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T.K. Somanath resigns from the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority amid criticism regarding heating crisis By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The India-born emigrée had spent 16 years at RRHA working on housing development, Battered by criticism over his handling of followed by 24 years leading the nonprofit a heating crisis in the Creighton Court public Better Housing Coalition to develop hundreds housing community, T.K. Somanath of homes and apartments for low- to abruptly resigned Sunday as chief moderate-income families. executive officer of the Richmond He came out of retirement three Redevelopment and Housing Auyears ago with high expectations thority. that his long experience could aid Brought out of retirement to guide RRHA after the board removed the previous director, Adrienne Goolsby, in early 2015. Related story on A4 He only expected to stay six months, but then took the job permanently. the housing agency, the 72-year-old Mr. Somanath remained highly Mr. Somanath civil engineer has left behind an array regarded until recently, when he reof still incomplete projects and an agency that ceived blistering criticism for failing to address has yet to regain public confidence. non-working heating systems that left many Robert J. Adams, a housing and develop- RRHA residents in the cold. Most notably about ment consultant who chairs the RRHA’s Board 50 families in Creighton Court, where furnaces of Commissioners, expressed gratitude for Mr. in 12 buildings where shut off, were without Somanath’s service “and notably his accomplish- heat as bitter cold hit Richmond. ments in beginning the critical work of replacing While RRHA quietly jumped to replace broRRHA’s aging public housing portfolio.” ken equipment and to restore heat in the Gilpin Mr. Somanath came to RRHA’s leadership with Please turn to A4 a long track record in low-income housing.

RRHA picks Orlando Artze as interim CEO By Ronald E. Carrington

In a statement announcing Mr. Artze’s appointment to temporarily replace T.K. Somanath, Orlando Artze, a 64-year-old former Rich- who resigned Sunday over the heating crisis, Mr. mond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Adams said the board is “identifying immediate board member who has spent the priorities, including focusing on the past two years working on special health and safety of our residents, projects for the authority, has been improving communications and transnamed RRHA’s interim chief execuparency and building trust.” tive officer. He said while the board begins its The appointment was announced search for a permanent CEO, it believes Tuesday night by Robert J. Adams, Mr. Artze “is the right person to step in chairman of the RRHA’s Board of and lead the organization as it addresses Commissioners, following an earlier, these and other important issues.” hourlong public meeting in Gilpin He said Mr. Artze is not a candiCourt with residents that opened with date for the permanent position, and Mr. Artze Mr. Adams apologizing for the authorthat the search process will involve ity’s poor response to heating issues during the “input from and partnership with residents, the recent weeks of extremely cold weather. city and other community partners.” “I know that the situation caused hardship Mr. Artze has nearly 40 years of experience in and inconvenience,” Mr. Adams told the 65 affordable housing and community development, people gathered at the Calhoun Family Invest- working with public, private and nonprofit sectors ment Center. “And we will do all we can to minimize those issues,” he said. Please turn to A4

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Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker speaks at Virginia Union University’s annual Community Leaders Breakfast in Richmond in January 2008.

Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights icon, chief of staff to Dr. King, dies in Chester Free Press staff, wire report

Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker Jr. did all he could to advance civil rights during his long life. He is credited with being the key strategist behind many of the civil rights protests that

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led in seeking to end the racial injustice of Jim Crow in the 1960s. During his four years as Dr. King’s chief Please turn to A7

Mayor Stoney proposes meals tax hike to support schools By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Declaring that Richmond “is strong,” Mayor Levar M. Stoney called for “bold and courageous” action to deal with some of the city’s unmet challenges such as decaying schools and public housing. But the popular mayor mostly proposed taking small steps to address those challenges in his first State of the City Address delivered Tuesday evening in which he was interrupted repeatedly by applause. The best example is his proposal to address what he called

the “obsolescence, decay and decline” of the public school buildings that most Richmond students attend. “This state of affairs is simply unacceptable,” he told the audience of more than 500 who gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, from “overcrowding in the South Side or the deterioration of conditions at schools like George Mason Elementary.” His solution: Raise the tax on restaurant and other prepared meals by 1.5 percent to generate $9.1 million a year. That would be enough to borrow $150 million for construction

of new schools through 2023, a plan that would need City Council approval. Currently, restaurant checks in Richmond include a tax of 11.3 percent, including 5.3 percent for state sales tax and a city meals tax of 6 percent. Mayor Stoney’s proposal would raise the tax to 12.8 percent, with the city’s meals tax increased to 7.5 percent. “I do not relish imposing a higher tax” on restaurant meals, he told his audience that included members of City Council and the School Board and was heavily tilted to city employees and contractors.

But the city has “functionally used up its borrowing capacity” and must have new revenue to cover debt payments and create additional debt capacity, he said. “We are talking about one and a half cents. Surely, our kids are worth that much.” However, his plan would allow construction of only a few school buildings over the next five years, leaving the majority of mostly African-American students in buildings he previously called “intolerable monuments to segregation.” Some people are concerned that the mayor, like his predecessors, is focusing on new

Bond fund to help people stay out of jail By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Matthew F. Perry Jr., right, is founder of the Richmond Community Bail Fund that operates with the help of volunteers such as Nathan Beyah.

Get arrested and you could lose your job, your home, custody of your children and anything you own if you can’t raise bail money. That’s because you’ll stay in jail awaiting trial — a reality that daily involves untold numbers of people in Richmond and across the state whose pre-trial detention disrupts their lives, crowds jails and costs taxpayers who pay for their care. That’s intolerable to Richmond native Matthew F. Perry Jr., who has come up with a solution to help people who are presumed innocent get out of jail before trial. His solution: Create a fund that would provide money to cover bond without any cost to the arrested person. That would help people without money stay out jail as they go through the court process. And that solution is now in operation in Richmond. The 20-year-old junior at New York University has teamed with the fledgling Business Coalition for Justice, or BCJ, to start the Richmond Community Bail Fund. The fund, patterned after the original Freedom Fund Please turn to A4

buildings and offered no ideas for ending the neglect of the larger inventory of aging buildings. The city for years has shortchanged school maintenance by an estimated $11 million a year, according to school officials. The proposal also would fall far short of the referendum that Richmond voters approved by an 85 percent margin in November that called on the mayor to provide a fully funded plan to replace or overhaul all of the decrepit school buildings. Paul Goldman, who led the push to Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press get the initiative on Mayor Levar M. Stoney holds up a penny the ballot, said the in each hand as he promotes his plan to mayor’s proposal raise the city’s meals tax to provide new simply “kicks the funds for school construction. “Surely can down the road” our kids are worth that much,” he said and belies his own Tuesday in delivering his first State of campaign promise the City address. Location: Martin Luther to make improving King Jr. Middle School. school facilities a The School Board plan priority. The meals tax plan the mayor advanced “is a failed called for $85 million to build a new George Wythe policy,” Mr. Goldman said. The mayor’s plan also falls High, $50 million to build short of the School Board re- a new Elkhardt-Thompson quest in December for $224.7 Middle and $80 million to million to replace five schools replace Greene, George Mason with new buildings and to and Woodville elementary renovate two others between schools. Please turn to A4 2019 and 2023.

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New RPS superintendent to be sworn in Feb. 1

Jason Kamras, the new superintendent of Richmond Public Schools, will be sworn in at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, in the School Board Room on the 17th floor of Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. in Downtown. The ceremony is open to the public. Mr. Kamras, a 43-year-old 2005 National Teacher of the Year, was the unanimous choice of the Richmond School Board to lead the city’s public school system with 24,000 students. He comes to Richmond from the District of Columbia Public Schools, where he served in recent months as transitional chief of the Office of Equity. He also has worked as chief of instructional practice and chief of human capital for the D.C. school system. Mr. Kamras succeeds Dana T. Bedden, who announced in April that he was leaving on June 30. Mr. Kamras will be paid $250,000 annually, the highest salary in RPS history and among Richmond area superintendents. His contract runs through June 30, 2021. — RONALD E. CARRINGTON

Richmond lawmakers submit bills to help high school students, businesses By Deanna Davison Capital News Service

Juniors and seniors in Richmond Public Schools would receive paid apprenticeships and training with local businesses, and participating employers would get tax credits from the state, under legislation filed by Richmond lawmakers. Democratic Delegate Jeffrey Bourne and Republican Sen. Glen Sturtevant, who both represent parts of the city in the General Assembly, want to establish a pilot program for the 2018-19 or 2019-20 academic year. Under the program, up to 25 Richmond students would receive “competitive compensation” while being trained in highdemand fields. Delegate Bourne Delegate Bourne and Sen. Sturtevant say it is important to help students who do not pursue traditional college degrees prepare for the workforce. “This pilot program will provide a great opportunity for bright and hard-working students to get hands-on experience,” Sen. Sturtevant said. Participating local businesses would receive a $2,500 tax credit per student per Sen. Sturtevant semester. Student compensation would equal “no less than the value” of that credit. The total tax credits awarded by the state could not exceed $125,000 a year, according to their bills. Delegate Bourne and Sen. Sturtevant previously served together on the Richmond School Board for four years. The lawmakers have submitted companion bills to create the apprenticeship program. Sen. Sturtevant has introduced SB 937 in the Senate, while Delegate Bourne is the patron of HB 1575 in the House of Delegates. Both measures are awaiting committee hearings.

City receives top fire protection rating Richmond is now rated as one of the best communities for fire protection in the country, it has been announced. City Hall received notice Monday of the rating from New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office Inc., which rates nearly 45,000 communities and whose information property insurance companies use to set insurance rates on homes and businesses. ISO stated that the Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services has been reclassified as Class 1, the highest rating and one awarded to only 270 communities in the country, or less than 1 percent of all rated communities. ISO upgraded the city’s rating based on four factors: The quality of the fire department; the competence and quality of the emergency communications dispatchers, the availability of hydrants and water for fighting fires and the community’s efforts to reduce fire risks. ISO rates communities on a scale of 1 to 10, with Class 1 representing superior property fire protection, and Class 10 representing a failure to meet minimum requirements. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

A dog tests the waters of Shield’s Lake in Byrd Park on Tuesday to see if he wants to join the gaggle of geese enjoying the unseasonably warm weather. The National Weather Service recorded a high temperature of 73 degrees Tuesday in Richmond, which is well above the normal 48 degree high for this time of year. Temperatures should remain mild through the weekend, with highs in the low 60s and rain possible on Sunday. A return to cooler, more seasonal weather is expected early next week.

Church Hill North project among city’s costliest new apartments By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Some of the costliest apartments in Richmond are being built on the former site of Armstrong High School in the 1600 block of North 31st Street in the East End — miles away from the hot development centers of Manchester, Scott’s Addition and Downtown. City documents show, and officials confirm, that the initial elements of the development — 60 townhouse-style apartments and 45 rental residences for seniors — will cost between $23 million and $25 million to build, or an average of $219,000 to $238,000 a unit, depending on the final tab. That price tag does not include the additional $8 million to $9 million in city tax dollars used to remove the old school building and to install streets, alleys and utility lines on the 22-acre property. The bottom line: Apartments largely targeted for people with lower incomes, including some public housing residents in nearby Creighton Court, are costing between $42,000 to $70,000 per unit above the cost that private developers are spending on other apartment projects. For example, the Better Housing Coalition is in the process of creating 52 apartments for lower-income people at the former Citadel of Hope on Venable Street in Church Hill, about a mile and a half southwest of the former Armstrong School site. Cost: $9.2 million or $177,000 per unit. In Jackson Ward, the private EGP Properties LLC is developing 167 units of market-rate apartments. Cost: $28 million or $168,000 per unit. In fact, based on a review of published reports on apartment construction in Richmond, the Armstrong site development appears more comparable in cost to the 12-story, 237-apartment complex being built along the Canal Walk at a cost of $58 million according to published reports. Cost per unit: $244,700. In the case of the Armstrong site apartments, the nonprofit developer is unlikely

more than offset” by the funding that has been secured. Ms. Sinclair also stated that TCB is spending extra money to improve the units’ energy efficiency, hire local residents and meet federal wage requirements, though she offered no specifics on how or why such policies would add so substantially to the cost of construction. She did not mention the fact that RRHA and TCB chose a more suburban design rather that pushing to develop more units for the same money and reduce the per unit cost providing housing for more families. Sandra Sellars forRichmond Free Press The majority of City Council to include electricity, internet and similar did not consider the pricey development items in the rent, which is often the case cost in December in rubber-stamping a in more upscale developments that charge request from Mr. Downey to infuse an higher rents. additional $4.9 million into the Armstrong The Richmond Redevelopment and site project. Housing Authority, which is overseeing the Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th Armstrong site development for the city, has District, who represents the area and led not responded to several Free Press queries the fight to secure the $4.9 million, did seeking an explanation for the high cost. not respond to a request for comment on One person willing to explain was Lee the fact that the Armstrong apartments are Downey, the city’s chief development of- proving far more expensive to build that ficer, who has led the effort to secure City other private complexes. Council approval for the development. One council member who is concerned He said The Community Builders, the is Kim B. Gray, 2nd District. She opposed Boston-based nonprofit developer hired providing the additional $4.9 million. by RRHA to undertake the development, “I am not so much opposed as frustrated is facing more government red tape that that I cannot get any information on this is adding $8 million to $10 million to the project to help me understand this investconstruction cost. ment,” she said. “I need to see what we “That’s why most private developers are getting for the money that taxpayers don’t want to be involved,” he said. are putting into this effort. TCB spokeswoman Jacquinn Sinclair “I think it is reasonable for the developalso tried to explain. She stated that TCB ers to provide a package of information is spending $15 million to build the first to show what kind of material is being 105 units, or about $142,000 a unit, “which used, what kind of kitchens are to be we believe compares favorably.” installed and other details like that,” she Ms. Sinclair initially attributed the extra said. “We need to know that we are get$8 million to $10 million TCB is spending ting a good value, but no one wants to to build the units to the cost of securing low- talk about that.” income tax credits to cover part of the cost Presented information about the cost per of “delivering apartments at rents affordable unit, Ms. Gray said she was unaware that to low and very low income residents.” the construction cost was so high. In her However, she also stated that the costs view, that is another aspect on which the involved in securing funds from selling the council deserves more details from RRHA credits to private companies or banks “are and its development partner.

Lt. Gov. Fairfax quietly protests Confederate honor in Senate chamber By Saraya Wintersmith

were not heroes,” he continued. “To ask the entire Senate to adjourn in Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax excused himself memory of figures who represent from the dais in the Virginia Senate on Mon- a history that many people don’t day in protest as the chamber adjourned in want to share or relive is something honor of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” that I certainly was not comfortable Jackson. with.” The Northern Virginia Democrat is only the When Lt. Gov. Fairfax was inausecond African-American elected to statewide gurated on Jan. 13, he carried tucked office in Virginia and preside over the state Sen- in his pocket the 1798 manumission ate since L. Douglas Wilder became lieutenant document that freed his enslaved Lt. Gov. governor in 1986. ancestors. He said stepping off the dias and letting the He said he was informed late last week of president pro tempore of the Senate take over the Senate’s intention to adjourn in honor of when Republican Sen. Emmett Hanger of Au- Gen. Jackson and Gen. Robert E. Lee, who gusta County started a short speech honoring commanded Confederate troops. the Confederate, whose birthday was Sunday, The two Confederates are honored with a was a “personal decision.” state holiday, Lee-Jackson Day, which was “I did it in honor of my family and all the observed on Jan. 12. families in Virginia who have a very different In the mid-1980s, Virginia began markhistory and a very different experience with ing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday with those historical figures,” Lt. Gov. Fairfax told the Confederates’ observance, calling it Leethe Free Press in a brief interview Wednesday. Jackson-King Day. It was finally separated in “I wanted to show them respect. 2000, with Dr. King’s birthday observed on “There are millions of people to whom they Jan. 15 this year.

Sen. Hanger said Virginia lawmakers have adjourned honoring Gen. Jackson’s birthday since his death in 1863. But he acknowledged that the tragic events and death stemming from the white supremacists rally last August in Charlottesville in support of Confederate statues have changed things. “I’ve done this numerous times before,” Sen. Hanger said on the Fairfax Senate floor Monday, “… and yet today is different. We all know it and we struggle to hide our discomfort, discomfort with people who have given disgusting voice and vile action to the racism and bigotry that seemingly respectable people have often managed to hide in their hearts. We’re better than that and we should never accept those beliefs or attitudes from anyone no matter what their situation in life.” The 69-year-old senator, who said his greatgreat grandfather served with the Stonewall Brigade, went on to make the motion to honor Gen. Jackson, noting that he “was not a perfect

man,” and that “we can’t change history, but we can debate whether we should erase the memory of our heroes who, in fact, turned out to be just mortal men and women with the same shortcomings as all of us.” On Wednesday, the chamber adjourned in honor of the late civil rights icon Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker of Chester, who died Tuesday and was Dr. King’s chief of staff in the 1960s. Lt. Gov. Fairfax pointed out the contrast in honoring Dr. Walker and the Confederate general. Dr. Walker’s “story and what he fought for and what he believed in and cared about was about including people and raising everyone up. It was not about excluding people. It was not about enslaving anyone else,” Lt. Gov. Fairfax told the Free Press. “It was, in fact, about freeing everyone and I think that is a life story, a history, a purpose and a message that we all can get behind and celebrate. “Virginia has taken a mighty journey to our progress on racial fronts and so many others to include people, to treat everyone as equals. I want to continue that arc of progress.”

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Somanath out at RRHA Continued from A1

Court and Whitcomb Court communities, Mr. Somanath and his staff drew fire after admitting they had known since October that the Creighton Court buildings had no heat. RRHA did little more than distribute space heaters to residents while seeking a more permanent solution. Confidence in Mr. Somanath eroded amid a drumbeat of media reports about the issue, including a Free Press report published in the Jan. 11-13 edition about residents in Creighton Court, Hillside Court and other public housing communities using ovens and wearing extra clothes to try to keep warm. Some residents left their apartments and moved in with relatives, while a local hotel operator offered free rooms to help end the misery. Advocates for residents stepped up their call for Mr. Somanath’s resignation, while officials, including Richmond area Congressman A. Donald McEachin, began demanding that RRHA correct the “intolerable living situation” that would have led private landlords to have their buildings condemned. Congressman McEachin did not comment on Mr. Somanath’s departure this week, but stated Tuesday that “inadequate space heaters was never a reasonable solution” for residents during dangerously cold temperatures. He also stated that he would “continue to be vigilant and be a partner (with RRHA) to ensure all residents have decent, clean and healthy shelter” as the housing authority moves forward. Ahead of Mr. Somanath’s departure, the RRHA board chairman appointed a special committee to focus on such issues and to ensure better responses to emergencies. On Monday, the day after Mr. Somanath left, the RRHA started installing electric baseboard heat in the affected Creighton Court apartments, although the authority has yet to take similar action for units in Hillside Court and other communities where residents also have reported heating failures. The heating issue has overshadowed concerns about other RRHA projects. For example, RRHA and its development partner are still struggling to replace Fay Towers in Gilpin Court, a project that was in the works when Mr. Somanath took over in 2015. A city-backed effort to replace Creighton Court is just getting started, but funding is still a question mark for much of the promised East End development. And despite his vow to be a “servant leader,” Mr. Somanath does not appear to have changed the “us versus them” mentality that often characterizes relationships between staff and the tenants of public housing. Nor have promised cameras and other equipment been installed to assist police in dealing with the high level of crime that continues to plague RRHA’s public housing communities. Mr. Somanath’s departure drew mixed reviews. Mayor Levar M. Stoney issued a statement of appreciation for his service, but went on to state: “We look forward to working with the RRHA board and new leadership of the housing authority to address its ongoing issues and work toward better long-term outcomes for the residents.” City Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, said Mr. Somanath had been accessible, but she expressed disappointment that on his watch, there were “issues that were not addressed. I don’t think everyone was on the same page or even at the table” during his tenure, she said. Art Burton, who has sought to uplift public

Artze in as interim CEO

housing residents through the Kinfolk ComContinued from A1 munity Empowerment Center and who has in Richmond, Washington and NewYork. campaigned for the ouster of Mr. He served on the RRHA Board of ComSomanath since September, told City missioners from 2009 to 2012 and most Council on Monday night that Mr. recently worked on special projects that Somanath’s departure “does not end included seeking to improve RRHA’s the problems with RRHA.” relationships with tenants. He said new leadership is needed According to the RRHA, Mr. Artze that “will not turn its back” on residents came to the United States from Cuba and, instead, will focus on working with as an unaccompanied minor when he residents to build up their neighborhoods was 8, and lived in various places from as required by federal regulations. orphanages to foster homes. Omari Al-Qadaffi of Leaders of the Mr. Adams In a statement, he said, “I learned New South also expressed relief that Mr. Somanath is gone, but told City Council the value of home at a very early age and have that RRHA needs to be pushed into doing its committed myself in my own career and personal job to make public housing communities quality involvement to making sure that whoever you are, you have a home.” places to live.

