Suffolk Living January/February 2021

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The Great Dismal Swamp offers plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation during the pandemic, plus history, culture, nature and more.

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Meals on Wheels

22 One of Suffolk’s premier volunteer organizations makes sure many people here in Western Tidewater don’t go without.

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Proclaiming right and truth

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Frederick Douglass once wrote, “Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.”

Proclaimed below the flag of Douglass’ North Star newspaper, the motto is embodied by a statue in Rochester, N.Y., and Douglass having tea with Susan B. Anthony.

They had different skin colors and were of different sexes, but Douglass and Anthony still united under a cause they felt passionately about: the right to vote for people to whom it had been denied for decades.

They are an example to a deeply divided nation today, and locals Nathan Richardson and Lee Ann Rose helped illustrate that example back in November. You can read about it on page 27.

As the pandemic trudges on, one place that is an excellent place for outdoor activity is the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. You can read about it, some of its past, some of its present and some of its future starting on page 16. Miles removed from even getting a cell signal, it’s the very definition of social distancing.

There have been so many heroes of this pandemic, but some of the less-mentioned ones have been the local Meals on Wheels program and its staff and volunteers. They have continued to provide meals to people in Suffolk and throughout Western Tidewater who are unable to cook for themselves — helping them to get good nutrition as they remain at home longer or return home from an illness or injury sooner. These volunteers deliver more than just meals; they provide meaningful contact and a person who’s looking out for them and cares for them every day. That’s a resource more precious than gold to these clients and their families.

We hope you and your family and friends are safe and well.

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n each edition the Suffolk Living staff provides a challenge of sorts, testing how much of Suffolk you really know. We photograph some location in Suffolk that is readily accessible and open to the public, and see if you can tell us where it is.

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Suffolk Student Art 2021 FEBRUARY 2

The Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art 2021 will open at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. This juried exhibit features artwork by Suffolk’s high school sophomores, juniors and seniors and is open to students who live in or attend public, private or home school in Suffolk. The exhibit is presented in cooperation with the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission. Viewing is free and open to the public through Feb. 26. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 925-0448.

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what to do JANUARY 23

A Great Dismal Swamp Guided Nature Walk will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Meet the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in a new way — up close and personal! Enjoy a biologist-led nature walk as you learn about the flora, fauna, wildlife and history that abound in the 111,000-acre wilderness. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors, military and children ages 3 to 12. Reservations are required, and cancellations are expected no less than 48 hours prior to scheduled tour. Call the Suffolk Visitor Center at 514-4130 to reserve your spot. The tour meets at the Washington Ditch Boardwalk parking lot. Visit www.visitsuffolkva.com for more information.

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Join the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts for their winter concert series, Together On Stage at the Center, and welcome County Seat Band, a high-energy bluegrass and acoustic group, at the center from 7 to 9 p.m. This music concert series allows the

community to watch performances in the comfort of their own homes, “virtually like being here.” There is also limited in-person seating available for $15 per person; virtual viewing on the Suffolk Center’s Facebook page is free. The center is located at 110 W. Finney Ave. Sponsored by Suffolk Tourism.

For more information, contact the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts box office at 757923-2900.

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Join Suffolk Tourism, in partnership with the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, as they proudly present “Dreamgirls” at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 per person; seating is very limited due to social distancing, and masks are required. “Dreamgirls” is a 2006 American musical drama film based on the stage musical. In early 1960s Detroit, Curtis Taylor Jr. signs an R&B trio of young women, the Dreamettes. Curtis take them from backup singers to headliners, all while establishing his own record label and indulging in wheeling and dealing.

Join the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts for their winter concert series, Together On Stage at the Center, and welcome Him & Her, an ambient contemporary Christian band, at the center from 7 to 9 p.m. This music concert series allows the community to watch performances in the comfort of their own homes, “virtually like being here.”

There is also limited in-person seating available for $15 per person; virtual viewing on the Suffolk Center’s Facebook page is free. The center is located at 110 W. Finney Ave. Sponsored by Suffolk Tourism. Visit www.suffolkcenter.org or call 923-2900.

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Join the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts for their winter concert series, Together On Stage at the Center, and welcome the Luke Willette Band, which performs country music, at the center from 7 to 9 p.m. This music concert series allows the community to watch performances in the comfort of their own homes, “virtually like being here.”

