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If you’re child has written a letter to Santa and you’re not sure where to send it, you’re in luck. The Baltimore Guide is acquainted with the Jolly Old Elf, and we have his address. Although we protect our sources and don’t share contact information, we would be happy to forward any child’s correspondance to the North Pole.

Letters to Santa, some of which will be published just before Christmas, can be emailed to [email protected]; mailed to 526 S. Conkling St., Baltimore, MD, 21224; or faxed to 410-732-6336.

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Despite the rain, residents came out for Highlandtown’s annual Holiday Kick-off celebration on Friday, Dec. 5, which included a quartet of performances by local dance troupe The Collective as well as music from Son Tres y Mas.

Santa Claus (Del. Luke Clippinger) was there, along with other politicians, including the rest of the 46th District delegation (Delegates Brooke Lierman and Pete Hammen and State Sen. Bill

Rain does not dampen Highlandtown holiday celebrationFerguson), City Councilman Jim Kraft and Liam Davis of City Council President Bernard “Jack” Young’s office.

After the opening festivities, Santa lit the tree in front of the Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. and Conkling St., and the group headed over to the Fire Department’s Engine House 41 for the official opening of the Highlandtown Train Garden. For more pictures, see pages 16-17.

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Friends and family remember Leto’s love for lifeBy ERIK ZyGMOnT [email protected]“We didn’t think we’d need all this space, but obviously we did,” said Diane Posko to a couple hundred friends and family mem-bers gathered at Fell’s Point’s Polish Home Club last Friday to celebrate the life of Kimberly Leto.

Posko, Leto’s sister, said that Leto would not have wanted the event to be sad. “She would love for us to all focus on how much we all loved her and her smile and laugh,” Posko said. She also mentioned her sister’s “abso-lutely wicked” sense of humor and deep affinity for the spiritual.“Although Kim was not associated with a specific religion, she was very spiritual,” said Posko. “She had an uncanny ability to understand these ancient texts.” Jan Dietrich, a spiritual mentor for Leto, said that she “really valued the presence of God in her life.”

St. to the east, Fairmount Ave. to the south, with Haven St. as the nearest western street boundary. It has a basketball court, playground equipment and an open field where Gentry says three generations of her family played.“I thought the meeting was about fixing the park up,” she says. “Not taking it away.”

Janney Street Park has no obvious signage indicating that it is a city park, save for a weathered rusty sign hanging from the park’s chain-linked fence with the acronym POS—indicating that the park is or was affiliated with Program Open Space, a program that conserves natural

Cathy Gentry didn’t think that neighborhood parks could disappear, but she may find out otherwise.Last November she and some of her Janney St.-area neighbors attended a meeting of the city and the Baltimore Development Corporation informing them that the nearby Pompeian Olive Oil Company was interested in expanding and would like to buy Janney Street Park from the city—and the city was considering selling it to them.

Janney Street Park, at 140 Janney St., is a 1.5 acre park in a heavily industrial area. It is bordered broadly by Fayette St. to the north, Janney

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To the Editor:I am not entirely clear based on your article as to the motives of the two politicians who suddenly want to change the entire concept of the Red Line. (Editor’s note: See “Ferguson and Hammen discuss Red Line alternative with Hogan team,” Dec. 3.) Are they really concerned about costs, or do they just simply want to eliminate a project that would make it easier and more convenient for minority citizens of Baltimore to access Fell’s Point and Canton?As a resident of Canton, I have been very much looking forward to having the Red Line here. Our bus service to downtown Baltimore is very spotty. I frequently wait more than 15 minutes for the bus, and on occasion have waited 50 minutes. In addition to convenient and reliable transport to Harbor East, Fell’s Point and the Inner Harbor, the Red Line as it is proposed would bring more tourists to those areas. A streetcar line circling the harbor would be a boon for tourists and the money they bring to town.The new Republican governor is on record as opposed to mass transit solutions, including the Red Line and Purple Line. He supports more, wider highways. In other words, more of the same solutions we’ve been using for the past 40 years. He appears to share the ideas of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who killed a desperately needed new Hudson River tunnel for Amtrak and commuter rail.Go to Asia or Europe to see how far behind the U.S. is in mass transit. In most urban areas in Europe, car ownership is totally unnecessary. Reliable metro, street car, light rail and bus solutions provide convenient transport every 10 minutes, and in many cases, every 5 minutes. And now that we have Lyft, Uber, and Zipcar, even more people would be willing to forego the headaches of car ownership. We could have been entirely energy independent years ago if we had followed through with more and better mass transit after the Arab Oil Embargo of the 70s.Concerns that federal support is insufficient or might fall through based on the new Republican majorities in the Senate and House are wildly speculative. Besides, if the Republicans continue on the path of angry opposition to every solution requiring government action, and possibly shutting down the government again, those majorities will no longer exist in two more years.More and wider highways are no longer the solution. Mass transit is the solution. And convenient service to Canton, Fells Point and Harbor East, which have recently and will continue to have enormous growth in housing units, would be a huge boon to those areas. We should not allow the new governor and his Republican cohorts take us back in time to solutions that didn’t work then, and are not working now.Jake Spencer, Canton

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“We are just not interested in this type of business being in this neighborhood,” Rachel Timmins, president of the Baltimore Highlands Neighborhood Association, told the board.

