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A federal case U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to investigate unequal discipline in Richmond Public Schools By Holly Rodriguez

He said steps are in the works regarding Mosby and other areas where violence has become more of a problem. For example, he said Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham is considering creating a police unit that would focus solely on public housing communities. The mayor also said that he, Chief Durham and officials at Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which manages the city’s six major public housing communities, was discussing other possible steps. There is the possibility of issuing photo IDs to public housing residents to show they belong there and requiring them to register and place decals in their vehicles so police can easily determine which cars belong to residents, he said. Mayor Stoney said it’s commonplace for private apartment complexes to require renters to register their vehicles and have an identification decal. However, he would not say whether such propos-

The pursuit of justice for two Richmond Public Schools students has resulted in a federal investigation of the school district’s disparity in disciplinary procedures for AfricanAmerican students and students with disabilities. According to the Virginia Department of Education data for the 2014-2015 school year, African-American students with disabilities attending RPS were 12.91 times more likely than white students without disabilities to be put on shortterm suspension. The Legal Aid Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced on Monday that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights would investigate claims outlined in a 28-page complaint filed by the organizations in August 2016. The Richmond Branch NAACP also is a partner in the complaint. “We had two students interested in moving forward with the investigation and our hope is that we will get to the root cause of this,” said Leslie C. Mehta, legal director of the Virginia ACLU. “We are hoping this is a step toward eradicating the schoolto-prison pipeline and ensuring equal access to education for all students.” State Education Department data indicates that during the 2014-15 school year, AfricanAmerican students made up about 76 percent of the total student population in Richmond Public Schools, but were issued 93 percent of short-term suspensions under 10 days, 98

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Virginia Commonwealth University students hold a candlelight vigil last Friday for 20-year-old electrical engineering student Samuel Kwarteng, a senior from Alexandria who was shot and killed Thursday, April 13, during an altercation on the front porch of a home in the 1200 block of West Moore Street in the Carver neighborhood.

Mayor Stoney, city officials mulling options to reduce crime in public housing By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Mosby Court public housing community — particularly the area around Redd and Accommodation streets — could be considered the epicenter of Richmond’s spike in homicides. Of the 13 people slain in Richmond since February, six of the deaths occurred in that section of Mosby Court or in apartments adjacent to the public housing community. Some residents and community advocates are calling it a crisis that warrants a strong response from City Hall, such as having police block the streets to create a kind of gated entry into the community. “That would send a strong message that killings will not be tolerated,” said Art Burton, founder and director of the nonprofit Kinfolk Community that works to improve life in Mosby. “We’re talking about a 30year culture of drugs and violence. And this would be very disruptive to business as usual.” However, Mayor Levar M. Stoney does not sup-

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port such an extreme measure. “I don’t believe in locking down a community,” he said last week during an interview at the Richmond Free Press. “If we treat people that way, we’ll get a reciprocal response.” Short of that, he said, “We’re going to use every tool in the toolbox to keep neighborhoods safe.”

Crusade votes to back city charter change to fix school buildings

City officials plan to dedicate the new Maggie L. Walker statue Downtown on July 15, the 153rd birthday of the Richmond businesswoman and great. Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney confirmed the date on a visit to the Free Press last week. He said that was the most “appropriate” date to unveil the long-awaited statue at the new memorial plaza at Broad and Adams streets.

pay more attention to a problem that is not going away. The city’s oldest and largest AfricanAmerican political group voted unanimously Tuesday night to support political strategist Paul Goldman’s campaign to put a charter initiative on the November ballot to do just that. If approved by voters and the General Assembly, the proposal that Mr. Goldman has drafted would give the mayor six months to “formally present to the City Council a fully funded plan to modernize the city’s K-12 educational infrastructure consistent with national standards or inform City Council that such a plan is not feasible.” The mayor’s plan, according to the

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In his first budget, Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney essentially sidelined the issue of modernizing the aging and increas-

ingly obsolete school buildings that most city public school students attend. The Richmond Crusade for Voters now wants to send a message to the mayor and Richmond City Council that they need to

Maggie Walker statue to be dedicated on her birthday July 15 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Sen. Warner on Trump and Russia: ‘We have to find out the truth’ By Warren Fiske Special to the Richmond Free Press Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

In her Easter bonnet Laniyah Massenburg shows off her custom-made balloon bonnet crafted at the annual Easter on Parade celebration last Sunday on Monument Avenue. The 3-year-old was right at home with the bright flowers and painted eggs adorning her bonnet. Please see more photos, B3.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is in a high-profile position this spring as the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The committee began hearings in January and, after a short break, plans to resume them after the Senate’s spring recess ends Saturday.

Although most of the hearings have been behind closed doors, the panel has publicly interviewed six national security experts and academics and is expected to interview several key current and former aides to President Trump. The Richmond Free Press posed questions to Sen. Warner about the importance of the probe, its progress and whether the national attention he is drawing might encourage him to make a Please turn to A4

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Solar streetlights to stay in Randolph West Solar streetlights will continue to light the Randolph West subdivision in the West End, according to developer A. Hugo “Al” Bowers Sr. Mr. Bowers said that after nearly three years, he finally has reached a settlement with the city and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority that ensures the solar lights will stay in place. Mr. Bowers installed the 21 solar streetlights a few years ago after he developed the 70-home subdivision, the final phase of the Randolph urban renewal project that dates to the 1960s. The city authorized the solar lights after Mr. Bowers successfully sued City Hall for failing to install promised streetlights in the subdivision. Randolph West was the first subdivision to use sun-powered streetlights. It was the largest use of such lights. The city previously installed two solar lights at Ancarrow’s Landing on the James River. However, since then, no others have been installed. The city Department of Public Utilities has fought against their use, believing standard electric streetlights, though more expensive, provide better lighting. When the solar lights needed routine maintenance, Mr. Bowers undertook the work in expectation that the city would cover the cost. When he billed the city, the city denied any responsibility and refused to pay. Mr. Bowers said he and other residents are pleased the solar lights will remain. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

VCU Dental Care to hold free cancer screening Saturday VCU Dental Care will offer free mouth, head and neck cancer screenings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Lyons Dental Building, 520 N. 12th St. Dental students and faculty will provide head and neck exams and collect key medical and social histories to target potential conditions, according to the school. “Anyone can get oral cancer, and everyone should have periodic oral, head and neck cancer screenings,” said Dr. Jaisri Thoppay, a dental surgeon and assistant professor in the VCU Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. “Preventative screening facilitates early detection,” Dr. Thoppay said, noting that 50,000 new oral cancer cases are detected each year.

CBC Foundation announces scholarship opportunity The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, in conjunction with Rep. A. Donald McEachin of Henrico, is offering the CBC Spouses Education Scholarship to qualified students. The scholarship is part of a national program to recognize academically talented and highly motivated African-American students pursuing full-time undergraduate or graduate degrees. The scholarship is open to current students and those who will be entering college or graduate school in the fall. Students from all academic majors and fields are eligible. Applicants must be American citizens, have a 2.5 GPA or higher, exhibit leadership ability and participate in community service activities. A personal statement, recommendation letters and official transcript are among the items that must accompany applications. Applications must be submitted online only by the May 19 deadline. For details on this scholarship and others offered by the CBC Foundation, go to www.cbcfinc.org/scholarships, or contact Tara Adams in Rep. McEachin’s office at tara.adams@mail.house.gov.

Film, TV series now filming in Petersburg

Finally, some good news for Petersburg. The film “Juanita,” starring Petersburg High School graduate Blair Underwood and Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard is now being filmed in the city’s Old Towne section. The film tells the story of a woman who seeks to change her life and is based on the Sheila Williams novel, “Dancing on the Edge of the Roof.” “Juanita” is the second major production being filmed now in Petersburg. The AMC television series, “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” is also on location in Old Towne. The movie is being directed by Clark Johnson, whose credits include “The Wire” and “Homeland.” Mr. Underwood and Ms. Woodard starred together in the 1999 film “The Wishing Tree.” She has won four Emmys and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in “Cross Creek” in 1983. She also starred in “12 Years a Slave.” Mr. Underwood’s career has included film work in “Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day” and “Madea’s Family Reunion.” He played a lawyer for seven seasons on the highly popular television ’80s and ’90s series “L.A. Law” and currently is a series regular on ABC’s “Quantico.”

Richmond Technical Center plant sale next week The Richmond Technical Center is having a four-day spring plant sale to benefit its horticulture program. The sale will be held 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 25 through 28 in the greenhouse behind the technical center’s North Building, 2015 Seddon Way. Annuals, perennials, herbs, fruit and vegetable plants, ornamentals and native and exotic species will be available for purchase. The Richmond Technical Center is a part of Richmond Public Schools. For more information, please call (804) 780-6237.

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

Call it the new face of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The dramatic 24-foot head now dominates the sculpture garden at the public art museum on the Boulevard. Titled “Chloe,” the sculpture is the creation of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, who will be at the museum Thursday, April 27, for the dedication. The museum commissioned the contemplative work that is made of polyester resin and marble dust placed over a stainless-steel frame. “Chloe” is one of a series of heads that Mr. Plensa has created for museums in the United States and overseas, and defines the VMFA’s ambitions to commission national and international artists to provide new works for the nearly 4-acre E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden.

152,694 Number of felons whose voting rights

have been restored by Gov. McAuliffe By Jeremy M. Lazarus

tion to restore rights to those who have served their time, but such measures have routinely failed in the Gov. Terry McAuliffe has restored the voting rights General Assembly. of 152,694 ex-convicts since taking office. A year ago, Gov. McAuliffe sought to go beyond That’s more people than the combined populations of past governors and restore felons’ voting rights en Petersburg, Hopewell, Charlottesville and Danville, and masse to felons who had completed prison terms, enough to create the fifth largest city in the state. parole and probation for violent offenses. At the time, And it outstrips all past governors since Colonial he pointed to documents showing that Virginia’s lifetimes. time disenfranchisement for felons was instituted for Gov. McAuliffe proudly announced the historic the express purpose of stripping African-Americans number Wednesday as he launched a celebration of his of the vote. Gov. McAuliffe administration’s efforts to help people with criminal Republican General Assembly leaders who believe records re-enter society. restoration should be limited to those convicted of non-violent Along with being able to vote, people whose rights have offenses went to the state Supreme Court, which blocked the been restored can run for office, serve on juries and qualify to governor’s blanket order. The court limited the governor to become a notary. restoring rights on a case-by-case basis. Most of the felons have had their rights restored since AuThe secretary of the commonwealth’s office came up with a gust 2016, although it is unknown how many have gone on to new procedure that abided by the court’s stricture, but speeded register to vote. up the restoration process. Since the 1830s, Virginia has stripped felons of their right to “This has been an uphill battle,” Gov. McAuliffe stated as vote and other civil rights. Only the governor has the authority he praised the “civil servants and community leaders who have to restore rights. Since the end of the Civil War, the political worked tirelessly” to press for restoration for felons. impact of that has been felt most acutely in the African-American He stated that the faster process has helped to “open our community. democracy” and change the lives of men and women seeking Gov. McAuliffe has supported changing the Virginia Constitu- “to re-enter society in search of a second chance.”

U.S. Postal Service shakeup continues By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The U.S. Postal Service is continuing to shake up the management of postal stations in the Richmond area as the fallout continues from a scandal over overtime pay, sources have told the Free Press. In the past week, at least five station managers or carrier supervisors at area stations have been removed amid allegations that they altered postal carrier time cards to reduce overtime, the sources said. The specific stations were not identified. At least 10 others are under investigation, according to the sources. The sources said the USPS has brought in staff from Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg and North Carolina to fill posts temporarily. The temporary managers are being paid bonuses and are being housed at hotels during the transition, the sources said. USPS did not respond to a request for comment, but generally does not comment on personnel matters.

The additional moves come as carriers in the Richmond area pursue class action lawsuits seeking to regain pay they lost when supervisors, without permission and in violation of USPS policy, altered time cards. The shakeup began last November as the USPS’ Office of the Inspector General responded to evidence presented by several carriers who reviewed their pay stubs against their time cards. Since last November, the former postmaster and the supervisor of carriers at the Main Post Office in Richmond have retired as a result of the investigation, and other supervisors and managers for four stations who work out of the Main Post Office have been replaced. The USPS also has made payments to some carriers in a bid to make up for the overtime pay that they lost. The suits allege that USPS has not provided full compensation as required under the contract with the National Association of Letter Carriers.

