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State Scores B-, Cruise Ships Built on the Bay, A Message in a Bottle, Watermark Milestone Brings Change, New Bus Option, Solomons Restaurant Closes, Blues Festival Returns page 4

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FEATURE: Consensus on Oyster Policy Still Elusive in Maryland

CREATURE FEATURE: The Wonderful World of Ground Squirrels

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A Wealth of Memories

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hat things will you pass on to the next generation? I don’t mean the lofty things, like kindness, empathy, or confidence. I mean, the things .... the things that fill your closets, drawers, and attics. Are they valuable to anyone besides yourself? Do you have an untapped treasure trove awaiting your descendants?

I’ve been thinking this week about all the things we pass on. I unleashed a flood of photos sent from my mother and two sisters after asking for that picture of our 1984 snowstorm a few weeks ago. That sent my mother into a flurry of decluttering boxes of pictures, negatives, and albums. The photos go back decades and fill deep drawers in cabinets in her living room. She asked us if we wanted copies of all these photos, photos she has held on for all our lives. I declined. And then my younger sister offered to bring a photo scanner with her on her next visit. Technology to the rescue.

Despite having my own boxes full, physical photos are no longer of interest to me, but I know what value they

hold for my mother. Film cameras were the best way to capture a memory. Now we fill our phones with digital selfies and Instagram posts. How will we pass these things on, I wonder?

My grandmother’s milk glass cake stand sits above my cabinets in my kitchen. I don’t think I’ve ever put more than maybe one cake on its surface. I keep it for its connection to my family’s past. I know I will never let it go and that someday my sons will unpack it and have to decide what to do with it.

On the flip side, I’ve been handed “heirlooms” that held absolutely zero value to me, and so they were easily passed along to someone else who needed them. I’m not unsympathetic to those who would rather hold on to their possessions for as long as possible.

I know it’s hard to let go. That’s just part of being human, putting emotional weight on inanimate objects. Our things hold memories. They hold meaning.

They hold stories.

It’s those stories writer Susan Nolan set out to discover in this week’s feature story on appraisal fairs. In her report-

ing, she even took a few of her own prized possessions and made the trek down to Colton’s Point in St. Mary’s County to meet with experts who could tell her what her items were worth.

While the appraisers could examine and analyze something to come up with a monetary value, they could never value an item’s historical worth to its owner.

Elsewhere in this issue, we follow other stories that highlight the past and the future. An iconic Annapolis business celebrates a major milestone but also hands the reins to a new owner. A speaker series for Black History Month charts Annapolis’s past and then looks into its future. In Solomons, a beloved restaurant closes its doors, just as new businesses are being birthed every month here on the Bay. The wheel of time continues to turn. p —KATHY KNOTTS, MANAGING EDITOR

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State Scores B-, Cruise Ships Built on the Bay, A Message in a Bottle, Watermark Milestone Brings Change, New Bus Option, Solomons Restaurant Closes, Blues Festival Returns ................................... 4 FEATURE

Oyster Impasse: After two years, consensus on oyster policy still elusive in Maryland .....................10 Hidden Treasures: Appraiser Fair rewards amateur collectors .........12 BAY PLANNER ....................... 16 CREATURE FEATURE............... 18 GARDENING FOR LIFE............. 18 MOVIEGOER.......................... 19 MOON AND TIDES.................. 20 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 20 PUZZLES............................... 21

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can plan better coastal adaptation in the future. “The biggest challenge in developing the report card was finding adequate data … Filling these gaps is important to inform planning and management decisions to improve Maryland’s adaptation status,” says science integrator Katie May Lauman.

This first report card also allows indicators to be established as future benchmarks. Chesapeake Bay Foundation senior scientist Doug Myers says in a statement, “This report represents an important first step toward helping citizens and government leaders understand the significant risks we face from climate change in Maryland. Establishing indicators, collecting data about them, and evaluating them honestly is necessary as Maryland works to adapt its thousands of miles of coastline to increasing sea levels and stronger storms.”

Myers points out that the data gap researchers found points to a need for more public outreach, so residents can understand their flood risks. He also calls for adequate funding to actually carry out the plans state and local governments have in place.

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Coastal flooding encroaches on a yard along the North East River earlier this month. Photo: Mike Walsh.

MD GETS B- ON FIRST COASTAL ADAPTATION REPORT CARD

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or the first time, Maryland scientists have given the state a grade for how well-adapted it is to climate change impacts. And with an overall grade of B-, things could be worse. But there’s room for improvement.

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) says in its assessment, “The State of Maryland is fairly well-adapted to handle continuing threats of climate change.” While some goals were already met or are close to being met, others will require “significant investment,” the report says.

According to UMCES, 72 percent of the state’s population lives and works along its 3,000 miles of shoreline, making coastal communities especially vulnerable to climate change. As we begin to see “increasingly frequent and severe storms, hotter summers, warmer winters, sea level rise, and changes in precipitation patterns,” UMCES explains, coastal adaptation actions like shoreline protection projects and green infrastructure that prevents runoff will make our coast more resistant to these impacts.

The highest marks on the new report card come in the “ecosystem” and “planning” categories with an A and B+, to in-

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clude successful maintaining of wetland acreage and the use of dredged materials for restoration. And the population of people living in floodplains has been reduced, leaving fewer people at risk for coastal emergencies.

UMCES says the worst grades, two big fat Fs, come in the number of critical facilities that must remain operational in emergencies, which lie in flood hazard areas, and properties that have previously flooded but haven’t been adapted to withstand future climate events.

Researchers say building this report card underscores the importance of having useful data at hand, so the state

ave you ever noticed the smaller cruise ships that run up and down the Chesapeake? Did you know that they are built right here in the Bay region? American Cruise Lines hosts history-themed cruises like the History Triangle, visiting D.C., Mount Vernon, Cambridge, St. Michaels, Annapolis and Chestertown, along with riverboat cruises in the middle of the country and close-to-shore experiences in the Pacific Northwest.

Those same boats that cruise the Bay are also built on the Bay, at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury. The shipbuilder just announced 12 new American Cruise Lines vessels will be built at the yard, bringing dozens of jobs with them.

Bay Bulletin went inside to see the construction in our home state. Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. President Steve McGee showed us around the yard. What started in 1980 with building about one ship every two to three years—has grown.

“Now we’re on track to deliver three cruise ships per year every year going forward,” McGee tells us. He showed us the underside of one of the new vessels, as tradesmen welded and gouged steel plates.

They will be riverboats for American Cruise Lines, which currently operates 15 ships cruising to more than 31 states. The recently announced Project Blue ships will soon fill the production buildings in Salisbury.

We got a close look at the welding work on the skeleton of the hull, which McGee likens to our own bones. “Think of it as the ribs in your body. Ultimately, the skin of the hull will end up getting welded to that side shelf,” he said.

