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Tidewater Times February 2012

Waterfront Homes Near St. Michaels

LONG HAUL CREEK Absolutely charming, tastefully renovated late 1800s “telescope” home on 4 mostly-wooded acres. 6+ ft. MLW at the dock! Exceptional views. $1,695,000

WATERFRONT FARM Restorable c. 1825 farmhouse, pool, guest cottage and caretaker house on 70+ acres. Premier hunting property. Was $2,250,000. Now $1,899,000

BRAND NEW! Nearing completion on a premier 5-acre point of land. Outstanding 4 BR, 3.5 BA home designed for casual “Eastern Shore Living.” $1,795,000

ROYAL OAK Perfect summer/weekend get-away! “Move-in” 4 BR, 3 BA home, heated pool, detached studio, dock, great sunsets! Terrific value @ $755,000

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Tidewater Times

Since 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland Vol. 60, No. 9

Published Monthly

February 2012

Features: About the Cover: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Glass Was Always Half Full: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Miles Point Stays Forever Green: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Tred Avon Players Celebrate 30 Years! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Chesapeake Chamber Music Gala: Rhapsody in Blue . . . . . . . 41 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 21st Century Treasure Hunt: Mary Syrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Just One League Under the Sea: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . 131 Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Departments: February Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Queen Anne’s County Invites You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 February Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, Editor P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654 410-226-0422 FAX : 410-226-0411 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com

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SOUTH POINT FARM - Stunning brick estate residence on nearly 100 acres on LaTrappe Creek. View-filled rooms, exquisite moldings and finishes, heart pine floors. Fabulous amenities including a gourmet kitchen. Pool, tennis court, pier, 6’ ± mlw. $5,900,000. Attison Barnes, 410-463-1100.

THE FOXES DEN - Enjoy Eastern Shore living on 34 acres on Island Creek. 4 bedroom, 3 full, plus 2 half bath home in Oxford offers lovely grounds, 2 ponds, 1,200’ ± of shoreline, pool, tennis court, shuffle board and dock with boat lift. $2,775,000. Attison Barnes, 410-463-1100. WYE WOODS - Private, 86 ± acre parcel on the Wye River perfect for your dream home or family compound! 7+ feet of water and 3,000+ feet of shoreline. Paved drive, pool and tennis courts. 20 min. to the Bay Bridge. $5,900,000. Cindi Buniski, Associate Broker, 410-310-6789.

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About the Cover This month’s cover photograph entitled “Leaf in Ice” was provided by Graham Scott-Taylor who is a member of the Tidewater Camera Club of Easton. It is a private, nonprofit organization that was founded in 1963 by Frederick A. Curtis, Louis Coffin, Lowell Thompson, Doris Reid and C. C. Harris. With photography now in a digital era, the club has embraced this without losing sight of its film roots. The TCC’s goals are to support knowledge about the use of the camera and all aspects of modern photography. It is dedicated to improving members’ skills in producing great images. It is a welcoming venue for new and expe-

rienced photographers to get together and share their common interest. TCC meets monthly to hear lectures by accomplished photographers, and to discuss and critique member submitted work. Throughout February, Chesapeake College is hosting an exhibit by members of the TCC. Club photographers will showcase approximately fifty prints of local, national and international scenes throughout the lobby area of the Todd Performing Arts Center. For more info. tel: 410-901-2223 or visit tidewatercameraclub.com.

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The Glass Was Always Half Full by Helen Chappell

I used to come slouching and grouching into her Bellevue Store full of the frustrations and woes of the life of a mid-list writer. I’d toss myself into a chair behind the counter and whine. Dotti would listen, or at least pretend to, murmuring encouragement. “Oh, darling girl,” she would exclaim, her hands busy with whatever project she had at that moment. “It can’t possibly be that bad! Look at all the people who love your writing. Things will get better.” All the time she’d be pounding nails, painting, gluing or sewing. She was never still, our Dotti, filled with the restless energy of the artist. For her, the ideas never stopped coming, nor did the encouragement. Her relentless cheerfulness often drove me crazy – I wanted her to agree with me that my life was one giant stinkfest – but she never did. She believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself. And I was just one of probably hundreds she buoyed with her love and optimism. She was like that. She always believed in the best in everyone, even the most awful people like me. Dotti Heimert died in November,

after a long, painful sumo wrestling match with cancer. It’s not just a great loss to her beloved family and friends; it’s a loss to the whole regional art community, and the community at large. She was just that special. And special doesn’t come along that often. When she and her husband, Bert Heimert, bought the long-empty old Bellevue Store and remodeled it into a gallery, store and apartment, I had my doubts. I

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tons, she was adorable. As warm as the sun, she rarely said a bad word about anyone, and she had an artist’s eye for everything from clothing to upcycling. Dotti was nothing if not an original dresser. I loved her glittery Chuck Taylors and her block printed t-shirts. She loved earth tones and, as a fabric artist, intuitively understood materials, design and the way clothing expressed wearable art. I can still remember one of her more outrageous outfits: poufy black sweater trimmed with feathers, black shorts, black tights and rainbow colored leg warmers, topped with a coat made from the zip-out lining of a raincoat. When you live in the land of prep, where

mean, Bellevue? It’s a high place in the road on the way to the ferry. Was it going to “cute the place up” and make an historically AfricanAmerican community into Oxford West? The Heimerts had known Bellevue, having a friend there, and when they retired, they took on the store as their new project. I was living down the road then, and naturally, I was curious. So I went on up when the Heimerts had their opening. All skepticism I might have had vanished when I met Dotti. With her short, dark hair and her twinkling brown eyes, like shoe but-

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back, jump out of the car, leap over the ditch, fight through weeds and brambles and return with this bentup, rusty old wheel that was clearly halfway to complete decomposition. Someone else wouldn’t even see it there at the edge of the woods, but Dotti had a sixth sense. She’d bear that wheel back home in triumph. A few months later, you’d come into the store, or go to one of her shows, and there would be that rusty wheel. Only it wouldn’t be an old rusty wheel anymore. It would be the wings of an angel whose body was originally an axe handle. Dotti had the gift of looking below the surface of things to find the essence, the soul, if you will, of people and things.

everyone wears baked potato colors and hand-painted duck skirts, Dotti just popped. And she taught me, by example, to do a little popping of my own. She was an artist to the bone, with a remarkable well of creativity. For instance, where others might see trash, Dotti saw art. She’s best known for her upcycled sculptures, using bits and pieces of trash wood, metal and whatever else struck her fancy. She loved object trouvé. We’d be driving along somewhere and she’d say, “Did you see that old bicycle wheel back there?” “No.” And she’d cut a U-turn and go

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There’s a story about Michelangelo looking at a piece of marble another sculptor had ruined, and seeing, trapped inside the marble, his famous David. Dotti had that gift, with things and people and places. I’ve never seen anyone else who could do that, and I’m so fortunate I had the chance to watch Dotti in action. She was classically trained at Moore Institute of Art in Philadelphia, then probably the only women’s art college in the country. Although we were a generation apart, I had friends who had attended Moore also, and that gave us another bond. She used to get frustrated

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Casual Waterfront Elegance! Walls of windows, screened-in porch, fabulous outdoor kitchen, extensive slate patio area, private pier, boat lift and 4’ MLW. $1,950,000

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couldn’t see it with my eyes, but I could feel it in my heart. I miss her terribly – we all do – but I feel so fortunate to have known her.

encouraged me, laughed at me when I got too dramatic, which was all the time in those days, and lifted me up. She lifted a lot of people up, and did a lot of good things in the world, but I’ll let other people come forward with their stories about that. When I knew that the end was coming, I wrote her a letter. I wanted it all down on paper, how grateful I am to her, how much she’d influenced me, done for me, been to me. I wanted it in words, so she could read it when she felt like it. The last time I saw Dotti, it was already as if she were disappearing into a filmy cloud of mist. I

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After a Dozen Years of Litigation, Miles Point Stays Forever Green by Dick Cooper

end to 12 years of epic legal wrangling when she bought Miles Point Green in early 2011 from developers who had once planned as many as 375 homes on the farmland on the north edge of town. I n D e c e m b e r, G o v. M a r t i n O’Malley, state Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot, sitting as the state Board of Public Works, approved a conservation easement that protects 72 acres of Miles Point from development. Murray donated the easement to the

From the old cement slab bridge over a small tidal stream on the edge of Fogg Cove, Joan Murray sees what she hopes will become a new venue to admire the beauty of the Chesapeake. “I would like to sell this part of the land to the town of St. Michaels or a conservation agency that would preserve the land and make it accessible to the public,” she says. Murray, known to conservationists and many St. Michaels residents as “Saint Joan,” brought an

View from the bridge at the edge of Fogg Cove. 25

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Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and the Maryland Environmental Trust. On a clear winter day, Murray guides some guests to the bridge that joins her land with the grounds of Inn at Perry Cabin. “Isn’t this a beautiful view?” she says as a half dozen mallards swim in the cove. The six acres she is proposing to sell is a wedge of wetlands that is bounded by Route 33, the Perr y Cabin Townhouses and the Inn. Murray envisions nature trails and places for people to enjoy being next to the water. If the St. Michaels Nature Trail is eventually extended to Perry Cabin Park, the waterfront land could be the terminus of the trail. A resident of Washington, D.C., Murray says she visits the Eastern Shore regularly, but only decided to look for a home here within the last few years. After looking at several properties, she says that friends Omer Brown and his wife, Sandra C a n non-Brow n, told her ab out Miles Point. “They said, ‘Maybe Joan would be interested.’ I don’t know anything about the controversy over the land, but when I saw it, I fell in love with it,” she says. Miles Point has been a farm since Colonial days. It was part of Perry Cabin Farm, and the core building of the Inn was the farm house. Early plans were to develop the

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Not much happened for almost a decade, and then, in May, 1998, developers held a meeting to lay out their plans to build 375 homes and an inn. The plan became a polarizing topic in the town and Talbot County. It called for basically replicating the village of St. Michaels with homes on small lots and a commercial town center. Architectural plans show Federal and Victorian designs for larger homes, a section of row

farm into townhouses, but only the existing Perry Cabin Townhouses were built around Fogg Cove in the 1980s by the Meyerhoff family. The remaining land in two parcels, 72 acres of farmland known as Miles Point and 17 acres with extensive waterfront and a one-story house, known as the Hunteman property, were sold to a development group from Washington, D.C.

Developersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; early plans for Miles Point. The yellow areas represent new homesites. 28

houses and a mix of small homes similar to the cottages that border Muskrat Park in St. Michaels. The tow n government pushed back, and in the spring of 2000, the Miles Point developers filed their first suit against St. Michaels. The Bay Hundred Foundation was

formed to keep the community informed about the project and eventually wound up as a legal adversary to the developers. A time line put together by the foundation highlights more than 80 significant litigious events over the next decade. A life-long St. Michaels resident

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per 20 acre zoning — so a lengthy court battle seemed inevitable. “A ga i n s t t h i s bac kd r op, ne w Commissioners Tad duPont and Mike Vlahovich took office, and Tad in particular was determined to find another way. Through the summer and into the fall, Tad kept negotiations about a purchase of the property alive. Meanwhile, the whole Bay Hundred area responded with donations, but the gap between what the developers wanted and what the community could afford was huge.” Just as the deadline for the town to buy the land was nearing, Murray stepped in and bought it. Murray says since then she has been amazed and somewhat dumb-

put it this way: “The people in town decided they didn’t like the people who didn’t live in the houses that hadn’t been built yet.” Beth Jones of the Bay Hundred Foundation recalls the final stages. “In late May 2009, in a three-two vote, the then-Commissioners of St. Michaels passed an ordinance finalizing intensive zoning for the Miles Point development,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Within two weeks, close to a third of St. Michaels’ registered voters had signed a petition for a referendum on the issue, as the Town Charter prescribes. If the citizens prevailed, the Miles Point property would revert to one house

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shoreline will begin in the spring. Murray says she plans to replace the one-stor y house w ith a new one that will have about the same footprint, but set farther back from the water. “I plan to keep the rest of Miles Point as natural as possible, farming much of the land organically and placing the rest in wildf lowers and natural grasses,” she wrote in an e-mail. The Hunteman property will not be in a conservation easement. Murray says the list of people who have helped her secure the la nd i nclude s t he Brow n s, a nd “especially those who met w ith me in the beginning, speaking so movingly about the property: Warren and Billie Jane Marton, Beth and Phil Jones, John and Mar y Wolfe, Barney Kastel, Tad duPont

founded by the amount of time she has spent trying to get the permits needed to preser ve the land. “It has taken longer than I thought,” she says. “I am doing a good thing, and I thought people would say, ‘Thanks, how can we help?’ But it hasn’t worked out that way.” She says she feels a sense of urgency because large chunks of her waterfront are falling into the Miles River at an alarming rate. She estimates that the land is receding eight feet a year. A jagged row of fallen trees that lined the water’s edge until they were toppled by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003 are now almost 100 feet offshore. The state permits needed to stop the erosion should be secured soon, she says, and work to install a living

The trees visible in the water were toppled by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003. 32

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*Carl Langkammerer Sr., the pianist, storyteller and inventor featured in the July 2011 issue of T idewater T imes, pa ssed away Oct. 28, at the age of 106. Mr. Langkammerer contributed to the development of Nylon at the DuPont Company and was a founding member of the Rhythm Doctors Band.

and Cathy Stinchcomb and Jef f and Dorie McGuiness. I hope that most residents will be pleased that Miles Point Green will be preserved forever as open space.” She said Jim Wright and Pat Noonan have also been very helpful. “Every time I walk out to Miles Point Green, I give thanks to the hundreds of St. Michaels residents whose Herculean efforts made it possible for me to purchase this stunning property,” Murray wrote. “Had they not persevered for twelve years to stop the development, I never would have been fortunate enough to be part of the wonderful community of St. Michaels.”

Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Mic h ae l s, Mar yl an d. He c an b e reached at dickcooper@coopermediaassociates.com.

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Opening August 9 is the hilarious comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Director Marcia Gilliam presents the Tony-winning Broadway hit that started out as a spoof of old musicals written by friends for the wedding of Bob Martin and his wife, Janet. It pays homage to 1920’s American musicals. A recluse listening to a recording

Closing TAP’s 30th season in October is the comical spoof of the spy thriller movies of the Cold War era, Michael Hollinger’s Red Herring, directed by George Edmonds. Red Herring follows the attempts of three couples to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of love and marriage, such as a not-too-bright Russian spy, mistaken identities, counter agents, and farcical plot twists. TAP’s 30th season begins at the Oxford Community Center in Oxford, MD, with the dazzling Life is a Cabaret: The Songs of Kander & Ebb. Fridays and Saturdays, February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 25 at 8 p.m. Sundays, February 12, 19, & 26 at 2 p.m. Thrifty Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. Call 410-226-0061 or visit www.tredavonplayers.org for information on these spectacular shows and to order season tickets.

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A Bit of Summertime in March Chesapeake Chamber Music Gala Presents Gershwin

Wishing it were Summertime and the living was easy? Shoo away those winter blues with a bit of Gershwin. Chesapeake Chamber Music will present Rhapsody in Blue, a Gershwin concert at Easton’s Avalon Theatre, and a gala cocktail party, dinner and auctions at the historic Tidewater Inn on Saturday, March 3, 2012. There’ll be Plenty o’ Nuttin’ if you miss out on this highly anticipated evening. The concert will feature Adam Birnbaum, a world-renowned jazz pianist working with artists as diverse as Greg Osby and Wynton Marsalis. Adam has performed frequently in New York jazz clubs such as the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note, as well as in numerous national and international venues. He will perform excerpts from Rhapsody in Blue, as well as a number of other Gershwin favorites. Top female jazz vocalist Carolyn Leonhart, who has worked as lead back-up vocalist with Steely Dan, will provide a mesmerizing performance with her vibrant, clear-eyed timbre. Rhapsody in Blue established Gershwin as a serious composer in 1924 when it was commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, who

requested a concerto-like piece for an all-jazz concert. Rhapsody in Blue has become one of the most popular concert pieces in America. Following the concert at the Avalon Theatre, the sumptuous

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benefit the free and subsidized tickets provided during the annual twoweek CCM Festival each June; free community concerts-in-the-street; YouthReach; and the free violin programs, First Strings and Presto! for grade school students. Tickets for this event may go fast, and many who thought they could wait ’til the date may find It Ain’t Necessarily So. Tickets for the concert and gala are $175 a person. Concert-only tickets for the balcony may be purchased for $25 each. For further information or to purchase tickets, visit www. ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org, or call the CCM office at 410-819-0380.

gala awaits across the street at the Tidewater Inn. A festive and generous cocktail hour includes drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Silent auction items of every imaginable sort will be available for bidding. The person with the winning bid may be crowing They Can’t Take That Away From Me! An incredible dinner menu prepared by the Tidewater Inn presents the best of the Bay with selections guaranteed to tickle the taste buds. The Gala, generously underwritten by Wye Financial and Trust, is chaired by the fabulous and tireless Chloe Pitard, supported by the volunteer committee. Proceeds from the Gala

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Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 244 pp. $18.95. Amy Stewart has a record of offbeat subjects that are profiled in her non-fiction books like this one, her most recent. She alerts the reader with a subtitle that aptly tells where the quirky title of this book will lead the curious. It reads, The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects. The treatise on creepy-crawlies follows a brace of predecessors with related believe-it-or-not topics: Wicked Plants, with the provocative subtitle, The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities. Before that was Flower Confidential, a.k.a. The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful. Clearly, the lady knows a rascal when she sees one. Ms. Stewart’s classifications of insects are less than scientific, a bonus for the casual reader. For example, she labels specimens as “horrible,” “painful” or “deadly.” It’s as if she’s breathlessly confid-

ing in the reader a tidbit of conversation that will evoke a dropped jaw and a gasp of disbelief. Her wicked bugs are properly illustrated by etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs in a fashion that could only be called mug shots. The bugs are not only candidates for display on the post office wall; Stewart also provides a rap sheet for each culprit.