City school buses being equipped with safety cameras By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Fifty city school buses now are equipped with additional cameras to beef up security inside and to help identify scofflaw drivers who illegally pass the buses when students are getting on or off. The 13 new cameras mounted on each bus are the result of a partnership between Richmond Public Schools and the Richmond Police Department, which hired Force Multiplier Solutions to install the extra cameras, officials said. The 50 buses — or one in five of the 250 city school buses — are equipped with nine cameras on the outside and four on the inside that can monitor student behavior inside and watch traffic across a total of eight lanes, according to RPS officials. The new stop-arm camera system is to be activated Monday, April 24, with police using information from the cameras to issue

citations to drivers who pass a school bus when the flashing red lights and a stop sign are activated, the officials said. The remaining 200 buses will be equipped with the cameras for the September start of the 2017-18 school year, said Superintendent Dana T. Bedden. “We truly appreciate the police department’s assistance in improving safety for our students,” Dr. Bedden stated. “These cameras will not only help identify violators on the outside of the buses,” he said, but also “assist our drivers to monitor activity on the buses as well.” Funding for the cameras is to be paid from the $250 civil fines assessed against drivers who illegally fail to stop for school buses, police and school officials said. “This technology is in the best interest of public safety and is especially important for our children,” Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham said.

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percent of long-term suspensions of 10 days or longer and 97 percent of expulsions. Students with disabilities made up 16 percent of the RPS student population, but were issued 31 percent of short-term suspensions, 30 percent of long-term suspensions and 63 percent of expulsions. “I’m not sure where the breakdown in the system is. That is why I called for an investigation,” said Congressman A. Donald McEachin of Henrico, who represents Richmond and surrounding counties in the 4th Congressional District. In late March, Rep. McEachin sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos calling for an investigation into the “unfair, unwarranted disparities” in punishment of African-American students, particularly those with disabilities, that he said “are completely unacceptable.” “We need answers soon for the sake of our children,” he said Wednesday. RPS Superintendent Dana T. Bedden said in a statement Wednesday, “We are very concerned and focused on the disproportionate disciplinary actions as well the representation of AfricanAmericans identified for special education.” While the statement didn’t address the federal investigation, he went on to outline steps the school system is taking to change the culture, including additional training for staff and additional support from the state Department of Education. Richmond School Board Chairman Dawn Page did not return a call and email for comment. In the 2016 complaint, Richmond Public Schools was described as “one of the lowest-performing school divisions in the Commonwealth.” Of the 132 public school divisions in Virginia, RPS had the highest dropout rate, tied with three other divisions for the lowest high school

attendance rate and had the lowest pass rate on Standards of Learning tests in writing during the 2014-15 academic year. Richmond’s disciplinary procedures were ex- Rep. McEachin Ms. cessive, according to the complaint, and disproportionately targeted African-American students and students with disabilities. For example, RPS issued 6,667 short-term suspensions to 3,203 students for “disrespect/walking away” (29 suspensions), “defiance of authority/ insubordination” (1,511 suspensions), “disruptive demonstration” (2,071 suspensions) and “classroom or campus disruption” (1,095 suspensions) and other minor, nonviolent offenses, according to the complaint. Advocates said such offenses would have resulted in a visit to the principal’s office years ago rather than suspension. Data also indicates that long-term suspensions of 10 days or more spiked between the 2012-2013 school year and the 2014-2015 school year — from approximately 175 incidents to more than 450. In a statement, RPS spokeswoman Kenita Bowers said, “The current administration is working diligently to ensure that all disciplinary actions are fair and consistent. The Student Code of Responsible Ethics Handbook is continuously reviewed and has been revised to move away from zero tolerance based discipline.” But the 2015-16 handbook issued by Dr. Bedden is described in the complaint as one of several RPS disciplinary failures. The 70-page handbook was cited as “so vague that they pro-

vide inadequate notice of prohibited conduct and allow for subjective interpretation and selective enforcement.” The complaint also said R P S ’s d i s c i plinary policies Mehta Dr. Bedden have a lack of standards for applying consequences and are vague. Even the RPS alternative education resources for students, which include assignment to the Richmond Alternative School and home educational services, fall short, according to the complaint. The Texas-based instruction company with a $1.8 million contract to manage the Richmond Alternative School had a complaint filed against it last year for creating a “highly restrictive and overtly confrontational environment” at a school in Lancaster, Penn., which included pat-down searches, the expectation that students confront classmates who behaved negatively and being subjected to physical and violent restraint. Despite the data and the investigation, Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney said his office remains committed to the Education Compact drawn up earlier this year between the Mayor’s Office, the Richmond School Board and Richmond City Council, said Jim Nolan, spokesman for the mayor. “The mayor is very concerned about the details in the report and stands with Congressman McEachin in supporting a full and open investigation by the Office for Civil Rights into these allegations,” Mr. Nolan said. “The administration will work with RPS and

the School Board to make sure all students are provided equal access to a quality education and are treated equally and fairly in all disciplinary matters, regardless of race, gender, legal status or disability.” The ACLU and the Legal Aid Justice Center’s JustChildren child advocacy program listed several alternatives to excessive disciplinary action, including strategies proven to improve student behavior. One strategy, using social and emotional learning programs, provides children and adults with training to apply knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions. Other suggestions included implicit and cultural competency training for staff, threat assessment as a violence prevention strategy, restorative justice processes and revising written discipline policies. Rep. McEachin announced on Tuesday that he is launching a Special Needs Task Force to address the disparities in student treatment in public schools within the 4th Congressional District, including solutions for better disciplinary policy. He said the results of the federal investigation will help determine the next steps in protecting students’ rights. He also advises parents whose children are impacted by the problem to continue advocating for their children as did the RPS parents in the complaint. “Find out your rights and stand up for your child,” Rep. McEachin said. “My office is happy to assist with specifically federal academic issues, and JustChildren also stands ready to assist parents. Resolving these problems will take dedicated individuals at all levels.”

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als would go forward. “We’re exploring our options,” he said. He said he would want “feedback from residents” before he would consider offering a proposal to City Council. “I want to have a city government that listens to people and to make sure we have crossed our Ts and dotted our Is first,” he said. “I do not want a city government that does not listen to people. I want to govern through collaboration and cooperation.” James Lewis, a 61-year-old Mosby Court resident, said he would object to having a special photo ID. “What’s needed is a way to keep people out who don’t belong here,” Mr. Lewis said. “I don’t think our community should be singled out for special measures. It would be better to temporarily block the streets.” Mayor Stoney said other ways of improving public safety would come with increased investment in technology. He cited his budget proposal to spend more than $235,000 to place sonar equipment called ShotSpotter in various parts of the city to more quickly identify the location of gunshots and enable police to get to the scene more rapidly. Mayor Stoney dismissed concerns raised in other cities about

the effectiveness of ShotSpotter, calling it a first step to use such techniques. He also said he hopes in the years to come to win support for investing in a network of CCTV or closed-circuit cameras that are used in cities worldwide to help identify perpetrators of crime. However, he did not mention bringing more recreation programs to areas like Mosby Court to engage young people. Mr. Burton said that RRHA and the city have Samuel Kwarteng made life harder for young people in Mosby and other public housing communities by failing to provide recreation programs that could encourage a more positive approach to life. Mayor Stoney understands the impact that crime can have. “Violent crime is the toughest part of the job for me,” he said. Since taking office in January, he said he has had to make several condolence calls to families in the wake of the 21 homicides in the city. That includes the parents of Samuel Kwarteng, 20, of Alexandria, the Virginia Commonwealth University electrical engineering student who was fatally shot in the Carver community on April 13. “The breadth of the job really hit me when I made an ap-

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proposal, could not “be based on the passage of new or increased taxes.” Mr. Goldman is known for leading the 2003 ballot initiative that led to the creation of the citywide elected mayor position. He told the Crusade before Tuesday night’s vote that this is a chance for Richmond voters to remind their elected leaders to stand up for the famous Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed government enforced segregation of schools by race. He said it is little known, but U.S. Supreme Court justices in dismantling school segregation in the noted May 1954 decision cited “the physical condition of the school plant” as one way to determine if state and local governments were engaged in

discrimination. Except for the four new buildings, most of Richmond’s 24,000 students attend schools nearly as old as the Brown decision, he said. According to the state, Richmond operates about 48 school buildings. “Richmond has the money” to modernize, Mr. Goldman said, but city leaders are spending it on other things, including high paid administrators and multiple departments. “We could find the money to modernize schools if that was the top priority,” he said. “Our children deserve better” than to attend worn-out buildings, said former City Councilman E. Martin “Marty” Jewell, in praising the organization’s decision to get involved. He said the Crusade’s embrace of the charter initiative campaign “could be the most

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Sculptor Tony Mendez has said the statue is finished and he is simply waiting for delivery instructions. He received a $300,000 commission from the city’s Public Art Commission to create the statue. The city also is spending $600,000 to develop the plaza. Mrs. Walker was a leader in efforts to boost the African-American community with her work with the Independent Order of St. Luke, a mutual aid society that promoted humanitarian causes. In 1903, she became the first African-American woman to charter a bank in the United States and serve as its president as part of her ambitious agenda for the order as racial barriers and segregation efforts heightened. She also developed a newspaper for the order, although it was less successful than the bank. Originally known as St. Luke’s Penny Savings Bank and later Consolidated Bank & Trust Co., the bank continued as an independent operation for more than 100 years before it was sold. The bank is now a branch of Premier Bank of Huntington, W.Va. Mrs. Walker died in 1934.

impactful thing our organization has been involved with in the past 30 years.” The initiative is being carried out under a section of the City Charter that allows citizens to bypass the council and seek a vote on a charter proposal — the same method used to change the charter to a citywide elected mayor. With the Crusade endorsement in hand, Mr. Goldman now is pushing to get the campaign going. On Wednesday, he presented the proposed charter change to the Richmond Circuit Court in seeking approval of the language. Once the language is approved, Mr. Goldman said that he, Crusade members and other supporters would need to collect the valid signatures of 10,398 registered voters, which would equal 10 percent of the total number of people who cast votes in the last presidential election. According to the Richmond Voter Registrar’s office, 103,971 Richmonders voted in the November 2016 election. If enough signatures are collected on petitions and certified within 60 days of the November election, the court then would order the initiative to be put on the ballot this fall. If a majority of voters support the initiative, it would go to the General Assembly, which approves all charter changes. If the change is approved by lawmakers and signed by the governor, then it would go into effect. Mr. Goldman said even if approved, it is not clear that it would result in any action as the mayor could also tell City Council that he could not produce such a plan. Still, Mr. Goldman said a

positive vote on the initiative would send a signal to Virginia’s congressional delegation about the importance of the issue. “My goal is to make sure that if Congress approves an infrastructure bill, that schools are included for the first time,” he said. He said Virginia has ignored the problem of decaying schools, leaving it to cities and counties to somehow find the money. “And we can see how well that has worked,” he said. He said if he were a student, he would sue the state for ignoring the requirements of the Brown decision and forcing students, particularly poor, minority students, to attend outmoded and decaying schools. He said educational studies show students who attend such schools do not get a quality education in violation of the landmark ruling. For years, Mr. Goldman has campaigned to change the federal law governing historic tax credits so that such credits could be used to help finance school construction. Currently, public schools are barred from using such tax credits as a financial tool. U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, has joined other members of the Congressional Black Caucus to support a bill to change the law so public schools could benefit. The CBC recently gave a copy of the legislation to President Trump. It is the first time the proposal has reached the nation’s chief executive. For Mr. Goldman, the charter initiative might not “solve all the problems” of education, but it would be “a start” at addressing the need to provide modern educational facilities for city children.

pearance at the double murder-suicide” on Feb. 16 at an apartment in the Mosby Court area, where two small children were discovered around three dead bodies. Just a short time later, “I had to go put on a face to announce the East End Music Festival,” he said. And a few hours later, “I had to put on a face to announce 500 new jobs were coming to the city. Still those murders stuck with me.” “The toughest part of my job is providing condolences to the parents and family members,” he said. “Sometimes it makes you feel helpless. “That is why I made public safety a priority in the budget,” he said, “including providing $1.3 million to help retain veteran police officers who are being lured to other communities.” That is also why Mayor Stoney has tried to be more visible in the community to encourage people to take part in addressing crime. He said the city and police cannot do it all. They need the help and support of residents to report suspicions. “We’re all in this together,” he said.

