Hunting And Fishing

Longtime state Del. Michael H. Weir Sr., who spent 28 years in the legislature representing his Essex constituents and championing bills dealing with outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishing, died Feb. 5 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 85. "He grew up on the water - he trapped, hunted and fished all his life," said a son, Del. Michael H. Weir Jr., who was elected to fill his father's House seat upon Mr. Weir's retirement after the 2002 Assembly session.

When the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association wrestling tournament kicks off Thursday at Mount St. Joseph, McDonogh senior Kevin Marvel is facing his last chance to make his three-dimensional dream come true. Ever since Marvel arrived at the school from his home in Easton he has strived to win an MIAA title, a Maryland Independent School title and a National Preps title. Along with those personal goals, he wants to help No. 1 McDonogh win the MIAA and MIS team titles for the first time since 2008.

When the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association wrestling tournament kicks off Thursday at Mount St. Joseph, McDonogh senior Kevin Marvel is facing his last chance to make his three-dimensional dream come true. Ever since Marvel arrived at the school from his home in Easton he has strived to win an MIAA title, a Maryland Independent School title and a National Preps title. Along with those personal goals, he wants to help No. 1 McDonogh win the MIAA and MIS team titles for the first time since 2008.

Well another year has passed. Although there has a lot of problems we can still look back and find some great memories. If you are like me, many of the good things happened outdoors. Well another year has passed. Although there has a lot of problems we can still look back and find some great memories. If you are like me, many of the good things happened outdoors. While fishing with my Grandson he caught the biggest bass (nearly 10 pounds) while we fished a local pond. The big fish was carefully released and, hopefully, will be bigger come next summer.

POLICE LOG* Ellicott City: 5000 block of Centennial Lane: Someone broke a window to a Centennial Park maintenance building Friday or Saturday and stole a safe containing cash and hunting and fishing licenses, police said.

Too often, perhaps, hunters and fishermen are seen in the wrong light by ultra-conservationists and wildlife preservationists, who view the killing of game or the catching of fish as dubious activities at best.But those among us who neither hunt nor fish but enjoy nonconsumptive pastimes out of doors such as wildlife photography, wilderness hikes or watching a trout feed in a cold mountain stream should understand there are sides to hunting and fishing that should be noted and appreciated.

In a deal hailed as a model for land preservation in lean budget times, a wealthy businessman has agreed to give up development rights — and grant limited but free public access — to a 950-acre former wildlife sanctuary on the Eastern Shore that he bought 18 months ago. Robert A. Pascal, a businessman and former Anne Arundel County executive, agreed to donate to the state a permanent conservation easement on the former du Pont family hunting...

James Robert "Bobby" Sherman, a general contractor and avid outdoorsman, died Friday of cancer at his Sykesville home. He was 74. Mr. Sherman, the son of farmers, was born and raised in London, Ky. He moved to Baltimore in the 1940s with his mother, who came to work in the city's war plants, and attended city public schools. Mr. Sherman had worked in the construction industry for years and was the owner and operator of Sherman Builders, a commercial and residential construction company.

The two-week firearms season for deer in Maryland is when hunting in the state is most apparent to anyone who ventures even a short distance from the state's urban areas.It also represents the time of year when a hunter, coming home from forest or field, is most likely to be questioned by a nonhunter on the need to hunt, or on what purpose is served by killing a deer.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, aware that hunting has come under increasing fire from nonhunters, commissioned C three-year study to determine the degree of acceptability of hunting across the United States, and to identify the concerns of the nonhunting public.

By December, the sale of fishing and hunting licenses at 400 sport shops will be handled through a computer system called COINS (Customer Oriented Information Network).The Board of Public Works recently approved $2.7 million over the next five years to purchase the system, which is expected to eliminate paperwork now required for each and some 900,000 license and boat registrations issued each year.COINS will produce wallet-sized, waterproof licenses, up-to-date changes in hunting and fishing opportunities and allow the Department of Natural Resources to more closely follow hunting and fishing trends statewide.

