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SERVING THE CHESAPEAKE SINCE 1993

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Underwater Grasses Rebound, Boat Explosion, Skipjack Builder Mourned, Bayways Ferry Crossing, Special Olympics Kayaking, Cofield Leaving London Town,, Cheers to AACPL page 3

CREATURE FEATURE: The American White Pelican

FEATURE: A Plastic-Free July

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Trash and Treasures

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’ve been thinking about trash. Specifically the Great Garbage Patch(es).

At first I was going to just mention the Pacific Garbage Patch, but turns out, there are at least five large floating islands of trash on our beautiful planet.

These garbage patches are made up of all kids of trash, but mostly plastic that gets smaller and smaller and mixes into the water column.

Our waste doesn’t disappear, it is transported by gyres (circulating ocean currents) out to sea where it accumulates and pollutes the water and sickens or kills marine life and birds. The images of these places are awful to see.

Now imagine that was our beloved Bay. As writer Chelsea Harrison says it, we have a complicated relationship with plastic. It’s a useful material, making life easier for a lot of people. But it is also making our planet and our wildlife suffer. It’s a balancing act that we humans have yet to figure out.

Harrison writes about Plastic Free July, a time to take stock of our use of materials that persist long after we are done with them. Maybe longer than our lifespans. Creating less waste, recycling and reusing materials can help keep the plastic from ever reaching our waterways.

The good news is that going plastic-free is possible, it doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing commitment—even just a small change counts.

I still struggle with my own use of plastic. I forget to bring my reusable bags to the store. I blank in that moment when I should refuse a plastic

YOUR SAY Eagle Scout Helps Camp Whippoorwill Mason W. Jones started his scouting journey in March of 2011. He joined Pack 712 in Debb Hollingshead’s den where he diligently worked through his Cub Scout ranks. During the summers he spent a week each year at the 4-Rivers Cub Scout Day Camp. After achieving the rank of Webelos II and receiving his Arrow of Light award, Mason was ready to move on to the next step in his scouting career.

Mason bridged into Troop 447 on March 1, 2015, with two of his den mates, Wyatt Newman and Trevor Kramer, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Jim Odom.

Mason, as a new member of the troop,

straw. It’s not that I don’t care; it’s just a habit I haven’t overcome. It takes intention to change these habits and I aim to improve. I challenge you to do the same.

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agle-eyed readers may have noticed some new names in the bylines here in the last couple of months.

Two of those names belong to our Chesapeake Bay Media inMichaila terns. We have been Shahan fortunate to host Noah Hale and Michaila Shahan this summer. Noah is a student at St. John’s College in Annapolis and Michaila is a junior at Regent University in Virginia Beach.

Not slighting Noah, I’m going to put the spotlight on Michaila today, as there’s something special happening in Calvert County right now that concerns her. From Aug. 3 until Aug. 11, Chesapeake Market Place and Auction House in St. Leonard is holding a special auction and donating a percentage of the proceeds to Michaila for her college fund.

Friends of the family, Larry and Kay Forman (and heirs to the H.B. Truman Lumber Company), own Chesapeake Market Place & Auction House. “We’ve been doing auctions for 30 years,” Forman said. “People from all over the U.S. can shop our website and we ship, too.”

This young lady has been working hard—not only did she work as an

Kathy Knotts is managing editor of CBM Bay Weekly. Reach her at editor@bayweekly.com.

was greeted with kindness and enthusiasm. While a member of Troop 447 Mason was voted twice as Patrol Leader for his Patrol, The Angry Pandas.

Throughout the years Mason volunteered with the troop on various events and during the summer as a camp aid at the very same camp he was once a camper at. Over his time with the troop he completed 145 hours of service work and camped a total of 40 nights.

Mason’s Eagle Scout Service Project was done to benefit Girl Scout Camp Whippoorwill in Pasadena, run by Marie Blackwelder. After walking around the camp and speaking with Mrs. Blackwelder it was decided that he would give their main building known as “Big House” a new French door that would lead out to a new deck with steps and a railing. He

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intern for CBM this summer, but she’s also been working at TJ Maxx to help pay for school. Michaila comes from a large family, her mother Tamara told me. Tamara and Paul Shahan adopted four siblings from Baltimore in 1996 through the Department of Social Services foster/adoptive program. Just as Tamara was about to turn 39, Michaila was born. The family has been in Calvert County for 35 years, with Paul working in area churches and as a carpenter and cabinet-maker.

Though all her siblings are now grown, Michaila’s family remains tight-knit.

So browse the auction online and place a bid—if you are local you can also visit the 9,000-square-foot warehouse and see items in person or shop the marketplace, which has 100 vendors.

And you don’t have to buy anything, donations are also acceptable, just give Larry a call and he will set it up.

“She has done so much for her community and she’s such a wonderful girl.

The family is God-fearing Christian people who love Jesus,” said Forman. “I know that young lady will have a ministry of her own someday.”

Bidding begins Aug. 3 at 5pm and closes Aug. 11 7pm (shop Auction J, chesapeakemarketplace.com). Reach Larry Forman at 410-610-8329. •

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knew this was a very ambitious project and got to work on fundraising. Though it seemed to be going very quickly and smoothly, Mason soon took a devastating hit to the progress of his project. Then COVID hit and completely shut down his project, not knowing when he would be able to resume. Mason had to wait over a year to be able to resume his project and the estimate for materials nearly tripled due to the rising cost of building materials. Mason was able to complete his project with less than a month until his 18th birthday.

Outside of Scouts, Mason graduated from Glen Burnie High School, Class of 2022, magna cum laude. Mason was also inducted into NHS and NSHSS his junior year of high school. Though bullied in middle school, Mason used his experience

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CONTENTS

BAY BULLETIN Underwater Grasses Rebound, Boat Explosion, Skipjack Builder Mourned, Bayways Ferry Crossing, Special Olympics Kayaking, Cofield Leaving London Town, Rotary Crab Feast, Cheers to AACPL .................................. 3 FEATURE A Plastic-Free July: Is Plastic Free Possible? .....................9 Microplastic Research Gears Up at Morgan State University ................12 BAY PLANNER ....................... 14 MOVIEGOER.......................... 17 CREATURE FEATURE .............. 18 GARDENING FOR HEALTH....... 18 SPORTING LIFE ..................... 19 MOON AND TIDES.................. 19 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 20 PUZZLES............................... 21 CLASSIFIED........................... 22 SERVICE DIRECTORY............... 23 ON THE COVER: LAST YEAR’S ANNAPOLIS ROTARY CLUB WAS A DRIVE-THRU AFFAIR. THIS YEAR, IN-PERSON DINING IS BACK. PHOTO: DONALD ROLAND.

to better himself. He began weight-lifting classes at school and boxing at First Class Boxing & Fitness. Mason found that his outlet would pave the way to his passion. Mason will attend Anne Arundel Community College in the Health, Fitness, & Exercise Science Program.

—RODNEY SPANGLER AND LA’KINA JONES

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Eelgrass saw a modest recovery in 2021 but has been in long-term decline because of poor water quality and its low tolerance for warmer water. Photo: Dave Harp

BAY’S UNDERWATER GRASSES SEE SLIGHT REBOUND

BY KARL BLANKENSHIP, BAY JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE

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he Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grass beds rebounded a bit in 2021 after two consecutive years of declines, as the ecologically important plants expanded their range by nearly 9 percent.

The annual Baywide aerial survey showed that the grasses, which provide critical habitat for juvenile blue crabs, fish and waterfowl, covered about 67,470 acres last year, up from about 63,000 in 2020.

That’s about 37 percent of the Baywide goal of 185,000 acres.

Like all plants, underwater grasses need sunlight, so clear water is critical for their survival and their abundance is a closely watched indicator of the Chesapeake’s overall health.

Underwater grasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation, hit a recent record of 108,077 acres in the Bay in 2018.

Then months of heavy rainfall resulted

in a f lood of murky water, causing backto-back declines in 2019 and 2020.

Last year’s figures were a mixed bag.

Of the Bay’s 93 segments, underwater grasses increased in 33, decreased in 35 and remained absent in 25. The largest expansion was in the lower Bay, where eelgrass—one of the most critical of the roughly two dozen species found in the Chesapeake—staged a strong rebound.

Further north, overall acreage in Maryland declined slightly. But Susquehanna Flats, the largest grass bed in the Bay, expanded 13 percent, to about 10,300 acres last year.

Another area with a large increase was Virginia’s Mobjack Bay, where the Chesapeake’s second-largest bed expanded from about 7,400 to 8,300 acres.

“There’s not a single big story to tell,” said Christopher Patrick, assistant professor of biology at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, which conducts the annual survey.

“Nothing really bad happened at a

Baywide scale,” he said. “But on a more granular level, there’s a lot of different things that were going on. Each area of the Bay has its own local story.”

Maryland had losses in many tributaries on both sides of the Bay. Declines in some, such as the Choptank River and Eastern Bay, were driven by losses of widgeon grass, a species notorious for rapid expansions and contractions.

Brooke Landry, a biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and chair of the Bay Program’s SAV Workgroup, speculated that some of the Maryland declines may have stemmed from a loss of hydrilla, a nonnative plant that thrives in freshwater and can rapidly expand, and contract, its range as water conditions change.

Higher than normal rain in recent years reduced salinities in many areas, possibly allowing hydrilla to expand, Landry said.

That may have reversed when salinities returned to normal. “I think what we saw last year was probably a loss of hydrilla

FIVE SUFFER BURNS IN KENT ISLAND BOAT EXPLOSION

Queen Anne’s County Emergency Services responded to the call in Eastern Bay in Queenstown, with Grasonville Volunteer Fire Department’s fireboat rushing to the scene.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police (NRP) say the Rinker cabin cruiser was returning to the Kent Island area from the Kentmorr Marina property when the people aboard smelled the odor of gasoline. Shortly after, they heard a loud bang and the inboard engine compartment caught fire.

