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THIS WEEK In the wake of the Virginia State Police’s use of riot gear and tear-gassing NEWS 9 10 Police defend tear gas use of protestors at the July 8 KKK rally, several legal organizations have during KKK rally. asked that Governor Terry McAuliffe and City Council investigate what 10 Activists question police

action at City Council. they call “over-militarized” police presence. Activist groups have also 11 Historical society displays questioned the police’s use of tear gas and the arrest of 22 people, and local KKK robes.

11 Fire destroys Jaunt buses, more than 60 people signed up to speak at Monday night’s City Council townhome. meeting. Of the 15 community members who spoke, the majority expressed 13 Former WAHS administrator denies molestation accusation. concerns about police conduct at the rally. Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas, who was sworn in in May 2016, defends the police’s use of FEATURE 15 tear gas during the event, and says the crowd was becoming more aggressive to law enforcement by throwing water bottles, using a pepper gel and spitting.

Al Thomas is working to make the city In his first year on the job, Thomas has focused on restructuring and a better place for everyone. retraining the 125 officers in his department, which he hopes result in ARTS 23 higher officer retention and more efficient policing (p. 15). He also reassigned 27 Calendar Listings 27 Tunes: Album reviews every single commander to help them see their roles in a new light. He 28 Feedback: Caroline Spence says his focus now is on gaining the community’s trust of his officers— is comfortable with vulnerability.

29 Preview: Spoon pushes and of his leadership.—Jessica Luck

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Riot-shield-wielding police were called in to assist in getting the KKK out of town.

in their normal uniforms for most of the day and did not have riot gear.

After the Klan left, there was a scuffle on the ramp leading up to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, and two people were detained there, says Gorcenski. “It was a very, very confusing situation,” she says.

Police were giving contradictory instructions, and people on the ramp had nowhere to go, she recounts.

Solidarity Cville alleges one of the people sitting on the ramp was kicked in the head three times by police. In a video the group provided, it appears an officer trying to get around them stumbled against one of the seated protesters, Tracye Prince DeSon, and looks horrified when people start shouting that he’d kicked the activist.

DeSon claims police used pepper spray on him six minutes before the first tear gas was fired. A video shows a Charlottesville police officer with a cannister in his hand, and moments later people in the vicinity are

COUNCIL ASKED TO REVOKE RALLY PERMIT City Council’s first meeting after the July 8 KKK rally had 57 people wanting to voice their concerns about police use of force and tear-gassing protesters. Legal organizations asked for investigations and multiple citizens wanted the permit for Jason Kessler’s August 12 Unite the Right revoked.

At times the July 17 meeting was like a civics lesson on basic constitutional rights. City Manager Maurice Jones disputed protesters’ contentions that city police protected the Klan and its hate speech. “We’re not defending this speech,” he said. “We’re defending their right to speak.”

Mayor Mike Signer also explained that City Council has no control over the

prosecution of criminal charges, which falls under the purview of the commonwealth’s attorney.

And Jones and other councilors pointed out they could not revoke the Unite the Right permit, because that’s protected speech as well, although Signer said he

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n the post-mortem of the July 8 KKK rally in Justice Park that resulted in 22 arrests and riot-garbed Virginia State Police tear-gassing protesters, widely diverging accounts of the event are playing out like a Kurosawa film.

Police Chief Al Thomas says his force has gotten “hundreds and hundreds of compliments” for how city police handled the estimated 1,500 people who attended. At the same time, activists are decrying the “brutality” of militarized police and the tear gassing of protesters, and demanding that the charges against those arrested be dropped.

And four legal organizations—the ACLU, Legal Aid Justice Center, the National Lawyers Guild and the Rutherford Institute—have asked City Council and Governor Terry McAuliffe to investigate the “over-militarized” police presence, the declarations of unlawful assemblies and the use of tear gas, and called for a permanent citizen review board.

Thomas defends its use. “The crowd was becoming more aggressive toward law enforcement,” throwing water bottles, using a pepper gel and spitting, he says.

According to Solidarity Cville, police escalated a peaceful demonstration against “white supremacist hate” by declaring an unlawful assembly after the Klan left. At a July 14 press conference in front of the police department, Emily Gorcenski, who was one of those tear-gassed, called the decision “unnecessary and unreasonable” and pointed out, “Charlottesville residents can’t clear out of a Dave Matthews concert in under an hour, yet police declared a peaceful crowd to be an unlawful assembly within minutes of the KKK departure.”

In the timeline of events, the Loyal White Knights of the KKK had a permit to protest the removal of Confederate monuments

from 3 to 4pm. Because of the crush of counter-protesters surrounding the park, the KKK wasn’t able to get in until about 3:45pm.

Shortly before 4:30pm, Chief Thomas ordered an end to the Klan demonstration, and protesters followed the Loyal Whites out to a secured garage on Fourth Street NE. Protesters clogged the street, and Deputy Chief Gary Pleasants declared the first unlawful assembly of the day. Police and protesters agree on one thing: “We were trying to get them out of here as fast as possible,” says Thomas.

“No one wanted to bar the KKK from leaving the city,” says Gorcenski. “We wanted to make sure the Klan didn’t spend a minute longer in Charlottesville than necessary.”

After the KKK left around 4:44pm, police headed toward High Street, where Thomas describes a hostile crowd of several hundred people becoming aggressive toward police.

On-scene commanders from city police and the Virginia State Police made the decision to deploy tear gas, says Thomas.

At 4:58pm, fewer than 15 minutes after the Klan left, police declared an unlawful assembly, says Solidarity Cville.

“We reject the allegation the deployment of chemicals was in response to a police defense strategy,” says Gorcenski. “Video evidence shows police went through a lengthy, minutes-long process of preparing gas masks.”

The Rutherford Institute’s John Whitehead contends police use of military equipment, including riot shields, assault weapons, grenade launcher and BearCat, changed the dynamic of the event, and the civil liberties orgs say the “heavy-handed demonstration of force” escalated rather than de-escalated the event.

“I would say bringing a hate group in changes the event,” counters Thomas. “That’s when we saw a change, when the Klan arrived. They brought hate and fear into our city.” Thomas also notes that city cops were

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did have “grave” concerns about the logistics of holding an event that will draw hundreds to Emancipation Park.

Mary Bauer with Legal Aid Justice Center spoke on behalf of four legal groups that jointly had written City Council and Governor Terry McAuliffe.

“We have profound concerns about the militarized police presence,” she said.

As has become typical for City Council, Signer had to suspend the meeting when attendees became unruly and booed Jones’ timeline of police actions after the Klan left, particularly his assertion that “after numerous requests for the crowd to disperse,” Chief Al Thomas made the decision to “deploy a dispersion irritant.”—Lisa Provence

filmed coughing and reacting to an irritant, including this reporter.

A number of people, among them street medics, bystanders, ACLU observers and journalists, have discussed getting teargassed, and many of them said they didn’t hear the order to disperse, nor the warning that a chemical agent would be used.

Solidarity Cville’s Laura Goldblatt says medics were treating a woman in distress on the grass beside the juvenile court when the first tear gas went off beside her.

C-VILLE photographer Eze Amos was behind police taking photos of a dancing man when the first cannister went off and the wind shifted. “Around my mouth was burning, around my eyes were burning,” he says. “I was choking.”

Civil rights attorney Jeff Fogel also got teargassed, and says it was unreasonable to order people to leave immediately after the Klan left. “Two people were arguing at the end and police said it was an unlawful assembly,” he says. “Does that justify using tear gas on 100?”

Thomas says, “It is unfortunate” that bystanders on the sidelines got caught in the tear-gas crossfire. “It does travel. A number of our officers not wearing gas masks took in some of the gas as well.”

Three people were charged with wearing a mask—a felony—and at the July 14 press conference, Don Gathers with Black Lives Matter said, “They used their shirts and scarves to protect themselves from the chemical agents released by police.” Earlier, a masked Klansman was asked to remove his mask and not arrested, says Gathers.

City Councilor Kristin Szakos, who was not present at the KKK rally, says, “I wish there hadn’t been tear gas.” She adds, “It wasn’t unprovoked. There were people who were actively confronting police.”

Police kept people safe, while allowing people to stand up to the hatred of the KKK, she says. “The Klan knows they’re not welcome here.”

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“I think [Meeks] is being overly cautious when it comes to the people who at the time were associated with the Klan,” says Mason.

He says he’s much less bothered with keeping the names of the donors secret.

But Don Gathers, who chaired the blue ribbon commission, says what the Klan members stood for is “morally wrong,” and the fact that the donors did not request anonymity “raises the question why” Meeks would take that stance.

Doug Day, former executive director of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, says he displayed the robes in 2005 or 2006. “At the time, the provenance was already

smudged,” he says. The garments were found in Belmont when someone bought a house there, he adds.

Day says he would have “real reservations” about releasing the names of the owners and donors. “Why expose them? To what end?” he asks. “It’s perfectly in the purview of the historical society to withhold the names.”

Attorney and lifelong Charlottesville resident Lewis Martin says Meeks discussed the issue with him. “It wasn’t so much a legal decision as about where we are now,” says Martin. “The historical society didn’t want to expose any descendants” of Klan members, nor discourage anyone who might want to donate artifacts to the organization.

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while the second in the row has extensive water damage.

The remaining four were relatively unscathed.

“At one point, the fire increased in intensity just as it looked to be under control and they deployed another ladder truck,” Facknitz says, adding that it took until 3:30am for the crew to put the visible flames out. About 30 residents were outside watching.

Lindsay Bowerman, who lives in an apartment at Linden Town Lofts, says a number of the onlookers had been evacuated from their apartments, and she wasn’t given the all-clear to re-enter her place until about 5am.

The fire did not damage her townhome.

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Alice Facknitz, who lives in the Carlton Bridge apartment complex behind the Jaunt station and the Linden Town Lofts townhomes, says she woke to what she later learned was the sound of bus tires exploding.

“I was woken up by a loud noise and my apartment shaking as if someone in a neighboring apartment slammed a door violently,” she says. “I looked out my fourth-floor window to see a column of black smoke and flames issuing from the top of a three-story condo about 50 yards away.”

When she exited her apartment, the first responders hadn’t arrived yet. As the flames climbed up the side of the townhome and were issuing from the top, Facknitz watched the firefighters position a truck’s ladder over the flames and began extinguishing the fire.

Captain Joe Phillips was on the scene before 3am, along with at least four fire trucks, two aerial units and eventually about 40 fire-rescue workers, according to a press release.

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fter several weeks of prodding by a UVA researcher, the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society produced two of the 26 Ku Klux Klan robes in its collection, but its president refused to reveal which of the city’s citizens wore those robes in the 1920s.

The yellowed robes were stretched out in the exhibit hall of the historical society July 6 for a private viewing that included the media, UVA researchers and members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces.

The robes were discovered in a shed in the eastern part of the city in 1993, according to the historical society. The Klan apparel was stored in a crate and had been exposed to dirt, heat, humidity and wear.

The resident who found and donated the robes did not request that his or her identity be concealed, nor did the donor request that the original owners of the robes remain anonymous, says historical society president Steven Meeks.

“Due to the sensitive nature of these artifacts, and in the interest of protecting the privacy of the descendants of both the donors and the original owners of the artifacts, at this time the society is not disclosing the address where the artifacts were found, nor the identity of the donor or the names of the two Klan members associated with this collection,” says Meeks.

Along with the robes was a KKK certificate of knighthood dated June 1, 1926. A facsimile of the certificate was enlarged and the name of the Klansman was redacted.

Meeks did not attempt to contact the donors, he says. He cited the impending

visit of the Loyal Knights of the KKK as the reason for protecting the owners and their descendants.

That decision caused some concern among the historians and members of the blue ribbon commission present.

UVA Associate Professor Jalane Schmidt, who is researching UVA’s ties to the KKK, which donated $1,000 to Memorial Gym in 1921, says she filed a research request with the historical society in mid-June to view the robes and received no response.

She believes the robes should be displayed and the owners revealed. “This is not good practice for a historical society,” she says.

John Edwin Mason is a UVA history professor who served on the blue ribbon commission. If the historical society displays the robes, as Meeks suggested it might, to understand them fully, its job would be to interpret the artifacts, says Mason. “You can’t do your job as a historical society without the provenance being attached to the display of this archive. It just can’t be done.”