In a deal hailed as a model for land preservation in lean budget times, a wealthy businessman has agreed to give up development rights — and grant limited but free public access — to a 950-acre former wildlife sanctuary on the Eastern Shore that he bought 18 months ago. Robert A. Pascal, a businessman and former Anne Arundel County executive, agreed to donate to the state a permanent conservation easement on the former du Pont family hunting...

John F. Kennedy once remarked that sailing was in the blood of every American, saying that "all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean. ... We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea — whether it is to sail or to watch it — we are going back from whence we came. " The only problem with the then-president's speech, made on the eve of the 1962 America's Cup races, was that a large percentage of the U.S. population had never been on a sailboat.

Clarence R. "Blacky" Blackwell Jr., a retired city police officer and state motor vehicles investigator, died Tuesday of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Sparrows Point resident was 78. Mr. Blackwell, the son of a bus driver and a homemaker, was born and raised in White Plains, N.Y., where he also graduated from high school. In the late 1940s, he served with the merchant marine on the Great Lakes, and after finishing a tour of duty with the Army, moved to Baltimore in the 1950s.

Walter Anthony Medlin, a retired salesman and manager, died Sept. 28 of kidney failure at Sinai Hospital. He was 80. Mr. Medlin, whose father owned a fleet of school buses and mother was a homemaker, was born and raised Walter Anthony Medlinsky in Shenandoah, Pa. Mr. Medlin, who later changed his name, was a 1946 graduate of West Mahanoy Township High School. He attended Pennsylvania State University and served in the Army Security Agency, which was the Army's signal intelligence branch, from 1951 to 1954.

James Robert "Bobby" Sherman, a general contractor and avid outdoorsman, died Friday of cancer at his Sykesville home. He was 74. Mr. Sherman, the son of farmers, was born and raised in London, Ky. He moved to Baltimore in the 1940s with his mother, who came to work in the city's war plants, and attended city public schools. Mr. Sherman had worked in the construction industry for years and was the owner and operator of Sherman Builders, a commercial and residential construction company.

Longtime state Del. Michael H. Weir Sr., who spent 28 years in the legislature representing his Essex constituents and championing bills dealing with outdoor activities, especially hunting and fishing, died Feb. 5 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 85. "He grew up on the water - he trapped, hunted and fished all his life," said a son, Del. Michael H. Weir Jr., who was elected to fill his father's House seat upon Mr. Weir's retirement after the 2002 Assembly session.

Walter Anthony Medlin, a retired salesman and manager, died Sept. 28 of kidney failure at Sinai Hospital. He was 80. Mr. Medlin, whose father owned a fleet of school buses and mother was a homemaker, was born and raised Walter Anthony Medlinsky in Shenandoah, Pa. Mr. Medlin, who later changed his name, was a 1946 graduate of West Mahanoy Township High School. He attended Pennsylvania State University and served in the Army Security Agency, which was the Army's signal intelligence branch, from 1951 to 1954.

Well another year has passed. Although there has a lot of problems we can still look back and find some great memories. If you are like me, many of the good things happened outdoors. Well another year has passed. Although there has a lot of problems we can still look back and find some great memories. If you are like me, many of the good things happened outdoors. While fishing with my Grandson he caught the biggest bass (nearly 10 pounds) while we fished a local pond. The big fish was carefully released and, hopefully, will be bigger come next summer.

I'll never forget the big old buck with a hairy eyeball that used to stare down at me from above the mantel at my great-uncle Walter's fishing and hunting cabin. Or the eggs fried in 30-weight oil and coffee from the Mister Mud Machine that jump-started every morning. Or the copperhead snakes that used to hide in the outhouse or under the rickety dock that hung out over the Susquehanna River. Good thing the bats kept them from getting too comfortable. Memories. I have them. You have them.