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Black men still targets Walter L. Scott shot 4 times in the back; cop charged with murder Free Press staff, wire reports

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. Four bullets to the back and one in the ear.

That’s the unimaginable pain an unarmed Walter L. Scott suffered as he was fatally gunned down by white police officer Michael T. Slager as he ran away following a routine traffic stop.

The gruesome slaying was graphically recorded on the cellphone of a bystander Saturday morning in North Charleston, S.C. It is the latest in a string of highly publicized incidents across Mr. Scott Mr. Slager the nation — including Ferguson, Mo., New York City and Cleveland, Ohio — in which white police officers have killed unarmed black men. Each instance raises questions — and public consciousness — about disparate treatment by people of color by police and racial injustice in the United States.

Mr. Slager was charged with murder Tuesday and fired from the police department after the video surfaced. He is being held without bond. If convicted, he could receive the death penalty Please turn to A6

Petersburg jail closure to cost taxpayers $

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Instead of saving money, the closure of the Petersburg Jail will cost city taxpayers at least $1.2 million extra each year, a Free Press analysis has determined.

Figures from Petersburg’s government confirm the newspaper’s finding that closing the jail is more expensive than keeping it open, belying claims from Mayor W. Howard Myers and three other council members who supported the jail’s shutdown.

That extra cost is embedded in the proposed budget that Petersburg City Manager William E. Johnson III presented recently to the sevenmember Petersburg City Council. His proposed budget also provides no raises for city employees and no increase in city contributions to the public schools.

A review of city and state documents show Petersburg, a city of 33,000 people, has been spending about $3.5 million a year of city revenue to cover expenses of the jail and the sheriff’s other operations.

According to Mr. Johnson’s budget, the closing of the jail means Petersburg will have to spend Please turn to A6

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Stepping out in style Three-year-old Emmanuel Frias strolls Sunday with big sister Isabella, 8, during Easter on Parade. The youngsters and their parents were among thousands of people who turned out for the annual holiday event on Monument Avenue. Please turn to B2 for additional photo coverage.

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Muhiydin D’Baha leads protesters Wednesday outside of the North Charleston, S.C., city hall in calling for justice in the death of unarmed Walter L. Scott by former officer Michael T. Slager.

Governor ‘bans the box’ for state job applications

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A small change that Gov. Terry McAuliffe just made in the state’s job application form could have a big impact on thousands of job seekers like Genevieve Carter of Richmond.

As a result of the governor’s executive order, Ms. Carter no longer will have to disclose she has been convicted of a crime in filling out an application for a state position.

She’s thrilled the governor is “banning the box,” or eliminating the question requiring

state job applicants to check whether they ever have been convicted of a felony.

“I’ve put in dozens of applications, but I never heard back because I had to check the box. I know my applications went straight to the wastebasket,” said the 41-year-old city native who served time 10 years ago for credit card fraud.

She is still trying to rebuild her life.

Even though her rights have been restored, “I haven’t even been able to get an interview for a janitor position,” said Ms. Carter, who

has earned an associate degree in business administration from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.

She works as a seamstress at a dress shop owned by a friend, but she hopes the governor’s action means state hiring officials finally will take a look at her credentials and consider what she has to offer.

That was the governor’s purpose.

“I believe in second chances,” he said last Please turn to A4

From slavery to freedom

Richmond celebrates 150 years of emancipation

By Joey Matthews

In the midst of the city that once served as a merciless marketplace for hundreds of thousands of enslaved black people, a diverse audience of thousands gathered Saturday at the State Capitol to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the liberation of Richmond from the slaveholding Confederacy.

The ceremony was marked by re-enactors in period dress and uniforms, uplifting music and speeches looking toward the future.

It was one of many celebratory and emotionally evocative events held in Richmond during the weekend to highlight the sesquicentennial of Richmond’s emancipation by Union Troops of the capital of the Confederacy that led to the end of the Civil War and the start of freedom for millions.

Asa Gordon fought back tears as he helped lead United States Colored Troops re-enactors Saturday in the “Blue Coats Parade,” symbolizing the Union Army’s triumphant march into the smoldering ruins of Richmond on April 3, 1865.

He and other re-enactors drew loud cheers and applause from people — black and white, young and old — lining the parade route as they marched to the State Capitol for the ceremony led by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Mayor Dwight C. Jones and other officials.

“It’s a tremendous feeling knowing they are finally honoring the role U.S. Colored Troops played in the liberation of Richmond,” said Mr. Gordon, who is secretary of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Colored Troops.

“I’m overjoyed to be here.”

Joyce Bailey of Greenbelt, Md., was among those cheering the U.S. Colored Troops reenactors. As a member of FREED or Female Re-Enactors of Distinction, she portrayed Elizabeth H. Keckley, a Dinwiddie County native and black woman who was a seamstress and confidante to President Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.

“I think it’s wonderful we came down here,” said Ms. Bailey. “I’m overwhelmed by all of this.”

So were others on the Capitol grounds.

“For me, this is a feeling of joy and jubilation,” said Robert Hicks, 57, of North Side, who was joined by his wife, Shelia, along the parade route. “We used to hide this history, but we don’t hide it anymore.”

Nettie Epps of North Side said she refused to let her day be ruined by a lone man who waved a Confederate flag across the street from her near the State Capitol.

“I just wave the U.S. flag back,” she declared. “After all this ended, the fact is we eventually became the United States, and I’m Please turn to A4

When freedom came

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The U.S. flag flies once again over the city of Richmond on April 3, 1865, proclaiming Union victory over Confederate forces in the city and liberation for thousands of enslaved men, women and children. It also signals that the Civil War, which ravaged the nation for four long years, would soon come to an end.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary

of the liberation of Richmond and its people from the bonds of slavery, the Free Press is publishing a three-part series providing an overview of the African-American experience in the war and in Richmond and vicinity during this momentous time.

The third installment appears on A9. Additional photo coverage of commemorative events appears on B3.

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State to city: $31.2M available for jail Up to $31.2 million.

That’s how much money cash-strapped Richmond could soon gain from the state.

The money would provide reimbursement for costs related to the construction of the new $134.6 million Richmond Justice Center, or city jail, in Shockoe Bottom.

The money has been sitting in state coffers for more than a year and remains in the new state budget, according to Dan Timberlake, director of the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed the General Assembly-approved budget on March 26.

The state money could be a huge boost for projects for which the city has said it doesn’t have enough money, including the renovation of many schools buildings.

According to Christopher L. Beschler, the city’s interim chief administrative officer, the state money would “be used as a funding source for general capital improvement projects.”

While he offered no further specifics, his words appears to mean the state money would not just be used to repay the debt the city has run up on the jail.

The next step for Richmond to get the money is to complete and submit documents to the state Department of Corrections providing proof of completed work and payment for the work.

“The city has started, but not completed all of the documentation to receive the reimbursement,” Mr. Beschler stated.

“There is a team working on the task.”

The new jail opened in July 2014 as the old deteriorated jail was being demolished.

Richmond has been eligible to received state reimbursement of up to 25 percent of the construction expenses that meet state requirements. The state total for reimbursement could amount to $31,238,755.

Mr. Beschler told the Free Press that the state Board of Corrections had approved the request from the city for state reimbursement for costs for building the new 1,140-bed jail and for tearing down the old jail.

A parking lot now covers the site of the old jail.

Along with cells and programs for inmates, the new jail also houses the city’s lockup, the magistrates’ office and the police warrant services office.

The former women’s annex is now a custody center for people serving weekend time and for those reporting to perform court-mandated community service. — JOEY MATTHEWS

Fulton oral histories to be accessible on the Internet Stone Brewery is unwittingly giving a helping hand to people who want to call attention to historic Fulton.

The brewery’s decision to locate its East Coast home in Fulton is focusing public attention on the area and potentially raising interest in the once African-American community that was bulldozed into oblivion nearly 45 years ago in the name of urban renewal.

That’s good news for those who are now engaged in posting on the Internet interviews with people who knew the area before the community was razed.

The interviews with former residents are being digitized and soon will go online with help from the Valentine Richmond History Center and Virginia Commonwealth University’s library system, according to Spencer E. Jones III, chair of the Legacy Committee of Greater Fulton’s Future.

Putting the history online will make it accessible to the public.

“The project involves digitizing oral history interviews with 32 former residents Mr. Jones who talk about their memories of the community, what it was like to live there and what happened to historic Fulton,” said Mr. Jones, a former Fulton resident who fought the community’s destruction in the early 1970s.

VCU is converting the interviews into streaming audio that will be available on computer, according to Lauren Work, a VCU Libraries staff member who has served as project manager.

The audio collection is expected to be available by Thursday, April 16, on the library’s website, www.library.vcu.edu.

“This will make the interviews with current and former residents more widely available,” said Meghan “Meg” Hughes, curator of the Valentine’s archives.

Mr. Jones’ committee and the Valentine completed recording of the oral histories two years ago. Two committee members, the Rev. Pat Perez and Linda Sutton, were instrumental in securing the oral histories, he said. The recorded interviews already are available at the Valentine, the Richmond Public Library, the Library of Virginia and several churches that were forced to relocate when Fulton was torn down.

Mr. Jones credits VCU librarians with coming up with the idea of putting the interviews into a format that will be Internet accessible. He said the librarians approached the Valentine and the committee and won enthusiastic support.

Mr. Jones backs the project so that “everyone will learn the real story about our community” that he said has been ignored and buried for too long.

Regarded as the birthplace of Richmond, historic Fulton occupied the sprawling valley that lies between Church Hill and Fulton Hill. The area is bounded by the James River, Fulton Hill, Jennie Scher Road and a railroad line that runs into Downtown.

Back by federal and city funds, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority labeled the community as blighted and tore down the old buildings, forcing churches and residents to move out. Decades later, new homes, apartments and businesses fill the area — with Stone Brewery being the latest business planning to make the area its home. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

These new equipment lockers are among $1.75 million in improvements to Richmond Fire Station 10 at Hermitage Road and West Leigh Street. The view was enhanced with a fish eye lens. The photo was taken at Tuesday’s grand reopening of the station near the Richmond Ambulance Authority. Improvements also include redone living quarters that now can accommodate male and female personnel. Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones joined city Fire Chief Robert Creecy to officially put the revamped station back into service.

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YOUR ELECTRIC RATES ARE WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. And thanks to recently passed state legislation, they’ll stay low and stable for the next five years.

Dominion Virginia Power customers pay among the lowest average electricity rates on the entire East Coast. And it just got even better. Thanks to legislation known as Senate Bill 1349, effective April 1, rates will be even lower—reduced to a level only 2% higher than in 2008. And the largest component of the bill will be frozen until 2020. So in unpredictable economic times, there’s at least one thing you can count on—low, stable electricity rates.

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VUU celebrates 150-year history with rededication April 9 Gov. Terry McAuliffe and other elected officials are scheduled to join Virginia Union University faculty, staff, students and community members on Thursday, April 9, at a series of rededication ceremonies at sites significant to the historically black institution’s history, university officials announced.

The ceremonies are a part of VUU’s 150th anniversary celebration. The university, led by President Claude G. Perkins, has held a yearlong series of events to commemorate its history.

Virginia Union was founded by the American Baptist Home

Mission Society in 1865 to educate freed slaves.

Gov. McAuliffe and others will deliver remarks at 9:30 a.m. at the Lumpkin’s Jail site at 15th and Broad streets, near the back of Main Street Station.

Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III, executive director of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, also is scheduled to pay tribute to the university’s founding fathers.

Other officials scheduled to attend include Levar Stoney, secretary of the commonwealth; state Sens. A. Donald McEachin of Henrico County and Rosalyn Dance of Petersburg; and state Delegates Jennifer McClellan and Delores L. McQuinn, both

of Richmond.

The group then will move to Ebenezer Baptist Church, 216 W. Leigh Street in Jackson Ward, where the first classes were held for Hartshorn Memorial College, a school for African-American women that merged with VUU in 1932.

Following a prayer at Ebenezer, the group will proceed in a Rededication March to Coburn Hall on the VUU campus at 1500 N. Lombardy St. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of Virginia Union’s board of trustees, will deliver a rededication message outside Coburn Hall. — JOEY MATTHEWS

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proud of that.”

James Dixon, 57, didn’t mince words in describing the actions of Confederate slaveholders as treasonous. He cited Article III, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

“That makes the Civil War the biggest act of treason in American history and the Confederacy the biggest terror organization in U.S. history and their modern-day offshoots as terrorist organizations,” he said.

As the U.S. Colored Troops approached the entrance to the Capitol, they were joined by other Union re-enactors and current military members. The group yielded to re-enactors from the Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps, who led the colorful procession to the steps of the Capitol for the commemorative ceremony.

“Today is a reminder to all of us that we still have unfinished business in the goal of real equality for our nation,” Gov. McAuliffe told a cheering audience of about 2,000 people at the ceremony.

“Just remember, 150 years ago right here, the Richmonders who tasted freedom for the first time in 1865 understood the importance of the right to vote and the right to education.

“We need to rekindle that spirit,” Gov. McAuliffe added, calling on more Virginians to vote and support early childhood education.

The governor was joined on the Capitol steps by his wife, Dorothy; Mayor Dwight C. Jones; state Delegate Delores L. McQuinn of Richmond, who chairs the Richmond Slave Trail Commission; Christy Coleman, co-CEO of the American Civil War Museum; and Joe Funk of York, Pa., who led Union Troops re-enactors into the State Capitol, portraying one of his ancestors, Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, who led the Union troops into Richmond in 1865.

To the right of those officials stood the Virginia Union University choir, which performed two soul-stirring songs — “I Can Only Imagine” and “Bound for Canaan’s Land” — under the direction of Dr. Willis Barnett, before the appreciative audience.

Mayor Jones told the audience, “Richmond has come a long way” since its liberation at the end of the Civil War. He cited as examples two Richmond African-American trailblazers — Maggie L. Walker, the first female bank president in the United States, and L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected African-American governor.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Re-enactors representing the United States Colored Troops triumphantly march Saturday along Bank Street.

past denials and anger and hurt to be able to move our nation forward.”

One attendee, City Council member Jonathan T. Baliles, 1st District, called the ceremony “a phenomenal event. The community organizers did a great job of creating a dialogue and opening a lot of people’s eyes to the stark realities of the Civil War’s end and the emancipation of enslaved people.”

Tyson Gilpin, a Winchester attorney, said it was high time recognition had come to African-American heroes, the brutalized enslaved people and others that history has long ignored.

“I’m just bowled over by the speeches and significance of this,” he said.

The celebration of Richmond’s liberation as the epicenter of the slave trade kicked off last Thursday night when hundreds of people took illuminated walking tours. They viewed special effects lighting on Downtown buildings, restaurants and storefronts representing the burning of Richmond on April 2, 1865, by fleeing Confederates.

