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‘Grossly unfair’ paternity laws need fixing- 3 Is charter education choice or segregation? - 6 Youth campaign targets tobacco companies - 11 News for Virginia’s military families - 13

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Felon charged in fatal shooting of Virginia officer who was father of 3 STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Virginia State Police special agent fatally shot by a convicted felon in a Richmond public housing complex was a father of three and former Marine who founded a youth wrestling club and mentored disadvantaged kids, authorities said.

Special Agent Michael T. Walter, 45, died early Saturday after being shot Friday evening by Travis Ball in a neighborhood in Virginia's capital city that has been plagued by gun violence, police said.

Walter, who was white, was an 18year veteran of Virginia State Police who previously served in the Marine Corps, State Police Superintendent Col. Steven Flaherty said.

The Philadelphia native was promoted to special agent in 2010 and was working in drug enforcement in the state police's Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Richmond field office.

Walter is survived by a wife and

two sons— ages 14 and 9— and a 6-year-old daughter, Flaherty said.

He was well-known in the suburban Richmond community where he lived and started a nonprofit wrestling organization for kids, police said.

“It was all about making a difference to disadvantaged youth: mentoring them and fostering their talents through physical fitness and sportsmanship,” Flaherty told reporters Saturday in Mosby Court near the spot where Walter was shot.

The shooting rattled residents of the public housing community, which has seen six homicides and 19 people injured in shootings this year.

“I just shook my head and said ‘not again’,” said Darlene Crutchfield, who saw Walter’s body lying on the ground near where her 34-year-old son was killed in Mosby Court in 2015.

Walter was shot Friday night while on patrol with a City of Richmond police officer, police said. The officers observed a Chevrolet Cobalt pull up

to a curb on Redd Street and then pulled in behind the car.

The Richmond officer went to speak to the driver. Walter approached the passenger side of the car when a single shot rang out, police said.

Ball then took off after the shooting, sparking an overnight manhunt by eight local, state, federal law enforcement agencies.

Ball, who’s black, was arrested Saturday in Virginia’s Northern Neck about an hour after Walter’s death.

The 27-year-old is being held without bond on charges that include malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Additional charges are pending.

Ball has a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for assault and battery and cruelty to animals, court records show. He was convicted of a felony in 2014 for unauthorized use of a vehicle and was charged last year with violating his probation, according to online court records.

The Richmond officer was not

injured, police said. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and was detained. A handgun was recovered at the scene near the Chevrolet Cobalt.

Keonna Williams lives in Mosby Court a few doors down from where she said Ball lived with his girlfriend. Williams said he seemed like a “decent person,” but she didn’t know him well.

He was known in the community as “Wiz,” she said. She would occasionally see him outside playing with children and said he would sometimes buy snacks for local kids at the store.

“He didn’t seem like a ruthless person — we see a lot of ruthless people around here — but he didn’t seem like that type,” Williams said.

Crutchfield said she was sitting on her porch in Mosby Court Friday night when she heard what she thought was a firecracker.

She came back outside when police arrived and saw Walter’s body on the ground, she said. The image brought a flood of painful memories of her son, who was slain just steps away from where Walter was shot, she said.

“Why do they think they have the right to take someone’s life?”

Crutchfield said. “They start doing that to the police officers, you know they don’t care about no one else,” she said.

Richmond resident Ann Blackweel, who is black, said this shooting affected her as much as a friend’s shooting would.

“When I think of the children and family he left behind, my heart aches,” she said.

Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham said police need the community’s help to bring change.

“At some point, we have to get it together as a people, as a community, as a city and say we’re not going to tolerate this no more,”

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News Virginia lags behind nation in push for Pre-K Preschool enrollment in Virginia hovers well below the national rate and even further behind neighboring Washington, D.C., and Maryland, according to a new report by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.

Across the country, nearly 1.5 million children participated in statefunded pre-kindergarten in 2016 — an all-time high — including 32 percent of all 4-year-olds nationwide, according to the report.

Participation rates were higher in Maryland, where 36 percent of 4-year-olds were enrolled. And they were more than double the national rate in the District, where 81 percent of 4-year-olds — as well as 70 percent of 3-year-olds — took part in public preschool programs.

At the same time, just 18 percent of 4-year-olds in Virginia were enrolled in state-funded preschool, a rate that has remained static for the past three years, according to the report released the week of May 22.

Overall, the report ranked Virginia 29th in preschool access on the national report. Maryland ranked 13th, and the District came in first.

Advocates say low funding from Richmond has hampered efforts to grow the state program. Virginia spent an average $3,740 per child in preschool in the last school year, far below the actual cost of providing a quality program for children, and many local governments have been unwilling to pay the balance, they say.

“We are not investing in the future,” said Del. Kaye Kory (D-Fairfax), who represents Baileys Crossroads, where she said many poor and immigrant children start kindergarten without important socialization skills and basic English proficiency. “There is a huge gap at the start of school that makes it difficult for teachers and requires more resources and creates a strain all the way along.”

Research has shown that quality preschool programs offer long-term benefits, including better school

performance, improved graduation rates and higher rates of employment and homeownership. The potential payoff is greatest for children from low-earning households.

The General Assembly started the Virginia Preschool Initiative in 1995 to provide quality preschool for atrisk 4-year-olds who were not being served by the federal Head Start program, which provides preschool for about 7 percent of the state’s 4-year-olds.

Many children who could benefit most from the program do not have access, advocates say. More than 25,000 children were considered eligible by the state, because they come from households at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or meet other criteria that put them at risk for academic failure.

But just over 18,000 of those children were actually enrolled in programs. State funding for more than 7,000 slots went unspent, largely because local government chose not to provide the required matching funds.

Many of the unused slots are in Northern Virginia, where officials say they have been struggling to keep up in fast-growing communities and do not have the resources or the facilities to add pre-K classrooms.

They say the state’s contribution does little to offset the actual costs of providing a quality program.

Lacking support for any major new investments from the Republicancontrolled legislature, Virginia has taken an “incremental” approach to building its preschool program, said Emily Griffey, a senior policy analyst for Voices for Virginia’s Children, a research and advocacy organization.

Right now, Virginia is focusing on building capacity through more public-private partnerships, she said.