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White House bid of his own in 2020. Here are Sen. Warner’s answers: Q: You’ve called the Russian investigation “the most important thing I’ve ever done.” Why do you feel that way? A: This investigation is ultimately about preserving the integrity of American democracy. We now hold indisputable evidence that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election. Both political parties were hacked by Russian agents and information was released with the intent to influence American voters. The Senate Intelligence Committee is working, in a bipartisan way, to provide the American people with the truth. Q: What conclusions have you drawn so far about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election? What has surprised you the most? Disappointed you the most? A: Information was selectively leaked — in effect, weaponized — to the detriment of one candidate, Hillary Clinton, and the benefit of one candidate, Donald Trump. Russia set out to undermine the trust in American media by effectively paying close to 1,000 internet trolls to manufacture fake news and create an environment of suspicion and disinformation. Russia interfered in the American democratic process. And they are currently attempting to do the same thing in both the French and German elections. Q: Are you convinced President Trump and/or members of his campaign knew about Russia’s efforts? A: We can acknowledge that there is certainly a web of connections between Trump aides and Russia. What I am interested in is discovering the implications of those connections. We have to find out the truth so that we can either remove the cloud currently hanging over this administration or provide the American public with conclusive evidence of complicity. Q: Is there evidence that President Trump’s campaign coordinated events with Russia? A: There are a series of people very closely affiliated with the Trump campaign who have extensive ties with Russia. This investigation aims to discover whether or not there was any active coordination. Q: What is the goal of the Intelligence Committee’s investigation and when do you think it will be complete? A: The goal of this investigation is to discover, in a bipartisan fashion, the extent of Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election and provide solutions that will protect our democratic process from foreign influence in the future. Q: When you talk to voters around the state, are Russia’s actions on the top of their minds? How does this affect people? Why should people care about this? A: The fact that the Russian government paid internet trolls to manufacture fake news should be a concern for everyone. In this climate of disinformation, it is extremely important for Americans to practice good “cyberhygiene.” What I mean by that is people need to be aware of both the benefits and the harms of social media. Q: There is lots of speculation that your key role in the investigation could put you into contention for the White House in 2020. Are you eyeing a presidential run? A: Right now, my attention is focused on this investigation. I think a lot of politicians make the mistake of looking too far ahead. I have a job to do, here and now, and I intend to do it well.

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Florida legislature apologizes for decades of racial injustice Associated Press a funeral two years later. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Mr. Greenlee was paroled in 1962 and It has taken decades, but Florida is now died in 2012. His daughter, Carol Greenlee, apologizing for two of its darker misdeeds 67, and son Thomas Greenlee, 52, were at of its past. the Capitol on Tuesday. The Florida House unanimously passed two “Today, a part of it is forgiveness. And he resolutions Tuesday. The first acknowledged would feel good about that,” Ms. Greenlee decades of abuse at a Florida reform school and said. “This means that something positive the second apologized to the families of four has come out of something so wrong and so young black men known as the “Groveland negative and so bad.” Four.” They were accused of raping a white After the votes, Robert Straley, 70, recalled girl 68 years ago in what is now seen as a his time at the Dozier school in Marianna, case of racial injustice. Fla., when he was 13 and weighed only 105 “We stand here in solidarity saying, ‘We’re pounds. He was beaten his first night at the sorry and we apologize for the wrongs that school and days later he was awakened by a happened to you,’ ” Democratic Rep. Tracie man who covered his mouth and took him to Davis said as lawmakers stood and looked what was called the “rape room.” up at several men in the House gallery who He has been in touch with hundreds of other were abused at the Arthur G. Dozier School survivors in recent years, most of whom are for Boys in the 1950s and 1960s. brought to tears when they recall the abuse. Minutes later, Democratic Rep. Bobby He said Tuesday’s apology helped. DuBose recounted the case of the Groveland “It felt like real justice,” Mr. Straley said. Four. “Florida had finally realized that things had “This resolution is us simply saying, ‘We’re been swept under the rug. This was such an sorry,’ understanding that we will never know outrageous event. We’re talking about a town nor be able to make up for the pain we have Three of the four young men of the Groveland Four, accused of raping a white girl, are that was in league with a school that flogged pictured at the Lake County Jail with a law official. caused,” Rep. DuBose said before asking House boys for 68 years. Flogging is torture.” members to stand with him and turn toward the relatives of the Mr. Straley is part of a group known as The White House Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin and Samuel Shepherd were four men who were accused of rape in Lake County in 1949. convicted despite dubious evidence. After the U.S. Supreme Boys, named for the white cinderblock building where boys “As the state of Florida and the House of Representatives, Court ordered a new trial in 1951, Lake County Sheriff Willis were taken and hit with a long leather strap, that has worked to we’re truly sorry,” he said. McCall shot Mr. Irvin and Mr. Shepherd, claiming the handcuffed get the abuse recognized. In the case of the Groveland Four, a white 17-year-old accused men tried to escape as he transferred them from one prison to The school, located 60 miles west of Tallahassee, was shut the men of rape. They were immediately arrested. A posse of another. down in 2011. The University of South Florida recently exhumed about 1,000 men was formed to hunt down Ernest Thomas, who Mr. Irvin survived despite an ambulance refusing to transport the remains of 51 bodies in hopes of identifying boys buried in escaped from jail soon after their arrest. He was killed in a hail him because he was African-American. He was paroled in 1968 unmarked graves. More than 90 boys died there between 1900 of gunfire when he was found sleeping under a tree. and found dead in his car when he returned to Lake County for and 1973.

Nonprofit counseling group to move Charlottesville into East End Family Resource Center City Council votes

to sell Lee statue

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A nonproﬁt with deep roots in Church Hill expects to move soon into the East End Family Resource Center, 2401 Jefferson Ave. Challenge Discovery Projects, which operates three programs focusing on the emotional health and well-being of children and families, is seeking to raise its proﬁle by making the center its new home. Founded 37 years ago, CDP and its 11-member staff have long made their home in the basement of the Vernon J. Harris Community Health Center, a medical center that serves people with few resources or no health insurance. “It’s a windowless space,” said Denise Barnes, CDP’s development director, which, she said, is conducive for privacy, but is not particularly welcoming. The move to the resource center, possibly by the summer, would enable the group to raise awareness about its programs and allow it to do more to serve residents, according to Daniel R. “Dan” Stembridge, the longtime executive director and one of the founders of CDP. The opportunity arose as the East End Family Resource Center laid off its staff and shut down many of its programs in the past six months, particularly the emergency assistance programs and health services. Dr. Kevin Allison, chairman of the resource center’s board and a senior assistant to the president of Virginia Commonwealth University, said that his board has been looking for a community-oriented group like CDP that could make use of the 6,000 square feet of space. CDP is leading a campaign

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Challenge Discovery Projects staff members hope to serve more residents in their larger headquarters at the East End Family Resource Center on Jefferson Avenue. They are, from left, board President Dan Niccolucci; founder Daniel Stembridge; Denise Barnes, development director; and Curtis Lee Jr., community development coordinator.

to raise an estimated $200,000 to pay for needed renovations to the building. That’s a big undertaking for the group, which operates on an annual budget of about $1.1 million, said Dan Niccolucci, president of the board and a retired vice president for WhitingTurner Construction Co. He said the board is working to secure the funding so the work can begin as soon as possible. The center currently “has a large community space, and we plan to keep that intact so it can continue to be used for events and other operations,” Mr. Stembridge said. The rest of the building would be altered to accommodate CDP programs, he said. CDP was born in 1980 when Mr. Stembridge teamed with Dr. Dennis L. Hawley, a

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clinical social worker, and Dr. George Bright to create CDP, although Dr. Bright left soon after its creation. Dr. Hawley is still involved. The main programs include the Virginia Health Center, an outpatient clinic that provides counseling services to children and teens with substance abuse problems and other emotional issues. The goal is to aid young people and also to work with their families to address the full range of problems, Mr. Stembridge said. CDP also offers counseling and emotional health services for youths who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. For example, the program offers instruction in sign language to help relatives better communicate with adolescents who cannot hear.

Since 2000, CDP has offered “Say It With Heart,” which sends staff weekly to city schools in Church Hill to offer an anti-bullying and violence prevention program to students. The program, according to CDP, seeks to promote a positive self-image, positive communications and positive relationships. As part of the effort, CDP offers a step program called “Gents and Gems” as an upbeat addition, said Curtis Lee, a CDP staff member who leads the “Say It With Heart” effort. Overall, the programs touch the lives of about 1,600 children and adults annually, Mr. Stembridge said. “We believe we are making a difference,” he said, and that “we will be able to do even more for the community once we move into our new home.”

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Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has taken one more step toward leaving the city of Charlottesville. Despite a pending court case, the Charlottesville City Council voted 3-2 Monday to sell the city’s statue of the Confederate general which now stands in the center of the city. “That emblem of white supremacy should have never been put up and it can’t be removed quickly enough,” said Ben Doherty, an organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice. “I encourage City Council to pursue the options that most efﬁciently lead to its removal.” The vote came after a year of contentious debates in the city about what should be done with the statue of Gen. Lee on horseback. City staff now has been directed to solicit proposals for the statue’s purchase. The buyer would be responsible for removing and transporting it. Before the council vote, City Attorney Craig Brown reminded the members of the legal hurdle that needs to be navigated before the statue can be sold and relocated. The attorney referenced a pending court suit challenging the right to relocate the statue. The suit was ﬁled by a coalition of mostly local community members and the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In February, the council voted 3-2 to remove the statue, after which city staff devised options for how the city might do that. The staff advised that the city could sell, auction off or donate the statue. Among other recommendations, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces said the council should consider moving the Lee statue to McIntire Park. However, three City Council members who voted to remove

Lee statue in Charlottesville.

the statue afﬁrmed last week that they are not interested in moving it to McIntire Park. “If we truly want to be the capital of the resistance, then let’s show some leadership on this difﬁcult issue,” Mr. Doherty added. “Respect the 3-2 vote and work with your colleagues to move forward as quickly as possible in removing this racist statue from our midst.” The council also unanimously agreed to rename Lee and Jackson parks, as well. Lee Park is where the statue is located in Downtown. Jackson Park is named for Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson, whose statue also is situated there. According to the resolution, staff will consult with the public over the next few weeks to come up with potential names for the two parks. The city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Historic Resource Committee will narrow down the recommendations and share them with the council. The City Council will consider the new park names at its June 5 meeting.

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Our children, our best We are encouraged by news this week that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is launching an investigation into the disciplinary policies of Richmond Public Schools. Advocacy groups sought the federal probe after reviewing stinging data showing that African-American students and students with disabilities are unfairly and disproportionately suspended from school compared with their white counterparts. Last month, Rep. A. Donald McEachin asked the federal department to investigate not only Richmond, but all of the public school systems within the 4th Congressional District that he represents. If his letter prompted or accelerated the Office for Civil Rights’ decision to undertake the investigation, we are appreciative. The problems have been festering far too long without earnest and sustained efforts to address them. The futures of too many children have been put in jeopardy by the bias within the school system. For many youngsters, unequal discipline and punishment signal the start of the school-to-prison pipeline, with students winding up in the juvenile, and later adult, prison systems. In May 2016, the Office for Civil Rights announced that it had received a record 10,392 complaints in 2015 from people and organizations across the nation. In response, it launched 3,000-plus investigations that resulted in more than 1,000 key resolutions reached with institutions. A report hasn’t been released yet about the number of complaints the Office for Civil Rights received in 2016, but the one filed by the Richmond Branch NAACP, the Virginia ACLU and the Legal Aid Justice Center on behalf of two African-American students would be among them. While we cheer the probe, we have some misgivings, chiefly that the Office for Civil Rights is now under U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, a Trump administration pick with no experience or clear understanding of the public school system and its problems. Our fear is that she will use the data from the Richmond probe and others merely as a show-and-tell to advance her belief and desire for school choice. She may point to the myriad of deep problems within the nation’s public schools to push her initiative to give parents taxpayer-funded vouchers to move children to private schools. Or, she may make the investigation meaningless and without adequate remedies for those impacted now and in the future. Last week, Secretary DeVos appointed Candice Jackson to lead the Office for Civil Rights. Ms. Jackson, a Stanford University graduate with a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, is viewed as a troubling choice for the job because of her lack of experience in civil rights enforcement and her writings expressed hostility to civil rights and the value of diverse student bodies. According to an article on Ms. Jackson in “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education,” she once claimed she was discriminated against for being white. “I am concerned that it reflects a belief that may stifle efforts to further the implementation of policies and practices that will try to remedy the racial inequality that exists, and does not show an understanding of the ways in which the nation’s history of racial discrimination have resulted in a society in which opportunity is not equally available,” Dr. Erica Frankenberg, co-director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights at Pennsylvania State University, stated in the article. With Ms. Jackson at the helm of the federal investigation, we are unsure how thorough and meaningful the probe will be. Rep. McEachin expressed similar reservations in a statement to the Free Press on Wednesday. “I immediately began my research on Candice Jackson when I learned about her appointment as the assistant secretary of the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education,” he stated. Her “past positions on affirmative action and her seeming insensitivity to differently abled students’ needs do not lead me to believe that our student, teachers and parents will have an advocate supervising OCR.” “However, I hope that I am mistaken and that, in spite of her past, the investigators who work in OCR will still conduct a thorough and fair investigation so that our children will be able to thrive.” Regardless of the outcome, we must understand this is a call to people within the community to stay on top of the situation, to continue to gather facts and help point Richmond and other public school systems toward experts who can help provide solutions, perhaps through model schools that have employed successful anti-bias strategies. We cannot rely solely on the federal government at this time to provide a path to success. With that in mind, we point out that Rep. McEachin also has established a community-based task force to focus on this problem. We look to that group to also come up with recommendations to help solve a tough, but not intractable problem. Our children deserve the best efforts we can provide.