Wicked Bugs Her warning words about bed bugs, currently newsmakers, tell how awful those bugs are. They can survive a year without feeding but are too persistent to have to miss a meal very often. Here’s the bedbug’s MO, or modus operandi. It “travels at night, lurking in the dim light,” Stewart writes, “feeling its way toward warmth and the tantalizing odor of carbon dioxide. It approaches its dinner – that’s you – with outstretched antennae, gripping the skin tightly with tiny claws ... it begins rocking back and forth, working needle-like feeding organs called stylets into the skin. It bites gently, piercing the skin just enough to get the blood flowing.” By this time, the stylets are probing under the skin to find a blood vessel to tap into. “If it is left alone to enjoy its meal, it will feed for about five minutes and then wander off. But if you were to swat at the bug in your sleep, it would probably move a short distance away and bite again, leading to a telltale series of three sequential puncture wounds. Dermatologists call these bites “‘breakfast, lunch, and dinner.’” Isn’t that fascinating, boys and girls? The black fly (there are seven hundred species of black flies in the world) mates, and then looks

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general public. It bites, true, but it is likely that the victim’s painful, rotting lesion is caused by something else. The bite site resembles many other spider bites, but the only way to accurately identify a brown recluse “is to look deep into its eyes; they have six of them arranged in three pairs.” Stewart gives no advice for finding someone to hold the spider for the examination. The author has a broad streak of drollery among her mini-bug delinquents. In fact, she emphasizes that she has taken liberties with the categories she cites, calling them all Bugs. She knows the differences between insects and spiders and scorpions and others, but they’re all bugs in common terms. “I am not a scientist or a doctor,” she writes. “I am a writer who is fascinated by the natural world. Within each chapter I set out to tell a deliciously frightening story.... This is by no means a comprehensive field guide or a medical reference book. Please do not rely upon it to definitely identify a bug

anxiously for a person or animal to bite and nurture her eggs along. The young nematodes (worms) are transferred to the blood-giver and hitch a ride in our bloodstreams. The life cycle gets even more gory and maddening. The black fly must suck the little worms back into its body as it feeds or they won’t mature into more black flies. Not content to start life as eggs in a fly, then to nematodes in a human (or other animal), it has to get back into the fly. And here’s the really gross part: if no black fly returns to the human or animal for another meal, the worms grow into adults and settle under some part of the skin (it could be yours, dear reader) and live up to fifteen years “making and producing as many as a thousand offspring a day.” Of course, we have all heard the warnings about the perils of spider bites, namely the black widow and the brown recluse. Alas, Stewart writes that the recluse’s reputation is muddied by the misinformed

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Stewart bolsters her litany of trouble with an incident in 1977 wherein a Mrs. Carole Hargis tried to murder her husband by slipping a tarantula’s venom sac into a blackberry pie. He survived, but most likely never ate pie again as long as he lived. The champion, the uber-bug in Stewart’s catalog, is the mosquito, that ubiquitous pest with the multiple malaria deaths on its rap sheet. It has killed more people than all

or diagnose an ailment. For that, t h e re ’s a l i s t o f re c o m m e nd e d reading and resources at the end of the book.” If the reader doesn’t break out in goose bumps at some of these “wicked” critters, it’s not the author’s fault. For example, did you know that members of Christopher Columbus’ crew deliberately cut off their toes? They were driven to desperation by infestations of Chigoe fleas that burrow under toenails and lay their eggs there. Napoleon found himself helpless in his 1812 campaign against Russia. Body lice infected with typhus made his army drop like, well, like flies.

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Alice Roosevelt, who is reputed to be slyly mischievous with her invitation to parties. “If you don’t have anything good to say about anybody,” she would say, “come sit by me.” That’s Stewart’s take on wicked bugs. It’s outrageous and entertaining.

wars combined. It continues to kill one million people per year. With a touch of black humor, Stewart informs us, “Beware: studies show that mosquitoes are more attracted to beer drinkers.” Apparently, non-beer drinkers are somewhat safer. And so it goes, the list of perpetrators and their devilish deeds, the maggots and Spanish flies, the chiggers and biting midges, not a hero in the bunch. Amy Stewart has compiled a selection of downright mean and bloodthirsty no-count varmints with more legs than is good for them. Read about them and keep a distance. Armed with Amy Stewart’s anecdotes, the reader will get the reputation of a wicked tongue, like

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Winter is Salad Time, Too! 2/3 cup brown rice 1/2 cup olive oil 3 T. champagne vinegar 2 T. sugar 1 T. curry powder 1/2 t. salt Freshly ground pepper to taste 1/2 cup radishes, finely chopped 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped 1/2 cup purple onion, finely chopped 1/2 cup golden raisins 1/2 cup currants

Beautiful and nutritious salads don’t have to be complicated and time consuming. Forget those tasteless tomatoes and get creative with winter’s fresh produce, and you can put together a salad that is every bit as appealing as one made from summer’s bounty! Here is a flavorful salad I was served in North Carolina during the holidays. When we asked our waitress about the ingredients, she immediately came back with the recipe. She said they had so many people ask about it, they wrote it out. This salad is packed with nutrients and has a very unusual taste. I think you, too, will find this combination of wild and brown rice tossed with curry a winning side dish. Once you gather all the ingredients, it all goes together in no time, and it gets even better after a day or two!

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Serves 4 This is indescribably delicious and can be prepared in a matter of minutes. It is topped off with a rich honey balsamic vinaigrette. Create your own salad mix with a combination of several leafy green varieties of lettuce, each with its unique color, texture and flavor. In this salad, peppery darkgreen arugula contrasts with sweet, crisp, red-leaf lettuce and dark green baby spinach. I try to stay away from iceberg lettuce as much as possible because, while it has a nice crunch, it has almost no nutritional value. With just a few slices of grilled chicken, you can turn this healthy salad into a healthy meal.

ing water, stirring occasionally, until wild rice is tender and grain splits open, about 1 hour. Drain in a sieve and rinse with cold water to stop cooking, and then drain well. Blend oil, vinegar, sugar, curry powder, salt and pepper in a blender until combined, then toss with rice and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Note: This salad can be made a day ahead, chilled and covered. Serve slightly chilled or at room temperature. MANDARIN ORANGE, AVOCADO and PINE NUT SALAD

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place them in a dry heavy skillet over low heat until they are nicely browned.

6 cups salad mix 1/2 cup mandarin oranges, drained 1 red bell pepper, cut into long thin slices 2 avocados, peeled and sliced (1/2 per person) 1/4 cup dry roasted pine nuts 1 4-oz. pkg. Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

HONEY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE 1/4 cup aged balsamic vinegar 2 t. Dijon mustard 1/2 t. salt Fresh ground pepper to taste 3/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves minced garlic 2 shallots, chopped fine 1/4 to 1/2 cup honey, more or less depending on taste

Toss all the ingredients together in a large salad bowl, except for the Gorgonzola. Add the honey balsamic vinaigrette and toss again to coat. Sprinkle the Gorgonzola on top. Note: To roast pine nuts, simply

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blended. Gradually whisk in the oil. Toss in some shallots to give it a nice crunch. Cover and store in the refrigerator. If the oil hardens from being chilled, just set your jar in a pot of hot water and let it warm up while you are preparing the rest of the salad. Note: I recommend the balsamic vinegars from Modena, Italy.

6 cups arugula salad greens Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 4-oz. pkg. Feta cheese, crumbled Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a skillet over high heat and stir in the onion and cook until it starts to brown. Add the asparagus, salt and pepper and cook until the asparagus is browned and tender/ crisp, about 4 minutes. Stir several times and turn off heat. Stir in the beans and transfer to a plate to cool. Whisk together the vinegar and salt and pepper until well combined. Gradually whisk in the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil. In a large bowl, toss the arugula

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Winter Salads with 2 tablespoons of the dressing and divide among the salad plates. Toss the asparagus mixture with the remaining dressing and place over the arugula mixture. Sprinkle with Feta cheese and serve. Note: Fresh asparagus should always be peeled before cooking. The outer skin is stringy and bitter. Take the vegetable peeler and peel down from about 1 inch below the head, then cut off the fibrous end.

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Combine the walnuts, beans, onion and cheese in a large bowl; toss well. Cover and chill. Pour the oil mixture over the bean mixture 1 hour before serving; toss just before serving.

Bake walnuts in a shallow pan at 350掳, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 10 minutes or until toasted; set aside. Whisk the vinegar, dill, garlic, salt and pepper until well blended. Gradually whisk in the oil. Cut the green beans into thirds and arrange in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover and steam for 5 to 10 minutes or until the beans are tender/crisp. Immediately plunge the green beans into ice water to stop the cooking process, drain and pat dry.

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avocado slices with some lemon juice to prevent them from turning dark. Put all the ingredients for the vinaigrette, except the nuts, into a blender and blend well. Put into a pitcher to serve and add the nuts. Serve the vinaigrette on the side.

1 purple onion, peeled and thinly sliced 1 head of romaine lettuce, washed and cut into bite-sized pieces Fresh lemon juice Walnut Oil Vinaigrette 1/2 cup Expeller Pressed canola oil 2 T. walnut oil 3 T. cider vinegar 1 t. honey 1 T. Kikkoman soy sauce (less sodium) 1-2 t. grated fresh ginger 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

RICE and BEAN SALAD Serves 4 to 6 The most commonly used rices in America are white and converted. Both of these rices have been stripped of the outer brown coating, but the converted has been enriched to replace the lost nutrients. I find Uncle Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Converted Rice and Carolina Enriched Rice to be good products.

