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February, 2011
Norfolk Plumbing, Inc. Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Congratulations are in order for Norfolk Plumbing, Inc. The well known Norfolk firm is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this month after a one-truck kitchen table beginning 10 years ago. Located in West Ghent Industrial Park at 1111 Boissevain Avenue, the firm has achieved huge success with 14 employees and a colorful 10-truck
fleet. Left to right in the photo above are Spencer Buckle, Jeff Anderson, Chris Braun, Jason Pilcher, Ray Hedin, Steve Summerford, Johnnie Carter, owners Dee and
Jeff Hux, Edna Hopkins, Craig Long, Mike Heckenmueller, Vince Hiene and Ridge Cantrell. To read the full story on Norfolk Plumbing please see Page 3.
(Downtowner Photo By Jack Armistead)
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February, 2010
Quality Service Cited As Key To Success
Norfolk Plumbing, Inc. Celebrates 10th Anniversary Serving Hampton Roads
By Jack Armistead
Downtowner Editor
You’ve probably seen their iconic yellow trucks
throughout Hampton Roads.
They are proudly marked with the company name,
Norfolk Plumbing, Inc.
This month marks the firm’s 10th Anniversary offering outstanding service to its many customers
throughout the area.
Owners Jeff and Dee Hux explained how their “Big
Yellow Advertising Campaign” was born.
“We bought the first truck from a truck rental company whose trucks were all yellow. They paint them
white just before they sell them. Dee and I stopped
by when they had just gotten a new batch of trucks
that had not been painted yet. We were able to save
a thousand dollars on that truck and our ‘Big Yellow
Advertising Campaign’ was born. Since then every
truck has been painted ‘our’ yellow. Our office building
and anything we can think of get yellowed,” explained
Jeff Hux.
Jeff and Dee opened Norfolk Plumbing, Inc. on Feb.
5, 2001. Jeff was born in Norfolk and Dee has been in
Norfolk ever since she was five-years-old. Both had
worked in Norfolk, particularly the Downtown, Ghent, West Ghent, Lockhaven and Larchmont areas for
nearly 20 years.
“We felt this would be the best location for our business. As early as 1983 I had asked some of the older
plumbers from ‘The Greatest Generation’ if they had
ever known of a Norfolk Plumbing. The answer was
always no. I had this name in the back of my head for
a long time and when Dee and I decided the time was
right for us to start our business, Norfolk Plumbing,
Inc. was our natural choice for the name of our business,” said Jeff.
The business has thrived.
“Since the very beginning our business has been
wonderful. With the support of our many customers
we have been able to grow our company from a onetruck, kitchen table start, to the company we have today. Today we have 14 employees and 10 trucks. We
have a very nice facility in the West Ghent Industrial
Park at 1111 Boissevain Avenue. This keeps us close
to the areas that we serve. Our slogan/motto is ‘When
Quality Counts,’” Jeff added.
“But it’s more than just a slogan. We really try to
meet up to our belief that we need to offer high qualFebruary, 2010
Jeff and Dee Hux are proudly celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Norfolk Plumbing, Inc.
ity at the very best price we can offer. We still only use
copper water piping unless the customer would prefer
plastic. All of our employees are uniformed and thoroughly trained. We are a participant in the apprenticeship program sponsored by the State of Virginia. This
is a four-year-program. We have two men graduating
this year, one graduating next year and another starting this fall. We also have five other graduates. We
hold licenses for Master Plumber, Master Gas Fitter
and Backflow Device Installation, Testing and Repair,” said Jeff.
Norfolk Plumbing, Inc. offers expertise in a variety
of areas.
“We do plumbing installations, plumbing repairs,
drain cleaning, tankless water heater installations, gas
piping, gas logs, boiler installations, boiler repairs, radiators and much more.”
“Looking to the future we are pursuing involvement
with different solar applications, such as domestic hot
water and radiant floor heating. We have installed a
lot of tankless water heaters which have afforded our
customers a great deal of energy saving, along with
condensing boilers up in the 90% efficiency range.”
“We have also been working with Virginia Natural
Gas and the rebate programs they have been offering
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in conjunction with federal tax incentives. It’s a great
time to help our customers “Green Up” anything we
can. On the horizon is water reclaimation for different
uses such as flushing toilets and irrigation,” said Jeff.
Jeff and Dee take pride in being a family company.
