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CAN YOU DIG IT? PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY AT JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK PAGE 7 BAY BULLETIN

Cranes Unload Stuck Ship, Curbside Shell Recycling, Spring Boat Shows, POW Honored, Quaker Burial Grounds, Running for Veteran Health, Declawing Cats page 4

FEATURE: Calling All Athletes page 11

CREATURE FEATURE: The Sea Otter: A Keystone Species page 19

Stories of Renewal, Remembrance, Rebirth

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pring is a time of change and renewal. The temperatures are shifting, the sun is staying up longer and animals are emerging from winter hibernation (and some of us homebodies, too).

The warm weather this week brought with it a flurry of activity along the waterfront here on Spa Creek. I’ve been watching the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club painting one of their iconic boats, a few liveaboards emerge from below deck to greet the sun, and a few hardy sailors testing the winds. With the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show coming at the end of the month, I think it’s safe to say we are ready to get back on the water.

And we are ready to see Ever Forward make some progress. Our multimedia journalist Cheryl Costello has been braving the wind and cold days on the water to continue to report on the stuck ship. Her latest report states that things are happening out in the Craighill Channel but it could be a week before the boat is light enough to refloat it. Read the story here (page 4), but also check out her video on social media to see the cranes in action.

Back on land, we travel into the past for several stories this week. Susan Nolan

brings us the story of a Calvert County veteran who finally received a long-overdue medal for his service in Ethiopia in 1965 (page 8). She digs back even further on a story about a Quaker burial site in

I’ve been watching the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club painting one of their iconic boats, a few liveaboards emerge from below deck to greet the sun, and a few hardy sailors testing the winds.

South County (page 8). Quakers can be traced back to 1672 in West River, where they built a meeting house and eventually established the burial ground—some say it’s one of the oldest in the state without religious affiliation.

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Volume XXX, Number 15 Molly Crumbley went digging for artifacts recently at Jefferson Patterson Park in St. Leonard. She brings us a story about the site’s annual celebration of archaeology (page 7). Over 65 archaeological sites and 9,000 years of human occupation have been documented at the park, which is also the home of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab, housing over 8 million artifacts.

That’s a lot of history to sift through!

My family has been enjoying a very quiet spring break this week but will be heading to Camden Yards this weekend to finally enjoy some baseball. I hope you will get out and enjoy some springtime pursuits and have a joyous Passover, Easter, or however you mark this time of rebirth and growth. Plant some seeds, paint eggs, buy some flowers, do some spring cleaning, take a nature walk, or rip the ears off a chocolate bunny. I plan to indulge in my personal favorite spring ritual—diving into a Cadbury Crème Egg. p Kathy Knotts is managing editor of CBM Bay Weekly. Reach her at editor@bayweekly.com.

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Crane barges stack containers on another barge to be shuttled back to the Port of Baltimore. Photo: Cheryl Costello

LIGHTENING EVER FORWARD ONE CONTAINER AT A TIME

BY CHERYL COSTELLO

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painstaking process is underway outside the Craighill Channel in the Chesapeake Bay. Crane operators are carefully lifting shipping containers—one by one—off the 1,100-foot ship Ever Forward, all in hopes of taking off enough weight to refloat it. Bay Bulletin has been on the water to see the stuck ship’s every move ... along with a growing group of boaters and shoreline observers.

Folks on the water agree: the plight of Ever Forward and the various attempts to salvage it are fascinating. This week, it’s time to lighten the load.

“They actually have two cranes working on the port side of the ship, lifting containers off,” points out Capt. Kaitlyn Bize of our sister company, the Annapo-

OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING ADDED TO ANNAPOLIS CURBSIDE COMPOST PROGRAM

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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he Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) goes to great lengths to recycle as many shells as possible from oyster eaters. Now, a new program is taking those efforts to another level. For the first time, oyster lovers can have used shells collected right from their door to be used as homes for future baby oysters.

ORP is partnering with Annapolis Compost, a curbside composting business, to collect shells from Annapolis-area residents. Annapolis Compost already collects food waste curbside wherever possible and composts it to restore soil on local nonprofit and family-owned farms.

So it seemed a natural next step to recycle oyster shells as part of that food waste.

lis School of Seamanship.

The Coast Guard calls the work on the grounded ship inherently dangerous.

They tried a safer approach, dredging and tugging with five tugboats. But it wasn’t enough, so the containers will be removed along the length of the ship to keep it balanced as it’s lightened.

On the water with Bize, we saw two men rappelling down each side on top of the container to hook up the lifting brackets. Once the container was hooked up, crane operators lifted it and lowered it onto the barge. The process has repeated dozens of times since Saturday afternoon, when the offloading began.

“It’s not a long process to get one container lifted off; I’m quite surprised.

They’re able to move pretty quickly,” Bize observes.

“When we regularly started seeing oyster shells in with our customers’ compostables we knew we had to work with ORP to get these shells back in the water where they can help clean up the Bay,” says Annapolis Compost founder and co-owner Karl Schrass.

ORP believes this is the first residential shell recycling program in the Bay. They need every oyster shell they can get, as shells provide the hard substrate than oyster larvae prefer to attach to and grow. And a healthy oyster population helps keep nutrient levels in check in the Bay through their filtering powers. Their reefs also create habitat for marine life.

ORP’s Shell Recycling Alliance, started in 2010, is the nation’s largest shell recycling network, with almost 200 businesses recycling their shells and more than 70 public drop sites from Pennsylvania to Virginia.

“We are thrilled to partner with Annapolis Compost to maximize shell collection because oyster shell is a critical but limited resource that’s in high demand. Every new source of shell helps us plant more oysters,” says Paul

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We did see a Cosco container giving the crew some trouble, forcing them to lift it and put it back several times. The offloaded containers are placed on a barge and taken back to the Port of Baltimore, right where they were coming from on March 13, when the ship ran aground just outside the channel.

The Coast Guard says more than 40 containers came off over the weekend, with work continuing steadily into the week.

Bay photographer David Sites invited us along on his boat for the first day of container lifting.

“I’ve seen some pretty interesting things on the Bay but this is, yeah, the big story,” Sites says.

Dredging has gone on for nearly a month, but it hasn’t been enough to

free Ever Forward. Bay boater Dianne Sullivan points out that typical Bay conditions for this time of year probably aren’t helping.

“The Chesapeake Bay has a very soft and muddy bottom and we’ve had a lot of wind and a lot of waves and weather here recently, so I’m sure that has been working against the effort to get the ship moved,” she points out.

The Coast Guard says they’ll be removing about 500 containers over several days, and then will schedule another attempt to pull the ship out.

Investigators still aren’t giving any information about who, or what, may be to blame for the ship’s predicament. But while it remains stuck, the Bay remains captivated.

“I think it’s an unfortunate situation but every once in a while accidents do happen and it’s certainly given us something to look at and talk about,” says Sullivan.

In a new program, people in Annapolis can recycle oyster shells as their compost is collected. Photo: ORP. Schurick, director of partnerships with ORP. After Annapolis compost customers’ shells are collected, they’ll be aged

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SPRING SAILBOAT SHOW RETURNS TO ANNAPOLIS

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fter two years of absence from City Dock, a welcome sign of spring is back in Annapolis—the Spring Sailboat Show, an in-water boat show that gets sailors primed for warm-weather boating season.

The show runs April 29-May 1 and features new and used boats including catamarans, monohulls, racing boats, family cruisers, daysailers, and inflatables. You can climb aboard the impressive lineup of sailboats, meet with boating clubs and charter companies, shop for gear and equipment and network with other sailing-minded folks.

