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Ms. Cuffee-Glenn

City’s new CAO

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In her seven years of managing the City of Suffolk, Selena Cuffee-Glenn has garnered serious attention for turning the once nearly bankrupt city into a job magnet with a triple A bond rating.

Mayor Dwight C. Jones hopes that she will be equally successful in Richmond.

He introduced Ms. CuffeeGlenn on Wednesday as his choice for chief administrative officer, or CAO, of Richmond.

She will hold the No. 2 post to the mayor at City Hall.

A former planner at City Hall for 17 years, Ms. CuffeeGlenn will be the first woman to fill Richmond’s top professional management post on a permanent basis.

The only other woman to hold a similar post was Connie Bawcum, who served as acting city manager from 1997 to 1999. She filled in after Robert C. Bobb left and before Calvin Jamison arrived.

Anticipating quick confirmation from City Council, Mayor Jones said his new CAO would join his administration May 18.

A Chesapeake native, she accepted the mayor’s offer of a $203,000 annual base salary, a boost from her Suffolk salary of around $180,000 a year and at least $23,000 more than the city’s previous CAO. Ms. Cuffee-Glenn will take over from Christopher L. Beschler, who has served as interim CAO since Byron T. Marshall’s departure last September.

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A war hero comes home

After 64 years, Cpl. Lindsey C. Lockett laid to rest with full military honors

By Joey Matthews

Sixty-four years after Army Cpl. Lindsey Clayton Lockett died from insufferable conditions in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea, his remains were brought home and laid to rest in an emotional ceremony Saturday in Richmond, surrounded by tearful but proud family members.

“It’s a feeling of joy,” said his 64-year-old son, Lindsey Jr., who never met his father. He was born 10 days before his father, a 24-yearold enlistee, was captured and held prisoner during the Korean War on Dec. 1, 1950.

“He’s finally home. He’s back where he was born and raised. My family didn’t know if they’d ever find him.”

More than 100 people, including family, friends, veterans and other supporters, attended the poignant memorial service for Cpl. Lockett at New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield County, where Mr. Lockett is a deacon emeritus.

In addition to his son, other family members in attendance included Cpl. Lockett’s widow, Anna Lockett Brown, now 82, and his grandson, Leonardo Lockett, 44, a sergeant

with the National Guard Reserves.

“This was a great American fighting man until he died in faith,” Bishop Gerald O. Glenn said during the eulogy.

“God knew this man’s remains needed to come home to the sovereign grounds of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

Born Sept. 10, 1926, in Richmond, Cpl. Lockett graduated from Maggie L. Walker High School.

After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve.

When he finished his duty with the reserve, he got a job at McGuire VA Medical Center.

He had a passion for styling hair, especially women’s hair, and enrolled in Turpin’s Barber and Beauty School that he attended on weekends.

He met his future wife, Anna Wallace, while styling her hair. He asked her out on a date and their relationship blossomed.

In 1950, Cpl. Lockett was called to active duty with the 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division.

He told his commanding officer he wanted Cpl. Lindsey C. Lockett

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School Board weighs options to close schools

By Joey Matthews

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Jackie Robinson Day at The Diamond Richmond Flying Squirrels manager José Alguacil enthusiastically greets Bryce Hendriksen, a member of the Tomahawk Creek Middle School Boys Choir at The Diamond as other choir members look on. The team then took the field Wednesday to play the Altoona Curve on “Jackie Robinson Day,” its annual tribute to the trailblazing infielder who broke the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to play for a major league team. Mr. Robinson suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

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Put more money into public education.

Provide better pay for police officers.

Advocates for both gave Richmond City Council members an earful at a public hearing Monday night as the governing body considers amendments to Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ two-year budget.

Whether their appeals are successful remains to be seen, but the council may have little wiggle room. The budget plan council members are reviewing provides virtually no new revenue over the current year’s spending, limiting the governing body.

Public education and police pay were the major issues that aroused passion and brought out speakers eager to press their point of view.

Educators and their supporters made it clear they are upset that the mayor’s plan would essentially flat-fund the school system’s operations, largely ignoring the request of Richmond Schools Superin-

tendent Dana T. Bedden and the School Board for an additional $24 million to support his plan to improve academic performance.

Charlotte Hayer, president of the Richmond Educational Association that serves teachers and other school employees, told council that “it’s time to make the school system a bigger priority” in pleading for more funding.

“It is time to do better by our children,” said Ms. Hayer, as dozens in the council chambers held up signs with the slogan “Support Our Schools. “ She asserted that city funding for K-12 education has declined by 15 percent in the past five years.

“It is time to put your money where your mouth is and prove to the children that you care. It is time for Richmond’s kids to have great public schools no matter what their ZIP code may be.”

“Our schools have suffered from severe budget cuts far too long,” Keri Treadway, a city resident and a veteran teacher at Fox

Richmond Public Schools is considering a seismic shift in how it attempts to solve overcrowding issues and meet other pressing demands related to its burgeoning student population.

For the first time, Superintendent Dana T. Bedden and his leadership team are publicly admitting they could close up to six school buildings and move those students into existing schools even if no new buildings are constructed.

Those findings are part of the thick new Richmond Public Schools Facilities Needs Report, which focuses on current and future building needs.

Assistant Superintendent Thomas Kranz presented the report at Monday’s School Board meeting at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in the East End. The comprehensive report is several hundred pages and is believed to be the largest ever undertaken by RPS. It was prepared during the past year by a task force of about 30 community members.

School Board members Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, and Kimberly B. “Kim” Gray, 2nd District, co-chaired the task force.

City Council member Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, was among the other members, along with school administrators, teachers, architects and engineers.

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Jack Gravely new NAACP interim executive director

Elementary, told the council. “The fact we are still operating on a pre-recession budget is unconscionable.”

Ms. Treadway said the result is larger class sizes. She now teaches up to 28 students, up from the 17 just a few years ago.

“We’ve seen our supply budget slashed, field trips cut and tutorial programs eliminated.”

She said she soon will have to decide whether to let her son attend a Richmond school when he is ready for kindergarten in a little more than a year.

“How can I in good conscience put my son in a school system that has been consistently underfunded and treated as an afterthought?

“You have the power to change the tide,” Ms. Treadway said. “By making the decision to fully fund Dr. Bedden’s budget, you can send a strong statement to all of Richmond that this is the start

Jack Gravely last led the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP as executive director more than three decades ago.

This week, Mr. Gravely began a second stint with the organization, this time as interim executive director.

“I know this is a different era, but we Mr. Gravely still face some of the same issues along with some new ones, and I have the same passion to lead this organization to address them,” Mr. Gravely said Wednesday.

He takes over from King Salim Khalfani, who was pushed out by the board in early 2014 after serving in the post for 15 years.

Mr. Gravely, who hosts “The Jack Gravely Show,” a weekday radio talk show on WLEE 990 AM in Richmond, was confirmed by the state NAACP’s executive committee at a special meeting

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Lawsuit over disabled access to apartments ruled premature

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A federal judge has thrown out a high-profile lawsuit seeking to force a new apartment complex going up in Church Hill to be altered to accommodate persons with disabilities.

Senior U.S. Judge James R. Spencer ruled the suit was premature because the 151-unit Shockoe Valley View Apartments is still under construction in the 1900 block of Cedar Street.

“This action rests on ‘contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated or, indeed, may not occur at all,’ ” Judge Spencer wrote in quoting from a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case.

He issued his decision Thursday, April 10, in the case brought by the National Fair Housing Alliance and Housing Opportunities Made Equal, which sued after finding that the design of the apartments would create barriers for those who are disabled.

The suit was filed against the owner, Hunt Investments LLC and related companies, the designer, Walter Parks Architects, and the Judge Spencer builder, MGT Construction Management Slices of life and scenes Inc., all of whom have denied violating state and federal laws ZVRI (z18) Richmond Press requiring accessibility. in Free Richmond Since 1991, federal law has required all new apartment buildings to be accessible to the disabled. All apartments in a building with an elevator, as well as all public and common area, must be designed for use by people in wheelchairs.

The fair housing watchdogs brought the suit after they found barriers to wheelchairs in two apartments and common areas in some of the completed units. A second test by a potential renter in a April 15 – April 21, 2015 wheelchair found steps barred him from entering the model unit.

The suit was filed in mid-October as the fair housing groups went to court in a bid to ensure the finished product would comply with federal requirements.

Judge Spencer, however, wrote, “because Phase I was and still is under construction and only temporary certificates of occupancy have been issued, no discrimination has yet occurred.”

“Moreover,” he continued, “defendants submit that they ‘are willing to address and correct any accessibility concerns as they continue construction so the completed project complies …’ ” He added that the plaintiffs could refile the suit after construction is completed if the work fails to meet state and federal standards requiring accessibility for the disabled.

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Richmond firefighters from Engine and Truck Company No. 1 take advantage of the spring weather to train in rescue methods last Saturday. Location: Chimborazo Park in the city’s East End near the fire station at 308 N. 24th St. The firefighters practiced what is called a Stokes Basket Evolution, using the park’s steep, hilly terrain to train in retrieving victims from hard-to-reach locations.

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Police chief to hold town hall meetings Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham is making a greater effort to hear from the public.

He has announced he will hold four town hall meetings next week as part of his community policing efforts.

The new meetings follow his recent series of “Peeps and Police” meetings.

“I intend to do more listening than speaking” at these sessions, Chief Durham stated in the announcement.

“The purpose of these town hall meetings is for me and my staff to get input from the general public on what we can do better and how they can help us do better.”

The schedule, by precinct: Chief Durham • 1st Precinct – Monday, April 20, 6 to 8 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St. • 2nd Precinct – Tuesday, April 21, 6 to 8 p.m., Social Services Building, Southside Plaza, 4100 Hull St. • 3rd Precinct – Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Richmond Outreach Center, 5501 Midlothian Turnpike.

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to get married before heading to Korea. He was given three days, and the couple wed at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church on North Side, where he was a member.

She was 17 and pregnant with Lindsey Jr. at the time.

It also was the last time they would be together.

While fighting the enemy near Kunuri, North Korea, Cpl. Lockett was taken prisoner.

His actions during combat “helped save the lives” of other soldiers, Bishop Glenn told the memorial gathering.

“Before us today, brothers and sisters, we have a true American hero,” he said.

Cpl. Lockett died in a prisoner of war camp on May 31, 1951, of malnutrition, pneumonia and jaundice, his son said.

“The guys that did get out said my father stood up against things that were wrong and

didn’t back down,” Mr. Lockett said. “He refused to eat what they gave him because it was things like rats, snakes, worms and other detestable things.”

After years of an agonizing, unsuccessful search to discover Cpl. Lockett’s whereabouts, the family believed he had died and been buried in North Korea. They thought his body would remain there forever, given the tumultuous political climate between North Korea and the United States.

“Every few years, we’d get a call from one of the military guys telling us they hadn’t given up on finding him,” Mr. Lockett said.

Cpl. Lockett’s family later found out his remains had been moved in the early 1950s and buried as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, also known as the Punchbowl Memorial. His name is inscribed along with the names of 28,788 military personnel who are missing in

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of a new era.”

That also was the view of former City Councilman E. Martin “Marty” Jewell, who called on council members to ignore the mayor’s plan and pump up funding for schools.

“Take a risk for kids,” he told council, saying that their backing for Dr. Bedden’s proposal would represent “the signature decision you will make in the next two years.”

Police advocates, meanwhile, urged council to find millions of dollars for better pay than Mayor Jones has offered.

The mayor has proposed boosting starting pay for new officers from $36,500 to $41,000 to make the city more competitive in attracting recruits. But many longer serving officers would get less than a 1 percent pay increase.

Richmond’s firefighters are on the same pay scale and also would be affected.

Because public safety workers, like other city employees, have gone without a pay hike in five of the past six years, their base pay has not grown. As a result, Sgt. Paul Cline and other police officers told council the mayor’s plan would put rookies on the same pay level as officers with six or more years. They urged additional funds be provided to offer a proper increase for police with longer service.

He said many officers are forced to work long hours of overtime to make ends meet for their families, putting stress on marriages and on children.

“It’s a slap in the face,” Brad Nixon, a 12-year veteran of the police department told attentive council members.

He said the mayor has promised a bigger raise for veteran officers in the second year of his budget plan. “But we have heard that kind of promise before, and for all we know, it will not materialize,” he said.

Former Council President William J. Pantele, now a lobbyist for the police officers, and former Councilman Bruce W. Tyler all joined in urging council for more money for police and firefighters.

“You need to find the money,” Mr. Pantele urged the council.

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in Richmond last Saturday, state President Carmen Taylor told the Free Press.

“I’m honored he’s willing to come back to help us,” Ms. Taylor said. “I truly appreciate his commitment to this organization.

“I’m happy to have someone who has a strong history with this organization, who has been in the role of executive director,” she added.

“He understands our mission and knows how we operate.”

Mr. Gravely, a Petersburg resident, has agreed to serve in the temporary role for 12 months as the executive committee seeks a full-time executive director, Ms. Taylor said.

He will be paid a stipend, but Ms. Taylor would not say how much.

Mr. Gravely said his first order of business will be “to touch base with as many stakeholders as I can, bring in staff and individuals that can help us immediately and hit the road running.”

Ms. Taylor said she first approached Mr. Gravely about four months ago about temporarily filling the position, and he asked for time to think it over.

He said he agreed to return to serve in the position “out of my love and respect for the organization that gave me my first job after I got out of the University of Virginia School of Law” in 1972.

Mr. Gravely served as state NAACP executive director from 1976 until 1985, when he resigned to work as a special assistant to the Arlington County manager.

The state NAACP has struggled to meet the needs of its more than 100 branches, college chapters and youth councils without an executive director.

“I think it would be an absolute disgrace and disrespect to the heroes that built this organization in this state to allow it to die on the vine for lack of leadership, management, funding and vision,” Mr. Gravely said.

Mr. Gravely, who good-naturedly would say only that “I’m over 25 years old,” was the seventh of 12 children in his family.

He grew up in Pocahontas, a coal town in Tazewell County in Southwest Virginia.

He graduated from Fayetteville State University, before attending the University of Virginia School of Law. Among his many accomplishments: He was appointed the first director of diversity at the Federal Communications Commission in September 1995. He also served as a special assistant to the late national NAACP Executive Director Benjamin L. Hooks and worked at National Public Radio as assistant to its president for affirmative action.

Mr. Gravely will be assisted at the state NAACP headquarters across from Virginia Union University by volunteer Mary Easter, a longtime administrative assistant at the office.

In other developments, Sylvia C. Wood, the former president of the Richmond branch NAACP, is the new state treasurer.

And Linda Thomas, a former NAACP state president, no longer is director of administration for the state NAACP.

action or were lost or buried at sea in the Pacific on marble slabs at the memorial’s Courts of the Missing.

More than six decades after Cpl. Lockett died, military analysts using new technology identified his remains by matching DNA gathered from family members to that taken from Cpl. Lockett’s collarbone, his son said.

“DNA from the collarbone is like a fingerprint,” Mr. Lockett said.

Officials contacted the family in early December with news about positively identifying his remains. They said his remains would be returned to Richmond for a proper burial.

The news “was an early Christmas present to our family,” Mr. Lockett said.

Following Saturday’s service, seven soldiers from Fort Lee carried the flag-draped casket to a hearse, where they saluted Cpl. Lockett after placing the casket in the vehicle.

A group of 20 veterans on motorcycles bear-

ing U.S. flags led the memorial procession from North Chesterfield to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Eastern Henrico County.

There, Cpl. Lockett was buried with full military honors in a moving ceremony that included a 21-gun salute. An officer handed his widow a U.S. flag folded 13 times to symbolize his life and service to his country.

