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Thousands of people from around Hampton Roads were on hand in July for the commissioning of the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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Andy Damiani

12 Mr. Downtown, Andy Damiani, 1921-2017, was known for many things. But some of us knew him for the great records he kept about the city of Suffolk.

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The Ford MAGNIFICENT MEN AND A FLYING MACHINE

A lifelong passion

26 Chuck Piner has been doing daredevil stuff since he was young, and he’s not going to let a little thing like being 91 keep him from the adrenaline rush he loves.

september/october 2017 • vol. 8, no. 5

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Chasing dreams With Veteran’s Day around the corner, it seems fitting that a military theme emerged from our plans for this edition of Suffolk Living magazine.

Although it had no direct connection to Suffolk, the commissioning of the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, was still an event that had extended ties to this city. Countless people from Suffolk work at Newport News Shipbuilding, where the carrier was built, and many from Suffolk will have served on this mighty ship by the time it reaches the end of its projected 50-year lifespan.

Nothing speaks of America’s military power quite like an aircraft carrier.

Cast that power as the backdrop for thousands of sailors bringing the ship to life at its commissioning, and the message to the world is clear: America is ready and able to defend itself against any and all foreign threats.

That message was both the subtext and the obvious theme during the July commissioning of the Ford, which is highlighted in a long feature in this edition.

But military hardware is nothing without the brave men and women who operate it, and this edition also features two men whose service to the nation laid the foundation for lifetimes characterized by great risks taken and great dreams realized.

Chuck Piner is still taking risks, and he’s not shy about telling you so. Having caught the flight bug as a child, he served as an aviation machinist’s mate in World War II. But it wasn’t until after the war that he learned to fly, and he does so to this day.

When we visited Mr. Piner at the Suffolk Executive Airport, he asked me to slide open the hangar door where he keeps his ultralight aircraft beside a friend’s biplane. He sat behind the control bar as I pushed the aircraft out of the hangar for photos, and he described to me his three airplane crashes, the time he was nearly killed in a water-skiing accident and the time he crashed a motorcycle. “Wanna go for a ride?” he asked? “Umm, thanks, but you haven’t really sold me on it, to be honest,” I replied.

He looked disappointed but unsurprised. And he wouldn’t allow me to push his aircraft back into the hangar. “If the wind lets up, I might take it up for a flight,” he said.

Mr. Piner’s indomitable spirit is the kind of thing I have grown to expect from those who fought in World War II. Andy Damiani had it, too.

Mr. Damiani, known far and wide as Mr. Downtown, had already lived the kind of lif e one might see in a movie, long before he came to Suffolk. During the war, he served with the 100th Infantry as a squad leader and musician. He was on the ground with Allied forces as they took the French town of Bitche back from the Nazis. And then, when the war was over, he wandered around Europe as a traveling jazz musician, following a life most of us can only dream of.

Suffolk is blessed to been home to men like Andy Damiani and Chuck Piner, and I’m honored to have known them both — even if I did pass on the chance to fly with one of them.

God bless.

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Annual Shrimp Feast THURSDAY OCTOBER 5

The Suffolk Ruritan Club will host its annual Shrimp Feast, the traditional kickoff event for Peanut Fest, from 3 to 7 p.m. on the grounds of Suffolk Executive Airport, 1410 Airport Road. Enjoy seasoned shrimp and all the fixin’s, along with entertainment by the Gator Head Band. Tickets are $35 in advance, and only 2,500 will be sold, with none available at the gate. For more information, visit www.suffolkpeanutfest.com.

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what to do Continuing Through October 21

The work of renowned Eastern Shore sculptors William and David Turner will be on exhibit through Oct. 21 at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. Two galleries will showcase the Turners’ bronze creations and some of William Turner’s paintings. The Turners, father and son, share a talent of capturing in bronze the beauty and motion of wildlife. For more information, visit www. suffolkcenter.org.