On Friday evening, under the theme of “Self DeterminaMembers of the Native American Red Crooked Sky group pay homage to African and tion,” a diverse group of about indigenous ancestors Saturday night in Shockoe Bottom.

300 people solemnly gathered The mayor saluted Virginia Union — now celebrating its at the site of Lumpkin’s Jail and the African Burial Ground in 150th anniversary — and its transcendent rise from the ruins Shockoe Bottom to pay homage to the endurance and emancipaof the former slave-holding pen known as Lumpkin’s Jail in tion of African ancestors and to those enslaved and free people Shockoe Bottom to its current home on Lombardy Street, where of African ancestry who were laid to rest in the burial ground, it has produced leaders in medicine, law, politics, social work located east of Interstate 95.

Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclaand other fields.

“I stand before you today as a testament to Richmond’s mation Project, led a walking tour of the former slave trading journey, a product of my alma mater, Virginia Union University,” area late Friday afternoon. She led two more on Saturday. The tours were designed to mark the historical significance of the he proudly stated.

Delegate McQuinn said the sesquicentennial provided Rich- area near where Mayor Jones has proposed an African-American mond the opportunity to unearth its shameful history “and rewrite heritage site, a minor league baseball stadium, hotel, grocery store, condominiums and parking lots. the history books.”

At 10 different stops on Friday, John Moser of Moser Ms. Coleman passionately urged the crowd to “reclaim this Emancipation Day as the day when we all free ourselves from Productions posted temporary historical markers, describing

important events, issues and people related to the sale and trade of enslaved people.

At the final stop, Ms. Edwards told the attentive audience the story of Lumpkin’s Jail, also known as the “Devil’s Half Acre,” where enslaved people were imprisoned until they could be auctioned off like cattle into slavery or starved, beaten or killed.

She spoke of Anthony Burns, a former enslaved person born in Stafford County. He escaped to freedom in Boston, only to be captured like an animal and returned to enslavement at Lumpkin’s Jail in 1854, where he was chained to the floor.

In 1855, supporters purchased Mr. Burns’ freedom. He later attended Oberlin College and became a minister. He died shortly thereafter at age 28 from health complications related to his enslavement.

Indee Jordan, a mental health counselor in Chesterfield County, walked the tour with her 2-year-old son, Ahkbar. “My husband and I have made a commitment to take all of our children to events like this so they know their history,” she said. “This is history that is not being taught in schools.”

The crowd then assembled under a big tent, where Ashby Anderson introduced his original jazz composition, “Undertones,” performed by about a dozen musicians known as the “Afrikan Arkestra.” The moving piece paid tribute to the rich culture from which Africans were ripped and their determination to regain their freedom and retain their cultural identity.

Afterward, audience members participated in a candlelight procession to the African Burial Ground and a ceremony to symbolically free the souls of the enslaved people buried there.

Saturday night, an audience of several hundred people gathered under the big tent in Shockoe Bottom for a libation ceremony by the Elegba Folklore Society and performances from Grammy-nominated singer Maimouna Youssef, the Native American group Red Crooked Sky, Piedmont blues singer Boo Hanks and Richmond-based Drums No Guns.

The weekend event was organized by a coalition of organizations called the Future of Richmond’s Past.

Next up: A five-day commemoration in Appomattox, Va., of the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The events began Wednesday, April 8, and will continue through Sunday, April 12.

For a full list of events: www.appomattoxcountyva.gov or (434) 352-8987.

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week as he announced his “ban the box” order at Goodwill’s Richmond operations center on South Side.

He said his order is designed to give “every Virginian a meaningful opportunity to compete for jobs” with the state, whatever their past record.

Virginia joins 13 other states and more than 90 cities, including Richmond, that have approved “ban the box” laws since 2000, according to the National Employment Law Project (NELP) of New York.

With his order, the governor bypassed the General Assembly where bills to “ban the box” or eliminate criminal history disclosure

have failed to gain traction. This year, a bill passed the Senate, but was quickly killed in a House committee.

How much impact his order will have on actual hiring at state agencies is uncertain.

State personnel officers can continue to conduct criminal background checks on applicants who have been deemed eligible for a position and are being considered for the job.

And people seeking a position classified as sensitive, or with an agency such as the Virginia State Police, still will be asked about their criminal past on the application.

Still, this kind of effort to provide a “fair chance” is needed, NELP officials note, because of the large numbers of people with criminal histories. Best estimates are that nearly one in

three adults in Virginia and across the country have records that could block them from gaining a job, according to NELP. That translates into 70 million adults nationally.

The governor’s action drew quick praise from legislators who have supported the change, as well as from advocates who have urged the state to do more to assist felons who have served their time.

Hampton Sen. Mamie Locke, chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, applauded the governor’s action as a step forward for people who need a helping hand.

So did Henrico Sen. A. Donald McEachin, chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus, who pushed a “ban the box” bill last year and was a co-patron for Petersburg Sen. Rosalyn R. Dance’s

bill that was killed in the House this year.

The governor “has done the right thing,” he said. “Giving folks an opportunity to get good paying jobs gives them a better chance of succeeding in our society and of not becoming repeat offenders.”

Hasan K. Zarif, who has led Goodwill’s reentry program for released felons since 2007, said, “This is a great executive order.”

However, he said people still “need to prepare themselves.”

“They need to go to job centers like ours to get their résumés in shape, to get help to dress properly and to practice interviews,” he said. “Banning the box may help you get your foot in the door, but it takes more to earn consideration for a position.”

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Natural gas price down again in city Natural gas customers in Richmond are enjoying another plunge in the price of the fuel they use to heat their homes, cook and generate hot water.

For the third time in eight months, the city is passing along savings to residents for the price it is paying to buy and bring the fuel to Richmond.

The result: The average residential customer will save $8.10 on a monthly bill, effective with the April bill, the city Department of Public Utilities has announced.

According to DPU, the purchase gas charge (PGC) to customers is now set at 42.5 cents per 100 cubic feet, down 15 cents or 26 percent from the March charge of 57.5 cents per 100 cubic feet.

If natural gas were sold by the gallon, the

price drop would mean customers were paying about $1.10 a gallon for the fuel.

The decline is the result of an increase in the supply of natural gas and the falling demand for gas because of the arrival of spring and warm weather.

The drop in the PGC will translate to a 12 percent decline in each customer’s total natural gas bill, which also includes taxes and customer and distribution charges to cover the cost of service, DPU stated.

The savings on the PGC will help customers offset a projected 4 percent increase in the customer charge that is expected to be effective July 1. Mayor Dwight C. Jones proposed that increase in his budget plan to offset increased operating expenses for the gas utility and to provide money to replace old gas lines.

INVITATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT APRIL 7 MAY 22 Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization Public Participation Plan for the Metropolitan Transportation Planning and Programming Process The Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), the federally designated organization for regional transportation planning in the Richmond Region, is updating its Public Participation Plan (PPP) and seeks public comment on the draft plan.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK The draft PPP document is available for review online (www.richmondregional.org); click on the Draft RRTPO Public Participation Plan. The draft plan is available at the RRPDC office; phone 323-2033 or e-mail MPOPublicComment@richmondregional.org.

Your comments and questions are welcome as an important part of the transportation planning process. Please submit all comments in writing by May 22, 2015, 4:30 p.m., to Tiffany Dubinsky, by fax, mail or e-mail (MPOPublicComment@richmondregional.org).

Hearing impaired citizens can call the Virginia Relay Center at 1-800-828-1120.

Richmond Regional Transportation Planning Organization c/o Richmond Regional Planning District Commission 9211 Forest Hill Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23235 Phone: (804) 323-2033 Fax: (804) 323-2025 RRTPO fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The RRTPO will strive to provide reasonable accommodations and services for persons who require special assistance to participate in this public involvement opportunity. For more information on meeting accessibility, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, see www.richmondregional.org or call the Title VI Coordinator at 804-323-2033.

Aviso de Título VI abreviado al publicó: El Organización de Planeación Regional de Transporte de Richmond (RRTPO) cumple con el Título VI de la Ley de los Derechos Civiles de 1964 y con los estatutos y regulaciones relacionadas en todos los programas y actividades. RRTPO se esforzara en proveer acomodaciones razonables y servicios para personas que requieran asistencia especial para participar en esta oportunidad pública. Para más información sobre accesibilidad a la reunión o para obtener los documentos de reclamación del Título VI, entre a la página web (www.richmondregional.org) o llame al Coordinador del Título VI en 804-323-2033.

PUBLIC HEARING Driving Virginia’s Economy

Share your comments on transportation improvements The Commonwealth Transportation Board will hold public hearings on the draft Fiscal Year 2016-2021 Six-Year Improvement Program this spring. The program allocates public funds to highway, road, bridge, rail, bicycle, pedestrian and public transportation projects. Your comments are important and will be taken into consideration as the board finalizes the program in June 2015.

Your input is also needed on a how transportation projects should be scored through a new prioritization process that is being developed. This process will help determine critical transportation needs through a fair and objective analysis.

Public hearings begin 6 p.m. in each of the locations below: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Blue Ridge Community College Plecker Center for Continuing Education One College Lane Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Holiday Inn Downtown 601 Main Street Lynchburg, VA 24504

Thursday, April 23, 2015 Hampton Roads Planning District Commission 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 VDOT Northern Virginia District Office 4075 Alliance Drive Fairfax, VA 22030

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Northside High School 6758 Northside High School Road Roanoke, VA 24019

Monday, May 4, 2015 Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center One Partnership Circle Abingdon, VA 24210

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Thomas J. Fulghum Conference Center Chesterfield Career & Technical Center at Hull Street Road 13900 Hull Street Road Midlothian, VA 23112

Thursday, April 30, 2015 Germanna Community College Center for Workforce & Community Education 10000 Germanna Point Drive Fredericksburg, VA 22408 Monday, May 11, 2015 Germanna Community College Daniel Technology Center 18121 Technology Drive Culpeper, VA 22701

You can also submit your comments by email or mail by May 22, 2015. For roads and highways: Six-YearProgram@VDOT.Virginia.gov, or Infrastructure Investment Director, Virginia Department of Transportation 1401 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219. For transit and public transportation: DRPTPR@drpt.virginia.gov , Public Information Office, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation 600 East Main Street, Suite 2102, Richmond VA, 23219.

For more information, visit http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/syp-default.asp The Office of the Secretary of Transportation ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need further information on these policies or special assistance with persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, please contact VDOT’s Title VI Specialist at 804-786-2730 or DRPT’s Compliance Officer at 804-786-4440 (TTY users call 711).

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The County Manager’s recommended budget synopsis is prepared and published solely for the purposes of fiscal planning and public information. Budgeted items do not represent commitments or obligations of the Board of Supervisors to appropriate funds for those items. The budget consists of estimates and requests submitted to the County Manager and his recommendations concerning those requests. Funds cannot be allocated or distributed until they are appropriated by the Board of Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing for the purposes of public information and fiscal planning regarding the proposed budget. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., in the Board Room at the Henrico Government Center, Hungary Spring and East Parham Roads, Henrico County, Virginia.

The public hearing is also for the purpose of allowing the public to question and comment on the proposed operating and capital budgets. All citizens have the right to attend and share their views on the proposed budgets within such reasonable time limits as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.

OPERATING BUDGET ESTIMATED RESOURCES: $1,122,936,880(*) General Property Taxes $ 408,950,000 Charges for Services $ 136,436,904 Other Local Tax Revenue 129,455,000 Meals Tax Revenue 9,000,000 Licenses, Permits, Fees 5,142,472 Total Estimated Revenue $ 1,256,928,842 Use of Money & Property 8,532,756 State Agencies 364,192,100 Revenue Stabilization 2,074,331 Federal Agencies 57,165,205 Fund Balances/Reserves/Adj. 2,433,731 Miscellaneous Revenue 12,921,834 Interdepartmental Billings (94,525,252) Recovered Costs 125,132,571 Transfers to Capital Projects (43,974,772) TOTAL ESTIMATED RESOURCES (Operating Budget) $ 1,122,936,880 (*) - Includes anticipated revenue to be used to fund car tax relief for qualifying vehicles. Relief is estimated for qualifying vehicles valued at $1,000 or less to be at 100%, for qualifying vehicles valued at $1,001 to $20,000 to be at 55%, and for qualifying vehicles valued at $20,001 or more to be at 55% on the first $20,000 of value only.

Board of Supervisors Public Library Sheriff Circuit Court Clerk Circuit Court Services Commonwealth’s Attorney General District Court Magistrate Juv./Dom. Rel. Court Services Probation Juvenile Detention Home Electoral Board County Manager Public Relations and Media Services County Attorney Human Resources Employee Benefits Police Operations Police Communications Animal Protection

ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS GENERAL FUND: $785,816,091 $ 1,027,440 Fire and EMS 17,067,727 Finance 36,315,266 General Services 2,443,708 Internal Audit 535,399 Information Technology 4,504,046 Agriculture/Home Extension 208,076 Recreation & Parks 6,286 Public Health 192,525 Public Works 23,072 Real Property 2,198,978 Economic Development 1,332,123 Tax Relief Programs 1,702,927 Cooperative Projects 1,749,523 Other Non-Departmental 2,185,408 Sandston Recreation Center 4,093,391 Building Inspections 877,324 Planning 61,825,476 Permit Centers 5,975,117 Community Revitalization 1,444,180 Education

$

SPECIAL REVENUE FUND: $150,769,849 School Cafeteria $ 23,772,232 Police Grant Programs - Education 39,751,525 Public Works Grant Programs – General Gov’t 50,000 Mental Health Community Corrections Program 1,834,445 Solid Waste Operations Social Services 18,722,891 Street Lighting, S.D.#2 Social Services/CSA 8,754,442 Street Lighting, S.D.#3 Capital Region Workforce Partnership 5,828,028 Street Lighting, S.D.#3.1 VJCCCA/USDA 933,795 Street Lighting, S.D.#12 Victim Witness 728,538 Street Lighting, S.D.#23 Special Drug Prosecutor 193,860 W & S Operations

WATER & SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND: $80,423,638 $ 61,716,332 W & S Debt Service

GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND: $1,070,999 Belmont Park Golf Course Operations Central Auto.Maint./Motor Pool Risk Management

INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS: $133,624,402 $ 20,506,792 Technology Replacement 9,147,952 Healthcare DEBT SERVICE FUND: $56,805,548 $ 21,393,968 Education

General

52,722,701 13,423,106 14,111,387 420,580 12,873,705 383,031 17,528,681 1,779,094 48,045,077 619,207 14,422,484 8,197,550 2,293,874 1,645,839 14,000 4,141,366 3,891,345 873,598 1,549,846 441,171,628

$

1,501,717 897,000 34,953,960 12,764,316 23,300 31,200 3,800 22,100 2,700

$

18,707,306

$

1,070,999

$

2,317,152 101,652,506

$

35,411,580

JAMES RIVER JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AGENCY FUND: $5,651,605 JRJDC Operations $ 4,980,278 JRJDC Debt Service $ FIDUCIARY FUNDS: $3,300,000 $ 2,750,000 Line of Duty

Other Post Employment Benefits

$

TOTAL ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS (Operating Budget) Less Interdepartmental Billings TOTAL ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS (Operating Budget)

671,327 550,000

$ 1,217,462,132 (94,525,252) $ 1,122,936,880

Motor Vehicle License Revenue General Fund Revenues General Fund – Ed. Meals Tax

CAPITAL BUDGET ESTIMATED RESOURCES: $109,634,772 $ 850,000 Water & Sewer Fees 31,134,302 Other Local Revenues 10,990,470 Special Revenue Fund Balance

Police Fire General Services Information Technology

ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND: $109,634,772 $ 2,324,800 Recreation and Parks 8,400,000 Public Works 1,440,000 Education 1,250,000 Water and Sewer Projects

$

65,500,000 660,000 500,000

$

6,500,000 9,729,502 14,490,470 65,500,000

The Board of Supervisors will meet on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., in the Board Room at the Henrico Government Center, Hungary Spring and East Parham Roads, Henrico County, Virginia, to consider adopting the budget (Annual Fiscal Plan) as it may be amended.