Timmins said the neighborhood would be open to a variety of other uses for the property, including a gallery space, studios or a nonprofit entity.

Rinehart said he didn’t have anything to do with the mattresses in the alley. He also offered his own interpretation of the neighborhood association’s proposed uses for the property:

“They’re not interested in anything commercial in that area,” Rinehart said. “They’re looking for something residential.”

Given that the space is vacant, Washington suggested it would be good for the building to turn into something useful for the community. But he didn’t directly back what Timmins said, either.

“Holding on for the hope for the owner to make some other use of the property...might not be the best use of your time,” Washington told her. “... It may be more beneficial for there to be some more cooperation to come up with some uses that would be to everyone’s benefit.”

Toward the end of the hearing, Rinehart spoke of a conversation he had had with his wife about when he first started operating the property.

Rinehart’s wife told him, “You were just going to use it as a warehouse,” he said.

“And she was right,” Rinehart said.By the end of the hearing, Rinehart had

mentioned the idea of using the space as a warehouse a few times. Washington reminded the police officer that using it as a warehouse would require another hearing.

“I’m not here to hurt the community,” he said.

Ronald Rinehart may eventually open a business on Noble Street in Highlandtown, but it won’t be a mattress store.

The Municipal Board of Zoning and Appeals denied Rinehart’s request for a waiver to operate the mattress store at 3423 Noble St., saying the Baltimore City police officer’s proposal did not conform with the residential area.

“Furniture and bedding won’t work in that location,” BMZA Chairman Geoffrey Washington told Rinehart at the Dec. 2 hearing. “But there are a number of permitted uses in the B-1 district.”

The building sits on a residential street, but is currently grandfathered in for use as an auto repair shop. It received a violation in July for “use of premises not consistent with zoning for this area.”

For zoning purposes, turning the property into a mattress store would require a change in the use of the property. In order for that change to be allowed, that proposed use must be allowed within a B-1 district.

“The changes that you would be seeking here would be outside the board’s authority,” Washington said, noting that Rinehart’s plan hadn’t changed since a postponed hearing in September.

Rinehart said his use of the property has been good for the block, as police officer friends of his frequently stop by to chat.

“Since I’ve been there, people can come outside their house now...Before, they wouldn’t allow that,” he said.

Despite the appeal, Washington said he couldn’t go around the regulations.

“Your efforts and desire to make a positive contribution to the neighborhood are certainly laudable,” Washington said. “The issue is finding a use of the premises that is a permitted use for that zone.”

Rinehart’s store proposal faced criticism from community leaders who are tired of illegal dumping of mattresses in area alleys.

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Despite a cancelled flight, the Municipal Board of Zoning and Appeals postponed a hearing that would have decided whether to allow a cluster of auto garages to continue to operate at 3305 E. Fayette St.

The postponement came after a representative for the garages requested more time due to conditions laid out by the City’s Planning Department.

Led by Patterson Park Neighborhood Association President David Leibensperger, a group of area residents who had been prepared to testify at the hearing opposed its postponement.

Leibensperger told the BMZA he had organized seven residents, most of whom cancelled other plans, to attend the hearing. One had cancelled a flight to Pittsburgh.

“We think everyone is ready to go forward and there is no reason for a postponement at all,” Leibensperger said.

But BMZA Ch airman Geoffrey Washington said the Board would grant the delay request due to the property owners’ lack of preparation to address the conditions.

The garages sit on a property near N. Clinton St., between Fayette St. and Esther Pl. The owner is applying for a conditional use permit to operate the garages as auto repair businesses at the site. Leibensperger said they have been operating “for years” without a proper zoning permit that would allow them to operate in the area.

Since March, the group of garages received a total of 26 Baltimore Housing code enforcement violations from the city Housing Department. All of the violations were for “Use Permit Required.”

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Pictures submitted with the citations show a variety of business names at the garages, including Good Luck Auto Body & Repair, Axel’s Used Tires and Service Campos.

In a letter opposing the conditional use permit that was sent to BMZA, PPNA says the 10-15 garages are a “blight” on the community. The association alleges that most of the storage units that make up the property function as chop shops.

