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eans, blackberries, blueberries, cherries and cucumbers—we are deep into summer and the produce stands are bursting with juicy goodness. I hope you are visiting your closest farmers market and filling your bag with fresh, healthful yumminess. It’s astonishing how far farmers markets have come over the years. Now you can find everything from cheese to wine to grassfed meats at a market—and know that you are helping a local farmer or producer in a real tangible way.

We are lucky here in Chesapeake Country to have so many to choose from. There’s a market somewhere on nearly every day of the week (I tried to find a Monday market, but no joy—message me if you know of one?). And let’s just abandon the image that farmers markets are for those who only buy all organic foods and pricey kombucha.

These markets are for everyone.

According to the Dept. of Agriculture, there are 58 markets that accept SNAP benefits and the number is increasing.

The health departments are also working to expand the fruit and vegetable cash benefit for WIC and more farms will be coming online soon. My source also said that there are only a handful of markets in the state that don’t accept Farmers Market Nutrition Program payments.

July is a great time to hit the markets to see how far local foods can go.

Can you make an entire meal out of what you buy at a market? I’m willing to bet you can. Enter the Buy Local Challenge, which kicks off at the end of the month. As writer Chelsea Harrison tells us, it’s easier than ever to “go

YOUR SAY On the hunt for catfish Much has been written about the invasive blue catfish in the Bay, but I’m not finding any information on where to actually buy the catfish if you’re a consumer. I don’t know the first thing about how to purchase seafood from a local waterman. And now that Annapolis Seafood Market has closed, my only source of local knowledge is gone. Any advice on where we can buy the fish fresh or frozen for those of us who are interested in preparing the fish at home?

—ANDREA

local”. Just eat one item purchased from a Maryland roadside stand or farmers market or farm store every day and share your progress on social media.

There’s also a bounty of related events happening that help shine the spotlight on Maryland-grown foods.

Give the Buy Local Challenge a try— even if you don’t want to commit to a full week, maybe start with a couple of days.

The local food movement feels new again—even though it’s a concept as old as time. We ate what we grew or what we traded with our neighbors. Or what we pulled from the Bay waters (see the reader letter below for some insight).

Somewhere over the centuries though, we grew accustomed to eating whatever we wanted, no matter where it originated and the economic and environmental costs it took to produce it and transport it. Now we have meal kits and DoorDash to contend with. There are criticisms of the movement, as it’s admittedly idealistic. Some things just can’t be found at your local farmers market.

Coffee beans don’t grow in Maryland.

I fondly remember author Barbara Kingsolver’s 2007 book Animal, VegeWe turned to Chesapeake Bay Magazine’s John Page Williams for an answer to Andrea’s question.

I believe that Whole Foods in the Annapolis Town Center sells blue cat fillets. Congressional Seafood and ProFish in Jessup (wholesalers) may be able to tell Ms. Lee about other suppliers. All of the Clyde’s restaurants offer blue cat dishes, and some Annapolis eateries do periodically (the Boatyard’s Fish Tacos used to contain blue cats, but not sure now). Thank you for your interest. Nothing at all wrong with fresh, local fillets at reasonable prices...

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table, Miracle, about her family’s attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year. (If you haven’t read it, I highly encourage you to). One of the hardest parts for the family was going without coffee or olive oil or other “luxuries” that just weren’t available on their Virginia farm. A bit of boasting now. I knew the Kingsolver family, one of their daughters babysat my boys, and we ate often at their fantastic local-food restaurant in Meadowview, Va., called Harvest Table. What this family achieved is nothing short of remarkable and inspiring.

I hope you will give the Buy Local Challenge a try—even if you don’t want to commit to a full week, maybe start with a couple of days. Snap some photos and send them to us via email or on social media. I’d love to hear what you’re eating.

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Natural Resources Police recover a white center-console at the Cape St. Claire boat ramp two days after launching the search for a hit-and-run boater who fatally injured a Pasadena woman. Photo: Matthew Greenhouse.

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WOMAN, 63, DIES IN HIT & RUN CRASH AT MOUTH OF MAGOTHY RIVER

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dangerous hit and run boat crash has turned devastating, as police confirm a 63-year-old woman has passed away from the injuries she suffered. Two days after the crash, police located the suspected striking vessel.

Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) say the operator of a white center-console, estimated around 25 feet, caused a collision while entering the

Magothy River, in the six-knot channel zone at the mouth on Sunday night.

The center-console ran into a Wellcraft powerboat carrying a husband and wife. NRP says the striking boat then fled the scene and went into Deep Creek in Cape St. Claire. It happened between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. July 3.

The female boater on the Wellcraft suffered injuries that she later succumbed to. NRP told Bay Bulletin on Tuesday afternoon that the woman,

NRP says the striking boat fled the scene and went into Deep Creek in Cape St. Claire.

SMALLER BAY DEAD ZONE PREDICTED FOR SUMMER 2022

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Researchers will measure hypoxia in the Bay throughout the summer. Photo: NASA Landsat.

n Tuesday, researchers at the Chesapeake Bay Program announced their prediction that this summer’s dead zone will be smaller than the long-term average taken between 1985 and 2021.

The Bay Program says the grounds for the prediction rest in below-average spring runoff from the Chesapeake watershed, cooler than normal temperatures in May, and, thankfully, reduced flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment coming into the system because of cleanup efforts from the Chesapeake Bay “pollution diet”.

If the prediction holds up (as the

63-year-old Laura Slattery of Pasadena, has died.

The collision also caused damage to the Wellcraft.

On Tuesday evening NRP hauled a white center-console from the water at Cape St. Claire boat ramp on Deep Creek. Police spokesperson Lauren Moses confirmed a vessel was recovered in this case. NRP has not publicly named a suspect yet.

Anyone with information in the ongoing investigation should call NRP at 410-260-8888.

team’s 2021 prediction did), it means a smaller volume of low-oxygen Bay water this summer. That’s good news for the fish, crabs, oysters, and the other creatures that make the Chesapeake ecosystem tick.

An estuary like the Chesapeake naturally develops areas of low dissolved oxygen in summer, but science over the past 40 years indicates that human-driven pollution greatly increased it in the 1980s, ‘90s, and ‘00s before improved wastewater treatment, agricultural conservation practices, and stormwater restoration allowed the pollution diet to begin taking effect.

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and causing more precipitation, we’ll have to keep pushing forward with the pollution diet as vigorously as ever to avoid the large dead zones we saw two and four years ago.

This year’s promising prediction results from collaboration by an integrated team of scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), the University of Michigan, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). As in previous years, the prediction is a sophisticated combination of real-time water quality surveys and 21st-century computer modeling.

If you’re in Maryland and want to keep track of this year’s dead zone, a great resource is DNR’s Eyes on the Bay (if you’re an angler, be sure to check out the site’s Click Before You Cast section). In Virginia, follow the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System run by VIMS.

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If you’d like to see what a dead zone looks like, check out the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) story here: chesapeakebaymagazine.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/07/BadWater-0114-2.pdf. You’ll see a sonar unit in which all of the fish are high in the water column because there is not enough oxygen below them to survive, even though the summer surface water temperature is uncomfortably high for them. This problem is especially acute for the Chesapeake’s fish and crabs.

Dr. Beth McGee, CBF’s Director of Science and Agricultural Policy, has this to say about this year’s Bay program prediction. “The Bay is trending in the right overall direction, but it still has a long way to go—a hill made much steeper due to climate change.

And again this year, large portions of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers will have insufficient oxygen to support a healthy ecosystem…EPA must hold the states, especially Pennsylvania, accountable to meet pollution reduction requirements from all sources.

Without those state and federal efforts, the Chesapeake [pollution diet] will be yet another in the history of failed Bay restoration efforts. We’ve learned what it takes to restore the Chesapeake’s health. We just have to keep the pedal to the metal.”

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Waterman Luke McFadden breaks down the crabbing life for millions on TikTok. Photo: Cheryl Costello.

WATERMAN HITS 1 MILLION TIKTOK FOLLOWERS

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26-year-old Pasadena waterman has amassed more than a million fans from around the world—all on the video-sharing platform TikTok. How did Luke McFadden get so internet-famous? He started making videos of the crabbing life, teaching people where their seafood comes from in an easy-to-understand format. Bay Bulletin caught up with him at his crab-selling business on a busy 4th of July weekend.

McFadden has been crabbing since he graduated from Chesapeake High School in Pasadena—rain or shine.

He catches the crabs and checks them before he sells them. “We squeeze the crabs,” he shows us. “You push on the shell and if it’s got no give to it, that crab is as full of meat as he’s ever going to get.”

About a year ago, McFadden started creating videos from TikTok to show people the hard work it takes to make a living crabbing.

“People are just really disconnected from their food, you know? People don’t really understand how a crab like this goes from the water to their table,” McFadden says. “And you hear people whine about the price of crabs and stuff a lot, but people have no idea what it really takes to catch these crabs and really bring a true, wild-caught Maryland crab to your table.”

