August 11 13, 2016 issue

‘USA! USA!’ Team gets gold

Tears of joy from new judge A2

A8, B9

© 2016 Paradigm Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

VOL. 25 NO. 33

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

www.richmondfreepress.com

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Please turn to A4

AUGUSt 11-13, 2016

Fight for $15

Restoration rights process bogged down Gov. Terry McAuliffe has been unable to keep his promise to swiftly restore felons’ voting rights on a case-by-case basis after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down his executive orders restoring voting rights en masse to more than 200,000 felons.

Instead, the governor and his administration have become bogged down in trying to create a new procedure for case-by-case restoration that would pass legal muster.

As a result, the governor has stopped restoring the rights of anyone — even felons whose rights were restored under procedures in place before Gov. McAuliffe issued his initial blanket restoration order on April 22, according to Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Thomasson, who manages restoration of felons’ rights for the governor.

At a forum Tuesday night in Richmond, Secretary Thomasson acknowledged that her office is still trying to put a process in place to restore rights on a case-bycase basis.

She said her office is working to create an online form that would allow eligible felons to apply for individual restoration of their rights to vote, run for office, serve on juries and become a notary public.

She did not offer many details or guidance when the process would be in place.

“I know I’m being super vague, and it’s annoying to everybody,” she told the more than 50 people who attended the program hosted by Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in North Side. “I understand

ee Fr

Richmond Free Press

Workers to unite in city for living wage national conference

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

NAACP Twitter photo

NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, right, and Stephen Green, national director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, are led in handcuffs Monday from the Roanoke office of Congressman Bob Goodlatte after a six-hour sit-in on voting rights issues.

Free Press wire report

Voting rights fight comes to Va.

National NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and Stephen Green, the civil rights organization’s youth director, were arrested Monday in the Roanoke office of Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte after a six-hour sit-in calling for the full restoration of the federal Voting Rights Act, the NAACP said.

The men were charged with trespassing in

the office of Rep. Goodlatte, who represents Virginia’s 6th District and is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Mr. Brooks and members of the Roanoke Branch of the NAACP held a news conference outside the office and then began the sit-in protesting Rep. Goodlatte’s refusal to hold hearings on the discriminatory voting laws Please turn to A4

Chief: Crime up, but not out of control

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

There’s bad news and good news in Richmond’s crime story.

First the bad news: Richmond is suffering its first spike in violent and property crimes after years of decline, according to Police Chief Alfred Durham.

Now the good news: The city’s reported crimes are still at a four-decade low, Chief Durham said in a report to the community last week.

The reality: “Crime is not out of control in Richmond. I want to emphasize that,” the chief said as he sought to quell

concerns that the city is headed back to the 1990s when crime levels were twice as high and more than 100 homicides occurred each year.

Still, he said no one at the department is happy about the 12 percent jump in violent crimes in the first seven months of 2016, compared with the same period last year.

Violent crimes include murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults.

And he said he and his force of 714 sworn officers are disappointed that property crimes such as burglary, larceny and car thefts are up 7 percent compared with

the first seven months of 2015.

“With support from our law enforcement partners and the community, we’re fighting to reverse the trend,” he said.

He cited the seizure of 464 guns illegal guns this year and other initiatives that target career criminals. And he cited the department’s outreach efforts to build community trust.

Still, Chief Durham remains upset that he cannot get more funding to beef up the force to its authorized strength of 750 sworn officers.

Richmond is about to become the national focal point for advocates of a $15 minimum wage.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of low-wage workers from across the country are expected to pour into the city April 12 and April 13 for the third annual Fight for $15 National Convention.

The program will include a Saturday march on Richmond’s symbols of the Confederacy and slavery, including the Robert E. Lee Monument on Monument Avenue.

The Greater Richmond Convention Center in Downtown will be the headquarters for the convention, which is open to the public without charge.

Fast food workers, home care workers and others whose low wages stunt their ability to pay rent and support their families are expected to be the main particiDr. Barber Ms. Henry pants.

“Home care workers like me have never been treated with the respect we deserve,” said Lauralyn Clark, a 53-year-old home care worker from Ruther Glen in Caroline County.

“For far too long, we’ve been left out of basic labor protections and denied the minimum wage and overtime pay,” she said. “It’s been over 150 years since we abolished slavery, but we still have slave-wage jobs where we’re not paid enough to survive. This has to stop, and that’s what this convention is all about.”

Please turn to A4

Please turn to A4

Scathing DOJ report finds discriminatory, unconstitutional police practices in Baltimore Free Press staff, wire reports

Wire service photo

Vanita Gupta, center, head of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announces findings Wednesday as Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake listen.

African-American residents in Baltimore are routinely subjected to unconstitutional stops, arrests and excessive force by the Baltimore Police Department, a scathing federal report released on Wednesday states.

The 163-page U.S. Justice Department report details an investigation launched after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray last year that found the Baltimore Police Department engages in a pattern of conduct that violates the Constitution and federal law.

“This pattern or practice Please turn to A4

Clement Britt

Dapper for school Jayden Morgan wants to look his best when he starts kindergarten at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond. He got his hair cut last Saturday by Jamaal Umar Abdur-Rahman during the 8th Annual Back-toSchool Rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in the East End. Students also received backpacks and school supplies at the event hosted by Richmond School Board member Shonda Harris-Muhammed. Games, music, food and other activities pumped up the back-to-school spirit.

Richmond Free Press

A2 August 11-13, 2016

Local News

Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

This huge stump on North Side symbolizes the City of Richmond’s continuing struggle to clean up from the damaging storms that ripped through Richmond this summer. Location: 3504 Hazelhurst Ave. Nearly two months have passed since the June 16 storm that felled at least 900 city-owned trees, including this one in front of the home of retired nurse Rosie Lee Woods. City contractors removed huge branches and most of the tree’s trunk, but to Ms. Woods’ dismay, left this mess. It’s opportunity time for the city to show it can complete the job of removing the tree and replacing the heavily damaged sidewalk.

Veterans and Families Resource Fair Saturday at McGuire A job and community resource fair will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 12 for veterans and their families at the McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center on South Side.

The event: The annual Veterans and Families Resource Fair.

This is the fourth year that McGuire has partnered with the City of Richmond to host the fair on the medical campus at 1201 Broad Rock Blvd. in South Side.

The fair will seek to connect men and women who have served in the armed forces with employment opportunities, health care benefits and other resources.

The Fort Lee Jazz Band and Simply Kevin B are scheduled to perform, and the event will include exhibits of antique cars and vehicles from the Central Virginia Mustang Club.

Speakers will include John Newby II, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Veterans Services; John Brandecker, director of the McGuire Medical Center; Michelle R. Mosby, president of the Richmond City Council; and Ellen Marie Hess, commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission.

Information: Michael Wallace, (804) 646-2772, or Michael.

Wallace@richmondgov.com.

Construction to start Aug.16 on GRTC Pulse Alert: Construction is about to begin on GRTC’s Pulse, the $65 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system linking Rocketts Landing to The Shops at Willow Lawn.

With service to start in about 14 months, the initial step — relocation of utilities — begins Aug. 16 at Broad and Thompson streets and continue through October, although it could last longer depending on the weather, according to GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace.

That work is to be followed by the next phase — construction of the BRT stations that will dot the more than 7-mile route. A timetable for that work has not been set.

Operation of the Pulse is expected to start in October 2017.

The work of relocating the utilities is to proceed eastward from Thompson Street near Interstate 195 to Sheppard Street near the Boulevard, Ms. Pace stated, and will be done only on the south side of the street.

Ms. Pace stated that temporary work zones will be set up that will involve closing portions of the curb lane on Broad Street and the adjacent sidewalk from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

The work will reduce eastbound travel lanes on Broad Street from three to two lanes in the specific work area.

Despite the work, Ms. Pace stated that businesses in the area are expected to stay open.

She stated the goal is to minimize disruption to companies, shoppers and residents.

As a result, she stated construction activity that would impact parking, loading zones, utilities and other functions will need prior approval from the Virginia Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the project.

To help the public, a new construction hotline is open at (804) 980-0084. The hotline will provide updates on construction and expected impacts, Ms. Pace said.

She added that updates on the construction will be available online at the Pulse construction page www.ridegrtc.com/brt/ construction-info. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

New Richmond judge sworn in

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

With help from her brother, Christian, Mary Elizabeth Langer donned the black robe of a judge.

She was formally installed last Friday as the newest judge on the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

She succeeds Judge Angela E. Roberts, who retired July 29 after 26 years on the bench.

Judge Langer was sworn in by her friend and mentor, retired Richmond Juvenile Court Judge Kimberly B. O’Donnell, in a packed second floor courtroom in the John Marshall Courts Building.

In her remarks, Judge Langer promised to use “fairness, compassion and kindness” to deal with those who come before her and to continue the collaborative approach that was a hallmark of Judge Roberts’ tenure.

She is one of four full-time judges on the court that handles a broad range of issues involving families and children, ranging from juvenile offenders to domestic abuse and adoptions. The court now includes only one African-American, Judge Marilynn C. Goss.

The installation of the new judge was bittersweet for her former boss, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring.

While he is proud of her selection, he said his office “has lost a reservoir of knowledge” on issues involving families and children, which was her specialty.

Judge Langer served as deputy commonwealth’s attorney for 10 years. Mr. Herring said that she often argued with him to keep juvenile offenders out of the adult courts except as a last resort or when a juvenile was accused of a particularly heinous crime.

“I often disagreed with her,” he said, “but I’ve come around to her point of view.”

New Judge Mary Elizabeth Langer receives applause from the chief judge of the Richmond Circuit Court, C.N. Jenkins Jr. She joined him on the bench during a ceremony last Friday in which she was officially installed as a judge of the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Along with friends and family, 20 current and former judges from Richmond and other localities were on hand to witness her installation.

Judge C.N. Jenkins Jr., chief judge of the Richmond Circuit Court, presided over the ceremony in which Delegates Manoli Loupassi, R-Richmond, and Jennifer L. McClellan, D-Richmond and state Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant Jr., participated as did Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. A native of White Hall, Ill., Judge Langer began her legal career after earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a juris doctor from the Boston College of Law. Now 52, she has represented defendants and prosecuted them.

She started as a public defender in Richmond and then spent seven years with the Chesterfield County commonwealth’s attorney’s office before joining Mr. Herring’s office in 2006.

Judge Langer said she has been used to speaking in court as an advocate, but in her new role, she will be doing more listening in seeking to make sound decisions.

Advocate’s troubles end with Chesterfield schools Kandise Lucas apparently will be able to enter public schools in Chesterfield County without facing arrest for trespassing.

The advocate for disabled students said she has been notified that she prevailed in a federal complaint challenging the school system’s ban against her that had been in place since 2011.

In a statement Wednesday, school system spokesman Shawn Smith confirmed Chesterfield County Public Schools had entered in a no-fault agreement with the federal government.

As a result, he stated the school system is “voluntarily revising its visitors policy … to ensure that all visitors, including those on site for legal or advocacy reasons, unequivocally understand the policy requirements and any possible consequences for

a failure to meet those expectations.”

The statement did not mention Ms. Lucas.

In an email she wrote Monday, Ms. Lucas stated that the “illegal ban” that led to her arrest thee times on trespassing charges in the past two years “is not only lifted, but the school district is updating its policies to reflect the needs of parents and advocates.”

She was acquitted in court in two of the cases, and Chesterfield Commonwealth’s Attorney William W. Davenport declined to pursue the third charge.

Ms. Lucas argued in her federal complaint and in court that federal law on the education of disabled students allows parents to have an advocate attend meetings with school officials to set up an Individualized

Education Program for their children.

The county argued that advocates could be barred from IEP meetings and arrested for being on school grounds.

In the wake of the federal decision, Ms. Lucas said she met with Chesterfield Superintendent James F. Lane, who “advised me that he wanted me to advocate” for county parents and children.

As a result, she stated, “we have developed a collaboration where students are first, and parents and advocates are viewed as equal partners” with the school’s team in development of IEPs. Ms. Lucas praised the Chesterfield and Richmond branches of the NAACP for supporting her push to end the ban, as well as her partners in the Dignity in Schools Campaign. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

City seeking developers for Boulevard project It took an extra three weeks, but City Hall is now seeking developers for the projected $350 million transformation of its Boulevard property into apartments, offices and retail space.

Initially set to go out July 14, officials began advertising last Thursday for companies to undertake the overhaul of the 61 acres where The Diamond baseball stadium and the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center now stand.

Would-be developers must provide their qualifications by Oct. 30, according to the post on the city’s procurement site.

The city will review the information and then will “shortlist a select group of best qualified developers based on the responses.”