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Maurice Tyler, founder of Coaches Against Violence Everywhere, tells members of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night that the organization will continue to work with young residents in the basketball program.

Mr. Artze started his own consulting firm in 2016 and has served on the boards of the Virginia Housing Alliance, Housing Virginia and Housing Partnership Network. Eight people offered comments during Tuesday night’s hourlong public session of the board, ranging from support of RRHA to condemnation for the heating crisis and a lack of transparency. E. Martin “Marty” Jewell, a former Richmond City Councilman, admonished the commission for past management transgressions. “There has been massive long-standing mismanagement that has been driven by abject disrespect for the housing authority’s residents,” he said. He said during his tenure, City Council imposed his requirement that RRHA management report to the council each quarter. “This was an effort for the council and the people to know what was happening and how they could help,” Mr. Jewell told the commissioners. “This has not happened since the day I left the council.” He recommended that the RRHA board set up a task force of residents, staff and maintenance workers to address the problems and report back to the commissioners. Joyce Kenny, a RRHA resident and retired staff member, said the “situation with the heating and corroded pipes did not start with’ Mr. Somanath and the current RRHA board. “When I worked in Creighton Court years ago, one of the maintenance workers said the pipes were bad going to the boiler room. The authority decided to fix up the apartments instead of replacing the pipes,” she said. Mr. Adams assured residents that permanent repairs are underway to 12 buildings in Creighton Court that were without heat.

Work begins in Creighton Court By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Work is finally underway to restore heat in 12 buildings in the Creighton Court public housing community, a failure of a basic service that has come to symbolize the deteriorating state of Richmond’s “public housing stock.” After more than two months, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority put a contractor to work Monday installing electric baseboard heaters in the affected units that are home to more than 50 families. RRHA disclosed the new effort in letters to residents and in a report to City Council. The $209,000 project that is expected to take 30 days to complete began in the wake of the abrupt resignation Sunday of T.K. Somanath as RRHA’s chief executive officer. He resigned amid sharp criticism over the authority’s slow pace in addressing the failure of heating systems in those buildings. He acknowledged knowing about the lack of heat since October. According to RRHA, the Creighton Court problem highlights the increasing problems with the condition of “our public housing stock” and the need “for total replacement of this housing as rapidly as possible.” The letters to residents and the City Council report stated the new baseboard heat, which requires new wiring, is expected to take 10 to 12 hours to install in each unit. Residents were promised an overnight stay at a hotel at no charge if necessary,

with protection for their possessions. “We recognize this is still disruptive,” RRHA’s letter stated, “but we will work with each family to make the process as simple and quick as possible.” RRHA also promised that families would not have to pay for the electricity needed to operate the new heaters. The decision to go with electric baseboard heat was made after RRHA found it would cost at least $1.3 million to replace the leaky, worn-out pipes feeding hot water to radiators, a cost it could not afford. In the report to the council, the authority confirmed that the issue of leaking heating pipes in Creighton Court was first identified in five buildings last spring, but no action was taken except to shut down the furnaces. Mr. Somanath insisted in media reports that the management of RRHA was kept in the dark about the problem until the new heating season began in October. RRHA has acknowledged that its internal controls and its reporting mechanisms were flawed, and gave too much discretion to lower-level staff. By that time, more buildings were found to have leaking pipes, RRHA stated. Furnaces in at least 12 buildings were shut off by December as bitter cold arrived and additional pipes began leaking. RRHA, which also had to fix heating problems in Gilpin Court and was moving ahead with plans for replacement of heating systems in Fairfield

Court, initially distributing space heaters to affected residents in Creighton Court. But residents began to complain publicly when the space heaters could not do the job in the face of frigid temperatures. Meanwhile, RRHA stated that it continued to make plans for replacing the pipes that feed hot water to units and allows hot water from boilers to flow to radiators. Weeks into the emergency, RRHA finally dropped the replacement idea and went with the cheaper baseboard alternative after consulting with Dominion Energy, the authority stated. In its report, RRHA stated that current properties with more than 3,000 units are wearing out after 50 or more years of use. The authority has documented more than $150 million in unmet maintenance needs, though only $4 million a year in federal funds is available for improvements. “Aging infrastructure means that it is going to get worse before it gets better,” the report stated. Meanwhile, RRHA’s Board of Commissioners is reviewing its strategy for responding to emergencies to “better address future challenges” stemming from worn-out equipment and ensuring better communication between management and maintenance staff. At the same time, the report stated that RRHA would need “the support of the city and its residents to help with the transition of this old stock into new homes for our residents.”

Mayor proposes meals tax hike to support schools during State of City Continued from A1

While School Board Chairwoman Dawn Page told the Free Press she and most of her colleagues are supportive, the mayor’s proposal, if adopted, would force the board to sideline at least some of the proposed construction. So far Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, is the only one of the nine council members to openly endorse the mayor’s meals tax hike, although several other members hinted they could end up voting for it. Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, for

example, did not immediately endorse the mayor’s plan. However, he said that he promised only to oppose an increase in the real estate tax when he ran for re-election. Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, said he likely will propose alternative ideas after getting pushback from restaurant owners in Carytown who largely are opposed to bearing the cost of school improvement with a tax increase that could turn away customers. On other fronts, Mayor Stoney promised his next budget would boost spending on after-school recreation

programs for city youths and provide funding to the police department to deploy civilians to connect residents in highcrime areas with employment assistance and social services. The mayor also vowed to devote more attention to housing issues. Quoting Harvard University sociologist Matthew Desmond, Mayor Stoney said that “everything else falls apart” when people do not have safe and stable shelter. He said he knows from personal experience “what it is like to live in a place that doesn’t have heat, where you have to

keep warm by wearing your winter coat inside and turning on the stove and opening the oven door. “No one deserves to live in that sort of environment,” he said, referencing reports of failed heating in Creighton Court and other public housing communities. “The conditions in our RRHA communities are shameful and unacceptable.” He even apologized that “for decades, the federal, state and city governments have let our public housing residents down. For that, I am sorry. We all must do better.” He promised to do everything

“in my power as mayor to address the current issues facing RRHA and work with them toward longer-term solutions,” and called for a “full accounting of the capital, mechanical and technical issues” facing the city’s public housing communities. He offered no specifics as to the actions a city, already strapped for resources, could take other than to say “the work is complicated’ and that change would be expensive. RRHA has indicated that it has $150 million in deferred maintenance. At best, Mayor Stoney called for a partnership with residents in public housing.

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in Bronx, N.Y., and similar funds in 30 other cities, already has been used to bail out two people charged with drug offenses and is now seeking to boost the number of people helped. Mr. Perry said he learned about the Bronx fund as a freshman at NYU and spent the summer of 2016 as an intern with the fund. He wanted his hometown to have something similar. At this point, the Richmond Community Bail Fund is all volunteer, operating via cell phone and email. Among those involved are Alex Mejias, a business strategist and founder of BCJ; his wife, Ashley Mejias; Nathan Beyah, a contractor; and Matthew F. Perry Sr., Mr. Perry’s father and president of Riverside Outfitters. “We are working with the Public Defender’s Office and reaching out to community organizations to let them

know about us,” said Mr. Perry. The fund, with $11,000 raised to date to support the work, is focused on serving people stuck in jail with bonds of $1,000 or less. The goal is to raise more money so that the number of people helped and the size of the bonds that are handled can grow, Mr. Perry said. The fund also plans to advocate for an end to cash bail that traps a higher percentage of African-Americans, he said. The fund, itself, does not bond people, Mr. Perry explained. Instead, a fund volunteer is provided money to post the bond as an individual, reducing some of the complexity. If the arrested person fails to show up for court, the fund either has to find that person and return them to jail or forfeit the money. “We’re hoping that doesn’t happen to often,” Mr. Perry said. He said that a study of the existing

funds shows that 95 percent of those who are bailed out come to court when required. That statistic is a major reason that Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring and his staff have encouraged city courts to release more people on a promise to return to court instead of requiring them to post bail. Although it doesn’t apply to everyone, Mr. Herring has backed releasing without bond people arrested for nonviolent offenses and whose bonds would be less than $10,000. Mr. Herring, as well as now retired Richmond Sheriff C.T.Woody Jr., have promoted other strategies to keep those charged with lower level offenses out of jail before trial, including a drug court, a day-reporting center and increased use of ankle monitors. Such programs have helped reduce the population of the Richmond city jail. Despite such efforts, Mr. Perry said

plenty of people still find themselves, though presumed innocent, stuck in jail. Mr. Beyah said that the bail fund is needed for people with few resources who would struggle to pay even a small amount to a professional bail bondsman. While professional bonders usually require payment of 10 percent of a bond, most do not want to deal with people with low bonds, he said. “Most won’t get involved if the payment is $100,” he said. “They don’t think it’s worth their time. “While $100 might not be a barrier for most people, it might as well be a million dollars for others. That’s how strapped they are,” Mr. Beyah said. “That’s where we can come in.” Details and information for those needing help, as well as for those seeking to help: https://rvabailfund.org or Facebook at Richmond Community Bail Fund, (804) 601-4944 or email rvabailfund@gmail.com.

He also acknowledged that rising home prices and apartment rents are leaving too many people strapped to cover housing costs. He called for the creation of 1,500 new affordable housing units over five years with the help of private and nonprofit developers, and said City Hall would retool its housing and community development functions “to put more focus on and bring more resources to bear” to accomplish that goal. The mayor said the coming year will see the completion of the new bus rapid transit system and improvements in bus service; completion of the overhaul of the 17th Street Farmers’ Market, a renewed effort to consider redevelopment of the city’s 60-acre Boulevard property; and fresh consideration of proposals to bring a new coliseum to Downtown. He also promised that the city would take steps to preserve and protect areas of Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Valley to ensure that the enslaved men and women who built Richmond would be remembered and properly commemorated. With plenty on the city’s plate, the mayor wrapped up the 40-minute speech with a rousing conclusion: “I ask you again to join me in banishing the doubt and defeatism that have long impeded the progress of this great city on the big issues, and to be bold and courageous in embracing the positive promise of what we can accomplish this year, working together.”

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I-64 Widening Project between I-295 and Bottoms Bridge Henrico & New Kent counties Pardon Our Dust Public Information Meeting

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Gov. Ralph S. Northam speaks Tuesday at an event organized by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church.

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Lamenting the fact that more than 900 Virginians were killed by guns last year, Gov. Ralph S. Northam said Tuesday that the state should do more to restrict the proliferation of ďŹ rearms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not need these weapons on our streets and in our society,â&#x20AC;? Gov. Northam told a multifaith congregation at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church in Downtown. The governor spoke at an event organized by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. Just hours later, however, the state Senate passed a bill that would allow people to bring guns and knives to churches and other places of worship. Split along party lines, senators voted 21-18 in favor of SB 372, sponsored by Republican Sen. Ben ChaďŹ n of Russell County. Currently, state law makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to carry a gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger or other dangerous weapon â&#x20AC;&#x153;without good reasonâ&#x20AC;? to a place of worship while a religious meeting is being held. Sen. Chafinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bill would repeal that prohibition against bringing weapons to a house of worship. Supporters of the bill said congregants may need weapons to defend themselves from an attack. They point to incidents such as the mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 5 when 26 people were killed by a gunman. Officials of the Virginia Interfaith Center said in a statement they are â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely opposedâ&#x20AC;? to the bill. Gov. Northam did not speciďŹ cally address SB 372 in his remarks at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, where the center was holding its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day for All People,â&#x20AC;? an occasion for residents from across Virginia to come to Richmond and meet with legislators. Rather, the Democratic gov-

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ernor discussed his concerns about gun violence. He recalled the shooting in Las Vegas, where 58 people were killed by a gunman during a country music festival on Oct. 1. Less than 50 hours after the mass shooting, 58 more Americans would die from gun violence, Gov. Northam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took 49 hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 58 more Americans lost their lives, but you never heard about them, did you? Nor did I,â&#x20AC;? Gov. Northam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When are we, as a society, going to stand up and say enough is enough?â&#x20AC;? After graduating from Virginia Military Institute, Gov. Northam attended Eastern Virginia Medical School. Afterward, he served eight years in the Army as a doctor and has a pediatric neurology practice in Hampton Roads. Gov. Northam has seen the effects of ďŹ rearms ďŹ rsthand. As a pediatric neurologist, he

has treated young victims of gunshot wounds. Gov. Northam said he supports the Second Amendment but is willing to think outside the box. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;smart gunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; technology; this is 2018,â&#x20AC;? the governor said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I will do everything I can to address that issue.â&#x20AC;? In an interview, Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, questioned Gov. Northamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statistics on gun deaths in 2017. He said the numbers include tragedies such as suicides. Mr. Van Cleave said he would support â&#x20AC;&#x153;smart gunsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weapons that ďŹ re only if held by an authorized user â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if the technology were 100 percent effective. However, he said, it currently is not reliable. Someone who is bleeding or wearing gloves may not be able to ďŹ re a â&#x20AC;&#x153;smart gunâ&#x20AC;? in self-defense, Mr. Van Cleave said.

public information meeting to discuss construction impacts and traffic management associated with the I-64 Widening segment in Henrico and New Kent counties, which will stretch between the I-295 interchange (at mile marker 200) and Bottom Bridge (mile marker 205). The meeting will be held in an open house format, with project team members available to answer questions and provide information about construction phasing and traffic impacts during the project. Construction work is expected to begin in February 2018 and the contract completion date is in fall 2019. For additional project-specific details, email Scott Fisher, PE, at Scott.Fisher@VDOT.Virginia.gov. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or Civil Rights Division at (804) 5246000 or TDD/TTY 711. State Projects: 0064-043-602,P101, R201, C501, B625, B624 Federal Projects: NHPP-064-3(499) 0064-043-603, P101, C501, Federal Project: STP-064-3(495) 0064-043-852, P101, N501, Federal Project: STP-064-3(494) (499). UPC: 107458

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH A COMPANION TARIFF, SCHEDULE RG, PURSUANT TO Â§ 56-234 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA CASE NO. PUR-2017-00163 On December 1, 2017, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dominionâ&#x20AC;? or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companyâ&#x20AC;?), pursuant to Â§ 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Codeâ&#x20AC;?) and Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rules of Practiceâ&#x20AC;?) of the State Corporation Commission (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Commissionâ&#x20AC;?), filed with the Commission its Application of Virginia Electric and Power Company for Approval to Establish a Companion Tariff, Designated Schedule RG, Pursuant to Â§ 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Applicationâ&#x20AC;?). Through its Application, Dominion seeks approval to establish a voluntary tariff, designated Schedule RG - Renewable Generation Supply Service (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schedule RGâ&#x20AC;?), whereby participating large non-residential customers voluntarily may elect to purchase, in an amount up to 100 percent of their energy needs, the net energy output from renewable energy resources, as well as the renewable and environmental attributes associated with this renewable energy. The Company states that Schedule RG is modeled after the experimental voluntary RG Pilot Program and Rate Schedule RG, which was approved by the Commission in Case No. PUE-2012-00142. Dominion asserts that the terms and structure of the proposed Schedule RG have been developed through and in response to discussions with large non-residential customers and potential customers. Proposed Schedule RG is designed to allow participating customers to benefit from the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sale of energy output of specified renewable generation facilities into the PJM Interconnection, LLC (â&#x20AC;&#x153;PJMâ&#x20AC;?) markets, while increasing the level of renewable energy generation and use in the Commonwealth. As proposed, Schedule RG would be a companion schedule, available on a voluntary basis to eligible commercial and industrial customers of the Company who currently are taking (or agree to take) service under an approved applicable tariff (Rate Schedules GS-1, GS-2, GS 3, GS-4, 10, 27, and 28). Pursuant to the proposed Schedule RG, Dominion would: (i) contract with a third-party renewable energy provider to purchase the desired electrical output and associated environmental attributes on the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf and/or; (ii) at the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request and subject to mutually agreeable terms, construct a renewable generation facility on the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf to generate the desired electrical output. A participating customer may request a specific type of renewable energy resource, provided that it generates â&#x20AC;&#x153;renewable energyâ&#x20AC;? as defined by Code Â§ 56-576. According to the Company, under the proposed Schedule RG, any renewable generation facility from which the Company would purchase renewable energy on behalf of a participating customer may be located outside of the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service territory but would have to be located physically within and interconnected with the PJM wholesale electric market for purposes of accounting for the generation and delivery of the energy and associated environmental attributes. To be eligible for Schedule RG, a customer, in addition to taking service under an approved applicable tariff, would need to agree to purchase electrical output from a Company renewable resource or through a power purchase agreement of at least 1,000 kilowatts nameplate capacity, where the electric energy purchased from such Company renewable resource or through such power purchase agreement does not exceed the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual electrical energy load. Schedule RG, as proposed by Dominion, would permit the aggregation of accounts to satisfy the minimum resource requirement. Proposed Schedule RG also provides that the Company would be the exclusive provider of electric service, including the exclusive provider of electricity supply service for the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account(s) to which Schedule RG applies. A Schedule RG customer would execute a Schedule RG Agreement, setting forth the mutual terms and conditions associated with the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase or supply of renewable generation to be delivered to the grid on behalf of the customer from each renewable generation facility under Schedule RG. As proposed, Schedule RG also would require that the Company and a renewable generator execute a power purchase agreement (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schedule RG PPAâ&#x20AC;?) if a prospective Schedule RG customer requests that the Company purchase renewable energy from a renewable generator on behalf of the customer. Under Dominionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal, eligible customers electing to apply for service pursuant to Schedule RG would pay a non-refundable application fee of $2,000 (regardless of the number of accounts served), which is intended to defray the costs related to the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solicitation process for Schedule RG. The customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly billing statement would, in addition to the capacity and energy charges associated with the full requirements of its load, reflect the cost associated with contracted-for renewable energy, net of PJM settlement credits and charges associated with the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase of electrical output by specified renewable generation facilities under proposed Schedule RG (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Net Schedule RG Settlementâ&#x20AC;?). The Net Schedule RG Settlement charge or credit could be distributed equitably among multiple accounts for the same customer. Dominion proposes to solicit customer interest in proposed Schedule RG within 60 days of receiving approval from the Commission and, at minimum, once a year thereafter. If approved, prospective customers may enroll in proposed Schedule RG outside of an enrollment period in the event that the prospective customer either identifies a specific renewable generator with whom the Company would execute a purchase power agreement on behalf of the prospective customer, or requests Dominion construct a Company renewable resource on behalf of the customer.

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As proposed, Schedule RG would be available to eligible customers until an initial proposed cap of 50 customers is met. The Company proposes no cap on the quantity of renewable energy purchases under Schedule RG except that a customer may purchase up to 100 percent of its annual electrical energy load.