It takes a lot of hours. McFadden calls it “dark-to-dark work”.

“I get up at 4:30 every day, leave the house by 5, and we meet at the boat by 5:30…And then we haul gear, depending on where the gear is. We have eight hours after sunrise to work and haul gear. Then we get back, I go through the crabs, I put them all in the refrigerator, I put orders together throughout the week. I have to get bait and fuel for the next day. I gotta fix anything on the boat that’s broken.”

You get the idea.

McFadden catches crabs Monday through Friday and sells at his stand, Bodkin Point Seafood, Friday through Sunday, but he’s always available for call-in orders.

He bought the land for his crab stand off East Furnace Branch Road in Glen Burnie so he could sell directly to customers. Former banker Barb Lewis helped him through the process, joking that she was his “bank mom.”

“I knew him when he was struggling to sell crabs to businesses and then he came in one day and said, ‘What do you think about me buying a piece of property?’ and I told him it was a great idea and a great location,” Lewis recalls.

On the day we visited, customer Ruby Dumesh showed up to McFadden’s stand to support the local business.

“This is hard work to me. Crabbing is not easy. And for him to do something like this, you have to have a passion for it,” Dumesh said.

McFadden’s passion is working the water—and learning everyday. “I couldn’t stand school. I was a horrible student,” he says. “But I love to learn… and I like to learn things I’m interested in. So I make TikToks that I would want to watch, explained in a way that I would understand it.”

In one video with 1.7 million views, McFadden shows how he cuts a crab crate to make it easier to close the lid.

In others, he shows off wildlife discovered around Bodkin Creek near the mouth of the Patapsco River, like dolphins and rays.

His videos resonate. McFadden says he sells Bodkin Point Seafood swag to people from all over the world. “I ship stuff to Canada, I ship it to Alaska, I’ve shipped it to Australia, I’ve even shipped it to Malaysia before,” he says.

McFadden sold out of crabs over the holiday weekend, giving him some time off before he got back on the water and back online—to give us a firsthand lesson on what it takes to be a waterman.

“From the boat to your throat, there’s a lot that goes into that,” McFadden quips.

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St. Mary’s County received $1.93M for restoration work at the Piney Point Lighthouse site. Photo: Michaila Shahan.

$1.9M Marked for Piney Point Project

BY MICHAILA SHAHAN

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proposed restoration project in St. Mary’s County got a major boost from the federal government recently.

On June 7, Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, with Rep. Steny Hoyer, announced that $1.93 million will be available to fund a restoration project at the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park, which sits on the shore of the Potomac River, overlooking the coastline and St. George Island.

The funding comes from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which hopes to reduce damage done by “extreme weather patterns, causing severe storms, and flooding,” said Hoyer. This funding comes from the Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund and will be directed to the St. Mary’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation.

The lighthouse property has suffered over the years from shoreline erosion.

“The banks and shoreline area of the Piney Point Museum have been eroding significantly, resulting in 20 feet of the beach having been lost,” stated Van Hollen in a news release.

The property was purchased by the government in 1835 and consists of a 6-acre park along the western end of St. Mary’s County with views of the river, along with a kayak launch and the 1836 conical, 35-foot-tall lighthouse. A log canoe, a 67-foot skipjack, an 85-foot bugeye and a Potomac River dory boat can be found in an exhibit on watermen at the site. In the 19th to early 20th century, Presidents Franklin Pierce and Theodore Roosevelt vacationed at Piney Point, with President James Monroe’s cottage on the location becoming known as “the summer White House,” according to the park.

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man submarine, which lies just offshore in an area designated as the state’s first Historic Shipwreck Dive Preserve.

Restoration efforts, which began in 1990, are now well on their way to what Van Hollen says is a project for the “preservation of our local treasures.”

The $1.9 million (along with $132,730 from the county) “will provide a resilient and functional shoreline to the community and construct approximately 1,100 feet of living shoreline,” he says. The shoreline restoration project promises that 0.63 acres of tidal wetlands will be enhanced.

During the summer months, visitors can spot ospreys nesting along Piney Point’s waterline, which is teeming with small fish, from views on the pier and, the surrounding boardwalk.

Hoyer says the funds will “make our communities more durable to the impacts of a warming climate, recover faster from damages brought by climate change, and protect our precious wildlife.”

“This grant will help stem the erosion that increasingly threatens one of Southern Maryland’s most recognizable sites and important cultural hubs, ensuring that future generations of local residents and visitors have the opportunity to experience the unique Piney Point Lighthouse and Museum,” Cardin stated.

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater welcomed the public to the new visitor center housed in the Woodlawn House, the oldest in-place building in its collection. Lonnie Bunch (center), the Secretary of the Smithsonian, cut the ribbon at the opening last week, as (left to right) Christine Dunham, Rob Wilcox, Jim Gibbs and Tuck Hines (far right) look on. Photo: Noah Hale.

Historic Smithsonian House Opens to Public

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n old house is now the newest part of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) property in Edgewater. Woodlawn, as the building is now known, was built in 1735 for tobacco planter William Sellman and his family, one of the first European families to arrive in the colony of Maryland.

It is now the oldest in-place building in the Smithsonian collection.

Over the centuries, the home has undergone some drastic changes. In the

1800s, a grand three-story wing was added to the original building; in the energy crisis of the 1970s, a passive solar wing was added by the Kirkpatrick-Howat family that lived there. The Smithsonian acquired the nearby Contee Farm in 2008 and then expanded to the Sellman Farm two years later, hastening the creation of an official archaeology lab. Since then the plantation has been of great archaeological interest.

Now, Woodlawn will serve both as a welcome center and a museum for guests curious about the colonial home’s rich history and its connection to our life today.

The connection is more than history— it’s alive, says SERC Director Anson “Tuck” Hines. “[T]his program relies on volunteer citizen scientists who have

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been piecing together a fabric of place and time that is entirely local, that forms the quilt of the American context today.”

Despite being almost 300 years old, there are still many living descendants of the families who lived and worked at the home. Two siblings who were the grandchildren of the last woman who lived there remember stories from the times.

Their aunt would share her opinion of the changing times with them. “I remember talking to my Aunt Vicky about the transitions she saw from the 19th century to the 20th century—she couldn’t believe the advent of the automobile,” said one of the grandchildren. “She thought it was a loud, ugly machine.”

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Dredge the breasts in the flour, the buttermilk, and then the flour again.

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Lyndra Marshall (née Pratt), recalls how her mother shared family history with her. “I became the family historian as a child, so I had been doing this work for almost 60 years,” said Marshall.

“When I was told about the (Woodlawn) project, someone had said that they heard my mother was a Sellman and I said, ‘Well, I guess I have to join the project.’”

Now Marshall has become the go-to genealogist for the exhibit as well as a researcher, focusing on the stories of the enslaved African Americans who worked on the farm. “As a child, I wanted to know who we were, who we were connected to, and why there was this divide between the different ethnic groups. I also wanted to know where the African American side came from.”

An all-volunteer team of citizen scientists and archaeologists have gathered stories as well as artifacts to create a picture of what life was like at Woodlawn.

Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the first African American and historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian, recognized that the exhibit was built in large part by people like Lyndra who can remember. “[W]e are only able to tell this story because of people like you,” he remarked.

The Woodlawn House Visitor Center is open every Saturday, 10am to 12:30pm: https://serc.si.edu/.

Key Lime Pie was the final treat on a Culinary Quest in Solomons. Photo: Michaila Shahan.

Experience Solomons On a Culinary Quest

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tarting from the historical sign on Solomons Island Road, I embarked on a cultural, food-destined, historical expedition last weekend.

It was a Culinary Quest, a creation of Gwyn Novak, chef and owner of No Thyme to Cook in Solomons. Novak has recently begun offering these self-guided tours, leading visitors and locals on a tasty scavenger hunt with clues and riddles to “discover” the next location and assemble a meal along the way. It’s a miniature foodie adventure around the island in search of your day’s lunch, with some help from an app you download to your smartphone.

Blending local fare and historical facts together, participants pick up multiple lunch items as they visit significant landmarks on the island, hopefully learning a bit along the way.

Opening up the app on a late Sunday morning and prepared with tennis shoes to walk the 1¼ mile quest, I began by reading about an early bridge that separated Solomons from the Avondale mainland, followed by a couple of hints for my first restaurant stop.

After answering a word-scramble riddle correctly, I headed over to pick up a takeout bag of Maryland crab dip with oven-baked bread. Sitting with my appetizer on one of the white benches along the riverwalk, overlooking the Patuxent, and feeling a light breeze on this rare 70-degree day, I was surprised to learn that Solomons once anticipated a James Adams Floating Theatre in the early 20th century.

My visions of the island’s past expanded even more after tapping the “next” button, when I was directed to a scenic route around the island, down less busy streets and out onto roads with unobstructed views of the Bay meeting the river.