He had been awarded posthumously the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

“My mother said, ‘I’m so glad they brought him home,’ ” Mr. Lockett said after the funeral. “She felt redeemed. She said, ‘Now, I’m at ease.’”

He continued: “Like Bishop Glenn said at the memorial service, my father’s bones cried out from North Korea to come home. And God was faithful to the life and soul of my father to bring him home to be with his family.”

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Beschler is expected to return to his post as deputy chief administrative officer for operations.

“I’m excited to bring Selena back to Richmond because she possesses the professional management and administrative skills we need right now,” Mayor Jones said at a morning press conference at City Hall.

He said a manager like Ms. CuffeeGlenn is essential for a city that has “too many needs and not enough money to meet them all.”

He has been impressed with the work Ms. Cuffee-Glenn has undertaken for Suffolk and believes she can help him avoid raising taxes or cutting services.

He said he chose Ms. Cuffee-Glenn to help him meet his goals of getting the city to make wiser “use of its resources, operate more efficiently and effectively” and become “an easier place to do business with” and “a place that gets things done.”

He did not mention whether he would call on her to revive his plan to redevelop Shockoe Bottom with a ballpark.

“I truly feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve as your CAO and advance your priorities and partnerships with City Council, schools, our residents and business community,” Ms. Cuffee-Glenn said in brief remarks.

“The resurgence of this city will transcend our wildest dreams” as a result, she said.

She is taking on the job as Mayor Jones nears the end of his tenure. He will be out of office in less than two years on Dec. 31, 2016, so her decision appears to reflect confidence that the next mayor will keep her on.

The new CAO will manage a far larger city than Suffolk, which has a population of about 90,000 and budget of about $500 million a year. Richmond has about 214,000 people and a total budget that tops $1.3 billion a year. She oversaw more than 800 employees in Suffolk; here, she will supervise more than 4,000 city workers.

Still, her message in Suffolk appears to mesh with that of Mayor Jones, who has spent his six years in office pushing to gain a triple A bond rating as his signature achievement.

In Suffolk, she reportedly made efficiency, effectiveness and accountability her watchwords as she reorganized the management structure and closed a cumulative budget deficit of $17 million between 2008 and 2012.

During the same period, she reported to Suffolk’s council members that she added $20 million to the budget by leveraging efficiencies and identifying cost savings without proposing layoffs or reductions in the city’s workforce.

The result: Standard and Poor’s awarded Suffolk a triple A bond rating while other bond rating agencies upgraded their ratings.

Moody’s reported its improved ratings were a direct result of the city’s “strong management team.”

While she faced criticism for proposing budgets that did more to raise management salaries than invest in the city’s school system, she also won praise for guiding the city’s recovery from a 2008 tornado that caused $20 million in damage and helping the city bounce back from the loss of a major military command center.

Her success in leading the city’s financial turnaround has been noted by CNN Money and Money magazines, which both have

listed Suffolk on their top places to live and find jobs.

Since she took over in 2008 as the first African-American and first woman city manager, Suffolk has enjoyed a billion dollars in capital and business investment and added 7,780 new jobs to the local economy.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, where she also earned a master’s degree, Ms. Cuffee-Glenn brings more than 30 years of government experience to her post.

Before leaving Richmond in 2005 to become an assistant city manager for development in Suffolk, she served four years as director of planning and community development for the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

While there, she directed an economic and neighborhood development portfolio totaling more than $300 million in public and private investments.

Earlier, she served two years as deputy director for the city’s Division of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation. She gained that post after working 15 years as a principal planner and senior planner in the city Department of Community Development.

During her time in Richmond, she was involved in the coordination of more than $100 million in downtown redevelopment efforts and neighborhood revitalization programs.

She also served as board chair of the Richmond-based Virginia Federal Credit Union.

From 1990 to 1995, Ms. Cuffee-Glenn also was an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she taught graduate courses in urban planning, community change and empowerment, and the art of negotiations.

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is for the city to invest tens of millions of dollars to build new schools that would accommodate larger numbers of students.

RPS’ reversal buttresses the argument made by Mayor Dwight C. Jones, who has asserted all along it is unnecessary to build a bevy of pricy new schools to alleviate overcrowding in some schools.

The mayor reiterated his stand Tuesday in a statement.

“In a city with 21,000 students, we have 9,300 empty seats,” he declared. “For every two children, there’s another empty seat. This drives up the per-pupil costs and forces Richmond to spend too much on buildings and not enough on students.

I want to spend the money on children, not empty seats.”

City Council has yet to weigh in, but is scheduled to meet with the School Board in late May to get a full briefing.

What is clear from the report is that the city once again is being told that it is facing a big expense. This is at least the fifth report in 13 years to outline building needs.

Based on the options presented in the report, the school system’s building needs easily top $600 million, with renovation, new construction or a combination of the two.

Essentially, too many of Richmond’s school buildings simply are worn out and need to be overhauled or replaced, according to the report.

Of the reports’s five options, three largely would keep existing buildings. A fourth option proposes to close at least six existing buildings, and possibly a seventh if more space is added to an existing elementary school. The plan also would expand career and technical education to a full-time program and create separate centers for pre-kindergarten programs.

Dr. Bedden and his leadership team are recommending Option 5 as the best plan for dealing with school needs over the next 20 years.

Under it, four unnamed schools — one elementary and three secondary schools — could be shuttered quickly, with those

students moved to existing schools.

In addition, the plan calls for renovating or expanding two elementary schools and building seven new schools — four new elementary schools, two new middle schools and one new high school. That would allow 17 existing buildings to be closed, the report states.

Option 5 calls for the first steps to involve a new middle school and a new elementary school on South Side. Until that happens, Elkhardt Middle School students, who are now at Clark Springs Elementary, are to be moved into Thompson Middle until the school system receives city funding for a 1,500-seat middle school to replace both buildings.

Separately, the option recommends building a 1,000-seat elementary school on South Side to keep up with an exploding student population there. It would add to the two new elementary schools that opened in South Side in 2013 that already are overcrowded. That proposal represents a rejection of Mayor Jones’ push to replace Overby-Sheppard Elementary on North Side with a new school.

Because RPS is blocked from building a new South Side elementary while Mayor Jones and City Council press for the North Side school he wants, the school system will need to spend $1.2 million to lease nine trailers and have them in place at seven South Side schools this fall to relieve overcrowding. In the fall of 2016, RPS expects to spend at least $2.3 million to add 13 more trailers at those overcrowded schools. Without a new school, those trailers are considered likely to become fixtures.

Mr. Kranz said if money is made available, construction of the new elementary and new middle schools could be under way within 12 months. He estimated it would take two years to build a new middle school and 18 months to construct a new elementary school.

The remainder of the new schools proposed under Option 5 could be constructed over the next two decades, he said, should the School Board elect to support that option.

“It’s the most viable option in our opin-

ion,” he said. “It would give our students state-of-the-art facilities and free up more operating dollars for other uses.”

At least three of the five board members present at Monday’s meeting voiced support for Option 5.

“It’s a comprehensive plan,” said Ms. Larson, the board’s vice chair. “We didn’t get into this mess overnight, and we’re not going to get out of it overnight.”

Shonda Harris-Muhammed, 6th District, said she supports the option because it promises a major rezoning of the city’s elementary schools to help rebalance existing student numbers and because it focuses on overcrowding in South Side schools.

“It’s doable,” Ms. Gray said. “It’s costly, but I think it’s more costly to not do anything.”

At least two members found Option 4 interesting. That option promotes the closing of schools and avoiding new construction, though Mr. Kranz warned that option would lead to huge increases in transportation costs.

Option 4 would take about two years to complete, according to Mr. Kranz.

Board members Jeffrey M. Bourne, 3rd District, and Glen Sturtevant, 1st District, asked for more financial details on that option, including the projected impact on transportation.

Option 1 calls for no new schools, major renovations or rezoning, which would continue to lead to extremely high maintenance and renovation costs as aging schools continue to fall apart.

Option 2 seeks a major rezoning effort to direct students from cramped schools into underused schools. Mr. Kranz also indicated that option would significantly increase busing costs, among other things, and impact the concept of communitybased schools.

Option 3 calls for renovating all existing schools to the same standards as the four newest schools, which could cost between $645 million and $1 billion.

Mr. Kranz said he expects to provide final finance estimates and a timeline for implementing all five options at the School Board meeting Monday, May 4.

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Everett Ward named president of St. Augustine’s Free Press wire report

RALEIGH Everett B. Ward has been named the 11th president of St. Augustine’s University.

“The lifeblood of St. Augustine’s r u n s through my every vein,” said Dr. Ward, 56, an alumDr. Ward nus of the historically black institution in Raleigh, N.C. “I have a long affiliation here, having been born on the campus. My father attended St. Aug’s. We have been part of this institution for generations.”

The former N.C. Department of Transportation administrator and state Democratic Party director, was credited with bringing stability to the 148-year-old university after former President Dianne Suber was ousted by the trustees in April 2014.

The university was under scrutiny by auditors, its accrediting agency and the federal Department of Education. Students were leaving in large numbers, along with administrators Dr. Suber had fired.

“St. Augustine’s was really in sort of turmoil. We needed somebody who would be a stabilizing force,” said Rodney Gaddy, chairman of the board of trustees. The board voted April 10 to name Dr. Ward.

“We’re just in a better place now than where we were,” Mr. Gaddy continued. “There was a lot of uncertainty about the future of St. Augustine’s, and while things haven’t been totally resolved, I have a view that the future is very bright for us.”

Dr. Ward said St. Augustine’s, now with 892 students, is working to attract the best students and to control tuition and other costs. He said the university is focused on its “four academic pillars” — programs in journalism and media, public health, criminal justice, and STEM (science, technology, engineer-

Morris Brown College emerges from bankruptcy ATLANTA Morris Brown College is headed out of bankruptcy.

A federal court has approved a plan enabling the 134-yearold historically black school to become largely debt-free and begin steps to regain is accreditation, according to Preston Williams, board chairman.

As part of the plan, the college is selling 26 acres of property and buildings for nearly $15 million, but will still own three buildings as a base for growth, Mr. Williams said.

The school has stayed open since filing for bankruptcy protection in 2012 and will graduate 21 students this spring.

At one point, the school had reported being $35 million in debt with no steady cash flow. It lost its accreditation and access to federal funding in 2002.

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Saturday, April 25, at the Dental Care center, 520 N. 12th St., in observance of National Oral Cancer Awareness Month.

To participate, call (804) 628-0310.

According to Virginia Commonwealth University, oral cancer affects approximately 42,000 Americans each year and is responsible for 8,000 deaths annually. Screenings are considered the best way to detect such cancers early, when they are the most treatable.

ing and math) courses.

Mr. Gaddy said students would be pleased with the

board’s decision.

“Dr. Ward is a great fit for us,” sophomore Stephen

McLeon, 25, of Trenton, N.J., said in an interview. “When we see him, he is very excited to

interact with the students.

Dr. Ward holds a master’s degree from North Carolina

State University and a Ph.D. from North Carolina A&T State University.

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$1.1M needed for new voting equipment

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond is hoping to borrow voting machines to use in the upcoming June 9 Democratic primaries.

At the same time, the city voter registrar is seeking more than $1.1 million from the city government to buy new voting equipment to use in the November general election.

The city is one of 30 localities facing an emergency situation involving voting machines.

The upheaval is the result of Tuesday’s action by the state Board of Elections decertifying the WINVote touch-screen machines that the 30 localities have used in their elections for 10 years.

The board’s action essentially bans the use of the WINVote machines in any future elections, including the June 9 primaries that will be held in Richmond and nine other localities.

The Free Press reported last week that the machines could be banned based on new findings that the security of the wireless WINVote

machines had the potential to be breached using hacking software.

During the meeting Tuesday, the elections board, however, did not present or receive any information that the machines have been hacked or that passwords that protect the voting information had ever been bypassed.

However, “the dire potential consequences” were enough for the board to act, according to a statement issued by Edgardo Cortés, commissioner of the state Department of Elections. The action will force the 30 localities to scrap more than 2,000 machines used in 568 precincts.

Richmond Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter said she and the Richmond Electoral Board “did not wait for the decision. We’ve been preparing.”

She said the city board, led by Republican Starlet Stevens, held an emergency meeting Monday night after receiving further information and voted to begin the process of replacing the city’s 400 WINVote machines.

Even before the vote, Ms. Showalter said

Prison officials can be held liable for prisoner safety

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Prison officials can be liable for damages if they ignore obvious risks to the health and safety of a prisoner who ends up being harmed, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

On a 2-1 split, a panel of the court issued that decision in a Virginia case that could shake up the monitoring of prisoners in state facilities.

The case involves a man then imprisoned at the supermax Wallens Ridge Correctional Center in Big Stone Gap in Wise County.

The prisoner, Adib Eddie Makdessi, who claimed he was beaten and raped by a cellmate in 2010, said he reported the attack, but prison officials did nothing until he had to be hospitalized.

A lower court dismissed the suit brought by Mr. Makdessi, who is serving a life sentence for murdering his wife and another man in Virginia Beach in 1996.

The lower court found that several officials he sued “did not actually know of the substantial risk of harm Mr. Makdessi faced” and so could not be held liable despite the repeated complaints he had filed.

In its ruling, the appeals court panel overturned the lower court’s decision.

The officials named in Mr. Makdessi’s suit include Capt. Arvil Gallihar, Lt. Tracy Fields and Sgt. Christopher King, who had responsibility for overseeing the pod in Wallens Ridge where Mr. Makdessi was held and who maintained they were unaware of Mr. Makdessi’s situation.

In the appeals court decision written by Judge James E. Wynn Jr., and in which Judge Diana G. Motz concurred, the panel found “that prison officials may not bury their heads in the sand and thereby skirt liability.”

Rather they may be held accountable when a risk is so obvious that it had to have been known.”

Judge Wynn wrote that the officials should have been aware of the risks to Mr. Makdessi. He was known to be a small, middle-aged man with physical and mental ailments, the judge wrote, which made him “vulnerable to harassment and attack” and forced him to pay for protection from other prisoners in seeking to ensure his safety.

Mr. Makdessi’s repeated oral and written complaints, as well as the fact that the younger, bigger and stronger cellmate who allegedly attacked him was known to be an aggressive member of the Gangster Disciples gang, should have triggered awareness, not “deliberate indifference,” the judge wrote.

Judge Dennis W. Shedd dissented, arguing that the panel should defer to the decision of the lower court, which he said had carefully reviewed the evidence in finding no liability in what was effectively a bench trial.

Unless the state appeals the decision, the case would be returned to the lower court to again consider the liability of the three officials named in the suit.

that she had reached out to Fairfax County officials with a request to borrow state-approved optical scan machines for the primaries that will be held in 49 Richmond precincts. Ms. Showalter said she wants to avoid the option to use paper ballots that must be counted by hand, as Botetourt County and some other localities plan to do.

Ms. Showalter said Wednesday that Fairfax County has not yet approved the request. She and board members were to travel there Thursday to seek a positive vote.

She has been advised that the county has enough equipment to handle its two primaries and also lend Richmond enough machines to use in the upcoming primary elections in the 10th and 16th Senate districts and the 69th and 74th House districts.

Unlike WINVote machines in which a voter touches the screen to select a candidate, the optical scan equipment involves a voter filling out a stiff paper ballot and putting it into a machine

that scans and counts the results.

Ms. Showalter also has notified Mayor Dwight C. Jones and City Council that her office is going to need at least $1.1 million and possibly as much as $1.3 million to cover all of the projected costs involved in the purchase and use of optical scan equipment for the November elections.

The expense includes buying the machines, new voting booths, ballots and other costs, she said, including training precinct officials and educating voters.

