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Union Hill project sparks concern for cobblestone rd.

JONATHAN SPIERS A Richmond nonprofit’s redevelopment of the Citadel of Hope property in Union Hill is taking shape, anchoring a wave of new development that has some neighbors concerned about impacts to an adjacent cobblestone street.

Construction is nearing the halfway point for The Goodwyn at Union Hill, Better Housing Coalition’s conversion of the two-acre citadel property along Venable Street into 52 income-restricted apartments.

Plans for the $9.4 million project have changed in design since they were presented to the city’s Commission for Architectural Review in 2016, about a year after BHC announced the project.

Where initial plans called for 32 of the apartments to be housed in one building along Jessamine Street, those units are being broken up into four detached buildings in light of feedback received from the commission and the community, said Lynn McAteer, BHC’s vice president of planning and evaluations.

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“They felt that one large building along Jessamine Street would be inconsistent with the character of the neighborhood, so we broke the building up so it has a little bit more of a neighborhood, residential feel, rather than a multifamily feel,” McAteer said.

The budget also has changed, up from $8.8 million in 2016, as has the schedule, which is now on track for a December completion. BHC previously aimed to finish the project by the end of last year, but McAteer said the review process with CAR extended that schedule.

The contractor on the project is J.D. Lewis, which is building the mix of eight one-bedroom units, 33 two-bedrooms and 11 three-bedrooms ranging in size from 500 to 1,162 square feet. The income-based units, designed by Walter Parks Architects with engineering by Timmons Group, will rent from $550 to $900 per month.

While construction is filling the site, the development and others underway or in the works in the area have some neighbors concerned

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The Goodwyn at Union Hill apartments rise above the nearby cobblestone Carrington Street. PHOTO: Jonathan Spiers/RBiz about the fate of Carrington Street, a cobblestone road parallel to Venable that borders the citadel site and is planned to provide the only access to the apartments’ on-site 52-space parking lot.

And it’s not just The Goodwyn that has neighbors concerned and led some to rally to preserve the cobblestones.

According to Carrington resident Raymond “Sonny” Hughey, who has been researching and raising awareness of planned development for area group New Visions Civic League, the apartments and several other projects along the street could result in dozens of new vehicles using Carrington – a road wide enough for two-way traffic but crowded with onstreet parking in some sections.

Parts of the road have been patched with asphalt, and Hughey and others have said a concern is that the road could be paved over to accommodate the influx of development.

“We’re going to see an increase in traffic on the street. As it stands right now, it can’t support what it’s designed to support,” Hughey said.

“We haven’t really decided on any solutions or changes, but we are rallying support within the community and among some of the builders and other people just to make sure that the street is prepared to grow with the neighborhood as it

changes, especially on that stretch.”

Hughey said about half of the properties along Carrington are controlled by nine owners, some of whom have lent their support for improving the corridor, as has the Union Hill Civic Association.

Bryan Traylor, a local homebuilder active in Union Hill and nearby North Church Hill, is among those supporting a closer look at the corridor, where he is building three duplexes and a single-family home.

“That area is quickly changing.

We need to keep the historic nature of the cobblestone, because there are few roads that exist like that,” Traylor said. “That’s one of the last full-bore, multiblock cobblestone streets left in Richmond.

“By improving the roadway, you’re going to improve positive traffic, both foot and vehicular,” Traylor said, adding that the road provides a connection between 25th Street and the Leigh Street/Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge.

For several months, Hughey said New Visions has received letters of support for improving the corridor from Traylor, other developers and the Union Hill association.

Representatives also met with City Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille and Richmond public works officials

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www.LEGACYnewspaper.com NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY’S PETITION FOR A PRUDENCY REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT CASE NO. PUR-2018-00121 On August 3, 2018, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion” or “Company”), filed a petition (“Petition”) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for a prudency determination pursuant to § 56-585.1:4 F of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) and for other associated approvals, as needed. The Petition relates to proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (“CVOW”) generation facilities consisting of two 6 megawatt (nominal) wind turbine generators located approximately 27 statute miles (about 24 nautical miles) off the coast of Virginia Beach in federal waters and the related generation and distribution interconnection facilities (“CVOW Interconnection Facilities”), which include a smaller subset of generation interconnection facilities that are located entirely within the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Virginia Interconnection Facilities”) (collectively, the wind turbine generators and CVOW Interconnection Facilities, inclusive of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities, comprise the “CVOW Project” or “Project”).

Dominion’s proposed CVOW Project would be located on a research lease site provided by the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and held by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy. According to Dominion’s Petition, the proposed CVOW Project would be interconnected at 34.5 kilovolts (“kV”) (i.e., distribution level). Specifically, Dominion’s proposed CVOW Interconnection Facilities would begin with a 34.5 kV alternating current (“AC”) submarine cable that would interconnect the two wind turbine generators to one another, and to an approximately 27-mile long, 34.5 kV AC submarine distribution cable (“Export Cable”), which would connect to an onshore transition point located on Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation at an interface cabinet (“Beach Cabinet”) in Virginia Beach, Virginia. From the Beach Cabinet, a 34.5 kV underground cable (“Onshore Interconnection Cable”) would continue onshore for approximately 1.2 miles, terminating at an interconnection station (“Interconnection Station”), where switches, auxiliary equipment, and a metering cabinet would be installed.

The Virginia Interconnection Facilities would comprise, starting from the Virginia jurisdictional line demarcating state-owned submerged lands, approximately 3.6 miles of Export Cable, the Beach Cabinet, the approximately 1.2-mile Onshore Interconnection Cable, and the Interconnection Station. From the Interconnection Station, the proposed CVOW Project would interconnect with the Company’s existing distribution system via a new 34.5 kV underground line, approximately one-quarter mile in length, to a new terminal pole on nearby existing distribution Circuit (“Cir.”) 421, which terminates with the Company’s existing Birdneck Substation. Dominion proposes to replace relays inside the existing control house at Birdneck Substation to ensure Cir. 421 has proper protection to accept reverse flow from the wind turbine generators onto the Company’s system (collectively, “Distribution Grid Facilities”).

Dominion asserts that the Virginia Interconnection Facilities and Distribution Grid Facilities are extensions or improvements in the usual course of business under Code § 56-265.2 and, therefore, do not require approval from the Commission. Moreover, Dominion asserts that while Code § 56-585.1:4 F provides for a prudency determination as to construction of certain wind generation facilities, there is no requirement within Code § 56-585.1:4 directing the utility to seek a certificate of public convenience and necessity or any other type of approval for electric facilities related to the proposed CVOW Project. Dominion asserts that the Commission’s duty to ensure that the effects of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities on the environment are minimized under Code § 56-46.1 is satisfied by the proposed CVOW Project’s federal and state approvals regarding the siting, route, placement, installation, and operation of those facilities.

According to the Petition, Dominion executed an engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) agreement with Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) in January 2018. In June 2018, Dominion executed an EPC agreement with L.E. Myers for the onshore portion of the proposed CVOW Project.

Dominion’s current schedule for the proposed CVOW Project contemplates that the Project would commence operations in December 2020. According to Dominion, the Company must pursue the proposed CVOW Project now if it is to be ready in time to inform on the viability of pursuing a larger offshore wind project in the future. Dominion asserts that the Company could deploy a larger commercial offshore wind project as early as 2024, if economic. Dominion concludes that the timeline fits within the Company’s projected need for additional renewable resources between 2020 and 2030.

Dominion estimates the total cost of the proposed CVOW Project, including the CVOW Interconnection Facilities, to be approximately $300 million, excluding financing costs. According to Dominion, the EPC agreements with Ørsted and L.E. Myers fix approximately 87% of the total $300 million cost estimate.

Dominion plans to include the proposed CVOW Project costs in its base rate cost of service for recovery through its rates for generation and distribution services. Dominion states that, if necessary, the Company may designate the costs for customer credit reinvestment offset pursuant to Code § 56-585.1 A 8.