“My stepson Johnnie and our nephew Chris also
work for us. Our vision is for Norfolk Plumbing to
carry on after we retire. Our children and even grandchildren are interested in the business, and have all
been out on service calls. Our daughter Hailey used
to ‘play’ receptionist when she was three or four-yearsold taking imaginary no hot water calls,” they said.
“Even during the tough economy we fortunately did
not have to lay off any workers and were able to keep
everyone working. We are dedicated to our customers and servicing their needs. We love Norfolk and we
love our job,” said Jeff and Dee.
Now you know the story behind those neat yellow
trucks.
If you need plumbing expertise you can call Norfolk
Plumbing, Inc. at (757) 466-0644.
Tell them The Downtowner sent you.
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Off The Beaten Path... with Jack Armistead
Dreams are amazing. I’m still dreaming I
can fly.
Usually, my dream has me gently
bouncing off the top of Dominion Tower
in downtown Norfolk during a big event
like Harborfest. Sometimes I’m in Virginia Beach soaring up and down the beach
like the military blimps did during World
War II and continuing into the 1950s. It’s
fun going to bed many nights and hoping
I will find peace in a soothing dream.
But my dreams are not always therapeutic and sweet. A recent dream had me
crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel with a dangerous rogue wave threatening to slam into the span.
The monster wave dream has happened
more than once and probably came into
being with my fascination with tsunamis
and rogue waves. In the 1970s I started a
novel about being in a secure capsule and
placed in the middle of a tsunami’s path
following an earthquake. I think I wrote
several chapters until my girlfriend at the
time thought the idea was a big waste of
time. So I lost interest in the theme and
the fictional tale remains unfinished.
Many summer months as a child were
spent at the Virginia Beach oceanfront
where I did see extra large waves crash to
shore. Even in good weather there could
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be a rogue wave rush to shore for no apparent reason.
From research in various publications
I learned many interesting facts about the
nature of rogue or monster waves. This
from an online encyclopedia:
It is common for mid-ocean storm waves
to reach 7 meters (23 ft) in height, and in extreme conditions such waves can reach heights
of 15 meters (49 ft). However, for centuries
maritime folklore told of the existence of vastly
more massive waves — veritable monsters up
to 30 meters (98 ft) in height (approximately
the height of a 10-story building) — that
could appear without warning in mid-ocean,
against the prevailing current and wave direction, and often in perfectly clear weather.
I bring this information up because I
am announcing with this column a contest
for area creative writing students in local
colleges or at the well known Muse Writing Center in West Ghent. Send in your
creative account of your wildest dream in a
two-page double-spaced format. The winning entry will be published in a future issue of The Downtowner.
Address your two page manuscript to:
“In My Wildest Dreams Contest,” C/O
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Celebrate Black History Month at Nauticus!
Norfolk, VA – This February, Nauticus
will honor noteworthy African Americans with activities, events and programs
celebrating Black History Month.
During selected weekends in February, Nauticus educators will present Triumphs Through Science, an educational
program that explores African-American
achievements in the sciences.
On Saturday, February 12, Brenda
Andrews, publisher of The New Journal
& Guide and creator of Black Pride at
Sea: Men of the USS Mason, will give a
free exhibit talk from 1- 2 p.m. The exhibit chronicles the career of the USS
Mason, the first Navy ship manned with
a mostly African-American crew. Commissioned on March 20, 1944, the Mason employed commissioned black sailors in every enlisted ranking, including
radiomen, quartermasters and signalmen.
The project was the result of the efforts
of then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and
growing pressure from civil rights leaders
for integration in the military. War Correspondent Thomas W. Young told the
story of the ship’s World War II service
through a series of stories in the New
Journal and Guide filed from onboard the
ship.
On Saturday, February 19, Phillip
Brashear, son of Carl “Maxie” Brashear,
the U.S. Navy’s first African-American
master diver, will be in the Wisconsin
Wardroom, interacting with guests and
sharing stories about his father’s career
and legacy at 10:30 a.m., 12 noon and 3
p.m.
All events are included in regular Nauticus admission unless otherwise noted.
Program times are subject to change, so
please call (757) 664-1000 to confirm.
Girl Scout Cookie Booth Sales Begin February 18
The Girl Scout Cookie Program is going on now! Starting February 18, Girl
Scouts will hold booth sales at local grocery chain stores as well as other community locations on weekends and evenings.
Booth sales will run through March 13.
