CBM BAY WEEKLY No. 06, February 10 - February 17, 2022 • LOVE STORIES by CBM BAY WEEKLY

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LOVING THE CHESAPEAKE SINCE 1993

Love Stories

Challenges can’t keep Chesapeake couples down

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Mt. Misery Development Controversy, DNR Launches App, Blue Catfish’s Surprising Meal, Kent Narrows Opens for Oyster Harvest, Great Maryland Outdoors Act page 3

SUPER FOOD: Recipes to Feed the Fans page 15

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GARDENING: Make a Garden Craft for Valentine’s page 17

UR CUTE: BE MINE

here’s a podcast I listen to (it’s name is not safe for print) created by a pair of South County sisters. One of the hosts said something on their latest episode that got me thinking. She suggested that Valentine’s Day and the Super Bowl should both be moved to the weekend before President’s Day. An absolutely brilliant idea. She posited—and I agree—that moving those “holidays” to the same weekend before an official day off makes the most sense. Those who want romantic dinners out (or in, if I’m honest about it) have their date night, and then the football fans have their Sunday and we all get to recover on President’s Day Monday. It makes zero sense for the unofficial holidays to float around each year. Nail them all to the same weekend and let’s get it over with. (But don’t forget the snacks—see our Super Bowl snack suggestions from area caterers on page 15). I am clearly not a fan of V-Day. It feels so orchestrated and I never really feel like I get the point of it. It creates so much pressure to get everything just right. And I always pity the unfortunate waitstaff who end up having to work

on what may be the absolute worst day to go to a restaurant (tip your servers, please). Do what I do. Buy the candy and the flowers on Feb. 15. And buy them for yourself! We should be celebrating love every day and showing our appreciation to the special people in our lives in a variety of ways. Last year, my sisters and I all got matching pajamas for Valentines. It was our version of “Galentines” – which I am all in favor of. It was much more heartfelt than a greeting card, a random box of candy and roses that die way too fast. While I may not appreciate this particular Cupid-fueled celebration, I do appreciate a good love story. We have several for you this week. When Susan Nolan was assigned the story on JoAnn and Meki To’alepais, it was meant to be an article on the couple winning a heritage award for their work promoting Pacific Islander culture. But as soon as she started sending me the news clippings of the couple back in the 1960s, we knew this was a love story of epic proportions. JoAnn was a white girl who loved hula, Meki was a Samoan performing traditional dance

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at the same Hawaiian themed club. They fell in love and are still going strong 60-something years later despite the legal challenges they faced. The best love stories are about overcoming challenges and obstacles to be with the one you love. And it rarely looks like it does in the movies, I’ve found. (What’s your favorite rom-com? Mine’s Sleepless in Seattle.) We followed up on the couple we met back when the pandemic was shutting down weddings. They decided a wedding can take place anywhere they wanted, even in a driveway. So that’s what they did. We caught up with the Townsends to ask them if they still want a big traditional wedding or ever took that honeymoon. (See Page 14). This Valentine’s Day, if your love wants a fancy dinner out, a dozen roses, or to watch the big game on the couch, this is your weekend to celebrate whatever warms your heart. Kathy Knotts is managing editor of CBM Bay Weekly. Reach her at editor@bayweekly.com.

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Mt. Misery Development Controversy, DNR Launches App, Blue Catfish’s Surprising Meal, Kent Narrows Opens for Oyster Harvest, Great Maryland Outdoors Act ...... 3 FEATURE

Valentines stories .........................10 Recipes to Feed the Fans .............15 BAY PLANNER ....................... 16 CREATURE FEATURE............... 17 GARDENING FOR HEALTH....... 17 MOON AND TIDES.................. 18 SPORTING LIFE...................... 18 MOVIEGOER.......................... 19 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 20 PUZZLES............................... 21 CLASSIFIED........................... 22 SERVICE DIRECTORY............... 23

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Civil War-era soldiers camp near the Severn River in a photo from the Library of Congress.

FIGHT CONTINUES AT MT. MISERY BY CHERYL COSTELLO

here is a controversy underway over a steep piece of property in the Round Bay community of Severna Park, just down the Severn River from Annapolis. A developer has proposed building two homes on the spot that was home to Mt. Misery: a strategic Civil War lookout with views of both the Severn and the Magothy. Advocacy groups from both rivers are fighting for the historical site to be left undisturbed. They say it’s a bad idea for the environment as well as a piece of history. “Welcome to Fort Gray on the top of Mt. Misery, where 250 Union troops were stationed during the early days of the Civil War,” says Magothy River Association (MRA) President Paul Spadaro, standing on a steep hill in Round Bay, a waterfront community near the top of the Broadneck peninsula. More than 160 years after Union and Confederate troops fought, there is a fight between the Magothy and Severn river associations, homeowners and other community groups, and the developer who is asking the county for leeway to build on the steep property. Resident Danielle Dupcak turned to MRA when she says she got curious, frustrated and confused after watching numerous real estate agents show off the property next door to her home on Old County Road. The Magothy River Association and county land officers quote archival sources that point to the Civil War history there. “Troops probably camped and lived across the entire area, including areas downslope toward the Severn

River,” says Lori Rhodes, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Land Use in Anne Arundel County. Dupcak and MRA say a plaque should go up there to honor the troops, not new home construction. “I’m not opposed to someone building a home or trying to make a living, but I’m opposed to an irresponsible, reckless building plan,” Dupcak says. “This is a case here where the county needs to enforce their own laws,” adds MRA member Bob Royer. They refer to the county’s critical area law, which according to Rhodes should protect slopes with a 15 percent or

steeper grade from being disturbed. But sometimes exceptions are made. Parts of this property are much steeper. “The area where the proposed disturbance would be located for the shared driveway and a portion of the dwelling is between 25 and 30 percent,” says Rhodes. An administrative hearing officer approved what’s known as a variance for Sikora Development to have an exception to the law, to disturb the hill enough to build a driveway. Royer says silt will end up in the water if final approval is given to grade the land down enough to allow a car to

get up the hill. “There are fine clay particles that get into the waterways and create cloudiness in the water,” Royer explains. “Once you have that turbidity, it’s very difficult for sunlight to penetrate to the bottom of the river. Once that happens, you can’t get subaquatic vegetation to grow.” Without that vegetation, oxygen levels in the water drop, affecting all levels of the river’s ecological balance. One side of the property faces the Magothy River. The other side faces that Severn River, where the hill is steeper with a 50 percent grade, where Royer says trees would have to be removed. “A large mature white oak will take up as much as 40,000 gallons [of stormwater] per year. And once that is lost, that’s going to create a tremendous amount that’s going to be going down this very steep slope.” “It is reckless,” Spadaro adds. “It is giving this person a buy to bypass strict, strict environmental rules against steep slopes.” Rhodes says a grading permit would still have to be approved. “They’re going to have to follow all of the laws in the county that require mitigation and all of the things that would prevent any damage to abutting properties.” The county also has an environmental policy director to stay on top of stormwater management. Spadaro painstakingly built a scale model out of heavy cardboard to show how steep and narrow the area is. And drone video will be included in a documentary MRA is producing on the subject. The river association compares how high the hillside is (154 feet above the Severn River) to the Statue of Liberty (151 feet tall). Sikora Development, who had not returned Bay Bulletin’s calls or emails at press time, withdrew plans for one of the two homes, but is still looking to build a three-story home on one plot of land. “The whole purpose of this fort was the view between the Magothy and the Severn. And you would lose this,” Spadaro says.

