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Vol. 28, No. 2
28th Year
Loyal Employees Have Been the Key To Success At Chanello’s Pizza Locations
Mid-February, 2016
Chanello’s Pizza locations have become local landmarks in Hampton Roads for a good reason. “The success of any business is directly tied to the quality of people that serve
the customers,” says Chip Shubert, proprietor of the popular pizza chain with his wife, Juliet. Pictured above are employees who have been with Chanello’s for 10 or more
years. Pictured left to right are Ed Wiseman, Frankie Lawrence, Dawn Liddy, Ted VanHorn, Chip Shubert, Juliet Channell, Willie Jones, Jr., Scott Alexander, Judy Coffman and Kyle Sheckells. Not pictured are Justin Mcallister, Valerie Cobb-Welch, Corbin Hudson, Bruce Miller, Gerard Sansone, Frederick Theriault Jr., Gary Tilghman,
James Burney, Christiana Keller, Joey Monaco, and Bruce Powers. To read more about Chanello’s and take advantage of a money saving coupon special, see Page 3 inside.
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The Downtowner - Norfolk, Virginia
Mid-February, 2015
Loyal Employees and Giving Back To the Community Has Been Key To Success
For Chanello’s Pizza For the Last 28 years
By Jack Armistead
Downtowner Editor
For the last 28 years, Chanello’s Pizza has
been serving the communities of Hampton Roads with a loyal work force that
has been the key to the chain’s success.
“This area is home. The people in
Hampton Roads have been incredibly
good to us. We are fortunate to have
had some awesome team members join
us and stick with us,” said Chip Shubert,
proprietor of Chanello’s with his wife, Juliet.
The front cover of this month’s
Downtowner features some of the loyal
employees who have been with Chanello’s for 10 or more years. One, Frankie
Lawrence, is now in his 20th year with
the company.
“The success or failure of any business
is directly tied to the quality of people
that serve the customers. These folks are
the backbone of what we do,” said Shubert.
“We work and we live here. As a result,
Chanello’s Pizza is committed to being
an active and positive force in our com-
munity. With so many groups around
that could use some help, we try to do
our part. Our priorities have always been
Children, Education, the Military and
the local Police. Juliet and I have 5 kids.
We know how busy people’s lives can
get trying to both work and take care of
them. It’s not easy for many people but
fortunately there are a number of good
organizations out there that are helping
to make it better. ForKids, CHKD, Boy
Scout and Girl Scouts, Church groups,
many, many schools both public and
private, school groups, and teacher and
parent sponsored programs, are just a few
that we try to help. When it comes to the
military, Chanello’s Pizza has been out on
the piers at NOB cheering our warriors at
every Homecoming since 2001.
Coupled with their legendary customer service, Chanello’s maintains the
highest quality and freshness standards to
make 100% certain that your Chanello’s
Pizza experience is second to none.
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Some of my favorite years were spent as a
writer for The Ledger-Star, the now defunct evening newspaper that competed
with the morning paper, The VirginianPilot.
Having been assigned to the Portsmouth office of The Ledger-Star for 10
years -- covering the police beat, courts,
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the U.S.
Coast Guard, high school sports and
more, I learned the trade that enabled me
to create The Downtowner Newspaper in
1988. To many Norfolk employees of the
paper, being assigned to the Portsmouth
office was a form of punishment.
You’ll get the idea better when you
read the following story written by the
late Lloyd Lewis, an outstanding writer
assigned to the Portsmouth office way
before my time. Nonetheless, his story
reaches as far back as the 1940s. I came
on board in the 1970s. Lewis was still
there. My favorite editor of that time was
Barrett Richardson, who gave me a copy
of Lloyd Lewis’ story. Here it is in its entirety:
In moments of high passion the late Tom
Hanes, managing editor of the LedgerStar, was wont to dash into the newsroom
and plaster fiery directives on the bulle-
Off The Beaten Path
tin board: “REPORTERS WILL KEEP
THE DESK INFORMED OF THEIR
WHEREABOUTS AT ALL TIMES.
VIOLATORS WILL BE SUMMARILY
DISMISSED.”
Tsk! Hanes had never fired anyone, and
the chance that he ever would was miniscule.
After a brief adherence to the directive (out
of sincere respect for the director) the staff
would drift back into its customary state of
indiscipline.
It was one day in the late 1940s that
Hanes hit upon the solution. The directive is
lost to memory, but everyone recalls the tagline. It read:
“Violators will be transferred to Portsmouth.”
Pandemonium! Chilblains! Terror!
Hanes was not a cruel man, but he could
be capricious. Here was a threat he just
might carry out, and assignment to “The
Salt Mine” beyond the Elizabeth River was
a thing to be avoided. Over there, it was
rumored, they “worked” - early and late churning out barrels full of inconsequential
copy gleaned from beats of impossible dimensions. One man, it was said, might have
to cover two police stations, four courtrooms,
12 fire departments, two hospitals, a Navy
Yard and a handful of governmental offices Founded
May, 1988
A Positive Voice Serving the Greater Norfolk Area and Olde Towne Portsmouth
Publisher & Editor . . . . . . . . . . Jack Armistead
Technical Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Vester
Dining Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joyce Newbegin
Social Media Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Platt
Sales Associates. . . . . . . . . Jack Armistead, Joyce Newbegin & Larry Stark
Contributing Writers. . . . . . . . . . Jack Armistead,
Brad Cox, Sean Hillegass, Peggy Haile
McPhillips, Mike Murphy, Joyce Newbegin, Gary
Ruegsegger, Abbott Saks, Holly Armistead Rose,
Pete Vester, Melinda Wray and Susan M. Vertullo
Photographers. . Joe George, Ruth Gray, Carlton
Pillar, Carlos Fink, and Barbie Boyd
Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine Hugo
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except January, by Target Advertising Co., Inc. (Established 1981). The mailing address is 1439 Mallory Court, Norfolk, VA. 23507. Editorial contributions are welcomed but may be edited. Opinions
expressed by contributors are not necessarily the
opinion of this publication. Only mailed or e-mailed
contributions accepted. No faxes please.