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Dominion intends to contain the costs related to the purchase and sale of electrical output under Schedule RG to each participating customer. Specifically, pursuant to the Schedule RG Agreement, no costs related to the Schedule RG PPA (if applicable) or the Company renewable resource (if applicable) would be assigned to the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional customers.

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Dominion asserts, among other things, that the proposed Schedule RG is just and reasonable and in the public interest. Dominion also asserts that Schedule RG would further the Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Policy as set forth in Code Â§Â§ 67-101 and 67-102, the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Executive actions encouraging utilities to increase their renewable power generation and decrease carbon dioxide emissions, and Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Energy Plan. Dominion asserts that the proposed Schedule RG would help to attract and retain industry-leading, innovative commercial and industrial customers with sustainability goals or renewable energy mandates, while growing and preserving jobs and diversifying the economy of the Commonwealth. Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of Dominionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed Schedule RG. The Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Application is docketed and assigned Case No. PUR-2017-00163. Copies of the Application and the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A copy of the Application also may be obtained at no cost by making a written request to the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counsel, Jakarra J. Jones, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-3916. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the Application by electronic means. On or before April 10, 2018, any interested person wishing to comment on the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Application shall file written comments on the Application 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 April 10, 2018, by following the instructions on the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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-2017-00163.

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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 must comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and Format, of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rules of Practice. On or before March 13, 2018, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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-2017-00163. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order for Notice and Comment. On or before March 13, 2018, any interested person may file a written request for a hearing. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the hearing request shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above, and the interested person simultaneously shall serve a copy of the hearing request on counsel to the Company at the address set forth above. All requests for a hearing shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00163. The Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order for Notice and Comment in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

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Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights icon, dies in Chester that country’s president. He also advocated for affordable housing of staff, he helped raise the money for and and better schools in New York during his 37 orchestrate major civil rights protests. years as the pastor of Canaan Baptist Church Dr. Walker came to Dr. King’s attention after of Christ in Harlem. leading protests against segregation in Petersburg The grandson of a former slave, Dr. Walker that resulted in his repeated arrests. At the time, was born just before the start of the Great Dehe was pastor of Petersburg’s Gillfield Baptist pression on Aug. 16, 1929, in Brockton, Mass. Church, which he led for seven years. He was the 10th of 11 children of the Rev. John On New Year’s Day in 1959, he led a “Pil- Wise Walker and Maude Pinn Walker. grimage of Prayer” in Richmond against school His father read both Greek and Hebrew and segregation. was a member of the 1899 graduating class of Dr. Walker’s contributions to justice and Virginia Union University. His mother also was freedom in America are being remembered a VUU graduate. following his death Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Although the family had little money after Chester, near Petersburg, where he lived for his father became pastor of a church in New the last 14 years. He Jersey where he grew was 88. up, Dr. Walker said his Funeral arrangefather instilled in him ments were incomplete his passion for fighting at Free Press deadline racial injustice. on Wednesday. “My father was what The Rev. Al Sharpwe called a ‘race man,’” ton, a family friend, Dr. Walker said. “He announced the death reacted to anything of Dr. Walker, who that smacked of racial also was the first board injustice or prejudice. chairman of Rev. I was under that influSharpton’s National ence growing up. He Action Network. was my first hero.” “A true giant and Dr. Walker came to irreplaceable leader,” Richmond after World Rev. Sharpton stated in War II to start his studreleasing the informaies at VUU. A standout tion on Dr. Walker’s student who went on to death on Twitter. “A earn his undergraduate huge tree has fallen.” and ministry degrees at “America has lost the university, he began a great civil rights his civil rights work leader,” said Henry L. while a student. RefusMarsh III, a retired civil Courtesy of the Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt Tee Walker Collection, Boatwright ing to accept second Memorial Library, University of Richmond rights attorney who class status, he often was served as Richmond’s Cover of March 1964 JET magazine put off Richmond street first African-American features Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, left, as the cars for refusing to move mayor and later as a man behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the back. state senator. After being called “He was a Virginia civil rights leader who to the Gillfield Baptist Church pulpit in 1953, he earned a place on the national stage. The world preached, protested and courted arrest. The first is a better place because of his presence,” said of his 17 arrests came when he led a group of Mr. Marsh, who was deeply engaged in attacking African-Americans through the whites-only door segregation and racial injustice in the courts. of the Petersburg Public Library, one of his many Dr. Walker spoke against bigotry and racial acts of civil disobedience. oppression from pulpits in Petersburg, Atlanta, He also served as president of the Petersburg New York City and on five continents. He also Branch NAACP, state director of the Congress was a leading voice in protesting apartheid in of Racial Equality and founder of the Petersburg South Africa and was part of the team that helped Improvement Association, which was modeled supervise South Africa’s first free elections in on the Montgomery Improvement Association 1994 when the late Nelson Mandela was elected that guided the bus boycott in 1956 in that Continued from A1

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Walker papers at UR In October 2015, civil rights leader Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker donated his personal collection of papers, recorded sermons, photographs, awards, clothing and memorabilia to the University of Richmond’s Boatwright Memorial Library. The collection includes hundreds of historical pieces, including numerous letters and correspondence with Dr. King and others and the iconic photographs that Dr. Walker and Dr. King took of one another while they were jailed in Birmingham, Ala., in 1967, after appeals of contempt convictions failed related to the 1963 arrest.

Alabama city. In 1960, Dr. Walker went to Atlanta to join Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference as its executive director after previously serving on the board. He had met Dr. King when both were presidents of their seminary classes, he at VUU and Dr. King at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where Dr. Walker later would earn his doctorate. Through 1964, Dr. Walker served as the SCLC executive director and Dr. King’s right-hand man. Dr. Walker raised money to support the SCLC and also devised boycotts and demonstrations for Dr. King, most notably in the spring of 1963 in Birmingham, Ala., under the code name “Project C.” The C stood for “confrontation,” Dr. Walker recalled in an interview. “The federal government was against us, the local communities were against us, the judges were against us, but we managed to do it, and I guess we found the strength to do it because it was a moral fight,” he told an interviewer in 2006. “I was fully committed to nonviolence, and I believe with all my heart that for the Civil Rights Movement to prove itself, its nonviolent actions had to work in Birmingham,” he said. “If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill. Birmingham was the birthplace and affirmation of the nonviolent movement in America.” Dr. Walker played a key role in circulating Dr. King’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” penned in April 1963, that argued for civil disobedience as a legitimate response to racial segregation. Dr. Walker also helped organize the August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which was capped by Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Historians and those who worked with Dr. King argue that Dr. Walker’s management skills enabled the SCLC to grow from a largely volunteer organization into a crucial, professional element of the Civil Rights Movement, with a $1 million annual budget and 100 full-time workers. Dr. Walker’s “brilliance as a strategist was his greatest contribution to the Civil Rights Movement,” according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who also worked with Dr. King and went on to found and lead the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition. “He knew how to harness the energies of people who were excited about social change and how to use the church as the center of his advocacy for the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed,” Rev. Jackson said. Dr. Walker left the SCLC in 1964 to become pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and to work with the Negro Heritage Library. In 1966, he became president of the organization whose goal was publishing works of AfricanAmericans and pushing for inclusion in textbooks information on the role of African-Americans in U.S. history. In 1966, at Dr. King’s recommendation, he became interim pastor of Canaan Baptist Church,

The collection, which is being processed and catalogued for availability to scholars and the public alike, also includes journals, drawings and notes kept by Dr. Walker’s wife, Theresa Edwards Walker, who also was active in the movement. Upon Dr. Walker’s death, UR President Ronald A. Crutcher issued the following statement: “We were honored to be gifted his personal collection in 2015, and we look forward to preserving and ensuring access to the scholarly resources pertaining to Dr. Walker’s life and legacy for generations to come.”

a post he held until a series of strokes forced him to retire in 2004. Dr. Walker led the church in developing housing units with reduced rents, retail stores and apartments and a service center for elderly people. He also fought to remove drug dealers from streets around the church, and when he thought police were ignoring the problem, he took action. For example, in April 1970, Dr. Walker preached a Sunday sermon through a bullhorn outside the Teen City pizza parlor that was notorious for drug trafficking. “We are trying to save our children,” he said, before turning his bullhorn toward tenements across the street. “You, up there in the windows,” he said, “tell your kids to keep out of Teen City.” At one point, the Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas “put a hit out on me,” Dr. Walker recalled, “because I was effectively thwarting the drug traffic.” He said he ignored warnings that his work against illicit narcotic sales was too dangerous. “I had been involved in the struggle in the Deep South, so I was accustomed to dangerous situations,” he said. “It was tough to frighten me because I was so convinced that God would take care of me.” Dr. Walker also was considered an authority on sacred music. Along with composing religious music, Dr. Walker also was the author of 10 books and articles dealing with the ties between music, religious traditions and social change. He also was noted for his photography and for founding Harlem’s first charter school in 1999. Dr. Walker chaired the boards of Freedom National Bank, until it collapsed in 1990 under the weight of risky loans, and of the Consortium for Central Harlem Development, which Canaan Baptist stated was responsible for $100 million in housing. In the years since his retirement, the aging and frail Dr. Walker, who needed a wheelchair to move around, received numerous invitations to speak. He used his speeches to continue to encourage activism on the racial justice front and was outspoken in support of Black Lives Matter. In a speech a few years ago during the holiday for Dr. King, he expressed his concern that the legislative victories of the 1960s at the height of the movement — including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — “seduced us into becoming too comfortable.” “It is insufficient for us to come together on (Dr. King’s) birthday, sometimes in an artificial way, white and black together, and sing ‘We Shall Overcome’ and hold hands and get a warm feeling and then go back to business as usual in white racist America,” he said. Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Theresa Edwards Walker; a daughter, Patrice W. Powell; three sons, Robert, Earl and Wyatt Tee Walker Jr.; his sister, Mary Holley; and two grandchildren.

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The death of a giant

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Infidelity at its worst Photo courtesy of the Dr. and Mrs. Wyatt Tee Walker Collection, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond.

Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker

We have lost a giant with the death this week of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker. The 88-year-old Dr. Walker, who was in an assisted living facility in Chester, served as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s chief of staff, strategizing and organizing some of Dr. King’s most successful civil rights demonstrations. Like Dr. King, he was a man of faith and courage, leading people against the tyranny of government-sanctioned segregation in a nation that espoused the rights of freedom and individual liberty. He was unafraid to stand up against oppression even in the face of arrest and threats of violence. The Virginia Union University graduate and preacher lent his voice and commitment to nonviolent action that affected and changed Petersburg, Richmond, New York and the nation. He understood that the key to change was at the ballot box and that it depended on AfricanAmericans taking up the cause of voting rights, among other civil rights, and turning out at the polls to make a difference in the course of the nation. Because of Dr. Walker’s efforts in piecing together Dr. King’s notes pirated out of the jail in Birmingham, the nation became inspired by Dr. King’s immortal words: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly …” The University of Richmond, under the leadership of Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher, is fortunate to be the repository of Dr. Walker’s many papers, photos, sermons and other documents that are available for public review and scholarly research. Even after Dr. Walker’s death, we can continue to learn and grow from this lion of the movement and answer today’s call to action on social justice issues that continue to plague our city and nation. If we act, then Dr. Walker’s and Dr. King’s work will not have been in vain.

Get busy or get out of the way The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has taken a giant step toward accountability this week with the resignation Sunday of its chief executive, T.K. Somanath. Mr. Somanath came under blistering — and deserved — criticism for his failure to address serious and known heating issues in the Creighton Court public housing community months before winter’s cold set in. Residents were left almost defenseless against the elements with space heaters and kitchen ovens as their main sources of heat during frigid temperatures. We applaud Mr. Somanath for stepping down. Now the RRHA Board of Commissioners, the Richmond City Council and interim CEO Orlando Artze must step up and ensure that the more than 10,000 residents relying on the city’s public housing have the safe and decent living quarters outlined under the law. We understand that the problems did not develop overnight, and therefore, neither will the solutions. However, that is no reason or excuse for inaction, indifference or outright disdain for the people the entire RRHA staff has been hired to serve. If there are others on the RRHA board or staff — anywhere from the top to the bottom — who aren’t dedicated to providing effective, quality service to residents, then let them step aside like Mr. Somanath, and make room for those who are truly concerned and committed to the well-being and uplift of those in RRHA communities. It’s up to City Council, which appoints the RRHA Board of Commissioners, to make sure this debacle doesn’t happen again. Now, let’s get busy with the work that needs to be done.

Not surprisingly, one of the latest revelations about 45 is the report that, in 2016, his lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid adult film star Stephanie Clifford (aka “Stormy Daniels”) $130,000 to secure an agreement preventing her from disclosing the details of a 2006 sexual liaison with the reality star now politician. Unfortunately for 45, Ms. Clifford already had memorialized the details in a 2011 magazine interview. She disclosed that a yearlong affair began four months after Melania Trump gave birth to Barron, 45’s youngest son. The most ardent Trump supporter must admit that these circumstances fall well within the definition of infidelity. That this $130,000 payoff has caused so little public concern also is not surprising. After all, President Trump offered that he could shoot someone in Times Square and not lose support. Maybe I have become inured to his bad acts, but I find that any discussion of his behavior only informs or reinforces my evaluation of the nature of his

character — or should I say lack of character. The definition of infidelity is a breach of trust or disloyal act. Using that, infidelity is not uncommon to the personal life of President Trump. His affair with Marla Maples while still married to his first wife, Ivana, is an event that has been well-

Dr. E. Faye Williams publicized and enshrined in the public record. Later, while married to Marla, he began an affair that ultimately led to his marriage to Melania. Since becoming a public official, news reports and selfadmissions have connected him with numerous affairs and improprieties with random women. His tawdry behavior shapes my evaluation of his relationship with his wife/wives. This same behavior shapes my evaluation of the character of one given the sacred responsibility of making decisions for the well-being of 324 million-plus Americans. In that context, I have determined his character is devoid of any moral compass. He has shown himself to be a narcissistic opportunist without values. His values are connected to his own

enrichment. More disturbing is the fact that any infidelity involving his wives or family is insignificant when balanced against the infidelity to which he has subjected the nation. Let me explain. Every president swears an oath “to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic” and to adhere to “the rule of law.” As chief executive, 45’s job is to provide for the lawful defense and security of all citizens of this nation without regard to race, gender, religion, creed, color or national origin. It is his job to preserve the institutions that form the foundation and provide for the orderly conduct of the nation’s business. In these responsibilities, 45 has demonstrated infidelity far worse than that which he has shown his family. Most commonly, he has: • Inflamed and fomented racial hostility and divisiveness with his rhetoric and actions. • Violated emolument laws and continues to use the influence of his office for the enrichment of his family and himself. • Demeaned and discredited every branch of government, agency or person who would

Trump and unemployment When the unemployment rate dropped and economic conditions improved under the leadership of President Obama, 45 derided the gains as “fake news.” He suggested that the monthly reports of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics were inaccurate and “made up.” These are the monthly reports that detail employment statistics, including unemployment rates. Now that 45 is in charge, he can’t crow enough about the statistics that he described as “phony” just 18 months ago. For the last week, we have heard 45 and his surrogates crowing that “the black unemployment rate is lower than it has ever been.” And, with a black unemployment rate of 6.8 percent, they are right that the rate is at its lowest since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started disaggregating data to report unemployment by race. Is this something worth crowing about? Does 45 deserve to get credit for it? The answer to both questions, from my perspective, is a resounding “no.” First of all, the 6.8 percent unemployment rate AfricanAmericans experienced was exactly twice the unemployment rate for white people of 3.4 percent. Suppose white men had an unemployment rate of 6.8 percent? Would 45 and his minions be celebrating if white people had the same employment situation as African-Americans? I think not. So, celebrating the 6.8 percent rate without speaking of the inequality it is based on is like celebrating the inequality.

Secondly, the unemployment rate is an imperfect measure of the employment situation. The employment-population ratio is a far more accurate way of measuring how fully employed a population is. It measures the percentage of people who are employed. While 69 percent of white men are employed, just 63 percent of black men are employed. (The numbers for women are closer,

Julianne Malveaux with African-American women actually working more than white women, with an employmentpopulation ratio of 59 percent for black women and 55 percent for white women.) The employment-population ratio and labor force participation rates show racial disparities among men that are alarming. Differences in the employment-population ratio suggest that some AfricanAmericans have stopped looking for work because they don’t think they can find it. When the black unemployment rate is adjusted to reflect these realities, it is closer to 10 percent than the 6.8 percent that 45 and his team are crowing about. Furthermore, the 45th president inherited an economy that was improving. Falling unemployment rates are a result of the economy’s expansion by President Obama. Let’s say it again, the Obama expansion. An economic expansion naturally will move unemployment rates downward, no matter who is president. While 45 can only legitimately claim stock market gains for the last two months, as his regressive tax bill has handsomely rewarded corporate interests, stock market gains in the first month of this year

might also be considered a result of the Obama expansion. Will 45 take credit for the stagnant wages that plague all workers, but especially AfricanAmerican workers? While unemployment rates have dropped, wages have not risen by very much — less than 2 percent last year. Sure, some workers got tax bill-related bonuses and Walmart will raise their wages for some workers to $11 an hour. But most workers are stuck making the same amount of money they made three years ago. Does 45 take credit for income and wealth differences between African-Americans and white people? The average white family has a $65,000 annual income, compared to just $39,000 for African-Americans. And the average African-American household has just $17,000 in wealth, compared to $171,000 for white households. When 45 crows about a 6.8 percent unemployment rate for African-Americans, he normalizes the fact that African-Americans should have a higher unemployment rate than white people. And when he talks unemployment out of context and ignores income and wealth disparities, he is suggesting that the current conditions of African-Americans are something to celebrate. If this president really were interested in the economic status of African-Americans, he would have produced a different tax bill, ceased his attacks on health care and directed his secretary of education to stop attacking public education and HBCUs. But 45 isn’t interested in the economic status of AfricanAmericans. He is interested in bragging about data he once dismissed as “phony.” The writer is an economist and author.

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not acquiesce to his demands for special favor or consideration. • Attempted to shape the legal process in order to evade prosecution for violations. • Failed to protect our national electoral process from the threat, as identified by national security agencies, of tampering by a hostile foreign adversary. Viewed in the aggregate, his conduct suggests his intent to move our government away from democracy to the establishment of an authoritarian regime akin to the nature of his businesses. That effort must not succeed. We must not forget that 45 was rejected by a margin of 3 million votes in 2016. If it were not for the outdated Electoral College, we wouldn’t have to endure this ongoing atrocity. We must take the recent lessons of the value of our votes and use them wisely. The writer is national president of the National Congress of Black Women Inc.

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Don’t wait for Petersburg, Hanover to change Confederate school names Re “Petersburg School Board to hold sessions on renaming Confederate schools,” Free Press Jan. 4-6 edition: Why hasn’t the city of Richmond changed the names of schools named for Confederates? African-Americans have been in control of the city government for decades. Why should black students have to suffer this indignity?