Five people were injured by the fire, with three family members being taken to burn centers for treatment—a 15-year-

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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family outing on the boat turned dangerous off of Kent Island this past weekend. A 28-foot powerboat suffered an engine explosion that burned five of the six people on board. What caused the explosion? The Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal is working to find out.

in some areas, probably because salinity increased just enough to knock it back a little bit,” she said.

The survey showed that “underwater meadows” increased in all four salinity regimes of the Bay last year, the first time that has happened since 2015.

The eelgrass rebound is particularly encouraging. Eelgrass is the only type of grass found in many areas and is especially important for some species, including juvenile blue crabs. It has been in a long-term decline because of poor water quality and its low tolerance of warm temperatures, which have been increasing in the Bay. “Temperatures were not too hot this past summer, giving the eelgrass a chance to bounce back,” Patrick said.

Underwater grasses are such an important part of the Bay ecosystem that much of the region’s effort to reduce nutrient pollution is aimed at controlling algae blooms to help clear the water so the grasses can thrive.

You can read this story in its entirety at bayjournal.com.

old boy, a 49-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man. Two other people suffered burns but were not badly injured enough to be transported to the hospital.

All injuries were believed to be non-life-threatening.

The vessel was equipped with suppression equipment, according to NRP spokesman Lt. Andrew Wilson, and the fire was out by the time the fireboat arrived.

Wilson says there was a lack of ventilation in the engine compartment, so gas fumes were present, but there’s no word yet on whether the blower was operating. The fire marshal’s office will complete a report on the incident.

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BAY BULLETIN Francis Goddard built The Dee of St. Mary’s, seen here at the Cambridge Skipjack Races.

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rolific Southern Maryland skipjack builder captain Francis R. Goddard of Piney Point, died on July 13, but he leaves a legacy of majestic boats that still sail the Bay today.

Goddard built over 150 boats in his lifetime but he is most noted for the two skipjacks he built. In 1979, he built the 56-foot sailing skipjack The Dee of St. Mary’s (which today sails from Calvert Marine Museum) and in 1984 the 56foot skipjack Connie Francis.

He also has the distinction of having built the last commercial buyboat on the Bay. It was built in 1989 and named Poppa Francis. Goddard built the boat for his own use and used it to buy and plant seed oysters.

He started building boats when he was 10 years old. He asked his father if he would buy him a skiff and when his father said, “Go build it yourself,” that’s what he did.

“My father could not drive a nail and I don’t think he thought I could either,” said Goddard in an interview at his home and boatyard at Piney Point in 2010. “I built that 16-foot skiff in Daddy’s stripping room (tobacco barn).”

Goddard’s father was in the oyster business and owned a tobacco farm in St. Mary’s County.

“My daddy had just built a new stripping room on the barn. I knocked the new pine boards off the sides of the barn and used them in my skiff,” he said.

Goddard’s grandfather played a significant role in young Francis’ life. He was a tobacco barn builder but on occasion built a skiff. “Grandpop was strictly a (tobacco) barn builder. He did oyster some. Everybody did that when the price was good and there were plenty

of oysters. But when he was between barns and the oyster season was done, he’d build an old skiff to sell or use himself. Grandpop always liked me. I stayed with him a lot because he lived right down on the water on St. George River, not far from where I live now. I think I picked up some of his ways.”

In 2010, at the age of 78, Goddard built himself a new boat to go oyster dredging. He named it after his cat

He started building boats when he was 10 years old. He asked his father if he would buy him a skiff and when his father said, “Go build it yourself,” that’s what he did.

Tomcat. This one was straight-sided and ugly compared to most of his boats.

“Everybody asked me, ‘Why did you build the Tomcat so straight sided and f lat-bottom’—like what’s the matter with me. Well I said, ‘I’m not building it for you. I’m building it for Francis.’

I built her straight-sided because she’s f lat-bottom and if I want to go across the Bay and it gets rough she’ll beat the hell out of me but she won’t come apart.

A straight-sided boat is stronger then a f lared (sided) boat,” he said.

And how can you question that?

Goddard leaves behind four of his five children, 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. The Dee of St. Mary’s is available for public and private cruises from Calvert Marine Museum. The Connie Francis is also still alive and well, owned by Charles Duke of Gloucester Point, Va., who uses it as a pleasure boat.

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The Bayways Ferry Crossing concept is gaining traction with at least one town.

Image: Town of Chesapeake Beach.

16 MD COUNTIES SUPPORT POSSIBLE BAYWAYS CROSSING FERRY, FEASIBILITY STUDY UNDERWAY

BY PAT PIPER

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t’s an idea that could ease traffic and boost tourism at the same time: a network of 40-50-passenger ferries making stops at different Bay ports. Right now it’s just a concept, but it’s gaining traction with grant money for a study and support from several waterfront towns.

Chesapeake Beach is seeking public comment on the idea, and leaders support it unanimously.

Every Chesapeake Beach Town Council member is sending Mayor Pat Mahoney a big “yes” for the town to participate in the Bayways Crossing Ferry project, as it’s being called. Hilary Dailey, tourism program specialist for Calvert County’s Department of Economic Development took questions from the council about including Chesapeake Beach in the proposed plan.

Their response was universal. “I love this idea,” said council member Greg Morris. “Very exciting,” said member Margaret Peggy Hartman. Public comment also showed enthusiasm for the idea.

Once completed, a ferry carrying 40-50 passengers would stop at Chesapeake Beach after crossing the bay from Somerset County, from Annapolis or other waterfront towns. There’s discussion underway to include Smith and Tangier Island, as well.

Upon arrival, passengers could visit restaurants, stay overnight in hotels,

and visit local shops. Council members expressed interest to include North Beach in the proposal in the Chesapeake Beach stop. There was agreement, too, for multiple arrival and departure times instead of just once a day. Maintaining the required 6-foot channel depth for this type of boat is also a concern.

Dailey says 16 Maryland counties have expressed interest in the plan.

Besides Chesapeake Beach and North Beach, the state is also considering Solomons Island as a potential Calvert County location. As of now, a grant has been submitted to study the feasibility

Once completed, a ferry carrying 40-50 passengers would stop at Chesapeake Beach after crossing the bay from Somerset County, from Annapolis or other waterfront towns. of the idea. A second grant, which is due August 20, focuses on potential locations. Local governments will submit access points, infrastructure needs, and a list of activities visitors could enjoy.

Don’t expect to see tour boats appearing anytime soon though. Dailey tells Bay Bulletin, “the only timeline right now, since the whole project is hypothetical at this point, is the grant application.”

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On a Course for Gold

BY NOAH HALE

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Top: Jimmy “Terminator” Tadlock practices the 1,000meter course. Middle: The kayak team for Anne Arundel County Special Olympics practiced at Arlington Echo last week. Bottom: Amanda Moore has been a Special Olympics athlete for 30 years. Photos: Cheryl Costello.

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immy Tadlock is going for gold this summer. The 28-year-old was just one of several competitive kayakers assembled on the Severn River at Arlington Echo in Millersville last week. The atheletes are part of a Special Olympics team in Anne Arundel County who gathered for their first time trial of the year in preparation for the state event.

Tadlock—his coaches call him the Terminator—was there to compete in the 1,000-meter course. Tadlock is a two-time soccer gold medalist and has competed in the Special Olympics since he was 9 years old. Like many of his teammates, this is the first time he’s been able to compete in the kayaking event since the pandemic sidetracked the competition. The group practicied for four different events: the 100-, 200-, 500- and 1,000-meter races.

“This [event] allows the athletes to gain competition experience, but also allows us to take their times in preparation for the state meet so that they can be seated with other athletes of similar times for competition,” says head coach Joshua Wallace.

The kayaking team formed over 18 years ago by some of the same athletes that were competing in the time trial.

They represent a wide range of ages— the youngest competitor is 13 and the oldest is 55—yet most of them are experienced athletes.

“We’ve been able to bring in younger people, but most of them are further along,” said Wallace. “It’ll be exciting to see the athletes—they’ve grown a bunch this year, both in technique and endurance, so it’ll be exciting to see what their times actually are and how we rank among the other teams in the state,” he added.

The competition brings with it a social element as well. “I like being in the water and seeing different people and faces,” Tadlock says.

Athlete Amanda Moore has been a Special Olympics athlete for 30 years.

Her mom says the program is more than just sports to her family. “For people with disabilities, for a lot of them, high school ends and they don’t see those people because a lot of them don’t

drive,” says Lisa Moore. “So we’re their transportation. And honestly, without Special Olympics and things like it, like Gigi’s Playhouse in Annapolis, they lose that circle. So this has just been amazing for her.”

Volunteers from the Annapolis Jaycees helped set up the event and assisted the athletes in getting in and out of the water. “We’re volunteering,

“We’re helping out these kids who want to compete in the Special Olympics and you can tell they’re all here to have fun. It’s really great seeing them and their families.”

— TOM JONES, VOLUNTEER we’re helping out these kids who want to compete and partake in the Special Olympics and we’re giving them the opportunity to do so,” said volunteer Tom Jones. “And you can tell they’re all here to have fun. It’s really great seeing them and their families.”

Assistant coach Michelle Pena began volunteering for the Special Olympics when her family got involved. Now she works as a coordinator inside the Special Olympics. “When you see these guys and their accomplishments and the love of their sport, you get invested in the whole program,” she said. “They make a difference in my life.”

The state competition will be held Aug. 20 at Washington College where the team will vie for a spot in the national competition.

See the team in action in a video report by Bay Bulletin’s Cheryl Costello: https://youtu.be/ qCCsy5m7p0A

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Historic London Town’s executive director Rod Cofield will be leaving the site to become the executive director at Jefferson Patterson Park in St. Leonard. Photo: Susan Nolan.

