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A LIST OF popular seafood compiled in the latest issue of Audubon magazine contains a surprise for the Chesapeake region. The two edible varieties in least danger of overfishing and decline, according to the nature magazine's report, are rockfish and crabs. Bluefish, another local staple, is close behind them.Since Maryland clamped down on catching rock and crab in the past decade, those species might still be considered under threat. Indeed, enforcement of catch limits on both species continues.

The Westminster Wolves of the Mason-Dixon Soccer League have picked a good time to start winning one-goal matches.Earlier in the season, it was the Wolves on the short end of a number of one-goal affairs and it appeared their chances of reaching postseason play were remote.But a three-game win streak in the final three weeks of the regular season catapulted them into seventh place and a playoff spot.Sunday, they extended their win streak to four with a come-from-behind5-4, double-overtime upset win over second-seeded Mercersburg, Pa. in the first round of the playoffs.

Many people fondly remember quick childhood dinners of fish sticks and fried potatoes. With all due respect to the past, here's an adult meal of homemade fish cakes that will surely satisfy (and can be fashioned into fingers if you insist). Steam the side dishes of potatoes and broccoli to offset the crispy calories of the fish, and finish with a soft molasses cookie for comfort. MENU Fish Cakes With Chives and tartar sauce Steamed redskin potatoes Steamed broccoli Iced molasses cookies Lemon iced tea TIME-SAVING TIPS * Frozen, thawed fish is a fine substitute for fresh in this recipe.

Nassawango Country Club in Snow Hill is the last in our series of golf courses in the area of Ocean City that are available for visitors to the shore to play. While Snow Hill is not a chip and a putt from Ocean City, it is not an excessively long drive, either. You can probably get there in an easy 45 minutes from downtown Ocean City.Nassawango opened in 1970. It was designed by Russell Roberts and located along the scenic Pocomoke River in Snow Hill. This mature course winds through pine and cypress forests and along a 3-acre lake.

John Rollins, a Virginia Commonwealth University senior, provided the most excitement as the U.S. Open local qualifying round was completed yesterday at Eagle's Nest.With eight players for seven places, six made it at the first hole, and Rollins, the reigning Virginia State Amateur champion, clinched his berth with a second-hole birdie.Dean Wilson, an Elkridge Club assistant professional, and a qualifier for the Maryland Open last week, made it with the only first-hole birdie on a 12-foot putt.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Dennis Winters, from Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville, won the 45th annual Taylor Made/Middle Atlantic PGA Assistants' championship yesterday, completing a weather-suspended round of 68 for a 36-hole total of 138 at the Country Club of Ford's Colony.In capturing his first major Middle Atlantic PGA championship, Winters topped a field of 195, and earned $4,500 from the $30,000 purse. Additionally, he gained an automatic berth in the National PGA Assistants' championship, scheduled for Dec. 14-17 at PGA West, in La Quinta, Calif.

For some reason, I had never ventured into the Harry Little Carry Out Shop just south of Towson on York Road, despite driving by the place who knows how many times. Well, the unassuming little Little's recently got a new sign with a cute, mustachioed chef, and that was good enough for me to finally try a place that has been operating since 1956. Inside there's an open kitchen, a counter and not much else. I was touched to see two carefully taped-up death notices for two of the eatery's former employees, as well as the initials H-L, for Harry Little, inscribed on the enormous vent hood.

All but a handful of state high school sports teams -- those involved in state football playoffs or traditional Thanksgiving Day games -- have put away the fall gear, and the start of the winter season is two weeks away.Likewise, Western Maryland college athletes have an extended holiday break, with no winter sports events scheduled until a week from today.But a few dozen county athletes still will lace up the spikes this weekend, barely giving Thursday's holiday mealtime excess time to digest.

Although most backyard chefs can grill a steak without a second thought, preparing fresh fish is quite another matter."People are still intimidated by cooking fish," says home economist Anne Steirer. "They don't know how to handle it or what to do with it."But new emphasis on fish as a healthful alternative to meat is putting fresh fish in the spotlight.Here are some facts and cooking tips about some favorite fresh fish varieties:Flounder/sole:Flounder and sole, both of the flatfish family, look and taste so similar that they are interchangeable.

For the second straight year, The Baltimore Sun has been named newspaper of the year in the annual Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association awards contest. The Sun won 39 first- or second-place awards in the editorial contest among papers with a circulation of 75,000 or more; The Washington Post won 22. Of those, The Sun won 10 "Best of Show" awards, including nods for staff coverage of spot news (the resignation of Mayor Sheila Dixon), sports story (2010 Preakness), special section (the 10th anniversary of the Ravens' Super Bowl victory)