Don’t wait for Petersburg and Hanover County to lead in this endeavor. Hanover County is full of right wing, redneck Confederate sympathizers. When will the major thoroughfare named for the head of the illicit Confederacy be changed? The people of Richmond should be allowed to put the letters “JDH” on their stationery rather than writing out the whole name until a formal

change occurs. One way to make this happen is to get a little white girl to address the issue. That seems to be more acceptable to these ultraobstinate white people. BERNARD A. GORDON Glen Allen

‘Trump does not have Mayor Stoney brought a clue’ about immigrants’ ‘sunshine of optimism’ contributions to U.S. to Richmond

Re “Trump ignites MLK Day racial ﬁrestorm, Free Press Jan. 18-20 edition: Haiti was the ﬁrst black-run country in the Western World. Beginning in the early 20th century, Middle Eastern immigrants began taking control of the country. Those few families now control the economics and politics of Haiti, along with the Catholic Church. From 1916 to 1934, the United States occupied Haiti to maintain economic and political stability in the Caribbean. Since then, the ruling families have kept control with the help of the United States and France, and in recent years, the United Nations. President John Kennedy once said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make

violent revolution inevitable.” We are the ones responsible for the present state of Haiti. Having spent time in Haiti, I personally know how hard the Haitian people have to work to survive. Haitian immigrants to the United States have proven to be assets to our country. It appears again that President Trump does not have a clue about the contributions that minority immigrant people make to our country. The way to “Make America Great Again” is to get Mr. Trump out of ofﬁce. ERIC W. JOHNSON Richmond

Richmond Continentals grateful to sponsors Re “Holiday elegance” photo and caption, Free Press Jan. 4-6 edition: I would like to make a correction in your coverage of the Richmond Chapter of the Continentals Societies Inc. You stated that more than 200 people attended the 41st Annual Elegance in Black & White Gala on Dec. 29, at a Downtown hotel. In fact, we had more than 350 members and guests in attendance. Our guests included distinguished politicians; national and local business leaders; national ofﬁcers of the Continental Societies Inc.; visiting members from other Continental Societies chapters in Virginia and neighboring states; and numerous friends, family members and supporters. As you mentioned, the gala raises funds to support our service programs, including, winter coats for schoolchildren; free dental screenings; Easter baskets for hospitalized children; scholarships for college-bound students; camp scholarships for inner-city youths; and service and educational initiatives that support the health and well-being of families in the Richmond communities. The support of our sponsors, guests and patrons have, each year, allowed us to reach our goals in sponsoring each of these programs. The Richmond chapter presented Champion for Children Awards to Bon Secours Richmond Health System and Colgate Palmolive Company in recognition of their commitment to philanthropy and their continuous support of the Continental Societies Inc.’s programs on the local and national level. Bon Secours, through its philanthropy, supports the concept that building a healthy community requires a systemic approach that addresses all basic human needs. As a result, Bon Secours is develop-

ing long-term, collaborative relationships with selected neighborhoods in the communities they serve and with local organizations that serve these neighborhoods. Bon Secours joined other community members in Richmond to develop the Richmond Promise Neighborhood initiative. Through its community outreach initiatives, Bon Secours Richmond Health System supported the Richmond Chapter of the Continental Societies Inc. in its service programs. Our programs include the Health, Education, Employment and Recreation initiative (HEER), the Green Project and other health projects and services offered to children and families in the East End of Richmond. Bon Secours Richmond Health System participated as a Diamond Sponsor for the gala in support of our programs. The Champion for Children Award was accepted by Dr. Soﬁa Teferi, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital chief of pediatrics. Colgate Palmolive Company has partnered nationally with the Continental Societies, Inc. to provide free dental checkups and other oral services and education to communities in need. Through its Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program,

Colgate Palmolive serves more than 10 million children and families. Their continued support of the Richmond Chapter of Continental Societies Inc. has allowed us to provide children in Richmond area communities with more than 1,000 dental checkups during the past ﬁve years. Additionally, our partnership has enabled us to offer oral examinations, care, educational information and referrals for dental services to area families. The Champion for Children Award was accepted by the national program manager of Colgate Palmolive Company’s Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program, Dawna Michelle Fields. Colgate Palmolive, along with Ms. Fields, supported the programs of the Richmond Chapter of Continental Societies Inc. as a Gold Sponsor. The Richmond Chapter of Continental Societies Inc. is extremely grateful to its sponsors, guests, families and friends for their continued support of our programs. Their generosity and backing assures our success! BEVERLY DAVIS, Ways and Means Committee chair NKECHI GEORGEWINKLER, president Richmond Chapter Continental Societies Inc.

The School Board of the City of Richmond will hold a public hearing on the Superintendentís proposed 2019 estimate of needs and Capital Improvement Budget (CIP) on Monday, February 5, 2018. The hearing will convene at 6:30 p.m. in the School Board Room on the 17th floor of City Hall. For information regarding the budget, please contact Mr. David Myers, Associate Superintendent, Budget and Financial Planning at 780-5477. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this proceeding should contact the Clerk of the School Board no later than three (3) business days prior to the meeting at (804) 780-7716. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency by calling the Americans with Disabilities Act Office TTY line at (804) 780-6226. Angela C. Wilson Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION FOR NEW FREEDOM/5317 PROGRAM Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging serving Virginia Planning District 15 intends to submit an application to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) for the FY 2019 New Freedom/5317 Program. The intent of the application is to request funds for the Ride Connection Program to provide Mobility Management and Transportation Services for older adults and persons with disabilities as well as funding to serve as the District’s first official Human Service Transportation Coordination Entity as recently recommended by the Richmond Regional Planning District Commission. For further information, please contact: Mr. Tony Williams, Mobility Manager Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging 24 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219 804-822-3068 twilliams@youraaa.org

Re “ Jury still out: Mayor Levar M. Stoney finishes first year amid ambivalence despite human touch,” Free Press Jan. 4-6 edition: Despite folks freezing in heatless apartments, the prevailing homicide statistics and despicable schools, Mayor Levar M. Stoney has brought a sunshine of optimism to this capital city. His trademarks that first began to brighten Richmond were his fun socks and that innocent, robust smile. Lighten up on him. In the Midwest, they would tag him a tenderfoot; in a police department, a hotshot rookie. I predict he will make the city proud! I like the man and make no apologies for my opinion. I see Mayor Stoney as a transitional leader for this town. In the blink of an eye, he can switch that smile and congenial tone to one with serious willingness to listen. Mayor Stoney’s milestone moment that defined his character in his first year was his ability to listen, learn and be inquisitive. The Lee statue rally on Monument Avenue could have been a Charlottesville-type disaster times three. But that wasn’t happening here. His maturity became evident when he accepted and respected the recommendations of Police Chief Alfred Durham and others, supporting an organized approach to protect lives and property and not disgracing this great city. Good character runs with good judgment. My point being that Mayor Stoney’s decision to keep Chief Durham and Selena Cuffee-

Glenn, Richmond’s chief administrative ofﬁcer (from the past administration), speaks to his leadership traits and judgment. My lunch meeting with Mayor Stoney, Chief Durham and others this past summer regarding the formation of a Richmond Regional Mounted Police Unit and building a stable to accommodate them was extended beyond the planned time to meet. The mayor knew little regarding the concept of mounted police units. But at the meeting, he was receptive, expressing again, a willingness to listen, learn and raise valid questions. Mayor Stoney is a young man, yes, but the political weeds can alter his focus and commitment to serve this city with integrity. My advice to Mayor Stoney: Keep the weeds cut and the grass will prevail with continued success. Mayor Stoney knows for sure by now his buffet of challenges in Richmond demands that he get a large plate. To our previous mayors, Tom Bliley, Roy West, Henry Marsh, Doug Wilder, Dwight Jones and Tim Kaine, and to our new governor, Ralph Northman, I say: Call Mayor Stoney. Praise this young man and ask how you can help him keep Richmond’s sunshine of prosperity and quality of life aglow. And send him some socks! GLENWOOD W. BURLEY Richmond

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

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Petersburg’s Ron Bolton, 10 others to be inducted into VIA Hall of Fame

The VIA Heritage Association wants to make sure the historical achievements of stellar athletes such as Ron Bolton don’t fade into oblivion. From Petersburg’s Peabody High School Class of 1968, Bolton went on to star as a defensive back at Norfolk State University and for 11 NFL seasons, recording 35 career interceptions, with the New England Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. Bolton, 67, is among the latest athletes to be selected to the VIA Hall of Fame. VIA, or the Virginia Interscholastic Association, coordinated athletics and other extracurricular activities for the state’s allblack schools from 1954 to 1970 during school segregation. VIA’s headquarters was at Virginia State University.

VIA’s third Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be June 29 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Charlottesville. Others named for induction are: • Athletes Joseph Bradley (Carter G. Woodson High, Hopewell, 1957). He helped the team to a string of Group III basketball titles in the 1970s under Coach Robinette “Pro” Hayes. • Earl Faison (Huntington High, Newport News, 1957): A brilliant all-round athlete who later starred at Indiana University and with NFL’s San Diego Chargers. • Jim Lewis (Gray/Groveton High, Alexandria, 1964): An All-State basketball star who went on to become the first African-American to play for West Virginia University. • Jerry Venable (Booker T. Washington High, Staunton):

Armstrong Wildcats banking on speed, agility and Finney

Earl Faison

Jerry Venable

He went on to star in basketball at Ferrum College, Kansas State and many seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters. • Coaches Alphonso Hamilton (Booker T. Washington High, Staunton) • Eugene Thompson (Carver High, Newport News) • Arnold Thurmond (Parker-Gray High, Alexandria) • Contributors William Bailey (Mary N. Smith High, Accomack) • Julian Earls (Crestwood High, Chesapeake) • Marguerita Ragsdale (Southside High, Dinwiddie) Details and banquet ticket information: VIA Heritage Chairman Jimmy Hollins, (434) 825-6117 or burleyvarsityclub@ gmail.com.

Quarterback showdown gearing up for Super Bowl LII

“Fly, Eagles, Fly,” the Philadelphia Eagles fight song, is unofficially No. 1 on the pop charts these days in the City of Brotherly Love. On your mark! Get set! Go! Watts’ roster as a freshman. Even fans that can’t carry a tune in a bucket were unashamedly Armstrong High School basketball He was MVP at King’s Fork singing at full throat last Sunday as their Eagles — completing a Coach Darryl Watts hides no secrets about and plays during the offseason with worst to first turnaround — routed the visiting Minnesota Vikings his preferred strategy. the Hampton-based Boo Williams 38-7 to earn a place in Super Bowl LII on Sunday, Feb. 4. “We want to turn every game into a powerhouse. The Super Bowl is being billed as “Brady versus the Backup,” track meet,” said the Wildcats’ coach of “Dominique is kind of at the top meaning the New England Patriot’s impeccable quarterback 16 years. “We play fast.” of the food chain,” said Coach Watts. Tom Brady versus Philadelphia quarterback Nick Foles, who What the Wildcats lack in size, the “He’s the type of kid who can push it was pressed into service in Week 13 following a knee injury to team makes up for in speed, agility and rim to rim, grab a defensive rebound starter Carson Wentz. leaping. Those are the athletic elements and dunk it at the other end.” Brady, widely regarded as the greatest quarterback in NFL Coach Watts strives to accentuate, and his The most challenging games annals, spurred a fourth quarter comeback Sunday in New Engplan is working. left on the Wildcats’ regular season land’s 24-20 home win over the Following a sputtering 1-3 start, the schedule are likely against Varina upstart Jacksonville Jaguars. Photos by James Haskins/Richmond Free Press Wildcats improved to 10-4 by Jan. 23, High School — at Varina on Friday, Foles was equally brilliant with a riveting 67-65 overtime victory Jan. 26, and at home against the Dominique Finney, a 6-foot-5 junior at Armstrong High School, goes up for a basket at Tuesday — 353 passing yards and three on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Petersburg High Varina Blue Devils on Feb. 7. night’s game against Hanover County’s Lee- touchdowns — in shredding School and an 83-57 win Monday night over When the postseason arrives, Davis High School. Below, Antoine Bruce, a highSuper Bowl LII Ashland’s Patrick Henry High School. Coach Watts knows he’ll be colliding scoring starter for the Armstrong Wildcats, looks what had been a league-leading Vikings defense. Dominique Finney, known as “Feet” with local opponents John Marshall for a way around the Lee-Davis defense. Matchup: The Philadelphia The Patriots have become because of his size 15 sneakers, played a High, George Wythe High and Eagles (15-3) versus the Super Bowl regulars, with Brady New England Patr iots commanding role in the Petersburg game Hopewell High in the 3A East Regional. past two winters after capturing 4A titles tossing the passes and masterful (15-3) with 34 points and 12 rebounds. He scored “There’s nothing in the state much for two seasons prior. Coach Bill Belichick calling When: Sunday, Feb. 4 22 points against Patrick Henry High. tougher than what we’ll see with the RichCoach Watts feels his squad is gainthe plays. Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. A nimble 6-foot-5 junior who can play mond city schools,” said Coach Watts. ing confidence and momentum with This will be New England’s multiple positions, Finney is the closest ArmJohn Marshall High won the State 3A every stride. Where: U.S. Bank Stadium record 10th Super Bowl apin Minneapolis, Minn. strong High has to a traditional center. championship in 2014 and George Wythe “After the slow start, the kids are starting “But we just call him a basketball High in 2015. Hopewell was state runner- to buy into our system,” he said. “We’ll pearance. The Pats are 5-4 in Betting line: The Patriots football’s grandest game, with are favored by 5.5 points player,” said Coach Watts, not wanting up in 2016. I.C. Norcom High School of just keep doing what we’re doing.” victories in 2017 and 2014. to cubbyhole his athletes. Portsmouth has won the State 3A for the Televised: NBC That means the race is on. By contrast, Philadelphia is Coach Watts describes his fast first five Cost for 30-second 0-2 in Super Bowls, losing to like this: “Four guards plus Finney.” commercial: $5 million Oakland in the 1980 season and The other Armstrong starters are: to New England in 2004. • 5-foot-10 sophomore Antoine Bruce, Ron Jaworski, “Jaws,” was the quarterback for the Philawho had 24 points in a Jan. 19 win at delphia Eagles in 1980; while Donovan McNabb was under Highland Springs High School; center in 2004. • 6-foot senior Toriano Lewis, a fourThe Eagles finished last in the NFC East a year ago but ralyear starter; lied this season to win the division and then defeat the Atlanta • 6-foot-2 senior Terryon Carter, who Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings to set up a date with the Coach Watts says “can jump out of the “Brady Bunch.” gym;” and Philadelphia’s last season-ending championship was in 1960, • 5-foot-9 junior Zarkeil McKeachin, when it defeated the Green Bay Packers in an old NFL Chamknown as “the waterbug.” pionship Game. Super Bowls began in 1967 with the merger of Armstrong is battle tested by design. Its the NFL and AFL, of which the Patriots were a member. losses came against George Wythe, John Times have changed. Marshall, Hopewell and James Monroe In 1960, Norm Van Brocklin doubled as the Eagles’ quarHigh School of Fredericksburg, all perenterback and punter, a combination that would be unheard of in nial juggernauts. today’s more specialized game. The East Enders found their groove The Eagles are in their second year under Coach Doug PedDec. 29 in Suffolk by defeating host King’s erson, who succeeded Chip Kelly. Coach Pederson is a former Fork High School — the 2015 State 4A quarterback for the Eagles and the Cleveland Browns. runner-up — in its holiday classic. Since Coach Belichick took over the New England Patriots in 2000, Finney, nephew of former Virginia Union the Pats are 214-74 in regular season play and 27-9 in the playoffs. University standout Greg Williams, has In defeating the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia foiled the rare been drawing attention since making Coach possibility of the Vikings playing at home in the Super Bowl. As much as Philadelphians idolize their team, with many fans vowing they bleed Eagles green, a trip to Super Bowl LII Williams — wearing Carolina his 3-point aim from 34 percent a year will mean breaking the piggy Kenny Williams III is the Richmond of Kentucky, which has eight, blue jersey No. 24 — is third ago to 43 percent as a junior. area’s most recent link to arguably the only one of which is since bank. Fans seriously are being It’s all about growing confidence, he gouged. on the 15-4 team in scoring nation’s premier college basketball 1998. UNC’s titles came in (12.1 points per game as of told the UNC in-house publication. 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009 program. According to ESPN re“I can recall my first two years. I search, an average ticket price Jan. 20), first in steals (23), Williams is now a junior at the and 2017. second in 3-pointers (38) and mean, I would miss a couple of shots for the Super Bowl will be Coach Williams clearly University of North Carolina-Chapel third in minutes played (29.6 and not even look to shoot anymore.” about $4,525 through StubHub Hill. And when he pops a 3-pointer or has Richmond on his recruitWilliams has scored in double figures or Vivid Seats. It might have minutes per game). makes a steal, the excitement is felt all ing radar. In 2009, freshman Even if his shot isn’t 15 times, with highs of 20 (with six 3-point- been considerably higher if the Ed Davis from Benedictine the way back to central Virginia. falling, Williams is a valu- ers) against Stanford University and 18 Vikings were playing. The muscular, 6-foot-4, 188-pound played a key role in the Tar Williams dazzled at Chesterfield Heels’ national title drive in Kenny Williams able Tar Heel. He leads the against Florida State University. A flight from Philadelphia to His 34 percent accuracy beyond the Minneapolis — arriving Feb. 1 squad in taking charges and County’s L.C. Bird High School (1,603 Detroit. Williams and Davis are believed been selected Defensive Player of the arc ranks third in the ACC, starting and departing Feb. 5 — is about career points) before enrolling on the this week. to be the only Richmond area athletes Game six times. rebound in Chapel Hill. $1,502. A room at a Ramada Being a full-time UNC starter often Inn 4.3 miles from the stadium Here’s what Williams’backcourt mate, The son of Kenny Williams Jr. and ever to play for an NCAA Division I translates to an NBA contract. Currently is $779 per night, compared to Joel Berry, told Inside Carolina: Sherri Townes first signed with Virginia basketball champ. “Coach (Williams) has put emphasis 15 former Tar Heels play in the NBA, $84 normally. Unfortunately, Williams watched Commonwealth University as a high school senior, but changed his mind from the sidelines a year ago as UNC on ‘be like Kenny.’ He leads by example including Davis, who is with the Portland That said, don’t expect enfollowing the resignation of former clinched the NCAA basketball title with and goes out there and plays hard. He does Trail Blazers. thusiasm to dip even a smidgen Will there be another Richmond in the Pennsylvania city overdue a victory over Gonzaga University in all the things coach wants us to do.” Rams Coach Shaka Smart. Leading scorer/rebounder Luke Maye, area athlete on the Tar Heels’ roster for a celebration. It doesn’t Under UNC Coach Roy Williams Glendale, Ariz. After starting 18 games and playing Williams’ roommate, adds, “Kenny is anytime soon? (no relation to Kenny), the Tar Heels matter if Eagles fans can sing Trinity Episcopal junior Armando or not. Come Sunday, Feb. 4, are the defending NCAA champions. in 27, he suffered a knee injury on Feb. the kind of guy you love having on your Bacot and John Marshall High School voices will be loud and proud UNC’s six national crowns are third 14 and underwent season-ending knee team, but hate to play against.” Williams, who is averaging 3.4 re- sophomore Isaiah Todd already hold in every living room and corner behind UCLA, with 11 national titles surgery on Feb. 21. Now with a clean bill of health, bounds and 2.4 assists, has improved UNC scholarship offers. but none since 1995, and the University bar in the city.