As with the Annapolis Boat Shows’ Bay Bridge Boat Show the week before, Chesapeake Bay Media and our sister company the Annapolis School of Seamanship (ASOS) will offer free seminars. Our Bay experts and ASOS’s professional captains bring visitors how-to talks on Docking De-Stressed, Get Your Captain’s License, Weekends on the Water – Cruising to towns in the Upper & Middle Bay, Lessons from Sailors, and How to Anchor Your Boat.

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Boy Scout Troop 347 builds a cob oven at Jefferson Patterson Park. Top right: Volunteers demonstrate how Native Americans made arrows. Bottom right: A young visitor learns how to hunt for artifacts. Photos: Molly Weeks Crumbley.

Dig Into Public Archaeology at Jefferson Patterson Park

BY MOLLY WEEKS CRUMBLEY

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eady to dig into the past? If you live in Calvert County, April just might be your month. Following the example of Gov. Hogan, who issued a proclamation in support of Maryland Archaeology Month on April 1, Calvert County’s Board

of County Commissioners also came out in support of the field. “Understanding people of the past and their way of life educates our decisions for the future.

Calvert County has a rich, diverse heritage spanning 12,000 years of human

habitation,” the board stated in a release.

Some of the best representations of that heritage can be found at Jefferson Patterson Park, a sprawling public park in St. Leonard. The property houses the Maryland Archaeological Conservatory

Laboratory (MAC Lab), which celebrated Archaeology Month with their annual Discovering Archaeology Day April 9.

Guests were treated to exhibits and activities from educators and archaeologists all over Maryland and Virginia, with plenty of enticing hands-on opportunities for children to engage in. Visitors took tractor rides to the King’s Reach excavation site, went trawling for artifacts, cheered on participants in an arrow making contest, and marked off bingo cards in the hopes of winning prizes.

Much of the focus of the celebration was on technological advances in the field of archaeology. Though archaeology still involves plenty of digging, new technologies like radar, 3D scanning, X-rays, and microscopic imaging have been able to shed new light on artifacts.

Many artifacts were on display for attendees to look at up close—some on a microscopic level. Inside the MAC Lab, deputy director Scott Strickland enthusiastically ushered visitors inside lab to show off some of the collections stored there. “Would you like to see some of the toys that kids used to play with long ago?” he asked a small child.

“Have you ever heard of something called a witch bottle?” he asked another visitor. They hadn’t. “Oh, you have to see the ones we have here!” (For the record, a witch bottle was a urine and nail filled vessel placed outside of a home in the hopes of warding off witchcraft and See DIG on next page

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other evil spirits.)

In addition to showing off the science, educators were set up all over the grounds to give demonstrations of what some of those artifacts might have looked like when they were actually in use. In the center of the festivities, Boy Scout Troop 347 was on hand to demonstrate ancient cooking techniques by building their own wood-fired cob oven (or, as one scout merrily shouted, “we got to play in the dirt for hours!”).

Throughout their muddy work, they enlisted volunteers to haul sand, stomp mud and straw into clay, and shape their creation.

At another tent nearby, museum educator Kenneth Horowitz taught participants how Native Americans would have used deer antlers to carve soapstone bowls 4,000 years ago. “This is hard work!” a young chiseler exclaimed as

The museum hosts public programs where you can help dig and screen for artifacts in the field or wash objects at the MAC Lab. And you can attend as often as you want. she hammered her antler into the hefty stone before her. “It makes you appreciate just how much work a bowl of soup would have taken!” agreed Horowitz.

At still other tents, participants could be seen playing with colonial-era toys and games, hammering designs into tin lantern plates, etching designs into clay with shark teeth, and constructing wigwams with pipe cleaners.

If you missed the event, Jefferson Patterson Park has many more opportunities coming up for archaeological exploration. From 9 am to 3pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays in May, the museum hosts public programs, where you can help dig and screen for artifacts in the field or wash objects at the MAC Lab. And you can attend as often as you want—an hour, a day, even the entire month.

All public archaeology days are free, but space is limited and registration is required. Children under the age of 15 must have an adult with them. Register: scott.strickland@maryland.gov or 410-586-8554.

Want to learn about archaeology but with less dirt involved? The museum offers free weekly tours of the MAC Lab on Thursdays from 1-2:30 pm.

Pre-registration is advised but not required for these tours.

For more information about Jefferson Patterson Park, visit them online at jefpat.maryland.gov or on Facebook @JPPMMD.

Top left: Army SPC Ron Dolecki feeding a camp pet in 1965. Photo: Courtesy Ron Dolecki. Top right: Ron and Linda Dolecki in their home. Photo: Susan Nolan.

Calvert Vet Awarded POW Medal

BY SUSAN NOLAN

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erseverance pays off, whether trekking across a desert alone or when dealing with governmental red tape.

Huntingtown resident Ron Dolecki has first-hand experience with both.

In 1965, Dolecki was a 20-year-old Army specialist on a military mission to map Ethiopia. On what should have been a routine field day, Dolecki, helicopter pilot Chief Warrant Officer Jack Kalmbach, and their Ethiopian translator Habte “Sam” Mesme were ambushed by 30 members of the Eritrean Liberation Front, a separationist group at war with the Ethiopian government.

Convinced the three men were spies, the guerilla soldiers held them at gunpoint and forced them to walk over 150 miles across treacherous terrain to the Sudanese border. They were denied food and when U.S. search helicopters appeared overhead, they were forced to hide.

Once in Sudan, the guerillas left the men with only six soldiers to guard them. Dolecki and his companions saw the opportunity for one of them to escape. Because Dolecki was the youngest and strongest of the group, it was decided he should sneak away while their captors were distracted. He traveled east keeping to rocky ground when possible to avoid leaving footprints. He recalls being tracked by a pack of hungry hyenas at night and scorched by the relentless heat of the desert sun during the day. Eventually, he made it to safety.

News of his arrival at a hospital in American-controlled Kagnew Station in

Asmara, Ethiopia, may have prompted the ELF to release Kalmbach and Mesme.

Meanwhile, the Army had informed Dolecki’s parents that their son was missing. A newspaper had reported he was dead and his body was unlikely to be recovered as the area was “infested by lions and leopards.”

News of his survival was heralded as a miracle in his hometown of Oil City, Pennsylvania. “My mother had been going to Mass twice a day, along with all her sisters,” says Dolecki. “Everyone in town was praying for me.”

Once back in the United States, Dolecki put the harrowing experience behind him. He attended Clarion State College earning a degree in earth and space science and married Linda Kurschinske in 1972. The couple moved to Maryland and Dolecki worked for the CIA until 2004.

He worked another four years for government contractors before retiring in 2008.

Over the years, Dolecki kept in touch with both Kalmbach and Mesme. Kalmbach retired from the Army and died in 2016. “Sam’s fate was more ironic,” says Dolecki. The translator became disenchanted with the Ethiopian government and joined the rebels who once held him captive. He died fighting alongside other ELF guerilla soldiers.

In 2004, Linda decided to surprise her husband by applying for his Prisoner of War Medal based on his experience in Ethiopia. “It was supposed to be a birthday present,” she says, “I thought it would be easy, but the application was rejected.”

According to Dolecki, up until he saw the first rejection letter, he had little interest in receiving a medal. Being denied the POW Medal changed that.

“The letter made me angry,” he says,

“The reason they gave for denying me the award is that they said we were kidnapped by bandits, not soldiers. That’s simply not true. Ethiopia was a country at war. The Army knew these guys were armed guerillas.”

From that point on, Dolecki was a man on a mission. He responded with letters and documentation to prove the Eritrean Liberation Front was recognized as organized, armed rebels at war with the Ethiopian government. Still, his application was rejected again and again.

“I don’t even know that they read all the documentation I sent them,” says Dolecki. “They responded with form letters. It became a contest of wills.