A copy of the proposed operating and capital budgets is available for public inspection in each of the County’s branch libraries, the Municipal Library in the Government Center, and the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico.

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The County of Henrico proposes to increase property tax levies.

1. Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new constructions or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 2.52 percent.

2. Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $0.85 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”

3. Effective Rate Increase: The County of Henrico proposes to adopt a tax rate of $0.87 per $100 of assessed value.

This is the same tax rate as was in effect in 2014. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $0.02 per $100, or 2.4 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.”

Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.

4. Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total operating budget of the County of Henrico will exceed last year’s by 2.3 percent.

Calendar Year

Real Estate

2014 Levy 2015 Proposed Levy

$0.87 $0.87

$3.50 $3.50

$1.60 $1.60

$1.00 $1.00

Machinery & Tools $1.00 $0.30

Machinery & Tools for Semiconductor Manufacturers $0.40 $0.30

Disabled Veterans’ Vehicles $0.01 $0.01

Motor Vehicles Specially Equipped to Provide Transportation for Physically Handicapped Individuals $0.01 $0.01

Calendar Year 2014 Levy 2015 Proposed Levy

Personal Property

Fire & Rescue Aircraft

Vols.’ Vehicles

The Board of Supervisors will also fix a levy on all classes of property in Sanitary Districts #2, #3, #3.1, #12, and #23 for street lights: Real Estate Calendar Year 2014 Levy 2015 Proposed Levy

Sanitary District #2 $0.003 $0.003

Sanitary District #3 $0.010 $0.010

Calendar Year 2014 Levy 2015 Proposed Levy

Sanitary District #2 $0.001 $0.001

Sanitary District #3 $0.001 $0.001

Sanitary District #3.1 $0.031 $0.031

Sanitary District #12 $0.010 $0.010

Sanitary District #23 $0.010 $0.010

Sanitary District #12 $0.001 $0.001

Sanitary District #23 $0.001 $0.001

Personal Property(*) Sanitary District #3.1 $0.001 $0.001

*Applies to all classes of personal property including aircraft, fire & rescue volunteers’ vehicles, disabled veterans’ vehicles, motor vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals, machinery & tools, and machinery & tools for semiconductor manufacturers.

All levies are per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation at fair market value.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rates and levies for calendar year 2015 on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., in the Board Room at the Government Center, Hungary Spring and East Parham Roads, Henrico County, Virginia. The Board of Supervisors shall permit persons desiring to be heard an opportunity to present oral testimony within such reasonable time limits as shall be determined by the Board.

Following the public hearing, but also on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, during the 7:00 p.m. meeting, the Board of Supervisors may fix an appropriate tax levy for real estate, personal property, aircraft, qualifying fire and rescue volunteers vehicles, disabled veterans’ vehicles, motor vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals, machinery and tools, and machinery and tools for semiconductor manufacturers for calendar year 2015.

The Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) are committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits

The Board of Supervisors is not obligated to adopt the proposed tax rates but may increase or decrease them as it deems necessary, provided that before any rate may be increased, the proposed increase shall be advertised and the public given an opportunity to appear before and be heard by the Board on the proposed increase. The Board may adjourn to subsequently meet and fix tax levies no later than June 30, 2015.

Given under my hand this 30th day of March, 2015.

Barry R. Lawrence, Clerk Henrico County Board of Supervisors

Richmond Free Press

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Local News

State may force city to replace voting machines

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond, Henrico County and 27 other localities might be forced to immediately buy new voting machines for use in upcoming elections.

The reason: The state Board of Elections is considering banning the wireless touch-screen machines the city and the other localities successfully have used for 10 years.

The board is taking up the matter after receiving a report from staff at the state Department of Elections claiming that the aging WinVote equipment can be hacked or shut down by cell phones.

All of the localities are planning eventually to scrap the touchscreen machines and to shift to an optical-scan voting system.

But immediate action by the state elections board would force them to take action far more quickly than planned, possibly for the June 9 primary.

Richmond, alone, has more than 400 of the touch-screen machines and could face spending up to $2.8 million to buy new equipment for the city’s 65 precincts, in addition to educating voters on their use. Henrico would have to replace the more than 800 machines used in its 92 precincts.

Kirk Showalter, Richmond’s voter registrar, plans to speak against any quick ban of the machines at a public hearing the state board will hold 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, in House Room D of the General Assembly Building in Capitol Square before making the decision.

Ahead of the meeting, Ms. Showalter said she is preparing for the primary on two tracks — one in which she can use the touch-screen machines and the other if she cannot.

Morrissey seeks to stop printing of primary ballot

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey is not giving up on his bid to challenge Petersburg state Sen. Rosalyn R. Dance in the June 9 Democratic primary in the 16th Senate District.

This week, he asked a Richmond court to block the state Board of Elections from printing primary ballots and to grant him an opportunity to prove the state Democratic Party wrongly disqualified him.

As of Free Press deadline Wednesday, the Richmond Circuit Court had yet to set a hearing on his emergency request for an injunction.

Mr. Morrissey’s representatives indicated he might turn to federal court if the judges in the city court fail to act.

The deadline to make any changes on the ballot is Tuesday, April 14, according to the city’s voter registrar, J. Kirk Showalter.

The former legislator gave up his Henrico House of Delegates seat and moved into the city to take on Sen. Dance and outgoing Petersburg Delegate Joseph E. Preston, the only candidates to qualify for the primary contest.

The 16th Senate District stretches from Richmond’s East End to Petersburg and Hopewell.

Mr. Morrissey was one of two candidates knocked off the ballot for failing to submit the required 250 signatures of qualified voters, according to the state Democratic Party and the candidate nominating committee for the Senate district. The other candidate, Derik E. Jones, son of Mayor Dwight C. Jones, has not challenged his disqualification.

According to the party, only 222 of the more than 1,000 signatures Mr. Morrissey submitted were qualified. The rest of the signatures were rejected for various reasons based on a review by Ms. Showalter.

According to the suit filed Monday by attorney Sherry Netherland on behalf of Mr. Morrissey and several people who signed his petitions, the action of the party and the state board to disqualify Mr. Morrissey violates federal voting and civil rights laws that protect “the rights of the candidate to appear on a ballot and the rights of citizens to participate in political speech.”

The suit states that the state party “refused to give Mr. Morrissey or those signing his petitions the right to appeal” and show that the party had thrown out signatures of at least 28 qualified voters that should have been counted.

The state board also denied Mr. Morrissey and his supporters the same appeal rights that the state board would provide to non-party candidates who allegedly failed to provide enough signatures, the suit states.

As a result, the suit alleges the state board has abdicated its oversight responsibilities to ensure the proper and legal administration of the state’s election laws.

Political parties have received a grant of authority from the General Assembly to determine candidates in primary contests, and the SBE previously has stated it is not authorized to review party decisions.

So far, neither the state Democratic Party nor the SBE has filed a response to the suit.

She expressed disappointment that the report on the WinVote machines was submitted without any consultation with registrars like her who have successfully dealt with issues raised by the report.

She’s not alone. Mark Coakley, Henrico County’s registrar, also considers the state report overblown based on his experience with the touch-screen machines.

He said that the voting information on the machines is protected by passwords that have proven impossible to hack.“I’ve

never lost a vote,” he said.

He also noted the machines are not connected to the Internet and that the wireless system simply needs to be properly set up to avoid interference from other radio sources.

Fairfax City’s Electoral Board is even more outspoken. In a memo to the state board, the Fairfax board charged that the report is based on “selective information” and “little substantiated evidence.”

Black men still targets of police Continued from A1

or life in prison.

He was arrested by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the agency investigating the shooting. The FBI and U.S. Justice Department also are investigating.

Demonstrators peacefully rallied Wednesday in North Charleston to express their outrage. They held signs that read “Back Turned, Don’t Shoot,” “Black Lives Matter,” “The Whole World Is Watching” and “We Are All Human.”

Civil rights leaders have called for calm, and many people praised the courage of the witness who filmed the officer shooting Mr. Scott. The witness gave the video to Mr. Scott’s family.

“When I saw it, I fell to my feet and my heart was broken,” Mr. Scott’s father, Walter Scott Sr., said on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday. He said the officer “looked like he was trying to kill a deer running through the woods.”

Without the video, he said, “it would have never come to light. They would have swept it under the rug, like they did with so many others.”

The video shows Mr. Slager, 33, without hesitation, shooting eight times at the 50-year-old Mr. Scott as he ran away after being stopped by Mr. Slager for a broken brake light.

Five of the bullets struck him, Chris Stewart, an attorney for the victim’s family, said.

Mr. Scott then slumps down to the grass.

According to a police report, Mr. Slager told other officers that Mr. Scott had taken his stun gun during a brief scuffle.

At no point in the video, which does not show the initial contact between the men, does Mr. Scott appear to be armed.

Without attempting to provide any life-saving aid, the officer is seen placing the victim in handcuffs as he lies on the ground. The officer then walks back to a spot near where he opened fire.

The video then shows him appearing to pick something up, returning to Mr. Scott and then dropping it on the ground next to Mr. Scott, apparently to stage the scene to match his description.

Mr. Stewart said Tuesday night that the incident is bigger than race.

“It goes to power itself. This was a cop who felt like he could just get away with shooting someone that many times in the back,” Mr. Stewart said. “It speaks to the value of human life.”

The Rev. Al Sharpton, head of the National Action Network, decried the savage killing and called for prompt action to stem the tide of incidents of police brutality against black men.

“When a black man is stopped for a broken tail light and ends up being shot multiple times in the back, it is yet another reminder that we need a national strategy to implement real and meaningful police reform now,” he stated. “We simply can’t rely on citizens with video cameras to make sure justice is served.

“We know that the majority of police officers are fair and just public servants,” Rev. Sharpton continued. “But the events of the past year show we still have a long way to go to ensure every citizen in America is treated equally in the eyes of law enforcement. The time to act is now.”

North Charleston Police Chief Eddie Driggers said he viewed the video. “And I was sickened by what I saw. And I have not watched it since.”

North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey told reporters that

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The Rev. Arthur Prioleau holds a sign during Wednesday’s demonstration outside the North Charleston, S.C., city hall.

Mr. Slager must be held accountable for his actions. He said the remainder of the police force in North Charleston soon will be equipped with body cameras.

Mr. Scott was a father of four and had just proposed to his longtime girlfriend a week before his death, according to his family. He served two years in the Coast Guard.

Family members have described him as a loving, kind and caring family man who enjoyed sports, particularly the Dallas Cowboys.

The victim’s family plans to file a lawsuit against Mr. Slager, the police department and the city alleging that his civil rights were violated, Mr. Stewart said.

North Charleston is home to about 100,000 people, nearly half of whom are black, 2010 U.S. Census data show.

By contrast, only about 18 percent of its police department’s roughly 340 officers are black, The Post and Courier, a local newspaper, reported last year.

Mr. Scott’s arrest history, mostly for contempt of court charges for failing to pay child support, included one accusation of a violation stemming from an assault and battery charge in 1987, the newspaper reported.

Mr. Slager, also formerly a member of the Coast Guard, had not previously been disciplined by the department, The Post and Courier said. He has two stepchildren and a wife who is eight months pregnant. The mayor said that, despite her husband’s firing, she would still be covered by city health insurance.

The paper reported that, in 2013, a man accused Mr. Slager of shooting him with a stun gun without cause, but that Mr. Slager was cleared of wrongdoing by an internal police investigation.

Richmond has remained mostly free in recent years of incidents of officer-involved shootings of black men.

However, last week, an officer shot a 29-year-old black man outside a Midlothian Turnpike hotel after the man allegedly pointed a gun at the officer during a foot pursuit. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

VUU police chief: Report the ‘bad apples’

By Joey Matthews As news spread across the nation of white South Carolina police officer Michael T. Slager killing unarmed African-American Walter L. Scott in cold blood, Virginia Union University Police Chief Carlton Edwards was leading a public safety forum Tuesday between Richmond area law enforcement officials and about 40 students on the VUU campus.

“We have so many adverse situations going on now between black males and police,” Chief Edwards told a Free Press reporter prior to the forum. “These are isolated incidents. However, we need forums like these so we can heal our community.”

Chief Edwards moderated the eightmember panel that included Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Herring, Richmond General District Court Judge Eugene Cheek and Richmond Police Deputy Chief Eric English.

The theme of the forum: “You have the right to remain silent … and what else.”

Discussions ranged from what determines when police use excessive force to how students should respond when pulled over during a traffic stop to how to file complaints against the police.

Forum organizers, 7 The Women’s Council, a student group dedicated to educating and uplifting students and the surrounding community, also handed out fliers with detailed information published in the Dec. 11-13 edition of the Free Press on what to do if you are stopped by police.

Several students said they have experienced overly aggressive behavior by police.

“I’m from Brooklyn, and I’ve (had bright lights shined in my) face and the officer’s body language was trying to intimidate me,” said VUU sophomore Dean Wallace.

“Some officers don’t understand the culture of the teenagers in my neighborhood.”

Senior La’TeShia Blakely said she was racially profiled when an officer asked her why she drove a particular car and why she was in the neighborhood.

“That set the tone right there for what he was thinking,” she said.

Deputy Chief English responded, “That shouldn’t be the protocol. We need to keep it professional.”

Mr. Herring said police departments, courts and legislators are becoming increasingly aware of the disparate treatment of African-Americans and other people of color in the judicial system and are working to fix the problem.

He encouraged the students to “help us drill down and figure out why the system is flawed.”