The model of the site built by Paul Spadaro of the Magothy River Association. Photo: MRA.

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This interactive map is part of a new app from the state of Maryland designed to help watermen know where they can and cannot harvest. Photo: DNR.

DNR LAUNCHES SHELLFISH APP FOR MD. WATERMEN BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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It may be hard to keep track of the many rules and regulations regarding shellfish harvesting in certain locations. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources just unveiled a state-developed mobile app, iShellfish, giving commercial watermen and other users interactive maps on where harvesting is and is not allowed. DNR says the app was developed in response to a bill passed by the Maryland Legislature and signed into law on May 18, 2021. The bill was submitted by Del. Jerry Clark, who serves Calvert and St. Mary’s counties,

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Graduate researcher Zach Crum holds a blue catfish capable of eating a wood duck whole. Photo: Zach Crum.

and describes the app as having “fixed locations such as sanctuaries, leases, public shell fishing areas, and more,” which would be useful to “fishermen, watermen, aquaculturists, outdoor enthusiasts and anyone interested in learning more about specific locations on the bay, rivers and tributaries.” Users can determine their location in real time relative to aquaculture leases and demonstration leases, pound net sites, natural clam or oyster bars, oyster sanctuaries versus public shellfish fisheries, and SAV protection zones. Instructions for downloading and using the app are available on the DNR website. Of course, you will need internet service while using the app. And DNR points out it’s intended as a guide, not for navigational purposes.

BAY BULLETIN BLUE CATFISH CAUGHT WITH SHOCKING LAST MEAL BY CHERYL COSTELLO

ou may have heard of a “turducken” at Thanksgiving: a chicken stuffed into a duck, stuffed into a turkey. Well, you could call what researches at Salisbury University discovered a “fishducken”. Scientists caught a blue catfish in order to analyze the contents of its stomach. What they found inside surprised them: the remains of an entire wood duck. This discovery sheds light on just what these invasive fish are willing to eat. Blue catfish are increasingly prevalent in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Because this non-native population is growing, researchers want to learn more about their eating habits. The Applied Biology program at Salisbury University studies blue cat diets by electrofishing with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, then dissecting the fish in the lab. “It temporarily stuns these fish and they kind of float to the surface,” explains Salisbury graduate student Zach Crum. “And then we have the crew on the electrofishing boat scoop them up with nets.” Their stomachs are then frozen and analyzed. That’s when Crum got a major shock. “It was kind of just a big surprise in the lab one night while I was in there late, working by myself.” Crum’s professor, Dr. Noah Bressman, says he got a text from Zach at 7pm that night. “I said, ‘I gotta run See CATFISH on next page

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over there cause that’s crazy’,” Bressman recalls. Inside the catfish, Crum had found a wood duck. How did he know? “What I saw was the little fuzzy-looking black things. I saw just one or two right at first. Immediately I thought that was out of the ordinary for sure. I’d opened 50-100 fish before this one.” Crum believes it’s the first documented and identified duck found in the stomach of a catfish as part of a formal diet study. He says there’s no way of knowing how it was eaten, whether on the surface of the water or just below. But he says the fish could have swallowed the duck whole, as blue cats are known to eat large meals. “It’s indicative of how aggressive these fish are and how willing they are to just scoop anything up they can get their mouths on,” Crum says. “They start eating things that perhaps didn’t have predators before,” Bressman says. “Or they start overeating or eating too many things or competing with the striped bass or other fish. There will be less food for them to eat.” The researchers are looking closely at the diets of blue catfish to see what impact the species may have on native Bay life like blue crabs and rockfish. “If they can eat an adult duck, they can really eat anything,” says Bressman. The Salisbury lab work is focused

“The best thing you can do as someone who is interested in helping out those invasives is to go out, go fishing for blue catfish, and eat ‘em.” —SALISBURY GRADUATE STUDENT ZACH CRUM specifically on blue cats on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. “Our goal is to provide fisheries managers some insight into what these fish are eating on the Eastern Shore,” Crum says. He plans to collect fish for about a year. The researchers are hearty supporters of commercial and recreational blue cat fisheries on the Bay. “The best thing you can do as someone who is interested in helping out those invasives is to go out, go fishing for blue catfish, and eat ‘em,” says Crum. Bressman jokes, “Let’s eat them all to death!”

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KENT NARROWS OPENS FOR OYSTER HARVESTING THANKS TO IMPROVED WATER QUALITY BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

or the first time in four years, the water quality is good enough in Kent Narrows for the state to open the area temporarily to oyster harvesting.

Beginning Monday, Jan. 31, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) announced that the area shown in the map (inset) is open to shellfish harvesting, thanks to minimal boating activity in winter and recent water quality testing. Usually, MDE says, Kent Narrows is closed to oystering due to the

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high volume of boats, marinas, and onshore activities that can negatively affect water quality and make it unsafe to consume oysters harvested from the area. MDE monitors bacterial water quality where oysters are harvested because shellfish are filter feeders with the ability to filter water. If the waters are polluted, this filtering process can concentrate disease-causing organisms associated with raw sewage and other sources, such as animal waste. Oysters and clams are often eaten raw or partially cooked and must come from waters that are not polluted. Until now, the most recent times the Narrows has been open for harvesting were in the winters of 2017 and 2018. Troy Wilkins, president of the Queen Anne’s County Watermen’s Association, says his organization plants oysters on both sides of the Kent Narrows Bridge each year. They had members of the state’s Department of Natural Resources out on the boat with them in December. Wilkins says the watermen will harvest the small amount of planted oysters if they’re market-sized. The opening will remain in effect until the end of the 2022 oyster season as determined by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. At that time the area will again be closed

MDE monitors bacterial water quality where oysters are harvested because shellfish are filter feeders with the ability to filter water. Oysters and clams are often eaten raw or partially cooked and must come from waters that are not polluted. to harvesting. Information on shellfish harvesting areas is available on the department’s website. These designations apply only to the harvesting of shellfish (oysters and clams); they do not apply to fishing or crabbing.

