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Inside this edition

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Candace Evans might seem to have a dream job.

Spend the day outside.

Meet new people. Enjoy the wildlife.

But wait — don’t forget the ticks.

Suffolk Events

With the days stretching toward the Summer Solstice and Daylight Savings Time in full effect, “not enough time in the day” is an excuse without merit this time of year. So head out and enjoy one of the fun and unusual events taking place in Suffolk this spring.

A Picnic in the park

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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou. Or maybe a couple of PB&J sandwiches, some juice boxes and a backseat full of kids. Or a box of fried chicken, a few soft drinks and some friends. Suffolk has a picnic spot to meet just about any need.

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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.

For some folks, motorcycles are just a fad, a phase that some middle-aged men go through as they try to fight the inexorable slip of time. Tom “Stumpy” Neumann isn’t fighting anything. His obsession with motorcycles goes back to his childhood, and his easy relationship with bikes can be read in the lines on his face.

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There’s so much pressure in a game of golf.

Find the right club. Keep the cart off the greens. Don’t hit someone in the head with a ball. Disc golf, on the other hand, is — quite literally — a walk in the park. And it’s much harder to lose a fluorescent flying disc than a little white ball.

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out on the water

Spending time outside in Suffolk means you’re probably going to be near some body of water. Suffolk has an abundance of rivers and lakes and ponds to enjoy, and a long history of residents heading to the water for rest and recreation. Come with us down by the riverside.

If you know where this photo was taken, submit your answer, along with your name and contact information to news@ suffolklivingmag.com. If you’re right, you will be entered for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to any one of our partner advertisers.

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what to do 4/28-6/8 — Tidewater Arts Alliance’s Portfolio Exhibition Location: Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. Join the Suffolk Art League and the Suffolk Art Gallery for its Portfolio Exhibition through June 8. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

Farmers' Market Grand Opening

5/19 — Farmers’ Market Grand Opening Location: Suffolk Visitor Center Pavilion, 524 N. Main St. The Suffolk Farmers’ Market will kick off its 2012 season in the Visitor Center Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy the best locally grown fruits and vegetables along with eggs, honey, homemade jams and jellies, baked goods, fresh cut flowers, plants and handmade jewelry and crafts. The grand opening will include live music, entertainment and fun for the kids.

For more information, call 514-4130.

Suffolk Art Expo Ebenezer UMC GOLF Benefit

5/20 — Suffolk Art Expo Location: Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. The Suffolk Art Gallery will host a Suffolk Art Expo from 1 to 4 p.m. A variety of arts will be demonstrated at the free event. There will basket-making, wood carving, precious metal, clay techniques and quilting. For more information, call 514-7284.

5/23 — Ebenezer UMC Golf Benefit Location: Sleepy Hole Golf Course, 4700 Sleepy Hole Road Ebenezer United Methodist Church will host its annual golf benefit at Sleepy Hole Golf Course, 4700 Sleepy Hole Road, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. In addition to the golf tournament and silent auction, there will be a helicopter ball drop. Ball drop tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. The

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what to do Linda T. Johnson will be the special guest speaker, and Navy Captain and Bronze Star recipient Daniel Schultz will be the veteran guest speaker. For more information, email Ross Garcia at mdvgarcia@ gmail.com.

6/8-6/10 — RPM Dance troupe presents “The Wizard of Oz” & “The Wild Kingdom” Location: Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Ave. The SCCA will play host to the RPM Dance troupe for three performances of “The Wizard of Oz” and two performances of “The Wild Kingdom” from June 8-10. Join munchkins, jitterbugs and a charming wizard for “The Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. nightly, June 8 through June 10. If crocodiles and lions are more up your alley, discover the world of animals with the troupe’s performances of “The Wild Kingdom” at 2 p.m. on June 9 and June 10.

Tickets for all shows are $15. To order tickets, call 923-2900 or visit www.SuffolkCenter.org.

6/19-7/15 — Suffolk Art League’s Open Members’ Show Location: Suffolk Art Gallery, 118 Bosley Ave. The annual Open Members’ Show allows members to display their work in any medium completed within the last two years. Suffolk Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 514-7284.

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winner receives half the proceeds; Ebenezer youth programs receive the other half. Golf entry fees are: corporate team, $640; regular team of four, $440; individual player, $110; cart sponsor, $1,600.