Richmond has 65 precincts that will need replacement machines, she said, along with an upgrade to optical scan equipment used at the registrar’s office in City Hall for absentee voters.

“We also have a precinct split between two districts, so we will need additional scanners for that,” she said.

Ms. Showalter is grateful the problem arose while City Council is working on the new budget. She said she hopes council members will understand her need for an unexpected budget amendment.

Morrissey strikes out in court

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey is striking out on his own again to run as an independent in his bid to win a state Senate seat.

On Tuesday, a Richmond judge rejected Mr. Morrissey’s request for court intervention to allow him to challenge his disqualification from the June 9 Democratic Party primary election in the 16th Senate District. that stretches from Richmond’s East End to Petersburg.

Mr. Morrissey gave up his Henrico seat in the House of Delegates and moved into an apartment in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom with plans to challenge the 16th District’s current senator, Rosalyn R. Dance of Petersburg, for the party’s nomination.

The Senate district stretches from Richmond to Petersburg and includes the city’s East End and parts of Hopewell and the counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George.

As he left court, a disappointed Mr. Morrissey said that he would file as an independent.

“Voters deserve to have the choice,” he said.

However, he did not completely rule out a long-shot attempt to bring his case back to Richmond Circuit Court to consider whether state law requires the state Board of Elections to hear an appeal of his disqualification as a primary candidate.

Mr. Morrissey expected trouble from the Democratic Party and supporters of Sen. Dance when he sought to be a candidate in the primary in the heavily Democratic district.

Much of the state Democratic

Party’s hierarchy regards him as a pariah because of his misdemeanor conviction in December for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

He served 90 Mr. Morrissey days in a Henrico County jail on work release.

Still, he seemed headed to the ballot until the state Democratic Party disqualified him for failing to submit the required 250 signatures of qualified registered voters to get on the Senate primary ballot. Another potential challenger, Derik E. Jones, a Richmond School Board member and son of Mayor Dwight C. Jones, also was disqualified for the same reason.

Sen. Dance and outgoing Petersburg Delegate Joseph E. Preston, who replaced Sen. Dance in the House, are the only candidates whom the party certified as qualified to run in the primary.

Retired Circuit Court Judge Melvin R. Hughes turned down Mr. Morrissey’s plea for a temporary injunction to block the printing of primary ballots and for an order to have the party review 39 signatures of voters he claims were wrongly thrown out, though the party and state board contested that claim as unsupported by the law or evidence.

Mr. Morrissey submitted more than 1,000 signatures, but the state Democratic Party accepted only 222 as valid, based on a review of the signatures by the Richmond Registrar’s Office. That left him 28 signatures short to qualify for the primary ballot.

He went to court after the state party rejected his request to appeal the decision of the senate district’s nominating committee, telling him potential candidates have no right to an appeal hearing even if valid signatures are not accepted.

Under its plan, the state Democratic Party only permits a member of a party nominating committee to ask for an appeal for a disqualified candidate, and none of the members of the 16th Senate District committee made such a request.

The state Board of Elections claims that it has delegated its authority to the major parties to determine their primary candidates and has no role in the process.

However, a state law passed in 2013 provides for an appeal to the state Board of Elections for any candidate who is denied a place on a primary or general election ballot for lack of enough valid signatures. The only exception is for party nominees, who do not have to file signatures. Mr. Morrissey is not a party nominee.

Judge Hughes did not address the legal issues that Mr. Morrissey raised.

Instead, the judge dismissed the request for a temporary injunction after Mr. Morrissey was unable to call any witnesses, including voters whose signatures were thrown out.

“You, as a candidate, do not have a constitutionally protected right to be on the ballot,” the judge told Mr. Morrissey.

Judge Hughes indicated that the party’s appeal process was adequate and seemed to side with the attorney general’s office that Mr. Morrissey’s recourse was to run as an independent candidate.

Half of Ferguson City Council now black

By Jim Salter and Jim Suhr Associated Press

FERGUSON, Mo. Two black candidates were among three people elected to the Ferguson City Council on April 7, tripling African-American representation in the St. Louis suburb where poor race relations have been a focal point since the August shooting death of an 18-year-old black youth by a white police officer.

The election means that half of the six-member city council in Ferguson, a town where two-thirds of the 21,000 residents are black, now will be African-American. The lone black incumbent councilman was not up for re-election. The mayor, who would break any tie votes, is white.

Voter turnout increased substantially from the previous election following a strong get-out-the-vote effort from labor unions and other national organizations. The town that drew only 12.3 percent of registered voters last April had a 29.4 percent turnout for the April 7 election, according to the St. Louis County Board of Elections. That was about double the overall turnout in other contests in St. Louis County, where Ferguson is located.

Results showed that Wesley Bell defeated another black candidate to win in the 3rd Ward, which includes the site where Michael Brown was shot.

Ella Jones defeated another black candidate and two white candidates in the 1st Ward. Brian Fletcher, a former mayor who is white, won a 2nd Ward race against another white candidate.

“This community came out in record numbers to make sure our voices were heard,” said Councilman-elect Bell. “When you have a community engaged, the sky is the limit.”

He described it as part of a healing and rebuilding process.

It was the first municipal election in Ferguson since former officer Darren Wilson fatally shot an unarmed Mr. Brown on Aug. 9.

The shooting sparked sometimes violent protests in the St. Louis area, and spawned a national “Black Lives Matter” movement to press for change in how police deal with minorities.

It also prompted a review by the U.S. Justice Department, which decided not to prosecute Mr. Wilson, who resigned in November. But the federal department released a scathing report blasting the city for racial bias in the police department, its courts and its government. Several city officials resigned following the review, including the city manager, the police chief and a municipal judge. The municipal court clerk also was fired for disseminating racist emails.

The new city council will be tasked with hiring replacements.

In the race for the 3rd Ward, Mr. Bell, 40, easily defeated 76-year-old retiree Lee Smith. Mr. Bell is a lawyer and a criminology professor who had to defend himself because of a third job — municipal judge in a neighboring town of Velda City that, like Ferguson, derives a large percentage of its budget from municipal court fines. Mr. Smith had support of two national labor organizations whose volunteers went door-to-door on his behalf.

Ms. Jones, who also had the support of a labor union, won easily in her four-person race. Mr. Fletcher, the former mayor who started the “I Love Ferguson” campaign after the unrest that ravaged the community, also won easily in the 2nd Ward.

A strong push was made after the shooting to register more black voters last year, but just 562 new voters were added to the rolls. In recent weeks, the focus has been on getting those who are registered to vote.

Ms. Jones The high turnout came despite brutal weather. Strong storms, including lightning and heavy rain, tore through the region for several hours before noon.

The weather didn’t deter Eddie McNeil, 59, who has lived in Ferguson since 2013. He said he voted for Mr. Bell.

“I felt it was really important to come out in this election,” Mr. McNeil said. “In the past, I have to admit, that I haven’t come out to vote, but I felt it was important based on the things

that have happened in Ferguson. I feel like it’s time that we get the kind of leadership in that we wanted.”

Mr. McNeil said racial profiling is a problem in St. Louis, citing the Justice Department report on Ferguson that found the town’s municipal court treated black residents more as sources of fines and fees to support the government than as citizens deserving of protection.

“I’m a pretty good guy, and I could tell Mr. Bell you — see, the only time I’ve ever been to jail is based on a traffic stop,” Mr. McNeil said. “I wasn’t able to pay a ticket, and a warrant was issued for my arrest. You’re not allowing a citizen to be successful if he’s looking for a job and he has a warrant for his arrest, he’s got to worry about court costs ... He doesn’t have a job because he’s not qualified to have a job simply based on a ticket, a warrant, a failure to appear warrant. It’s just ridiculous.”

Oklahoma deputy charged with manslaughter Free Press wire reports

A white reserve sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma was charged with manslaughter Monday in the death of a black man who he fatally shot as he lay on the ground.

Tulsa County, Okla., prosecutors filed a second-degree manslaughter charge against 73-year-old Robert Bates, a reserve deputy with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.

A police investigator said Mr. Bates told him he thought he drew a stun gun, not his handgun, when he fired the lethal shot that killed 44-year-old Eric Harris in the April 2 incident.

Mr. Harris was treated by medics at the scene and later died in a Tulsa hospital.

Mr. Bates surrendered and was booked Tuesday at the Tulsa County Jail, then released after posting $25,000 a bond.

His attorney, Clark Brewster, told reporters that his client would not make a statement, then he ushered him into an SUV. Mr. Bates, an insurance executive who was volunteering on an undercover operation, is slated to make an initial court appearance Tuesday, April 21.

It’s the latest shooting of an AfricanAmerican man by a white police officer to draw scrutiny. Police treatment ofAfrican-Americans and other citizens of color has become a major issue in the U.S. after the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and North Charleston, S.C. A video recorded by an Oklahoma deputy with a camera mounted on sunglasses and released last Friday shows a deputy chase and tackle Mr. Harris, who authorities said tried to sell an illegal gun to an undercover officer. A gunshot rang out as the deputy wrestled with Mr. Harris on the ground, and a man says: “Oh, I shot him. I’m sorry.”

In the video, another deputy appears to restrain Mr. Harris by holding his head to the ground with his knee. When Mr. Harris complains that he has been shot and is struggling to breathe, a deputy replies in a profanity-laden outburst that he was shot because he ran and that he should stop talking.

Meanwhile, as Walter L. Scott was laid to rest last Saturday in Summerville, S.C., a week after he was fatally shot

in the back while running away from a white police officer, at least two people have come forward accusing the former officer, Michael Slager, of earlier incidents of brutality.

Mr. Slager is being held in jail without bond after he was charged with murder in the slaying of Mr. Scott. He also was fired from the police department. Prosecutors have said they would not seek the death penalty against Mr. Slager.

Mr. Slager also is accused of using excessive force during an August 2014 traffic stop in North Charleston in a lawsuit filed April 10 by Julius Wilson. Mr. Wilson was stopped for driving with a broken taillight, the same offense Mr. Scott was pulled over for the day he died.

Mr. Wilson says Mr. Slager and two other officers pulled him from his vehicle, restrained him face-down on the pavement and Mr. Slager fired a stun gun into his back.

Another South Carolina man, Mario Givens, said he plans to file a lawsuit against Mr. Slager after his own complaint of abuse nearly two years ago was dropped following a brief police probe.

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We can do better Tag as many schoolchildren as possible with criminal records.

That appears to be Virginia’s new method to ensure that it can keep its expensive prisons full in the years to come.

Across the state, schools are bringing police officers on their grounds and giving them license to arrest students for childish behavior that principals and teachers used to deal with.

The upshot: Thousands of students are landing in juvenile courts to be treated like criminals.

We agree with critics that this approach only builds up the “school to prison” pipeline.

The evidence of what is happening can be found in the data the private Center for Public Integrity mined from the U.S. Department of Education’s files and recently brought to public attention through an article published in TIME magazine.

It is appalling that Virginia leads the nation is what is politely described as “student referrals to police.” Nationally, six students per 1,000 are “referred,” based on data from 2011, the most recent available, the center’s study found.

Our state shamefully averaged 16 students per 1,000 being referred to police and courts. It should come as no surprise that the statistics the center generated show that black and mentally disabled students bear the brunt of the aggressive policing playing out in the hallways of our schools.

Across Virginia, 13 white students per 1,000 were referred, well above the national average, the study found. The number surged to 25 black students per 1,000 and to 33 disabled students per 1,000 being taken to court by school-based officers. Those are shocking statistics.

The situation is most serious in Virginia’s middle schools that serve students ages 11 to 14, the study found. The worst example cited: Falling Creek Middle School in Chesterfield County. At that school, 228 students per 1,000 were referred to police in the 2011-12 school year, the center reported.

Let’s be clear — schools can have a problem with discipline.

Every year, a few students are caught with weapons in schools.

Some are caught with drugs and alcohol in the their lockers or on their person. Far more students bring anger issues or neighborhood feuds into classrooms, creating problems.

But is arrest the right choice when a student acts out? Should kicking a trash can be considered a criminal offense — as it has become in too many schools?

The center’s findings raise serious questions about whether principals, teachers and counselors are abandoning their roles as disciplinarians and mentors in favor of letting school resource officers, as police in schools are known, and courts handle problem children.

According to the center, students are quietly being referred to juvenile courts on charges that defy belief.

Take the case of an 11-year-old autistic child in Lynchburg.

First, a school police officer charged the sixth-grader with disorderly conduct and took him to court for throwing a tantrum and kicking a wastebasket.

A week later, the same officer handcuffed and charged the same child with felony resisting arrest after the youngster struggled when the officer put him in a bear hug.

A juvenile court judge upheld the charges, which are now on appeal.

Similar examples can be found across the commonwealth.

Disorderly conduct is a favorite charge among school resource officers, the study found.

We need to call a halt to the police mentality that is pervading our schools.

We have to stop this effort to make police and courts the first line of discipline, instead of a last resort.

We don’t have to condone misbehavior to find better ways to correct it.

Presidential politics The political horse race known as the presidential election started in earnest this week with the announcements that Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio had entered the track.

Mrs. Clinton, a former U.S. senator and secretary of state, so far is the only Democrat to formally announce for her party’s nomination.

A few others may be making their way to the starting gate.

Sen. Rubio of Florida, who announced Monday in a call to donors, is the third Republican candidate to enter the race.

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was the first to announce, with a midnight tweet March 23, followed by a formal announcement at conservative Liberty University in Lynchburg. Students later complained that they were forced to attend his televised event.

Also running for the GOP nod is Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Nearly a dozen more Republican candidates are expected.

Even this early, the rhetoric is starting, with commentators of all political shades focusing attention more on the candidates’ gender, age and minority status than on experience, records and viewpoints.

So far, Mrs. Clinton has been called a prune, while Sen. Rubio has been called a prune wrapped in tinsel.

Some have questioned whether Mrs. Clinton will get a pass because she’s a woman, or whether the GOP will push Sens.

Cruz and Rubio simply because they are Latino. Both are of Cuban extraction.

Several commentators have even questioned whether the two parties have turned to “minority” candidates to try to capture this go-round the energy — and voters — mobilized by the candidacy in 2008 and re-election in 2012 of President Obama.

Will either party — or any of the candidates — consider questions about their backgrounds out of bounds? Or will people be afraid to criticize any of the three for fear of being labeled racist or sexist?

Let’s stop the crazy right here. In nearly eight years in office, President Obama’s race has never prevented him from being criticized by people white and black. While African-Americans may be a little more circumspect in their comments about President Obama, some ultraconservative white people are still in knots about where President Obama was born.

Any man or woman who puts himself or herself forward for public office surely must understand that their lives and records will be put under the political microscope, with both fair and unfair results.

However, some segments of America are eager to exploit race, gender, sexual orientation and other things that divide us.

The rhetoric and vitriol are sure to explode.

However, astute voters won’t let the noise keep them from truly understanding who the candidates are, what they stand for or believe in and, most importantly, where they want to take this nation.

We have 571 days until the November 2016 presidential election. That’s enough time to listen and learn about those in the race. Or to draft others to run.

Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, where are you?

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Keeping Congress’ promise to children On April 11, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), providing schools with targeted federal dollars in order to offer equitable educational opportunities to all American children.

The act was intended to address “the special educational needs of children of low-income families and the impact that concentrations of low-income families have on the ability of local educational agencies to support adequate educational programs.”

The enactment of ESEA recognized that without federal intervention, children in com-

munities with high concentrations of poverty never would be afforded equal educational opportunity.

For the last 50 years, ESEA consistently has remained the single largest resource for

Rep. Robert C. Scott schools and school districts that teach our most vulnerable students. ESEA was never intended to become a general education fund for all, but rather to provide states limited, supplemental funding that is targeted to schools and students that are left behind in what remains an unequal system.