Mason questioned protecting the identity of owners “who are long since dead.” Knowing who wore the robes “is essential to understanding the role of the Ku Klux Klan in Charlottesville society,” he says.

Meeks did say the wearers of the two robes displayed “were neither one prominent members of the town.”

But a June 28, 1921, Daily Progress article on the newly organized Klan chapter and its inaugural cross-burning at Monticello says the event was attended by “hundreds of Charlottesville’s leading business and professional men.”

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The New Orleans Advocate reports his accuser told a New Orleans detective in early 2016 that, while attending Isidore Newman School, she had a crush on teacher Greg Domecq, who allegedly kissed her in a classroom on one occasion and rubbed her thigh on another. And during winter break of 1982, the teacher invited her to the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park, but took her to a “cheap motel” instead, she told investigators.

There, Domecq allegedly digitally penetrated the 12-year-old and masturbated in front of her, according to an April 2016 search warrant.

Domecq, 59, has not been charged for the alleged sexual abuse, and the district attorney said by the time his office was informed of the alleged crime last year, the statute of limitations had lapsed, according to the Advocate.

Now retired, Domecq denied the accusations in an email. He also shared with CVILLE a message he sent to family and friends after the story broke in the New Orleans Advocate on July 5, and a subsequent article appeared in the Daily Progress.

“I am weary from the attacks I have endured for the past several years from a core group of individuals in both the Charlottesville and New Orleans area who have sought to make my life and the lives of members of my family miserable,” it reads.

“The accusations in the Daily Progress/ New Orleans Advocate article are both vulgar and false. As I have been taught by my religion, I have forgiven those individuals and I am trying to move on with my life, and I hope that one day they may also put this hatred behind them.”

In his note, he mentions the hundreds of notes and letters from parents, students

and teachers that thank him for making a positive difference in their lives during his 35 years in education. Domecq shared some of them with C-VILLE. He also wrote he’s been happily married to Julie Campbell Domecq for 26 years.

Campbell was a senior at St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Metairie, Louisiana, when Domecq coached basketball there in 1988.

“We did get together and eventually married in August of 1991. You can imagine the rumors and the feeding frenzy that caused,” he says.

And he made headlines again in 2012 when his daughter, Christine Domecq, a Western Albemarle soccer player, was allegedly bitten during a match against Western’s rival, Fluvanna County High School. Accused biter Kat Ditta was charged with misdemeanor assault, but the Domecq family eventually decided to drop the charge.

Regarding the molestation allegation, Domecq’s alleged sexual abuse victim also provided contact information for another student the teacher had “exhibited inappropriate behavior towards,” according to a search warrant obtained by the Advocate.

She also told police she didn’t tell anyone what happened until about seven years later, when she told her mother, and that she is now ready to come forward after “much therapy.”

A detective interviewed Domecq’s colleagues at Newman who worked with him from 1982 to 1985, and one of them said he “exhibited inappropriate attention to female students.”

But in a 1986 recommendation letter for a job at the Holy Cross School, Newman’s then assistant principal Ed Graf wrote, “He was a most responsible and effective teacher and would certainly be an asset to any school.”

Says Domecq, “I have come to the conclusion that those individuals who will believe the negative attacks will believe them no matter what. The people who know me and my family know who we are and what we have been through.”

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16 above the state average; where transparency is an ever-evolving target and actions are constantly scrutinized from within and without; and where an increasing wealth disparity advances in the surrounding city alongside a time-worn history of disproportionately stopping, arresting and jailing African-Americans more often than their white neighbors.

he bass from the DJ speakers outside hadn’t quieted yet, but the second annual Memorial Day cookout in Tonsler Park had come to a close. Several dozen people made their way past the turntables and into the nearby community center. Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas was ready to talk.

Almost exactly a year ago, Thomas was sworn in to lead the police department, but you wouldn’t know it based on the news media. For the last 12 months he’s been behind the scenes, working. He’s been hiring, firing, restructuring, retraining, creating new paradigms, fighting against old ones and attempting to gain the respect of his 125 officers. Now he needed the community.

“You’re going to see a new organization,” Thomas told the crowd of old and young residents from the area. “You’re going to see a new police department in this community.

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By Jordy Yager not a negative comment towards what they were doing in the past. The organizational structure was not conducive to leadership.”

For all of his significant changes since taking over, Thomas is quick not to throw his predecessor, Tim Longo, under the bus.

“It was really, truly organizational structure, and it just took a fresh set of eyes,” said Thomas. “You could have come in, and in three months figured it out. But when you’re in it every day”—fighting for resources, fighting to hire and keep quality officers, managing community relations, dealing with high-profile cases—“you never catch up. You become part of that problem.”

Longo, who served as chief for 15 years and now teaches a course at UVA, declined to comment on specific changes under Thomas, saying in an email that, “It was an absolute honor and privilege to have served my community and to have worked alongside such fine and dedicated people who performed so incredibly well in the midst of some very challenging and emotional cases.”

Thomas himself is not without his critics.

Nor is the department for which he is now responsible, especially in light of the July 8 Ku Klux Klan protest, which saw the arrest of nearly two dozen people and the deployment of riot gear and tear gas.

But there are longer standing issues in the department, some of which Thomas inherited and others that are emerging under his leadership. It’s a department where officers have come and gone with a frequency far

After being sworn in in May of last year, Thomas met with his 16 commanders and listened to their concerns while conducting a top-to-bottom analysis of the department’s structure.

“I noticed right away we had good people, they worked hard,” said Thomas in an interview last month at his police headquarters downtown office. “But how could we work more effectively? How could we be more efficient?” Each position of leadership, he says, had such a wide breadth of responsibility that it spread officers incredibly thin.

For example, when Thomas started, there were two captains, each overseeing as many as nine divisions, he says. And not small operations either. A captain might be responsible for supervising all criminal detectives, as well as the records unit, the traffic and parking units, school resource officers and myriad assignments unrelated to criminal investigations.

“It just was not logical,” says Thomas. “And when you don’t have that manageable span of control, it’s hard to succession plan, it’s hard to hold people accountable. It’s hard to really have a [finger on the] pulse and understand the day-to-day operation when you’re constantly working hard and you’re struggling.”

So Thomas created a new deputy chief position and a new administrative services division, which now serves as the link between patrol officers and investigators. And then he gave supervisors a revised set of responsibilities. “Can you effectively manage four officers? Eight officers? Can you effectively manage 25 officers?” says Thomas.

“That’s what we had to go back and evaluate–what’s effective? And those are the changes that we made.”

Part of that restructuring also meant giving people new jobs. Thomas wanted to break officers and command staff out of worn-out patterns. He wanted to get them reinvested in their daily jobs and to look at their roles with a fresh pair of eyes.

“Effective January 1, I reassigned every single commander in the police department.

I gave every single one a brand new job,” Thomas told the crowd at Tonsler Park. “The commanders have been here a long time, they’ve been here 20-plus years. You still don’t know them, because they still don’t understand the true value of getting to know you.”

Community policing redux “The main concern that I heard from you, the residents everywhere in this community, was: ‘What happened to the good old days when we knew the officers?’ I can’t tell you how many times I heard that,” said Thomas at the Tonsler Park meeting.

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“You’re going to see a new police department in this community,” says Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas. “You’re going to see a different way of policing. …I’m very confident about that.”

Thomas grew up in those good old days.

For two decades he rose through the ranks of the Lynchburg Police Department before leaving in 2010 to become chief of the Lexington Police Department, where he stayed until he came to Charlottesville. When Thomas arrived here, he not only began hearing about a disconnect between officers and primarily low-wealth neighborhoods, but he also began to see why. One of those reasons? The Charlottesville Police Department couldn’t keep its officers.

Young men and women would get hired by the department, go through training at Weyers Cave and stay in Charlottesville just long enough to secure a job at another department in another jurisdiction. Major Gary Pleasants, who has been with the department for 38 years, told Thomas that the last time it was fully staffed was 14 years ago, and that was just for one day, before someone quit, says Thomas.

The average attrition rate in Virginia police departments, Thomas says, ranges between 10 and 12 percent. Charlottesville’s recently was as high as 18 to 20 percent, he

says. His goal is to get the department’s attrition rate down to 5 percent.

Officers were leaving for many reasons: A lack of leadership and promotion opportunities, low morale and inconsistent messaging within the department and, perhaps most easily fixed, a substandard salary.

“Our police officers—professional police officers with one year [of] training—were making less than entry-level dispatchers,” says Thomas. Until recently, the starting salary for most officers in Charlottesville was $35,256 a year.

According to the Orange Dot Report 2.0 issued in 2015 by Ridge Schuyler, a single adult with two children needs to earn an annual salary of at least $35,000 to be selfsufficient in Charlottesville. Just six years ago, the average starting salary for officers here was $27,643.

Before taking over as Albemarle County sheriff, J.E. “Chip” Harding worked for 30 years—from 1978 to 2008—in the Charlottesville Police Department. He says the effects of a stagnated, subpar wage within the department were severe.

“What I saw before I left was: A young officer comes in for all the right reasons, he gets assigned to work evenings, he’s got to work holidays, he’s got to work weekends, he doesn’t see his family, he doesn’t see his wife,” says Harding. “And after a year or two, the

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That $5,000 pay jump came as part of a recent increase in tax dollars for the department as a whole. In the city’s latest budget, the police department received a $1.2 million increase, for a total operating budget of $16.6 million. The year before, the department’s budget grew by about $800,000. This followed at least five years of a nearly stagnant police budget.

But while the internal ecosystem of the department may be able to rebound and rebuild under Thomas, its relationship with the community is somewhat more tenuous.

Disproportionate minority contact Thomas hadn’t been on the job for even five months before he found himself standing in front of City Council, presenting the latest round of police department data on “investigative detentions.” In layman’s terms these are known as “stop-and-frisks”—when an officer stops someone, questions them and, in some cases, physically frisks their clothes and body in search of illegal or harmful items.

Thomas told council that from January 1 to October 13, 2016, police had 60 “incidents.” But what he left out, and what councilors didn’t ask him that evening, is that those 60 incidents involved police stopping

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tesville. For police, being a part of the community is integral to the job, says Thomas.

And Harding agrees.

“When I went to a call or investigated something, the majority of the time I either knew the person directly or I knew a friend or relative of theirs,” he recalls. “[Now] you get [officers] that don’t live in the city, and they’re trained on officer survival—that everybody’s potentially capable of killing you— and then you have them come in and work eight- to 10-hour shifts in the city, and they go live and go to church and do their shopping somewhere else…when they come into the city, they just don’t know people like they used to, and the community doesn’t know them.”

In an attempt to get more officers to live in the city limits, the nonprofit, citizen-run Charlottesville Police Foundation has established a program that provides officers with $20,000 toward a house if they buy in Charlottesville. Mindy Goodall is the group’s executive director and says 13 officers have used the program since it formed in 2009.

But how do you keep officers long enough to make them want to buy a house here? A pay raise helps. Instead of $35,256, new officers coming into the Charlottesville Police Department now earn $40,310 a year, which is on par with most other jurisdictions in the state. “It was time,” says Thomas of the raise. “It was overdue.”

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wife says, ‘We’re not seeing you, and you’re not making any money.’ So then he starts working more and more overtime to try to make more money, and he sees even less of his family. And the stressors just start building. And I think that adds to why a lot of kids today get out of law enforcement. And I don’t think the general public has a clue.”

Harding says that in 2003, just two years into Longo’s tenure as chief, the department conducted an internal study that found, when taking into consideration the cost of living, no other similarly sized police department in the country paid their officers less than Charlottesville. But for bureaucratic and political reasons, Harding says city management asked Longo to shelve the study and to make sure it never saw the light of day.

And so for years, the salaries of Charlottesville’s finest lagged behind almost every other department in the state. As a result, the Charlottesville Police Department became a stepping stone for officers, not a home.

What’s more, for officers who’ve chosen to stay, the low salaries combined with the high cost of living in Charlottesville have meant that many are unable to live in the very city they swore to protect. And it’s not just the police.

