When spring arrived in East Baltimore in the 1930's, it was time to open the windows and break out the beautiful painted window and door screens that had become the rage as both a fashionable and functional art form in many city neighborhoods. William Oktavec, a Czechoslovakian immigrant, brought the tradition to the city when he moved there in 1913. His screens became popular because they were both colorful and practical, enhancing ventilation and providing daytime privacy.

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Nancy Koepsell worked in television in Buffalo, New York, back in the days when programming was live. Jim Norling’s job as a freelance camera man for the major networks took him around the world, from photographing presidents in the nation’s capitol to dodging bullets in war zones.

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Just talk to Floretta Keeney for five minutes and you see why she's a good neighbor. People enjoy being around her because her energy, enthusiasm, and positive approach to life are infectious. The former Miss Annapolis 1951 was born and raised on Randall Street just outside Gate 1 of the Naval Academy. Her father, a Navy bandsman, had a music store underneath the house where they lived, and later opened Keeney's Piano and Organ Center on West Street.

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