The select group would then receive a request for proposals in December or January. Based on the responses that would be due in February, the city would select a master developer, according to the posting.

Whether that schedule will be adhered to remains to be seen given that a new mayor and a new Richmond City Council by then will be in charge of a project that already has proved

costly, but from which the city is hoping for big returns.

Richmond taxpayers already have poured in $19 million to relocate city and school operations from the site, demolish old buildings and clean up environmental problems.

Still, there are plenty of unanswered questions.

One big question is whether there will be a new stadium to replace The Diamond, the current home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball team.

The team, the city and Virginia Commonwealth University, whose baseball team also uses The Diamond, are seeking to locate to another site in the area. All of the parties are currently mum about the talks and negotiations over property.

A second unanswered question is what the city will do to replace the Ashe Center, the school system’s aging convocation and sports center.

So far, the city has not provided any proposals to build a new center elsewhere. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016

Official Court-Approved Legal Notice

Multi-Billion-Dollar Volkswagen/Audi Diesel Emissions Settlements

Settlements with 2.0-Liter VW/Audi TDI Car Owners/Lessees, the Environmental Protection Agency, the California Air Resources Board, California Attorney General, and Federal Trade Commission

Cash Payments, Vehicle Buyback, Early Lease Terminations, Potential Emissions Modifications, Environmental Remediation, and Promotion of Zero Emissions Vehicle Technology

Includes these 2.0-Liter diesel cars: VW Beetle 2013-2015

VW Golf 2010-2015

VW Jetta 2009-2015

VW Passat 2012-2015

Audi A3

2010-2013; 2015

Owners/Lessees can choose: Buyback of your car or early lease termination + cash

(if approved by EPA and CARB) OR Modification to your car to reduce emissions + cash

Former Owners/Lessees may be eligible for cash

How it Works: VWCourtSettlement.com

•

Visit website Enter your VIN to see if your car qualifies.

•

You’ll get information about each option, including the timing.

www.VWCourtSettlement.com

•

You don’t have to make a decision now. You can wait until you receive more information about whether there will be an available modification to reduce emissions from your car.

1-844-98-CLAIM

A3

A4 August 11-13, 2016

Richmond Free Press

News

Voting rights fight Workers to unite for living wage comes to Va. at national conference in city Continued from A1

enacted and proposed in many jurisdictions after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nine states no longer are required to get federal approval for voting rule changes that affect minorities.

NAACP members said they are frustrated that Rep. Goodlatte hasn’t allowed legislation to restore key portions of the federal civil rights legislation to come before his committee.

“With the fate of our national moral character at stake, we must hold our elected leaders responsible to act to uphold the constitutional rights guaranteed for all citizens to vote and participate in our democracy,” Mr. Brooks said.

Virginia is among the states — mostly all in the South — that no longer need pre-clearance by the U.S. Justice Department before enacting voting changes.

The protest and rally were held “to honor the 51st anniversary since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on Aug. 6, 1965, effectively banning state laws that denied the vote to black and minority voters for decades in Virginia and other Southern states,” according to the NAACP. Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down portions of the law that prohibited states from changing local election laws without federal review in the case of Shelby v. Holder.

Almost immediately, several states and localities enacted laws designed to discourage minority voters. Some counties in Texas and other states have changed rules to close polling places in minority communities, making voters in black and Latino communities wait in line for hours to cast ballots.

Additionally, several states passed laws tightening curbs on the type of identification voters must show in order to vote.

“We’ve seen a Machiavellian frenzy of voter suppression from one end of this country to the other, where states have worked systemically to make it harder for young people, college students and minorities to vote for the candidate and party of their choice on Nov. 8,” Mr. Brooks said.

Critics said such provisions aim to cut turnout by minorities and poor people, who rely more on flexible voting methods and are less likely to possess state-issued photo IDs. Proponents of such laws say they aim to eliminate voter fraud.

However, a 2012 study at Arizona State University showed in-person voter impersonation on Election Day to be virtually non-existent.

Federal courts recently have blocked laws in states such as Texas, North Dakota, North Carolina and Wisconsin as being discriminatory and violating the federal Voting Rights Act. Remedies to combat unconstitutional voting discrimination are in place, Rep. Goodlatte said in a statement to media.

“We will continue to monitor this very important issue to ensure the voting rights of all Americans are protected,” he said.

Mr. Brooks and Mr. Green were cited for criminal trespassing and refusing to sign a summons. Both men were released by police, an NBC affiliate in Roanoke said.

Restoration rights process bogged down Continued from A1 that. I apologize. But again we’re putting that process into place.”

Among the people impacted are 13,000 felons who registered to vote based on the governor’s blanket orders in April, May and June. However, their registration was revoked by the high court’s 4-3 decision on July 22.

It also includes former nonviolent offenders who qualified under an almost automatic procedure developed by Gov. McAuliffe’s predecessor, former Gov. Bob McDonnell. Gov. McAuliffe had continued and expanded the process started by the former Republican governor.

The administration’s goal to is try to get the 13,000 formerly registered felons on the state’s voter rolls in time to vote in the Nov. 8 election. The deadline to register is Oct. 17, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.

Since the court’s ruling, the department developed procedures to remove those newly registered voters from the rolls and to send them individual notifications that their rights have been revoked.

Continued from A1

Registration is scheduled to start noon Friday, with the opening program scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m.

Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, is to deliver the keynote speech Friday, organizers said.

During the convention, participants are expected adopt a plan to mobilize the voting power of nearly 64 million American workers who are paid less than $15 an hour, a major share of whom are African-American and Latino.

Once seen as an unrealistic and futile effort, the Fight for $15 will arrive with numerous successes in its nearly four-year effort to raise the $7.25 national minimum wage.

While the campaign has made little headway in Congress or in Richmond and Virginia, where minimum wage increases have faced major opposition, the Fight for $15 estimates it has helped 20 million workers gain higher pay in more than 20 states and has won the backing of decision makers in places like Seattle, California and New York that have approved boosting minimum pay to $15 an hour over six years.

Minority workers are the most affected by the stagnant minimum wage. An estimated 50 percent of African-American employees and nearly 60 percent of Latino workers are paid less than $15 per hour, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project.

While Richmond might seem a surprising choice, convention organizers said workers chose the Virginia capital as an ideal place to challenge the national legacy of slavery, racism and anti-union policies.

“Racism and corporate greed have always been intertwined,” said David Wildbourne, a member of the library staff at East Carolina University and a convention organizer.

“So we are coming together in Richmond — the former capital of the Confederacy and a past center of slavery —

to confront those legacies in our fight for an economy that works for all of us, regardless of income or the color of our skin. And we won’t stop until we win a living wage for every working family.”

To make the point, the gathering is to be capped with the march on Confederate monuments on Saturday. It will be highlighted by a speech from Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP who electrified the Democratic National Convention last month with his call for public policies that are morally defensible and economically just, including a living wage for all workers.

Participants are scheduled to gather in Monroe Park between 1 and 2 p.m. Saturday and then march west along Franklin Street past the statue of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart to the monument of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Monument and Allen avenues for the culminating rally.

There was a second reason Richmond got the nod, organizers said, and that is the city’s new relevance as the home of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential candidate on the ticket with Hillary Clinton and the former city mayor who sought to deal with the city’s racist past.

For workers, the gathering is an opportunity to send another message about the importance of the wage issue to the ClintonKaine ticket that already has the backing of the Service Employees International Union, which is the main financial supporter of the convention.

In advance of the convention, Ms. Henry, the SEIU president, expressed the purpose of the gathering in a prepared statement: “The way we’re going to move America forward is by breaking down the barriers that keep wages so low for African-American and Latino working people.

“The people of the Fight for $15 movement know that we need to dismantle the legacy of slavery and segregation so we can create prosperity that includes us all. That’s why we will be standing together in Richmond.”

Chief: Crime up, but not out of control Continued from A1

Currently, he noted that the force is short 36 officers from its authorized strength, and he is certain that filling those slots would make a difference.

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones said his administration is waiting for the chief to provide a formal plan on where the officers are needed. He said he might consider asking City Council for approval to beef up spending for the police department.

Whether extra officers would make a difference is unclear. Despite the chief’s complaint, the current complement of 714 officers represents an increase of 24 officers from 10 years ago when crime levels were 20 percent higher, according to the “Crime in Virginia” reports of the Virginia State Police.

In his remarks, Chief Durham acknowledged there is only so much police can do to curb crime, even when residents are supplying tips and information.

He pointed to homicides as a prime example of the limits of policing.

Through July 31, Richmond has experienced 33 murders, up 83 percent from the same period in 2015 when there were 18 killings.

He noted that at least 16 of the murders this year took place behind closed doors inside homes and buildings, where police and outsiders could not see what was happening.

And he said at least half of the slaying were due to behavior and anger issues, including retaliation for imagined

Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

slights, arguments or domestic disputes that swept out of control and were settled with a gun.

In an era when “guns are as common as cell phones” in some parts of the city, he said, shootings are all too frequent when tempers flare.

He noted that so far this year, 131 people have been shot, up 26 percent from the 104 people who were shot during the first seven months of 2015.

Also in 2016, there have been 683 violent crimes, compared with 609 through July 2015 — most occurring in sections

of the East End, North Side and South Side where poverty levels are well above average.

Even so, in Richmond, he said, “crime is driven largely by property offenses.”

Overall, city residents have reported 4,778 property crimes through July, up about 300 offenses from the 4,478 reported in the first seven months of 2015.

Among the big drivers of property crime are auto thefts and thefts of property from inside motor vehicles, the department reported, due in part to people failing to lock the doors of their vehicles.

Scathing DOJ report finds discriminatory, unconstitutional police practices in Baltimore Continued from A1

is driven by systemic deficiencies in BPD’s policies, training, supervision and accountability structures that fail to equip officers with the tools they need to police effectively and within the bounds of the federal law,” the report said.

However, the department “has already begun laying the foundation for reform by self-initiating changes to its policies, training, data management and accountability systems,” it added.

At a news conference Wednesday, Baltimore officials said they have already taken action to overhaul the city’s police department.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the city and its police department had “not been standing still” while the Justice Department’s 14-month investigation was underway.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis told the media that the department has zero tolerance for officers who commit “egregious violations,” adding that he has fired six police officers in 2016 alone.

“Those who have left this agency deserved to leave this agency,” he said.

Many people, including some high-ranking elected officials, said the report highlights the unconstitutional and abusive practices many African-Americans have long known to be occurring.

“This report validates what so many residents in Baltimore City already know to be true — that the trust between our law enforcement officers and the communities they serve has been repeatedly violated and is in desperate need of repair,” said Democratic Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, whose 7th District includes roughly half of the city of Baltimore.

“It also underscores just how much damage we must undo, and how much work is ahead of us,” he said.

“All Baltimore City residents deserve a police department that they trust will respect and serve them, and I intend to

monitor the progress of this review in the months and years ahead to ensure that the BPD works tirelessly to regain the public’s confidence.”

Mayor Rawlings-Blake said the city is anticipating $5 million to $10 million will be needed annually to implement reforms — an estimate based on the costs other cities have faced when overhauling their police departments.

The mayor also said the city will invest in Mr. Gray technology and infrastructure to “modernize” and install recording cameras inside police vans and continue to roll out body cameras for officers.

The department also is revising 26 police department policies, including the policy guiding use of force and overhauling the way officers are disciplined and held accountable.

“It’s so very important that we get this right,” Mayor RawlingsBlake said. “The findings are challenging to hear, but let me be clear: I never sugarcoat our problems, nor will I run away from our most pressing challenges.”

The report comes 16 months after police arrested Mr. Gray for fleeing unprovoked in a high-crime area. He suffered a severe neck injury in a police wagon while shackled and handcuffed, and died a week later.

The incident triggered rioting and protests in Baltimore, a majority-black city of about 620,000 people. It fueled a national debate on police tactics and stoked the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Six officers were charged in Mr. Gray’s death, but four trials ended without a conviction. Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges last month.

The Justice Department’s investigation found that Baltimore police routinely made unconstitutional stops, searches and arrests.

“BPD’s targeted policing of certain Baltimore neighborhoods with minimal oversight or accountability disproportionately harms African-American residents,” the report added.

The investigation found African-American pedestrians were stopped three times as often as white pedestrians after controlling for the population of the area in which the stops occurred, the report said. For example, about 44 percent of those stops occurred in two small predominantly African-American neighborhoods that contain only 11 percent of the city’s population.

Also, hundreds of individuals were stopped at least 10 times during this period, and seven were stopped more than 30 times. One African-American man in his 50s was stopped 30 times in less than four years; none of the stops resulted in a citation or criminal charge.

Only 3.7 percent of the stops resulted in citations or arrests.