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Brown rice or natural rice has a great many more nutrients than white. It has a nutty flavor not found in white rice. It requires a longer cooking time, but I recommend you try it. Be careful as it has a much shorter shelf life and may spoil if you don’t freeze or refrigerate it.

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21st Century Treasure Hunting by Mary Syrett

A hike or canoeing trip through the Tidewater to find a container holding a pocketknife, a flag, trinkets and some change may not sound like a totally fun outing, but the activity is, nonetheless, becoming increasingly popular. Geocaching (pronounced geocashing) is an activity that resembles a modern day treasure hunt. The word “Geocaching,” broken down, is GEO for geography and CACHING for the process of hiding a cache. A cache in computer terms is information stored in memory to

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a GPS unit, go online to find cache locations, or to report a cache that you have hidden. To find a cache near you, or to plant one, start with www. geocaching.com, which is a comprehensive site for this kind of activity. After you have obtained the coordinates online and entered them into your GPS, you can begin your search. The precise location of a cache can be baffling. The location demonstrates a founder’s skill at hiding. A cache located on the side of a cliff that is accessible only by rock climbing may be difficult to find. A diver can only access an underwater cache. Other caches require special equipment to access. Caches may be located in cities both above and below ground, or inside and outside buildings.

*Long battery life – necessary for hard-to-find caches. *Screen readability – the unit should be easy to read in daylight and at night. Advanced features include a built-in compass, which is handy when you get within 100 feet of a cache; an altimeter, which shows how high up you are for vertically hidden caches; and an external antenna for use under heavy tree cover. You can find GPS receivers at boat supply and camping stores. You can also purchase them online through Amazon. com. A cache consists of a waterproof container discreetly placed within local terrain. Once you have

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inside a Cache? The first item should be a logbook, which contains information from the cache founder and notes from the cacheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitors. Also included may be items that turn the cache into a veritable treasure hunt. Items could include books, CDs, videos, pictures, money, jewelry, antiques and games. If you take something, be sure to leave something. Who Goes Geocaching? Anyone who enjoys the outdoors and is interested in buried treasure can go geocaching, including families with children, people wanting something extra to do while walking their dog, horseback riders, skiers, boating enthusiasts and solo geocachers of all ages who

may be looking for that special someone. Most cache listings do have some sort of difficulty rating associated with them, so if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing along small children or a frail grandmother with you, it might be best to look for a cache that involves no more than a quarter-mile hike. On the other hand, if that supposedly frail grandmother is an expert diver, you and she might want to grab your scuba gear and try your luck seeking the cache that, legend has it, resides in waters off the Delmarva Peninsula. Ethics. Due to the hide-and-seek nature of the activity, without some rules, geocachers could endanger themselves, other cachers, or society. Geocaching.com provides guidelines

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The cache hider should live fairly close to where a cache is hidden, or find another enthusiast to look after it for him. Solicitous caches are discouraged, as are caches that contain political, religious, charitable or other agenda-related materials. Most importantly, everyone involved in geocaching should respect the surrounding area. Also, since geocaching is oftentimes a family-oriented activity, nothing obscene should be stashed. Take the same precautions you’d use if you were going on a hike. Tell someone where you’re going and when you expect to return. Bring maps, sunscreen and a cell phone. Keep an eye out for poisonous plants, ticks and snakes.

for hiding your first cache (www.geocaching.com/about/hiding.aspx). Other websites, including Terracaching (www.terracaching.com/), have their own set of guidelines. When geocaching in busy locations, searching for a cache requires some tact to avoid attracting the attention of the public. The person hiding a geocache sometimes takes this into account so that he/she and those looking for caches will not cause undue harm. When care is not taken in hiding or finding a cache, cache participants may be approached by the police and questioned when they seem to be acting in what could be interpreted as a suspicious manner.

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said novelist, humorist and Missouriborn adventurer Samuel Clemens. Geocaching has grown by leaps and bounds since 2000, and civilian receivers, formerly accurate to 300 feet, now read signals to within 20 feet. As of today there are 331,685+ caches worldwide, according to geocaching.com. The primary point of geocaching is not the prize so much but the thrill of the hunt. The activity is fun for all ages and provides good exercise. Enjoy, but please be prudent in your geocaching activities.

Always seek permission before geocaching on private and public lands. The activity can have an adverse impact on natural resources and result in trampled vegetation, damaged wildlife habitats and destruction of historical and cultural resources. Placing a cache on lands administered by the National Park Service is illegal without first seeking permission. Contact park headquarters to obtain a special use permit and inquire about sites specifically designated for geocaching on park property. “There is something intrinsically enjoyable about wandering around on some hillside, or in a forest or ghost town, looking for an object. I think it’s the thrill of the hunt.” So

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Boxwood Blight One of the mainstay landscape shrubs on the Eastern Shore is the boxwood. Whether planted in a new home landscape, established for many years in an historical waterfront estate or in places like the Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, boxwood species and varieties are usually one of those shrubs that you plant and then treat

with neglect. The most common species of boxwood on the Eastern Shore are Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’ (English boxwood) and Buxus sempervirens (common or American boxwood). As I have written in past Tidewater Gardening columns, boxwood are not pest-free plants. Various diseases such as Volutella buxi,

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Phytophthora nicotianae can be found on all cultivars of B. sempervirens and causes wilting, dark brown discolored wood at the base of the stem, root rot and discoloring/dieback of the foliage. Nematodes feed on root tissues and cause root lesions, reduced root growth, wilting, stunting and yellowing of the foliage. All of these diseases may con-

that causes Volutella blight, Macrophoma leaf spot, Phytophthora nicotianae and, in some situations, nematodes can also damage the plants. Macrophoma leaf spot is considered a secondary invader and causes tiny raised black spots on the undersides of dying leaves.

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tic impact from various causes. Unfortunately, another disease has to be added to the list of boxwood pests. In the mid-1990s, plant disease specialists in the United Kingdom first identified a new fungal disease called Boxwood Blight, a.k.a. Cylindrocladium box blight. An outbreak of the disease occurred n the UK in 1998 and the pathogen is now considered widespread throughout most of Europe. By 2002, boxwood blight was present in New Zealand as well. The origin of this disease is unknown, but it is believed to have been introduced into the UK prior to being introduced into New Zealand. How the fungus arrived in the United States is unclear, but within

tribute to a disease complex called ‘boxwood decline.’ This complex is poorly understood, but can lead to poor plant growth, small leaves and defoliation or dieback. The root systems of these plants are often smaller than expected and may be discolored or appear rotten. English boxwood is typically more affected by boxwood decline. Over my horticultural career on the Eastern Shore I have seen numerous cases of what could be considered boxwood decline. You can’t identify a specific causal agent for the yellowing and death of boxwood foliage and branches, but it seems that there is synergis-

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microphylla (littleleaf boxwood), Buxus sinica var. insularis (Korean boxwood), and Buxus microphylla var. japonicas (Japanese boxwood) are also known hosts. A major problem with the spread of this disease is that asymptomatic but infected plants of resistant varieties may introduce this pathogen to uninfected areas. This fungus colonizes all above-ground portions of the plant. Initial symptoms appear as dark or light brown circular leaf spots. Infected leaves then turn brown-tan, which is rapidly followed by defoliation, sometimes within a week of exposure to the disease. In addition, black lesions often develop on twigs and stems. Plants are not killed by this dis-

the last year, it has turned up in Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, Oregon and Maryland landscapes, garden centers and nurseries. The presence of the disease was officially confirmed by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) last October. The disease organism which causes boxwood blight is known by its long scientific name of Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum or Cylindrocladium buxicola. The most susceptible boxwood species appear to be English (Buxus Sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’) and American or common boxwood (B. sempervirens), although Buxus

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animals in the landscape, on contaminated tools and equipment, or through movement of contaminated nursery stock. Disease spores are unlikely to travel long distances by wind. Human activities such as pruning may also spread the fungus. Some varieties of boxwood are more susceptible than others, possibly due to physical features of the plant such as cupped foliage that retains water easily. Occurrence of this disease seems to be environmentally driven. Two of the areas where boxwood blight showed up in 2011, North Carolina and Connecticut, experienced extended rainy periods during last summer. The disease spreads rapidly throughout infected plants

ease, but become so defoliated as to be aesthetically unacceptable. Blighting and defoliation can occur suddenly, with complete leaf loss in severe cases. Infected plants, introduced into older, well-established plantings, will rapidly spread the disease to healthy plants. In the nursery industry the disease can seriously impact the appearance and aesthetics of boxwood because the entire foliage typically becomes blighted, making the plant unsalable. Young seedlings can be killed by the pathogen. This disease is spread primarily by water movement such as rain splash, overhead irrigation, runoff, in droplets carried by the wind, by