Project Blue is designed to meet the requests of the cruise line’s clientele.

People have been asking for a smaller, more intimate venue. For some, the

Above top and center: Work in progress at Chesapeake Shipbuilding. Images from CBM Bay Bulletin video by Cheryl Costello. Above: Example of one of the new ships. Photo: American Cruise Lines. smaller number of guests feels more manageable in a pandemic than the mega-cruise ships that sail out of Baltimore and Norfolk.

The smaller ships will carry about 110 passengers and 50 crew members. They can get into places the bigger vessels can’t access. “The Intercoastal Waterway along the Atlantic coast, for instance,” McGee says. “These boats will be stable enough to run off of New England all the way down to Florida. And we can actually put them on the West Coast.”

The increased work will mean more job opportunities on the Eastern Shore.

Chesapeake Shipbuilding is looking to roughly double its staff, especially in trades like welding, pipe fitting, and electrical work.

We met Larry Wise, a welding foreman with more than 12 years at Chesapeake Shipbuilding. We watched him seal together two steel plates, a skill needed on every deck of the cruise ship. His work leads to someone else’s relaxing vacation.

“Other people get the pleasure of what we’re doing for a living, just like a teacher who lives to teach kids.

Same concept with us,” Wise says. The employees log eight-hour workdays outdoors through extreme weather conditions. When we visited, it was about 20 degrees.

“A lot of these guys, at one point, were carpenters and they’ve learned how to weld and apply those carpentry skills, but they’re working in steel,” Wise says.

And there is more work to be done.

The first two Project Blue ships will be ready for delivery next year.

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BAY BULLETIN OCEAN CITY MESSAGE IN BOTTLE REACHES IRELAND

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t sounds like a movie script. A message in a bottle travels more than 3,000 miles across the ocean, from Ocean City to a beach in Ireland. It’s not a movie, but a true story that connected a pair of Maryland fishing friends with a couple on another continent.

Sasha Yonyak, 14, and his neighbor and friend Wayne Smith took the bottle about a mile offshore of Ocean City during a fishing trip over two years ago.

“We would think that it would go to the Gulf Stream and float down it a little bit and then go somewhere … but we didn’t know how far it would go.”

Yonyak’s father, Vlad Yonyak, says the boy and Smith, 64, had a special friendship. “They were very good friends.

They spent a lot of time together fishing, in the garage, or on bikes.”

After Sasha and Smith found the bottle at an Ocean City marina during one of their outings, they decided to pass it on. They used the same glass bottle and included the two dollar bills that were found inside. They covered the top with plastic, put the cap on it, and let the Atlantic Ocean do the rest.

It was Jan. 5 when an Irish couple spotted the bottle washed up on a beach near Donegal, on the northwestern coast of Ireland. Ciaran Marron and

Above: Message in a bottle. Photo: Rita Simmonds. Top right: Rita Simmonds, left, and Ciaran Marron. Right: Sasha Yonyak and his dad Vlad Yonyak.

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Marron has been looking for a message in a bottle since he was a kid.

So, Simmonds says, “he was more tuned into it than I was.

It was like a surreal moment. It was awesome.”

Rita Simmonds walked five miles to the end of the peninsula. They could have easily missed the bottle.

“It was surrounded by other things.

There was lots of plastic junk, as there is on a lot of beaches nowadays,” Marron tells Bay Bulletin.

But Marron has been looking for a message in a bottle since he was a kid.

So, Simmonds says, “he was more tuned into it than I was. It was like a surreal moment. It was awesome.”

The couple knew their discovery was delicate. “I could see condensation inside. I was pretty sure there was a message in it because it was tied up in a bow. So, I was terrified to try to get it out in case we damaged it. So, we were

very, very disciplined and we didn’t open it,” Marron says.

Instead, they let it dry out overnight.

And then they found the message inside, mostly intact.

“I remember that I wrote ‘I like riding a bike. I like fishing. And I like going to the beach. I like surfing and boogie boarding.’ I wrote that I have one brother and one sister,” Sasha recalls.

They also included a phone number to contact, which is now disconnected.

Wayne Smith died before the bottle was found. But the couple found Sasha’s dad on Facebook and got in touch to share the news that they found his bottle.

“It’s come along at a good time for him, when he’s grieving [Smith’s death],” Simmonds says.

Does the Irish couple plan to put the bottle back in the ocean for another person to find? “The plastic top on it is really weather-beaten and it was actually already leaking. There was already moisture and fluid in the bottle when we found it. So, at the very least we have to replace the top,” Marron says.

Sasha would like the bottle to continue its journey. “It makes more friends around the world,” he says.

Marron has an even better idea.

“The perfect end would be for Sasha to come to Donegal to where the message washed up on the beach. And maybe at that point, put the bottle back in again.”

It would be a movie-worthy ending to this true tale.

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Merchant Mariner Takes Over Annapolis Tour Boat Company

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he Annapolis Watermark cruise and tour company, ubiquitous around the Annapolis Harbor, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year under new ownership and with a new president.

Watermark President Debbie Gosselin retired Jan. 1 and the company will now be under the management of a young Annapolis couple, Jake Iversen and his wife Laura. Iversen has been with Watermark managing vessel activities for five years.

“While this may come as a surprise to some, we have been planning the hand-off for some time,” Gosselin said.

“I couldn’t be more confident of entrusting the stewardship of this organization to Jake. He is passionate about Watermark and everything it stands for.”

Gosselin says that Iversen is “wellpoised to lead the business to success as it enters the next 50 years.”

Gosselin purchased Watermark in 1999 from her father, C. Edward Hartman II. An attorney by trade, Hartman II loved boating and had a desire to invest in the local community. He was a co-founder of the Annapolis Boat Shows and founded Chesapeake Marine Tours

The Iversen family takes the helm of Watermark Tours in Annapolis and their famous harbor cruises. Photo: Watermark. with Annapolis sailor and yacht yard owner Bert Jabin in 1972. They began by offering a single sightseeing cruise to St. Michaels. That Day on the Bay cruise is still offered today.

The company’s offerings expanded quickly, and the fleet grew from one boat to 12. In 1973, they added the now iconic 65-foot long Harbor Queen tour boat, which provides cruises along the Annapolis Harbor. In the 1980s, they added a water taxi service in Annapo-

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Watermark staff and the Harbor Queen in the 1970s. Photo: Watermark.

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lis. In 2004, Chesapeake Marine Tours acquired Three Centuries Tours, which had been providing walking tours since 1975, creating Watermark. The company expanded its cruising tours to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in 2009.

Hartman II died earlier this month at his home in Florida.

“I couldn’t be happier and more honored to take the helm at Watermark,” said Iversen. “Debbie and her father before her have built a strong, vibrant company. Watermark’s biggest asset, though, is the Watermark team.”