Cofield Leaving London Town

BY SUSAN NOLAN

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fter 16 years at Historic London Town & Gardens, Executive Director Rod Cofield is saying goodbye to the historic property. He isn’t going far, however.

On Aug.10, he will assume his new duties as executive director of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum in Calvert County.

While they are separated by over 40 miles, the two historic sites share some similarities. Both sites are located on rivers: London Town on the South River and Jefferson Patterson on the Patuxent. They both have extensive grounds used for historical interpretation and programs.

“Rod’s local knowledge of Southern Maryland coupled with his tremendous service in the history and museum field are a perfect fit for JPPM,” said Maryland Department of Planning Secretary Rob McCord. “We look forward to his innovative ideas to find new and creative ways to continue to make JPPM a premier site to interact with our past in Maryland.”

“One of the things I’ve learned about myself,” says Cofield, who began his museum career at Historic St. Mary’s City in 1999, “is that I would not be content working indoors in a traditional museum setting.”

A native Marylander and 16-year resident of Calvert County, Cofield served for the past nine years as executive director of Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater, leading the organization in a period of strong capital investment, increased external support, and rising attendance.

During Cofield’s tenure, Historic London Town & Gardens added more outdoor components to enhance the visitor experience. The gardens now include the popular Sound & Sensory Garden, an all-natural play area; the historic area added a reproduction carpentry shop; and the parking lot was improved and expanded.

Cofield has also overseen the renovations made to the 1760 William Brown House, a brick, Georgian-style tavern. Over the past five years, the building has undergone work to mitigate water damage and to reinforce attic supports. The electrical system,

including HVAC, has been updated.

Porches on the south and riverfront sides and the exterior door leading to the tavern room have been repaired.

A reproduction of a colonial era bar was added to the interior.

Over the next few years, the museum will continue implementing the plans that began under Cofield’s leadership, such as the building of an education pavilion, creating ADA accessible trails and enhancing the waterfront.

As impressive as the capital improvements are, Cofield says he is most proud of how the site has expanded its interpretation to show the diversity of London Town’s colonial population and the increased visibility it now enjoys. “We see return visitors, local people who become members and then return with family and friends. The gardens and the historic area are enjoyed by so many people who share their love of the site.”

According to Bob Leib, board chairman of the London Town Foundation, over 25,000 people visit the property every year. He credits Cofield’s “strong and steady vision.”

Cofield, however, is quick to acknowl-

edge others when discussing the museum’s many successes. “I’ve worked with great people—the staff, the volunteers, the board, the community. Everything we do here is a group effort,” he says.

Lauren Silberman, London Town’s deputy director, has worked with Cofield since 2015. According to her, Cofield’s modesty and team-building skills are assets. “He values the team effort that it takes to not only maintain but grow an organization like this. He’s very patient and tries to lead people into understanding, valuing, and buying into the vision for the site,” she says.

Silberman also notes Cofield’s leadership during the pandemic was invaluable. While most museums relied heavily on virtual programming, Cofield recognized the need to provide the public with a refuge. “When the pandemic started, we closed for about two months, but under Rod’s direction, we worked hard to reopen quickly and safely. He knew it was critical to provide people with a safe place to step away from the world, where you could be outside and feel rejuvenated by the gardens and the South River,” she says.

Prior to his tenure at Historic London Town Gardens, Cofield was a visiting instructor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and has taught various courses related to history and museum studies. He has additional service with professional organizations, including the Maryland Museum Association and the Small Museum Association and he participates as a peer reviewer in both the Museum Assessment Program at the American Alliance of Museums and for the National Leadership Grant program for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Cofield holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a master’s degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College.

In his honor, the London Town Foundation has created the Rod Cofield Fund. The fund’s first fundraising endeavor is Buy a Beer For Rod, where an online purchase of a symbolic $16 beer is 100 percent tax deductible and will be used for priority projects and London Town’s long-term sustainability.

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Largest Crab Feast in the World Returns

BY BARRY SCHER

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t’s back! Often billed as the largest crab feast in the world, the 77th annual Rotary Club of Annapolis Crab Feast is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 5, come rain or shine, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The traditional format of the event took a hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic but the club did sell crabs-to-go. This year, the event returns to in-person dining.

Thousands are expected to attend the event, a well-orchestrated affair thanks to the many volunteers and hours of planning. Back on the menu will be Maryland’s infamous blue crabs, Maryland vegetable crab soup, sweet Maryland corn on the cob, barbeque sandwiches, all-American hot dogs, watermelon, draft beer and assorted soft drinks and water.

The annual crab feast is the largest of the chapter’s major fundraising events.

The club directs 100 percent of the profits to local community and cultural nonprofit

Last year’s Annapolis Rotary Club was a drive-thru affair. This year, in-person dining is back. Photo: Donald Roland. organizations by providing grants up to $4,000. The grant application process will begin in the fall. Non-profit area organizations may contact the club for additional details about applying for a grant.

To date, the Annapolis Rotary Club’s crab feast has distributed over $950,000 to local organizations since 2005.

“We are excited about returning to an in-person event that will once again

Sen. Sarah Elfreth (third from left) joined others at last year’s Cheers to 100 Years event, a fundraiser for the Anne Arundel County Public Library. A special pint glass will again be a gift to those making donations of $10 or more. Photos: AACPL.

Raise a Pint to AACPL

BY SUSAN NOLAN

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ina Grove describes the local beer brewing industry as “community-centric and philanthropic.” She should know. She worked for Hysteria Taproom before taking her current job as Development Coordinator for Anne Arundel County Library Foundation.

Now, for the second year in a row, she is busy coordinating an event that combines beer and books.

“Last year, we called it Cheers to 100 Years in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Anne Arundel County Library,” says Grove. “This year, it’s Cheers to AACPL, but the concept is the same.”

Grove recruited three local breweries to create an original, single-batch beer in honor of the library system. Each brewery has created an exclusive custom-brewed libation and will donate 20 percent of their on-site sales to the library foundation. Try Forward Brewing’s Guava Papaya Summer Novella, a fruited sour; Crooked Crab’s Reading Rainbrew, a watermelon and honeydew infused American Lager; or the yet-to-be unveiled

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selection from Hysteria Taphouse.

Library staff will present limited-edition pint glasses to individuals who donate $10 or more. The glass features the library’s redesigned logo and some of the services offered by AACPL. Last year, the event raised $5,700.

While Grove would like to meet or exceed that amount this year, she states that more than the financial gain, the Cheers to AACPL event is about public engagement. Adults between the ages of 21 and 40 are a difficult demographic for the library to reach, she says, particularly if they do not have children. “This is a fun event that reminds people that

bring the Annapolis community together for a rich Maryland tradition and raise essential funding for local nonprofit organizations,” said Rob Dews, president of the Annapolis Rotary Club.

“Although we conduct a wide array of community service projects throughout the year, we believe the crab feast is a wonderful way to support other organizations in the multifaceted services they provide in our communities.”

Dews says over 2,500 people attend the event each year, and that “equates to a lot of mouths to feed.” He predicts roughly 320 bushels of steamed crabs, 3,400 ears of corn, 100 gallons of crab soup, 1,800 hot dogs, 150 pounds of beef barbeque, and hundreds of gallons of soft drinks and beer will be served.

Tickets must be purchased in advance (annapolisrotary.org/crabfeast). Ticket prices range from $25 for children (ages 3 to 12), and $90 per adult. Reserved seating and private dining is available and groups may also purchase tables so they may sit together. Online sales end at 6 p.m. on Aug. 4. Tickets can also be purchased at a number of area businesses.

the library is a resource for any stage of life,” Grove says.

Earl Holman, owner of Crooked Crab Brewing in Odenton, participated in the event last year and was eager to do it again this year. “For us, this is a nobrainer,” he said. “One of our missions is to work with other businesses and organizations and to build up our local community. We work with a lot of local charities.”

Holman recognizes the value of the cross-promotional nature of the event.

“Just as we are getting the word out about the library, the library is introducing us to people who might not otherwise know about Crooked Crab. It’s a win-win,” he said.

Events will also be held at Forward Brewing in Eastport and Hysteria Taphouse in Pasadena. So buy a beer, make a donation, and raise a glass at one or all of the Cheers to AACPL events. • August 2, 5-8pm, Forward Brewing in Eastport; August 4, 5-8pm Crooked Crab Brewing in Odenton; August 6, 1-6pm, Hysteria Taphouse in Pasadena. aacpl.net/ foundation/cheers

Microplastics collected by NOAA's Marine Debris Program from the Rhode River. Pictured in the lab of Dr. Lance Yonkos, University of Maryland Dept. of Environmental Science. Photo: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program.

A Plastic-Free July Is Plastic-Free Possible?

BY CHELSEA HARRISON

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LASTIC IS ANYTHING we want it to be,” touts a 2002 commercial from the American Plastics Council, which proceeds to list the lifesaving uses of plastic, such as protective gear at work, airbags, children’s car seats, and life jackets. The ad ends with the tag line, “Plastics make it possible.”

We have a complicated relationship with the material. Plastic has been sold to us under the banner of safety, comfort, and convenience. And indeed, many life-saving products are made using plastic. But lately the message has shifted to one touting the hazards of plastic Plastic is inexpensive for companies to use to sell mass amounts of their products, and a convenient option for consumers; however, in recent years, alarms are sounding about the harm plastics cause to our environment and ironically, to our health and safety.

The American Plastics Council (which became the American Chemistry Council in 2002) ran another print ad in the ‘90s stating, “Plastics. An Important Part Of Your Healthy Diet.” The ironic truth of this statement may not be far off.