Hole sponsors can advertise for $125. Other forms of sponsorship include Platinum, $200; Gold, $100; and Silver, $50. For more information, visit www. ebumc.net.

5/25 — Suffolk Relay for Life Golf Tournament Location: Sleepy Hole Golf Course, 4700 Sleepy Hole Road Suffolk will host its second annual Suffolk Relay for Life Golf Tournament at 8 a.m. at Sleepy Hole Golf Course, 4700 Sleepy Hole Road. Cost is $75

per person or $300 for teams of four people. Prizes will be awarded, and all players receive a full steak lunch with all the trimmings at the close of the tournament. Proceeds benefit the Relay for Life. To register, email Joel Howard at jhoward@suffolkva. us.

6/23 — Flower Festival at Smithfield Gardens Location: Smithfield Gardens, 1869 Bridge Road in Suffolk Join Smithfield Gardens as it celebrates its 23rd annual Flower Festival at 9 a.m. The event is free and open to the public, and includes a wine tasting, sales, free classes and more. For more information, call 238-2511.

5/28 — Memorial Day Ceremony Location: Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery , 5310 Milners Road The American Legion Nansemond Post 88 will host the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, 5310 Milners Road. There will be a posting of the colors, presentation of the wreaths and a chance to shake hands with local veterans. Suffolk Mayor

6/22-8/31 — TGIF summer concert series Locations: Constant's Wharf Park, Bennett's Creek Park Each Friday evening throughout the summer, except July 27, is highlighted by a different musical genre, including salsa, bluegrass, rock and roll, country, dance, beach music and more. The events are free and open to the public and run from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Call 514-7267 for more information.

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suffolk scene Cancer Awareness Day

Friends and family met at the East Suffolk Recreation Center for the annual C. Faye Tillery Community Cancer Awareness Day, commemorating the life of the former Suffolk Parks and Recreation employee. Money was raised for the Suffolk Rockin’ Relay for Life, an event sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Clockwise from left: Delware’s Richard Tillery Jr., Philadelphia’s Lovoil and Rory Tillery, Bishop Wallace W. Johnson of Suffolk, and Delaware’s Lavern Griffin; Delaware’s Cathy Cannon and, from Portsmouth, Kim Tillery Dolberry, Aviance Copeland, Jasmine Canty and Chris Thomas; an inscribed bench commemorating C. Faye Tillery is unveiled; Suffolk’s Pat Wilson with grandson Camryn Wilson, 2; and Lashaundra Patton, Shamika White and Debra Turner, all of Suffolk.

Photos by Matthew A. Ward

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suffolk scene Chili and Barbecue Fest

The Sertoma clubs of Bennett’s Creek and Suffolk held their 2012 Suffolk Chili & BBQ Fest in Bennett’s Creek Park on April 14. Visitors enjoyed live music and tasty food, with proceeds benefiting area children with speech and hearing impairments, and additional support going to the Reading Enriches All Children program in Suffolk.

Clockwise from left: Bennett’s Creek Sertoma Club President Bryan Kenny stirs a pot of chili; Virginia Beach’s Mary and Chris Windt head back to their table with lunch; Virginia Beach’s Cory Hughes, Norfolk’s Sallie Brantley, Chesapeake’s James Brantley (holding his niece, Aliyah Aimsley, of Virginia Beach) and Daniel Bays and Paul Dunham, both of Chesapeake, enjoy the sun and the spicy food; and John Kennedy of Virginia Beach and Melissa Doot of Baltimore relax with old English bulldog “Biggie.”

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suffolk scene OYSTER Roast

The Chuckatuck Ruritan Club held its 36th annual oyster roast at Kirk Farm on April 11. Visitors enjoyed a feast of freshly cooked seafood and camaraderie at an event that always proves popular. Clockwise from left: volunteers roast fresh oysters; Patty Clements of Portsmouth enjoys an oyster; Brian Hankins shows his oysterprying skills; one big happy family are Smithfield’s Danielle Bennett, Chuckatuck’s James Milburn, Suffolk’s Rainey Owen, Portsmouth’s David Dail, Chuckatuck’s Eddie Brock, and Lindsey Stiegler and Melissa Stewart of Suffolk; and Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Pastor Ileana Rosario enjoys some time out with Debbie Bryant of Meadow Brook Farm Bed and Breakfast, Chuckatuck.