Proposed Route of the Virginia Interconnection Facilities Dominion’s preliminary proposed route for the onshore Virginia Interconnection Facilities originates at the proposed Beach Cabinet located within an existing parking lot at the end of Rifle Range Road on Camp Pendleton Beach. The cable route then extends in a westward direction along Rifle Range Road for a distance of approximately 700 feet. The cable route turns to the north along Regulus Avenue for a distance of approximately 1,025 feet to a gravel turnaround area, which will serve as an equipment laydown and staging area for the Horizontal Directional Drill (“HDD”) installation under Lake Christine. From the staging area, the HDD under Lake Christine is approximately 970 feet long and runs in a west/northwest direction under Lake Christine to the cleared area on the western side of the lake, which will act as the HDD staging area for the HDD punch-out. The temporary work space associated with each HDD staging area on either side of Lake Christine will be located within the 30-foot temporary workspace. The preliminary proposed route then runs southwest and continues under Lake Christine for a distance of approximately 1,800 feet to a grass area just north of Jefferson Avenue. The route then angles and runs in a southern direction for a distance of approximately 930 feet, terminating at the proposed Interconnection Station located just north of an entrance for Camp Pendleton at Gate No. 10 (Gate 10 Access Road, which is also called Jefferson Avenue) off of South Birdneck Road.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing (“Order”) that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held on October 9, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive the testimony of public witnesses. Any person desiring to offer testimony as a public witness at this hearing should appear in the Commission’s courtroom fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and identify himself or herself to the Commission’s Bailiff. The Commission scheduled a public evidentiary hearing to be convened on October 10, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the same location, to receive the testimony and evidence offered by the Company, any respondents, and the Staff.

Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945.

On or before September 27, 2018, the Company, Staff and any respondent in this proceeding may submit a brief on legal issues raised by the Petition. On October 4, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, the Commission will receive oral argument on the legal issues raised by the Petition from the Company, Staff, and any respondent who filed a legal brief in this proceeding.

Aug. 15, 2018 • 3 Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

The public version of the Company’s Petition, pre-filed testimony, and exhibits are available for public inspection during regular business hours at all of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of the public version of the Company’s Petition also may be obtained, at no cost, by written request to counsel for Dominion, David J. DePippo, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., Law Department, Riverside 2, 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

On or before October 3, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Petition shall file written comments with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 3, 2018, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments.

All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00121.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before September 7, 2018. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at counsel’s address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2018-00121.

Interested persons should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for further details on participation as a respondent.

On or before September 14, 2018, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2018-00121.

All documents filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http://www. virginia.scc.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above.

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Poll: Kaine leads U.S. Senate race by 23 points Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine holds a commanding 23-point lead — 49 percent to 26 percent — over Republican challenger Corey Stewart among likely voters in Virginia’s Senate race, according to a new statewide poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Twenty percent of likely voters and 57 percent of independents remain undecided.

Stewart is attracting only 66 percent of Republican or Republican-leaning respondents so far and trailing Kaine by more than a 2-to1 margin among those independents who have already decided for whom they will vote. By contrast, Kaine has the support of 88 percent of Democrats.

The poll, a random sample of 802 adults in Virginia conducted by landline and cell telephone from July 10-30, has a margin of error of 3.49 percent. Likely voter estimates have a margin of error of 3.59 percent.

Kaine is winning every key demographic category. Kaine’s lead is significantly larger among women (56 percent to 21 percent) but he also leads among men (40 percent to 33 percent). Similarly, Kaine leads by a wide margin among minority respondents (74 percent to 7 percent) but also by a small margin among white respondents (39

Cashwell, Henrico’s new school superintendent, to meet residents Henrico Schools’ new superintendent, Amy Cashwell, is holding five informal meet-and-greet sessions this month, where members of the public can drop by and talk with the school division’s new leader.

Remaining meet-and-greet sessions include: •Aug. 16 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Varina Area Library (1875 New Market Rd.) •Aug. 20 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Fairfield Area Library (1001 N. Laburnum Ave.) •Aug. 21 from 5-6 p.m.: Libbie Mill Library (2100 Libbie Lake E. St.) •Aug. 22 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.: Tuckahoe Area Library (1901 Starling Dr.) Besides the informal meet-andgreet sessions, Cashwell will hold a series of town hall meetings in late September and early October. Those will feature a short presentation as well as a chance to ask questions

Tim Kaine (L) and Corey Stewart percent to 35 percent). Respondents ages 18 to 34 and those with some college or a college degree were also significantly more likely to favor Kaine.

The poll also asked respondents which party they would rather see in control of Congress. A narrow majority of 51 percent of respondents said they would rather see the Democrats control Congress. That compares to 32 percent who would prefer Republican control, giving a 19-point margin to Democrats, a finding that may indicate a possible blue wave in several congressional races. A stronger alignment among Democrats (91

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Cashwell began work as Henrico’s superintendent July 1. She was selected by the Henrico School Board after a search that included extensive public involvement.

In her previous position as chief academic officer for Virginia Beach Schools’ Department of Teaching and Learning, Cashwell oversaw a number of departments, including those dealing with instruction, instructional technology, student support services, exceptional education, and opportunity and achievement. She joined Virginia Beach Schools in 1998 as a teacher before becoming an assistant principal and principal. She assumed her role as chief academic officer in 2013.

Cashwell is an alumna of Longwood University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies and education. She earned a master’s degree in education administration and supervision from the George Washington University. Cashwell also earned a doctorate from George Washington, in education administration and policy studies. She is originally from Virginia Beach.

percent prefer Democratic control of Congress) than among Republicans (where only 80 percent prefer Republican control and 16 percent are undecided) appears to drive the Democrats’ lead and may indicate some level of tension between the preferences of Virginia Republicans and the national leadership of the Republican party.

Independents, on the other hand, are still mostly (57 percent) undecided.

Amid the furor over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which seeks to deport all undocumented immigrants, the poll also finds that a plurality of Virginians (48 percent, up from 39 percent in 2017) would like to see only those undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes targeted for deportation.

Twenty-seven percent want to see all undocumented immigrants deported, 18 percent prefer targeting those convicted of any crime and only three percent support no deportations of undocumented immigrants.

In other findings, the poll shows that only 16 percent of Virginians want the Virginia General Assembly in charge of legislative redistricting after the 2020 census — 24 percent favor a panel of local and state experts and 20 percent favor a citizen commission.

(from page 2) about possible courses of action.

Hughey said the city plans to review the road, and determine potential costs and revenue sources for adding sidewalks and restoring cobblestones along the patched road.

Richmond’s public works department estimates the cost of restoring the cobblestone street and adding a brick sidewalk at $700,000, or $500,000 with a concrete sidewalk.

Department spokeswoman Sharon North said there are no funds allocated for that work, which would not involve widening the street.

She said the city would continue to patch the road and fill potholes using asphalt.

Newbille did not return multiple messages seeking comment.

While BHC’s apartments will add traffic to Carrington, McAteer said it falls on the city to make any improvements, which she said the nonprofit is willing to support.

“It is a historic and quaint street, because it’s all cobblestones.

Obviously it’s a public street, and it’s the city’s responsibility for maintaining that,” she said.

“We, Better Housing Coalition, have a fair amount of investment in that area of Church Hill, so we would definitely be willing to advocate

for the ongoing maintenance of Carrington to preserve that historical quality of it, along with the civic association and any neighborhood groups.”

Hughey said such support would be needed to see the effort through, whatever decisions are made about the road.

“It needs to at least be maintained so it’s uniform throughout. If it’s allowing two-lane traffic and parking on both sides, it needs to be wide enough to do that,” he said. “If widening the street isn’t something that is possible, then possibly turning it into a one-way, or only allowing street parking on one side.

“There are a lot of different solutions to the issues at hand, but that’s something that needs to be discussed further,” he said.

The activity along the Carrington Street corridor adds to other development occurring in and around Union Hill.