The plastics getting the most attention currently are single-use products, items used once and then discarded. These plastic products can take hundreds of years to break down in the soil or water, and leave behind tinier bits of plastic forever. These microplastics (any plastic piece smaller than five millimeters, about the size of a pencil eraser or smaller) end up in our waterways, where they are eaten, inadvertently, by wildlife, often damaging their internal organs or killing them. Many scientists say the most disturbing part of this issue is that we don’t yet know the long-term effects of microplastics on the food chain (see Microplastics story page 12).

Microplastics contain a number of toxins and are consumed by fish, shellfish, and birds. As bigger and bigger predators, including humans, eat those animals, the effects are magnified.

If we love the Chesapeake Bay–its landscapes, the crabs and rockfish we love to eat, boating and other watersports—how do we keep plastic pollution out of it?

PLASTIC-FREE JULY

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lastic-Free July is an initiative to encourage consumers to reduce their plastic usage, even by just switching out one single-use product with a non-plastic option. Rebecca Prince-Ruiz and a small team in Western Australia are credited with the first Plastic-Free July movement in 2011, and it is now one of the most inf luential environmental campaigns in the world.

Here in Chesapeake Country going plastic-free is a major campaign for Annapolis Green, an environmental organization formed in 2006 by two friends, Lynne Forsman and Elvia Thompson, who wanted to find ways to promote environmental causes. They started with Green Drinks, a networking happy hour for environmentally minded folks to mingle and learn about environmental initiatives and updates.

Their most recent Green Drinks was held at Pirates Cove Restaurant in Galesville and celebrated Plastic-Free

July by showcasing alternatives to single-use plastic that many local restaurants are now using.

One such alternative is a straw created by the company BioSafe. The drinking straws are made of biopolymers from the canola plant. They are compostable and after use, can degrade in soil or water in only eight weeks (compared to the 200 years it takes a traditional plastic straw to decompose.)

Pollux Dietz, BioSafe’s CEO, describes these products as the “future of all single-use plastic.” The biopolymers can be used in plates, cups, takeaway containers, and other single-use products.

The company has plans to open manufacturing in Maryland and distribute through major companies like Sysco and U.S. Foods, as well as partnering with a major sports arena and expanding into other markets in the near future.

BioSafe encourages consumers to dispose of their products just like any other, noting that, “there is no downside to it; it breaks down aerobically or anaeroCONTINUED

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PLASTIC-FREE CONTINUED bically, releasing zero microplastics.”

Dietz makes the distinction that while biopolymers break down and become soil once again, “traditional plastic doesn’t break down—it breaks apart.”

The Irish Restaurant Company, which owns Killarney House (Davidsonville), Brian Boru (Severna Park), Galway Bay (Downtown Annapolis), and Pirates Cove (Galesville), has taken many eco-conscious measures in its restaurants including installing solar panels, recycling, and replacing single-use plastic with more sustainable options.

WANT TO TRY out one of the coolest straws in town? Check out these restaurants who have made the switch to plantbased, compostable BioSafe straws: • • • • • • • • •

Vida Taco Bar Pusser's Grill Ketch 22 The Point Acme West End Grill 1771 Grill & Tap Room Annapolis Market House Galway Bay, Killarney House, Brian Boru, Pirates Cove • Harry Brownes • Severn Inn • Sailor Oyster Bar (when reopen)

These restaurants in Queen Anne’s County have agreed to only provide straws upon request: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Amalfi Coast Adam’s Grille and Tap House Bridges Restaurant Cult Classic Brewery Dock House Restaurant Doc's Riverside Grille Fisherman's Inn Fisherman's Crab Deck Harris Crab House Hilton Garden Inn The Jetty Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen Rams Head Shore House Shogun Sushi-Teriya Ten Eyck Brewery

Sean Lynch, general manager of Galway Bay, notes that the company began switching over about 12 years ago when owner Anthony Clarke started realizing the amount of waste being created by plastic straws alone. “It’s a commitment on the part of the business because [ecofriendly products] are more expensive.”

Another Annapolis Green initiative that aims to cut down on plastic pollution has been a big hit at the Annapolis Boat Shows and other public events around the region: Naptown Taps. These portable stations offer unlimited chilled filtered water, allowing people to refill reusable bottles rather than purchasing bottled water. The units can be rented for events, private or public, and even can be customized with advertising or signage. The innovative tap design originated from an Australian company, and Annapolis Green was the first to receive these taps in the U.S. Forsman and Thompson have noticed that people enjoy using the taps.

“What I’ve always heard is, ‘Oh this is so cool.’ People want to take pictures with them,” Forsman says.

Trash collected in a trash trap. Photo: Arundel Rivers Federation.

Jim Ealley drinks from a BioSafe cup at Green Drinks, hosted by Annapolis Green, at Pirate's Cove Restaurant in Galesville. Photo: Krista Pfunder.

KICK PLASTIC OUT OF YOUR CART

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n addition to single-use plastic used for food products, there are also many personal and home products such as laundry detergent, shampoo, and soaps that usually come in plastic packaging.

Refill Goodness in Stevensville offers low-waste alternatives to home and bath products. Many of their products are offered as bulk refills, and customers can bring in empty, pre-purchased containers to refill with soap, detergent and more, eliminating the repeated buying (and disposal) of single-use containers.

Glass containers are available for customers who don’t bring their own.

Jenny Vedrani and Jenn Szalkowski, co-founders and owners of Refill Goodness, began the company with a location in Ohio and then opened their Maryland location in April 2021. “The biggest thing for us is educating people and letting them know what their alternatives are. You can reduce plastic, whoever you are, whatever you’re doing in your life,” says Vedrani.

While recycling is encouraged, plas-

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Refill Goodness in Stevensville offers many products that can be refilled into customer containers.

Photo: Refill Goodness.

tic recycling is much more complicated and costly than recycling other materials; therefore, much of the plastic that enters a recycling facility ends up in a landfill anyway.

According to a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, less than 10 percent of plastic used around the world is recycled. The report also found that 460 million metric tons of plastics were used in 2019, a number that has nearly doubled since 2000. “Only 9 percent of plastic waste was ultimately recycled, while 19 percent was incinerated and almost 50 percent went to sanitary landfills,” says the Global Plastics Outlook report.

Vedrani believes reducing plastic waste is going to become more urgent.

“In the U.S., we haven’t had to worry about recycling because it got shipped off, but now other countries aren’t taking it anymore. It’s going to start becoming more apparent here, because there is nowhere for it to go.”

While some green organizations are reactive, cleaning up beaches and collecting waste for recycling/reuse, “Refill Goodness is proactive,” Vedrani notes. To go plastic-free, Vedrani suggests being open to trying something different. “Don’t feel like you have to try everything at once.

Choose one thing to change and make that part of your routine.”

Customers can find Refill Goodness products in their retail location in Stevensville, farmers markets (Farragut Market, Catonsville, Wildberry Field

Market, Kent Island Farmers Market), as well as through regional delivery, nationwide shipping, and neighborhood refill parties (https://refillgoodness.com/).

Refill Goodness is co-sponsoring a Low Waste Wednesday event on Aug. 3 (6:30pm) along with Himmel ’s Landscape and Garden Center in Pasadena and ClearShark H2O. Participants will learn how long everyday plastic items take to break down, the human and environmental health effects from plastic pollution, and simple sustainable swaps alternatives to single-use plastics. Registration is $5 and participants will receive a “make-andtake product,” raff le entry for a Himmel ’s $25 gift card, a reusable wine tumbler, wine, water, and light snacks.

A PLASTICFREE BAY

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lastic-Free QAC works in in Queen Anne’s County to keep the Bay plastic-free. Their current campaign, Rethink the Straw, celebrates Plastic-Free July by asking local restaurants to refrain from automatically including straws in every drink served. Instead, straws are made available upon request only. This proactive measure helps restaurants save money on purchasing straws and also helps reduce overall plastic straw use and disposal. According to Plastic-Free QAC, plastic straws are the number one item found in

GOING PLASTIC-FREE? Choose one or more for Plastic Free July (or go ahead and make it a Plastic Free August if you’re just now getting on board!).

Here are some easy swaps: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Annapolis Green's Maggie Hughes (left) and Lynne Forsman pose with a Naptown Tap station at the Annapolis Boat Shows.

Photo: Annapolis Green.

Plastic wrap/Cling film → Beeswax Food Wraps Plastic disposable plates → Palm leaf plates Plastic utensils → Bamboo or compostable utensils Plastic straws → Reusable stainless steel or glass straws (many come with a carrying case) Plastic zip/snack bags → reusable silicone bags like Stasher, paper or compostable bags Paper towels (lots of plastic packaging) → Swedish dishcloth (a bestseller at Refill Goodness!)

Plastic grocery bags → Ask for paper or bring your own reusable totes Plastic produce bags → Forego the plastic and just put the fruit and veg carefully in your grocery cart (you’re going to wash it anyway, right?) or reusable mesh produce bags Plastic water bottles → reusable stainless steel or glass water bottles Plastic cleaning sponge → loofah sponges or Swedish dishcloth Plastic single-serve coffee pod systems → replace with traditional coffee maker, French press, or compostable pods Plastic toothbrushes → Bamboo or plant-based toothbrush handles, or toothbrushes that have a replaceable bristle such as Colgate Keep Toothpaste (plastic packaging) → toothpaste tabs Deodorant (plastic container) → Plastic-free packaging brands or DIY Shampoo & conditioner (plastic packaging) → Try a shampoo bar, DIY, or refill your containers at a store like Refill Goodness Laundry Detergent (plastic packaging) → Refill containers at a refill shop or use laundry detergent strips Household cleaners (plastic packaging) → Refill containers at a refill shop or use concentrate or powder to mix into a reusable glass spray containers Body lotion (plastic packaging) → Lotion bar

Want to learn more?

Check out these films, recommended by the Oceanic Society and Plastic Free July, for more information on plastic pollution and what you can do to help: · Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic · Bag It · A Plastic Ocean · Addicted to Plastic · Plasticized · Blue The Film · 2040 · Straws · Pulau Plastik

beach clean-ups. Restaurants can take the pledge to support this campaign on their website (plasticfreeqac.com).