But resources alone won’t improve outcomes for vulnerable students. ESEA also has been a vital tool in prompting action to improve the academic

achievement of low-income and minority students, students with disabilities and students who do not speak English when institutions were slow to act.

Since 1965, our nation has made great strides in improving access to quality educational opportunities. The graduation rate is at an all-time high and achievement gaps in reading and math are narrowing.

Despite these gains, our work to ensure that every child in this nation has access to quality public education is far from done.

For the first time in our nation’s history, more than half of the students attending our public schools are low-income.

If we are to keep the promise of equal opportunity for all, then we must redouble our efforts to level the public education playing field by ensuring that all students have both the resources

Video of police a game changer Feidin Santana is a hero. He is the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped former North Charleston, S.C., police officer Michael Slager firing his gun eight times, killing an unarmed Walter Scott.

Mr. Santana’s quick decision to videotape the unfolding action on his telephone led to the arrest of Mr. Slager for murder.

However, in some states, instead of being hailed as a hero, Mr. Santana would be the one behind bars.

Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts have used their wiretapping laws to prevent videotaping police in public places. Some states are moving in that direction.

But, as we see, videotape can be a game changer.

This was vividly illustrated in 1991 with the brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles. More recently, the July 17 choking death of Eric Garner in New York City was captured on video as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.”

Thanks to a passer-by, we also saw the July 1 video of California Highway Patrol Officer Daniel Andrew straddling Marlene Pinnock, a 51-year old black woman, near a Santa Monica freeway and punching her 10 to 15 times. She reached an out-of-court settlement that required a $1.5 million payment and the resignation of Mr. Andrew.

Although no one can creditably deny the value of citizens being able to videotape on-duty police officers operating in public spaces, courts are sharply divided on whether it is protected under the First Amendment.

In an article titled, “The

Legal Right to Videotape Police Isn’t Actually All That Clear,” the Atlantic Citylab noted, “…

The truth is that courts have not uniformly recognized that

George E. Curry a right to record police actually exists. Though the U.S. Department of Justice has expressed its support for the right to record, only four federal appeals courts have ruled that such a right exists; others have either not ruled at all or narrowly rules that no right had been ‘clearly established.’”

I am not a lawyer and I don’t play one on TV. But the best available legal advice seems to be that generally speaking, it is legal under the First Amendment to videotape on-duty police officers as long as it is on public property and you are not interfering with them performing their official duties.

As noted above, some state laws ban such recordings.

Given recent success, you can expect police unions around the nation to push for legislation that would bar citizens from videotaping such incidents involving police.

Even before the recent spree of police killing AfricanAmericans, there was strong resistance. A woman in Rochester, N.Y., for example, was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration in 2011 after videotaping three white police officers interrogating a black man from her front yard. Charges later were dropped against the woman, Emily Good, 28.

What would have happened to Mr. Slager in South Carolina had there been no videotape?

In a word — nothing.

In fact, the officer had radioed, “Shots fired… Subject is down. He grabbed my Taser,” a charge not supported by the

videotape. Instead, what we see in the video is Mr. Slager dropping the Taser near Mr. Scott’s motionless body. The cover-up was underway before Mr. Scott’s body could be moved to the morgue.

The local newspaper reported the next day: “A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him.

“That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer.

“The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.”

Of course, that was a lie.

According to the Washington Post, Victoria Middleton, executive director for the ACLU of South Carolina, said: “…I think one of the concerns that immediately comes to mind is the discrepancy between the initial story, the kind of rush to judgment, the rush to say that procedures were followed and this was justified, and then when the video surfaced, that quickly unraveled. That could raise concerns about other incidents in which we have been assured that nothing was out of order and the officer acted completely properly but there were no witnesses or video documentation to dispute that.”

That’s why we must resist all efforts to prevent citizens from freely videotaping police while they are supposedly acting in a lawful manner.

George E. Curry is editor in chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and BlackPressUSA.com.

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Binding up the nation’s wounds 150 years later Remarks from the 150th anniversary commemoration of the end of the Civil War delivered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 2015: Good morning. I am honored to be here with you today, joined by two congressional colleagues – Congressman Hurt and Congressman Goodlatte. As governor and senator, I have worked with these colleagues and others to preserve our nation’s Civil War battlefields so that future generations can learn the great lessons of the War and how it shaped our nation. And there is no more sacred Civil War battlefield than the spot where we now meet. Other places were the sites of more momentous battles. But it is here, at Appomattox Court House, where the battles ended and a divided nation chose a path of unity, a choice that would profoundly change not only our own history, but the history of the world. We come to honor that choice and to acknowledge that the same choice lies before us now.

America, from its founding untilApril 9, 1865, had a deep internal contradiction, recognized by Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers, between liberty and slavery. That contradiction, in which both North and South were

complicit, grew until its terrible gravity warped virtually every aspect of national life. And the war came.

Four years of war, of unprecedented death and destruction, were Sen. Kaine visited upon our land and our ancestors. And Virginia felt the hand of war more intimately than any other state. But in this place, named for the Algonquin tribe that inhabited the region, we also provided a home for the birth of a far-reaching peace.

It was here that leaders negotiated a magnanimous surrender. It was here that battle-scarred soldiers laid down arms, saluted each other’s’ bravery and began their journeys home. It was here that Gen. Robert E. Lee, seeing Seneca Indian Union Officer Ely Parker, commented, “It is good to have one real American,” only to hear him respond, “Sir, we are all Americans.” We are all Americans.

The unification of the nation that began at Appomattox — a unification not based primarily in victory but

instead in a commitment toward the universal humanity of all — is not complete. For all our progress in our quality of life, material wealth, scientific advancement and global influence, we are painfully aware each day of broad inequities among our people.

In our United States, there are still obvious divisions based on race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, red-state and blue-state and region.

America in 2015 is not as sharply split as during the time of the Civil War, but anyone watching the news knows that we are too divided. Each of us knows personally that we can do better. We also know that our failures are not an indictment of our national ideals, but instead of our very human inability to fully live up to them.

But, with humble acknowledgment of our faults, we must also recognize that the unification begun here 150 years ago has been transformative.

Within a few generations after Appomattox, the United States had the largest economy in the world, the most powerful military in the world and a confident global position as a diplomatic force for good. None of this would have been possible had

Praise for ‘When Freedom Came’ Thank you so very much for the three-part series by Elvatrice Belsches, “When Freedom Came.”

However wide the circulation of the Richmond Free Press may be, Ms. Belsches’ historical pieces deserved a far wider circulation.

My wife and I recently moved into Westminster Canterbury Richmond, where, for the first time, we have had regular

access to your paper. We have found that you live up to your mission most successfully in providing “solid, fair-minded news stories and informed opinion” to your readers.

Once again, our heartiest thanks.

DR. AND MRS. WILLIAM E. BLAKE JR. Richmond

Stop senseless police violence In North Charleston, S.C., a video showed a police officer firing repeated shots at a fleeing unarmed black man, Walter Scott, who died from the incident.

This is just the latest in a series of incidents where some police officers have taken their authority too far.

If you have a short memory, some other black males also have been killed for no reason. Their names are Michael Brown in Ferguson. Mo., 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio, and Eric Garner in New York City, who was choked to death.

These nonsense killings need to stop immediately. If it were not for the video taken by a bystander with a cell phone camera, the officer in South Carolina would have

gotten away with it. Who knows how many killings have happened like this and the officer goes unpunished.

Thank God this officer was videotaped and hopefully will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Supposedly, he fired eight shots at Mr. Scott and five connected.

Mr. Scott’s mother said on television that she could not watch the entire video because it reminded her of someone hunting an animal.

How many more must die before this senseless cycle stops?

ERNEST PARKER JR. Richmond

we stayed a divided nation, split into two by a fundamental dispute about human equality.

Unknown to all who were here on April 9, 1865, was the fact that the future of the world depended upon a united America. It was America a few decades later that decisively entered the Great War to bring peace to an exhausted Europe. It was America that helped defeat global forces of fascism — warped by their own doctrines of racial superiority — in the Second World War. It was America that built a new order based on international institutions and rules protecting individual liberty and national sovereignty.

It was America that helped shine the spotlight of truth on the dictatorial nature of Soviet communism, thus hastening its collapse. Throughout the 20th century and even with all of our human missteps, we played and play a major role in the advance of mankind across the globe in ways that would not have been possible had we not begun our national unification here at Appomattox.

Indeed, even the magnanimous nature of the surrender here — with soldiers from the North and South showing respect to each other and Confederates allowed to return home undisturbed with horses and, in some cases, weapons — set a pattern of magnanimity that has defined our subsequent history. After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson tried to help victor and vanquished alike through establishment of the League of Nations, not because America needed it, but because the idea — ahead of its time — offered a better future for all of mankind. After World War II, America rebuilt the economies of its two principal enemies — Germany and Japan — through the Marshall Plan. These nations today are among our strongest allies.

The great effort of two of my colleagues, Sens. John McCain and John Kerry, to normalize relations with Vietnam, 20 years after a war that cost 58,000 lives, has produced a close alliance between our two countries and provided an opportunity for veterans of that era to find better closure to their wartime service. Each of these gracious efforts of magnanimity at the close of war had their roots here in the spirit of Appomattox. And one lesson

of this place — that an enemy need not always remain an enemy — continues to offer cautious hope even today as we contemplate new relationships with difficult historic adversaries such as Cuba and Iran.

Simply put, while all here 150 years ago understood the surrender was momentous, none could have imagined what the actual event, the reunification of our nation, would mean to the future history of the entire world. And that thought must challenge us today.

Is there any doubt that the 21st century will offer challenges to mankind as significant as those faced in the last century? We already see these challenges in the aggressive activities of authoritarian nations, the spread of non-state terrorist jihadism, and the expansion of technologies that intrude more deeply into our personal lives than ever in our history. At home and around the world, and despite our progress, old problems persist and new challenges proliferate.

Is there any doubt that American leadership will be just as important in the future as it has been in the past?

With our ingenuity, our strength, our diversity and democratic principles, our vibrant and creative entrepreneurial culture, we are uniquely positioned to play a critical leadership role in addressing the many challenges that the world will face, but we must acknowledge that America cannot play the leadership role we are destined to play if we are divided against ourselves.

That is the choice before us today as we think about the choice made here at this place 150 years ago.

So will we look for new opportunities to lay down arms — physical, verbal, spiritual — and unify one with another?

The call of President Lincoln, slain a few days after the surrender here, still must be our call: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who has borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

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Lou Anderson honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

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Former Virginia State University Coach Lou Anderson, left, receives congratulations on his Lifetime Achievement Award by friend and fellow Coach Willard Bailey at Virginia Union University’s 2nd Annual Legends Clinic last Saturday.

Virginia Union University has honored former Virginia State University Coach Lou Anderson with VUU’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

The presentation was made during VUU’s 2nd Annual Legends Clinic on April 11 at the Henderson Center on the Richmond campus by VUU head football Coach Mark James and assistant Coach Aaron Taylor.

More than 50 high school and college coaches from the Richmond area attended the clinic.

Coach Anderson led the VSU Trojans football team from 1990 to 2001, and was CIAA Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996.

He was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame in 2013 and the City of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame earlier this year.

Before that, he served many years as football coach at Maggie Walker, Marshall-Walker and Armstrong high schools.

Many of Coach Anderson’s high school games were played at VUU’s Hovey Field.

Clinic participants also heard from John Blake, former head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and former defensive line coach for the Dallas Cowboys and at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Coach Blake is considered among the nation’s top college football recruiters.

Spring football shows off offenses at VUU and VSU Offense and optimism are the key words following Virginia Union and Virginia State universities’ spring football games.

Under second-year Coach Mark James, VUU’s offense routed the defense 80-36 in the annual Maroon and White intrasquad game April 11 at Hovey Field.

VUU’s Shawheem Dowdy, a 6-foot-4 sophomore transfer from Grambling State University, tossed six touchdowns passes.

Kenneth Graham, VUU’s quarterback most of last season, is still rehabilitating from knee surgery and was held out of the game.

“What a difference a year makes,” said Coach James. “Last year, we started off slow offensively … but tonight we came out and established ourselves and I feel really good about that.”

In Ettrick, first-year Coach Byron Thweatt saw his offense nip the defense 32-28 at Rogers Stadium. Tarian Ayres passed for 194 yards, with two touchdowns to Jaivon Smallwood.

“With the talent from our recruiting class and our veteran leadership, I’m confident we’ll have a

successful season this fall,” said Coach Thweatt.

Trenton Cannon, a transfer from Shepherd University in West Virginia, raced 109 yards on 11 carries. Cannon hails from Kecoughtan High School in Hampton, where he was the Peninsula District 100-meter dash champion.

Coach James A freshman of note on VSU’s roster is Stephen Mines, an All-State running back out of State 5A champion L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield County.

Taylor made: VUU’s new quarterback coach is Troy Taylor, who has a reputation grooming quarterbacks.

In five years at Meadowbrook High School, Coach Taylor produced three All-Metro signal callers — Rod Nichols, Andrew Coble and Gerard Johnson.

Coach Taylor is no relation to VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor or assistant Coach Aaron

Taylor.

VUU recruits include quarterback Daniel Rose, who passed for 1,900 yards and 23 touchdowns last fall, leading Manchester High School to a 10-0 in-season record.

Rose was Conference Offensive Player of Year.

Spider webs: Coach Thweatt’s staff of assistants Coach Thweatt has a strong connection to the University of Richmond Spiders.

Alex Stadler, Mark Carney and Jeff Hanson all worked with Coach Thweatt at one time or another as UR assistants.

Coach Thweatt took over at VSU after Latrell Scott left after two seasons to become head football coach at Norfolk State University.

Game wanted: VUU’s Athletic Director Joe Taylor is trying to fill a 10th slot in the Panthers’ 2015 schedule.

VUU opens what is now a nine-game slate on Sept. 5 against Brevard College at Hovey

Field. The other non-CIAA game will be against Gardner-Webb University on Sept. 19.

For now, VUU has just four home games, including the Oct. 17 homecoming game against Chowan University.

Neither VUU nor VSU is playing CIAA Southern Division juggernaut Winston-Salem State University.

Virginia State’s non-CIAA games are at home against California University of Pennsylvania on Sept. 5, at Tusculum College in Tennessee on Sept. 12 and at home against Kentucky State University on Sept. 19. Homecoming is Oct. 17 against Bowie State University.

VSU will play host to VUU Nov. 7 in Ettrick in the regular season finale. That same game last year in Richmond determined the CIAA Northern Division title.

VUU was 7-3 in Coach James’ first season.

VSU’s 10-3 record in Coach Scott’s final season included CIAA Northern Division and overall titles and a first-round NCAA Division II tournament win over Long Island UniversityPost.

Armstrong alumnus returns as football coach If at first you don’t succeed, McDaniel Anderson will be quick to tell you to “try, try again.”

The 64-year-old native Richmonder never gave up in his quest to become a head football coach for a city high school.

His perseverance finally has been rewarded.

He has been named coach at his alma mater, Armstrong High School. The Class of 1969 alumnus succeeds Kedrick Moody.

Coach Moody, who led the Armstrong Wildcats to the Region 3A playoffs for the last two seasons, resigned earlier this year to become coach at Chesterfield County’s Meadowbrook High School.

“I’ve been trying to become a city head coach for 30 years,” Coach McDaniel told the Free Press. “I estimate I’ve applied for 10 different jobs, including Armstrong four or five times.”

He was a finalist for the job four years ago, when Coach Moody was selected.

The always-affable Coach Anderson insists his age is a nonfactor.

“The way I see it, I’m just getting started,” he said.

