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Boy battling rare genetic disease needs your help STAFF & WIRE

A King George County mother needs your help to give her son a second chance at life.

Caleb Johnson, 6, has a rareterminal illness with no known cure.

His family is trying to raise money to fund a clinical trial to beat Batten's disease.

Caleb just celebrated his sixth birthday.

“He loves all the lights; he likes to help put up the ornaments and to look for presents under the tree,” his mother, Ashley Johnson said during Christmas.

Making the holidays and everyday merry and bright for Caleb is job one for his mom and Travis Holman (inset), the man who’s been a dad to him since he was two years old.

“He’s the light of my life. I can’t imagine doing anything but being his mom,” said Ashley.

Putting a damper on the Christmas cheer is the realization that Ashley may only have a few more years left to celebrate with her son.

Caleb has Batten’s Disease. It’s a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system.

It came as a shock because there was no history in the family of this genetic disorder, and everything about Ashley's pregnancy and delivery was normal.

The once vibrant little boy, who loved to run, swim and play with school friends, began to change before his third birthday. “...When Caleb was two and a half his motor skills, not gross motor skills, but fine motor skills were not coming together as quickly as I thought they would and his speech was not developing like a typical two year old.”

As Caleb Johnson headed back to class from gym, fellow students gathered around his walker.

Doctors thought it was autism.

So, they began at least 20-hours a week in a series of early intervention therapies, plus pre-school.

“Every day he works so hard just to do things every other parent, other kids take for granted.”

A genetic test revealed Caleb has the CLN 8 gene mutation that causes his type of Batten’s disease--- which occurs in maybe two to four of every 100,000 live births in the U.S. “They start having seizures; they lose their ability to motor plan, walk, talk and a lot of time vision

impairment is common as well.”

There is no cure for the disease, but Ashley and Travis have not given up.

They're placing their hope in funding a clinical trial for his specific gene mutation.

Working parallel with another family that's already raised $25 million, Ashley started the Caleb Chance Foundation. To get the clinical trial up and running, they must raise at least $3.5 million by next year.

And they are asking for your help.

“Every dollar counts, every dollar

matters...determined to get it done.”

They have to act quickly to give Caleb a second chance at life, because children with his strain of Batten’s usually live to be 8 to 12 years old.

“Caleb is 6 now. It's kind of hard now because every birthday you want to celebrate your child getting older. but getting older right now is not the best,” Ashley said. “I just wish I could keep him little, slow time down.”

If you’d like to help fund a CLN8 gene therapy trial, visit the website www.breakbatten.org

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Treatment aims to curb rise in diabetes, hypertension ALEXA NASH & CHARLOTTE RENE WOODS CNS - Marquita Manning, 42, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension in 2013. Manning now enjoys her beloved “soul food” in moderation and carries a water bottle with her all around the operating room where she works as an anesthesia technician.

The chronic conditions contributed to her having a miscarriage at four months pregnant earlier this year.

That difficult point in her life helped push her to regain control of her health.

She said that her lifestyle and eating habits led to her illness, but she recognizes that heredity also plays a role.

Both of Manning’s parents suffer from diabetes and hypertension.

She watched them cope with those diseases when she was a girl but never thought that one day she would face the same day-to-day struggles.

“All I ever saw was my Mom taking pills every day. I never knew – I didn’t think that it would affect me,” Manning said.

Back then, she didn’t realize that the conditions were hereditary in her family. “At the time ... when you’re young, you don’t really even understand the seriousness of it,” Manning said.

In Virginia, 85 percent of AfricanAmericans with diabetes also have high blood pressure, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of non-Hispanic whites with diabetes, about 75 percent also have hypertension.

But the racial gap is shrinking.

In 2013, the percentage of diabetics with comorbidity was about 80 percent for blacks and 68 percent of whites – a difference of 12 percentage points.

A recent shift on how doctors diagnose hypertension will increase

One to three adults in the United States will have hypertension, high blood pressure, in their lifetimes, but black men males have nearly double the incidence when compared to their white counterparts. the number of Americans with the disease. People will be diagnosed with stage I hypertension if they have a blood pressure of 130 over 80, instead of 140/90.

In 2015, 75 percent of women and approximately 76 percent of men with diabetes in Virginia had high blood pressure – and with the new definition of hypertension, those numbers are likely to rise.

Dr. Melanie Bean, director of clinical and behavioral services at the Healthy Lifestyles Center in Richmond, said genetic factors for ethnicity or race play a role in the development of diabetes or hypertension, but how patients live day to day also impacts the progression of the diseases.

“Then your lifestyle choices – which might be driven by policies, what you have access to or what you’ve learned in your family and culture – those things might exacerbate or reduce the risk,” Bean said.

Education is the first step in the fight to slow the increase in the

prevalence of diseases relating to obesity.

Families are referred to the Healthy Lifestyles Center, part of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, to help youngsters understand the risks associated with obesity and put them on track for a better quality of life.

Weight management is the foundation of the center, which applies customized approaches to each patient, offering treatment by psychologists, psychiatrists, dieticians, exercise physiologists and pediatric specialists.

No patient is treated exactly the same as another, Bean said. The center recognizes continued success comes in a variety of forms.

Just as Manning noted that growing up in a low-income household may have led to her early unhealthy eating habits, Bean sees many patients who may not have much accessibility to nutritious foods.

“When we think about things like food access and being healthy and budget-conscious, we’re thinking about the fact that there’s a lot of kids who live in a food desert or don’t have access to a good grocery store,” Bean said. Even if healthy food is available, parents might not have been trained about its importance, she said.

The center also focuses on community outreach and government policies. Weight management and chronic disease treatment and prevention can’t stop when the patients leave the center; creating a healthier environment for the larger population is important to Bean and her colleagues.

For the center’s young patients, a healthier environment includes the schoolhouse.

Richmond Public Schools has implemented the Community Eligibility Provision, which allows students to receive a free breakfast and lunch throughout the school year without an application or fee. The meals follow the MyPlate guidelines from the USDA, which includes requirements for fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy and whole grain.

Much of Bean’s time is spent on research. She is working on a study that involves what students actually eat during the day.

There have been policy disagreements within the federal government over whether the dietary guidelines are causing more food waste, but Bean said the debate could depend on a student’s socioeconomic status and food availability at home.

“So if you’re not sure where your next meal is coming from ... I think it’s kind of lent itself towards ‘eat when it’s available,’” she said. “The majority of their calories are coming from school, so really being able to evaluate what these changes in the school environment [are]

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Dozens of Virginia nursing homes fined for violations to the number of residents on the floor. Will residents have to wait for assistance and be in their bed while they’re soiled, or try to wait for assistance and need help going to the bathroom and fall? The state recommends 15 minutes to respond to residents, but there is no regulation.”

GILLIAN BULLOCK & DIANA DiGANGI CNS - When you think about where your loved ones will spend their golden years, you probably don’t picture understaffed facilities employing known abusers, or dementia patients warehoused, mistreated and helpless to advocate for themselves. But citations issued by government inspectors paint a grim picture of long-term care at dozens of facilities in Virginia.

Evelyn Lee and her sister were faced with the decision of placing their mother in a nursing home when their mother experienced a stroke.