Three times—I almost gave up, but I had friends from the VFW, old Army buddies and even a couple of military historians I didn’t even know encouraging me to keep at it.”

While Linda Dolecki initially applied for the medal through Sen. Paul Sarbanes’ office, Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin also championed Dolecki’s cause. On March 31, 2022, Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s office announced Dolecki would be awarded the long overdue POW Medal. Kalmbach was awarded the medal posthumously.

Dolecki credits Van Hollen and Dr. Dwight Mears with being instrumental in cutting through the Army’s bureaucracy. Mears is a military historian and attorney in Portland, Oregon, who read about Dolecki in the Baltimore Sun and provided his services pro bono.

Despite 18 years of fighting for recognition, Dolecki is not bitter. “The Army gave me specialized training that led me to a fulfilling career with the CIA, and I can’t be angry about that.”

Quaker Burial Grounds to Become Historic Site

BY SUSAN NOLAN

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eale. Franklin. Owings. Harwood.

Gale. The names on the tombstones in the 350-year-old Quaker Burying Ground in West River read like a Who’s Who of early southern Anne Arundel County.

Even so, the earliest Quaker graves in the cemetery are unmarked. “An Episcopal priest once said, ‘the Quakers are buried like dogs,’” says Phil Caroom, referring to the early Quaker practice of burying bodies without coffins and leaving graves unmarked. “They believed in

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The West River Quaker Burying Ground. Photo: Susan Nolan simplicity and equality. Elaborate burials go against those beliefs.”

According to Caroom, the clerk of the West River Quaker Burying Ground Trustees, the Quakers were the second-largest religious group in

colonial Maryland. Many were influential slave-owning tobacco planters.

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pate their human property or give up their faith. Many converted to other Christian denominations to keep their enslaved workers while some moved further west and north to join the growing abolitionist movement.

“By the early 1800s, there were fewer Quakers in the area, and they had begun adopting the practice of marking graves with simple tombstones, usually just the name and dates. Sometimes just the name,” Caroom explains. “If you see an elaborate tombstone, that person probably wasn’t a Quaker.”

The burial ground is home to several large monuments. According to Caroom, the larger, and more detailed markers likely belong to non-Quakers descendents. The cemetery’s open spaces may hold the earliest, unmarked graves—some dating back to 1672.

Earlier this year, Trustees decided new plots would no longer be offered.

Trustee Lisa Owings Purner of Churchton is a Quaker descendent. She will likely be one of the last people to be interred in the cemetery. “Both sides of my family have people here,” she says.

Trustees are rededicating the site as a historical and educational landmark. On Saturday, April 23, at 1 pm, they will gather at the Galesville Memorial Hall for a celebration and a rededication ceremony. The program will include brief Quaker worship,

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Trustees Bingham Vallandingham and Lisa Owings Purner discuss the maintenance of the West River Quaker Burying Ground. Photo: Susan Nolan. a short discussion on local history, tours, and an ice cream social. The public is invited but because space is limited reservations are requested at https://forms.gle/awkRaTgRkVEEydTN7.

Fun fact: Like ice cream? You can thank a Quaker. In 1851, Baltimore Quaker Jacob Fussell became the first American to mass produce ice cream for commercial sale. Ice cream socials still play an important role within the Quaker community.

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APRIL IS OPEN HOUSE MONTH Capt. Kyle Butters runs with an American flag to raise awareness of veteran mental health issues. Photo: Courtesy Kyle Butters.

Breaking Boundaries for Veteran Health

BY BARRY F. SCHER

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eing tough physically and mentally comes with being a part of the armed forces. Sometimes though, the pressures of military service continue long after service is over.

Post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, and suicides are just some of the post-service stress veterans suffer from. In a 2017 study, nearly 13 percent of veterans

studied were diagnosed with PTSD—a rate much higher when compared to the incidence among the general population.

Military suicides have increased by as much as 20 percent during the pandemic. Senior Army officers reported a 30-percent increase in active-duty suicides in 2020 and last year, research found that 30,177 active-duty personnel and veterans who served in the military after 9/11 have died by suicide.

To bring awareness to these challenges, 35-year-old retired Army Capt.

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M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County is an award-winning parks and recreation department known for exceptional nature centers, waterfront parks, and beautiful outdoor spaces to recreate and enjoy.

In April, drop in to visit our sites, enjoy activities, and meet our dedicated staff.

Each facility will offer a variety of activities that may include:

Meeting a Park Naturalist

Animal feeding demonstration

Free giveaways

Reptile and mammal shows

Birds of prey program

(Patuxent & Bladensburg Waterfront Parks)

(while supplies last)

(Watkins & Clearwater Nature Centers)

Nature hikes Nature crafts

Guided mountain bike ride

(Cosca Regional Park/Clearwater Nature Center)

Sustainability tour

Free pontoon boat tours

(Bladensburg Waterfront Park)

Free kayak & canoe rentals

(Old Maryland Farm)

Farm animal tours

(Patuxent & Bladensburg Waterfront Parks)

Free bike rentals

(Bladensburg Waterfront Park)

Please contact the participating sites below to get a full menu of activities available: April 2, 11 am-2 pm

April 23, 11 am-2 pm

Bladensburg Waterfront Park 4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg 20710 301-779-0371; bladensburgwp@pgparks.com

Clearwater Nature Center at Cosca Regional Park 11400 Thrift Road, Clinton 20735 301-297-4575; clearwaternaturecenter@pgparks.com

Mount Rainier Nature Center 4701 31st Place, Mt. Rainier 20712 301-927-2163 mtrainiernaturecenter@pgparks.com

April 9, 11 am-2 pm

April 30, 11 am-2 pm

Watkins Nature Center & Old Maryland Farm 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro 20774 301-218-6702; watkinsnaturecenter@pgparks.com 301-218-6770; oldmarylandfarm@pgparks.com

Patuxent River Park 16000 Croom Airport Road Upper Marlboro 20772 301-627-6074; patuxentriverpark@pgparks.com

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Kyle Butters of Pasadena is on a mission. Butters, who served in the military for eight years, plans on running 22 miles, every 24 hours, for two days to raise funds for the Infinite Hero Foundation.

The foundation supports brain health and suicide prevention programs and Butters is hoping others will join with him for his 22 Miles to Break Boundaries event. The organization began in 2012 to fund programs to effectively treat military veterans and their families who are dealing with service-related mental and physical injuries.

It’s a cause that has special meaning for the veteran.

“I experienced mental health issues while serving as an officer in the Army

and had to retire,” Butters says. “It was a life-changing experience for me as I had a career mindset to serve my country until I had to retire early with my disability.”

Butters says he has also experienced the loss of fellow soldiers and friends to Kyle both combat and suicide.

Butters “These losses have had a major impact on me. So, I have made it my life’s mission to do all I can to address and help remedy the mental health challenges I experienced as well as by thousands of other veterans who have experiences like mine,” he said.

Butters is currently a business analyst for the Department of Defense at the Defense Spectrum Organization in Annapolis.

Funds raised will provide veterans

Maryland Poised to Become the Second State to Outlaw Declawing Cats

BY LOGAN HILL, CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

F

eline advocates are celebrating their legislative victory on a bill to outlaw declawing cats and urging Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to sign it.

The bill (SB67) to outlaw declawing except for specific medical reasons, won final approval in the Senate last week, and is now on Hogan’s desk.

Alley Cat Allies founder and president, Becky Robinson, is one of the many supporters of the legislation.

“On behalf of Alley Cat Allies and our over 34,000 supporters in Maryland, we urge Governor Hogan to sign this bill and eliminate the inhumane act in Maryland once and for all,” Robinson said in a statement.