City Councilor Kathy Galvin recently said that only 20 percent of the 944 people who work for the city actually live in Charlot-

a total of 97 people, according to the results of a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by attorney Jeff Fogel.

The problem is that both the chief ’s data and the FOIA data show a racial disproportionality. This means that of the 97 people who police stopped, 74 were African-American (76 percent) while only 22 were white (23 percent) and the race of one person stopped was unknown.

But Charlottesville’s population is not 76 percent African-American. It’s 19 percent.

And this phenomenon didn’t occur only last year. The year before, in 2015, according to police data, of the 110 people stopped by police, 74 of them were African-American (67 percent) while 35 were white (32 percent), again, with the race of one person stopped unknown.

When the race of those who come into contact with the criminal justice system is not proportional to their size within the total population, it’s known as “racial disproportionality.” More specifically, when it relates to African-Americans, this is called “disproportionate minority contact,” or DMC. Earlier this year—after receiving a twoyear $200,000 combination of grants and government funding—a host of officials across Charlottesville began the tedious process of gathering all data that exists in and around the criminal justice system—from jails to courts to police to service providers—to thoroughly study adult DMC. Last year, the city concluded a three-year study of similar data on children in Charlottesville after finding that African-Americans were being arrested at a rate as high as four times as their white peers. Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman was a leading force throughout that juvenile process, and has been a staunch advocate for the adult study.

“We know that we have disproportionate minority contact along racial lines,” says Chapman. And he says it is “irresponsible for us not to take a closer look at it to find [out if] there [are] practices and procedures that we utilize that result in disproportionality that can be avoided and we would view as inappropriate.

[We need to] discover what they are, and determine what are the changes that we need to implement in order to minimize or eliminate those sources of disproportionality.”

Thomas agrees, saying that a close look at DMC is crucial. Last fall, he focused his remarks before council on something more nuanced than just the number of times people were stopped. Thomas says community members are most concerned about the fact that in the majority of these incidents, officers did not end up arresting the individuals they stopped. And if no arrest is made, it raises this question: Why were they stopped in the first place? Which then raises the question of bias, mistreatment and harassment.

“Who’s ensuring that your officers are doing the right thing?” said Thomas, posing the rhetorical question to council. “Because it’s not going to trial. There’s no judge, there’s no commonwealth’s attorney, there’s no defense attorney to review this process, to oversee this.”

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Street, Sixth Street, Friendship Court or Prospect neighborhoods, many will speak about either a direct or indirect experience of getting stopped by police, being spoken to in a harsh manner or being harassed by officers in their neighborhood. They talk on the condition of anonymity, however, for fear that if their names were printed they might experience an increase in these types of police interactions or—even worse—another form of retaliation.

They say that’s why police do it—to intimidate them and make sure they know that at any given moment they could be stopped.

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say, ‘Put out the fire,’ and then go somewhere else and ‘put out a fire.’”

Thomas says he’s encouraging officers to hand out their cell phone numbers to citizens, and to follow up on interactions they’ve had, “just to let them know we care about you.”

Additionally, he’s trying to carve out several positions in the department that are more singularly focused on developing strong relationships in neighborhoods. “We don’t have a lot of flexibility right now,” he says. “We don’t have a number of units that are not call-driven. Most of our folks are answering calls or providing direct services around the clock. So we need a little more flexibility. We’re trying to create some of that internally, where guys can go and build those relationships long-term.”

This isn’t the first time that community policing, or relational policing, has been looked to as a part of the solution to improving police-community relations. Under Longo’s watch, officers began walking beats and talking to kids playing outside in the Westhaven, Friendship Court and South First Street neighborhoods, while also launching a series of annual summertime ice cream socials. And yet, years later, many of the same complaints can still be heard from residents.

Last fall, Thomas pointed councilors to another key part to the equation. “I do believe that there’s an education component to the public as well,” he said. “That’s important. It’s not just the police department.”

If you look at the breakdown of those 60 stop-and-frisk incidents from January 1 to October 13 last year, 45 didn’t result in an arrest. Thomas stressed that of those, 36 involved African-Americans, and seven involved white people. Of those 36 that involved African-Americans, 23 of them—64 percent—occurred because officers were responding to a 911 call, while only 13—36 percent—were initiated solely by an officer claiming to have seen some sort of suspicious activity. Compare that to the seven stops of white people, where three of those—43 percent—were prompted by a

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So how is all of this connected? Thomas points After he was sworn in last year, Thomas (pictured here with Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy) met back to those dismal officer retention numwith his 16 commanders and listened to their concerns. He also conducted a top-to-bottom analysis of the Charlottesville Police Department’s structure. bers. “We can’t train them, we can’t develop them, we can’t mentor them if they won’t stay,” in departmental policy.” O’Donnell wrote, said Thomas to the crowd gathered at Tonsler called—to gauge whether officers acted ap“Both you and your son have, understandably, Park in May. This means that when citizens in propriately or not. After its review, Simmons heard what you wanted to hear to support Charlottesville interact with an officer, there’s says the panel is hoping to release a quaryour beliefs,” but the facts of the case did not a good chance that he or she is a rookie. terly report to the public. support their claims. The letter also said “What do rookie police officers know how This would be a major victory for transThomas agreed with the report’s conclusions. to do? What are they really good at?” said parency advocates, as the city has long reMore recently, Thomas met privately with Thomas. “Writing tickets. Because we’ve been fused to make these narratives public. Two Turner and Porter to discuss the details of trained to do that.” Rookie police officers years ago, when Longo was still chief, the city the case. According to Turner, the chief told don’t yet fully understand discretion, he said. fought—and won—a case in circuit court them that the matter was closed, and their “What’s an experienced officer likely to do– brought by the local chapter of the NAACP only recourse was to retain a lawyer and if it’s a decent interaction? They give you a and the Public Housing Association of Resappeal the decision in court. break. Why is that? Because they understand idents to try and obtain the details of police But what about people who can’t afford the value in using that discretion, because stops. The city argued that they are investigaa lawyer?

In the past several years, there has they may need you at some point. They untive files and not subject to public release. been talk of creating a civilian-led oversight derstand we need the community more than Simmons says nothing has been finalized, panel that would provide residents with a the community needs us.” however, and discussions on the details of third-party review process.

Rookies tend to be young—in their early this process are ongoing.

20s—and eager to put their training into acBut while interactions with police may be CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 tion, which means they may make mistakes. getting more scrutiny, there remains anSo while the department has held trainings in other vital area of oversight that transparthe past about proper and improper ways of ency advocates point to. What happens if interacting with residents, with such high turnthere is a bad stop? What happens if an ofover, sometimes that training is for naught. ficer acts inappropriately or, at the very least, “I think our problem is we’ve had such the citizen feels it was inappropriate? What high turnover during the past few years, that Stop-and-frisk recourse do civilians have? Certainly they incidents from we offer training one year and then we feel can file a complaint against the department, January 1 to like, ‘Let’s take a victory lap, we’ve and that complaint will get reviewed October 16, 2016 trained our officers’,” Thomas told and an investigation may even be This not only means that Africancouncilors last fall. “And then we conducted. The only hitch? That Number that have a quarter of the department Americans are being stopped at a investigation is done by the police. didn’t result [that] has turned over in just a higher rate than white people, in arrest couple of years.” but that the general public is calling Thomas said that the renewed Those stopped but not arrested (by race) the cops on African-Americans emphasis on retaining officers had, in just six months, taken the at a higher rate as well.

In May, Charlottesville resident Kadepartment from being short 20 trina Turner spoke to City Council black, white officers to only having three or about an incident that occurred last year with 911 call, and four—57 percent—were a refour vacancies. “That’s going to solve half Percent of those 36 her 31-year-old son, Timothy Porter. Accordsult of an officer’s judgment. This not only the problem, because we’re going to put African-Americans ing to Turner, her son called the police after means that African-Americans are being more veteran officers on the streets. They’re stopped as result a domestic dispute with his girlfriend turned stopped at a higher rate than white people, going to understand and share our values, of 911 calls violent. Porter said he was the victim, but but that the general public is calling the cops and what we expect. I think that’s going to shortly after police arrived, it was him they on African-Americans at a higher rate as help,” he said.

Percent of whites arrested. In the process, both Turner and well.

This, Thomas said, can’t be ignored.

Thomas also stressed that today’s policing stopped as a Porter, who are African-American, say he There’s another component to the public’s is different from back in the day. “Officers result of 911 calls was badly mistreated and abused by officers. education that Thomas is working on, and are going all over town from start to finish,” Shortly thereafter, Turner filed a complaint it involves the Police Citizen’s Advisory he says. “They’re very busy.” But that doesn’t Percent of stops of against the two arresting officers, who are Panel, a nine-member body formed in 2008 mean that a type of relational or commuAfrican-Americans white, saying they had assaulted her son, used to improve the police and community’s renity policing can’t take hold. “We need this initiated by officer seeing excessive force and acted with racial bias. lationship. David Simmons, a clinical into become an organizational culture, that suspicious activity Three months later, Turner received a letstructor in nursing at UVA, is the chairman every police officer in this agency is a comter from Detective Sergeant Brian O’Donnell, of the panel and says it is on track to begin munity policing officer,” he says.

Percent of stops of who works in the department’s internal afoverseeing and reviewing the police depart“I think that’s one of our weaknesses here white people for fairs, saying that it had completed an extenment’s stop-and-frisk data. in Charlottesville, and probably around the suspicious activity sive administrative investigation and found And not just the data, but also the details country in law enforcement; we become so that the officers “acted reasonably and withof the interactions—the narratives, as they’re call-driven that we become conditioned to

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Speaking in public for the first time since the incident occurred, Turner asked councilors, “Out of all the complaints that have been filed against the police, how many officers have been made accountable for their actions? I am publicly asking for the statistics on this. How many citizens have been believed when an officer is reported for assault?”

Turner’s not alone in her desire for more transparency of police actions. Fogel, who ran unsuccessfully for commonwealth attorney this year, was recently arrested at his house after an altercation on the Downtown Mall led to him being charged with misdemeanor assault.

Fogel has long criticized the criminal justice Thomas consults with a Charlottesville police officer during the May 31 peace rally held by local religious leaders in Emancipation Park. system in Charlottesville, advocating for the rights of low-income residents and decrying the police growing up, we ran from police, the task force has been criticized for focusthe possibility of forming its own academy racial disproportionality at nearly every level. with Albemarle County and UVA to train ing on addicts and low-level dealers. The me and my friends.”

The nature of his arrest has added to his criincoming officers locally, instead of sending move, says Thomas, will connect the task For 35 years, his mother worked for the tique, as five officers showed up at his house them 50 miles away to the Central Shenanforce to others throughout the state. But Lynchburg Police Department, and was at 12:30am. He asked the police department doah Criminal Justice Training Academy what, if any, ripple effects an increased state the chief ’s secretary. “I didn’t envision this about it, saying that the number of officers in Weyers Cave. Now, Thomas says it’s no police presence will have in Charlottesville life until my mom got the job and I was and the late hour were overkill. longer just an idea. remains to be seen. introduced to it and I got to interact with According to Fogel, a captain replied that “That absolutely is the plan,” he says.