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Trump and the Black Press

At the very beginning of the new administration, and probably in a moment of hubris, Omarosa Manigault, an aide to President Trump, promised that the ﬁrst newspaper interview with the new president would go to a member of the Black Press. Nobody took her seriously. In fact, such a meeting has yet to occur, prompting me to think that, given the disastrous encounters with other African-American groups — such as with the presidents and chancellors of historically black colleges and universities — perhaps it is best that such a meeting never happens. As someone who began his career working for a black-owned newspaper, I’m well aware that those of us who have toiled in the black media are used to being ignored or mistreated by public ofﬁcials. I never expected President Trump to meet with the Black Press. Like the community that spawned them, black journalists have always felt the sting of second class citizenship. The recent to-do between White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and April Ryan, the White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, a consortium of blackoriented radio stations, is an example. Mr. Spicer chided her as he evaded her question about a white man killing a black man

in New York. “Stop shaking your head again,” Mr. Spicer hectored Ms. Ryan. There is nothing new about such patronizing, bordering on racist, behavior. From the beginning — slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruc-

Paul Delaney tion, Jim Crow segregation, lynchings and discrimination of all types — reporters and editors from the Black Press took on the racism and the racists of the world, shining a spotlight on such evils as most of their counterparts in the white media took pains to ignore. In some cases, especially in the South, white reporters and editors encouraged the racist views of the day. At a conference of journalists a few years ago, keynote speaker Hodding Carter III observed that in the South during the 1960s, “the average Southern newspaper was … bigoted.” He should know. His family owned the Delta Democrat-Times, a rare liberal newspaper in Greenville, Miss. Although black media was the stepchild of American journalism, it focused attention on many newsworthy acts that downtown dailies ignored. Black reporters working for black publishers and broadcasters tackled some of the worst cases of violence — and at times led the charge. I remember the pride of fellow staffers at the Atlanta Daily World after a campaign by the paper saved a black man from Geor-

gia’s electric chair. And who can forget the chilling cofﬁn photos published in JET magazine of the mutilated body of Chicago teenager Emmett Till, who was lynched in Mississippi. During the current newsroom downturn that has seen dwindling numbers of readers, listeners, and revenue, the Black Press has taken a heavier hit than its white counterparts. How bad is it? One black publisher agonized over whether to accept advertising from the Trump campaign. She ended up rejecting overtures — and ad money — from the campaign. “I could not in good conscience take the money,” she explained during a private dinner I attended last year with a group of black journalists. President Trump and most African-Americans are off to a terrible start, not surprising given the heavy black vote against him and the atrocious gaffes he and his appointees continue to make regarding non-white folks. Given his actions and appointees thus far, black people have reason for deep distrust. The few occasions of personal contact between President Trump and African- Americans have been awkward and/or disastrous enough to assume he will keep such interaction to a minimum. During a White House meeting last month, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland told President Trump that “his language describing African-American communities has been ‘hurtful’ and ‘insulting.’ ” Black media have kept up a constant drumbeat against the

‘Radio-Activists’ Some of us believe that simply talking about a problem, mainly by delineating its symptoms, is actually doing the work necessary for a solution. You would think that with all of the activists we have within our ranks that some actual activity, beyond mere exercising our powers of speech and penmanship, would take place. That is especially true on radio talk shows. Those I call “RadioActivists” are adept at identifying the symptoms and saying what “we need to do” while seldom, if ever, laying out the problem and offering a solution — a solution on which they are willing to work and help implement. Mere “Radioactivity,” and I would add “TV Activity,” while they may inform us, if not acted upon, is just more information. And just like knowledge, information is not power unless you use it — use it to your own advantage. So all the pontiﬁcators, prognosticators, pundits and philosophers who simply offer their assessments of our problems by describing their symptoms should do a little introspection to see if they are really interested in contributing what they can to

solve our problems. In addition to sounding the alarm, they should also offer real solutions and then prepare to contribute some time, talent and treasure toward solving those problems. Radio Activists are usually busy telling others what must be done, as they continue to sit on the sidelines and critique problems. They seldom are willing to get into the game

James Clingman by initiating the solutions they espouse. Radioactivity, when it comes to economic and political action, is dangerous and seldom results in any real progress, that is, unless someone other than the Radio-Activist picks up the gauntlet and executes a strategy that evolves into a movement to empower our people. Don’t be a Radio-Activist. The next time you have the opportunity to speak on the air — or via any medium — don’t just say what “we need” to do. Follow it up by saying what you are doing about the issue or what you are willing to do about it. Don’t you want to leave a legacy of putting your words into action? Don’t you want your children to know you for your work on their behalf rather than what you said we needed? We can see what our ancestors did, many who never gave

a speech or wrote a book. They simply worked to leave something better for those who came after them. Frederick Douglass told Harriet Tubman, “I have had the applause of the crowd and the satisfaction that comes of being approved by the multitude, while the most that you have done has been witnessed by the few trembling, scarred, foot-sore bondmen and women, whom you have led out of the house of bondage … The midnight sky and silent stars have been the witness of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism … ‘God bless you,’ has been your only reward.” Everyone can do something. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t need to be an intellectual. And you don’t have to be a leader. You have something more than words to give to our people. Love, trust, respect, encouragement, a smile, a hug, a couple of dollars to a person in need, the willingness to start a project, a movement or an organization are all things we can do as individuals. As a collective, we can unify, organize and work on building something for ourselves because just talking about it will not get the job done. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. The writer is founder of the Greater Cincinnati African-American Chamber of Commerce.

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Trump administration. We can expect that to continue and possibly intensify. One issue sure to bubble up repeatedly — meetings with President Trump. As a former colleague at The New York Times, E.R. Shipp, wrote in The Baltimore Sun: “So with nuts, neophytes and revisionists running the Trump asylum, one might wonder why 70 or so presidents, chancellors and advocates for historically black colleges and universities — HBCUs — accepted a ‘getting-to-know-you’ White House invitation.” I suspect the same sentiment will apply to members of the black media, if they’re ever invited to meet with the president. The writer is a veteran print journalist who worked for the Baltimore Afro-American and the Atlanta Daily World before spending 23 years at The New York Times. He served as chairman of the journalism department at the University of Alabama from 1992 to 1996 and is currently working on a memoir.

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Why I met with Jeff Sessions Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;April fools: Va. SCLC lauds racist U.S. attorney general for civil rights work on anniversary of Dr. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deathâ&#x20AC;? and editorial, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buffoonery,â&#x20AC;? April 6-8: I would like to convey my sincere appreciation to the Richmond Free Press for granting me the opportunity to share my thoughts and reďŹ&#x201A;ections as an individual. I also pay homage to my friends and mentors Rev. Curtis W. Harris and Rev. Marcellus L. Harris Jr., two great men who inspired me to be a freedom ďŹ ghter in the organization that was co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. I am recycling Dr. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategies because they were effective then and they are effective now. In reference to the recent article regarding our meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, I submit to you that any organization that has a mission as a civil rights organization will inevitably have, at some point in time, civil rights cases and also seek legal redress in the aforementioned areas. Our rationale for the meeting is that we have civil rights cases in many different areas. Dr. King worked with diverse groups to resolve issues. If you are involved in civil rights today, and the person who is the leader of law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and others oversees the portfolio, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that we not only have a seat, but a voice at the table. I made a commitment to God to be a voice for the voiceless! I will continue to honor my commitment to God. I must reiterate that my oath is with God, not with any man. During the past 25 years, I, as an individual and collectively, have received a great deal of calls on various issues because of my involvement in civil rights. The telephone calls, letters and meetings are many, with discussions about criminal justice, police misconduct and public corruption, just to name a few. If we want an investigation to proceed in the highest levels of

the areas of justice, who do we need talk to? I think we want our cases to be heard by the highest ofďŹ ce in the country. In short, this is why I drove to Washington â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and I make no apologies for my meeting with Attorney General Sessions. I have been the same individual all of my life. I have fought about nightclubs whose predominantly African-American patrons were being subjected to systemic racism and targeted compared with other establishments with patrons who are non-minorities. I am hopeful that those who are engrossed with righteous indignation will surely understand that if an injustice occurs on a bus or in a business, it is still an injustice. At the same time, I will and have taken numerous stands against injustice involving municipal governments, mayors, vice mayors, city council members and city managers who sought to displace elderly residents, disabled individuals and working class African-Americans from their homes to curry favor with special interests and the social elite. Ironically, the perpetrators against the aforementioned were African-Americans themselves. We must not remain silent, regardless of who the oppressors are. Dr. King led the charge on the 1965 Voting Rights Act and on the 1965 Civil Rights Act that Congress passed. Dr. King helped pass these laws by communicating, talking with people and getting involved with others. He did not isolate himself from the rest of the world. Instead, he rolled up his sleeves and made contact with others. He knew that in order to get some resolution of problems, he had to ďŹ rst have some sort of communication with the parties involved. People criticized Dr. King all of the time. I have a strong belief in God, and my faith and spiritual belief may be beyond the comprehension of any one individual. ANDREW SHANNON Newport News

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L.A. Dodgers unveil statue to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day Jackie Robinson is known for heroically breaking baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947, as a 28-year-old rookie with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But on the field, he was known for another kind of heroic play — stealing home. It is apropos that African-American sculptor Branly Cadet chose “stealing home” as the theme for the 800-pound bronze statue of Robinson he was commissioned to create. The statue was unveiled at the main entrance to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last Saturday on the 70th anniversary of Robinson’s entry into Major League Baseball. The day is celebrated annually by MLB as Jackie Robinson Day, on which every player on every team wears Robinson’s jersey No. 42. Although Robinson retired before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, he is the first athlete to receive a statue at the ballpark. Others are in the works. “Stealing home takes skill and it takes daring,” said Cadet. A high-risk, straight steal of home is virtually a lost art because, in part, of the inevitable collision with the catcher and the fear the batter may miss the sign and swing as the runner is nearing the plate. It is generally Mr. Cadet considered an injury waiting to happen. The fearless Robinson stole home 19 times during regular season games and once, famously, in the 1955 World Series, helping the Dodgers to clinch their only championship. Among those attending the Los Angeles ceremony were Robinson’s 94-year-old widow, Rachel; his son, David, and daughter Sharon; Frank Robinson, a former player who later became MLB’s first African-American manager; and longtime Dodgers announcer Vin Scully, who began calling Dodgers games in the early 1950s. “Some men are taller than others. Some are heavier. Some are left-handed. Some right-handed,” said Scully. “But the one thing they share in carrying No. 42 is the fact that the man who wore it gave them what no other man could at the time. He gave them equality. And he gave them opportunity.” The Dodgers went on to win Saturday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4, with Cuban Yasiel Puig driving in four runs with a single and a three-run homer into the left-field seats. “No way we’re losing on Jackie Robinson Day,” said Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts, one of two African-American managers in baseball today.

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Fans, family and friends of baseball legend Jackie Robinson admire the statue of him stealing home base during last Saturday’s unveiling outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Robinson’s historic breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

The other African-American manager is Washington’s Dusty Baker, a former Dodgers All-Star and player for the former Richmond Braves. “Every day to me is Jackie Robinson Day,” said Baker. “If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have played Major League Baseball and I wouldn’t have the job I have now.”

As an individual show of respect, Baker wears No. 42 wristbands during every game. Baker, like all former and current players of color, are honored to be compared to Robinson in every way — every way but one, that is. They’ll leave stealing home to No. 42.

