Eric Hartley: The view from the other side of the bar

Over the years, Troy Chittum, a longtime Annapolis bartender, has helped organize fundraisers for too many causes to count: people struck by heart attacks or cancer, Hurricane Katrina refugees, fire victims, sick children, the homeless.

But now he's the beneficiary.

Friends and co-workers are throwing a fundraiser for Mr. Chittum next week at Stan and Joe's Saloon on West Street to help him get by as he recovers from a serious bicycle accident.

He seems a bit embarrassed by the attention - and the role reversal.

"It's very nice that people step up, but I'm used to being on the other side,"...