Finally, every officer in the patrol division police officers.” Perhaps it was his mother’s such methods were not unusual, that police Whether the new local training facility is a has now been outfitted with a body camera, insider view that prompted her to plead serve arrest warrants around the clock. “Okay, stand-alone academy that takes the place of said Thomas at a talk in June to several with him not to join the force. She didn’t that makes it all the more serious,” Fogel says, the training at Weyers Cave, or whether it dozen people at the monthly meeting of the think it could offer him the career goals wondering if this is how police treat him, a welllocal NAACP chapter, held at the Jefferson that he sought, he said. “I defied that [and] serves as a satellite facility and supports the known white 72-year-old lawyer, how do they training at Weyers Cave, is still being desaid, ‘No. I will join the police department, School African American Heritage Center. treat young low-wealth African-Americans? cided, he says. “We are excited about that, The process began under Longo, and Thomand one day I’ll be the chief of police,’” Similarly, Pam Starsia, an attorney and but that’s a long-term process. That’s probas wasn’t sure whether officers would take Thomas recalled. activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice, to body cameras. “The officers want it, it’s As one of the few African-American ofably a five-year endeavor,” says Thomas. recently wrote the police department to combecome a great evidence tool for them,” ficers rising through the ranks in LynchAnother major shift is that the local Jefplain about a series of unannounced inThomas said. “They don’t see it as Big Brothburg, Thomas has seen firsthand the referson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force person visits officers made to the homes and is in the beginning stages of transitioning er watching. They see it as part of their duty, sistance to change. He’s been called racial workplaces of other activists in the area ahead into a state task force. Thomas says the shift that this is who I am. They understand they slurs and has been denigrated because of of the July 8 KKK rally. The police departwould mean more financial resources for are in the spotlight. So I’m not surprised the color of his skin. But he’s also seen ment says it was attempting “to offer assisthe task force, while also broadening the that officers embrace that. For the most part, what perseverance, discipline and sincere tance and gather information.” But Starsia scope of its mission beyond just the greater we’re good people. We’re not perfect, but relationships that transcend race can accalled their methods “an intimidation tactic we’re pretty good people.” complish. And it’s the latter that he’s trying Charlottesville-Albemarle region. intended to curtail leftist speech and to instill within his men and women now. expressive conduct.”

It’s more complicated than just hiring Furthermore, SURJ endorsed more African-American or Hispanic offi“The commanders have been here Fogel’s bid for commonwealth’s atAs the first African-American cers, he says. “It’s people coming together, a long time, they’ve been here torney, which was based in part on chief of the Charlottesville Police embracing their differences, respecting each calls to heavily scrutinize cases that Department, Thomas has stepped 20-plus years. You still don’t other and working together,” says Thomas. involve police searches, as well as those into uncharted territory for the “That’s the community that you want to know them, because they still brought by the local drug task force. city, and has sought to gather live in, that’s the department you want to don’t understand the true value And though he has no “smoking gun,” feedback from nearly every corwork for, when you understand and respect of getting to know you.”

Fogel believes the manner of his arrest ner along the way. Among dozens others. That’s the process that continues. was retaliation for his constant critiof other discussions, he’s attended That’s the message from my commanders cisms and for his campaign. multiple NAACP meetings since down to my line officers.”

He says there’s a broader message the po“It offers us an opportunity to work outhis arrival last year, and it was during the So while, yes, race is important and we lice department is sending. “The message is: side of our boundaries, with the goal being: most recent monthly meeting that he put should talk about it in an open and honest We’re watching you,” says Fogel. “We think Let’s stop illicit narcotics from being trafhis own situation into perspective. way, says Thomas, it’s a part of a bigger you’re a troublemaker and we’re going to be ficked into Charlottesville,” says Thomas.

While no two situations are alike, he said, picture. And it’s that bigger picture he is watching you.”

“Right now, we work hard, we combat drugs being a racial minority in a powerful govtrying to paint, and to get the entirety of Questions of legality and proper conduct when they’re here, and we do a good job ernment body isn’t exactly new for him. “I the Charlottesville Police Department to aside, the underlying thread contained within with that. But what if we can work with our have spent an entire career working in a help paint as well. all of these situations is an increasing desire regional partners and stop drugs from comwhite male-dominated career field. I’ve had “Now it’s up to us to build relationships ing into our city? That’s the goal. And the for some form of third-party objective overa lot of good days, had some bad days,” with members of our community and try sight or review body to provide an addistate [police] provides a tremendous amount Thomas told the small crowd gathered at to earn the trust back,” he said. “And there’s tional layer of police accountability. of resources.” the Jefferson School. only one way to earn trust, and that’s to get JADE currently consists of six members He grew up in Lynchburg, “in the hood,” to know each other and build relationships. from the Charlottesville Police Department, as he described it. “There were no white And that’s what you’re seeing now. That’s three from Albemarle County Police Departpeople in my neighborhood.” Police were how we’re evolving once again. And we move Other changes are afoot within the department, a detective from UVA Police and an not the good guys that he believes them to slow—I’m sorry, we’re the government—but ment as well. For years, the city has mulled agent from Virginia State Police. In the past, be today, he said. “We were not friendly with we are moving towards that direction.”

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The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561.

Swing 101. Join SwingCville for a swing dance lesson and social dance. $5, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

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Pippin. Led by the charismatic Leading Player, an ensemble tells the story of Pippin, a young prince who longs to find passion and adventure. Pay what you will, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Rigoletto. The Charlottesville Opera presents the tragedy of a father whose fervent attempts to protect his daughter from the dangers of the world cause her ruin. $12-25, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.

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Babe. A pig raised by sheepdogs learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. Free, 10:30am. Violet Crown Charlottesville, 200 W. Main St. (512) 495-9600.

Fun for the Young. Arts-related story time led by Gordon Avenue children’s librarian Glynis Welte incorporates movement, play, puppets and current exhibitions. Free, 10am.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, 155 Rugby Rd. 924-3592.

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Bennie Dodd. Local musician plays a bluegrass set. Free, 6:30pm. Tavern on the James, 280 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-3500.

David Wiseman. For fans of Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Warren Zevon and Tom Petty. Free, 8pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.

Nick and Stephen Pollock. Father-son duo plays a set. Free, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Scott Ward. Live music on the patio. Free, 5pm. Tavern on the James, 280 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-3500.

Skip Haga. Keyboardist gets the party going.

Free, 6:30pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

The Michael Elswick Gathering. Epic jazz ensemble plays hard bop, New Orleans-style jazz and most things in-between. Free, 7pm.

Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Will Leggett and Friends. Will Leggett of The Weedeaters rustles up some friends for a show. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

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stage Big Blue Door Improv Night. Charlottesville’s only longform improv comedy show features a changing roster of groups and styles. $7, 7pm. C’ville Coffee, 1301 Harris St. 817-2633.

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TUNES

Nevertheless they persisted

Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie (Warner)

Is This the Life We Really Want? (Columbia) Roger Waters, never cheerful, gives his grimness focus on Is This the Life We Really Want? Waters foregrounds Donald Trump as the album’s malevolent specter, sampling DJT speaking on the title track (no word on royalties litigation).

Waters offers no solutions beyond “We can say ‘fuck you’ / We will not listen to your bullshit and lies,” and over the course of an hour, it becomes exhausting. But you’re not going to hear a better approximation of late-period Pink

We’re All Alright! (Big Machine) Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy Cheap Trick is still recording new material and touring. Unfortunately, We’re All Alright! sounds less like Cheap Trick’s muscular take on power pop and more like the odious muscle-bound cock rock of Foreigner (with whom they’re appearing at Jiffy Lube Live on July 25). The band finds its feet a bit on “Nowhere” and “Floating Down,” but on songs like “Long Time Coming,” the music is stripped of humanity and turned into the macho posing of a third-rate AC/DC impersonator. Not alright.

Styx The Mission (Universal) Keeping the faith, we have Styx; as Lawrence Gowan eagerly yelps, “Light it up, let’s get this show on the road!” From the opening moments of “Overture”—hell, from the simple fact

Ahmad Jamal Marseille (Harmonia Mundi) In the never gets old department, Ahmad Jamal is back, sounding as fresh as he did on 1953’s Live at the Pershing.

He’s accompanied here by drummer Herlin Riley and bassist James Cammack, who blend superbly with Jamal’s spacious voicings, which are on glorious display in the freerhythm passage introducing “I Came to See You/You Were Not There.” Jamal offers three versions of the title track; the first opens with dark chords from Jamal and inventive varieties on a simple military roll by Riley, and the last features vocalist Mina Agossi, who sings the port city’s praises in French and English—the same text lands flat as recited in the middle version by poet-rapper Abd Al Malik, but ah well.

And Jamal turns in a playful “Autumn Leaves” for those craving more familiar fare.—Nick Rubin

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that the opener is called “Overture”—The Mission is loyal to the band’s proggy, grandiose hard rock scheme. And die hard fans (?) will rejoice at the still-celestial harmonies on songs like “Radio Silence” and the half-awesome guitar wank of “Trouble At the Big Show.” But oh, those horrible lyrics: “Locomotive tell me where you are / Now that you’ve become the distant star / Did you lose your faith where you belong? / Did you hide from those who you did love?” Mercy!

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It’s not fair to criticize Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie for going adult contemporary, since that’s what Fleetwood Mac has been for 40 years. And this is basically Fleetwood Mac, with rhythm section Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on board, sounding pretty great on “In My World.” But there’s no getting around that this is a pallid reprint of the Mac’s world-beating stuff—particularly Buckingham’s voice, which is so creaky it’s depressing. Luckily, McVie’s is in fantastic shape, and she shines on “Red Sun,” which actually does approach classic Mac until Buckingham phones in a stultifying solo.

Floyd. As usual, longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich twiddles all the right knobs; the introductory “When We Were Young” evokes Dark Side opener “Speak to Me,” and the first proper song, aptly titled “Déjà vu,” references “Mother” and “Comfortably Numb.” And if the title track goes full Radiohead, that’s payback I suppose.

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Caroline Spence returns home to play at The Southern with Sam Wilson, Darrell Muller and Brian Caputo on Thursday.

Truth told Charlottesville’s Caroline Spence resonates on new album

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or singer-songwriter Caroline Spence, there’s no debate about where to find the best ice cream on the Downtown Mall. It’s at Chaps, and it’s the banana flavor.

“It’s the only good banana ice cream in the entire world,” says Spence, who grew up in Charlottesville and used to open for touring artists like Joshua Radin and Joshua James when they visited town.

“I wasn’t great at the guitar,” she says, recalling the times she opened for her aunt, Lisa Robertson, at the old Gravity Lounge.

“I used to record performances and play them back and think, ‘Man, I really need to practice the guitar.’”

Spence’s practicing is paying off. She returns to Charlottesville for a hometown show at the Southern on July 20. Joining her are fellow Virginians Brian Caputo, Love Canon’s Darrell Muller, and Sons of Bill’s Sam Wilson. Spence spent the last six years in Nashville and released two fulllength albums—Somehow in 2015 and Spades & Roses this past March.

“This album [Spades & Roses] taught me a lot about how I think about my problems and my gifts,” Spence says. “Even if it’s a sad song, there’s a silver lining. Even if it’s a ray of sunlight, there’s always a gray cloud.”

Three weeks ago, Wide Open Country magazine put “Hotel Amarillo,” a Spades & Roses track, on its Best Songs of 2017, So Far list, which also includes the Zac Brown Band, Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell. On that track, Spence intersperses rock-infused electric guitar riffs—she cites Bruce Springsteen as one of her influences—with heavy piano ballads and heady percussion.

Spence’s talent as a vocalist and storyteller stands out on this tune—and many others. Her folk- and country-inspired sound hearkens to earlier days of Americana, yet feels current and refreshing. All at once, Spence’s voice is big and breathy, and offers elegiac lyrics that portray her as fearless, vulnerable and ultimately, human.

On “Hotel Amarillo,” she sings, “Out here it’s the little things that you start to miss / That long hot shower, that slow deep kiss / Yeah, things like where you are, the date and time / Or the name of the hotel, what happened to the wine.”

Something I learned between the first record and the second record was realizing that part of my gift as a writer and a performer is my vulnerability. CAROLINE SPENCE

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Thursday 7/20 Much Ado About Nothing. While the villainous Don John devises a scheme to shatter the nuptials of Claudio and Hero, the young lovers conspire to trick Beatrice and Benedick into admitting their love. $21-49, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.

Pippin. See listing for Wednesday, July 19. $15-20, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Spoon’s latest sonic adventure began in the woods

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Eyes on Art Tour. Reservations are required for this tour that engages people with Alzheimer’s in meaningful discussions about art. Free, 2:30pm. The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, 155 Rugby Rd. 924-3592.

Mastering Drawing Techniques. Michelle Gagliano teaches participants several approaches to the aesthetics of form and space, including contour, linear perspective and mark making. $175, noon. Piedmont Council for the Arts, 112 W. Main St. Ste. 9. 971-2787.

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Friday 7/21 music 502 Fossils. Neal Goodloe and Lon Tate play some happening tunes. Free, 7pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

Blue Dogs. Bluegrass worthy of being blasted out of the windows of a Plymouth Barracuda. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata Farm Brewery, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. 823-4878.