Latest Baseball Hall of Famer shares history with No. 42 African-American baseball Hall of Famers Tim Raines and Jackie Robinson have more in common than just immense baseball skills. Both also are linked geographically to steamy Sanford, Fla. And then there’s the coincidental connection to the Canadian chill of Montreal. Raines, who was voted into the prestigious Baseball Hall of Fame in early January during his 10th and final year of eligibility, has mostly fond memories of Sanford, where he was born and grew up. As a fleet young athlete, he established himself at Sanford Memorial Stadium playing for Seminole High School and other youth teams, attracting droves of pro scouts. By contrast, Robinson’s memories were not as warm

and fuzzy regarding the Central Florida city. It was in Sanford in 1946 that Robinson was denied the right to take the diamond for fear of arrest during a spring training exhibition game at Sanford Field, located at the same site as the current Sanford Stadium. The bigoted, embarrassing incident drew much attention in the biopic “42” about Robinson’s heroic rise against oppression to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. But more on that later. First, some background on Raines. Known as “Rock,” the 5-foot-8, 160-pound switchhitting outfielder played most of his 13-season career with the Montreal Expos. A seventime All-Star, Raines led the National League in hitting in

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Hall of Famer Tim Raines

1986 (.334) and was a four-time stolen base champion, with a whopping 90 in 1983. In 2,502 games, Raines collected 2,605 hits and 808 stolen bases, while hitting .294. Raines was welcomed into the Hall of Fame on Jan. 18, along with infielder Jeff Bagwell, who played mostly with the Houston Astros, and Puerto Rican-born catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who played mostly with the Texas Rangers. Formal induction ceremonies will be July 30 in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. While Raines is the most recent African-American to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Robinson was the first in 1962. Success wasn’t guaran-

teed for Robinson along his hazardous path of shattering baseball’s color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. While resistance was tough in Sanford, Robinson wasn’t the lone African-American on Brooklyn’s AAA farm team, the Montreal Royals. Robinson signed with Brooklyn in October 1945. In January 1946, another AfricanAmerican player, pitcher John Wright, signed with Dodgers owner Branch Rickey. Both Robinson and Wright were assigned to the Royals roster for 1946 spring training. There were a few Brooklyn-Montreal intrasquad-type games at Island Ballpark in Dayton Beach, Fla., before the infamous March 5 exhibition game in Sanford. City officials warned the Dodgers brass that

Dan Rooney, who opened doors in NFL for African-Americans in top jobs, dies at 84 As a driving force behind the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers for many decades, Dan Rooney won endless battles on the field — most notably a record six Super Bowl titles. But it was his progressive achievement off the field that might be most rewarding to the game of football. Mr. Rooney, who died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at 84, was instrumental in the policy that has helped open the doors to NFL head coaching and top management positions for AfricanAmericans and people of color. The policy, established in 2003, is called the Rooney Rule and requires NFL teams to interview at least one minority candidate for open head coaching and general manager positions. “Few men have contributed more to the growth of the NFL than Mr. Rooney,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. “He is one of the finest men to ever represent our league.” Mr. Rooney, then as a member of the NFL Diversity Commission, pushed for the policy following the firing of two African-American coaches, Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay and Dennis Green in Minnesota, despite their winning records. Practicing what he preached, Mr. Rooney hired Hampton native Mike Tomlin, an African-American who played college football at the College of William & Mary, as the Steelers’ coach in 2007. Tomlin didn’t disappoint, guiding

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Steelers owner Dan Rooney at the Super Bowl XLV pep rally on Jan. 28, 2011, in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh to the 2009 Super Bowl championship. Tomlin remains among the most successful NFL coaches with a 103-57 regular season record and 8-6 mark in the playoffs. Prior to the Rooney Rule, only 6 percent of NFL head coaches were African-American. Between 2003 and now, 17 African-Americans have been named to head coaching positions, or 23 percent. The 2017 NFL season will start with seven African-American head coaches and one Latino — Ron Rivera with the Carolina Panthers. Mr. Rooney was named to the NFL Hall of Fame in 2000, joining his father, Art Rooney, who founded the Steelers

in 1933. He served as president of the Steelers and more recently as chairman, passing the president’s chair to his son, Art Rooney II. The Steelers had been perennial bottom-feeders before Mr. Rooney took over operations in the late 1960s. That changed quickly, in part, because of Mr. Rooney’s sharp eye for talent at historically black colleges and smaller majority-white institutions. Pittsburgh’s first Super Bowl crown in 1975 was built largely on HBCU talent. The 1975 Steelers featured nine HBCU athletes, including Hall of Famers-to-be Mel Blount from Southern University and John Stallworth from Alabama

A&M University. Mr. Rooney, overseeing the draft, took a gamble in 1969 by selecting a little known defensive tackle out of off-the-beaten-track North Texas State. With the fourth overall pick, the Steelers tabbed “Mean” Joe Greene, who quickly emerged as one of the best to ever wear the Steelers black and gold. With Greene wreaking havoc on the opposing offenses, the Steelers won 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980 Super Bowls. Humble to a fault and small in physical stature, Mr. Rooney was perhaps the most loved man in Pittsburgh. Frequently he walked to games, mingling with fans along the way, just as his dad had done before him. He was famous for inviting Steelers employees of all pay scales to lunch and showing genuine interest in their well-being. Though a lifelong Republican, Mr. Rooney became enamored with thenpresidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008. Defying certain backlash from his Pittsburgh fan base, Mr. Rooney endorsed Mr. Obama for president, even presenting him with a Steelers jersey on Oct. 27, 2008. Following the first election, President Obama appointed Mr. Rooney to the position of ambassador to Ireland. He was active in that role from 2009 to 2013. “Mr. Rooney was a great friend of mine,” President Obama told the media, “but, more importantly, he was a great friend of Pittsburgh.”

white and black players would not be allowed on the same field. The Dodgers knuckled under to city officials and neither Robinson nor Wright played. The team’s remaining spring games were moved to Daytona Beach, 44 miles northeast. Soon after, Robinson went with the Royals to Montreal while Wright, who had not adjusted well to conditions on and off the field, rejoined the Negro League’s Homestead Grays. In his one season in Montreal, Robinson hit .349, stole 40 bases and led the Royals to the International League pennant. The next year, in 1947, he joined the Dodgers in Brooklyn as a 28-year-old rookie. By comparison, Raines was just 21 when he made his debut with the Montreal Expos in 1979. Raines’ ascent to the top of the sport couldn’t have gone more smoothly. For that, he can thank Robinson, among others.

Hall of Fame names African-Americans in the Baseball Hall of Fame, with year inducted: 1962: Jackie Robinson 1969: Roy Campanella 1971: Satchel Paige 1973: Monte Irvin 1977: Ernie Banks 1979: Willie Mays 1981: Bob Gibson 1982: Frank Robinson Hank Aaron 1985: Lou Brock 1986: Willie McCovey 1987: Billy Williams 1988: Willie Stargell 1990: Joe Morgan 1993: Reggie Jackson 1998: Larry Doby 2001: Dave Winfield Kirby Puckett 2002: Ozzie Smith 2003: Eddie Murray 2007: Tony Gwynn 2009: Jim Rice Rickey Henderson 2012: Barry Larkin 2017: Tim Raines Negro Leagues: Between 1971 and 2001, the MLB Hall of Fame inducted 18 men who had played most of their careers in the Negro Leagues, including many of who also played in the Caribbean and Mexico. The list includes Richmond native Ray Dandridge, who was inducted in 1987. He is considered by many as the greatest fielding third baseman in the annals of the sport.

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Spotlight on chair of 9th Annual Unity Ride for Sickle Cell On a day like any other, Sandee Smith sat at her desk when her friend and soror in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority came by with news that deeply affected Ms. Smith. “She told me that she’d been up with her screaming 1-year-old all night because he was having a crisis in dealing with his sickle cell disease,” Ms. Smith recalls, “and that the doctor in the emergency room … had told her that there was nothing he could do for her infant. She moved back to Maryland, where she said doctors there could help take care of her baby.” Witnessing her friend’s struggle with sickle cell anemia, an inherited red blood cell disorder that largely impacts people of African descent, pushed Ms. Smith into action. She decided to organize a motorcycle ride from Petersburg to Richmond to raise money for research to find a cure. That was the start of “Unity Ride for Sickle Cell.” The 56-year-old South Richmond resident is committee chair of this year’s ride — the ninth annual — that will take place on Saturday, May 6. All proceeds will benefit the Sickle Cell Association of Richmond-OSCAR and the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professorship at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine to help with research and to assist families who are financially burdened by medical costs associated with the disease. “We had about 75 to 100 bikers at the first fundraiser,” Ms. Smith says. “Now we average about 500 participants a year.” Sickle cell disease impacts about 100,000 people in the United States, with an additional 2 million Americans carrying the sickle cell trait. The disease causes red blood cells to become rigid and curve into a sickle-like shape, making it difficult for the cells to pass through tiny blood vessels. As a result painful blockages occur that prevent oxygen and vital nutrients in the blood from reaching organs and tissues. In addition to severe pain, the disease can cause tissue damage, organ damage, strokes and other serious complications. Roughly one in 500 AfricanAmericans are living with the disease, while one in 12 carry the sickle cell trait. One in 36,000 Hispanic Americans are born with sickle cell disease, according to statistics. Ms. Smith’s interest in motorcycles began at an early age. Both her parents were bikers, she says. As her mother was dying from complications related to lung disease, Ms. Smith promised that she would get her motorcycle license. A few years later, she did, and in 2001, she began her own motorcycle riding group, the Supreme Ladies Motorcycle Club. The bikers have always had her back, particularly with her efforts on behalf of sickle cell. “I’ve always been a helper,” Ms. Smith says. “And I knew people in the biking community would come out and support the right cause.” Ms. Smith says her idea for the Petersburg to Richmond fundraising ride grew when she began talking with two more sorors, Sylvia Alexander-Wall, founder and president of The Ladies of Elegance Inc., and radio personality Miss Community Clovia Lawrence. At the same time, she read about a Personality featured in the Richmond Free Press, George Carter, who was profiled as the treasurer of the Sickle Cell Association of RichmondOSCAR. She connected with him and he agreed to partner with her initial event in sharing awareness about the disease and in dispersing funds to researchers.

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What: Unity Ride for Sickle Cell When: Saturday, May 6 Starting point and registration: 9 to 11 a.m. at Petersburg Health Department, 301 Halifax St. in Petersburg. Starting time: Kickstands up at 11:10 a.m. Ride will proceed north on U.S. 1-301 led by Virginia State Police and escorted by Brotherz N Armz Motorcycle Club. Destination and arrival time: Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd. at 11:45 a.m. Food and program at the church upon arrival. Registration fee: $25, with proceeds to benefit the Sickle Cell Association of Richmond-OSCAR and the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research professorship at the VCU School of Medicine. Sponsors: Sickle Cell Association Bike Committee, The Ladies of Elegance Inc. and Sickle Cell Association of Richmond-OSCAR. Information and registration: Register on the Facebook page for “Unity Ride for Sickle Cell,” or call Sandee Smith at (804) 400-5473 or Sylvia Alexander-Wall at (804) 305-3744 or email Ride4SCA@aol.com.

In talking with people, Ms. Smith says she realized that knowledge and awareness of sickle cell disease is quite spotty. So a priority in creating the ride is to increase knowledge and awareness. The May 6 ride will end with a brief program about the latest research progress on sickle cell and first-person accounts of living with the disease. Her dream for the Unity Ride for Sickle Cell is to “make this such a big deal that this type of ride will not be needed. “Sitting in my den, I had the vision for this,” Ms. Smith says. “And Sylvia and the Ladies of Elegance Inc., Ms. Lawrence and the Sickle Cell Association Bike Committee have been by my side all the way.” Meet this week’s Personality and activist for a cure, Sandee Smith: Occupation: Program coordinator for BLISS, Building Lives to Independence & Self Sufficiency, for the City of Richmond’s Office of Community Wealth Building. Date and place of birth: Dec. 6 in Richmond. Current residence: South Richmond. Education: Bachelor’s in business administration, Mary Baldwin College, and master’s in public administration, Central Michigan University. Family: Single, with two dogs, Emory and Jack. No. 1 volunteer position: Committee chair, Unity Ride for Sickle Cell. Why Unity Ride for Sickle Cell is important: This disease can kill. The public needs to be educated about this disease and how it impacts those who struggle with this disease every day — mostly AfricanAmericans. Goal: To bring awareness about the disease to the community and to get more adults tested or to get them help they need. In Richmond, 2,600 people have the sickle cell trait and 900 have the disease. We also want to get lawmakers to make sickle cell a priority, with more funding for research. We want to get OB-GYN doctors to test their patients early on or ask the question, “Do you have sickle cell?” We want sickle cell disease to be added to the

immunization shot records chart so that schools know. And we want sickle cell to be treated as a health alert like other diseases. Number of sickle cell chapters in Virginia: Nine — Richmond, Norfolk, Hampton, Danville, Lynchburg, Fredericksburg, South Boston, Rocky Mount and Northern Virginia.

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Hope for a cure or better treatment: With the advancements made in sickle cell research, we know there’s a cure on the horizon. I volunteer because: It’s my calling to help people. My name, Sandra, means “helper of mankind.” How public sees motorcyclists: I think they are more accepting now than in the past. Bikers do a lot of good in the communities. We just happen to be on two wheels. How I became interested in motorcycles: My dad and mom were bikers. My mom started her own bike club back in the day — All of Us Motorcycle Club.