Iversen, the son and grandson of Coast Guardsmen, takes the helm at Watermark after five years as general manager of vessel activities. He graduated from the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, where he earned a Merchant Mariner Credential clearing him as an officer on any sized vessel. He worked at sea for several years in international shipping on multiple types of vessels.

“He was at sea for more than 200 days a year,” says Laura Iversen. “He began driving Harbor Queen during his time home and fell in love with Watermark and the culture of the company. When Debbie asked him to come work at Watermark full-time, he left the shipping industry and started as GM so he could work closer to home.”

The Iversens were both born and raised in the Annapolis area, where

they now live with their 10-year-old daughter Sky and a yellow Lab named Rudder.

“You couldn’t find a more suitable next president to continue the maritime and capital city traditions established by the Hartman family,” said Laura. “This is his passion, his dream, his industry.

He is hard-working and driven and will be dedicated to maintaining everything that makes Watermark special.”

Laura Iversen has worked in business development and nonprofit leadership, most recently as executive director for Start the Adventure in Reading. She resigned last year to assist in the acquisition of Watermark and the transition of ownership.

What’s next for Gosselin after 25 years leading Watermark? “There is much on my bucket list, and my husband and I look forward to putting some checks on that list while still in good health. Five grandchildren and some travel come first to mind,” she said.

As for Watermark, Jake Iversen says to expect more of the same. “You know the saying, don’t fix what isn’t broken.

That will be my approach to running Watermark,” he said. “As time goes, we may find ways to improve and innovate, but five months or five years from now, you’ll still see the same Watermark with the same culture at its heart. Watermark’s tours and cruises connect visitors and locals alike to the history, culture, and fun of Annapolis, Baltimore, and the Chesapeake Bay.”

etween worker shortages at the airport, a car shortage for rental companies and rising gas prices, traveling anywhere right now is tricky and expensive.

For those who still need that weekend getaway to Philadelphia or New York City—and want it to be affordable—a bus service is now making a stop in Annapolis. FlixBus has announced it is adding downtown Annapolis to its routes, beginning today.

“A part of our mission is to make travel affordable and accessible to everyone,” says Emily Eisenhart, head of business development for FlixBus USA. “Everyone can experience the world.”

A round trip ticket to New York City will cost around $48, depending on how far in advance you book your trip. Going to Philly? Only $30. “We encourage passengers to book ahead.” explains Eisenhart.

“If you buy your ticket at the last minute, it will cost a little more. If you plan your travels in advance, it will cost a little less.”

Already operating in nearby Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, extending service to Annapolis made sense to the Munich, Germany-based transportation company. The Northeast Corridor is already one of their most popular US lines with service from D.C. to New York and Boston.

“Annapolis is a community that is rich in history and culture, and we hope FlixBus riders will use this chance to visit one of the most beautiful cities in

“A part of our mission is to make travel affordable and accessible to everyone.”

—EMILY EISENHART, HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR FLIXBUS USA the mid-Atlantic region,” says Pierre Gourdain, managing director.

The Annapolis stop, located at 80 West St., is within walking distance of restaurants, shops, attractions and parking. “We plan our stations to be convenient to amenities and other transportation,” says Eisenhart. “We look for ease of drop-off and pick-up.”

If affordability and convenience aren’t enough reasons to hop on a FlixBus, consider the environment. According to Sustainable Travel International, a leading authority on eco-friendly tourism, buses emit about one-third less CO2 than the average four-passenger car, and according to Eisenhart, FlixBus is working to shrink its carbon footprint even more.

The company has piloted both hydrogen and electric buses on the West Coast.

Additionally, FlixBus has partnered with Atmosfair to allow riders to purchase CO2 compensation tickets at a slightly higher price with the overage being donated directly to the National Forest Foundation here in the United States.

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mainstay of Solomons Island dining since 2003, Kingfishers Seafood Bar and Grill has closed its doors to the public.

Originally founded as the first Stoney’s location by Phil and Jeannie Stone, Kingfishers was known for coastal seafood dishes and beautiful views. Eric Faughnan, who has owned the restaurant for the past 10 years, didn’t make the decision to close lightly.

The lease on the building was coming to a close, said Faughnan, but times have been hard on the business lately.

“The last two years in the restaurant business have been extremely difficult. Unfortunately, banks are now extremely cautious to lend to the hospitality industry, and we have managed inconsistent sales and surging expenses since 2020 while also struggling to maintain adequate levels of staff.”

Faughnan began his career at Kingfishers in the spring of 2005, beginning as a bus boy and working his way up to general manager. Though his background is in architecture—a field that

he will be focusing on in his next chapter—he was happy to be a part of the hospitality industry for the past decade.

Faughnan looks back fondly on his time at Kingfishers, particularly the community events that the restaurant was a part of, like the dragon boat races, Taste of Solomons, Christmas Walk, High Heel Race, weddings, bar crawls, power boat races, Tiki Bar Opening, and Plein Air. Many restaurants are facing similar struggles in the wake of the pandemic, and Faughnan says that it will be essential for them to pivot and adapt in order to remain viable businesses.

He offers his customers these parting thoughts, “Support all of your local businesses when you can, especially restaurants. Be honest and sincere when service and quality do not meet your expectations, but also be kind. The restaurant business is full of challenges, yet the last two years have seemed impossible at times. Nothing means more to a restaurant employee than a genuine thank you. I also want to thank everyone for all of the kind words on social media after we closed—it really meant the world to me. The truth is, we tried our hardest until our final day and will always be thankful for being able to serve Solomons for 10 years.”

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t’s been a drought for festival lovers in the Bay region over the last two years. But there’s good news for Blues fans—the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival is back for 2022.

The festival was postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but organizers say the music will return to the stage this year.

Chesapeake Bay Events, the father-daughter combo of Joss promoter Don Hooker and Sarah Petska, announced an allStone star lineup for the two-day music event at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis. The festival, held May 21 and 22, gives all net proceeds to local charities like We Care and Friends, a nonprofit that works with the homeless, prison re-entry, and substance abuse programs. It has raised over $1 million for charity over its 20-plus year history.

Headliners for the 2022 festival are Joss Stone and the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. Also on the line-up are The Spinners, Samantha Fish, the North Mississippi Allstars, Bernard Allison, Danielle Nicole, Altered Five Blues Band, Elektric Voodoo, and Ally Venable among others. The festival will also feature local groups such as the Naptown Brass Band and the Chesapeake Bay Blues Band. This year’s sponsors are Bud Light, Katcef Brothers Distribution and Red Hot and Blue.

Chesapeake Bay Events held its first festival in 1998 and quickly gained national notoriety as one of the premier Blues festivals in the world. Past headliners have included James Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Gregg Allman, and John Lee Hooker.