Blue Ridge Irish Music School Traditional Ensemble. Traditional Irish music and dance.

Free, 8pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St., 202-8387.

Bob Bennetta. Jazz piano played in an interpretive style that’s both original and reminiscent of the greats. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

DJ 2 Low. Mixing it up. $5, 8:30pm. Tavern on the James, 280 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-3500.

DJ Tova. This versatile DJ will have you dancing until close. 21-plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

Keith McFaden. Vocalist and guitarist for Lynchburg classic rock and blues band Uncle Band’s Men at Rice tears it up with a solo set. Free, 7pm. Wild Wolf Brewery, 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-0088.

Michael Coleman. Jazz drummer brings a unique rhythmic sound to guitar playing. Free, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

ing, but after a couple of weeks it’s sort of like being in The Shining,” he says. “We would go for a couple of weeks and leave and be able to get our bearings back and then head back out there.”

The end result is a far cry from the acoustic renderings or broody compositions you’d expect from solitary figures recording in isolation. Pope credits the band’s signature sound to frontman Daniel’s songwriting approach.

“Britt’ll come in with something that’s very fully formed and a demo that, you know, there’s a drum machine and there’s a lot of keyboards and a bass part already kind of fleshed out...and then sometimes it’ll be his voice and a guitar and it kind of leaves us to do a little more of the heavy lifting,” Pope explains. “It really is just trying to create really great, specific parts...it’s not like singer-songwritery-type songs. They’re very stylized. It’s not like a Bruce Springsteen song that he sat down and wrote on an acoustic guitar. There’s a sonic element to it that’s the hook...it’s usually not four chords and a dude and a coffee house. That’s not the way that he works.”

Each Spoon record is a sonic adventure from start to finish, designed for the listener to experience without skipping a track.

“When you’re talking about records that you’re able to listen to front to back, I think track listing is a big part of that,” Pope says.

“The pace of the record is very, very important to us.”

It’s that consistency factor, he says, that contributes to the band’s longevity. “Every time we put out a record,” says Pope, “it really feels like we’ve made something that people are going to latch onto and hopefully is something that will stand up over time and is not a flash in the pan.”

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Reggae Dance Party with Positive Collective. Shake your groove thang with local musicians Greg Ward, Chris Leva, Mark Maynard, Bobby Read, Rob Hubbard, Gabe Gavin, Shall Inglima and Darrell Rose. $5, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

Shannon Branch. Country vibes on the patio. Free, 8pm. Wild Wing Café, 820 W. Main St. 979-9464.

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The Working Effective. Indie-folk Americana quintet with an inclusive and often hilarious stage show. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094.

Love’s Labour’s Lost. Shakespeare’s giddy and extravagant romantic comedy of kings, princesses, maids and clowns. $29-59, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.

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or more than two decades, Spoon has forged a path that embodies consistency. Across nine studio albums, the Austin quartet has dabbled in mainstream success (think “I Turn My Camera On” from 2005’s Gimme Fiction), but lives comfortably in the hook-laden, meticulous ebbs and flows that have solidified the group’s status as indie stalwarts. Comprised of Britt Daniel on vocals and guitar, Jim Eno on drums, Alex Fischel on keyboard and guitar and Rob Pope on bass, Spoon’s calling card lies in its ability to push boundaries with each new record.

Released in March, the band’s latest studio effort, Hot Thoughts, is no exception. As evidenced on “Tear It Down,” an anthemic call to arms on the latter half of the album, the band not only teeters on the edge of those boundaries, but tears them down altogether.

With electronic overlays at every funky turn, the record is as danceable as it is psychedelic, due in part to a reunion with producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Weezer). “[Dave] always pushes the songs in the right direction,” Pope says. “He wants to make weird records and records that are going to stick with people for a very, very long time; He’s not looking to make a quick pop record... he pushes us in much more experimental directions and tells us to do things that we normally wouldn’t do, like...somebody should pick up the bongos or something.”

After working with Fridmann on 2014’s They Want My Soul, Spoon took to Fridmann’s Tarbox Road Studios an hour south of Buffalo, New York,“in the middle of nowhere,” according to Pope.

“We spent a lot of time out in the woods in [Dave’s] recording studio, which is amaz-

Night at the Museum. Explore exhibitions after hours and enjoy music from Adar. Free, 5pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, 400 Worrell Dr. 244-0234.

“Something I learned between the first record and the second record was realizing that part of my gift as a writer and a performer is my vulnerability,” Spence says. She used to feel self-conscious about sharing her whole story as an artist from the South, a lover, daughter and friend. Now, Spence feels “awesome” about bringing honesty and vulnerability to the stage.

“That’s something that I am comfortable with, that’s the part of me from which I make my art. On this record, I really settled into that,” says Spence.

She believes that fans find themselves drawn to her music because of her ability to put it all out there while staying familiar. Spence says that’s the kind of music she loves. As a teenager “starting to fall in love with music,” she remembers obsessively listening to and feeling hypnotized by Radiohead’s “High and Dry,” along with the Ryan Adams album Cold Roses.

Her inspirations include local acts, too.

When she was in high school, Spence recalls going to see Johnny Corndog and Devon Sproule, who Spence thought was “just the coolest.”

“I can relate to the feeling [fans] are having where it’s like, ‘Wow, that’s me. That person is singing my story,’” Spence says. “The more I analyze and think about myself and try to express something I feel, the more likely it is that I’m also telling someone else’s story.”

Fans have sent messages and stopped by the merch table after shows to tell stories of how her music has impacted their lives, giving them the strength to survive some of life’s dark moments.

“It means a lot to me that there could be something that I wrote in the world that really helped someone feel less alone, you know?” Spence says.

The Nashville music community also motivates and nurtures her growth as an artist.

She says the music city keeps her going and feels like the right place for her to be right now.

Spence nevertheless looks forward to visiting family and walking the Downtown Mall.

“Charlottesville still feels like home,” she says.

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In The Professional Actor’s Handbook, James Madison University’s Julio Augustin (above) offers advice gleaned from years of theatrical experience on and off Broadway.

Friday 7/21 Pippin. See listing for Wednesday, July 19. $15-20, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Saturday 7/22 music ‘90s vs Now: Leo’s Affair. Que, Bug and Blackmarket host this party featuring music from DJ Sayers. 21-plus. $10, 10pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561.

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Das Homage. Beatles covers with a peppermint twist. Free, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

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or Julio Agustin, an interest in the performing arts began with the piano classes he took in junior high school. “I was always musically inclined,” says the associate professor of musical theatre at James Madison University. He laughs when he remembers that he wanted to study either musical education or math education. When he failed math, the choice was easy. But he faced an immediate setback—he didn’t get into the musical education program his first year at Florida State University. “But when someone tells me I can’t do something, I want to do it more,” Agustin says.

This response has proved crucial to his professional career. “Tenacity is essential,” he says. Because “so many things go into casting a role,” he learned that when a casting director says “no” to an actor, it really just means “not right now.”

“Just keep showing up,” Agustin says. Rewarding yourself with something positive after an audition, he says, will “reinforce that your job is to show up. You don’t have control over the result.”

While there are many books devoted to the craft of performance, Agustin recognized the need for a how-to book on making a living as a working actor. After years of acting, coaching and teaching, he compiled his industry wisdom and, with contributor Kathleen Potts, published The Professional Actor’s Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call this spring. The guidance within ranges from tips on getting through auditions to writing a résumé, to networking and branding, to suggestions for alternative jobs that provide supplemental income. When it comes to the latter, there are two options: a survival job

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or a parallel job. The survival job is out of necessity, whereas the parallel job—a term Agustin credits to career counselor Patch Schwadron—may be just as enjoyable as acting. Ideally, the non-acting job will have a flexible schedule and will pay enough to allow an actor to be selective about which roles she accepts.

For Agustin, teaching was never a fallback, it was his first choice. But in order to teach performance, he first needed to learn how to do it. He appeared on Broadway in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Never Gonna Dance, Bells Are Ringing, Fosse, Steel Pier, and played opposite Bebe Neuwirth in Chicago. He enjoyed performing in Chicago, he says, at a time when it was rare for him to enjoy performance. “Part of my makeup is I’m never satisfied. I’m always looking forward to the next thing,” Agustin says.

And this is why he felt compelled to write the book. Throughout his years as a teacher and performance coach, he honed his advice to students and clients in the form of a newsletter. “But I felt I wasn’t able to give them enough,” he says. “I thought I could teach better or reach more people if I had everything in one place.”

He began writing the book in 2009 with the goal that it would function both as an industry book and as a book that university professors could use in their courses.

But in 2013, Agustin lost his husband of just a few months in a car accident. He put the book on hold, eventually moving from Connecticut to Virginia to work at JMU. “It was the perfect place to come and heal,” he says. Once he was ready, he again picked up the book, which is dedicated to his husband, and reached out to his publisher.

“A friend said to me, ‘This is a life book.’

The strategies relate to real life,” Agustin says. From developing a mentor relationship, to building a support team, Agustin—who hopes to conduct workshops and master classes in Charlottesville—offers thoughtful advice that can be applied to life on the stage and beyond.

Yarn. Original Americana sound developed into a life soundtrack for seekers of the unique. $10-12, 9pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.

stage Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.

Things are anything but elementary when one of the literary world’s most famous whodunits is transformed into a madcap comedy featuring five actors playing 40 characters. $15-30, 2 and 8pm. Heritage Theatre Festival, 109 Culbreth Rd., UVA. 924-4760.

Much Ado About Nothing. See listing for Thursday, July 20. $29-59, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.

EDM Night. DJ RoHan spins hard trap, hiphop, dubstep and EDM. 21-plus. Free, 10pm.

Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall.

293-9526.

Peter and the Starcatcher. See listing for Wednesday, July 19. $29-59, 2pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.

Jason Burke Band. Acoustified rock ‘n’ roll featuring the songwriting talents of Jason Burke alongside choice covers from the ‘60s, ‘70s and today. Free, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

Pippin. See listing for Wednesday, July 19. $15-20, 2 and 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Jelly St. Jazz. Band stands at the crossroads of low-down dirty blues with its straightahead ballads and hard-swinging jazz. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. 297-2326.

Pride Overcomes Prejudice. Learn about the founding of the Jefferson School and its place in the larger Charlottesville community with a tour of the center’s permanent historical exhibition. Free, 11am. Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 Fourth St. NW. 260-8720.

Nick Berkin. Solo piano provides an ambient dinner vibe. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Rattlebag. Rock, blues, alt-country and almost everything between. Free, 7pm. Wild Wolf Brewery, 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-0088.

Sierra. Southern rock, classic rock and country. $5, 8:30pm. Tavern on the James, 280 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-3500.

Terri Allard Trio. Combining sultry sweetness and grit with an intimately personal writing style, Allard lends a strong, authentic voice to the Americana music scene. $3-10, 6pm.

Jefferson Vineyards, 1353 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. 977-3042.

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Sunday 7/23 music Cajun Jazz Brunch. Join Ken Nelson and the Jazz Rascals for a real Cajun Jazz afternoon. Free, 12pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Gary Broyles. Storyteller plays an intimate, engaging acoustic set. Free, 2pm. Wild Wolf Brewery, 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-0088.

Heartmeat. Describing themselves as “a band that plays super-cool music,” Heartmeat is

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King Golden Banshee. Raucous, traditional Irish music. Free, 8pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St, 202-8387.

Mojo Sweet Potato Pie. Bring pie to share to this family-friendly, Christmas-in-July singalong. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094.

Phantogram. Dark, dreamy pop that will transport you to another world. With Tycho. $35, 7pm. Sprint Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4910.

Travis Elliott. Singer and guitarist takes on everything from love to spaceships. 21-plus.

Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

stage Love’s Labour’s Lost. See listing for Friday, July 21. $25-52, 2pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.

Pippin. See listing for Wednesday, July 19. $15-20, 2pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Monday 7/24 music ATM Unit with Jonah Kane-West. Local organ legend subs in for Mark Miller in one of Charlottesville’s finest jazz fusion trios. 21plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

Bluegrass Jam. An all-ages and abilities bluegrass jam. $5, 7pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

Tuesday 7/25 music Blues Jam. All ages and abilities welcome to this weekly blues jam. $5, 7pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

Goth Night. Na na na na na na na na Batman!