Across 25th Street, work is progressing on a redevelopment of a block of 19th-century rowhouses along O Street. A few blocks north, construction is underway on a mixed-use building that will house a culinary school at the intersection of 25th, Nine Mile Road and Fairmount Avenue, where a grocery story also is planned.

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Reconciling the Jeffersons The University of Virginia has long promoted ideas about Thomas Jefferson that glossed over his racist beliefs.

New report explores the more insidious side of his legacy The University of Virginia is eager to tout the legacy of Thomas Jefferson, its most well-known founder. The first line of UVA’s “about” page states that the third U.S. president founded the university in 1819 and describes his vision as “a bold experiment -- a public university designed to advance human knowledge, educate leaders and cultivate an informed citizenry.”

It’s also true that Jefferson, who owned 607 slaves during his lifetime, envisioned UVA to be “an institution with slavery at its core.” But that’s not on the "about" page.

That information is included in a 96-page report released in late July by the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University. The commission was convened in 2013 by the then president, Teresa Sullivan (who recently retired), to examine the university’s racist past. The report details the university’s history with slavery and, uncharacteristically, acknowledges Jefferson’s participation in slavery.

“Jefferson’s architectural plan for the university created distinct zones for the students and for the enslaved. The enslaved were to live and work in the basements and in the garden work yards where students were in theory to have little reason to venture,” the report reads.

“Students were to spend their time in their dormitory rooms, in pavilion classrooms, and in the library -places where the enslaved were to have little reason to venture.”

After Jefferson’s death in 1826, the university “in many ways fulfilled his vision in creating a southern pro-slavery Ivy League school,” the report says. Educational experiences in the late 19th and the first half of the 20th century included eugenics and white supremacist thought.

Even though Jefferson wrote that slavery was “evil,” he also believed that “African Americans were incapable of the full fruits of freedom,” and that “to end slavery would be to invite race war,” according to the report.

Today, Jefferson is revered by many at UVA as almost untouchable.

Jefferson’s statue at UVa. “I was thinking about the way that Jefferson was presented when I was in college here, and I would say that there was really only one legacy, and that was Jefferson as a hero,” Christa Dierksheide, a historian at Jefferson's home, Monticello, and a UVA alumna, said during a panel on Jefferson’s legacy in February 2017.

Sullivan received criticism from some students and faculty members for invoking Jefferson without acknowledging his racism during her tenure. In November 2016, she sent two emails to the campus calling for respect and civility during the 2016 election. In the emails, she suggested that students and staff look to Jefferson’s actions after the election of 1800 to inspire unity, cooperation and respect.

In response to the emails, Noelle Hurd, a psychology professor at UVA, wrote to Sullivan expressing her disappointment at the “use of Thomas Jefferson as a moral compass.” Hundreds more students

and employees signed the letter.

Sullivan defended her use of Jefferson’s words.

“Quoting Jefferson (or any historical figure) does not imply an endorsement of all the social structures and beliefs of his time, such as slavery," she wrote in an email response to the letter.

“We’ll talk about slavery, we just won’t talk about Thomas Jefferson as a slave owner,” Hurd said to Inside Higher Ed. “That’s where the disconnect comes. It’s like ‘OK, if we’re going to talk about our [racist] history, Thomas Jefferson is really a part of that … I think that is really the linchpin here in terms of [being] unable to move forward, because if Jefferson is the brand, critiquing him is like critiquing the institution.”

Tensions have risen even higher since the 2016 election, especially after the Unite the Right rally that descended on UVA’s campus and the surrounding city of Charlottesville last August. A month afterward,

students gathered to protest the university’s ineffectual response to the white nationalists and shrouded the Jefferson statue on campus in black. On the university’s founders' day last April, the words “racist + rapist” were spray painted at the base of the statue.

The report is the first time in Hurd’s memory (she’s been teaching at the university for six years) that the university has so openly acknowledged Jefferson’s racist past.

Marcus Martin, vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, said in a press release that Sullivan was “very supportive” while the commission worked.

In addition to the report, the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University is also building a memorial to enslaved laborers on campus near the rotunda, creating a course on “slavery and its legacies” and planning other community events to discuss the university’s past.

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Messages of NFL players: We must stand together

JESSEE L. JACKSON, SR. As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players.

The league office stepped in it, by unilaterally declaring that players who do not wish to stand during the national anthem, should stay in the locker room. The NFL players association had little choice but to force negotiations over that insult.

Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is a decent guy. But he stuck his foot in it as well, when he recently announced that the Cowboys had to stand for the anthem and couldn’t stay in the locker room—or else. The league wisely told him to zip it, while the policy was under negotiation and so it goes.

So much of this is a false narrative.

Fake news.

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Trump dishonestly insists that the players are disrespecting the flag. In fact, the players kneeling during the anthem were expressing a silent protest not against the flag, but against police brutality and the reality of structural racial inequality.

Kneeling before the flag in silent, nonviolent protest is not disrespectful to the ‘Stars’ and ‘Stripes.’ In fact, it’s just the opposite. It is a sign of deference and respect, a call to honor what the flag is truly supposed to represent.

Burning the flag is constitutionally protected, but is a desecration.

Burning a cross is a desecration. It is violent. Kneeling before the cross, or during the anthem, on the other hand, isn’t a desecration; it is a call for help.

Colin Kaepernick was and is concerned about blacks being beaten and killed by police. He kneeled during the anthem to highlight how The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions.

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the values of the flag were being ignored on the streets. He wasn’t disrespecting the flag—he was protesting those who trample its values. He was being a patriot.

Now Trump wants to light the dynamite again. His politics prey and thrive on division. He hopes to divide us one against the other, while his administration rolls back protections of consumers, workers and the environment, allowing corporate lobbyists to rig the rules, with lards of more and more tax cuts and subsidies on entrenched interests and the wealthy.

So, he purposefully peddles the false narrative that the players are disrespecting the flag.

Jones, who is a Trump supporter, isn’t a bad man. Beyond the playing field, beyond contracts, he has been a decent guy. He paid for the funeral of Cowboy great Bob Hayes. But Jones has allowed himself to be turned into Trump’s pawn in this diversion. The reality is that we would not have the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas, were it not for those protesting for their rights.

The victory of the Civil Rights Movement opened the way to a New South. The nonviolent protests and resistance pulled down the old barriers and walls in the South, clearing the way for the Cowboys and the Spurs and the Rockets of the New South, where blacks and whites could play on the same team and wear the same colors—where fans root for the colors of their team, not the color of the players’ skin.

Successful protests—at the cost of far too many lives —finally

ended slavery and apartheid in this society. We should be honoring the protesters, not distorting their message.

Kaepernick was right to protest what is going on in our streets.

He has paid a heavy penalty for expressing his views in a nonviolent and dignified fashion. One of the best quarterbacks in the league, he has effectively been banned, a blatant conspiracy that ought to constitute a clear violation of anti-trust laws.

Kaepernick stands among giants. Curt Flood in baseball and Muhammad Ali during the prime years of his boxing life were also banned, but in the process, they changed sports and the country for the better.

There have always been politicians who profit by appealing to our fears.

There have always been politicians who seek to divide us for political gain.

We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go to fulfill the flag’s values of liberty and justice for all. The players expressing their views in nonviolent and dignified fashion aren’t disgracing the flag, they are expressing its values.

Let us turn against those who would divide us and join together to make America better.

Jackson is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious, and political figures and the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. You can follow Rev. Jackson on Twitter at @ RevJJackson.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

Anti-white?

Anti-white social media posts made by newly-hired New York Times editorial writer Sarah Jeong are “vulgar” and “racist” and shows the inconsistency and irresponsibility of the newspaper in dealing with intolerant statements by its staff.

Sarah Jeong’s comments are antithetical in an age when we should be moving beyond racism to embrace our greater American identity.

This racist liberal engages in a divisive anti-white narrative that is just as damaging as black codes and segregation were in the past.