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Personality: Diane E. Woodruff Spotlight on board chair of nonprofit City Singers Youth Choirs Music is the great equalizer and it touches the whole child. This is the belief and driving force for Diane Woodruff, chair of the board of directors of City Singers Youth Choirs. City Singers is an afterschool vocal music program for second- through 12th-graders from across the area. Started by Dr. David McCormick in 1995 under the umbrella of an outreach program, Neighborhood School for the Arts began at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in North Side. In 2007, the Neighborhood School for the Arts was slated to close, but parents were convinced the “the musical, cultural and personal development benefits to their children could not be duplicated elsewhere,” Ms. Woodruff says. The parents resolved to continue City Singers, which became a nonprofit organization. Today, City Singers has about 50 young singers in two choirs — one for students in grades second through fifth, and the other for youngsters in grades sixth though 12th. “Both choirs sing in two to three parts, practice good singing techniques and learn music theory,” Ms. Woodruff says. While they are “committed to excellence, they love what they do and have fun doing it,” she says. “They sound great,” Ms. Woodruff says, adding that participants learn “classical, traditional and modern compositions from around the world” during weekly hour and a half rehearsals. Participants pay tuition, she explains, which helps to cover the cost of music, the choir directors and materials used. Scholarships are offered based on what a family can afford, Ms. Woodruff says. The board helps to raise money to support the organization and its programs. “City Singers Youth Choirs has great directors who are innovative and have a great presence with the singers,” she says. The result: The choirs “bring joy to the community” in performances around the area, Ms. Woodruff says. On Saturday, Feb. 10, the City Singers Youth Choirs will perform at Family Day at the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design on Monument Avenue, and with the Richmond Choral Society in “Nature and Song” on March 18 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The Cleveland, Ohio, native got involved with the nonprofit’s board two years ago when a friend who knew her interest and background asked her to join. Throughout a long career, Ms. Woodruff taught music in

artistry, the choir has had many highlights since its founding (i.e., the 20th anniversary concert with a specially commissioned piece). Perhaps its best accomplishment is the relationships it has built with local schools and arts organizations — Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School, Richmond Symphony Orchestra (“Let It Snow” concert), Richmond Choral Society, One Voice Chorus, Collegiate School, ElkhardtThompson Middle School Choir, the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, toured in D.C., Williamsburg, many concerts in nursing homes and Richmond festivals. elementary schools in Illinois and Chesterﬁeld County until her retirement in 2014 from Bensley Elementary School. “I sang in school choirs through high school,” Ms. Woodruff said of her own upbringing in Illinois. She holds an education degree in music from Northern Illinois University and currently serves as music director at First Unitarian Universalist Church in Richmond. “I love teaching music because all children can be successful,” she says. “Music teaches the whole child. It’s kinesthetic. It’s oral. It’s visual. It’s literature. Children work together as a team and have a sense of rhythm that beats inside of them.” Meet music advocate, volunteer and this week’s Personality, Diane Woodruff: Occupation: Retired elementary school music teacher and music director at First Unitarian Universalist Church in Richmond. Top volunteer position: Chair of the board of directors, City Singers Youth Choirs. Duties of position: My job is to work with other board members to ensure that City Singers Youth Choirs have the resources they need to thrive. Date and place of birth: Nov. 8 in Cleveland, Ohio. Current residence: Henrico County. Education: Bachelor’s in education (music), Northern Illinois University. Family: Husband, Arnold Woodruff, and two sons, Nathan and Russell.

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Profile of choir members: Choir members come from every part of the Greater Richmond area and from public, private and home schools. They love to sing and gain conﬁdence as their ability grows. They like the variety of musical styles they sing and learning different techniques. They like partnering with other groups to bring their music to the community. They love the joy of singing together! How to join choir: For young singers, their level of interest in singing and music experience is assessed, while sixth- through 12th-graders participate in non-competitive, low-stress auditions. Find info at www. citysingerschoir.org/join Number of choir members: There are currently 50 singers in the two choirs. Favorite composer: Too many great ones to name just one. Favorite piece of music: Depends on the mood I’m in. I like a wide range of music and not a steady diet of any one. Favorite singers: Bette Midler and Renée Fleming. How I start the day: Grateful for another opportunity to get it right! A perfect day for me is: A mix of connecting with family and friends, being useful in some way, enjoying all that Richmond has to offer (great entertainment and food) and holding my new granddaughter. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Play golf.

Why I am excited about this organization: There’s nothing better than hearing a wellprepared, wonderful-sounding group of young singers!

A quote that I am most inspired by: “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the ﬂame within us.” — Albert Schweitzer

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Thousands turn out for Women’s March RVA By Ryan Persaud and Alexandra Sosik Capital News Service

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Carytown last Saturday for the second annual Women’s March, recalling demonstrations a year ago when hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington and cities around the nation and the world to protest President Trump’s inauguration and the GOP’s stance on issues such as women’s rights and immigration. Some called the 2017 event the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. On Saturday, hundreds of demonstrators in Richmond held signs that ranged from mocking the president to promoting equality. They chanted phrases such as, “This is what democracy looks like,” “Women’s rights are equal rights” and “Coexist.” Kim Young, a demonstrator who missed the Women’s March last year because of health issues, said she was excited to attend this year’s Richmond event. “It’s about freedom, choice, ‘Love is Love,’ (and) showing the president that not all Americans are in agreement with him,” Ms. Young said. The Richmond demonstration was one of many across the country Saturday. While the Richmond march had no formal speakers, Saturday’s event in Washington featured a collection of speakers, including U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who ran as a vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket against President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Chris Carson, president of the League of Women voters. They urged women to get involved politically. Brigette Newberry, a demonstrator who attended last year’s Women’s March in D.C. and a counterprotest against the Confederate statues on Richmond’s Monument Avenue in September, said it is necessary to resist the current administration. “I feel like it’s important that women unite,” Ms. Newberry said

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Gov. Ralph S. Northam, second from left, holds the banner with organizers at last Saturday’s Women’s March RVA in Carytown. More than 3,000 marchers turned out for the demonstration. Right, Charise Beckett of the Richmond Chapter of the National Organization for Women makes her voice heard during Saturday’s march with a sign supporting the Equal Rights Amendment.

during the Richmond march. Kathe Wittig, a retired Virginia Commonwealth University faculty member who participated in anti-war protests in the 1970s, said she worries that President Trump’s policies will set society back decades. “We have to let the world know that we’re not going to sit back,” Ms. Wittig said. “He is a disaster.” Gov. Ralph S. Northam and his wife, First Lady Pam Northam, joined event organizers in leading the march that started on Cary Street near Thompson Street and headed east nearly to the Boulevard before returning. Gov.

Northam helped carry a banner that read, “Women’s March RVA.” The group of marchers was so large that at times, some of the group was still eastbound while others were returning to the starting point. Mary Leffler, one of the organizers of the event, attended the 2017 Women’s March in D.C. As the anniversary approached, she looked for whether others locally were commemorating that demonstration. “I sought to see if there was already a march happening, and there wasn’t. So I made a few phone calls, helped decide this location and then

just started spreading the word,” Ms. Leffler said. She expressed surprise at the turnout. “We’ve had estimates of a little over 3,000,” she said. “We’re thrilled.” Mark Loewen, a children’s book author, brought his family with him, including his 5-year-old daughter. “We talked about girls can do anything that boys can do, and that girls should be making the same amount of decisions that boys make,” Mr. Loewen said. “We’re so excited about women’s voices getting stronger, and we need them to be stronger.” Andrea Lancaster, president of the National Organization for Women’s Richmond chapter who attended the march last year in Washington with a few board members, said she was pleasantly surprised by the Richmond turnout. “It’s exciting to see how much momentum the movement still has,” she said. NOW and other groups are urging the Virginia General Assembly to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA would explicitly state that women have the same rights as men. ERA supporters believe that if two more states ratify the amendment, it will be added to the Constitution. There is a legal debate about that because the deadline to ratify the ERA has passed. According to Ms. Lancaster, Virginia has become a focus of ERA proponents because Democrats have gained power in the General Assembly. Last fall, the Democratic Party picked up 15 seats in the House of Delegates; however, Republicans still hold a 51-49 majority. Ms. Lancaster said a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women equal rights is needed. “If you ask a lot of people in the streets, they think we already have that,” she said. “But we don’t. There is no constitutionally protected equality.” CNS’ Logan Bogert and Aya Driouche contributed to this report.

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Lauding Lauderdale Mary C. Lauderdale, operations manager of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, is surprised with a celebration last Friday honoring her 20 years of service at the museum in Jackson Ward. A steady fixture at the museum, Ms. Lauderdale has performed numerous jobs during her tenure, including chief docent, gift shop manager, head of visitor services and museum manager. The surprise event featured African drummers, speeches by area artists and museum board members, presentation of a portrait by Richmond artists Jerome Jones Jr. and his son, Jeromyah Jones, a champagne toast, cake and hors d’oeuvres. Left, Ms. Lauderdale is supported during the surprise by Heather Anderson.

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Calling for prison reform About 500 people call for an end to state laws and criminal justice policies that mete out excessive and unfair punishment. The rally, held last Saturday at the Bell Tower at Capitol Square, was organized by the Richmond-based Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, the Blacksburg-based Coalition for Justice and the Virginia Prisoner of Conscience Education Network. Several speakers addressed the group, including former inmates and family members. The rally was to help build a statewide network of inmates, former inmates and their families, advocates and supporters of prison reform.

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The $5 million horror movie from Universal Pictures became a box office success with more than $250 million globally and became a talking point around modern day race relations in America. “I think there’s a piece of the black experience that is communicated in the film and through Daniel’s performance that people of color recognize and haven’t seen and that people not of color needed to see as well,” Mr. Peele said in an interview. “Wonder Woman” failed to conquer Oscar voters on Tuesday despite riding a wave of female empowerment to become one of the biggest box office hits of 2017. The Warner Bros. movie, featuring Gal Gadot as the sword-wielding Wonder Wom-

an, was the first stand-alone female superhero film since 2005 and earned some $825 million globally, making its filmmaker Patty Jenkins, 46, the highest-grossing female director in Hollywood. But at Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, Ms. Jenkins was left out of the director’s race and the film was snubbed in the best picture category, despite nods for other movies about women and made by women. Instead, Guillermo del Toro’s surreal fantasy romance, “The Shape of Water,” led the Oscar nominations with 13 nods. Veteran actor Christopher Plummer, 88, was also a surprise contender in the supporting actor race for Sony Pictures’ Getty kidnapping film, “All the Money

in the World.” Mr. Plummer joined the cast a month before the movie’s release, replacing actor Kevin Spacey because of sexual misconduct allegations. Mr. Plummer stepped in after Mr. Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple men. James Franco was excluded from the best actor race for “The Disaster Artist” after facing accusations of sexual misconduct earlier this month following his Golden Globe win. Mr. Franco said the accusations were “not accurate.” The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will be held March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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Hugh Masekela, South African jazz musician instrumental in anti-apartheid fight, dies at 78 Free Press wire reports

JOHANNESBURG Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela, known as the “father of South African jazz” who used his music in the fight against apartheid, has died after a decade-long fight with prostate cancer, his family said on Tuesday. He was 78. In a career spanning more than five decades, Mr. Masekela gained international recognition with his distinctive Afro-Jazz sound and hits such as “Soweto Blues,” which served as one of the soundtracks to the anti-apartheid movement. Following the end of white minority rule, he opened the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Kick-Off Concert and performed at the event’s opening ceremony in Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium. “Hugh’s global and activist contribution to and participation in the areas of music, theatre, and the arts in general is contained in the minds and memory of millions,” a statement on behalf of the Masekela family read. “Rest in power beloved, you are forever in our hearts.” Mr. Masekela’s son, Sal, recalled memories of being dragged around the jazz clubs of Manhattan, N.Y., when he was 5 by his father. “He would steal the hearts and souls of innocents with a musical storytelling all his own,” Sal Masekela posted on his Facebook page. “It was these moments and his choosing to take me around the globe any chance he got, that would come to shape my entire world view.” Mr. Masekela’s song “Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela),” written while he was in living in exile, called for the release of the then-imprisoned Mr. Mandela and was banned by the apartheid regime. South African President Jacob Zuma said the nation would mourn a man who “kept the torch of freedom alive.” “It is an immeasurable loss to the music industry and to the country at large. His contribution to the struggle for liberation will never be forgotten,” President Zuma said in

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Hugh Masekela, known as the “father of South African jazz,” interacts with the crowd in Richmond at the “Big Gig” on Brown’s Island in 1999.

Misperceptions prevent some from donating organs By Carolyn Crist Reuters Health

transplants. But the supply is still far short of what’s needed. “About 20 people die every day for lack of an organ donor,” said Dr. Sellers, who is also associate medical director of LifeLink of Georgia, a nonproﬁt that coordinates organ and tissue donation. Dr. Sellers and colleagues at Emory surveyed 766 people from 37 states about their willingness to be an organ donor after they died, their willingness to donate a deceased family member’s organs and any deterrents to signing up. Nearly 85 percent of respondents were willing to donate organs after they died, which didn’t differ much by age, gender, religion or location. Willingness to donate a family member’s organs depended on whether families had talked about it before. For example, 95 percent of respondents said they’d be willing to donate a family member’s organs if the loved one had said “yes” during

Although most Americans say they’re willing to be an organ donor after they die, some people never sign up because they’re unsure about what could happen to them in a medical emergency, according to a new study. In particular, survey respondents reported concerns about receiving adequate medical care if they registered to donate organs after they died. The medical community needs “to address these misperceptions,” said lead study author Dr. Marty Sellers, a transplant surgeon at Emory University in Atlanta, in a phone interview. In 2017, more than 10,000 deceased donors contributed to nearly 29,000 transplants in the United States, according to the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Living donors contributed organs for an additional 6,000

a statement. South African Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa tweeted: “A baobab tree has fallen, the nation has lost a one of a kind.” Mr. Masekela began playing the horn at 14 and quickly became an integral part of the 1950s jazz scene in Johannesburg as a member of the band the Jazz Epistles and a member of the orchestra in the groundbreaking jazz opera, “King Kong.” In the 1960s when he was 21, Mr. Masekela left South Africa and began three decades in exile in the United Kingdom and the United States. He used his music to spread awareness about South Africa’s oppressive system of white minority rule. He returned to South African in 1990 after Mr. Mandela was freed and the ban was lifted on the African National Congress party. He released more than 40 albums. His global appeal hit new heights in 1968 when his instrumental single, “Grazin’ in the Grass,” went to No. 1 on the music charts in the United States. As well as close friendships with jazz legends like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Mingus, Mr. Masekela also recorded with the Byrds and performed alongside stars such as Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix at the famed 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Still performing 50 years on, Mr. Masekela toured Europe in 2012 with Paul Simon to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mr. Simon’s classic album “Graceland,” on which Mr. Masekela and several other South African musicians performed. Mr. Masekela was married to singer and activist Miriam Makeba, known as “Mama Africa,” from 1964 to 1966. He supported many charities and was a director of the Lunchbox Fund, a nonproﬁt that provides daily meals to students in Soweto township. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a tweet that Mr. Masekela was “a titan of jazz and of the anti-apartheid struggle. His courage, words and music inspired me, were heard across the world and strengthened the resolve of those ﬁghting for justice in South Africa.”

a discussion previously, and 61 percent would donate if no discussion had occurred. At the same time, 12 percent of survey takers were wary about getting the right medical attention during a life-saving procedure at a hospital if there was potential for organs to be donated. In particular, 20 percent of African-Americans voiced this concern. But transplant surgeons say health care teams caring for critically ill people are separate from the organ transplant teams. Dr. Sander Florman, director of the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, told Reuters Health by email, “The doctors taking care of the patient are not the same people involved with the transplant team or the organ procurement organization.” The transplant team “is only called in when patients meet the criteria for brain death or unrecoverable injuries,” Dr.

Florman said. “A ‘virtual firewall’ separates the care of the patient from the ‘organ donor’ consideration process,” said Dr. Thomas Fishbein, executive director of the Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute in Washington, in an email. Howard Nathan, president and CEO of the Gift of Life Donor Program in Philadelphia, told Reuters Health by phone, “The key is helping individuals make individual decisions and getting the myths out of the way. It’s all about neighbors helping neighbors and sharing the positive stories we’ve heard.” Recently, he said, a woman visited the Gift of Life office to tell her husband’s story of organ donation. He was a fireman who died in the line of duty. His organs were used to save five patients. “She told our staff it was one of the most important things she could do in honor of her husband who was always saving lives,” Mr. Nathan said.

St. Peter Baptist Church Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Worship Opportunities Sundays:

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays): Church School Morning Worship

Thursdays:

Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults)

8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.

Sunday, January 28th 11:00 a.m. Join us as we celebrate Youth Emphasis and let the “Youth Take Over.” The “Youth Take Over” will display our youth leadership and “Speak Out!” skills while serving as worship participants during service. 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

“The Church With A Welcome”

Sharon Baptist Church 500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825

Serving Richmond since 1887 3200 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223• (804) 226-1176

Dedication & Consecration Service sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 8:30 a.m. ....Sunday School 10:00 a.m. ...Morning Worship

Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. ..... Prayer Service 6:30 p.m. ..... Bible Study

Thursdays 1:30 p.m. Bible Study

FirstMBaptist Church idlothian 13800 Westfield Dr., Midlothian, VA 23113 804-794-5583 • www.firstbaptistchurch1846.com

172 Church Anniversary

Rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor

SAturdAy, FebruAry 3, 2018 1:00PM - 4:00PM reception

172nd Church Anniversary Celebration Our theme:

“Keep Us Forever in the Path We Pray” SundAy, FebruAry 4, 2018

9:45 AM - Church School 11:00 AM - Worship Service & Celebration

Guest preacher: rev. dr. William Jackson, Sr. of Emmanuel Community Church in Chesterfield

tueSdAy 12 noon - bible Study WedneSdAy 7:00 PM - youth & Adult bible Study 8:15 PM - Prayer & Praise

Sunday 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

WedneSday 12:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Bible Study

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Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 (804) 276-0791 office (804)276-5272 fax www.ndec.net

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All ARe Welcome

Good Shepherd Baptist Church 1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402

Church Anniversary

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You” Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

Sunday

Mount Olive Baptist Church Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

2018 Theme: The Year of Transition (Romans 8:28-29)

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8775 Mount Olive Avenue Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone (804) 262-2397 Fax www.mobcva.org

Sundays

8:00 a.m. Early Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship

Tuesdays

Noon Day Bible Study

8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

Wednesday Services Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m. Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Prayer

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

Wednesdays

6:30 p.m. Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.” Visit www.ndec.net.

Friday, March 2, 2018 7:30 PM • Sunday, March 4, 2018 9:00 AM Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m. Thursday & Friday Radio Broadcast WREJ 1540 AM Radio - 8:15 a.m.- 8:30 a.m.

THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!! Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 4th Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

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Richmond Free Press

Obituaries/Faith Directory

William T. Stone Sr., former substitute judge, Williamsburg funeral home owner, dies at 87 By Ronald E. Carrington

William Thomas Stone Sr. made history in 1968, when he was one of the first African-Americans appointed to the judiciary in Virginia. Admitted to the bar in 1962, Mr. Stone was appointed a substitute judge in Williamsburg and James City County in 1968. He presided over cases in general district court and juvenile and domestic relations court for 30 years. Mr. Stone also was a licensed funeral director and owned Whiting’s Funeral Home in Williamsburg, a business started in the 1930s by his aunt and uncle through which he helped thousands of families during their time of loss. Mr. Stone, 87, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. His life will be celebrated by family and friends during a funeral at noon Saturday, Jan. 27, at Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway in Williamsburg. On Friday, Jan. 26, the family will receive friends from noon to 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 725 Scotland St. in Williams-

burg, and from 5 to 8 p.m. at Whiting’s Funeral Home, 7005 Pocahontas Trail in Williamsburg. A graduate of Bruton Heights High School in Williamsburg, Mr. Stone earned an undergraduate degree from Central State College in Wilberforce, Ohio, in 1953, and then served in the Army in South Korea. Upon returning to the United States, he attended mortuary school at the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Mr. Stone Science and Embalming in Boston, earning a certificate in 1956. While working in Washington, he earned a law degree from American University’s evening division and began practicing law in Newport News and then Williamsburg in the early 1960s. Through his practice, he mentored other young lawyers who have gone on to successful law practices and judicial careers.