The investigation further found blatant and intentional discrimination of African-Americans that “erode the community trust that is critical to effective policing.”

For example, Baltimore police officers found contraband twice as often when searching white individuals compared to African-Americans during vehicle stops and 50 percent more often during pedestrian stops.

Police also have engaged in a pattern of using excessive force when dealing with individuals with mental health disabilities, and juveniles and subjects who do not immediately respond to verbal commands, the investigation found.

The department “uses overly aggressive tactics that unnecessarily escalate encounters, increase tensions and lead to unnecessary force, and fails to de-escalate encounters when it would be reasonable to do so,” the report stated.

Police in Baltimore also have frequently violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by detaining and arresting individuals who engaged in protected speech, the report stated.

To read the report, go to www.justice.gov/opa/file/883366/ download

Richmond Free Press

paid advertisement

August 11-13, 2016

Your Health

paid advertisement

Taking A Proactive Position

When it comes to the health and well-being of children, most parents do their best to be heavily involved. And though sometimes the conversations can be a bit awkward or the circumstances can seem a little embarrassing, there is a huge level of relief and accomplishment in getting through those moments.

And not just because as a parent you’re providing for your child, but there is a hope that those conversations will one day empower your children to have conversations with their own — when the time comes.

The topic of adolescent immunizations should be at the top of that conversation list. It’s a topic that is being played out in the news, on social media and even on reality TV. To immunize or not to immunize seems to be the question. One of the obstacles in the area of adolescent immunizations is the disconnect that happens once kids start school. Dr. Stephanie Crewe, Interim Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU explained, “There is this belief that once a child has entered into a primary school that there is no longer a need to be seen by a primary care physician, unless something is wrong and that there are no longer any immunizations that the teenager has to receive, which is not true.”

In the adolescent age range (11 to 18), there are boosters and highly important immunizations that are recommended. These are immunizations focused around serious health issues, such as meningococcal disease and human papillomavirus (HPV), and require conversations with patients and parents. HPV has been a highly discussed and highly visible topic recently. “A lot of times as the HPV vaccine is brought up, people are a little leery,

A5

Advertorial

and the first thing most parents say is, ‘My child is not having use. There is no 2-day-old child that is involved in any of those sex,’ but people should understand that this is a preventative mea- activities, yet we act preventatively. So, when they are at an age sure,” said Crewe. “We want them to be protected before they of some risk-taking behavior, they are adequately protected.” actually engage in sexual activity.”

Taking a preventative approach also reduces the inherent worry of unforeseen situations that cause patients and parents to be reactionary, hoping that something can still be done.

Crewe recalls a patient whose parents decided against receiving the varicella (chickenpox) vaccination. “The patient had been playing around with a cousin who was diagnosed with chickenpox. They came in the next day, and the parent was really emotionally distraught that her child had come into contact with someone with chickenpox,” said Crewe. “After you’ve been exposed to it I can’t necessarily prevent it. At that point, all we can do is hope that the virus hasn’t been transmitted and the disease doesn’t spread.”

A community can only be as healthy as its people. Dr. Crewe encourages everyone to take control of their health.

“Make health a priority,” said Crewe. “Particularly for our minority population, I think it gets put on the backburner because we have so many other things on our priority lists. Until we start putting health at the forefront, we will continue to see the health disparities that attack the minority community. A lot of Crewe uses the hepatitis B vaccine as a great parallel to help times what I see in my community and the population is that we patients’ families better understand preventative care and immu- wait — sometimes too long and when situations are dire — to nizations. “Typically the hepatitis B vaccine is given the second seek health care. And then we get more discouraged and want day of life, because someone had the foresight to start it extremely to hide because that’s what we have been taught. We need to early,” said Crewe. “The only way hepatitis B is actually passed take advantage of the services that are available. Let’s quell is through sexual activity, exchange of bodily fluids or IV drug these disparities that exist and be stronger as a community.”

Your Journey to Wellness Starts Here Committed to Serve

At 5 years old, the world is full of promise. It’s a world of kids’ TV shows and toys. It’s coloring books and singing the “Alphabet Song,” “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” without realizing that it’s the same song with different words. It’s a time of fun and pure imagination. So when the question of what do you want to be when you grow up is asked, most of the answers are colorful, lighthearted and change many times over. That, however, was a little different for Dr. Stephanie Crewe, Interim Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Crewe recalls being asked at age 5 what she wanted to be when she grew up. “Someone asked me the question, and I said, ‘I want to be a doctor,’ and they said, ‘Oh, OK,’ and looked at me very strange,” said Crewe. “And I said, ‘In fact, I want to be a pediatrician.’ I couldn’t even spell pediatrician, but that’s what I wanted to be.” Crewe, who is African-American said, “I never saw a doctor that looked like me or saw Stephanie Crewe, M.D, M.H.S. someone that had sort of the Interim Chief of Adolescent same surroundings that I Medicine, Children’s had growing up that served Hospital of Richmond at VCU in the capacity of a physician.” Crewe grew up on Richmond’s Southside — Bellemeade — an area that faced some tough socioeconomic challenges, along with the prevalence of violence and drugs in the ’90s that at one point made Richmond the second-deadliest city, per capita, in the United States.

“I was covered with love by my parents. They always said that education was my way out, and I strongly believed in that.

So, while I was in school, particularly high school, there was never a doubt that I was going to make it,” said Crewe. “Certainly, I have not achieved everything that I want to achieve, but every day I strive to get closer to those goals so that I can make a difference. And that’s what we all want — to make an impact not only for ourselves and our family but for the communities in which we serve. We want to do our best, and we strive to do our best to achieve those things.”

That passion for excellence is very evident in Dr. Crewe’s work, her relationship with her patients and in her service to the community. “I wanted to serve an underserved population.

I wanted to give back to a community that molded and shaped me,” explained Crewe. “There is an energy that I get when I’m talking to a patient, and I can relate to them and where they’re from. And help them to believe that good things can come out of imperfect situations even when people are threatened by being in a bad place.”

The adolescent population is an underserved population, and to some, it does not come across as a big priority in today’s political landscape. When you combine that with the socioeconomic challenges that some Richmond families face everyday, along with existing health disparities, it is easy to understand why there needs to be a focus on adolescent medicine and immunizations.

Crewe embraces the underserved inner-city youth population. “Minority youth takes up probably 80 percent of my

patient population in the downtown location,” said Crewe. “Another population that I am working with a lot lately is the LGBT community, including transgender youth, which is another underserved population.” Crewe hopes to extend the reach of what she does to one day have a global impact, but the impact of what she is doing in her hometown is undeniable. She is a life resource to many who don’t have anywhere else to turn. They trust Dr. Crewe and rightfully so.

“I’ve had a couple of great days and what makes it a great day is when a patient tugs on my emotional chain,” said Crewe.

“There was a young lady that came in with her mom. Her mom stayed in the waiting room while she came back. She was saying that something was wrong down there. So I checked her out, and something was wrong. She had a sexually transmitted infection.

She didn’t want her mom to know. She said that her mom absolutely couldn’t know. So, I sent her home, and we got everything worked out. A couple of months later she had a recurrence of the infection. She came back, and she went away. And she came back a couple of more times and we were working on communicating and working on maybe talking to her mom. She came back with her mom and she said that her mom wanted to speak to me. I said, ‘OK. Well, what does your mom want to speak to me about?’

And she said, ‘I do not know’ and she looked really scared and nervous.”

“I brought the mom in and asked if she wanted to have everyone in the room, which included the patient and also a resident, and she said it was fine. Suddenly the mom started crying.

She said, ‘I just want to thank you for taking care of my baby. I really was jealous of you at one point, because whenever something would be wrong with my child, she would say automatically that she needed to call Dr. Crewe. And when I would ask her why she couldn’t talk to me or explain it to me, she would respond that it was about her and Dr. Crewe. And finally, I get it. She’s able to come to you and you take care of her and meet her needs. You are my backbone. You have stood in the trenches when my child didn’t feel comfortable coming to me when she was in the trenches. And I can’t thank you enough.’ I take the time to speak to the kids on their own so that they can learn to advocate for themselves.”

This time with her patients is a life lesson for them. It’s an exercise in how to communicate with others, how to ask questions, how to be self-reliant and use the right information to make better-informed decisions. It’s all part of the impact made in serving the needs of the community and adolescent population.

“If it’s something that could kill them or someone else, mom and dad are going to know as soon as they get back in the room,” explained Crewe. “But if it’s something that we can talk through and struggle through together and we can get through it, I am going to keep encouraging parental involvement, but I am going to get this kid into a healthy state first.”

She recalled another experience with a patient that was healthy with no visible issues. Then one day, out of the blue, there was an issue. The child had a mass in her neck. The family went to another health resource, and it was diagnosed as an infection, to which they were given antibiotics as a remedy. Two weeks later not only was the mass still there, but it had gotten bigger and the child was having trouble breathing. So they called Dr. Crewe to set up a next-day appointment, but she was out-ofstate. “I told them, I’m not sure who you are going to see, but you are going to see someone today,” said Crewe. “Mom called that night and said that they were admitting her daughter. I talked to the team, and the child had a cancer called lymphoma. I came

back the next day and went to that patient’s room. I sat with the patient and Mom, and we cried together. We talked it out. I couldn’t paint a picture that things were going to be bright and fluffy. I did promise that I would be there through it all.” It’s important for Crewe to get patients and families the resources they need, even when it’s just a listening ear. This level of honesty and care is a standard for Crewe, who treats patients with the same amount of endearment as if they were her daughter or son. Giving up and being disconnected is simply not an option for her.

Learn how you can better manage asthma: 804-628-UCAN (8226) chrichmond.org/UCAN

Richmond Free Press

Wild mushrooms in the West End

Editorial Page

A6

August 11-13, 2016

Yes, fight for $15 This weekend, Richmond will be filled with people from across the state and the nation who are taking a positive stand for raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

For millions of Americans who are working for the paltry minimum now paid under federal law, there is no need to explain why such an increase is essential.

For others who live in ivory towers or gated communities, let us explain: The current minimum wage of $7.25 per hour puts a single person $2,000 above the federal poverty level of $11,880 and a single parent trying to raise a child $2,000 below the federal poverty threshold of $16,020.

With the cost of housing, health care, transportation and food rising, how can one expect to find adequate housing and healthy food with these incomes?

Many of these workers do more than flip hamburgers for a living. They work in day care centers looking after your children, work as aides in nursing homes and hospitals providing care to your mother or grandmother day to day, ring up your groceries and impulse purchases at all kinds of stores and lifeguard at your neighborhood pools and with the ski patrol on the slopes you frequent.

Their work provides value well beyond what they get in their paycheck every two weeks.

And as they struggle to put food on their table or pay the rent or buy school supplies for their children, they often take a second or third job to make ends meet or to pay the fees to give their children opportunities to play sports, have their photo in the yearbook, go on a field trip or to attend prom.

About 22 percent of children in the United States live in poverty, according to the National Center for Childhood Poverty. Such poverty wages have a negative impact on the health and educational success of millions of youngsters and create a myriad of problems for their futures.

Raising the minimum wage would not be a drain on the economy, as many conservatives argue. Instead, as several noted economists have pointed out, these lowwage workers would stimulate the economy because they would spend the additional income. That means businesses, including many where low-wage workers are employed, would benefit.

The income and wealth gaps in this nation, in which the top 1 percent hold 99 percent of the wealth, speak to the greed and moral imbalance that prevents companies from sharing the profits earned on the backs of low-wage workers. Statistics show that the gap between chief executives of major U.S. companies and the median pay of their workers is enormous, with the average CEO making 204 times the median worker salary.

Already, 26 states have raised their minimum wages above the federal level. California, New York and the District of Columbia have enacted laws raising minimum pay to $15 per hour within the next six years. So far, none of those states’ economies have tanked.

A 2014 study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that 13 states that increased the minimum wage saw employment increase faster than states that remained at $7.25.

We welcome the Fight for $15 advocates and Dr. William J. Barber of North Carolina, who spoke so eloquently last month at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia about the moral compass of the nation and how this is not a fight of liberal versus conservative, but one of right versus wrong.

Convention organizers are very astute to use Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy whose rebel leaders preferred to burn down the city and flee rather than to respect the freedom and dignity of their African-American brothers and sisters whom they held and worked in slavery.

What have we learned in the 151 years since?

Dump Trump watch The latest reason Republican Donald J. Trump has shown us that he is unfit to be president: At a campaign rally Tuesday in North Carolina, the filterless Mr. Trump suggested that gun owners could stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from appointing liberal justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. And, by the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Mr. Trump said. “Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know. But I tell you what, that will be a horrible day.”

He’s inciting people to violence, urging assassination even.

He’s dangerous.