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Suffolk's First Citizen

Hundreds of people attended a ceremony and reception at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts honoring M. Caroline Martin, the 2012 Suffolk First Citizen honoree of the Suffolk and North Suffolk Rotary clubs. Clockwise from above, Martin accepts congratulations from family friend Branch Lawson; Martin and her family — husband Brian, son and daughter-in-law Jeffrey and Carla Martin, daughter and son-inlaw Nancy and Mark Tuck, and granddaughter Kaitlyn Tuck (granddaughter Kelsey Tuck was unable to attend); Tracee Carmean, Martin, Liz Martin and Robin Nelhuebel spend time together during the reception; real estate agent Billy Chorey Sr. and peanut magnate George Birdsong share a laugh during the reception; Paul D. Camp Community College president Paul Conco, local attorney and Economic Development Authority member Jack Eure and Suffolk Public Schools Superintendent Deran Whitney catch up before the ceremony.

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get to know

watching the parks Story by Tracy Agnew Photography by R.E. Spears III

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hings are never boring for a park ranger.

Candace Edwards walks slowly around Sleepy Hole Park, keeping a close eye on trashcans and bathrooms.

She eyes dogs to make sure they’re on leashes, checks the trailheads that dot the park’s paved walking path and keeps a close eye out for litter. There’s none in sight.

Edwards is a park ranger for Suffolk Parks and Recreation. Based at Sleepy Hole Park, she occasionally gets called to other parks also.

Her favorite, she admits, is Lone Star Lakes, because it has more wildlife.

It’s the perfect job for someone who grew up hunting, fishing and hiking on her family’s farm near Marion, a small town in Southwest Virginia. The job is a combination of caring for the land and interacting with people, while still having the chance to do some small repair and carpentry projects.

“This really fits my personality, because it’s a mix of maintenance and environmental education,” she said.

Though being a park ranger might seem simple enough, the 28-year-old Edwards juggles dozens of projects that must be completed at the park. She keeps them all straight on a dry-erase board with color-coded checks, dots and X’s to mark off the ones she and her staff have completed — things like ordering supplies, finishing gardens and repairing fences.

There are some projects that are never complete, though. Emptying trash, cleaning the bathrooms and checking the park are daily or even hourly tasks, and the grass keeps growing, even after it’s mowed.

“It’s a lot of mowing,” she said, adding it takes about 18 man-hours to mow the entire park. “We try to time it so we get everything mowed toward the end of the week, so it’s looking its best for the weekend.”

That’s because the weekend is the peak time for park visits in Suffolk. But even on this springtime weekday, there are several people walking around the park, some with dogs.

The leash law is the park rule most frequently violated, Edwards said, but even that doesn’t cause much trouble. Most people put their dogs back on a leash when asked, she said.

Unfortunately, most of the creatures in the park don’t have to comply with a leash law.

“Bug spray is a definite every morning,” she said. “I keep a wellstocked cabinet of bug spray. I’ve had to really grow as a person getting used to ticks being on me all the time.”

Other than applying bug spray each morning, Edwards doesn’t have a set daily routine. She works from 7 to 4 each day, but does even her daily tasks in a different order to make each day different.

But one thing that never changes — besides the bug spray — is her dread of emptying the trash on a hot summer day.

Fortunately, the job comes with perks as well — things like working with children in Tiny Tykes, Outdoor Adventure Kamp, Earth Day activities, the Children’s Learning Garden and other programs.

“I’m a people person, so it’s nice to meet different people and hear about how they perceive the park,” she said. ←

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'I’m a people person, so it’s nice to meet different people and hear about how they perceive the park.'

Candace Edwards — Park Ranger

For Candace Edwards, her favorite parts of the job are being outdoors and interacting with people, such as through annual summer camp and outdoors education programs.

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Story by R.E. Spears III Photography by Rebecca Keeling Gagnon

Suffolk’s parks provide a great place for a picnic

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ew activities are more likely to result in lasting memories of warm springtime fun than the traditional picnic.

Whether it consists of a peanut-butterand-jelly-sandwich meal followed by an hour on the playground or a made-to-order affair with food provided by one of the city’s locally famous markets followed by a romantic sunset over the Nansemond River, a picnic in Suffolk can provide a great opportunity for family bonding or even the blooming of a summertime romance.