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ommendations are to limit spread and movement of the disease by destroying all infected plants. Infected plants should be burned to ash or sealed in heavy black plastic trash bags and taken to an approved landfill. Do not put infected plants n the compost pile. Pruning of infected twigs and/or removal and destruction of fallen leaves and topsoil may help reduce the number of boxwood blight spores. Cleaning of the pruning shears with alcohol is recommended to prevent spread of the disease. Controlling water and humidity may also be helpful in controlling this fungus. Avoid overhead irrigation when possible by using drip irrigation instead. Thinning to open

least 5 years by remaining on decomposing fallen leaves of Buxus sempervirens. Often the stems of blighted boxwood will remain green under the outer bark until a secondary invader or opportunistic pathogen attacks this tissue, eventually killing the entire plant. C. buxicola is often associated with the secondary pathogen Volutella buxi, known to cause Volutella blight which is associated with plant wounds, but C. buxicola does not need a wound to infect, but can penetrate directly through the cuticle. Both fungi can also occur independently. The appropriate ways to control this disease in the U.S. have not been studied in detail. Current rec-

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eases like boxwood blight are very difficult and costly to control with fungicides. Infected plants should be removed and destroyed immediately. Healthy plants may be protected by applying fungicides on both sides of the leaves to prevent both germination and penetration of the fungus. Due to the dense boxwood foliage, and its water-repelling nature, it may be difficult to get good coverage with a fungicide spray within the plant canopy. If you think you might have boxwood blight in the landscape, contact your county extension office to submit plant samples to the diagnostic lab for further examination. Happy Gardening!

the canopy of large boxwood will allow air movement and keep humidity down, eliminating some conditions favorable to the development of the disease. Creation of topiaries should be avoided as it keeps humidity high inside the canopy. In the UK, researchers have recommended that alternative ornamental plants, not in the boxwood (Buxus) family, may be used in place of susceptible host plants in the landscape to prevent re-infection by the disease. Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) may serve as an alternative plant, especially in landscapes that receive more sun exposure. In general, Cylindrocladium dis-

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Dorchester Points of Interest bridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river. LAGRANGE PLANTATION - home of the Dorchester County Historical Society, LaGrange Plantation offers a range of local history and heritage on its grounds. The Meredith House, a 1760’s Georgian home, features artifacts and exhibits on the seven Maryland governors associated with the county; a child’s room containing antique dolls and toys; and other period displays. The Neild Museum houses a broad collection of agricultural, maritime, industrial, and Native American artifacts, including a McCormick reaper (invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831). The Ron Rue exhibit pays tribute to a talented local decoy carver with a re-creation of his workshop. The Goldsborough Stable, circa 1790, includes a sulky, pony cart, horse-driven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.

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Easton Points of Interest Historic Downtown Easton — The county seat of Talbot County. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, Historic Downtown Easton is today a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Treelined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, historic Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” Walking Tour of Downtown Easton Start near the corner of Harrison and Mill Place where ample parking is available. 1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.” 2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. 3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and Vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. The Avalon has a year-round schedule of entertainment and cultural events. For information on current and upcoming activities, call 410-822-0345 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Talbot County Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. You can call the Tourism office at 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org. 5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” 101

Easton Points of Interest with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. Today it is a restaurant and bed and breakfast, run by a member of the Bartlett family. 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. Why are there geese in front of the armory? Because the old armory is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season. Be sure to come back the second weekend in November to enjoy this event. 7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes to adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show) featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tuesday, Wednesday

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and Thursday until 7 p.m. For more information, please call (410) 822ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite. 9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washington St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10a.m. to 4 p.m. (winter) and Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more information, call 410-822-0773. 10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols. 11. THE TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794

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Easton Points of Interest on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times over the years. 12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING - 12 N. Washington St. Now Lanham-Hall Design & Antiques, it is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Day. 13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Federal streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers all came to town and shared rooms in hotels such as this. Frederick Douglass stayed in the Brick Hotel when he came back after the Civil War and gave a speech in the courthouse. It is now an office building. 14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the StarDemocrat grew. In 1912, the building was acquired by the Chesapeake Bay

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Easton Points of Interest Yacht Club, which occupies it today. 15. ART DECO STORES - 13-25 Goldsborough Street. Although much of Easton looks Colonial or Victorian, the 20th century had its influences as well. This row of stores has distinctive 1920s-era white trim at the roofline. It is rumored that there was a speakeasy here during Prohibition. 16. FIRST MASONIC GRAND LODGE - 23 N. Harrison Street. The records of Coats Lodge of Masons in Easton show that five Masonic Lodges met in Talbot Court House (as Easton was then called) on July 31, 1783 to form the first Grand Lodge of Masons in Maryland. Although the building they first met in is gone, a plaque marks the spot today. This completes your walking tour and brings you back to the parking lot where you left your car. Other Sites in Easton 17. FOXLEY HALL - Built about 1795 at 24 N. Aurora St., Foxley Hall is one of the best-known of Easton’s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private) 18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL - On “Cathedral Green,” Goldsborough St., a traditional Gothic design in granite. The interior is

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Easton Points of Interest well worth a visit. All windows are stained glass, picturing New Testament scenes, and the altar cross of Greek type is unique. 19. INN AT 202 DOVER- Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion reflects many architectural styles. For years the building was known as the Wrightson House, thanks to its early 20th century owner, Charles T. Wrightson, one of the founders of the S. & W. canned food empire. Locally it is still referred to as Captain’s Watch due to its prominent balustraded widow’s walk. The Inn’s renovation in 2006 was acknowledged by the Maryland Historic Trust and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. It is now home to a beautiful inn and restaurant. 20. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - In an attractive building on West St. Hours open: Mon. & Thurs., 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tues. & Wed. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri. & Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the summer when it’s 9 to 1 on Saturday. For information call 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. (While under renovation, library facilities are located at 28712 Glebe Road). 21. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990. 22. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Established in the early 1900s, with several recent additions to the building and facilities, and now extensive Re-Opening additions and modernization under March 1 construction, making this what is considered to be one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore. 12A Talbot Ln., Easton 23. EASTON POINT MARINA behind the & BOAT RAMP - At the end of Port Bartlett Pear Inn Street on the Tred Avon River and Mason's 24. TALBOTTOWN, EASTON PLAZA, EASTON MARKETPLACE, TRED AVON SQUARE By chance or appt. and WATERSIDE VILLAGEand most First Fridays Shopping centers, all in close prox410-310-5394 imity to downtown Easton.

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Near Easton 25. HOG NECK GOLF COURSE - Rated FOUR STARS by “Golf Digest Places to Play.” 18 hole Championship course, 9 hole Executive course. Full service pro shop. For more info. tel: 410-822-6079. 26. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows. 27. EASTON AIRPORT - 29137 Newnam Rd., just off Rt. 50. 28. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-8224903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org. 29. TALBOT COUNTRY CLUB - Established in 1910, the Talbot Country Club is located at 6142 Country Club Drive, Easton. 30. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - Only the ruins remain, but the churchyard contains the grave of the elder Robert Morris, who died July 22, 1750. The parish had a rector of the Church of England in 1690.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful landlocked harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesapeake and its inlets since the earliest days. Here, some of the handsomest models of the bay craft, such as canoes, bugeyes, pungys and some famous Baltimore Clippers, were designed and built. The Church, named “St. Michael’s,” was the first building erected (about 1677) and around it clustered the town that took its name. 1. WADES POINT INN - Located on a point of land overlooking majestic Chesapeake Bay, this historic inn has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Thomas Kemp, builder of the original “Pride of Baltimore,” built the main house in 1819. 110

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 2. HARBOURTOWNE GOLF RESORT - Bay View Restaurant and Duckblind Bar on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course. 3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protection of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay. 4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazzard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. The Inn is now a member of the Orient Express Hotels. 5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1874, Dodson, along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for “the old Parsonae house.”

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abolitionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti. 7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education programs. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found

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St. Michaels Points of Interest on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916. 8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410745-2900 or www.thecrabclaw.com. 9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100. 10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor. 11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it

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St. Michaels Points of Interest as a private residence for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era. 12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-ofthe-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor. 13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harrison Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.).

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14. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company. 15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - Located at 106 S. Fremont St. has recently been remodeled. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877. 16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company. 17. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street. 18. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust). 19. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first

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St. Michaels Points of Interest is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott. 20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). 21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the tree tops to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. Result: The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the attic stairway. This town “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare. 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground. 24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of ARTESIAN WELL COMPANY, INC. 19th century life in St. Michaels. The name that has meant The exhibits are housed in three quality water systems for over 125 years. period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by · All sizes of Plastic We can or Steel Wells residents. The museum is suphandle all · Gould’s ported entirely through commuSubmersible, of your nity efforts. Open May-October, Jet and Lineshaft water Mon., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri., 1 to Turbine Pumps needs. 4 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and · Constant Pressure Pumps Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. Other days on re· Geothermal Loops quest. Admission is $3 for adults · Trenching and $1 for children with children under 6 free. 410-745-9561 or FREE ESTIMATES www.stmichaelsmuseumcom. 410-745-5071 25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a John (Jack) T. Shannahan, Sr. - President 120

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Oxford Points of Interest Yorktown, VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman. 2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater and performances by the Tred Avon Players. The Center is currently under renovation. Rentals available to groups and individuals. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org. 3. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth. 4. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford. 4A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580.