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OYSTER IMPASSE A waterman wields hand tongs to harvest oysters in the Choptank River. Photo: Dave Harp

After two years, consensus on oyster policy still elusive in Maryland

BY TIMOTHY B. WHEELER, BAY JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE

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T’S HARD TO come together over oysters in Maryland. Two years ago, seeking to get past seemingly endless conflicts between environmentalists and watermen, Maryland lawmakers ordered fisheries managers to try a more consensus-based approach to managing the state’s oyster population.

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In a bill passed over Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto, the General Assembly directed the state Department of Natural Resources to work with scientists and help the DNR’s oyster advisory commission come up with ideas for rebuilding the oyster population while maintaining a sustainable harvest. Any recommendation would have to be supported by 75 percent of the panel’s members.

After meeting more than two dozen times, the DNR panel reported Dec. 1 that it had agreed on 19 recommendations—only one of which called for doing anything different about oyster management. That one urged the state to invest $2 million a year over the next 25 years

That effort, called Oyster Futures, produced a series of recommendations, some calling for changes in harvest rules and others proposing new restoration initiatives. But the DNR commission’s oyster policy review was handicapped, participants agreed, by having to hold most of its meetings virtually. Some members, particularly watermen in rural areas of the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland, had difficulty getting online or being able to participate.

“I was really disappointed in the process,” said Ann Swanson, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission and member of the advisory panel. “We never got to the point where

was hampered, he said, by the meeting handicaps and a fixed deadline for delivering recommendations to the governor and legislature.

“One of the important parts of this process is for people to propose new ideas and see us go out and try them and bring them back to the group,” he said. “That gets people talking to each other rather than trying to go around each other.

“I don’t feel we got quite to that level,” he added. “The group was just trying to get there, but we just ran out of time.”

Even so, Allison Colden, fisheries scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said the computer modeling

tion. He and others had argued that all the state needed to do was return to its longstanding practice of replenishing reefs with oyster shells and allowing watermen to transfer juvenile “seed” oysters from the Lower to the Upper Bay. Computer analysis didn’t support that, though.

Despite the commission’s near gridlock, watermen said the oyster population appears to be rebounding on its own, after two summers of good natural reproduction.

Wilberg agreed that there are signs that after decades of ups and mostly downs, the oyster population could be starting to stage a strong recovery. But

THE LACK OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS PREVENTED COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND UNDERSTANDING OTHER POINTS OF VIEW.

“We never ate together. We never chatted together. We’d come into a supercharged three-hour meeting, and so the conversations that you have that instill trust didn’t happen.” ­— ANN SWANSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION

to restore oysters in Eastern Bay, once a source of bountiful harvests, but which hasn’t been productive for the last two decades. The other recommendations called mostly for more shell or substrate to restore or replenish reefs, plus more research, data collection and evaluation of existing management practices.

“I think everybody was hoping for a little more consensus,” said Anne Arundel County Sen. Sarah Elfreth, a chief sponsor of the oyster management law and a member of the DNR advisory panel.

Hogan, in vetoing the bill, had argued that it would interfere with the oyster management plan the DNR had updated in 2019 and foil progress made in bridging disagreements. But the approach lawmakers spelled out in the 2020 law followed the format of more limited negotiations that had forged an agreement between watermen and environmentalists over oyster management in the Choptank and Little Choptank rivers on the Eastern Shore.

we could ever truly give and take—give on some harvest advancements in exchange for some ecological gain.”

The lack of in-person meetings prevented commission members from getting to know each other and understanding other points of view. “We never ate together. We never chatted together,” Swanson said. “We’d come into a supercharged three-hour meeting, and so the conversations that you have that instill trust didn’t happen.”

The commission had plenty to talk about. A team of scientists from the DNR and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science analyzed the likely results of more than 70 different options for adjusting oyster management and restoration policies and practices.

Michael Wilberg, a member of the UMCES team, said computer modeling of various scenarios had helped the Oyster Futures group work through their differences. But the statewide review

identified at least a couple of “win-win” scenarios that she thought could be the basis for agreement. But, she said, “we ended up with a result where we really didn’t come to consensus on anything with regard to making forward progress on oysters.”

A couple of the policy scenarios run through the computer model did project increases in oyster abundance and harvests alike, with more shells available to replenish worn-down reefs, Wilberg said.

“The problem I think people had … was how expensive they were,” he said.

To achieve that modeled result, the state would need to invest about $20 million a year, he said, or 10 times what it spends now, to replenish reefs with recycled oyster shells and hatchery-spawned juvenile oysters.

Watermen likewise expressed frustration.

“I’m not real happy, but we’re moving,” said Robert Brown Sr., president of the Maryland Watermen’s Associa-

oyster reproduction is uneven in Maryland’s portion of the Bay, he noted, and the ability to rebuild the stock is limited by the loss of many of the reefs that used to sustain the population.

“It’s possible that the future looks really rosy,” he said. But the model indicates that if current management practices continue unchanged, he added, “it looks like we should expect a slow decrease in the future, mainly because of the loss of [reef] habitat.”

As the last commission meeting ended, DNR Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, who two years ago had called the legislature’s action “misguided,” strove to put the outcome in a positive light. “I think that they did better than we expected,” she said, adding that members had worked through “incredibly hard circumstances.”

“We still have a lot of work to do,” she concluded, “but the fact that they were able to agree on some things is a great start.” p

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HIDDEN TREASURES Appraiser Fair rewards amateur collectors

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY SUSAN NOLAN

TUFF. We all have it and unless you have given away all your possessions after a conversion to Marie Kondo’s cleaning style or have recently undergone your own version of Swedish Death Cleaning, you may be wondering what your stuff is worth. What’s the monetary value of that vase you received as a wedding gift? Is there a market for your grandmother’s silver? What about the antique toy truck you pulled out of your dad’s closet?

“We get inquiries all the time,” says Christina Barbour, St. Clement’s Island Museum site supervisor. “People bring all kinds of things to the museum and we just aren’t qualified to tell them the value. Even if we were, it would be a conflict of interest.”

Today, Saturday Jan. 22, is different. The small history museum located on Colton’s Point in rural St. Mary’s County is hosting its annual Appraiser Fair. Four expert appraisers are on-site and one is available via Zoom to consult with amateur collectors of every sort.

The daylong event is in its 18th year and typically attracts visitors from all over southern Maryland.

I arrive with cash in hand—money to pay for the appraisal and money to be appraised. At the fair, the tickets are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis for $5. I buy four tickets—two for currency and two for jewelry. The fee collected supports the museum through the Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums.

There isn’t much of a wait and a volunteer quickly ushers me to the table occupied by Shari B. Mesh. Mesh is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America and a certified gemologist and

appraiser. She got her start working in her family’s pawnshop 30 years ago.

Now, she works independently throughout Southern Maryland.