There is also limited in-person seating available for $15 per person; virtual viewing on the Suffolk Center’s Facebook page is free. The center is located at 110 W. Finney Ave. Sponsored by Suffolk Tourism. Visit www.suffolkcenter.org or call 923-2900.

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Join Suffolk Tourism, in partnership with the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, as they proudly present “Phantom of the Opera” at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 per person; seating is very limited due to social distancing, and masks are required. “Phantom of the Opera” is a 2004 American musical drama based on the eponymous stage musical.

Young ingénue and soprano Christine finds herself tutored by a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Despite her love for another man, the Phantom’s obsession with her grows, leading him to

kidnap Christine to be his eternal bride.

Who will be able to stop this dastardly plan? This film is 143 minutes and rated PG-13. For more information, contact the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts box office at 757-923-2900.

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Brasswind, a classic horn performance, at the center from 7 to 9 p.m. This music concert series allows the community to watch performances in the comfort of their own homes, “virtually like being here.”

There is also limited in-person seating available for $15 per person; virtual viewing on the Suffolk Center’s Facebook page is free. The center is located at 110 W. Finney Ave. Sponsored by Suffolk Tourism. Visit www.suffolkcenter.org or call 923-2900.

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New café serves food, financial knowledge Story by Tracy Agnew Photos by Jen Jaqua and Tracy Agnew

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new establishment in the heart of downtown Suffolk looks to fill stomachs with good food and coffee as well as to fill heads and hearts with financial knowledge and passion.

Wall Street Café, located at 118 W. Washington St., is owned by two local entrepreneurs who are passionate about spreading knowledge on finances, investing and wealthbuilding.

Domenick Epps and Danita Hayes knew from the start that their vision would become a reality, even as many obstacles were thrown

in their path.

“The world said, ‘You can’t open up a business in the middle of COVID-19,’ but God said different,” Hayes said.

Agreed Epps: “Because it was God’s will, not ours, it had no choice but to succeed,” he said.

Epps saw the vision for the business late last year and shared it with Hayes, as the two were already business partners on other ventures. They began building their business from the ground up, including securing the location, planning the menu and thinking

about what they wanted the educational part of their business to look like.

The café is named after the “Black Wall Street” areas of Black-owned businesses that flourished in many American cities in the first half of the 20th century. Two of the most notable ones were in Tulsa, Okla., and Durham, N.C., both referenced by Epps.

Although the Tulsa race massacre in May-June 1921, in which hundreds of Black residents were killed, thousands more injured and many Black-owned businesses destroyed, often is referenced in regards to Tulsa’s Black

suffolk living 13 Wall Street, Epps said more people need to talk about the success of that district, both before the massacre and after it was rebuilt.

“People don’t talk about the success of Black Wall Street,” he said.

A mural in Wall Street Café imparts some of this history to visitors and also recognizes notable entrepreneurs both local and nationwide.

The atmosphere at Wall Street Café lends itself to business deals and political discussions, which are encouraged, Epps said. Visitors can place trades on the stock market and can attend numerous planned events to help people become more financially savvy.

Part of the goal is not only for Epps and Hayes to have something to pass down to their own families but also to help build up their community.

“We definitely want to build a legacy for our children and for generations to connect,” Hayes said. “A See CAFE page 14

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lot of the people in our community just don’t have the knowledge.”

Even with all that, there is also great food and coffee at Wall Street Café. Those who may not have the time for a deep political discussion, a business deal or learning about economics can still drop in for eats and drinks.

The menu includes items like sandwiches and wraps, with options including club, turkey, BLT, chicken and hummus veggie. Breakfast sandwiches are also available, as are pastries and sides including “Queen’s Banana Pudding,” available Friday and Saturday thanks to the talents of Epps’ wife, LaKita. Hayes’ husband, Chris Hayes, has provided invaluable support on the eatery side of things, as a former restaurant manager at an Olive Garden and on the Spirit of Norfolk dinner cruise.

Beverage options include frappuccino, espresso, latte, hot tea and hot chocolate. Customers order a “Dow” for a medium or “S&P” for a large.

Customers who come in dressed in business attire, or who are military, can get 10% off their order.

Epps and Hayes are eager to see where they can take their business from here.