Since Suffolk has the distinction of being a growing suburban community in a vast rural setting, at any given time there are countless couples and families looking for a chance to get outside and enjoy some time together.

Following are some of our favorite picnic spots around the city.

Creek, as well as tennis courts, restrooms, covered shelters for reserved use, a nature trail, open fields, a disc golf course and a crabbing and fishing pier with handicap access that is currently being rebuilt. A new skate park opened there in 2011. You’ll find plenty of places to spread out a blanket and enjoy the day.

Bennett’s Creek Park

Lake Meade Park

Bennett's Creek Park features 57 acres, packed with three boat ramps that access the Nansemond River through Bennett's

This 69-acre park is centrally located near downtown Suffolk. The park includes the largest children's playground in the city, See PICNIC page 21

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KidsZone Community Playground, and Howard Mast Tennis Complex (10 courts, four of which are lighted). Other amenities include parking, covered shelters for reserved use, restrooms, a walking loop, a skateboard spot, picnic tables and benches.

If you want your kids to burn off some steam after lunch, this is just the place to take them.

Lone Star Lakes Park

Lone Star Lakes offers 11 lakes for freshwater fishing, nature trails and picnic areas with tables and grills. There's also a playground, a four-mile horse trail, archery range, model airplane flying field, fishing and crabbing pier, shoreline fishing areas, and plenty of flora and fauna. Lone Star Lakes is one of the best and most accessible places in Suffolk to go and sit quietly while

waiting to see some wildlife. It’s not unusual to catch a glimpse of a bald eagle soaring high overhead.

Sleepy Hole Park

Sleepy Hole Park is home to a variety of natural areas, 12 picnic shelters available for reservation, volleyball areas, horseshoe courts, a children's playground, restrooms, open space and breathtaking views of the Nansemond River. There’s a pond for fishing, wide open spaces for just about any family sporting activity one could imagine and great trails where the kids can imagine they’re exploring the wilderness.

Lake Cohoon

Culpepper Boats now operates the Lake Cohoon Fishing Station, located off Pitchkettle Road at the dam that separates Lake

Cohoon and Lake Meade. There are several picnic tables available, including some for the handicapped, and a great view of Lake Cohoon to be had from any of them, but the main attraction is the fishing. Day passes are available for folks who want to fish from the shore after having lunch, and boats and motors can be rented for those who’d like to take their fishing — and maybe their picnic, too — on the water.

Other parks in Suffolk with picnic areas include: 4Coulbourn Park, 321 E. Constance Road 4Cypress Park and Pool, 2001 Arizona Ave. 4Holland Park and Athletic Fields, 6720 Ruritan Blvd.

4Ida Easter Park, 724 Brook Ave. 4Lake Kennedy Park, 1300 Blythewood Lane 4Magnolia Park, 4600 Magnolia Drive 4Mary Estes Playground, 220 Hunter St. 4Planters Park, 414 York St. 4Pughsville Park, 5041 Townpointe Road

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uffolk Living magazine won a bestin-show award for artistic design and presentation during the annual advertising and news conference of the Virginia Press Association in Roanoke in April.

Designer Troy Cooper earned the award for the Spring, Summer and September/October editions of Suffolk Living, which judges deemed to be the best examples of artistic direction for specialty publications — those that publish less often than weekly — of all sizes in Virginia.

The Design and Presentation category was judged by journalists from the Illinois Press Association on the basis of art direction, packaging, use of photography, display type and ease of use.

Cooper’s first-place award in the Design and Presentation category put him in the running for the top award. He also shared a third-place

“I’m very proud of award with former staff writer Andrew Troy and all the Suffolk Giermak for a magazine feature about Publications staff for T-ball coaches in the CombinationAt home in Suffolk the hard work they do, Picture-And-Story category. Editor both on Suffolk Living Res Spears won a first-place award magazine and on the in the Feature Photo category for a Suffolk News-Herald,” Editor Res Spears said. photo of a man lighting a pipe at Bond’s Cigar “I’m blessed to have such talented people to Shop in Harbour View. help produce these publications, and I’m very This is the first year Suffolk Living magazine gratified that their talents have been recognized has participated in the VPA’s annual contest, though the Suffolk News-Herald has participat- by other professionals in our field.”