Can’t find a booth? Use the Cookie Locator on www.gsccc.org to find a cookie
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supporting the Gift of Caring/Hometown Heroes program by purchasing
cookies that the girls will send to the military or other local worthy groups. You
can also sign up for a Milk and Cookie
Break at your place of business. A local
Girl Scout troop will bring cookies and
milk to your office for a snack and they
will also bring extra boxes for your employees to purchase.
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast, a
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girls in grades K through 12 and over
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February, 2010
Maury’s Jack Baker Named CAC’s Outstanding Coach for 2010
By Gary Ruegsegger
Downtowner Contributing Editor
On Jan. 3, the Chesapeake Athletic
Club (CAC) named Maury’s Jack Baker
the 2010 Bob Bates Outstanding Coach
Award winner at their annual Dil Toms
Hot Stove Night.
The Maury basketball legend has won
621 games.
The CAC’s history goes back to 1941,
when members convened in the old Casino Club on Pleasure House Road.
That was in the former Princess Anne
County, long before the creation of the
current city of Virginia Beach.
The sports club was named for Chesapeake Beach, not the city of Chesapeake, which also had yet to come into
being. For most the last 50 years, the
club has been located on Argonne Avenue in Norfolk. The annual event is a
winter celebration of sports centering
around a “proverbial hot stove.”
“We believe in the next year or two
Baker most likely will become Virginia’s
all-time leader in coaching victories,”
said Gene Byerly, a former basketball
star at Atlantic Christian College (now
Barton).
Byerly served on the selection committee along with Clyde “Ducky” Davis
Jr. and Jimmy Whaley, who also doubled
as master of ceremonies. No one at the
club was surprised by Baker’s selection.
And neither was Teddy Bacalis, the
Maury legend in whose shoes Jack followed.
“Even as a 10th grader, Jack was
a smart kid,” said Bacalis. “He really
knows and understands the game.”
For more than a half a century, either
Bacalis (18 years) or Baker (34 years)
has served as Maury’s varsity basketball coach. Maury’s gym floor is named
in their honor. Before their illustrious
coaching careers, both men starred at
Maury. Bacalis still remembers Jack’s
performance in the very first MauryBooker T. basketball game.
Booker T.’s star was the 6’8” Roy
Ebron. The Fighting Bookers designed
a zone defense to shut down Craig Lieder and Charlie Carr, the Commodore
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stars. Jack was only a sophomore, but he
was Bacalis’ go-to-guy that night.
“I put Craig in the high post and
Charlie down low on the left. When the
ball came in the high post, Craig would
flip it to Jack on the right and he would
just knock down a 12 or 14-footer,” recalled Bacalis.
“It was an amazing game—so much
pressure and tension, but Jack was definitely the ‘Star of the Night,’” added Bacalis. “He just kept knocking ‘em down.”
This is the second time Baker has
earned this distinction. The award was
named for Bob Bates, a former Norfolk
Public Schools coach, teacher and principal.
During his acceptance remarks, Baker
joked about the 23 years that intervened
between the two awards, asking the club
members: “What took you so long?” He
later spoke of the significance of the
award’s namesake, the late Bob “Ripper”
Bates. Baker’s older brother had played
baseball for Coach Bates at Maury.
Jack comes by his sports acumen
honestly. His father Al Baker played
professional baseball for the old Norfolk
Tars. Jack’s mom, an avid baseball fan,
met her future husband at a Tars game.
Jack also starred in baseball at Maury.
And for at least one night, he was a football celebrity. The late Mike Comer, a
long-time Maury English teacher, used
to frequently relate the story of that one
night.
“When he was a sophomore, Jack
caught a touchdown pass late in the
game. Since I’d never heard his name
before, I turned around and said, ‘Who’s
Jack Baker?’” recalled Comer. “The lady
a couple of rows back said, ‘He’s my son.’”
After that night, Mike Comer never
forgot the name Jack Baker.
Each year the club also presents other awards and honorary memberships.
Tommy Leonard won the club’s golf
championship for the 9th year in a row.
Tides owner Tom Young and Henry
Cuddyer, long-time area baseball coach
and the father of Major Leaguer Mike
Cuddyer, were presented with honorary
club memberships.
Virginian-Pilot sportswriter Bob
Maury legend Jack Baker and Virginian-Pilot
sportswriter Bob Molinaro were honored by
the Chesapeake Athletic Club at this year’s Dil
Toms Hot Stove Night.
Sports encyclopedia Gene Byerly; Jack Baker,
the Bob Bates Outstanding Coach Award
winner; and sports legend Johnny “Jackrabbit”
Brown at the Dil Toms Hot Stove Night.