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MEMBER, GHENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
With Jack Armistead
and be forced to lunch daily with a civic club.
In the 1940s and in prior decades the rumor was well-founded. In addition to short
staffs and multiple beats, the Portsmouth
Bureau offered hole-in-the-wall offices with
hand-me-down equipment.
But there were compensations, mostly
spiritual.
Portsmouth duty carried with it a sense
of freedom and an air of bon vivantism
(if somewhat of the backyard variety). To
Portsmouth staffmen, whether news, advertising, circulation or business, Norfolk
was “The Schoolroom” and, blessedly, all the
teachers were over there.
The bureau was a gathering place for the
town drunks, the village idiots, the political malcontents, off-duty streetwalkers and
all the odd characters that a true newsman
delights in.
Instead of rushing home at the end of
their stint, staff members tended to hang
around and enjoy the atmosphere. Loud
laughter, compounded of equal parts vacant
mind and joie de vivre was a staple of the
bureau. But only once did it get loud enough
to be heard across the river.
It had been a particularly jubilant evening in which there had been wassailing,
brawling and perhaps a bit of wenching,
topped off with an especially depleting invasion of the petty cash drawer. (The drawer
lock was easily picked with a paper clip, but
you were supposed to leave an IOU.)
Next day, over from Norfolk came a note
of reprimand from the late Paul S. Huber
Sr. (Newspaper President) It read:
“There is entirely too much levity in the
Portsmouth Bureau.”
Times do change, they say, and the time
of change for the Portsmouth Bureau came
on April 5, 1955, with the merging of the
Ledger-Dispatch and the Portsmouth Star.
Pilot and Ledger personnel moved into
the Star Building and there acquired air
conditioning, elbow room, modern sanita-
tion facilities and the air of respectability
which goes with genteel surroundings.
The bureau also acquired additional staff
and an expanded range of operations, until
today, as the late Portsmouth General Manager Dick Wood put it: “We do just about
everything over there that a newspaper does
except print the paper.
Another move followed as reflected by
Lewis:
“Today the offices are in an eight-story
high-rise on the Portsmouth waterfront
(the former Citizens’ Trust Bank Building). Administration and advertising are
on the ground floor. Circulation, news and
the morgue (library) take up most of the
fifth floor. All the employees in the new office walk around on wall-to-wall carpeting
(thicker than Norfolk’s), sit at modern desks,
well spaced, and work with electric (curse
them!) typewriters.
There are even electric pencil sharpeners.
Communication with Norfolk is by telephone, messengers and Zerox telecopier.
It’s all very plush, and there is plenty of
free parking space.
The workload in Portsmouth is still on
the heavy side. News staff, for example,
must cover two city halls (Portsmouth and
Chesapeake), two court systems, two police
departments, two political campaigns, and
so on, with considerably less people than are
available to the home offices.
But, ahh, that view from the fifth floor!
It makes it all worthwhile.
(Editor’s note: This story reflects a certain point in time when the newspaper
business was perhaps much more exciting than it is today. Computers line the
newsrooms of today and the hustle and
bustle of yesteryear is all but gone along
with the clatter of typewriter keys.)
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The Downtowner - Norfolk, Virginia
Mid-February, 2015
ECOFEST 2016 SET FOR MAY 7
Popular Event Returns to Colonial Place in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. - There is something
for everyone at ecoFest 2016, a family
friendly, free, action-oriented environmental festival that returns to the Colonial Place section of Norfolk. This event
is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May
7 at the 600 - 700 blocks of Mayflower
Road.
Visitors to ecoFest 2016 will learn about
the environmental issues facing Hampton Roads and what measures can be
undertaken to improve the air, land and
water quality in our region.
ecoFest 2016 will feature a variety of
informative exhibits, demonstrations and
activities for young and old on topics such
as wetland restoration, water conservation, proper disposal of harmful waste,
runoff and bacterial contamination, rain
barrel installation, pet waste disposal, recycling and more. There will also be fireboat rides, a fishing tournament, colorfully painted rain barrels ready for auction,
delicious food, great music and art with
an environmental motif. Back by popular
demand, the Colonial Seaport Foundation will re-create a historical maritime
seaport complete with a customs house,
demonstrations and re-enactments.
For updates and additional information
on ecoFest 2016, please visit the website
at www.ecofestnorfolk.com.
ecoFest 2016 is sponsored by Lafayette Environmental Outreach (LEO),
an environmental education 501 © (3)
non-profit organization. In addition to
producing ecoFest, it is LEO’s mission
to provide community outreach and
education on pressing environmental issues facing local communities. For more
information on LEO, please visit www.
LafayetteEnvironmentalOutreach.org or
call 757.656.6827.
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Downtowner Tip of the Day!
Take a minute
and go look in the mirror
and smile at yourself.
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Mid-February, 2015
Santa Claus Is Alive and Well in Hampton Roads
By Gary Ruegsegger
Downtowner Contributing Editor
Miracle on North Point (Pole) Court
While some folks complain, “Why can’t every day be like
Christmas,” others turn all 365 days into a celebration.