Mr. Stone was among several African-American judges in the South featured in a March 1971 article in Ebony magazine. He resigned as a substitute judge in May 1998 after the State Bar publicly reprimanded him for failings in his private law practice. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the National Funeral Directors Association and was a member of the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Mr. Stone also was a founding member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Zeta Mu Mu Chapter in Williamsburg, where he was named Omega Man of the Year in 2008. He also was a member of the Masons and the Elks. Survivors include his wife, Sara Cumber Stone; three sons, William T. Stone Jr. of Kennesaw, Ga., Michael R. Stone of Richmond, and Christopher D. Stone of Atlanta; a daughter, Jacquelyn E. Stone, a partner at McGuireWoods law firm in Richmond; a sister, Edna Stone of Steilacoom, Wash.; a brother, Horace Stone of Randallstown, Md.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Retired teacher Margaret Dungee, 88, dies By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Margaret Inez Rollins Dungee felt called to teach. The Richmond native “loved children, delighted in seeing them learn and went to long lengths to see others obtain college educations,” her daughter, Veronica D. Abrams, stated. Ms. Dungee’s contributions to the education of Richmond children are being remembered following her death Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Northern Virginia, where she was living with her daughter. She was 88. Raised by her grandmother, Mary C. Townes, Ms. Dungee graduated from Armstrong High School and went to Howard University, but left when she married. She returned to college in the early 1960s and earned her undergraduate degree at Virginia Union University. Later receiving a master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Ms. Dungee taught in elementary grades in Richmond Public Schools. She became best known for her work as a reading teacher, seeking to boost literacy among children struggling with words and comprehension. She earned Teacher of the Year honors during her 32-year RPS career.

Ms. Dungee also advocated for improved working conditions and better pay for teachers. She became a voice for city teachers as the president of the Richmond Teachers Association, a predominantly African-American group. She went on to become the first African-American woman to lead the Richmond Education Association after the RTA and the formerly all-white REA combined following the 1967 merger of Ms. Dungee their respective state associations. After retiring from RPS in 1994, Mrs. Dungee helped prepare future teachers for the classroom as an adjunct professor at VUU. She also participated in several civic groups and was a former president of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She also belonged to the Delver Junior Woman’s Club and also was a member of Tiffany Models. Her daughter said Ms. Dungee also was committed to helping

AME Bishop John Hurst Adams succumbs at 90

others, including providing food baskets, clothing and furniture to families in need as well as contributing and raising money for college scholarships. Ms. Dungee loved traveling, entertaining and singing, most notably in church choirs. She was a past president of the Senior Choir at Fifth Baptist Church, where she was a member most of her life. She also sang in the Gospel Choir at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax Station after moving there. That choir honored her by traveling to Richmond to sing at the celebration of her life on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Fifth Baptist Church. The church’s senior pastor, the Rev. Earl M. Brown, delivered the eulogy, and she was interred in Riverview Cemetery. In addition to her daughter, survivors include her brother, Paul Long; her sister, Sandye L. Matthews; and two grandchildren.

Sixth Baptist Church Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New A 21st Century Church We Embrace Diversity — Love For All! With Ministry For Everyone

Sunday, January 28, 2018 10:45AM – Worship & Praise Message by: Pastor Bibbs

3:30PM – Combined Ushers Anniversary Guest Preacher: Dr. Leo Whitaker New Executive Minister Baptist General Convention

Free Press wire reports

He also studied at Boston University at the same time as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and marched with COLUMBIA, S.C. Dr. King during several civil rights demonstrations, Bishop John Hurst Adams, a nationwide reliincluding the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march gious and civil rights leader who was a strong in Alabama. voice for removing the Confederate flag from the Decades later, Bishop Adams was among those who South Carolina State House dome, died Wednesday, fought for South Carolina, the last state in the nation, Jan. 10, 2018. to recognize Dr. King’s birthday as a state holiday. He was 90. Bishop Adams served A.M.E. churches across Bishop Adams stood out in the African Methodist the country, including First A.M.E. Church in SeEpiscopal Church and among activists in the nation’s attle, before returning to South Carolina in 1992 fight for racial justice, bringing the two platforms as a bishop. His religious platform put him close Bishop Adams together for a time in South Carolina. to many of the state’s political leaders, of whom he “He had zero tolerance for injustice,” said J.T. McLawhorn, was unabashedly critical at times. director of the Columbia Urban League who worked to address Bishop Adams never bit his tongue, said Bobby Donaldson, social justice issues with Bishop Adams. “He was not just a a civil rights historian at the University of South Carolina, rabble-rouser just to cause disruption. He was concerned about where Bishop Adams’ collection of personal papers is housed the betterment of society as a whole.” with his father’s. Beyond his religious and political pulpits, Bishop Adams’ “He was respectful, but if he thought you were on the wrong career included serving as president of Paul Quinn College in side of an issue, on the wrong side of history, he would tell Waco, Texas, and on the board of trustees for Allen University you,” Mr. Donaldson said. in Columbia, S.C. Bishop Adams used his platform to further the fight for social He also founded the Congress of National Black Churches, justice issues, including the removal of the Confederate flag from which coordinated black churches of all denominations from the South Carolina State House dome. It was removed in 2000. around the country. Bishop Adams’ A.M.E. tenure in South Carolina ended in Bishop Adams was born Nov. 27, 1927, in Columbia and 2000, and he retired from the A.M.E. church in 2004. studied at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, Union Survivors include his wife, Dolly Desselle Adams of Atlanta, Theological Seminary and Harvard University. three children and eight grandchildren.

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Zion Baptist Church 2006 Decatur Street Richmond, VA 23224 zbcoffice@verizon.net

Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr., Pastor Sunday Service 10 a.m. Church School 8:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7p.m.

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Ebenezer Baptist Church 1858

“The People’s Church”

216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 Tel: 804-643-3366 • Fax: 804-643-3367 Email: ebcoffice1@yahoo.com • web: www.richmondebenezer.com Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

11:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Every 3rd Sunday 2nd Sunday, 11 a.m. Mon. 6:30 p.m. Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wed. 6:45 p.m. Wed. 4:30 p.m. Wed. 6:00 p.m. Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus  Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor

Broad Rock Baptist Church

Baptist Church 2604 Idlewood Avenue Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 www.riverviewbaptistch.org Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus

5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. 4th Sunday Uniﬁed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 A.M.

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

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1215 Jefferson Davis Highway (South Chapel) Richmond, Virginia 23224

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400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Open House: 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Dedication Ceremony: 3 p.m.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 5, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-012 To authorize the special use of the property known as 10 West Leigh Street for the purpose of permitting a multifamily dwelling with up to 14 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is currently zoned R‑63 (Multi‑family Urban Residential). The City of Richmond’s adopted Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Neighborhood Mixed-use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed-use districts. They are an urban, walkable environment with limited neighborhood-oriented uses incorporated along key commercial corridors and at corner sites. No residential density is specified for this land use category. The density of the proposed development is approximately 113 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-013 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1090 German School Road for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling with up to 96 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s current Land Use Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as M ult i‑fa m ily M ed iu m Density. Primary uses are multi‑family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre. Includes day nurseries, adult day care and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be approximately 31 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-014 To amend Ord. No. 85193-244, adopted Oct. 28, 1985, as previously amended by Ord. No. 88-210-196, adopted Sep. 12, 1988, Ord. No. 92367-314, adopted Oct. 12, 1992, Ord. No. 201113-26, adopted Feb. 28, 2011, and Ord. No. 2017248, adopted Jan. 8, 2018, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 1090 and 1100 German School Road for use as an elderly housing facility, to remove 1090 German School Road from the special use permit, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s current Land Use Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as M ult i‑fa m ily M ed iu m Density. “Primary uses are multi‑family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre. Includes day nurseries, adult day care and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. (City of Richmond Master Plan, p. 133). The property is located in the R‑3 Single‑family Residential Zoning District. Ordinance No. 2018-015 To authorize the special use of the property known as 807 Pepper Avenue for the purpose of two singlefamily detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R‑4 Single‑family Residential Zoning District. The City’s Master Plan recommends S i n g l e ‑ F a m i l y Low‑Density land use for the property. This designation calls for single‑family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi‑public uses. The proposed density of the development is approximately 3 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-016 To authorize the special use of the property known as 900 St. James Street for the purpose of a building with non-residential uses on the first floor and up to 12 dwelling units on the upper floors, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Continued on next column

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Master Plan currently recommends Institutional and Single‑Family (low density) land use for the property. Primary Institutional uses include places of worship, private schools, universities, museums, hospitals and other care facilities. (Richmond Master Plan, p. 135). The primary uses for Single‑Family (low density) land use include single‑family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre and residential support uses such as churches, parks, and recreational facilities (p. 133). The density of the proposed development is approximately 14 units per acre.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile Counsel for Plaintiff

0614/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John D. Walker and Ruby Mae Walker. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN D. WALKER, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, RUBY MAE WALKER, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JOHN D. WALKER, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RUBY MAE WALKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VERNON O. WOODY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4173 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2318 Venable Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000425/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Vernon O. Woody. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VERNON O. WOODY, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that VERNON O. WOODY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2017-236 To amend ch. 12, art. I of the City Code by adding therein a new § 12-11.01 for the purpose of requiring the Chief Administrative Officer to cause to be developed a ten-year citywide infrastructure maintenance plan for the purpose of identifying, funding, and completing City infrastructure maintenance projects. ( COMMI T T EE : Governmental Operations, Thursday, January 25, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-010 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Police Mutual Aid Joint Aviation Agreement between the County of Henrico, Virginia, the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, and the City of Richmond, Virginia, for the purpose of operating a joint aviation unit to support aerial law enforcement activities in the party jurisdictions. Ordinance No. 2018-011 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia Commonwealth University for the purpose of establishing cooperation between the City’s Department of Police and the Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department in the furnishing of certain law enforcement services. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk

Divorce

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF Richmond MADISON ARCHER, Plaintiff v. LENNOX ARCHER, Defendant. Case No.: CL17-5048-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a final decree of divorce allowing plaintiff, Madison Archer, to be divorced from the defendant, Lennox Archer, on the grounds the parties have lived separate and apart, continuously and without interruption, for a period of more than one (1) year; and to enter such orders as necessary and appropriate during the course of this suit. An affidavit having been filed that the whereabouts and/or residence of the defendant has been unknown to the plaintiff since on or before December 2015, it is ORDERED that the Defendant, Lennox Archer, appear before this Court on or before the 1st day of March, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Eileen McNeil Newkirk, Esq. The McNeil Law Group 2315 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23223 Telephone (804) 648-5580 Facsimile (804) 648-5583 Virginia Bar No.: 40187 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VIDAL CRUZ ELIAS, Plaintiff v. GUADALUPE GRAVE BENITO, Defendant. Case No.: CL17003502-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of March, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4637 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2405 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120224/066, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, the last owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF Richmond ALVA ESTEFANI MORALES, Plaintiff v. SUARLYN HUMBERTO MARROQUIN, Defendant. Case No.: CL17-5184-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year. It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, Suarlyn Humberto Marroquin, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, Suarlyn Humberto Marroquin, appear before this Court on or before the 7th day of March, 2018, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN D. WALKER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-113 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1312 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM M. ABRAMS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-55 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1905 Maddox Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120226/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William M. Abrams. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM M. ABRAMS, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM M. ABRAMS and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. PHOEBE A. CRUMP, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-54 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2009 Cedar Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000252/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Phoebe A. Crump. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, PHOEBE A. CRUMP, who upon information and belief is deceased, and her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that PHOEBE A. CRUMP, who upon information and belief is deceased, and her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT GRIFFITH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-56 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3207 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-2134/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ROBERT GRIFFITH. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT GRIFFITH, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT GRIFFITH, who upon information and belief is deceased and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. GRACE B. WALKER, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5620 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4100 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090449/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Grace B. Walker and Curtis Best. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CURTIS BEST, who upon information and belief, died on August 5, 2016, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MRC RECEIV A B L E S CORP, and BULLHEAD INVESTMENTS, LLC, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CURTIS BEST, who upon information and belief, died on August 5, 2016, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MRC RECEIVABLES CORP, BULLHEAD INVESTMENTS, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney Continued on next column

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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MAUD J. SHEPPERSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-110 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 6321 Daytona Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0070553/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Maud J. Shepperson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MAUD J. SHEPPERSON, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MAUD J. SHEPPERSON, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JAMES R. HOLMES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5574 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 205 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1549/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James R. Holmes and Audrie H. Holmes. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES R. HOLMES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, AUDRIE H. HOLMES, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that J A ME S R . H O L ME S , AUDRIE H. HOLMES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARVIN C. DURHAM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5141 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 606 Freeman Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0001586/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Marvin C. Durham. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARVIN C. DURHAM, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that GREAT SENECA FINANCIAL CORP, a dissolved Maryland corporation, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” Continued on next column

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IT IS ORDERED that M A RVI N C . D U R H A M , G RE A T S E N EC A F I N A N CI A L COR P, a dissolved Maryland corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. COMMUNICATIONS, INC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5851 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1337 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071134/035, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Communications, Inc. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, LLC, a limited liability company not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on October 12, 2012, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that MARY ANNE HOOKER, Registered Agent for ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, LLC, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on October 12, 2012, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, WALTER L. HOOKER, LLC, a limited liability company not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on October 12, 2012, on October 12, 2012, MARY ANNE HOOKER, Registered Agent for ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, LLC, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 1220241 on October 12, 2012, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN G. DUNN, JR., et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-6120 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2505 Oakland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071376/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record John G. Dunn and Martha A. Dunn. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOHN G. DUNN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and MARTHA A. DUNN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JOHN G. DUNN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARTHA A. DUNN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. W. S. WATKINS, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5150 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2615 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000642/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, W. S. Watkins, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, W. S. WATKINS, JR, who upon information and belief is deceased, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that THELMA A. WATKINS, who upon information and belief is deceased, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WILLIE S. WATKINS, III, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, which may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that W. S . WAT K I N S , J R , who upon information and belief is deceased, THELMA A. WATKINS, who upon information and belief is deceased, WILLIE S. WATKINS, III, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LOTTIE MILLER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-6033 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2417 Marion Mashore Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0566/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lottie Miller, Rozelle Moss, Annie Wyche and Marie Payne. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LOTTIE MILLER, ROZELLE MOSS, ANNIE WYCHE, and MARIE PAYNE, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that LOTTIE MILLER, ROZELLE MOSS, ANNIE WYCHE, MARIE PAYNE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARK D. MILITANA, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4786 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3101 Porter Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001357/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate

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taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mark D. Militana. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARK D. MILITANA, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that VIRGINIA BUSINESS BANK, a terminated corporation per the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and CANTOR AND CANTOR, LLP, a cancelled Virginia limited liability company, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that M A R K D . M I L I TA N A , VIRGINIA BUSINESS BANK, a terminated corporation per the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, CANTOR AND CANTOR, LLP, a cancelled Virginia limited liability company, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3214 2nd Avenue , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2304 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. A.L. HENDRICK, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL-17-6054 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4100 Rear Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0449/038, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, A. L. Hendrick. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, A.L. HENDRICK, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that A.L. HENDRICK and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3214 2nd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1070 005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHURCH HILL PROPERTIES, LC, et al., Case No. CL17 2549, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3310 2nd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1071 007 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. KENNETH H. TYLER, et al., Case No. CL17 2437, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3310 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances,

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1701 3rd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0419 009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. PERCY R. WILSON, et al., Case No. CL17 3385, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1701 3rd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JACK W. BIGGINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL17-6053 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4418 Arnwood Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090972/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jack W. Biggins. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JACK W. BIGGINS, has not been located and as not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JACK W. BIGGINS and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2208 3rd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0559 003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROSA E. THORNTON, et al., Case No. CL17 3696, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2208 3rd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2304 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0610 007 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN D. HEMPFIELD, et al., Case No. CL17 4451, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3125 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0998 014 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES MILLER SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3386, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3125 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3301 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N005 1184 001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FRANKLIN JAMES POLLARD, SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3725, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3301 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3306 5th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N005 1184 013 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. WILBER GREEN, et al., Case No. CL17 2652, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3306 5th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 223 East 15th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0191 010 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on August 25, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LATISHA CARSON, et al., Case No. CL17 1663, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 223 East 15th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 124 East 18th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0236 022 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LEWIS BOOKER, et al., Case No. CL17 2966, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 124 East 18th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the Continued on next page

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tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

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to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROBERT BOOKER, et al., Case No. CL17 3383, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 608 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 800 Akron Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1606 North 21st Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0774 007 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ARTHUR L. DAVIS, et al., Case No. CL17 3388, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1606 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1807 North 21st Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1080 017 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. GREGORY BLOUIN, et al., Case No. CL17 4377, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1807 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1412 North 22nd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0776 020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FREDERICK GOETZ, JR., et al., Case No. CL17 3727, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1412 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1416 North 22nd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0776 018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. NEHEMIAH FOBBS, et al., Case No. CL17 3726, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1416 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1412 North 23rd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0708 008 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. PANSY J. VAUGHT, et al., Case No. CL17 4978, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1412 North 23rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 608 North 29th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0527 020 Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1511 North 29th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0792 026 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ELIZABETH HOLT, et al., Case No. CL17 3387, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1511 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1008 North 35th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0964 020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. NANNIE M. WALDEN, et al., Case No. CL17 3408, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1008 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1210 North 35th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1273 037 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IRENE E. WINFREE, et al., Case No. CL17 3870, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1210 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 800 Akron Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N018 0478 018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FANNIE SMITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3607, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3126 Alvis Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1044 003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. BEATRICE W. BROADDUS, et al., Case No. CL17 3440, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3126 Alvis Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions Continued on next page

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and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1424 -1426 Bainbridge Street , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 4 East Bacon Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0228 016 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. HELENA POINDEXTER WITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3895, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 4 East Bacon Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 16 East Bacon Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0228 023 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. HELENA POINDEXTER WITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3608, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 16 East Bacon Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1424-1426 Bainbridge Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0153 002 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LUCILLE B. MILES, et al., Case No. CL17 3986, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2111 Barton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0450 009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FLOYD VAUGHAN, et al., Case No. CL17 2763, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2111 Barton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3210 Barton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1134 006 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IRENE SMITH aka IRENE HALLIE JACKSON, et al., Case No. CL17 3606, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3210 Barton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3516 Belt Boulevard, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C009 0692 022 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. B & J PAVING INC., et al., Case No. CL17 3605, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3516 Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2307 Carrington Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0470 004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. GRACE M. D. MEREDITH, et al., Case No. CL12 3834, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2307 Carrington Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1909 Chelsea Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0832 005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES ADAMS, et al., Case No. CL17 4998, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1909 Chelsea Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 805 West Clay Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0351 010 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IDA B. HAYDEN, et al., Case No. CL17 4689, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 805 West Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3121 Cliff Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1044 025 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ERIC L. BURRELL, et al., Case No. CL17 3619, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3121 Cliff Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 112 South Colonial Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA W000 1281 019 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on April 21, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES P. HURD, et al., Case No. CL16 4839, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 112 South Colonial Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the Continued on next page

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successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N016 0081 007 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ELSIE LAINER, et al., Case No. CL17 3985, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3611 Edgewood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 6421 B Glyndon Lane , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2914 Decatur Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 1341 001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ELLA MAE BLANKENSHIP, et al., Case No. CL17 4615, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2914 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1326 Drewry Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1134 033 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. COMMUNICATIONS INC., et al., Case No. CL17 3982, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1326 Drewry Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3611 Edgewood Avenue, Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2115 Ford Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0598 024 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. VIRGINIA MILES, et al., Case No. CL17 4200, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2115 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2920 Garland Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0889 009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLAUDE VINCENT LEWIS, et al., Case No. CL17 3621, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2920 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3505 Garland Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N016 0159 005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IRVING R. WINFREE, et al., Case No. CL17 3994, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3505 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 6421 B Glyndon Lane, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C004 0945 018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLARA DICKERSON aka CLARA BURTON, et al., Case No. CL17 4272, a suit Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 6421 C Glyndon Lane, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C004 0945 020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLARA DICKERSON aka CLARA BURTON, et al., Case No. CL17 4271, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 6421 C Glyndon Lane, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1513 Hopkins Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C009 0199 040 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. PROPERTY VENTURES, INCORPORATED, et al., Case No. CL17 4174, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1513 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3422 Keighly Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008 0780 017 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES H. DAVIS, et al., Case No. CL17 2855, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3422 Keighly Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1701 Magnolia Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0663 020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. GLENN L. PARKER, et al., Case No. CL17 4997, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will Continued on next page