With Hogan’s signature, Maryland would become the second state in the country to ban the practice, following New York, which outlawed declawing in 2019. Thirteen cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Pittsburgh, also have outlawed the procedure, according to information collected by Alley Cat Allies, a Bethes-

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Ginny Boveington, outside her house in Crofton with cat Cleo, is a strong proponent of the bill to outlaw declawing cats. Photo: Joe Ryan/Capital News Service. da-based organization that advocates for cats worldwide.

Animal rights activists celebrated the passage.

Jennifer Bevan-Dangel, Maryland state director for the Humane Society of the United States, tweeted “Victory” to her followers.

“MD will becomes 2nd state to ban cruel practice of cat #declaw this #MDGA22. Getting it done for the #HumaneAgenda Thank you @CherylKagan and @LCharkoudian for your leadership!”

Sen. Cheryl Kagan, D-Montgomery, and Del. Lorig Charkoudian, D-Montgomery, were the lead sponsors for the bill in their respective houses.

Show Your Soft Side, a public service campaign that advocates against ani-

access to personalized rehabilitative programs that have proven effective to treat depression and mental illness.

“Individuals or businesses can make a direct donation to the Infinite Hero Foundation. Also, for those who want to actively take part, volunteers can walk, run, bike or even swim for 2.2 miles, or 2.2 hours or even 22 miles to be a part of my 22 Miles to Break Boundaries, April 22 through April 24. You can do any of these activities in your own neighborhood or even join me.”

Butters will be running with an American flag that has been his constant companion since he joined the Army in 2009.

The flag has flown over U.S. Army installations in Georgia, California, Oklahoma, Alaska, Ireland, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, and Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Learn more: infinitehero.org or givebox.com/22tobreakboundaries.

mal abuse across the nation, expressed similar sentiments.

“VICTORY! Thank you, bill sponsors Senator @CherylKagan and Delegate @ LCharkoudian, and EVERYONE who helped MD pass a historic and humane ban on declawing cats. Just one step left: @GovLarryHogan’s desk. Soft Side spokescat Bugs knows he can count on our pet-loving Governor,” the campaign tweeted.

Many cat owners declaw their cats for a variety of reasons, including fear of injury or protection of furniture. Kagan argued during Senate floor debates that declawing cats was cruel and inhumane. Veterinarians and others testified during hearings that the process was the equivalent of removing a person’s finger to the first knuckle.

“A lot of people don’t realize it can be harmful to the cat,” Kagan said. “It’s almost like cutting off their knuckles.”

The legislation did not pass without opposition. Sen. J. B. Jennings, R-Baltimore and Harford, proposed amendments to the bill that would keep some declawing practices in place.

“I mean, cats are cats, man,” Jennings said during a floor debate in February.

“They’re not a dog. They’re tough. They have their own mind. They’ll do their own thing.”

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ATHLETES Calvert County’s Inclusive Track and Field Event promotes peer partnership and friendship

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Connor Curry of Calvert High School. Photo: Flirtisha Harris/CCPS.

or two days in April, Calvert High School becomes a field of dreams for athletes in the county.

They may not be Olympians but they have the spirit and drive of champions.

Normally part of the county’s Special Olympics, the 2022 Inclusive Track and Field and Youth Athletes Event year stands alone.

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ALL ATHLETES The Special Olympics event, hosted by the CCPS Special Education Department, has been a long-beloved tradition of events

Calvert County Special Olympics, it still pays homage to that history. This year’s event will honor David Ring, who served as emcee of the Calvert County Special Olympic events for 20 years. Ring died in May 2020.

“Years ago this event could be used as a qualifier for the Maryland Special Olympics track and field event.” says Kara Muffley, special education data manager for CCPS and Special Olympics liaison. “We haven’t held the event since 2019 due to COVID.

programs and the Unified Sports programs we have in our middle and high schools through the Special Olympics. This is also an opportunity for our younger students to participate with their peers and have a fun field day style event.”

Paul Reilly, a special education teacher specialist, and Laura Rivers, an adapted physical education teacher are just two of the planners behind the event.

“I am really excited to help plan this amazing event; however, it

to celebrating the special kids in CCPS. This event and the local Special Olympics of Calvert County have allowed us to meet other families in the special needs community and has created lasting friendships.”

Audrey Stephanson is in fifth grade at Mt. Harmony Elementary. She is attending the event as a peer partner with her partner, Artia. Audrey says she is excited to participate in the Inclusive Track and Field Event.

“My friend Artia is such a sweet

The local Special Olympics of Calvert County organization provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities to about 120 athletes. Its mission is to bring Special Olympics athletes into the view and appreciation of the larger society as a whole, to promote inclusion and acceptance in spaces where participants will be respected and celebrated as members of their community. and a celebration of ability at all levels. The event relies on the dedicated involvement of student volunteers from all of the high schools in the county. The local Special Olympics of Calvert County organization provides year-round sports training and competition opportunities to about 120 athletes. Its mission is to bring Special Olympics athletes into the view and appreciation of the larger society as a whole, to promote inclusion and acceptance in spaces where participants will be respected and celebrated as members of their community.

While this year’s track and field event is not attached to the

Given the restrictions, this year we have stepped away from making it a Special Olympics event, and are eager to see our track and field athletes perform.”

Throughout the year, Adapted Physical Education teachers work with their student-athletes. Staff help identify the best events for each student to be involved in and help ensure that they get practice time with their peer partners.

The word inclusive is used with great intention. “Each of our athletes will have a peer partner from their school,” says Muffley.

“With the peer aspect, we are also hoping that it will bring more attention to the buddies

has been a team effort. There are so many people involved to make this happen,” says Rivers.

“This year is the first time we have done an Inclusive Track and Field event and I LOVE this idea. It makes my heart so happy seeing our athletes and their peer teammates practicing.”

Jenna Moan, 18, is a Huntingtown High athlete who has been participating in the events since elementary school. Jenna says that she looks forward to this event because it allows her to see her friends and teachers from other schools. Her mother Julie says the event is a family affair. “Our family looks forward

girl and I’m so happy to be her teammate.” Both Jenna and Audrey will be competing in the 4x100 relay and either a tennis ball or softball throw event.

With COVID restrictions being lifted, these special athletes are finally being allowed to show off their strengths, talents, and abilities, while displaying the power of inclusion and friendship.

The event begins April 27 with the Parade of Athletes and team events for about 200 pre-K and elementary students. April 28 is the day for 71 middle and high school athletes. Each will compete with a peer partner for a p total of 142 athletes.

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KIDS Cochineal Red Explore color in an informative handson program and learn about the history and traditions of the sacred red dye made from insects. 11am & 1pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $10 w/discounts: hsmcdigshistory.org.

KIDS Outdoor artLAB Build egg carton creatures. 1-2pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, $5/person or $10/kit: annmariegarden.org.

SoCo Farmers Market 3-7pm, Deale Library, Facebook: @SoCoFarmersMarketatDealesLibrary.

America’s Boating Club Join this boating club for fun, friendship, safe boating, education and boating-related activities. Dinner 5:30pm, meeting 6:30pm, The Pier, Solomons: usps.org/localusps/Patuxent.

Ascension Class Gwen MacGregor explores intuition, spiritual motivation and universal oneness. 6:30-8pm, Unity by the Bay, Annapolis, $30, RSVP: unitybythebay.kindful.com.

The Last Supper A dramatic retelling of Jesus’ final meal with His disciples by The Community of Christ Players. 7:30pm, Mt. Harmony Church, Owings: mtharmonylmumc.org.

The Nighthawks 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

FRIDAY APRIL 15

Genealogy Class Learn about your family history in a genealogical and family research class with the Calvert Co. Historical Society.