Cars from the business frequently block traffic on Esther Place, and inoperable cars are often on the sidewalk, the letter states. Additionally, the doors to the garages are always open because they lack proper ventilation, the letter states.

PPNA also states that the Maryland Department of the Environment opened an investigation into the property due to waste and oil disposal practices, as well as air quality as a result of the lack of ventilation.

“Engines hanging from chains on ‘dollies’ can be seen in the street,” the letter states. “Cars are parked in these states of disrepair overnight on the sidewalk. Many cars appear totally unable to be driven, with entire halves of cars sometimes missing.”

First District City Councilman Jim Kraft supports the PPNA on the issue, and sent his own letter to the BMZA. In his letter Kraft says his office has been trying to get the owner of the property to comply with proper zoning requirements, but “he has failed to do so.”

“The current application for approval of these garages as a conditional use would reward the owner for having operated his business in a harmful manner to his neighbors,” Kraft wrote.


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the Southeast, has done much of his work in west Baltimore’s Union Square.

“A couple years ago, people thought we were absolutely nuts, and now we’re renting one-bedroom apartments for $1,000 a month,” he said.

In addition to the Pompei and St. Patrick’s projects, Taylor, who initially came to Baltimore as a school teacher, said his company has done a couple smaller “fix-and-flips” in Highlandtown and Upper Fell’s Point.

“We have other bids in on large projects; we’ll see how they work out,” he added.

Regarding Pompei, Taylor said that “We’ve been under contract for a long time.”

After being chosen during the request-for-proposals process, Taylor said that his company was in a “long, long contract negotiation, then our due diligence.”

“Now we’re in our sink-or-swim phase,” he said.

Father Lou had long hoped for a community learning center or something similar in the school building, but he did not express any opposition to the apartment proposal.

Developer plans apartments for Pompei; community meeting scheduledby Erik [email protected]

A little over a year ago, the school attached to Our Lady of Pompei Church, at Conkling and Claremont streets, was put on the market, and the Rev. Luigi Esposito, a.k.a. Father Lou, had said that apartments were a likely possibility for the building.

Today, a developer has the building under contract and is planning to renovate the building and put 28 apartments inside.

“The building will stay intact,” said Chris Taylor, the developer, who is also currently renovating the former boys’ school building at 313 S. Broadway, attached to St. Patrick’s Church, into apartments.

He said that the Pompei apartments will be state-of-the-art, but at a more affordable price-point than typical luxury apartments several blocks south in Canton.

“That’s where we want to be--outside the bubble,” said Taylor, commenting on his building philosophy of creating housing in more transitional neighborhoods.

“It’s hard to get into Canton if you’re not making $80-, $90, $100,000 a year,” he said. “Now you can walk up two blocks...You’re going to pay a fraction of the price and get a | Photo by Erik Zygmont

“I’m told that it’s luxury apartments, which means they’re expecting top people,” said Father Lou. “Hopefully, it will be a benefit to the neighborhood, and, with that kind of clients coming in, it will.”

“In the seminary, they never told me that when I was 74 years old I was going to be a landlord,” he added.

The school property is currently owned by the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

On Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m., the Highlandtown Community Association is hosting a meeting with Taylor for the neighbors in the surrounding blocks of the proposed apartments project. The meeting will take place at the school’s entrance, at Conkling and Pratt streets.

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Wednesday, December 10Mother Goose Baby Steps: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. An interactive nursery rhyme program with music and movement. For children up to 36 months of age with their caregivers. Patterson Park Branch, Enoch Pratt Library, 158 N. Linwood Ave. Info: 410-396-0983.Canton Baptist Church Adult Bible Study: Every Wednesday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Classes for youth and children. Info: 410.563.1177.Buena Casa, Buena Brasa: Todos los jueves. Canciones, rimas, cuentos, y juegos, para los niños (0-3 años) y los padres o cuidadores. 11 a.m. at the Southeast Anchor Branch, Enoch Pratt Library, 3601 Eastern Ave. Info: 410-396-1580.Thursday, December 11Audubon’s Tiny Tots: Identify animal tracks and signs in Patterson Park with the Patterson Park Audubon Center. Meet at the northeast shore of the Boat Lake at 10:30 a.m. The program is for kids age 2-5; suggested donation, $5. There are two sessions available, Thursday, Dec. 11, and Friday, Dec. 12. The activity is about an hour. Info: [email protected] or 410-558-2473.Friday, December 12Baltimore Highlands: The Baltimore HIghlands Neighborhood Association meets Friday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., at Baltimore Threadquarters, 518 S. Conkling St. Urban Bird Watching: Join the Patterson Park Audubon Center at the fountain, close to Patterson Park Ave. and Lombard St., for a look at the winter visitors to the park. The free, all-ages walk begins at 8 a.m. and lasts until 9:30 a.m. No need to RSVP, but to borrow binoculars, email [email protected] or call 410-558-2473.Audubon’s Tiny Tots: Identify animal tracks and signs in Patterson Park with the Patterson Park Audubon Center. Meet at the northeast shore of the Boat Lake at 10:30 a.m. The program is for kids age 2-5; suggested donation, $5. There are two sessions available, Thursday, Dec. 11, and Friday, Dec. 12. The activity is about an hour. Info: [email protected] or 410-558-2473.Downtown Sailing Center Holiday Party: The Downtown Sailing Center is holding its annual holiday party on Friday, Dec. 12, 6-9 p.m. at Barfly’s, 620 E. Fort Ave. The bar will be providing a buffet and drink special for all DSC attendees. Please bring a