The Arundel Rivers Federation helps to protect the South, West, and Rhode Rivers through advocacy, restoration, and science. Arundel Rivers’ Executive Director Matthew Johnston describes a telling study they completed in 2017. “Arundel Rivers had installed a trash trap, basically a giant net you put across a very small stream; at one point, it took only five days to accumulate 200 pounds of trash. They found that the vast majority of trash was single-use plastics—plastic bottles, bags, polystyrene— thin film plastics and things like snack wrappers.”

So how did this trash get into a small stream? Johnston explains that this trash had nothing to do with boat traffic as the stream was so small and upstream from any major river that no

boat could have reached this area.

“One of the things we like to say at Arundel Rivers is, what we do on the land, we do to the water. If something falls out of the trash can or you toss something out the car window, it will make its way to the Bay,” Johnston explains.

Besides microplastics entering the food chain, there are many other effects we may start to see as microplastics accumulate in the waterways. “One of the biggest things we will see if we don’t make changes quickly is that the sand at our beaches, if we look closer under a microscope, our beaches will be plastic and sand, and that is a visible, sad reality that is probably coming. But the hidden consequences of that are equally sad, the negative effects it will have on our fish, our crabs,” Johnston explains.

The Arundel Rivers Foundation is always looking for volunteers who want to help further their mission of caring for and cleaning up the bay (find opportunities both Wet & Messy and Clean & Dry at arundelrivers.org).

Plastics are not going away (they literally can’t) and we know now that it will take much more than reactive measures to plastic pollution in order to make a dent in this pervasive issue.

It will take a higher level of proactive awareness and action from average citizens to prevent these dire effects from invading our waters and our bodies.

“Be aware of what you are purchasing whenever you are going into grocery stores and convenience stores and try to reduce the use of single-use plastics,” says Johnston. “We all value our water, so when you walk in the grocery store, think about the water. Make choices based upon that.” •

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Brittany Wolfe, shellfish hatchery manager at Maryland's Morgan State University, holds up a dish of softshell clam larvae.

Left: Tameka Taylor, a doctoral candidate at Morgan State University, uses a high-tech microscope at the school’s Patuxent River lab to study how chemicals adhere to and detach from plastic particles. Middle: Sulakshana Bhatt, a postdoctoral research associate at Morgan State, looks into a microscope for tiny oyster larvae at the university’s lab.

Bhatt is studying how the presence of plastics impacts oysters.Right: Chunlei Fan, a professor and director of the bio-environmental science doctoral program at Morgan State University, stands in the university's hatchery. The hatchery hosts research on oysters and softshell clam propagation. Photos: Dave Harp/Bay Journal

Microplastic Research Gears Up at Morgan State University

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arol Adrianne Smith thinks jellyfish have a lot to teach us about microplastic pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. And, thanks in part to a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to her historically Black university, she’s asking questions and getting some answers.

Smith is one of five post-graduate students at Morgan State University in Baltimore who are benefitting from a federal grant that arrived in early 2021. The funding has two major goals: to increase the capacity of science and engineering programs at historically Black colleges and universities like Morgan State, and to invest in the growing field of microplastics research.

“Specifically, we want to locate the source, distribution and abundance of microplastics in the water and the impact on the coastal ecosystem,” said Chunlei Fan, a professor and director of the bioenvironmental science Ph.D. program at Morgan State.

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Much of the work is being done at PEARL, the university’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Lab. Its location on the Patuxent River in Calvert County, 80 miles south of Baltimore, gives students and researchers access to labs and water samples in both urban and rural areas. And that’s a big advantage when trying to understand how plastic pollution gets into Chesapeake Bay waters.

“I was thrilled when we received this grant,” said Scott Knoche, director of PEARL and an environmental economist. “One of the things I’m constantly aspiring to do is connect PEARL to Morgan’s main campus education. Being 80 miles south—a two-hour drive on a good day— can be quite tricky.”

Knoche said he hopes to add more on-site housing near PEARL so students can easily stay overnight for field work.

TINY PLASTICS, TOUGH QUESTIONS

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cientists have long suspected that the tiny plastic particles f loating in the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers—consumed by a growing number of aquatic species—are anything but harmless. Studies and workgroups in the region are beginning to clarify the connections between the presence of microplastics and the harm they could be causing in the Bay and its species.

Globally, microplastics have been found in the air we breathe, the food we eat and our organs and blood. It’s possible, some studies have suggested, that humans are ingesting a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week. One of the ways people consume plastics is through eating seafood, though the tiny particles can also be swirling around in tap and bottled water. Assessing the risk of plastic consumption by humans is an important research goal.

At PEARL, the federal science funds have helped outfit the lab with a specialized infrared microscope that can rapidly identify different types of plastics in a water sample. A grant from the microscope’s maker, Shimadzu, also helped the university obtain the equipment.

To qualify for the grant from the National Science Foundation—through a program called HBCU-RISE (Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure in Science and Engineering)—the college needed to have existing doctoral programs in environmental science and engineering.

Morgan State has 50 students enrolled in its environmental sciences Ph.D. program, Fan said, as well as about 100 undergraduates on that track.

The federal grant has elevated Morgan State’s status to compete for additional funds with the goal of becoming a local epicenter for microplastics research.

The university recently secured a separate grant from the National Institutes of Health to look at how microplastics accumulate in oysters and the potential impacts on humans who eat them.

PEARL is an asset for the NIH grant, too, because it includes a small oyster hatchery. The university received federal funding in 2008 that allowed it to re-engineer the ground floor of PEARL, located at the Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, to create the hatchery.

Since then, work at the hatchery has focused on refining best practices for oyster aquaculture. It has also helped to develop oyster varieties that are ideal for Maryland waters and explore alternative substrates for oyster reefs, such as highway construction debris. A new project is studying the prospects of softshell clam production to give Maryland watermen another option beyond oysters.

The NIH funding asks the lab to investigate whether microplastics of various types and sizes pass through

Carol Adrianne Smith, a doctoral student at Morgan State University, studies the presence of microplastics in jellyfish. Here, a magnified slide shows tiny plastic particles embedded in the tentacles of a Chesapeake Bay nettle. Photo: Dave Harp.

It’s possible, some studies have suggested, that humans are ingesting a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week. oysters or bioaccumulate in their tissue. The findings could have implications for human health, helping experts to discern if oysters, as filter feeders, could be a primary source of microplastics in people who consume them.

“We know there are lots of microplastics in the natural water, but is the oyster only taking in a specific type of microplastic in a certain size range?”

Fan asked. “We don’t know yet. That is something we want to find out.”

For that work, the oysters studied at PEARL will be harvested from wild reefs instead of aquaculture settings.

But Morgan State researchers like Sulakshana Bhatt, a post-doctoral student, also plan to study how lab-grown oysters fare in tanks containing microplastics, compared with those grown in plastic-free water. The work will look at the larval health of the oysters as well as growth and feeding behavior.

JELLYFISH VECTORS

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arol Adrianne Smith studied integrated biology at the University of California at Berkeley before arriving at Morgan State.

“I have two master’s degrees, and I love the ocean,” she said. “I’ve found it very supportive here at the school to do the lab work I want to do.”

Smith decided to study the presence

of microplastics in Bay nettles (Chrysaora chesapeakei), the most common type of jellyfish in the Chesapeake during the summer months.

She rigged a metal colander and metal pole into a device she can use to catch jellyfish off the lab’s nearby dock, and she has collected specimens during outings on PEARL’s boat.

When studying jellyfish at the lab, Smith found that their tentacles were peppered with several types of microplastic particles, many of them likely embedding themselves in the tentacles as the animals swam through the water. The jellyfish could also be ingesting the particles, which are small enough to pass through barriers in its body, but more research is needed.

She also found that harmful chemicals had adhered to the surface of some of the tiny plastic particles in the jellyfish.

This finding adds to a body of evidence that plastic particles in the water could serve as vectors for dangerous chemicals, such as benzene, to contaminate other animals up and down the food chain, including the humans that consume them.

“The effects of these chemicals on humans are well-studied, but we want to understand how they do or don’t affect jellyfish,” Smith said. “Jellyfish have been around for hundreds of millions of years, so they’ve survived a lot.”

Two papers Smith has written about her research are being peer-reviewed for publication.

Tameka Taylor, a Ph.D. candidate at Morgan State who also works in an unrelated area of plastics pollution at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is also interested in the relationship between plastics and chemical contaminants.

Taylor is reviewing existing literature about how microplastics act as carriers for chemicals in the water. Studies in other states have demonstrated that per– and polyf luoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other chemicals can easily catch a ride on plastic particles by becoming embedded in tiny crevices.

Taylor is particularly interested in the processes that cause those chemicals to be released from a particle’s surface. For example, if an acidic environment triggers a release, does that mean that the chemicals could be activated by human stomach acid after consumption?

“If you’re ingesting microplastics — which we are, we all are — what are the implications of that?” Taylor asked.

“I want to study absorbing and desorbing these compounds.”

Chunlei Fan said that students who participated in these programs at Morgan State have gone on to jobs in the emerging field of microplastics research at the EPA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“In the future,” Fan said, “we expect to study not only the ecological impact but also the impact to public health. We think [those impacts] could be great.”•

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F R I D AY

CalvertCountyMd.gov/recycle.

Artists Without Limits

West River Wickets

View this year’s exhibit. 5-6:30pm, Blue Heron Center, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, RSVP: agmart11@aacounty.org.

Learn to play croquet with this club, receive basic instruction on using a mallet, striking the ball and making wickets. 10am, 246 Mill Swamp Rd., Edgewater, RSVP: westriverwickets.com.

Café Scientifique

Max Ransibrahmanakul presents Zebrafish: Models for Cancer Research.