Chief Edwards encouraged citizens to file complaints against the police if they feel they are warranted.

“The only way we’ll know the bad apples is if you guys report them to us,” Chief Edwards said.

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$4.71 million a year in the fiscal year beginning July 1 to cover the cost of housing inmates at the Riverside Regional Jail and to pay for remaining operations of the sheriff.

In other words, residents of Petersburg who have been paying $106 per person for the sheriff’s operations will now be paying $142 per year, an increase of $36 per person.

Here’s why the city’s cost is going up: The jail’s closure will wipe out most of the state’s $4 million annual contribution to Petersburg for operating its own jail and for other work performed by the sheriff’s office.

State support for the sheriff’s office is estimated to drop from $4 million a year to $530,000 in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, according to Mr. Johnson’s budget plan — an 87 percent drop.

The result: The city will have to spend more of its own taxpayers’ dol-

lars to cover the remaining expenses of the sheriff’s office and to house all of its inmates at Riverside.

Along with spending more, the city also will be wiping out the jobs of 74 sheriff’s deputies and staff members whose household spending has contributed to Petersburg’s economy.

City spokeswoman Jay Ell Alexander stated that the closing would save Petersburg $10 million to $12 million — the cost of building a new jail. The city would have to borrow that money and would need to spend $1.8 million annually to pay back the debt on a new jail, according to figures she provided.

But it is questionable whether Petersburg must replace its jail.

“A new jail is not needed,” according to Sheriff Vanessa Crawford.

She said she repeatedly has told Mr. Johnson that the problems with the Petersburg jail could be resolved easily.

She said the jail needs only a working elevator and replacement of a wornout air conditioning system.

The cost of the needed work would be far less than building a new jail, according to the city’s estimates. For example, the city budgeted $192,500 this year get the air conditioning system in shape at the Petersburg jail and annex. That’s less than the cost of a new jail or the $4.5 million that would be needed to build a new lockup.

The jail, once closed, is to serve as a temporary lockup, though the city has yet to spend the money to ensure the building is fully air conditioned.

Sheriff Crawford said the closing will leave the sheriff’s office with only 21 positions, including her own. She started the year with 95 positions approved by the city. She is now laying off most of the deputies and staff.

Along with losing staff, she said the

city also will be losing thousands of hours of labor from inmates to keep up the city’s cemetery, to mow grass in parks and at other public spaces and to provide set-up and take-down service at public and nonprofit events.

She estimates inmate labor enabled the city to avoid spending up to $1 million a year to hire private companies or new employees to do the work.

Even with the loss of the jail, the sheriff still will be responsible for courthouse security, service of legal papers and the operation of a lockup for prisoners arriving from Riverside to go to court or awaiting transfer back to Riverside. The state does not pay for deputies who serve at a lockup.

Mr. Johnson’s budget plan indicates that the city will spend about $830,000 to support the sheriff’s work, along with gaining $530,000 in state reimbursement.

The city’s estimate does not include such expenses as the use of at least

three police officers to handle inmate transport, extra wear-and-tear on vehicles and higher gas costs.

Once the jail and the jail annex closes, a process the sheriff began last week and expects to complete by April 15, the state compensation board will provide funding only for the sheriff and eight other positions. The city will have to cover the full salary and benefits of at least 12 other employees in the sheriff’s department.

Petersburg’s biggest jail expense will be to house people at Riverside, without receiving any state offset.

Petersburg in recent years has housed about 70 people a day at Riverside at a cost of about $40 a day per inmate, the sheriff said. This year, the city budgeted about $1.1 million to cover that cost.

Mr. Johnson’s proposed budget projects spending $3.8 million to house inmates at Riverside in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Richmond Free Press

April 9-11, 2015

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Local News

11% tuition hike

NSU and U.Va. among state’s highest

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Once again, the price tag to attend Virginia’s 15 state-supported colleges and universities is going up faster than inflation.

In-state students can expect to pay at least 3 to 5 percent more in the fall, with a few schools going even higher.

For example, Norfolk State University and the University of Virginia are posting a tuition-and-fees increase of 11 percent for incoming freshmen — among the largest tuition hikes in Virginia.

U.Va. is imposing a $1,470 increase for new freshmen with the aim of raising money to reduce borrowing for students from lower-income families. The increase means new freshmen will pay $14,468 for the fall and spring semesters, not including room and board. Tuition for current students will rise only 3.9 percent from the current charge of $12,998.

At NSU, the 11 percent increase will impact all current and incoming in-state undergraduate and graduate students.

The approved price increase will translate into an $814 increase in tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduates — bringing the total cost for 2015-16 fall and spring semesters at NSU to $8,366, compared with the $7,552 charged this semester for in-state undergraduates.

Add in the cost of room and board for staying on the NSU campus, and the total price will run $17,336, or about $1,200 more than the $16,176 in-state undergraduates are paying this year. NSU is increasing the cost to out-of-state students by 6 percent.

Despite the increase, NSU still expects to be the most affordable four-year state institution in 2015-16. The school ranks No. 1 this year as the least expensive, four-year President Moore public institution in Virginia.

Gerald Hunter, vice president of finance and administration at NSU, said the tuition increase would keep the school on track in meeting the objectives of its six-year plan.

The increase also would help the school deal with further slips in enrollment. NSU reported enrolling 700 fewer students in September, and there are concerns that enrollment could slip again in the fall.

NSU also is seeking to end probation and regain full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Interim NSU President Eddie N. Moore Jr., who retired in

June 2010 as president of Virginia State University, has expressed confidence that the school will overcome its problems and be found to meet SACS standards when the agency conducts another review later this year.

SACS placed NSU on probation in December because of the university’s failure to meet 14 standards. The university remains accredited for now.

The accreditation agency found a variety of problems, including NSU’s failure to show that seven programs had adequate full-time faculty, a failure to timely complete annual audits and a failure to involve faculty in setting tenure policies.

Mr. Moore has not always been successful in satisfying SACS. After leaving VSU, he became president of Saint Paul’s College in Lawrenceville in 2011, when the college was on probation.

He left in 2012, just before the school was stripped of its accreditation. The school was shut down in 2013.

Mr. Moore sees NSU moving ahead, noting the opening of a new building for the school’s nursing program and NSU’s selection to lead a coalition of 13 historically black colleges and universities to boost the number of students training for careers protecting online information. The coalition was awarded federal grants worth $25 million over five years.

Hicks touts improvement in city social services

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Reports of child abuse and neglect in Richmond are being addressed more quickly.

City children in foster care are spending less time in temporary homes.

And applicants for Medicaid and food stamps are receiving faster service.

That’s what David M. Hicks, the mayor’s top policy adviser, plans to tell a City Council committee this week.

He will do so in presenting information about what he sees as dramatic improvements in the previously trouble-plagued Richmond Department of Social Services that he has led for 14 months.

Mr. Hicks will become a city judge July 1, and will be succeeded as city social services director by Senior Assistant City Attorney Shunda T. Giles. Mr. Hicks is to offer the glowing report of the department’s progress at a meeting of the City Council’s Education and Health Committee led by 3rd District Councilman Chris A. Hilbert. The meeting is set for 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 9.

It is not clear whether the city’s auditor or an outside agency has independently reviewed the information Mr. Hicks will present regarding this key peoplehelping department.

Among the big changes he will describe relate to the handling of abuse and Mr. Hicks neglect reports involving children, according to a PowerPoint presentation the committee released in advance of the meeting.

The presentation states that as of March 2015, 93 percent of such reports received an appropriate and timely response.

That’s better than the state’s performance goal of 90 percent, the presentation states.

That also represents a 37 percentage point jump from 2014, when only 56 percent of such reports were handled with timely dispatch, the presentation states.

That’s a far different picture than that presented by a series of scathing audits in 2013 and 2014.

Those audits indicated that the department was putting children at risk by closing cases without proper investigation. The problems led to an overhaul of the department’s leadership and the appointment of Mr. Hicks.

Among the reasons for the improvement in performance is a bigger staff. In the past year, the presentation notes that Mr. Hicks has added 18 new employees to the Child Protective Services Unit, including 14 family services workers, two supervisors and two staff members to handle paperwork.

The additions have reduced the workload for staff members, the presentation notes. For example, supervisors, on average, are now overseeing the work of only five staff members instead of 12 people, as was the case just a year ago. And the expansion of the staff means that each social worker is handling an average of 45 cases, down from 69 cases per social worker in June 2014.

The presentation also shows that 87.5 per-

cent of children in foster care now are being discharged to permanent homes, either by a return to their families or by adoption. That’s up 17 percentage points from March 2013, when only 70 percent of foster kids were discharged to permanent homes.

The presentation also shows progress in other areas. One example: Nearly 6,000 uninsured individuals have been signed up for Medicaid or the children’s health insurance program known as FAMIS. The presentation also states that Medicaid applications are being processed in under 40 days, half the time it took a year earlier. A backlog of applications that built up in June 2014 also has been eliminated, the presentation notes.

The department also is handling 99 percent of all food stamp applications faster than the department’s guidelines, including expedited requests, according to the presentations. A year ago, only 86 percent of expedited requests were handled in a timely fashion, the presentation states.

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April 9-11, 2015

The lion’s tale “Until the lion tells the story of the hunt, the tale will always glorify the hunter.”

We evoke this African proverb in reflecting on last weekend’s wonderful events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the liberation of Richmond and its significance in bringing the Civil War to a close.

We believe the events were planned with good intentions, and that they brought an overall feeling of uplift and joy while recalling this important period in our nation’s history.

However, it was clear from language used by several speakers and scholars that the community has been brainwashed by the Confederate view of history and by those who, 150 years later, still are not at peace with the war’s outcome.

Specifically, there were many references to “the fall of Richmond” in describing the events of April 2-3, 1865, when Jefferson Davis and the Confederates fled the city — burning it as they left — and Union troops moved in.

There also were references to the “occupation of Richmond” by Union forces and the “oppression of Reconstruction.”

From our perspective, Richmond was liberated when Union soldiers, including U.S. Colored Troops, arrived.

An entire group of people who, with their ancestors, had been enslaved for more than 200 years were finally free.

The chains were broken. The slave pens in Shockoe Bottom, where human beings were bought and sold like cattle, were destroyed.

The Union troops were not an enemy force, but rescuers who helped restore order and squelch the flames that damaged most of the heart of the city.

This pivotal point in our city’s and nation’s history must not be told still from the mindset of vanquished heroes. The inglorious past deserves no glorification, lest we confuse the young and future generations.

The Free Press is dedicated to telling the story of the lion. Our commitment to the truth was important enough to commission a three-part series by local researcher and historian Elvatrice Belsches to tell the story of what happened 150 years ago in the words of our own.

Through the diaries and dispatches of people of color, we can get a clearer picture of what it meant to have Colored Troops march into Richmond, to see Abraham Lincoln and his son walk through Capitol Square and Downtown and to have a grueling and bloody war fought across the fields and farms of Virginia and the nation finally come to an end.

Equally as important, we see from the stories of the lion that we were active participants in our freedom and emancipation. We get a better understanding of the vast numbers of African-Americans who took up arms because they believed black lives matter. We see the jubilation of people when liberating forces moved into the city and Union victory was declared at Appomattox.

And we see the resulting efforts of people to reunite with family and loved ones, and the thirst to obtain even a basic education.

These are the steps of empowerment that have led us to where we are today.

That is why remembering this moment in history is important to us today.

The game We congratulate and offer wishes for much success to Coach Shaka Smart and his family, who have relocated to Austin, Texas, where he just became the new basketball coach for the University of Texas Longhorns.

In the six years Coach Smart led the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, he showed his players, the Richmond community and the entire nation that discipline and hard work, coupled with genuine caring, can bring great rewards.

In addition to winning two conference championships and the College Basketball Invitational, Coach Smart took his team to the NCAA Tournament for five years straight.

Much of the city remains swept up in Rams fever that began when Coach Smart’s players — a group skilled in heart and “Havoc” — made it all the way to the NCAA Final Four in 2011.

The 37-year-old Wisconsin native brought pride to his team, to VCU and to the Richmond community through his remarkable efforts in realizing dreams. The glow of his wins spilled over to bathe Richmond in a positive national spotlight. He put VCU — and Richmond — on the March Madness sports map.

Coach Smart and his wife, Maya, also have had an impact on the wider community through their service and commitment to early childhood education, particularly for children from families in need. Their philanthropic work on behalf of the Friends Association for Children attests to their selfless nature and willingness to share their talents on behalf of others. The Richmond community will sorely miss this dynamic couple.

As Texas welcomes the Smarts, we also welcome — or more accurately — welcome back Will Wade.

Coach Wade was hired by Coach Smart in 2009 as an assistant before he left for Tennessee. After two seasons with the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Moccasins, he returns to VCU to lead the Rams.

Sure Coach Wade has big Converse/Nikes/Air Jordans to fill, but his players’ style of “Chaos” and his record as the 2014 Coach of the Year in the Southern Conference offers the promise of basketball excitement yet to come.

Welcome back to Richmond, coach!

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Tests cheat students out of education Eleven Atlanta teachers have been convicted of altering student test scores on standardized tests. They are charged with racketeering and conspiracy. The much-celebrated superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, the late Beverly L. Hall, was among the indicted but was too ill to stand trial. She died March 2.

Another group of teachers, principals and administrators took plea bargains.

A total of 178 people were accused of taking part in the cheating “scam.” In what was described as the largest cheating scandal in the nation’s history, District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. prosecuted the educators under a law originally designed to snare organized crime figures. Of the 12 defendants, 11 were convicted of racketeering, a felony punishable up to 20 years. One defendant, Dessa Curb, a former elementary schoolteacher, was acquitted.

Those 11 convicted were taken straight from the courtroom to jail. Sentencing should take place this week. On top of the 20 years maximum sentence for racketeering, they could be convicted on other charges

including making false statements. It is interesting to note that most of these teachers are African-American.

These Atlanta teachers aren’t the only teachers involved in similar cheating scams. A year ago, 130 Philadelphia educators were accused of cheating. In September, several were ordered

Julianne Malveaux to stand trial.

Why have those who chose a low-paid and little-regarded profession stooped to cheating on standardized tests? Are they judged by the number of students who pass these flawed tests, and the number who fail?

Is there a culture of cheating in too many of our nation’s schools?

Is there a culture of “teaching to the test”?

In some districts, including Atlanta, teachers are given bonuses when their students do well on tests, and may be terminated when students do not. Even now, after revisions in teacher evaluation, half of teacher performance is based on standardized tests.

Teachers can be reassigned or schools can be closed if there are too many poor-performing students enrolled.

It makes sense to look at the many ways that the system encourages teachers to manipu-

late, if not outright cheat, when they administer standardized tests. Some schools spend days preparing students to take the tests. They aren’t spending days teaching the material students must learn, just the rote material needed to pass standardized tests. Passing a test in English and grammar may prove some proficiency, but does it prove that a student can write a paragraph or an essay or engage in critical thinking?