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5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School. Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock. 6. O X F O R D M U S E U M - M o r r i s & M a r k e t S t s . D e v o t e d t o t h e memories and tangible mementos of Oxford, MD. Closed November 13, 2011 until Oxford Day, April 28, 2012. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191. 7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a Maryland Military Academy built about 1848. (Private residence) 9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence) 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 3 09 N . M or r i s S t . T h e g r a p e Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989

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Tilghman’s Island “Great Choptank Island” was granted to Seth Foster in 1659. Thereafter it was known as Foster’s Island, and remained so through a succession of owners until Matthew Tilghman of Claiborne inherited it in 1741. He and his heirs owned the island for over a century and it has been Tilghman’s Island ever since, though the northern village and the island’s postal designation are simply “Tilghman.” For its first 175 years, the island was a family farm, supplying grains, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs and timber. Although the owners rarely were in residence, many slaves were; an 1817 inventory listed 104. The last Tilghman owner, General Tench Tilghman (not Washington’s aide-de-camp), removed the slaves in the 1830s and began selling off lots. In 1849, he sold his remaining interests to James Seth, who continued the development. The island’s central location in the middle Bay is ideally suited for watermen harvesting the Bay in all seasons. The years before the Civil War saw the influx of the first families we know today. A second wave arrived after the War, attracted by the advent of oyster dredging in the 1870s. Hundreds of dredgers and tongers operated out of Tilghman’s Island, their catches sent to the cities by schooners. Boat building, too, was an important industry. The boom continued into the 1890s, spurred by the arrival of steamboat service, which opened vast new markets for Bay seafood. Islanders quickly capitalized on the opportunity as several seafood buyers set up shucking and canning operations on pilings at the edge of the shoal of Dogwood Cove. The discarded oyster shells eventually became an island with seafood packing houses, hundreds of workers, a store, and even a post office. The steamboats also brought visitors who came to hunt, fish, relax and escape the summer heat of the cities. Some families stayed all summer in one of the guest houses that sprang up in the villages of Tilghman, Avalon, Fairbank and Bar Neck. Although known for their independence, Tilghman’s Islanders enjoy showing visitors how to pick a crab, shuck an oyster or find a good fishing spot. In the twentieth century, Islanders pursued these vocations in farming, on the water, and in the thriving seafood processing industry. The “Tilghman Brand” was known throughout the eastern United States, but as the Bay’s bounty diminished, so did the number of water-related jobs. Still, three of the few remaining Bay ‘skipjacks’ (sailing dredgeboats) can be seen here, as well as two working harbors with scores of power workboats. 131

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Just One League Under the Sea by Gary D. Crawford

No war is more fraught with strange coincidences and tangled destinies than our War Between the States. In Maryland, sympathies with the South cut across political party lines, severed business interests, split church organizations and divided families. Although effectively locked down by Union forces for the duration, the Eastern Shore was no exception. One such twisted story was that of Franklin Buchanan. Baltimoreborn, he became a U.S. Navy midshipman at age 14. His career in the Mexican War and the Far East was distinguished, and when the Naval Academy was founded in 1845, Capt. Buchanan became its first superintendent. By age 60, Buchanan had command of the Washington Navy Yard. Then the nation came apart. Just before Christmas in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union, and by February 1, five other states had followed suit. In April, the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina; Virginia seceded five days later. Then Buchanan made a fateful miscalculation. Believing that Maryland would be next to secede, he resigned his commission. When

Maryland stood with the Union, Buchanan tried to withdraw his resignation, but the Secretary of the Navy refused to meet with him and struck him off the rolls. Finding it impossible to stay neutral, Buchanan soon offered his services to the Confederacy. He was well received there and within months was given command of a frightening new warship, the CSS Virginia. Built on the hull of the USS Merrimack, the Virginia was the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first operational ironclad. At the Battle of Hampton Roads

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CCS Virginia in March of 1862, the Virginia fell upon the Union fleet blockading Norfolk and wreaked havoc. Buchanan rammed and sank the USS Cumberland, then disabled and burned the USS Congress. Also

damaged by the gunfire from the Virginia was the USS Minnesota, which went aground and was in danger of being captured. Capt. Buchanan was wounded in the attack, and so his second-incommand, Lt. Catesby Jones, commanded the Virginia the following day, March 9, 1862. Maneuvering to resume the attack upon the wounded Minnesota, Jones suddenly was confronted with a new foe. Overnight the Union’s own ironclad, the USS Monitor, had miraculously appeared and now gave battle. The Monitor and the “Merrimack” blazed away in their epic battle throughout the entire morning. When the Monitor slipped into shoal water, Jones was unable

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to follow, and Virginia withdrew up the James River, never to fight again. The USS Minnesota soon was pulled off the shoal, repaired, and returned to blockade duty. Another tangled thread begins the following year. Blockade-runners were still managing to get critical supplies through to the Confederacy, and the North realized they had to take control of the Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seaports. In South Carolina, the port of Charleston was a prime target, but it remained safe as long as Fort Sumter blocked the harbor en-

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trance. Bristling with cannon, Fort Sumter perched on a tiny island on the south side of the main channel. Recognizing that it could not be successfully assaulted, the Union decided in 1863 to simply pound it into rubble. That bombardment would require a large number of guns being placed ashore on Morris Island, a barrier island on the south side of the entrance. Although it too had a sizable fortress, Fort Wagner, the Union believed it to be only lightly defended. This assumption proved disastrously wrong. In July of 1863, an assault force piled into a fleet of small boats and rowed to the southern tip of Morris Island. One unit was Company K of the 7th Connecticut Infantry, with a young man from Killingly named Ezra Chamberlain. Dog-tags werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t issued in those days, but many soldiers purchased personal medallions so if they were lost in battle they could be identified and their families notified. Ezra wore one around his neck. The invasion force landed safely on the beach and advanced north to

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Cutaway drawing of the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley. Fort Wagner without much opposition. But when they attacked the fort, after two days without sleep, they found it manned by nearly 1,800 men. The 7th Connecticut came under withering fire, and the sand dunes provided little cover. They were forced to withdraw with heavy casualties. The Union reported 216 men killed or missing. One who didn’t return was Private Chamberlain. He was reported as KIA/BNR – killed in action, body not recovered. Although the Union tried again the following week, the second battle of Fort Wagner was an even bigger disaster, and they withdrew. Morris Island was a wreck and was littered with bodies. Sailors from the CSS Indian Chief were assigned to picket duty there, to stand guard on the island while the army tended to the clean-up and burials. Hundreds of bodies went into mass graves. We pick up our third thread a

month later. By 1863, despite the blockade runners, supplies were running out all over the South. Even clothing was becoming scarce. Southern soldiers were increasingly ill-equipped, and it was not uncommon for battlefields to be picked over for whatever could be useful — guns and ammunition, naturally, but also shirts, shoes, even buttons and personal souvenirs. Time was working against the Confederacy, and both sides realized it. Some new weapon was needed to break the blockade. When a rudimentary submarine was demonstrated to officials in Alabama, authorities ordered it sent by rail to Charleston Harbor, where it arrived in August 1863. Civil War buffs know about the CSS H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship in warfare. Yet, after a century and a half, its curious and tragic history continues to unfold, petal by petal, like a magnolia blossom. The Hunley was little more than a metal tank, with a rudder at the stern and a torpedo on a lance at the bow. It was powered by eight men seated in a row who turned a crank that turned the propeller; a primitive pumping system enabled it to rise and sink. Inside it was very cramped; as each man entered and took his seat, he was effectively trapped in place. Running on the surface would have been difficult work. Submerged, in the dark with

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USS Housatonic no source of air, it must have been terrifying. In August, the Hunley sank, killing five of her crew. The sub was recovered, modified, and then sank again in October, killing her entire crew, including Mr. Hunley himself. Again salvaged from the bot-

tom of the harbor, the Hunley was repaired. Lt. George Dixon insisted on giving it another try. The third crew of volunteers included five sailors from the CSS Indian Chief, who had been on Morris Island during the clean-up the previous July. They trained hard during the winter and finally, on February 17, 1864 – a bone-chilling, calm, and moonlit night — the Hunley churned out of the harbor and into history. She was spotted and took rifle fire as she approached the USS Housatonic at three knots, but managed to jab her torpedo packed with black powder into the hull of the wooden ship. Hunley backed off 150 feet to the end of her detonation line and triggered the charge. The blast

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Fort Fisher blew the Housatonic apart, and after burning for three minutes she collapsed and sank. Meanwhile, the Hunley surfaced, signaled to her planned landfall on Sullivan Island, and dove out of sight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for 134 years. The Hunley simply disappeared.