In Maryland, localities pay the bulk of the cost for preschool, although a 2007 mandate to provide pre-kindergarten to children from poor families was timed with a large increase in state funding for education. Combined government

spending per student in Maryland last year was $7,533, $5,964 in Virginia, and $17,875 in the District.

Virginia and Maryland also received federal funds through a competitive “Preschool Development Grant” program to support highquality preschool enrollment of 4-year- olds from low-income families.

The Virginia grant provided seats for more than 1,200 additional children in the 2015-2016 school year and also improved program quality

in 11 communities it considers “high needs”, officials said.

The multiyear grant was launched by the Obama administration to fulfill the former president’s call for a dramatic expansion of publicly funded preschool to address the achievement gap between children from varying economic backgrounds.

President Trump has not signaled a similar commitment to preschool, and it’s unclear what will happen after the grant ends in the 2018-2019 school year, advocates say. - WaPo

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Va. lawmakers refuse to fix ‘grossly unfair’ paternity laws WIL LaVEIST COMMENTARY After the Virginia General Assembly wraps its session each year, we rarely hear about the truly good bills that died young.

Senate Bill 1495 is one. It would have removed the clause that blocks a spouse from getting an annulment in a paternity case if their marriage is more than two years old. It would have been a good start toward updating paternity laws to the modern era of DNA testing.

Why is this important? Well, here’s the backstory so you can judge for yourself: A constituent met with Sen. Mamie Locke of Hampton to request that a bill related to his paternity tragedy be submitted. The man shared legal documents. When Locke finished reading, she looked at the man and eased back into her chair. As their eyes locked and he began to talk, tears welled in her eyes.

The man explained that after 21 years of marriage and parenting, a chance paternity test revealed that his now adult daughter, his baby girl, is not his biological child.

If discovered 20 years earlier, he could have gotten an annulment in Virginia and other states; it would have cleared the man from legal

(from page 1) Durham told reporters.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he and the first lady are heartbroken for Walter’s wife and children.

“Special Agent Walter was one of our brave men and women in uniform who risk their lives every single day to protect their fellow Virginians. We will be forever grateful for his service and sacrifice,” McAuliffe said in a statement.

Walter is the 63rd member of Virginia State Police to be killed since 1928 and the 11th is the last 11 years, the police superintendent said.

The last Virginia trooper killed in the line of duty was Chad Dermyer, who was shot in March 2016 by a gunman at a Greyhound bus station while police were holding a counterterrorism training exercise.

obligation to pay alimony. Instead, the man’s attempt was denied in Norfolk Circuit Court. His only option was to seek a divorce based on adultery.

Judge rules adultery is not really adultery The man declined to rehash the fiasco he experienced as a plaintiff in the divorce courtroom of Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Jerrauld C. Jones. Besides, the case is public record.

According to court transcripts, Jones apparently contradicted himself. After hearing confessions The gunman was killed by two other state troopers after he opened fire.

under oath from the defendant and a paramour, Jones said, “There has been now uncontroverted proof of adultery taking place during the marriage.” But at the end, Jones ruled that adultery had not been proven because the date and time was not established. He granted the defendant a “no fault” divorce. Jones is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1988-2002 who represented the 89th District in Norfolk.

The man’s case now over and done, he wanted Locke to urge the Virginia General Assembly to seriously consider updating all paternity laws to properly address the rights of those who are truly wronged, particularly the children.

Paternity fraud is when a woman leads a man to believe that he is the father of a child that she has had by another man, when she knows or has a strong reason to believe that the child may not be his. Similar fraud can happen to a woman if her newlywed spouse conceals a newborn conceived outside the marriage. If the fraudulent spouse hides the truth

Sex Offender Helpline The helpline provides support to communities on issues related to accessing sex offender registration information; responsible use of information; sexual abuse prevention resources; and accessing crime victim support services.

The tips program provides the public an opportunity to report registrants who are failing to comply with registration requirements.

Tips can also be provided at www.parentsformeganslaw.org.

VSP special Agent Michael T. Walter

This program is not intended to be used to report police emergencies.

for two years, they are home free.

They would be awarded child support and all of the benefits of having been married, including alimony. It’s the perfect crime that’s not treated like a crime. Considering Virginia’s large military community and the many ongoing deployments, this problem is likely much bigger than reported.

Meanwhile, the innocent children ultimately suffer long-term for the guilty.

Locke understood the gross unfairness and deep pain of the man and his daughter. She told the man that she would consider the matter and get back to him.

Locke kept her word. A few months later, the man received a call to report to Senate Room B at the Virginia State Capitol on Febr. 1, 2017 to testify before the Senate Courts of Justice Committee on behalf of SB1495. After introducing the bill, Locke called the man to the podium to share briefly. As he began to speak, the packed audience hushed. Members of the committee

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Bill to celebrate 400 years of black history passes House LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE In a rare display of bipartisanship in Congress, the United States House of Representatives voted to establish a commission to examine 400 years of African American history.

House bill H.R. 1242 is designed “to develop and carry out activities throughout the United States to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia, in 1619.”

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) sponsored the bill in the House and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) sponsored the bill in the Senate, where it’s waiting to be passed.

According to Washington insiders, the bill will most likely pass by unanimous consent in the Senate.

Once the bill known as the “400 Years of African-American History Commission Act,” or H.R. 1242 in the House, passes Congress, it will land on President Donald Trump’s desk.

If H.R. 1242 becomes law, the resulting commission would consist of 15 members, who would serve without pay. The legislation would authorize the commission to create grants to communities, nonprofits and other groups to hold events that would commemorate the anniversary of slaves arriving in the U.S. The commission could hire staff and also accept volunteers to perform its mission. The commission would be required to submit a report to Congress and terminate in July of 2020.

In a statement about the bill last year, Kaine said that he’s been lucky to be a part of federal commissions that have been formed to study and celebrate English and Hispanic history.

“Well, if English lives matter, if Latino lives matter, then African American lives matter and they’ve mattered every day since the landing of those ‘20 and odd’ African Americans at Point Comfort, Virginia,” said Kaine.

Rep. Bobby Scott “The story has a lot of pain to it, but it’s a story that has to be told to commemorate that we as a nation— had it not been for 400 years of African American history—would be absolutely unrecognizable.

