Suffolk Living January-February 2022

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Ina Finn is one of a few locals who enjoy the hobby of metal detecting, and her finds include Spanish coins, rings and more.

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A pair of Suffolk sisters develop sassy sleepwear line.

ON THE COVER

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Ann and Roger Steinbach make the perfect couple with their artwork.

Cover by Troy Cooper

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2022

The seasonal cycle

EDITORIAL Tracy Agnew Editor

Jen Jaqua Photographer Jimmy LaRoue Writer Rachel Austin Writer news@suffolklivingmag.com

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PRODUCTION Troy Cooper Designer

The quiet of winter always leads to a burst of spring with the changing of seasons. This cycle is as old as the earth and lends variety to our life as well as providing a renewing and refreshing for nature.

So while we are in the quiet of winter now, don’t let the cold get you down — spring is coming.

Ann and Roger Steinbach are the rare artistic couple who can do projects both separately and together, as their vast body of work indicates. He a wood carver and she a needleworker, the two pursuits lend themselves to endless iterations of combinations. You can read about them on page 20.

Are we imagining things, or does Ina Finn’s name sound sort of like “I’m going to find”? Well, if the shoe fits. Finn is a fine metal detectorist, and she relishes the physical and mental health benefits of the hobby as well as being fascinated by the things she finds. From old shoe buckles to knives and centuriesold bullets and coins to modern-day rings and cellphones, Finn has found just about everything. You can read more about her and her hobby on page 12.

You’ll also find a story about Donna Taylor and Deborah Taylor, who are a pair of Suffolk sisters who have created the Sleep Sassy line of sleepwear. The locally designed sets come with matching bonnets and are perfect for ladies of any age. You can read about them starting on page 18.

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what to do Send us your news To submit your calendar or news item, simply email it to: news@suffolklivingmag.com THROUGH JANUARY 27

The Suffolk Center Project: Works by Suffolk Center Instructors and Their Students will be on view from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Ave. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Call 757-925-1800.

THROUGH JANUARY 31

The Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society continues its “Through the Lens” exhibit, featuring thousands of beautiful photos and unique photography equipment. The historical society’s headquarters, 137 Bank

Elizabeth River Artists THROUGH JANUARY 21

The Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave., will present an exhibit from the Elizabeth River Artists. The group meets each Tuesday at the gallery to paint and socialize while serving the community through yearly lectures and workshops, as well as providing scholarships for aspiring artists. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 757-514-7284.

St., is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Call 757-5392781.

FEBRUARY 1-25

The Suffolk Art League, in cooperation with the Suffolk Fine Arts Commission, will present The Exhibit of Excellence: Suffolk Student Art 2022 at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. This juried exhibit will feature artwork by Suffolk’s high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. This show always includes fresh perspectives and a wide variety of mediums, including

drawing, painting, collage, graphic design, original prints, photography, sculpture, pottery, and more. Solomon Isekeije will serve as this year’s juror. Professor Isekeije is a printmaker, sculptor, ceramist, and mixed media artist who delights in art experimentation, resulting in a wide range of unique artworks. He served as an art instructor with the Governor’s School for the Arts, assistant professor of fine arts at Hampton University, and currently serves as professor of fine arts, program coordinator for the Division of Fine Arts, and MFA Visual Studies Program at Norfolk State University. An opening

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what to do reception and awards presentation is planned from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 1. For more information, call 757-9250448, email suffolkartleague@verizon. net, or visit www.suffolkartleague.com.

The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

FEBRUARY 3 TO MARCH 2

The Suffolk Sister Cities International exhibit — “Generation Rescue: Sustainable Water for All” — will be on view from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Ave. Suffolk Sister Cities International sponsors an annual Young Artists and Authors Showcase that helps foster a sense of global citizenship and goodwill for young students. Winners of this juried exhibit go on to compete with students throughout the country. An opening reception and awards ceremony is planned from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3.

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Join in the free Poetry, Prose and Pizza event planned for 6 to 8 p.m. at the Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. Join the Gallery, the Suffolk Art League and host Nathan Richardson for this spoken word event.

Poets, writers, musicians, spoken word and more are welcome to present their own works, favorites by others, or just to listen and enjoy pizza. Space restrictions and registration requirements will be determined based on COVID-19 guidelines at the time of the event. Call 757-514-7284.

The Masters of Soul (formerly Masters of Motown) will perform at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts from 8 to 10 p.m. Masters of Soul is a celebration of the legendary songs and performers that defined Motown and soul music. Male and female vocalists as well as a live band feature in this performance. Tickets are $25 to $40; visit www.suffolkcenter.org or call 757-9232900.