Lee’s mother selected a nursing home that best suited her needs of acute care for her to undergo physical therapy. When Lee’s mother’s health began to steadily decline, Lee and her sister started their search for a long-term care facility.

“We looked to see if there was availability, if the nursing home was easily accessible to my sister, and the general aesthetic such as how the facility looked and smelled,” said Lee, a reverend at First Baptist Church Bute Street in Norfolk. “When looking at facilities, we looked at the state survey and looked to see if any citations were given to the nursing homes.”

Of the 290 nursing homes in Virginia, 72 nursing homes have faced penalties totaling more than $4.7 million since 2014, according to data posted online by Medicare, the government agency that provides health care for elderly Americans.

The facilities that have incurred the most fines are Montvue Nursing Home in Luray, with more than $600,000 in fines; Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, with almost $240,000 in fines; and Harrisonburg Health & Rehabilitation Center in Harrisonburg, with more than $192,000 in fines.

Together, those three nursing homes accounted for about 22 percent of the total amount of fines.

Penalties run the gamut of severity.

While nursing homes are often cited for relatively minor infractions like failing to post staffing information, many nursing homes across Virginia have been cited in the past several years for more serious violations.

For instance, 116 nursing homes have been cited on 176 counts for

Evelyn Lee failing to either “1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents, or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.”

One Richmond nursing home, Envoy of Westover Hills, has been cited for that infraction seven times since July 2015. That was more citations than any other facility in the state received during that time period. Envoy’s nursing director could not be reached for comment.

The nursing directors at two other facilities that had been cited multiple times for this same infraction – Culpeper Health and Rehabilitation Center in Culpeper, and Carriage Hill Health and Rehab Center in Fredericksburg – also couldn’t be reached for comment.

Long-term care professionals who are dedicated to their jobs and compassionate to their patients say they struggle to keep going in an industry that often does not hire enough staff for its facilities and underpays its staff.

Jordan James, former employee of Home Elderly Care, said she enjoyed her time at the facility and keeps the memories of her patients close.

“One of my patients that stands out to me is Mary,” James said. “She taught me sign language, and she would always show me her family albums with pictures of her husband, children, siblings and grandchildren.”

But at many homes, there aren’t enough skilled assistants like James.

“Staffing levels are deficient,” said Gretchen Francis, ombudsman for the Capital Area Agency on Aging.

“Most for-private facilities do not have enough staff in comparison

According to the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization, more than 80 percent of nursing homes are reporting higher levels of registered nurse care to a government-run website for consumers than are reflected in their reports to Medicare.

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Virginia’s over-the-year employment continues to grow Virginia’s nonfarm payroll employment is 33,700 jobs higher when compared to November of 2016. Over-the-year employment growth in Virginia has Terry McAuliffe been positive for 44 consecutive months.

In November, Virginia’s overthe-year growth was 0.9 percent.

Nationally, total nonfarm employment was up 1.4 percent from a year ago. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was up a slight 0.1 percentage point in November to 3.7 percent, but was down 0.4 percentage point from a year ago. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to be below the national rate, which was unchanged in November at 4.1 percent.

“When I took office, Virginia’s unemployment rate was 5.4 percent and, today, that rate has dropped to 3.7 percent – a rate not seen in the commonwealth since April 2008,” said Gov. Terry

McAuliffe (D). “Paired with [the recent] announcement of decreased unemployment tax rates for 2018, we are moving the needle in the new Virginia economy, instituting the right creative and innovative policies and initiatives to bring more highpaying jobs to Virginians.”

Virginia, along with Arkansas, has the fourth lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate among the Southeast states. In addition, Virginia has the fourth lowest unemployment rate, along with Indiana, among major U.S. states behind Tennessee, Florida, and Massachusetts.

Since the beginning of the McAuliffe administration, average hourly earnings and personal income in Virginia have increased by a total of 7.8 percent and 12.3 percent, respectively, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Additionally, average weekly wages and total wages and salaries for the private sector have increased 9.0 percent and 11.5 percent year to date, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.

“This year, we’ve seen unemployment rates declining across the commonwealth, a clear sign of the realization of the new Virginia economy,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore.

“The economic rebound can be seen in all parts of Virginia, with every locality seeing its unemployment rate drop and more Virginians receiving the resources and tools they need for high-paying jobs of the 21st century.

Indeed, Virginia’s economy has improved significantly since January 2014, and I am hopeful that this trend continues.”

In November, the private sector recorded an over-the-year gain of 35,900 jobs, while the public sector recorded an over-the-year loss of 2,200 jobs. Compared to a year ago, on a seasonally adjusted basis, eight of the eleven major industry divisions experienced employment gains.

In related news, unemployment insurance tax rates is also expected to fall in Virginia.

Thanks to a growing economy and declining unemployment rate, the average unemployment insurance tax

rate paid by Virginia employers will be 0.96 percent this year, down from the 2017 average of 1.12 percent.

This tax is the experience-related tax paid by employers to fund unemployment insurance benefits paid to eligible workers. Virginia’s unemployment insurance tax rates are among the lowest in the nation. “[This...] is an important sign that the new Virginia economy is growing,” said McAuliffe. “In the last four years, we’ve worked hard to diversify our economy, putting more Virginians to work in good-paying, 21st century jobs. We’ve announced record capital investment in the commonwealth, made strategic changes and investments in our education and workforce systems, and laid a significant foundation for continued growth in the years to come.”

Employers in Virginia will also see a reduction in the unemployment insurance pool costs in 2018. The pool cost charge for 2018 will be 0.01 percent, down from the 2017 cost of 0.03 percent. This reduction amounts to an average savings of $1.60 per employee for employers in Virginia.

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Martin Luther King III will headline MLK Celebration Week in Richmond Human rights advocate, community activist and political leader Martin Luther King III will provide keynote remarks Jan. 17 as part of Virginia Commonwealth University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week.

King’s keynote, which will be held at 7 p.m. in the University Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballroom, will be moderated by Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney. The event is free and open to the public.

Guests can RSVP at go.vcu.edu/ mlk3keynote.

King serves as an ambassador of his parents’ legacy of nonviolent social change. A graduate of his father’s alma mater, Morehouse College, King has devoted his life to working in the nonprofit sector to promote civil rights and global human rights and to eradicate the “triple evils” of racism, militarism and poverty his father identified as the scourges of humankind.

As the elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization co-founded by his father, King reinvigorated SCLC by stabilizing its governance, program and development components. As founder and president of Realizing the Dream, Inc., he has taken his father’s message to a global audience, spearheading nonviolence training in Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Israel and Palestine, Kenya, Sri Lanka and the United States.

VCU’s MLK Celebration Week was established in 2014 to honor and raise awareness of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through VCU and Richmond communitywide educational programs that commemorate his distinguished contributions, leadership, spirit of service and dedication to nonviolence and justice. MLK Celebration Week is scheduled for Jan. 15 to Jan. 21 and is sponsored by VCU’s Division

(from page 2) Beyond improving the quality of doing to their intake is really key to understanding and, really, guiding their health.”

For Manning, educating herself about her health conditions pushed her to take action regarding her diet.

She said she has cut out sugary foods and eats carbohydrates, like pasta, in moderation. She has lost 25 pounds since being diagnosed and is no longer taking medication for diabetes or high blood pressure.