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Bill Aims to Improve Parks BY KATHY KNOTTS

he pandemic sent scores of Marylanders into state and county parks, a surge that surprised many and caught smaller facilities off-guard. With indoor gyms and fitness centers closed, citizens looked to outdoor recreation for exercise and relaxation. Some parks along the Chesapeake Bay were routinely filled to capacity, meaning others had to be turned away. State Parks reported a record 292 capacity closures across 11 parks statewide last year. And the increased demand on the region’s local and state parks hasn’t slowed much. In 2021, Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced a 45 percent increase in final attendance for Maryland State Parks in 2020 compared to the previous record-setting attendance in 2019. In 2020, Maryland State Parks welcomed 21.5 million visitors, compared to 14.9 million in 2019. By September, Maryland State Parks had already eclipsed the 2019 record. Legislature before Maryland’s General Assembly this session includes a bill called the Great Maryland Outdoors Act. The act aims to create new state parks and expand recreational opportunities in the state, addressing overcrowding and aging infrastructure. The bill requests an increase in the number of full-time park service employees and requires DNR to develop a certain capital improvement plan. It also calls for the establishment of the Freedman State Historical Park in Montgomery County. Annapolis Sen. Sarah Elfreth is the

“Maryland’s State Parks are critically important to our public health, environment, and economy. SB541 provides once-in-ageneration funding and accountability.” —ANNAPOLIS SEN. SARAH ELFRETH

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Love Stories Challenges can’t keep Chesapeake couples down BY SUSAN NOLAN

Now and then: JoAnn To’alepai (nee Kovacs) and Meki To’alepai.

A Cross-Cultural LOVE J Couple challenged state laws, shared cultures with region

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oAnn To’alepai (nee Kovacs) has always loved Polynesian culture. “Even as a little girl I would listen to Hawaiian records and dance, so naturally, I took up hula,” says the Maryland native. It was while hula dancing at the famous Hawaiian Room at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, she met fun-loving Meki To’alepai, a musician and dancer.

Meki had come to the United States from Western Samoa for the expressed purpose of sharing his culture with the American mainland. He began his entertainment career as a ukulele player, but before long, he was tossing flaming torches on stage as he performed the Samoan fire dance. He became smitten with JoAnn early on and referred to her

as “the girl in the red hula skirt.” “For him it was love at first sight,” JoAnn recalls. “I had just danced and gone back to my seat. He came right up to me even though I was sitting with another man, and he thought we were together.” “I told that guy if he wanted to have a good time, he should dress like me,”

says Meki. He was wearing a Polynesian dance costume, little more than a loincloth, at the time. As an entertainer at the Hawaiian Room, part of Meki’s job was to interact with the audience and make jokes. That was in 1963. Meki and JoAnn have been laughing and dancing together ever since. They have performed

all around the United States and made special television appearances on the Mike Douglas and Andy Williams Shows. They have met with American Samoan dignitaries—all in the interest of promoting Pacific Island arts and culture. This is not to say it has always been easy. In 1966, the couple was denied a marriage license in Maryland. At the

time, the Free State still adhered to a 1935 anti-miscegenation law that forbid marriage between whites and people of color. According to JoAnn, they had arrived at the license bureau in Baltimore knowing what to expect. “Our minister CONTINUED O

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Welcome, the second African American woman to be elected to a state senate in the United States. Political pressure and nationwide scrutiny brought about swift change. Maryland repelled the law within months of the To’alepais’ wedding. In June 1967, the US Supreme Court heard the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia and ruled laws banning interracial marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling nullified laws prohibiting interracial marriage throughout the country.

Back to Where it Began had warned us we wouldn’t be able to get a marriage license in Maryland,” she says. “He (the Rev. Frederick James Hanna, an Episcopal priest) met us at the office with a photographer. He knew this would make the news.” “So, we drove into D.C. and got a marriage license there,” Meki says. The couple was married on February 19, 1966, in the Bethlehem Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral surrounded by family and friends. Their story made headline both locally and nationally, and they gained the support of influential law makers, including Hawaiian Senator Daniel K. Inouye and Maryland Delegate Verda Mae Freeman

The Hawaiian Room closed in 1970 and the Emerson Hotel was demolished in 1971 so wanting to share the culture they loved so much with the region inspired them to try something new. As newlyweds, the To’alepais lived in California for a while before returning to the Baltimore area where they founded Meki’s Tamure Polynesian Arts Group in 1969. Polynesia is the Pacific Ocean region that includes Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand, and Tonga. Tamure is the Tahitian word for dance festival or party. The non-profit organization promotes a better understanding of Polynesia throughout the Chesapeake

JoAnn and Meki with sons Hini and Meki.

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Bay area through educational programs, public speaking engagements, and performances. Their sons Meki and Hini grew up performing alongside their parents. In 1993, son Meki and his wife Kim began running the organization’s day-to-day operations. They offer dance lessons and provide authentic Pacific Island entertainment at both private parties and public festivals. “I’m proud of my parents and all they have accomplished,” says the younger Meki. That pride led him to nominate them for a Maryland Traditions Heritage Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. Given annually since 2007, the Heritage Award recognizes long-term achievement in the traditional arts and is granted to people, places or traditions. As 2022 winners of the Heritage Award, Joann and Meki are recognized for “creating spaces in which Pacific Island people and others continue to learn about and participate in traditional Pacific Island music and dance.” This year’s other recipients are Baltimore-based gospel singer Shelley Ensor and the Waterfowl Festival of Talbot County. Meki’s Tamure Polynesian Arts Group will be performing at the Chesapeake Children’s Museum in Annapolis on Sunday, March 27 for Maryland Day. Learn more: mekistamure.com.

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We asked for your “meet cute” stories—real life experiences of a future couple meeting under strange or comical circumstances. The kind of setup you normally only see in a romantic movie. Below we share two of our favorite submissions. —KATHY KNOTTS

Karen and Anthony Attardo

quick ingredients to whip up a batch of no-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookies. About an hour later, I took a plate of cookies down to the front desk. The handsome police officer was nowhere in sight. I thanked her for making sure I got my phone back and gave her the cookies. Then I proceeded to fish for information about the officer. It turned out that he lived in the building and had just been getting home from shift. I asked Angela to please save a cookie for the officer and returned to my apartment not expecting anything else that evening. Five minutes later: BANG BANG BANG on the door. I recognized that knock! I hurried to the door and whipped it open, right into my big toe, which proceeded to bleed profusely. Officer Anthony had changed into civilian clothes and was standing at my door with my empty plate and cookie crumbs on his face while I hopped up and down cursing about my toe. We had a short conversation and exchanged numbers and he went on his merry way. I called my mom to tell her what had just transpired. About one minute into the conversation the call waiting beeped. It was Officer Anthony. He told me that he knew I had just moved in and I didn’t have any ice at my apartment for my toe, but if I wanted to stop by his apartment he had ice and wine. Well, the ice was a lie, but we did have some wine, and later that week we spent Thanksgiving together, and the rest is history. We just celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary in October.