FEBRUARY 5

Animal lovers and art enthusiasts will enjoy the eighth annual Paws for the Arts, a semi-formal gala, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront.

This is a fundraiser for the Suffolk Humane Society, featuring live and silent auctions, artwork from local artists, heavy hors d’oeuvres and more. Tickets are $50 per person. Call 757-538-3030 or visit www. suffolkhumanesociety.com for more information.

FEBRUARY 26-27

The Suffolk Art League’s annual Antiques Show & Sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday at King’s Fork Middle School, 350 Kings Fork Road. This show will feature 36 antiques and collectibles dealers from the mid-Atlantic region offering a wide variety of items including silver, jewelry, porcelain, artwork, linens, art glass, furniture and much more. Clock repair by Father Time Antiques and crystal repair

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MARCH 5

The annual Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. at Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Ave. This one-day festival will showcase 40 best-selling mystery, suspense, horror, historical, romance and women’s fiction authors. Highlights include live, moderated panel discussions, author meet-and-greets, book sales, workshops and a private VIP luncheon. The headliner will be New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell. Tickets for the luncheon are $30 per person and on sale beginning Jan. 15 at www.suffolkmysteryauthorsfestival.com.

The rest of the festival events are free and open to the public. Call 757-514-4131 for more information.

MARCH 12

Chatham County Line will perform at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Ave., from 8 to 10 p.m. Chatham County Line has been a staple of the North Carolina music scene for two decades and has developed a sound all its own. Tickets are $25 to $35; visit www.suffolkcenter.org or call 757-923-2900.

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This metal detectorist loves being on the case Story by Jimmy LaRoue Photos by Jimmy LaRoue & Troy Cooper

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etal detector in hand, Ina Finn relishes the solitude of the hunt, scanning fields in search of well, just about anything.

But don’t ask her or any other metal detectorists where they go looking, she explains as she’s showing cobs and cut Spanish reals, both used as currency centuries ago.

“If you look at this, back in the day there would be two bits and four bits, so they would have a coin and they would cut off a chunk of it or something,” Finn says from her home near the former Kings Highway Bridge. “So when you find these, it’s a great day. … I really like all of this because these date from the 1600s to 1700.”

She found those on private property, with the permission of the owner, which she explains can be a long process and difficult to obtain.

On everything she finds, she makes notes of where and when she found each object.

“That’s really, really fun when you find reals and cobs,” Finn says.

She then shows a gold coin she found Oct. 28, 2014 was when she found it, owing to her meticulous record-keeping - and, in a rare instance, gets a little more specific as to where she found it.

“I belong to the exclusive gold coin club,” she says as she shows a two-and-a-half dollars gold piece. “When someone says, ‘Where did you find it?’ Everybody’s pat answer is, ‘in the ground.’ But I will tell you I found that in Driver. … two miles down the road, which was a great day.”

••• A member of the Tidewater Coin and Relic Club, Finn got her start in metal detecting in 2004.

Her mother-in-law had an old metal detector she used at beaches, and, being the curious person she is, tried that out.

Finding a ring she was able to return to someone, she used the reward money from it to upgrade to a different machine.

“That’s what started it all,” Finn says. “And

then, of course, joining the club and meeting people. …”

“That’s what cost me a bunch,” Finn’s husband Pat chimes in, laughing, as he overhears his wife in an adjacent room.

She’s continued with the club, having organized hunts for seven years, and she has participated in others across the country.

While she doesn’t hunt for the reward, she doesn’t turn them down when offered, either, and the club recognizes those efforts, too. She has found numerous things she has been able to return to people who had lost them.

And she’s not afraid to get dirty, or wet, in her pursuits.

Finn shares a story of going in the water at Yorktown and finding a boy’s grandmother’s ring, and then another of venturing into the geese-filled, slimy water of a retention pond off of Interstate 264 to find other things.

“When we find a return, we give the club member a recognition,” Finn says. “Also, the See METAL page 14

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person that you’re returning it to, nine out of 10 times will offer a reward. I’m real big on taking the rewards because it’s your time, it’s your effort.”

••• Being a part of the club allows Finn and the other 40 or so members to share tips and tricks of metal detectoring, and learn something new about the treasures troweled up.

But when they’re out on the hunt, they’ll likely be on their own.

Finn doesn’t go out much with others, particularly when she has received permission to search on private property.

Because setting up such visits can take months to build trust with the property owner, allowing others to accompany her on the hunts can prove problematic. For one, if someone who hunts on a property returns without permission, it erodes the trust earned from the owner. It also has See METAL page 15

Above, Ina Finn shows off a gold coin she found while metal detecting. Below is a drawer full of part of her collection — buckles, bullets, harmonica reeds and more.