“You just have to make a decision that you want to do what’s right,” Manning said. “You’re going to want one way of living, but when they tell you that this is life, that this is your life and you have to make these changes, you just do it.”

How effective are salad bars in school cafeterias?

Besides her work with the Healthy Lifestyles Center, Dr. Melanie Bean is involved in various research. One of her recent projects is examining the success rates of installing salad bars in school cafeterias.

food at home, Bean is interested in improving the quality of foods children receive at school.

“They get breakfast and lunch at school, and many kids actually get after-school snacks and sometimes dinner too and weekend meals,” Bean said.

In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service announced that it would maintain current targets for sodium level reductions in school lunches, pausing an Obama-administration goal to gradually decrease sodium.

In May, the department offered more leniency in schools’ compliance with the standards.

In a press release, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue argued that children weren’t keen on the healthier options.

“If kids aren’t eating the food, and it’s ending up in the trash, they aren’t getting any nutrition —thus undermining the intent of the program,” Purdue said.

Bean said that speculation may not

Martin Luther King III for Inclusive Excellence.

The week’s theme, “50 years later: Don’t sleep on the dream,” commemorates the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Program

and event attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about King’s lasting legacy and engage in making their community a better place for all. Learn more at mlkday. vcu.edu.

be accurate.

She acknowledged that some children probably waste the fruits and vegetables given to them, but she believes a thorough study and data collection are needed to assess the situation.

“Some of the unintended potential consequences are that are our kids taking them and throwing them away, so at the end of the day, are we making more plate waste?” Bean said. “So, salad bars are a potential way to help increase your perception of choice because you get to choose and self-serve at the salad bar. When you have to have one now, you’ve got some choice.”

That’s why she has partnered with Fit4Kids, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving children’s health, to conduct research. The organization has installed 20 salad bars in Richmond schools – dubbed “Garden Patch” schools.

Bean’s study, funded by the National Institute of Health, uses pre- and post-evaluation of children’s plates through digital images to

assess possible food waste. The study has recently left its pilot phase and will soon begin comparing schools with salad bars to those without.

Bean said it’s critical that government policies be based on data.

“What I’m really dedicated to doing and our team is to get good empirical support so we have data to drive policies versus just this guy in Washington said ‘bring back the unhealthy meals! Kids are throwing away those meals!’” she said. “Well we don’t know; the data actually, so far, are mixed.”

Bean suggested that perhaps the children throwing away certain foods are the ones who have other options. She argued that in districts where your school lunch is your only choice, students may be less likely to waste anything – even the healthier options.

“It’s this big, complex web, but I think policies are going to have to go prevention heavy,” Bean explained.

“It’s the only way we’re going to make a real change with obesity.”

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Op/Ed & Letters Resolutions...

JIM WALLIS While away with my family over the holidays, I took time to write up some New Year’s resolutions for 2018. While it’s not always easy to come up with multiple thoughtful, practical resolutions to keep through the year, I recommend the practice — especially in a time like this. 2017 required a deeper attention and commitment to our nation’s public life, in the face of unexpected political leadership that some are trying to “normalize.” The shocks, dangers, worries, anger, and vulnerability for so many people this year have indeed required us to go to a deeper place.

2018 looks very uncertain, and things could get worse before getting better.

So, some New Year’s resolutions are in order.

Here are mine. I’ll be praying and working through these resolutions as we head into 2018. I pray for your strength and courage as you set, and work to keep, your own … and please share yours in the comments below.

1. To start each day with a “yes!” to my faith — and to my personal and public morality. Especially since I will be saying no to so much this next year, I want to start by saying yes to God’s love, yes to my allegiance to Jesus Christ, yes to my discipleship, which means that Jesus is Lord — against any other powers who think they have or should have absolute political authority. I want to say yes to engaged citizenship, civil The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 4 No. 1 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

discourse, service to what is right, and courageous resistance to what is wrong. I want my “no” to begin with a deeper “yes!”

2. To have the courage to say “no!” when that is required, wherever it is required. This includes the public arena, the political sphere, in the media and culture, in schools, in workplaces, and even in the church.

It will mean sometimes saying no to fellow Christians, and possibly even to members of my own family, when they defend and support ideas and actions that are antithetical to the gospel. I will try to demand conversations in churches about our gospel values, and to hold political discussions in Christian communities accountable to those values.

3. To not wait to say “no,” or wait to stand in opposition to wrong and dangerous ideas and actions, until I see how others will respond. To not be among the last to react to breaches of moral and civic behavior, but to count the cost and show my commitment to justice by being one of the first.

4. To hold the Bible in one hand and the news in the other as I go through each day. I will try to hold public decisions and events accountable to what our Scriptures teach and demand of us. I will also hold the Constitution close at hand, and try to hold political leaders accountable to that, too.

5. To better answer the biggest challenges of 2018 by acting on my faith, rather than reacting from my emotions. To respond to genuine outrages with deeper commitment, The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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instead of cyclical anger; to respond to despair with action, instead of cynicism, to combat hatred with deeper love; and to counter feelings of hopelessness with decisions to act in hope, rather than feelings of optimism, because of my faith.

6. To see crisis as both danger and opportunity. And to always be attentive to both, in every situation.

7. To see evil and injustice as a call to go deeper. Deeper into the disciplines and practices of my faith; deeper into my relationships with allies and friends, especially across racial lines; and deeper into my relationships to those who are most vulnerable and targeted by injustice.

8. To spend even more time with my family. Our children and grandchildren need to know what is going on, and how we and they can respond to it. I will try to explain things, and pray over things that happen in the world with them, not try to keep them from seeing or understanding dangerous things that are occurring. I will work to protect them by helping them interpret those things, and by assuring them that we will be together through it all.

9. To pray for particular people who will be playing critical roles in the outcomes of political events in this country. I commit to praying for the courage of press — including media reporters, broadcasters, columnists, editors, producers, and

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owners — that they would search earnestly and endlessly for the truth, and have the courage to print and tell it. I will pray for the judiciary to face the hardest questions with a commitment to the rule of law, more than the rule of politics. I will pray for the leaders in Congress, and all its members, that they would understand themselves as a separate branch of government that holds a necessary check on the Executive.

Our Scriptures instruct us to pray for our political leaders, so I will also try to pray for President Donald Trump — that he would not see himself not as absolute, but as a public servant.

In particular, I will pray every day for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and his investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and presidency.

I will pray for him daily, because I believe he may have the future of American democracy in his hands.

10. To work and pray to grow in my trust of God, friends, and community.

Even if life in this country continues to spiral morally downward, I will try to trust in faith, hope, and love — to believe the greatest of these is love — and to be ready every day to act, by faith, in hope, upon what I believe.

Wallis is president of Sojourners.

His new book is “America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America”.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Lacking compassion

This new tax giveaway removes health care for 13 million Americans, and dumps over $1.5 trillion dollars of debt onto the American public while continuing to perpetuate the sad mythology which says by giving the rich more, we all do better. This plan completely ignores what we all know to be the truth: extra money given back to the working class will go into the economy at a much higher rate than money given to the wealthy.

While millions in our nation prepare for the holidays with the stark reality of the loss of healthcare and an uncertain future, our nation's most powerful elected officials decide to take from those without to give more to our nation's wealthiest 1 percent, who already own 40 percent of our nation's wealth.