“What we hope to do with this bill is engage in something we should do to tell the story in a different way than it may have been told 50 to 100 years ago.”

In late March, the Congressional Budget Office estimated, “that implementing the bill would cost about $2 million a year—a total of $6 million over the 2018-2021 period.”

In a floor statement about the bill last summer, Rep. Bobby Scott said that African Americans have contributed greatly to the United States and their achievements deserve to be celebrated.

“The history of Virginia and our

nation cannot be fully understood without recognizing the role played by the slave trade,” said Scott. “Slavery was an abhorrent institution; but for hundreds of years, it was the foundation of the colonial and early American agricultural system and was essential to its economic sustainability.”

“The 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act will be instrumental in recognizing and highlighting the resilience and contributions of African Americans since 1619. From slavery, to fighting in the Civil War, to working against the oppression of Jim Crow segregation, to the civil rights movement, the rich history of African Americans and their contributions to our nation began hundreds of years ago but obviously does not end there.”

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Va. vets speak against fracked-gas pipelines Military veterans from across Virginia recently released a letter opposing two proposed frackedgas pipelines: Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline and EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline.

Supporters state these pipelines would cross through pristine areas of Virginia, taking private property by use of eminent domain, removing mountain ridgetops, and threatening valuable drinking water resources.

The veterans view this as contrary to their service to protect and defend the freedom and security of American citizens.

Their letter, released May 25, is signed by 13 Virginia veterans from all five branches of the military. The veterans signing the letter state: “We stand together to support our citizens and our Constitution. We stand against [the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline] because we stand against the seizure of private property for corporate gain. Both of these proposed pipelines would create new sacrifice

zones and abuse eminent domain to strip property owners of land that, in many cases, has been in their families for generations. This direct attack on the constitutional rights of landowners goes against the oath we all took when we volunteered to serve this great country.”

“As veterans we took an oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic,” said Adam Fischbach, Hospital Corpsman Second Class, U.S. Navy. “The Constitution was written to protect the rights of American citizens.

Now, when we allow a private corporation such as Dominion to overpower individual rights in the name of unjustified business profits, we have lost what it means to be American and to our right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We, as veterans must take a stand to ensure that individual rights are not stepped on in the name of economic advancement for the fossil fuel industry.”

The letter discusses the battle between indigenous communities and police forces at Standing Rock, when thousands of military veterans showed up to form a human shield around the water protectors when their communities were under threat from the Dakota Access Pipeline.

The signatories state: “We will continue to embody that spirit to protect our communities against the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines.”

“Pipeline companies target communities like Newport, Virginia because they think we won't make trouble for them due to our rural values,” said Russell Chisholm, US Army Officer (retired) and Newport resident. “They ignore the fact that people of faith live here. Veterans and active duty service members live here and we take our oath to ‘support and defend’ as a life-long promise.

We stand up when Americans are threatened. You better believe we are going to stand up when fellow veterans are threatened.”

In the letter, released on behalf of Veterans Service Corps., the signatories renounce the pipelines for ensuring “that Virginia remains shackled to fossil fuel extraction for another generation.” They call for action on climate change, noting a “proven demand for a future that is powered by clean energy and innovation.”

“It's time we stopped looking backwards at dirty energy technologies of the past and started creating jobs in energy efficiency, solar, and wind energy,” said Dave Belote, Colonel (retired), U.S. Air Force. “Hampton Roads should be the center of a mid-Atlantic offshore wind industry that can employ thousands, maximize the use of our port facilities, and point the way to a clean, resilient future.”

The joint letter has been sent to Gov. Terry McAuliffe as well as each of the five Virginia gubernatorial candidates: Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Ralph Northam, Tom Perriello, Ed Gillespie, Virginia Sen. Frank Wagner, and Corey Stewart.

award. However, the Department of Education sent a letter in May 2016 to institutions requiring them to reduce the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant awards by about 7 percent for the 2016-2017 award year, which is roughly $400 less than the maximum Pell Grant level.

“We appreciate the protections that will be afforded to Gold Star children with the introduction of this bill,” Kathy Moakler, the external relations and policy analysis director for the Gold Star family organization Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors told Task & Purpose.

“We’re very glad that this issue is being addressed.”

Kaine and Tester want to move the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant under the Pell Grant umbrella, which would exempt it from the 2011 Budget Control Act cuts, more commonly referred to as “sequestration.” Such a move, Kaine said, “will stabilize the funding and ensure these dependents receive the maximum amount of assistance possible.

“There is no excuse for shortchanging families who have sacrificed so much for our country.”

Kaine wants to protect Gold Star children from edu. cuts SARAH SICARD After 16 years of war, the young children who lost a parent to combat in Iraq or Afghanistan are starting come of age and deal with new challenges, but one obstacle that Gold Star dependents should not have to face is the struggle to pay for education.

“As more of our post-9/11 Gold Star children are starting to reach college age, now is the right time to improve the grant system,” Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine told Task & Purpose. “Keeping our promise to protect Gold Star families is the right thing to do and we can’t expect to sustain a strong all volunteer force without the public knowing that we will take care of their families if they decide to serve.”

He and fellow Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana introduced a bill that’s intended to shield children who lost a parent to military service from cuts to the federal education

budget.

Called the “Protect Our Gold Star Families’ Education Act,” the bill — which was introduced May 16 — would expand the federal Pell Grant program to include the children and dependents of service members killed in action after Sept. 11, 2001 to offset their educational expenses. .

“The Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants program is an amazing initiative that provides educational assistance to dependents whose parent or guardian were killed in action in Iraq or Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001,” Kaine said.

“Unfortunately, these grants aren’t protected from sequestration, and they were cut by approximately $400 per student for 2015 and 2016.”

Currently, Gold Star children are eligible for federal student aid for postsecondary education through the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, which is meant to match the maximum Pell Grant

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Does the DeVos education budget promote ‘choice’ or segregation?

KIMBERLY HALL & MICHAEL HINTON The American public education system should provide an equal opportunity for all students to receive a quality rigorous education regardless of class, race or ethnicity.

In direct opposition to this goal, the Fiscal Year 2018 education budget recommendations from the Trump Administration show an effort to limit opportunities, support, and civil rights protections for students throughout the country.