This week, Republican Congressman Scott Rigell of Virginia Beach said he refuses to support Mr. Trump for president. He also resigned from the Republican Party.

When are more right-minded Republicans, including elected officials and candidates, going to repudiate Mr. Trump’s views and replace him as the GOP standard bearer for president?

We’ve got the power

Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

It has been said that if a lie is told loudly and often enough, it will stand as the truth. Just as many people believe that no lie can stand the test of time and that truth will ultimately prevail.

Recent decisions from several courts in different locations have confirmed my belief that no lie can live forever.

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, proponents of civil and voting rights cautioned against the potential for reinstatement of legal impediments to equitable voting practices.

Recently, voter identification and registration laws in Texas, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Dakota and North Carolina have been challenged. Some of these laws have been overturned; others have been returned to lower courts or legislatures for corrective action.

Those who hold the right to vote sacrosanct welcome the abolishment and/or suspension of their enforcement. Light is shed on the fallacy of “voter fraud laws and the truth of their predictable

outcome of discriminatory voter suppression.”

What we’ve seen is blatant Republican partisanship in passing laws that have the effect of diluting the strength of nonwhite voters. This tactic assures the election of candidates who, otherwise, could not be elected on the merits of their policies or positions. Instead, Republicans suppress the votes of those who likely oppose their candidates.

Below is a brief overview of

E. Faye Williams these court decisions: Kansas — Residents were required to show proof of citizenship. Courts waived that requirement for federal elections, but Kansas continues the appeal for proof of citizenship prior to registration or voting in state and city elections. Recent court rulings require Kansas to count the votes of those who didn’t show proof of citizenship before registration.

North Dakota — No photo ID is required to register. But to vote, one must present a photo ID. A federal judge blocked the law requiring an ID to vote, noting that 25 percent of eligible Native Americans did not pos-

sess “proper” ID. He said, “No eligible voter, regardless of their station in life, should be denied the opportunity to vote.”

Wisconsin — This voter ID law has been challenged and debated. Although still enforced, a U.S. district court judge struck down several parts of this strict law, reinstated provisions for early voting, eliminated certain residency restrictions, recognized expired student IDs and struck down a ban on emailing absentee ballots. He stated that “... a preoccupation with mostly phantom election fraud leads to real incidents of disenfranchisement.”

Texas — A federal appeals court ruled that Texas’ voter ID law had a discriminatory impact on voters and ordered a lower court to provide a “fix” before November’s elections.

North Carolina — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was most critical of the evil intent of oppressive laws which made voting impossible for some and unnecessarily difficult for others. It noted that data was requested to identify black voting practices and that the state legislature enacted laws to specifically suppress black voting. The court said the law restricted voting and registra-

‘Whose movement is it anyway?’

Activism creates economic, political or social change. It comes in all forms, from litigating and lobbying to strikes and sit-ins.

Fifty years ago during the Civil Rights Movement, a few good men and even fewer women led the fight for many who were suffering from economic and political oppression. Today, in what is being considered the new Civil Rights Movement, the leadership is diverse, the strategies are familiar but the beneficiaries of the movement remain the same.

It’s been said many times, “This ain’t your grandfather’s Civil Rights Movement,” a message to both critics and supporters that the 1960s, male-dominated, centralized leadership style of activism is long gone.

This time, women are getting the credit they deserve not only for leading, but also for starting movements that have mobilized thousands and continue to keep issues like police brutality and sexual assault by officers in the national spotlight. During the years, there has been a dynamic shift in leadership and it has allowed activists to be more inclusive in the fight for freedom and equality.

The strategies we saw 50 years ago undoubtedly inspired the types of activism we see today.

Then, a very effective form of protest known as sit-ins helped to desegregate restaurants and

public facilities. Now, die-ins are used in major cities across the country to occupy public spaces in a way that challenges authority and forces others to stop and pay attention to the issues impacting people in their communities.

Then, activism in the form of litigation and lobbying helped change discriminatory laws, and today, these same methods help maintain civil rights for members of protected classes.

The strategies are familiar but the movement itself belonged neither to the leaders of the ’60s nor the leaders of today.

James A. Gilmore So whose movement is it anyway?

At the end of July, First Lady Michelle Obama, in an impassioned speech, reminded us all to whom the movement truly belongs. Mrs. Obama spoke about being role models in every word we utter and action we take. She talked about the power we hold to shape our children’s lives for the future. She also stressed the importance of teaching our children the vision of America that every person is created equal and each holds a beloved part of the American story. She knew very well that the fight for fairness and equality in America does not belong to us but instead, our children.

Just as our mothers and fathers fought so that we may enjoy more freedoms today, we must fight so that our children receive greater access and more opportunities to become a significant part of that

American story.

As we move into a new school year and, in just a few months, a new presidential administration, it is important that we continue to consider, in our activism, the generations to come.

The infant girl who has yet to feel the stings of sexism in America’s workforce and the newborn boy whose fate steadily lies in the hands of law enforcement must be protected now. Harsh disciplinary policies that too often transfer black and brown children from the education system to the criminal justice system must be reformed now. Stronger efforts to provide members of the LGBTQ community with safety against bigoted violence must be taken now.

Most of all, with our activism, we must inspire people to seek a deeper understanding of those around us. No longer can the movement be sustained when we are blinded by our differences that prevent us from progress and inhibit our ability to recognize the true value in those who don’t look like us. No longer can we persist in a struggle for freedom and equality all the while overlooking the potential in others to lead.

We must, at all times, remember that for every degree we hold, every award we receive and every opportunity we gain, we are not the sole beneficiaries. We can never forget that it is our children, and the many generations to come, to whom this movement truly belongs.

The writer is a public policy analyst with the Lawyers’Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and a co-convener of the Civil Rights Coalition on Police Reform.

The Free Press welcomes letters The Richmond Free Press respects the opinions of its readers. We want to hear from you.

We invite you to write the editor. All letters will be considered for publication. Concise, typewritten letters related to public matters are preferred. Also include your telephone number(s). Letters should be addressed to: Letters to the Editor, Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, 422 East Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23261, or faxed to: (804) 643-7519 or e-mail: letters@richmondfreepress.com.

tion in five ways, all of which disproportionately affected African-Americans.

The lesson we take from these rulings is if the right to vote weren’t valuable, no one would try to take it. Fannie Lou Hamer, Amelia Boynton, John Lewis, Dick Gregory, James Orange and all the foot soldiers who endured beatings and constant danger understood that. To Medgar, Martin and others, the right to vote was worth the sacrifice of their lives.

My heart breaks hearing someone ask, “What good does voting do?”

Voting represents the singular time in life when we’re equal.

No vote counts more than ours.

It can defeat the evil we see in our nation. Not voting dilutes our strength and relinquishes our power to our enemies. We’ve got the power so let’s make it work for us.

The writer is national president and CEO of the National Congress of Black Women.

Richmond Free Press 422 East Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23219 Telephone (804) 644-0496 FAX (804) 643-7519 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 27709 Richmond, VA 23261 ______________

Founder Raymond H. Boone President – Publisher Jean P. Boone Managing Editor Bonnie V. Winston bonniewinston@richmondfreepress.com

Vice President – New Business Development Raymond H. Boone Jr.

jrboone@richmondfreepress.com

Vice President – News Enhancement Jeremy M. Lazarus Vice President – Production April A. Coleman Staff Writers Fred Jeter, Frances Crutchfield Hazel Trice Edney Photographers Sandra Sellars James Haskins, Rudolph Powell and Clinton A. Strane ______________

Vice President – Administration Tracey L. Oliver Advertising Traffic Coordinator Cynthia Downing Advertising Fax: (804) 643-5436 e-mail: advertising@richmondfreepress.com classifieds@richmondfreepress.com

National Advertising Representative EPMG ______________

Distribution Reed Marshall LLC ______________

Richmond Free Press is published weekly by Paradigm Communications, Inc. Copies of the Richmond Free Press (one copy per person) are free of charge at outlets in the Richmond area. Back copies are available at the Free Press office at $3 per copy. Bulk orders can be made prior to any upcoming edition at special rates.

A Publication of

PARADIGM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

422 East Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23219 Telephone (804) 644-0496

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016

A7

Letter to the Editor

Affordable, quality day care difficult for families Families across the United States are facing a child care crisis, but African- American families are especially hard hit by the rising cost of child care and limited options for working families.

Today, 75 percent of African-American children under age 6 live with parents or other adults who are in the workforce. By comparison, the rate is only 63 percent for non-AfricanAmerican children.

For decades, African-American women have worked at higher rates than other women, meaning that child care has long been a necessity for these families.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the majority of children under age 5 are children of color. These demographic trends provide a glimpse into the future — one in which the American educational systems and workforce will feature increasing racial and ethnic diversity.

By 2044, more than half of all Americans are projected to be people of color. The change is already happening, as last year, for the first time, the majority of babies were born to women of color, according to the Census Bureau.

Policymakers must take steps now to acknowledge and address the child care challenges that families of color face so that their children can find success in the workforce of tomorrow.

While researchers repeatedly affirm the deep and long-lasting developmental benefits of high quality early care and education, the supply of affordable, quality options for all families remains distressingly low. Even when high quality child care is available, the price can exceed the cost of median rent or even college tuition.

For a parent earning $30,000 per year, quality child care for two kids is simply out of reach.

The average annual cost of center-based child care for an infant and a 4-year-old is nearly $18,000, which amounts to 42 percent of the median income for a typical African-American family.

Despite their higher rate of work, AfricanAmerican families are likely to earn 40 percent less on average than white families, government statistics show.

Such parents find themselves in an impossible situation: Child care is an urgent need, but they have fewer resources with which to purchase care. Coping with the child care dilemma can be difficult and time-consuming for most parents but is particularly so for African-American parents.

The Center for American Progress found in a recent poll of women of color in the battleground states of Florida, Nevada, Colorado and Virginia

that access to child care is an important issue.

When asked what are two of the most important issues that politicians should address, 25 percent of respondents listed access to affordable child care.

Additionally, 73 percent of African-American women in these states felt that a universal public preschool program guaranteeing every 3- and 4-year-old access to high quality, early education would help people like them.

When faced with the high cost of child care, some parents may consider leaving the workforce temporarily.

But that is not an option for most AfricanAmerican families given their lower earnings.

And it is a costly option.

A recent analysis by the Center for American Progress shows that interrupting a career costs much more than just the parent’s lost wages.

For example, a 27-year-old African-American woman earning the median income of $35,100 would lose more than half a million dollars in her lifetime income by leaving the workforce for five years — $175,500 in lost wages, about $195,000 in lost wage growth, and $165,000 in lost retirement savings and benefits.

This amounts to a 20 percent reduction in her lifetime earnings.

High quality child care benefits the whole of society, and its effects can last a lifetime. Children who attend quality child care programs are more likely to have future educational success, be employed and develop positive social and emotional skills than those who do not attend similar programs.

When policymakers debate how to spend resources efficiently, they should note that the president’s Council of Economic Advisers found a return on investment of $8.60 for every dollar spent on early childhood care and education. About half of that economic benefit comes in the form of higher earnings for today’s children when they enter the workforce of tomorrow.

American families of color are calling on their leaders to address the child care crisis. By acknowledging the racial disparities in how much families work and earn, they can effectively invest in shared prosperity for all.

RASHEED MALIK and JAMAL HAGLER Washington Mr. Malik is a policy analyst on the Early Childhood Policy team at the Center for American Progress, while Mr. Hagler is a research assistant on the Progress 2050 team at the Center.

trust A7 munity m o -c e olic FR build p $2M to s te ee a n o d n a l Jord e a h ic aire M 016 8-30, 2 Billion JULY 2

ess r P e e r F d n o m Rich

FR ee

t e k c i t e h t s ’ t a h T Paradigm

© 2016

IA

erved.

hts res

. All rig

ns, Inc

unicatio

Comm

.com

epress

ondfre

ichm www.r

IRGIN OND, V

31 5 NO. VOL. 2

RICHM

tial nod esiden r p ic r h histo iling wit e c s s ers gla n shatt to n li C Hillary

ow lity TV sh py former rea occu man and o unstable to sb an d, as to to n’s huClinton, host, al Office. has in o Cl wh .

Ov , M rs the Bill got ump, 70 to the President ports Mr. Tr elective office, m former her in a speech force wire re lls fro held c ess staff, portrayed n as a dynami a case never t in opinion po RepubFree Pr n to e in tio os am Cl conven he made against a bo mination at th ention in dh as as Ro y ge his no tional Conv where Hi lla ry history Tuesda t a for chan House bid ump.