Today, she is seated in a small, warm, sunlit room. “I needed a space with windows for the light, but it’s good to have the warmth,” she says. She has been attending the Appraiser Fair since 2008. In front of her are the tools of her trade: a scale, a microscope, a laptop and a magnifying glass. I hand her a ring with carved snow-drop flowers on a large stone surrounded by pearls.

I’ve been curious about the ring’s value since purchasing it in an online auction in 2005. I paid $200 and was admonished by friends who thought I spent too much at the time. They said I would be an easy target for a scam-artist. I tell Mesh this and add, “I don’t regret buying it. I love that ring.” I know I will continue to wear it no matter what the value.

Mesh is also appraising an amethyst jewelry set—a necklace, earrings and a ring—given to me by my mother-in-law.

She wore them to my niece’s wedding in 2010. I complimented her on them, and she gave them to me the following Christmas. I wear them on occasion, but admit that since COVID hit, I’ve had lit-

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tle reason to dress up.

As I talk about these items, Mesh is silently working to determine the value.

She hands me a business card with notes scribbled along the edges. Every piece is valued much higher than I had imagined. I am giddy with excitement.

As for the amethyst set, “This is not a set at all,” Mesh says. “The necklace was originally a bracelet.” She shows me where it was altered to make it lay flat against the neck and how a rope chain was added to make it longer. She explains that the necklace and the ring are amethyst, but the earrings are a synthetic gemstone, but a good match.

“All our appraisers have donated their time today,” says Barbour. “Away from this event, appraisals can be expensive.”

While many charge an hourly fee, Mesh charges by the piece. “Anywhere from $80 to $150 per piece, depending on how intricate it is and how much research is required,” she says. Appraisals performed at her usual rate yield page-long reports on each item, so that the client has an explanation as to how she arrived at the value.

Next, I follow a volunteer through the museum’s galleries to William E. Parron of Parron Coin Co. Parron has been collecting coins for nearly 70 years and appraising them for almost 40. The Hollywood, Md., resident is a member of the International Numismatic Association and a certified life member of the American Numismatic Association (numismatics is the study of currency and coins). In addition to coins, he appraises medals, tokens, paper currency and clocks. He’s performed estate appraisals for Orphan’s Courts throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

I present him with my treasures: a 1935

silver-backed $1 bill and a 1963 $5 bill. I acquired both as change from cashiers, recognized they were old, and I’ve been keeping them in a desk drawer waiting for such an opportunity. To my eye, they are both in near-perfect condition.

“You see, here,” Parron says pointing to the words “Silver Certificate,” “The government no longer backs our money with silver. This bill has no real monetary value beyond being a collector’s item.”

Parron examines the bill closely. He describes it as “practically uncirculated with very little wear from handling.” He tells me a collector or dealer might pay as much as $15 for it. As for my 1963 $5 bill, Parron says, “It’s not in great condition. It’s in good condition. Maybe $8.”

Parron’s next client is a more serious collector. Frank DiGeronimo of Lexington Park has always been interested in coins. He has brought a total of 16 coins with him, some foreign, and some are older US coins, all carefully placed in individual, hard plastic coin capsules for their preservation and protection.

“I started collecting coins as a kid,” DiGeronimo says. “I had a lot of relatives who fought in World Wars I and II. They brought coins back with them and because I was the person most interested, they found their way to me.”

Parron looks at each piece carefully, noting the date, the mint, the condition and the type of metal. Some of the pieces in the collection are only worth pennies, but others are valued at over $35.

DiGeronimo is pleased. “This was my first time talking with an appraiser,” he says. “I came in a little confused about what I had, but I learned a lot.”

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Carl Neeley examining a 1957 Shirley Temple doll.

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Linda Meidzinski of Avenue, Md., has a similar experience when she shows her Shirley Temple dolls to appraiser Linda Neeley of the Black-Eyed Susan Doll Club. Neeley is a lifelong collector and former owner of the Mary-Lind Doll Shop in Leonardtown.

“The value of collectible dolls has gone down in recent years,” explains Neeley.

“People collect them because they love them, not because they are a good investment or high in monetary value.”

She has seen people lose money on antique dolls. As a member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Neeley shares her expertise for free and has provided appraisals for insurance purposes.

Neeley dates the first Shirley Temple doll to 1957 and describes it as being in good condition. She tells Meidzinski she can clean the doll’s vinyl skin gently with a Wet-One. While the doll’s clothes and shoes are original, her socks are missing.

The doll’s blue toile dress can be washed, but never ironed. Neely advises her to never use a brush or comb on the doll’s delicate hair but shows her how strands can be gently lifted and separated with a tiny, plastic hors d’oeuvres fork.

“She has flirty-eyes,” Neeley notes referring to a style of doll eyes that not only open and close but move from side to side, “but only one of those eyes is working.” She recommends Meidzinski use a touch of baby oil on a Q-tip to lu-

Larry Hill brought his father’s violin in for appraisal.

“She has flirty-eyes,” Neeley notes referring to a style of doll eyes that not only open and close but move from side to side, “but only one of those eyes is working.”

Linda Neeley examines a pair of dolls brought in by Linda Meidzinski.

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bricate the broken eye for a quick fix.

“Not too much,” she warns. “Baby oil can ruin the vinyl skin by making it shiny.”

Picking up the second doll, Neeley notes, “This one is much older. She’s from the 1930s and is a composition doll.”

She points out the cracking on the doll’s hands, arms and legs. Composition is a mixture of sawdust and glue that was pressed into molds to make dolls in the first half of the 20th century. Because the composition cracks, collectors and dealers use wax to preserve antique dolls.

Neeley believes this doll has been waxed.

“Her dress, shoes and panties are probably from the 1970s,” Neeley says, “And her wig has also been replaced.”

Dolls from the 1930s have wigs made from mohair or occasionally human hair. Meidzinski’s doll’s wig is synthetic.

Neeley values the 1957 Shirley Temple doll at $75 to $80; the older doll, because of its condition and lack of original elements, at only $50.

Meidzinski says she is not a collector. She saw the dolls at an estate sale and bought them because “they are cute.” “I wanted the 1957 doll, but they were sold as a set.”

Of the appraisal experience, Meidzinski says, “This is exciting.” She takes the dolls to her car and returns with more items to be appraised.

Chesapeake Ranch Estate resident

Elaina and Frank DiGeronimo showing off a 20 lira coin from 1928.

“I can see the label inside. It says Stradivarius. Is it the real thing?” Hill says. Even if it turns out to be valuable, Hill doesn’t know if he would be willing to part with it.

Dorie Lear is a licensed fine arts appraiser and calls his company Gabby’s Antiques, after his cat. His usual fee is $100 per hour. Along with Henry Lane Hull of Wicomico Church, Va., who is consulting with participants via Zoom, Lear appraises artwork, pottery, silverware, glassware, music boxes, furniture, musical instruments, sports memorabilia, and a myriad of other collectibles.