6-7:15pm, 49 West Coffeehouse, Annapolis, free, RSVP: 410-626-9796.

World Embroidery Day

Tides & Tunes

The Timmie Tambo Band performs; bring lawn seating; no coolers. 7-8:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Eastport, $10 donation: amaritime.org.

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $30, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

FRIDAY JULY 29

Family Friendly Fridays

July 29: Suede in Concert

Bar, Annapolis, $35 w/discounts, RSVP: Annapolis.org.

Fridays at the Captain’s

Author Ken Walsh talks about presidents from Roosevelt to Trump. 7-9pm, Captain Avery Museum, Shady Side, $15 w/discounts: captainaverymuseum.org.

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $35, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Blood Drive

Family Moth Night

Music by Three of a Kind

5-9pm, Mike’s North Crab House, Pasadena: threeofakindmusic.com.

Bedlam in the Tavern & at Sea

Enjoy an evening of colonial music and tavern dining with Historic Annapolis and the musicians from Bedlam; snacks and one tavern beverage included (ages 21+). 7-9pm, O’Brien’s Oyster

Celebrate World Embroidery Day at the Margaret Brent Pavilion learning basic 17th century embroidery technique and have some fun stitching.

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

KIDS BSO Music Box

Learn about beeswax and sustainable products with guests from Achterberg Acres. 10am-noon, Historic Sotterley, Hollywood, $5 w/discounts: Sotterley.org.

11am-4pm, Busch Annapolis Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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

THURSDAY JULY 28

Sabbath: The Complete Black Sabbath Experience

S A T U R D AY

Suede in Concert

Bring a blanket and snacks and learn about nighttime moths with a naturalist, then “sugar” for moths and use bait traps and a blacklight sheet tent to look for fireflies, Luna moths, bats and beetles. (Also July 30.) 8-10pm, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: lgarrett@northbeachmd.org.

JULY 29 & 30

Descendants the Musical

Based on the popular Disney Channel

movies, Descendants: The Musical is a musical comedy featuring the beloved characters and hit songs from the films. F 6:30pm, Sa 10am, Children’s Theatre of Annapolis, $6.25, RSVP: childrenstheatreofannapolis.org.

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One Slight Hitch

It’s Courtney’s wedding day, and her mom, Delia, is making sure that everything is perfect. The groom is perfect, the dress is perfect, and the decorations (assuming they arrive) will be perfect.

Then, like in any good farce, the doorbell rings and all hell breaks loose in this comedy written by Lewis Black and performed by Bowie Community Theatre.

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

SATURDAY JULY 30

Tire Recycling

For Calvert Co. residents.

8am-2pm, Appeal Landfill, Lusby:

Explore music with little ones (6 mos3yrs) in a concert by a small ensemble of Baltimore Symphony musicians.

11:15am, Harms Gallery, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Outdoor Archaeology Labs

Join archaeologists to process real artifacts found on sites across Prince George’s County. Participants will get their hands dirty while cleaning and identifying these amazing discoveries.

Each event also features a game or activity, like atlatl spear throwing, 3D pottery mending, and tours of the scenic property (ages 8+). 1-3pm, Mount Calvert Historical & Archaeological Park, Upper Marlboro, $7 w/discounts, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/2p88bv3c

KIDS Junior Wildlife Ranger

Join a Refuge Ranger to explore 5 nature related activities. Complete your Junior Wildlife Ranger activity booklet and earn a JWR badge (ages 6-10).

1-3pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

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See the exhibit Fiber Options. 4-6pm, Circle Gallery, Annapolis: mdfedart.com.

games, hikes and face painting. 2-4pm, Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner, Lothian, free, RSVP: jugbay.org.

Summer Park Concert

City Dock Summer Series

Clones of Funk perform; bring lawn seating. 6-8pm, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, free: fqwp.org.

City Dock Fiesta. 6-9pm, Susan Campbell Park, Annapolis, Facebook @AiPPCAnnapolis.

Solid Sender Trio

Allen Pond Park Concert

7-10:30pm, 49 West Coffeehouse, Annapolis, $12: 410-626-9796.

BSO Music for Maryland

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra stops in Calvert County as part of its mission to perform in every county in the state over the next three years.

Their summer concert at the PNC Waterside Pavilion, led by conductor Jonathan Rush, will showcase curated pieces to celebrate each county’s spirit. 8pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, pay-what-you-wish, RSVP: bsomusic.org/summer

Hear the Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition. 7-8pm, Setera Amphitheater, Bowie, free: cityofbowie.org/concerts.

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1pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $16.50-$20, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

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Join Pirate Blackbeard for a quest for treasure with friends from EcoAdventures. 11am & 1pm, Severna Park Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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Watch Raya and the Last Dragon. Dusk, North Beach boardwalk: northbeachmd.org.

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Honor the 15th anniversary of the challenge at this event, with over 50 farmer and artisan vendors, food trucks, live music by FLYT featuring Ryan Forrester, carriage rides with the Suttler Post Clydesdales, petting zoo, pony rides and giveaways. 5-9pm, Serenity Farm, Benedict, free, RSVP: buylocalchallenge.com/blc-celebration.

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KIDS Fossil Adventure Days

Start at Cove Point Lighthouse for a lesson on local Miocene fossils and then explore the beach for shells, bones, and shark teeth, then identify

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Bates Open House

Celebrate the life of Wiley H. Bates at this birthday open house with tours, storytelling and more. 3-6pm, Bates Legacy Center, Annapolis: whbateslegacycenter.org.

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

Tides & Tunes

Johnny Seaton and Bad Behavior perform; bring lawn seating; no coolers.

7-8:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Eastport, $10 donation: amaritime.org.

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hen siblings OJ (Daniel Kaluuya: Judas and the Black Messiah) and Emerald (Keke Palmer: Lightyear) discover that a UFO is menacing their ranch, they see an opportunity. With bills piling up, they decide to buy some camera equipment and get an undisputable shot of alien life visiting Earth.

Not the blurry footage that they’ve seen on YouTube, but an honest-to-god glossy image—something Oprah Winfrey would want on her show.

But getting the “Oprah Shot” isn’t as easy as it sounds. First, OJ and Emerald have a spikey relationship due to some family trauma. Emerald ran far away from the horse training business as soon as she could, while OJ stayed to doggedly follow in his father’s footsteps. Second, and this may not surprise anyone who’s ever looked at UFO footage on YouTube, it turns out alien visitors aren’t big on getting photographed.

The pair get a few things on camera that suggest something is indeed in the sky above them, but as OJ puts it “it’s good, but it ain’t Oprah”. So the siblings decide to up their game. But they aren’t the only ones looking up at the sky, and soon this two-person operation gets a lot more complicated.

Can OJ and Emerald work together to get the Oprah Shot? Or are there bigger things to worry about in this world than an alien?

Director Jordan Peele (Us) burst onto the scene with two brilliant works of horror. Influenced by auteurs like John Carpenter, Peele uses horror as a metaphor for specific societal ills. It makes the scares run deeper, because there’s an element of reality in even his most whimsical touches.

Nope, while not quite as developed and nuanced as his past work, is still a fun, atmospheric romp.

With this sci-fi horror, Peele seems to be drawing more from Spielberg than Carpenter—specifically Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Nope is essentially Jaws as a space Western. It’s filled with stunning visuals, delicious tension, and a passel of truly fascinating ideas.

The result is good. But it ain’t Oprah.

The problem with Nope isn’t a lack of brilliance, but perhaps an abundance of it. Peele has a lot to say, stuffing the narrative with some great ideas about humanity’s hubris when it comes to the natural world, family dynamics, greed, and fighting for your spot in the limelight. The problem is there’s not enough time to fully develop any of those ideas. The result is a movie that is tense, entertaining, but not quite as deep as it seems to want to be.

Palmer and Kaluuya help Peele with his myriad of ideas with some great work. Palmer, whose star is clearly on

Director Jordan Peele (Us) burst onto the scene with two brilliant works of horror. Influenced by auteurs like John Carpenter, Peele uses horror as a metaphor for specific societal ills. the rise, is the energetic, slick talking Emerald, who takes after her father as she does a charming safety spiel at the beginning of the film. She’s so effortlessly open and inviting, even as she shamelessly promotes side hustles and wheedles for better deals. Kaluuya’s OJ is her polar opposite. Painfully shy and more comfortable with horses than people, OJ is deeply resentful that his sister isn’t as committed to the family business as he is. But the curse of good acting is that it leaves you wanting more. And with Nope, the family dynamics and backstory feel underdeveloped.

Still, if you’re interested in a summer blockbuster that has the thrills of Jaws with a slightly more modern sensibility, Nope is here to offer the spectacle. Make sure you see this in a crowded theater so you can feed off the gasps and laughs of the audience.

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pouch and after the water is siphoned out the pelican raises the bill to swallow the prey. They sometimes will tip their bodies up with their head underwater to swirl their bills deeper in the water.

These pelicans, unlike the brown pelican, perform cooperative feeding and herding. They use their bright bodies and swimming ability to herd fish into an ambush area.

The 50 or so birds that I witnessed on the Mississippi River had formed a long line to push schools of fish against the riverbank. They were actively feeding on small fish and when one bird had eaten enough it would back out of the line and another would move in.

The American white pelican is generally a freshwater bird of central and western North America and nests in large groups on gravel or sandy areas.

Two eggs are generally laid in a shallow nest but the firstborn chick will almost always kill the second born (siblicide). As the young bird grows to the

point of swimming well, it will join with others of the same age to live and yet still be fed by their respective parents.

Cornell Ornithology calls these collections of young birds a creche. The young birds remain in a creche until they can fly. A creche helps the birds with safety and socialization. Few animals would attack a group of snapping and hissing giant birds. Coyotes are pelicans’ primary predators and will steal eggs or occasionally catch one of the large birds in a defenseless position.