Come dressed as your favorite version of the caped crusader to celebrate the late Adam West as the Cemetery Boys play a live set before DJs play goth classics. $10, 8pm. The Pit at Cinema Taco, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4981.

Traditional Irish Session. Lots of musicians and lots of great Irish music. Free, 8:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.

Travis Elliott. Local songwriter takes on everything from love to spaceships. With Kristen Bowden. Free, 10:30pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

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he release of films in select theaters and on demand simultaneously may be good news for cinephiles in overlooked parts of the country, but the experience of watching a movie as intensely visual and stylistically unrelenting as The Bad Batch can’t help but be diminished as a result. Nothing is different about the composition—every shot remains intact, every line of dialogue is the same—but think of a band you disliked until you saw a live performance. Even if the songs are identical, the enjoyment of art the way it was intended, shared among other people having the same experience, is not simply a matter of fetishizing the medium. There’s real magic when all of the components click.

For that reason, I recommend watching The Bad Batch (now available on demand) in as close to a cinematic setting as is legal: on as big a screen, with as many people as possible without qualifying as “exhibition” (those FBI warnings aren’t just formalities).

In the first 10 minutes of the film, our heroine Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) is thrown into an open-air prison in the Southwest United States—which, in the future, has become the destination for undesirables of all stripes, some worse than others. Almost immediately, she is abducted by a roving band of cannibals that chain her in the airplane graveyard they call home, where her arm and leg are sawed off and the wounds are sealed with a cast iron pan. She barely escapes with her life after concocting a plan too outrageous to be anticipated by her captors, and she finds refuge only after traveling for an impossibly long time through the hostile desert by pushing herself with her remaining leg on a skateboard.

The rest of the film is not as intense as its opening moments, though there are occasional outbreaks of violence, but writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) did not open the film just to shock. Think about the sorts of stories you watch on your television versus at a theater. You might marathon shows on Netflix, getting sucked into the narrative as you join these characters on their journey. You can watch them by yourself and lose nothing in the experience. Meanwhile, the audible gasps of fellow audience members at something

Discarded from society, The Bad Batch claw their way through a dystopian love story set in Texas.

horrific on the big screen is reassurance that you are not experiencing this alone.

Amirpour continues her exploration of mixing throwback Western themes with ultramodern—even futurist—sensibilities. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was billed as an “Iranian vampire Western,” and lived up to the hype, with its atmospheric direction, the fantastical setting and the dream logic of its narrative. The Bad Batch carries with it the hallmarks of familiar post-apocalyptic dramas, but essentially takes place in a version of today in which society simply discards people rather than punish or rehabilitate them. No one ever discusses what they did to be considered a bad batch and therefore condemned to the wasteland, and some adapt more readily than others. Miami Man (Jason Momoa) leads the cannibals but is not entirely evil or dictatorial. The Dream (Keanu Reeves) commands the more “civilized” section but is no great humanitarian. Amirpour uses Western tropes the way all great filmmakers have: to explore the spaces between pure

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we understand why he has thrived in this world. The only wholly neutral character is The Hermit, played by Jim Carrey in his greatest, most immersive performance to date. The Hermit does not judge, only appears in people’s lives when needed and disappears with no fanfare.

The brutality of The Bad Batch may be too much for some, but for fans of Westerns who enjoy a good subversion of expectations, this is your first must-see of the summer.

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good and pure wickedness, how humanity reconciles moral contradictions in the midst of a wholly indifferent terrain, while leaving the horrific political implications of the world that created and accepted such a scenario to the viewer’s imagination.

Amirpour is a director driven by both instinct and intent; a rave led by The Dream does not explain why this leader is on top of a giant neon boombox surrounded by pregnant bodyguards with semiautomatic weapons, but once we see inside his world,

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Mary Beth Schellhammer closed My Chocolate Shoppe on the Downtown Mall July 15 but has started Clean Conscience Chocolates, a line of paleo, vegan, organic and gluten- and dairy-free treats.

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Beefing up Timbercreek Market will offer more responsibly farmed options with its recent remodel. Half of the current space in the old Coca-Cola building on Preston Avenue will house a USDA-certified meat processing area, which allows for in-house butchering and increased distribution to wholesale customers, and the other half will hold a new full-service restaurant called Back 40, with executive chef Tucker Yoder at the helm.

Tune in The Charlottesville edition of “Cheap Eats,” in which Cooking Channel show host Ali Khan has 12 hours and $35 to find the best deals in a city, airs at 10pm July 19. Restaurants featured include Bodo’s Bagels, Red Hub Food Co., Firefly and Oakhart Social.

Minute Man triumphs Three Notch’d Brewery’s Minute Man IPA was named No. 10 on Draft Magazine’s list of the best 50 IPAs in America. Out of the more than 387 total beers submitted, Three Notch’d was the only Virginia-based brewery to place, and the magazine said that imbibing Minute Man, a New England-style brew, is like drinking a glass of boozy OJ.

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Swing your partner ’round and ’round in this square dance benefit hosted by the Grand Squares of Nelson. Proceeds go to the Dental Center at Blue Ridge Medical Center in Arrington. Pay what you will, 7:30-10pm. Rockfish Valley Fire Department, 11100 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Afton. 361-2470.

What’s better than biting into a fresh-picked summer peach? Peach ice cream, cobbler, jam—you get the picture. Celebrate the quintessential summer fruit with samples, live music and a kids zone. Free, 11am-5pm. Drumheller’s Orchard, 1130 Drumheller Orchard Ln., Lovingston. 263-5036.

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The owners of Monsoon Siam are moving a Thai fusion restaurant called Urban Bowl into Cardamom’s old spot in York Place...and they’re bringing noodles.

Urban Bowl, open seven days a week from 11am-3pm and 5-9pm, will serve Thai- and Vietnamese-inspired fare, including noodle bowls and noodle soup with a choice of beef, pork and shrimp. It will also serve crispy and fresh spring rolls, with plenty more options to come.

Urban Bowl owner and manager Saydee Aut and owner and chef Kitty Asi say that they’ve been eyeing the space for a while.

Cardamom owner Lu-Mei Chang (who also ran Monsoon once upon a time) approached Aut and Asi when she decided to close and asked them to bring the space (and their vision) to life.

“It’s been my passion to open my own restaurant,” says Aut, whose family comes from Vietnam and Thailand. “I love cooking.”

Aut says she’s excited to start serving customers the food that she grew up cooking.

“I would love for everyone to come in and check it out and leave comments,” Aut says.

“I am here to serve, because that’s what I do.”

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y Chocolate Shoppe on the Downtown Mall has closed, but owner and chocolatier Mary Beth Schellhammer isn’t giving up candy for good—she’s started Clean Conscience Chocolates, a line of paleo, vegan, organic, non-GMO, gluten- and dairy-free sweet treats.

“I cannot continue to contribute to our obese society, and I cannot continue to sell gummy bears with Red Dye 40 in them,” Schellhammer says. My Chocolate Shoppe’s last day was July 15.

“I’m just trying to provide a better option,” Schellhammer says, and Clean Conscience is “about my conscience being clean of producing these things.”

Schellhammer’s new line of truffles include four healthified flavors: toasted coconut, almond espresso, maca cinnamon turmeric and raw cacao. All are made without refined sugars, and Schellhammer emphasizes that “chocolate is food, not candy.”

She will also offer a new version of her peanut butter cups that aligns with her clean-eating values, along with her paleo almond joyfuls, nut and seed bark and butter toffee bark, which is one of two products with refined sugar.

Some of My Chocolate Shoppe’s more popular candies will still be available at Baggby’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop, and Schellhammer’s Clean Conscience treats will be sold there and at Rebecca’s Natural Foods beginning July 19.

She’s also working on a line of chocolates made with spices aimed to heal each chakra, and hopes to sell them in yoga studios. Beginning in September, Schellhammer will teach clean eating and chocolate-making classes at The Happy Cook.

Once Timbercreek hired Norman Engelhardt, formerly of The Rock Barn, the expansion happened quickly.

“With Norman on board of an already killer team made up of Adam Lawrence and Rodrigo Mejia, the decision was easy to start butchering [on our own] for our wholesale needs,” says Sara Miller, who co-owns Timbercreek with her husband, Zach.

Back 40 is the brainchild of Yoder, who says it’s inspired by seasonal, local ingredients, which the current market already uses in its café.

“It will be his menu, his creations and his inspiration that he brings to our followers,” Miller says.

While the Timbercreek Market storefront is closed until Aug. 1, its products will still be sold at Farmers in the Park at Meade Park on Wednesdays, and at the Market Street Market and Crozet Great Valu. Timbercreek will also offer butcher boxes to fill the void until opening day.

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harlottesville is dark and quiet when Severine Bertret starts her day at 4am. First on her schedule is fasting cardio, so she doesn’t eat before hopping on the treadmill or doing sprints around a track. She measures and weighs her food, eats, then lifts: high repetitions of heavy weights (with, say, a 15-pound dumbbell in each hand)—she’s training for her fourth bodybuilding competition.

She drinks her beloved cup of coffee and subtracts it from her two-gallons per day water intake.

Bertret’s regimen is extremely strict for three months, with meal plans and workouts carefully composed by her coach. She works out seven days a week; her “rest day” is cardio only. She eats six times a day, every two to three hours, and has nightly cardio sessions to shed the layer of fat that forms naturally over muscles, so that the muscles are more visible. The 5-foot, 1-inch 39-year-old is also a hot yoga teacher and pole fitness enthusiast. She’s asleep by 8:30 every night.

Bodybuilding wasn’t always on Bertret’s radar; the opportunity arose last year when she met a male bodybuilder—her first coach—at the gym.

“I always like new challenges,” she says.

“I get bored quickly. That’s part of why I went into bodybuilding.” She started hot yoga 20 years ago after moving to the United States from France—the practice

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helped her beat a 10-year-long battle with anorexia. Fitness became her literal lifesaver and passion.

“My main goal is to show people that it’s possible to get better, and I like to inspire people if I can,” Bertret says.

She competes in the bikini and figure categories of bodybuilding. Bikini competitors are toned and lean; figure competitors have larger muscles that are as toned and symmetrical as possible. Achieving these body requirements is difficult, but posing is Bertret’s foe. “[Posing is] maybe more important than how you look,” says Bertret, because a good pose best shows off a competitor’s muscles.

Bertret practices often because poor posing could cost her the podium.

In the Lenda Murray Pro AM in Norfolk on July 8, Bertret placed third in the masters bikini category and fifth in true novice figure.

“I didn’t place as well as I wanted, but I’m content with what I brought on stage.

Just got to put more work into it and decide which category I’m going to stick with,” Bertret says. She’s competing again in August in a natural competition, which does not allow steroids and aligns with Bertret’s own practices. She has high hopes for what’s to follow.

“I want to get my pro card down the road,” she says, which would allow her to only compete with other professionals and give her opportunities to qualify for the world-renowned Olympia competition. Ultimately, though, she says her goal is simple: to “stay in fitness for as long as I can.”

Bodybuilder Severine Bertret sticks to a strict diet, exercise and pose-practicing regimen when training for a competition. She works out seven days a week; her “rest day” is cardio only.

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Bakeries Albemarle Baking Company Get your ABCs of baked goods here—fantastic breads to divine desserts. 418 W. Main St., in the Main Street Market. 293-6456. $.

BreadWorks Breads, desserts and a full deli with sandwiches, soups, etc. Preston Plaza, 296-4663; 2955 Ivy Rd., 220-4575. $.

Carpe Donut Well-loved donuts, hot beverages and locally brewed kombucha. McIntire Plaza.

202-2918. $.

Chandler’s Bakery Cakes for any occasion, plus cookies and brownies for your sugar fix. Rio Hill Shopping Center. 975-2253. $.

Crust & Crumb Bakery Fresh-baked bread and pastry specials, plus a light menu. 1671 W. River Rd., Scottsville. 960-4444. $.

Duck Donuts Outer Banks donut spot with madeto-order treats. Stonefield Shopping Center, 8231960. $.

Found. Market Co. Bakehouse and mercantile specializing in cookies—eat them there or take dough home. 221 Carlton Rd., Suite 2. $$.