Na o ek, Tr esen r White d lican eland last we Pence was swept int s, eager to pr televi- for he can Donald J. qualifie l Democrat ity to a nationa to be Republi ary is uniquely ties and Clev a Gov. Mike esidential r pr ni dian “Hill face of un nce, chose he in the opportu ce, and In ted as his vice e th die to seize e risks we fa ange selec g mate. sion au standard-bearer on. d over th ’s rn ch runnin d a 2-point lea psos the party esidential electi head reduce ll the best da ers/I to sti own,” he pr He ha in a Reut Tuesday, n Nov. 8 the first woman ket for she is I have ever kn blican to in Cl She is ical party’s tic maker ng back at Repu ngton Mrs. n poll released en ahead tti be y. polit ashi opinio a major in U.S. histor su s- said, hi ts she is a W s quo. e he has en tu first tim president de le ga te s al so rules argum tied to the sta le-ed- the early May. nders en Th e ention insider Clinton, a Ya rked since Sen. Sa the conv rs e by Even as o wo Mrs. wh e pended ay to en do Tim er th lawy with sd n.

Wed ne ion U.S. Se r vice ucated ren’s issues at on child acclam Virginia as he . ate Kaine oftial running m ticket, presiden inton-Kaine was The Cl e” by some, 16 20 “saf called by others as thea solid heralded am, a duo with rience Dream Tegovernment expe nathe d of d lea or ely rec d. effectiv who can Day 1 if electe of a ax m tion fro dramatic clim Day At the ll call on -state ro ratic National by testa Democ lphia, 2 of the n in Philade U.S. Press tio al, ciated Conven on’s former riv rmont, Call/Asso rs Q Roll liams/C er, chee Mrs. Clintie Sanders of Ve man Tom Wil d Press a, cent nter sociate wo rn rnik/As air Be Ha sylvani ch n. o Ce Sen. Andrew ention on, U.S. Se r of Penn Wells Farg ocratic nv int e, er co Cl at rk rs. the m e m tM told e De elle Pa ama at th nning rsity Panthe as the floor tha y of th e Cher Ob s her ru ive from the ld be selected Delegat dy Michelle e opening da troduce rnational Un in a coninton in Inte Clinton day and 68, shou minee.

First La delphia on th llary Cl at Florida d Mrs. on legates n. no ay idate Hi party’s ousands of de Cen- in Phila l Conventio nd, tried dorseion speech M Tuesday, l cand rally Saturd tia o na th nt rg e Fu en ll on tio e ve a id Fa Th Na e roll ca ters protested Defens pand health e Wells s th tic pres inia, during th g n’ ra re ng rin oc di ild du d Virg ppor Dem eers. to ex crow ine of girls Ch floor an essfully y, reprey of his su ted in ch Tim Ka Miami. ter erup ere are any littlelate to unsucc cess as first lad e U.S. man e convention tion hall in Arena “If th yed up may care ac w York in th terror- on th the conven tic Party de Ne I ra e who sta 11 out ther me just say: presi- sented during the 9/ erica’s outsi st the Democ backing nt let te ain Am re an , watch the first wom next,” Sena acks and led ratic as ag rship’s appa Democ atives de become one of you is ention ists att policy initi r Presi- lea r during the port t wire re of he fight. foreign of state unde to or dent, bu on told the conv ess staff, ry sought k. s govern imary Free Pr Mrs. Clint o satellite lin count secreta ama. ee, pr Party officials ring bitterVirginia’ in , m or de no ay Ob ge a vi gate s m dent me nders wn lin mocratic eryone via e final dele chmond’ inton, The De s to tackle inco rol tamp do g die-hard Sa Th been Ri whom ev mocrat Mrs. Cl d 56 r — on nt e fo ise in co am He has senator. om 42 an n De Ka who pr y, tighten gu if she ness ichael was 2,8 r Sen. Sanders S. l stage as A4 reet and a U. Sen. Timothy M to the nationa ualit turn to e 1,865 fo . , ineq in in Wall St eager to Please Now tes s leaped mate. ates to th Clinton d re t, is ed “no” vo minating Mrs. g 00 deleg im” — ha presiden t the an sinesscalls “T inton’s runnin , the nearly 5,0 iladelphia roar In no point tha ile- becomes r. Trump, a bu the ch Cl e Ph on Ri ry ad no in m M ld m Hilla ention ay after legates -year-o portray an was a Wednesd National Conv mation the 58 ndidate on the de tion of a wom 240-year-old l ca accli tial selec America’s ratic right to Democ nominating by vice presidentia e the presiden stone in omen got the tion of iv “aye” in ent to be the an ever to rece tory. W after ratifica shis sid hi m S. re e d U. st wo mak the 1920 mon would th the fir party. dment to inia vote in ticket wi on of a major n. Kaine, too, the third Virg t the 19th Amen las d on. nominati ticket wins, Se d resident an sition — the Constituti If the first Richmon executive po e 2 . th tory as to win the No A6 t turn to residen Please

Don't Miss Don't Miss One Word Don’t Miss eadies r y r o t s hi Kaine’s for VP role him

One Word one Word ck ack clo b s n r u ts urt t me Co of felons’ righ e r p u S Va. oration on rest

mie Sen. Ma Virginia

■

e E. Lock

orders mency issue cle d of dubious power to foun absolute predecessors stice wrote. it by one. u- that his 71 ,” the chief ju en took what e on ce than v. McA issuing rity th ovenan While Go ising to pr The court majo ary measure of cretary e se ordin prom liffe is nd the deci- deemed an extra us ordering th partment s m De Lazaru get arou ag ai n re - a writ of manda alth, the state te officials my M. d we

By Jere es ria an ey hts mmon ter sio n approp rs in his voting rig of the co e Press d other to revoke the vo ch nd Fre , had tea for the first store the le lik e M r. of Elections an s/Richmo osby, 46 ople su te Haskin Aug. 25 James David M gistered to vo of pe op the decision to take steps by least 13,000 pevoter rolls re at Mosby, ge blow to registration of e now on ting status when he s life. ar o. o ag t s wh hu s hi month improvemen was a on and as Mr. Mosby the ineligible vovernor had ils of hi time in s three e inistrati g deta rks Walk store the go nt That wa Varina hom new Henrico offerin the adm action.

Pa sby e e e e rights a sign ay’s Three and to re subseque Mr. Mo holds nded th ar-old Now th ust tear up th ed after Gov. vernor ’s of the prior of anyone whos 22 and in Frid son, 2, ter atte g last ye ril rm ceiv y of the go hts is- Gabriel Deniground durin d. The youngs nison, and hope in contracto ter card he re his voting rig e supporters fore have an d a clemency granted on Ap and June. m ad De ck an b En of vo ever be vernors issue restored m to overcom named orders in May decision creates ars across ethnic bae in the East s, Liz and Ro th messages County “N e un iff of ul of hi nt cA ac gistr t’s s inia Go a class ered wi s pare Terry M 22, allowing stripped him The cour just as voter re the upcoming for Pe 71 Virg y kind … to nald W. Lemon with hi people gath d march mess r of an ce Do uliffe’s up for on April al past that ha ra, as er orde ,” Chief Justi wn Gov. McA rights trative te are gearing o sister, Co a crimin his citizenship. ar e no lo ng felons striking do g the the sta tial election. t’s order, Edgard s rs restorin ers to vote, e in ur en de much of os by ’s rig ht ot id co or e e wr es pr d ffend ecutiv ce of th M r. M osby an anket ex 200,000 ex-o r office.

In the fa blan ia bl to Mr. M fo than enrestored. nning blow divided Virgin n of of more juries and run vernor ’s cont In a stu m, a sharply th Republica e on the go e hi wi at serv e, thus, reject others lik Court agreed 3 last Friday th “W n e Suprem rs and ruled 4- d the state Co ge challen rnor had violate the gove

End the inconvenience of empty newspaper boxes, fighting the weather and hunting down back copies.

Also,the support the Free Press.

We’renewspaper always working forfighting you.

End inconvenience of empty boxes, One of

■

■

■

God’s

n

childre

the weather and hunting down back copies.

Also, support the Free Press. We’re always working for you.

volunteer subscription

SUBSCRIBE volunteer subscription For your convenience, the Richmond Free Press

For your convenience, the Richmond Free Press offers you the offers you the opportunity to receive the Richmond Press the mail. opportunity to receive the Richmond Free Free Press inin the mail.

For your convenience, the and Richmond Free Press Just take a minute fill out the coupon below: offers you the opportunity to receive the Richmond Free Press in the mail. $99.00 for a 12-month subscription (First class mail) $50.00 for a 12-month subscription (Third class mail) Check or money Justorder take aenclosed. minute and fill out the coupon below: Bill my:

$99.00 for a 12-month subscription (First class mail) Card number (please record all digits) $50.00 for a 12-month subscription (Third class mail) Check or moneyCardholder's order enclosed. name (please print) Bill my:

Expiration date

Cardholder's signature (required for credit card purchase)

Card number (please record all digits)

Expiration date

Name ______________________________________________________ Cardholder's name (please print) Address _____________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State _________ Zip _________ Cardholder's signature (required for credit card purchase)

Send to: Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261

Name ______________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State _________ Zip _________ Send to: Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261

Richmond Free Press

A8 August 11-13, 2016

Sports

‘The Final Five’ are golden

Simone Biles is airborne on the balance beam during Tuesday’s women’s team all-around final competition that won the U.S. women the gold medal. Below, golden smiles come from the U.S. Women’s Gymnastic Team after winning the women’s all-around competition. They are from front row left, Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez and Aly Risman; back row from left, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian.

Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Team dominates competition, wins Olympic gold in Rio Free Press wire report

There were a few wobbles here and there, even for Simone Biles, but those imperfections could not stop the United States from blowing away the opposition to capture the Olympic women’s team title with a record margin Tuesday.

Dubbing themselves “The Final Five,”’ Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian proved that they are an untouchable force in gymnastics as they tumbled and soared to victory with a total of 184.897 points.

In a sport where tenths of a point can mean the difference between a gold and no medal at all, their winning margin of More Olympics coverage on B9 8.209 points was a blowout.

In fact there was only 4.601 separating silver medalists Russia from last placed finalist Brazil. China trailed the Russians by just 0.685 of a point to finish with the bronze.

The Americans’ victory, along with the new moniker, was the perfect departing gift for retiring U.S. head coach Marta Karolyi, who burst into tears as she watched her adopted country win back-to-back team golds for the first time.

“I know it means the world to her ... she was just so excited at the end ... she started crying, it was so cute,” three-time world all-around champion Biles told reporters as she flashed a megawatt smile.

“We just thought the name was perfect because it is Marta’s last year and we are ‘The Final Five’ for her and it is amazing to end it off with her like this.”

Surprisingly the 19-year-old Biles, who is tipped to win five golds in Rio, earned the lowest mark of 12 performances for the Americans, drawing 14.800 on the uneven parallel bars after hesitating for a split second midway through her routine.

Biles also had to whirl her arms around to stay on the balance beam after a sequence of three backflips left her wobbling on the 4-inch wide apparatus.

But despite those glitches, ‘The Final Five’ soared so far out of sight of their rivals that the other teams must have felt they

Mike Blake/Reuters

needed to board a supersonic jet to catch them. The collective strength of the Americans — with Kocian securing the team’s highest mark of the day (15.933) with her high-flying bars routine — left Biles needing to only to reach a target of 7.591 with her final floor performance to secure the first Olympic gold of her career.

It was little wonder that her teammates were already hugging and whooping for joy even before she had begun her routine to the beat of Samba music.

Biles’ explosive tumbling passes — which included her trademark soaring double layout with a half twist at the end — had the Brazilian crowd roaring their approval. When she completed her final landing, it was not a case of if the U.S. women were champions but by how much.

A score of 15.800 confirmed the rout.

Gabby has no chance to defend all-around title

Reuters Rio de Janeiro U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach turned in a near flawless performance at last Sunday’s Olympic qualifying event, gaining the third highest score of any gymnast. But because of Olympic rules, she will not be going to the all-around final.

That means Douglas will not have the chance to defend the gold medal she won at the all-around women’s gymnastics event at the 2012 London Games.

Olympic rules limit to two the number of gymnasts from any one country who can advance to the all-around final.

In Sunday’s qualifying event, Douglas’ teammates Simone Biles and Aly Raisman turned in higher scores as the U.S. women dominated the competition.

“I would have loved to go out there and defend my title, but I’m not disappointed,” Douglas told reporters. “It’s been an amazing ride.”

Since winning the all-around gold in London, there have been doubts Douglas could regain her Olympic form. She took a two-year break, wrote a biography, starred in a reality TV show and switched coaches.

She dispelled those doubts Sunday, turning in rock solid performances in all four gymnastics apparatuses: floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars and vault.

Only Biles, the three-time, all-around world champion who is appearing at her first Olympics, and Raisman, a gold medal winner in the floor exercise at the London Games, scored higher.