The app informed me of long-gone but important steamboats on the wharf, big scientific discoveries in places I walked by, and some little-known facts about the Naval Air Station visible on the other side of the river.

With some new-found appreciation for the land I walked on, I filled out another riddle to win my next piece of lunch: a chicken salad. No ordinary mix of lettuce and meat, this wrap came with little, bursting pieces of mandarin oranges, cucumbers, goat cheese, and a garnish of fennel and vinaigrette (also available in

croissant form).

One last riddle solved and I found myself enjoying the trip’s finale with a serving of dessert and a VIP view of Back Creek. As I dug into a soft key lime pie mousse, nearly so light that I couldn’t feel its weight on the plastic fork, I looked out over the wharf to take in a view of the numerous colorful boats dotting the shoreline as they bobbed below the massive visiting tall ship Kalmar Nyckel.

This entire experience was inspired by a trip Novak once took to Georgetown on a similar culinary quest. She told her chefs, “We could so do this in Solomons,” and began a program that packaged both the urban idea of culinary experiences and a local history lesson of Solomons’ past into one.

Culinary Quests take place Fridays through Sundays on the first and third weekend of every month until October.

The items I chose are just one option of many; restaurants participating in the Quest offer special, secret menus with multiple choices, and tickets cover all food expenses.

Novak is collaborating with area restaurants, the Calvert Marine Museum and Richard J. Dodd’s book Solomons Island and Vicinity: An Illustrated History. Novak’s quests aim to offer “the full experience...the whole community working together.” They provide not only a fun adventure, but a lasting memory and appreciation for a delicious culture.

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n June 28, members and staff of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum welcomed guests to a special rededication ceremony. It was a big day for the little museum; after more than a year and a half of meticulous renovations, the museum was ready to welcome visitors again.

Before its make-over, the museum was sometimes referred to as an “attic” (or as “grandma’s attic” if you were a little more fond) because of the previous arrangement of the different artifacts.

“The way we had our exhibit set up before, we had so much stuff ... there was no rhyme or reason to it, so we decided to go ahead and put some semblance of order here” said staff member Correine Moore.

Now, the museum is modern and tidy.

Some of the additions, such as the new QR codes printed beside the captioned plaques, put the various items in context within the 21st century. Visitors can use their smartphone’s camera to scan them and learn more about the corresponding railway-related heirlooms that have been passed down through generations. These include postcards, old-fashioned bathing suits, antique beach toys, and a wooden carousel horse, just to name a few. Most of these have recordings to go along with them, and many of these recordings were made by people who are still members of the museum today. There were more than a few voice actors who were related to active participants of the railway when it was in operation from 1898 to 1935—grandmothers and grandfathers, mothers and fathers,

workers and passengers. It’s a testament to the importance of the museum today. “[A] train station is more than schedules and more than just a building; it’s a destination unto itself, and it’s a holder of memories,” said Joanie Kilmon, who serves on the Friends of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Board of Directors.

The renovations were made possible by a grant from the Maryland Historical Trust. “This museum plays an important role in the history of Chesapeake Beach and Calvert County,” said county Commissioner Earl Vance. “We are filled with immense pride to be able to help keep our county’s history alive.”

The railway was meant to make this part of the Chesapeake “an American Monte Carlo” according to one of the museum’s plaques. It didn’t turn out that way. The beach town responded negatively to the plan and so the investors decided to make Chesapeake Beach a family friendly vacation spot.

As curator Jeff Murray said, “[T]hey built a community that thrived on tourism. It’s a wonderful story, and it’s one that I think will resonate with audiences near and far, now and into the future.”

It’s a hidden gem of a museum.

There’s something for everyone, and if you didn’t like trains before, you’ll most likely leave with a better appreciation for them after hearing so many passionate people talk and reminisce about this old train station.

The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum is open from 1-4 p.m. from April to October. p Learn more at chesapeakebeachrailwaymuseum.com.

BUY LOCAL, EAT LOCAL Are you up for the challenge?

BY CHELSEA HARRISON

BUY LOCAL CHALLENGE

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re you ready for another challenge?

July 22 through 31 marks the 15th Annual Buy Local Challenge, sponsored by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC). During the Buy Local Challenge (BLC) week, participants are encouraged to purchase food and goods from local farms, farmers markets, farm stands, wineries, grocers, makers, and markets that stock genuine local products.

Participants can pledge their support for the BLC on the event’s website, buylocalchallenge.com, which also enters you into the drawing for a prize pack. SMADC is also sponsoring a photo contest; 10 winning photos shared on Facebook or Instagram that are tagged #BuyLocalChallenge will be selected to win an insulated totebag.

ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE? We want to see all the creative dishes you come up with using your local Maryland products.

Send us your recipe and a picture of your dish using (mostly) Maryland raised, harvested, or made products and we will share them on our social media pages. Be sure to tag the farms or vendors where you got your Marylandmade products!

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ERE’S A FUN summer taste test: buy two tomatoes, one from your local farmers market or farm stand and one from a chain grocery store. I bet you won’t have any trouble telling them apart; the local Maryland tomato is bright red, it feels heavy with the weight of its own juice, it might even have a few tell-tale bumps or splits from its journey from seed to

soil to sun to you. This tomato has lived a little.

The grocery store tomato, on the other hand, is a nauseated not-quitepink-or-red. It is lighter and while it may be free of bumps or blemishes, it has no character, no pride, no sun-ripened glory. And all this is just from looking at them. I don’t think I have to tell you what happens when you taste

them—there is no comparison. It’s as if they are different species.

Buying fresh, locally produced food can make all the difference, especially for summer crops that Maryland is famous for like corn and tomatoes. As the “locavore” (eating all or mostly locally-grown foods) movement has taught us, buying local is best—for local economies, for taste, and often, for your wallet.

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Severna Park Farmers Market Instagram

BUY LOCAL EVENTS

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everal local events help celebrate the Buy Local Challenge this year.

To kick off BLC Week, the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC) and Arundel Ag are hosting Arundel Grown—A Farm to Table Tasting at Great Frogs Winery on Wednesday, July 20 (5-8pm). The tickets range from $30 (for producers) to $60 (general public) and includes a 100-percent locally-sourced meal including Herb-Marinated Flank Steak, Asparagus & Haricot Verts with Herb Dip, Eggplant Caviar on French Bread Toast, Maryland Crab Cocktail, Rockfish Bites with Remoulade Sauce, and much more, as well as two glasses of Great Frogs wine included with ticket purchase (additional wine available for purchase.)

The Arundel Grown event has the added twist of being a networking event, where vendors and producers can connect with hospitality and restaurant industry buyers. Producers and buyers will also receive a contact list of all industry attendees for follow-up contact after the event.

SMADC ‘s Buy Local Challenge 15th Anniversary Celebration will close out the week. This event will be held, rain or shine, on Monday, August 1, from 5:00-9:00 pm at Serenity Farms in Charles County. The event is free and open to all who pre-register for tickets.

(There is a limit of 1,000 tickets, and they are available online now.)

The farmers market-style event features 50 local farms and artisans, selling everything from Crabby Corn popcorn to botanical jewelry to farm fresh produce and flowers. FLYT featuring Ryan Forrester will provide live music. The event will also feature food trucks and activities for the whole family such as carriage rides from the Suttler Post Clydesdales, pony rides, a petting pen, and local meat and oyster tastings. The first 900 guests will receive a Buy Local insulated tote, and all guests will be entered into the free raffle with prizes donated by vendors.

Serenity Farms is excited to be hosting the event for the first time. “We are proud to host this amazing event,” says co-owner Franklin Robinson.

“As a farming family that has been in Southern Maryland since the 1700s, we are totally committed to not only selling and promoting local meats and produce to our neighbors, but we are also committed to inviting the public in to see a real working farm. We think it is very important to make the larger population aware of the farm culture of Maryland as a whole but specifically of

LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

PINEY ORCHARD FARMERS MARKET Piney Orchard Community & Visitors Center Stream

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FARMERS’ MARKET

Valley Drive off Rt. 170, Odenton

Riva Rd. & Harry S. Truman Pkwy, Annapolis

Wednesdays, 2pm—6pm; June 1–October 26th

Wednesdays, 4pm—7pm; May 4—Thanksgiving Saturdays, 7am—12pm; April 2—December 24

SEVERNA PARK FARMERS MARKET

Sundays, 10am—1pm; Yyear-round

Ritchie Hwy (Rt. 2) & Jones Station Rd. Saturdays, 8am—12pm; April 30–October 29

CROFTON FARMERS MARKET St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church,

SOCO FARMERS MARKET

1800 Seton Dr., Crofton

Deale Library, 5940 Deale Churchton Rd.