canned food item to be donated to a local food bank. In addition to DSC members, their friends, family and anyone interested in learning more about sailing in Baltimore are invited to attend. Please register on the DSC website, downtownsailing.org.Saturday, December 13Community Holiday Celebration: Wolfe Street Creations and Anthony’s Park Mobile Arts will present a holiday celebration on Saturday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Breath of God Lutheran Church, 141 S. Clinton St. The day will feature handmade crafts, arts workshops and a rummage sale, to benefit the future community preschool that will be housed in the downstairs of Breath of God. Info: [email protected]

Painted Screen Unveiling: The Highlandtown community will unveil a new painted screen on Saturday, Dec. 13, 1:30 p.m., at the Highlandtown Gallery, 246 S. Conkling St. Highlandtown Train Garden: Throughout the holidays, the Highlandtown Train Garden, a rendering of southeast Baltimore in miniature with trains, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through December 21. From Dec. 22 through Jan. 3, the garden is open every day--with the exception of Christmas Day--11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Train Garden is located at Firehouse #41, 520 S. Conkling St. Info: highlandtowntraingarden.blogspot.com.Nativity: Everyone is invited to the blessing of the Nativity scene at Sacred Heart of Mary on Saturday, Dec. 13, after 4:30 p.m. Mass. Everyone is also invited to bring their own infant Jesus from their home Nativity to be blessed as well. Sacred Heart of Mary is at 6736 Youngstown Ave. Info: 410-633-2828.Sunday, December 14Union Square Cookie Tour: The historic Union Square Cookie Tour, now in its 29th year, is a Baltimore staple. The tour is Sunday,

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Dec. 14, starting at 11 a.m. at 1401 Hollins St., the starting point of the tour. Residents of 20 homes in Union Square will provide tours of their homes, while serving their favorite holiday cookies. The tour showcases the character and architecture of the historic neighborhood, as well as its ongoing renaissance. Info, and to purchase tickets online: union-square.us/cookietour.Highlandtown Train Garden: Throughout the holidays, the Highlandtown Train Garden, a rendering of southeast Baltimore in miniature with trains, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., through December 21. From Dec. 22 through Jan. 3, the garden is open every day--with the exception of Christmas Day--11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Train Garden is located at Firehouse #41, 520 S. Conkling St. Info: highlandtowntraingarden.blogspot.com.Monday, December 15Highlandtown Community Associa-tion: The association meets Monday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., at 3403 Gough St., Salem United Methodist Church. Mother Goose Baby Steps: Mondays,11 a.m. An interactive nursery rhyme program with music and movement. For children up to 36 months of age with their caregivers. Southeast Anchor Branch, Enoch Pratt Library, 3601 Eastern Ave. Info: 410-396-1580.Tuesday, December 16Library Square: The Friends of Library Square meet Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., at the Patterson Park Branch of the Pratt Library, 158 N. Linwood Ave. All are welcome.LIPOA Holiday Party: The Little Italy Property Owners’ Association is holding its annual Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6-8 p.m., in the St. Leo’s Church basement. Save the Date Dec. 25, Mitzvah Day. On Thursday, Dec. 25, starting at 10 a.m., the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St., is participating in Mitzvah Day with a family program, “Putting the Pieces Together,” with Baltimore historian Gilbert Sandler. The program, free with museum admission, includes both a community service project and conversation with Sandler. On Mitzvah Day, celebrated in Baltimore on Dec. 25 and coordinated by the Jewish Volunteer Connection, everyone is invited to do a “Mitzvah,” or good deed, to give back to their local community. At “Putting the Pieces Together,” participants will make puzzles for children spending the holidays at the Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai Hospital. At 1 p.m., Sandler will tell the story about the genesis of Jewish Baltimore. Info: jewishmuseummd.org.

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A new sign and a new community green space are two more indicators that Baltimore Highlands is continuing its sustained push for improvement, which started last year.