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the power to ruin friendships if that person then finds something of note without the person who originally got the permission.

“Those people are called sight-stealers. …

It’s private property, with permission,” she says.

And you really don’t want to tell anybody. If you take someone, you’re hoping you can trust them enough to not go without you, and to not go without you with taking another person, and another person. Because then, the owner (would be) like, ‘I saw four people, and none of them were you. You were the only one that had permission, and who are these four other people on my property?’”

Finn, though, likes the solitary search.

“When you’re out there, and you’re spending a couple of hours in a field, or a couple of hours at the beach,” she says, “you’re in your own little world, just listening for something, and it’s peaceful.”

That, for her, is what she likes best about her hobby, but she also loves to learn about the objects she finds.

On one trip to a field in Suffolk, she found a radiator cap from an old car. On it, it said was the Dodge Brothers emblem from 1917 to 1923. In the same field, she found more than 50 dog tags that said ‘Nansemond County, male’ on them, which she surmised people were likely neutering hunting dogs.

Finn is working on setting up another metal detecting trip on private property off of U.S. Route 58. Setting up such trips can be time-consuming to determine who owns the property, and then making the connections with the owner and getting their permission.

Even if she gets permission, there are no guarantees on what she may find, if anything. But her travails become worth it when she finds something like the Dodge Brothers emblem, the dog tags, or the ring she found in 2008.

Many rings she finds have no particular value, other than to perhaps its previous owner, and she has hundreds of them on a red, mannequin-like hand in her home. But for one ring she found, after wading waist-deep in water, she took the unusual step, for her, of having it appraised.

The first thing out of her husband’s mouth?

“You’re going to pay for an appraisal just to tell your friends,” she recalls him saying. It’s a story he confirms. “And I said, ‘You’re darn right.’ I knew it was something special, and I did get it appraised.”

The gemologist she took it to would ultimately See METAL page 16

Ina Finn looks through her drawers of finds in her garage. One of her finds was a rusty Suffolk bicycle license.

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Ina Finn shows off a Dodge Brothers radiator cap that she found while metal detecting in Suffolk. speak at one of the club’s meetings, explaining what she does and then in detail, describing the stone Finn found - pink tourmaline - with seven diamonds on both sides of the ring.

••• One of her favorite places to search is on the property of the mid1800s-era Pennsylvania home her mother grew up in and lived in her entire life.

While her mother sold it in 2000, Finn became close with the new owners - a young family with two children. Over the years, she’s found many things that she has kept - a penknife, a mason jar with the white top, little tin cookie-cutters her sister claimed were hers, broken toy cars, marbles and lots and lots of junk - “because it’s from back home.”

On one such trip, she found a metal item that had an unmistakable connection to her father - on it was his name, address and phone number. It was bent up and likely used for a dog collar, she says, and riveted on leather. She was able to get someone to restore and flatten it.

“The day I found that - my father had a two-car upstair barn and had a brick half-wall there - I sat on there and I just started crying,” she says, still emotional about the find many years later. “I just thought, ‘This was my dad’s. My dad touched this, and how wonderful was it to find something, and how great (that) the people let me detect there. Priceless.”

A patch for the Tidewater Coin and Relic Club, a group of metal detectorists to which Ina Finn belongs.

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through the lens: Richard Livesay

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orn and raised in Franklin, Richard Livesay enjoys taking photos all around the area. He began photography as a hobby in 2010 and enjoys sharing his photos on social media. He uses his Samsung S21 phone as well as a digital camera to capture his images.

We’re always looking for amateur and professional photographers who want to share their views of Suffolk. If you’d like to have your work considered, send an email to news@suffolklivingmag.com.

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in the news

Sisters create sleepwear line

Sisters Donna Taylor and Deborah Taylor enjoyed starting Sleep Sassy from their home in Suffolk.

Story by Tracy Agnew Submitted photos

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pair of Suffolk sisters have started their own, unique sleepwear line for women.

Donna Taylor and Deborah Taylor have been getting their company and products off the ground for more than two years, and they now have a website selling products and are gearing up for the holiday season.

“You want something that’s comfortable and attractive,” Donna said. “People that have purchased love the feel of the fabric, and they like the way the sleepwear makes them feel.”

The sisters, originally from New Jersey, moved to Suffolk to be closer to family and live together, and they both work from home in the corporate world; Donna for a credit

card processing company and Deborah for a pharmaceutical company.