Casting Call for Leading Lady

saw an ad on Facebook casting for a walk-on role in a local TV commercial. Though it had been ages since my brief stint at modeling, it looked fun (and I could use the money). I knew the guy who had placed the ad for the production company — we’d actually been introduced previously by a mutual friend who thought we should date, but the timing just wasn’t right. I got the part, playing half of a married couple. When I got there, I learned that the person playing my other half was the very same guy I’d been introduced to months before. I had no idea he’d be in the commercial, I only knew he worked for the company. I remembered him as being attractive, but I was nearly in a puddle when I saw him that day. He was beyond handsome, wicked sharp, and terribly funny. I was absolutely smitten with my onscreen husband. A few days after the shoot had wrapped I was still thinking about him. I thought “why wait?” and so I asked him out. We are now engaged, and are celebrating our 5-year anniversary in May. Back then, he had told me that the director had cast me. The director would later tell me that he had actually considered going with someone else, but Conor was really pushing for it to be me. Thank you, JR, for obliging.

I was absolutely smitten with my onscreen husband.

Criminally Cute

had just moved to Washington D.C. from Michigan for a job with the federal government. It was my second week of work, on a Monday in November. There was something going on with Metro and there were hundreds of people crammed on to the platforms shoving to get on trains. I decided to earn some good karma and I waited for several trains to board and the platforms to clear before I got on. This was still a new experience for me, so when I got off at my stop I called a friend back home to tell her about it as I walked back to my apartment building. When I got to my building we hung up and I checked my mail. I didn’t realize I had set my phone down and I proceeded up to my apartment. I changed into sweats and ran a load of laundry down to the laundry room in the basement of the building. I was looking not so cute. About 2 minutes

after I got back to my apartment I heard BANG BANG BANG on the door. “Who is it?” “POLICE!!!” So, of course, I opened the door and there in front of me was the most handsome officer in uniform. He told me I had left my phone in the lobby and gave it back to me. Apparently Angela at the front desk had told him someone found it and he helped her call the last number and find out who it belonged to. I thanked him, and as he left he told me to use the peephole and not open my door for just anyone. I decided I needed to find out more about him, so I ran down to switch my laundry with the intent to stop by the front desk and inquire. But when I got out of the stairwell, he was at the front desk talking to Angela. So I hurried back to my apartment and hatched a master plan. I ran to a store and grabbed some

—KAREN J. ATTARDO, CHESAPEAKE BEACH

—RACHEL E. BESSMAN, ANNAPOLIS

Rachel and Conor Bessman

I opened the door and there in front of me was the most handsome officer in uniform.

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Checking On the Newlyweds

Instead of postponing, they exchanged vows in Jenna’s dad’s driveway with only family present. Their friend Ashley Scaggs officiated, and her husband Karl videotaped their first dance as husband and wife.

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hen Bay Weekly first met Jason and Jenna Townsend of Calvert County in April 2020, COVID had forced them to cancel their plans for a big wedding. Instead of postponing, they exchanged vows in Jenna’s dad’s driveway with only family present. Their friend Ashley Scaggs officiated, and her husband Karl videotaped their first dance as husband and wife. Getting married on April 4, 2020, was more important to them than having a large, formal ceremony with a multitude of guests. They started dating on April 4, 2016, and were engaged on April 4, 2019. The Townsends say they still do not regret downsizing on their big day. “The

small, intimate wedding was really perfect for me,” says Jenna. The couple has no plans to have a bigger ceremony once the pandemic is over, as some couples have planned. “It’s been almost two years and so the time for a wedding has passed.” As for the honeymoon in Puerto Rico, that, too, was put on hold indefinitely. “We’ve had bigger stuff going on,” says Jason. In 2020, the couple bought a house in St. Leonard—just five doors down from the scene of their wedding. “My children are growing up in the same neighborhood where I was raised,” says Jenna. One of their first big house projects was

Top: Jason and Jenna Townsend with daughters Jalyn and Jordyn, and (above) new pet Jynx.

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finishing the basement. In 2021, they adopted a dog, Jynx. Jason jokes that Jynx is “Jenna’s other husband” because of all the attention their new pet receives. After working for Comcast for 14 years, Jason made a career change. He is now a project manager for 7th State Builders, and recently, started his own DJ business, J Squad Entertainment. Jenna runs the photo booth for J Squad Entertainment and has her own business making custom tumblers. “Our schedules keep us busy,” Jenna says. They did take time off in December 2021 for a trip to Florida with daughters Jalyn and Jordyn. “The best part was spending time with family,” says Jason. p

Feed the Fans BY SUSAN NOLAN

CCORDING TO CBS, 96.4 million people watched Super Bowl LV last year, and just as many are expected to tune in this Sunday. Some will be using a streaming service. Others will watch on live TV. Some lucky souls will be cheering on the Cincinnati Bengals or the Los Angeles Rams from inside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Those of us watching the game from our homes will likely do so in the company of family and friends. Super Bowl parties all over the Chesapeake region will range from glamorous soirees to casual get-togethers. Football, commercials, and great food will be at the center of all these gatherings. Great food is no accident. It takes planning and preparation, but it doesn’t need to be complicated. Chef Diane Fantone, owner of Grateful Spreads, an Annapolis-based catering company, advises party hosts not to get stressed out with an overly complex, time-consuming menu. “Don’t make everything over-the-top,” she says. “Focus on good quality food with one stand out dish or ingredient.” If you, as host plan to watch the game, she suggests you choose foods you can pop into the oven and replenish quickly. When choosing a menu, Tracey Arter, Catering Manager for Dream Weaver Catering and Café in Prince Frederick, reminds us to ask our guests about any dietary restrictions ahead of time. “It seems simple, but people forget,” says Arter. “You want all your guests to be able to enjoy the food.” Try to include gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options. Be aware of food allergies. Thematic menus can be fun. For Super Bowl LVI, Fantone suggests Cincinnati chili served with Moscow Mules, a drink first mixed in Los Angeles. Presentation is key. “The table has to look beautiful before the food can taste delicious,” Arter says. She recommends creating height and interest to your buffet by placing books, boards, boxes, upside-down bowls under your tablecloth and using these different levels as food stands. “Really, you can use just about anything because your tablecloth is going to hide it.” Fantone agrees. “Use interesting bowls, platters and serving utensils,” she says. Even if you are serving story-bought items, taking them out of the package and placing them on an attractive platter can make a big difference. Arter admits that when entertaining in her own home, she frequently prepares too much food. “Better too much than not enough,” she says. To avoid eating leftovers for the next week, she recommends having inexpensive containers on hand so you can send your guests home with doggie-bags.