According to one estimate, by 2027, individuals making over a million dollars will see an additional tax giveaway of $5.8 billion more; yet those making $40-50,000 will pay an extra $5.3 billion more in taxes.

What Congress has continued to show is that far from representing the interests of the people, our nation's policies disproportionately favor the wealthy.

Our democracy becomes healthy

only when the politics and polices emanating from Congress reflect the American people and not solely the interests of corporations or our wealthiest citizens.

We should all unequivocally stand in strong opposition to this tax giveaway and call on the president to veto it.

Malik Russell

What can you do to make 2018 great?

Make a list of what you want to accomplish in the year ahead.

Don’t make it so long that it’s overwhelming. Most people’s list can go on and on and then it becomes a daunting task.

Here are some ideas for you.

Focus on your health. You can do almost anything if you have your health. Go to your doctor for a physical. Have blood work done. Find our what your numbers are then adjust accordingly. If your cholesterol is high or your sugar level is high you will need to exercise a little more and eat a better diet with more fruit and vegetables and less red meat.

Eating less sugar will probably be a good thing for you in 2018 as most Americans eat too much sugar. I had my blood work done about four days after Thanksgiving. Everything came back good except my sugar level was 106, which is a little high. It needs to in the nineties. However, I ate at least four pieces of pie over the Thanksgiving holiday. When you go to have your blood work done don’t go right after a blowout-eating holiday.

Remember if you have your health you feel like doing something. You can work hard, sell pencils, work retail, work your garden, mow your grass and enjoy life. A lot of sick people have money but they can’t enjoy their money because they threw away their health. Things still happen. Our bodies are flesh and blood and you can lose your health even being a fitness nut. However, your chances are better if you at least try. Keep walking, keep moving your body, be active.

My father was actually very unhealthy in his eating habits. He was overweight and ate any and everything. He wasn’t big on desserts but was big on anything fried, red meat and lots of squirrels and rabbits. He was a hunter. He made it to 85 and one of the reasons I believe he did was become he kept moving.

He was out in the hills about three days before he died and shot a rabbit from his truck to eat for dinner.

Find ways to keep moving and things to keep your interest. Winter months are tougher for most Americans so be creative in your efforts to keep body and mind active.

Make and save money. You can’t take money with you but you can enjoy it here and then leave some for your family. America’s economy is coming back. There are more jobs now than we have seen in awhile.

Some corporations who moved their work to other countries will bring some of their jobs back to America.

Any jobs they bring back will be more than we have had the last 16 or so years. There is work to be done in

America. You might have to drive or move to another town but there is money to be made if you are willing to work. Even if you have to work two jobs you can earn a paycheck in America. Every time you get a paycheck put some money aside in your bank. Eventually buy some stock in a mutual fund or preferably an index fund. Unless you have a crisis in your life leave your saved money alone and keep adding to it.

Eventually you will have enough for hard times and good times.

Even if you can only save $20 a paycheck this is better than nothing and even a small amount will add up.

Pursue one or two interests in 2018.

Fourteen months ago I started taking violin or I should say fiddle lessons.

I enjoy it. It’s something to do. I write these columns. It’s something to do. I like to travel. It’s something to do. I hope to write a book in 2018.

It’s something to do. I try to do only what I enjoy but that’s not easy because not everything is enjoyable.

There are some parts of life that are tedious, trying and just a pain. This is why you need to pursue a personal interest or two. Do something you want to do.

Of course there is always more. You have a closet or a garage you need to clean out. You have chores and more chores to get done and most everybody does.

There is only one person who can make 2018 a great year for you.

Go look in the mirror and look this person over.

Dr. Glenn Mollette

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Faith & Religion

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Calls for tougher law on campus religious bias ANGELA JACOB & GABRIELA MARTINEZ WASHINGTON (CNS) – Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Kensington, has proposed that religious discrimination on college campuses should be prohibited under the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.

That law already bars religious discrimination in hiring, but the congressman said the law’s protections need to be broadened.

“People have a right to go to college and to universities without being vilified or intimidated because of their race, their ethnicity, their national origin or their religion,” Raskin said in an interview. “Right now, Title VI (of the Civil Rights Act) does not include religion as a prescribed basis for discrimination on campus, and I would be very eager to add that so that people could not be religiously harassed on campus.”

His statement followed a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the rise in anti-Semitism and related hate crimes in institutions of higher education.

“While our federal civil rights laws have long addressed discrimination based on race, sex, and ethnicity, a debate is ongoing regarding whether anti-Semitism on college campuses warrants a unique response compared to how harassment based on race or sex, for example, is addressed,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Raskin stressed that although the hearing was focused on antiSemitism, changing Title VI would be beneficial for all religious minorities.

That section of the law currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in any programs that receive federal funds.

“There’s been a rise in hate crimes across the board since the beginning of 2017,” he said. “I think we’ve seen

The House Judiciary Committee hears testimony from witnesses about anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses. PHOTO: Gabriela Martinez a dramatic spike in racially-oriented crimes, religiously-oriented crimes, hate violence and incidents directed at minorities, so we’re looking at ways to address that.”

The witnesses in the congressional hearing concurred that their research shows an uptick in anti-Semitic hate crimes, specifically after the white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that took place in mid-August.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the AntiDefamation League, told the committee that the number of antiSemitic incidents during the first three quarters of 2017 is 67 percent higher than during the same period last year.

In Maryland, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore

County, have been among campuses hit by anti-Semitic and raciallyoriented incidents.

University of Maryland Police found a noose hung in the kitchen of a fraternity house in April after several incidents of white nationalist posters being posted around the campus, the Diamondback reported.

University police also responded to two hate bias incidents in September and another one in October when people vandalized campus property by drawing swastikas.

“Diversity and inclusion are core values of our institution, and these values will and must be upheld.

We are currently leading forward a campus-wide action plan to combat hate and create a safer campus for all,” an October statement from the University of Maryland said. “To support this work, we have increased

funding for campus-wide diversity and inclusion efforts.”

Jeremy Fierstien, rabbi and executive director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Hillel, expressed concerns about hate speech on campus and its potential to cause a rift in dialogues between different communities on campus.

“I think it’s a bit greater than just protecting the students, I think it’s a matter of protecting the community,” he said in an interview.

Fierstien added that his students are concerned about the impact hate speech has on the university’s social fabric.

“They are concerned more about this type of speech and this type of experience infiltrating what is a really respectful and wonderful communal experience and ongoing conversation that UMBC has,” he said.

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Agencies work to feed the hungry as Richmond is named top spot for food travel MEG HUFFMAN & KAYLA SOMERS CNS - Richmond was named the 2016 top destination for food travel

by National Geographic, but just a few streets down from some of the finest restaurants in the city, there are thousands of people struggling to put food on the table.

Richmond has the 28th highest per capita income of all cities nationwide, but has an 11.8 percent food insecurity rate. This means that 912,790 people do not know where their next meal is coming from. Richmond’s poverty rate is the second highest in Virginia, with 1 in 4 residents living in poverty.

Thirty-nine percent of children in Richmond live below the poverty line, which is over twice the child poverty rate for the state. According to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks, the city would need at additional $406,935,780 to adequately feed the population.

While hunger is a pressing issue in the city, there are organizations trying to solve the problem.