“I can appraise just about anything,” Lear says, “and when I find I can’t give someone an answer, I refer them to someone who can. Other appraisers have specialties.”

A referral is what he gives Mechanicville resident Larry Hill, who arrived with a cardboard Amazon box. “I have my father’s violin in here. Maybe it’s worth something. Maybe it isn’t.”

Hill lost his father at the age of 6 and has few memories of him. “I know he played mandolin and ukulele, but I don’t remember him ever playing the violin, but this was his.”

“I can see the label inside. It says Stradivarius. Is it the real thing? I don’t know,” Hill says. Even if it turns out to be valuable, Hill doesn’t know if he would be willing to part with it.

It takes Lear very little time to decide the violin is likely a replica and in poor condition. Many of the parts have been

replaced. Is it worth repairing? Lear refers Hill to someone who repairs string instruments in Calvert County.

Lear’s next customers are Phil and Kimberley Kenyon of California, Md. They are toting several paintings. Lear focuses on one painting in particular, a landscape. “It’s a watercolor, not chalk,” he says. “Chalk flakes and I don’t see any flaking.” He advises them to have it professionally cleaned to prevent it from deteriorating.

He values the painting at $150 and points out how unique it is. The boats in the foreground look Japanese, but the farmhouse in the background looks Norwegian. “This is a very nice painting. Beautiful.” Lear says.

I notice a trend among the appraisers. Even if an item isn’t the cash cow we have come to expect from watching programs like PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, all the experts are kind when rendering value. They recognize that an object is special simply because it belongs to someone who cares enough to bring it to the Appraiser Fair on this bitter cold day.

Dale Springer, president of the Friends of St. Clement’s Island and Piney Point Museums and longtime volunteer, says, “People generally leave here feeling good. Of course, everyone is hoping for big value.” He notes that the Appraiser Fair is not a high revenue event for the group, but he’s pleased with the turn-out.

I don’t see anyone leaving unhappy. p Learn more about St. Clement’s Island Museum, the annual Appraiser Fair and their other events at: stmarysmd.com/recreate/stclementsisland/

Dorie Lear with Phil and Kimberley Kenyon.

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F R I D AY

Music by Richard Hayward 3-7pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

KIDS Sea Turtles Learn about the different species of sea turtles with expert Alexis Cooper from Black in Marine Science, plus make a craft (ages 6-10). 4-5pm, Discoveries: the Library at the Mall, Annapolis, RSVP: 410-222-0133.

Comedian Jeff Richards W/ Michael Aronin. 7:30pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $27.50, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

MONDAY JANUARY 31

District 6 Town Hall

KIDS What is a Watershed?

Join a virtual town hall to learn about the Anne Arundel County budget; streamed on Facebook (facebook. com/aacoexec). 6-9pm, RSVP to submit public testimony: aacounty.org.

Learn about your watershed from the Watershed Stewards Academy and how you can help clean the Bay (ages 6-10). 2-3pm, Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library: 410-222-1770.

Jan. 31: Mike Dawes & Yasmin Williams

Mike Dawes & Yasmin Williams

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

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25 w/discounts, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Music by Jason Bishop 6-10pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Music by Eddie Rogers

Music by Michael K

Café Scientifique

7-11pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

7-10pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Major Mit: Music Man’s a Different Breed

Music by Ciaran Quinn

Naturalist and Jug Bay citizen scientist Siobhan Percey presents her research on the Eastern skunk cabbage; optional field trip Jan. 29 1-2:30pm. 6:15pm, RSVP for Zoom link: annapoliscafesci@gmail.com.

Music by The Hyland Bros 6:30-9:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Virtual Winter Lecture Gerald Winegrad talks about the 6th Great Extinction; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org.

Cash Unchained: The Ultimate Johnny Cash Experience 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $35, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

FRIDAY JANUARY 28

Calvert Maritime Performance Series Hear vocalist Diane Daly, who has spent her career exploring a world of music from the strictest classical solos to avant-garde cabaret; beer and wine sold. Doors open 6pm, music 7pm in the Harms Gallery, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $25 w/discounts: bit.ly/MaritimeConcerts.

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

Music by John Luskey 7-11pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: killarneyhousepub.com.

S U N D AY

Submit your ideas, comments and events! Email us: calendar@bayweekly.com

THURSDAY JANUARY 27

Music by Kurt Gibbons

S A T U R D AY

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $20-$50, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 28

Black History Exhibit See the Uhuru Quilters Guild display We Are Black Hisotry: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, featuring dynamic designs by skilled quilters on various themes of Black history. Thu-M 10am-4pm, Montpelier House Museum, Laurel, free: montpeliermansion@pgparks.com.

SATURDAY JANUARY 29

Virtual Garden Smarter Learn what bees are trying to tell us about our environment, five sustainable gardening practice you can do & beneficial plants you should have growing in your yard. 10-11am, RSVP for link: calvertlibrary.info.

7-11pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: killarneyhousepub.com.

Music by Stephen Henson 7-11pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Blue Miracle 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

SUNDAY JANUARY 30

Music by Justin B 3-6pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Music by John Luskey 3-7pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1

Curator’s Lecture Kit Brooks, the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, provides insights into the representation and attitudes toward women in the Edo period: sjc.edu/annapolis/mitchell-gallery.

Knights of Columbus Bingo Doors open 5:30pm, game starts 7pm, The Knights of Columbus Council 2577, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie: kofc2577.com.

The State of Black Annapolis This three-week series kicks off with four speakers discussing the city’s past in the areas of economics, education, elections and entertainment (streaming on YouTube and Facebook). 6-8pm, Busch Annapolis Library, Facebook: @CityofAnnapolis.

Trails & Tails Hike Bring your leashed pup for a guided hike. 11am-12:30pm, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: rpjarb00@aacounty.org

KIDS Become a Junior Wildlife Ranger Join a Refuge Ranger to explore 5 nature-related activities. Complete the activity booklet and earn a JWR badge (ages 6-10). 1-3pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

Feb. 1: G. Love & The Juice

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Feb. 3: Ana Popovic in Concert

Dining Dining Guide Guide Feature your restaurant in our annual

District 5 Town Hall

Music by Jason Bishop

Join a virtual town hall to learn about the Anne Arundel County budget; streamed on Facebook (facebook. com/aacoexec). 6-9pm, RSVP to submit public testimony: aacounty.org.

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

Music by Michel Waskey 6-9pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Bridges to the World Film Festival The 14th annual international film festival returns in a virtual format this year. The festival, sponsored by World Artists Experiences, features five films from five countries. Tonight: Petit Paysan from France, is a naturalistic and suspenseful drama about the challenges faced by a young dairy farmer. 7pm: www.WorldArtists.org.