Coach Anderson was the last Armstrong High quarterback coached by the legendary Maxie C. Robinson in 1968.

Coach Robinson retired in the spring of 1969, after coaching basketball and football at Armstrong for decades.

After graduating from Armstrong, Coach Anderson played three

years as quarterback at Norfolk State University. He returned to Armstrong as an assistant coach in the 1970s to work under Angier “Horse” Lawrence.

He has served as an assistant coach there off and on over the years and was named head coach, briefly, in 2004.

The position later was awarded to Dennis Harris.

“A different principal came in and made changes. I was disappointed, but I volunteered as Dennis’ assistant, and today we’re best of friends,” said Coach Anderson.

Coach Anderson Currently, Coach Anderson is a site supervisor at Meadowbrook High School for Y-CAPP, an acronym for Youth Challenged, Advised and Positively Promoted.

The program provides specialized services addressing the mental health needs of students. Coach Anderson said he is trying to arrange to transfer the program’s school component to work at Armstrong High School.

He also is a barber instructor at the Richmond Technical Center.

Around town, Coach Anderson may be best known as the

announcer for the Richmond Pro-Am Summer League at Big Ben’s Gym, and for calling various Richmond high school games, primarily at John Marshall High School.

He has a comedic style behind the microphone that is highly entertaining.

Coach Anderson was one of nine football applicants interviewed by Armstrong Activities Director Ksaan Brown.

“McDaniel has a great, positive attitude. He brings a lot of energy,” said Brown.

Armstrong’s football team will open Aug. 29 against George Wythe High School in the first half of a doubleheader at Huguenot High School. The host Falcons will play Thomas Jefferson High School in the nightcap.

Coach Anderson has many holes to fill from last fall’s seniorladen Wildcats who closed with a 6-4 record.

“We’re starting from scratch — from the ground up,” said Coach Anderson. “My goal is to build a program — not a team, but a program — starting with a JV team.”

Coach Anderson also believes it’s never too late to earn a sheepskin.

Determined to fill a void on his résumé, he will be awarded a bachelor’s degree in recreation from Virginia State University on May 2 during commencement ceremonies at the Richmond Coliseum.

Huguenot senior hurdles to state champion Huguenot High School senior Shaunté Harris has a passion for fashion.

But if there’s one thing she relishes more than a sporty, chic look, it’s running the high hurdles — an event famous for its thrills — and also its spills.

Therefore, don’t be surprised to see Harris wearing distressed denims to school, rather than a trendy shirtdress.

“My legs aren’t the nicest,” she says with a wide smile. “I’ve taken plenty of spills, lots of hard falls. My legs have cuts and scratches. It kind of never stops.”

The bubbly 18-year-old adds that her legs aren’t the only areas that have taken some abuse striding over the 33-inch “fences.”

“I’ve got scratches on my elbows, even my stomach,” she added.

Athletic scrapes and scratches, inevitable for a hurdler, may alter Harris’ wardrobe, but they don’t slow her down.

The slender 5-foot-6 Falcon known as “Tay” and “Speedy” won all there was to win during the last indoor track-and-field season.

Her coup de grace was capturing her first state championship March 9 at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

“It was so exciting,” she said. “Four years of work went into this, and I finally got it.”

Harris broke the tape in 8.52 seconds, nipping her long time nemesis, Kaitlin Scott of Armstrong High School.

Earlier in the campaign, Harris won the Conference 26 meet and the 3A East Region, both at the Arthur Ashe Center.

Scott was second to Harris in conference,

region and state events.

“I love the hurdles,” said Harris, who began hurdling at Falling Creek Middle School in Chesterfield County.

“Yes, the event can be a struggle, but that’s real life.

“If you never fall down, you don’t learn how to get up.”

A few of Harris’ favorite things are shopping with her y o u n g e r twin sisters, Kiyah and Kayla, studying in Charles Solomon’s Honors English class, and serving as a sales associate at Plato’s Closet on Midlothian Turnpike.

Plato’s Closet is a chain store that buys and sells gently used clothes, with emphasis on the hottest fashions for teenagers and “20-somethings.”

“I just love it,” she said of her part-time job.

“I love fashion — shoes, clothing, all of it. And working there really opens your eyes to diversity — so many different kinds of people.”

If you want to give Harris a graduation present this spring, a gift certificate to her favorite cloth-

ing store would be appropriate.

And you might consider presenting her with a hurdle to call her own.

“Shaunté never seems to tire of training for the hurdles,” said Huguenot Coach Michael Griffin, a former Virginia State University track and football athlete.

“Even on the weekends, she’s looking for somewhere to go to practice the hurdles. She’d practice at home if she could.”

The new Huguenot building, with its grand opening this past January, features a state of James Haskins/Richmond Free Press the art, rubberized eight-lane track.

There are growing pains, however.

As of now, there are no jumping pits or a discus throwing circle. And hurdles are short in supply.

That’s why Harris sometimes has to go looking for a full set of “sticks” to leap over.

Wildcats’ Wonder Girl Armstrong High School senior Kaitlin Scott ranks with Virginia’s most talented track and field athletes.

Competing at the State 3A meet this past winter, the Wildcats’ sensation won the high jump, was second in high hurdles, fifth in shot put, fifth in the 55-meter dash and ran a leg on Armstrong’s fourth-place 4x200 relay team.

The 55-meter hurdles indoors requires five hurdles; for outdoors, 10 hurdles are needed for the 100-meter event.

Harris noted that she sometimes practices at Meadowbrook High School in her old neighborhood.

Also a long jumper and sprinter on the Falcons’ relay teams, Harris plans to continue track next fall, possibly at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

Other college options are Virginia Commonwealth University, Norfolk State University, South Carolina State University and Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. She’s thinking about majoring in physical therapy.

“I’ve had so many physical therapists help me with my injuries,” she said. “I’d like to do the same for others.”

With a big grin, she added: “And after I get established in physical therapy, I’d like to open my own clothing shop.”

Considering her background, Harris’ boutique could provide a unique combination of spiked heels — and track spikes.

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Personality: Arlette J. Teele Spotlight on Queen of Purple Pumps Chapter of The Red Hat Society Arlette J. Teele founded the Purple Pumps Chapter of the Red Hat Society with the goal of bringing women in the Richmond area together “to greet middle age with verve, humor and élan.”

At chapter gatherings, members are colorfully attired in red hats and wear purple shoes, whether they are cowgirl boots, purple heels or purple flip flops as the occasion dictates.

The only requirement for joining: To share the vision of a fun-filled life.

The chapter’s nine active members are celebrating the Purple Pumps’10th anniversary this year. So far, the group has marked its anniversary with a gala, the “Black and Bling Soiree,” held March 28 at Club 533. It featured dining and dancing to the musical group “Bak N Da Day.” The club was elaborately decorated with a queen’s throne and a huge, lighted queen’s crown.

Members wore black to the after-five themed banquet and wore black feather head pieces and lots of bling. They also received royal sashes with their royal names affixed and four men were inducted into the Royal Purple Pump Court for their support of the group.

The fun-loving group also hosts monthly tea parties and also dines at local restaurants, goes to movies and museums and attends plays, concerts and sporting events.

They begin each year worshipping in full regalia.

Chapter members are given a royal title and a shoe brand, such as Empress Stiletto, Queen Bandolino, Princess Prada or Queen Flip-Flop.

Founded by “Queen Mother” Sue Ellen Cooper of Fullerton, Ca., and five friends in April 1998, The Red Hat Society has spread the mirth to women across the globe, with more than 20,000 chapters in the United States and more than 30 countries abroad.

Members 50 and over wear red hats, while younger members wear pink and lavender hats.

Ms. Teele, a North Side resident and the Purple Pumps “Queen,” says her chapter seeks to share the national organization’s global vision of connecting women in their “pursuit of fun, friendship, fulfillment” and a “quest foremost for Godcentered lives.”

Here’s a look at this week’s Personality, Arlette Teele: Occupation: Retired computer systems engineer for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Date and place of birth: Sept.

17 in Richmond.

Alma maters with degrees: Armstrong High School, Class of 1965; Career Training Institute, 1970; Sperry Univac, 1977, systems administrator certificate; and Microsoft Corp., 1985, IT computer systems and networks engineer certificates.

Family: I have two sisters, a first cousin who is like a sister, one brother, two brothers-in-law, two nieces, four nephews, two great-nieces and one greatnephew, an aunt and uncle, a host of great-cousins and a devoted friend. Whew, that’s a bunch and a new baby due this year!

Mission of Red Hat SocietyRichmond, VA: The Red Hat Society is an international society made up of women of all ages. The society, originally designed as a way for women over 50 to escape the pressures and demands placed on their everyday lives, has matured, growing deeper than “fun and friendship” and includes women of all ages. The Red Hat Society has become a most unique international society as it is dedicated primarily to reshaping the way women approaching 50 and beyond are viewed in today’s culture. The organization supports and encourages women to pursue fun, friendship, freedom, fitness and the fulfillment of lifelong dreams.

Why I decided to organize a Red Hat Society Chapter: To encourage women in the Richmond area to embrace and to celebrate their lives. As well, it provides an opportunity for them to realize that there is fun after reaching the beautiful age of 50. Beside the demands that society places on us as women, we can rise above our many responsibilities and carve out some “me time,” thereby supporting the pursuit of fun, friendship, freedom, fulfillment and fitness with like-minded women, while supporting each other in our individual and collective quests to live life to the fullest!

When the chapter was founded: The Purple Pumps Chapter was chartered Feb. 11, 2005.

Number of members: Headquarters suggests keeping the

chapter membership low so that we don’t experience problems getting tickets to events or making reservations at restaurants, etc. However, we have had several people to inquire about membership in The Purple Pumps and we are excited as we anticipate bringing a few new members on board soon. If anyone is interested in more information or membership, inquiries can be sent via email to PurplePumps@ Outlook.com Brief profile of membership: The average age of Purple Pumps Chapter members is 57. The majority of the ladies are retired. Our members are spiritual and are members of local churches. Most have other organizational affiliations — civic, political, professional, etc. Some are married, some divorced, some are mothers, some grandmothers, some aunties!

We’re all over the place! Each member is known by a royal name of her choosing.

How many Red Hat Society chapters in the Richmond area: To my best knowledge, there are as many as 30 chapters.

Chapter’s relationship to the community: If it’s about fun, the Purple Pumps will attempt to engage! We begin each calendar year worshipping together in full regalia (red hat, purple attire, and purple shoes) at one of the local churches. Although we are not a civic or charitable organization, we have made charitable contributions for various causes, and adopted a family at Christmas.

What makes me tick: Sunshine, sunshine and more sunshine!

My leadership style: I am a positive thinker who believes that life is about choices, and for every choice, there is a consequence! I don’t let roadblocks stand in my way! My mantra is, “Let’s get the job done!”

How I unwind: I listen to smooth jazz with a nice, chilled glass of champagne or homemade sangria. Also, I am spiritually uplifted through my involvement with both First African Baptist Church and Saint Paul’s Baptist Church. I love to be around my family and friends who are a very dear and important part of my life.

Best late-night snack: Pork skins.

The one thing I can’t stand: To hear a woman putting another woman down instead of trying to pick her up, especially without the benefit of having walked in that woman’s shoes.

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The Virginia Education Association and the Virginia PTA—educators and parents— have joined together to tell our leaders, loud and clear, “This must change!”

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Virginia Union celebrates at 150

Virginia Union University joyously celebrated its 150th anniversary last Friday with citywide ceremonies at historic sites related to the university’s founding.

Above and right, the VUU Marching Band and dancers lead a procession of university faculty, staff, students and community members to the university on Lombardy Street after a prayer meeting, below, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward.

That’s where the first classes were held for Hartshorn Memorial College, a school for African-American women that merged with VUU in 1932.

Below center, VUU President Claude G. Perkins and the

Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of the VUU Board of Trustees, conduct a libation ceremony honoring the university’s forebearers.

Below right, marching band members entertain the audience.

The commemoration began at the site of the former slaveholding pen known as Lumpkin’s Jail in Shockoe Bottom, where VUU traces its origins. The American Baptist Home Mission Society began classes in 1865 to educate freed slaves. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who spoke at the Shockoe Slip ceremony, urged the audience there to “build upon what happened 150 years ago.”

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Eddie Murphy ‘Dress for Success’ to receive top fundraiser slated for Friday humor prize Associated Press

WASHINGTON Eddie Murphy, famous for his standup routines, films and his early breakout on television’s “Saturday Night Live,” will be awarded the top U.S. prize for humor this year by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, officials announced last week.

Mr. Murphy, 54, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Oct. 18.

The humor prize honors those who influence society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator better known as Mark Twain.

Through his work, Mr. Murphy “has shown that like Mark Twain he was years ahead of his time,” said Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter.

Mr. Murphy In a written statement, Mr. Murphy said he is deeply honored by the recognition and to join the list of past recipients of the Twain Prize. Past honorees include Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Tina Fey and Whoopi Goldberg.

Mr. Murphy has had a “consistently brilliant comedic career” in many different aspects of comedy, said Cappy R. McGarr, one of the humor prize show’s executive producers.

“He is truly a transformative comedian and humorist,” Mr. McGarr said. “Like Mark Twain, he talks about provocative issues and he is really, really funny while doing it.

Mr. Murphy’s films have been among the highest-grossing comedies, including “48 Hours,” “Trading Places,” “Dr. Dolittle” and “Coming to America.” The entertainer has insisted he is retired now and only makes rare appearances.

Volunteer models will strut their stuff on a runway in dazzling outfits designed with donated clothes at the third annual “Dress for Success” fundraising fashion event.

The evening of fashion fun begins 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 17.

Location: The Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St. in Downtown.

The theme: “Red Carpet Runway.”

Proceeds will benefit Dress for Suc-

cess Central Virginia, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide disadvantaged women with professional attire to secure employment.

Fourteen local volunteer designers are asked to create runway worthy designs from donated collections of “unworkable clothes,” according to event organizers.

Judges will include radio personality “Miss Community” Clovia Lawrence of Radio One, Troy Michel with the CW TV

Network, Tara Hawkins with Style Weekly, Angela Patton with the nonprofit Camp Diva and Stacey Barclay with Barclay’s Inc. Dress for Success is housed in the basement of Boulevard United Methodist Church, 321 N. Boulevard.

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Details: http://dfscentralvirginia.org or (757) 202-7513.

‘Created Equal’ film series begins April 23 A new edition of “Created Equal,” a documentary movie series focusing on civil rights and social justice, is ready to launch at the Virginia Historical Society, it has been announced.

The first movie, “The March,” about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, will be shown 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the historical society, 428 N. Boulevard.

Free to the public, the movie will remember the march and the fractious civil rights coali-

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Theology at Virginia Union UniverThe program will honor individuals sity, will be the keynote speaker at who have made a financial investthe 36th Annual Life Membership ment as Life Members to support Awards Banquet of the York-James the civil rights advocacy work of City-Williamsburg NAACP. the NAACP. The event will be held Saturday, Tickets are $65.

May 2, at the Williamsburg Lodge and Details and ticket information: Dr. Kinney Conference Center, and will open with www.yjcwnaacp.org or the Yorka silent auction and reception at 5 p.m.

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Following the film, Emilie Raymond, associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of “Stars for Freedom: Hollywood, Black Celebrities and the Civil Rights Movement,” will provide commentary.

The other films in this series, and their presentation dates, include: “Meet Me in the Bottom,” a documentary on efforts to reclaim African-American history in Shockoe Bottom, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18.

“Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin,” a key organizer of the 1963 march, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.

“They Closed our Schools,” a new documentary about the closure of public schools in Prince Edward County after segregated schools were

banned, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. The film is still in production and the showing will feature just a portion.