One of these organizations is the food bank FeedMore, a leader in central Virginia hunger relief. The organization’s community kitchen relies on daily volunteers to provide 3,000 meals per day to children, families and seniors through a several comprehensive programs.

In school zones where free and reduced meal eligibility is greater than 50 percent, FeedMore’s Kids Cafe Program works through a network of after school programs and community centers to provide a snack or hot evening meal to children. The program also offers mentoring, tutoring, cultural enrichment, and social opportunities.

For weekends and school vacations, FeedMore has the Backpack Program. Backpacks with healthy, easy to prepare meals are distributed every Friday and the day before school vacations to ensure children are fed over breaks when families are struggling. The Summer Food Service Program extends FeedMore’s help further and provides thousands of meals to Richmond children during the summer.

Individuals and families can rely on FeedMore’s Distribution Center and Mobile Pantry throughout the year. Jessica Howe, the marketing and communications manager at FeedMore, explained many neighborhoods in Richmond are

FeedMore volunteers package meals to be sent through the Meals on Wheels programs across Richmond. considered “food deserts,” meaning they have no access to a grocery store for healthy food. The mobile pantry combats this problem by going to these food deserts and providing each household 35 pounds of food.

FeedMore helps senior citizens and homebound individuals maintain independence through their Meals on Wheels program. The community kitchen prepares fresh meals from scratch and delivers them throughout Richmond and surrounding counties.

Overall, the organization distributes 19 million meals each year. In all of their programs, FeedMore works to maintain the dignity of the people they serve.

Citizens struggling with hunger are referred to as neighbors, and the organization aims to provide a home cooked meal experience. The Mobile Pantry program is meant to emulate a grocery shopping experience and allows people to choose their food.

FeedMore operates solely on donations from partners and individuals, and the Richmond community is ready and willing to help.

“Pretty much every grocery store you see around town makes a donation or contributes to our hunger fighting efforts,” said Howe, “and then we have a great community of supporters so your individuals donors so just like you or I, the people who come out and donate five bucks ten bucks or even more to help support our mission.”

Howe is grateful for the support from the Richmond community in recognizing FeedMore’s goals as an

organization and helping to combat the hunger issue in Richmond. One of the FeedMore’s greatest supporters is Aline Reitzer, creator of Richmond Restaurant Week.

Sixteen years ago, Reitzer gathered nine restaurants including her own, Acacia Mid-Town, to participate in

the first Richmond Restaurant Week.

Restaurant Week has evolved into a biannual weeklong event in which 40 to 50 restaurants prepare a three course meal that costs $29.17 and donates $4.17 of every purchase to FeedMore. In their first year, Reitzer’s program raised $5000. This past year, the event raised $130,000.

Reitzer says that as a restaurant owner she is able to provide people with a dining experience every day but, “knowing that our neighbors in the close vicinity don’t have that opportunity much less the opportunity to have food in their homes” is what motivated her to work with FeedMore.

FeedMore greatly appreciates all the donations from Richmond Restaurant Week. Although food donations are appreciated, Howe explained that, “We can stretch your dollar pretty far here.” What an individual can buy at a grocery store to donate is very little compared to the amount FeedMore can obtain through their community partnerships. One dollar buys four meals, and Howe says that Reitzer’s events have allowed FeedMore to “provide millions of meals through the donations we’ve received.”

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Serious burial talk Dear Alma, We have a situation in my house that we have not been able to resolve. I served our country and retired after 30 years in the military. My wife and I are up in age and have all of our affairs in order. We have one daughter, who is our life’s joy and she has been instructed on what to do at every turn, except when it comes to our burials.

My wife has requested that she be cremated and have her ashes tossed over the waves off the island of Hawaii. I, on the other hand, would like for my wife to be buried by my side at Arlington National Cemetery. My wife shares your column with me weekly, Alma.

What advice do you have for us?

Staying Together in the Afterlife Dear Staying Together, What an honor to receive a letter from you, sir. Thank you for your service.

I must say, rarely, if ever, am I stumped, but you’ve got me on this one. I mean it’s one thing when a couple is looking to purchase a house and one wants modern, clean lines and the other wants a colorful Victorian. I’ve even encountered couples not agreeing on the purchase of a car, one wants a sporty two-seater and the other an eight-passenger Mommy van. But this, this dilemma, my friend has me at a lost for words.

How do you dance with the wind at the end and find a compromise?

As you mentioned, your wife wants to be cremated and have her ashes poured to dance with the wind off the island of Hawaii. And you, my dear soldier, want to be buried, with your wife, at Arlington National Cemetery—and rightly so.

Jan. 3, 2018 • 11 That’s not just any honor, but one you’ve earned and fought the good fight for.

Again, I say, this is a stumper, because one of you has gotta give.

I’ve prayed and made my decision.

I think your wife should make her final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery. Now, now, now, slow down, it’s not, because you’re the husband, dressed blue, large and in charge. I think she should reconsider, because of where the two of you will be laid to rest, being buried at Arlington is a national honor.

As you know, the grounds of the Arlington National Cemetery honor those who have served our nation.

Sprawling hills provide an amazing sense of peace and tranquility. I’ve been there, and it’s aptly described as, “rolling green hills…dotted with trees that are hundreds of years in age and complement the gardens found throughout the 624 acres of the cemetery. This impressive landscape serves as a tribute to the service and sacrifice of every individual laid to rest within the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.”

Arlington National Cemetery is a sacred dwelling, your final salute.

It is my wish that you two read my answer together, while you lovingly ask your wife to reconsider. Remind her that you just can’t imagine not having her by your side, especially at your final resting place.

How about this, maybe your daughter can go to Hawaii and release beautiful lanterns in your wife’s memory and that will allow her to at least have a part of her, even if only in spirit, released over the beautiful waves off one of the magnificent island of Hawaii, sort of like the opening episode of Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married Too.” If you didn’t see it, ask your daughter to show it to you.

Let’s not forget, your wife has dutifully served you over your 30year career and she may feel very strongly about her final resting place. If that is the case, please figure out another way to bind the connection that you two have so graciously sewn over the many years. Do what you’ve done in the past to make it last. Let’s not leave your daughter a long list of complicated instructions, but a legacy of commitment, togetherness and a devotion of love. Continue that example of good, strong love in Heaven as it was on Earth, together at Arlington National Cemetery.

Is 50 Cent the new Tyler Perry?

Starz has announced its commitment to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson by extending his existing exclusive premium overall deal into September 2019.

Jackson, an executive producer for the hit series “Power,” will continue to develop new projects for the network with G-Unit Film & Television, Inc., the production company launched by Jackson.

"I am extremely pleased to expand my partnership with Starz and Lionsgate,” Jackson said. “This investment in my television and film ventures through G-Unit Film & Television will launch a wide range of new original scripted and unscripted programming I’m looking forward to everyone seeing.”

Nominated for four 2018 NAACP Image Awards including “Outstanding Drama Series” and a 2017 People’s Choice Award® for “Favorite Premium Drama Series,” the critically-acclaimed fourth season of “Power” averaged 9.3 million multi-platform viewers per episode and is the most-watched franchise for Starz, averaging 7.4 million multiplatform viewers for all four seasons.