Layer Mediterranean Dip Courtesy Diane Fantone of Grateful Spreads, LLC Here is an easy appetizer you can make on the fly or make ahead for Super Bowl Sunday, very healthy and easy to make – enjoy Ingredients: 1 8-oz pkg. cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp dried Italian seasoning 3 cloves garlic, minced 1-1/2 cups prepared hummus, plain 1 cup cucumber, peeled and diced 1 cup ripe tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives,

rough chopped 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese, you can use herb feta as well 1/3 cup sliced green onions Pita chips, tortilla chips or celery and carrot stick Directions 1. In medium mixing bowl beat cream cheese, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, and garlic with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and combined. 2. Spread cream cheese mixture into a deep glass pie plate 8 to 9 inches or shallow serving dish. Evenly spread hummus on cream cheese layer. Top with cucumber layer then tomato layer

then olives and top feta cheese, and green onions. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight, great make ahead dish. Serve with pita chips, tortilla chips or veggies.

Super Bowl Chili Skillet Bake Courtesy Diane Fantone of Grateful Spreads, LLC Ingredients: 2 Tbsp olive oil 1.5 lbs. lean ground beef 1 cup yellow onion, finely diced 1 red and green bell pepper, diced 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes with green chilies* 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce 1/2 cup beef broth 2 Tbsp chili powder 1 Tbsp ground cumin 1 Tbsp sweet paprika 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ancho powder Pinch of sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 (15 oz) can light red kidney beans, drained, and rinsed 1/2 cup white rice, cooked 3 cups Mexican cheese, shredded (sharp cheddar or pepper jack works well too) 3 jalapenos, sliced 1 bunch scallions, chopped (green parts only) 1 avocado sliced 10 to 12 cilantro sprigs Tortilla chips Directions: 1. Heat olive oil in a large and deep non-stick or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. 2. Add the beef and cook until browned, drain off any remaining oil. 3. Add more oil sauté onions until soft and translocate, add peppers cook for another 2 minutes, then add garlic and sauté 30 seconds longer. 4. Add beef back in and mix well, add remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil. Reduce to heat, top with cheese, sliced jalapenos and baked for 20 min-

utes in a 375-degree oven until cheese is melted and bubbly. 5. Top with scallions the last 5 minutes of baking, serve with avocado slices and cilantro on top, arrange tortilla chips alongside for dipping, enjoy

Dreamy Pizza Dip Courtesy Trish Weaver of Dream Weaver Catering & Café Ingredients 16 oz cream cheese 2 tsp Italian seasoning 2 cup shredded mozzarella 1 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan 2 cups marinara or pizza sauce 4 tbsp finely chopped sweet pepper 4 tbsp finely chopped scallions Directions 1. Beat the cream cheese and Italian Seasoning together until smooth. 2. Place in microwavable bowl or oven-proof dish. 3. Top with shredded cheeses, then sauce, then peppers and onions. 4. Microwave or bake, covered loosely at 350 for 15-25 minutes until hot and bubbly. Optional items: ground cooked sausage, chopped pepperoni, sauteed mushrooms, black olives Serve with warm breadsticks or sliced French bread, toasted.

Hot Wings Courtesy Trish Weaver of Dream Weaver Catering & Café Ingredients Two bags of chicken wings, thawed Olive Oil Franks Hot Sauce Cayenne Pepper Garlic Powder Salt Directions 1. Toss wings in olive oil. 2. Sprinkle with Franks hot sauce, cayenne, garlic powder, salt to tasted. 3. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes and flip with a spatula and then bake for 10-12 minutes until cooked to 165 degrees. p

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Blood Drive

1:30-7pm, Broadneck Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

Virtual Winter Lecture

Learn about the famous beach venues Carr’s and Sparrow’s from Vince Leggett, founder and president of the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11

Community Day

Help contribute to the museum’s exhibits by sharing historic documents, photos and other significant objects related to St. Clement’s Island and the Colton’s Point area from the 20th century and earlier. 10am-4pm, St. Clement’s Island Museum, Colton’s Point, Facebook.com/SCIMuseum.

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vendors. 9am-2pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, free: annmariegarden.org.

KIDS Cupid’s Day Out

Spend the day swimming, playing games, eating pizza and watching movies (ages 6-11). 9am-3pm, North Arundel Aquatic Center, Glen Burnie, $22, RSVP: aacounty.org.

Calvert Bookmobile

Visit the library on wheels. 10-11am, Bayside Forest; noon-1pm, Long Beach Community Center; 2-3pm, Mill Creek Community: calvertlibrary.info.

Winter on the South River

Explore the tributaries and discover what it has to offer in winter. 1-2:30pm, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410-222-1978.

Artivism

Learn about using art as activism, stencil making, and the art of being Black and powerful. 11am, Busch Annapolis Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

David Hayes Workshop

Local artist Scott Newcomb leads a teen sculpture workshop inspired by the work of sculptor David Hayes. Noon-4pm, Banneker Douglass Museum, Annapolis, $30, RSVP: bdmuseum.maryland.gov.

KIDS Bath Bombs

African American Heritage Tour

Annmarie After Hours

Enjoy extended evening hours in the garden in celebration of the opening of the newest exhibit in the Kay Daugherty Gallery. “Adorned: art inspired by fabric & fashion,” features works by 56 artists from across the nation. Shake off the winter blues with an evening of beautiful art, music, and food. 5-7pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, $5 w/ discounts: annmariegarden.org.

Library Lock-In

Teens (ages 12-18) take over the library after-hours, with activities, games, prizes and more. 6-7:30pm, Edgewater Library, RSVP: aacpl.net. FEBRUARY 11 THRU MARCH 6

Cabaret, The Musical

Classic Theatre of Maryland invites you to the infamous Kit Kat Club where you can leave your troubles behind (ages 16+). FSa 8pm, SaSu 2pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12

Wendi Winters Memorial Blood Drive

8am-4pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Annapolis, RSVP: redcrossblood.org.

Valentine Makers Market

Find gifts for sweethearts from local

Trace the journey of African Americans on a two-hour walking tour, in partnership with the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation. 1-3pm, Market House Park, Annapolis, $20 w/discounts, RSVP: watermarkjourney.com.

Valentines Campfire

Dress in red or pink and bring a chair to join the Community Conservation Dept. for an afternoon of trivia and a toasty campfire. 1-3pm, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: 443-646-2426.

Like a Lichen

These symbiotic fungi and algae live on trees and rocks in our forest. Learn to identify some of their species on this short nature walk. 1:30-3pm, National Wildlife Visitor Center, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

Ganz Virtual Concert

Pianist Brian Ganz presents an all-Chopin program online. 3pm, RSVP for link: uuannapolis.org.

The Park at Dark

Take a one-mile riverside hike by lantern light. 6:30-7:30pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $10/family, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13

Airport Farmers Market

9am-1pm, Airport Terminal Building, California: Sotterley.org.