October 28-December 8

The Suffolk Art League will host its annual juried exhibition at the Suffolk Art Gallery, located at 118 Bosley Ave. The exhibition, open to all visual artists working in all mediums, features about 100 works from regional artists. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.suffolkartleague.com.

The Combat Wounded Coalition, presented

by GEICO Military, will host the 10th annual Jumping for a Purpose event at Skydive Suffolk. There will be food trucks, entertainment and fun for the family.

Admission is free. For more information, visit www.skydivesuffolk.com.

The annual Suffolk Peanut Fest parade begins at 10 a.m. The parade stages in the Lakeside neighborhood and proceeds down Washington Street, turning left onto North Main Street and concluding at Finney Avenue.

Thursday October 5-8

The Riddick’s Folly House Museum, located at 510 N. Main St., will host an American Girl program, “Meet Kaya.” There will be three sittings for this free program. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Ages 5 and up are welcome. Call for reservations at 934-0822 or visit www.riddicksfolly.org for more information.

This is the 40th anniversary of Suffolk Peanut Fest, a family-friendly event that honors the city's agricultural heritage and devotion to peanuts. Peanut Fest offers concerts, amusement rides, contests and competitions, a demolition derby, motorcycle rally, shrimp feast, fireworks and much more during its four-day run.

This year, the Virginia Festival of Flight will take place Saturday, and folks can get into both events for the same price. General admission tickets are $10 per person per day, with four-day tickets available for $30 and a carload special of $40 on Thursday.

Children 6 and under get in free. For more information and complete schedules, visit www.suffolkpeanutfest.com.

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The Pilot Club of Suffolk will host the annual Suffolk Peanut Fest Queen’s Banquet at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverfront. The banquet features dinner, a silent auction, entertainment and crowning of the Peanut Fest Queen. Tickets are $30 per person and must be purchased by Sept. 20. Ticket outlets include Suffolk Visitor Center and Bennett’s Creek Pharmacy. For more information, visit wwww.suffolkpeanutfest. com.

Saturday September 30

The Suffolk Unit of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia will hold its eighth annual barbecue and oyster roast from 5 to 8 p.m. at Constant’s Wharf Park, with entertainment by the Island Boy Band.

Tickets, available at the gate, are $30 each and include all-you-can-eat barbecue and oysters, along with two drink tickets for beer or wine.

The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts will host the Capitol Steps in their new show, “Orange is the New Barack,” at 8 p.m. Enjoy a hilarious evening of American political satire and song parodies with the nationally acclaimed Capitol Steps, who started in 1981 as a group of Senate staffers out to satirize the institution that employed them. Tickets start at $35 and are available at www. suffolkcenter.org.

Saturday October 21

Go back to the days of the drive-in movie during the Suffolk Parks and Recreation Department’s presentation of “Hotel Transylvania.” The park will open at 5 p.m., and visitors can watch the film from their cars or the lawn. There will be two concession areas, along with fun activities for children as they wait for the movie to begin. Pets are welcome on leashes, and admission is free.

The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts will present a performance of Disney’s “The Lion King Experience.” The 3 p.m. show features an unforgettable cast of characters as they venture into the jungle and back out again in this wildly popular musical. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for youth and are available at www.suffolkcenter.org.

Saturday and Sunday October 21 and 22

Driver Days Fall Festival should not be missed. Activities include food vendors, crafters, entertainment, cornhole, a craft beer garden and fun activities for the kids.

A parade will kick the day off Saturday at 10 a.m. The festivities continue again on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. The Sherri Parker Memorial Poker Run and Bike Show will be a big part of the fun on Sunday. For more information, including schedules and applications for the parade, the car show and vendors, visit www.driverevents.com.

Saturday October 28

The Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society will hold its annual Touch a Truck, Train & Trick or Treat event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Seaboard Station Railroad Museum, 326 N. Main St. Vehicles on display that children can touch will include construction trucks, emergency vehicles, tractor trailers and utility trucks. Wear your costumes and bring your own trick-or-treat bags. Tickets are $5 each or four for $15. For more information, visit www.suffolktrainstation.org.