When teachers spend too much time focused on standardized testing and not enough on course content, are they cheating students? In teaching to the test, are they cheating to the test?

I’m not referring to the multiple erasures that investigators found on some of the Atlanta tests, or schemes that excluded poorperforming students from testing so average grades could be higher. I’m referring to teachers who choose to teach content that they know will show up on the test, or those who spend tens of hours in “practice sessions” with old copies of tests used as drills.

From my perspective, students are being cheated when there is too much emphasis placed on standardized testing.

One might ask how teachers and students can be evaluated without standardized tests, but there is an extensive body of research that suggests other

Rev. Graham ignores racism Easter was last Sunday, but the Rev. Franklin Graham is still wiping egg off his face.

In an unintentionally insensitive Facebook post on March 12, the hugely influential white evangelist ignored the existence of racial bias by law enforcement in the United States by suggesting the easy solution to police shootings is to teach our children to obey authority.

“It’s as simple as that,” Rev. Graham wrote. “Even if you think the police officer is wrong – YOU OBEY. Parents, teach your children to respect and obey those in authority…

The Bible says to submit to your leaders and those in authority because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account.’”

The controversial comments are being criticized across the nation. What is most alarming, however, is that more than 200,000 people took to the Facebook comment section in support of Rev. Graham’s statements.

Since the post, I have spoken with Rev. Graham. We both agreed that his comments were insensitive and not clothed in the right language to convey that he meant well.

Rev. Graham is not wrong that parents should teach their children to respect law enforcement. But his post failed to acknowledge that the relationship

Amos C. Brown between institutions of authority and citizens is a two-way street.

Law enforcement agencies have a responsibility to respect the worth and dignity of all human beings regardless of race, religious expression, gender or personal orientation.

Injustice in the criminal justice system is now undeniable.

A Department of Justice report on the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department revealed widespread racial bias. That racial bias was bound to lead to officer-involved shootings such as the controversial the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

I would not simply decry injustices in our justice system and the unfair economic policies that have black people living in ghettos and prison cells.

Rather, I would take folks like Rev. Graham on a “ride-along” with the average black student heading home from school. He should know what it is like to feel like a suspect in the eyes of a police officer, rather than as a normal citizen requiring protection.

He should know what W. E. B. Du Bois meant when he wrote in “The Souls of Black Folk,”

“One ever feels his twoness – an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”

My hope is that Rev. Graham’s 1.06 million Facebook followers could be tuned into this alternative perspective.

Post-Easter, spiritual and faith leaders must move beyond the crucifixion of misplaced and inept utterances to a point of resurrection and cooperation between law enforcement and the people they are sworn to protect.

We pledge our support for families, for economic justice and for substantive rehabilitation programs so that this season will not just be words about a Savior who rose from a grave, but about the potential for a social and political resurrection in our nation where people will do justly, love mercifully and walk humbly with their God. When we do this, we shall become friends who understand and respect each other’s perspectives. We will no longer seek to blame or divide, but rather to identify common ground from which we can rise up and improve as a fair and just society.

The Rev. Amos C. Brown, a former student and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is president of the San Francisco Branch NAACP and a member of the NAACP national board.

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methods of evaluating teachers, including classroom observation and curriculum review. Interestingly, an increasing number of colleges do not use standardized tests to evaluate students for admissions because they recognize such tests are flawed.

Obviously, there must be some way to measure progress among students, and proficiency among teachers. Still, standardized test results should not be tied to teacher compensation or to threats of school closings. If standardized tests are one way to measure results, they must be combined with other measures to ensure fairness.

While teaching to the test is not against the law, isn’t it cheating our students nearly as much as the scams?

Julianne Malveaux is an economist, writer, and president emerita of Bennett College.

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150th Anniversary of Richmond’s Liberation The Free Press presents a three-part installment chronicling the African-American experience during the liberation of Richmond in April 1865 and the final days of the Civil War.

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Newly emancipated children and adults at Haxall’s Mill along the Kanawha Canal in Richmond on June 9, 1865.

Part Three

When freedom came

By Elvatrice Belsches

Once Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant forced the surrender of Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, Richmond was nearly overrun by men and women flocking to its borders.

Former soldiers — both black and white — swept into the city looking for their families. Thousands of other black people also arrived, trying to locate loved ones from whom they were separated and sold in Richmond’s massive and nefarious slave trade.

Richmond’s pre-Civil War population of roughly 12,000 enslaved people, as counted by the 1860 Census, swelled to include at least 20,000 black people in Richmond and the separate town of Manchester on the south bank of the James River by summer 1865.

Directly after Richmond’s liberation by Union troops on April 3, 1865, a provost marshal’s office was set up downtown to establish order, protect residents and oversee the administration of the city. The Richmond headquarters for the federal Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, more commonly known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, also was set up near what is 10th and Broad streets today.

According to the National Archives, the Freedmen’s Bureau was established nationally on March 3, 1865, under the auspices of the U.S. War Department, with the intent of assisting white and black people with clothing, food rations, labor contracts and educational opportunities.

Freedmen’s courts were set up in various jurisdictions throughout the South to hear cases involving newly freed black people.

The bureau also undertook the task of legalizing and recording thousands of marriages entered into by enslaved men and women prior to the end of the Civil War. The widespread elation and joy accompanying the arrival of Union troops in Richmond and the subsequent Confederate surrender at Appomattox was soon supplanted by sorrow at the news of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Thomas Morris Chester, the only known black reporter to cover the Civil War for a major daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Press, chronicled the scene in Richmond.

“The dreadful intelligence from Washington was received in this city yesterday about noon. The first report came that he [President Lincoln] was dead, which smote the hearts of the loyal people with deep sadness, but they resolved not to credit it. But soon the official confirmation removed all doubts, and the people were overwhelmed with profound grief…” Thomas Morris Chester, Mr. Chester April 17, 1865 Black Richmonders’ hopes of brighter days in freedom dissipated.

They also were confronted with new harsh realities, including the implementation of a new system requiring them to show special passes to move around the city and a provost marshal’s office that was indifferent at times to their complaints.

African-Americans walking the streets without a pass were subject to arrest. More than 800 black men, women and children were arrested and put in jails and former slave pens in Richmond during the first two weeks of the pass requirements, according to one record.

Affidavits filed by African-Americans with the Freedmen’s court in Richmond provide a sobering view of the abuses they endured. Men, women, elderly people and children were verbally and physically assaulted by former Confederates as well as federal guards under the provost marshal’s office. They reported being beaten and robbed. Their homes were ransacked and sometimes burned. People attested in depositions to hearing the screams of black women as they were sexually assaulted in holding cells.

Life for many black people was chaotic initially with rampant crime, victimization and new rules for arrest. Laws commonly known as the “Black Codes” were made more severe by state and city lawmakers to further subjugate the newly freed masses.

One such law made black people subject to arrest and eligible to be hired out if they were unemployed.

Freedom under these circumstances was almost untenable.

“It can no longer be disguised that the military rule of this city has been squared … in accordance with the feelings of the rebels, until it has culminated in the reinstatement of one of the greatest secessionists as mayor of this city, and the reappointment of his rebellious police …” Thomas Morris Chester, June 12, 1865 At a mass meeting at First African Baptist Church, as many as 3,000 men decided to prepare a list of grievances about the military rule and to compile the affidavits attesting to the outrages

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Sketch of Richmond Colored High and Normal School.

inflicted upon them.

Their concerns had been met with indifference when they took their grievances to the provost marshal’s office. So they raised money and sent a five-person delegation to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Andrew Johnson on June 16, 1865.

The meeting was reported in newspapers across the country and recorded in “The Papers of Andrew Johnson.” The delegation of black men was comprised of Fields Cook, a preacher and community leader who would run for Congress in 1869; William Williamson; William T. Snead; and the Rev. Richard Wells, who would pastor both Manchester Baptist Church — known as First Baptist, South Richmond today — and later Ebenezer Baptist Church in Richmond. The fifth delegate, who reportedly read the petition before President Johnson, was Mr. Chester, the Philadelphia Press correspondent.

The delegation outlined abuses occurring in Richmond and requested a change in who was governing the city. They also lobbied for the right of Richmond’s black churches to appoint their own pastors and the right to own the church edifices.

According to accounts, President Johnson listened attentively.

He also informed the group that personnel changes among those overseeing the city and handling matters of citizen welfare and complaints were under review. He also informed them that he would do all within his power to assist them. The pass system later was dropped.

Black leaders in the city greeted education as the key to sustained uplift by black people from slavery. The Freedmen’s Bureau and

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Details of early Freedmen’s Bureau schools in Richmond, October 1865.

black Richmonders wasted little time in formally starting schools for the newly emancipated.

Although some black people were literate prior to freedom, they could freely engage in learning after the Civil War. The freedmen themselves and New England schoolteachers were some of the first to formally open schools in Richmond.

Lucy and Sarah Chase, white sisters from Massachusetts, had moved to Tidewater during the Civil War and helped with clothing, food, housing and education for many black people who had escaped slavery and fled to Fort Monroe and Norfolk. Following Union victory at Appomattox, the sisters moved to Richmond to do the same for newly freed black people.

A letter Lucy Chase wrote, ironically penned on the back of a blank slave bill of sale from the slave trading firm R.H. Dickinson and Brother, tells of the extensive and significant desire and motivation of black people to learn.

“My Dear Miss Lowell — Miss Stevenson has already told you that we gathered the children in different churches on the 15th of April and opened informally at that time. Yesterday, the 19th of April, my sister and I formally opened school in the 1st African Church (the largest church in the city…) We had more than one thousand (1000) children and seventy-five adults, and found time, after disciplining them, to hear the readers, to instruct the writers, and to teach the multitude from the blackboard. Again today, we had a huge school of nine hundred … Four churches are in use here, and fifteen hundred children are already in attendance …”

Lucy Chase, April 20, 1865 Some of the earliest teachers in the Freedmen’s Bureau’s schools in Richmond were black Richmonders. Among their ranks were James Bowser, husband of educator Rosa Bowser; Otway M. Steward and Peter Woolfork, who later would operate and edit the Virginia Star newspaper; and Joseph E. Farrar, a leading contractor who later would serve on the Richmond City Council.

Perhaps the greatest legacy of the Freedmen’s Bureau is its major impact on public education systems throughout the South.

Virginia did not have a public school system before the Civil War. The state would establish one in 1870 as a prerequisite for officially rejoining the Union in good standing. Richmond’s public school system began in 1869.

The necessary infrastructure for establishing a statewide system of public education was developed in large part under the leadership of Ralza Morse Manly, a former Union army chaplain during the war. Rev. Manly oversaw the Freedmen’s Bureau’s educational efforts in Virginia through most of the bureau’s tenure in the state.

Mrs. Bowser Many of the nation’s early historically black colleges and universities trace their beginnings to the Freedmen’s Bureau and efforts early on by religious and philanthropic groups working with societies to aid the freedmen. Among them are Virginia Union University, Hampton University, Howard University and Shaw University.

The Freedmen’s Bureau also recognized that secondary schools were needed to prepare black teachers. One of the most successful of these was Richmond Colored High and Normal School, located initially at 6th and Duval streets and later relocated to 12th and Leigh streets. Founded in 1867, Colored Normal, as it was called, taught the classics and was based on the New England model of education. Renamed Armstrong High School about 1909, the school was so successful that Northern journalists would travel to Richmond to write about its teachers and students.

Among Colored Normal’s attendees and graduates were AfricanAmericans whose lives and contributions would have important impacts on the city, state and nation in areas of business, medicine, law, politics and education. Early graduates included educator and organizational leader Rosa Bowser, for whom the former library building on Clay Street that serves as the home of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was named; Dr. Sarah G. Jones, co-founder of what would become Richmond Community Hospital and the first female in Virginia to pass the state medical boards and be granted a license to practice medicine in the state; John Mitchell Jr., longtime editor of the Richmond Planet newspaper; Maggie L. Walker, pioneering female bank president, educator and organizational leader; and Marietta L. Chiles, who spent nearly 40 years teaching freedom’s first generation of black students in public schools in Richmond.

From their new freedom, black Richmonders would couple their educational attainments with a profound collectivism to transform Richmond into an epicenter of black commerce, educational excellence and social justice leadership.

The writer

References for further reading

Elvatrice Belsches is a Richmond area historical researcher, author and lecturer who has served as a special projects researcher for the National Park Service and The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. She has been a historical consultant on documentaries and was an in-studio historical researcher on director Steven Spielberg’s 2012 motion picture “Lincoln.”

“From Bondage to Citizenship: The Richmond Black Community, 1865-1867” by John Thomas O’Brien Jr., Garland Publishing, 1990 “Black Labor in the South: Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1890” by Peter J. Rachleff, Temple University Press, 1984 “Uncle Ned’s Children: Negotiating Community and Freedom in Post-Emancipation Richmond, Virginia” by Elsa Barkley Brown, Ph.D. dissertation, Kent State University Press, 1994

“Thomas Morris Chester, Black Civil War Correspondent: His Dispatches from the Virginia Front,” edited by R.M.J. Blackett, 1989 “The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May-August 1865,” edited by LeRoy P. Graf and Ralph W. Haskins, University of Tennessee Press, 1986.

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“And the rocket’s red glare; the bombs bursting in air ...”

Those are lyrics in “The Star Spangled Banner,” played before every Richmond Flying Squirrels game.

The words also describe the postgame fireworks Daniel Carbonell planned at The Diamond this season.

The Flying Squirrels’ home opener Thursday, April 9, against the Bowie Baysox will conclude with “dueling fireworks,” pyrotechnics launched from two locations.

It will be the first of 21 fireworks shows this season. The light-up-the-night entertainment will be featured after every Thursday and Saturday game.

Tickets: Squirrels’ vice president and chief operating officer Todd Parnell has announced a slight increase in ticket cost.

New advance sale prices are $12 for the Field Level (up from $11); $10 for the Terrace

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Flying Squirrels start season with fireworks at The Diamond

(up from $8); and $8 for General Admission (up from $7).

Ticket prices will increase by $1 on the day of the game.

Attendance: As usual, the Squirrels — a AA affiliate of the San Francisco Angel Villalona Giants — led the Eastern League last year in total attendance with 418,147, and an average of 6,336 per game. There were five rainouts.

Richmond is the Big Apple of AA baseball, with a population of 214,114 and 1.23 million people in the metro area.

Next in size is Akron, with a city population of 199,110 and 569,499 people in the metropolitan area.

Richmond’s size advantage offers no advantage regarding the team’s wins and losses, but is a factor in attendance.

Leadership: Venezuelan José “Auggie” Alguicil has replaced Russ Morman as manager.

He inherits a squad that was 79-63 in 2014.