The proposed Furthering Options for Children to Unlock Success (FOCUS), a new Title I program, is a thinly veiled attempt to open the door for the voucherization of all federal, state and local public schools funds.

This push to funnel public money to The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 3 No. 22 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

private schools to “improve student academic performance,” fails to learn from the lessons of the past.

Districts throughout the country have attempted voucherization resulting in overwhelmingly negative academic outcomes and the promotion of segregation.

The District of Columbia and Louisiana implemented district wide voucher programs to help save poor performing school districts.

Evaluations of student performance in both cities showed a negative impact on student achievement.

Students who participated in the Louisiana voucher program exhibited steep declines in math performance compared to students who remained in traditional public schools, performing 13 percent lower on average after two years in the The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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voucher schools.

Why would we voluntarily expand a program that has proven to have the opposite effect of what we would like to achieve?

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council, like other members of the National Coalition on School Diversity, is not opposed to expanding the range of opportunities available to students and their families. In fact, our research advocacy efforts are centered around the thoughtful, responsible expansion of public school choice approaches that help to bring children together in racial and economically integrated schools.

The Magnet School Assistance Program, for instance, builds off of decades of research which shows the magnet school approach conveys significant benefits to all students. The integration effort in Louisville, KY, provides a real world example of how school choice programs centered around integration can have positive impacts on student outcomes.

If enacted, a pseudo-voucher program such as FOCUS would all but guarantee a less equitable school funding framework, paving the way for the continued defunding of the low performing schools and intensifying racial and economic segregation in those same schools.

According to research from The Century Foundation, private

school vouchers present a threat to integrated schools, in some cases opening the door for white and middle-class flight, in an echo of the segregation academies of the 60s and 70s.

If we are serious about improving academic achievement for all students, we need to support and fund the programs and policies that have proven to work. The research on the benefits of integrated schools clearly shows that in addition to helping to close the achievement gap, all students in integrated schools are more likely to be prepared for a global economy, have improved civic attitudes towards democratic participation, increased participation in community activities and show enhanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Yet, as we seek to prepare our students to compete on a global stage, the Trump administration proposes to divert support from programs that have proven to benefit students’ life outcomes to fund programs that have shown to cause academic harm. But it does not stop there.

The already short staffed Office of Civil Rights is on the line for considerable cuts in funding and staff positions. At a time when the complaint levels are near historic highs with a record number of

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

‘Rescind endorsement’ Fueling incarceration

Once said that gays are “degenerate” and will eventually destroy America. Called Obama an “evil presence”. Compared Planned Parenthood to the KKK. Said that the Democratic party’s agenda is “worthy of the Antichrist.”

Yep, these are just a handful of bright ideas from Ed Gillespie’s latest endorser, E.W. Jackson.

Earl Walker Jackson may be best known from his failed lieutenant governor bid in 2013, in which the Washington Post editorial board called Jackson “too extreme” to serve as Virginia’s lieutenant governor.

Since losing in 2013, here’s just a small sample of E.W. Jackson’s latest bright ideas: He believes that the Women’s March participants are on the “godless side” of “America”s spiritual war.”

He said that President Obama was turning our military into a sexual experiment because he doesn’t believe in America.

He claimed that Donald Trump didn’t say the things that the video showed him saying.

He said that the ACLU are agents of “demonic power”.

And he said to black Christians that “Democrats hate your guts”.

Ed Gillespie’s rolodex of endorsements, from Senator Dick Black to E.W. Jackson, couldn’t be further from the inclusive, just and fair commonwealth that Virginians have seen under Governor McAuliffe.

There couldn’t be a worst surrogate than E.W. Jackson to speak to the future of Virginia, and Ed Gillespie should should rescind his endorsement.

Christina Freundlich, DPVA

The recent decision by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions requiring federal prosecutors to pursue the most severe charges possible, regardless of whether they would expose low-level offenders to mandatory minimums, represents not only a threat to public safety, but exacerbates mass incarceration.

This decision by DOJ to overturn previous previous Justice Department guidance will lead to thousands of people spending unnecessary years of imprisonment while doing nothing to advance public safety.

The attorney general’s directive suggests that this long ugly era of mass incarceration now has eternal life. Contradicting commonsense, conscience, and experience of red and blue state governors, this new policy takes us quickly backward.

Earlier DOJ Guidance that discouraged the federal prosecution of low-level drug offenders resulted in a 14 percent drop in federal prosecution of drug cases and a focus on more serious offenses and more dangerous offenders. Since reaching its historic peak in 2013, reforms in drug prosecution and sentencing as well as the Obama administration’s clemency initiative led to a significant decrease in the federal prison population, which had dropped 14 percent (to 188,800)

by April 2017. The Sessions memo essentially guarantees a larger federal prison population, ensuring that money that would be better used on preventing crime will be spent imprisoning people who are no risk to the communities.

The memo takes us back to the “War on Drugs” mentality that has led to our current age of mass

incarceration, making the US the world leader in the number of people incarcerated. The racial disparities in arrest, prosecution, and incarceration have led to the devastation of African American families and communities.

The NAACP is not ready to move backward. We must work to dismantle our system of mass incarceration, instead of exacerbating the problem. We will not allow the attorney general to turn the clock back on federal criminal justice reform.

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‘Spies’ and more ‘spies’ Trump fired one spy in his white house! How many more spies are located therein? Trump’ first visit overseas has confirmed that our allies do not trust him and the next time we need them they will not be there.

In the meantime, Americans and our military are less safe overseas!

Additionally, without intel from our long-standing partners, the U.S. can look forward to a major attack sometime in the future! Trump has become the best “recruiter” for ISIS. Thank God for the Washington Post, AP, NYT, and others efforts under the First Amendment to the constitution to save our country!

Trump’ supporters only reply to the truth is to talk about President Obama, Democrats lost the congress and last election plus the fake news crap! They (Trump supporters) never give a significant response.

The republican “cover up” will be greater than the crime. One of Trump’ major supporter, Sean Hannity, has continued spreading dangerous and ridiculous conspiracy theories. This sure not be a surprise, but one other Trump supporter “think tank” caught circulating white

nationalist propaganda. Trump’ “banana republic style military dictatorship seen to be failing.

Thanks again to the media mention above for helping stop trump’ political “coup d’ etat” against our democracy.