Tuesday October 31

Join Suffolk Parks & Recreation for a Chills & Thrills family night, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Whaleyville Community Center. There will be snacks, candy, crafts, bounce house, board games, movies, music and more. Add to the thrills by wearing your best costume.

The free event is intended for those 3 to 17 years old, along with their parents.

Sunday November 5

Johnny Peers and The Muttville Comix will bring their canine slapstick comedy act to the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts during a 3 p.m. performance. Peers plays the straight man, leading more than a dozen dogs through challenging and hilarious tricks. Tickets are $20 for adults and $12.50 for youth. They are available at www. suffolkcenter.org.

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in the news

Emser welcomed to Suffolk S Story and photos by R.E. Spears III

aying he hoped the facility would mark “the beginning of a long, fruitful relationship,” Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore officially welcomed Emser Tile to Suffolk on Aug. 15.

“You guys are on a roll,” Haymore told Suffolk officials during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, noting recent economic development commitments to the city by Peet’s Coffee and others.

What nearly all of those recent announcements have had in common is a connection to the Port of Virginia, whose facilities ship goods to and from the warehouse and distribution centers that are springing up around Suffolk.

Emser Tile Vice President of Supply Chain Mark Seal made the connection explicit during his own remarks at the event.

State and local officials welcomed Emser Tile to Suffolk in August during a special event under a tent in the parking lot of the company’s new warehouse and distribution center in the CenterPoint Intermodal Center.

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suffolk living 11 “The Port of Virginia has been a key partner in the Emser supply chain,” he said.

The company’s newest warehousing and distribution center began stocking tile and stone in April, Seal said later. The Suffolk facility serves the company’s East Coast market, from Boston to Florida, and it gets the company closer to the European market, he added.

Delegate Chris Jones (R-76th), a Suffolk native and a staunch supporter of the ports, said Virginia’s recent commitment of hundreds of millions of dollars to improve port access and facilities was part of what attracted Emser to the commonwealth.

“We’re getting ready to dredge (the harbor) to 55 feet, and I think that had a lot to do with the decision to come here,” he said.

“You can see the momentum building in Suffolk,” said John F. Reinhart, chief executive officer and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority.

Tony Beck, senior vice president at CenterPoint Properties, the company that is developing the “mega-site” on which Emser built its $16-million facility, said he can see the evidence of that momentum from his Norfolk office.

“Every day, I see bigger and more ships com-

Emser Tile officials made sure their visitors could see the product its teams pack and ship from their new East Coast location at CenterPoint Intermodal Center. ing into port,” he said.

And CenterPoint’s Suffolk development off Kenyon Road and Route 58 — which hosts distribution centers for Ace Hardware, Nexcom and Friant and Associates, in addition to the 400,000-square-foot new Emser building — is

fast becoming an example others want to follow, Haymore said after the ceremony was concluded.

“This is viewed around other parts of the state as what happens when you put together a megasite and market it around the country,” he said.

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Andy Damiani A sweet memory

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he last time I saw Andy Damiani alive, he had me help him into the comfortable chair in his spacious room at Nansemond Commons, the assisted living facility on West Constance Road where the 95-year-old former mayor of Suffolk had moved when his health deteriorated to the point where it was no longer safe for him to navigate the long, steep flight of stairs to the loft apartment he owned at the Washington Square Mall in the downtown area.

He asked me to place the award he had received earlier that day for his long-term service to the Salvation Army of Suffolk on a dresser beside a television that was tuned to a cable news channel. I wiped the smudges of my fingerprints from the glass award, turned up the volume on the television and handed him the remote control.

Andy was happy. He had enjoyed a good meal at the Salvation Army event that had honored him, he could see the award he had earned for so many years of conscientious

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service to that organization, and he was watching the news. He told me he’d probably fall asleep in that chair soon after I’d left, even though I could still hear the news blaring after I’d closed the door behind me.