10am-noon, Calvert County Historical Society, Prince Frederick, $20 w/discounts: calverthistory.org.

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KIDS Scavenger Hunt Discover the artifacts at the museum on a self-guided scavenger hunt.

10am-4pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $10 w/discounts: hsmcdigshistory.org.

Apr 14: Outdoor artLAB

Nature Center Grand Opening Join the Maryland Park Service to kick off Park Week by visiting the new center. 1-4pm, South Beach Plaza, Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis: 410-974-2148.

Clint Roberts in Concert With Pete Best and Peterbuilt. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $15 w/ discounts: ramsheadonstage.com.

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Treasure Island A swashbuckling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most beloved novel, this new production is a tale of buccaneers, buried gold, treasure maps, pirates, and the famous Long John Silver. Join young Jim Hawkins as he takes the journey of a lifetime. FSa 8pm, SaSu 2pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $55-$68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

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Fences This sensational drama centers on Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy’s bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son, who now wants his own chance to play ball. FSa 8pm, Su 2pm, Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Drive, $22 w/discounts, RSVP: bctheatre.com.

SATURDAY APRIL 16

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

Free State Fly Fishers

Fungus Amungus

Joe Bruce instructs on tying deer hair poppers and spinning deer hair on flies.

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

Learn to identify wild mushrooms; dress for mud and weather. 11am-noon, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410-222-1978.

KIDS Fossil Egg Hunt

KIDS Easter Egg Hunt

Look for eggs with real fossils inside hidden around the museum; no basket needed (limit 4 eggs/child), plus a take-home activity (ages 3-10).

10am-noon, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts. RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com”

Egg hunt, games, face painting.

11am-1pm, St. Paul UMC, Lusby: stpaulumc-lusby.org.

Scissor Basket Weaving Learn twining and traditional plain weave to create a small basket. 10am-3pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $20, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Peale Walking Tour Tour Annapolis’ historic district, where the painter Charles Willson Peale’s world has been preserved. Walk starts at the Old Treasury Building on the grounds of the Capitol. 10:3011:30pm, $15 w/discounts, RSVP: hammondharwoodhouse.org/events.

Earth Day Fair Learn ways to protect the planet.

Noon-2pm, Lake Waterford Park, Pasadena, free: aacounty.org.

History Walk: A Point on the Patuxent Take in views of the scenic Patuxent River and learn about the lives of those who called this place home on a mile-long walk. 1-2pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, free, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

KIDS Junior Wildlife Rangers Join a Refuge Ranger to explore 5 nature related activities. Complete the Junior Wildlife Ranger activity booklet and earn a badge (ages 6-10). 1-3pm,

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South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

Untold Stories of North Tract Hear stories on a driving tour of Wildlife Way including military training, lead removal, deals with beaver and generals almost losing their heads (ages 10+). 2-3:15pm, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

The Doobie Others 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $29.50, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Park at Dark Walk Grab a lantern and join a guide on a 1-mile night hike to the Woodland Indian Village and riverside. 8-9pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $10/ group of 5, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

SUNDAY APRIL 17

AACo Farmers Market 10am-1pm, Riva Rd. & Harry Truman Pkwy, Annapolis: aacofarmersmarket.com.

Easter Brunch Cruise Experience Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay on a catered brunch cruise aboard the historic skipjack. 10:30am-12:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, $95 w/discounts, RSVP: amaritime.org.

Honey’s Harvest Market

Todd Snider in Concert

TUESDAY APRIL 19

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

The Keystone Molecule In this UMCES citizen science talk, professor Jeremy Testa talks about oxygen and its role in aquatic environments. 7pm, RSVP for link: umces.edu/cbl/science-citizens.

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Damien Escobar in Concert 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $60: ramsheadonstage.com.

Take a hike and explore local wildlife and their eggs. 1-2pm, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410222-1978.

Learn about brick cooking stoves in the American colonies and early U.S. with Jennifer Ogborne, curator of collections.

7pm, Visitor Center Auditorium, Historic St. Mary’s City: hsmcdigshistory.org.

Read Lola Plants a Garden and then visit Farmer Ben in the garden for an Earth Day activity (ages 3-7). 10-11:30am, William Paca House, Annapolis, $10 w/ discounts, rsvp: www.annapolis.org.

Performing the music of ELO. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $21 w/ discounts: ramsheadonstage.com.

KIDS Wildlife Egg Hunt

Potagers, Morellos & Stew Holes

KIDS Mr. Paca’s Backyard

Atomic Light Orchestra

Explore how fragile the Bay ecosystem can be when non-native animals or plants take over. 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Make and sample strawberry and mint juleps (ages 21+). 6:30-7:30pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, $35 w/discounts, RSVP: historiclondontown.org.

Ticket sales open for museum members today for June 16 show; public sales open April 22. 10am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $39-$69 w/ discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

With Jesse Lynn Madera. 7:30pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $55-$95 w/ discounts: ramsheadonstage.com.

KIDS Eco-Invaders

Colonial Cocktails

Brothers Osborne in Concert

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

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with hors d’oeuvres, beverages, live music, raffles and more in the English garden (ages 21+). 6-9pm, William Paca Garden, Annapolis, $100, RSVP: Annapolis.org.

With Kevin Gordon. 7:30pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $35 w/discounts: ramsheadonstage.com.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 20

Jane Austen Tour Tour the house and compare the customs and social graces of the Loockerman family, who lived in the house in the early 19th century, with those of characters in Jane Austen novels.

2pm, Hammond-Harwood House, Annapolis, $12 w/discounts, RSVP: hammondharwoodhouse.org.

Four80East in Concert

Apr 22 & 23: Coppelia

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $39.50: ramsheadonstage.com.

play, art, music, science and nature.

10am, Historic St. Mary’s City, $4: hsmcdigshistory.org.

Drive-thru Rabies Clinic Free vaccinations for pets (leashed or in carriers); proof of prior vax req’d for 3-year shot; pet licenses available for purchase. 5-7pm, Linda Kelley Animal Shelter, Prince Frederick, RSVP: CalvertCountyAnimalShelter.com.

Oliver Wood in Concert With Dori Freeman. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $30: ramsheadonstage.com.

THURSDAY APRIL 21

PLAN AHEAD

Bay Bridge Boat Show

April 21-24: Browse a large selection of powerboats of all sizes and shapes, plus the latest in marine gear, accessories, and apparel. Learn from pros at educational seminars presented by Annapolis School of Seamanship and Chesapeake Bay Magazine.

Th noon-6:30pm, FSa 10am-6:30pm, Su 10am-5pm, Bay Bridge Marina, Stevensville, $20 w/discounts: AnnapolisBoatShows.com.

Ballet Theater of Maryland’s Coppelia

Children (ages 3-5yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of Crabs Have Claws. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

April 22 & 23: Coppélia is a comedic ballet about a pair of lovers, an eccentric inventor, and his beautiful, yet mysterious daughter who entertain and delight in this comedic fractured fairy tale. Virtual option available.

F 7:30pm, Sa 1pm & 4:30pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $47 w/discounts, RSVP: balletmaryland.org.

SoCo Farmers Market

Southern MD Celtic Festival

KIDS Little Minnows

3-7pm, Deale Library, Facebook: @ SoCoFarmersMarketatDealesLibrary

KIDS Little Explorers

Anniversary Garden Gala

Preschoolers (ages 3-5yrs) learn and make discoveries thru stories,

Celebrate Watermark and Historic Annapolis’ milestone anniversaries

April 23: Join more than 50 clans and societies to celebrate with music, food, dance and competitions. 10am-6pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $25, RSVP: cssm.org. p

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(left to right) Long John Silver (Steven Lamont), Jim Hawkins (Austin Rubinoski), Ben Gunn (Jeffrey Allen Sneed) and Dr. Livesey (Dexter Hamlett) in Classic Theatre of Maryland’s Treasure Island. Photo: Sally Boyett.