Trump was elected with less than 50 percent, while 50 percent plus voted against him. Therefore he has no mandate to turn the country into a neo-fascist authoritarianism government.

Walt Hill

(from page 6) complaints year after year, this budget will cripple the already understaffed office charged with protecting the civil rights of all students.

Providing all of our nation’s children with a high-quality education should always be a top priority. We have not yet achieved that goal, however, it is a struggle we must win. We can never stop working to make sure that all children have an opportunity to learn and pursue their American Dream.

This proposed budget will close the doors of opportunity to hundreds of thousands of young minds around the country. We urge Congress to reject this attack on equal access to a quality public education, students’ civil rights, and ultimately our country's long-term ability to continue as a global leader.

Hall manages PRRAC’s communications and media relations efforts. Hilton is Policy Counsel Education, supporting PRRAC’s education policy work.

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Mayor of Virginia city targeted by antiSemitic tweets after criticizing marchers SHARON BERNSTEIN The mayor of the Virginia college town of Charlottesville was the target of anti-Semitic tweets on a recent Sunday after speaking out against white nationalists who converged on a local park carrying blazing torches the night before.

Mayor Mike Signer said two protests led on Saturday by Richard Spencer, a leader of the “alt-right”

(from page 3) seemed engaged. They obviously saw the problem, but did they care enough to understand the nuance and take action?

Is it better to NOT get married when children are involved?

Regarding the child/parent relationship, the birth certificate matters more than the parents’ marriage certificate. They are separate contracts. In 2013, a judge in Chester, Virginia faced a similar scenario involving a 13-year-old girl.

The parents on her birth certificate never married. The father fell into $23,000 debt for child support, so the mother took him to court. A DNA test revealed he is not the biological father, but he still had to pay. According to published reports, the judge said there are, “certain aspects of the law that seem grossly unfair.” His hands were tied by the birth certificate. Determined to deliver justice and fairness, the judge reduced the man’s monthly payment from $200 to $1. But what if the couple were married? How would the judge have handled her alimony

movement, came on the same day the city held its annual Festival of Cultures event, which celebrates diversity in the home of the University of Virginia.

“You’re seeing anti-Semitism in these crazy tweets I’m getting and you’re seeing a display of torches at night, which is reminiscent of the KKK,” Signer, who is Jewish, said in a phone interview. “They’re sort of a last gasp of the bigotry that claim knowing paternity fraud is grounds for a marriage annulment?

In the case of the man who met with Locke, the marriage and alimony was his issue. His daughter is no longer a child, but he willingly bears financial responsibilities such as, college and medical bills. He remains her proud dad. Why require alimony payments to an ex-spouse who can provide for themselves and who committed an act that is grounds for a marriage annulment? The legal implication is that it’s better to NOT get married.

At the Virginia General Assembly, the justice committee did exactly what the man expected. By a split vote they killed the bill.

By now, you might have some suspicions as to who “the man” is. Thanks to God, the loving relationship that my daughter and I enjoy is even stronger, despite the pain. However, her pain may never cease. My book, Dear Daughter: A Dad’s Marriage Advice to Women on Love, Pain, Healing and the Law, addresses this.

It’s scheduled for publication by Virginia Beach based Köehler Books in June, just before Father’s Day.

this country has systematically overcome.”

Signer issued a statement on Saturday criticizing the torchcarrying marchers as either “profoundly ignorant” or aiming to instill fear.

“I smell Jew,” posted an anonymous Twitter user with the handle “Great Patriot Trump.” “If so, you are going back to Israel. But you will not stay in power here. Not for long.”

The protesters converged on Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Park, where a statue of the Confederate general that the city council voted to remove is located. The city also voted to remove a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, located in another park. Both changes have been put on hold amid ongoing litigation.

The Charlottesville protests were the latest of several in the U.S. South in recent months over the removal of statues celebrating leaders of the Confederacy, the slave-holding group of states that broke with the North in the early 1860s, prompting the 18611865 Civil War. Spencer, an avowed white nationalist, is credited by some with coining the term “alt-right” to describe online and social media communities on the far right that include white supremacists.

Trump, as president-elect, condemned an alt-right conference in Washington in November organized

by Spencer where some attendees gave Nazi salutes and yelled “Hail Trump!” after a speech about white nationalism.

At a recent afternoon rally, Spencer led chants of “You will not replace us.”

Later that night, he tweeted a photo of himself holding a burning tiki torch, his face illuminated with the hashtag “torchlight.”

The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported that chanters also cried: “Russia is our friend,” and “Blood and soil.”

Spencer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. The torchlight protest lasted only about 10 minutes, when police arrived on the scene after violence erupted, the newspaper said.

Charlottesville police did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Signer said officers would be investigating to see whether any laws were broken.

In recent years, a string of Southern states have moved Confederate-era monuments to museums, an effort that intensified after a white supremacist killed nine blacks in a South Carolina church in June 2015.

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17 years later, couple has sextuplets “I hope for the smallest of my six children to grow up and say, ‘I was so small, and look at me now,’” she said. “I want my kids (to) come back to VCU and study and learn to care for others with the same people who cared for me and my family.”

Nurse Jamie Burton repositions one of the sextuplets while comforting her with a crocheted octopus.

Adeboye and Ajibola Taiwo hold two of their sextuplets.

Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo's wish to have a baby went unanswered for 17 years. Then they welcomed six babies in a single day.

Ajibola, of West Nigeria, gave birth to three boys and three girls on the morning of May 11 with the help of a 40-person team at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond.

The remarkable birth marked the end of a long road. The couple first learned their wait was over in November after an ultrasound found four heartbeats. Two months later, they discovered they would have six children.

“I was excited,” Adeboye said. “For the very first time we were expecting.”

The prospect of six premature babies arriving at once prompted the hospital to plan and simulate the busy day. It required experts across the medical spectrum from nurses to labor and delivery specialists and chaplains.

The team ran pre-delivery drills and resuscitation exercises to prepare.

“A typical labor and delivery shift includes one, perhaps two premature births, usually with time in between,” said Dr. Susan Lanni, the facility’s medical director of labor and delivery and maternal-fetal specialist.

“We had to coordinate with our colleagues in the NICU for six

premature babies to be delivered simultaneously.”