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Happenings

Police investigation into Prince’s death turns up opioids throughout his house Police investigating the death a year ago of pop star Prince found numerous opioids scattered around his home, but appear not to have identified where or who supplied the dose of fentanyl that caused his death, according to court documents unsealed on Monday. Some of the strong painkillers found at the musician’s Paisley Park complex outside Minneapolis had prescriptions in the name of his friend and bodyguard, the affidavits and search warrants showed. The probe included searches of Prince’s computer, cellphone records of his friends and interviews with his associates. In October 2016, the probe was termed “an active homicide investigation” in the documents, but no one has been criminally charged. Investigators said this week the probe is still open and active. Prince, 57, was found dead at Paisley Park on April 21, 2016. The official cause of death was given as an accidental, self-administered overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. No prescriptions were found for fentanyl — a powerful drug that is 50 times stronger than heroin. The documents were kept sealed until Monday because Carver County, Minn., prosecutors feared potential witnesses might flee or potential evidence might be destroyed. According to the search warrants, investigators found several pills labeled Watson 853 — the identifier for generic hydrocodoneacetaminophen.

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Tamela and David Mann to bring concert-comedy tour to city Friday By Holly Rodriguez

If you are a fan of awardwinning gospel singer Tamela Mann, you may know that her 2012 song, “Take Me to the King,” went platinum, selling more than 1 million copies. You also may know that in addition to recording five albums during the past 12 years, she is also an actress. Since 2005, Ms. Mann has played the role of “Cora Simmons” in numerous Tyler Perry productions on stage, television and in films. But you may not know that she attributes much of her career success to her family. In addition to working together on multiple projects, four members of the Mann family are currently on tour. Ms. Mann, her husband, actor, singer and comedian David Mann, and two of their five children will make a stop in Richmond on Friday, April 21, on their “Mann’s World Family Tour.” The concert and comedy show will be 7 p.m. at Celebration Church, 5501 Midlothian Turnpike. Tickets range from $22 to $30 and can be purchased at www.kingdomtickets.com/ manns-world-richmond. “We’re a small company, but this is a big production,” Ms. Mann said in a telephone interview this week with the Free Press. Richmond is the ninth stop on the Manns’ 25-city tour. From here, they will head south to Fayetteville, N.C., Baton Rouge, La., Pensacola, Fla., and Atlanta. Then it’s on to Detroit and Chicago. Tyler Perry comedy afi-

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show, “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns.” As in his television performances, he brings a

comedy routine to the latest production, his wife said. Their son, David Mann Jr., contributes as a DJ, and their daughter, Tia Mann, sings gospel and other songs in the production. The tour also is promoting Ms. Mann’s fifth album, “One Way,” her highest debut ever on the Billboard Gospel radio chart, and the family’s two network television shows. “It’s a Mann’s World” is a docu-series that premiered on BET in 2015. In its third season, the show moved to the TV One network this season on Tuesday nights. Their other show, “Mann and Wife,” a Bounce TV sitcom about a newlywed blended family. “Everything we do is a family affair,” Ms. Mann said. “Even with my most recent album, my daughter sang and my husband and son were coproducers on the album.” Other producers included Kirk Franklin, Myron Butler and Norfolk native Timbaland, who has produced artists such as Jay-Z, Rihanna and Drake. Ms. Mann is a Grammy Award winner, an NAACP Image Award winner and BET Award winner. She recently won six of the nine awards she was nominated for at the 32nd Annual Gospel Music Stellar Awards. She also is a two-time Gospel Music Association Dove Award winner.

It was more like a sequel to the film “The Great Debaters” recently as the Morehouse College Debate Team reigned supreme at the 2016-17 Lafayette Debates North American Championship in Washington. Morehouse’s final round victory April 9 over Vanderbilt University garnered not only bragging rights and the coveted traveling trophy that dates back 235 years, but also positions the HBCU as the fifth most successful debate team in the nation. “This is a very big deal,” said Ken Newby, the Morehouse College debate coach. Coach Newby accompanied the two-man team of senior Jonathan Carlisle and junior Keith Matier to the competition. As part of their prize, the young men will receive a free trip to Paris to participate in a debate study program allowing them to hone their skills even more. “It’s a great privilege to have won the study tour to Paris,” said Mr. Matier. “It’s humbling that debate has taken me out of the country multiple times. I didn’t have a passport before enrolling into Morehouse.”

Neither of the young men had prior team debating experience before enrolling at Morehouse, but both have truly exceeded expectations. During the two-day competition, Mr. Matier and Mr. Carlisle managed to best opposing debaters from West Point,Yale, Cornell, University of Georgia, George Washington University and teams from Canada and France before beating Vanderbilt. The debate topic: Should democracies prioritize interculturalism as a strategy for managing diversity. The team had to argue both sides of the issue. Coach Newby felt the Morehouse team’s unique perspective of being young African-American males liv-

ing in America gives them a competitive advantage. “We usually take a novel approach that other teams don’t take or expect,” he said. However, the coach gives the majority of the credit to his dream team of Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Matier, who stood out among their peers in their preparation and argument construction. With this latest victory, Morehouse has won seven national and four international titles since 2011 — all under Coach Newby’s leadership. But like any great championship team, Morehouse is not resting on its laurels. They hope to bring home more trophies from competitions around the world.

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A search also turned up other “numerous narcotic controlled substance pills” in various containers, including vitamin bottles, some of which were prescribed to Kirk Johnson, who has been identified through the years as Prince’s longtime friend, former drummer, bodyguard and estate manager. “Many of those areas where the pills were located would be places Prince would frequent, such as his bedroom and wardrobe/ laundry room,” one document stated. Detectives were “made aware by witnesses that were interviewed, that Prince recently had a history of going through withdrawals, which are believed to be the result of the abuse of prescription medication,” the documents stated. The unsealed documents confirmed reports from law enforcement sources last year that multiple prescription painkillers were found in Prince’s home, belying his public reputation for living a clean and healthy vegan lifestyle. The documents also showed that some of the prescriptions were made out in the name of Mr. Johnson to safeguard “Prince’s privacy.” Mr. Johnson’s lawyer did not return calls for comment on Monday. The documents also revealed that Prince did not use a cellphone, and that he had email accounts in various aliases. He also did not have a regular doctor and his team would arrange for various physicians to give him vitamin B-12 shots before performances.

Documentary film director to speak at VCU Ezra Edelman, director of the Oscarwinning documentary “O.J.: Made in America,” will discuss the topics of race and celebrity covered in the made-for-TV film at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Grace Street Theater, 904 W. Grace St. Free and open to the public, the conversation with Mr. Edelman will be moderated by Nicholas Forster, Mr. Edelman visiting lecturer and scholar in AfricanAmerican studies and film studies at Yale University. Because of limited space, registration is required at www.showclix.com/ event/OJAPR22PARTII. The program is being presented by the Afrikana Film Festival and three VCU departments.

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Bringing Henrietta Lacks to life Oprah Winfrey stars as Deborah Lacks, the daughter of the title character in the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” that premieres 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, on HBO. Mrs. Lacks, a Virginia native who moved her family from their Halifax County tobacco farm in 1941 to Maryland, was a cancer patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She died in 1951 not knowing that her tumor cells, now known as HeLa cells, were harvested by hospital researchers and duplicated for use even today by scientists for medical testing around the world. The HBO movie is based on the best-selling book about Mrs. Lacks and her unknowing and uncompensated contribution to the world. Actress Rose Byrne, left, portrays the book’s author, Rebecca Skloot, in the film.

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Happenings See and be seen at Easter on Parade More than 25,000 people fill Richmond’s Monument Avenue for the annual Easter on Parade celebration. And as always, this year it was a place to see and be seen last Sunday as people of all ages strolled the avenue enjoying music, entertainment, jugglers, dancers and activities between Allen and Davis avenues. At right, Tillman and Cassie Breckenridge of Midlothian enjoy the day with their four daughters, from left, Paige, 4, Brynn, 5, Reese, 8, and Avery, 5. Bottom left, three members of the Art Deco Society of Virginia, from left, Rita Shiang of Richmond, Anna Quilie of Carson and Christina Stewart-York of Chesterfield, draw admiring stares and some mutual admiration for their decorative parasols. Colorful Easter bonnets were plentiful during the event and a favorite among the celebration’s faithful, including Marian Johnson of East Orange, N.J., below center, who was in town visiting her grandson and great-grandson. Photos by Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

Exploring Educational Reform topic of speaker series The founding executive director of Teach for America in Washington state will open the 2017 Lora M. Robins Speakers Series on Exploring Educational Reform. Lindsay Hill, who is now the education program officer for The Raikes Foundation, will speak at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the University of Richmond’s Jepson Alumni Center on campus. The speaker series, presented by Leadership Metro Richmond and The Robins Foundation, includes three sessions focused on exploring the topic of education reform and will examine

best practices in cities across the country. Ms. Hill began her career as a fourth-grade teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., through Teach for America and later served as a program director. She was the founding executive director for the program in Washington state before joining The Raikes Foundation, where she leads the Seattle-based organization’s efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion. She will talk about the science of learning and development research. The second session, slated for May 25, will feature speaker Darrell Bradford, execu-

tive vice president of 50-CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now. He will discuss educational choice and advocacy at the local and state levels. That session will be held at Birdsong Hall at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland. The third session, scheduled for June 6, will feature speaker John King Jr., the former U.S. secretary of education under former President Obama. He now serves as president and CEO of the Education Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for academic achievement for all students, especially low-income students

and students of color. His talk focusing on policy change at the national level will be held at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center at Virginia Union University in Richmond. The speaker series is open to the public. Tickets are $50 for each talk; $20 for college students. A discount is available for tickets to all three sessions. Register at www. lmronline.org. For more information, contact Leadership Metro Richmond at (804) 343-1500 or email pbradby@lmronline.org.

Benjamin Wigfall and his work “Chimneys.”

Lecture on native artist Benjamin Wigfall set for April 28 By Holly Rodriguez

When Benjamin Wigfall was a high school student in Richmond, his view as he walked from 27th Street in Church Hill each morning to Armstrong High School included smoke billowing from the chimneys of industrial buildings. Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the friend and fellow student who walked with Mr. Wigfall each day, joked recently that he never saw what Mr. Wigfall depicted in his painting, “Chimneys.” The painting was acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1951. At the time, Mr. Wigfall was 21 and the youngest artist whose work was acquired by the publicly funded museum. “Mr. Wigfall’s work was identified as having strong promise,” said Sarah Eckhardt, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the VMFA. The museum is hosting a lecture about Mr. Wigfall and his work in the community where he grew up. “VMFA Celebrates the Life and Work of Benjamin Wigfall” will be held 6 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Robinson Theater Community Arts Center, 2903 Q St. Videos of interviews with Mr. Wigfall in 2003 and 2016 will be shown and Dr. Eckhardt and Linda J. Holmes, a writer, independent scholar and curator, will talk about the artist’s work and impact.

The event is free and open to the public. Mr. Wigfall died in February at age 87. Members of his family are expected to attend the lecture. In the videos, Mr. Wigfall discusses growing up in segregated Richmond, his studies at VMFA and his experiences as a Hampton University undergraduate student and professor. After earning a master’s in fine arts from Yale, he returned to Hampton University as an art professor until 1963. As a young professor, he was arrested outside the Miller & Rhoads department store for suspicion of shoplifting in 1957. Hampton University’s student newspaper cited the incident and the irony that his VMFA piece, “Chimneys,” was on display in the department store at the time of his arrest. Mr. Wigfall was represented in the case by noted civil rights lawyer Oliver W. Hill Sr. and the charges later were dropped. Mr. Wigfall moved in 1963 to New York, where he taught art at SUNY-New Plats for nearly 30 years. He also owned Watermark Cargo Gallery, training young people in the neighborhood to help him renovate the building for the gallery. Later, he began to teach them screen printing, an art form he was introduced to while studying at the VMFA. The museum later acquired another painting by Mr. Wigfall, “Corrosion and Blue,” in 1958, and also has two Christmas cards he created.

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Obituaries/Faith News/Directory

Former MCV researcher Anna Carr dies at 86 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Her attractiveness made her a JET Beauty of the Week. Her intellect enabled her to become a pioneering scientist. Anna Louise Weaver Carr conducted groundbreaking research on Down syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects a child’s mental and physical development. Ms. Carr was one of the first African-American women to join and conduct research in VCU’s Medical College of Virginia. She was associated mostly with the Human Genetics Department, of which she later became supervisor. “She was passionate about her work,” said her daughter, Inga C. Bell, who became a JET Beauty herself in 1982, 29 years after her mother. Ms. Bell said her mother’s research focused on creating a diet to help reduce the risk to pregnant women of having their baby develop Down syndrome. Ms. Carr, who was battling illness, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. She was 86. Friends and family gathered Friday, April 14, at Ebenezer Baptist

Ms. Carr

Church in Jackson Ward to celebrate the Richmond resident’s life. Born in Wake County, N.C., Ms. Carr began her science career after graduating with a biology degree in 1957 from Virginia Union University, where she also was homecoming queen. Her hiring as a certified cytogenetic laboratory specialist at MCV was a barrier-breaking move at a time when the state was still fighting segregation of public schools and most Virginia universities refused admission to African-American students. She spent 30 years at MCV before retiring in 1987. Ms. Carr was a charter member of the Richmond Chapter of the Continental, Societies Inc. and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She was politically active with the Richmond Crusade for Voters. She also served with the Hammond Place Civic League, and taught Sunday school and served on the administrative board at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Her favorite pastime was playing pinochle. Survivors include her daughters, Ms. Bell and Troi C. Shands; two sisters, Mary K. Grantham and Lucy L. Scott; two brothers, Milton C. Grantham and Timothy C. Grantham; and two grandchildren. A private burial was held at Rest Haven Cemetery in Wilson, N.C.