Having Lew Copeland and Bob Latimer as friends guarantees you a ticket to the year-round party. Santa Claus
walks in their shoes.
Some argue there is no Santa Claus. Eight-year-old
Virginia Harlon asked the editor of The New York Sun
that question over a century ago. His reply was Santa
is alive and well. Francis Pharcellus Church must have
known Lew and Bob.
Church printed his response on September 21,
1897—“Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have
been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They
do not believe except what they see.” Lew and Bob simply believe.
I’m as skeptical as a skeptic can be, but I never have
to look beyond my street in Cypress Point to see Santa.
Each Christmas my neighbor Lew holds his “Grand Balloomination” where he inflates a large Santa-like figure on
his front lawn. Over the years, the balloons have ranged
from 12 to 40 feet tall.
Although Lew’s not much to look at, his wife Vicky is.
A couple of days before the “Balloomination,” she plants
a sign in their front yard declaring “Here Comes Gary
Claus.” The sign and the balloon cause quite a stir in the
neighborhood. The question of Gary Claus runs like a
river down the street and across the community. Everyone weighs in, including the local mail carrier.
By the “weigh,” Lew has lost over 70 lbs. since the
2014 “Balloomination.” Even though he’s now a shadow
of his former self, Lew’s still a big man in the neighborhood. If anyone’s the Santa Claus on North Point (Pole)
Court, it’s Lew. Every year, he brings pranks, laughter, joy
and season’s greetings even if he isn’t half the man he used
to be . . . just ask the U.S. Post Office. This year Lew even
pulled our dear post woman in on his nefarious scheme.
Several days before the “Grand Balloomination,” she
innocently asked, “When is Gary Claus coming?” Like
the crafty lawyer in the classic movie “Miracle on 34th
Street,” Lew proves Santa’s existence through the U.S.
Mail. He says, “If the Post Office says Santa’s alive, and
then he must be.” Like the attorney, he points to delivered
“Letters to the North Pole.”
Lew celebrates every day, but he pays special attention
to the holidays—all at my expense. Throughout the year
signs and inflatable characters appear on his front lawn—
at Halloween, it’s Scary Gary the cat balloon; at Thanksgiving, Sir Gary the inflated turkey; at Easter, Gary Cottontail the wind-filled bunny; and on the 4th of July, it’s
the airy-red, white and blue “Uncle Gary Wants You.”
My wife and the neighbors love it. For their happiness, I tolerate his antics.
And Lew’s not the only Santa Claus in Hampton
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Bob Latimer and his wife Erle celebrate Christmas with
their annual Hot Dog Fest at Doug’s in Ocean View.
Harry McCoy greets the revealers at the Hot Dog Fest. Just
the sight of Harry munching on a hot dog brings smiles.
To prove his point, Lewis Copeland enlists the aid of the
local mail carrier. Lew says, “If the Post Office says Santa’s
alive, and then he must be.”
Although Lew’s not much to look at, his wife Vicky is. A
couple of days before the “Balloomination,” she plants a sign
in their front yard declaring “Here Comes Gary Claus.”
Roads. In reality, North Point Court isn’t a dead end
street—it extends all the way to Ocean View Avenue.
Curiously Lew grew up in O. V., but the community
belongs to Bob. For the last 23 years, he’s celebrated
Christmas with his annual Hot Dog Fest at Doug’s. This
year, he hosted the event on Dec. 18.
Bob worked for the children, parents and teachers of
Norfolk Public Schools for over 30 years making the city
a better place to live and a better place to learn. Bob’s a
life-long resident of Norfolk and the only thing he loves
more than the city is hot dogs.
The idea for the hot dog wing-ding started when
Bob’s doctor told him to cut hot dogs out of his diet.
Since he was a kid, he was a lover of those tasty American
treats. Finally he reached a compromise with his medical
team—once a year, he’d eat hot dogs and all his pals were
invited to join him. A local holiday tradition was born.
For over 35 years, Bob’s been a part of the Norfolk
Rotary Club and members dominate the feeding frenzy.
Doug’s fills up quickly on the day of the feast overflowing
with hot dog-loving Rotarians. Bob picks up the check.
Somewhere perched in the room you’ll find attorney
and 1940 Maury graduate Harry McCoy, a Norfolk landmark. Harry used to ride to and from UVA with Nor-
folk’s future “bricks and mortar” mayor Roy B. Martin Jr.
In addition to his appetite, he brings lots of local history
and tons of hilarious stories to the affair. Just the sight of
Harry munching on a hot dog brings smiles.
Several of the guests believe he’s been a Norfolk Rotarian longer than anyone. According to Harry, he’s only
been a member for over half a century. When Bob was
asked about Harry’s membership, he replied, “About 300
years—and you can quote me.”
But for every Santa, there’s also a Mrs. Claus. Bob’s
wife Erle is his sidekick in this long-running celebration. Like Lew and Vicky, the Latimers are gracious to
a fault. Not surprisingly, Lew’s father “Mega-Lew” and
his mother “Lew-Ann” showed up at the hot dog feast.
The son is a reflection of his parents. Or is it the other
way around?
And there are others. North Carolina sports legend
Bob Byerly claims his older brother Gene, a longtime
Norfolk physical education teacher, is the real “Santy
Claus.” But that’s another story for another day.
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” Santa is alive and
well in Hampton Roads. He goes by the names of Lew
and Bob.
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Cat,” pictured above. Tilly, also known as Attila the Hun, was rescued from under a
backpacker’s hostel in the city. It is not known what happened to her feral mother, but
after nearly starving to death she is now the picture of health and very happy in her new
home. However, no ankle is safe from this wild child!