A half century after Buchanan enlisted in the Navy, another Baltimore boy joined up. James Lowery may have lied about his age, for he was just 16 when he joined in 1865, as the War was grinding to its inevitable conclusion. James was assigned to the flagship of the blockading squadron, the USS Minnesota, coincidentally the very same warship that so narrowly escaped from Buchanan and the Virginia at Hampton Roads. She was now the flagship of the blockading squadron whose mission it was to prevent any supplies from reaching the South. One Southern port still operational was Wilmington, North Carolina. Known as the Gibraltar of the South, the town lay 28 miles up the Cape Fear River, which runs south to the sea inside one of the barrier islands. The mouth of that river was massively fortified on both sides by numerous fortresses, land forces, and protected gun emplacements. The key stronghold was Fort Fisher, near the end of the land-spit. A formidable fortress

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One League Under built of earth and sand rather than bricks or stone, Fort Fisher was designed to absorb anything the Union could throw at it. After an invasion in December of 1864 failed, the Union attacked Fort Fisher again in January of 1865 with the largest amphibious assault force prior to WWII. Nearly 60 vessels were positioned off shore, one of which was the Minnesota — with our James Lowery aboard. The action began on January 13th with a furious naval bombardment. Marines and navy personnel then landed on the beaches and joined up with the army. On the 15th, a select force moved on Fort Fisher from the rear. Fighting was desperate, but a valiant attack late in the afternoon succeeded in reaching the parapet, and the garrison surrendered. Wilmington, the South’s last open seaport on the Atlantic coast, now lay exosed. After a month of desperate holding actions, the city fell on February 22nd. We don’t know exactly what part James Lowery played in this action, but we do know he was in one of the landing parties, for later he told a remarkable story of which we have two versions. One is that while walking through the devastation after the battle, he came upon a Confederate soldier bleeding to death. Against orders not to assist, Lowery applied a tourniquet and called

for a medical corpsman. The more dramatic version is that as Lowery passed a pile of Confederate corpses, he heard a moan and, seeing movement, dragged the man out of the pile and got him to a medical tent. Whichever way it happened, the story about saving an enemy soldier’s life has been passed down through the years. I hear the Gentle Reader asking, “Yes, that’s very nice. But what does all this Civil War history have to do with the Eastern Shore?” As it turns out, there are some surprising links. After the War, Admiral Franklin Buchanan retired to the Eastern Shore, where he was befriended by many prominent persons here. He served one year as president of the Maryland Agricultural College, the forerunner of the University of Maryland. When Buchanan died in 1874, he was buried in a family plot at the famous Wye House, Easton. His name appears on the Confederate monument at the Easton Courthouse, the first one on the north side.

James Lowery’s story has a twist. After the War, when James was sailing one of his father’s freight boats, he chanced to stop at Tilghman’s

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James Lowery on the Mary Rider, ca. 1920’s. Island. There he met Miss Alice Covington. They fell in love and made their home on the island. Alice’s brother Sidney Covington was the builder of many fine log canoes, some of which are still being raced today. From him, James Lowery learned the seemingly impossible business of fitting multiple logs to-

gether into a seaworthy vessel. One day, in need of timber for masts and spars, Lowery visited a farmer in Caroline County who had some trees for sale. They soon discovered that they both had served in the War, though on opposite sides. When Lowery mentioned what happened to him after the Battle of Fort Fisher, the farmer exclaimed, “Good lord, you must be that Union boy who saved my life!” James Lowery passed away in 1937 and now is at rest in the cemetery at Tilghman United Methodist Church. And what of the Hunley and her crew? She was found in 1995 by Clive Cussler, the author and underwater explorer, and in 2000

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The medallion of Ezra Chamberlain. she was raised and brought ashore for study and preservation. A year later, when the Hunley was finally opened, no evidence was found of the hatch being opened or of mechanical failure. She was filled with mud, which helped to preserve the remains of the crew and various artifacts. One object that caught their attention was a little coin, one of those ID medallions. To their astonishment, it was the medallion of a Union soldier, whose name, as

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably guessed, was Ezra Chamberlain â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Connecticut boy reported killed on Morris Island. Now, what was he doing aboard? Was he a spy? Had he sabotaged the Hunley? Speculation ran wild. My own brother (who writes really well) penned a wonderful short story about Ezra Chamberlain being taken prisoner and forced to work helping to prepare the Hunley for duty. Because of his mechanical skills, Ezra soon proves invaluable, and Lt. Dixon insists he come along on the mission. After the Housatonic goes down in flames, Chamberlain, filled with remorse, cracks open the hatch and sends the submarine to the bottom. The ending has a nice twist, too. But that was fiction. The Hunley researchers, using DNA evidence, discovered that the medallion was found around the neck of young Joseph Ridgaway, one of the five Hunley crewmen who had come from the CSS Indian Chief, the ship that provided assistance at Morris Island the previous summer. A certified Merchant Seaman at age 16,

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down there to see his name. While you’re at that Confederate memorial in Easton, just step around to the other side. Inscribed there is the name of the first Talbot County man to perish in a submarine — Joseph Ridgaway, second in command of the CSS H. L. Hunley.

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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-ofcall for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 149

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and editing tools. In fact, the typewriter did not even have an electric cord. It had two spools with a fabric ribbon and a decal on the front bearing the words, “Tom Thumb.” D e s pite t he te c h no - c r ipple d state of my being in 1964, I became fascinated with Stonehenge. It was amazing to me that such a distinctive and prominent structure could exist in the world, and that so little was known about it. It seemed that no one knew for sure when it was built, why it was built, who built it or what purpose it served. There was, and still is, no shortage of theories regarding Stonehenge. Closer now, I see the distinctive circular shape of large stone pillars with lintel blocks spanning some of the spaces between the pillars. F rom my sophomor ic r e se a rch I recall the literal def inition of Stonehenge to be: stone – rocks or boulders (that was easy) and henge – to be a generally circular configuration of upright stones or wooden posts on a f lat area, usually enclosed or delineated by an earthen bank and adjacent ditch. Sure enough, that is what I am now seeing as I steer the strange little Ford into a parking area across the highway from Stonehenge. It is exciting to be here and see this – one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, especially one that caused me so much grief and 158

fascination back in tenth grade. I could take pages to describe the size, shape, color and configuration of the mysterious stones, but suffice it to say they are huge – much larger than I had imagined. The outermost ring, which is the e a r t hen ba n k a nd d itch, ha s a diameter of about the length of a football field. There are several types of stones and stone structures within Stonehenge. The most impressive are the tall, upright monoliths that for m t he d i s t i nc t ive a nd mo s t recognizable ring. Each of these stones stands erect to a height of about thirteen feet. Many of the upr ight stones are capped w ith bridge-stones or lintels, extending the overall height in those sections to nearly seventeen feet. Many of the original lintels are no longer in place. The joinery of the lintels to the uprights is fascinating. The top of each upright has been hewn to produce a tenon, a raised rectangular shape. On the underside of each end of the lintels is car ved a mor tise, a hole that matches the shape of the tenon. As each lintel rests upon a pair of uprights, the mortise and tenon joints lock them together, strengthening the structure. If the composition, construction, mass and symmetry of Stonehenge is not enough to impress, consider that the construction is believed to have taken place about 2500 to 159

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phy exhibit by members of the Tidewater Camera Club. Club photographers will showcase approximately fifty prints of local, national and international scenes throughout the lobby area of the Todd Performing Arts Center. For more info. tel: 410-901-2223 or visit www.tidewatercameraclub.com.

Thru Feb. 25 Exhibit: “Scenes in Mixed Media” at Artworks, 306 Park Row, Chestertown. Artists display works in a combination of mediums or found objects to create scenes in one, two, or three dimensions, from wall-hung art and mobiles to free-standing sculpture. For more info. tel: 410-778-6300 or visit www.artworkschestertown.org.

Thru April 2012 Exhibit: Neavitt - Chesapeake Charm at the Historical Society of Talbot County, Easton. Explore the many views of Neavitt in this exhibit. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773.

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February Calendar operative Extensionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton (28712 Glebe Road). 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244. 1,8 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Poets Laureate, Second Stanza with John Miller and John Ford at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410745-2916. 1,8,15,22,29 Meeting: Wednesday Morning Artists meet each Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Creek

Deli in Cambridge. No cost. wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at ncsnyder@ aol.com or 410-463-0148. 1,8,15,22,29 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, every Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The first Wednesday of the month is always BINGO, the second and fourth are varying activities, and the third is art class. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 1,8,15,22,29 Pre-School Story Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton (28712 Glebe Road). 2 to 2:45 p.m. for 3- to 5-year-olds, no adult required.

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Theatre, Washington D.C. sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, Easton. In his fourth commission for Ford’s Theatre, playwright Richard Hellesen explores the two documented encounters between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during a period of national crisis. Matinee performance. $75, members; $110, non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www. academyartmuseum.org.

For more info. tel: 410-8221626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 1,8,15,22,29 Trivia at NightCat is held each Wednesday at 7 p.m. If you’ve got three friends with triple digit IQs, test yourselves against Talbot’s brightest. Prepare to be humbled! For more info. tel: 410-690-4544. 2,9,16,23 St. Michaels Art League’s weekly “Paint Together” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410745-8117. 2 Arts Express Bus Trip to Ford’s

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town Easton. 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. Raffles, gift certificates and street vendors! For more info. tel: 410-770-8350. 3 Chestertown’s First Friday. Extended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout historic downtown. For a list of activities visit: www.kentcounty. com/artsentertainment. 3 Dorchester Swingers Square Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementary School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Re-

3-29 Exhibit: The Language of Flowers at the Talbot County Visual Arts Center, Easton. The opening reception for the show will be on February 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410819-0966 or visit www.Talbotart-center.org. 4 An Evening with Barboursville Wine & Chef Mark Salter at the Robert Morris Inn, Oxford. Through the years, the Barboursville Winery has led in establishing the credibility of the Virginia appellation with an array of vitis vinifera wine varietals, cultivat-

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4,11,18,25 Featuring Chesapeakethemed, hands-on activities and a take-home art project, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) ChesAdventures program for children, four to nine years old. The ChesAdventures program offers two hours of fun-filled and creative hands-on games, arts and crafts, and storytelling. Small classes and ageappropriate projects facilitate the learning process and offer kids a special place and opportunity for early engagement in building a love of the Chesapeake Bay and the region. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.