As Americans, we need to erase the hyphens that divide us and embrace our unity under the red, white and blue.

Jeong, who is of Asian descent, was recently hired as the lead technology writer on the New York Times editorial board. It was later reported that she had previously posted tweets referring to white people in terms such as “dumba--,” “bulls--” groveling goblins” and “dogs” and expressing “joy… out of being cruel to old white men.” She has also posted anti-police tweets. Despite firing technology reporter Quinn Norton earlier this year within hours of revelations of racial posts, the paper now says it “stands by” Jeong.

Reporting that Jeong “regretted the tweets,” the Times also confirmed “there had been a conversation about her social media history as part of the hiring process.”

The handling of these cases shows a political bias at the New York

Times that is harmful to American race relations.

Ms. Jeong is the recipient of leftist privilege, which means that whatever she says can and will be forgiven no matter how vile or racist her actions may have been. In response to the backlash over her addition to the New York Times editorial staff, the paper shared that they had discussions with her about the appropriateness of her tweets. This is within their purview, but the doublestandard is glaring, Roseanne Barr was blacklisted for one tweet. Even after she showed remorse and apologized profusely, there is no path of redemption for her. In the freest nation on the planet, we are witnessing jackbooted political thuggery.

Stone Washington, The fact that the New York Times came out in defense of Sarah Jeong’s visceral racism and animosity toward white people proves how low liberal newspapers have sunk.

The radical left now deeply believes it is impossible to be racist against white people, fostering a culture that encourages insulting whiteness while criminalizing even the slightest attack against any other racial group.

Rich Holt & Stacy Washington

What it’s all about

Paul Manafort, who briefly served as U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, faces two criminal trials, the first of which began on July 31. While the second trial (involving allegations that Manafort acted as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal) will be of more interest to those following the “Russiagate” probe, this first trial really should interest all Americans.

In headlines, media coverage generally refers to the charges against Manafort as involving “fraud.” In this case, he’s charged with bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy, words which shed some more light on what he’s actually

accused of. In English: Manafort allegedly worked in Ukraine, earned money in Ukraine, and then did various things (including omitting assets in bank loan applications -- that’s the “bank fraud” part) with various accomplices (that’s the “conspiracy” part) to keep that money hidden from the Internal Revenue Service (that’s the “tax evasion” part).

If you’re wondering why on earth the US government would consider money earned in a foreign country any of its business, or think itself entitled to grab some of that money for itself, you’re not alone.

The United States is one of only three governments on Earth -the other two are Kim Jong Un’s dictatorship in North Korea and Isaias Afwerki’s dictatorship in Eritrea -- that demand payment of income taxes on money earned abroad by “their citizens.”

The U.S. government is unique among western democracies in declaring itself entitled to steal not just part of one’s income earned within its jurisdiction, but also part of one’s income earned anywhere and everywhere.

Paul Manafort allegedly hid his money from extortionists. Now the extortionists want him put in a cage for trying to avoid their racket.

Whatever else he may have done, that’s the sum total of this case.

He shouldn’t have HAD to hide his money. He shouldn’t be blamed for trying to do so. The IRS didn’t earn that money. He did. And he earned it in a place where he wasn’t availing himself of the services U.S. taxes supposedly pay for.

The prosecution’s strategy, so far, seems to be to make the jury hate Paul Manafort by demonstrating that he’s a rich guy who buys expensive stuff and lives a lavish lifestyle.

Smart move. If the jury considered the true nature of what he’s actually charged with, they’d likely be

inclined to acquit him. Which, in fact, is what they should do.

Thomas L. Knapp

Son vs. father

Virginia Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s son announced he had donated the maximum amount to the Democratic candidate running to succeed his father and urged others to do the same.

Bobby Goodlatte announced in a tweet that he had donated to Jennifer Lewis.

The younger Goodlatte, who is based in San Francisco, tweeted his contribution and encouraged others to do the same: “I’ve also gotten 5 other folks to commit to donate the max. 2018 is the year to flip districts — let’s do this,” he said.

Bobby Goodlatte was a designer for Facebook and launched a platform for politics called OpenVote in 2015, according to TechCrunch. At the time of the site’s launch, he told the site, “I’ve been very wary about having my dad open doors for me in life. We’re starting from the exact opposite sides of the political spectrum.”

Robert Goodlatte announced in November that he would retire at the end of his 13th term representing the district.

Lewis is running against GOP state Del. Ben Cline in a district that President Donald Trump won 60 percent of the vote. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates Virginia’s 6th District as Solid Republican.

According to a search by the Federal Election Commission shows the younger Goodlatte also contributed to Max Rose, who is running against Rep. Dan Donovan in New York’s 11th District.

After a bruising Republican primary between Donovan and former Rep. Michael Grimm, that race is rated Likely Republican.

Eric Garcia

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Baptists counter D.C. alt-right rally with prayer Black and white Baptists in the nation’s capital this past weekend sharee communion and prayer walk around the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in a counter-message to a reprise of last year’s Unite the Right white supremacy rally that erupted into violence in Charlottesville.

Members of historically black Nineteenth Street Baptist Church and predominantly white First Baptist Church in Washington came together for a “United by Love” demonstration coordinated by the New Baptist Covenant, a movement to promote racial justice in Baptist churches started by former President Jimmy Carter.

The Aug. 12 rally coincided with

Unite the Right 2, a “white civil rights” rally on the anniversary of violence in Charlottesville last year that killed counter-protestor Heather Heyer. Organized by Jason Kessler, a white supremacist who helped organize the event last year in Charlottesville, this year’s gathering took place in Lafayette Park in front of the White House on Sunday.

More than two dozen groups, including Black Lives Matter and anti-fascist organizations, held a counter-demonstration called Shut It Down D.C. Founded in 1802, First Baptist is the oldest Protestant church in the nation’s capital. In the beginning black and white Baptists worshipped

UR’s longest tenured professor awarded ‘Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award’ for achievements in religious studies Frank Eakin, WeinsteinRosenthal professor of Jewish and Christian studies at the University of Richmond, has been awarded an Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who, a publisher of biographical profiles.

The Lifetime Achievement Award endorses Eakin as a leader in the fields of religious studies and higher education. Award-winners are recognized for excelling in their field for at least 20 years and are selected for noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in their field of work.

Eakin has taught at the University of Richmond for 51 years, the longest of any current faculty member, and has served as the WeinsteinRosenthal professor of Jewish and Christian studies for 42 of those years.

“Because of my academic background and personal interests, the Jewish and Christian Studies Chair has provided a meaningful venue for dealing, in a multi-faceted

Frank Eakin way, with the pivotal religious and cultural issue of anti-Judaism both in our immediate context, but also as a universal issue of crucial importance,” said Eakin.

“I am deeply indebted both to the University and the Weinstein and Rosenthal families for the opportunity to hold the Chair in the Religious Studies Department.”

Eakin is the author of The First Tablet of the Commandments: A Jewish and Christian Problem and What Price Prejudice? Christian Antisemitism in America and is a former board member for both the Council for America’s First Freedom and the National Conference of Christian and Jews. A longtime member of the Society of Biblical Literature, he has been showcased in several editions of Who's Who in America®.

together as equals, but like many churches of the era, over time the black members were segregated into the gallery.

African-American members organized a separate congregation in 1839, today known as Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, the city’s first and oldest black Baptist congregation.

First Baptist Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell and Nineteenth Street Pastor Darryl Roberts joined New Baptist Covenant Executive Director Hannah McMahan in a brief communion service at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Deacons from both churches served the bread and cup to all who wanted to participate, tourists included.

Bishop E.W. Jackson releases video as part of “Campaign to Awaken the Church” Bishop E.W. Jackson, founder and president of STAND (Staying True to America’s National Destiny) recently released another video in his ‘Campaign To Awaken the Church’ for the November elections. This video - The Truth in Black & White - is aimed at black Christians and churches.