“I believe this is just the beginning,” Hayes said.

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Nothing Dismal about the Great Dismal Swamp

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Story by Phyllis Speidell Photos by John H. Sheally II

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lmost a year of cautionary social distancing, working from home and learning virtually rather than in classrooms has left adults — and children — restless and ready to escape their familiar four walls. The usual places to catch a break, enjoy a meal, watch a ballgame or see a movie have dwindled or disappeared. Where to go for a change of scenery in a safe environment and, maybe, learn something new?

The Great Dismal Swamp National Refuge offers fresh air, scenic vistas, hiking trails and a chance to learn more about ecology, history and our natural world — with easy access right in Suffolk.

Refuge Manager Chris Lowie said that the refuge also offers adventure — something for everyone.

“You never know what you will see,” he said of the wildlife and 200 species of birds that can be seen in the swamp. “We are kid-friendly, with wooden boardwalks on a mile and a half of trails, with bathroom facilities convenient to most trails.”

White-tail deer, river otters, turtles, snakes, beaver, squirrels, mink, bobcats, red foxes, and black bears live in the swamp. The stars of the summer season, however, may be the butterflies — as many as 65 different species fluttering through the swampland.

For those seeking a bit of peaceful rejuvenation, the refuge has about 50 miles of trails for hiking, biking and enjoying nature’s quiet beauty.

“It feels like you are in the middle of nowhere, even though there are 1 ½ million people within an hour or so of the refuge,” Lowie said. “There are no jets flying over, just a few small planes. You can come out here where it’s peaceful and serene and discover yourself.”

Lowie experiences that feeling, he said, just stepping out of his headquarters office and letting the refuge take hold.

The refuge headquarters at 3100 Desert Road in Suffolk is a good place to start your See SWAMP page 18

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Above, local artist J. Robert Burnell painted this scene of people sightseeing on the Jennie Wilson of Lake Drummond. Below, a mounted black bear gets into the spirit of the holidays, and of pandemic safety, with a mask and antlers.

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visit. Displays of information about the swamp and its ecological value as well as mounts of animals native to the swamp offer an excellent introduction to your Dismal Swamp adventure.

If the name Dismal Swamp conjures up unappealing visions of a dank, desolate marsh, knowing the origin of the name might brighten that image. The word “dismal” was a common European term for any boggy area or swamp. Accordingly, early settlers applied the name to the dense swamp once covering close to a million acres stretching along what is now the Virginia/North Carolina border.

In 1728, a Virginian, Col. William Byrd II, led a crew of surveyors on a mission to delineate the then disputed border between North Carolina and Virginia. Plagued by biting insects, ticks and chiggers as his crew slogged through the marsh and peat bogs, Byrd described the swamp as deserving of the name “dismal” and as “…a horrible desert, the foul damps ascend without ceasing, corrupt the Air, and render it unfit for Respiration.”

George Washington, however, had a different impression when he visited the swamp 35 years later, calling it a “glorious paradise,” boasting of its abundant wild game and envisioning vast agricultural potential.

While large-scale agricultural projects never materialized as he foresaw, the swamp did support successful lumbering and shingle-making ventures. Over the years, the swamp also sheltered indigenous Indians pushed from their native land by See SWAMP page 19

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encroaching European settlement. Countless individuals fleeing slavery also found secure refuge in the swamp on their own or via the Underground Railroad. Those who needed to escape found ways to survive — and thrive — in small, hidden communities scattered on the higher lands of the swamp.

The Dismal Swamp Canal built over decades in the early 1800s, mostly by slave labor, supported the timber businesses and attracted roadhouses and hotels to the swamp and to Lake Drummond. At 3,100 acres, the lake is the largest natural lake in Virginia, but was named for 1660s North Carolina Gov. William Drummond who, according to local lore, discovered the lake while getting lost on a hunting trip.

The most famous — or infamous — of the hotels was the Lake Drummond Hotel, nicknamed the Halfway House because it straddled the state border. The unique location drew romantic rendezvous and sketchy characters who could evade the law by simply stepping across the border.

There were also rumors, never proven, that Edgar Allan Poe wrote his famous “The Raven” while a guest there.