Donna said she got the idea from Deborah, who commented on her sleepwear one night.

“We’re African American, and part of our hair care routine has always been to protect our hair when we sleep,” Taylor said. “My sister commented on what I had on, which was a

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Donna, a U.S. Army veteran, said it can be hard to find comfortable, attractive sleepwear, especially as women age.

“It’s important to be comfortable,” she said. “We’re both of a certain age, so it can’t be too hot, can’t be too cold.

“I started looking for alternatives, so I thought, ‘Let me create my own.’”

Donna enjoys sewing, so she began experimenting with designs and fabric. She has created all of the designs for the sleepwear, and the manufacturing now is being done by a company with a long history in the business.

“It was a lot to learn as far as figuring out measurements and fabric and terminology, and then basically doing all of that while we were still working full-time and caring for my mom and daughter,” Donna said. “The process may not have been as long if we could’ve done it full-time, but we’re OK. We’re happy with the journey.”

On the other hand, Donna said the fun part has been coming up with their own designs.

The company sells nightgowns, pajama short sets and pajama pants sets, all with matching, satin-lined bonnets. Robes and onesies are coming soon.

Donna said she has been surprised to get comments from the partners of some customers.

“The men loved the look, and their significant other wears the bonnet and they love seeing the coordination,” Donna said.

The website features sizes up to a 3X to be inclusive to as many women as possible.

Visit www.sleepsassy.com to see the collection.

Myla Stith, Jamita Stith and Donna Taylor show off products in the Sleep Sassy line.

Jamita Stith, of Portsmouth, is pictured modeling the “Bubbles” short gown.

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An artful duo

Couple combines their love of art

n aura of creativity seems to shine around Ann and Roger Steinbach as they talk about the art pieces that fill their Suffolk home and their hearts.

For 55 years, the Steinbachs have each followed their own creative muse in wood carving and fine needlework but occasionally combine their talents in unique pieces.

It’s all in the details — from tiny miniatures to full-size décor pieces and functional furniture, the detail in their work leans more toward fine art than arts and crafts. A small needlework casket — a

dovetailed cherry chest with an impeccably detailed bargello needlepoint lid — is a classic example of their combined artistry.

They each came to their artistry along different paths.

For Roger, it all started in elementary school. During class, he carved pieces of chalk, swiped from the blackboard rail, with his fingernails, creating small figures, usually mummies. At home, he carefully placed the figures into empty matchboxes, coffin-like.

He honed his carving ability then. Now, he said, “they would send me to the school psychologist.”

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From chalk mummies he progressed, while still in school, to carving wooden pendants and gear shift knobs.

Considering his family tree, his love of wood and carving could be genetic. His father, George Steinbach, and uncle, George’s brother, quit school to work in a papermill in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, where George occasionally paid his rent with his fine wood carvings.

In 1937, the Steinbach brothers were among the first papermakers recruited by the Camp family to work at their Franklin mill, producing kraft paper. Roger was 8 months old when his mother brought him, two sisters and a basket of kittens on the train from Tomahawk to join his father in Franklin, where Roger grew up.

Roger graduated from Franklin High School in 1955 and attended Admiral Farragut Academy, a prep school then in Toms River, New Jersey, before spending a year at North Carolina State studying paper and pulp techSee ARTISTS page 22

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Above, Roger Steinbach shows off an engraved powder horn made from a cow’s horn. Below, Ann Steinbach shows her embroidered business card.

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nology. Realizing that he was not ready for college, he enlisted in the Navy in 1957. He later returned to North Carolina State for two years to study forestry before working in several different operations at the Franklin Mill.

Ann Steinbach’s roots date back to Jamestown and colonial ancestors who settled in Isle of Wight. She graduated from Smithfield High School and, while she was in the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing, taught herself a range of needlework styles. She was working at the VA Medical Center in Hampton when she met Roger on a blind date in March 1964.

Just four months later, Roger proposed with a hand-carved jewelry box.

“I saw that jewelry chest and said to myself, ‘He’s a keeper,’” Ann said.

They married in November 1964, and five years later, moved to their Suffolk home, where they raised their two daughters. Roger remained at the mill until he joined VDOT as an appraiser and estimator. Ann perfected her needlework skills at home before opening Ann’s Cottage of Needlework on Holland Road in 1973. She also wrote and sold 17 cross stitch pattern books.

All along, Roger carved, and Ann stitched, took classes and garnered awards at a variety of craft and art showings. They See ARTISTS page 23

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even traveled to Denmark to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Their hearts remain, however, at their home, filled with pieces of their work, where their art remains an integral part of their lives.