Jackson, a failed Republican statewide candidate in several races, has been controversial but contends that he has a history of ‘challenging’ black Americans on matters of race.

A video he released six years ago entitled “Exodus Now” was viewed by millions, and discussed widely on television and radio. It urged black Christians to leave the Democratic Party.

This new production challenges what Jackson calls “using the pulpit for racial demagoguery.” The Chesapeake-based pastor said that many black pastors preach a racial world view that vilifies white people.

“That is no different than antebellum white churches teaching the inferiority of black people and their inherent fitness for slavery,” he said.

“Much of the modern black church has fallen into a similar racial error by classifying Americans of European descent as morally inferior. This is simply perpetuating the very racial attitudes that Dr. Martin Luther King’s Civil Rights Movement sought to eradicate.”

Jackson also makes a broader theological and philosophical

E.W. Jackson argument about racial division.

He says that history shows that racism is only a symptom of a deeper problem of “sin”.

“Human beings have been exploiting and subjugating each other since the fall of Adam,” said Jackson. “The reasons have been as varied as life itself - tribe, geography, family, religion, ancient feuds, greed, covetousness and ideology. Race is just another in the long list of justifications for hatred and enslavement. Whether groups become victims or oppressors is often no more than a matter of what point in history they encounter each other.

That is why the Bible says, “There is none righteous, no, not one.”

Jackson said that STAND will continue to educate “Christians on their civic responsibility to engage the political process and vote their Christian values” and that he will remain “committed to bringing together Christians of every background to fight for the vision of ‘one nation under God’.”

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Prof. Katie Cannon, first black woman ordained in PC(USA) The Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary, first black woman ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and a foremost scholar of the womanist movement, died Aug. 8 after a brief illness. She was 68.

“Dr. Cannon was greatly admired and loved by the entire seminary community as a scholar, teacher, and friend,” said Brian K. Blount, president of Union Presbyterian Seminary. “This is a difficult moment; our resurrection faith sustains us.”

Cannon announced in June she had been diagnosed with acute leukemia, a medical condition that caused her to become transfusion dependent.

Union responded by sponsoring a blood drive in which many faculty, staff, alumni, and students gave blood in recognition of her treatment.

The founder of the Center for Womanist Leadership, Cannon was a pioneer in the study and work of womanist theology and ethics. She lectured nationally and internationally on womanist theology and social ethics and is the author and editor of numerous articles and books.

In April, on the 44th anniversary

The late Katie Geneva Cannon of her ordination, she co-organized a womanist conference that critiqued the complex cultural locations and histories of today’s political domain.

Fourteen African-American women scholars attended the conference, including Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, activist, and author of “The Color Purple,” Alice Walker.

In March, Cannon told the seminary’s “Union matters!” podcast why the conference matters. She reflected on the conference’s purpose and agenda in the context of her own challenges growing up black in racially segregated Kannapolis, North Carolina, in the 1950s. “I knew I had to get out of North Carolina

because I hated segregation,” she said. “I couldn’t go to the library, couldn’t go to the swimming pool, couldn’t go to the YWCA. Everything was forbidden, outlawed, and you didn’t want to risk doing it knowing somebody might get killed.”

Cannon was ordained April 24, 1974, in Shelby, NC, by the Catawba Presbytery, in the Synod of Catawba.

The United Presbyterian Church – predecessor of the PC(USA) – listed 154 white women as ordained clergy at that time, according to the Presbyterian Office of Information.

She received her bachelor of science from Barber-Scotia College, Master of Divinity from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, and master and doctor of philosophy degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Cannon began teaching at Union in 2001 and received many awards for her work. She was the Lilly Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion at Davidson College and the Sterling Brown Visiting Professor in Religion and African American Studies at Williams College. She received the distinguished professor award from Spelman College, the Lucy Craft Laney award at the

Black Presbyterian Bicentennial Celebration, and was a ProfessorScholar honoree at the National Black Church Summit at Emory University. In 2011, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Academy of Religion. The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference bestowed its Beautiful Are The Feet Award to her in February.

In June, Cannon received the Excellence in Theological Education award at the General Assembly of the PC(USA) in St. Louis in recognition of her achievements.

“Teaching is my ministry,” she said in a video played at the award ceremony. “I love teaching to empower, to equip, to set people free.”

Cannon is survived by her mother Corine L. Cannon; sisters and brothers Sara Cannon Fleming, Doris Cannon Love, Sylvia Moon, John Cannon, and Jerry Cannon; and 21 nieces and nephews, including actor Nick Cannon and musicians Joshua Cannon Fleming and Cedric T. Love.

Funeral services were held Aug. 14, 1 at Bethpage United Presbyterian Church, in Concord, NC. A memorial service will be held Monday, Sept. 10, 11:30 a.m., at Union Presbyterian Seminary, 3401 Brook Rd., Richmond.

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The women that inspired ‘Hidden Figures’ nominated for Congressional Gold Medal The three women that inspired the 2016 movie Hidden Figures will be receiving a Congressional Gold Medal for their contributions to the U.S. space program A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced a bill sponsored by senators Chris Coons, Lisa Murkowski and Kamala Harris, to honor engineers and mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden for their contributions to NASA and for paving the way for women of color in STEM. Their stories were the subject of Margot Lee Shetterly’s book “Hidden Figures”, which was later adapted into the film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae.

“These women were barrier breakers, and their immeasurable contributions to NASA and our nation have cemented their place in history,” Harris said in the release.

“I’m proud to help recognize their achievements as they continue to serve as a beacon for black women both young and old, across the country.”

The Congressional Gold Medal is considered one of the highest civilian awards in the United States and awarded to people who have performed an achievement that has an impact on American history and culture.

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama called Johnson, a Hampton native, “a pioneer” while presenting her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“In her 33 years at NASA, Katherine was a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender, showing generations of young people that everyone can excel in math and science, and reach for the stars,” he said.

Several organizations backed the bill including Girl Scouts of the USA, the United Negro College Fund, and the National Association of Mathematicians among others.

Spike Lee assumes role as an iconic filmmaker with latest DWIGHT BROWN You just can’t make this stuff up! A black detective infiltrates the white racist Ku Klux Klan. When? Where?

Why? How? If you want to know the details and want to be entertained while you catch up on this bit of Americana history, just set aside 2 hours and 14 minutes and watch this screen adaptation of the memoir “Black Klansman.” It’s a very true and eclectic story about a brave man and a very gullible bunch of bigots.

In the mid ‘70s, Detective Ron Stallworth broke the color barrier at the Colorado Springs Police Department. He went undercover to attend a pro-black rally, sponsored by a college group that featured Black Panther Party’s Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael) giving a fiery speech.

Shortly thereafter, he got the idea to join the local KKK, who was revving up a membership drive and sanitizing their hatred by calling themselves “The Organization.”

By phone, Ron joined the group to investigate their activities and thwart any violence. Talking to them over AT&T was one thing, however seeing them in person, was going to be another.

As the story unfolds on screen— directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Lee—Ron (John David Washington)

has come up with a brilliant idea for faking out the KKK in person.

He will send a fellow White police officer, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) to do the face-to-face meetings. Flip will be the White Ron Stallworth, but he is reluctant, so Ron applies peer pressure.

“You’re Jewish! Why you acting like you don’t have skin in the game.”

Flip takes the bait and goes along with the masquerade.

And so, the subterfuge begins, the charade gets more devious and success follows to the point of the Black Ron Stallworth, getting assigned as a security guard for KKK head David Duke (Topher Grace).

In real life, Duke must rue the day he was outsmarted and duped—by a brother man!

While the satiric shenanigans are on parade, the musical soundtrack (Terence Blanchard) is blaring ‘70s soul music. The editing (Barry Alexander Brown, Do the Right Thing) is keeping a beat and the characters are jetting around in fly period costumes (Marci Rodgers) with the characters sporting afros the size of basketballs.