In the all-around final on Thursday, a total of 24 competitors will be scored in all four events.

Douglas played a key role in the team competition, where the U.S. women repeated their gold medal win in London.

She also qualified as one of eight finalists in the uneven bars competition.

For Douglas, just getting to Rio was not easy, and the decision to allow her onto the five-woman U.S. team was a controversial one.

At the U.S. trials in July, she put in a series of shaky performances, including falling off the beam. She placed seventh overall there.

National team coordinator Marta Karolyi selected her for the U.S. Olympic team anyway, expressing confidence that she would shine in Rio.

Feggins hopes to get VSU football back to No.1

By Fred Jeter

Small town kid, big time talent.

That may be the best way to describe George “Geo” Feggins, Virginia State University’s bonejarring middle linebacker.

The 6-foot-1, 215-pound senior, who came to the Trojans from Park View High School in South Hill — population 4,541 — is VSU’s lone All-CIAA preseason pick.

“From watching video, Geo was obviously the best defensive player we had last year,” said first-year Coach Reggie Barlow.

“He understands what it takes to play the position. We’ll lean on Geo a lot.”

As a junior, Feggins recorded 78 tackles (55 unassisted) with six sacks, three forced fumbles and one interception.

Many of his determined takedowns were of the ooh and ahh variety. His shaken foes tend to get up slowly.

The sports management major is a perfect gentleman off the field, but turns fierce between the lines.

“I describe myself as a headhunter,” he told the Free Press. “By that, I mean I hunt the ball.”

Feggins wore the blue and orange No. 34 jersey last year, but is switching to No. 1 for his final season at Rogers Stadium.

He says the look-at-me No. 1 isn’t so much

to draw individual attention, but more “I still pick up the sticks somea team mindset. times,” he said.

VSU won the CIAA Northern Located about 47 miles south Division championship his freshman of VSU along Interstate 85, South year and the overall CIAA championHill has produced at least two NFL ship his sophomore year under Coach players. Waverly Jackson was an ofLatrell Scott. fensive lineman 1998 to 2002 with Last fall, the Trojans slipped to 6-4 the Indianapolis Colts after starring overall and 4-3 in the CIAA in Coach at Virginia Tech.

Byron Thweatt’s lone season.

And Geo’s cousin, Howard FegGeo Feggins “We want to get back to No. 1 — gins, was a defensive back with the and we can,” said Feggins. “That 6-4 wasn’t far New England Patriots in 1989 after going to from being 9-1.” the University of North Carolina.

A 28-27 loss to Virginia Union University Geo Feggins made unofficial recruiting trips to and a 22-19 defeat to CIAA Northern Division FCS programs at Hampton, Liberty and Norfolk champs Bowie State University was the differ- State universities, but received no firm offers, ence between ending up third and not first in merely invitations to try out as a walk-on. the CIAA division.

He was better received at non-scholarship For whatever reasons, Feggins was lightly Averett and Ferrum and Randolph-Macon colrecruited at Park View High School despite leges, but he believed in his ability and wasn’t helping the Group A school to its best season going to settle for Division III. —10-3 — in school history in 2012.

Finally, VSU offered him a partial scholar“I just think it was the smalltown thing,” he ship under Coach Scott. said, shrugging his ample shoulders. “Not a lot “If I hadn’t come here (to VSU),” Feggins of college coaches come to South Hill.” said, “I’d have probably walked on at Norfolk Lukewarm interest certainly wasn’t academi- State.” cally related. He posted a 3.82 GPA at Park View Coach Barlow sees himself in Feggins.

High, had qualifying standardized test scores From Montgomery, Ala., Coach Barlow and, for good measure, played bass drum in received just one scholarship offer — from the school marching band.

Alabama State University in his hometown.

NSU, HU may have rough going in MEAC football season

By Fred Jeter

After dominating CIAA football, coaches Latrell Scott and Connell Maynor have found MEAC a tougher nut to crack.

Coach Scott, 41, is in his second year at Norfolk State University following two banner seasons as the head football coach at Virginia State University.

Coach Maynor, 47, is starting his third season at Hampton University after a brilliant four-year run at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina.

At last week’s MEAC Media Day in Norfolk, Hampton University was picked to finish fifth this season and Norfolk State sixth in the 11-school FCS conference. Voting was among MEAC coaches.

North Carolina A&T State University was picked to finish first after tying with Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina Central universities in last year’s final standings.

Coach Scott’s first Spartans’ edition was 4-7 overall and 4-4 in MEAC a year ago.

Greg Hankerson

Twarn Mixson

Coach Maynor’s Pirates were 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the conference.

Coach Maynor’s two-year, HU record is 9-14, 7-9.

Before taking over at NSU, Coach Scott’s VSU Trojans were 19-3 overall and a spotless 15-0 in the CIAA. Coach Scott’s 2014 squad won the CIAA championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Coach Maynor posted a 45-6 overall record from 2010 to 2013 at WinstonSalem State and was 26-2 against CIAA foes. In 2012, he guided the Rams to the NCAA Division II finals.

NSU may rise or fall on the right arm of quarterback Greg Hankerson.

The transfer student from Florida Atlantic University passed for 2,052 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2015, while also leading the team with 423 rushing yards.

HU’s top threats include receiver Twarn Mixson, who snagged 59 passes for 1,027 yards and nine touchdowns a year ago.

Mixson is a first team, preseason All-MEAC pick, while NSU’s Hankerson is a second-team pick.

NSU opens 2 p.m. Sept. 3, against the CIAA’s Elizabeth City State University at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk.

HU will make the short trip to Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk on Sept. 3 to meet the FBS’ Old Dominion University at 6 p.m.

This year’s MEAC champion will play the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Dec. 17 in the second annual Celebration Bowl at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. Because of their Celebration Bowl commitment, MEAC and SWAC schools are now long-shots for making the NCAA FCS playoffs.

Virginia State University gets started The era of Virginia State University football Coach Reggie Barlow begins Sept. 3 when the Trojans travel to Hickory, N.C., to face Lenoir-Rhyne University at 2 p.m.

A member of the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Conference, Lenoir-Rhyne University defeated VSU 33-6 in 2014.

The VSU home opener at Rogers Stadium in Ettrick will be 2 p.m. Sept. 10 against Tusculum College of Greeneville, Tenn.

“And I think that was more a sympathy scholarship than anything else,” said Coach Barlow.

Coach Barlow took advantage of his one offer and blossomed at Alabama State. He later played in the NFL from 1996 to 2003 with Jacksonville, Oakland and Tampa Bay. Away from the action, Feggins is a fun-loving young man who enjoys riding go-karts at Petersburg’s Go-Kart Village. His face brightens while telling of wheeling around sharp turns at the Crater Road facility.

But his focus sharpens on game days to what might be described as demolition derby — gridiron style.

Youth teams score big in USBA, AAU national competition

By Fred Jeter

Local teams came back winners and runners-up in separate national basketball competitions.

Team Loaded’s 12-year-olds dominated a 60-team field in winning the United States BasketballAssociation Nationals last month in Charlotte, N.C. The Richmond-based squad coached

by Redd Thompson and Corey Braxton won five straight playoff games by an average of 23.6 points per game during the competition July 19 through 23.

In the final, Team Loaded defeated Georgia Excel 46-33, with 6-foot-3 Quentin Toulson and Christian Braxton the leading scorers with 12 points each.

Previously, Team Loaded had routed Team Winston (N.C.) 61-37, Heat South (S.C.) 54-26, South Carolina Raptors 54-33 and Made Men (Ill.) 47-15.

Overall, Quanye Veney and Keyshawn Pulley Jr. were top scorers with 14- and 10-point averages, respectively. Andre Greene Jr. and Toulson led in rebounding.

Others contributing to the first place finish were Redd Thompson Jr., Khaliyl Nasir, Aaron Brown and Bryson Blaine.

A nucleus of the same boys won the USBA 10-and-under title two

years ago in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Last year, the same players were national runners-up as 11-year-olds in competition in Atlanta.

Virginia Havoc, anAAU youth basketball program based in Varina, once again has crowned its season with success.

This year, the Havoc’s team for 12-and-under players came in second in the AAU Championship Bracket national championships held in Hampton last month, according to the Amateur Athletic Union.

The team, which won the Virginia State championship in March to qualify, “went 3-0 in pool play,” Coach Christopher D. Johnson said, but lost by four points to a Connecticut team called the Grand Sachems.

The runner-up status earned the team the No. 2 ranking in the AAU Division II bracket, said Mr. Johnson, owner of a bail bonding business.

The team won the national championship last year in the lower Classic Bracket championship, and moved to the Championship Bracket this year.

Mr. Johnson and assistant Coach Juan Little have led the team to state championships in AAU competition in each of the past three years.

August 11-13, 2016 B1

Section

B

Richmond Free Press

Happenings

Fantasia Travels

The Key to Enjoying Life

Join Dee From “What’s Happening” Dr. Danielle Spencer-David On Inspiration cruise for more information call 804-518-0868 or www.fantasiatravelsecpressions.com DiamonDs • Watches JeWelry • repairs 19 East Broad strEEt richmond, Va 23219 (804) 648-1044

Personality: Lizbeth D’Surney Snead Winner of National WIC Association Leadership Award As coordinator of the Women, Infant and Children program for the Richmond City Health District, Lizbeth Snead wants to spread the word that WIC does more than provide supplemental foods to families.

The federal program also provides grants to states for health care referrals and nutrition education for low- to moderate-income women.

“Ideally, our wish is to have WIC be known as a nutrition education program,” says Ms. Snead, who has worked with the city’s WIC program for 27 years, the last 10 of which she has been the coordinator.

“We work with the families and empower them to make lifestyle changes, providing food to help them meet the goals they set for themselves,” she says.

In recognition of her work, Ms. Snead recently received the National WIC Association Leadership Award. The award is given to a person or group in local or state WIC agencies who provide WIC program development, actively provide leadership on behalf of the WIC program and demonstrate extraordinary responsiveness to a natural disaster or health crisis.

While Ms. Snead says she is honored by the recognition, she says she was surprised to receive the award for what she considers “just doing my job.”

She received the award at a national event in May in Cincinnati.

Claire Sadeghzadeh, the Richmond City Health District’s community partnership coordinator, nominated Ms. Snead for the award.

“She has strengthened the partnership between RCHD’s chronic disease prevention and WIC by ensuring WIC services are a key component of the health district’s focus on building resilient communities and decreasing health disparities,” she said.

The award comes a year after the Richmond Health District received a $111,704 grant from the National WIC Association Community Partnership for Healthy Mothers and Children. Ms. Snead and her staff developed and implemented ways to enroll more families eligible for WIC, such as increasing sessions for chronic disease prevention, providing referrals to the WIC program and offering training to health care professionals.

Ms. Snead, who is known as a “fierce” advocate for WIC programs and clients, encouraged her staff to create a liaison program that would allow time each month for WIC staff to visit health care providers to answer questions and distribute referral tools.

Since its launch in January, the Richmond health district and WIC staff have established relationships with 25 health care providers.

In addition, a two-day training program to help improve client interaction and services helped WIC staffers better understand trauma, stress and poverty in Richmond.

Ms. Snead realizes that while the program has seen success, much work remains to be done.

She plans to continue efforts to decrease health disparities among WIC families.

Meet this week’s awardwinning advocate for women’s and children’s health, Lizbeth D’Surney Snead: Place of birth: Red Bank, N.J. Current area of residence: Henrico County.

Family: Children, Luke, 24, and Brooks, 23, and Gary York, my significant other.

How I got news about this outstanding award: Via email

process.

and clinical linkages.

How many people in Richmond receive WIC: In Richmond, the enrollment is 6,338. Enrollment in the state of Virginia is 162,667.

What makes a good leader: One who listens and has the best interest of their staff at all times; is flexible and can admit to their own faults.

Estimate of those who do not: We only serve 50 percent of those who are eligible.

What barriers are there to enrollment: Transportation; families are unaware that they qualify for the program; and people do not know what WIC is and what we offer.

through the National WIC Association.

Reaction: I was confused at first. The email was addressed to the person who nominated me so at first I thought she had received it! It was a typo and eventually state WIC Director Mike Welch, called to congratulate me and then reality sank in. I was shocked and speechless. I just kept saying, “Wow,” because I knew the magnitude of the award at the national level.

WIC is: A unique program.

WIC does not just offer supplemental foods to families. It’s so much more than that. Families come to WIC to receive nutrition education and to have a full wellness screening.

How I got involved with program: At first I accepted a position with WIC to gain experience in nutrition with the intent of moving on after a few years. After seeing how special WIC is, believing in the program and it’s proven outcomes, I couldn’t leave!