Wednesdays, 3pm—7pm; May 5—October 27

Thursdays, 3pm—7pm; April 14–December 22

GLEN BURNIE FARMERS MARKET

CALVERT COUNTY

Town Center, 101 Crain Hwy. N, Glen Burnie

CALVERT COUNTY FARMERS MARKET—PRINCE FREDERICK

Thursdays, 4pm—7pm; June 2–September 29

CalvertHealth Medical Center 130 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678

HONEY’S HARVEST FARMERS MARKET

Tuesdays, 2:30pm—6:30pm; April 26—November 22

Honey’s Harvest Farm, 5801 Brooks Woods Rd.,

CALVERT COUNTY FARMERS MARKET - LUSBY

First Sunday of every month: 11am - 3pm

Sneade’s Ace Home Center 11861 HG Trueman Road, Lusby, MD 20657

LUMINIS HEALTH (ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER)

Saturdays, 9am–2pm; May 15–October 23

Anne Arundel Medical Center 2001 Medical Parkway,

CALVERT COUNTY FARMERS MARKET - DUNKIRK

Annapolis

Dunkirk District Park

Fridays, 10:30am—1:30pm; July 1–October 29

10750 Southern Maryland Blvd., Dunkirk, MD 20754 Thursdays, 3pm-7pm; April 29—October 19

MAYO FARMERS MARKET Wild Kid Acres LLC, 731 Central Avenue, East,

NORTH BEACH FARMERS MARKET

Edgewater

Senior Center Parking Lot, 9010 Chesapeake Avenue

Saturdays, Once per month

Saturdays, 8am–11am, May 1—September 25

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Southern Maryland.”

While the SMADC events have been going strong for years, other local groups have joined in on the fun, including Maryland governors. “The Buy Local Challenge Week originated from SMADC 15 years ago, and then the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Governor’s Office joined in as well,” explains SMADC Director Shelby Watson-Hampton. “It’s an annual collaborative effort to celebrate Maryland’s local farmers, producers, and small businesses.”

Both former Governor Martin O’Malley and the current Governor Hogan have hosted kick-off events for Buy Local Week in the past, and while those events were on a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the tradition resumes this year. The 2022 Governor’s Buy Local Picnic will be held at the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

The invitation-only event includes farmers, producers, and agricultural supporters from all over the state.

WHY BUY LOCAL?

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uying local is obviously a great way to support local businesses and farmers, and there are many other benefits consumers may not realize.

“Buying local is important to farmers because it sustains us. Agriculture, in this region especially, has grown from predominately a tobacco monoculture to a diversified farming culture including production of local meats and produce, agritourism, wineries, and distilleries. Farmers need local dollars and customers to survive and the public needs to be aware of this and hopefully support us,” says Robinson of Serenity Farms.

Buying local is better for the environment because it requires less fuel to transport the food, resulting in less pollution. Local food also tastes better and is better for you; food is at its peak flavor within a day or two of being picked, and also retains more of its nu-

trients the more recently it has been picked.

Professional chefs often tout their preference for working with in-season, locally-grown ingredients. Celebrity chef Michael Symon said, in an interview with TribLive, “For me, going to farmers markets or my local green grocer is half the fun. I get inspired by the huge variety of familiar and unfamiliar ingredients. I come up with new dishes in my head and then rush to my kitchen to try them out.”

Supporting local farmers and vendors by buying directly helps them receive the most profit for their work, which they in turn spend in local economies, reinvesting in the community.

David and Vicki Haberkorn own and operate Morris Hill Farm in Tracy’s Landing. They primarily sell their products through farmers markets.

David Haberkorn describes the rewarding relationship between vendors and customers built every week at the markets. “I have people that stop by every week, even if they don’t need anything, just to say hi…those faces that I see every week become friends.”

Haberkorn also describes how buying locally-sourced products from small businesses also helps consumers know where their food is coming from. “The majority of local farmers in this area, we put husbandry of the animals first, we take better care of them…when you circle back to it, you can’t buy chicken or pork as good as ours in any store.

The eggs are actually fresh this week.

[Chain grocery stores] do not replicate that, it’s just not the same. When you support local farms, there is nothing bad about it.”

FARMERS MARKETS: YOUR ONE STOP SHOP

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f buying local is not a habit for you and you want to participate in BLC this year, visiting your local farmers market can be a great start. Many

TIPS FOR THE FARMERS MARKET • Bring cash. Not all vendors accept credit card payments and when they do, they are often paying fees associated with credit card processing, therefore lowering their overall profits.

• Bring your reusable bags or produce bags. It never hurts to be eco-friendly on your market trip, and again, vendors are paying for the plastic bags they distribute, so save them some hassle and forego the plastic.

• If you’re going to haggle, do it at the end of the day. Some vendors don’t haggle, as they may already be putting their best prices forward, and that is their prerogative not to haggle.

But when the market is closing up, vendors may want to avoid having a lot of stock left and may give some great deals.

• Get there early for best selection. Popular or short-season crops like strawberries and peaches may sell out quickly (or at the Severna Park Farmers Market, those luscious little pão de queijo at Vera’s Bakery).

Kara Brown

Minding Her Beeswax STORY AND PHOTOS BY NOAH HALE

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he may not be pulling seafood from the Bay to sustain herself, but Kara Brown depends on another Chesapeake species for her livelihood.

Brown is the founder of WaxingKara and owner of a lavender farm and three apiaries (Baltimore, Centreville, and Kent Island) where her bees are always busy. And it’s not just honey that they’re working on—Brown uses them for natural skin care products, candles, and most importantly, art.

Hers is a unique business plan that began as a way to bring art back into her life. Painting had always been her passion and hobby, and after working for years in the technology sector she wanted to be able to paint again. That’s when her friend told her about encaustic, a special paint made out of beeswax, tree resin and pigment.

To get a better idea of what this waxy art was all about and how it led to a multiplex beekeeping business, I visited Brown at her home on Chesterhaven Beach Farm in Kent Island.

Brown showed me her art studio—a well-lit, polished loft. “There’s never a time that I’m in here and working that I’m not exploring new things that I never knew before,” she said. “That keeps me young.” She was holding a blowtorch to a small square canvas that she had been working on and I slowly watched the encaustic melt and drip in different patterns. It was a black-and-white abstract, but the way she was torching and scraping at the waxy surface made it look magical. I’d never seen anything quite like it.

She told me how another beekeeper, Dale Large, had acted as her mentor when she first started raising honeybees. “I started raising bees because I didn’t know any better. I was only interested in beeswax.” But after learning more about beekeeping from Large and others, she realized how the bees could be appreciated in many other ways.

When she isn’t making art, she might be lifting 100-pound boxes in the lavender fields or inspecting her colonies’ health. No matter what, her artwork and her fieldwork have become mutually beneficial. “I feel like I’m doing something good, and like I’m going to leave the planet a little better than I found it,” she said.

She also told me how much she likes working with young people and has been considering leading workshops for people to learn encaustic painting. Brown has recently recruited a student biologist to help her assess her bee colonies, and looks forward to getting more students involved in her apiaries. “Pollinators are your friends,” she wants people to know. “You should support them however you can.”

Find Kara Brown's products at her store in Owings Mills or visit her website at shop.waxingkara.com.

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Harvest House on Serenity Farms.

Photo: Franklin A. Robinson Jr.

BUY LOCAL, EAT LOCAL farmers markets are not just fruits and vegetables. It is certainly possible to source a week’s worth of meal ideas from a single market.

Visiting farmers markets is also a fun, wholesome activity for families, and vendors are friendly and helpful in answering questions about their products. Markets often have live music, demonstrations, food trucks, product sampling, and other activities that make a local shopping trip into an experience rather than an errand.

The Haberkorns sell their Morris Hill Farm eggs, chicken, and pork products weekly at Severna Park Farmers Market, Honey’s Harvest Farmers Market, and Anne Arundel County Farmers Markets. David notes that markets are often the highlight of their week.

“Farming is not easy work so when you actually get to see somebody that appreciates what we’re doing, it’s uplifting for us….Besides family time, it’s the highlight of what we do.”

Need some more ideas on where to purchase your locally-produced food for BLC week? SMADC has you covered with their So. Md, So Good: Buy Local Guides on their website. Covering Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties, these guides not only cover all farmers markets but also farm stores/ stands and CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture). Why not make a week of it and see how many you can visit during BLC week?

Whatever your dietary preferences– carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore– we can all be locavores. Don’t forget to submit your pledge on the Buy Local Challenge website before July 22, and who knows? Maybe you’ll be inspired to continue your local buying into the rest of the summer. Your tastebuds… and farmers…will thank you. p

FARMERS MARKET SAMPLE MENU

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his sample meal menu is based on vendors at the Severna

Corn on the cob (Zahradka Farm)

Park Farmers Market but could easily be replicated at

Quick-pickle cucumber & onion salad (Zahradka Farm)

your local market. This is a great menu for having some

(Thinly slice 2 cucumbers and 1 onion, add to pickling liquid

friends over for a cookout!

of 1 part vinegar, 2 parts water, mix in 1 tsp sugar, salt and

Appetizer/Snacks:

pepper to taste, marinate for 30 min. or more in the fridge.)