During the winter, the pelicans migrate south as far as central South America but many stay in areas of estuaries around the southern U.S. The white pelicans in Cambridge were over-wintering in the Blackwater River’s estuary. There are areas along the refuge that rarely freeze and evidently fish are there to be caught.

At one time, the future existence of the American white pelican was in doubt when fishermen believed that the birds were responsible for a decline in fish stocks around the U.S. Pelicans were shot in huge numbers. After it was shown that the American white pelican eats mostly what are considered trash fish, the hunting mostly stopped.

Recently, a large group of pelicans has been foraging in catfish farm ponds in the South in the winter—and the fish farmers in Mississippi are not happy.

DDT also severely hurt both the brown and white pelican populations, but that damage abated when the chemical was banned.

Their breeding grounds are subject to flooding and since their reproduction rate is low, recovery from environmental catastrophes is slow, taking several years. Yet, the population seems stable.

To see these giant birds in flight, you might have to drive to the Mississippi or visit Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in the winter and wait on the Wildlife Drive across from the visitor center for hours. You may have to return over and over again because the birds usually sit on a mudflat that is almost a quarter mile away and seem quite content just to stand there. I have only seen them fly twice in 12 years of visiting, but then again, I don’t wait for hours. •

out of my garden. If I had purchased those from a grocery store, I would have quite a pile of various plastics used for packaging. The tomatoes are usually wrapped in rigid plastic, the cucumbers in shrink-wrapped cellophane. The herbs might be packaged

in rigid plastic containers, too. The peppers and the beans would also have been placed in plastic bags. Those veggies would yield a few nights of dinners, but multiply that by weeks and months worth of plastic. Eliminate all that packaging by growing your own.

Cook at home more often with what you grow in your garden. Try canning and freezing vegetables. Canning uses recyclable glass jars that can be used over and over.

There are so many ways to prepare homegrown veggies. Try a Thai cucumber salad. Cut a large cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Cut into small chunks. Mix together one small red chile, one green chile (thinly sliced), 1 shallot finely chopped, 2 teaspoons finely chopped lime peel, 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 teaspoons fish sauce, 1 teaspoon palm sugar. Pour over the cucumbers and add 2 tablespoons of chopped peanuts and parsley. •

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The American White Pelican

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everal years ago, as I was driving from Maryland to Colorado for a wedding, I took a northern route that took me by the Mississippi River at Rapid City, S.D. I took some time to explore the river and was surprised by the large number of huge white birds swimming at the edge of the river. They were American white pelicans, about 50 of them, doing some collective feeding.

Now I am quite familiar with brown pelicans, which dive beak-first into the water and then swirl their huge pouched beak underwater to catch fish.

These birds were bigger and never dove into the water.

Just outside of Denver, I saw several more white pelicans in the area lakes but only in groups of up to eight. Later that winter, I saw 15 white pelicans at Blackwater National Wildlife Sanctuary on the Eastern Shore.

The American white pelican is an interesting but odd bird. It is likely the heaviest soaring bird in North America, weighing up to 30 pounds and having a wing span over 9 feet—about the same as a California Condor but weighing more. The brown pelican has a 7-foot wingspan.

When the American white pelican is sitting on the water, it appears all white with a pinkish-orange bill. When flying, the black posterior edge of the wing is visible. They have large webbed feet and swim quite well. During breeding season, the top part of a mature bird’s bill will have a large keel on top, which looks like a half slice of an orange. It falls off after the young are hatched.

The white pelicans feed by stabbing and then swirling their open pouched bill underwater. Fish, crayfish, amphibians and insects are trapped in the

GARDENING FOR HEALTH

STORY AND PHOTO BY MARIA PRICE

Gardening Can Curb Plastic Pollution

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nstead of reading, writing, and arithmetic, the Rs of modern living are reduce, reuse, recycle and repurpose.

According to the UN, the amount of plastic we produce each year weighs about 300 million tons—almost the weight of all humans combined, writes Tenley Haraldson for Puracy.com.

Plastic has been found everywhere around the globe—even in the Arctic and Antarctica. We can help to minimize plastic waste that ends up in landfills and oceans by choosing eco-friendly refill packs for things like

soaps, detergents, and cleaning products. Buying products in disposable bottles just constantly makes more trash. Keep household cleaners in glass bottles. Buy reusable water bottles and personalize them. One million water bottles are purchased every minute— think of the amount of trash from that.

When you go to the grocery store or farmers market, carry a reusable tote bag for your purchases.

One of the best ways to reduce plastic is to grow a vegetable garden.

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SPORTING LIFE

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE

Plastics Serve Purpose in Fishing

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f lipped my small, ¼-ounce, silver RatL-Trap plug out about 100 feet or so close to the wooden remnants of a boat pier that had long ago fallen to ruin.

Putting my small spin reel spooled with 6-pound mono into gear, I made just two or three turns of the handle when the fish struck. The graphite in my light, 6-foot rod began groaning in agony as the creature made off for the horizon at f lank speed, hardly slowed at all by a firmly set drag.

Usually, I hang a channel cat or two along with my targeted white perch in this area of the Bay but lately, it’s become even money that it could as easily be a blue cat. Blues can often reach 50 pounds and though I am not deluded enough to imagine wearing a monster down of anything over 20 pounds with my perch rig, I always relish a good fight.

Slipping my engine into neutral after turning to follow the run, I allowed the fish to provide my skiff’s propulsion and patiently awaited an end to its first burst of speed—it was not long in coming. Still, I did not have a clue as to the size of my quarry as it broached the water in confusion some 100 feet away.

The rascal turned out to be a hefty 26-inch channel cat, handsome in its way and the potential source of some delicious fried catfish fingers. It went

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into my insulated cooler to await dinner.

Some youthful memories washed over me as I cleared my light, graphite jig rod, remembering my first real fishing pole: a shiny blue, 10-ounce tubular metal beast, about 6.5 feet with a bulky, conventional casting reel filled with thick, black fishing line of about 12-pound test and a weighted spinner with a bucktail dressed treble hook.

I spent half my life picking backlash tangles out of that cranky bugger back then and thought myself lucky that it was only half the time.

It took many years to get anywhere close to developing the fine sporting tackle we have today, though most people do not know how difficult angling could be back in the olden days. The invention and development of synthetic plastics changed the whole world and in particular the sporting world like no other material.

Plastic was invented in 1862 by Alex Parks who was trying to develop a synthetic substitute for shellac, a clear, brush-on waterproof finish excreted by the Indian lac bug. Instead, during his many attempts, he discovered cellulose, the first, moldable plastic. From that initial success, he and many others went on to create numberless types of synthetic plastic substances.

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By 1935, with constant effort at developing these new materials, nylon was invented by Dupont from a complex heating of a mixture of carbon from petroleum and acids. The resultant filament became useful as a thread for women’s clothing, particularly stockings, but it wasn’t until 1960 that nylon monofilament was perfected to the point that anglers began to prefer it to all other forms of fishing line.

That fishing line was stronger and much less visible than other options.

Then glass, carbon and graphite fibers were added to plastics, which among many other applications allowed fishing rods to become lighter and responsive. It also found particular advantages in boat building and since it was strong and quite indestructible, soon found uses in cars, planes, homes, rain clothes, footwear, hats and almost anything else one could envisage.

Of course with any material becoming so ubiquitous, it’s been discovered that plastics also possess a downside. One of its major qualities became a major fault—it does not easily degrade nor dissolve. Over time, we have created a massive disposal problem, with plastic showing up everywhere throughout the globe. The chemicals and by-products used to create the plastics are also being increasingly discovered in our foods, soil, groundwater and even in our bloodstreams.

While the seriousness of those issues is still under much study it is wise to

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begin taking steps to minimize plastic’s intrusion into our physical selves.

One particular use—bottled water—is a growing threat because we all use it, everywhere and almost all the time.

It’s also become clear that plastic bottled water should not be stored or exposed to temperatures near or above 100 degrees F–like in your car or boat during summer. Some studies have shown that antimony and other chemicals in the bottle can leach into the water if stored in hot temperatures for a long time. You can often taste them.

They are not good for you, causing headaches and depression. Keep your water cool and deposit your plastics for recycling. We can enjoy the incredible advantages of these synthetics but do so responsibly. •

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BY THE EDITORS AT ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION Ewwwww Big Ben, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace ... now tourists can add Wet Wipe Island to their lists of must-see attractions in England's capital. The Times of London reported on June 24 that an island the size of two tennis courts and composed entirely of used wet wipes has appeared in the Thames River that meanders through the city. Government ministers have asked people to stop using the wipes and are considering a ban on those that contain plastic. Fleur Anderson, a Labour Party MP, said she has visited the site: "I've ... stood on it—it's near Hammersmith Bridge in the Thames and it's a meter deep or more in places. It's actually changed the course of the Thames." Environmental minister Rebecca Pow asked citizens not to flush the wipes and said a proposal for dealing with the problem would be forthcoming "very shortly."

Least Competent Criminals • In Salt Lake City in mid-June, a couple of geniuses rolled up next to a company box truck in a parking lot in their own pickup truck. While one waited, KSL-TV reported, the other got under the company truck and drilled a hole into the gas tank, presumably hoping to steal fuel. But the perp's shirt caught on fire while he was under the truck, causing him to roll around the parking lot while trying to remove his shirt. He then jumped into the pickup and the pair of would-be thieves drove away; the company truck still had flames and smoke billowing from underneath, as seen on a surveillance video. No arrests have yet been made.

• Also in June, Austin Beauchamp, who was working as a summer instructor for a youth social services program in Grove City, Ohio, applied for a police communications technician job there, WKBN-TV reported. As part of the interview process, a detective ran a background check on Beauchamp and found he was wanted in North Carolina on a statutory rape charge.

Grove City police arrested him on June 22 and expected him to be extradited to Guilford County, North Carolina, for trial.