Keeping up with the news was important to Andy, who was known for many years as Mr. Downtown because of his affinity for his adopted home and because of the relentless way he pursued the goal of improving that community.

And there have been few people in my experience in this business who have kept closer tabs on the news than he did. Andy had entire file cabinets in his loft apartment that were devoted to clippings from his time in Suffolk. It seemed there was no subject that arose in this city for which he lacked some sort of newspaper article — copied in black and white or clipped directly from the newspaper — that would shed some light on the topic.

A couple of years ago, all those files were boxed up and delivered to the Library of Virginia, along with some of the mementos of his public life. Eventually they will provide a rich history of modern Suffolk in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Andy died Aug. 5, a little less than three months after I’d left him to sleep off the fried chicken as the Fox News commentators droned on about whatever was the big news of that particular spring day.

His memory lives in the collection that bears his name at the Library of Virginia. Even more, though, it lives in the minds of people like me, people who were touched and changed by the great life of service he lived.

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Thanks for taking us along. At left, Terry Phelps sits in front of the Big Thunder Gold Mine in Keystone, S.D., as his wife, Wendy, chose a more picturesque view, with the Grand Tetons stretching out behind her. The couple had a dream trip out west that included the opportunity to plant a few Suffolk Rocks along the way. Above, Cora Hancock took Suffolk Living along on a trip to Portugal in June, grabbing this street-side photo in Lisbon.

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‘Our enemies will shake with fear’ Story by Tracy Agnew Photos by R.E. Spears III, Tracy Agnew & Jen Jaqua

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earing two nuclear reactors, spanning 1,092 feet long and 256 feet wide on the flight deck, displacing more than 100,000 tons of water, speeding at more than 30 knots, carrying more than 75 aircraft and manned by a crew of more than 4,500 men and women, the USS Gerald R. Ford is an engineering marvel.

Wrought by the hands of tens of thousands of sailors and civilians who designed and built it and already manned by thousands of sailors, the U.S. Navy’s new $12.9-billion aircraft carrier was commissioned on July 22 in a ceremony just down the road from Suffolk.

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Thousands of military and civilian guests visited the Norfolk Naval Shipyard — braving sweltering heat — to celebrate the commissioning of the USS Ford.

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In fact, many from Suffolk had a hand in the work that produced the state-of-art vessel at Newport News Shipbuilding. And many from Suffolk are serving aboard her now, or will do so at some point in her anticipated 50-year lifespan.

Navy officials said 10,000 people were expected at the commissioning, a tradition-filled event at which the Ford was officially placed into the Navy’s service.

And following that ceremony, the Navy wasted little time in taking the ship’s wheel, sending the Ford out just a week later for an early set of trials that saw sailors launch and recover the carrier’s first aircraft and begin to test the ship’s advanced technology.

The commissioning ceremony featured not only President Donald Trump but also many other dignitaries, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Defense Secretary James Mattis, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Vice President Dick Cheney and others.

Susan Ford Bales, the ship’s sponsor and daughter of the 38th president, also was in attendance to give the command to man the ship and bring it to life — at which hundreds of sailors in dress whites ran from the pier, up the gangway, through the hangar bay where the ceremony was held, up several ladders and onto the flight deck, where they manned the rails.

“This is a source of indescribable pride and humility,” Bales said during the ceremony, quoting her late father’s reaction to learning of the ship’s name.

Ford was born July 14, 1913, and was raised in Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan See FORD page 24

Top, the control tower on the USS Ford is just one of many differences between this new class of carrier and those that have come before it. Its placement on the deck is arranged to give more space to aircraft readying for the flight line. Above, dining tables near a galley on the new carrier are set and ready for their first hungry sailors.

