Hard truths about the Ironclads
Hard truths about the Ironclads

First published by Currier & Ives, this painting of the battle between the U.S. ship Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia shows the many other ships that were awaiting opportunity to help. (Courtesy Photo)

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Tom Powell
Woman’s Club makes donation for children’s books
Woman’s Club makes donation for children’s books

Oakland Elementary School students and faculty accept a $100 donation from the Junto Woman’s Club of Suffolk for the school’s library on April 10. Front row from left, first graders Ronnie Blakeman, 7, Tristan Roper, 6, Kennedy Phelps, 6, and Christopher Torres, 7. Back row from left, Assistant Principal Barbara Tidd, Principal Temesha Dabney, Library Media Specialist Michele Waggoner, Junto Book Club Leader Julie Johnson and Junto Member Maria Johnson.

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Tom Powell
Oakland has March Madness
Oakland has March Madness

Aaron Moncrief, Ronnie Jordan, Elizabeth Shaul, Darius Kendalo and Jayden Skinner were the championship fifth-grade team during Oakland Elementary School’s March Madness.

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Tom Powell
90 years of Suffolk service
90 years of Suffolk service

GFWC Junto Women’s Club president June Felton, membership chairman Janice Morris and district committee co-chair Julie Johnson pose for a picture with the club’s free library box at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church on Wednesday.

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‘Quiet giant’ honored
‘Quiet giant’ honored

Officials and community leaders gathered at Sentara Obici Hospital on Wednesday to honor the work of J. Samuel Glasscock, a former Sentara Obici Hospital Board Member. From left, Attorney Whitney Saunders, Allfirst founder and President Les Hall, Glasscock, former Sentara Obici Hospital Board Member Tom Woodward, Sentara Healthcare President and CEO Howard Kern and Sentara Obici Hospital President Dr. Steve Julian.”

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