What keeps eligible people from applying: Conflict with work and other responsibilities; after baby reaches the age of 1, families lose interest in the benefits offered; families think it takes too much time when it is really no more than an hour visit and they leave with food benefits; the foods on WIC are very specific, meaning clients can only receive certain brands and flavors of approved food items.

What I am doing to increase enrollment: Calling clients to remind them of their appointments and calling clients who miss appointments to reschedule them; outreach efforts to private physicians and community partners; and the state WIC office has TV commercials to promote and promote awareness of WIC. Why program needed change: To build collaboration among community partners and to bring awareness to them and city residents about the WIC program. To give attention to WIC and remove the stigma that it is just for low-income families or the indigent population.

Innovations my staff and I How WIC is funded: Federally spearheaded: The Liaison funded through the USDA. Program — teams of two staff Number of staff: 17, made visit doctor’s offices and nonup of nutritionists, nutrition profit agencies monthly to build associates, nutrition assistants rapport and keep them abreast and breastfeeding peer coun- of the WIC program. selors.

Liaison program’s purpose: Annual budget for program: Capacity building and strengthThe budget for Richmond is en community infrastructure $1,041,128. The budget for to improve the community’s the entire state of Virginia is health. $32.7 million for program costs.

Role WIC program plays In addition, the state spends in reducing health dispari$90 million in food costs for ties: WIC assists in chronic families. disease prevention and reducHow do people qualify: Fami- tion by encouraging families lies must meet four require- to adopt healthy behaviors ments: Residential – Live in such as eating nutritious the city or county where they foods; providing access to apply for WIC. healthy foods through the Catagorical – Be a woman who eWIC card; offering referrals, is breastfeeding, pregnant or up reducing obesity and anemia to six months postpartum; an in our participants; increased infant; or a child up to age 5. immunizations rates, and most of all, our concentrated efforts Financial – Meet financial in breastfeeding promotion, requirements. WIC has work- support and education. ing families who qualify. A family of four can make up to Why is this important: It $44,955 annually. A family of improves the health of our four can consist of a woman participants, decreases chronic who is pregnant and her two disease and results in healthier children. Families who receive pregnancy outcomes.

Medicaid and SNAP automati- Vision for program: To serve cally qualify for WIC. We like all eligible participants, esfor families to call and allow us pecially children up to the to screen them over the phone age 5. because so many people qualify Best way to achieve goal: It for WIC and don’t realize it. continues to create better inNutrition Risk – We determine frastructure and increased colthis during the application laboration through community

Three words that best describe me: Energetic, thoughtful and determined.

How I start the day: Sleeping until the last minute and then scrambling like crazy to get to work on time.

www.wallErjEwElry.com

C.L. Belle’s

E Z Car Rental 3101 W. Broad Street

(804) 358-3406

SUMMER SPECIAL

Cars starting at

29

SmallMediumLarge

$

A perfect evening: Sewing or making crafts while enjoying a glass of wine.

95 a day

I place top value on: People with perky personalities.

FREE Pickup in Richmond Area

Best late-night snack: Anything with a sweet and salty combination.

NO CREDIT CARD NEEDED

Prized possession: My home and my backyard.

Nobody knows I’m: Addicted to buying fabric — but only when it’s on sale!

The best thing my parents ever taught me was: How to be financially responsible.

Don’t buy anything until you can afford it.

The one thing I can’t stand: People who say they are going to do something and then don’t follow through.

Book that influenced me the most: “Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide To Cooking On Your Car Engine!” by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller. This has helped me get through those long car trips.

What I’m reading now: A cookbook about Spiralizing. I can’t remember the author!

Next goal: Increase the WIC caseload.

www.ezcarrentalsrva.com

MULTIPLE

POLICIES.

ONE AGENT. NO HEADACHES

Let me help simplify your life.

Bundle policies for your car, home, boat, motorcycle, RV and more. I’m here to help take care of the switching and paperwork. Plus, I can find you a bunch of discounts. It’s a no brainer. Call me today!

Felicia M. Perry (804) 262-3433 8661 Staples Mill Rd. Richmond feliciamperry@allstate.com

Call me to put yourself in Good Hands®.

Subject to terms, conditions and availability. Savings will vary. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company © 2012 Allstate Insurance Company

Richmond Free Press

B2 August 11-13, 2016

Happenings

Richmond Jazz Festival opens this weekend

By Bonnie N. Davis

Cecil Shorte, a retired engineer from Altria, has never missed the Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont.

The Chesterfield County resident considers it the best jazz festival on the East Coast, featuring multiple stages where music lovers can enjoy several acts throughout the day.

“The quality of the acts is always very good, top notch,” he said.

This year will be no different.

Mr. Shorte expects to be among the thousands of music lovers to descend this weekend on Maymont in Richmond’s West End to immerse themselves in jazz, rhythm and blues, funk and a sprinkle of classical music.

Mr. Shorte This year’s festival, from Aug. 11 through 14, promises headliners such as Herbie Hancock, The Roots, Al Jarreau, Michael Franks, Esperanza Spalding, Diane Schuur, Buckwheat Zydeco and Morris Day and The Time.

Already, Mr. Shorte is scouting the schedule to plan which acts he wants to see. He advises others to do the same, and

Want to go?

Richmond Jazz Festival schedule Thursday, Aug. 11 Dominion Jazz Café Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard 6 to 9 p.m.

Free Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Hardywood Food Truck Court, 2408-2410 Ownby Lane Doors open 5:30 p.m.; performance 7 to 8 p.m.

Free Friday, Aug. 12 “Homegrown at the Hipp” Hippodrome Theater, 528 N. 2nd St. Admission: $30 Saturday, Aug. 13, and Sunday, Aug. 14 Main acts at Maymont, 1700 Hampton Ave. Gates open at 11; performances start at noon Admission: $85 for single day; $160 for weekend admission in advance Details, including a list of performers and tickets: www.jazzatmaymont.com

The Roots

to dress comfortably — he wears jeans and a loose-fitting shirt — and to bring a hat and rain gear to enjoy the music no matter the weather.

With such a devoted fan base, organizers believe the event has come into its own as a signature East Coast summer music attraction. In addition to the main musical events at Maymont on Saturday and Sunday, free events will take place Thursday evening at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Jazz Café and at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Also local artists will be featured in a ticketed event, “Homegrown at the Hipp,” on Friday evening at the Hippodrome Theater in Jackson Ward.

Ken Johnson, CEO of Johnson Inc. marketing and communications firm, is a co-founder of the festival. His firm produced this year’s event and handled promotion and logistics, said Jasmine Roberts, senior director of client services for Johnson Inc. For several summers, Mr. Johnson presented “Fridays at Sunset,” a series of Friday evening concerts at Kanawha Plaza in Downtown. The Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont was started after Mr. Johnson envisioned a new and expanded music festival as a way “to bring together a diverse group of people, of music lovers and jazz enthusiasts,” said Ms. Roberts.

From the start, the festival met organizers’ expectations because it offered eclectic music from high-caliber artists, many of whom were new to Richmond, said Ms. Roberts.

Attendance also exceeded expectations, with music fans coming from as far away as France and California.

Ms. Roberts declined to specify the number of attendees each year, noting only that “thousands” of fans attend each year.

Richmonder Carol Davis, 58, has enjoyed the festival for several years, with performances by Jill Scott and George Benson among her favorites.

“Let me tell you that by the end of the weekend, I’m hoarse” from cheering, she said.

Jordan gives $5 million to new Smithsonian African-American museum Michael Jordan has made beyond.” another major donation, pledging Museum Director Lonnie $5 million to the Smithsonian’s Bunch said the gift will aid the new African-American history museum’s vision of exploring museum on the National Mall. how black athletes changed Officials at the National sports and changed American Museum of African American society.

History and Culture announced “We are extremely gratethe gift from the legendary ful to Michael Jordan for his basketball icon Monday. The game-changing support,” Dr. museum opens Sept. 24.

Bunch said in a statement. “His In recognition of the gift, gift will enable our visitors to the museum will name a secexplore how sports were used tion of its sports gallery for to break barriers as a way Mr. Jordan Mr. Jordan. He also donated to gain full participation in a jersey he wore during the 1996 NBA Finals American society.” to the museum’s collection.

Last month, Mr. Jordan spoke out on racial “I am grateful for the opportunity to support tensions in America in hopes of easing conflicts this museum,” Mr. Jordan said in a statement. between African-Americans and law enforce“I also am indebted to the historic contribu- ment. The retired NBA great and Charlotte tions of community leaders and athletes such Hornets owner announced he was giving $1 as Jesse Owens, whose talent, commitment million to the Institute for Community-Police and perseverance broke racial barriers and laid Relations and another $1 million to the NAACP the groundwork for the successful careers of Legal Defense Fund. The aim is to help build trust so many African-Americans in athletics and after several shootings across the country.

YOU CAN STILL FILE

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Get rid of debts that you can’t pay.

“Get A Fresh Start” Keep paying on your house and car as long as you owe what they are worth.

Also Chapter 13 “Debt Adjustment” STOPS FORECLOSURES, GARNISHMENTS AND HARASSING PHONE CALLS

Prime Space Available For Lease

in the historic Imperial Building

OTHER LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED: Divorce, Separation, Custody, Support, Home Buy or Sell

Downtown

Start with as little as $100

973 – 1,575 sq. ft.

Richmond, Virginia

Call Rudy McCollum at (804)218-3614 24-7. Talk to an attorney for free

and get legal restrictions, fees, costs and payment terms.

Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr., Esq. McCollum At Law, P.C.

Mail to: P.O. Box 4595, Richmond, VA 23220 422 E. Franklin St., Suite 301, Richmond, VA 23219 (Franklin & 5th Sts.) We are a federally designated Debt Relief Agency under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and we help people file for bankruptcy.

Web Address: McCollumatLaw.com E-mail: rudy@mccollumatlaw.com

Call

(804) 400-1772 to learn about our

Leasing speCiaLs

■ Fantastic natural lighting ■ Impressive granite and metal Lobby ■ Convenient and safe Parking ■ Within walking distance to great restaurants and two post offices ■ Minutes away from the State Capitol, City Hall and the federal, state and city courts

For more information, call (804) 400-1772

Esperanza Spalding

Herbie Hancock

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016

B3

Happenings Stop the Violence Community Day Sunday at Luck’s Field

Photos courtesy of Elegba Folklore Society

Down Home Family Reunion returns for 26th year The soulful sounds of The Intruders, the reggae rhythms of Adwela and the Uprising, and the salsa beats of Luis y Su Revolu will highlight the 26th Annual Down Home Family Reunion Aug. 20 at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward.

The festival, which takes place next Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m. at Brook Road and West Clay Street, is billed as “A Celebration of African-American Folklife” and is designed to link West African and African-American cultural traditions, according to the Elegba Folklore Society, the festival presenter.

By linking the two traditions, festival attendees learn how such practices have influenced the American South.

“Musical evolution is synonymous with evolving cultural expression throughout the African Diaspora,” said Janine Y. Bell, who coordinates the annual event.

The Afro-Puerto Rican ensemble, Luis y Su Revolu, will share the African-rooted musical derivatives of salsa, bomba and plena, which blends African-American rhythm and blues, she said.

Likewise, The Intruders, a popular R&B group from the 1960s and 1970s, blends blues and gospel music traditions. The group, which was known as the foundation of “The Sound of Philadelphia,” recorded such songs as “I’ll Always Love My Mama,” “Cowboys to Girls,” and “I Want to Know Your Name.”

Storytelling, dance and food also will be part of the fun.

The Elegba Folklore Society’s dancers will perform and be joined by the Chakaba masquerade stilt walker. J. Ron Fleming, a Richmond storyteller and actor, will emcee the event.

Children and teens can gather in the Annie Tyler New School Pavilion for youthful performances, craft making and Africaninspired face painting. Also, the Juanita Ragland Heritage Market will showcase and sell art and handmade goods.

Information: www.efsinc.org or (804) 644-3900.

Amid worries about rising crime, nonprofits are teaming with law enforcement to host a “Stop the Violence” Community Day in the East End this weekend.

The free program is set for 2 to 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at Luck’s Field, 1926 T St. The event will be highlighted by softball games that will include teams from the Richmond Police Department and the Richmond Sheriff’s Office, according to Maurice Tyler of Coaches Against Violence Everywhere, one of the organizers of C.A.V.E., which also will be fielding a team.

Along with the games, the event will feature music, free food, health screenings and other community resources, Mr. Tyler said. In addition, there will be discussions on interactions with police, he said.

Mr. Tyler said the Community Day is an outgrowth of weekly meetings that he and other nonprofit representatives have been holding with police at the First Precinct in Church Hill. “I suggested it, and everyone jumped on it,” he said.