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“Wherever this vessel cuts through the horizon, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear,” President Donald Trump said during his remarks at the commissioning.

and excelled in athletics. He responded to the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack by enlisting in the Navy and served aboard the USS Monterey in the Pacific Theater, participating in many carrier strikes.

Ford later was elected to the House of Representatives and served on the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He later was appointed vice president following the resignation of Spiro Agnew and then became president following the resignation of Richard Nixon, making him the only president never to have been elected president or vice president.

According to numerous speakers at the commissioning, the new ship embodies the characteristics of the 38th president.

“She represents the strength, courage and integrity of the 38th president of the United States,” said Matthew Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding.

“Wherever this vessel cuts through the horizon, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear,” Trump said during his remarks. “Our true strength is our people. A ship is only as good as the people that serve on it.”

This particular ship, however, is expected to be the strongest and most advanced carrier ever built.

Leading the list of improvements on the Ford is a power plant capable of providing three times the power of a Nimitzclass carrier. That increased power allows for all manner See FORD page 25

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of improvements in design and operation.

The Ford is expected to be able to power the Navy’s first laser weapons system when they come online soon.

Its electromagnetic launch system, enlarged flight deck and advanced aircraft elevators will allow it to cycle airplanes on and off the ship more quickly than ever. Its hull has been strengthened to improve its survivability, and its improved weapons and propulsion systems will make this carrier a more deadly adversary than ever for those who challenge it.

Acknowledging the military power projected by this new vessel, Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley took the opportunity presented by July’s commissioning ceremony to channel President Theodore Roosevelt as he made remarks prior to President Trump’s: “Mr. President, one of your predecessors famously said, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick.’ We offer you, sir, a big stick.”←

Susan Ford Bales, far left, was present at the commissioning ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford on July 22. The daughter of the former president gave the official order for hundreds of sailors to man the ship and bring it to life during the ceremony.

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huck Piner remembers the moment he saw his very first airplane, and it’s a memory that fuels a passion he still carries at the age of 91.

He was a child, playing near the railroad tracks near his home in Washington, N.C., waiting for a train to come by so he could wave at the engineer and get him to blow the whistle. But an even greater thrill was about to come roaring down the tracks.

Piner heard an engine, looked up and saw a 1929 Fleet 2 buzzing the railroad. The pilot waved, and little Chuck waved back. And that was all it took.

“It didn’t make my day; it made my month,” Piner said recently from his home on Manning Road. “I got my military training around the house with my arms out trying to make like an airplane.”

About a decade later, Piner quit school at 15 and moved to Norfolk in search of a job.

“They said, ‘Come to Norfolk and get rich,’” he said.

When World War II came around, Piner didn’t initially recognize the golden opportunity it presented for him to get closer to airplanes than ever before.

“I wanted to go in submarines,” he said. “But when I left boot camp, they said I was qualified for AMM. I had no idea what it was.”

Piner finally got someone to tell him the answer — Aviation Machinist’s Mate.

“You mean I’m going to be around airplanes?” Piner recalls asking.

That was all it took.

Piner did, indeed, get to work around airplanes for the duration of the war.

“My job was to go out to the airplane and pre-flight it — check the fuel and start the engines, check all the instruments — do everything you would have to do in flight,” Piner said.

But unfortunately, he couldn’t be a pilot, because he hadn’t finished high school.

Even so, Piner got his aviation thrills in the Navy. He flew in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans out of the Panama Canal Zone and was part See FLYER page 28

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Chuck Piner lives for the chance to fly his ultralight aircraft, which he keeps in a hangar at the Suffolk Executive Airport.

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Chuck Piner, standing at far left, stands with his unit near the Panama Canal during World War II. Piner was an aircraft machinist's mate. (Submitted Photo)

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Chuck Piner shows off his personal plane during his post-war days. (Submitted Photo)

of the team that helped look for Flight 19, the five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle during a training exercise on Dec. 5, 1945.

But it was after he left the Navy that he really got his thrills.