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Classic Theatre of Maryland’s Treasure Island Swashbuckling adaptation brings the classic to life

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obert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel Treasure Island has been adapted for the stage by Classic Theatre of Maryland, and the result is a snappy, swashbuckling animation of the classic tale.

More than 50 film and TV adaptations and countless stage adaptations have been made of the book so many of us read as pre-teens or young teens.

It’s the tale that helped craft our image of the pirate, ideas of buried treasure and X-marks-the-spot maps we all associate with the genre today.

Classic Theatre’s Sally Boyett and Donald Hicken have crafted a streamlined adaptation that retains the gist of the iconic story and characters while coming in at an economical two hours, including intermission. However, it’s not a production that allows you to just sit back and be entertained. Whether you’ve read the book or not, a lot is going on at an exciting pace. Attention must be paid.

The reward is a production in which Jim Hawkins, one-legged Long John Silver, crazy Ben Gunn, and all the others jump from page to stage with nary a stumble among them. Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story for our narrator, young Jim Hawkins, who starts off working in his parents’ inn and soon finds himself aboard the Hispaniola, headed toward Treasure Island with a barbarous crew, some of whom are mutinous pirates.

Austin Rubinoski is very engaging as Jim, our narrator, guide, and hero, who makes us feel we are navigating the voyage with him. Steven Lamont’s Long John Silver beautifully brings to life the iconic pirate, convincing us, and Jim, that he has his friend’s best interests at heart, but brandishing his

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cunning opportunism like a musket.

Jeffrey Allen Sneed’s Ben Gunn, the mad stranded man left on the island three years ago, hops across the stage like a waterbug, proclaiming his love for cheese, and infatuating all of us.

It’s a cannon-shot of a performance, every line and movement launching and landing with comedic accuracy, but also with a deep impact on the plot.

These and all the other fine performances are lively and believable, and the fantastic technical aspects of the production wholly enhance that believability. I use that word fantastic literally, for its definition in Miriam-Webster says both “based on fantasy” and “superlative”.

The costumes, lights, sound, and sets are, indeed, superlative, as they make us feel like we are part of the fantasy.

The set is the deck of the ship, complete with a thick climbable mast and rigging that is handled like the real thing.

When we move from deck to island, ingenious lighting and sound effects take us there with nary a change of set.

Speaking of sound, the near-constant creaking of an old boat at sea is so accurate it’s almost enough to make us feel we’re listing and lolling with her. Simple wooden boxes instantly transmute from a longboat to a stockade wall. And the fight choreography is so realistic and seamless that you fear each fracas may spill into the audience.

Thanks to terrific acting and superb staging and effects, Classic Theatre’s Treasure Island makes the swashbuckling classic feel new again.

Direction, staging, costumes by Sally Boyett and Donald Hicken; lighting

by William K. D’Eugenio; sound by Sally Boyett; fight choreography by Andy Mac. p Treasure Island runs through April 23, FSa 8pm, SaSu 2pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $49-$68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

About two hours with one intermission.

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Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine in All the Old Knives.

BY DIANA BEECHENER

All the Old Knives Two spies walk into a bar in this fun thriller

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ormer lovers Henry (Chris Pine: The Contractor) and Celia (Thandiwe Newton: Westworld) meet in a quiet restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea eight years after their affair ended. But they’re not sipping wine to reminisce; both are former CIA agents who were involved in a disastrous hijacking incident in Vienna that left no survivors.

In the years following the terrorist attack, Celia fled the CIA and tried to forget her past by becoming a mom and wife. Henry stayed at the agency and is now tasked with figuring out whether a mole at their station was the reason for the bloodbath in Vienna. After dinner, he’ll either walk away knowing Celia is innocent, or have her killed by a hitman waiting just outside.

Over wine, burrata, and the light threat of murder, both agents pick apart what happened that day, as well as their relationship. Did they miss a sign that could have stopped the hijacking or was the mole right in front of them the whole time?

Adapted by Olen Steinhauer, and based on his book, All the Old Knives

is a spy film with some excellent cinematography and strong performances.

Though the story itself feels like le Carré for beginners, it still manages to build tension and characters well enough that you hope the dinner goes on forever, so gunplay isn’t needed.

Director Janus Metz (ZeroZeroZero) extends the pressure and the drama by playing with time. We have flashbacks, flashbacks within flashbacks, and a few side stories that inform the audience what’s really going on.

It’s a credit to the film that the story remains straightforward even as it hops around in time with only the length and color of Pine’s hair indicating just where we are in the timeline.

But the greatest asset to a film that centers on a three-course meal is cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen’s (Black Narcissus) use of color and framing. The film is awash with stark blue light for the Vienna flashbacks and a beautiful golden palette for the dinner in California.

Christensen also beautifully plays with shadow, crafting some stunning images as each character’s motivations are questioned.

Though the story is a little rote—if you’ve ever seen a spy thriller before, there will be few surprises—it is an excellent example of genre storytelling

done well. Metz and the cast embrace the clichés, offering craft and talent where the story lacks.

All the Old Knives knows exactly what type of movie it is. Even when storytelling falters, this film relies on its excellent cast to keep it interesting.

Character acting legends Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce fill in the cast, helping to move plot points along. But the film belongs to Pine and Newton, who have a wonderful, natural chemistry and imbue their characters with enough regret and genuine feeling that the spy story at times seems incidental. Newton’s Celia is riddled with guilt and regret about her time in Vienna, though also

fiercely protective of the new life she built. Pine’s Henry has been beaten down by a career in the CIA, and in many ways he sees his dalliance with Celia as the last bit of happiness he’s experienced. When they finally meet, the spark reignites immediately, but both must focus on the task at hand— surviving dinner.

All the Old Knives isn’t breaking any new ground; it’s the sort of spy thriller you watch with your dad on rainy weekend days. Still, if you’re looking for a thriller that combines the fun bits of le Carré with a ‘70s style endof-the-affair drama, All the Old Knives is well worth the watch.

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Create an Easter Arrangement

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aster is usually a time for flowers.

Even though we’ve had ghastly weather with cold temperatures, snow flurries, hail and thank heaven, lots of rain, the spring flowers are all flourishing. Spring is a time for renewal and using flowers from your garden will enhance your Easter celebration.

Studies have shown that flowers help to reduce stress, induce calm and make people happy.

This Easter arrangement is made up of fragrant lilacs, crabapple blossoms, camellias, and various types of narcissus. I always use a floral preservative in the water in the vase. The variety of lilacs I am using is an early bloomer named Evangeline, which blooms before the common lilacs. It has the same alluring fragrance and double florets. When you cut lilacs, you want to trim any deadwood and foliage off the stem. It’s very hard to hydrate lilacs and get them to last. You don’t want to have to hydrate the leaves as well, so make sure to strip them all off. To increase their life in the vase, cut the stem ends vertically two to three inches up. Then grasp one side of the sliced stem and twist backward. Plunge the freshly cut stems immediately into cool water. Leave the flowers in a cool, dimly lit room for a couple of hours to rehydrate before arranging.

Try to put these heady blossoms

Studies have shown that flowers help to reduce stress, induce calm and make people happy. all over the house to enjoy their delicate wafting fragrance. Crisscross your stems in the vase so that they hold themselves up.

I incorporated white and pink crabapple blossoms to contrast the lilacs.

In the center of the arrangement, I made a cluster of about five double pink camellias. I then added pink, cupped narcissus irregularly around the camellias. (Some narcissus is single-cupped; some are frilly, with petals in the center.) I then added yellow mini-daffodils. To keep the flowers fresh longer, put them in a refrigerator until you are ready to display them. p Have a gardening question?