The green space is a row-house sized footprint at Roberts Place and Conkling St. There had been a row house there, which suffered a fire or other disaster, resulting in an empty footprint.

Rachel Timmins, president of the Baltimore Highlands Neighborhood Association, noted that the lot had been host to a ramshackle sign designating the neighborhood “Baltimore Highland.”

Now there is a new sign, put up last week by community members. The COR-TEN steel sign by Waco Products, a local fabrication company, features water-jet cut lettering: “Baltimore Highlands welcomes you.”

COR-TEN steel is very durable, said Timmins, who happens to be a metal artist, and it oxidizes in an aesthetic way.

“It’s a self-coloring metal,” she said. “It develops an orangy, rusty patina, and then doesn’t deteriorate further. It’ll look nice for 10 years, minimum.”

Timmins added that the sign was chosen from 10 or so options by BHNA members at one of their monthly meetings. The sign is not the only new feature at the pocket park. With a $3,000 Target Neighborhood Initiative grant from the Baltimore Community Foundation, administered by the Southeast Community

building the pocket park was fun for residents and friends of baltimore Highlands. | Photo by Kari Snyder

Development Corp., the BHNA has installed eight raised-bed planters, filled with $400 in native plants from Herring Run Nursery.

The grant money also paid for the sign materials; Waco Products donated labor and the use of their equipment to both build the sign and create the digital file of sign concepts.

Other features of the green space include string-lighting strung through the trees to keep the pocket park lit at night, and a solar-lit chalkboard, on which is the message, “Welcome to our community garden; Would you like to be involved?” followed by information about BHNA meetings.

The park, which does not have a water-hookup, will also feature a rain-barrel to keep the plants watered.

There are now three boulders in the park, which offer “unconventional” seating options without encouraging people to linger for too long, Timmins explained.

Kari Snyder, director of neighborhood programs for the Southeast CDC, said that her organization funnels the BCF Target Neighborhood Initiative funding to projects that make Southeast neighborhoods safer, cleaner, greener and more vibrant. The Roberts Place pocket park clearly qualified.

“We actually had a hard time spending the money, because we’re so used to being on a shoestring budget,” said Timmins.

She noted that residents have been “stopping by and saying how happy they are that something is being done with the space.”

In some cases, they are making their own contributions to the ambience. Somebody put little snowman ornaments in the planters. Timmins was unable to find out who it was.

Timmins said that the project--both the process and the final result--have benefitted the community in a number of ways. For the BHNA, she said, “it was our first time, as a group organization and on a budget, getting together to find out how to spend the money.”

Now that the pocket park is established, she added, “It’s a visible sign of improvement that can make people hopeful.” Timmins thanked long-time resident Kim Kramer for her support with the project.

“It means a lot to us,” she said. Timmins also acknowledged Baltimore

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Survivor of swan attack creates children’s bookby Erik [email protected]

The photos of the majestic male swan on Loch Raven Reservoir seem to depict a tranquil scene, but they are the result of an opportunity that, quite literally, hit photographer David Simpson over the head.

It happened when he was sneaking up on a great blue heron, a more common species in Loch Raven. Pointing to a photo of the heron in his new book, Simpson described how he was silently approaching the bird in his modified kayak, equipped with an electric motor much quieter than a paddle.

“All of a sudden I hear this ‘whop-whop-whop-whop,’” said Simpson. “It sounded like a baffling of wind.”

It was the swan, the title character of his new book, “The Swan.”

“He flew up behind me and was banging my head with his wing...It was so quiet out there, and then it sounded like a freight train or something.”

In his three years of consistently paddling Loch Raven Reservoir, Simpson had never seen a swan. When he later saw the female and the babies, he realized that the angry cob had simply been being a good father and protecting his family.

Simpson, who lives on the 1200 block of S. Kenwood but grew up near Loch Raven, said that the swan’s strategy was to lead him away from the nest. The bird tried to lure him to the right, and Simpson initially obliged, but instead of making the turn and staying on course, he kept turning, circling back to the original spot where he first encountered the swan. The swan then attempted to lure him away again, and Simpson repeated his ruse. Man and bird completed this cycle three times, giving Simpson the necessary time to capture the magnificent shots in “The Swan.”

“Then I thought I’d better get out of there before he really got pissed with me,” he said.

“The Swan” is ostensibly a children’s book, but the photographs will appeal to adults, especially adults who have a history with Loch Raven.

“It’s such a family-oriented thing,” said Simpson. “As a kid, you run around and learn how to ride your bike. Then you go out there as a teenager, with girls.”

Later, it becomes a mountain-biking haven, and then, “when you’re too old to mountain-bike, you kayak.”