It's Good To Have a Hobby Neruno Daisuki, a Japanese illustrator and manga artist, stumbled into a new hobby as he tried to pass the time during the COVID lockdowns of the past year, Oddity Central reported.

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etc.—and laying them out neatly on boards with grids. "When I was removing the pebbles caught in the groove on the back of my newly bought sneakers," he said, "I felt that it was a waste to just throw them away, and I thought, 'It would be interesting to collect them.'"

He ended up with 179 pebbles, 32 glass fragments and one nut. Now he's considering further categorizing his collection between his left and right shoes.

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"Biff, schedule my Botox injection. The drive to the Hamptons is too much to bear." According to Insider, New Yorkers who battle weekend traffic to their Long Island enclaves are rushing to urologists for a cure for "Hamptons bladder": prostate artery embolization for men, which reduces the size of the prostate, and "bladder Botox," which decreases urinary frequency for women. "They come out to the Hamptons and have to stop four or five times on the way, but can't find a restroom," said Dr. David Shusterman, a Big Apple urologist.

"When they're in a car with a bunch of people, they're embarrassed because they have to go to the bathroom every hour. I've lost three friends because I'm the driver and refuse to stop for them." One happy customer said he's "like a kid" after the procedure. "There's no dread now."

People With Issues When fire erupted on June 26 at the Church of St. Basil the Great in Pargolovo, Russia, parishioners first assumed it was faulty wiring that had sparked the blaze, Oddity Central reported. Damage to the outside was considerable, and some thought it was a divine message that they should build a bigger, more beautiful church. As it turns out, however, neither of those explanations was valid. Instead, a 36-year-old local man who was tired of his wife donating all their money to the church allegedly splashed the walls of the church with gasoline and, checking to make sure no one was inside, lit the match. "He worked 24/7, they have four children and his wife works at the church.

Everything he earned, she brought to temple," a Russian newspaper reported.

"Because of this, they had a conflict." The man admitted his guilt but was allowed to await sentencing at home.

Good Sport Katie Hannaford, 36, of Essex, England, just wanted to please her daughter by taking part in a parents' race on sports day at the girl's school. But when she SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER! Scan code ☛ or visit bayweekly.com

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tripped over her own feet and fell to her knees, Hannaford inadvertently flashed her bare rear end to the crowd of students, parents and teachers, the Mirror reported on July 7. At first, she said, she was humiliated, but Trophies Plus Medals presented her with a Bottoms Up award trophy and medal; Elle Courtenel, social media manager for the company, said they "felt she deserved her own award despite not making it to the finish line." And Hannaford has come around to see the humor of it: "It's definitely the funniest thing I've ever done in my life!"

complete standstill on I-85 in Atlanta, many people left their cars to walk around, play Frisbee or—in Hailey Ann Smith's case—strum the harp. "I was in my concert gown and I had the harp in the car from a wedding ... so I parked myself in the very middle of the interstate and played a few songs for everybody!" she wrote on Facebook, according to The News & Observer. "It's not every day you get to play your baby grand harp on the middle of I-85." "Wow, what a great way to share beautiful music!" one Facebook user responded.

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A family in Uttar Pradesh, India, believe they have been blessed by the gods after the mother, Kareena, gave birth to a baby with four arms and four legs, the New York Post reported. The otherwise healthy boy arrived on July 2 and weighed 6.5 pounds, doctors reported. Some believe he may be the reincarnation of the fourarmed Hindu goddess Lakshmi, who rules wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity. The extremely rare condition is called polymelia and results in extra, unusable arms, legs, hands or feet.

Victor Roy, Oceanside, California's elected city treasurer, is in hot water after an email from Treasury Manager Steve Hodges to Roy surfaced, Voice of San Diego reported. The June 6 email includes several allegations against Roy, but the most titillating details, in an anonymous complaint filed in June 2021, allege that Roy looked at pornography on the Mission Branch Library computers. The complaint stated that Roy was "looking at magazines that when he clicked on the cover, the images inside the magazine were full nudity." Roy was told by library staff that he couldn't view nudity on public computers, and he replied that "he knew, that is why he came when it was slow and that he was being cognizant of his surroundings," the complaint continued.

Assistant City Manager Michael Gossman, who confirmed that the leaked email was authentic, said Roy had not repeated the inappropriate behavior at the library.

Weird Weather On July 5, residents of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, got a weather show that "felt like being in a teaser for Stranger Things Season 5," one Twitter user posted. Because of a phenomenon known as a derecho, the sky turned bright neon green as thunderstorms moved through the area, People.com reported. "The green in this thing is insane!" tweeted storm chaser Tanner Charles. The green occurs when blue light from the rain clouds combines with red and yellow light from a sunset, the National Weather Service explained.

Awwwww What's a 6-year-old to do when her tooth falls out during an airline flight and gets lost on the plane? After Lena and her family returned to the Greenville-Spartanburg (South Carolina) airport from a trip to Norway on June 17, she realized her tooth was nowhere to be found, WHNS-TV reported. The flight crew noticed that Lena was upset as her family tried to go back onto the plane to look for it; instead, United Airlines Capt.

Josh Duchow went the extra mile, writing a note to the Tooth Fairy to make sure Lena got credit for her missing tooth.

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Freak of Nature A wild rabbit that looks like something out of a Star Wars bar scene is alarming residents of a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, neighborhood, KELO-TV reported. The rabbit's head and face are covered with growths that look like tentacles, which bob around as the animal moves. Dennis Schorr saw the bunny on July 7: "I walk my dogs every day and I see lots of rabbits—but today was very unusual," he said. Game Fish and Parks biologist Josh Delger said the growths are caused by a form of papillomavirus found only in cottontail rabbits. He said cases this severe are seen every few years, and the virus can spread from wild rabbits to pet rabbits, but it's unlikely it would spread to dogs • Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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The Appalachian mountains stretch from the Island of Newfoundland, Canada, all the way to Alabama, and yet were named after an area and a people who lived in northern Florida.

Seems Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca was told by central Florida natives, the people further north were rich with gold and food, and lived in a province called Apalachen. It’s still there to this day – in northern Florida. After Vaca’s report, any time a European made a map, the name Apalachen or Appalachian was on it. How it jumped to Alabama and traveled 1500 miles up the mountain range to Canada is as mysterious and perplexing as navigating Florida’s Apalachee Bay to find an Apalachicola to drink.

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1 Price 5 Long in the tooth 9 Boat propellers 13 River of Flanders 14 Relative of a giraffe 15 Disney goldfish 16 Jai follower 17 Hall of Famer Paul ___ (“Big Poison”) 18 Expressionist Nolde 19 Oklahoma city 21 Transport in the air 23 Amphitheater 25 ___ Paese cheese 26 County fair transport 29 LBJ or JFK, e.g. (Abbr.)

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8 Letter Words Madeiras Mongoose Salvages Squirrel Volcanic

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Getting Around

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59 To be, in old Rome 62 For example abbrs.

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!

9 Letter Words Lusitania Mount Pico Mountains Peninsula Sao Miguel

13 Letter Words Mediterranean Whale Watching

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Southern Anne Arundel Co: 4Br., 3Ba. sprawling Southern Anne Arundel County: 4Br., 2.5Ba Northern Calvert Co.: 5Br. 4.5Ba. with beautiful Southern Anne Arundel: 3Br., 2.5Ba., freshly rambler with 2 car garage & located on 1 with pier with shallow water perfect for kayak/ inground pool located on 1 acre. Upgraded painted, new carpet, large kitchen, living acre. Inlaw suite with kitchenette & separate canoe. Renovated through out the years. Hard- kitchen with granite, hwd. flrs. & custom trim room with fireplace, deck overlooking large entrance. Oversized driveway for boat/RV. wood floors through out main level, updated through out, plantation shutters, finished lower fenced yard. No covenants or restriction. Not No covenants or restrictions. Will not last long. kitchen with granite countertops, 1 car garage, level with Br. & FB., easy commute to D.C.., in subdivision. 50 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to MDAA2038578 large rear yard. Walk to comm. pier, beach, MDCA2006636.

Annapolis, MDAA2038408. playground, boat ramp and more.

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Southern Anne Arundel County: 3Br., 2Ba. with Churchton: 3Br., 1Ba. with 2 car garage located Deale: 2Br., 1Ba. in move in condition. Freshly expansive Bay views. Pier with boat lift & jet on .75ac. lot. Home needs tremendous amount painted, new carpet through out, deck overski lift, updated kitchen with Corian counterof work, or torn down. Priced to sell. Will not looking nice yard. Walk to nearby marina’s, tops, family room with woodstove, whole house last long. MDAA2039518. waterfront dining & shops. 45 minutes to D.C., generator.

25 minutes to Annapolis.

MDAA2034564 MDAA2012536

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Walk to community beach, piers, boat ramp, playground and more.

MDAA2016652.

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1 block from community piers, beach, boat fenced rear yard with shed. No covenants or ramp, playground and more all located on the restrictions. Walk to community marina, pier, Bay. Will not last long. boat ramp, beach, club house and more. Easy MDAA2040380 commute to D.C.. MDAA2039550.

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Owings: one acre approved built site surrounded by an addition of approximatley 20.45 Acres of open space property, which is included in the price. Please see the amendment to the covenants in the document section of the listing.

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Deale: Working boat yard marina with 20+ Avenue, MD., 9 + acres, 85% cleared flat land. deep water slips, 1+ acres, railway lift, small Water Views all around. New Metal Barn, tenant house on property, located on Rockhold passed Perc Test, new well.

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GEORGE G HEINE JR. 301-261-9700, 410-279-2817 Snug Harbor, 4br., And 2ba., Home. Income opportunity, property totaling 1.06931 Acres Commercial/marine zoned property, with 135 ft. of bulk headed waterfront, 200 ft.

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