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sumed the heat-weakened kelp. Areas of the ocean floor are now called urchin barrens with only urchins seen covering the floor. But help is on the way in the form of one aquatic mammal.

One animal can be important to maintaining the health of an ecosystem.

For the Chesapeake Bay, the oyster is usually thought of being the keystone species. In California, it’s the sea otter.

Patches of healthy kelp are spreading due to the attention of cuddly-looking sea otters. They live in and around the kelp beds and love to eat urchins. They prefer the urchins that are feeding on

kelp and not the ones found in urchin barrens, which are less nutritious and apparently less tasty. The kelp that is thriving thanks to the otters’ attention is spreading seeds, allowing the species to flourish.

In 2021, a surge in the kelp forest along the northern California coast and north into Alaska has reportedly been largely due to the sea otters. Sea otters spend their entire lives around kelp. They sleep by wrapping a strand of kelp around their waist. Even the pups get a kelp anchor as their mother looks for food.

Otter pups are reared in the water.

Otters live 15 to 20 years and have one or two pups a year. Sea otters are well

known for using a flat rock balanced on their belly to smash open food like urchins, crabs and shellfish.

In the late 1700s, the sea otter fur trade ramped up to keep up with the demand for soft warm fur. By 1900, only about 3,000 otters remained along the entire West Coast. In 1911, it became illegal to hunt them. By that time, kelp was at a sharp decline and fish stock like sardines was also declining.

Kelp is a remarkable plant. It is a brown algae anchored to the ocean bottom with a very long stalk, up to 100 feet, with a hollow gas-filled float near the top. The light collecting fronds are buoyed near the surface by the float.

Kelp forests protect a whole kingdom of animals and decrease beach erosion; they also reduce carbon dioxide.

The environmental group, One Earth, describes the importance of the kelp and the sea otter. “Researchers have found that the presence of sea otters increases kelp forest carbon storage from 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually. To put that in perspective, it would take 3 to 6 million passenger cars removed from the road to equal that amount. As more money is being invested into carbon capture technology, scientists like Chris Wilmers and Jim Estez from the University of California at Santa Cruz advocate that more value should be placed on protecting and restoring sea otter populations as a natural climate change solution.

Using the current price on the European carbon market, the amount stored by kelp forests and reinforced by sea otters would be worth $205-$400 million. Such mitigation of global greenhouse gasses makes these cuddly creatures all the more lovable.” p

to spawn. The minimum size during this period is 35 inches with a limit of one fish per person per day.

All male rockfish will stay in the Bay on the spawning grounds until the females stop arriving, but the females promptly return to the Atlantic once they’ve deposited their roe. About 70 percent of all striped bass swimming the American seaboard is birthed in the headwaters of one of Maryland’s fresh water tributaries.

Our smaller, resident rockfish will also spawn in the freshwater tribs where they were born but they will continue to live in Bay waters until about the age of 4 when most females and a large portion of the males will leave life along the Atlantic littoral. Migratory striped bass from our waters will later be found all the way from Nova Scotia down to Louisiana.

Because of a downturn in rockfish populations from serious overharvest in the last decade, the last two years have seen some severe restrictions in limits and seasons. Hopefully the species will recover soon but in the meantime there will be a 19-inch minimum size and a limit on one fish per person per day. The season for these fish in the main stem runs May 16 till May 31.

After June 1, the rockfish season opens throughout the Bay and its tributaries until December 10, although all rockfishing will temporarily be closed from July 16 through the end of the month to protect them from severe heat.

The principle difficulty in fishing the trophy season will be the weather.

Springtime winds and rain can limit opportunities for all but the larger sporting craft so if you plan on fishing this season keep your eye on the forecast. Trolling large baits such as bucktails with 6- to 12-inch sassy shads as trailers and stinger hooks, umbrella rigs and chandeliers are the traditional methods of enticing trophy sized fish.

Lure colors can be important but are generally limited to white, yellow, green, chartreuse, and combos thereof.

Rockfish in the early season usually cruise in the top 15 feet of the water column (due to better temperatures) but will descend toward the bottom to feed or to avoid engine noise from boats.

During the spawn, the fish will be found in pods, constantly moving, each toward their respective natal waters and impossible to anticipate. They generally arrive from the ocean in channels along the Eastern Shore side and leave via the Western Shore channels where the incoming and outgoing tides tend to be more favorable.

Though dragging big baits means using heavy tackle and 30- to 50-pound test lines, light tackle enthusiasts using much lighter rods and light 20-pound test line have begun trolling smaller, diving swim baits such as Rapala Magnums and X-Raps at 15- and 30-foot levels in Bunker, Red-Head and natural colored patterns.

Baitfishing from shore, chumming and chunking from anchored boats can also take trophy sized fish this time of year, weather permitting. Circle hooks and copious patience are mandatory for this technique. The best bait bets are jumbo bloodworms and cut menhaden, the fresher the better.

No live eel baits are permitted this time of year and gaffing of rockfish is prohibited. Possession of any rockfish from midnight to 5 a.m. is also outlawed. Bycatch this time year will be blue, channel and flathead catfish. All have no minimum size and no possession limit and are excellent on the table.

Some of these rascals can grow to well over 100 pounds. Best of luck to all. p

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

The Sea Otter: A Keystone Species

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en years ago, I traveled to iconic Monterey, California, a coastal city author John Steinbeck made iconic as he fictitiously chronicled the collapse of the sardine fishing industry there.

While I was visiting, I was able to see the great kelp beds, the brown algae that provide shelter and food for so many coastal creatures. Unfortunately, I was also witnessing the beginning of its sharp decline.

During 2012 and 2013, warm weather and a sudden disease in the starfish species that eat sea urchins caused the decline. Sea urchins thrived and con-

SPORTING LIFE

BY DENNIS DOYLE

Trophy Rockfish Season on the Horizon

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or Maryland anglers, the world begins on May 1, opening day of trophy rockfish season for the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay. This year’s season looks like a good one. Of course, that’s from my personal perspective that any day on the Bay offers a glimpse of paradise.

My chief guru of the Tidewater, waterman Leo James, was too busy painting hulls at his LJ Marina for an in-depth discussion of the coming season as yet, but he did relate that there was a lot of bait (menhaden) in the mid-Bay area and he had just recently released a fat and healthy 50-inch rockfish that had become entangled in one of his nets.

The trophy season (May 1-15) is the best chance for a Maryland angler to tangle with a big striper, as this is the one time a year that the anadromous, ocean running, migratory giants that are birthed in the Chesapeake return

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

BY THE EDITORS AT ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION I’ll Have the Porridge

Someone in Royton, Oldham, England, woke up on March 20 and felt like something was missing from their life. And maybe breakfast was particularly difficult that morning. The Manchester Evening News reported that at the Barclay Pizza & Prosecco restaurant, as workers cleaned up after Saturday night’s festivities, they found a full set of dentures on the floor in the bar. Barclay owner Emma Whelan posted a photo of a plastic bag containing the false teeth on Facebook, hoping to locate the owner. “We get a lot of things left behind after a night in the Barclay ... but this is a new one,” Whelan said.

“It must have been a cracking night.”

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Kristin Wiley, 49, was pulled over by Indian River County (Florida) Sheriff ’s officers after she barely missed hitting their stopped vehicle on March 20, The Smoking Gun reported. When they approached the car, they saw her 9-year-old son in the back seat, crying. The officer noted that Wiley’s eyes were “watery and red in color,” and he smelled alcohol on her breath, so he asked if she’d been drinking. She replied, “No,” but her son piped up from the back seat, “Mom, you can’t lie to the police. You did drink.” He told the officer that his mom had been drinking at a party and said he was “very scared while Kristin was operating the vehi-

cle,” the officer reported. A breath test recorded her alcohol content at nearly three times the legal limit. Along with DUI, she was charged with child abuse.