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Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2016
Class of 2016 will be honored in Portsmouth on April 30, 2016
PORTSMOUTH, VA – The Virginia
Sports Hall of Fame announced its class
of 2016 on Tuesday at the Virginia State
Capitol in Richmond, as chosen by the
statewide Honors Court committee.
The Class of 2016 features:
James Farrior, a former University of
Virginia Linebacker who enjoyed a 15year NFL career with the Pittsburgh
Steelers and New York Jets. Farrior was
a two-time Pro Bowl selection and twotime Super Bowl Champion.
Rich Murray, a former Sports Information Director at the University of Virginia who served in the sports journalism
industry for over 40 years with the University of Virginia and James Madison
University.
Charles Oakley, a Virginia Union
University standout and NBA All-Star
who enjoyed a 19-year NBA career and
tallied over 12,000 rebounds.
Dave Rosenfield, a four-time Minor League Baseball Executive of the
Year, who spent over 50 years in Minor
League Baseball, 48 of them as the General Manager of the Norfolk Tides.
Marianne Stanley, who spent ten
years as head basketball coach of the Old
Dominion University Lady Monarchs
and led them to three national championships.
Charlie Stukes, a Super Bowl Champion who enjoyed an eight-year NFL
career with the Baltimore Colts and Los
Angeles Rams, amassing 32 career interceptions.
Robert Ukrop, an All-American soccer player at Davidson College who embarked on a 12-year professional soccer
career, playing for his hometown team,
the Richmond Kickers.
The 45th Annual Induction Banquet
will take place on Saturday, April 30, 2016
at the Renaissance Portsmouth- Norfolk
Waterfront Hotel in Portsmouth, VA as
the headline event of Hall of Fame week-
end. Tickets are now on sale. For more
information, call (757) 393-8031 or visit
www.vshfm.com.
More on the Class of 2016:
James Farrior, a native of Ettrick,
Virginia, was a Parade High School
All-America selection at Matoaca High
School before attending the University of
Virginia. As a Cavalier, he racked up 381
tackles, ranking him third on the school’s
all-time list. The linebacker was selected
as the 8th overall pick in the 1997 NFL
Draft by the New York Jets, where he
spent the next five seasons. Following
the 2001 season, Farrior signed with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, making him one of
the greatest free agent signings of alltime. Over his 15-year NFL career, Farrior was a two-time Pro Bowl selection,
first-team All-Pro selection and twotime Super Bowl Champion.
Rich Murray, a 1971 graduate of
Washington and Lee University, served
in the sports information industry for
nearly 40 years at James Madison University and the University of Virginia.
Murray is a founding member of the
Virginia Sports Information Directors
Association, and was the organization’s
inaugural President. In 2007, the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association named its Excellence in Sports
Journalism Scholarship for Murray.
Charles Oakley attended Virginia
Union University in Richmond, where
he was named NCAA Division II Player
of the Year in 1985, averaging 24.3 points
and 17.3 rebounds per game. In 1985,
Oakley was drafted ninth overall by the
Cleveland Cavaliers. Oakley played for
the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and
the Houston Rockets in his NBA Career. A rebound machine, Oakley placed
in the top ten in rebounds per game five
times between 1987 and 1994. The NBA
All-Star finished his career with 12,417
points, 12,205 rebounds and 3,217 assists.
Dave Rosenfield served as General
Manager of the Tidewater and Norfolk
Tides for 48 years, having started the job
in 1963 and holding it through the 2011
season. In this time, Rosenfield won four
International League Executive of the
Year Awards, and the Tides won five International League titles. Rosenfield was
named the 2004 “King of Baseball” where
Minor League Baseball salutes a veteran
from the world of professional baseball
for long-time dedication and service to
the game. In 2008, he was inducted into
the International League Hall of Fame.
Marianne Stanley played collegiate
basketball at Immaculata College, where
her 1972–1974 teams were announced
as part of the 2014 induction class of
the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame. Stanley received her first head
coaching job at Old Dominion University and compiled a ten-year mark of
268-59 and helped put the Lady Monarch basketball program on the map as
ODU captured three national championships during those ten years. Stanley
later coached at The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Southern
California, Stanford University, The University of California and also coached in
the WNBA. She was also inducted into
the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in
2002.
Charlie Stukes, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, was one of the greatest
athletes ever at Crestwood High School,
starring in football, basketball and baseball. Stukes was a two-sport star athlete
at Maryland State and was drafted by the
Baltimore Colts in 1967. Stukes was a
ball hawk, finishing with eight interceptions in both 1971 and 1974, and 32 total
in his career. Stukes’ Baltimore team won
Super Bowl V against the Dallas Cowboys in 1971.
Robert Ukrop, a native of Richmond,
Virginia, brought Davidson College into
National prominence by leading them to
the NCAA Final Four in 1992 and being named first team All-American and
ISAA Player of the Year. Ukrop later
had a 12-year career in professional soccer, playing for his hometown team, the
Richmond Kickers. Ukrop led the Kickers to the 1995 US World Cup and was
named the championship game MVP.
Ukrop retired holding the club records
for career goals, career assists, career
points and matches.
About the Virginia Sports Hall of
Fame & Museum:
Since 1972, the Virginia Sports Hall
of Fame & Museum has been proud to
honor Virginia’s contributions to the
world of sports. The Virginia Sports
Hall of Fame & Museum is the Commonwealth’s official hall of fame, and one
of only 16 throughout the nation. Their
mission is to honor athletic excellence
and serve as a nonprofit educational resource centered on health, math, science
and character development programs,
while inspiring visitors through sports
history and interactive entertainment.
For more information, go to www.vshfm.
com.