Pão de queijo (a.k.a. “cheese balls”) (Vera’s Bakery) Crab Delights (Pampered Crab) Crabby Chip Pickles (Ville’s Dills) Cheese Plate with a variety of cheeses (My Nana’s Kitchen) Main Dish: Mixed Grill: Sweet & Hot Italian Sausages, Chicken Thighs, Chicken Breasts (Morris Hill Farms) Sides: Sliced watermelon (Hochmuth Farm)

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Brioche rolls (The Breadery) Dessert: Baltimore Bomb Pie is a pie made with (also locally made) Berger Cookies (Dangerously Delicious Pies) …And For Ambiance: A colorful bouquet or two of locally-grown flowers (Joyce’s Flowers) “Oh My Garden” Hand-poured small batch soy candle (Evie & Park)…smells just like a tomato (the legit kind)

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

See classic cars on display on the rooftop. 4-9pm, Rod ‘N’ Reel Parking Garage, Chesapeake Beach, free: 410535-1933.

July 8: Rooftop Car Show

Annmarie After Hours Enjoy extended hours in the garden celebrating the opening of Art Blooms, plus live music by the Ravita Jazz Duo and cash bar. 5-8pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, $10: AnnmarieGarden.org.

City Dock Summer Series City Dock Tango. 6-9pm, Susan Campbell Park, Annapolis, Facebook @ AiPPCAnnapolis.

Goshen Summer Concerts Tim Kurtzberg and Apollo’s Envy; bring lawn seating. 6:30-8:30pm, Goshen Farm, Cape St. Claire, free: goshenfarm.org.

River Concert Series The Chesapeake Orchestra features the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pastoral England and the Surrounding Sea, with guest conductor Larry Vote.

7pm, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, free: smcm.edu/river-concert.

THURSDAY JULY 7

JULY 7 THRU 23

Completely Unchained

As You Like it

See the ultimate Van Halen tribute band. 7pm, Rod ‘N’ Reel Resort, Chesapeake Beach, $15-$25, RSVP: rnrresortmd.com.

Classic Theatre of Maryland presents one of the Bard’s most beloved comedies about flirtation, friendship and mistaken identities. Director Sally Boyett sets the production in the 1930s in the Cumberland Gap region of the Appalachians, with nostalgic bluegrass music performed by the cast, an ensemble of eight seasoned professional actors in a new outdoor venue, the historic Gresham Estate, featuring convenient parking, a drink pavilion, and a comfortable sloped lawn for picnicking and great viewing. ThFSaSu 7:30pm, Gresham Estate, Edgewater, $55 w/discounts lawn seating, $68 VIP seating, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

Library Family Night Learn about visiting Battle Creek Cypress Swamp. 7-8pm, Fairview Branch Library, Owings, RSVP: CalvertLibrary.info.

Tides & Tunes Dublin 5 performs; bring lawn seating; no coolers. 7-8:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Eastport, $10 donation: amaritime.org.

The Way Down Wanderers in Concert 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $20, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

FRIDAY JULY 8

KIDS Summertime Blues Get a hands-on blue crab education

on the William B. Tennison (ages 8-12).

10-11am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $20 (one child w/ adult), RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Family Friendly Fridays Friends from the Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Lab visit to talk about the work oysters do to clean waterways. 10am-noon, Historic Sotterley, Hollywood, $5 w/discounts: Sotterley.org.

KIDS Butterflies & Moths Enjoy hands-on activities, games and crafts about butterflies and moths in this drop-in program. (Also July 9). 10am-noon, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel: 301-4975887.

KIDS Kids Kaboose Read stories and join other activities (ages 5-10). 10:30-11:30am, Bowie Railroad Museum, free: 301-809-3089.

Fridays at the Captain’s Lauren Silberman talks about her book, Wild Women of Maryland. 7-9pm, Captain Avery Museum, Shady Side, $15 w/discounts: captainaverymuseum.org.

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Owl & Kestrel

The ultimate Eagles experience.

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

Meet two of North America’s smallest birds of prey: the American kestrel and the eastern screech owl. 1:30-2pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel: 301-497-5887.

JULY 8 & 9

Sin & Scandal at St. Mary’s

Summer Breeze Tea

Take an award-winning and adults-only tour of the Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation to learn about subjects of a more “adult” nature (ages 18+). 5pm & 6:30pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $20 w/discounts, RSVP: donna.bird@maryland.gov.

2pm, Montpelier House Museum, Laurel, $31 w/discounts, RSVP: 301-377-7817.

Pollinator Garden Learn how to start your own backyard wildlife refuge with just a few native plants. 2-3pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301497-5887.

JULY 8 THRU 10

Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival

Music by Three of a Kind

This popular festival is known for July 9: Sharkfest! showcasing local culinary delicacies and renowned jazz talent. Festivities kick off with a reception at the Inn at Leonardtown, and a concert on the square with the Eric Byrd Trio, followed by an exclusive ticketed event, the All White mom, Delia, is making sure that everyAttire Summer Soiree at The Rex; Sat- thing is perfect. The groom is perfect, urday see music on the grounds of the the dress is perfect, and the decorations St. Clement’s Island Museum all day, (assuming they arrive) will be perfect. followed by a party at Brudergarten Then, like in any good farce, the doorbell in Leonardtown; Sunday hosts more rings and all hell breaks loose in this jazz themed activities including brunch, comedy written by Lewis Black and perwinery events and jazz cruises. Details: formed by Bowie Community Theatre.

PotomacJazzandSeafoodFestival.com.

FSa 8pm, Su 2pm, Bowie Playhouse, $22 w/discounts, RSVP: bctheatre.com.

Art Blooms Floral Exhibit

See over 25 floral designs inspired by works of art from the galleries.

The results are surprising, beautiful and provocative. Co-hosted by the Calvert Garden Club. F 10am-8pm, Sa 10am-5pm, Su 1-4pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, $5 suggested donation: annmariegarden.org.

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All Shook Up

SATURDAY JULY 9

Archaeology of the Patuxent River Join archaeologist Drew Webster for a paddling tour to learn about the archaeological and cultural history along the river; bring water, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, and wear closed-toe shoes that can get wet & muddy (ages 13+).

9am-1pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $25, RSVP: jugbay.org.

The music of Elvis comes alive in The Talent Machine’s summer youth show All Shook Up. Inspired by Shake- July 9 & 10: Revolutionary London Town speare’s Twelfth Night, All Shook Up follows a small Midwestern town that is thrown into a frenzy with the arrival of Chad, a good-looking, motorcycle-riding roustabout, who rides from town to town with a guitar on his back, blue suede shoes on his feet, and a song in his heart. All Shook Up is a rocking, heartwarming tale about following dreams, opening up to love, and the power of music. FSa 7:30pm, Su 2pm & 6:30pm, plus July 16 2pm, Pascal Center, AACC, Arnold, $20, RSVP: talentmachine.com.

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2-6pm, Skipper’s Pier Restaurant, Deale: threeofakindmusic.com.

John Hiatt & The Goners Sharkfest!

Celebrate all things shark: See live sharks in the Corbin Pavilion, learn fascinating sharktoids, examine evidence of prehistoric sharks, and take a picture in the life-size jaws of a Megalodon shark. 10am-5pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Grab & Go Fundraiser Enjoy a meal of chicken, baked beans, choice of potato salad or cole slaw, and bread; fundraiser benefits a widowed community member. 11am-1pm, South County Community Church, Shady Side, $10: 410-867-4777.

Oh He Dead in Concert 1pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $20, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com

Plus Sonny Landreth w/ Danny Burns.

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $105, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

JULY 9 & 10

Revolutionary London Town Experience the heady days of 1776 and join the people of London Town in exploring what “independence” really means.

Meet individuals from London Town’s past and discover what they thought of the Revolution. Listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, try your hand at some colonial crafts, and play tavern games in the newly restored William Brown House; the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Company and the Chesapeake Independent Blues provide black powder demos and give you a chance to enlist in the Continental Marines or the Militia. 10am-4pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, $10 w/ discounts: historiclondontown.org.

SUNDAY JULY 10

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

Paper, Ink and Quills Visit the reconstructed State House to learn the short history of paper, ink and the quill pen, and then try writing with these instruments. 11am, Historic St. Mary’s City, free w/admission ($10 w/ discounts): hsmcdigshistory.org

Opening Receptions See the Maryland Society of Portrait Painters All Members Exhibit in the Willow Gallery and the Reflections on Nature exhibit featuring ceramics and photography in the Garden Gallery. 1:303:30pm, Quiet Waters Park: fqwp.org.

BAY PLANNER Nancy Jajubowski, “Egret,” ceramics, Reflections On Nature, Garden Gallery.

July 10: Opening Receptions

The Best BYOB Boat Parties in Maryland!

