When Jay’s father, Michael, a teacher and coach for 43 years, wasn’t in the classroom, a gym, or on a ball field somewhere near the family’s Bangor, Maine neighborhood, he was enjoying the relative peace and quiet of his home workshop. Designing and fabricating a piece of furniture for his wife, Alayna, or making gifts for friends and family was Mike Jeffrey’s favorite way to relax in the few hours each day he could carve out for himself.