G. Love & The Juice W/ Ron Artis II. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $47.50-$99, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2

World Wetlands Day Celebrate with a guided hike (10:30am) thru the wetlands and then enjoy a brown bag wetlands presentation (noon) with a naturalist. 10:30am-1pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, RSVP: jugbay.org/calendar.

Coffee with a Ranger Join a ranger at the Cedar Pavilion for a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, and ask questions about the park, local flora and fauna, or get to know the rangers better. 9-10am, Fort Smallwood Park, Pasadena, $6 entrance fee: aacounty.org.

Calvert Bookmobile Visit the library on wheels. 5-6:30pm, CRE Lake Lariat, Lusby: calvertlibrary.info.

Music by Larry Lay 6-9pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Music by Peter James 6-10pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Free State Fly Fishers John McMinn leads this virtual discussion on fishing for backcountry tarpon. 6:30-9pm, RSVP for Zoom link: rybeer@gmail.com.

Hits stands Feb. 24th

Deadline to be included: Feb. 17th Contact heather@bayweekly.com or info@bayweekly.com for details

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3

KIDS Sea Squirts Toddlers (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of animal tracks. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Love Yourself Collage Paint a self-portrait in a mixed media collage style using a photocopied photo plus items and descriptive words to create a self-affirming work of art.

6:30-8:30pm, Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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me and just became sneaky. Once they knew I had had some treats for them, they would sneak up and grab one when I wasn’t looking and pack their cheeks before running off. Despite not being able to befriend them or train them, they were great to watch—so quick and smart.

Chipmunks are a type of ground squirrel. Ground squirrels make underground tunnels for homes. Unlike prairie dogs, common ground squirrels usually live alone in their tunnels. Most homes have multiple chambers. There are sleeping areas and food storage areas.

During the summer, they eat well and breed. The females may have two litters a summer and the males do not participate in the care. Toward the end of the summer, after the kids are kicked out, they start storing food for the winter.

Grasses and seeds make up the bulk of their larder. In the winter, most species do not truly hibernate but sleep deeply for long periods, wake, get a little snack and sleep again. Chipmunks do not hibernate and on warm winter days can be seen poking about above ground.

I have seen ground squirrels all over the United States. From the dusty brown ground squirrels in Monterey, Calif., to the chirping chipmunks in Maine, the cutest being the tiny least chipmunks in the Rocky Mountains.

Chipmunks, of course, are common in certain parts of Maryland. Rocky areas with higher elevations are the best place to find them. The only species

present locally is the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus).

Chipmunks and other ground squirrels are the target of many predators and therefore have a short life expectancy. They are the favored prey of hawks, foxes, snakes and badgers. In badger country, ground squirrels usually have escape tunnels in case a badger starts to dig them out.

Unfortunately, ground squirrels can harbor diseases. The most dramatic of which is the Bubonic plague (caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis) which can be found in ground squirrels in the western U.S. In 2021, two cases were reported in New Mexico. Although Y. pestis is now easily treated in its early stages it can still be fatal if not caught early. Overall mortality has decreased to about 11 percent, say the Centers for Disease Control.

In most cases, the human infection occurs from the bite of fleas that fed on infected ground squirrels. Handling the squirrels or being bitten by one can also spread the disease to humans. The ground squirrels can also be a reservoir for diseases like Lyme disease. Do not do what my 9-year-old self did—do not feed them. Also, avoid the temptation to leave poisoned bait outside for them because other animals, like hawks, could also be killed.

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Another plant for your immunity garden should be Echinacea purpurea or ith COVID surging in our state, nity garden this year. You can grow it Echinacea angustifolia, also known as many people are tired and fearful in a pot or have a plot devoted to your purple coneflowers. Echinacea acts as an immunostimulant and many studof whatever’s next. Vaccination is very immunity garden.

Elderberry is a scientifically prov- ies have supported its antiviral and important and it’s also good to have something in your arsenal that can help en antiviral. Sambucus canadensis is antimicrobial effects. Native Ameriour native elderberry, you’ve probably cans used coneflowers to treat respirayour body fight colds and flu.

I always turn to the garden for its heard of it. A syrup made of its black tory tract infections and inflammatory berries can prevent the flu virus from conditions. The flower heads can be healing powers.

Make plans now to grow an immu- adhering to your throat. Find them cut and dried to use for tea. Dig up

the mature plant after two years and divide the roots. Save the older roots for tea or tincture and replant the fresh roots. Before drying the older roots, wash and cut them into small pieces.

Boil a tablespoon in a quart of water and reduce it gently by half.

Sage is another herb to keep in your immunity garden. Its beautiful, silvery gray leaves are antibacterial, antifungal and reduce inflammation. Of course, sage is also delicious used in poultry dishes.

Yarrow, or Achillea millefolium, is anti-inflammatory and helps bring down fevers by encouraging perspiration. Add yarrow to peppermint, which contains menthol and acts as a decongestant.

The various thymes are also good for your immunity garden. French, English, or lemon thyme can be a lovely tumbling herb in a container or use it as a border in your plot. Thymes act as an expectorant and can eliminate mucus.

All of these plants are hardy perennials and survive our winters well. If you plant them in a pot, bring the container indoors in January or February and place in a sunny window. You’ll have a medicine chest in a pot. p

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Convinced they’ll be just fine on their own, Crash and Eddie take off to prove how mature they are—by falling through the ice and tumbling back into the Lost World (a pre-historic realm that’s still thriving trapped beneath the glaciers). There, the duo finds their old pal Buck (Simon Pegg, who must have missed his pandemic stimulus check), a one-eyed weasel adventurer.

The boys think they’re signing up for a fun time with an old friend, but Buck has bigger problems than two pesky possums. Dino Orson (Utkarsh Ambudkar: Ghosts) is planning to take over the Lost World and kick all the mammals out. Orson sees mammals as a plague on their perfect society and won’t stop until he’s achieved dino-domination.

Can Buck put a stop to Orson’s plans? Can Crash and Eddie grow up?

Can we please have a better budget for a blockbuster animated franchise?

The sixth feature film in the wildly popular Ice Age franchise (with a seventh film already announced by Disney), there’s no doubt that The Ice Age

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The movie is clearly produced for TV—using the standard television broadcast ratio instead of the cinematic—with the budget cuts to show for it.

Pegg is the only member of the original

Can we please have a better budget for a blockbuster animated franchise? cast to return, and most of the voicework is listless. Animation was also produced on a shoestring. Blue Sky Studios, who animated the films until this point, closed and Disney is not willing to shell out any of that Mouse Money to make backgrounds look good or textures seamless. The animation on an average episode of Paw Patrol looks better, and it’s a shame that this latest film looks worse than the first film, which came out 20 years ago.