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offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1701 Magnolia Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

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to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1400 Melton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1102 027 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. HAROLD HAYES BROWN, et al., Case No. CL17 5034, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1400 Melton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1307 Minefee Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1134 056 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. DANE TYLER, et al., Case No. CL17 3701, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1307 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1418 MineFee Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1284 009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES H. MEALY, et al., Case No. CL17 2438, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1418 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 207 Minor Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0375 004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. INDIANA T. HILL, et al., Case No. CL17 4764, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 207 Minor Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2509 North Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0541 023 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. RALPH STOKES, et al., Case No. CL17 2853, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2509 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2606 North Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0641 006 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOSEPH ZIMBLIST CARRINGTON, et al., Case No. CL17 2649, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2606 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 710 Oak Park Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N018 0531 020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FLORENCE CARTER, et al., Case No. CL17 4806, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 710 Oak Park Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1428 Oakwood Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1271 018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ALBERTA BLANKENLY, et al., Case No. CL17 3685, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1428 Oakwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 9 Overbrook Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0539 005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. EMANUEL M. HEWLETT, et al., Case No. CL17 5167, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 9 Overbrook Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 962 Pink Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0425 016 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LANGSTON DEBERRY, et al., Case No. CL17 4078, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 962 Pink Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 964 Pink Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Continued on next page

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E000 0425 015 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LILLIE VIRGINIA WILEY, et al., Case No. CL17 4080, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 964 Pink Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2414 Ruffin Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Wine and Beer on Premises/ Mixed Beverage on Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Brad Barzoloski, owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1941-1947 Powell Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C008 0217 004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. THERES TAYLOR SPARKS, et al., Case No. CL17 3650, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1941-1947 Powell Road , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2110 Redd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0665 033 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. A-MASS, INC., A Purged Virginia Corporation, et al., Case No. CL17 3262, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2110 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2216 Royall Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1581 002 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES WILLIAM SANFORD, et al., Case No. CL17 3259, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2216 Royall Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2414 Ruffin Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008 0706 007 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROBERT LEROY NELSON, SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3261, a suit for the sale of Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2708 Selden Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E012 0292 009 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROBERT L. SNOW, et al., Case No. CL17 3127, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2708 Selden Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2511 Whitcomb Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E012 0224 016 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN THOMAS, et al., Case No. CL17 4376, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2511 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties,

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2109 Y Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1080 026 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. VAUGHAN M. CUNNINGHAM, et al., Case No. CL17 4375, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2109 Y Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time

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GRTC Transit System Planning Department seeks a undergraduate candidate to assist with various planning functions. Undergraduate degree required, preferably in urban planning or a related field. Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills are critical. The successful candidate will be proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe programs. For a more detailed job description and the ability to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc.com. A pre-employment drug screening will be required. GRTC Transit System is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment that values diversity in the workplace.

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK’S OFFICE, CITY OF RICHMOND DEPUTY CLERK/RECORD ROOM Immediate opportunity for energetic, dependable and professional candidate to work in downtown courts building. Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent customer service and telephone skills. Prior experience recording deeds, calculating fees and taxes, and/or records research a plus. COVER LETTER, RESUME AND SALARY HISTORY ARE REQUIRED PLEASE SUBMIT ALL THREE TO:

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New boss at VSU

Lynch confirmation delayed until 2015? Free Press staff, wire reports

Dr. Hammond

President Obama has set yet another precedent with his choice to succeed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Loretta Lynch, a 55-yearold Greensboro, N.C., native and Harvard educated lawyer, would be the nation’s first African-American female attorney general if confirmed by the U.S. Senate. As the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York since 2010, Ms. Lynch has worked on numerous high-profile cases involving Ms. Lynch police brutality, bank fraud and money laundering. Sources close to the Obama administration said they expected Ms. Lynch would generate little controversy, making for a smooth Senate confirmation process. The Senate twice previously has confirmed her nomination to federal prosecutor jobs, most recently in 2010. But senior Senate Democrats and White House aides said Ms. Lynch’s confirmation likely would be delayed until the new session of Congress starts in January. Her nomination then will rest in the hands of Republicans, who will control the upper chamber as a result of the Nov. 4 elections. Known for her low-key personality, Ms. Lynch has stirred little controversy during two tenures as U.S. attorney. She served in the position under President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001, before leaving for private practice. President Obama appointed her to the post once again in 2010. A Republican-majority Senate confirmed her 1999 appointment, while a Democraticmajority Senate confirmed her in 2010. Mr. Holder is the only attorney general to serve under President Obama, holding the job since 2009. He is the first African-American to hold the

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Stadium plan near death?

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Coach Michele Drayton enjoys being back with her players and assistant coach Wade Ellegood in the Albert H. Hill Middle School gymnasium Tuesday.

Heartwarming return for Albert Hill coach By Joey Matthews

“I felt loved and appreciated,” Coach Drayton told the Free Press Wednesday. “It was a special feeling for me to be back and get such a welcome. “It was like coming home,” she added. Parents of the players, along with her Albert Hill colleagues, walked over and welcomed her back with more hugs and well wishes. Although still weak from the stroke, Coach Drayton sat on the gymnasium bench and watched as her assistant, Wade Ellegood, coached Albert Hill to a win over Elkhardt in the Richmond Public Schools middle school playoff opener. “I felt like taking over, but he did a good job,” a happy Coach Drayton said afterward of her anxiety of having to watch,

Coach Michele Drayton walked into the Albert H. Hill Middle School gym for the first time since suffering a stroke last month. The players on her girls’ basketball team excitedly ran over, showering her with hugs. Surrounding her, they applauded and yelled, “Let’s win this one for Coach Drayton!” Putting their hands together in a team huddle, they yelled, “Do it for Coach Drayton! One! Two! Three!” It was a heartwarming homecoming for the longtime Albert Hill hoops coach, who returned to the team Nov. 4. She suffered a stroke Oct. 2 at her North Side home.

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instead of coach. Albert Hill lost its next game to the team from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School last Thursday in the playoff semifinals. But the Albert Hill players and Coach Drayton have much to be proud of. The team completed an 11-1 season, which included a 10-0 regular season. Under Coach Drayton, Albert Hill has recorded four consecutive unbeaten regular seasons and won the middle school league championship in 2011, finishing 13-0. Coach Drayton, 46, said she knew something was seriously amiss just prior to suffering the stroke. She had been experiencing a series of headaches and felt

Montague D. Phipps had big dreams three years ago when he bought a derelict duplex from the City of Petersburg for the rock-bottom price of $5,000. But when his dreams fell apart, he still came out ahead. He recently sold the still-ramshackle building for $50,000 — a far different outcome than he and the Petersburg government envisioned when Mr. Phipps was approved to buy the property in 2011. His case is attracting attention in part because he was able to flip the property for a profit and because of his ties to Petersburg City Councilman W. Howard Myers, who defeated a challenger Nov. 4 to win a second term as the Ward 5 representative.

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Young foodie Adilrah Johnson, 8, enjoys fresh-cut fries held by her mother, Shoshana. Mother and daughter tasted their way through Sunday’s GRAZE on Grace, a foodie’s delight. The first-time event featured nearly 30 restaurants and specialty food providers celebrating local and seasonal cuisine — from oysters on the half shell to banana tacos. Location: East Grace Street, between North 4th and North 7th streets.

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This is a view of the decaying property Montoya D. Phipps bought from the City of Petersburg for $5,000 and recently sold for $50,000. Location: 530-32 Fleet St., just across the Appomattox River from Virginia State University.

Mr. Phipps, an adjunct design instructor at Virginia State University, also makes his home and operates his interior design

business out of an apartment he leases from Mr. Myers. The apartment is in a five-unit building that Mr. Myers owns and

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where he, too, resides. There is no evidence that Mr. Myers pushed the sale of the property in the 500 block of Fleet Street to Mr. Phipps. Petersburg council records also support Mr. Myers’ assertion that “I had no involvement” in the vote approving the sale. Mr. Myers is listed as abstaining from the otherwise unanimous vote of support for the recommendation from City Manager William Johnson III to sell the Fleet Street property to Mr. Phipps without any strings attached. But even if there was no connection to Mr. Myers, this sale exemplifies the shortcomings of the program whose goal is to rev up development and job creation in a city that

Virginia State University is heading into its biggest game of the season minus a key component — quarterback Tarian Ayres. Mr. Ayres, a 20-year-old sophomore from Dillwyn, has been suspended from playing in the CIAA championship game Saturday against Winston-Salem State University, school officials announced. The school-mandated suspension stems from Mr. Ayres’ arrest Sunday, Nov. 9, on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol and speeding. He was arrested 2:05 a.m. Sunday about 25 miles southeast of Ettrick in Waverly, where he was stopped on U.S. 460. Mr. Ayres was clocked driving 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, and was spotted crossing the highway’s double solid line near Main Street. Waverly Police Officer C.M. Washington said he determined Mr. Ayres was intoxicated after administering sobriety checks, including a breathalyzer test. There were two passengers in Mr. Ayres’ car at the time of the arrest. He is scheduled to appear Nov. 18 in Sussex County General District Court.

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Petersburg man lost dream, but made $45,000 profit By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Quarterback sacked by DUI charge

Above, Martin “Marty” Cobb, 8, was killed while defending his beloved 12-year-old sister during a sexual assault on her last Thursday on South Side; right, grieving children comfort each other at Saturday evening’s community vigil to honor Marty.

8-year-old hero

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‘Marty’ Cobb slain while defending 12-year-old sister By Joey Matthews

Eight-year-old Martin “Marty” Cobb and his 12-year-old sister had a special bond. They were by all accounts inseparable as siblings, best friends and playmates. “They were never apart,” said the Rev. Theodore L. Hughey, the pastor at Abundant Life Church of God in Christ, the family’s church. They would ride bikes and big wheelers together, play side by side with children in their South Side neighborhood and brag about their mother’s fine down-home cooking, he told the Free Press.

Marty had a special affinity for keys of any type, the pastor added. In a tragic event that has captured the nation’s heart, Marty now is being fondly remembered as a courageous hero. Local and national media are telling the heart-rending story of how Marty died last Thursday afternoon bravely trying to protect his beloved sister from a sexual predator as they played near railroad tracks behind the family’s home in the 200 block of Brandon Road. A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday and charged with Marty’s murder and the attack on his sister, who sur-

vived and is recovering at a local hospital. Marty died from severe head trauma, police later reported. Neighbors reported the attacker struck Marty in the head with a brick. Last Saturday evening, about 200 family members, friends, neighbors and other community members somberly gathered outside Abundant Life to honor the endearing child with the small frame, indomitable spirit and warm, loving smile. Prior to the vigil, loved ones assembled around a sign in Marty’s yard that read: “Martin: A real hero lived, fought and died here.”

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SAN JOSE, Calif. Just months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist. It’s a switch he hopes will help further his goal of growing opportunities for black people and Latinos in the booming tech economy. “My life’s mission has been leveling the playing field and closing gaps in opportunity and success,” Mr. Jealous, 41, said. “I’m excited about trying a difMr. Jealous ferent approach.” The Northern California native and selfconfessed computer geek will be joining entrepreneurs Mitchell Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein at their venture capital investment firm that backs information technology start-ups committed to making a positive social impact. Fred Turner, who studies culture and technology as an associate professor at Stanford University, said it’s “fascinating that a person of his caliber and experience would move into this space.” Mr. Turner said there’s a deep question going on in the U.S. about how to accomplish positive social change. “In the Silicon Valley, they approach it entrepreneurially. In Washington, they approach it politically,” Mr. Turner said. “These are two very different modes.” Mr. Jealous said he and his family will remain in Silver Spring, Md., but he’ll commute to the West Coast about once a month. Mr. Jealous was named to the NAACP’s top post in 2008 after Free Press Editor/Publisher

Raymond H. Boone advocated on his behalf. He replaced former Verizon executive Bruce Gordon, who resigned under pressure from the NAACP board of directors in 2007 after Mr. Boone led a campaign showing Mr. Gordon favored corporate interests over those of the NAACP. Mr. Jealous was widely credited with improving the NAACP’s finances, donor base and outreach. He said he will never completely drop out Please turn to A4

“Little Marty is a hero,” stated City Council member Reva M. Trammell, who spoke at the vigil and represents the 8th District where the grieving family lives. “He was there when his sister needed him the most,” she added in response to a Free Press query. “Marty’s beautiful smile and his love for his sister will always be with us. Marty will always be in our hearts, and he will never, ever be forgotten.” Charles Willis, executive director of the Citizens Against Crime group that has helped lead vigils for more than 20 years in the city, said the turnout reflects a caring community. “Even though a crisis of this nature happens, this shows the strength of not only the city, but of the community,” Mr. Willis said. “When trouble comes to any community, we will respond in a positive fashion.” He described Marty’s mother, Sharain Spruill, as “very, very, very upset as well as hurt and trying to wrap her mind around why this happened her son.” Major Steve Drew, who directs Support Services with the Richmond Police Department, praised neighborhood residents

for providing information that resulted in the quick arrest. “The community really came together to seek justice for little Marty, the hero,” he said. Police said Marty’s sister first reported the attacker to be a white male, but later recanted and identified a black, 16-yearold neighbor as the attacker. She told police the teenager had threatened to hurt her if she told on him. It has been reported the suspect’s name is Mariese Washington. He has a history of violent behavior that includes a 2010 attack in the Mosby Court housing community on a 3-year-old boy. He hit the boy in the back of the head with a hammer. Th attack required the child to receive 100 staples and a metal plate in his head. The boy has spent four years in recovery, according to his family. The alleged killer of Marty made his first appearance in Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Monday in front of Judge Ashley K. Tunner. Authorities have declined to identify the suspect because Please turn to A4

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Jubilant couples head to courthouse for marriage licenses

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Joey Matthews

Will Mayor Dwight C. Jones be throwing out the first pitch at a new Shockoe Bottom baseball stadium two years from now? Not likely, if a City Council revolt against the stadium succeeds. Five members, led by Jonathan T. Baliles, the 1st District representative and potential 2016 mayoral candidate, undertook the revolt. They did so by removing from the proposed budget $12.6 million that was considered essential to creating a new home for the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels in the low-lying area of Downtown where the city was born and that later became infamous as the largest slave market north of New Orleans. Sending shockwaves through City Hall, the five began the revolt against the stadium last Thursday as the nine council members worked to craft the next capital budget, the spending plan for city construction. The stadium money was earmarked to redo underground piping for flood control. Without the money, the work to meet federal regulations for building in a flood plain could not be done. The stadium site near 17th and East Broad streets is defined as being in the flood plain. Mr. Baliles was joined in the decision to remove the $12.6 million and reallocate it to other city needs, such as improvements for aging school buildings, by Council President Charles R. Samuels, 2nd District; Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; and the two staunch stadium foes, Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District. The four members who wanted to keep the stadium money in place included: Council Vice President Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; Kathy C. Graziano, 4th District; Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, and Michelle R. Mosby, 9th District. The move is the first clear evidence that the mayor and his legion of business supporters

Shamika Fauntleroy accompanied her father Tuesday morning from their hometown of Tappahannock to the VCU Medical Center, where he was to undergo surgery. “My father looked at me when we got there and told me to go take care of my business first,” Ms. Fauntleroy told the Free Press. She and her longtime partner, Kristea Thompson, then drove the short distance to the John Marshall Courts Building in Richmond’s Downtown, where they bought a marriage license around 10 a.m. The two Tappahannock residents became the first African-American couple and 12th overall to purchase a marriage license from the Richmond Circuit Court Clerk’s Office after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages in Virginia and four /A6 other states Monday. They told the Free Press they plan to wed as soon as they can make the arrangements. The partners of 10 years already had celebrated their union at a Sept. 6 commitment service with family and friends at a home off Riverside Drive on South Side. “We already had that bond, but we wanted to take care of it legally as well,” Ms. Fauntleroy said. On Monday, the Supreme Court effectively allowed same-sex marriage to proceed in Virginia when it refused to take up a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the same-sex marriage ban. Gay and lesbian couples hurried to Virginia courthouses shortly after the news. Edward F. Jewett, clerk of the Richmond Circuit Court, said his office anticipated the change and, in August, changed gender references on marriage licenses to refer instead to spouses rather than husband and wife. Ms. Fauntleroy, 28, said she was on her job as an assistant manager at a Hardee’s restaurant in Warsaw when she heard the news that the marriage ban had been lifted. “I was like this,” she said, gleefully raising her arms with a mile-wide smile. “We had waited so long for this moment.” She called the Essex County Circuit Court about a license, “but they had no idea what had happened and could not help us,” she said. That’s when she and Ms. Thompson formulated plan B — to buy a license in Richmond. “This brings me the happiness I always wanted, to be able to legally say I’m going to share my life with her,” Ms. Fauntleroy said, sitting outside the John Marshall building with her future wife. “It’s a blessing,” Ms. Thompson, 30, an employee at June Parker Oil Co. in Tappahannock, added. “This shows things are Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press changing in each and every way.”

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Shamika Fauntleroy, left, and Kristea Thompson are planning a wedding ceremony after obtaining a marriage license Tuesday at the John Marshall Courts Building in Downtown.

Court ruling moves Va. to historic change By Jeremy M. Lazarus and Joey Matthews

Virginia joined the tidal wave of historic change this week, with the U.S. Supreme Court opening the door for same-sex marriage in the commonwealth. The nation’s highest court at its opening session Monday refused to take up a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. By leaving intact Virginia’s lower court ruling striking down a ban on gay marriage, as well Please turn to A6

Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver kiss after an impromptu ceremony outside the Downtown courthouse Monday. They became the first same-sex couple to wed in Richmond.

LOS ANGELES R&B superstar Chris Brown finally got some good news. A Los Angeles judge has said that the Tappahannock, Va., native could be released as early as this week from jail if attorneys can agree to terms for his release. The news comes as the pop star deals with criminal cases on the East Coast and West Coast. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin had earlier indicated Mr. Brown could be facing anywhere from a few months to more than a year in jail. Unfortunately for him, Mr. Please turn to A4

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Two years ago, the Republican-controlled General Assembly was accused of creating new congressional districts that packed Democratic-leaning black voters into the 3rd House District, reducing the influence of black voters on congressional elections in adjacent districts. This week, a divided federal court panel upheld critics’ complaints in finding that black voters were illegally overloaded into the district represented by

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Latin Ballet members Monte Jones and Ana Ines King deliver a flashy dance move Saturday at the lively ¿Qué Pasa? Festival in Downtown. The event’s name translates to “what’s happening” in English, and there was plenty happening at this spring showcase of Latin American culture, music, art and food. Location: The Canal Walk near 14th and Canal streets.