The newborns were born by C-section, ranging in weight from 1 pound, 10 ounces, to 2 pounds, 15 ounces. Ajibola was 30 weeks and two days pregnant when she gave birth.

The babies are “doing well,” the hospital said in a statement. They remain at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond, where the couple helps care for the kids. The hospital said the family and the facility would not provide any more information on the birth.

Dr. Russell Moores, the medical director of the Children Hospital of Richmond’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit called the delivery “an amazing medical accomplishment that would not be possible without the outstanding coordination of our obstetrics and neonatal teams.”

The Taiwos are the first to give birth to sextuplets at the hospitals.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4 million live births last year. Just 24 were quintuplets or more.

Dad was happy with the family’s treatment.

“We are far from home but the medical team is our family,” Adeboye said. “That is what got us this far.”

Ajibola’s desire is for her children to pay it all forward.

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New campaign calls out big tobacco’s ‘profiling tactics’ DoSomething.org, a global movement of young people and truth®, a national youth tobacco prevention campaign, have teamed up with a new emoji compatibility quiz called “Who Has Their Eye on You?” to show teens how the socalled Big Tobacco is vying for their attention.

Coco Jones, the 19-year-old star of Disney’s Let it Shine recorded a public service announcement to encourage fans to take the quiz and find out who has their eyes on them.

The quiz follows the launch of the latest campaign by truth,

#STOPPROFILING, that underscores the fact that tobacco use is more than a public health issue, it’s a social justice issue. Tobacco is not an equal opportunity killer. It disproportionately affects people in low-income communities, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBT individuals and those with mental illness—all a result of profiling by the tobacco industry.

Through July 15, young people can sign-up at DoSomething.org/quiz to find out their perfect match. While most dating quizzes consider favorite foods or ideal Friday night plans, this quiz “matches” users based on

Coco Jones income, race and sexual orientation – the same data points Big Tobacco uses to target people in AfricanAmerican, low-income and LGBTQ communities.

“I was shocked by my match and couldn’t believe how many ways Big Tobacco targets black, LGBT, low-income and other marginalized youth,” said Jones. “I want to do my part to ensure my fans know about these disgusting tactics, shout it out and be and be the generation that ends smoking for good.”

Though teen smoking of traditional cigarettes reached a historic low of 6 percent in 2016, that number does not tell the full story because tobacco is not an equal opportunity killer.

Smoking rates are not consistent across the nation, and the quiz shows that who you are, where you live, whom you love, and how much you have influence whether or not you smoke and how the tobacco industry targets you. For instance: The marketing and promotion of menthol cigarettes have been targeted heavily toward African Americans. More than 88 percent of African American smokers aged 12 years and older use menthol cigarettes. Each year, approximately 47,000 African Americans die from smoking-related disease.

LGBTQ young adults, 18-24, are nearly two times as likely to smoke as their straight peers.

Individuals with mental illness or substance use disorder account for up to 40 percent of cigarettes smoked in the United States.

People living below the poverty

level in the U.S. are nearly twice as likely to smoke, compared to those at or above the poverty level.

“We work with an incredibly diverse group of young people, and we’ve seen that our members love taking a stand against Big Tobacco,” said Aria Finger, CEO & Chief Old Person at DoSomething.org. “With this new campaign we look to arm young people with the knowledge of how certain communities are profiled

by Big Tobacco, giving the power back to young people and asking them to call out these predatory practices.”

Millions of teens have taken steps to become “Finishers” and be the generation that ends smoking for good by acting both nationally and locally through social media and onthe-ground community efforts. truth and DoSomething.org are building on this momentum and encouraging young people to use their voice for good by calling out tobacco industry profiling when they see it.

“Today’s teens are a generation with an unyielding commitment to diversity, inclusivity and equality,” said Robin Koval, CEO and president of Truth Initiative, the national public health organization that directs and funds the truth campaign. “Tobacco is still the number one cause of preventable death. We want to arm everyone with the facts about tobacco industry profiling, urge them to call it out through the #STOPPROFILING campaign, and send a loud and clear message to the tobacco industry that it’s just not cool.”

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Graduate is finding ways to improve access to dental care FROM WIRE REPORTS Affordable and convenient access to adequate dental care is a major public health obstacle in the United States. The U.S. greatly lags behind other industrialized nations with more than 45 million adults and children living in areas with poor access to dental care, according to a 2014 report by The Commonwealth Fund.

That’s a problem Sydney Brown is trying to solve through independent research. Brown, who graduated Saturday with a degree in interdisciplinary studies from the College of Humanities and Sciences, was honored at the Council of Undergraduate Research’s

Military families to receive free SMVA summer admission Active duty military and their families will enjoy free museum exhibit admission this summer at the Science Museum of Virginia.

Men and women serving in the armed forces, including National Guard and Reserve, are invited to take advantage of this exclusive opportunity from Memorial Day through Labor Day. “We are honored to extend free summer admission to the families of the brave men and women serving our country,” said Richard Conti, chief wonder officer at the Science Museum of Virginia. “We hope that we can inspire military members to uncover the wonder of science in their everyday lives while building memories with their families here at the Museum.”

Expanding the Museum’s current military benefits to include family members this summer was made possible through a donation from the Dominion Energy Foundation.

“Dominion has a proud legacy of community involvement and a strong focus on supporting military service members and their families,” says Hunter Applewhite, president of the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. “We are pleased to partner with the Science Museum of

Virginia to help provide access to a national-caliber museum experience for the men and women protecting our country.”

With galleries focusing on topics ranging from energy and health to Earth and space, the Science Museum of Virginia explores science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through handson labs and interactive experiences.

The Museum is home to three floors of exhibits and artifacts, including the iconic SR-71 supersonic jet formerly used in U.S. Air Force reconnaissance missions.

The Science Museum of Virginia has registered as a Blue Star Museum, a national program in which over 2,000 institutions offer free or reduced admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel. The program provides families an opportunity to enjoy cultural organizations and learn more about their new communities after a military move.

Science Museum of Virginia exhibit admission is free for active duty military and immediate family members through Sept. 4, 2017.