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Caregivers conference at Saint Paul’s April 25 A conference designed to give caregivers information and support will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in Henrico County.

Called “Preparing to Care: Partnering for the Best Life Possible,” the conference will be held at the church, 4247 Creighton Road.

Cost: $30, which includes breakfast and lunch.

Nia Inc. of Greater Richmond, a Saint Paul’s-based ministry, and Anthem HealthKeepers are partnering to present the conference.

“Caretakers are typically so focused on others that they forget how important it is to take care of themselves,” Nia President Patrice Stokes stated in a news release.

Topics of conference workshops will include “The legal side of caregiving,” “Making time for yourself when there’s no time for anything else,” “It’s OK to ask for help” and “Navigating the healthcare maze.”

Keynote speaker Peter Rosenberger, author and president of “Standing with Hope,” will deliver remarks at 9 a.m. and sign books afterward.

Anniversary events at Riverview, Moore Street

Two Richmond churches — Riverview Baptist Church and Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church — are celebrating big anniversaries this weekend.

The Richmond Boys Choir will perform 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Riverview Baptist Church as part of the West End church’s 130th anniversary celebration, the church has announced. The event is free and open to the public.

The celebration will continue Sunday, April 19, at the church at 2604 Idlewood Ave. led by the Rev. Stephen L. Hewlett.

The Rev. Danielle Bridgeforth of Joy4Life Ministries in Alexandria will preach at the 11 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Jaimal C. Hayes of Abner Baptist Church in Henrico County will be the guest minister at a 5 p.m. service.

Details: www.riverviewbaptistch.org or (804) 353-6135.

Also, Moore Street Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating its 140th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of its pastor, Dr. Alonza L. Lawrence, with a special Sunday service and a spring revival next week.

Dr. Jerome Ross, pastor at Providence Park Baptist Church on North Side, will preach at the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday, April 19, at Moore Street, located at 1408 W. Leigh St. in the Carver community.

The spring revival will be held Monday, April 20, through Thursday, April 23, with services 7 p.m. each evening at the church. The guest evangelist is the Rev. Joshua Mitchell of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston.

Details: (804) 358-6403.

Evangelist Creflo Dollar drops pitch for jet Free Press wire reports

The ministry of a prominent Georgia megachurch pastor and evangelist who teaches that God wants to bless the faithful with earthly riches has dropped a pitch for donations to buy a luxury jet valued at more than $65 million.

The website of Creflo Dollar Ministries no longer features a message asking followers to “Sow your love gift of any amount” to help buy a Gulfstream G650 airplane.

That message has disappeared.

Pastor Dollar and his wife, Taffi, lead World Changers Church International in College Park, Ga., just south of Atlanta.

Pastor Dollar is among the best known African-American preachers based around Atlanta, ranking among those who have built successful ministries on the prosperity gospel. Ministers in this tradition often hold up their own wealth as evidence that the teaching works.

The ministry’s current plane, acquired in 1999, was built in 1984, has traveled more than 4 million miles and is no longer safe, spokesman Juda Engelmayer

said. On a recent trip overseas, one of the engines failed, but the pilot was able to land safely and no one was injured, the ministry’s website stated.

Before the message about the plane was taken down, the website stated, “(W)e Pastor Dollar are asking members, partners, and supporters of this ministry to assist us in acquiring a Gulfstream G650 airplane so that Pastors Creflo and Taffi and World Changers Church International can continue to blanket the globe with the Gospel of grace.”

Gulfstream’s website lists an asking price of $67.9 million for a G650 with a flight record of 1,616 hours and 625 landings since it entered service in mid-December.

Members of the ministry travel for much of the year bringing their message, food and supplies to people around the world, Mr. Engelmayer said. The Dollars and their staff need a plane that’s fuel ef-

ficient, faster, with enough cargo capacity and enough seats, he said.

The G650 “flies at more than 92 percent of the speed of sound,” typically holds about 18 seated passengers and can take off with a maximum weight of 99,600 pounds or about 50 tons, according to Gulfstream’s website.

Pastor Dollar, who has five children, has said he received a vision for the church in 1986. He held the first service in front of eight people in an elementary school cafeteria. His ministry grew quickly, and the church moved into its current 8,500seat sanctuary on Dec. 24, 1995.

Pastor Dollar said in a 2007 interview with The Associated Press that he renounced his church salary, and his income comes only from personal investments, including a real estate business and a horse breeding company called Dollar Ranch. He also earns royalties from the more than 30 books he has published that focus mostly on family and life issues, including debt management.

He said he can get up to $100,000 for a single appearance on his packed schedule of speaking engagements.

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Save Our Girls webcast slated for April 18 The Nation of Islam is holding an event designed to uplift and empower African-American women.

The event is called “Save Our Girls.”

The event’s theme: “A nation can rise no higher than its women.”

Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan will deliver the keynote address via webcast from Mosque Maryam in Chicago.

Locally, Muslim Girls in Training and the General Civilization Class of Muhammad Mosque #24 on South Side is hosting a concurrent event to watch the webcast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St., in the West End. Women and girls of all ages and faiths are invited to attend the free event, where refreshments will be provided, said one of the organizers, Maria Muhammad.

The event is being held to address the issues confronting women. Among them: The high rate of HIV among African-American women, the disparate rates of their incarceration, a growing number of domestic violence incidents against them and the need to support black women who head single-family households.

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R&B icon Percy Sledge dies at 74 Free Press wire report

Percy Sledge, the R&B legend whose song “When a Man Loves a Woman,” has become a “first-dance” anthem for newlyweds at wedding receptions, has died at his home in Baton Rouge, La. He was 74.

William “Beau” Clark, coroner for East Baton Rouge Parish, confirmed that Mr. Sledge died about an hour after midnight on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, of natural causes in hospice care.

Mr. Sledge was an icon of the “Muscle Shoals Sound,” named for the city near his hometown of Leighton, Ala., and known since the 1960s for local recording studios where hits that shaped American pop music were recorded.

Mr. Sledge was a young 24-year-old when he recorded “When a Man Loves a Woman” in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Ala. It was his first recording, one that launched an enduring career, established once-obscure Muscle Shoals as a recording mecca, and helped usher in an era when white and black musicians worked together in the studio.

The song reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. It was No. 54 in the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time.

It was Atlantic Records’ first gold record. Company executive Jerry Wexler later called the song “a holy love hymn.” It became a favorite at weddings and turned up in movies, including “The Big Chill” and “The Crying Game.”

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Percy Sledge performs after accepting his award during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2005 in New York.

The song’s enduring popularity landed Mr. Sledge in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1993. He also was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

In 2010, in an interview with USA Today’s Jerry Shriver, Mr. Sledge was reluctant to describe the romantic catastrophe that produced the song, the most anguished, aching, iconic soul anthem of the Boomer era.

“I am happily married now, so just let it go. That’s been written already,” he said then.

Mr. Sledge had other hits between 1966 and 1968, including “Warm and Tender Love,” “It Tears Me Up,” “Out of Left Field” and “Take Time to Know Her.” He returned to the charts in 1974 with “I’ll Be Your Everything.”

Growing up, Mr. Sledge worked in the cotton fields around his hometown and in a hospital in nearby Sheffield. He also spent weekends playing with a rhythm-and-blues band called the Esquires. A patient at the hospital heard him singing while working and recommended him to record producer Quin Ivy. In April 1994, Mr. Sledge pleaded guilty in federal court to tax evasion involving income from concerts in the late 1980s.

He was sentenced to six months in a halfway house, given five years of probation and ordered to pay $96,000 in back taxes and fines.

Mr. Sledge had surgery for liver cancer in January 2014, but resumed touring shortly after.

He is survived by his second wife, Rosa, whom he married in 1980, and 12 children.

Bessie Jones, 86, political organizer For more than 40 years, candidates for public office called on Bessie Mae Peyton Jones to seek her support.

A fixture in the Randolph community with a long record of community service, Mrs. Jones was regarded as a key figure in organizing and mobilizing voters in the West End community.

Mayor Dwight C. Jones, Delegate Betsy Carr and former City Council members such as Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson and Rudolph C. “Rudy” McCollum Jr. counted on her support to win in the city’s 5th Council District.

“Politics was her heart,” said her daughter, Pamala J. Bell of Richmond.

A Richmond native, Mrs. Jones succumbed to a heart attack at her longtime residence in Randolph on Friday, April 10, 2015, her family said. She was 86.

Final tributes were to be paid to Mrs. Jones at noon, Thursday, April 16, at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St., to which her family has ties. The Rev. Earl Brown, church co-pastor, was to officiate.

A graduate of Maggie Walker High School, Mrs. Jones got her start in community organizing in working for the Richmond Community Action Program (RCAP), an outgrowth of the 1960s federal war on poverty that is now the Capital Area Partnership Uplifting People (CAPUP).

Mrs. Jones joined the staff following RCAP’s creation in 1965 and was best known for directing the group’s people-helping office at Randolph and Idlewood avenues in the near West End. For around 20 years, she worked with residents struggling to pay rent, to keep the heat on in their homes and to find work.

Meanwhile, she and her husband, Richard I. Jones, now deceased, were active in the Richmond Crusade for Voters and Mrs. Jones its efforts to mobilize AfricanAmerican voting power to elect supportive candidates. She was long a captain for Crusade activities in the 5th District, known for assembling effective teams to work the polls and get out the vote.

Mrs. Jones also was a longtime volunteer at the now closed Boys and Girls Club in Randolph and a leader in the West End Civic Association.

A past president of the association, she organized neighborhood cleanups and other projects to benefit the neighborhood,

Mission Statement: People of God developing Disciples for Jesus Christ through Preaching and Teaching of God’s Holy Word reaching the people of the Church and the Community.

Celebrating our Pastor

“The Church With A Welcome”

Sharon Baptist Church 22 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219 • 643-3825 thesharonbaptistchurch.com Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

SUNDAYS 8:00 a.m. .... Morning Worship 9:30 a.m. .... Church School 11:15 a.m. ...Morning Worship

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

THURSDAYS 1:30 p.m.

Bible Study

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

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

2015 Theme: The Year of Moving Forward

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

Moore Street

Missionary Baptist Church Sunday, April 19, 2015

Church School - 8:30 a.m.

Anniversary Service - 10:00 a.m.

Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jerome Ross, Pastor, Providence Park Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Grace E. Tolliver

SPRING REVIVAL April 20-23, 2015

Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:00 AM Guest Speaker: Elder Shirley McRae Associate Minister, Beulah Baptist Church

Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Houston, Texas

Rev. Dr. Grace E. Tolliver, CSAC, M. Div Pastor

Greater Brook Road Baptist Church

7 p.m. Nightly Guest Evangelist:

1408 W. Leigh Street • 358-6403, Dr. Alonza Lawrence, Pastor

FirstM iBaptist Church dlothian

13800 Westfield Dr., Midlothian,VA 23113 804-794-5583 • www.fbcm1846.com

Service Times Sunday

Church School 9:45AM Worship 11:00AM

Sixth Baptist Church

Tuesday

Bible Study 12 Noon

Theme for 2015: Becoming a Five-Star Church of Excellence

It’s A Family Affair

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13

Sunday, April 19, 2015 From Easter To Pentecost

Wednesday Youth & Adult Bible Study 7:00PM Prayer & Praise 8:15PM

Van Transportation Available, Call 804-794-5583

Rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor

9:30 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Message by: Pastor The Central Role of The Pastor – Part One SAVE THE DATES April 21 – 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Empowerment Spring Revival Pastor’s Darryl and Derrick Etienne, Evangelist

April 29, 2015

6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM Worship Service Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Sylvester Smith, Pastor Good Shepherd Baptist Church Richmond, VA

Rev. Joshua Mitchell,

513 W. 28th Street • Richmond, VA.23225 • (804)231-7538 • (804)262-1879 fax • gbrbc513@aol.com

Revival Mount Olive SpringMonday, April 27, 2015 Baptist Church thru Wednesday, Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

140th Anniversary of

14th Anniversary

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

including Easter egg hunts for children and National Night Out projects to fight crime.

“She loved her family, and she loved the community,” Mrs. Bell said.

In addition to her daughter, survivors include her son, Richard I. Jones Jr., a former Virginia Commonwealth University basketball star; another daughter, Sandra J. McWilliams of Fort Worth, Texas; three sisters, including her twin, Fannie P. Copeland, and Geraldine P. Thomas, both of Richmond, and Willa P. Oliver of Upper Marlboro, Md.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

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Pastor’s 14th Anniversary Guest Speaker: Dr. David Chapman Interim Executive Minister Baptist General Convention of Virginia Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor 400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Fax (804) 359-3798 www.sixthbaptistchurch.org

RIVERVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH 2604 Idlewood Avenue Richmond, VA 23220 Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr., Pastor Emeritus (804) 353-6135 ~ www.riverviewbaptistch.org

Triumphant

Baptist Church

2003 Lamb Avenue Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622 Church School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service - 11:15 a.m.

Bible Study: Tuesday - 9 a.m.

Wednesday - 7 p.m.

Prayer Services: Wednesday (1st & 3rd ) 7 a.m.

Every Wednesday 8 p.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

Saturday, April 18, 2015

5:00p.m.

Deacon Family Ministry Celebration

Richmond Boys Choir in Concert

Sunday, April 19, 2015

9:45a.m. – Sunday School • 11:00a.m. – Worship Service Guest Speaker: Rev. Danielle Bridgeforth, Alexandria, Virginia 5:00p.m. – Guest Speaker: Rev. Jaimal C. Hayes Choir, Ushers and Congregation Abner Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Virginia

RIVERVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH

Anniversary Celebration

130 Years Anchored in Hope, Faith and Prayer

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 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10 A.M. Thursdays: Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults) 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

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call 644-0496 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, May 4, 2015 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, May 11, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2015-80 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 114-692.3, 11 4 - 6 9 2 . 4 a n d 11 4 1030.1, concerning the review criteria for installations utilizing alternative support structures and when a plan of development shall be required, respectively; and to amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A for section 114-1020.4(a), both for the purpose of authorizing the installation of certain wireless communications facilities on alternative support structures with a building permit.

Ordinance No. 2015-90 To rezone the property known as 1031 Fourqurean Lane from the R-53 Multifamily Residential District to the R-5 SingleFamily Residential District. The property owner has requested the rezoning in order to remove the existing proffers and develop the former school building for multi-family uses under a special use permit. Of the type of development proposed for the site, the Richmond Master Plan states that additional multi-family development should be limited to managed senior housing along major transportation corridors, except Chamberlayne Avenue, where access cannot impact single family residential areas.

Ordinance No. 2015-91 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1031 Fourqurean Lane for the purpose of permitting one or more multifamily dwellings with a total of up to 92 dwelling units for elderly and disabled persons, together with accessory parking, upon certain terms and conditions. In 2012, City Council authorized a conditional rezoning of the subject property (Ord. No. 201213-24), which zoned the property R-53 Multifamily Residential District Conditional. The applicant does not intend to develop the property according to the approved proffer statement, and thus, has requested to rezone the property from the current R-53 zoning back to the R-5 Single Family Residential district. The R-5 District does not permit multi-family dwellings and thus requires a special use permit. Of the type of development proposed for the site, the Richmond Master Plan states that additional multi-family development should be limited to managed senior housing along major transportation corridors, except Chamberlayne Avenue, where access cannot impact single family residential areas.

Ordinance No. 2015-92 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1817 East Main Street for the purpose of permitting up to 78 multifamily dwelling units, accessory parking and uses permitted in the B-5 Central Business District, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned M-1 Light Industrial District.

The applicant proposes up to seventy-eight (78) multi-family dwelling units and uses permitted in the B-5 Central Business District. Dwelling units are not permitted principal uses in the M-1 district.