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame &
Museum is located at 206 High Street in
Portsmouth. Winter hours are 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. Tuesday – Friday, Saturday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m.
– 5 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays
after Labor Day until Memorial Day and
on select winter holidays. Admission is $7
per person; $6 military; $6 seniors 65 and
older and free for ages 2 and under. Parking is located behind the Virginia Sports
Hall of Fame & Museum in the Middle
Street Parking Garage. FREE parking is
available on weekends and after 6 p.m. on
weekdays.
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Mid-February, 2015
Tickets Now On Sale For 2016 Town Point Park Events!
Norfolk Festevents has announced
that tickets to all paid events are now on
sale -- online, by phone and at the Festevents Box Office located at 120 W. Main
Street Norfolk, Virginia for all spring,
summer and fall 2016 events.
Enjoy the cost saving benefits and
convenience of advance ticket purchases.
Guests will have the ability to either print
their tickets they have purchased online
or save their tickets on a smart phone to
have them scanned at the entrance gate
the day of the event. Exciting options
for most events at the online point of
purchase include sharing the event with
friends on social media and selecting seat
locations and Reserved Table locations
on an interactive map, where applicable.
Take advantage of the reduced-price
Weekend Pass at the 27th Annual Bayou
Boogaloo Music & Cajun Food Festival,
Reserved Seating and Weekend Passes
for the 34th Annual Norfolk Waterfront
Jazz Festival and Reserved Tables, Tasting Tickets, Boater Packages and Private
/Corporate Chalets for the 29th Annual
Town Point Virginia Wine Festival presented by AT&T.
All VIP ticket options will also be
available online. Our Waterfront VIP
area is located along the edge of the
Elizabeth River in Town Point Park. This
exclusive destination features a large hospitality tent with complimentary beverages, food and snacks, limited seating,
private restrooms and more. Alcohol is
restricted to guests 21 years and older
with proper identification.
Reserve your admission tickets now
for the:
10th Annual Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival, May 7 and 8, 2016.
15th Annual Virginia Beer Festival, May
21 and 22, 2016
27th Annual Bayou Boogaloo & Ca-
jun Food Festival, June 24-26, 2016
6th Annual Summer BrewFest beer
sampling package, July 8, 2016
34th Annual Norfolk Waterfront Jazz
Festival, July 15 and 16, 2016
4th Annual RibtoberFest and Southern Foodways beer sampling package,
Sept. 24, 2016
28th Annual Virginia Children’s Festival, October 1, 2016
29th Annual Town Point Virginia
Wine Festival, Oct. 15 and 16, 2016.
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Hurrah Players bring new musical to Hampton Roads
The Hurrah Players, Virginia’s Leading Family Theatre Company, are thrilled
to once again have the honor of introducing a new musical to Hampton Roads.
After previous successful premieres
including Shrek, Disney’s The Little
Mermaid, Tarzan, and scores of original
revues, Hurrah is proud to stage the East
Coast premiere of JAMES AND THE
GIANT PEACH on March 11 at the
T.C.C. Roper Performing Arts Center.
When James is sent by his conniving
aunts to chop down their old fruit tree,
he discovers a magic potion which results
in a tremendous peach - and launches a
journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of
the gigantic peach among human-sized
insects with equally over-sized personalities, but after it falls from the tree and
rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements.
Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative
thinking, the residents learn to live and
work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure
takes a whole new twist once they land
on the Empire State Building.
Featuring a wickedly tuneful score
by the Tony Award-nominated team of
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight
and A Christmas Story the Musical)
and a curiously quirky book by Timothy
Allen McDonald (Roald Dahl’s Willy
Wonka, The Musical Adventures Of Flat
Stanley), critics rave James And The Giant Peach is a “masterpeach!”
Playwright Timothy Allen McDonald was first exposed to The Hurrah Players in 2014 while the company was performing for the annual Virginia Theatre
Association Conference. McDonald, also
the founder of iTheatrics which adapts
Broadway musicals for student performances, was immediately impressed with
Hurrah’s caliber of talent and maturity.
With hopes of his latest show, JAMES
AND THE GIANT PEACH, making
an East Coast premiere, McDonald was
quick to contact Artistic Director Hugh
R. Copeland about Hurrah’s upcoming
schedule. Copeland was equally quick to
determine this fresh adaption of a classic
story, with brilliant music and intriguing
characters, would be an excellent show
for the families of Hampton Roads.
Though McDonald’s busy schedule
prevents him being on-site during the 8
week rehearsal period - he and Copeland
are in regular communication about the
production process and he will be walking the red carpet with Hurrah on Opening Night, Friday March 11 at the T.C.C.
Roper Performing Arts Center.
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Rick Springfield Headlining at the 2016
40th Annual Norfolk Harborfest®
The Largest, Longest-Running,
FREE Maritime Festival in the Nation!
June 10-12, 2016 on the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront
Norfolk Festevents has announced
that National Recording Artist Rick
Springfield to appear at approximatley 8
p.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2016, at the
40th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® at
Town Point Park, along the Downtown
Norfolk Waterfront, Virginia.
The 40th Annual Norfolk Harborfest® transforms the downtown Norfolk waterfront into a distinctive, FREE,
family-friendly fun outdoor extravaganza
stocked full with activities on land and
sea! Norfolk Harborfest® includes majestic tall ships in the Parade of Sail, one
of the largest waterfront fireworks shows
on the East Coast, local, regional and
national entertainment, family activities,
unique and unusual performances, water
activities and much more.