Standard fees apply for Da Vinci Alive – The Experience and Dome Features.

annual Posters on the Hill event in April. The competitive research conference featured the work of 60 undergraduate researchers from across the country, chosen out of hundreds of applicants to showcase their work to policymakers in

Washington, D.C. Brown and other researchers shared their findings with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin.

“It was an honor to be able to advocate for the importance of undergraduate research,” Brown said. “I also wish I could speak to more policymakers about improving access to dental care. It’s amazing how much policy impacts public health.”

Brown’s work, which earned her a place in the conference as the only student from a Virginia university this year, investigated how international models could be applied in the U.S. to improve access to dental care. Specifically, Brown researched whether the international norm of employing dental therapists — midlevel care providers who perform many of the same functions as dentists — should be implemented

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Barbara Johns Essay Contest deadline is June 2 The deadline to submit essays for the first annual Barbara Johns essay contest for Virginia high school students is fast approaching.

Extended through Friday, June 2 at 5 p.m., the contest is intended to celebrate the life of civil rights activist Barbara Johns and to encourage high school students to raises their own voices against injustice.

“Barbara Johns was a trailblazer and an exemplary role model for young Virginians,” said Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Susan Swecker. “It is important to us that high school students have a chance to become involved in government and make an impact in their communities. Barbara’s story is evidence that young people can do just that.”

In 1951, at the age of 16, Johns organized a student strike in protest of the lack of funding for her high school in Prince Edward County.

With the help of the NAACP and

local community leaders, Johns was a significant figure in a lawsuit that later became part of the historic Brown v. Board of Education court case.

The winner of the essay contest will win two free tickets to the DPVA’s annual JJ dinner, which will be held on June 17th in Richmond.

Additionally, the winner will have the opportunity to meet with the event’s keynote speaker, the 82nd Attorney General of the United States Eric H. Holder Jr. The essay should be 500 to 750 words and address the questions: What does Barbara Johns’ legacy mean to you? What do you feel is the most important aspect of local government? What do you think a trailblazer is?

All high school students in Virginia are eligible to participate, including students graduating in 2017.

Applicants can submit their essays to Danny Carroll, DPVA finance director, at danny@vademocrats.org.

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Va. AG urges collaboration in battling opioid crisis WIRE- Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring recently went to Northern Virginia, a part of the state where the opioid epidemic has been relatively muted, to applaud efforts to prevent and treat addiction and encourage police and emergency workers to continue sharing information and strategies.

Fatal drug overdoses in the commonwealth jumped 38 percent in 2016, with about 1,100 of the 1,400 overdoses caused by opioids, heroin or prescription or synthetic fentanyl, Herring (D) told a gathering of Alexandria police, paramedics and city employees.

Although Northern Virginia is home to about 25 percent of the state’s eight million residents, it accounted for about 17 percent of the opioid fatalities - 189 - last year.

Statewide, “the numbers are so big they almost don't seem real,” said Herring, who has made addressing the epidemic his signature initiative over the past four years. “We have too many empty bedrooms, too many empty chairs at kitchen tables.”

Herring, who is on a statewide tour to press for more attention to addiction, said the crisis has affected young and old and both urban and rural communities.

He pointed to the recent arrest of members of what local authorities called a “significant heroin-

trafficking ring” in Alexandria.

Alexandria officials said they have set up a cross-departmental team to monitor and share data between police, parole officers, hospital and treatment programs. Over the past two years, the team has developed Spanish-language referral cards for people who might need treatment and worked to educate the public and reduce demand for opioids.

The number of overdose deaths is not increasing in Alexandria, as it is elsewhere in the commonwealth, “but we still see an ebb and flow,” said deputy police chief David Huchler.

“We continually monitor it.”

Herring’s office has produced a 10-minute film “When Seconds Count: How Law Enforcement Can Save a Life During an Overdose,” which the attorney general is encouraging police departments to show at daily roll calls. About 18 months ago, the office created an award-winning documentary called “Heroin: The Hardest Hit.” Both are available on YouTube and on the attorney general's website.

Herring has supported laws to encourage people to report overdoses in progress without fear of arrest themselves; expansion of the availability of Naloxone, which reverses overdoses, to law enforcers; and allowing probation officers to access the state’s prescription

Va. reaches settlement in multistate drug investigation Two former executives of a New Jersey-based generic pharmaceutical manufacturer have entered into settlement and cooperation agreements with 40 states, including Virginia, that are investigating what they allege is widespread anticompetitive activity in the generic drug industry that has led to higher prices for consumers and state governments.

Jason Malek, the former president of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Jeffrey Glazer, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. each residents of New Jersey - have entered into settlement agreements

with the investigating states in which they have agreed to cooperate in the states’ ongoing litigation and investigation, including by providing information, documents, testimony, depositions and other evidence to support the investigation.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring previously joined with 18 other state attorneys general in December 2016 in filing a federal lawsuit against generic drugmakers Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., Citron Pharma, LLC, Mayne Pharma (USA), Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Herring meets with stakeholders in the fight against opioids. monitoring program to make sure their probationers are not getting unauthorized opioid prescriptions.

He also arranged for the donation of 80,000 drug deactivation kits, which safely dispose of unused prescriptions.

“I want to get this turned around, but this is a problem decades in the making and it’s not going to turn around overnight,” Herring said. “I draw hope from the number of people who are now talking about this problem.”

(from page 13) impacts patients worldwide, Brown in the U.S. These providers aren’t as extensively trained as dentists, but have a higher level of expertise and clinical independence than U.S. dental hygienists.

Brown found midlevel providers could address issues such as the lack of dental professionals in low-income or rural areas. She said that if U.S. educational systems are adapted to train midlevel providers, efforts should be made to recruit students from low-income areas because they would be vested in giving back to their communities. Brown said the lower cost and shorter time commitment to earn a midlevel provider certification, versus a degree in dentistry, may also be an incentive to these students.

“Midlevel providers would be beneficial because it generally takes these professionals less time and money to obtain their education than what is required by dentists. This means that more individuals could be trained, making a faster impact in dental shortage areas,” Brown said.

To learn more about how midlevel providers operate and the way in which access to adequate care

surveyed faculty in dental education programs in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. She found that similar to the U.S., these nations had multiple issues regarding access to healthcare. A number of patients in New Zealand and Australia have reported government assistance programs placed an emphasis on care for children and cultivating good oral hygiene at an early age, while care for adults was placed on the back burner. Like the United States, all of the surveyed nations reported that low-income and rural areas lacked dental facilities.