Therefore, a special use permit is required. The Richmond Downtown Plan designates this area as Urban Center Area. The Urban Center Area is characterized by higher density, mixed-use development, typically arranged on a fine-grained street network, with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks.

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.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

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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, April 27, 2015 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. 2014-199 As Amended To amend and reordain City Code § 10-92, concerning cruelty to animals, to prohibit the use of certain instruments in the training or control of elephants.

Ordinance No. 2015-79 To amend and reordain ch.

2, art. IV, div. 3 of the City Code by adding therein new §§ 2-305—2-308 for the purpose requiring that fiscal impact statements and economic impact statements be submitted to the Council upon the introduction of Mayorpatroned ordinances authorizing certain economic development projects to be funded or supported by the City. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-83 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1418 North 27th Street and to authorize the conveyance of such property for nominal consideration to Bon Secours – Richmond Community Hospital, Incorporated for the purpose of developing medical and related facilities.

Ordinance No. 2015-84 To declare surplus and to direct the conveyance of City-owned real estate located at 2534 Nine Mile Road for a price of $15,000 to Bon Secours – Richmond Community Hospital, Incorporated for the purpose of developing the property as a medical facility and mixed-use development.

Ordinance No. 2015-85 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $1,064,000 from the Virginia Department of Transportation; to transfer $280,000 in matching funds from the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget, Bike Sharrows / Lanes project in the Transportation category; to amend the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget by establishing a new project in the Transportation category called the City of Richmond Bike Share System project; and to appropriate the total amount of $1,344,000 to the Fiscal Year 2014-2015 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the new City of Richmond Bike Share System project by $1,344,000 for the purpose of implementing a public bike sharing system.

Ordinance No. 2015-86 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond and Eggleston Plaza II LP for the purpose of providing for an economic development grant to facilitate the construction and operation of a mixed-use development to be known as Eggleston Plaza. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-87 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond and Dixon/Lee Development Group, LLC, for the purpose of providing an economic development grant to facilitate the rehabilitation of 201 West Brookland Park Boulevard as a mixed-use development. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-88 To amend Ord. No. 201462-99, adopted May 27, 2014, which adopted a General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 20142015 and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer funds in the amount of $25,000 from the Non-Departmental agency, Richmond Regional Planning District Commission line item for a Food Policy Director and to appropriate $25,000 to the Richmond City Health Continued on next column

District for the purpose of funding food policy initiatives administered by the Richmond City Health District. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2015-89 To amend and reordain ch. 42, art. I of the City Code by adding therein a new section numbered 42-15 for the purpose of requiring that the Chief Administrative Officer notify the Council by no later than November 15 of each year of any anticipated delay in the timely submission of the detailed statement and audited financial report required by Va. Code §§ 15.2-2510 and 15.2-2511 and provide the Council with a report concerning the causes of any such delay within 30 days after the date on which the detailed statement and audited financial report are submitted to the Council. (Committee: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 23, 2015, 2:00 p.m., Council Chamber) 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.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MICHELLE UNDERWOOD, Plaintiff v.

RANDY UNDERWOOD, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000830-00 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 28th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RANDY FAISON, Plaintiff v.

JOHNETTE FAISON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000899-00 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 3rd day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JUSTIN WOLZ, Plaintiff v.

REBECCA WOLZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000445-00 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, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 3rd day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. 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

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KEITH MCMORRIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000784-00 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 27th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD SHAWN M. ROACH, Plaintiff v.

ANTANAS K. GALABOV, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15-0407-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to grant Shawn M. Roach, the Plaintiff, a divorce from Antanas K. Galabov, the Defendant, on the ground that the Plaintiff and the Defendant have lived separate and apart for a period in excess of one year.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Antanas K. Galabov, it is hereby ORDERED that Antanas K. Galabov appear before this Court on April 28, 2015, at 8:30 a.m., to protect his interests herein.

AN EXTRACT TESTE: Wendy S. Hughes, Clerk Rick A. Friedman, II, Esquire (VSB #46870) Wyatt J. Taylor, Esquire (VSB #79754) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9620 Iron Bridge Road, Suite 101 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) rfriedman@friedmanlawva.com wtaylor@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JULIA DIAZ, Plaintiff v.

LUIS DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000698-00 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 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WINDELL EASTER, Plaintiff v.

IZABEL EASTER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000696-00 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 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. 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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MYRASHELL MCMORRIS, Plaintiff

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LEXY COPE, Plaintiff v.

JESSE COPE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000702-00 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 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk

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I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROXANNE HILLIARD, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES HILLIARD, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000697-00 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 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHRISTOPHER AKINOLA, Plaintiff v.

ARIELE ROBINSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000572-00 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 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY KEMAR MAURICE LEWIS, Plaintiff v.

TURUNESH NIAMBI PANTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15-320 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

This CAUSE came to be heard upon Plaintiff’s Complaint for Divorce filed herein.

And, it appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the defendant resides at an unknown address.

It is therefore ORDERED that the defendant appear on or before the 8th day of June, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. before this Court and do what necessary to protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk I ask for this: Tamar Jones, Esq. VSB# 83221 8501 Mayland Drive, STE 101 Richmond, VA 23294 Phone: 804-249-4747 Fax: 571-384-1817

CUSTODY FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY In the Matter of the Adoption of a child whose first name is Jordan File No. 22471 Docket No. AS-01114-13 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION To: AARON HAMMIE 626 YORKSHIRE DRIVE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition requesting an order approving and allowing the adoption of an adoptive child whose first name is JORDAN, who is alleged to be your Son, and whose full name and date and place of birth is set forth in a Schedule annexed to the petition for adoption herein, together with an agreement to adopt and consents to the adoption pursuant to the Domestic Relations Law, has been filed with the Family Court of the State of New York, Schenectady County. A hearing on the petition will be held at the Court, located at 620 State Street, 5th Floor, Schenectady, New York on June 10, 2015 at 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, at which time and place all persons having any interest therein will be heard.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear may constitute a denial of your interest in the child, which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the custody of the child.

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virgiNia: iN thE Richmond JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Commonwealth of Virginia, in re DESHAWN K. HENRY OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Jacquel Lamar Parker (Father) of Deshawn K. Henry, child, DOB 12/14/2010, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Jacquel Lamar Parker appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/ her interest on or before June 2, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

and VALERIE HASH a/k/a VALERIE KIM HASH a/k/a VALERIE KIM BELLAMYBROWN p/k/a VALERIE KIM BELLAMY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that JMC OF VIRGINIA, A Virginia Corporation, An Entity Not Listed in the Records of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporate Commission, which may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JMC OF LOUISIANA, INC., A Purged Virginia Corporation, which may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that STACY L. CARRIER, THERESA C. CARRIER, and JOHN M. CARRIER, As Former Directors and Trustees in Liquidation, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action; that JAMES ODELL BARNES AT 1324 DOVER STREET, COLUMBIA, SC 29201, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated July 14, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded July 16, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-19870, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest, whose names are unknown; that PAUL D. STOTTS a/k/a PAUL D. STOTTS, SR., and MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS, Trustees of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated July 14, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded July 16, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-19870, or their successor/s in title, that DONALD C. BURRIESCI, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., BEVERLY PATTERSON a/k/a BEVERLY ROSE BELLAMY-PATTERSON a/k/a BEVERLY ROSE BELLAMY, SHARON SHEPARD a/k/a SHARON DANITA BELLAMY SHEPARD p/k/a SHARON DANITA BELLAMY, VALERIE HASH a/k/a VALERIE KIM HASH a/k/a VALERIE KIM BELLAMYBROWN p/k/a VALERIE KIM BELLAMY, JMC OF VIRGINIA, A Virginia Corporation, An Entity Not Listed in the Records of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporate Commission, JMC OF LOUISIANA, INC., A Purged Virginia Corporation, STACY L. CARRIER, THERESA C. CARRIER, and JOHN M. CARRIER, As Former Directors and Trustees in Liquidation, JAMES ODELL BARNES AT 1324 DOVER STREET, COLUMBIA, SC 29201, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated July 14, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded July 16, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-19870, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest, PAUL D. STOTTS a/k/a PAUL D. STOTTS, SR., and MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS, Trustees of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated July 14, 1999, with respect to said property, recorded July 16, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-19870, or their successor/s in title, DONALD C. BURRIESCI, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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.

Case No.: CL13-4447-1 WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3070 Nine Mile Road”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# NE0000991/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., who may be deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of WILBERT J. BELLAMY a/k/a WILBERT J. BELLAMY, SR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BEVERLY PATTERSON a/k/a BEVERLY ROSE BELLAMY-PATTERSON a/k/a BEVERLY ROSE BELLAMY, SHARON SHEPARD a/k/a SHARON DANITA BELLAMY SHEPARD p/k/a SHARON DANITA BELLAMY,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL-14-5330-1 NETTIE NICHOLS, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF NETTIE NICHOLS, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1418 North 27th Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000714/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Nettie Nichols.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NETTIE NICHOLS, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of NETTIE NICHOLS, have not been located and haves not

filed a response to this action; that CONNIE NICHOLS WILLIAMS a/k/a THERESA WILLIAMS p/k/a TERESA NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CONNIE NICHOLS WILLIAMS a/k/a TERESA WILLIAMS p/k/a TERESA NICHOLS, SARAH V. WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of SARAH V. WILLIAMS, LOUISE WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LOUISE WILLIAMS, FLEETTWOOD WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FLEETTWOOD WILLIAMS, VIVIAN WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of VIVIAN WILLIAMS, SERENA a/k/a CERENA WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of SERENA a/k/a CERENA WILLIAMS, ANN M. WALKER, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ANN M. WALKER, LYNWOOD NICHOLS a/k/a LINWOOD NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LYNWOOD NICHOLS a/k/a LINWOOD NICHOLS, LUTHER NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LUTHER NICHOLS, NATHAN NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of NATHAN NICHOLS, PERCY NICHOLS a/k/a PERCY NICHOLS, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of PERCY NICHOLS a/k/a PERCY NICHOLS, JR., ANNIE B. NICHOLS a/k/a ANNIE M. NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ANNIE B. NICHOLS a/k/a ANNIE M. NICHOLS, ARTHUR NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ARTHUR NICHOLS, MARION a/k/a MARIAN NICHOLS FRANKLIN p/k/a MARION NICHOLS TURNAGE p/k/a MARION NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARION a/k/a MARIAN NICHOLS FRANKLIN p/k/a MARION NICHOLS TURNAGE p/k/a MARION NICHOLS, CLARENCE F. NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CLARENCE F. NICHOLS, and NETTIE NICHOLS, daughter of the owner of record, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of NETTIE NICHOLS, daughter of the owner of record, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WILBERT HODGE, MELVIN NICHOLS, LAVERNE NICHOLS, REGINALD FRANKLIN, JOYCE FRANKLIN, ROSE JOHNSON, and THELMA TURNER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CLARENCE FRANKLIN, JR., a/k/a CLARENCE J. FRANKLIN, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, whose names are not known; that DISCOVER BANK, Issuer of the Discover Card, A Delaware Corporation Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 NETTIE NICHOLS, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of NETTIE NICHOLS, CONNIE NICHOLS WILLIAMS a/k/a THERESA WILLIAMS p/k/a TERESA NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CONNIE NICHOLS WILLIAMS a/k/a TERESA WILLIAMS p/k/a TERESA NICHOLS, SARAH V. WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of SARAH V. WILLIAMS, LOUISE WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LOUISE WILLIAMS, FLEETTWOOD WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FLEETTWOOD WILLIAMS, VIVIAN WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DURHAM IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 01 JT 17 IN THE MATTER OF: MELISSA MICHAUD GLENN NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS RE: TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Michelle A. Michaud, mother of a female child born on or about December 25, 2000, in Durham County, N.C.

NOTICE that petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of the respondent has been filed. You must file a written answer with the Clerk of Superior Court of Durham County and the attorney below within thirty (30) days of the first date of publication. You must also serve a copy of the answer on the petitioner’s attorney. Your parental rights to the juvenile will be terminated upon failure to answer the petition within the time prescribed.

You may call the Deputy Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Durham County at (919) 8083125 for further information.

This the 6th day of March, 2015.

Syrena N. Williams, Esq. The CW Law Group, PC 3622 Lyckan Parkway, Suite 5002 Durham, NC 27707 (919) 926-1785 April 2, 9, 16, 2015 virgiNia: iN thE Richmond JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Commonwealth of Virginia, in re EGYPT LAREECE TOWNES OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Latina Kay Townes (Mother) and Terry Wright (Father) of Egypt Lareece Townes, child, DOB 5/6/2013, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: vistation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Latina Kay Townes and Terry Wright appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before June 29, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

Kate D. O’Leary, Esq. 730 E. Broad St., 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-3493

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or successor/s in interest of VIVIAN WILLIAMS, SERENA a/k/a CERENA WILLIAMS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of SERENA a/k/a CERENA WILLIAMS, ANN M. WALKER, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ANN M. WALKER, LYNWOOD NICHOLS a/k/a LINWOOD NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LYNWOOD NICHOLS a/k/a LINWOOD NICHOLS, LUTHER NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LUTHER NICHOLS, NATHAN NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of NATHAN NICHOLS, PERCY NICHOLS a/k/a PERCY NICHOLS, JR., who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of PERCY NICHOLS a/k/a PERCY NICHOLS, JR., ANNIE B. NICHOLS a/k/a ANNIE M. NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ANNIE B. NICHOLS a/k/a ANNIE M. NICHOLS, ARTHUR NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ARTHUR NICHOLS, MARION a/k/a MARIAN NICHOLS FRANKLIN p/k/a MARION NICHOLS TURNAGE p/k/a MARION NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MARION a/k/a MARIAN NICHOLS FRANKLIN p/k/a MARION NICHOLS TURNAGE p/k/a MARION NICHOLS, CLARENCE F. NICHOLS, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of CLARENCE F. NICHOLS, NETTIE NICHOLS, daughter of the owner of record, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of NETTIE NICHOLS, daughter of the owner of record, WILBERT HODGE, MELVIN NICHOLS, LAVERNE NICHOLS, REGINALD FRANKLIN, JOYCE FRANKLIN, ROSE JOHNSON, THELMA TURNER,CLARENCE FRANKLIN, JR., a/k/a CLARENCE J. FRANKLIN, JR., or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DISCOVER BANK, Issuer of the Discover Card, A Delaware Corporation Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

may be the holder of part of a $12,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, A. MICHAEL COLLETTI, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated January 16, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded January 21, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-001909, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 21, 2, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-44251005, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ARTHUR ADAMS, As Trustee, ARTHUR ADAMS TRUST, which may be the holder of $74,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, or his successors in title, that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $12,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $12,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

CHECK will be required at the time of the sale. A Buyer’s Premium of Ten Percent (10%) or Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), whichever is greater, will be added to the high auction bid. The balance of the sales price shall be payable in cash or by certified check within thirty (30) days after the sale. Time is of the essence as to the closing date and payment of the purchase price. The Noteholder and the Substitute Trustee reserve the right (i) to waive any deposit requirements; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the Property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding; (iv) to keep the bidding open for any length of time; (v) to reject all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date of sale; and (vii) to determine the order of sale at the time of sale. The Property with any improvements thereon will be sold “As Is” without representations or warranties of any kind. Delivery of possession of the Property will be the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Property will be sold subject to all matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust, if any. The Purchaser, at the time of the closing, shall be required to pay all closing costs. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustee a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding.