“Power” ranks #3 among premium scripted series for viewers and was a top three Sunday night program on Nielsen Social Rankings nine out of 10 weeks.

Starz CEO & President Chris Albrecht added, “This deal recognizes how Curtis’ abilities have gone beyond music and business to include acting and show creation. We’re pleased to continue our relationship and bring new projects to his current and future fans.”

Jackson, who is from Queens,

New York, has won accolades as an award-winning rapper, entrepreneur, actor and producer. Recognized as one of the most talented and prolific music artists of his time, the Grammy Award winner rose to fame with his record-shattering debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” and has since sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and been awarded numerous prestigious honors.

Jackson has also leveraged his star power to cross over with unparalleled success as an entrepreneur, actor and producer. From “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” being one of the fastest selling albums in history, to creating one of the most influential deals in hip-hop with the sale of Vitaminwater, Jackson continues to break records.

Jackson’s projects currently in development with Starz include “Black Mafia Family” and “Tomorrow, Today.” “Black Family Mafia” is inspired by the story of Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory and the intersection of the drug industry and the music industry.

In “Tomorrow, Today,” after being falsely imprisoned, a veteran from the south side of Chicago becomes the personal experiment of a prison doctor who genetically engineers him to have heighted abilities. Set free, but on the run, the veteran must reconcile with the world that has turned against him, and use his newfound abilities for good.

Jackson is also continuing to extend his brand in other areas, including: footwear and apparel, fragrance, video games, publishing, headphones, vodka, health drinks, Casper mattresses and supplements.

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What really happened at the school where every graduate got into college KATE MCGEE NPR - Brian Butcher, a history teacher at Ballou High School, sat in the bleachers of the school's brand-new football field last June watching 164 seniors receive diplomas. It was a clear, warm night and he was surrounded by screaming family and friends snapping photos and cheering.

It was a triumphant moment for the students: For the first time, every graduate had applied and been accepted to college. The school is located in one of Washington, D.C.’s poorest neighborhoods and has struggled academically for years with a low graduation rate. For months, the school received national media attention celebrating the achievement.

But all the excitement and accomplishment couldn’t shake one question from Butcher’s mind: How did all these students graduate from high school?

“You saw kids walking across the stage, who, they're nice young people, but they don't deserve to be walking across the stage,” said Butcher.

An investigation by WAMU and NPR has found that Ballou High School’s administration graduated dozens of students despite high rates of unexcused absences. The investigators reviewed hundreds of pages of Ballou’s attendance records, class rosters and emails after a district employee shared the private documents. Half of the graduates missed more than three months of school last year, unexcused. One in five students was absent more than present — missing more than 90 days of school.

According to district policy, if a student misses a class 30 times, he should fail that course. Research shows that missing 10 percent of school, about two days per month, can negatively affect test scores, reduce academic growth and increase the chances a student will drop out.

Teachers say when many of these students did attend school, they struggled academically, often needing intense remediation.

“I’ve never seen kids in the 12th grade that couldn’t read and write,” said Butcher about his two decades teaching in low-performing schools from New York City to Florida. But he saw this at Ballou, and it wasn’t just one or two students.

An internal email obtained by WAMU and NPR from April shows two months before graduation, only 57 students were on track to graduate, with dozens of students missing graduation or community service requirements or failing classes needed to graduate. In June, 164 students received diplomas.

“It was smoke and mirrors. That is what it was,” said Butcher.

Pressure to pass students WAMU and NPR talked to nearly a dozen current and recent Ballou teachers — as well as four recent graduates — who tell the same story: Teachers felt pressure from administration to pass chronically absent students, and students knew the school administration would do as much as possible to get them to graduation.

Morgan Williams, a former physical education and health teacher at Ballou, said she often had students on her roster whom she barely knew because they almost never attended class.

PHOTO: Tyrone Turner/WAMU “It’s oppressive to the kids because you’re giving them a false sense of success,” said one current Ballou teacher, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her job.

“To not prepare them is not ethical,” said another current Ballou teacher who also spoke on the condition of anonymity.

“They’re not prepared to succeed,” said Morgan Williams, who taught health and physical education at Ballou last year. Williams said the lack of expectations set up students for future failure: “If I knew I could skip the whole semester and still pass, why would I try?”

Williams taught physical education and health at Ballou for two years. She said her students were often chronically absent, but the gym was always full. Students skipping other classes would congregate there, she said, and her requests for help from administrators and behavioral staff to manage these students were often ignored.

Williams, and other teachers we spoke to for this story, say they often had students on their rosters whom they barely knew because they almost never attended class.

Near the end of a term, Williams said, students would appear, asking for makeup work like worksheets or a project. She would refuse: There are policies, and if students did not meet the attendance policy, there was nothing she could do to help them. Then, she said, an administrator would also ask how she could help students pass.

At one point, while she was out on maternity leave, she said, she received a call from a school official asking her to change a grade for a student she had previously failed. “[They said] ‘Just give him a D,’ because they were trying to get him out of there and they knew he wouldn’t do the makeup packet.”

Williams said she tried to push back, but she often had 20 to 30 kids in one class. Repeatedly

having the same conversation about dozens of students was exhausting. And the school required extensive improvement plans if teachers did fail students, which was an additional burden for a lot of already strained teachers.

Many teachers we spoke to say they were encouraged to also follow another policy: give absent or struggling students a 50 percent on assignments they missed or didn’t complete, instead of a zero. The argument was, if the student tried to make up the missed work or failed, it would most likely be impossible to pass with a zero on the books. Teachers said that even if students earn less than a 50 percent on an assignment, 50 percent is still the lowest grade a student can receive.

During the last term of senior year, some seniors who weren’t on track to graduate were placed in an accelerated version of the classes they were failing.

Those classes, known as credit recovery, were held after school for a few weeks. School district policy says students should only take credit recovery once they receive a final failing grade for a course.

At Ballou, though, students who were on track to fail were placed in these classes before they should have been allowed. On paper, these students were taking the same class twice. Sometimes, with two different teachers. Teachers said this was done to graduate kids.

Credit recovery is increasingly used to prevent students from dropping out, but critics argue credit recovery courses rarely have the same educational value as the original course and are often less rigorous. According to class rosters, 13 percent of Ballou graduates were enrolled in the same class twice during the last term before graduation. Often, teachers were not alerted their students were taking credit recovery. Many we spoke with say they didn’t realize what was happening until they saw students whom they had flunked graduate. They said the credit recovery content was not intensive and that students rarely showed up for credit recovery.

If teachers pushed back against these practices, they said, administration retaliated against them by giving them poor teacher evaluations.

Last year, the district put school administrators entirely in control of teacher evaluations, including classroom observations, instead of including a third party. Many teachers we spoke to say they believe this gives too much power to administrators. A low evaluation rating two years in a row is grounds for dismissal. Just one bad rating can make it tough to find another job.

Teachers we spoke with say if they questioned administration, they were painted as “haters” who don’t care about students.

“If they don’t like you, they’ll just let you go,” said Monica Brokenborough, who taught music at Ballou last year. She also served as the teachers union building representative, responsible for handling teacher grievances and ensuring the school follows the district’s teacher contract, among other duties. Last year, 26 grievances were

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He said Goodyear rule kept machines on during repair He died fixing one JENNIFER GOLLAN William Scheier followed what he thought were company rules. And it cost him his life.