Flying Squirrels Opening Home Stand April 9: Squirrels vs. Bowie Baysox, 6:35 p.m.; dueling fireworks April 10: Squirrels vs. Bowie, 7:05 p.m.; T-shirt give-away April 11: Squirrels vs. Bowie, 7:05 p.m.; fireworks April 12: Squirrels vs. Bowie, 1:35 p.m.; Nutzy the Flying Squirrel pillowcase give-away April 13: Squirrels vs. Altoona Curve, 6:35 p.m.; Nutzy bobble-head give-away April 14: Squirrels vs. Altoona, 6:35 p.m.; appearance by comedian Dave Coulier April 15: Squirrels vs. Altoona, 10:35 a.m.; Education Day Note: Bowie is a Class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles; Altoona is the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm club.

Richmond won the Eastern League’s Western Division before bowing to Binghamton in the playoff final.

Star watch: Look out for Daniel Carbonell, a 6-foot-3, 24-year-old outfielder who defected from Cuba. Carbonell was signed last June by parent San Francisco for $1.4 million over four years.

Carbonell hit .314 in a brief stint with Richmond a year ago and is the lone Squirrel on the Giants’ 40-man roster.

A power source could be 255-pound first baseman Angel Villalona, who slugged 10 homers last season in Richmond. The 24-year-old signed with the Giants for $2.1 million at age

17 in his native Dominican Republic.

Villalona’s upward mobility has been slowed by legal problems at home.

After missing most of 2014 with injuries, outfielder Javier Herrera returns at age 30. The Venezuelan hit .296 with 16 homers, 74 RBI and 23 stolen bases for the Squirrels in 2013.

Fall Classic: Richmond fans can boast that numerous former Squirrels figured into the Giants’ World Series victory last autumn over Kansas City. Former Squirrels turned Giants include infielders Ehire Adriana, Matt Duffy, Joe Panik and Brandon Belt, outfielder Angel Pagan and pitcher Hunter Strickland.

‘Havoc’ to continue under Will Wade Among Shaka Smart’s first duties upon be- Tennessee was 15-3 in the conference, second coming Virginia Commonwealth University’s to Wofford College. basketball coach in 2009 was to hire Will Wade On a down note, his UTC final season ended as an assistant. badly with a 69-67 Southern Conference quarSmart referred to Wade as “my first terfinal tournament loss to last-place Furman hire.”

University.

After Smart’s resignation for the head coachWade, who worked previously with Smart as ing job at the University of Texas last week, Clemson assistants in 2006-07, was Southern among the first moves the VCU administration Conference Coach of Year in 2014. made was to hire Wade as head coach for the Wade’s first responsibilities will be to ensure Rams.

VCU’s current players The 32-year-old remain on campus, Nashville native was and that three prized introduced as Smart’s recruits don’t venture Clemson: Four-year student manager, successor in an openelsewhere. graduate assistant and director of operations under coaches Larry Shyatt and Oliver to-the-public announceVCU has 10 rePurnell, 2002-07 ment Wednesday at turning players from the Siegel Center that last season, including Harvard: Assistant to Tom Amaker, 2007-09 seemed more like a three that Wade helped VCU: Assistant under Shaka Smart, 2009pep rally than a news recruit prior to 2013 — 2013 conference, complete rising senior Melvin Tennessee-Chattanooga: Head coach, with The Peppas pep Johnson and juniors2013-15 band and hundreds of to-be Jordan Burgess VCU: Head coach, 2015 loud cheering fans in and Mo Alie-Cox. the campus arena.

Also as a VCU as“I could not be more sistant, Wade helped excited about returning to VCU,” Wade said. lure Juvonte Reddic and Rob Brandenberg to “I look forward to leading this group of the Rams. Both have since graduated. student-athletes and building on the momentum The Rams’ incoming recruits are Ken Wilestablished through the great players, coaches liams of L.C. Bird High in Chesterfield, Tevin and people that make the VCU brand nationally Mack of Columbia, S.C., and Jordan Murphy recognized.” of San Antonio, Texas.

He said “Havoc” will continue to reign at According to ESPN, they represent the naVCU. tion’s 28th best recruiting class.

Wade served under Smart for four seasons While Wade flourished in the Southern — during that period, the Rams were 111-37 Conference, his teams were not competitive — before becoming head coach at Tennessee- against stronger teams. Non-conference losses Chattanooga of the Southern Conference. were to Wisconsin (89-45), Butler (70-48) and His UTC Moccasins were 40-25 over two Georgia (86-55). seasons, including 22-10 this past season when His Moccasins employed an aggressive,

Will Wade résumé

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Will Wade is welcomed back Wednesday to Virginia Commonwealth University as the new head basketball coach with a pep rally atmosphere at the Siegel Center.

disruptive defensive style, similar to Smart’s “Havoc,” that UTC dubbed “Chaos.”

There are similarities. This past season, UTC forced an average of 13 turnovers per game while averaging 6.6 steals.

By comparison, VCU forced an average of 16.6 turnovers and had an average of 9.5 steals in the final 36 games under Smart.

Among Wade’s top performers this past season was 6-foot-10 VCU transfer Justin Tuoyo, who blocked 104 shots and was named Southern Conference Defensive Player of Year.

UTC averaged 72.7 points per game this past season while their opponents averaged 66.9 points per game.

The UTC to VCU move represents a serious upgrade for Wade.

VCU’s RPI (power ranking) this past season was 15 (out of 350 nationally) with a No. 15 strength of schedule.

UTC’s RPI was 110, with a 227 strength of schedule.

The Atlantic 10 Conference, which VCU is a part of, was the nation’s seventh-ranked conference; the Southern Conference ranked

No. 30.

Coincidentally, Wade becomes VCU’s second coach from UTC. In 1997, Moccasins Coach Mack McCarthy was summoned to serve under Sonny Smith.

After one season as Smith’s top aide, McCarthy, a three-time Southern Conference Coach of the Year, became head coach at VCU until 2002, when he was replaced with Jeff Capel III. Wade was one of four former VCU aides considered to succeed Smart. Others were Mike Rhoades, now head coach at Rice; Jamion Christian, currently head coach at Mount St. Mary’s; and current Rams assistant Jeremy Ballard.

“We knew quickly that Will is the bet fit to lead the VCU basketball program during our exhaustive and rapid national search,” said VCU Athletic Director Ed McLaughlin.

Rhoades and Wade were interviewed by McLaughlin during Final Four activities in Indianapolis.

Another Smart aide, Mike Morrell, has joined Smart in Austin as assistant coach.

Smart trades Rams horns for Texas Longhorns When Shaka Smart was hired as Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball coach in 2009, he was a little known, much traveled assistant, with a name that puzzled people.

Since then, his name and fame — and that of his signature game style, “Havoc” — spread.

Last week, Smart traded his Rams horns for the Texas Longhorns. He leaves Richmond as one of the hottest commodities in the sport, practically a household name among hoops enthusiasts.

Named after the Zulu warrior, Smart, a Wisconsin native, posted a 163-56 record at VCU that featured five straight NCAA invitations.

His Rams reached the NCAA Final Four in 2011, and won the College Basketball Insider.com (CBI) tournament in 2010.

During Smart’s six seasons, interest in VCU basketball exploded. He leaves with 66 straight Siegel Center sellouts and a fan base matched by few. The 66 straight sellouts are the fifth highest in the nation, behind only Duke, Kansas, Michigan State and Gonzaga.

There’s much more.

Smart’s 163 victories tie Brad Stevens of Butler University and Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh for most wins for the first six

seasons.

Smart’s boundless enthusiasm convinced the VCU administration and supporters to begin construction of a lavish $25 million practice facility that will open on the campus this fall.

Smart was well compensated for his exceptional work.

His starting salary at VCU was $350,000. Before he was pried away by a king’s ransom at Texas, he was earning close to Shaka $2 million per year.

Loyal almost to a fault, Smart previously turned down lucrative offers from North Carolina State, Illinois, UCLA, Minnesota and Marquette to remain the Rams coach and “father figure.”

To lure Smart, Texas opened up the bank, offering Smart about $3 million per year over the next five years and the chance to compete in the nation’s No. 1-ranked conference, the Big 12.

Smart’s “Havoc” relied on relentless highspeed pressure, and he sought the type of players he felt fit best into that system.

In seven recruiting seasons, Smart never

signed a white player. Russian Amir Pischalnikov, a holdover from the Anthony Grant era, was the lone scholarship Caucasian to play under Smart.

If a cynic were to find fault with Smart, it might be in the high turnover of players.

Signees Jairus Lyles, Justin Tuoyo, Reco McCarter, D.J. Haley, Teddy Okereafor, Jay Gavin, Toby Veal, Issiah Grayson and Tray Simmons all transSmart ferred. Terrance Shannon left for personal reasons. And Heath Houston left because of medical concerns.

Smart never suffered a down season despite heavy graduation and transfer losses and an ever-toughening schedule.

In fact, his 2012 squad had a better record (29-7) than the Final Four team (28-12), despite losing four starters.

During the last season, Smart’s Rams were 26-10 and ranked among the Top 15 in the national RPI. The team won the Atlantic 10 tournament in Brooklyn and advanced to the NCAAs. There was never a misstep.

Have whistles, will travel

Here is the list of former Virginia Commonwealth University basketball coaches with years served, records and how they departed program: Benny Dees (1968-70, 25-21): The native Georgian resigned, saying he was “going home to feed the chickens.”

Later, he became head coach at New Orleans (85-87), Wyoming (87-93) and Western Carolina (93-95).

Chuck Noe (1970-76, 95-42): He resigned and became the area’s first sports talk radio host with WRVA radio.

Dana Kirk (1976-79, 57-23): He left to become the coach at Memphis State.

J.D. Barnett (1979-84, 132-48): He left to become the coach at Tulsa.

Mike Pollio (1985-89, 65-57): He did not leave under his own terms, but moved directly to coach Eastern Kentucky (1989-92).

Sonny Smith (1989-98, 136-127): He retired and became a media basketball commentator.

Mack McCarthy (1998-2002, 66-55): He did not leave under his own terms, but later coached at East Carolina (2007-2010).

Jeff Capel III (2002-06, 79-41): He left to become coach at Oklahoma.

Anthony Grant (2006-09, 76-25): He left to become coach at Alabama.

Shaka Smart (2009-2015, 163-56): He left to become coach at Texas.

Note: Ed Allen was basketball coach from 1950-1967 when the school was called Richmond Professional Institute (RPI). RPI and the Medical College of Virginia merged July 1, 1968, creating VCU. Mr. Allen is a member of the VCU Athletic Hall of Fame. The school’s first basketball season was in 1946. Its nickname was changed from the Green Devils to the Rams in 1963.

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Personality: Christian P. Dundas Spotlight on volunteer coordinator of Hoops for Health Christian P. Dundas says he came up with the idea for a 3-on3 youth basketball tournament at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in Church Hill three years ago when he was playing recreational basketball.

It was about the same time the NCAA Tournament, known as “March Madness,” was underway.

“It dawned on me … why not our own version of March Madness at the club?” Mr. Dundas recalls thinking.

He suggested the tournament for sixth- through eighthgraders at the club at 3701 R St., where he serves on the advisory council.

Mr. Dundas says Dick Guthrie, also a member of the advisory council, suggested adding a community health festival to the tournament. Hugh Jones, the club’s executive director, rubber-stamped the idea and asked Mr. Dundas to organize the first event.

The rest is history.

The third annual “Hoops for Health and Healthy Living Festival” is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2, at the club.

Youngsters can sign up for the basketball tournament at the club or online at www.SalvationArmyCentralVA.org or by emailing hoopsforhealth3on3@ gmail.com.

More details on the festival: (804) 222-3122.

The festival’s primary purpose, Mr. Dundas says, is “to have fun and change lives.”

It is a holistic effort to promote exercise, nutrition and positive relationships.

The program is funded largely through corporate sponsorships, Mr. Dundas notes.

The organizers of the healthy living portion of the community gathering say they were inspired to initiate the event in response to a 2013 report that found residents of the East End had a life expectancy of 20 years less than residents in other parts of the city.

More than 30 community organizations are expected to participate at the festival, along with vendors selling concessions.

Mr. Dundas’ involvement as a volunteer with the basketball tournament is a natural fit.

He grew up playing basketball and good-naturedly recalls his playing days with the Division III Claremont McKenna College basketball team in Claremont, Calif., a little more than a decade ago. “All I could do is shoot,” he says.

When Mr. Dundas relocated to Richmond in 2011 and moved to the West End, he began looking for volunteer opportunities in the community.

In 2013, he toured the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club and says it was “love at first sight.”

He was “greeted like a member of the family,” he said.

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festival closes down the street, brings out the VCU Peppas pep band, step teams, a bounce house, games and countless prizes to all those who visit our partners and engage in their educational activities.

The 3-on-3 tournament is a double elimination, March Madness-like event. Teams consist of three to five players and the tournament is coed.

Teams can be all boys, all girls, or any mix you like.

Personality, Christian P. Dundas: Birthdate and place: Oct. 7, in Buffalo, N.Y. Current place of residence: Richmond’s West End. Alma mater: Bachelor ’s degree in economics, Claremont McKenna College.

Family: Wife, Genevieve SiegelHawley, assistant professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, and daughter, Eleanora Rose Siegel-Dundas, 1.

Why I got involved with the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club: The club does such great work in our community. My first encounter there was being challenged to a full court, oneon-one game by a third-grader.

I won’t embarass myself by sharing the outcome.

How I came up with idea of Hoops for Health: The Church Hill community is well aware of how great a place the club really is. One of our first objectives as an advisory council was to come up with ways to spread the work of the club and bring more people in who were unaware of the work we were doing. The club was doing many things but nothing directly targeting healthy lifestyles.

How much was raised in the first two years and how were the proceeds used: I can’t thank our sponsors enough! Most of the resources are used to support the program initiatives that ensure lives are changed.

Hoops for Health has evolved into an initiative with yearround impact. Healthy living encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, occupational and spiritual dimensions of well-being.

Sponsorship resources ensure vulnerable youths achieve outcomes through participation in the program focus areas of leadership and character development, education and career, and health and life skills.

Who is invited to participate: Everyone! The Healthy Living Festival is open to all. The

Dream for Hoops for Health: It becomes an event people mark on their calendars every year. It also gives our local youth an opportunity to compete in a way unlike any other tournament in the city. Also, our newest intiative, our Healthy Living Challenges, become a way for the community to actually improve their health by engaging in fun, healthy activities year round.

Other community involvement: I’m on the development committee for the Richmond Peace Education Center. They do great work, as well, promoting healthy interpersonal and community relationships, with a focus on nonviolent conflict resolution.

How I remain upbeat about today’s youths and the challenges they face: Visit the club. See the staff working with the kids. You’ll be upbeat, too.