Over the past three decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer
and performer. The creator of some of the
finest power-pop of the ’80s, he’s a Grammy
Award-winning singer, songwriter, and
musician who has sold 25 million albums
and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including
“Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An
Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything
for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human
Touch.”
He’s an accomplished actor who most recently starred opposite Meryl Streep in the
feature film Ricki and the Flash and gave
a chameleonic performance as the creepy Dr.
Pitlor in HBO’s prestige drama True Detective. He’s also a talented author — both his
candid 2010 memoir Late, Late at Night
(which Rolling Stone named one of the 25
greatest rock memoirs of all time) and his
2014 comedic novel Magnificent Vibration earned rave reviews and spots on the
New York Times Best Sellers’ list. In 2013,
Springfield wrote and recorded “The Man
That Never Was” with Dave Grohl for
the soundtrack to Sound City — the Foo
Fighters’ frontman’s documentary about the
San Fernando Valley recording studio that
was Springfield’s home away from home
(his manager owned the building). Rolling Stone called Springfield’s touching interview in the film its “breakout story.” In
2014, Springfield was honored with a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located
around the corner from the first apartment
he lived in when he first arrived in the U.S.
from Australia in 1971.
That Springfield has not only enjoyed
longevity, but remained vibrant and relevant at a time when many veteran artists
would be resting on past laurels led Rolling Stone to dub this stage of his career “The
Rickonaissance.” “I guess it may appear like
that, but in my head, I’ve never really left,”
Springfield says. “I think it’s really important to stay connected to the vitality of your
career. I have a certain pride that I’m not a
total nostalgia act. I’ve never been the guy
who hung the platinum albums on my walls
because, to me, it was looking back. I’m very
passionate about moving forward. I have to
write new music. I have to record. I’m always working on the live shows. I have to
always be working, otherwise I think I’d just
turn to smoke and disappear.”
Springfield’s latest musical effort is
Rocket Science, his 18th studio album,
which he will release in February through
Frontiers Music. Written largely with his
longtime collaborator and former bass player
Matt Bissonette, the album delivers the expertly crafted wide-ranging pop-rock songs
Springfield is known for. “I wanted the album to be very open and electric — rock and
roll with some country elements, and always
with great hooks,” he says.
(Italic text Retrieved from: RickSpringfield.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Jan.
2016.)
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1.Best Fabric Store of the Month -Fabric Hut is Tops! Great materials
and more at this great store located at
828 E Little Creek Rd, Norfolk, Va.
Way to go, Doug! www.fabrichut.com
2.Best Ankle Biting Monster Cat -Check out “Monster” on page 10. Biting ankles is her specialty.
3.Best Upcoming Wine Event -- Join
a group of easy-going experts, led by
Patrick Evans-Hylton, at the Spring
Wine Festival on May 7 and May 8,
2016 for fun and informative Somminars along the Downtown Norfolk
Waterfront in Town Point Park, tasting wine from over 25 premier Virginia wineries!
4. Best Fun Event By the Lafayette
River -- ECOFEST 2016 SET FOR
MAY 7. This Popular Event Returns
to Colonial Place in Norfolk.
5.Best Upcoming Birthday -- Raise
your glass and have a toast to George
Washington, the Father of our Country, on February 22. Here’s to you,
George!
6. Best Reason to Smile -- Spring will be
here soon. Spring’s first day is March
20. We can’t wait!
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7. Best Leap of the Month -- A Leap
Day, February 29, is added to the calendar during leap years. This extra day
makes the year 366 days long – not
365 days, like a common year. Yay!
Leap for joy!
8. Best Saying of the Month -- Have a
Happy Valentine’s Day!
9. Best Unknown Day This Month -February 23 is National Dog Biscuit
Day. Keep your best friend happy with
biscuits.
10. Best Reason to Cheer -- March
Madness is on the way. Go Virginia!
Go ODU! Go NSU! Go Everybody!
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Hampton Roads’ Biggest “Born & Raised” Know-It-All!
The Downtowner Answerman
Bruce Gray
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Dear Downtowner Answerman,
People have told me that you are a top chef
at home and do a lot of cooking. Do you
have any tips that you can share from your
kitchen?
-- Hungry Myrna, Thole Street
Phone: 757-623-2500
Fax: 757-623-0711
Dear Hungry Myrna,
As a matter of fact, I do. The next time you
peel potatoes for French fries or to make
mashed potatoes, save those valuable peelings. Keep them moist in a dish and place
in the refrigerator. The next day, when you
get hungry for a snack, fry those peelings
up. They fry into crisp and delicious potato chip like snacks. Just ad your spice of
choice and you’re ready to snack while you
watch your favorite sports event. This is a
favorite snack of my frequent kitchen boss,
Jane. If she doesn’t get too bossy I reward
her with one of my favorite desserts that
I will share with you now. Crumble up a
couple of Nantucket Double Fudge Chunk
chocolate chip cookies (Pepperidge Farm
brand) into a bowl of your choice. If you
want a larger bowl, crumble up three cookies. Then, open a can of cherry pie filling
(I prefer the Mother’s Maid brand (from
the Dollar Tree store) - and spoon two
spoonfuls of cherries on top of the crushed
cookies. Then, and my boss Jane frowns on
this, top it off with a couple of spoonfuls of
“Extra Creamy” cool whip. After this I tell
my kitchen boss that I plan on going to the
gym later. But somehow I end up at the
neighborhood pub.