Awards were presented to Suffolk Newsed for many years. Suffolk Living magazine and Herald staff members for informational graphthe Suffolk News-Herald are both produced ics, editorial pages, lifestyle or entertainment and published by Suffolk Publications. Staff members from the newspaper also work on the pages, special sections or special editions, spemagazine, producing a new edition every other cialty pages or sections, breaking news writing, business and financial writing, column writing, month. editorial writing, feature series or continuThe Suffolk News-Herald won 14 separate ing story, general news writing, and personal awards in its division of the News and Adverservice writing. ← tising Contest this year.

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Meredith and Stephen Green of Mt. Airy, Md., enjoyed leafing through the Green Edition of Suffolk Living magazine during a recent visit to Oxford, Md., where they enjoyed dinner at the historic Robert Morris Inn. Take a copy of Suffolk Living along on your next vacation and send us a photo.

We’d love to show folks where we’ve been.

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monitor but no keyboard. In other words, not the kind that needs a computer to work.

There are a few collectibles and some Harley-Davidson jewelry here and there, but you won’t find much in the way of biker apparel — it’s just too much of a hassle, he says, and it takes away from the time he can spend on the work that made him start the business in the first place.

An example of that work sits in the small parking lot under a tent. “Vertebrae” is a chopper-style motorcycle that he built with an oil-cooled frame designed to evoke a spinal column. The bike features the largest tire manufactured for a motorcycle and a paint scheme designed to look like carbon fiber — two features he included just to try something new.

“You get bored with yourself, so you start working on things that are a challenge,” he said. “I’m not into flair. It’s all experimental.”

The motorcycle’s 12-foot length and wide rear tire belie its nimble handling, he said. But the design and unadorned features are completely true to Neumann’s style.

“Everybody has their own little style,” he said. His style is pretty simply defined — “hardtails, straight bars and fat tires.”

Hardtails, motorcycles without rear suspension, are his favorites. “You feel more of the road,” he said. “You know you’re riding. I’m not a Cadillac type of person.”

But he’s not a motorcycle snob, either.

Hardtails or softails, imports or domestic or custom — they’ve all got a place, he said. His wife (the fourth one, he admits, the one for whom he moved to Virginia 12 years ago) has different taste in bikes, and he becomes almost as animated talking about her Harley-Davidson Road King Custom as he does when he talks about Vertebrae, his own creation.

Since she had back surgery, she’s unable to ride it anymore, and he’s been trying to sell it for a while; the poor economy has interfered with getting a good price. But Neumann isn’t worried. Even if he has to hang onto it for a while, it’s just one more in a long-running collection of motorcycles, one more way to connect to the freedom of the open road. ←

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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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Disc golf enthusiast Joey Baltz lets fly with a practice throw at Bennett's Creek Park before, on the next page, he and friend Jason Denette show their stuff on the green.

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In disc golf, fun is the main hazard story by Matthew A. Ward photography by Matthew A. Ward & R.E. Spears III

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“It’s a way to get out with your friends and get some exercise,” t one particular public golf course in North Suffolk, says Baltz, before letting fly toward his buddy standing a couple the clubs are circular, plastic and fluorescent-colored, greens keepers are as absent as buggies and the attire is of hundred feet away. “It’s also a professional sport; people make a lot of money off of it.” decidedly less formal than usual.

The bright green disc cuts A sporting craze that in recent through the sky like a flying decades has swept the world, one saucer. that doesn’t require hefty memberIt hooks left, landing 30 yards ship dues or gear worth thousands from Denette, who dutifully trots of dollars, has well and truly landed off to retrieve it. in Suffolk.

At the 18-hole disc golf course According to one Suffolk enthuat Bennett’s Creek Park, Baltz and siast, 33-year-old Joey Baltz, disc Denette are engaging in some (not “Frisbee” – that’s a trademark) back-and-forth practice throws golf is a communal sport that’s only Joey Baltz — Disc Golf Enthusiast to get the feel of some new discs destined for even greater heights of before hitting the first fairway popularity. for real.

Baltz and Jason Denette, also 33, “Every disc has a different flight pattern,” Baltz says. “Some are warming up for a round one recent weekday. cut to the left, some cut to the right. Some stay dead straight.

It’s before 3 p.m. and they’re not the only ones on the course.

Some stay straight then cut right.”