Retired teacher Joyce Johnson dies at 73 By Jeremy M. Lazarus Teaching children was Joyce Cole Johnson’s mission in life, according to her family. For 33 years, Ms. Johnson helped Richmond first- and second-graders learn to read, write and do arithmetic, first at Woodville Elementary and then at John B. Cary Elementary schools. “She was a mother to most, not just her own children,” said her son, Darin R. Johnson of Mechanicsville, finance director

for an automobile dealership. “She was a giving person who loved to educate,” he said. “And, of course, at home she stressed education for me and my sister.” His sister, Kia J. Johnson, is a benefits administrator for the Richmond Retirement System. Ms. Johnson is being remembered largely for the children whose lives she touched. She died Thursday, April 13, 2017, following an illness. She was 73. Final tributes will be paid to Ms. Johnson

at the church where she was a longtime member, Mt. Olive Baptist, 8775 Mt. Olive Ave., off Mountain Road in Glen Allen. Her funeral will take place as the church begins the 150th anniversary celebration she helped organize. Interment will be in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Born in Chicago, Ms. Johnson started teaching in Richmond following her graduation from Fayetteville State University. She received Teacher of the Year honors at John B. Cary Elementary before her retirement

Ms. Johnson

from Richmond Public Schools in 1999. She later served as a program director for the former Virginia Heroes mentoring program. Ms. Johnson was a longtime member of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She also was a member of the Food Bank Committee and the 150th Anniversary Committee at Mt. Olive Baptist. In addition to her children, survivors include a brother, Ronald J. Cole of Los Angeles and four grandchildren.

Pivotal church versus state legal battle urged to proceed in high court Free Press wire report

WASHINGTON Missouri officials and a church embroiled in a closely watched dispute over public money going to religious entities urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide the case despite a pivotal policy change by the state’s Republican governor. Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal group representing Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., and the state attorney general’s office wrote letters to the justices saying the one-hour argument set for Wednesday, April 19, should proceed. The case, which tests the limits of religious freedom, is one of the most important before the court in its current term. The justices asked the parties in the case their views on whether it should proceed

after Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens reversed policy on April 13 and said churches can seek state funds for playgrounds to be resurfaced even though Missouri’s constitution bars “any church, sect or denomination of religion” from receiving state taxpayer money. In a separate letter, the American Civil Liberties Union and the advocacy group Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, which backed the state’s ban, asked the justices to drop the case, saying it is now moot following Gov. Greitens’ decision to let churches apply for Missouri Department of Natural Resources funds. A victory at the nation’s highest court for Trinity Lutheran could help religious organizations nationwide win public dollars for certain purposes, such as health and

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safety. It also could buttress the case for using taxpayer money for vouchers to help pay for children to attend religious schools rather than public schools in “school choice” programs advocated by conservatives. Trinity Lutheran, which runs a preschool and daycare center, said Missouri unlawfully excluded it from the grant program that allows nonprofit groups to buy rubber playground surfaces, and sued in federal court in 2012. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2015 upheld a trial court’s dismissal of the suit, and the church appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three-quarters of U.S. states have similar provisions as in the Missouri Constitution. The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment calls for a separation of church and state and guarantees the free exercise of religion.

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VUU’s new Center for African-American Pentecostalism & Leadership Development hosts convocation The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, nationally known for its noted graduates such as Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. Jeremiah Wright and former Congressman Walter E. Fauntroy, will hold its first Pentecostal Convocation on Monday, April 24, through Thursday, April 27, the school has announced. Because of the increase in graduates from Pentecostal churches, Dr. John W.

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Kinney, dean of the theology school, led the founding of the school’s new Center for African-American Pentecostalism & Leadership Development. The center’s advisory council, cochaired by Bishop Melvin Williams Jr. of the Temple of Judah in Richmond, also a founder of the center, and Archbishop Alfred Owens Jr. of the Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church in Washington, has spent the past year planning next week’s

convocation. The theme: “We All Are One: Rethinking the Journey, Rekindling the Fire, Reclaiming the Power.” Speakers will include Archbishop Owens, Archbishop J. Delano Ellis, Bishop Tejado Hanchell, Bishop John E. Guns, Bishop Joseph Walker III, Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick Jr., Apostle James Clark Jr., Dr. Estrelda Alexander, Dr. Phyllis Carter, Dr. James Richardson, Dr. Wanda Parker

Student Minister Tony Muhammad of the Nation of Islam to speak in Richmond

and Evangelist Joyce Rodgers. Guest psalmists will be Patrick Riddick & D’vyne Worship and Dr. Peggy Britt. The convocation will be held at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center on the VUU campus, 1500 N. Lombardy St., and is open to the public. Registration is $100 by Friday, April 21. Onsite registration is $125. For details, including registration, visit www.mystvu.org.

Stations of the Cross Participants read prayers and sing during last Friday’s ecumenical Stations of the Cross along Brookland Park Boulevard in North Side. The Good Friday ceremony was sponsored by five churches of different denominations and started at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church on Hanes Avenue. At each of the 14 stops along the route, the group of nearly two dozen people stopped to sing and pray for victims of violence and abuse in the Richmond area, all those involved with the criminal justice system and for state, local and regional government officials.

Nation of Islam Student Minister Tony Muhammad will speak at two engagements in Richmond next weekend. Mr. Muhammad, the West Coast regional representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan, will talk about the adverse effect of vaccines on children, particularly African-American boys, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Faith Community Baptist Church, 1903 Cool Lane. The 2016 documentary, “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,” about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s handling of a study linking autism to the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, will be shown. At 11 a.m. Sunday, April 30, Mr. Muhammad will speak on “The Hidden Enemy” at Muhammad Mosque #24, 408 E. Main St. Information: (804) 218-0101 or (804) 263-0860.

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St. Peter Baptist Church

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Sunday, April 23, 2017

April 23, 2017 10:45 AM Morning Worship

11:00 AM – Morning Worship Guest Speaker and Congregation REv. DR. John DoE

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

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8:45 a.m. 10 a.m.

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1 p.m.

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

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

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

Youth Emphasis Sunday

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Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Christ Kids And Christ Teens Worship Every Sunday Nursery During Church School and Worship

Dinner Served After Morning Worship Greater Brook Road Child Development Center

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The “Youth Take Over” will display our youth leadership and “Speak Out!” skills while serving as worship participants during service.

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Richmond Free Press

B6 April 20-22, 2017

Legal Notices 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, May 8, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2017-074 To erect all-way stop signs at the intersections of North 23rd Street and Phaup Street, North 23rd Street and Selden Street, and North 25th Street and Rosetta Street. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 5:00 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND LAURA POLLARD, Plaintiff v. EDWARD M. THOMPSON, Defendant. Case No.: CL17-970-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for more than one year. An Affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city such Defendant is, without effect, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this this Court on or before the 23rd day of May, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. to protect his interest. An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Earl J. Gee The Gee Law Firm, P.C. 211 East German School Road Richmond, VA 23224 (804) 226-4111 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER STEVEN DOOLEY, Plaintiff v. CHERAY SCHAMP-BAZAR, Defendant. Case No.: CL17000144-00 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 5th day of June, 2017 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 APRIL PRESSLEY-DAVIS, Plaintiff v. TYRONE DAVIS, Defendant. Case No.: CL17000973-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of June, 2017 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 RALPH ADDEI, Plaintiff v. SHAKITA SPRATLEY, Defendant. Case No.: CL17000971-00 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 Continued on next column

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and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of June, 2017 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

DOB 6/29/2010, “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 Edwina Ellis ( M o t h e r ) , To n y L e w i s (Father), & Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before June 5, 2017 at 3:00Pm, CourtRoom #4

including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Kristy Parker (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect her interest on or before June 6, 2017 at 9:20am, CourtRoom #2

address of 3800 Fairfax Drive, Apt 906, Arlington, Virginia 22203, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JOHN ARTHUR ROLLINSON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that H. W. ZEHMER, JR., a/k/a HARPER W. ZEHMER, JR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF H. W. ZEHMER, JR., a/k/a HARPER W. ZEHMER, JR., ANNIE LUCILLE ASHBY ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANNIE LUCILLE ASHBY ZEHMER, SOLON ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SOLON ZEHMER, and ROBERT ASHTON ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ROBERT ASHTON ZEHMER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that EVANGELINA GOSS a/k/a AVANGELINA GOSS, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MARY D. HORNER a/k/a MARY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MARY D. H O R N E R a / k / a M A RY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JANE Z. ROLLISON, CONSTANCE R. MCADAM, JOHN ARTHUR ROLLINSON, H. W. ZEHMER, JR., a/k/a HARPER W. ZEHMER, JR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF H. W. ZEHMER, JR., a/k/a HARPER W. ZEHMER, JR., ANNIE LUCILLE ASHBY ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANNIE LUCILLE ASHBY ZEHMER, SOLON ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SOLON ZEHMER, ROBERT ASHTON ZEHMER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ROBERT ASHTON ZEHMER, EVANGELINA GOSS a/k/a AVANGELINA GOSS and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 22, 2017, 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

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

JERMAINE WILLIAMS, a/k/a JERMAINE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, Who May be Deceased and HIS HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNESS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JERMAINE WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-5568 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1709 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0951/054, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jermaine Williams. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JERMAINE WILLIAMS, a/k/a JERMAINE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, who may be deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of JERMAINE WILLIAMS, a/k/a JERMAINE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAMAL DAVID WILLIAMS, SR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 JERMAINE WILLIAMS, a/k/a JERMAINE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, who may be deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest of JERMAINE WILLIAMS, a/k/a JERMAINE MICHAEL WILLIAMS, JAMAL DAVID WILLIAMS, SR., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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

filed that said owner, WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS, DECEASED, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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 FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JANIELLE WALLER, Plaintiff v. ANTOINE WALLER, Defendant. Case No.: CL17000900-00 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 31st day of May, 2017 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 KELLY A. KANG, Plaintiff v. SWARN SINGH KANG, Defendant. Case No.: CL-913 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce. WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff, Kelly A. Kang, that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant, Swarn Singh Kang, it is ORDERED that Swarn Singh Kang appear before this Court on June 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., to protect his interests herein. An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire (VSB$74718) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Rd., Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) mabrown@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for the Plaintiff/Wife VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD MARQUITA LEWIS KELSAW, Plaintiff v. LOUIS ELBERT KELSAW, SR., Defendant Case No. 17-419 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this lawsuit is for the Plaintiff to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant because they have lived separate and apart, without cohabitation or the intention to resume cohabitation for more than one year. The Defendant shall appear and protect his interests before this Court before May 12, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., which is within 50 days of the date of the entry of this Order. An Extract Teste: Wendy S. Hughes, Clerk Robert L. Flax, P.C. 8 South Sheppard Street Richmond, VA 23221-3028 804 355-8425 office 804 355-9129 fax robertflax@flaxlegal.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND APRIL BIANCA JAMES, Plaintiff v. GEORGE O’NEAL CRUMP, JR., Defendant. Case No.: CL13-3249-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit, brought by April Bianca James, is a complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, George O’Neal Crump, Jr., cannot be found, and that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant; It is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before the 9th of May, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. to protect his interests herein. A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Cravens & Noll, P.C. 9011 Arboretum Parkway, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23236 (804) 330-9220

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TONY LEWIS The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Edwina Ellis (MOTHER), Tony Lewis (FATHER), & UNKNOWN (FATHER) of TONY LEWIS, Continued on next column