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Dear Downtowner Answerman,
During a recent debate with Hillary, Bernie rolled his eyes a full 360 degrees and it
was caught on some cameras. Do you think
cbg2@cox.net
they will be coming out with a Bernie doll
that features the rolling eyes? -- Feeling the
Bern, Melrose Parkway
Dear Feeling the Bern,
I think so and someone will make plenty of
money. I’ve heard that “The Donald” has a
few tricks of his own as well. People have
told me he can wiggle his ears. Early indications say that the eyes have it. But don’t
count Rubio out. He’s coming up fast in
home stretch. Regardless of who you like,
get out and vote.
•
Dear Downtowner Answerman,
My girlfriend was disappointed with her
Valentine’s Day gift and I don’t understand her reason. My intentions were good
and the gift was from my heart. I bought
her 25 packs of Atomic Fireball candy to
signify how hot she is. She expected Godiva instead. Did I do something wrong?
-- Dumped on Granby Street.
Dear Dumped on Granby Street,
My girlfriend loves those and yours should
too. Chill.
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Norfolk Festevents Releases 2016 Festival Schedule
NORFOLK -- Norfolk Festevents and
the City of Norfolk are pleased to announce the official Norfolk Festevents
2016 Schedule of Events for Town Point
Park on the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront and for Ocean View Beach Park on
the Chesapeake Bay.
Mark your calendars with the following
dates:
Town Point Park:
- Puppy deMayo: Thursday, May 5, 2016.
- 10th Annual Spring Town Point Virginia
Wine Festival presented by AT&T: Saturday and Sunday, May 7 & 8, 2016 (ticketed
event).
- 15th Annual Virginia Beer Festival in
partnership with Virginia Arts Festival:
Saturday and Sunday May 21 & 22 (ticketed event).
- 40th Anniversary of the Norfolk Harborfest presented by AT&T: Friday – Sunday,
June 10-12, 2016
- 27th Annual Bayou Boogaloo Music &
Cajun Food Festival presented by AT&T:
Friday – Sunday, June 24-26, 2016 (tickMid-February, 2015
eted event)
- 34th Annual Fourth of July Great American Picnic & Fireworks presented by
AT&T: Monday, July 4, 2016
- 5th Annual Summer BrewFest presented
by AT&T: Friday, July 8, 2016
- 34th Annual Norfolk Jazz Festival presented by AT&T and the City of Norfolk:
Friday and Saturday, July 15 & 16, 2016
(ticketed event).
-A Mid- Summer Fantasy Festival - Theatre in the Park: Friday – Sunday, July 2931, 2016
- Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation
Concert in the Park: August TBD, 2016
- 15th Annual Norfolk Latino Music Festival, Saturday, August 13, 2016 in partnership with the Hampton Roads Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce
- 11th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: Saturday, September 10, 2016
- 7th Annual Opera in the Park in partnership with the Virginia Opera Saturday,
September 10, 2016
- 5th Annual Embrace The Culture, ETC-
Norfolk’s Indie Music & Arts Festival presented by AT&T: Saturday, September 17,
2016
- 4th Annual RibtoberFest: Saturday, September 24, 2016
- 28th Annual Virginia Children’s Festival
presented by AT&T: Saturday, October 1,
2016 (ticketed event)
- 29th Annual Town Point Virginia Wine
Festival presented by AT&T:: Saturday
and Sunday, October 15 & 16, 2016 (ticketed event)
- 3rd Annual Christmas Market and Holiday Yule Log Bonfire: December TBD
2016.
TowneBank Fountain Park (adjacent to
Waterside District and Waterside Marina):
- May – September 30, 2016: TowneBank
Fountain Park will be open for daily operation.
Ocean View Beach Park:
- Big Bands on the Bay summer concert
series begins on Sunday, May 29, 2016,
and runs every Sunday through Labor Day
weekend Sunday, September 4, 2016.
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- TGOV (Thank Goodness it’s Ocean
View) summer concert series begins on
Friday, July 1, 2016 with the Shore Thing
concert and Fireworks and will run every
Friday until August 26, 2016.
All events are subject to change. Please
visit www.festevents.org or call 757-4412345 for details and ticket information.
Events are produced by Norfolk Festevents with support from the City of Norfolk, AT&T, Norfolk Waterside Marriott,
The Main, Lumos Networks, Southern
Auto Group, TowneBank, Virginia Wine,
Virginia Is For Lovers, Pepsi, Chesbay, and
CFE Equipment Corporation.
Norfolk Festevents, Ltd. based in Norfolk, Virginia, is a private, not-for-profit
organization dedicated to creating the
most dynamic urban waterfront community in America through innovative programming and imaginative uses of its historic waterfront spaces.
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Some Notable Events
Around The Town
* SHAMROCKIN’ IN GHENT TO BENEFIT HOPE
HOUSE FOUNDATION - Norfolk VA – (February
2016) The 2016 Shamrockin’ in Ghent, St. Patrick’s Day
Block Party is on Friday, March 11, 2016, from 6:00
p.m. until 10:00 p.m.. Hope House Foundation is partnering with Sinclair Stations and the event is presented
by Southern Bank. This event is free and open to the
public and will take place on Colley Avenue in Norfolk’s
historic Ghent district between Shirley and Gates Avenues. The event will benefit Hope House Foundation
and will include musical performances by The Fighting
Jamesons, The Deloreans, and the Newport News Pipes
and Drums.
Shamrockin’ in Ghent was previously called the Greening of Ghent. Hope House Foundation and Sinclair
Stations is proud to keep this long standing tradition
going in our community.
* PRIMEPLUS NORFOLK SENIOR CENTER’S UPCOMING EVENTS -- DON’T DUCK HISTORY - February 23, 10:30 a.m. & March 22, 10:30 a.m. Do you
have an interest in American history? If so, please join
Don’t Duck History for an introduction to our program.