Owl & Kestrel

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Learn about Lunar New Year Traditions at this in-person workshop, sample traditional treats and receive a hong bao (lucky red envelope). 12:301:30pm, Jing Ying Institute, Arnold, free, RSVP: JingYing.org. Get fizzy with it and make scented and colored bath bombs (ages 11+). 3:30-4:30pm, Busch Annapolis Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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Meet two of North America’s smallest birds of prey: the American kestrel and

the eastern screech owl. 1:30-2:30pm, National Wildlife Visitor Center, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

Experiences, features five films from five countries. Tonight: The Blind Orchestra from Morocco. 7pm: www.WorldArtists.org.

Celebration of Black Composers

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Join the Riversdale Chamber Music Society Salon Trio as they debut works from their newest CD, highlighting arrangements by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still, two of the greatest black classical chamber music composers. 2:30-3:30pm, Riversdale House Museum, RSVP: tinyurl.com/ ChamberConcert0213.

The Best of the 40s

Cabaret artists perform top hits of the decade. 7:30pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $55 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org. MONDAY FEBRUARY 14

Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day Tai Chi

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with some tai chi & qigong exercises; learn how tai chi can help the heart; suitable for all levels of fitness. 10:30am, Jing Ying Institute, Arnold, RSVP: jingying.org. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15

The Next Thing to Hell

Join an online discussion series on the history of slavery in Maryland with historian Chris Haley of the Maryland State Archives. Noon-1pm, RSVP for link: aacpl.net.

Calvert Bookmobile

Visit the library on wheels. 12:301:30pm, Southern Pines Senior Center; 4:30-5:30pm, Solomons Town Center Park: calvertlibrary.info.

Knights of Columbus Bingo

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

The State of Black Annapolis

This three-week series continues with speakers Michelle Coates, Stacy King, DaJuan Gay and Marcus Hayes discussing the city’s future in the areas of economics, education, elections and entertainment (streaming on YouTube and Facebook). 6-8pm, Busch Annapolis Library, Facebook: @CityofAnnapolis.

KIDS Family Kung Fu

Kids (ages 5-10) get an introduction to kung fu, practice basic Lion Dance moves, and receive a hong bao gift bag and craft. 6:30-7:15pm, Jing Ying Institute, Arnold, RSVP: jingying.org.

SERC Science Talk

Marine ecologist Dr. Jonathan Lefcheck talks about seagrass recovery. 7pm, RSVP for link: serc.si.edu.

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

Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones

7:30pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville, $25, RSVP: killarneyhousepub.com. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16

Coffee with a Ranger

Join a ranger at the youth group campground 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.

Art in the Stacks

Meet artist Barb Mowery, a contemporary American painter. 11am-1pm, Southern Branch Calvert Library, Solomons: calvertlibrary.info.

Captain Avery Winter Series

Watch virtual presentations from this sold-out series at the Shady Side museum. Author Dr. Jay Anderson presents Where Tour Buses Won’t Go. 11:30am, $12/lecture or $60 for entire series, discounts offered; RSVP for link: captainaverymuseum.org/ 2022-winter-luncheons.

Calvert Bookmobile

Visit the library on wheels. 4-6pm, Breezy Point, Chesapeake Beach: calvertlibrary.info.

Mr. Carney’s Story

A narrative that gives a rare glimpse into the life & times of the Revolutionary War through the lens, and military record, of a free Black Maryland hero (ages 12+). 6pm, RSVP for Zoom link: aacpl.net. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17

South County Rotary

Hear from Kia Baskerville. 7:308:30am, Renditions Golf Club, Davidsonville: jody.blair@verizon.net.

KIDS Little Minnows

Preschoolers (ages 3-5yrs) 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.

Reparations Now!

Explore why and how reparations should and could be paid to affected members of the Black community in a virtual discussion. 6-8pm, RSVP for link: bdmuseum.maryland.gov.

Virtual Winter Lecture

Dr. Matthew Perry discusses his ancestor Commodore Matthew Perry, a sailor, diplomat and naval educator; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org. p

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CREATURE FEATURE

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

Whistling Wings and a Mournful Cry

s I walk out my back door, I almost always hear the whistling wings of mourning doves launching themselves into the air. These fast-flying nervous doves cannot take hold of the hanging bird feeders and instead clean up what falls on the ground. The birds have several endearing attributes. Like many birds with large bodies and short legs, they bob their head forward rhythmically, balancing their gait. When they are standing alert on the ground, they may also suddenly bob their head forward in a way that causes their tail to suddenly tilt up. The movement is

probably intended to alert possible danger nearby but they will do it even when alone. When other mourning doves are present, the bobbing and tilting motions will spread through the group. If they become too nervous, they will all burst into the air at nearly the same time. In the spring and summer, male doves start making their characteristic plaintive mourning call to rivals and females. As a kid, I learned how to whistle by blowing across the gap in my thumbs as my hands made a hollow chamber. The sound that I made sounded like the male mourning dove’s

call and I could “talk” with the birds. When I was really good at making the sound, birds would fly in to see who was calling. The sound is like a deep and slow Yo-He-Ho (pause and slower) Ho-Ho. Some people mistake the dove call for an owl. I have since broken my left thumb and can no longer perform the whistle but can do it the regular way. The birds still talk back to me and occasionally fly in to confront the “rival”. Doves are exclusively ground-feeding birds but will occasionally land on a large platform feeder. They feed entirely on seeds, using their small pointed beaks to break shells and husks. I do

not purposefully feed the doves but I like that they clean up the ground under the finch feeders. Because they are ground feeders, they are easy targets for many predators. Twice I have seen a fox rush up to a dove on the ground or leap into the air to grab an escaping dove. Cooper’s hawks have doves at the top of the list of their menu items. Of the backyard birds that I have witnessed being grabbed by a Cooper’s hawk, I would say 75 percent were mourning doves. They are a favorite target of shotgun hunters because of their rapid flight speeds. Doves may have up to three broods a year, which helps them keep up with the predation. Mourning doves are the most ubiquitous of the North American doves and the one most commonly found in Maryland. All dove species have whistling wings, which are loudest when they first take off. The smaller the birds are the higher-pitched the wing sound. Common ground doves are found in sandy areas in the Southeast. They are small and have reddish-orange undersides of their wings. Inca doves live in the far Southwest and are small with a scale-like appearance to their wings. Both the white-winged dove and Eurasian collared-dove are larger than the mourning dove and can on rare occasions be found in Maryland. Both also have louder wings and voices. The latter is an imported transplant that is rapidly spreading across the U.S. Last year, I saw some Eurasian collared-doves north of San Francisco. p Learn how to make a mourning dove call at Cornell University Ornithology’s site: allaboutbirds.org/guide/ Mourning_Dove/overview

GARDENING FOR HEALTH

STORY AND PHOTO BY MARIA PRICE

Make a Garden Craft for Valentine’s

t’s fun to craft something indoors when the weather outside is cold and dismal. Celebrate the season of love by making a wreath for Valentine’s Day. First, gather your materials. Find a flexible vine that you can shape into a heart—hardy kiwi vines work well, as do grapevines. Try to find about 6 to 8 pieces, depending on thickness, with a length of about 2 feet each. Start with two pieces and cross the ends like an X, with about 3-inch long ends, secure the ends with floral wire. Bend the rest into a heart shape and crisscross the bottom two pieces. Secure the bottom end with wire and overlap the two ends. Continue adding more vines and securing the top and bottom crisscross until it forms a firm heart shape. I gathered pink and red cockscombs from my garden that I then dried and enhanced the color a little with floral spray paint so that my wreath won’t fade a year from now. I dried Limelight hydrangeas, which are somewhat cream-colored. I sprayed one of the large heads dark pink and another light pink. I also dried cream-colored feverfew.