How I unwind: Dog walks with a baby in a hiking backpack.

Biggest chance I ever took: Leaving my career, family, friends and everything I knew — except my wife and dogs — in the sands of Newport Beach, Ca., for Richmond in 2011. Best decision I ever made!

The best thing my parents ever taught me was: Change is good.

Best late-night snack: An entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

Person who influenced me the most: Sounds cheesy, but my wife and best friend. It’s the same person.

The book that influenced me the most: “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond.

The book I’m reading now: “The Son” by Philipp Meyer.

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Celebrating 150 years of freedom Richmond’s liberation from its role as a bastion of slavery was celebrated with a weekend filled with events marking the historic occasion 150 years ago that brought an end to the Civil

War. Above, the Virginia Union University Choir performs at the State Capitol at a ceremony Saturday recalling the arrival of U.S. Colored Troops to take the city.

From left to right, Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks at the state Capitol ceremony; Mabel Gantt, left, Denise Benedetto and Malanna Henderson showcase Civil War-era dress; Janine Bell of the Elegba Folklore Society pours a libation honoring the thousands of ancestors who were bought and sold through Richmond’s slave markets.

Left, re-enactors portray U.S. Colored Troops that helped liberate the city on April 3, 1865; right, visitors take in a simulation Thursday night of the fires set by fleeing Confederate soldiers that burned much of the city’s Downtown.

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Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, widely considered the dean of the nation’s black preachers and “the poet laureate of American Protestantism,” died Sunday, April 5, 2015, after a ministerial career that spanned more than six decades.

He was 96.

“Dr. Taylor was a theological giant who will be greatly missed,” the Rev. Carroll Baltimore, past president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, said of the minister who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.

PNBC President Rev. James C. Perkins said Dr. Taylor “transformed America and the world for the better. How appropriate it is that God called Dr. Taylor home on Resurrection Sunday.

In both life and death, Dr. Taylor gave a clarion call to the transformative power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Concord Baptist Church of Christ, the imposing, block-long, brick church Dr. Taylor pastored for 42 years, became a beacon of hope and vitality for many African-Americans in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a model for the nation. When the church was destroyed by fire in 1952, Dr. Taylor defied naysayers by not only rebuilding the edifice, but also doubling its size.

Concord, one of New York City’s largest churches, operated its own elementary school, nursing home, credit union and million dollar endowment used to invest in the community. But for more than four decades, it was Dr. Taylor who made Concord’s pulpit “the most prestigious in black Christendom,” proclaimed author and scholar Michael Eric Dyson.

He described Dr. Taylor’s preaching style as a blend of technical aspects, brilliant metaphors and an “uncanny sense of rhythmic timing put to dramatic but not crassly theatrical effect.”

The tall, charismatic pastor was renowned for the memorable sermons he spun from tales, anecdotes and Scriptures, but rarely captured in manuscripts. Dr. Taylor, a preacher’s preacher, kept his thoughts in his head before ushering them forth, and kept a black pocket Bible handy when he wanted to refer to the sermon’s Scripture reading for the day.

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Dr. Gardner C. Taylor in his home office in Raleigh, N.C., in 2007.

“When you talk about Gardner Taylor, it’s more than just the words,” said the Rev. Bernard Richardson, dean of Howard University’s Rankin Memorial Chapel.

Rev. Richardson, who first heard Dr. Taylor preach when he was a student at Yale Divinity School in 1984, said, “It’s his presence and I mean, everything about him preaches … his mannerisms, his sincerity, his love of God, love of Scripture. … When he mounts the pulpit, one immediately feels they’re in the presence of someone who is truly gifted.”

Huge growth in Islam projected Gregg Zoroya USA TODAY

Islam is projected to grow more than twice as fast as any other major religion over the next half century, with Muslims expected to outnumber Christians by 2070, according to projections released last week by the Pew Research Center.

While Christianity will remain a dominant global religion, it will lose majority religious status in countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Australia.

Such a dramatic change raises questions about whether global conflicts between radical Muslim groups and western nations with Christian majorities will become more inflamed in the decades ahead.

A slight shift by one major world religion to numerical dominance may not, by itself, create problems, but underlying factors of rapid population growth in poor countries can drive economic hardship, migration and political unrest,

says David Voas, professor of population studies at England’s Institute for Social and Economic Research. Such conditions can give rise to extremist violence, he says.

What does seem to be certain: “We can be quite confident that Muslims are going to grow rapidly in the decades ahead,” said Conrad Hackett, demographer and lead author of the report.

The world’s two largest religions will be near parity by 2050. Christians are predicted to be 31.4 percent of the planet’s

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There is a divinity school series, the Gardner C. Taylor Lectures in Black Preaching at Duke Divinity School, and a street in Brooklyn named for Dr. Taylor.

Dr. Taylor also will be remembered for a thorny page in black Baptist history struck by his allegiance to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. during a tense time in the National Baptist Convention USA. In 1960, Dr. Taylor, Dr. King and other black ministers split from the denomination after a fierce debate over Dr. King’s civil rights agenda, which many black clerics of the day thought was too politically liberal. As a result, Dr. Taylor and other King supporters seceded from the convention and formed the Progressive National Baptist Convention, of which Dr. Taylor was once president.

Those were troublesome days for Dr. Taylor, who said he lost friends as a result of the split, but his fervent preaching and ministry never waned.

When he was asked during an interview about what makes a great preacher, Dr. Taylor responded, “In the Book of Ruth, Naomi says, ‘I went out full, and I’ve come back empty.’”

For Dr. Taylor, “That was the story of life. It’s also the story of preaching; we must keep ourselves full so we can empty ourselves in the pulpit.”

In 2011, Dr. Taylor described what principles contribute to someone being a great preacher.

“I think the secret of preaching is a deep religious conviction, a knowledge of the Bible and the attempt to express it as well as one might,’’ he said. “I think that is the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary.”

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6 WEEK BIBLE STUDY Course through May • All Ages Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor 400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Fax (804) 359-3798 www.sixthbaptistchurch.org

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

MILITARY MEMORIAL SERVICE

WITH FULL HONORS for Corporal Lindsey C. Lockett, Father of Deacon Emeritus Lindsey Lockett Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Founder Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

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

Wednesday Services Senior Citizen Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m.

Corporal Lockett was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died while a prisoner on May 31, 1951.

WMission Purpose

Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

Bible Study Count: noonday #52 Wednesday night #148 7 p.m. Prayer Midweek Revival/Bible Study 7:15 p.m.

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Saturday, April 11, 2015 11:00 AM

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online!

Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.”

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Richmond Free Press

April 9-11, 2015

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Faith News/Directory

Michigan woman now world’s oldest at 115 estry hung on the wall and around the room were other signs of her devotion to God. Asked for the key to her longevity, she gave the answer she has given before: The front door flew open as a reporter approached “It’s coming from above. That’s the best advice I a brick ranch house in suburban Detroit, Mich., and a can give you. It’s not in my hands or your hands,” voice called out, “C’mon in — I’ve got Time magazine she said, pointing vigorously skyward with both index on the phone.” fingers.

The speaker stood last week over Jeralean Talley, Mrs. Talley, born according to U.S. Census records a placid figure dressed in a pale pink nightgown. Mrs. in 1899 in Georgia, came to Michigan in 1935. “I’ve Talley, a bright-eyed elderly woman in spectacles who, been here ever since then,” she said. despite her profound hearing loss, was fully aware, relaHer advice to the world on the occasion of having tives said, that she’d just been declared by gerontology attained a new level of celebrity was a rephrasing of experts to be the oldest person in the world. the Golden Rule: “I ain’t got nothing more but to treat Mrs. Talley, who will turn 116 on May 23, climbed the other fellow like you want to be treated. You don’t to the top spot after Gertrude Weaver, the world’s tell a lie on me so I won’t tell a lie on you.” oldest person for just five days, died Monday, April Mrs. Talley is widely known among experts who 6, 2015, in Arkansas. She was 116. chart those who monitor the members of a rare worldMrs. Weaver, who was born July 4, 1898, to sharewide club — the one in 5 million humans to live at croppers near the Texas border, was also the oldest least 110 years. She bowled until she was 104 and still American. She died at 10:12 a.m. at the Silver Oaks mowed her lawn until a few years ago, according to Health and Rehabilitation in Camden, Ark., a spokesprevious newspaper reports. Equally amazing, Mrs. woman told KTHV-TV in Little Rock.

Talley lived alone until seven years ago, when she She was crowned the oldest on April 1, after the was joined in the small home under the flight path of death of Misao Okawa in Japan. She was 117.

Detroit Metro Airport jets by her daughter, Thelma “It’s truly incredible because Mrs. Talley is very Jarrad Henderson/Detroit Free Press Holloway, 77, Mrs. Holloway’s daughter, 26, and aware of what’s going on. Her mental state is very sharp,” said Michael Kinloch, 56, a GM engineer Jeralean Talley, center, is escorted into New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Inkster, little Armmell, now 2 and a frequent visitor to his and longtime family friend of Mrs. Talley’s through Mich., by Deacon Charles Smith and church charter member Willa Williams during a great-great-grandmother’s lap. reception in her honor on May 25, 2014. Mrs. Talley had just turned 115 on May 23.

On this night, Armmell showed Mrs. Talley his their church.

“It’s unfortunate that other people passed away, but this has as he gestured to the walker that stood before Mrs. Talley’s child-sized computer.

“He’s fifth-generation,” Thelma Holloway said, as the two certainly elevated her. She’s feeling no pain. She just can’t get easy chair. around like she used to,” Mr. Kinloch said, who sat on a couch At Mrs. Talley’s Inkster, Mich., home this week, a religious tap- bent over the toy together.

Mr. Kinloch said he’s looking forward to taking Mrs. Talley on their annual fishing trip.

“We go to a trout pond in Dexter. She really likes that,” he said.

Detroit Free Press

Comedy show to highlight anniversary

Fifth Street Baptist Church on North Side is presenting a comedy show this weekend as part of its 20th anniversary celebration for its pastor, the Rev. F. Todd Gray, the church has announced.

“The Captain’s Comedy Hour” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Grace Center at 1302 Victor St. The center is adjacent to the church at 2800 Third Ave. Comedians scheduled to perform include Marcus D. Wiley, who is known as “Bishop Secular” on the nationally syndicated Yolanda Adams Morning Show that is broadcast by radio in Richmond 6 to 10

a.m. weekdays on Praise 104.7 FM. Virginia comedian Alex Scott of Culpeper also is scheduled to perform.

Fifth Street Baptist member Craig Watson will host the show. He is creative producer of Lyric Ave, a poetry-based variety show in Richmond.

Tickets are $20 in advance and available at www.5street.org or at Mama J’s restaurant (cash only), 415 N. 1st St. Other 20th anniversary events at the Grace Center include a free Family Fun Night 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, and a Clergy Luncheon 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, with Dr. John Kinney of Beaverdam Baptist

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

“The Church With A Welcome”

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

SUNDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m. .... Morning Worship 12:00 p.m. .... Noon Day Service 1:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m. .... Church School 6:00 p.m. ..... Prayer Service Bible Study 11:15 a.m. ...Morning Worship 6:30 p.m. ..... Bible Study

Church as speaker, tickets are $20.

Additionally, a semiformal Captain’s Ball Sail-a-Bration Dinner will be held 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18, with the Rev. A. Lincoln James of Trinity Baptist Church on North Side, as speaker.

Tickets are $40.

The weeklong celebration will conclude with the Rev. J. Troy Gray and the choir of Zion Baptist Church of Chillicothe, Ohio, leading the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday, April 19, at the church at 2800 Third Ave. Details: www.5street.org or (804) 321-5115.

FirstM iBaptist Church dlothian

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

Service Times Sunday

Church School 9:45AM Worship 11:00AM

Tuesday

Bible Study 12 Noon

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

Van Transportation Available, Call 804-794-5583

Rev. Pernell J. Johnson, Pastor

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

Petersburg church to honor gospel choir with concert A historic Petersburg church is presenting a concert by Larry Bland and Promise to commemorate the 29th anniversary of its church gospel choir, it has announced.

Gillfield Baptist Church will honor its choir with the free concert 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the church, 209 Perry St., according to the church’s pastor, Dr. George W.C. Lyons Jr. Mr. Bland has entertained area audiences for more than four decades as the piano-playing director of the Volunteer Choir. He still directs the Volunteer Choir, and added to his activities last spring when he formed Promise, a quartet with Russell Bennett, George Epps, Curtis Turner and Bernard Christmas.

Gillfield is the second-oldest, African-American Baptist congregation in Petersburg and one of the oldest in the nation.

The church originated in Prince George County in 1788 as the Davenport Church. In 1797, it was recognized as a separate institution, with enslaved people among its membership. In 1818, it built its first church at its current site on Perry Street.

The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was the church’s ninth pastor, serving from 1953 to 1959.

Concert details: www.gillfield.org or (804) 732-3565.

1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402 Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You” Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

Broad Rock Baptist Church

St. Peter Baptist Church

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

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Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m.

4th Sunday Unified Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m.

Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Radio Ministry: Sunday: 9:30 a.m. {1540 AM}

Worship Opportunities Sundays: Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

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

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays) Church School 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10 A.M.

“MAKE IT HAPPEN”

of Pastor and People” ()

Kevin Cook, Pastor

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

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

2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

“Kept By His Grace”

Come out and join us

PastoralAnniversary

”Celebrating The Journey of Eleven Years of Pastor & People” Philippians 3:12

april 2300 Cool Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23223 804-795-5784 (Armstrong High School Auditorium)

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Come Join Us! Reverend Dr. Lester D. Frye Pastor and Founder

SUNDAY APRIL 12, 2015 @ 10AM Guest Speaker: Rev. John J. Rector lll, Pastor

Beulah Baptist Church , Muskegon, MI

St. James Baptist Church

“A People Praising and Pressing Towards God’s Purpose”

2169 New Market Road • Richmond, VA 23231 804-795-7747 • 804-795-5283 (Fax) • www.sjbcofvarina.org Reverend Kevin L. Sykes, B.A., M.Div., Senior Pastor

To empower people of God spiritually, mentally and emotionally for successful living.

… and Listen to our Radio Broadcast Sundays at 10:15 a.m. on WCLM 1450 AM

Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

- Matthew 4:23

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

9:45a.m. – Sunday School 11:00a.m. – Worship Service

4:00p.m. - The Celebration Male Chorus in Concert

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 6:00p.m. – Prayer

Partner Ministry Festival Dinner

Guests: Rev. Delano Douglas, United Campus Virginia State University Singers and Praise Dancers

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Saturday, April 18, 2015

5:00p.m. – Deacon Family Ministry Celebration

Richmond Boys Choir in Concert Sunday, April 19, 2015

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

Coming Soon

RIVERVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH

Anniversary Celebration

130 Years Anchored in Hope, Faith and Prayer

Richmond Free Press

B6 April 9-11, 2015

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, April 13, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2015-81 To amend Ord. No. 201485-67, adopted May 12, 2014, which authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; accepted funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $7,844,601; and appropriated $7,844,601 for various projects, for the purposes of re-appropriating unexpended funds and appropriating additional funds in the total amount of $1,800,000 and of reallocating funds for various projects.