Scott Sullivan, “The Red Parasol,” oil, Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Willow Gallery.

Architrex Walking Tour

Profs and Pints Annapolis

KIDS Family Story Time

Explore 300 years of architecture in historic Annapolis with an architectural historian during this varied and informative walking tour. 4-6pm, departs from Visitors Center Info Booth, City Dock, Annapolis, $22 w/ discounts, RSVP: annapolis.org.

Marine conservation biologist David Shiffman talks about sharks and shark conservation. 5:30pm, Trophy Room, Graduate Annapolis Hotel, $15 w/discounts, RSVP: profsandpints.com/Annapolis.

The library comes to the historic site for stories, songs and movement. 3pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, free: aacpl.net.

Astronomy Event

Meet the creative artists who display their work in the gallery at this reception. 5-7pm, Gallery 57 West, Annapolis: gallery57west.com.

DMG plays R&B. 7-8pm, Allen Pond Park, Bowie, free: cityofbowie.org.

Learn about infrared light and astronomy in a live webinar with experts and view the first images released from the James Webb Space Telescope, then join a star party to view celestial objects from the campus observatory. 5:307:30pm, Health and Life Science Building auditorium (HLSB 100), AACC, Arnold, free: daryl@thecookes.me.

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JULY 12, 14 & 16

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New Direction Community Theater holds auditions for its October production of the supernatural comedy Bell, Book and Candle; three men and two women will be cast. Tu 6:30pm, Southern Community Center, Lusby; Th 6:30pm, Prince Frederick Library; Sa 10am, Southern Community Center, Lusby: thompsonrinmd@gmail.com.

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KIDS I Spy Learn 18th century spy techniques in a role-playing hands-on mission for General Washington in this drop-in program (ages 6-12yrs). (Also July 13).

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KIDS Summer Adventure Days Learn about materials used by artists in the 17th century and how to create pigments from natural materials (ages 7-12). 9:30am-12:30pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $25 w/discounts, RSVP: donna.bird@maryland.gov.

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KIDS Experimental Archaeology Learn how Maryland’s first residents used their environmental to make tools, shelter, clothing, food and recreation (ages 7-12). 9:30am-12:30pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $25 w/discounts, RSVP: donna.bird@maryland.gov.

KIDS Sea Squirts Preschoolers (18mos-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of sharks. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

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PLAYGOER

BY MATTHEW LIPTAK

Top left: Emily Sergo as Alice Murphy in Bright Star. Top right: David Merrill (center) and the company perform a number from Bright Star. Bottom: Jake Schwartz and Ally Baca. Photos: Kristin Rigsby.

Annapolis Garden Theatre’s Bright Star

Production offers down-home story line with bluegrass tempo

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nnapolis Summer Garden Theatre’s production of the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical Bright Star offers theatergoers a heaping helping of bluegrass music and ballads with a story line that takes the audience to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, but which ultimately gets tied up in a happy Hollywood ending.

The second showing of the second production of this year’s season seemed tentative. The theater’s initial production of Rock of Ages was canceled after three weeks due to COVID-19. Yet, crowds gathered outside the theater Friday night for Bright Star, as storm clouds loomed and rain threatened the show. But the rain held off, and the hootenanny happened after all.

From the very beginning, the audience is treated to the powerful voice of Emily Sergo, who aptly plays Alice Murphy, the character Bright Star centers much of its attention on.

Sergo has played multiple roles in past ASGT productions, and Bright Star offers her a new opportunity to highlight her abundant talent.

Jake Schwartz, who plays Billy Cane, and David Merrill, who plays Jimmy Ray Dobbs, are also veteran ASGT actors. A capable cast supports them, some playing lovable characters, while other roles are downright dastardly.

It is directed by Jerry Vess, a native of Asheville, and no stranger to bluegrass.

The story begins as Billy comes home to rural North Carolina after WWII. The plot is tinged with sadness, as Billy learns his mother didn’t survive to see him again. But Billy, an up-and-coming writer, has a chance to become reacquainted with Margo

Crawford (Mallorie Stern), his childhood sweetheart who now runs the local bookstore.

But Billy has bigger things in mind.

Billy goes to the big city, determined to be published in the Asheville Southern Journal. There he meets the editor, Alice Murphy. And so a romantic, tragic, roller coaster of a story ensues.

A bluegrass band playing behind the main stage accompanies all of the action. The music’s tempo starts out reserved, but picks up speed as the first act unfolds. It appears as a challenging score at points for the local volunteer cast. They must try to deftly swing from dialogue that transitions into song accompanied by often up-tempo folksy music, and then transition back to just dialogue again. They do an effective job and the stage really comes alive, as does the music, when the whole ensemble joins together at three points in the play to perform together.

There are three shining points in the play—the couples’ dance, the bar scene, and the ending—which clearly show that this cast as a whole can be more than the sum of its parts.

As they gather to sing and dance to some of the play’s original music, the cast leaves the audience wanting more and propels the musical forward.

Which isn’t to say the play doesn’t go backwards. Bright Star uses the flashback scenes to gracefully reveal the heart of the story, making it easy to follow.

The conflict in the musical revolves around an unexpected, life-altering event in the relationship between Murphy and Dobbs, setting parents against children. All are ultimately

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haunted by its aftermath.

“How can trouble and happiness walk hand in hand?” Sergo’s character wonders.

Sergo’s character’s prophetic question seems to match our own. After two long, hard years of coping with the pandemic Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is up and running once again and picking up steam. The ASGT family was touched by loss, too, as it lost one of its most vital members, Sharon Cimaglia, in the fall of 2019. Cimaglia was vice president and director of the annual teen camp, and all-around helping hand. This year’s season is dedicated to her memory.

This season, and ASGT’s recovery, looks to be off to a strong start, if

the 100-plus members of the July 1 audience is any indicator. There was a general feeling of relief to be back in the theater that seemed to resonate in the crowd Friday night.

The first act strums along for about an hour and a half in total. Both the quality of the music and the dialogue of Bright Star really pick up the pace in the second act, which is less than an hour long.

Those attending happily chatted, and generously offered applause. When the show was over, many lingered outside the theater to socialize for a bit.

Bright Star runs until July 23. p ThFSaSu 8:30pm, plus W July 20, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, $27, RSVP: summergarden.com.

MOVIEGOER

BY DIANA BEECHENER

Pom Klementieff, Chris Pratt, and Chris Hemsworth, in Thor: Love and Thunder.

Thor: Love & Thunder

The god of thunder is back in this radical adventure IN THEATERS JULY 8

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fter saving the universe, losing his family, and the disastrous breakup of his relationship, Thor (Chris Hemsworth: Spiderhead) is left a little listless. He’s tagging along with The Guardians of the Galaxy, meditating, and single-handedly ending disputes with amazing displays of power and strength. And yet, it all feels a little… empty.

While Thor hunts for purpose, a man with a very clear purpose hunts for him. Forsaken by his gods and left to watch his daughter die, Gorr (Christian Bale: Ford v Ferrari) swore to avenge his family and all mortals. To do this, he allowed the Necrosword, a blade so powerful it can kill any god, to possess him. Now known as Gorr the

God Butcher, he cuts a swath through all the worlds, finally arriving at New Asgard, looking for Thor.

But there’s something Gorr hadn’t anticipated: There are two Thors who protect New Asgard. Thor is pretty shocked to discover this, too.

His old flame, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman: Lucy in the Sky), has somehow reassembled the pieces of Mjölnir (Thor’s hammer) and wields it with all the powers of Thor. Now, Thor must save New Asgard, stop Gorr, and face his ex. That’s a lot for a god going through a midlife crisis.

Fun, funny, and surprisingly thoughtful, Thor: Love & Thunder continues director Taika Waititi (Our Flag Means Death) streak of thrilling Marvel films. Waititi has a knack

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for sneaking touching moments into comedy, leaving this film with the emotional wallop of Mjölnir. Love & Thunder is clearly the start of another multi-film arc, and it’ll be interesting to see where Waititi leads Thor from here.

The true appeal of Waititi’s work is the blending of absurdist humor with sharp observations. Waititi’s sneaky ability to add heart to big-ticket Marvel features is still his greatest strength as a filmmaker. Thor: Ragnarok was secretly a reflection on colonialism, hidden under candy colors and rock music. On its surface, Thor: Love & Thunder is a bombastic ‘80s-themed romp filled with bright colors, gonzo action, and great jokes.

But dig a little deeper and underneath the neon colors and workout montages you’ll find a story about grief, coping, and finding meaning in life.

Waititi’s second greatest strength

might be visual styling. While much of the film has a bright and poppy 1980s look, there are some startlingly beautiful sequences. The Shadow Realm, for example, contains a stark and stunning action sequence shot mostly in black and white. There’s also a bit of gore (though it’s mostly in shadow), so be aware when taking little ones.