The Awards Selection Committee Gene
Byerly, Jimmy Whaley and Ducky Davis prepare the podium for the awards presentations.
Major Leaguer Mike Cuddyer always draws
a crowd at Dil Toms Hot Stove Night at the
CAC.
Molinaro earned the Frank Smith Outstanding Sportswriter Award for the
second time and ESPN Radio’s Tony
Mercurio was named the Charlie Suggs
Outstanding Sportscaster Award winner for the ninth time.
Master of ceremonies Jimmy Whaley
paid a special tribute to Chas Hill, William and Mary’s All-Conference wide
receiver and long snapper. He caught a
55-yard touchdown pass against ODU
this year, but not a soul in attendance
held it against him. Club members have
watched Chas grow up. His grandfather
Al Leitner beamed as Whaley spoke.
Other attendees included local sports
legends Hank Foiles of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, Allen Richter of the Boston Red
Sox, Michael Cuddyer of the Minnesota
Twins, Wayne Gomes of the Philadelphia Phillies, Tides general manager
Dave Rosenfield and ODU Hall of
Famer Johnny “Jackrabbit” Brown.
As he always does, Jimmy Whaley
closed the program with a salute to Hall
of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter, his former American Legion teammate.
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The Hampton Roads Piranhas are happy
to announce that head coach Wendy
Waddell will return for her fourth season
in 2011 at the helm of the W-League
Piranhas. Waddell has played for the
Piranhas since 2004 and took on the
head coaching duties at the start of the
2008 season, acting as player-coach. She
retired from playing at the end of the
2010 season.
Waddell is looking forward to just
coaching in 2011. “Once again we are
very thrilled to bring our fans a lot of
excitement in 2011 and we are looking
forward to producing a play-off team,”
said Waddell. “I decided not to play this
year in order to give 100% of myself to
bringing this team back to where it used
to be, which is heading to the national
championship.”
Wendy began her soccer career in her
hometown of Rochester, New York. She
was named 1996 Outstanding Female
Athlete at Livonia High Schooland was
a three time county all-star. In 1997,
she started her college career at Monroe
Community Collegerecording 22 goals
and was named NJCAA first team AllAmerica.
She continued at Monroe Community
College in 1998 and netted 25 goals,
setting the Monroe season record for
goals scored. She was named NJCCA
and NSCAA first team All-America
and All-Region III. She set the Monroe career scoring record with 47 goals
while serving as Captain of her team.
She ended the season as the NJCAA
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second leading scorer in the nation. She
was also named the 1998-1999 Monroe
Community College Female Athlete of
the Year and was a National Tournament
Team selectee in 1998. In 1999, Wendy
received a full scholarship to Virginia
Tech where she was the second leading
scorer with eight goals and eight assists,
ranking her second on the team in total
points with 24. She was named Virginia
Tech Rookie of the year and was an Atlantic 10 Player of the Week selectee.
She red-shirted the following year while
serving as assistant coach. In 2001, she
rejoined Virginia Tech on the pitch as
team captain, and was awarded MVP
honors. She scored four goals and one
assist her senior year.
“We’re thrilled to have Wendy back to
lead the W-League Piranhas,” said Piranhas owner Marcie Laumann. “Although
it was tough to hang up her boots for the
season, it’s a sacrifice she chose to make
in order to focus on coaching. It was a
selfless decision that reflects her character and commitment to bringing another
championship back to our franchise.”
Wendy is currently a special education
teacher and the head coach of both the
Varsity and Junior Varsity girls’ soccer
teams at Deep Creek High School. She
is married to David Waddell who also is
a coach/teacher at Deep Creek. They reside in Suffolk with their baby son, Ryan.
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This issue of The Downtowner is respectfully dedicated to Katie-Fenton Viccellio,
who passed away after a long illness Nov.
14, 2010.
Katie was a wonderful person who was
blessed with many gifts -- including a
great sense of humor and a knack for writing. Katie was a past contributor to The
Downtowner, The Virginian-Pilot and the
Compass.
Katie had a wonderful smile and was a
remarkable gal. She was 29.
From her obituary in The Virginian- Pilot:
Katie was the daughter of Kathleen and
David Viccellio and the sister of MeganBrady Viccellio.
Katie graduated from Maury High
School in 1999, and the University of
Virginia in 2002. She majored in English.
