. But a neighbor noticed the activity and contacted the out-of-town homeowner, who alerted the police. When officers arrived, the spare key provided by the neighbor didn’t fit the locks, and police saw metal shavings and parts of a discarded lock near the front door. Police went around back, called out to the person inside and arrested her as she emerged on suspicion of burglary.

Unclear on the Concept

A hiker in Colorado who was on a trail to Mount Elbert got lost on Oct. 18, wandering in the woods until the next morning around 9:30 a.m. Lake County Search and Rescue began looking for the unidentified person that evening and continued through the night, Fox News reported, making repeated calls to the hiker’s cellphone, which went unanswered. The hiker, who didn’t realize a search party was looking for them, told officials that they ignored the calls because they didn’t recognize the phone number. LCSAR recommended to hikers: “If you’re overdue according to your itinerary and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone.”

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Well, it’s happened: the first-ever doping scandal to rock the world of professional Venetian gondoliers. Renato Busetto has been stripped of his second-place award in September’s Historical Regatta and has been banned from competing for more than a year, the Daily Mail reported. He tested positive for marijuana after the event on Sept. 4, and on Oct. 27, Venice’s Technical Disciplinary Commission laid out his punishment.

Harsh

An unnamed Thai woman, 34, who lives in a high-rise condominium building in Bangkok was apparently very unhappy that she wasn’t informed that two painters, using ropes, would be working on the outside of the building on Oct. 12. So she cut their support rope, the Associated Press reported.

One of the painters, a man named Song, said he and his co-worker had lowered themselves from the 32nd floor to repair cracks. When he reached the 30th floor, he felt something on the rope and looked down to see someone on the 21st floor lean out of the window and cut his rope. A third colleague supported them from the top floor as they tried to summon help from people in other apartments. A couple on the 26th floor finally let them in. The suspect confessed to cutting the rope and said she had no intention of killing the workers, but she faces attempted murder and property destruction charges.

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PUZZLES THE INSIDE WORD

How many 2 or more letter words can you make in 2 minutes from the letters in: Restaurant (40 words) Places to eat have been around since hunger, with names like, eating house, cook’s house, and chop shop, but in 1765 a Mr. Boulanger opened the very first restaurant near the Louvre in Paris. He served bowls of restaurer (restorer) – bouillons made from hearty meats, vegetables, salt, and spices. He wrote in the shop window the nearly-biblical, “Come to me all you whose stomachs are in distress, and I will restore you.”

Of course, the first-ever eatery was Eve’s place in Eden called ‘Adam’s Apple-Smoked Ribs.’ But unfortunately, after the first bite taken inside the place, it was converted to carry-out forever after.

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GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Snug Harbor, 4br., And 2ba., Home. Income Deale: 2Br., 1Ba. located 1/2 block from the opportunity, property totaling 1.06931 Acres Chesapeake Bay and community pier. Nice rear yard. home needs tlc., 45 minutes to D.C., 25 Commercial/marine zoned property, with minutes to Annapolis.

135 ft. of bulk headed waterfront, 200 ft.

MDAA2003010.

Pier with 12 boat slips. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2011224

NEW LISTING

REDUCED

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

UNDER CONTRACT

3.28 ACRES

MOVE IN CONDITION

THREE SEPARATE LIVING UNITS

WATER PRIVILEGES

100% FINANCING

$350,000

$419,900

$995,000

$325,000

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE HEINE- 410-279-2817

Southern Anne Arundel County: Beautiful country Annapolis: 4Br., 2.5ba located in culde-sac, new Annapolis; 9br.,6ba., Unique property ideal lot to build your dream home. Mostly cleared carpet, freshly painted, private fenced rear for large family or a family compound with and level. Perced many years ago, may need to yard, main lvl. br., broadneck school district. three separate unites. In addition there are be re-perced. 45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to MDAA2003452. two separate and approved and recorded Annapolis. MDAA2000631. building lots. Must see this property to appreciate what it is..... schwartz realty.com/MDAA2010024

DALE MEDLIN 301-466-5366

$479,999

CLYDE BUTLER 443-223-2743

Deale, 1br., 1ba., Large kitchen and bathrm.

Recently painted , new shower added. Great Shady Side; 4br., And 3ba., Colonial style, investment property with extra lot to build anbetter than new with all the upgrades. other home. Walking distance to the bay and 100% Financing. pier. Close to elementary school. 45 Minutes to schwartz realty.com/MDAA2011090 dc and 30 minutes to Annapolis. schwartz realty.com/MDAA461980