Waititi also has a great cast to rely upon to bring both pathos and humor to his story. Hemsworth is never better, getting a chance to stretch his dramatic muscles while flexing the ones he uses to beat up the baddies. He’s joined by his usual cohorts: the ever-wonderful King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson: Passing,) and the slightly blockheaded rock creature Korg (Waititi). The trio has dynamite chemistry and keeps the story moving and the laughs coming consistently. Even the villain, though he displays real menace, is basically a broken man driven to violence in understandable ways.

Portman, however, might be the star of this movie. Jane Foster has a large arc that is both emotional and empowering. While she and Hemsworth have struggled to create chemistry in the past, they work excellently here as star-crossed lovers. Portman also has an easy rapport with Thompson as Jane and Valkyrie have formed an effective team protecting New Asgard and they’re bemused by Thor’s attempts to reassert himself.

While I’ll try to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible, please stay through the credits for two stingers that expand the universe and conclude the story.

With a surprisingly nuanced plot, a cool visual style, and a running time that’s mercifully below 2.5 hours, this might be the best Marvel movie since Shang-Chi. If you’re in the market for a feel-good blockbuster that has some emotional heft, Thor: Love & Thunder is well worth the ticket.

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CREATURE FEATURE

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

A Visit to Bear Country

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his spring, I took a trip to the mountains of western Virginia. A friend of mine has a house at the bottom of several wooded hills. I probably walked at least 5 miles a day, exploring the hills and valleys of the area.

While taking these walks, I saw large rocks that had been flipped over or moved, logs that had been rolled over, and claw marks on the trunks of trees.

I was definitely in bear country.

On a walk with my friend, we went toward a scenic high spot where the boulders are larger than cars, but we stopped 30 yards short because there was fresh bear scat on the trail. The large boulders could potentially be a denning area, so we made loud noises and promptly left. I was not particularly anxious about the potential presence of bears but I did not want to accidentally corner one among the rocks.

Black bears are the only bears found in Maryland. They are abundant and widespread across the U.S. and can be found in the western part of the country living near the larger brown bear.

Black bears also live in Florida and the desert southwest.

Bears are common in the mountainous areas of Maryland and Virginia.

Property damage by bears is a common occurrence but physical attacks are rare. No fatal bear attacks are listed as having occurred in Virginia and just two attacks have occurred in the last 20 years in Maryland. The last

Property damage by bears is a common occurrence but physical attacks are rare. bear sighting that I could find in Anne Arundel County was in 2008 when an 18-month-old male roamed through the southern portion of the county and was eventually captured with a tranquilizer gun in Arbutus.

Maryland DNR estimates that there are about 2,000 adult black bears in Maryland. In 2020, DNR issued 950 bear hunting permits and 117 bears were killed. In 2021, 54 bears were harvested.

Bears are generally nocturnal but they have periods of high activity when they are more active during the day— making encounters with humans more likely. Both high activity periods have to do with food. In the spring, bears have just become active after hibernation. They have used up most of their body’s stored energy, in the form of body fat, and need to eat a lot to replenish it. During this time they are grazers and will eat flowers, spring grasses, dandelions, clover and other

A black bear at a wild animal rehab center. new growth, but it does take a lot to fill their protein needs. This is when we see bears leaving the woods and venturing into fields. Spring is also the time when the cubs leave the den to travel with their mothers. Even though the bear cubs are cute, they must be avoided, as a very protective mother will be nearby.

Cubs will stay with their mother for over a year, so it happens that spring is also the time that 16-month-old cubs are being pushed away by their mother and will start traveling to find welcoming territory, as was the case with the

GARDENING FOR HEALTH

STORY AND PHOTO BY MARIA PRICE

Plant Butterfly Weed for Pollinators

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utterfly weed, or Asclepias tuberosa, is one of the most strikingly beautiful native plants to me. A type of milkweed, it thrives in well-drained, dry, sandy— even gravelly—soils in full sun.

Milkweed is believed to have great medicinal powers and its scientific name indicates it was named after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing.

Pleurisy root is another name for the dried roots of butterfly weed. The roots cause a specific action on the lungs, assisting expectoration, subduing inflammation and exerting a general mild tonic effect on the system, making it valuable for all chest complaints. It is usually available as a tincture.

Butterfly weed grows to 12- to 36-inches tall, with bright orange to red-orange and even yellow flowers in upright flat clusters during the summer. Thanks to the ample rain we’ve had this spring, my butterfly weed has grown beautifully.

It is a popular flower thanks to its importance in the survival of the monarch butterfly. The female monarch butterfly lays her eggs, which look like

tiny white specks, on the underside of the leaves. When the eggs hatch, the larvae of the butterfly eat the foliage and other insects will feed on the nectar of the flowers.

Other pollinators like to visit butterfly weed. Many bees, wasps and beetle species visit for the nectar. Besides the monarch caterpillars feeding on the flowers and foliage, the milkweed leaf beetle feeds on them also. Large bees such as bumblebees snag the pollen sacks on their legs and carry them to other flowers where cross-pollination can occur. Leafcutter bees, sweat bees, small carpenter bees and cuckoo bees all feed on the nectar of butterfly weed.

Butterfly weed is easy to propagate from seeds collected in late summer as the fruit capsules split. Sow the seeds for spring germination or cold stratify them during the winter and sow them in the spring.

You can stratify them by sowing the seeds in a moistened medium and putting them flat in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for four to six weeks. Take them out into a 70-degree environment

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and germination should occur. When you collect the seed, make sure to disconnect the brown seeds from their silky parachutes.

“Gay butterflies” is a butterfly weed cultivar that flowers from early to late summer in a wide range of colors, including gold, orange, red and pink. p

young bear spotted in 2008 in Anne Arundel County.

In the summer, the bears are mostly nocturnal and are less often spotted during the day, but their garbage and bird feeder raids in the summer are well documented.

In the fall, bears are once again active during the day. It’s time for them to get ready for winter by adding fat. They are looking for a large volume of food and will be active day or night. Since the cubs will be less frail, there is less danger of having an encounter with a mother. This is also when activity around homes and camps increases again. A poor acorn season, such as in 2020, will cause bears to venture closer to humans and their food.

I have had several adventures into bear country and have been advised each time on how to handle close encounters. Bears are fast and will shift into predator mode if you turn your back and run. Run only if you can get to safety within a short distance.

I have been advised to back away but make yourself large and make lots of loud noise while doing so.

If you have bear spray don’t wait too long to use it and aim at the bear’s feet rather than above the bear. It is better to miss low than high—the mist will swirl off the ground and the bear will inhale it. Throwing rocks and having a big stick to jab at the bear helps. Jettison all food-like material: wrappers, gum, containers, soft drinks, etc. If you are attacked, the best thing to do is to play dead. A bear is likely to keep attacking if you fight back or struggle.

A woman in Frederick County who was attacked by a bear in 2020 was released once she went limp.

Bears are interesting to watch but do so from a distance. The National Forest Service and Yellowstone National Park recommend 100 yards as a safe minimum distance for viewing bears. Enjoy getting out in the wild but trade your selfie stick for a nice telephoto lens. p

SPORTING LIFE

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE Bass Pro Zoom Horny Toad lure, $4.99. Basspro.com.

Froggin’ the Lily Pads

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cast my line out into the tangled spread of floating, crowded lily pads and let the lure sit. After a long minute I give the surface frog just a twitch and pause. A few feet from the lure I notice some pads moving as something below eases through. Twitching the frog, I start it toward an open path in the thick surface blossoms and pause once more.

Then the water explodes underneath.

Waiting until I feel the weight of the fish, my line tightens and I rip back hard to drive the big bass hook past the frog’s body and into the largemouth’s jaw. Stung, the fish comes out of the water, high and sideways, landing violently in the midst of a dense lily pad tangle, pulling deep.

With my stout rod bent to the corks, I use the fish’s resistant mass to winch my canoe further into the pads, ever closer to the struggling beast. By the time I finally get to the devil it’s locked up solid below in the denseness of the vegetation. Cautiously sorting through the stalks, I finally got a glimpse of my frog; it was shiny with fish slime but all alone. Somehow the bass had given me the slip.

My heart was still thumping with energy as I sorted through the mess, reset the hook, and prepared another cast. I wasn’t sad at losing this round—frog fishing is like that. Lots of

excitement, lots of disappointment, but plenty of action. What’s not to like?

I still remember my very first experience with frog fishing, many years ago.

I had been fly-rodding around the lily pads for bluegills with small poppers and had fouled someone’s old line.

Pulling it into my canoe, I discovered it still had the lure attached, a soft plastic dark green horny toad, the first I had ever seen.

Curious, since I also had a 6-foot, light spin rod along, I put the horny toad on its 6-pound line and cast it toward the edge of the pads. BLAM: a big bass immediately attacked it. But luckily, due to my lightning fast reflexes, I pulled the frog right out of its jaws.

Thoroughly shaken, I moved a bit away into the next area of pads and tried again.