“It’s a full-circle kind of place,” said Simpson.

Creating the book was, also, a family-oriented process, as it was a collaboration

An encounter with this swan was the inspiration for Canton resident David Simpson’s new book. | Photo by David Simpson

between Simpson and his 27-year-old daughter, Anne Simpson Gilliard, a kindergarten and 1st-grade teacher in Washington, D.C.

Though “The Swan” is a children’s book, it’s also the true story about what happened to Simpson that day, though the book’s message is not as intense as Simpson’s experience last summer.

“It was about territory,” he said. “It was about not invading some beautiful creature’s territory, and, by the way, they’re a little dangerous.”

From there, the story morphed into a tale of a father swan protecting his family.

“After all, wouldn’t your dad do the same thing, if a stranger got too close to you?” asks Simpson in the book.

“The Swan” also features photos of the other inhabitants of Loch Raven--the great blue heron, a beaver, geese, a seagull, etc.

“What I tried to do is put common animals in there too,” explained Simpson. “If you take your kid out there, you always see a seagull.”

“The Swan” is not Simpson’s first book about Loch Raven--his first was a coffee table photography book, “Loch Raven.” Fifteen of those books weighed 50 pounds.

His strategy for “Loch Raven” was effective--the book sold out--and simple. He focused on the people living near the reservoir.

“I put a dot in the middle of Loch Raven, went out 20 miles, counted the people, and thought, ‘Half of one percent might like it,’”

“The Swan,” costs $15, and can be found at several Baltimore area bookstores, including Greetings & Readings and Valley View Farms, or on Amazon. For more information, visit davidsimpsonimages.com.

On Saturday, Dec. 20, 2 p.m., Simpson will hold a book-signing at Highlandtown Gallery, 246 S. Conkling St.

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Artist Katia Baskina, bottom left, enjoys painting female forms with the element of darkness, above, as well as Baltimore scenes, such as this mural at New Hope Academy, below. | Photos courtesy of Katia Baskina

For painter Katia Baskina, whose art was featured on the cover of the Nov. 26 Baltimore Guide, Baltimore is “home” in a lifelong journey that took her from Russia to South Africa to Bethesda to here.

As for many artists, it was attending classes at the Maryland Institute College of Art that initially brought Baskina to Baltimore.

“That and I just fell in love with it for some reason,” she says.

“I’ve tried to leave and have gone to different states, and I just always ended up coming back--it’s home now.”

Baskina paints images that compare darkness with light--heaven and hell, for example, or a Phoenix rising from the ashes.

It’s not too surprising that she fell in love with Baltimore.

“There are a lot of kind of dark things here,” she says. “That, at the same time, is what I love about it.” She calls her relationship with the city “love-hate,” but when pressed, admits that she’s more or less over the hate part.

“I just wasn’t happy with life in general and was trying to blame things on my circumstances,” she says.

And good things abound in Baltimore, especially for artists.

“There’s not a log of pretentiousness here,” Baskina says. “The artist community really supports and encourages each other, sharing resources and sharing information. It’s not competition.”

Most recently, Baskina showed at “Art in the City,” a show at SkyLofts Gallery, 3703 Bank St., curated by Jeff Martin.

Although a lifelong artist, Baskina, now 36, didn’t turn to painting until she was at MICA. She had enjoyed using pastels and charcoal, but was nervous about using a paintbrush.

“I had a teacher start to push me toward it,” she says, “encouraging me to view the paintbrush as an extension of my hand.”

An “instinctual” artist, Baskina paints “very fast.”

“I’m a very sporadic, instinctual person,” she says. “The way I paint is the way I live my life...If I get an idea, I just go for it.”

Baskina says that part of her “go for it” mentality is a defense mechanism: “I feel like the more I think about it, the more I start to doubt myself.”

Mother to a 3-year-old daughter, Baskina recently made a push to get back into painting,

“I don’t really have inspiration until I start doing it,” she says. “I think a lot of times, people sit around and wait for things to inspire them, but I don’t think it’s always there.

Artist: Baltimore an ideal city for exploring light and darkBy EriK [email protected] You’ve got to make it happen, just like

everything else.”While she enjoys painting dark surreal

images, Baskina also paints Baltimore-oriented images for their superior marketability. There is a middle ground between the two, and that is Edgar Allan Poe, who Bakina paints frequently.

“He’s my only man,” she jokes, noting that she normally paints females.

Like many artists, Baskina holds down a day job. She is a special education teacher at the New Hope Academy of Baltimore. One summer, she entered into a contract to paint murals on the walls of the school.

“That kind of got me into painting Baltimore stuff,” she says.

Baskina also does some graphic design freelance work on the side. Encouraged by her parents to enter a field more lucrative than straight art, she studied graphic design at MICA.