In addition, the visuals (Chayse Irvin, cinematography) brim with colors and doodads (Marci Mudd, art direction; Curt Beech, production design) that recreate a time in America when standing up to the

man was the thing to do. Many things can be said about Spike Lee’s direction, but subtlety is not one of them. The gutsiness and insanity of the situation is in every scene.

Stallworth’s crazy quest is hyped and manic. The hysteria, satire and absurdity are in your face, which is juxtaposed against a serious storyline where a cop is risking his life and in danger. The comic approach to the historical feat may be courtesy of producer Jordan Peele (Get Out).

Certainly, watching racism full on is made a bit more palatable with the doses of humor. On the other hand, at times, the humor seems to undermine Stallworth’s courageous mission and the dialogue’s constant barrage of repulsive, racial slurs, may give some audience members pause.

John David Washington brings a lot of verve to the Stallworth character.

What’s missing is an obvious range of emotions that should run from anger, to fear, to sadness, to elation. Hard to image the real Stallworth was so giddy as he was putting his life on the line and dealing with murderous psychopaths.

Laura Harrier as Patrice Duke, who runs the Black student group that brings Kwame Ture to town, is the perfect counterbalance. Her Duke is sublime, intelligent and politically savvy. Her performance brings a sensitivity out of Washington that

is needed. Driver is fine as the reluctant doppelgänger.

Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) as Ture, brings the juice in his flaming speeches. A cameo by Harry Belafonte adds an unexpected state of grace.

There are moments when David Duke talks to his constituents about making “America First.” At these points it is very obvious to anyone who has kept up with the news in the last two years that this dog whistle language parallels Donald Trump’s spiel. At the end of the film, during a montage of current civil rights moments (e.g., the killing at Charlottesville) there are images of Trump at a podium in front of his followers bellowing “Make America Great Again.” These last minutes of news clips would have been stronger if they were shorter.

No need to hit the audience over the head with the film’s most obvious message: the ‘70s made Americans fight against racism, things haven’t changed much, look where we’re at now and what are you going to do about it? The film’s masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

BlacKkKlansman is surreal and stranger than fiction. It is also an audacious racial, social and political statement.

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Report: Aretha Franklin in grave condition Aretha Franklin was “gravely ill” as of Sunday night, according to a new report. The “Queen of Soul” was in Detroit surrounded my friends and family preparing for her death, Showbiz 411 reported.

The 76-year-old legendary singer has been dogged by rumors of cancer since at least 2011, when she told Jet exclusively that doctors advised her to cancel all concerts until May because of her health.

“I am not one to do a lot of talking about my personal health or business,” she said at the time. “Not too much, not too much. There are a lot of people who will talk about anything, as long as there is somebody listening. But I am not one of those people. That’s not Aretha.”

She continued: “I am not going to even deal with that. “I don’t have to talk about my health with anybody other than my doctors. The problem has been resolved.”

The National Enquirer published reports in May 2017 of Franklin having lost more than 100 pounds because of a “cancer relapse,”

an anonymous source told the tabloid. “She was due to have radical chemotherapy treatments, and was told by doctors she needed to lose weight if she wanted to survive.”

The following month, she canceled a concert in Toronto scheduled for July because of “doctors orders,” according to the Daily Mail.

Showbiz 411 reported that Franklin was “[o]riginally diagnosed with cancer in 2010.” However, while she admitted in 2011 that she had gone “through a number of procedures,” Franklin told Access Hollywood that “I don’t know where ‘pancreatic cancer’ [reports] came from.”

She had “highly successful” surgery in 2010, though she never addressed the details of the procedure that forced her to cancel a series of scheduled concerts at the time.

Franklin began her career nearly 60 years ago, with the first of her 42 studio albums released in 1956 at the age of 14, on her way to collecting 20 Grammy Awards and dozens of other musical prizes and accolades.

My alcoholic parents Dear Alma, My dad and my stepmom have been together for over 20 years.

They both have and always did drink way too much. I’d even say both are alcoholics.

Recently my dad was hospitalized and obviously told he has to stop drinking.

My stepmom says that’s his problem, not hers. How do I get her to see what she’s doing is wrong and how can I stop her from drinking in front of my dad? My dad won’t stop drinking if she keeps providing it.

C.K. Alexandria, Va.

C.K., This is a tough situation and I sympathize with the position you’re in. That still, however, doesn’t remove the fact that your dad has an addiction that he’s “large and in-charge” of.

Let’s pause here and give you a minute to understand and resonate, this is your dad’s burden to bear.

Allow me a minute and address the consideration and compassion this deserves. I say this as respectfully as I can muster – you can’t give up crack living next door to the crack house. You feel me?

Offer your dad resources to finding a local Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. He has to take the first step. Once associated, I’m sure they’ll direct him on what his next step should be.

Remind your father that facing his addiction is a sign of strength. Let him know you’ll support him unconditionally.

After taking hold of his responsibility, your dad will decide what to do about your stepmom. That, too, is his choice not yours. I’ll be praying for your dad, you and your family.

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Northam opposes changes to Title X program Virginia Gov. Ralph S. Northam and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring are strongly opposing the Trump administration’s planned changes to the Title X program that would freeze out health care providers like Planned Parenthood and limit the information and range of health care services that low-income Virginians may receive through the Title X program.

In official comments on the new proposed rules submitted on behalf of the commonwealth by Herring, he warns that “the changed regulations will cripple a critical and successful federal program and put women across Virginia at risk.”

In 2017, more than 50,000 Virginians received care through the Title X program, 65 percent of whom were uninsured, and in 38 percent of Virginia localities the Title X provider is the only public health care provider.

“When women make personal decisions about their health, they should be able to turn to the provider they trust,” said Northam. “These proposed changes to Title X would have devastating public health consequences, including putting access to quality, affordable care at risk and undermining the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship.”

Herring says these proposed changes to Title X would be devastating to low-income Virginians and are just another way that the Trump Administration is working to undermine women’s access to quality, affordable health care.

“Women should have access to useful information and the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions, especially when it comes to something as personal as reproductive health. If the Trump administration continues with these planned changes, I will not hesitate to take any action necessary to protect women’s access to healthcare across Virginia and across the country,” Herring said.

Since 1970, Title X has provided a broad range of family planning services to low-income women and families. In 2017, Virginia received approximately $4.45 million in Title X funds to support access to family planning and healthcare services at 139 providers across the state.

Virginia’s designated Title X grantees are the Virginia Department

of Health (VDH) and Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, with VDH accounting for approximately 86 percent of the patients seen and 91 percent of the supported sites.

In February 2018, the Trump administration announced new proposed rules that would strip Title X funding from any provider that provides information on abortion, and would instead favor facilities that do not provide medically sound information or comprehensive health care.

Herring outlined the “devastating public health consequences” of the new rule, as follows: • Approximately 51,000 patients received Title X services in 2017, and of them, approximately 89 percent of patients had an annual income of less than $29,700 and 65 percent were uninsured.

• In 2010, it is estimated that Title X services prevented 19,000 unintended pregnancies, 39 cervical cancer cases, and nearly 1,000 sexually transmitted infections.

• In 2015, 75 percent of the women who received care at a publicly funded clinic went to a Title X grantee.

• 38 percent of Virginia localities have been exclusively served by clinics that received Title X funds.

The clinics in these localities provided care to 24,120 women in 2015.The proposed rule would lead to higher costs for Virginia’s taxpayers. Virginia received $4.45 million in Title X grants in 2017 and an additional $13 million could be at risk if VDH were to refuse funds altogether.

Should the rule go forward in its current form, both the governor and attorney general have said they are prepared to examine every option to protect Virginians access to health care, including suing the Trump administration for possible violation of the law and constitution.

Building Safety Month Student Essay Contest winners The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development announced the winners of the 2018 Building Safety Month Student Essay Scholarship Contest.

Five students from throughout Virginia were awarded scholarships through the essay contest.