This time I waited until the bass began to swim off with the lure before I hit it. The fish surged away, hardly noticing the new resistance, though my rod was bent. When it did finally notice, it just spit out the frog and swam off.

I just didn’t have enough rod butt nor line strength to set that big hook.

But that didn’t deter me. Entranced by the bucketmouths’ eager appetite for the frog, I kept at it with surprisingly consistent results. The seventh bass was the charm, as the hook somehow

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took hold on this one and the fish was too small to smash my gear. I finally got one to the boat for release.

However, now my lucky frog was worn and torn to a frazzle and there was scarcely anything solid to hold the hook, so I went back to merrily popping for the bluegills. But I did not forget that experience.

The next weekend, armed with a stout casting rod and reel, 30-pound braid, a dozen fresh horny toads plus some floating surface frogs (horny toads are sub-surface) in various colors and with assorted models of frog hooks, I returned to the scene of my original crime.

I was soon to discover that big pickerel liked them as much as the bass though they were much harder on the baits. After a couple of hours of tearing up the lilies and the fish, and with sore

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Lots of excitement, lots of disappointment, but plenty of action.

What’s not to like? wrists and a rapidly dwindling lure supply, I conceded a unilateral—but only temporary—ceasefire.

With many more fish lost than boated, I still felt like it was an outstanding victory on my part. If you boat all of them it’s hardly a sport, and I had discovered an amazingly exciting way to tangle with the big locals. Areas I’d previously considered unfishable were suddenly prime habitat and I had another way to spend my days and my lure money. All in all, it was an excellent experience, definitely worth trying if you’re so inclined. p

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

BY THE EDITORS AT ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION Inexplicable Down at the Amarillo (Texas) Zoo, it isn’t the animal exhibits inside that are sparking excitement among the city’s residents. “In the dark and early morning hours” of May 21, the city reported in a June 8 news release, security cameras captured a mysterious creature outside the fence—part “person with a strange hat,” part “large coyote on its hind legs,” part “Chupacabra,” the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. “We just want to let the Amarillo community have some fun with this,” director of Parks and Recreation Michael Kashuba said, asking locals to weigh in with their ideas about what the Unidentified Amarillo Object—UAO—might be. “It is important to note that this entity was outside the Amarillo Zoo,” he added.

“There were no signs of criminal activity or vandalism.”

Special Delivery When Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to a crash on June 2, they found an SUV that had slammed into a FedEx truck, and it was quickly apparent what had caused the collision, WPLG-TV reported. Inside the SUV were a man and woman, both naked, and at the time of the crash, the woman was performing a sex act on the male driver, first responders reported. Two people in the FedEx truck sustained minor injuries; the male SUV driver had injuries to his “private area.”

Don’t Bug Me! During court proceedings on June 7 at the Albany City Court in New York, a defendant who started filming an arraignment was asked to stop, NBC New York reported. During the altercation that followed, a 34-year-old woman in the audience allegedly released hundreds of cockroaches from plastic containers into the courtroom, resulting in the courthouse being closed for the rest of the day for fumigation. “What transpired is not advocacy or activism, it is criminal behavior with the intent to disrupt a proceeding and cause damage,” noted a statement from the Office of Court Administration.

Gassed Reynold Gladu took over his gas station in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1973. But at least for now, he no longer sells fuel, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported on June 7. When his pumps ran dry this month, he didn’t refill them

because he can’t abide the prices. “I don’t want to be a part of it anymore,” he said. “This is the biggest rip-off that ever has happened to people in my lifetime.” His station will continue to do oil changes and other service, but, he said, “Enough is enough.” A spokesperson for ExxonMobil said prices are out of her company’s control, being “influenced by the price of crude and wholesale price of products which fluctuate according to demand and supply factors.” But Gladu isn’t buying it—“It seems like the oil industry is in this together”—or selling it.

Out of Commission A taxi in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, is out of service for the time being, NL Times reported on June 8, but not because it’s in need of repairs. In the Netherlands, seagulls are a protected species, and a pair of gulls has built a nest and laid an egg on the windshield of a parked taxi, right between the wipers. Before the egg was laid, employees tried to move the nest multiple times, but the pair kept returning and rebuilding it. Now, the taxi must stay put until the baby gull hatches and fledges. Hope that meter’s not running.

News That Sounds Like a Joke In what seems like an extraordinarily bad idea in the age of COVID-19, a restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, encourages patrons to enhance their food or drink by licking a dining room wall made of Himalayan rock salt, WLBT-TV reported on June 3. The head chef at The Mission restaurant brought in the rocks to improve the overall ambience and add a unique touch for customers enjoying tequila shots. For those who are squeamish about the germs, the rock salt reportedly has natural sanitary properties, but the restaurant staff also regularly wipe down the walls. I’ll have a beer, thanks.

The Great Escape Before Stephen Patterson of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, boarded a flight from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on June 3, he stopped for a drink in the airport bar and paid with a $100 bill, which was conveniently stamped with “for motion picture use only,” WPXI-TV reported. The cashier at the bar notified police officers, and they were waiting for Patterson on June 5 when he flew back into the airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. “He said that

the pants he was wearing were not his, and he found the $100 bill in the pocket, so he decided to just use it,” Park Police Chief Henry Fontana said. Patterson was arrested on felony charges.

What a Catch?

When Richard Kaser of Shelbyville, Indiana, took his friend Jon Hoop out fishing in the Ohio River on June 5, the hope was that Hoop would catch his first blue catfish, Fox 59 News reported.

And Hoop succeeded with the first fish he hauled in, though the fish’s stomach seemed unusually lumpy. Expecting to discover upon cutting it open that the catfish had swallowed another fish or perhaps a turtle, Kaser instead found a foam ball, part of a fish and ... a rather large sex toy. “When it came out, Jon, my wife and I started laughing,” Kaser recalled in a Facebook post. “My wife immediately covered my daughter’s eyes and turned her away from it.” No word on when Hoop’s next fishing outing will be, but it will be hard to top his first.

Say It, Don’t Spray It There’s a big difference between paying one’s respects and spraying one’s disrespect, and Laurie Lynn Hinds, 51, of Quitman, Texas, knows better than anyone. KLTV-7 reports that Hinds was arrested on June 5 and charged with state-jail abuse of a corpse for a November 2021 incident in which Hinds walked into a Tyler, Texas, funeral home, made her way directly to an open casket and spit on the corpse inside. A witness to the incident said Hinds was angry with the family of the deceased. Abuse of a corpse is a state-jail felony in Texas, punishable by six months to two years in a state jail and up to $10,000 in fines.

Lost and Found Daniel Hughes was kayaking recently in the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, when a bright yellow object tangled in debris on the riverbank caught his eye, KDKA-TV reported. Upon closer inspection, Hughes discovered that the object was a helmet—specifically a firefighter helmet with markings identifying it as property of the Franklin Park Fire Department in Pennsylvania, some 422 miles away. The helmet had an ID card still attached, and when Hughes shared photos to the Franklin Park FD Facebook page, Chief Bill Chicots got in touch and shared the whole story. “The helmet belonged to Dave Vodarick, he’s been a member of our fire department

since 1974; he lost the helmet during a water rescue in October 2019,” Chicots said. The rushing water failed to sweep Vodarick away three years ago, but it succeeded in ripping off his helmet, and efforts to find it had come up empty. The well-traveled helmet is set to return to Franklin Park, where it will be displayed in the fire department’s trophy case.

Better Late Than Never It’s not unheard of for a library to receive a late book return in the mail, but the package the Tooting Library in London received from Canada recently won’t be forgotten anytime soon. CBC News reported that the package contained a copy of the book “A Confederate General From Big Sur” by Richard Brautigan, a book that had last been checked out in 1974—making it approximately 48 years and 107 days overdue.

Efforts to track down and thank the borrower were successful, and Tony Spence, 72, a retired judge living in British Columbia, will be spared the late fees—not only the $7,618.10 that would be charged if the fines weren’t capped, but also the $10.50 maximum fine. “We’re pleased to have the book back in a condition good enough to return to the shelves, if we wanted, and under the circumstances we’re waiving the fines,” a statement from the library said. “We thank Mr. Spence for returning it and hope he enjoyed it.”

Least Competent Musician/Criminal Seriously. Ladesion Riley, 30, who raps under the name 213 Jugg god, was one of four people arrested in Nashville on June 6 for robbing an ATM technician as he serviced a machine at a Bank of America location, WZTV reported. Riley’s videos have appeared on YouTube, and his latest song is called “Make It Home.” It refers to ... you guessed it: robbing ATMs. Riley and his co-criminals are from Houston, so they’re facing federal charges and FBI scrutiny. Meanwhile, the Houston Police Officers’ Union mocked Riley on its Facebook page: “IRONY: When you make a rap song called ‘Make It Home’ about bank jugging and hitting atm’s out of state, and then don’t make it home to p Houston.”

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