Ann has narrowed her focus to samplers, and has created many, including a miniature version that acts as her calling card.

Years ago, Roger sat on the floor of their then-unfurnished living room to hand-carve the curved edging of an 18th-century Providence style tea table now fronting that room’s sofa. He remembers carving the legs, one at a time, under a beach umbrella in Nags Head.

From the project’s scraps, he also created a tiny replica of the table — a combination he has repeated for many of his furniture pieces.

About a dozen years ago, Roger began

narrowing his focus to miniatures, a perfect reflection of his love of detail — a trait he got, he said, from his father. Each year, he carves a unique Santa for Ann. “I make Santas with an attitude, “he said.

“Some seem to be saying, ‘What, again?!’ and others may be saying ‘I have a headache.’”

His favorite miniature is his 1994 Santa in a canoe with a finely detailed steamer trunk.

Hers is a standing Santa with a monkey on a ring.

Among his other miniatures are a palmsized Kentucky black powder rifle modeled on the full-size, working Kentucky rifle he also built and numerous tiny replicas of the other chests and tables he has crafted over the years.

His miniature figures capture the spirit of

Roger Steinbach carved this mountain men scene.

an earlier time in figures of mountain men, hunters and wildlife. His days as a sailor show through in his fondness for scrimshaw, and he uses that same technique to replicate the engraved powder horns common to upper New York during the French and Indian Wars of the 1750s.

He carves his miniatures from Tupelo, linden or juniper wood. For his larger pieces, he prefers cherry or walnut.

“For me, carving is therapeutic,” Roger said. “I get an urge to carve and then I have to focus, not think of other things, to avoid making mistakes.”

What would he like to take on that he hasn’t yet?

“I’d like to carve a large figure,” he said.

“With all the more details I could put into it.”

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Elizabeth River Artists Members of the Elizabeth River Artists have had their work displayed at the Suffolk Art Gallery as part of a winter exhibit. PHOTOS BY JIMMY LAROUE

Grace Barrone and Carol Whitaker

Carol Whitaker stands next to one of her paintings during the opening reception.

Members of the Elizabeth River Artists attended the opening of their winter exhibit at the Suffolk Art Gallery, where the group meets Tuesdays to paint and socialize. Their works encompassed a variety of mediums and themes.

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SPS Secondary Art Show Student artwork has been on display at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts as part of Suffolk Public Schools' Secondary Art Show display. There are plans to expand the display area to show more student artwork there. PHOTOS BY JIMMY LAROUE

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Far left, Audrey Maynard, a ninthgrade student at Lakeland High School, stands near her graphite selfportrait drawing.

Left, Tanner March, a sixth-grade student at Forest Glen Middle School, stands below his positive/negative abstract.

A crowd of people gets a look at student artwork during Suffolk Public Schools' Secondary Art Show at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts.

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Suffolk Holiday Parade The Suffolk Holiday Parade graced downtown Suffolk with the theme of “Home for the Holidays” on Dec. 11. PHOTOS BY JEN JAQUA

Grayson Sheffield, Eli Negroni, Rio Negroni and Parker Sheffield

Camdon, April, Michael and Jordyn Work

The Allonge Dance Academy performers Allicia Deloatch, Breanna Lassiter, Tephanie Lassiter, Myalyna Eps, Amia Lewis and Nyla Deloatch

The Holland Razorbacks cheerleaders

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at the end of the parade

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Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat The Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society held its annual Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat on Oct. 30. Children got to dress up in their Halloween costumes, get treats and touch some big vehicles. PHOTOS BY RACHEL AUSTIN

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Silas Bratton enjoyed the various vehicles at Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

Malerie, Charlotte, Jacob and Joseph Killen wore matching costumes to Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

Everly Diaz enjoyed the various vehicles at Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

Westen, Sierra, Adalind and Cody Trudeau dressed as PJ Masks at the Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

Roberta Powell, William Powell, JB Powell, Elizabeth Helms, Samantha Helms, Blair Kreed and Taylor Kreed came as Paw Patrol at Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

Tosha and Alexander Lewis enjoyed a walkthrough of the Suffolk Police Mobile Command at Touch a Truck and Trick or Treat.

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on vacation Mae Burke took Suffolk Living along during a visit to Brooklyn, New York, in November. She is pictured with Suffolk Living along the Eastern Parkway.

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HOTEL: The Holland Hotel, built after the great Holland fire of 1910, was in the center of downtown Holland. Its proximity to the railroad made it attractive to travelers. It was here in 1928 that a group of businessmen held a meeting that led to the formation of the first Ruritan Club in the country.

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