But art is her love, and now her parents are on board, too.

“It was plain that I had skills--they became more appreciative of it,” she says.

Baskina currently has work hanging at Adler Gallery, Zella’s Pizzeria’s Little Big Show, SkyLofts Gallery and the Frederick Animal Hospital.

For more information about Baskina and her artwork, visit her website, kat-art.com; find her on Instagram at #katiabaskina and #katart, or visit her Facebook page, facebook.com/KatiaBaskina. For custom art work, she can be contacted at [email protected].


Holiday decorations can be hazardous for your pet

PET CAREBy Adriene Buisch

Decorating your home is part of the many fun festivities of the holidays, but what starts out as fun could end up deadly for your pet. Understanding what holiday décor could pose a health hazard to your pet could prevent an unexpected emergency trip to the vet.

Holiday tinsel and ribbonAlthough tinsel and ribbon are not “toxic”

they are very attractive to your pets, especially cats. It may seem harmless and adorable to let them play with these decorations, but too often, pets end up ingesting tinsel and ribbon. If they are ingested they can cause serious injury by causing an obstruction.

Sometimes they can thread from the stomach through the intestines and become a linear foreign body. If your pet cannot pass it, emergency surgery is needed.

Holiday lightingStringing up lights around the house or on

your Christmas tree can be enticing to your pets, especially when they have more access to wires than usual. If they were to chew on these wires it could cause electrical shock, tongue lacerations, or possibly even death. Make sure to keep them out of reach and/or taped down.

Christmas treeYour curious kitty or mischievous pooch

might become very intrigued by your Christmas tree, possibly knocking it over and breaking ornaments. So it is ideal to find a secure location for your tree, or anchor it. Also, be conscious of the tree stand. The water in the stand is a great breeding ground for different bacteria, and could cause serious gastrointestinal upset in your pets, should they choose to drink it.

OrnamentsBe careful using glass or aluminum

ornaments, or at least hang them high enough on the tree, out of reach of your pet. If broken, your pet could ingest pieces or get shards of the material in their paws.

Holiday PlantsThere are several holiday plants that could

be a health hazard if ingested by your pet. Mistletoe can cause cardiovascular problems and gastrointestinal upset. Holly and poinsettias could cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. And lilies are very poisonous to cats, causing kidney failure.

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avoid the possibility of your pet knocking them over. Make sure they are on a stable surface and out of reach for any curious pets.

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Changing lives through music, high expectationsby Erik [email protected]

The OrchKids concert at Highlandtown’s Breath of God Lutheran Church last week was a huge hit, attracting about 200 people.

“We always have a really good turnout from our parents in Highlandtown,” said Mairin Srygley, site coordinator for OrchKids at Highlandtown Elementary and Middle School #215.

OrchKids, a music education and outreach program of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, is seven years old and in its fourth year with Highlandtown #215, the organization’s first eastside partnership. In total, the program reaches close to 750 students. At Highlandtown #215, about 90 kids participate in the OrchKids after-school program, for kids from pre-K-grade 5, while about 200 kids--all students in pre-K-grade 2--experience OrchKids musicianship classes during regular school hours. Twenty OrchKids staff members run the program at Highlandtown #215.

“Really, our mission is social change,” said Srygley, “transforming the lives of students who wouldn’t have access to studying music.”

She added that the goal is “not to make professional musicians,” but to give the kids “something to be passionate about; something to look forward too.”

In addition to music lessons and practice, the after-school program offers students hot meals, the opportunity to work with mentors, and extra-curricular activities such as field trips.

“We tried to be holistic in our approach so kids get everything they need to lead healthy lives,” said Srygley.

Participating schools are identified through a number of factors, including the desire of a school’s leadership to have the program, as well as available rehearsal space.

“We focus on underprivileged communities in Baltimore City,” added Srygley, noting that

such communities are indicated by the number of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches.

Kids play the violin, cello, trumpet, baritone, trombone, flute and clarinet. Pre-K through grade 2 are “exploratory” years in which students are exposed to several instruments; they settle on their specialty after grade 2.

“That’s a very special day,” said Srygley. She said that one boy was so excited that he

named his chosen baritone “Man of Steel.”For the younger kids, the OrchKids

instructors don’t just hand over an expensive violin. It’s more of a kung-fu-style progression; the children start with cardboard versions of the instruments and first learn to hold and care for them.

“One of the biggest parts of the program is teaching the kids to respect their instruments, and therefore respect their environment and the things around them,” Srygley said.

If a student drops an instrument, then he or she might have to go back to the cardboard version for awhile. Students who properly care for their instruments get to take them home on Wednesdays.