Great Harvest Bread Company Sandwiches, sweets and bread baked from scratch every day.

McIntire Plaza. 202-7813. $.

MarieBette French pastries for breakfast, more pastries (and a dine-in menu) for lunch. 700 Rose Hill Dr. 529-6118. $.

Nestlé Toll House Café Coffee, ice cream, cookie cakes and other sweet treats from the chocolatey chain. 5th Street Station. 328-8393. $.

Pearl’s Bake Shoppe Classic and specialty cupcakes, plus desserts and other sweet treats. 711 W. Main St. 293-2253. $.

SweetHaus Homemade cupcakes and specialty candy at this sweet shop. Candy catering available. 2248 Ivy Rd., 270-2944; 929 Second St. SE, 422-2677. $.

The Pie Chest Homemade breakfast and hand pies, plus by-the-slice options (for those who can’t decide). 119 Fourth St. NE. 977-0443. $.

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C&O Sophisticated French at a 30-plus-year-old establishment. Excellent cheese plate, extensive wine list, popular bar. 515 E. Water St. 971-7044. $$$.

Fleurie Upscale modern French restaurant gets rave reviews. Extensive wine list. 108 Third St. NE. 971-7800. $$$.

Petit Pois French-American bistro from the owners of Fleurie. All the chic, lower check. 201 E. Main St. 979-7647. $$.

Pomme Casual French in the heart of picturesque Gordonsville. Reservations recommended. 115 S. Main St., Gordonsville. (540) 832-0130. $$$.

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tify the stress. Maybe the family moved into a new home or had a baby, or the cat has been coping with some other unrelated disease. Other times, it seems the virus wakes up for no apparent reason.

Regardless, it isn’t usually long before it’s under control again. Just like human colds, most require no specific treatment and resolve on their own in a week or two.

t has to be an allergy, right? She’s been sneezing for the last few days, and her eyes are watering up. She lives indoors, and probably hasn’t met another cat since her days in the animal shelter. It just doesn’t make sense that she could have caught anything.

Such is the weird truth of feline respiratory infections. They can happen without any recent history of exposure. Sure, cats catch colds from other cats just like we catch them from family, friends and co-workers. But there’s a key difference. Feline respiratory infections never really go away. Your sneezy stay-at-home cat didn’t just catch a cold. She’s had it since before you met her.

The vast majority of upper respiratory infections in cats are caused by one of two viruses—calicivirus and herpesvirus. There are differences between them, but they are similar enough to lump together for the sake of discussion. Most cats will fight off the symptoms and resume life as usual, but the viruses have a nasty trick. They permanently leave their own genetic material lurking inside cells, turning cats into lifelong carriers. There’s no way to get rid of them. And every now and then, the viruses switch back on.

Usually, this happens because of some stress or illness. The cat’s immune system is momentarily Just like a human cold, the weakened or distracted, feline variety has few and the virus exploits medicinal options for the opportunity. Someimmediate recovery, other than pampering and rest. times it’s easy to iden-

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If your cat is eating, drinking and a bit sniffly, give her time because treatment options are limited.

Antibiotics may be useful if there is evidence of a bacterial infection layered over the viral one (usually indicated by thick, disgusting nasal discharge), but are otherwise completely ineffective against viruses and should not be prescribed. Nutritional supplements like L-lysine have long been used to soothe feline respiratory infections, but the evidence that they actually help is sketchy at best. And while some antiviral drugs may be used in severe cases, they are still poorly researched in cats and typically saved as a last resort. We’re working with a shallow toolbox here.

That said, there are cases where a trip to the vet is in order. Young kittens are more vulnerable to these infections, and can often benefit from supportive management to nurse them through. And any cat that is showing a declining appetite or severe congestion should be checked out before it gets worse. While the virus itself may resist treatment, it is often wise to start screening for underlying disease that may be giving the virus its opportunity to strike.

For most cats, however, the occasional cold is no more concerning than the ones we get all the time. But if you’ve been wondering how in the world your cat caught one to begin with, the answer is simple enough: It came pre-installed.

Dr. Mike Fietz is a small-animal veterinarian at Georgetown Veterinary Hospital. He received his veterinary degree from Cornell University in 2003 and has lived in Charlottesville since.

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Bashir’s Taverna Authentic Mediterranean cuisine by a Mediterranean chef. Outdoor seating available. 507 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 923-0927. $$.

Basil Mediterranean Bistro Mediterranean fare from grape leaves to tapas, plus a late-night wine bar. 109 14th St. 977-5700. $.

Orzo Kitchen & Wine Bar Mediterranean eatery has dishes from Spain to Greece and wines of the world. Main Street Market. 975-6796. $$.

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Hi, I’m Dino and please don’t be put off by my, um, portly shape. I’ve been stress eating since my owner brought me to the CASPCA, but I’m very energetic and I’d love to spend time with you on various adventures.

Bonus: I’m housebroken!

Hey, I’m Clyde. I can’t see very well, but that doesn’t get me down.

As long as I’m around my person, I’m happy. At the CASPCA, I’m known as a lover boy—I follow staff and volunteers and work my wooing magic.

Hey there. I’m Riggins. I came to the CASPCA as a stray, in need of a little TLC. Now that I’ve gotten it, I’m just looking for a nice place to hang out—a warm, soft bed where I can stretch my legs at the end of a day (hopefully after a long walk!).

What’s up? I’m Enzo. I’m 10 years old, but I still have a lot of energy.

I especially like running around the CASPCA with my buddy, Bones.

He puts up with me, but some other cats find me overwhelming (and I don’t care for dogs).

You can meet us at the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA, where we’re all available for adoption. 3355 Berkmar Dr. 973-5959, caspca.org, noon-6pm, daily

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Copper Mine Bistro Mediterranean-inspired menu features tapas, pizzas and entrées like shrimp provençal and veal saltimbocca. Wintergreen Resort. 325-8090. $/$$.

Mezeh Mediterranean Grill Bowls, wraps and pita pockets, all prepared with the fresh ingredients of your choosing. The Shops at Stonefield.

202-1446. $.

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Basic Necessities A taste of Southern France with fresh organic fare, plus wine and cheese.

Reservations preferred. 2226 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-1766. $$.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Spain’s most revered mystic poet was St. John of the Cross, who lived from 1542 to 1591. He went through a hard time at age 35, when he was kidnapped by a rival religious sect and imprisoned in a cramped cell. Now and then he was provided with scraps of bread and dried fish, but he almost starved to death. After 10 months, he managed to escape and make his way to a convent that gave him sanctuary. For his first meal, the nuns served him warm pears with cinnamon. I reckon that you’ll soon be celebrating your own version of a jailbreak, Leo. It’ll be less drastic and more metaphorical than St. John’s, but still a notable accomplishment. To celebrate, I invite you to enjoy a ritual meal of warm pears with cinnamon.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define,” says Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons. I’d love for you to adopt that attitude, Virgo. You’re entering the Season of Generous Mystery. It will be a time when you can generate good fortune for yourself by being eager to get your expectations overturned and your mind blown. Transformative opportunities will coalesce as you simmer in the influence of enigmas and anomalies. Meditate on the advice of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke: “I want to beg you to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves.”

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’ve compiled a list of four mantras for you to draw strength from.

They’re designed to put you in the proper alignment to take maximum advantage of current cosmic rhythms. For the next three weeks, say them periodically throughout the day. 1. “I want to give the gifts I like to give rather than the gifts I’m supposed to give.”

2. “If I can’t do things with excellence and integrity, I won’t do them at all.” 3. “I intend to run on the fuel of my own deepest zeal, not on the fuel of someone else’s passions.”

4. “My joy comes as much from doing my beautiful best as from pleasing other people.”

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The world will never fully know or appreciate the nature of your heroic journey. Even the people who love you the most will only ever understand a

Cancer (June 21-July 22): I predict that four weeks from now you will be enjoying a modest but hearty feeling of accomplishment—on one condition: You must not get diverted by the temptation to achieve trivial successes.

In other words, I hope you focus on one or two big projects, not lots of small ones. What do I mean by “big projects”? How about these: taming your fears; delivering a delicate message that frees you from an onerous burden; clarifying your relationship with work and improving your ability to have the money you need. portion of your epic quest to become your best self. That’s why it’s important for you to be generous in giving yourself credit for all you have accomplished up until now and will accomplish in the future. Take time to marvel at the majesty and miracle of the life you have created for yourself. Celebrate the struggles you’ve weathered and the liberations you’ve initiated. Shout “Glory hallelujah!” as you acknowledge your persistence and resourcefulness. The coming weeks will be an especially favorable time to do this tricky but fun work.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect you may have drug-like effects on people in the coming weeks. Which drugs? At various times, your impact could resemble cognac, magic mushrooms, and Ecstasy—or sometimes all three simultaneously. What will you do with all that power to kill pain and alter moods and expand minds? Here’s one possibility: Get people excited about what you’re excited about, and call on them to help you bring your dreams to a higher stage of development. Here’s another: Round up the support you need to transform any status quo that’s boring or unproductive.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” So said psychologist Carl Jung. What the hell did that meddling, self-important know-it-all mean by that?

Oops. Sorry to sound annoyed. My cranky reaction may mean I’m defensive about the possibility that I’m sometimes a bit preachy myself. Maybe I don’t like an authority figure wagging his finger in my face because I’m suspicious of my own tendency to do that. Hmmm. Should I therefore refrain from giving you the advice I’d planned to?

I guess not. Listen carefully, Capricorn: Mon-

itor the people and situations that irritate you. They’ll serve as mirrors. They’ll show you unripe aspects of yourself that may need adjustment or healing.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A source of tough and tender inspiration seems to be losing some of its signature potency. It has served you well. It has given you many gifts, some difficult and some full of grace. But now I think you will benefit from transforming your relationship with its influence. As you might imagine, this pivotal moment will be best navigated with a clean, fresh, open attitude.

That’s why you’ll be wise to thoroughly wash your own brain—not begrudgingly, but with gleeful determination. For even better results, wash your heart, too.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): A power animal is a creature selected as a symbolic ally by a person who hopes to imitate or resonate with its strengths. The salmon or hare might be a good choice if you’re seeking to stimulate your fertility, for example. If you aspire to cultivate elegant wildness, you might choose an eagle or horse. For your use in the coming months, I propose a variation on this theme: the power fruit. From now until at least May 2018, your power fruit should be the ripe strawberry. Why? Because this will be a time when you’ll be naturally sweet, not artificially so; when you will be juicy, but not dripping all over everything; when you will be compact and concentrated, not bloated and bursting at the seams; and when you should be plucked by hand, never mechanically.

three weeks—the theme you keep at the forefront of your awareness everywhere you go. But think a while before you say yes to my invitation. To commit yourself to being so relentlessly in quest of the sublime would be a demanding job. Are you truly prepared to adjust to the poignant sweetness that might stream into your life as a result?

Taurus (April 20-May 20): It’s a favorable time to strengthen your fundamentals and stabilize your foundation. I invite you to devote your finest intelligence and grittiest determination to this project. How? Draw deeply from your roots. Tap into the mother lode of inspiration that never fails you. Nurture the web of life that nurtures you. The cosmos will offer you lots of help and inspiration whenever you attend to these practical and sacred matters. Best-case scenario: You will bolster your personal power for many months to come.

Gemini

Aries

(May 21-June 20): Two talking porcupines are enjoying an erotic tryst in a cactus garden. It’s a prickly experience, but that’s how they like it. “I always get horny when things get thorny,” says one. Meanwhile, in the rose garden next door, two unicorns wearing crowns of thorns snuggle and nuzzle as they receive acupuncture from a swarm of helpful hornets. One of the unicorns murmurs, “This is the sharpest pleasure I’ve ever known.” Now here’s the moral of these farout fables, Gemini: Are you ready to gamble on a cagey and exuberant ramble through the brambles? Are you curious about the healing that might become available if you explore the edgy frontiers of gusto?

(March 21-April 19): The Greek word philokalia is translated as the “love of the beautiful, the exalted, the excellent.” I propose that we make it your keyword for the next

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE

COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, Complainant, v.

