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MSSA speaker Nov. 26 . Marty Gary of the sport and tidal fisheries advisory commissions at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will speak at the monthly meeting of the Perry Hall Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportsfishermen's Association at 7:30 p.m. at Gunpowder VFW Post 10067, 6309 Ebenezer Road, 21220. Visitors welcome. Call Lee Haile at 410-828-0575 for details. Learn about owls Dec. 10 , 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area in Patapsco Valley State Park, 5100 Deer Park Road, Owings Mills.

Herbert Stokes Walesby, former art director of the News American who volunteered aboard the SS John W. Brown, where he sketched his shipmates, died of lung cancer Nov. 14 at Christiana Care in Wilmington, Del. The former Sykesville resident was 85. "He was enthusiastic, positive and very talented," said James Toedtman, who had edited the News American in the 1980s. "He was always a bright light in our newsroom. " "Well, the thing about Stokes that was so good was that you never saw him do anything but smile.