Awesome!

When Steve Nichols and John Winn of Indian Trail, North Carolina, saw a TV news story about a dog whose owners abandoned him because they thought he was “gay,” they knew they had to do something. The couple of 33 years told The Charlotte Observer that they drove to Albemarle on March 23 to adopt the dog, whom they named Oscar, after the Irish poet Oscar Wilde. Oscar’s previous owners had surrendered him for humping another male dog, which, Nichols said, “was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. That’s just pack behavior.” Nichols noted that the dog hadn’t been neutered and was suffering from heartworm, which led him to believe that “the owner apparently didn’t do anything to take care of this dog.” Oscar is getting the care he needs and will join the couple’s other dog, Harry, at their home.

And Their Little Bird, Too!

In a scene eerily reminiscent of “The Wizard of Oz,” the Castellanos family of Arabi, Louisiana, took a wild ride on March 22 as a destructive tornado ripped through the area, ABC News reported. Dea Castellanos was sitting on a couch in her living room when

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the house began to spin, whipping her into a bedroom. Her daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, was in another bedroom. The one-story home was lifted from its foundation and crashed down in the middle of the street, where neighbors called 911 and the girl was taken to the hospital. One of the Castellanos’ pet birds stood among the rubble as they salvaged what they could; family members were “doing fine” after their ordeal.

Bright Ideas

• One exhibit at the March International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo attracted a lot of attention: Kawasaki’s Bex, a prototype robot goat that can carry 220 pounds of cargo (or humans). The Bex is named after the ibex, a large wild goat of Eurasia and Africa that’s famously sure-footed, Engadget reported. However, on flat surfaces, Bex moves along on wheels attached to its “knees,” and on rougher terrain, it walks at a slower pace. Kawasaki reportedly envisions it being used to transport construction materials and to carry out remote industrial site inspections.

• Need socks? Need exercise? Souki Socks, a small factory in Japan’s Nara Prefecture, has you covered—or at least your toes. The company devised a contraption that combines a stationary bike with a sock-knitting machine and called it Charix. Before customers sit down, Oddity Central reported, they

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choose the size and colors for their socks. Riders pedal for about 10 minutes; the staff sew the toes and finish the socks on the spot, and happy clients take the new pair home.

News That Sounds Like a Joke

Around Corsham, Wiltshire, England, people, sheep—even a former police German shepherd—are being terrorized by two aggressive canines, Metro News reported. “There were two unpleasant Chihuahuas who attacked the German shepherd, so the size of a dog is no reflection on their aggressiveness,” said councillor Ruth Hopkinson.

“They weren’t leashed, and the owner thought, ‘They’re only little, they’re only friendly.’ But you have to be really careful.” One resident described the Chihuahuas as “bloody Mexican hooligans,” and Hopkinson warned that the little dogs are causing havoc during a sensitive time of year: “If in a lambing field, please keep to the paths and your dog on a leash. When they’re spooked, the ewe and lamb can become separated and (because they’re not very bright creatures) they can’t find each other, and it is leading to lamb deaths. The dogs may just be ‘playing,’ but that’s not how the sheep see it.” p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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1. A “nutmegger” would most likely be found where? (a) Vermont (b) Rhode Island (c) Connecticut 2. What was the subject of the first video ever uploaded on YouTube? (a) San Diego Zoo (b) Dancing baby (c) The Blue Angels 3. What menu item do the British call a “chip butty”? (a) French fries and tomatoes (b) French fry sandwich (c) Blood pudding 4. What actor was once a swimming instructor for the Army? (a) Robert Duvall (b) James Garner (c) Clint Eastwood 5. The leaves of what plant are poisonous? (a) Broccoli (b) Rhubarb (c) Cauliflower 6. What planet has an area called the Great Red Spot? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune

When something seems to have no end it is said to go on forever to infinity or Ad Infinitum. The prolific Jonathan Swift penned for posterity, “So, naturalists observe, a flea hath smaller fleas that on him prey; and these have smaller still to bite ‘em; and so proceed ad infinitum.” Swift’s contemporary, Alexander Pupa, added, “Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite, and if they do, grab a shoe, and beat them till they’re black and blue.”Those old guys could go on and on, couldn’t they? You know what I mean? They were just bugg’n! Get it? If you’d like to know more, please write to: Tell me more, 1234 Disnevaend Road, Ad Infinitum, TX 56789...

Scoring: 31 - 40 = Aloft; 26 - 30 = Ahead; 21 - 25 = Aweigh; 16 - 20 = Amidships; 11 - 15 = Aboard; 05 - 10 = Adrift; 01 - 05 = Aground

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SUDOKU

Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 to 9.

CRYPTOQUIP

Hoe Koi Sod

4 Letter Words Hose Mums Pool Rake Soil Tree

Earth Edger Gnome Rocks Roses Seeds Spade Vines Water

Bucket Bushes Gazebo Gloves Gravel Plants Trowel Tulips

1 Overlook 5 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 9 Not together 14 Capital in NW Greece 15 Pottery form 16 More au naturel 17 Nobleman 18 Mixed bag 19 1950s dance 20 1950s automobile 23 Is no longer 24 Body beginning?

25 Victory sign 28 Child’s toy 31 They were popular eateries in the ‘50s 34 “The ___ Daba Honeymoon” 37 Pendulum paths 40 Mends, as socks 41 1950s places for a malt 44 Deep-six 45 Letter opener 46 Court call 47 Actress of the ‘50s 49 Supermodel Carangi 51 Beehive State native 52 Extinct flightless bird 55 Mauna ___ Volcano 58 1955 was the first year this car hit the road 63 Be in harmony 66 Like some threats

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1 Wild West 2 Persia, today 3 Scarecrow stuffing 4 Chip dip 5 1944 Bing Crosby hit 6 Singer Falana 7 Dirigible 8 Hacienda brick 9 Competent 10 Poker holding 11 Prince Valiant’s son 12 Like some wines 13 Encouraging word 21 V-J Day pres.

22 Young fellow 25 Phileas Fogg’s creator 26 Dadaist Max 27 Double curve 29 Palooka 30 Goad 32 Lupino of “High Sierra” 33 Picture holder 34 English race place 35 Shouldered 36 Purim’s month

9 Letter Words Bird House Pitchfork

Compost Flowers Pruners Trellis

Fabulous Fifties

67 Neeson of “Nell” 69 Lascivious looks 70 Lena of “Chocolat” 71 Feudal worker 72 “The King” 73 Straight, at the bar 74 Walk like a sot

Fountain Overalls Windmill

7 Letter Words

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ACROSS

The CryptoQuip below is a quote in substitution code, where A could equal R, H could equal P, etc.

One way to break the code is to look for repeated letters. E, T, A, O, N and I are the most often used letters.

A single letter is usually A or I; OF, IS and IT are common 2-letter words; and THE and AND are common 3-letter words.

Good luck!

3 Letter Words 5 Letter Words 6 Letter Words 8 Letter Words

CROSSWORD

Mishmash

38 Stage signal 39 Minor setback 42 Sgt.’s address 43 Prefix with lingual or lateral 44 Dallas school inits.

48 Low-fat meat 50 Priestly garb 53 Whopper topper 54 Befuddle 56 Edmonton skater 57 Greet the day 58 Garr of “Tootsie” 59 Dame Myra 60 Director Kazan 61 Landlord’s due 62 Zealander 63 Brewpub offering 64 Toothpaste type 65 Minister (Abbr.)

68 Funnyman Brooks

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