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4-April 22 Exhibit: Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art at The Academy Art Museum, Easton. One of the preeminent artists of his generation, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. The Russian-born artist is also closely identified with the New York School of Painters that emerged during the 1940s as a new collective voice in American art. Most of the graphic artwork on view at the Academy Art Museum is on exhibit for the first time. Members’ Reception: February 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Gallery Talk at 6 p.m. by Anke Van Wagenberg, Curator. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 5 Winter Bird Count throughout Kent County and at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, sponsored by the Kent County Bird Club. For more info. tel: 410-778-9568 or visit www.fws.gov/northeast/ easternneck.

6 Tidewater Camera Club is sponsoring professional photographer Nikhil Bahl, who will present a seminar entitled “Creative Interpretations” on Monday, February 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Wye Oak Room at the Talbot County Community Center, Easton. Nikhil Bahl is a professional nature photographer, educator, author, lecturer and workshop instructor. The ideas and photos that will be presented are part of Nikhil’s eBook entitled “Creative Interpretations.” You can find more information on his eBook at - http://www.nikhilbahl.com/ photography_ebooks.html. The seminar is open to the public. Please check www.tidewatercameraclub.com, or tel: 410901-2223 for changes in venue or weather-related cancellations. 6,13 Workshop: Introduction to Botanical Illumination with Lee D’Zmura, member of the St. Michaels Art League. 9 a.m. to noon at Christ Church Parish Hall, St. Michaels. This workshop will

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February Calendar introduce the art of botanical illumination. The focus will be on the processes and skills necessary to create illuminated and botanical letters. For more info. visit stmichaelsartleague.org. 6,13,20,27 Academy for Lifelong Learning: The History of American Art - Part Two with Ronald Batistoni, Ed.D. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 6,13,20,27 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Fiscal Crises with Robert Feldhuhn at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 6,13,20,27 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Great Decisions Discussion Programs with Phil Betsch at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 2 to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 6,13,20,27 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Sustainability - The Intersection of Ecology, Economy and Culture with Greg Farley at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Musuem, St. Michaels. 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916.

6,13,20,27 Bingo! at the Elks Club at 5464 Elks Club Rd., Rt. 50 in Cambridge. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-221-6044. 6,13,27 Tot Time at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 10:15 a.m. for children ages 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877. 7,14 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Apple iPad and Motorola Xoom Tablet Computers with Al Kubeluis at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 8 Arts Express Bus Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, Easton. In 1886, while living in Paris, Vincent van Gogh dramatically altered his manner of painting landscapes and still lifes. By experimenting with depth of field and focus and using shifting perspectives, he produced some of the most radical and original works of his career. $80, members; $115, non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 8 Ecology Program: Introduction to Backyard Hobby Farming at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1

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February Calendar to 2:30 p.m. Learn how to raise free-range chickens for fresh eggs and establish gardens that create habitat for wildlife and produce food for you and your family. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 8 Puppet Show: “Will You Be Mine?” at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 4 p.m. An original production by the library’s own Ms. Carla. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 8 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club

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8,22 Meeting: Tilghman Chess Club of Talbot County at the St. Michaels Community Center. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410886-2030. 9 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Easton/Newnam Field - A Real Field Trip with Mike Henry. 10 a.m. to noon at the Easton Airport. For more info. tel: 410745-2916. 9-12,17-19,24-26 TAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30th season begins at the Oxford Community Center in Oxford, MD, with the dazzling Life is a Cabaret: The Songs of Kander & Ebb. Fridays and Saturdays, February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 25 at 8 p.m. Sundays, February 12, 19, & 26 at 2 p.m. Thrifty Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. Call 410-226-0061 or visit www.tredavonplayers. org for information on these spectacular shows and to order season tickets. 9,16,23 Academy for Lifelong Learning: The Mosaic of Moses as Leader with Rabbi Donald R. Berlin at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 10 Lecture: Looking at Rothko with speaker Harry Cooper at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Noon. Harry Cooper, curator of 177

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Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Art, will give a talk to coincide with the exhibition Mark Rothko: Selections from the National Gallery of Art. $20, members; $30, non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 10 Concert: ZoSo - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 10-12,17,18 Play: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! presented by Easton High School at the Talbot County Auditorium, Easton High School. Fri., 7 p.m.; Sat., 6 p.m. and Sun., 3 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. For more info. tel: 410-822-4180. 11,25 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, hash browns, grits, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice and coffee. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, which is always open during the breakfast and

11 The Met: Live in HD presents Wagner’s Gotterdammerung at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Noon. For more info. tel: 410822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 11 Ecology Program: Plants for Difficult Soils at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This lively and interactive program will answer questions about soil types, mineral content, amending soil, pH levels and helping native plants thrive in your landscape. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 11 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more info. visit www.cambridgemainstreet.com. 11 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009. 11 Ham and Oyster buffet dinner at the Galena Fire Company. All

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14 Washington College Concert Series presents Cuarteto Latino Americano, a program of Latin string quartets in the Decker Theatre, Gibson Center for the Arts, Chestertown. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-7839. 15 Music & Tea at Three – Benjamin Beirs, Guitar at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 3 p.m. This afternoon features a tea by the Robert Morris Inn during the performance of this accomplished artist. $60, members; $95, non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-2787 or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 16 Comedy at the Stoltz: Every third

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For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 20 Concert: John Mayall in the Stoltz Listening Room at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 21 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Christ Church Parish Hall, Cambridge. Pancakes, blueberry pancakes, sausage, applesauce, coffee or tea. 4 to 7 p.m. $7 adults, $3 children under 12. Takeouts available. For more info. tel: 410-228-5773. 21 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

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February Calendar 22 Zion United Methodist Church Soup Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 612 Locust St., Cambridge. Price: $3.50 for soup, biscuits, dessert and beverage. Eat in or carry out. **Carry out or deliveries (4 or more orders for deliveries) - must call before 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410228-4910. 24 Dr. Ralph Stanley at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 24-26 Play: The Nerd - A comedy by Larry Shue at the Church Hill

Theatre. The Nerd is a hilarious comedy set in the Midwest in which an architect is visited by a man who saved his life in Vietnam. Fri. and Sat., 8 p.m. and Sun., 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-758-1331 or visit www. churchhilltheatre.org. 25 Seminar: Becoming Bay Smart - Living Within Maryland’s Critical Area at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. This half-day workshop is designed for citizens, new Critical Area property owners, realtors and contractors who want to learn the basics of the Critical Area Program. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or

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Admission fee is $6 for adults, $3 children 4-12 years, under 4 free. This event was featured in a PBS documentary, Muskrat Lovely. The event is located at South Dorchester Pre-K-8 school, 3485 Golden Hill Road, Church Creek, Md. For more info. tel: 410-3978543 or 410-397-8835 or visit www.nationaloutdoorshow.org.

visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 25 The Met: Live in HD presents Veri’s Emani at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 25 Saturday Dinner Theatre at the Robert Morris Inn starring celebrity chef Master Chef Mark Salter and ... you! $140 per person includes canapes, fourcourse gourmet food and wine matching menu to include recipe cards, demonstration throughout the dinner and, for a lucky few, some “one-on-one” cooking with the Chef. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111 or visit www. robertmorrisinn.com. 25 Concert: Mule Train in the Stoltz Listening Room at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 25-26 National Outdoor Show in Cambridge. A real slice of Dorchester culture! Little Miss and Mister Outdoors 2012. Evening contests, oyster shucking, muskrat, raccoon and nutria skinning, pole skinning and log sawing. Vendors, food and exhibits. Doors open 10:30 a.m. and pageant begins at 11:30 a.m.

26 Crawfish Boil and Muskrat Stew Fest in downtown Cambridge. The first annual crawfish boil and muskrat stew fest will be held in Cannery Way Park. The outdoor festival features live Cajun blues music by Jimmy Cole & the Delinquent Crawdaddies; traditional Louisiana and Eastern Shore food items; drum fires with s’mores makings; hot sauce tastings; seasonal libations and more. Noon to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-221-0108 or visit www. cambridgemainstreet.com. 26 Academy Award “Oscar” party event presented by the Chesapeake Film Festival. An evening of glitz and glamour for all to come out in their red-carpet best to watch the Oscars streamed LIVE on the big screen at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Enjoy our own red carpet interviews while also watching the pre-show coverage. The event offers gourmet canapes, desserts and open wine and beer bar. 6 to 10 p.m. $100,

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VIP roped-off section or $84, general seating. For more info. tel: 410-822-3500 or visit www. chesapeakefilmfestival.com. 28 Game Day at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 4 p.m. For children 6 and up. In addition to playing the library’s Wii and Play Station systems, children can play traditional games like checkers and Uno. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

St., Easton. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916. 29 Concert: Leonardo Live at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

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29 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Chesapeake Center Tour with Donna L. Harrison, President. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at The Chesapeake Center, 713 Dover

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