Case No. CL17-188

JAMES R. RUSH, a/k/a JAMES R. RUSH, SR., deceased MARION D. RUSH, a/k/a MARION PRISCILLA RUSH, a/k/a MARIAN P. RUSH, a/k/a MARIAN D. RUSH, deceased

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Trading as Holly’s Diner 1221 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On and Off Premises, Mixed Beverage Restaurant License to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Robert Truelove, Managing Member NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

JAMES R. RUSH, JR. ANTHONY L. RUSH, a/k/a ANTHONY LEVI RUSH TIMOTHY A. RUSH

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KERRY A. RUSH

TRADING AS URBAN BOWL 112 W. Main St., Suite 6. Charlottesville, VA 22902-5084

KYSHILA D. RUSH RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, a corp, t/a UVA MEDICAL CENTER COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA and any other heirs, devisees, personal representatives, successors, or assigns, if any, of JAMES R. RUSH, MARION D. RUSH a/k/a MARION PRISCILLA RUSH a/k/a MARIAN P. RUSH a/k/a MARIAN D. RUSH, JAMES R. RUSH, JR., ANTHONY L. RUSH, TIMOTHY A. RUSH, KERRY A. RUSH, and KYSHILA D. RUSH, as they may appear, proceeded against herein as PARTIES UNKNOWN, Respondents.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to effect a judicial sale of certain real property, reportedly containing 5.904 acres, more or less, and designated as Tax Map Parcel No. 133-38A, and which is being assessed on the tax records of Albemarle County, Virginia in the name of Marion D. Rush Estate, in order to subject such property to the lien thereon for delinquent real estate taxes.

It also appearing from the Complaint and by the Affidavit filed according to law that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Anthony L. Rush a/k/a Anthony Levi Rush, Timothy A. Rush, and Kerry A. Rush.

It appearing from the Complaint and by the Affidavit filed according to law that the Complainant has used due diligence to ascertain all of the owners of the subject property but has been unable to do so and that there are or may be persons unknown who claim or may claim an interest in the property, namely the heirs, devisees, personal representatives, successors, or assignors in and to the title and interest of James R. Rush, Marion D. Rush a/k/a Marion Priscilla Rush a/k/a Marian P. Rush a/k/a Marian D. Rush, James R. Rush, Jr., Anthony L. Rush, Timothy A. Rush, Kerry A. Rush, and Kyshila D. Rush.

It is therefore ORDERED that Anthony L. Rush a/k/a Anthony Levi Rush, Timothy A. Rush, and Kerry A. Rush, and the heirs, devisees, personal representatives, successors, or assigns, if any, of James R. Rush, Marion D. Rush a/k/a Marion Priscilla Rush a/k/a Marian P. Rush a/k/a Marian D. Rush, James R. Rush, Jr., Anthony L. Rush, Timothy A. Rush, Kerry A. Rush, and Kyshila D. Rush, as they may appear, proceeded against herein as “Parties Unknown,” appear on or before August 1, 2017 and take such action as they deem appropriate to protect any interests they may have in the above-described property.

It is further ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the C-Ville Weekly, that a copy of hereof be posted on the door of the Courthouse and that a copy be mailed to the last known address, if any, of the Respondents.

ENTER: Cheryl V. Higgins DATE: 6.29.17 I ASK FOR THIS: JONATHAN T. WREN, VSB #40304 MARTINWREN, P.C. 400 Locust Avenue, Suite 1 Charlottesville, Virginia, 22902 (434) 817-3100 (phone) (434) 817-3110 (fax) wren@martinwrenlaw.com (email) Counsel for the County of Albemarle

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Jittima Authayanond, Managing Member Note: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY PEARL S. WASHINGTON Plaintiffs, v.

CHARLES SCOTT PAMLAR NICHOLAS AND IF THEY BE DEAD, THEIR HEIRS DEVISEES, ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST WHO ARE MADE PARTIES HERETO AS PARTIES UNKNOWN;

Defendants, ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to compel the partition and sale of real estate, together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto belonging, lying and being in Albemarle County, Virginia, and which is described as: All that certain tract or parcel of land, together with all improvements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying and being in Albemarle County, Virginia containing 3 ½ acres, more or less, together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto belonging, situate on the west side of the Warren and Esmont Road about one half mile south of Esmont Virginia, and designated for tax purposes as Tax Map parcel 12800-00-00-06200.

It appearing from an Affidavit filed in this cause that there are Defendants whose addresses are unknown and further that there may be parties who are unknown that may have an interest in said property; On consideration whereof, it is ORDERED that all parties hereinabove named, including those designated as “Parties Unknown”, appear on or before the 25th day of August, 2017, at 9:00a.m., and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

And, it is further ORDERED that this order be published once a week for four successive weeks in C-Ville Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Albemarle, Virginia; and that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein this Court is held.

ENTERED this 26th day of June 2017.

Jennifer Shifflett Clerk, Deputy I ask for this: John A. Dezio, Counsel for Plaintiff VSB #07678 2350 Commonwealth Drive, Suite C , Charlottesville, VA 22901 Office: (434) 244-0303 Fax: (434) 244-0307

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CLASSIFIEDS VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE JEFFERSON M. CATLETT H. CURTIS PEARSON, JR. MAMIE T. CONE Plaintiffs, v.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

BLAINE A. BOLLING, JR. And if HE be dead,the unknown heirs, successors and assigns, and all persons interested in HIS estate, as PARTIES UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN HEIRS Defendants,

v.

VULCAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC

Plaintiff,

JOHN MAUPIN et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to compel the partition and sale of four certain parcels of real estate, together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto belonging, located in the Scottsville Magisterial District, County of Albemarle, Virginia designated on the present tax maps of the County of Albemarle as follows: Tax Map Parcel (TMP) 127-14 containing 23.74 acres, more or less, as shown and described on a plat of survey made by Michael Ray Goin, L.S. dated August 28, 2014, this parcel being the same property conveyed to J. F. Bolling by deed dated May 8, 1940, from S. D. Forbes and wife, recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia on May 9, 1940 in Deed Book 246, page 306; and Tax Map Parcel (TMP) 127-16 containing 16.59 acres, more or less, as shown and described on a plat of survey made by Michael Ray Goin, L. S. dated August 28, 2014, this parcel being a portion of the property devised to J. F. Bolling, deceased, of record in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Will Book 34, page 24; and Tax Map Parcel (TMP) 127-19 containing 17.16 acres, more or less, as shown and described on a plat of survey made by Michael Ray Goin, L. S. dated August 28, 2014, this parcel being the same property conveyed to J. F. Bolling by deed dated March 4, 1950 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia in Deed Book 287, page 568; and

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Tax Map Parcel (TMP) 132-19 containing 6.15 acres, more or less, as shown and described on a plat of survey made by Michael Ray Goin, L. S. dated August 28, 2014, this parcel being the same property conveyed to J. F. Bolling by deed dated September 29, 1950 from Rebecca White, formerly Rebecca Turner Abrams, recorded August 21, 1954 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia in Deed Book 312, page 143.

It appearing from an Affidavit filed in this cause that there are Defendants whose addresses are unknown and further that there may be parties who are unknown that may have an interest in said properties;

On consideration whereof, it is ORDERED that all parties hereinabove named, including those designated as “Parties Unknown”, appear on or before the 25th day of August, 2017, at 9:00a.m., and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

And, it is further ORDERED that this order be published once a week for four successive weeks in Cville Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Albemarle, Virginia; and that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein this Court is held.

ENTERED this 26th day of June, 2017.

Jennifer Shifflett Clerk Deputy

I ask for this John A. Dezio, Attorney VSB #07678 2350 Commonwealth Drive, Suite C Charlottesville, VA 22901 Office: (434) 244-0303 Fax: (434) 244-0307 Counsel for Plaintiff

Case No. CL17000067-00

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the above-styled suit is quiet title to a parcel of real property situated on Quarry Road in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, which property is shown on maps and plats recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia in Deed Book 673 at Page 724 and in Deed Book 906 at Page 506, specifically including those areas shown by crosshatches on said maps and plats,

And it appearing by affidavit filed according to law by Plaintiff that the location and last known post office address of Defendant John Maupin are unknown and that diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the same, and further that Defendant Daryl Daryl Edward Cowles is a non-resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a last known post office address of 2612 Martinsburg Road, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia 25411, and that service of process on him through Secretary of the Commonwealth has been unsuccessful.

And it further appearing from the complaint that there are or may be persons, whose names are unknown, interested in the property to be disposed of, those persons being the heirs, devisees, spouses and successors in interest of J.N. Wilkerson, Bessie Wilkerson Glass, Mamie L. Marks, Lucille Cowles Crawford, aka Angie L. Crawford, Lewis N. Glass, Madeline Mitchell, Effie Farish, Hollis H. Farris, Louise F. Osman, Marion S. Glass, Harold C. Glass, Arnita Glass Maupin, Herman M. Farrish, Michael Maupin, Lewis Nelson Glass, Barbara Lucille Glass, aka Barbara Towe, Carol Glass Eby, Karen Eby, Warren T. Cowles, Sr., Janet Cowles, Warren T. Cowles, Jr., Fred Cowles, and Mike Cowles, such persons being made Defendants by the general description of “Parties Unknown”, It is therefore Ordered that the Defendants John Maupin and Daryl Edward Jones, and their heirs, devisees, spouses and successors in interest, if any, and the said Parties Unknown appear on or before September 6, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. in the Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, 315 East High Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

And this cause is continued.

ENTER : Richard E. Moore DATE: 7/12/17

I Ask For This: Ralph E. Main, Jr. VSB # 13320 Dygert, Wright, Hobbs & Heilberg, PLC 415 Fourth Street, N.E. Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Telephone: 434-979-5515 Facsimile: 434-295-7785 Counsel for the Plaintiff

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IRB-HSR # 18237 How clinical trials benefit you. At UVA, clinical trials are taking place every day. Because of this, UVA is an environment of care where learning, discovery and innovation flourish. And it is our patients — today and in the future — who reap the rewards, whether or not they participate in a trial. Please call the trial coordinator to enroll confidentially or for additional information.

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Study for Type 1 Diabetics ESETT Seizure Study Salt and Blood Pressure Repeated prolonged seizures may be short-term study of normal and high Men andor women with type 1 life-threatdiabetes agedA18-50 needed for study onblood thepreseffect of ening emergencies.

Patients presenting to the UVA sure.

Healthy adults from age 18-70 are needed.

The exercise training and or the drug spironolactone (used to treat high blood pressure) Emergency Department with seizures that do not stop purpose of this study is to determine how salt affects on blood vessels.

Subjects will be randomized 6 months of eitherexercise training after first-line drugs will be given one of three drugs bloodto pressure.

Commitment to 2 week diet required – commonly treat continuing seizures.

The 1 week lowStudy salt, 1 week high salt3diet.

Meals provided. or takingused thetostudy drug or a combination of both. requires exercise testing purpose of the study is to see which of the drugs works Participants will have up to 9 visits; blood and urine visits of 1.5 hours and three 10 hour admissions in UVA’s Clinical Research Unit. best. This is a public disclosure notice. Patients may opt tests, and EKG provided and required. Compensation is Compensation is $1,400.00, paidbeing in installments. out of study participation or may discontinue in $200. Principal Investigator: Robert Carey MD. the study at any time. For full information go to www.

UVA Endocrinology and Metabolism Principal Investigator: esett.org. Principal Investigator:Eugene J. Stephen Barrett, Huff, MD. MD, PhD

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Q&A Which places will you be dining at during Restaurant Week, July 14-23?

Downtown Grille.

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Public Fish & Oyster, Fry’s Spring Station and Tavern & Grocery.

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Would love to try Jack’s Shop Kitchen! Looks delish!

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Fleurie.

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Water Street!

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Junction’s menu looked great and had a lot of gluten-free options!

Tavern & Grocery.

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Bizou!

Dining at Fleurie & Bizou during Restaurant Week. Two favs, trying others. @BERRYGARY/TWITTER

Maya.

Heirloom.

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Pearl Island for some Caribbean food, of course. I created their television commercial so that is where I will be. No-brainer. @UNOFCOMEDY/TWITTER

The Downtown Grille.

Home, same as usual.

Would love to try C&O!

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Croby’s.

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