“Each year, DHCD celebrates Building Safety Month and recognizes the importance that safe, sustainable buildings have on each citizen of Virginia, and the Building Safety Month Student Essay Contest is a fitting way to promote building safety to our citizens, especially our students,” said DHCD Director Erik Johnston. “It was a tough competition between all of the entries, and DHCD applauds all of the winners of the essay contest.”

The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), in partnership with the Virginia Building and Code Officials Association (VBCOA) and the Virginia Plumbing and Mechanical Inspectors Association (VPMIA), sponsored the student essay scholarship contest, with scholarships up to $2,000 available to the winners. This year’s theme was “Building Codes Save Lives,” and each entry required a 1,000-word or less essay that illustrated how building codes impact the student’s individual and community safety.

Building Safety Month (BSM) is a public awareness campaign celebrated by jurisdictions worldwide during the month of May for the past

Erik Johnston 38 years to help individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures. The campaign reinforces the need for the adoption of modern, regularly-updated building codes, a strong and efficient system of code enforcement and a well-trained, professional workforce to maintain the system.

2018 Building Safety Month Essay Scholarship Contest winners: • First place – $2,000 Scholarship Thea Konefal, Maggie Walker Governor’s School | Richmond • Second place – $1,000 Scholarship Caroline Maloney, Freedom High School | Loudoun County •Honorable mention – $500 scholarship Madilyn Abbe, Loudoun Valley High School | Loudoun County Pierina Rossini, Liberty University Nicholas Dize, Loudoun Valley High School | Loudoun County

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$2m in grants for youth training & employment initiative The launch of a $2 million initiative to attract young adults in Virginia to high-demand jobs through FastForward training programs at Virginia’s Community Colleges.

The effort will link together proven and highly successful training, career coaching, and job placement services to address the historically challenging issue of youth employment. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, more than 105,000 Virginians, between ages of 18 and 24, are neither attending school nor working. The unemployment rate in Virginia for this age group at 12 percent is nearly four times the rate for Virginia.

Capitalizing on the success of the FastForward workforce training program, which helps Virginians get the jobs they want and the salaries they need through fasttrack credential training courses, the initiative will provide 18- to 24-year-old Virginians with career exploration and planning, accelerated occupational skills training, supportive services, digital and soft skills training, and job placement assistance.

“The well-paying jobs of the 21st century are in what we call ‘new collar’ sectors—those that require skills, but not necessarily a fouryear college degree. In order for our Commonwealth to maintain a highlyskilled, attractive workforce we need to make sure that every student has the opportunity to create a successful future,” said Northam. “With this initiative we will help prepare young Virginians with the skills and training that employers are looking for and provide critical support to our youth as they start to build careers.”

This initiative will launch at five community colleges: Thomas Nelson, on the Virginia peninsula; John Tyler and J. Sargeant Reynolds, in the Richmond area; and Southside and Patrick Henry, in Southern Virginia.

Each of community college will partner with their local workforce development boards and other community partners to recruit and train young adults to fill jobs in high-demand fields that employers struggle to hire for, such as health care, manufacturing, and information technology. In addition to providing short-term workforce training, the initiative will develop consistent and expedited methods to award college credit for the training

Glenn DuBois students complete, so that they will be able return to the college and more quickly complete certificates or degrees in the same field as their training.

“These credential training programs, while tied to the demands of local businesses, are meant to be stackable,” said Glenn DuBois,

chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. “Not every person, fresh out of high school, wants to attend a university. This creates another important pathway for those young people to move forward, find success, and begin building a career.”

The two-year project will cover student costs associated with tuition, fees, books, and examinations for credentials approved under the FastForward program. The first-in-the-nation, pay-forperformance workforce training program has delivered more than 11,000 credentials in high demand industries over the past two years.

It depends on close partnerships among regional businesses, colleges, and workforce development boards to ensure that college training programs are directly aligned to industries that have jobs available at

the conclusion of a student’s training.

Businesses often advise on curricular content, provide instructors, and offer internships or other work-based learning opportunities for students.

“Across the commonwealth, there are thousands of high-paying, quality jobs available in industries like shipbuilding, construction, and manufacturing,” said Chief Workforce Development Advisor Megan Healy. “This initiative will help raise awareness among young people about these lucrative opportunities, highlight affordable ways to gain in-demand skills, and meet the current and future hiring needs of Virginia’s employers.”

Those who are interested in participating in the Richmond area, on the Virginia peninsula, and in Southern Virginia should visit www. fastforwardva.org for information.

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Community-based diabetes management program addresses health disparities Participation in a communitybased diabetes self-management program may improve health outcomes for people living with diabetes, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. The study, “Successfully Managing Diabetes in a Community Setting: Evidence from the YMCA of Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program,” published in the August edition of the journal Diabetes Educator.

The VCU research team analyzed data from the YMCA of Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program, a group-based self-management program led by community health coaches at 16 YMCA and community locations throughout Richmond. In the context of the study, “self-management” refers to an individual’s propensity to monitor their diet, physical activity, medications and glucose testing.

The researchers found the Diabetes Control Program was effective at improving diabetes management and mental health. The study findings support implementation of academiccommunity partnerships to address

Briana Mezuk diabetes-related health disparities in underserved communities.

“While clinical trials had already shown that diabetes selfmanagement programs can help people improve glucose control, the field of public health has not yet done an adequate job of translating that knowledge into the real world,” said first author Briana Mezuk, Ph.D. “We were able to show how a communityled program, which was developed by the YMCA in response to the needs of people with diabetes in Richmond, was effective at improving glucose control and mental health.”

Mezuk is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health at VCU School of Medicine and an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

During the 12-week program, average hemoglobin A1C levels declined among participants.

A1C tests measure blood sugar levels, with lower percentages indicating lower glucose levels in the blood. Program participants also experienced a clinically significant decline in depressive symptoms and a significantly higher frequency of glucose monitoring during the 12week period.

Nearly 25 percent of people age 65 and older have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That means there are literally thousands of people in the Greater Richmond region who could benefit from this program, even if they have been to diabetes education or nutrition classes in the past,” Mezuk said.

The program’s evidence-based curriculum, developed by the YMCA staff with the support of community partners, relies on research from

institutions including the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association. It includes weekly tracking of food intake and physical activity to monitor carbohydrate consumption and encourages participants to complete 150 minutes of moderately vigorous physical activity each week. The program’s emphasis on diet and physical activity is complemented by activities including a grocery store tour, a hands-on cooking demonstration, group workouts, and free access to a personal trainer and YMCA gym facilities.

“What makes this researchcommunity organization partnership successful is our mutual respect for each other and our shared goal of improving the lives of people with diabetes in Richmond,” Mezuk said.

“There is growing recognition of the importance of community-led programs for helping people manage diabetes where they live, work and play, and the YMCA of Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program is a great example of the type of program that could be transferrable to other communities.”

House Demo. leader renews call for redistricting in letter to speaker On Monday, Virginia House Democratic Leader David Toscano sent a letter to Speaker Kirk Cox requesting a special session to redraw 11 districts deemed by the courts to be racially gerrymandered.

The letter follows a court order issued last Thursday by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, requesting that the House Republicans state whether they intend to comply with the court’s suggestion that the General Assembly redraw the districts by Oct. 30 this year. The House Republicans have until Aug. 24 to respond to the order.

Del. Toscano sent an initial letter to Speaker Cox on July 16 calling on the Speaker to convene a special session after the courts gave the General Assembly the opportunity to

redraw the unconstitutional districts.

The Speaker did not respond to Delegate Toscano directly, and House Republicans have proceeded with their Supreme Court appeal of the District Court’s ruling.

In his most recent letter, Delegate Toscano outlines the trajectory of the litigation, which began in 2014, and references a previous lawsuit in which the Supreme Court rejected the Republican-majority House’s proposed map of congressional districts. He asks Speaker Cox to reply to him by Aug. 17.