Using a hot glue gun, glue the flowers onto the vine backing. Take the pink and red cockscombs and break them apart like you would break apart a head of cauliflower. Glue the flowers onto the backing in a pattern. At the top middle part of the heart, leave a little gap for a bow. Start gluing a piece of red cockscomb, a cluster of cream-colored feverfew, a piece of pink hydrangea and a piece of pink cockscomb. Repeat this pattern all the way around the wreath until it is filled in. You can grow celosia (cockscombs) in your garden in a sunny spot. Johnny’s seed catalog (johnnyseeds.com) has crested celosia called the Chief Series that comes in carmine, gold and persimmon. Select Seeds (selectseeds.com) offers a crested celosia, Tornado Red and Kurume Corona. They also offer feverfew in three varieties: Aureum, Snowball and Tetra White Wonder. Celosia and feverfew are best started indoors about a month before our last frost. Make someone happy with a heart wreath this Valentine’s Day. p February 10 - February 17, 2022 • BAY WEEKLY • 17

SPORTING LIFE

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE

Water Wolves of the Tidewater

t had been a pleasant morning despite the 40-degree temps. We had been fishing the Pocomoke River near Salisbury for yellow perch and were having heartwarming success despite numb fingers and tingling toes. I think they were tingling but feeling in any of our extremities was problematic. We hoped the brightening sun would prove at least a partial remedy. Then my brother Bill’s rod slammed down and his drag began to sing. He at first looked perplexed, none of the fish that morning—while spunky, indeed—took out much drag. This one, however, was headed for a distant shoreline and wasn’t intending to stop short of it. “I’m guessing pickerel,” someone said. About five minutes later a long, iridescent green shape slowly emerged from the depths, burst open the water next to the boat then once again disappeared for a long minute or two. Eventually, we netted the sizeable fellow: a 23-inch chain pickerel, flashing needle-like teeth in a duck-like mouth and muscular, chain-link patterned flanks. The water wolf is one of the many aliases given to this very special winter sport fish, the chain pickerel. Known by many monikers through-

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out its range and sometimes confused with the walleye pike in the Northeast, this predatory fish is resident in the eastern U.S. all the way down to Louisiana. And it seems to become more active the colder it gets. Inhabiting creeks, rivers, ponds, lakes and impoundments the jack pike, grass pike, or chainsides, tolerates brackish water though it avoids the Chesapeake Bay proper and resides only in the medium to upper fresher waters of its tributaries. A cousin to the northern pike and muskellunge with a 14-inch minimum legal size and a 10 fish limit, the slender but powerful gamester can reach 36 inches, but generally, any fish in the 20s is considered a good one, and a 25-incher wins a citation. An ambush predator, the fish prefers lurking near laydowns and blowdowns (trees), old piers, docks and submerged or floating vegetation. They will attack appropriately sized spoons, spinner baits, crank baits and surface plugs, as well as streamers, popper flies, soft plastic frogs and lizards. Traditional live bait presentations involve a lip-hooked bull minnow under a bobber and either slow-trolled behind a small boat, kayak or canoe, or cast

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and retrieved from those craft or the shoreline. Medium to lightweight tackle with up to 10-pound test is preferred, as this fish can then show its battling skills; they are an athletic adversary. Armed with sharp, pointed, holding teeth rather than cutting dentures, a piece of 15- to 20-pound mono or fluoro will be adequate to prevent cutoffs. A net is mandatory for landing the pickerel, not only because of its teeth but because lacking scales, it has a strong coating of protective slime that makes it almost impossible to grasp with a bare hand. Managing the fish carefully in the net so as not to affect its coating is also strongly advised to increase survivability upon release. Only the quantity of small bones found throughout its body keeps the pickerel from becoming excellent at the table. It’s virtually impossible to get a boneless filet without losing an unacceptable quantity of meat. However, anyone with patience and a taste for good seafood can pick through a cooked fish, discarding the bones and then, mixed with egg and bread crumbs, creating fish balls or patties browned in peanut oil or Crisco and served as finger food. They’ll not be sorry, its firm white meat is sweet and succulent. p

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get is the locale. Theoretically a film revolving around the misbehaviors of the FBI would be set in Washington, D.C. Yet, the bare streets and anemic action takes place in a void—even the museum that Neeson runs through lacks anything that could identify it as a Washington landmark. A few stock images show off the Washington Monument, but they’re few and far between. It’s pretty easy to tell that the film was shot in Australia—especially when you notice a few of the cars have steering wheels on the right side. A movie made on a tight budget

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ravis Block (Liam Neeson: The Ice Road) knows his way around difficult situations. A fixer for the FBI, Travis is sent in when undercover agents get in too deep. Sometimes he has to save them from angry criminals, other times, themselves. When Travis is assigned to Dusty (Taylor John Smith: Shadow in the Cloud), it seems like a typical job. Dusty was assigned to a political rabble-rouser. He was meant to spy on her for the government, but he got too close. When she’s killed under mysterious circumstances, Dusty is convinced it’s the FBI’s fault. He wants to go to the press and gab. Travis thinks Dusty’s just buckling under the pressure of his job, but when government goons start chasing them, he reconsiders. As Travis begins to reevaluate what the government’s been doing, the government reevaluates how it feels about him. His daughter and granddaughter are threatened. A hit squad breaks into his apartment. Can Travis find a way out of his entanglement while keeping everyone alive? Oh boy. If Liam Neeson lowers the bar anymore for his cinematic endeavors, his next film will be called Limbo. This jumbled mess of lazy writing, bored acting, and questionable filmmaking choices can still technically be called a movie, but it is pretty bold to release this in theaters during a pandemic

might be forgiven if it had a story to tell. Sadly, Blacklight has about five stories to tell and fails to really explain any of them. The screenplay, partially written by former U.S. Justice Department Attorney Nick May (in his debut), doesn’t seem to have a grasp on undercover work, the FBI, the basic rules of newspaper reporting, or the principles of storytelling. Think of it as Tom Clancy novel with a concussion. Neeson’s job is so poorly defined even he doesn’t seem to understand what he does. Listening to him mutter something about “being a fixer” and then hand waving away why he can never retire is painful. Most egregiously the movie just…ends. When we reach the plot’s 40-hour mark, the film just sort of stops, everything resolves in three minutes without any sort of real payoff. It’s as if the entire movie crew wandered off before the shoot could wrap. As for Neeson himself, it’s a bit of a mess. Granted, he’s not working with much here, but his lumbering action persona has been waning for a few years. In this movie he barely even bothers running away from the baddies, everything is a brisk walk or several cuts so his double can do the heavy lifting. Neeson is a great actor when given the chance, and hopefully he’ll remember that before he makes another one of these films. There’s an audience for this kind of movie. It’s the people who like to have films on in the background while they do chores. Blacklight is a lazy Sunday Netflix movie at best; please don’t pay box office premiums for this mess.