This notice is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Ronald R. Wesley, Substitute Trustee For information contact Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 5 Richmond, VA 23218-0005 (804) 644-2888 Mr. Tim Dudley, CAI, AARE Motley’s Auction, Inc. T/A Motleys Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 tdudley@svn.com

or Successors in Interest of BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, and ROSLYN PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ROSLYN PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GAIL FITZGERALD, AS T/O/D BERTRAM PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of an interest in a Balloon Deed of Trust per Instruments recorded at Instr. 07-35369 and Instr.

No 08-27867, who may be the holder of part of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAN L. ALLEN, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, or Allen’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, and ROSLYN PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ROSLYN PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, GAIL FITZGERALD, AS T/O/D BERTRAM PEARSON, As to part of

a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of an interest in a Balloon Deed of Trust per Instruments recorded at Instr. 07-35369 and Instr. No 08-27867, who may be the holder of part of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER HOOKER, As to a possible interest in HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC SILVER, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JACK C. GRAYBEAL and CAROLE I. GRAYBEAL, or their Successor/s in Trust, As Trustee, UNDER THE GRAYBEAL LIVING TRUST, DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1997, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, As to $40,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $40,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

signees or successor/s in interest of MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, As to $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $20,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JOEL FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, possible Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929 or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $26,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, As to $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $20,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, JOEL FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, possible Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929 or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his successor/s in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEO-

DORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-3567-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “805 Chimborazo Boulevard (formerly 805 North 34th Street),” TaxMap/GPIN# E0000966/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that A. MICHAEL COLLETTI, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated January 16, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded January 21, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-001909, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 21, 2005, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-44251 have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ARTHUR ADAMS, As Trustee, ARTHUR ADAMS TRUST, which may be the holder of $74,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $12,000.00 Interest, who Continued on next column

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 2030½ Chamberlayne Parkway Richmond, Virginia Tax Map #N000-0478/004

In execution of a deed of trust dated February 11, 2009 and recorded February 12, 2009, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, City of Richmond, Virginia, as Instrument # 09-2795 (the “Deed of Trust”), a default having been made under the Deed of Trust and having been so directed by the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust (the “Noteholder”), the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction conducted

by Motley’s Auction, Inc., T/A Motleys Asset Disposition Group, the real estate described above, and more particularly described in the Deed of Trust (the “Property”), on April 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the front of the Property, 2030 ½ Chamberlayne Parkway, also known as 2030 ½ Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-3683-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3023 Columbia Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S008-0559/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAN L. ALLEN, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or Allen’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-3422-1 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1820 Edwards Avenue,” TaxMap/GPIN# S000-0456/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title; that WALTER HOOKER, As to a possible interest in HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ISAAC SILVER, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JACK C. GRAYBEAL and CAROLE I. GRAYBEAL, or their Successor/s in Trust, As Trustee, UNDER THE GRAYBEAL LIVING TRUST, DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1997, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, As to $40,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $40,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 0624187, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-3650-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1828 Keswick Avenue”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S0071032/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $26,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not filed a response to this action; that MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, asContinued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-4447-1 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “311 ½ Preston Street,” TaxMap/GPIN# N000-0070/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest and BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ADA ALLEN, As to $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that DAVID GROSSMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of David Grossman, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SHIRLEY GROSSMAN, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD COHEN, As to $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, has not been and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that GERALD FINE, As Trustee, GERALD H. FINE REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 9/10/94, As to $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title; that GERALD WEISS, As to $10,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response in this matter, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, and ANDREA D. GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,300.00 Interest in a certain Note

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secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest and BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ADA ALLEN, As to $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID GROSSMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of David Grossman, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, SHIRLEY GROSSMAN, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD COHEN, As to $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, GERALD FINE, As Trustee, GERALD H. FINE REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 9/10/94, As to $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or his successors in title, GERALDINE WEISS, As to $10,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, and ANDREA D. GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,300.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A.

KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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.

Case No.: CL14-3995-1 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “1412 Spotsylvania Street,” TaxMap/GPIN# E000-0606/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that TOM CLARK, Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title, whose names are unknown; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and ANDREA GOLDEN a/k/a ANDERA GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that HERBERT CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, and DOROTHY CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response in this matter, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that DONALD ADLER, As to 15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 0804352, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, As Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, for which the address is not known and which has not been located despite diligent efforts by counsel for the City of Richmond to do so, or its successor/s in title, whose names are unknown; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, or his Successor/s in Title, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation for WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ

TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, TOM CLARK, Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and ANDREA GOLDEN a/k/a ANDERA GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HERBERT CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, and DOROTHY CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DONALD ADLER, As to 15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, As Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, or his Successor/s in Title, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation for WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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

Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $6,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $6,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, AARON GOLD, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL14-3815-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3312 Tuxedo Boulevard”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0003313/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response has not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $6,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $6,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, has not been personally located and has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action; that AARON GOLD, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD COHEN, As to $6,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $6,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, has not been located and has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $11,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $11,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion

as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD COHEN, As to $6,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $6,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, has not been located and has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, that RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $11,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $11,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 09-3079, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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.

Case No.: CL14-3814-1 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3415 S Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# E000-1104/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OPTIMOUS CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA Doing Business in Virginia As OPTIMUS CORPORATION f/k/a THE PACESETTER CORPORATION, A Nebraska Corporation for which the Authority to Transact Business in Virginia has been Voluntarily Withdrawn, which may be the holder of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 9815074, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RICHARD B. JOYNT, who may be deceased, and his successor in title, Trustee of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 98-15074; that RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $8,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $8,000.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $9,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $9,500.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; 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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OPTIMOUS CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA Doing Business in Virginia As OPTIMUS CORPORATION f/k/a THE PACESETTER CORPORATION, A Nebraska Corporation for which the Authority to Transact Business in Virginia has been Voluntarily Withdrawn, which may be the holder of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 9815074, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RICHARD B. JOYNT, who may be deceased, and his successor in title, Trustee of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 98-15074, RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $8,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $8,000.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $9,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $9,500.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL12-3600-1 PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “2203 Q Street f/k/a 2203 Short “Q” Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# E000-0469/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Premier Investment Properties, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated October 16, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded October 17, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-27302, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and have not filed a response to this action; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, TIMOTHY M. KEILTY a/k/a TIMOTHY M. KEILTY, SR., COLBY KEILTY, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE and RICHARD KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s 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 PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated October 16, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded October 17, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-27302, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, TIMOTHY M. KEILTY a/k/a TIMOTHY M. KEILTY, SR., COLBY KEILTY, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, 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 Free Press

B10 April 16-18, 2015

Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Players of color in Flying Squirrels lineup Diamond and took on the visiting team from Altoona, Pa. The Squirrels, the Eastern League farm club of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants, have no African-American players.

But players of color fill the lineup card of manager José Alguacil, a Latino from Venezuela.

There are several Afro-Caribbeans on the Squirrels roster: José Casilla, Joan Gregorio, Kelvin Marte, Adalberto Méjia and Angel Villalona from the Dominican Republic;

By gallantly breaking baseball’s color line, Jackie Robinson opened doors for talented young athletes not only in America, but everywhere.

Since April 15, 1947, the date Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers, doors have swung open at baseball organizations from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles to include players of color.

The diversity of talent was visible on April 15 in Richmond, where the Flying Squirrels celebrated Jackie Robinson Day-Education Day at The

Pedro Rodriguez, Javier Herrera and Pedro Rodriguez from Venezuela; and Daniel Carbonell from Cuba.

If you were to discover a snapshot of Richmond’s pro baseball team prior to 1947, no people of color would be pictured.

If gifted enough to earn a pro contract in the United States, players of color from outside the country would have been steered to the Negro Leagues.

That all changed with Robinson.

And then with Cuban Minnie Minoso, who became the first black Latino in the major leagues when he broke the color line with Cleveland in 1949.

Currently, more black Latinos are appearing on big league rosters.

Only about 9 percent of big league players are African-American, down from a high of 19 percent in 1987.

However, about 27 percent of big leaguers were born in foreign lands, mostly in the Caribbean, where historically millions of Africans were mercilessly shipped during the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Starting this baseball season, there were 83 Dominicans, 63 Venezuelans and 18 Cubans on opening-day rosters, thanks to the barriers broken by Robinson.

Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated at ballparks nationally every April 15, with major league players, managers, coaches and umpires wearing his iconic “42.”

The Robinson “42” emblem, on display at The Diamond, is in blue, gray and white — the colors of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ uniforms in 1947.

Baseball began recognizing Robinson Day in 2004. Players began wearing No. 42 in 2009.

No incoming player will ever wear No. 42 again, in honor of Robinson. The last player to wear that number was New York Yankees’ relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, who retired two seasons ago.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Above, a banner on the outfield wall Wednesday at The Diamond honors trailblazing slugger Jackie Robinson as the Flying Squirrels celebrate “Jackie Robinson Day,” sponsored in part by the Free Press. Left, Flying Squirrels manager José Alguacil applauds his team’s effort, but his enthusiasm was eventually dampened as Richmond lost 3-0 to visiting Altoona.

Richmond has its own claim to fame in taking a wrecking ball to bigotry.

The first black American Leaguer was outfielder Larry Doby, who joined the Cleveland Indians just 13 weeks after Robinson’s Brooklyn debut.

Doby played basketball — but not baseball — at Virginia Union University in 1942 before launching his pro baseball career with the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League later that same year.

VUU expects to name coaches next week

Virginia Union University is continuing its search for women’s and men’s basketball coaches.

Panthers Athletic Director Joe Taylor said he hopes to announce the women’s coach by Tuesday, April 21, when VUU holds its Athletic Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. at the Henderson Center on campus.

Guest speaker for the event will be radio host Jack Gravely, the new interim executive director of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP. VUU is seeking a replacement for former women’s team Coach Barvenia Wooten-Cherry, who was not retained following last season.

On the men’s side, VUU is looking to fill the vacancy created when Coach Tony Sheals was reassigned.

Candidates for the men’s job include two former Panthers, Jay Butler and Vance Harmon, and native Richmonder Delmar Harris Jr. Butler is the women’s coach at the University of the District of Columbia.

Harmon is coach at Henrico High School, where he has won two state titles in the past three years.

Both Butler and Harmon were finalists for the job last year when Coach Sheals took over.

Harris is a former Monacan High School and Fork Union Military Academy athlete who most recently was head coach at Vassar College in New York.

Taylor said he hopes to name a men’s coach by the end of next week.

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Mortgage Loan Program Underwriter VHDA has a unique opportunity for an experienced mortgage loan underwriter to utilize skills and knowledge to support our affordable housing mission.

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Candidates must possess recent experience underwriting FHA/VA/RD/Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac loans (minimum of 5 years preferred) and have FHA Direct Endorsement authority and VA automatic and Staff Appraisal Reviewer (SAR) approval. Extensive knowledge in current mortgage standards and practices with experience using industry automated underwriting systems and loan origination systems is required. Experience underwriting VHDA and other affordable housing programs loans preferred. Associates degree preferred. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Candidates should be able to work independently and in a team environment.

We offer a competitive salary with generous benefits package. Submit resume with cover letter stating salary requirements before April 23, 2015, online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE Background and credit checks will be performed as a condition of employment.

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Senior AccountAnt Richmond

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) is seeking a Senior Accountant to provide accounting and financial services in its Fiscal and Support Services Office. This position will be responsible for the following: Process payroll and fringe benefit accounting using ADP internetbased software system.

Perform general accounting functions using Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains software, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and bank reconciliations.

Review and approve vendor payments, employee expense reimbursements, cash receipts and weekly banking activity.

Prepare reports and analyses for the Senior Accounting Manager and Controller.

Assist with preparation of various financial schedules for the annual audit.

All candidates must apply through our website www.yesvirginia.org/ About_Us/Employment.aspx. Application deadline: April 17, 2015.

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Computer Systems Security Engineer, #00005 ** RE-ANNOUNCEMENT ** Reynolds Community College is seeking applicants for the position of Information Technology Specialist II, Pay Band 5.

Duties: Responsible for assisting in the planning and administration of the college’s information security program, and fulfilling the responsibilities of the primary Information Security Officer (ISO) for the college. This position will have the responsibility for overseeing improvements in the college’s information security program, researching and implementing the policies, standards, and procedures necessary to protect the college and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) infrastructure from external and internal threats; and managing access to college and VCCS systems.

While serving as a team member within Network Engineering and Security, the Computer Systems Security Engineer will report to the Vice President of Technology/Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

For additional information regarding qualifications, or to apply, please visit the college’s website: www.reynolds.edu.

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans are encouraged to apply.

TREASURER AND DIRECTOR OF TREASURY SERVICES Treasury Services Department The Treasury Services’ department at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) invites applicants for the position of Treasurer and Director of Treasury Services.

VCU is a major public research university with a nationally acclaimed academic medical center and enrolling more than 31,000 students in over 222 degree and certificate programs, across its campuses – the downtown Monroe Park and MCV campuses, and campuses in Fairfax, Virginia for the schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, and Doha, Qatar for the School of the Arts. We are looking for talented and energetic individuals who can help us reach for new heights in supporting the decision making and analytic needs of the University. We welcome individuals with diverse experiences and backgrounds who will contribute to an already diverse community of faculty, staff, and students.

This is a 12-month, professional faculty appointment reporting to the Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration (AVPFA). The primary duties of this position include managing a $1/2 billion diversified bond portfolio and the issuance of university and affiliated foundations debt; preparation and review of debt issuance documents; working with debt capacity models, debt risk mitigation strategies, bond post issuance compliance and in developing first-in-class debt management practices; management of a $300-$400 million working capital portfolio in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; extensive work with bond counsel, financial advisors, rating agencies, investment advisors and managers, auditors, donors, university units; affiliated foundations, and senior leadership; presenting complex financial information to governing boards and committees; providing senior leadership to Treasury Operations, including cashiering, cash disbursements, VCU Collection Unit and loan management; managing the university’s external banking relationships; leading the VCU Bond Compliance Committee; serving on the university-wide Compliance and Integrity Committee, Retirement Plan Investment Committee and Financial Stewardship and Integrity Committee; supervising an Assistant Director of Treasury Operations and a Supervisor of Debt and Investments; reporting on the university’s $1.4 billion combined endowment; assisting the AVPFA in developing long-range plans and strategies for managing the university’s cash and debt resources; providing and/or supervising the projection of university investment income; maintaining strong internal controls over cash receipting, disbursements, ACH transactions and petty cash; representing the AVPFA in meetings internal and external to the university, as requested; preparing and/or supervising the preparation of special reports, studies and analysis as requested by the Senior Vice President for Finance and AVPFA; communicating effectively and clearly both verbally and in writing; and conducting thoughtful and thorough analysis that lends credibility to recommendations.

Required Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in finance; business, or related field, five years of progressively responsible treasury management experience, preferably in a large, complex institution of higher education and/or experience at a Virginia public institution; experience with issuing and managing debt within a university or governmental setting; experience with cash management and fixed income investments; knowledgeable about Treasury practices relating to cashiering, disbursements, ACH transfers, PCI compliance, petty cash, etc.; strong planning, problem-solving, customer service and management skills, including significant experience with the direct supervision of professional staff and the ability to coordinate staff commitment to excellence; knowledgeable about governance practices within a large university or non-profit setting; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; and work effectively at all levels within and outside the University. Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member of VCU. Preferred: Knowledge of principles and practices relative to public finance, including financing instruments, derivative products and credit enhancement instruments. Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret financial data and draw sound conclusions. Proficient use of analytical tools and techniques and the ability to apply them appropriately. Ability to fit into a team environment. Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage a variety of projects and to work independently.

Application Process: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All applications and resumes with an accompanying cover letter must be submitted online via www.vcujobs.com. For more information or questions, please contact Katie Dean, Principal, Opus Partners, katie.dean@opuspartners.net.

“Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university providing access to education and employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, political affiliation or disability.”