Ordinance No. 2015-82 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as an application for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds; to accept funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the total amount of $6,622,947; and to appropriate $6,622,947 for various projects.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

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

KEITH MCMORRIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000784-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 27th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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wtaylor@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JULIA DIAZ, Plaintiff v.

LUIS DIAZ RODRIGUEZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000698-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER WINDELL EASTER, Plaintiff v.

IZABEL EASTER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000696-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LEXY COPE, Plaintiff v.

JESSE COPE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000702-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

CHARLES HILLIARD, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000697-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 15th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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

TURUNESH NIAMBI PANTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15-320 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

A Copy, Teste: YVONNE G. SMITH, Clerk I ask for this: Tamar Jones, Esq. VSB# 83221 8501 Mayland Drive, STE 101 Richmond, VA 23294 Phone: 804-249-4747 Fax: 571-384-1817 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NICHOLAS PRIMEAU, Plaintiff v.

SARAH PRIMEAU, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14001829-00 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 8th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JESSIE HUTCHINSON, JR., Plaintiff v.

CAROLYN HUTCHINSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000612-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JANET MEJIA LAMOTHE, Plaintiff v.

ROBERTO MEJIA LAMOTHE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000569-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD SHAWN M. ROACH, Plaintiff v.

ANTANAS K. GALABOV, Defendant.

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

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

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

AN EXTRACT TESTE: Wendy S. Hughes, Clerk Rick A. Friedman, II, Esquire (VSB #46870) Wyatt J. Taylor, Esquire (VSB #79754) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9620 Iron Bridge Road, Suite 101 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) rfriedman@friedmanlawva.com

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHRISTOPHER AKINOLA, Plaintiff v.

ARIELE ROBINSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000572-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MONTERRY FISHER, Plaintiff v.

HANJIN KIM, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000592-00 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 where-

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abouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

K. Henry, child, DOB 12/14/2010, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

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

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

a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $12,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $12,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, A. MICHAEL COLLETTI, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated January 16, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded January 21, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-001909, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated December 21, 2, with respect to said property, recorded December 22, 2005, in Instrument Number 05-44251005, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ARTHUR ADAMS, As Trustee, ARTHUR ADAMS TRUST, which may be the holder of $74,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, or his successors in title, that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $12,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $12,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded January 10, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-01034, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Joseph Johnson, who may be deceased, and Katie M. Johnson, who may be deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSPEH O. JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSPEH O. JOHNSON, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that KATIE M. JOHNSON a/k/a KATIE W. JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of KATIE M. JOHNSON a/k/a KATIE W. JOHNSON, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that LORENZO JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LORENZO JOHNSON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAMES L. JOHNSON a/k/a JAMES LOUIS JOHNSON, SR., who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; Cheryl E. Rose, As Receiver for Mann Bracken, LLP, A Delaware General Partnership, Successor by Merger to WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP, A Dissolved Maryland Entity, Successor in Interest to PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP., Assignee of ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Assignee PROVID, and Cheryl E. Rose, As Receiver for Mann Bracken, LLP, A Delaware General Partnership, Successor by Merger to WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP, A Dissolved Maryland Entity, Successor in Interest to PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP., Assignee of COLLINS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., Assignee of HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF NEVADA, Assignee of BENEFICIAL NANCE CORP, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSPEH O. JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSPEH O. JOHNSON, KATIE M. JOHNSON a/k/a KATIE W. JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of KATIE M. JOHNSON a/k/a KATIE W. JOHNSON, LORENZO JOHNSON, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LORENZO JOHNSON, JAMES L. JOHNSON a/k/a JAMES LOUIS JOHNSON, SR., Cheryl E. Rose, As Receiver for Mann Bracken, LLP, A Delaware General Partnership, Successor

by Merger to WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP, A Dissolved Maryland Entity, Successor in Interest to PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP., Assignee of ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Assignee PROVID, and Cheryl E. Rose, As Receiver for Mann Bracken, LLP, A Delaware General Partnership, Successor by Merger to WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP, A Dissolved Maryland Entity, Successor in Interest to PLATINUM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP., Assignee of COLLINS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., Assignee of HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF NEVADA, Assignee of BENEFICIAL NANCE CORP, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

erty, 2030 ½ Chamberlayne Parkway, also known as 2030 ½ Chamberlayne Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220.

Terms: Cash. A bidder’s deposit of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) PAID IN CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK will be required at the time of the sale. A Buyer’s Premium of Ten Percent (10%) or Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), whichever is greater, will be added to the high auction bid. The balance of the sales price shall be payable in cash or by certified check within thirty (30) days after the sale. Time is of the essence as to the closing date and payment of the purchase price. The Noteholder and the Substitute Trustee reserve the right (i) to waive any deposit requirements; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the Property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding; (iv) to keep the bidding open for any length of time; (v) to reject all bids; (vi) to postpone or set over the date of sale; and (vii) to determine the order of sale at the time of sale. The Property with any improvements thereon will be sold “As Is” without representations or warranties of any kind. Delivery of possession of the Property will be the responsibility of the Purchaser. The Property will be sold subject to all matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust, if any. The Purchaser, at the time of the closing, shall be required to pay all closing costs. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustee a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding.

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

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JAMES HICKS, Plaintiff v.

MISTY HICKS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000615-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARIETTA CROSS, Plaintiff v.

JAMES CROSS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL15000365-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect 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 KIMBERLY CHILDS, Plaintiff v.

RODNEY BURGESS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14001617-00 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 is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LAWRENCE FITZGERALD, JR., Plaintiff v.

RACHAEL BRUNSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL14-2496 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 is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 6th day of May, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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

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

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

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

This the 6th day of March, 2015.

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

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

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

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

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

Case No.: CL14-1448-1 JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSEPH O. JOHNSON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JOSEPH JOHNSON a/k/a JOSEPH O. JOHNSON, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “808 West Clay Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N0000352/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate

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

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

by Motley’s Auction, Inc., T/A Motleys Asset Disposition Group, the real estate described above, and more particularly described in the Deed of Trust (the “Property”), on April 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the front of the Prop-

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

No 08-27867, who may be the holder of part of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROBERT GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, and CAROL GOLDEN, As to part of a ½ Interest, who may be the holders of a ½ Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2002, with respect to said property, recorded August 15, 2002, in Instrument Number 02-025519, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAN L. ALLEN, As to part of a $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, or Allen’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WILLIAM WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and JEANNE WALTHER, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded September 25, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-33242, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of BERTRAM PEARSON a/k/a BERTRUM PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, and ROSLYN PEARSON, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of ROSLYN PEARSON, As to part of a $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $10,000.00

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

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER HOOKER, As to a possible interest in HM GROUP, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 1, 2003, with respect to said property, recorded November 6, 2003, in Instrument Number 03-043222, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ISAAC SILVER, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JACK C. GRAYBEAL and CAROLE I. GRAYBEAL, or their Successor/s in Trust, As Trustee, UNDER THE GRAYBEAL LIVING TRUST, DATED NOVEMBER 13, 1997, AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, As to $40,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $40,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 13, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 17, 2006, in Instrument No. 06-24187, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not filed a response to this action; that MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, As to $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $20,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JOEL FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, possible Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929 or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, HAROLD H. GOTTSCHALL a/k/a HAL GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, and LINDA GOTTSCHALL, As to part of a $26,500.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $26,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of MIMI MULLIAN a/k/a MIRIAM G. MULLIAN, As to $20,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of a $20,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, JOEL FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and LAURA FINE, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, possible Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded August 7, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-26929 or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, or his successor/s in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D.

KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

matter, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, and ANDREA D. GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,300.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest and BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ADA ALLEN, As to $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID GROSSMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of David Grossman, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder/s of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, SHIRLEY GROSSMAN, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD COHEN, As to $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $25,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, GERALD FINE, As Trustee, GERALD H. FINE REVOCABLE TRUST DATED 9/10/94, As to $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or his successors in title, GERALDINE WEISS, As to $10,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, and ANDREA D. GOLDEN, As to part of a $14,300.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $14,300.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 25, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-17781, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST

U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

GPIN# E000-1104/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C.

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

IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OPTIMOUS CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA Doing Business in Virginia As OPTIMUS CORPORATION f/k/a THE PACESETTER CORPORATION, A Nebraska Corporation for which the Authority to Transact Business in Virginia has been Voluntarily Withdrawn, which may be the holder of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 9815074, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RICHARD B. JOYNT, who may be deceased, and his successor in title, Trustee of a Certain Note Secured by a Deed of Trust dated May 16, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded June 11, 1998, in Instrument Number 98-15074, RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $8,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $8,000.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $9,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $9,500.00 Interest in a Certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated September 23, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded September 24, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-032060, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

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

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that PREMIER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated October 16, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded October 17, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-27302, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, TIMOTHY M. KEILTY a/k/a TIMOTHY M. KEILTY, SR., COLBY KEILTY, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, TRUSTEE FOR THE EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND John Marshall Courts Building CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

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

AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “3415 S Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/

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Sports Plus

By Fred Jeter Virginia Union University is again searching for a head basketball coach.

VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor confirmed Wednesday that Tony Sheals, who was hired under a three-year contract, has been reassigned within the university following one season.

Derek Thompson, a member of Sheals’ staff, has been named interim coach while VUU pursues a permanent replacement. Thompson is now handling day-to-day operations, Taylor says.

A native of Atlanta, Thompson is a former head coach at Morris Brown College in Georgia and a former assistant coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., Miles College in Alabama and Clark Atlanta University.

“We’ve got a search committee consisting of people like Ben Wallace (former VUU and

VUU’s Sheals reassigned Sheals came to VUU after one NBA star) and Ray Anderson (current season at CIAA rival St. Augustine’s Panthers player),” said Taylor.

University. He was the Panthers’ third “There are some people we’re intercoach since Dave Robbins retired in ested in. We’re looking to see if those 2008. same people are interested in us.”

Willard Coker, a former Panthers’ Sheals’ lone VUU season produced guard and longtime VUU Robbins a record of 9-18 overall and 5-11 in aide, held the position three years. the CIAA. VUU lost to Shaw UniLuqman Jaaber, another former guard versity in the first round of the CIAA and assistant coach, also had a threetournament.

Tony Sheals year run.

VUU dropped 11 straight games Between 1978 and 2008, Robbins compiled under Sheals from Dec. 15 to Jan. 21, but rallied to win four of five games from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11. a 713-194 record, with three NCAA Division II VUU lost both games to its I-95 rival Virginia championships.

Following Jaaber’s departure in the spring State University for the first time this century.

of 2014, candidates for the head coaching job, in addition to Sheals, included former Panthers guards Jay Butler and Vance Harmon.

Butler is currently the women’s coach at the University of the District of Columbia. Harmon recently won a second state title in three years at Henrico High School.

• Meanwhile, VUU also is searching for a successor to Barvenia Wooten-Cherry as women’s head basketball coach. Wooten-Cherry was not retained following last season’s mark of 9-18 overall and 4-12 in the CIAA. Finalists for the position are Jill Dunn, Annmarie Gilbert, Latasha Shipman-Ganus, Chiante Wester and Jasmine Young, VUU’s interim coach.

Young, a former Monacan High School and East Carolina University player, also recently served as an assistant coach at Powhatan High School.

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TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that TOM CLARK, Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title, whose names are unknown; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and ANDREA GOLDEN a/k/a ANDERA GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that HERBERT CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, and DOROTHY CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response in this matter, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that DONALD ADLER, As to 15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08Continued on next column

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04352, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, whose names are unknown; that WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, As Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, for which the address is not known and which has not been located despite diligent efforts by counsel for the City of Richmond to do so, or its successor/s in title, whose names are unknown; that WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, or his Successor/s in Title, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation for WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352; that SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and RICHARD D. KRIDER, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this matter; that DAVID F. KATZ and SHELLY A. KATZ, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response to this matter; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that TOWER BUILDING PROPERTIES, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, or its devisees, assignees or successors in title, TOM CLARK, Manager, who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment and Security Agreement, dated November 11, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-37684, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successors in title, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICE, INC., a/k/a OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, which may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MARK GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, and ANDREA GOLDEN a/k/a ANDERA GOLDEN, As to part of a $20,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HERBERT CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, and DOROTHY CHUTTER, As to part of a $15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DONALD ADLER, As to 15,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $15,000.00 Interest in a certain Note

secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, As Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, or its successor/s in title, WALTER L. HOOKER, who may be deceased, or his Successor/s in Title, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation for WALTER L. HOOKER, P.C., who may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 18, 2008, with respect to said property, recorded February 19, 2008, in Instrument No. 08-04352, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, RICHARD D. KRIDER, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

personally located and has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action; that AARON GOLD, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD COHEN, As to $6,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $6,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, has not been located and has not filed a response

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

devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $6,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $6,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, AARON GOLD, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’

Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD COHEN, As to $6,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $6,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded December 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 093079, has not been located and has not filed a response has not filed a response to this action or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, that RONALD W. ADOLF, As to $11,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $11,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 29, 2004, and recorded De-

cember 1, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-039737, or Said Holders’ Heirs, Devisees, Assignees and Successors in Title, NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $5,500.00 Interest, Recorded November 16, 2007, at Instrument Number 07-37723; NOTE: Assignment of Deed of Trust to Old Dominion Financial Service, Inc., as to $6,000.00 Interest, Recorded December 11, 2007, at Instrument Number 0740045; NOTE: Modification Agreement Dated October 2, 2007, Recorded March 21, 2008, at Instrument Number 08-07610 extends maturity date; Assignment of Deed of Trust to RONALD W. ADOLF as to an $11,500.00 Interest, Recorded February 18, 2009, at Instrument Number 09-3079, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALAN KATZ, LYNN KATZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD D. KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the EDWARD J. BECKER MARITAL TRUST, THEODORE SELLMAN, Who May Be Deceased, and the Heirs, Devisees, Assignees or Successors in Interest of THEODORE SELLMAN, DAVID F. KATZ, SHELLY A. KATZ, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 15, 2015, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

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

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L. L. C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JOEL GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, and PAT GIURTINO, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holders of part of $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not filed a response has not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ABNER SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that BEVERLY SALKIN, As to part of a $25,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $25,000.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that PAMELA SILVER, As to part of a $6,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $6,500.00 Interest in certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated November 12, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded November 15, 20043, in Instrument Number 03-049039, has not been Continued on next column

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