(Scores of “golfers” can flock to the Bennett’s Creek course on a Thomas Mathews, a ranger at Bennett’s Creek Park, explains sunny Saturday or Sunday.)

'Every disc has a different flight pattern. Some cut to the left, some cut to the right. Some stay dead straight. Some stay straight then cut right.”

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that disc golf works in much the same manner as regular golf.

“The disc is the ball, and you aim for the basket, which is the hole,” he says.

As in regular golf, each hole has a par attached to it, and the difficulty level is somewhat similar to golf.

“Four hundred yards is about a par five,” Mathews says. “A lot of the holes (at Bennett’s Creek) are out in the woods, so you are trying to go around trees; and there’s a couple where you are going out in the marsh.”

According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, the sport’s popularity blossomed only after a series of abortive attempts at getting it off the ground.

In 1960, a Chicago plastics company attempted to market a plastic disc-based game they dubbed Sky Golf.

It didn’t catch on.

Sometime in the late 1960s to early 1970s, acting on a tip from a summer camp counselor who had observed his inventive charges playing something akin to the modern sport, Frisbee manufacturer Wham-O started pushing disc golf.

Then it lost interest.

A few years later, Wham-O employee Ed Headrick decided to include disc golf in the 1975 World Frisbee Championships. In 1976 Headrick left Wham-O to start the Disc Golf

Association Company, which finally lit the fuse for good.

The sport has now spread throughout the world, and the PDGA Disc Golf World Championships is an annual affair.

Disc golf course designer Bret Dukelow, who lives in the Western Branch area of

Chesapeake, says he and friend Keith Zetts approached Suffolk about bringing the sport to Bennett’s Creek Park, where golfers play free of charge, about six years ago.

Suffolk’s Ace Run Ranch has a pay-to-play course, and disc golf can also be enjoyed at Bayville Park and Munden Point Park in Virginia Beach, at Newport News Park, as well as at Williamsburg’s New Quarter Park.

“It’s very big in Norway and Japan,” Dukelow says. “It’s popular everywhere.”

At least 15 to 20 companies now manufacture the beveled-edged plastic discs, Dukelow says. “It’s a good family sport,” he adds. “The serious guys don’t necessarily want to be around (recreational players), so they do tournaments.”

Back at Bennett’s Creek Park, Baltz says it can cost as little as “30 bucks” to get started in the sport.

“You get three discs in a bag — long, medium and short,” he says.

Baltz, who doesn’t consider himself a professional disc golfer, usually carries “12 to 18” discs when he takes to the course. Denette carries about the same.

Having sorted out the flight patterns of their new discs, the bearded men are now playing their first hole of the afternoon.

Narrowing his eyes and assuming a putting stance — weight slightly on the front foot and one arm folded behind his back — Baltz gently flicks a pink disc toward the “hole,” a larger hoop of steel and smaller hoop of steel about two feet apart atop a steel pole four or five feet high.

With a metallic chink, Baltz’s disc passes through the closely spaced chains hanging between the two steel hoops. It’s a successful putt, and he cracks a smile as he prepares to walk to the next hole. ←

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Mario Faulk shows off the amphitheater where campers at Camp Arrowhead will begin each day with prayer, devotions and camp songs. Faulk believes children will have the time of their lives this summer at the camp.

summer camp New YMCA site prepares loads of fun

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hildren from across the region are going to have the time of their lives at camp this summer. Mario Faulk is sure of it.

Faulk, the senior program director for the Suffolk Family YMCA, is in charge of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads’ new regional summer camp, located on Kenyon Road in Suffolk. Known as Camp Arrowhead, the 55acre campus will host hundreds of children for dozens of indoor and outdoor activities every weekday during the summer.

“This is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime

experience,” Faulk said while conducting a tour of the camp this spring. “These kids are going to have so much fun every day.”

The YMCA purchased the site from the former Hampton Roads Youth Center, a residential program for troubled teens that closed in 2008 because of dwindling revenues.

The center left the driveway, a few parking spaces, the building and a basketball court in place. But the YMCA has added many of its own touches to the property.

There now is an in-ground, covered pool, a pavilion, eight shelters, an amphitheater, an

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archery range, a walking track, sports fields and more.

But the biggest attraction for the kids will be the 50-foot alpine tower, Faulk said. The tower has several different levels of difficulty and features harnesses and other safety equipment.