“I was a thrill-seeker all my life,” he said.

He learned to fly at the Hampton Roads Executive Airport in Chesapeake with a club called the Portsmouth Flyers. He guesses he’s flown just about everything there is to fly, with the exception of blimps and hot-air balloons. He even skydived to celebrate his 82nd birthday.

But about 15 years ago, he learned how to fly ultralights. Piner’s flying machine, which looks like a large kite with a seat and engine, has a wingspan of about 33 feet and will fly at 35 miles per hour for about two hours before it’s out of fuel.

“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had in my life flying, and I’ve flown a lot of mess,” Piner said. “It’s the nearest thing to being a bird. It’s a wonderful feeling. I wish everybody could experience it.”

Although Piner is in constant pain — through the years he’s been in three aircraft crashes, a motorcycle crash and a watercraft crash — he said he hopes to continue flying ultralights as long as possible.

“I’m going to try to make it at least two more months,” he said. “I love it so much. It’s my life, and it has been for many, many years.”←

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‘Whatever you can imagine’ story and photography by Alex Perry

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atthew Schlabach walks a path made of salvaged lumber and nails in the woods behind his garage workshop. He takes careful steps past a water wheel in the dirt that stands more than 12 feet tall.

He calls this space “Fort Rufio” after the leader of the Lost Boys in the Robin Williams film, “Hook.” The elaborate fort-in-progress is just one of his countless projects to be found in the backyard of the Nansemond Parkway property.

“I come out with my coffee, walk the earth, and an idea will pop,” he said. “It just comes to me.”

The 34-year-old Chicago native moved to Virginia Beach with his mother and Navy stepfather when he was 8. He was 13 when he met his longtime friend, Crystal Selby, who praised his unbridled enthusiasm over the years.

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“Anybody would be jealous of the pure energy he has all the time,” Selby said.

Schlabach moved in with Crystal, her husband, Jason, and their children after his Virginia Beach home was destroyed last year by Hurricane Matthew. Around the same time, he lost his job in the city and his relationship with his former fiancé.

“I lost everything,” he said.

He has no formal artistic training other than a high-school woodshop class, but he said he’s been creative since he was a child building forts in the woods near his home. He finally came out of his depression, he said, when he just picked up a hammer one day and got back to his creative roots.

“I’ve just always been mechanically inclined,” he said.

This inclination includes fashioning special tools to cut through any crafting challenges.

“If I need something special, I make it

Matthew Schlabach stands with one of the creations he made for children who play in the area behind the house where he is living on Nansemond Parkway.

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Selby’s backyard is filled with his creations. There is a flower garden built in the shape of a peace sign made from lumber he found while driving around in his pickup truck.

One tree is loaded with birdhouses, and near a cobblestone path of Schlabach’s making is a chicken coop for the farm birds that roam the property.

He has various furniture and amenities for sale in the front yard, and the children enjoy seesaws he’s made, along with other contraptions.

His own children, 4-year-old Annabelle and 3-year-old Samuel, visit their father regularly to join in his creative pursuits. He said he leaves some of his projects purposely unfinished to let his children realize their potential.

“I guess the inspiration for me is to show them that you can do anything you want to do and whatever you can imagine,” he said.←

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TGIF Live music, tasty food and great company were the fare at the summer TGIF concert at Constant’s Wharf Park on July 14. The concert series featured a different band each outing and this evening featured Affirmative Groove. PHOTOS BY ALEX PERRY

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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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Last edition’s Where Am I? We love it when folks know the answer to our Where Am I challenges and then provide us with a backstory.

Betty Rhodes remembers that her mother, Phyllis Moore, worked as a teller at the bank that built the structure in the early ‘60s. It’s now owned by Wells Fargo, and lots of folks guessed the location of this photo correctly, but Betty’s name was chosen at random for the $25 gift-card prize, and she gave us the prize of a bit of Suffolk history in return. Look for your chance to participate on Page 18.

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