The 47-year-old electrician spent about six years working at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., so he could move out of his trailer and build a threebedroom home in Virginia for his wife and teenage son. They had lived there just two months when Scheier strode onto the shop floor one August morning last year with a screwdriver and set to work on the Alpha Shear.

The giant machine cuts rubber for tires bearing Goodyear’s distinctive winged-foot motif.

State and federal workplace safety standards require machines to be shut down when they’re being repaired. But that wasn’t always how the company’s plant in Danville, Virginia, operated, records show.

“They won’t allow me to cut the machines off when I work,” Scheier’s brother, Robert, recalled him saying.

“Company rules.”

The Alpha Shear was not shut down when Scheier leaned into the machine to adjust a switch, Virginia workplace safety records show.

Moments later, the cutting wheel on the machine surged toward him,

William Scheier, a 47-year-old electrician, left behind a wife and teenage son when he died at Goodyear’s plant in Danville. pinning him down. His chest was badly bruised. Blood spurted from a puncture wound under his left arm.

Emergency responders performed CPR but failed to revive him, a police report shows.

“It got him like a flash of lightning,” Robert said. “They’re looking to see how many tires they can get made.

They don’t care about safety. He should have had the time to examine it. But time is money.”

Five workers have died in Goodyear plants since August 2015. Four of those workers were killed in Goodyear’s plant in Danville, while the fifth was struck in the head by a falling object and died at a plant in Topeka, Kansas. The tire giant is among the deadliest manufacturers in the nation for workers, according to a recent investigation by Reveal

from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

Since October 2008, Goodyear has been fined more than $1.9 million for nearly 200 federal and state health and safety violations, far more than its four major competitors combined.

At least four motorists over the last seven years have died in accidents after tires made at Goodyear plants failed. Tires involved in these accidents were manufactured in Goodyear plants in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, where intense production demands and leaks in the roof during storms have endangered workers and consumers, according to Reveal’s investigation. Reveal examined hundreds of documents from seven states and interviewed dozens of current and former Goodyear workers during its investigation.

Soon after Scheier’s death, Virginia safety inspectors arrived in Danville.

But when investigators asked Goodyear officials to temporarily turn off the cutting machine that killed Scheier, the answer was unequivocal, according to investigators. “It would interfere with production,” a company safety manager told them.

Investigators again pressed company supervisors a week later.

But the company’s lawyer intervened and again refused to shut down the machine. So state officials obtained a search warrant – requested in just a fraction of fatality investigations, regulators say.

“Any time you can’t cut the machine off when you’re working on it, you’re risking your life,” said Robert Scheier, also an electrician.

“Production was No. 1 above

everything.”

Ellis Jones, Goodyear’s senior director of global environmental health, safety and sustainability, said the company does not prevent workers from shutting down machines or place production before safety. Plant supervisors and union contracts instruct that “every member, every associate has the right to shut down a piece of equipment if they feel they’re in an unsafe condition,” Jones said.

“Our policy is and has been that all machinery must be locked out when service is being performed,” he said, adding that he did not know why the plant’s policy “was not followed in this instance.”

However, during their investigation, state workplace safety inspectors found “Goodyear’s written procedures failed to fully lock out the alpha shears.” In addition, many workers said “they had never seen machine specific” procedures, investigators reported.

Despite what the records show, Jones insisted that the company did not obstruct investigators. They were given “immediate access to the facility and the equipment,” he said.

“As far as I know, (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is very pleased and the state is very pleased with the progress that we’ve made and the cooperation of the team in Danville,” Jones said.

Over the years, Goodyear managers have acknowledged workplace safety lapses they had known about but ignored, such as failing to shut down machines before assigning employees to repair them, OSHA investigators and police have found.

In 2012, a massive tire machine pinned down an electrician trying to repair a safety switch at the company’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama. It ripped her aorta, broke six ribs and punctured her lungs.

Federal safety inspectors fined Goodyear for failing to provide proper procedures to protect workers “since the lockout/tagout procedures that

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Dominion Energy joins national effort to help rebuild electric grid in Puerto Rico More help is on the way to rebuild the ravaged energy grid in Puerto Rico as Dominion Energy Virginia recently announced it is preparing to send restoration workers and equipment to accelerate ongoing restoration efforts on the island through the mutual aid process.

“When the request for help came in, we immediately began making preparations,” said Ed Baine, senior vice president of distributionDominion Energy. “While the logistics of responding to this type of restoration are complex, we are eager to respond to the call for aid from those in need.”

A total of 56 pieces of equipment and restoration vehicles were readied to travel by barge to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 2. An advance team of safety and logistics specialists, leadership and others will depart on Jan. 10. The remaining contingent, including linemen, groundmen, other restoration workers and support personnel are scheduled to follow and begin restoration work on Jan. 15.

Dominion Energy personnel anticipate assisting in Puerto Rico for a minimum of a month.

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Ed Baine partnership and under the direction of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), Edison Electric Institute, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide crews, equipment, materials, expertise and additional resources to speed restoration for thousands of individuals and families still in the dark.

“As we speak, hundreds of trucks

(from page 14) said Darrell Powell, 61, William were provided would not have shut the machine (down).”

“The employer and employee stated that they routinely check electrical issues without utilizing lockout/ tagout,” OSHA investigators wrote.

Jones declined to comment on this case, saying he was unaware of its specific details.

Families of the dead and injured have little recourse. With few exceptions, workers injured on the job in Virginia and other states cannot sue their employers. That leaves them to turn to the workers’ compensation system, which provides meager payouts.

“We just want to see justice served,”

Scheier’s brother-in-law, who keeps an album of photos showing the pair hunting together – catfish in summer and deer in the winter. “We don’t want an accident to happen to someone else. I know that Goodyear was fined. But it was a smack on the wrist. How many billions is Goodyear worth? How much is somebody’s life worth?”

The publicly traded company provides tires to clients ranging from the U.S. military to Boeing. It reported $1.3 billion in net income last year.

Goodyear agreed to pay $986,600 and acknowledged it willfully violated two rules and seriously violated 15 others in the August 2016 accident that killed Scheier.

and thousands of pieces of equipment are being barged into Puerto Rico,” said Carlos D. Torres, power restoration coordinator appointed by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló.

Dominion Energy is one of several investor-owned electric companies

deploying a total of 1,500 restoration workers to Puerto Rico.

With this new wave of mutual assistance, the total number of power restoration workers on the island will increase to more than 5,500, according to Dominion’s numbers.

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In conjunction with the 2018 Freedom Classic Festival, the benefit and sale will feature a fine art sale with works by Heather Moss, Leroy Campbell, William Tolliver, Kevin Williams, Charley Palmer and featured artist, Willie Earl Robinson.

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MEGA Mentors notes that it is committed to helping at risk students in Chesterfield County Public Schools become more successful. The organization works to teach life and leadership skills to African-American and other underrepresented Chesterfield County Public School students through mentoring, tutoring, experiential fields trips and recognition. By attending and making purchases at the Fine Arts Benefit and Sale, you’ll be supporting the efforts of MEGA Mentors.