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Hampton provost to take reins Pamela V. Hammond is on track to become the first woman to lead Virginia State University in the school’s 132-year history, the Free Press has learned. School sources said Dr. Hammond, the current provost or chief academic officer at Hampton University, has emerged as the board of visitors’ choice to become interim president to replace Dr. Keith T. Miller, who submitted his resignation Oct. 31. The sources said Dr. Hammond is scheduled to meet with the board this Thursday, Nov. 13 — the date the board set for choosing an interim leader for the university in Ettrick. If all goes well, the board is expected to vote approval and introduce her as the choice for interim chief executive during the session, the sources said. The sources said Dr. Hammond is expected to serve while the board conducts a national search for the school’s 14th president. She would be regarded as a potential candidate, sources said, depending on her work as interim. Her start date could not be learned, but it could be soon after Jan. 1. Dr. Miller is to officially leave the post Dec. 31. A former nurse educator, Dr. Hammond will take over a public university grappling with major budget troubles as a result of an enrollment drop of more than 1,000 students. The problems led to cuts in student services and could force faculty and staff layoffs. She will arrive as VSU experiments with a new schedule

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Virginia’s lone black congressman, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott. Rep. Scott, a Democrat, has represented the district for 22 years. The district includes parts of Richmond, Newport News, Hampton and Norfolk and the counties of Henrico and Prince George, and all of Petersburg and Portsmouth and the counties of Rep. Scott Charles City and Surry. In a 2-1 decision, the panel deemed the current map in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause and ordered the state legislature to redraw the boundaries of the district by April 1. If not, the federal court panel will redraw the lines. Tuesday’s decision is expected to have a ripple effect and require redrawing the boundaries of the adjacent 2nd and 4th House districts and possibly others to rebalance populations.

The 2nd and 4th districts are represented by Republican Reps. Scott Rigell and J. Randy Forbes, respectively. But the upcoming congressional elections scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, will go forward with the current district lines. Along with writing the opinion for the panel’s majority, Judge Allyson K. Duncan of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also issued a separate order allowing the November elections to “proceed as scheduled under the existing redistricting plan,” but she barred future elections until a new redistricting plan is adopted. She and U.S. District Judge Liam O’ Grady, who joined her opinion, deemed it too late to do anything for the current round of elections. The third member of the panel, U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne, found no reason to overturn the redistricting plan.

on a Richmond radio talk show. “We’re going to work through the challenges we have today and come out of this a bigger, a better and a stronger university,” Dr. Miller told the audience of “The Jack Gravely Show.” In addition, Dr. Miller has announced he will hold separate meetings for students and faculty to provide more information on the school’s fiscal outlook and on the steps the university is taking to overcome what it now lists as a $19 million shortfall in revenue. He is slated to hold the town hall-style sessions Please turn to A4

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DALLAS The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died Wednesday morning in a hospital here. The case of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who came to the United States on Sept. 20, put health authorities on alert for the deadly virus spreading outside of West Africa. About 48 people who Mr. Duncan had direct or indirect contact with Mr. Duncan since his arrival were being monitored, but none have shown any symptoms as of Wednesday evening, according to health officials. Mr. Duncan’s case has led to expanded efforts by U.S. authorities to combat the spread of Ebola at its source in West Africa — and raised questions about the effectiveness of airport screening and hospital preparedness. Mr. Duncan, 42, became ill after arriving in Dallas to visit family. He went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sept. 25, but initially was sent home with antibiotics. His

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Dr. Keith T. Miller is pushing back against perceptions that he has been secretive and lacks the leadership skills to overcome Virginia State University’s financial woes. Facing student protests, faculty grumbling and alumni concerns about the university’s money troubles, Dr. Miller is taking fresh steps to open lines of communication and to quell efforts to force him to resign. Last week, he appeared with Hyisheem Calier, president of VSU’s Student Government Association,

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Richmond Public Schools is on track to gain an extra $9 million to help meet critical needs in the coming year. Police officers and firefighters also are on track to gain bigger raises of roughly 2.5 percent to help reduce turnover in public safety. But Richmond City Council’s efforts to pay for those priorities are expected to have an impact on other city services. Leaf collection and Sunday openings of the city’s public libraries could be wiped out, according to Mayor Dwight C. Jones’administration. And there could be a slowdown in obtaining permits and inspections for

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construction projects and in repairing broken streetlights, administration officials have told the council. So far, the mayor remains mum on whether he would consider vetoing some or all of council’s changes to his spending plan. The full list of changes that the council plans to make to Mayor Jones’ proposed twoyear budget will be on view Friday, May 8. That’s when the governing body will hold a special meeting to formally introduce its amendments to the mayor’s budget for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years that will begin July 1. Council is to vote on its proposals Friday, May 15, at another special meeting. Christopher L. Beschler, the city’s acting chief administrative officer (CAO), said the council’s proposals “will have a impact,” but he said he and his staff would need more time to understand the effects that council’s changes will cause. For Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Please turn to A4

Federal appeals court gives workers greater protection against racial harassment By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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A Maryland waitress who was fired after reporting that a manager twice called her “a porch monkey” has become a key figure in bolstering protections for workers who face racial harassment and abuse on the job. A federal appeals court in Richmond is using the civil rights lawsuit that Reya C. Boyer-Liberto filed against the resort hotel where she worked in 2010 to bolster efforts of workers who seek legal redress for a hostile workplace — even when their

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complaint involves only one or two incidents. In a decision issued May 7, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that even isolated incidents of racial abuse such as the one Ms. Boyer-Liberto faced can be enough to allow workers to seek damages and also to create a cause of action against employers who terminate a worker for reporting such abuse. Essentially, the court sent a message that racial bigotry has no place in the workplace. All 15 sitting judges of the court participated in hearing the

case that dismantles a requirement that employees must show a persistent pattern of racial hostility in order to get their day in court and protection from being fired. Twelve judges joined in the majority opinion, which revived Ms. Boyer-Liberto’s lawsuit against the Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel in Ocean City, Md., and its owner who fired her. A lower court and a panel of the 4th Circuit had tossed out her lawsuit on the grounds the racial slur she was subjected Please turn to A4

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Rayvon Owen’s eyes sparkled with delight. When the limousine carrying Rayvon and his mother, Patrice Fitzgerald, pulled up to the James Center in Downtown last Friday, about 1,000 cheering fans were waiting for him in the rain. “It’s crazy! It’s an insane feeling! I’m overwhelmed by happiness!” he told a Free Press reporter. Rayvon, who attended the Center for the Arts at Henrico High School and sang in the Richmond Boys Choir, returned home to a hero’s welcome after earning a spot in the Top 4 in the popular “American Idol” nationally televised singing competition. It is broadcast locally on Fox’s WRLH-TV Channel 35 in the Richmond area. While he was eliminated Wednesday night, he elicited

cheers from audience members in the California studio and brought a positive spotlight to Richmond. “He has made our city and our region so very proud,” Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones told the cheering audience of fans of all ages gathered for his homecoming celebration — from adoring teens to joyous office workers, including a Chesterfield County mom who presented Rayvon with a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Rayvon was joined by 2006 “American Idol” finalist Elliott Yamin of Richmond, who congratulated him with a big bear hug. The mayor called Rayvon “a positive role model” for young people from the area. Ready to sing, Rayvon took the microphone and bellowed,

The Richmond Police Department has stayed free of public accusations of police brutality as “Black Lives Matter” demonstrations grow locally and across the nation to protest atrocities by white police officers in the black community. The nearly 740-officer force has garnered mostly praise for its community policing efforts to gain closer ties with neighborhoods in the city it serves. Incoming Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham vows to take those efforts up a notch. “There’s always room for improvement,” the 51-year-old Washington native and current Richmond Police deputy chief of administration said Monday after he was introduced by Major Dwight C. Jones as the city’s next police chief in a news conference at City Hall. The mayor named his new top cop as a national furor grows over killings by white police officers of unarmed black men such as Eric Garner in New York City in July; Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Mo., in August; and Rumain Brisbon in Phoenix in December. In Richmond, young people in recent weeks have demonstrated and staged “die-ins” in Downtown and in the Fan District to draw attention to the police killings and the overall neglect of the black community. “I want to acknowledge that

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“We take an all-hands-on-deck approach to educating our children.” That’s how George Washington Carver Elementary School Principal Kiwana Yates enthusiastically describes the full community involvement approach she and her staff utilize. With it, they have achieved academic success against tall odds in the largely impoverished community served by the school at 1110 W. Leigh St. “Each school faces different challenges,” the third-year Carver principal told the Free Press. “A kid is a kid, and it doesn’t really matter where they come from. It takes a level of excellence from the teacher and the ability of the school to meet the needs of each child.” Carver is among only 11 of Richmond’s 44 public schools to earn full accreditation from the Virginia Department of Education after surpassing state standards in four core Standards of Learning tests administered last spring. Carver, with 95 percent of its 592 students in kindergarten through fifth grade being African-American, scored an average of 90 in science, 88 in English and 84 each in math and history. At least 75 percent of a school’s students must pass English and at least 70 percent must pass the other three tests in order for the school to be fully accredited. Carver also has been recognized as a Title I Distinguished School by the Virginia Department of Education. To qualify, a disadvantaged school receiving additional federal aid must meet all state and federal accountability requirements for two years and achieve average reading and mathematic SOL scores at the 60th percentile or higher. The school’s theme this year is “The Jewel of the Carver Community.” Early in the school year, Ms. Yates and her staff organized an “SOLabration,” a day of creative learning activities capped by a family fun night to recognize their accreditation. Staff wore “SOLabration” shirts to mark the day. Please turn to A4

Mayor touts anti-poverty efforts in city address By Joey Matthews

Mayor Dwight C. Jones spoke of “a tale of two cities” in his State of the City address. “Right now, one part of town is vibrant, prosperous and forward-looking,” he told an attentive audience of about 300 people Jan. 29 in the auditorium at Huguenot High School on South Side. “And then when you cross the Martin Luther King Bridge, you find another Richmond — one that has largely been ignored, overlooked and shunned. “The old Richmond allowed a generation of Richmonders to believe that they don’t have a chance to succeed,” he added. “Leaders made a decision to create public housing projects and push thousands of poor people into them.” The mayor spoke of a “resurgent” city early and often in his 22-minute speech that was greeted with

applause about a dozen times. However, he bluntly told the audience of city officials, politicos, community advocates and ordinary citizens, “We’ll reach our full potential only when we move beyond the tale of two cities.” He cited some of his administration’s povertyfighting efforts. Among those: • Opening the new Office of Community Wealth Building last June to spearhead the city’s anti-poverty initiatives. • Building new schools such as the $63 million Huguenot High School, the first new high school in the city since 1968. • Reducing concentrated pockets of poverty in the East End by transforming public housing communities into mixed-income neighborhoods. • Attracting new businesses, such as Stone Brewing Company in the Fulton neighborhood, to expand the city’s tax base and provide jobs. • Increasing workforce training. • Landing a $25 million federal grant for bus rapid transit along Broad Street from Rocketts Landing in the East End to Willow Lawn so people can get to jobs. • Opening the new Richmond Justice Center in Shockoe Valley and the Day Reporting Center in Downtown to provide more opportunities for offenders to gain rehabilitative services and decrease their prospects of returning to jail.

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Joyce Kenney holds an image of her grandson, Ra’Keem Adkins, 22, who was shot and killed in the Mosby Court public housing community May 7. Right, more than 200 people, including Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham, march from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School to Mosby Court calling for an end to the violence.

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For most of her adult life, Joyce Kenney has been an advocate for people living in the Mosby Court public housing community and other poor neighborhoods in the city. In that time, she has lobbied for more resources for people in disadvantaged communities. She also has attended countless vigils to comfort those mourning the deaths of their loved ones due to violence in the streets. On Tuesday night, it was Ms. Kenney’s turn to be consoled by community members. Her grandson, Ra’Keem Adkins, 22, was one of five shooting victims in Richmond May 7. He was shot multiple times and died on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of Redd Street shortly after 10 p.m. in Mosby Court in the city’s East End. Earlier in the day, Sylvester Nichols, 24, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Family Dollar Store in the 6500 block of Midlothian Turnpike on South Side. A third man also was shot that night about three miles away and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Angered by the ongoing black-on-black violence in the city, community activist J.J. Minor said he began planning an anti-violence rally last Saturday with the Mosby Court Tenant Council and fellow activist Charles Willis, who grew up in Mosby Court. “I’m tired and frustrated by the blackon-black crime,” Mr. Minor told the Free Press prior to the rally as he and other volunteers prepared hamburgers and hot dogs to serve along with potato chips, soft drinks and water to rally attendees.

He pointed to a decrepit basketball court a few yards from where Mr. Adkins was killed. The baskets had bent rims and no nets. “Look at that,” he said, shaking his head. “The city needs to step up to the plate and put more resources in impoverished communities.” He said he plans to contact community members, city officials, educators, business leaders and faith leaders to convene Please turn to A5

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MADISON, Wis. A Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot an unarmed biracial teenager in March, prompting several days of peaceful protests, will not be charged, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Officer Matt Kenny used justified lethal force in the March 6 shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said. Mr. Ozanne said Officer Kenny shot Mr. Robinson after the teen struck him in the head and tried to knock the officer down a staircase. “I conclude that this tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful Please turn to A5

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BALTIMORE There’s an uneasy quiet in Baltimore after six police officers were charged last week in the mysterious death of Freddie Gray while he was in their custody. Underneath the calm simmers apprehension and anger in the African-American community — ready to erupt again at any moment — if there’s another incident of police brutality against a black man in the town known as “Charm City.” That grim reality was clear Monday afternoon when angry community members

and officers in riot gear quickly converged in West Baltimore after an erroneous TV report stated police had shot and perhaps fatally injured a young African-American man who was seen running away from pursuing officers. The volatile scene was near where Mr. Gray, 25, was arrested by Baltimore police on April 12 and later hospitalized with severe spinal and larynx injuries suffered

after being handcuffed and tossed into a police van. He died April 19. But on Twitter, the Baltimore police department said reports of a man being shot were “not true,” and the potentially violent situation was defused. Baltimore has been on edg

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus until the Petersburg City Council decides whether to build a new The Petersburg City Jail is holding facility at a projected going to be shut down in March cost of $5 million. — forcing Petersburg Sheriff Sheriff Crawford, who has Vanessa Crawford to lay off the been fighting the decision, almajority of her staff of 98 depuready has warned that Petersburg ties and civilian employees. would have to pay Riverside Petersburg Mayor W. Howard nearly $3 million a year to house Myers announced Monday that the city’s inmates. That’s about the decision is final. as much as the city now spends Sheriff Crawford Saying Petersburg cannot afto operate its own jail. ford the $22 million to replace its antiquated The city also would incur a bigger bill for jail, Mayor Myers said that effective March prisoner transportation expenses and would 1, all new arrestees would be housed at the tie up police officers who will have to travel Riverside Regional Jail, located about 10 farther to book prisoners, she said. miles away in Prince George County. Sheriff Crawford said the decision would Current inmates would be transferred on force her to lay off at least 55 of her 78 or about March 15 to the regional facility deputies. She also will have to eliminate a that opened in 1997, was expanded in 2010 major share of the department’s 20 civiland can house up to 2,000 inmates. ian employees. The Petersburg jail, which houses about She and the remaining staff would be 200 inmates, dates to 1968. limited to providing security at the holding Petersburg is one of seven localities facility and the courthouse and serving civil that built and manages Riverside Regional papers. She noted that salaries of the half Jail. The city’s women prisoners already dozen deputies she would need to staff are housed there. the lockup would have to be paid by the After the transfer is complete, the city. The state only picks up the salaries mayor said the jail’s only use would be of deputies assigned to a jail. as a temporary lockup for inmates going Please turn to A4 to court or awaiting transfer to Riverside

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“It’s new for all of us,” Mayor Jones said. “It’s never happened in my lifetime or yours. But I know this: If we unite together and look forward, and invite our neighbors to join us, then we’ll continue to shape the city and the region we all want to call home.” The mayor kicked off his address touting the RichPlease turn to A4

State Dems hit with voting rights suit By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Did the Democratic Party of Virginia violate the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act in choosing its nominee to compete in a recent special election for a House of Delegates seat? Yes, say three African-Americans, who are taking their case to federal court. The trio allege the party trampled on their voting rights and those of thousands of Democrats like them in its zeal to eliminate Henrico Delegate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey as a nominee in the election he went on to win Jan. 13 as an independent. David M. Lambert, Gary G. Hill Sr. and his sister-in-law, Linda D. Hill, filed the suit Friday. According to their suit, the Democrats’ method of nomination intentionally excluded them and other African-American voters living in the majority-black 74th House of Delegates District, which includes Charles City County, 26 precincts

in eastern Henrico County and a single precinct in Richmond’s North Side. The lawsuit charges that the party, fearing such voters “might use their First Amendment rights to support a candidate the DPVA and other local party officials didn’t want to win the Democratic nomination,” imposed rules that “intentionally disenfranchised them all.” The suit seeks to bar the party from ever using any procedure to “disenfranchise and discriminate” against African-Americans and other party members in the selection of its nominees, which the suit describes as “a critical element of the electoral process.” The case, which is assigned to senior U.S. Judge Robert E. Payne, is one of the most significant involving voting rights in recent years in Virginia. The suit also is a huge embarrassment for

Selena Cuffee-Glenn just received a $5,700 salary bump — from $203,000 a year to $208,700 — though she will not start work as the city’s top administrator until Monday, May 18. Her benefits package also has been sweetened with a $5,700 increase in a retirement benefit paid by the city. City Council asked no questions about the unexpected pay hike in voting 9-0 Monday to confirm the former Suffolk city manager as Richmond’s new chief administrative officer. In mid-April when Mayor Dwight C. Jones announced Ms. Cuffee-Glenn Ms. Cuffee-Glenn as his choice for the No. 2 post at City Hall, he said she would start at $203,000 a year. His staff even produced the offer letter she signed stipulating her salary and a host of other benefits, including a $950 monthly car allowance and $15,000 a year in deferred compensation, essentially a retirement savings plan. Her new starting pay of $208,700 is listed in the ordinance that council members approved without public comment. Her deferred pay now is shown as $20,700 a year, with a $1,000 increase for each year of service, according to the ordinance. One thing that was eliminated in the altered package is the $950 monthly car allowance, which would have totaled to $11,400 a year. Apparently, Ms. Cuffee-Glenn traded the car allowance for improved starting pay and an increase in deferred compensation. Asked about the changes, Tammy Hawley, the press secretary for Mayor Jones, responded that the mayor and Ms. Cuffee-Glenn “ended up renegotiating some things.”

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Janeva Smith has seen many of her friends in foster care suddenly become homeless when they turn 18. They have nowhere to go, few life skills and little hope for the future. “I’ve had many friends who tried to commit suicide,” said Ms. Smith, who was 18 months old when she initially was placed in foster care in Plainfield, N.J. She was 14 when she entered foster care in Virginia, moving between foster families, group homes and shelters.

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“I’ve tried to commit suicide multiple times,” she said. “I’ve had many friends who face homelessness, have been incarcerated, many who don’t graduate from high school and others who got pregnant. “Life’s rough when you don’t have any support,” she continued. “Imagine not having anybody to call on Mother’s Day.” Now 22, Ms. Smith lives in Hillside Court in South Richmond. She spoke with a Free Press reporter last week at the West End headquarters of the Children’s Home Society of Virginia, an organization that she credits with providing her with services and guidance. The organization is collaborating with the Better Housing Coalition in Richmond to provide housing and supportive services to young adults being booted out of foster care on their 18th birthday. The Possibilities Project, as the collaboration is called, would start by housing 20 young people early next year, then add more

young adults as the project develops. In Virginia, children automatically “age out” of foster care when they reach age 18. According to the Children’s Home Society, about 700 young people fall into that category Ms. Smith each year in Virginia. Within two years, according to the organization, one in four of those young people will be incarcerated, one in five will be homeless and fewer than one in six will graduate from high school. Advocates point out that housing is an

especially critical need for this young and vulnerable population. They provided sad and gripping accounts of how some teens in foster care are packed up and taken to homeless shelters when they turn 18. One available option is independent living programs that are coordinated through local social services departments in Virginia. Youths no longer eligible for foster care can get housing until age 21 as long as they adhere to a contract requiring they are enrolled in school, working or in a counseling or treatment program. The contracts are personalized, designed to meet the specific needs of the young person. While under contract, they can receive Please turn to A4

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