In order for midlevel professionals to be effective in the U.S., policymakers must rework health and educational systems to account for the country’s unique access issues, Brown said.

“Midlevel providers can work in the United States, but a system must be tailored to fit our communities,” she said. “Also, midlevel providers are helpful, but they would only be one part of the solution to a complex problem, as evidenced by dental care access issues in the countries where these professionals are employed.”

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Protests urge Rep. Taylor to oppose offshore oil drilling About three dozen Eastern Shore of Virginia residents gathered at Willis Wharf on Saturday to protest the prospect of the federal government allowing oil drilling off the Virginia Coast.

The event, called “Hands Across the Sand Eastern Shore,” was part of a larger movement that included events in 20 states and three countries during the weekend — it was the seventh annual event, but the first time the Eastern Shore of Virginia held its own gathering.

“It is an important issue for us — we are ground zero for this issue in so many ways,” said Sen. Lynwood Lewis, who represents the Eastern Shore in the Virginia General Assembly.

“Between the military, tourism, aquaculture — there’s no win in it for us,” Lewis said.

He told the group he recently attended a ceremony opening a new unmanned aerial systems runway at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, and noted, “They do not like the idea of offshore (drilling), and so we need to be supportive of them.”

Attendees held hands and chanted anti-drilling slogans atop a wooden platform at the water’s edge in Willis Wharf — the village in Northampton County is home to several aquaculture businesses, which make up a significant part of the county’s, and the region’s, economy.

“The people of Hampton Roads have made it clear that our region does not support offshore drilling. Allowing drilling off our coast would jeopardize our numerous military bases, essential ports, and vibrant tourism industry,” said Harrison Wallace at Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “At a time when our coasts are being battered by sea level rise, we need to be expanding our clean energy economy -- not increasing our reliance on dangerous new sources of fossil fuels.”

People also signed a petition that will be presented to Rep. Scott Taylor this week.

“Here on the Eastern Shore,

the specter of offshore drilling is something that is not just the hypothetical bad thing — it's something that would shut down our economy if something were to go wrong,” said Jay Ford, Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper.

Local clam hatcheries, NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the Navy all would be affected, Ford said, adding, “Those are economic risks that the Eastern Shore can’t really afford.”

Saturday’s protests came after President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that could open up millions of acres off the United States coast and in the Arctic to oil and gas drilling.

The America First Offshore Energy Strategy directs Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the current five-year development plan on the Outer Continental Shelf and also to review regulations and the permitting process for development and seismic testing.

It is a reversal of the last administration’s decision, announced just more than a year ago, to drop its plan for offshore oil drilling projects off of the U.S. southeast coast.

Ford reminded the group that the Board of Supervisors in both Accomack and Northampton County previously passed resolutions taking a position against oil and gas drilling off the Virginia coast.

“It’s something that for many years now we’ve been trying to get that message across to the administration. We thought they understood it, but it’s back,” said Ford, adding, “They are looking at things like taking the Norfolk Canyon out of the special protected status; they are about to jumpstart seismic blasting off of our coast again, which puts marine life, including many endangered species, at risk and more or less primes the pump for them to bring offshore drilling to the Atlantic and our coast.

“For us on the Shore, nobody thinks this is a good idea,” he said.

Attendees signed a petition to be presented to Rep. Scott Taylor.

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Over two weeks in the spring of 1864, Confederate and Union forces engaged in one of the largest battles of the Civil War 10 miles outside Richmond at a rural crossroads known as Cold Harbor. Richmond National Battlefield Park invites the public to experience the story of that epic battle that resulted in over 18,000 casualties and led one Confederate general to lament, “It was not war; it was murder.”

Throughout the weekend, park rangers and living history volunteers will offer a variety of free programs at Cold Harbor battlefield, including an interactive mobile education trailer and scavenger hunt for kids, the park’s signature candlelight program on Saturday night, a concert by Southern Horizon, ranger-led tours and artillery demonstrations, and speakers and book signings. All events begin at the Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center, 5515 Anderson Wright Drive, Mechanicsville..

During the day on Saturday and Sunday, children are invited to complete a scavenger hunt worksheet, available at the visitor center, and receive a Junior Ranger patch. From 6-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, kids can visit the mobile education trailer, a special interactive exhibit designed in conjunction with Petersburg National Battlefield, where they can explore hands-on displays about the Battles of Cold Harbor and Petersburg.

Starting at 7:30 pm on Saturday, visitors can pick up free tickets for the evening candlelight tours, which begin at 8:00 pm. Also starting at 8:00 pm, visitors can enjoy the Civil War-era harmonies of the band Southern Horizon.

Tickets for the tours are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors are advised to wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes for walking and to bring flashlights.

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Henrico open house on Route 5 Corridor/Marion Hill study The Henrico County Planning Department will hold an open house June 8 for residents and other members of the public to provide input for a study of the Route 5 Corridor/Marion Hill areas.

The open house will be held from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Varina Area Library, 1875 New Market Road. The meeting’s informal structure will allow the public to attend at their convenience and to ask questions and discuss the study one on one with Planning staff.

Henrico’s 2026 Comprehensive Plan identifies Route 5 (New Market Road) and Marion Hill as special focus areas that warrant further study because of certain characteristics, challenges or opportunities. Route 5 is a statemaintained road that extends about 14 miles through the Varina District.

Development along the road has historically been rural in character, but it also has included suburban-style single-family developments mixed among small farms and homes built on large lots. Marion Hill is a neighborhood along Route 5 that features single-family homes built around World War II in a variety of architectural styles and arranged in a grid pattern.

The Route 5 Corridor/Marion Hill study will evaluate the character of both areas and make recommendations to guide the county’s review of development proposals while also respecting the agricultural, residential and commercial development present along the corridor.

In the months ahead, Planning will provide workshops and other opportunities to allow the public to provide more-focused input and to begin to form the study’s goals and strategies. The Route 5 Corridor/Marion Hill study ultimately will be presented to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors for review and approval.

To learn more about the study and to provide input through a survey and an interactive map, go to henrico.us/projects/route-5-corridor-marion-hill-study.

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