She was a gifted writer and published poet
and accomplished swimmer and overall
athlete. She was a member of the Norfolk
Yacht and Country Club. She attended St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk
and led the Episcopal Youth Community
there for several years.
She held a commercial real estate appraisal license and was highly respected by
all who knew her.
In addition to her parents and sister, Katie is survived by 10 cousins, three uncles,
two aunts, and many, many friends.
In nearly 23 years of publishing The
Downtowner, Katie stood out as one of
the most gifted young contributing writers ever.
I know she loved her family and she
loved her many friends. And we loved her
right back. And we continue to love her.
We will miss her dearly.
Katie’s star in heaven is among the
brightest. The very brightest ever. -- Jack
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Some Notable Events
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* Girl Scout Cookie Fundraiser: Samoa Soiree -- Join
Girl Scout Cookie fanatics for the tastiest event of the
year, the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast’s Samoa
Soiree. On February 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center, top chefs from all over
Hampton Roads will use Girl Scout Cookies as key ingredients in unique dessert and appetizer recipes. Guests will
sample each of the creations and vote on their favorite as
“People’s Choice.” A panel of local celebrities including
WVEC News Anchor Vanessa Coria, Hampton Roads
Magazine Editor-In-Chief Melissa Stewart, local food
writer Patrick Evans-Hylton and talent from 101.3 2WD
will judge the creations as well. Local favorite Lewis McGehee will provide live musical entertainment and the
night will also include complementary champagne and a
silent auction. Tickets for the event are on sale now. One
ticket is $60 and two tickets are $100. Proceeds will provide program opportunities to area Girl Scouts. To get
your tickets, visit www.gsccc.org/funding or call Candice
Lewis at (757) 548-9438.
* Goodman & Company Celebrates Opening of Norfolk Office -- Several local dignitaries were on hand recently as Goodman & Company, LLP, one of the region’s
largest certified public accounting firms, celebrated the
grand opening of its new offices in the Wells Fargo Tower
in downtown Norfolk. Mayor Paul Fraim, Vice Mayor
Anthony Burfoot and City Councilman Barclay Winn
took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 6,
celebrating the addition of the firm’s 80 local employees to
the building located at the intersection of Monticello Avenue and Charlotte Street. Goodman & Company Managing Partner Tom Wilson, Joel Flax, Partner-in-Charge
of the Norfolk office, and Bruce Holbrook, Senior Partner,
were also on hand to commemorate the formal opening of
the new office. The firm’s Norfolk office was previously
located in the Bank of America Building at Waterside.
With more than 80 partners and 500 professional staff,
Goodman & Company is a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm delivering quality
accounting, tax and specialized services. The company
recently announced that effective March 1, 2011, it will
merge with North-Carolina-based Dixon Hughes PLLC.
Headquartered in Charlotte, the combined firm will be
known as Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and will employ more than 1,700 people in 30 offices in 11 states and
Washington, D.C. Dixon Hughes Goodman will be
the largest certified public accounting firm based in the
Southern U.S. and the 13th largest in the nation. Visit
www.goodmanco.com or www.goodmanco.com/dhg for
more information.
* The Little Theatre of Norfolk is proud to announce the
Jeffrey W. Corriveau Scholarship -- The Little Theatre of
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Norfolk is proud to announce the Jeffrey W. Corriveau
Scholarship which will offer two scholarships to graduating high school seniors from South Hampton Roads
(Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia
Beach.) There will be one scholarship in performance
and another in technical theatre each in the amount of
$500.00. Board President, Esther Robert, states that “the
scholarships were established to celebrate the reopening
of our newly renovated theatre. We feel that offering students in our community a little help in paying for college
is a wonderful way to return their continued support.” help
in paying for college is a wonderful way to return their
continued support.”
Jeffrey W. Corriveau served as president of the Little
Theatre of Norfolk board of directors from 2007-2010
and was instrumental in securing the funds necessary to
complete the Fix-the-Floor project and to ensure the continued prosperity of the theatre.
The scholarship is for graduating 2010-2011 high school
seniors from South Hampton Roads who intend on majoring or minoring in theatre at an accredited college or
university anywhere in the nation. Students may audition
in one of the following areas: Performance or Technical
Theatre (Set Design, Lighting Design, Costume/Makeup
Design, Sound Design or Stage Management.) The deadline for application for this year’s scholarship is March 1,
2011. For more information and complete details go to
www.ltnonline.org The Little Theatre of Norfolk is a nonprofit 501 c3 organization and is located at 801 Claremont Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507. Call (757) 627-8551
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