“We set high expectations,” said Srygley. “Having instruments is something they have achieved.” Mark Parker, pastor of Breath of God Lutheran Church, said that last Wednesday’s concert was “fantastic.”

“We have a longstanding partnership with Highlandtown #215, and have watched with anticipation as OrchKids has grown there for the last few years,” he added.

Now the oldest kids in the program have had a few years to practice their instruments.

“We were looking forward to this day for a long time,” Parker said.

Highlandtown #215’s OrchKids are having their next concert on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 4:15 p.m., at the Creative Alliance.

younger students at Highlandtown #215 enjoy making music through orchkids. | Photo courtesy of OrchKids

About 200 people came to watch Highlandtown #215’s first orchkids concert, held last Wednesday at breath of god Lutheran Church. | Photo by Alison Reeder

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Farewell Nick Markakis

Last week we received the news of Nick Markakis, the longest tenured Oriole, leaving Baltimore and heading to Atlanta to join the Braves. Initially I had conflicting thoughts on this, but in the end, I think it’s for the best.

Before this season started, Nick had a team option on his contract for 2015 worth $17.5 million, which I did not think they would pick up, thus making Nick a free agent. I did, however, think they would be able to work something out to keep him in Baltimore for at least a few more years.

At first, I was upset that Nick left. I have been a big Markakis fan since he came up in 2006 and followed him all through his career at Camden Yards. I stuck with him because he was a gamer. Even though his power numbers had faded over the years, he still played a Gold-Glove caliber right field and accepted his role as leadoff hitter, finding ways to get on base.

One of the main things that always drew me to Markakis was his leadership style. Nick led by example. He was never flashy or arrogant, he just showed up to play and hustled his butt off, no matter what. He was about as Oriole as it got.

That perspective was the fan in me. The business man in me felt differently.

While I completely agree with the Orioles not shelling out his $17.5 million option, I felt his value to be somewhere around $10 million a

year. A quick comparison to another AL East outfielder Jose Bautista: Bautista made $14 million last year while batting .286 with 35 home runs and 103 runs batted in. Bautista is also due $14 million this year.

Another outfielder who is a little older than the 31-year-old Markakis is 34-year-old Matt Holliday. Holliday is an outfielder who has been earning $17 million a year since 2012. What Holliday has done during that timeframe is average 23 home runs with 95 runs batted-in and a .289 batting average. If you’re into WAR, Holliday has had a combined 10.4 WAR over those three seasons, while Markakis had a WAR of 3.5.

Atlanta offered Nick a four-year deal, while it appears that the Orioles were only looking to do three years. They both were around the same $11 million per season, but that extra year was what made Nick jump ship.

There is also the issue of his neck, which, as it turns out, will require him to have surgery and miss 12 weeks, but he should be ready for Opening Day 2015. Atlanta was aware of that, but still was OK with signing him.

When you break it down to statistics, it should be easy to replace Markakis. His numbers weren’t that amazing over the past several years, and while his defense and base running are still top-quality, those attributes will begin to fade; he isn’t a spring chicken anymore.

Where he will be tough to replace is in the clubhouse and in the Orioles fans’ hearts.

While the Orioles made the best business decision to not offer him four years, Markakis also made a business decision to leave and take that fourth year somewhere else, so if you’re looking to cast any blame, it goes to both sides. This decision was not about wanting to stay around in Baltimore, it was about maxing out his value, which in this case, was in Atlanta.

While it will be hard to look into right field and not see number 21 out there, I wish him nothing but the best on his new team. I know they are going to love him.


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Posko, Leto’s sister, said that Leto would not have wanted the event to be sad. “She would love for us to all focus on how much we all loved her and her smile and laugh,” Posko said. She also mentioned her sister’s “abso-lutely wicked” sense of humor and deep affinity for the spiritual.“Although Kim was not associated with a specific religion, she was very spiritual,” said Posko. “She had an uncanny ability to understand these ancient texts.” Jan Dietrich, a spiritual mentor for Leto, said that she “really valued the presence of God in her life.”

St. to the east, Fairmount Ave. to the south, with Haven St. as the nearest western street boundary. It has a basketball court, playground equipment and an open field where Gentry says three generations of her family played.“I thought the meeting was about fixing the park up,” she says. “Not taking it away.”

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Cathy Gentry didn’t think that neighborhood parks could disappear, but she may find out otherwise.Last November she and some of her Janney St.-area neighbors attended a meeting of the city and the Baltimore Development Corporation informing them that the nearby Pompeian Olive Oil Company was interested in expanding and would like to buy Janney Street Park from the city—and the city was considering selling it to them.

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confinement 16. Silver 17. In a sick state 18. Belonging to me 19. 1/2 an em 20. “Makeover’s”

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