Today, Lake Drummond is a centerpiece of the refuge that includes nearly 113,000 acres of wildlife habitats and unspoiled forested wetlands with stands of pine, maple, cypress and tupelo trees. The Refuge’s Lake Drummond Wildlife Drive enables visitors to explore some of that scenery from the comfort of their vehicle.

Six miles of smooth gravel road makes the drive to the See SWAMP page 20

Chris Lowie is the refuge manager at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. He’s standing with a sign proclaiming the refuge a National Natural Landmark.

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A map of water control structures and ditches in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge shows how the swamp has changed over the years because of manmade intervention as well as wildfires.

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lake a pleasure with plenty to see along the way. You might glimpse a turtle or snake crossing the road or birds of prey perching in the tall trees. What you will not see are power lines or cell towers, making it easy to forget how close you are to city life.

Along the way, the road passes two entrances to short boardwalk trails offering a closer look at the scenery.

As you approach the lake, three miles in diameter but averaging only six feet in depth, the surface gleams like a distant mirror. From the pier and boat ramp at the end of the road

you can watch the shifting patterns of gray, blue and rose along the surface of the brownish water. Catfish, perch, bowfin and crappie thrive in the lake’s surprisingly pure water. In the winter you might see flocks of migrating tundra swans and snow geese. In the summer, you are more likely to see blue herons, egrets and an occasional bald eagle.

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge also offers boating and fishing opportunities with proper licenses. Automobile access to the wildlife drives requires a $5 permit available at the refuge office as well as at the

entrances to the drives.

For more information on planning your visit or current COVID-related restrictions, check the refuge website www.fws.gov/refuge/great_dismal_swamp or call the refuge headquarters.

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 3100 Desert Road Suffolk, VA 23434 Phone: 757-986-3705 Fax: 757-986-2353 Email:Â greatdismalswamp@fws.gov

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Delivering smiles no matter what

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Story by Rachel Wartian Photos by Rachel Wartian & Noelle Peterson Photography

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or Suffolk Meals on Wheels, it will take more than a pandemic or a little rain to slow them down.

Many senior citizens would not eat if it were not for the Meals on Wheels food deliveries, but that would not be the only service that would be missed. Not delivering meals means missing personal connections the clients look forward to in these lonely times.

"We are very fortunate with the community support we received this year," said Angelica Yankauskas, executive director at Suffolk Meals on Wheels. "When COVID hit last spring, I had to make decisions on whether we were to continue and how.

The thought of not delivering meals never crossed my mind. Our clients are in a greater need now than before COVID came."

John Butrick is a paid driver that delivers Monday through Friday, completing more than 300 miles a week in the Suffolk Meals on Wheels van, and has worked with the program for over a decade.

"The thing is with a lot of the people we see, you're the only one they see that week," he said. "Just like our van says, we deliver smiles. We have people who will ask you to take trash or help them do things around See MEALS page 24

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the house because of having mobility issues. We try to get the lonely ones at the end, so we have time to spend helping and talking with them."

In 2020, Suffolk Meals on Wheels served 138 clients and 42,000 meals on their 10 routes through Suffolk, Windsor and Isle of Wight.

According to Yankauskas, it is important to regularly have the same people to go to the client's homes to deliver.

"It's especially important during COVID with family not coming in as much," she said.

"This is a way to check in with seniors and those with disabilities. We can alert the family of any changes or something wrong. We are an extra set of eyes. Our drivers choose their route and are able to get to know clients. It's been helpful if something is wrong since they know them and can go with their gut and call it in. It's been very helpful over the years."

Ed Taylor is a volunteer who started helping his wife, Anntoinette or "Toni," deliver meals over five years ago. She has helped with Meals on Wheels for around 20 years, and once her delivery partner retired from it, Ed stepped in to help.

"Basically, it's about the contact we make with people," he said. "It's a good program. It's just really beneficial to folks who get the meals.

This helps make their day, and some never see the daytime, and they enjoy it when we tell them that it's raining or sunny outside. They really appreciate the personal contact we bring."

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, personal connections look different than before. The drivers call the client when they are five minutes away and, after arriving, place the food in a clean plastic bag on a specified place on the porch. The driver can either return to their car to watch the client pick up the food or take 10 steps back to still be able to catch up.

"We have to call in to the office if no one comes out to get the food," said Butrick. "It's our way of making sure they are all right."