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The free service, which the county notes preserves landfill space and protects the environment, is available to Henrico residents only. Trees will be accepted at the following locations: •Henrico Government Center, 4301 E. Parham Rd., in the lower parking lot; •Eastern Government Center, 3820 Nine Mile Rd., in the front parking lot; •Springfield Road Public Use Area, 10600 Fords Country Ln., near Nuckols Road and Interstate 295; and; • Charles City Road Public Use Area, 2075 Charles City Rd. Trees can be dropped off anytime at the Henrico Government Center and Eastern Government Center and from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at the Springfield Road and Charles City Road public use areas. Trees must be free of tinsel, lights, ornaments, tree stands and water bowls.

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(from page 13) filed by teachers at Ballou.

“Either you want your professional career on paper to look like you don’t know what you’re doing,” said one teacher who asked for anonymity to protect her job. “Or you just skate by, play by the game.”

Playing by the game can have financial benefits.

If an evaluation score is high enough to reach the “highly effective” status, teachers and administrators can receive $15,000 to $30,000 in bonuses. D.C. Public Schools wouldn’t say who gets a bonus, but teachers who spoke with investigators said the possibility of such a large bonus increases the pressure on teachers to improve student numbers.

Butcher, Brokenborough and Williams no longer work at Ballou. They received low teacher evaluations after the 2016-17 school year ended and were let go for various reasons. They believe they were unfairly targeted and have filed complaints through the local teachers union.

Butcher and Williams found new teaching jobs outside D.C.; Brokenborough is waiting to resolve her grievance.

Who is responsible?

Ballou Principal Yetunde Reeves refused to speak to us for this story. But members of the school district office did.

“It is expected that our students will be here every day,” said Jane Spence, chief of secondary schools at D.C. Public Schools. “But we also know that students learn material in lots of different ways. So we’ve started to recognize that students can have mastered material even if they’re not sitting in a physical space.”

This comes at the same time the district is publicly pushing the importance of daily attendance with a citywide initiative called “Every Day Counts!” City leaders have also made improving attendance a priority, strengthening reporting policies to improve accuracy. To be considered in school, students have to be there 80 percent of the day. If they are absent, parents have five days to submit proof they have an excused absence. Proof like a doctor’s note.

Chancellor Antwan Wilson, the head of public schools in the District, said schools also can’t ignore what’s going on in the lives of students.

Many students are managing effects of trauma, family responsibilities, a job — and, sometimes, all of the above. That can make it extra hard to show up to school every day. Federal data released in October found that 47 percent of D.C. students have experienced some kind of traumatic event.

And yet, how did all these kids miss all these days of school, apply to college and still graduate?

As investigators repeatedly asked this, Wilson and Spence abruptly ended the interview.

After investigators reached out to the D.C. mayor’s office for comment, the chancellor and Spence made themselves available for another interview. Ultimately, they stand behind the school’s decision to graduate these students despite missing so much school.

When it comes to the district’s grading policy, district leaders are quick to differentiate between a student who is absent from a particular class and a student who misses the full day.

“It is possible for a student to have 30 days when they are absent from school, but that doesn’t

Brokenborough, who taught music, was one of several teachers who received low evaluations after the 2016-17 school year ended and were let go for various reasons. She believes she was unfairly targeted and has filed a grievance through the teachers union.

PHOTO: Tyrone Turner/WAMU constitute 30 days of absences from the course,” Spence said. Still, she said high absenteeism is unacceptable and there’s room for growth.

“Our students need to get here every day and we continue to ask our community and our families to partner with us to get students to school every day,” Spence said.

She reinforces that many students are managing real issues that prevent them from getting to class and that schools need to find other ways to help absent kids succeed. She and Wilson said these policies, such as the makeup work and after-school credit recovery classes, can be part of the solution, if they’re implemented with rigor. Wilson admits that is not happening at all schools.

“I think the issue we have is to fix at several of our schools, just to make sure that kids don’t feel they can miss ... however many weeks and come in at the end and say, ‘I’d love to get my makeup work,’ “ Wilson said.

Teacher responses When we asked Ballou teachers about the issues students are dealing with that make it difficult to attend school, they acknowledged the reality. But some say the school district uses these students’ situations as a crutch to ignore larger unaddressed issues in the building, like in-seat attendance and student behavior. In-seat attendance is the percentage of time a student is actually in class.

When it comes to attendance, teachers say many students are in the building, but they just don’t go to class.

“Kids roam the halls with impunity,” said another current Ballou teacher.

“The tardy bell is just a sound effect in that building,” said Brokenborough, the former music teacher. “It means nothing.”

Teachers said they are willing to help students who struggle to balance school and outside responsibilities like a job or child care, but Brokenborough said some students just simply do not want to attend class and come to expect makeup work. This puts teachers in a tough situation, she said, “because if you don’t [give makeup work] and another teacher does, it makes you look like the bad guy.”

Many students have figured out they don’t have

to show up every day.

“These students are smart enough to see enough of what goes on,” Brokenborough said. “They go, ‘Oh, I ain’t gotta do no work in your class; I can just go over here, do a little PowerPoint, pass and graduate.’ Again, this isn’t about the teachers.

What is that doing to that child? That’s setting that kid up for failure just so you can showboat you got this graduation rate.”

School district leaders, including Wilson, defend the use of makeup work, arguing they want to give students “multiple opportunities” to show they understand material. The teachers we spoke with say they feel the system ultimately reduces academic rigor, serving no one in the end. When these students leave Ballou and go off to college or the workplace, teachers feel they are not prepared to work hard.

One current teacher says, from the perspective of a black teacher teaching predominantly black students, graduating these students is an injustice. “This is [the] biggest way to keep a community down. To graduate students who aren’t qualified, send them off to college unprepared, so they return to the community to continue the cycle.”

“I came to school when I wanted to” We interviewed four recent Ballou graduates. We aren’t using their names to protect their privacy.

Three are in college now, including one student who was absent about half the school year.

“I came to school when I wanted to,” she said. “I didn’t have to be there; I didn’t want to be there.”

Senior year wasn’t easy for her. She said she wasn’t living at home anymore and was working at a fast-food restaurant to pay rent. That need for an income made school even less appealing, “I felt at a point around getting toward winter, I ain’t have to be there no more,” she remembered. “I felt like I graduated at that point.”

While she said she got calls and letters from the school about her absences, she wouldn’t show up until they threatened to send her to court for truancy. “That’s when I was like, ‘Oh, let me go to school.’ “ In D.C., students who miss 15 or more days of school without an excuse are supposed to be referred to court services. Last year, Ballou sent just 25 seniors to court services for truancy, but according to documents we obtained, all but 11 graduates should have had court services alerted about their absenteeism.

“Even then, you learn to work the system,” the student says. When the school would threaten truancy court, she said, she would show up for a few hours, do her classwork and leave early. She believes it shouldn’t matter if she showed up to class as long as she completed her work. Plus, she says, she knew no matter how much school she missed, she wouldn’t fail.

“The thing was, they couldn’t do that to me and they knew that I knew that.”

According to a Washington Post article in May of this year, 21 teachers — more than a quarter of Ballou’s teaching staff — left during the 2016-2017 school year, the most teacher resignations of any high school in the District last year. When those teachers left midyear, a substitute often took over, giving students even less motivation to show up to class. “What am I going to keep showing up to this for a substitute for? He ain’t gonna teach nothing,” the student said.

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