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re zewina williams The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Edwina Ellis (MOTHER), Zohnelle Williams (FATHER), & UNKNOWN (FATHER) of Zewina Williams, DOB 6/19/2009, “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 Edwina Ellis (Mother), Zohnelle Williams (Father), & Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before June 5, 2017 at 3:00Pm, CourtRoom #4 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re TRUETHE OCTOBER LOUISSA KHOL Case No. J-89660-07-00 The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) ANTHONY LOUIS KOHL (FATHER) of TRUETHE OCTOBER L OUI S S A K OH L, D O B 7/14/2014, “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 Anthony Louis Kohl (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before July 5, 2017 at 10:00am, CourtRoom #5 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re tRAVERIOUS WOODSON, JR. Case No. J-90154-10, J-90154-11 The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) CHARLES TAY L O R ( FAT H E R ) & UNKNOWN (FATHER) of TRAVERIOUS WOODSON, JR., child, DOB 3/9/2010, “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 Charles Taylor (Father) & Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before June 6, 2017 at 9:20am, CourtRoom #2 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re tRAVERIOUS WOODSON, JR. Case No. J-90154-8, J-90154-9 The object of this suit i s t o : Te r m i n a t e t h e residual parental rights (“RPR”) KRISTY PARKER (MOTHER) & TRAVERIOUS WOODSON, SR. (FATHER) of TRAVERIOUS WOODSON, JR., child, DOB 3/9/2010, “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 Kristy Parker (Mother) & Traverious Woodson, Sr. (Father) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before June 6, 2017 at 9:20am, CourtRoom #2 virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MALACHI & MICKEL PARKER Case No. J-90155-6, J-90156-6 The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) KRISTY PARKER (MOTHER) of MALACHI PARKER, & MICKEL PARKER twins, DOB 2/15/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, Continued on next column

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MALACHI PARKER Case No. J-90156-7, J-90156-8 The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) MICHAEL W O O D S ( FAT H E R ) & UNKNOWN (FATHER) of MALACHI PARKER, child, DOB 2/15/2014, “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 Michael Woods (Father) & Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before June 6, 2017 at 9:20am, Court Room #2. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of thE city Of richmOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re MiCKEL PARKER Case No. J-90155-7, J-90155-8 The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) MICHAEL W O O D S ( FAT H E R ) & UNKNOWN (FATHER) of MICKEL PARKER, child, DOB 2/15/2014, “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 Michael Woods (Father) & Unknown (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his interest on or before June 6, 2017 at 9:20am Court Room #2. VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD BRANDON H. WALTON, Plaintiff v. PAYNE G. BRAVO, Respondent. In re: Noah Gabriel Bravo (D.O.B. 04/09/2015) March 15, 2017 Case No.: CL17-31 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain an adoption of the minor child Noah Gabriel Bravo by the Petitioners. WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Respondent, Payne G. Bravo, it is ORDERED that Payne G. Bravo appear before this Court on May 5, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. to protect his interests herein. A Copy, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire FRIEDMAN LAW FIRM, PC 9401 Courthouse Rd., Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARY D. HORNER a/k/a MARY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MARY D. HORNER a/k/a MARY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-5214 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4307 Deloak Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060334/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mary D. Horner. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY D. HORNER a/k/a MARY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MARY D. H O R N E R a / k / a M A RY DRUCILLA HORNER a/k/a DRUCILLA Z. HORNER, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JANE Z. ROLLISON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CONSTANCE R. MCADAM, who may have an ownership interest in said property, whose last known post-office address is her DMV legal presence Continued on next page

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MATHEW R. PAGE, DECEASED, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-1413 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3940 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0449/024 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MATHEW R. PAGE. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MATHEW R. PAGE, DECEASED, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MATHEW R. PAGE, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., a/k/a RICHMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY, A Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-4992 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1708 North 24th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0942/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RICHMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC., a/k/a RICHMOND INVESTMENT COMPANY. An Affidavit having been filed that Any unknown heirs, devisees, assignees, or successors of RAYMOND DAVIS, SR., have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that REGINA D. STRINGER a/k/a ALEEN STRINGER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF REGINA D. STRINGER a/k/a ALEEN STRINGER, RICHARD T. DAVIS, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF RICHARD T. DAVIS, and DEBRA D. SCOTT, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF DEBRA D. SCOTT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RECHARDE GOODWYN and JABRIEL MICKENS a/k/a JABRIEL NICKENS, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RICHARD FEGGINS, ASHLEY FEGGINS, REYNARD I. DAVIS, RODNEY A. DAVIS, and DEIDRE E. DAVIS, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known addresses, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that RUSSELL B. DAVIS, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that RONALD J. SCOTT, JR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that LVNV FUNDING LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Successor by Assignment to STERLING JEWELERS, INC., 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 Any unknown heirs, devisees, assignees, or successors of RAYMOND DAVIS, SR., REGINA D. STRINGER a/k/a ALEEN STRINGER, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF REGINA D. STRINGER a/k/a ALEEN STRINGER, RICHARD T. DAVIS, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF RICHARD T. DAVIS, DEBRA D. SCOTT, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF DEBRA D. SCOTT, RECHARDE GOODWYN, JABRIEL MICKENS a/k/a JABRIEL NICKENS, RICHARD FEGGINS, ASHLEY FEGGINS, REYNARD I. DAVIS, RODNEY A. DAVIS, DEIDRE E. DAVIS, RUSSELL B. DAVIS, RONALD J. SCOTT, JR., LVNV FUNDING LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, Not Authorized to Transact Business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Successor by Assignment to STERLING JEWELERS, INC., and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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. M & M CORPORATION, A Purged Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-4735 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2824 Purcell Street a/k/a 2100 North 29th Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0374/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, M & M CORPORATION. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, M & M CORPORATION, A Purged Virginia Corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MEYER GOODMAN and ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MIRIAM GOODMAN have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that M & M CORPORATION, A Purged Virginia Corporation, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MEYER GOODMAN, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MIRIAM GOODMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before _MAY 25, 2017, 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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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS, DECEASED, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-1414 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3159 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-2001/014 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS. An Affidavit having been

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EDWARD PATRAM, DECEASED, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-1412 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4200 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0449/042 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, EDWARD PATRAM. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EDWARD PATRAM, DECEASED, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that EDWARD PATRAM, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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. FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED, a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-407 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5300 Rear Hull Street Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0070176/072, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, FREEDLANDER, INC An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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. FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED, a/k/a Continued on next page

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FREEDLANDER, INC, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-408 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5315 Warwick Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0070176/037, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, FREEDLANDER, INC An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, 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

file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

(804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Tower Building Properties, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-3124, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1832 Keswick Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED, a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-409 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5323 Warwick Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0070176/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, FREEDLANDER, INC An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that FREEDLANDER, INCORPORATED a/k/a FREEDLANDER, INC., EVA A. FREEDLANDER, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, RUBEN FREEDLANDER, DECEASED, who may be a former director and trustee in liquidation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 25, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 522 Chimborazo Boulevard, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0883/002 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Next Call, LLC, a/k/a Next Call a Virginia LLC, A Purged Virginia Limited liability Company, Case No. CL16-5550, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 522 Chimborazo Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 814 Norton Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0572/012 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. MIDATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC., a/k/a MID ATLANTIC PROPERTIES, INC, Case Number: CL16-2320, A Terminated Virginia Corporation, et al., a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 814 NORTON STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1016 NORTH 32ND STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0723/034 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case Number: CL153219, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1016 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1316 North 21ST STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0614/004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on January 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-2582, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1316 North 21ST Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1408 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1231/018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Robert L. Brown a/k/a Robert L. Brown, Sr., et al., Case Number: CL16-5190, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1408 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1428 North 19th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0771/012 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Case Number: CL163805, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1428 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1432 North 19th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0771/032 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Oliver C. Lawrence, et al., Case Number: CL16-3807, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1432 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1832 Keswick Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1032/002 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2108 2nd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0556/005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. The Tax Title Company of Richmond, A Dissolved Virginia Corporation, et al., Case No. CL13-5437-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2108 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2113 WARWICK AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1632/011 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Mildred B. Smith a/k/a Millie Smith a/k/a Millie Britt Smith, et al., Case Number: CL164506, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2113 Warwick Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969

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

23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2308 Greenwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

missioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

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

CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be

required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2121 GREENWOOD AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0446/018 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Eddie Ransome, Jr., et al, Case No. CL15-2547-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2121 Greenwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2308 Greenwood Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0485/001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. L. V. Lawrence As Trustee of the LMT Land Trust, et al., Case Number: CL16-3804, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2416 NORTH AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0539/012 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on January 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROBERT M. DAVIS a/k/a ROBERT MICHAEL DAVIS, et al., Case No. CL16-4610, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2416 NORTH AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Com-

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3316 TERMINAL AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C009-0588/022 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Youner V. McLeod, et al., Case No. CL16-2730-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3316 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3402 3RD AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1169/014 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on January 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ALFRED J. EVANS a/k/a ALFRED JONES EVANS, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ALFRED J. EVANS a/k/a ALFRED JONES EVANS, et al., Case No. CL16-4360, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3402 3RD AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price. All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale. Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3508 BRIEL STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1554/020 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on February 24, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C. a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case Number: CL153863, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on May 17, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3508 Briel Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file. TERMS OF SALE: ALL Continued on next column

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HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR Under the direction of the Director of Human Resources, the Human Resources Coordinator is a member of the HR management team responsible for the successful administration of the agency benefits program and payroll operations. Must have at least 2 years of experience with ADP Payroll and Benefits. In addition, the position assists to facilitate resolution of employee relations problems. To apply, please visit www.raaems.org to complete an application with resume attached no later than 5:00pm, Wednesday, May 03, 2017. EEO/AA

Bid COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 17-1367-4JK Walk-in Freezer/Cooler Units at Holladay & Seven Pines Elementary Schools Due 2:30 pm, May 9, 2017 Additional information available at: h t t p : / / w w w. h e n r i c o . u s / departments/purchasing/ bids-and-proposals/

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Account Specialist II – Bureau of Disbursements 25M00000051 Department of Finance Apply by 04/30/17 Accountant II 25M00000007 Department of Finance Apply by 04/30/17 Accountant III 25M00000013 Department of Finance Apply by 04/30/17 Administrative Project Analyst 84M00000012 Department of Procurement Apply by 04/30/17

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St. Peter Baptist Church Child Development Center is looking for qualified Teachers and Instructional Assistants with previous child care experience and who can be a Christian role model. These positions require multiple responsibilities; For further details contact Mrs. Lavasia Williams at (804) 262-6562.

Director of Social Services

County of Henrico, Virginia IRC84692. Directs the administration of the Henrico County Department of Social Services, which involves the provision of assistance and varied service activities for a large number of clients; does related work as required. For a more specific description of duties and qualifications and to apply, visit our iRecruitment site on the Internet at http://henrico.us/services/jobs/. Deadline 5/8/2017. EOE.

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Construction Inspector III – Capital Improvement Projects 30M00000566 Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities Apply by 05/07/17 Contract Specialist 84M00000023 Department of Procurement Apply by 04/30/17 Equipment Operator II 30M00000195 Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities Apply by 04/30/17 Equipment Operator II - Wastewater 35M00000317 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 04/30/17 Forensics Technician II 41M00000047 Richmond Police Department Apply by 04/30/17 Human Resources Consultant – Training and Development 12M00000012 Department of Human Resources Apply by 04/30/17 Maintenance Technician II – Wastewater 35M00000743 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 04/30/17

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GRTC Transit System in Richmond, Virginia seeks a skilled candidate, at least 21 years of age, to assists its Electronic Technicians basic maintenance of GRTC automatic fare collection (AFC) equipment, fare boxes, ticket vending machines, road-calls service, decommission of vehicles, reporting of camera malfunctions and updating electronic bus head signs. The successful candidate will have a high school diploma or equivalent along with up to one (1) year of mechanical experience. Must be able to obtain a CDL Class B Learner’s Permit with a P Endorsement prior to hire. For a more detailed job description and to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc.com. GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

Cook

The Greater Richmond ARC has a part time temporary Cook position available at the Camp Baker location in Chesterfield, VA. For more information and to apply, please visit our job posting website at richmondarc.hyrell. com. EO/AA Drug-Free Workplace

RN & LPN Needed

The Richmond Free Press is seeking a reliable and creative person for a part-time graphics position. Proficient in Indesign and Photoshop to produce accurate, quality camera-ready advertisements and creative news page layouts for print production. Meticulous attention to details. Must be able to be flexible and work under deadline in a team environment is essential. Submit resumé and samples of work to address: Human Resources, Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, Virginia 23261. No phone calls please.

Power Line Technician I – (High Voltage Journeyman) – Street & Lights Units 35M00000242 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 05/21/17 Power Line Technician II – Ops Division – Street Lights Section 35M00000568 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 05/21/17 Social Services Case Manager 27M00000485 Department of Social Services Apply by 04/30/17 Survey Instrument Technician 35M00000606 Department of Public Utilities Apply by 04/30/17 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V

PASTOR

The Greater Richmond ARC is looking for an RN & LPN to work this summer at the Camp Baker location in Chesterfield, VA. For more information and to apply, please visit our job posting website at richmondarc.hyrell.com.

Fourth Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia is currently seeking a Full Time Pastor. Fourth Baptist is 157 years old and located in historic Church Hill. We are seeking a pastor who has a strong calling to minister. Minimum requirements are a Master of Divinity Degree from an accredited educational institution and a minimum of five (5) years of pastoral experience. Qualified candidates should mail their resume to the following address.

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Postmarked no later than April 30, 2017. Pastoral Search Committee, P. O. Box 26686 Richmond, Virginia 23261