Also discussed will be opportunities for you to volunteer, participate in an oral history interview, or submit
a written story to be posted on our website and possibly later published in a book. The mission of the Don’t
Duck History project is to promote and facilitate the
learning and sharing of American history, along with
its personal and social implications, and to highlight
the history of Americans whose stories are not often
presented in traditional American history textbooks.
We are a fiscally sponsored project of United Charitable
Programs, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations of any amount will be appreciated.
* GET YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW: ADVANCED LIFE
PLANNING - February 29 at 10:30 a.m. - Woodlawn’s
expert team of Family Service & Advance Planning
specialist offer free seminars on the importance of memorialization, end of life planning, a history of memorial art and planning your funeral and cemetery arrangements. Please call 757.625.5857 to sign up. Free &
Open to the Public
* HEART SAVE ADULT FIRST AID WITH CPR AND
AED TRAINING - Tuesday, March 15, 9:00 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.- This course is for anyone with limited or no
medical training who needs a course completion card
in first aid, CPR and AED use to meet job, regulatory
or other requirements. Fee: $70 per student. Please call
757.625.5857 if you’re interested in CPR/AED training
for adults or young children.
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* IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE HIGH-TECH IM-
AGES OF ACCLAIMED PHOTOGRAPHER EDWARD
BURTYNSKY -- NORFOLK, Va. – Explore humanity’s
complicated relationship with our most precious natural
resource through the lens of internationally renowned
photographer Edward Burtynsky. The Chrysler Museum of Art’s winter/spring keynote exhibition, Edward
Burtynsky: Water, includes more than 60 large-scale
color photographs that form a global portrait of the intricate intersections of humanity and our most precious
natural resource. The exhibition, organized by the New
Orleans Museum of Art, will run
through May 15. Admission is free.
In his work, Burtynsky takes full advantage of recent technological changes in photography, which allow
him to create massive images, several feet tall and wide.
His photos engulf the viewer with stunning vistas in incredible detail. These images — part photograph, part
abstraction, and part anthropological treatise — transform the viewers’ experience and challenge their senses
to comprehend what is shown in the frame.
“Edward Burtynsky harnesses the advances in digital
photography to create high-tech images reminiscent of
the modern masters that he so admires, artists such as
Jean Dubuffet, David Shapiro, Casper David Friedrich,
and Richard Diebenkorn,” Chrysler Museum Director
Erik Neil says. “Just as those painters had an affinity for
landscapes, Burtynsky explores abstract art with aerial
photographs that minimize detail and context to create
massive images that defy description.”
Other images concisely tell a story or show a clear
cause-and-effect relationship. “The beautiful thing
about Burtynsky is that you can enjoy his work however you want—as environmental messages, as narrative
tales, or simply as arresting and overpowering works of
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art,” Neil says.
Five years in the making, Water is Burtynsky’s most
detailed and expansive project to date. The show includes
images of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, step-wells
in India, dam construction in China, Asian aquaculture,
and North American and European farming and pivot irrigation systems. It also features some of the first
pure landscapes that Burtynsky has made since the early
1980s. These archaic, almost primordial-looking images of British Columbia, place the structures of water
control in a historical context, tracing the story of water
from the ancient to the modern and back again.
While the story of water is certainly an ecological
one, the photographer is more interested in presenting
the facts on the ground than in declaring society’s motives as being good or bad. In focusing on all the facets
of people’s relationship with water, including ritual and
leisure uses, he offers evidence without an argument.
This is a signature of all his series of chromogenic prints,
each of which builds upon his previous work and photographic explorations. “Burtynsky’s work functions as
an open-ended question about humanity’s past, present
and future,” says Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator
of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art and
organizer of the traveling exhibition. “The big question
is: do these pictures represent the achievement of humanity or one of its greatest faults, or both?”
Edward Burtynsky: Water is the anchor show of a
number of exhibitions that explore the themes of water
and landscapes at the Chrysler Museum of Art this season. Admission to each exhibition is free.
For more information on the Chrysler Museum of
Art, visit chrysler.org.
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Mid-February, 2015
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Norfolk’s first parking meters were operational beginning in 1937. Enforcement officers are shown above collecting the coins for the City coffers.
(Photo by Charles Borjes, 25 February 1937)
By Peggy Haile McPhillips
Norfolk City Historian
Norfolk’s first parking meters were installed downtown on a trial basis in early
1937, to see if they would help to clear up
traffic congestion in the shopping district
along Granby Street and the side streets
between City Hall Avenue and Bute
Street.
Drivers could park their vehicles in meMid-February, 2015
A History Of Norfolk’s Unpleasant Parking Meters
tered spaces for up to an hour for a nickel,
with a $1 fine for an expired meter. After
25 downtown merchants failed to obtain
an injunction against the new system, the
250 meters went to work on Thursday,
25 February 1937. By mid-afternoon, 81
meters were in use and at least one driver marveled at the ease with which she
was able to find an open space near the
shops. The meters were especially popular
with out-of-town visitors unaccustomed
to downtown street patterns, with sales
reps wishing to park near their clients,
and with the operators of parking lots
and parking garages. The latter reported
a ten to 40 per cent increase in business.
Some lot owners offered a scale of fees
ranging from five cents for an hour to 15
cents for all day. One parking lot operator
was quoted in the paper as saying “I hope
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they put in 5,000 meters. We can handle
more business than we have, even today.”
Curious crowds watched the meters all
day to see how they operated. In the end,
despite some complaints and many creative excuses from some of those garnering parking tickets, the experiment was
deemed a success. The parking meter was
here to stay.
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(Downtowner Photo By Bill Burke)
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