“When they get to the top, it’s like somebody gave them a million dollars,” Faulk said. “This is the only one of these in Suffolk.”

At the amphitheater, the 325 or so daily campers will open the morning with prayer, devotions and camp songs. They will get several chances to swim each day, as well as to play

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sports and visit the archery range.

There also is a learning garden where the campers can explore how vegetables grow.

“So much stuff is out here that kids will never have an opportunity to do in their life again,” Faulk said.

Inside the remodeled building, there is a library with nature exhibits, a chapel and several large, open rooms with space for arts and crafts, music programs, table tennis, board games and other indoor activities.

“So much is going to happen,” Faulk said. “I know the impact that it has on kids. I’m so ready for it.”

Transportation to and from the camp will be provided from the Suffolk, Franklin and Taylor Bend YMCAs, as well as from Creekside and Nansemond Parkway elementary schools. It is included in the cost.

A free lunch and snack will be provided every day, thanks to the Cover 3 Foundation.

The cost is $130 per child, per week. Scholarships are available through the YMCA. Registration is on a week-by-week basis, so children do not have to be able to attend for the entire summer.

For more information or to register for camp, call your local YMCA: Suffolk (925-4375); Franklin (562-6831); or Taylor Bend (483-8822). ←

Above, the 50-foot alpine climbing tower will challenge children of all skill levels. Inset, Camp Arrowhead is the newest YMCA facility in the area.

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Three schooners are lined up at the docks at the terminus of Johnson’s Railway in Eclipse in the background photo. At the bottom, left, a ferry in 1928 carries passengers across the creek.

And at the bottom, right, it doesn’t happen often, but once in a while it gets cold enough (and stays that way long enough) for Chuckatuck Creek to freeze solid enough for ice skating.

The ship in the background shows how important Suffolk’s waterways were for commerce prior to the construction of the city’s modern roadway system.

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any of the names have disappeared from modern maps, but some still exist: South Quay. Constant’s Wharf. Bennett’s Creek. The Riverfront.

They are the littoral names that prove the landscape of Suffolk has as much to do with the water that forms its boundaries, borders and features as the actual land.

Water runs through Suffolk’s history like blood through a person’s veins. Without the blood flowing, there would be no life. Similarly, without the presence of the rivers, lakes and ponds that define much of Suffolk’s environment, the city would lose the force that has animated so much of its history.

The influence of water in Suffolk can be seen stretching from the sands of Rivershore Beach, where Chuckatuck Creek and the Nansemond River empty into the mighty James River, to the See RIVER page 34

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at South Quay. ackwater River Bl e th of s nk ba s, who plied tree-lined semond Indian an N e th of e tim From the s from Europe before explorer ng lo es no ca ould these waters in what one day w ica, the waters of er m A in rec, ot ce fo t an had se susten lk have provided ffo Su of . ty ci e th th become lived near em those who have to n tio xa la y, re ern histor as reation and throughout mod ue tr en be s ha And the same well.

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The Lisa Dawn is one of Eclipse’s last working oyster boats. Watermen Ben Johnson and his father, Robbie Johnson, ply Chuckatuck Creek and the nearby Pagan River six days a week during oyster and crab seasons.

hise photographic but a taste of th t en es pr re s rt ge These pa s to the no hcially as it relate pe es s, er at w ’s la Smith tory of Suffolk courtesy of Kar . All photos are ty ci e th tion, of d un en ern eritage Fo da ipse-Hobson H cl -E en nd te definie rit C th of the s Us,” is e River That Bind “Th , ok bo 07 rn Suffolk. The whose 20 creeks of northe d an s er riv e th r and at other tive history of lk Visitor Cente ffo Su e th at d book can be foun the city. ← locations around

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Top: Loading the Dora at Bunkley’s Dock during the 1950s. Center: Oyster boats stand ready for work in Eclipse. Bottom: The Eclipse community’s annual Independence Day celebration is a major event in North Suffolk, culminating with the annual raft race on Chuckatuck Creek.

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Raft Race: A group of friends gathers for the annual Independence Day raft race in Eclipse in this undated photo. The raft race, and an accompanying parade, have been traditions in the North Suffolk waterside neighborhood for many years. This year’s festivities will be held July 4. — Photo courtesy of the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society

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