He writes, “For these reasons, I propose that we move expeditiously to reconvene the General Assembly to draw new maps that can pass the constitutional tests set forth by the U. S. Supreme Court and recognized in the June 26, 2018 decision of the

House Democratic Leader David Toscano U. S. District Court. Since we are presently in session, all that needs to be done is to modify the procedural resolution so we can take up new maps.”

He then emphasizes the short deadline and necessity to act quickly, stating, “The Court has given us until August 24 to tell them if and when we will act. October 30 is looming. We have a constitutional responsibility to draw fair district boundaries and do it as quickly as

possible. We should move forward without expending more taxpayer monies on this case.”

The House Republicans have spent over nine million dollars of taxpayer money in defense of multiple gerrymandering lawsuits. They have also repeatedly killed Democratic bills proposing the establishment of an independent commission on redistricting, as well as updated criteria.

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Efforts to fight citizenship provisions to 2020 Census Public and elected officials are joining forces to urge the Census Bureau to reconsider its decision, in a reversal of longstanding Bureau practice, to include an unnecessary citizenship provision that will impair the bureau’s essential function of counting all people in the 2020 Census.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors, attorneys general from 18 states, along with elected officials from nine cities, four counties maintain that a decision to add citizenship provisions to the 2020 Census not only intimidates immigrants but will make the Census more about ideology rather than accuracy.

They recently submitted a formal comment regarding the upcoming census.

“The Census determines how many congressional representatives and electoral votes Virginia gets, and how much federal funding comes to the Commonwealth for crucial things like healthcare, education, and transportation,” Attorney General Mark Herring points out.

“There is overwhelming evidence that including this provision will cause underreporting and produce an inaccurate census. In the current climate, many immigrants are already cautious of the government, and it is clear that this move by the Trump administration is just another attempt to intimidate and instill fear in immigrant communities.”

The comment explains that demanding citizenship information on the Census is likely to depress response rates in cities and states with large immigrant populations, directly threatening those states’ fair representation in Congress and the Electoral College, as well as billions of dollars in critical federal funds.

The comment further explains that the Census Bureau does not need citizenship information to properly perform its function, as the primary duty of the Census under the Constitution is to count all persons in the United States without regard to citizenship. Nor will the citizenship provision have practical utility; to the contrary, its deterrent effect on immigrant communities will reduce response rates and negatively impact the accuracy of the census. Furthermore, the Bureau has not performed any – much less adequate – testing of the citizenship

demand to ensure the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected.

The Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship provision reverses decades of past practice.

In 1980, the Census Bureau rejected the addition of a citizenship provision, concluding that “[a]ny effort to ascertain citizenship will inevitably jeopardize the overall accuracy of the population count.

Obtaining the cooperation of a

suspicious and fearful population would be impossible if the group being counted perceived any possibility of the information being used against them. Questions as to citizenship are particularly sensitive in minority communities and would inevitably trigger hostility, resentment, and refusal to cooperate.”

More recently, in 2009, all eight former directors of the Census Bureau dating back to 1979 – who served under both Democratic and

Republican presidents – confirmed in testimony to Congress that the addition of a citizenship provision would depress participation and lead to a significant undercount, undermining the purpose of the Census itself.

Adding the citizenship provision to the 2020 Census is the latest effort by the Trump administration to suppress response rates by members of minority and immigrant communities.

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Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is continuing its effort to help provide qualifying households with cooling assistance during the summer months.

In order to qualify for cooling assistance, a household must have either a child under six years of age, an individual living with a disability, or an adult age 60 or older living in the home. There is also an income requirement for cooling assistance.

This year, the maximum gross monthly income, before taxes, for a one-person household is $1,316 and $2,720 for a household of four.

Types of assistance include: · Payment of electric bills to operate cooling equipment · Payment of security deposits for electricity to operate cooling equipment · Repair of a central air conditioning system or heat pump · Purchase of a whole-house fan, including ceiling or attic fans · Purchase and installation of a window unit air conditioner Local departments of social services determine eligibility based on submitted applications. Families and individuals may submit an application through their local department of social services or by calling the Enterprise Customer Service Center at 1-855-635-4370.

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PrepareAthon at SMV For the third and final year, the Science Museum of Virginia is hosting PrepareAthon, a free festival that provides important information about community preparedness, sustainability and resiliency. The event includes presentations about climate and weather, including a talk by NBC 12 meteorologist Megan Wise, science demonstrations throughout the day, numerous hands-on activities and special challenges.

Exhibitors from government organizations, academic institutions, businesses, emergency management agencies and community groups across the state will be onsite providing helpful tips, resources and giveaways.

Guests can also participate in workshops about rain barrel and preparedness kit making. The museum will register guests onsite for those first-come, firstserved workshops. Plus, the first 300 guests to complete the PrepareAthon Passport will win a preparedness prize.

Guests of all ages are encouraged to attend the festival to get actionable advice on how to not only become more prepared at home, but also become a more resilient community. Having potentially life-saving information before disaster strikes will produce better outcomes during and after an emergency, such as extreme weather events that are happening more frequently and becoming stronger. In addition, learning about sustainability practices to reduce waste, install energy-efficient building features and reduce heattrapping gas emissions has long-term benefits for everyone.

PrepareAthon activities take place from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25.

The museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day.

At 10:30 a.m., the US Green Building Council Greater Virginia chapter will present the museum with a plaque celebrating the Dewey Gottwald Center’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

The Dewey Gottwald Center, the museum’s newest exhibit and event space completed in April 2017, earned the second highest green building rating for its innovative use of recycled resources, water use efficiency and optimized energy performance.

The museum is located at 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond.

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Petersburg National Battlefield will provide a ranger-led bicycle event on Aug. 18 as part of its “Bike the Battlefield” summer cycling series. The free two-hour tour will take place at the park’s Eastern Front Unit Visitor Center parking lot beside the bike rack.

Riders should plan to arrive early to receive a safety briefing and then mount their bicycles for a six-mile roundtrip trek through parts of the battlefield where some of the heaviest fighting occurred during the Siege of Petersburg. No less than three quick stops are planned, so be ready to learn a little history and to smile for the group photo.The Eastern Front Unit Visitor Center is at 5001 Siege Rd. in Petersburg.

Helmets are mandatory. Call 804732-3531 x222 for more information.

8.16, 5:30 p.m.

VCU Health will hold an educational seminar on breast cancer intervention at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in the Kelly Education Center, 1800 Lakeside Ave. The seminar, “When Less is More: Minimizing Breast Cancer Intervention” is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended.

According to experts, breast cancer is one of the most common, but most survivable, cancers in the U.S. Join Kandace McGuire, M.D., surgical oncologist and chief of breast surgery at VCU Massey Cancer Center, as she discusses the numerous developments in breast cancer research that achieve excellent outcomes while minimizing the effects that treatments have on overall health and lifestyle.

For more information or to register, go to vcuhealth.org/events or call 804-628-0041. If you are unable to attend, you can watch the seminars live on the VCU Health Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ vcuhealth/.

8.17, 10 a.m.

Diversity Richmond invites members of the Richmond community to visit the “All of Us Journey” at 1407 Sherwood Ave, Richmond, and learn more about precision medicine and the All of Us Research Program.

The tour bus will provide the community with information on the All of Us Research Program. Unlike a single research study focused on a specific disease or community, All of Us will serve as a national research resource to inform thousands of studies.

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Participants can learn about the process of purchasing a home and obtaining a mortgage at a free seminar offered by Virginia Credit Union.

The Home Buyers Seminar will be held at Virginia Credit Union in the Boulders Office Park, 7500 Boulder View Dr., Richmond. Mortgage experts will be on hand to answer specific questions.

To register to attend, call 804- 3236800 or visit vacu.org/seminars.

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Why Newspapers For Political HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT NEWSPAPER READERS IN VIRGINIA WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS

87% are registered to vote in their districts (11% more likely than non-newspaper readers) 52% more likely than non-readers to vote in statewide elections 48% more likely to always vote in local elections 80% of newspaper readers always vote in presidential elections Source: Scarborough 2017

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