There are other ways that Suffolk Meals on Wheels still make connections, even through distance. Clients are given cards for their birthday or other life events, like having a new grandchild or losing a loved one. Extra goodies are also included with their meals for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Donors also contributed items to give, including toilet paper, masks, emergency supplies and crossword puzzles.

"We have great community allies thinking of See MEALS page 25

Above, Angelica Yankauskas, executive director of Suffolk Meals on Wheels, checks the packaged meals that are ready to be picked up by volunteers for delivery. Below, black thermal bags are filled with meals ready to be delivered.

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our folks," said Yankauskas.

"We're also really tight with clients' pets. We bring them treats, so they come running when they hear us come."

Suffolk Meals on Wheels is always looking for new volunteers. They lost many volunteers, most of whom were retired seniors, due to COVID-19. However, Suffolk Meals on Wheels has gained a lot, since many knew the original volunteers are those most vulnerable to the virus.

To volunteer or learn more, visit suffolkmealsonwheels. com.

Above, Kimberly Baines, the second program manager for Meals on Wheels, steps in to deliver a route of meals on a rainy day when a volunteer is unable to show up. At left, John Butrick is a paid driver for Suffolk Meals on Wheels, taking one of the longest routes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, covering 13 stops.

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Gary Saunders is a volunteer who regularly helps deliver meals for Suffolk Meals on Wheels.

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Suffrage for you and me — and having tea

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rederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony sharing tea.

It’s a scenario that played out many times in Rochester, N.Y., in the mid-1800s while the two activists lived there. It’s immortalized in a statue in Rochester, too.

And in Suffolk, Virginia, in November, the scene came to life again as Suffolk native Nathan Richardson and Williamsburg resident Lee Ann Rose portrayed Douglass and Anthony, respectively, having tea.

The event took place Nov. 14 at the Stillwater Tea House on Prentis Street. Richardson said he got the idea for the program in talking with the tea room’s new owner, Amy Ford.

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Nathan Richardson, portraying Frederick Douglass, and Lee Ann Rose, right, portraying Susan B. Anthony, pause for a photo with a group of guests at their tea event in November.

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Douglass and Anthony became acquainted in Rochester when Douglass set up his newspaper, The North Star, across the street from a business owned by Anthony’s father and brother, said Richardson, who has portrayed Douglass for the better part of a decade.

The two worked for abolition and universal suffrage, but the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — which granted the right to

vote to Black men but not to any women — caused a rift, Richardson said. However, they reconciled shortly before Douglass’ death in 1895; the 19th Amendment later brought women the right to vote in 1920.

The November tea was the first time Rose had portrayed Susan B. Anthony, although she has considerable experience portraying other historical women like Victoria Woodhull, the

first woman to run for U.S. president (Douglass was her running mate), as well as Martha Washington.

“People are amazed that these two people had a relationship, and they had a relationship that was, at times … they did not see eye to eye,” Rose said. “Susan B. Anthony was very upset when Black men got the vote before women and said what we would see today as See TEA page 29

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racist comments — but they got past that.”

Rose and Richardson said the two can be an example to today’s Americans.

“In this day and age when we’re having a hard time talking to one another, people enjoyed this program to see these two people talk past their differences,” Rose said.

“You don’t necessarily have to agree with a person — if you have one common cause, you can still have disagreements on other plateaus and try to work together for good,” Richardson said. “If you let those differences be exploited by your opposition, you can lose a lot of ground.”

Richardson thanked the Stillwater Tea House, Suffolk Art League and Suffolk Tourism for their support of the event and especially praised the tea service and sweets from Stillwater Tea House.

“It was very well attended,” Richardson said.

“Everybody enjoyed the light fare they had.”

Nathan Richardson, portraying Frederick Douglass, interacts with a guest during tea at Stillwater Tea House in November.

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Last edition’s Where Am I? We thought the Where Am where am I? I I? challenge in the last issue was pretty easy, but believe it or not, we got NO correct guesses! The mural is painted on the side of the building at 120 N. Main St., facing the courthouse park. Check out this edition’s challenge on page 7. Here’s a hint: It’s not too far away from the last one!

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STREET SCENE: The view of West Washington Street from its intersection with Saratoga Street shows institutions like Peoples Drug Store on the right and Brewer Jewelry on the left.

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