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and expect viewers to pay to watch it. Director Mark Williams (The Honest Thief) is clearly working on a budget, but still somehow finds time to throw obnoxious jump edits into the movie every time he wants to emphasize an action or a visual. The frame jumps, flashes white, and jumps again. It’s a headache-inducing technique that Michael Bay uses more effectively and sparingly. The other problem with the bud-

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In the United Kingdom, as of Jan. 29, flouting a new highway code rule will cost you up to 1,000 pounds, the Mirror reported. The rule requires someone inside a car to open the door with the hand farthest from the door, employing a technique known as the Dutch Reach. In other words, if you’re driving (on the right side of the car), you would use your left hand to reach around and open the car door. (The technique is borrowed from the Netherlands, thus the name.) Rule 239 reads: “This will make you turn your head to look over your shoulder. You are then more likely to avoid causing injury to cyclists or motorcyclists passing you on the road, or to people on the pavement.” If a person in a car injures someone by opening with the wrong hand, a fine will be levied. Cycling UK estimates that more than 500 people are injured every year by car doors.

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Cameron Newsom, 42, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was treated for stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma on her tongue in 2013, the New York Post reported. Removing the tumor meant also removing part of her tongue, which doctors replaced with skin and muscle

taken from her thigh. Through all of her experiences in treating the cancer, she said, “The weirdest part ... was when I felt a rough texture on the ‘thigh’ part of my tongue—and when I looked in the mirror, it had started growing leg hair!” Newsom had to learn to speak again and still finds eating a challenge, but she’s back to being a gymnastics coach, even with her fuzzy tongue.

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Xavier Long, 20, of Yerkwood, Alabama, has discovered a way to profit from human jealousy and insecurity, the Daily Mail reported. Suspicious partners pay Long to flirt on social media with their loved ones as a loyalty test, and Long rakes in the proceeds: In one week alone, he made over $2,000. Long said he receives about 100 requests for help every day and charges a minimum of $10. If a woman he’s paid to flirt with gives him any of her personal contact information, he considers her a “fail.” “I’m helping people, so I feel like it’s a good thing in a way,” Long said. “Doing these tests has allowed me to stop working a 9-to-5 job.”

When Pigs Swim

Veteran surfer Ingrid Seiple was catching a wave on Dec. 18 off Oahu,

Hawaii, when she saw something floating like a log in the water, KITV reported. She at first thought it was a Hawaiian monk seal, but, she said, “That’s when I realized it was a pig, and it saw me. It started swimming toward me as fast as it could! It was very close and getting closer. I pushed the board between the pig and I and it bit my board.” Seiple thinks the wild boar was chased into the ocean by hunting dogs. “It looked like it had an injury on its face,” she said. Seiple escaped the boar without harm, but no word on the pig’s condition.

Don’t See That Every Day

Motorists on I-59 in Tennessee on Jan. 12 got a closeup look at the world’s largest cast-iron skillet as it made its way on a flatbed truck to the future Lodge Cast Iron Museum in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The big fry pan measures 18 feet from handle to handle and weighs more than 14,000 pounds, United Press International reported. It will be used outside the museum, which is set to open in late summer. Get your selfie stick ready!

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Teacher Kerry Lyn Caviasca, 36, of Watertown, Connecticut, was arrested on Jan. 15 and charged with two counts of risk of injury to a child and second-degree reckless endangerment, WFSB-TV reported, stemming from an incident in November. According to the arrest warrant, Caviasca’s ex-husband informed police that she had left their two children, both under age 12, home alone for two days while she went on vacation to Florida with her boyfriend. When the father checked one of the children’s phones, he saw texts between the child and Caviasca, including exchanges about what they should eat, to which she replied, “Just eat candy.” She also instructed them to stay in the basement so they wouldn’t be seen. The children told police they were alone in the house, except for their dog.

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Mayor Chen Qimai of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, has ordered a clever punishment for people convicted of drunk driving in his community. Oddity Central reported that offenders will have to clean funeral parlors to give them the experience of being close to death. In January, 11 drunk drivers spent hours cleaning a mortuary, refrigeration unit and crematorium. “I had never been close to death, and it felt disturbing,” one offender said. When they were finished, they reportedly expressed their deep remorse and said they wouldn’t drive drunk again.

Mistaken Identity

Police were called to investigate on Jan. 15 after a motorist on the M11 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, spotted

what they believed were the sneakered feet of a dead person rolled up in a carpet in another car. A law enforcement spokesperson explained, however, that the feet belonged to “a mannequin dressed as Prince Charming who was on his way to a themed birthday! Thankfully, this was a false alarm.” Metro News reported that the driver was advised to “avoid such circumstances occurring again.”

Undignified Death Newsweek reported that a man in Spain perished on Jan. 20 while he was working in an agricultural warehouse. The unnamed 34-year-old was buried when a large quantity of carrots fell on him, emergency services said. The man died at the scene.

When in Doubt, Use the Pork A Jack Russell terrier named Millie, who slipped out of her leash and became stranded on mudflats near Hampshire, England, was lured to safety with the most reliable of baits: a sausage. Officials began a rescue mission when it seemed Millie might be swept out to sea, but their efforts failed for four days, the Guardian reported on Jan. 20. But one of the rescuers thought of dangling a sausage from a drone and flying it over her. “It was a crazy idea,” said Chris Taylor, chair of the Denmead Drone Search and Rescue team. “If we hadn’t got her away from that area the tide would have come in and she would have been at risk of drowning. The sausages were the last resort.” Millie’s owner, Emma Oakes, confirmed that Millie “really likes food and she’ll eat anything you give her ... but she much prefers sausages.”

Nay-chur In the wee hours of Jan. 19, residents along Hastings Drive in Belmont, California, were awakened by growling and roaring in their front yard, KTVUTV reported. Two mountain lions were captured by doorbell camera as they fought to the death. The prevailing lion then dragged the dead one across the street to a neighbor’s front porch. “Just keep your head on a swivel,” suggested Kevin Stanford, who is part of the neighborhood’s watch team. Tiffany Yap, an expert at the Center for Biological Diversity, said the attack was just “mountain lions being mountain lions. It’s a common occurrence for mountain lions to kill each other over territory.” Still, Belmont Police urged area residents to be extra cautious, keeping pets and small children inside. p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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