Director John C. Donkin, a longtime producer and first-time director,

makes his inauspicious debut with a film that has clearly been cobbled together. The story, which doesn’t mention Diego’s mate, Ellie’s daughter, or basically any plot points from the previous films, isn’t even really about the madcap Buck. The movie wants to be a coming-of-age story about the two most obnoxious characters in a film franchise that featured a lisping sloth. The boys don’t really learn any lessons, nor do they change, but it doesn’t matter, because nothing matters in this stakes-free film. It’s a maddeningly shallow, silly script.

There’re a few moments that might have been expanded into nice life lessons, but no one involved in this production has the energy or budget to do so.

Most unforgivably, the film doesn’t feature the fan-favorite character Scrat, the little squirrel-rat hybrid that chases an acorn doggedly through every film.

This reviewer can forgive shoddy animation, but it’s inexcusable to exclude a character that’s become arguably the most recognizable creature in the entire franchise. Instead, we’re treated to goofy raptors, which have only two character designs that the animators copy and paste to fill scenes.

If you’re already paying for Disney+ and you just can’t watch Encanto one more time, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild will kill 80 minutes. Still, after listening to the inane musings of Crash and Eddie, and squinting at the jerky animation, I’m willing to bet you’d rather talk about Bruno.

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In what one police officer called a “real-life Lassie situation,” a 1-yearold Shiloh shepherd named Tinsley is being hailed as a hero for saving her owner and another person after a car crash on I-89 in Vermont. WMUR-TV reported that Cam Laundry and his passenger had been ejected when his truck hit a guardrail and went off the road on Jan. 3. When state troopers and a Lebanon, New Hampshire, police officer found Tinsley on the side of the road, she evaded capture and led them to the scene of the accident.

“We were shaken up, didn’t know what was happening,” Laundry said. “Next thing we know, the cops were there, and it was all because of her.” Tinsley’s reward? A venison burger. Follow-up: Laundry has a February court date for driving under the influence.

At least Tinsley was sober.

Anger Management

Tennessee state Rep. Jeremy Faison, 45, had to be ejected from the stands at a high school basketball game in Johnson City on Jan. 4 after he became angry at a referee and tried to “pants” him—pull down his trousers. Faison’s son was playing on the Lakeway Christian Academy team, the Associated Press reported. Later, Faison tweeted: “Totally lost my junk and got booted from the gym. ... I hope to be able to find the ref and ask for his forgiveness. I was bad wrong.” Our advice to referees everywhere: Always wear a belt.

Conniving Cats

Seoul, South Korea’s Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters is warning citizens: Your cats may burn your house down. According to the agency, more than 100 fires over the past three years have been started by cats, The Washington Post reported. “We advise pet owners to pay extra attention as fire could spread widely when no one is at home,” warned Chung Gyo-chul, an official at the department, which recommends keeping paper towels and other flammable items away from cooking appliances.

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In Texarkana, on the border of Texas and Arkansas, Dec. 30 brought a new phenomenon: fish falling from the sky.

KXXV-TV reported that people found fish on their sidewalks and lawns, but city officials have an explanation: “Animal rain” occurs when small water animals are swept up in waterspouts or drafts. “2021 is pulling out all the tricks,” the city posted on Facebook.

“While it’s uncommon, it happens ... And please, for the sake of everyone, let’s tiptoe into 2022 as quietly as possible.”

But, Why?

The Daily Mail reported that Israeli scientists at Ben-Gurion University have constructed a “fish operated vehicle (FOV)”—a water-filled tank, camera and computer on wheels—and have trained goldfish to “drive” it. In the beginning of the trials, the fish just drove around randomly, but eventually they were able to guide the vehicle toward a food reward by changing the direction they were swimming. The researchers said the experiment proved that fish can “overcome environmental manipulation” and if they one day adapt to live out of water, they’ll be able to find food. Um, OK.

Weird Science

Russian biologist Vera Emelianenko stumbled across a strange phenomenon in the snow along the White Sea coast, in the Russian Arctic, in December.

Bright blue glowing spots were embedded in the snow, Oddity Central reported, and her feet would leave streaks of blue as she walked. Emelianenko collected a sample and examined it under a microscope, where she found tiny aquatic crustaceans called copepods.

When she poked them with a needle, they lighted up blue. The creatures normally live up to 100 meters deep in the ocean, but an expert at the Academy of Science in Moscow thinks they might have been caught in a powerful current that swept them ashore and into the snow.

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Just 15 minutes later, at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1, his twin sister, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, made her grand entrance, according to NBC Bay Area. Twins born in different years are a rarity, with the chances being about one in 2 million.

“What an amazing way to start the new year!” said Dr. Ana Abril Arias.

Plot Twist

Since 2016, the publishing world has been baffled by a fake insider who tricks authors or editors into sending him unpublished manuscripts, then apparently just keeps them for himself.

On Jan. 5, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Filippo Bernardini, 29, was arrested on wire fraud and identity theft charges related to the mystery. ABC News reported that Bernardini, who works for Simon & Schuster in London, allegedly collected hundreds of unpublished works, including those of well-known authors and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. If found guilty, he could face up to 20 years in prison.

Red Tape

Valerie and William Beverley tied the knot in 1995 and then went about their lives, WAVY-TV reported, raising a family in Newport News, Virginia. But when Valerie went to the DMV to get a new driver’s license last spring, she still had her maiden name on her Social Security card. A little digging revealed a crucial oversight: The couple had never filed their marriage license with the state. They even filed taxes jointly.

So on Dec. 30, 26 years to the day after their first wedding, the Beverleys said their vows again, this time with their son as the best man. And this time, they said, “We’re gonna hand-take [the certificate] down to the courthouse to make sure that it gets there.”

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Rude?

• Joan Hutchinson, 75, appealed to the Cardiff (Wales) Magistrate Court after her boss at Asda, a supermarket, suggested she might want to retire because of her increasing dementia, Metro News reported. The panel upheld her claims of age and disability discrimination, which may make her eligible for compensation from the store chain. Colleagues noticed that Hutchinson was forgetful and confused when trying to stock items, and her boss, Stacey Weston-Laing, reportedly brought up retirement with her several times. “It made Ms. Hutchinson feel she was being pushed out or that Asda felt she was too old to be there,” employment judge Alison Frazer said.

Hutchinson had stopped driving after going the wrong way around a roundabout, and she once walked to work because she forgot where the bus stop was. Hutchinson quit her job in response to Weston-Laing’s inquiries.

• Cinnamon Clarke and her husband made their regular weekly trip to Firehouse Subs in Ozark, Alabama, WDHN-TV reported on Jan. 7, but when they got home and she opened the sandwich, she saw that her half didn’t have any meat. She called the shop and they told her to come back so they could remake the order. But when she got there, the owner refused to make a new sandwich for her. “When I talk to God tonight,” the owner said as Clarke recorded him, “I’m going to see if he can come to your house and take you.” Clarke was appalled: “It was just a fancy way, a nice way of saying, ‘I’m going to pray that you die tonight.’”

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