Along with the Richmond Police Department and C.A.V.E., the event’s sponsors include Rolling For Freedom, which focuses on restoring felons’ voting and civil rights, Know Love No Hate, an anti-violence group, and the City of Richmond.

Details: Mr. Tyler, (804) 277-1236 or James “J.J.” Minor, (804) 677-7340.

East End Community Field Day slated for Aug.18 Music, Zumba, healthy snacks and beverages and childfriendly games, activities and entertainment will be featured during the 4th Annual East End Community Field Day and Healthy Kids Day. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at 2305 Fairfield Ave. in the field behind Woodville Elementary School.

The free event is a collaborative effort by Richmond City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, the Richmond Promise Neighborhood at Peter Paul Development Center, the Downtown YMCA and the American Heart Association.

Details: Contact Sam Patterson, liaison for Mrs. Newbille, at sam.patterson@richmondgov.com or (804) 646-3012.

Walton Gallery to host exhibits in Petersburg, Richmond

Photo by Darryl Wingo

Dollars for scholars The 33 winners of the KLM Scholarship Foundation’s 2016 Book Scholarships gather for the awards ceremony last Saturday at Linwood Holton Elementary School in Richmond. The students, who live in Virginia and Maryland, will be attending 15 different colleges and universities in Virginia in the fall. KLM is a nonprofit that has been awarding book scholarships since 2002 to students facing financial obstacles.

Scholarship winners must have a 3.0 or better GPA and demonstrate leadership qualities. Cory Mosley, president of Cory Mosley Communications, was the guest speaker at the ceremony. Founder Kimberley L. Martin said the foundation has awarded $184,100 in book scholarships since its start.

African A R R I VA L DAY Remembrance and Commemoration

Petersburg’s Walton Gallery will present two new shows this month, one of which will be held in Richmond.

“Deep Thoughts,” a group show featuring the work of Alvin Burts, Cianne Fragione, Mark Pehanich and Clayton Singleton, will run Aug. 13 through Sept. 11.

Gallery director Eric Walton says the “Deep Thoughts” art reflects abstract and figurative expressionism designed to make viewers think and expand their minds.

The show is free, with the gallery located in Old Towne Petersburg at 17 N. Sycamore St. Gallery hours at 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment.

Another show, by contemporary artists Ronald Walton and Najee Dorsey, will run Aug. 26 through Sept. 18 at ArtSpace, 00 E. 4th St., in Richmond’s Old Manchester area in South Richmond.

An opening reception will be 7 to 10 p.m.

Aug. 26.

Mr. Walton is known for his large-scale abstract work, while Mr. Dorsey is known for his nostalgic scenes of African-American life in the South.

The exhibit at ArtSpace will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and by appointment.

Artwork by Najee Dorsey

For more information, call Walton Gallery at (804) 732-2475.

Fort Monroe, Virginia August 19 – 21, 2016

Join us as we commemorate the history of 1619 Virginia and launch the 2019 Commemoration, AMERICAN EVOLUTION.

TM

Learn more at www.AfricanArrivalDay.com and www.AmericanEvolution2019.com

Discover the history, culture and the contributions of the first Africans to the Virginia Colony.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016

Commemorative African Arrival Day Ceremony Produced by Project 1619, Founder Prayer services, heritage dance and musical performances, lectures.

8:30 am -11:00 am

8:30 AM – 4 PM

Welcome Ceremony, Keynote Speaker, Official commencement of 2019 Commemoration. Noon

Performance & Entertainment Main stage music and dance, children’s activities, living history, walking tours, art exhibits, historical films.

1 pm - 4 pm

B4 August 11-13, 2016

Richmond Free Press

Obituaries/Faith News/Directory

Vashti Forbes-Kelly, 74, retired Richmond schools secretary dies

Vashti Patricia Forbes-Kelly helped get things done with little recognition.

Before she retired in 2000 after 31 years, principals at Armstrong High School and Franklin Military Academy counted on her as a school secretary to keep things humming. Students knew they could always come to her for help and teachers knew she could get them anything they needed.

“She was the backbone of the office,” said Alexander “Jack” Boyd, retired principal of Franklin Military Academy. “I couldn’t have done my job without her,” he said, citing her ability to put parents and young people at ease when they came to the office.

For years, the longtime Church Hill resident was a tireless volunteer for candidates seeking to run for office. She also helped organize banquets and affairs for groups like the Metropolitan Business League and assisted ministries at Fourth Baptist Church,

where she was a lifelong member.

“She bestowed kindness, generosity, compassion, thoughtfulness and favor upon everyone in her life,” said her niece, Heather F. Collins.

Mrs. Forbes-Kelly, who battled Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease since 2014 and was being cared for by her daughter, Robin Kelly-May, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016. She was 74.

Final tributes were paid to her during Ms. Forbes-Kelly a funeral Aug. 1 at Fourth Baptist. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Forbes-Kelly was the 10th of 13 children born to Willie J. and Elizabeth Forbes.

An Armstrong graduate, she began work as a Richmond

schools secretary in 1969 and continued until her retirement, when she also was named 2000 School Secretary of the Year for Richmond Public Schools.

She put in untold hours at Fourth Baptist, where she volunteered with the Women’s Ministry, the Greeters Ministry, the Senior Ministry, the Yearbook Ministry, the Christian Education Ministry and founded the Healing Zone Ministry.

She helped organize the church’s anniversary programs and served on the team that tallied collections.

Mrs. Forbes-Kelly also was an election officer at the city polls, served as an officer with the Richmond Education Association and was active in the AARP Chamberlayne Chapter #390 and the National Association of Education Professionals.

Mrs. Forbes-Kelly was the widow of Robert Kelly Sr. In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Forbes-Kelly is survived by a son, Robert Kelly Jr.; three sisters, Judith D. Forbes CollinsCaldwell, Nancy E. Forbes-Hamlett and Rose L. Forbes; two brothers, Booker J. Forbes and Vernon M. Forbes; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Larry M. Walker Sr., retired teacher, coach succumbs at 66

Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press

Pope Francis is greeted by nuns in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican during a recent jubilee audience. Women have long sought a greater role in the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope names panel to consider women as deacons Free Press wire report

church. That is a historical fact,” Dr. Zagano wrote in a VATICAN CITY column for National Catholic Reporter in May. Following through on a pledge he made to a group of nuns “What they did, where they did it, and how they became last May, Pope Francis has established a special commission deacons are all well-studied. The facts of history cannot be to study whether the Roman Catholic Church should take the changed.” historic step of ordaining women as deacons.

Deacons are ordained ministers who can preach or preside The Vatican announced Aug. 2 that the pontiff appointed over weddings and funerals but cannot celebrate Mass. seven men and six women to the panel, a move that quickly As recounted in the New Testament, the role of the reignited the simmering debate about the role of women in deacon was created by the Apostles so that they could the church. deploy ministers specifically dedicated to doing chariThe members of the panel include Dr. Phyltable works and thus free themselves to focus lis Zagano, an acclaimed Catholic scholar who on preaching. teaches at Hofstra University on Long Island and In the Catholic tradition, the role of deacon was has championed the cause of women’s ordination eventually subsumed into the priesthood and hieraras deacons. chy, until the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s Another woman on the panel, Sister Mary Melone revived the diaconate as an ordained order open to of the Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Angelina and “mature” men over 35, who can be married. rector of Rome’s Pontifical University Antonianum, But many say that order should include women has been a champion of the role of women in the — who have never been ordained at any level in church, the Catholic news site Crux reported. the Catholic Church — because women deacons Dr. Zagano Crux stated Sister Melone has rejected the are mentioned in early church sources. They also argument popular with many traditionalists that ordaining said ordaining women as deacons would not necessarily lead women as deacons would lead down a slippery slope to a to overturning the ban on women priests. female priesthood.

The question has been the subject of previous study by The new panel will be headed by Archbishop Luis Fran- Rome. A theological commission that advises the Vatican in cisco Ladaria Ferrer, currently second in command at the 2002 published a report on women deacons but it drew no firm Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which conclusions on whether they could be ordained or not. serves as a guardian of orthodoxy.

It’s not clear whether anything will come of this new “After intense prayer and mature reflection, Pope Francis papal commission on deaconesses, or whether Pope Francis has decided to institute the commission for the study of the would support an opening. diaconate of women,” the Vatican said in a statement.

He has called for creativity in ministry but he also has warned In addition to Dr. Zagano, the panel includes the Rev. against “clericalizing” women and lay people by proposing Robert Dodaro, president of the Augustinianum University ordination of some sort as the answer for every problem. in Rome, a priest widely viewed as a conservative.

The pope has talked about seeking a broader role for Rev. Dodaro last year edited a book, “Remaining in the women in the church, and in May told senior members of Truth of Christ,” which featured essays by five conservative women’s religious orders he was willing to consider female cardinals who sought to push back against moves by the deacons: “It would be useful for the church to clarify this church — and by Pope Francis — to adopt a more pastoral and question. I agree.” conciliatory approach to divorcees, among other issues.

And speaking to reporters in June, Pope Francis bristled Pope Francis first remarked in May that he was willing at the coverage of his pledge to create a commission, saying to consider a commission to study whether women should he had not made any decisions yet. be deacons. The new panel also will examine the historical “We had heard that in the first centuries there were deaconrole of women in the early years of Christianity. esses,” Pope Francis said. “One could study this and one could “There were women ordained as deacons in the early make a commission. Nothing more has been requested.”

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

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m.

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

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

Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

Remember...

At New Deliverance, You Are Home!

See you there and bring a friend

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

“Working For You In This Difficult Hour”

k

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

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

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

Attendance -

Joseph Jenkins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. 2011-2049 Grayland Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23220 (804) 358-9177

k

Joseph Jenkins, Jr., Founder (Dec. 19, 1938 - Dec. 9, 2006) Joseph Jenkins, III. • Jason K. Jenkins • Maxine T. Jenkins

Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m.

Attendance -

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online!

Also, for your convenience.

Larry Maurice Walker Sr. combined two passions — history and sports — as a teacher and coach for Richmond Public Schools.

For 35 years, Mr. Walker taught history to legions of ninthgraders, notably at Armstrong High School and during the era when Armstrong and Kennedy high schools operated as a complex.

But when classes ended, the former college sports star could be found on the playing fields coaching students in a variety of sports.

He coached football, girls basketball, baseball and soccer. In 1984, the ArmstrongKennedy complex soccer team won the Capital District championship under Mr. Walker.

Mr. Walker died at a Richmond area hosMr. Walker pital on Friday, July 29, 2016. He was 66.

Family, friends and former players gathered Tuesday to celebrate his life at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home in Church Hill.

Born in Richmond, Mr. Walker graduated from Maggie L. Walker High School in 1969 and went on to play football at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science.

At Fayetteville State, he was an offensive guard and was named an All-American, his family said. He also was inducted recently into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

He began teaching in Richmond in 1973 and retired in 2008.

Mr. Walker also was a member of Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, which he joined at Fayetteville State.

Survivors include his wife, Annie Walker; two sons, Larry M. Walker Jr. and Brian M. Walker; a stepdaughter, Stephonie Johnson; stepfather, John Wright Sr.; four brothers, Linwood Walker Jr., Terry L. Plummer, Reginald L. Wright and John Wright Jr.; a sister, Gail Plummer; and five grandchildren.

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

2016 Theme: The Year of Restoration



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

Summer Worship Schedule

through Sunday, September 11, 2016

Sunday School and New Members Class 8:30 AM Worship Service

(One Powerful Service)

10:00 AM

fÑÜxtw

à{x jÉÜw

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrews 12:14 (KJV) www.ndec.net Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR-Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!!

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 3rd Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program.

Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old.

For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

To advertise your church: Worship Service • Gospel Concert Vacation Bible School Homecoming • Revival

call 804-644-0496

Richmond Free Press We care about you and Richmond.

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016

B5

Faith News/Directory

Richmond Christian Center now home for other churches’ services

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond Christian Center, is living up to its name.

After nearly four decades as an independent church, RCC’s congregation has begun sharing its South Side property with four other nondenominational churches.

And a fifth independent church will begin holding services in September at the RCC complex in the 200 block of Cowardin Avenue, according to Forondo B. Holmes and Michelle G. Tinkler, owners of Ujima Properties LLC, which is managing the property.

The RCC began leasing space to churches last winter when Speaking Spirit Ministries, led by the Rev. Fred Wyatt, began services in a fellowship hall. Already established in Mechanicsville, Speaking Spirit sought to expand by setting up a satellite operation in space at RCC and since has attracted about 200 attendees.

Since June, three more churches have been holding services at RCC — the Azusa Church of God and Christ led by the Rev. Marcella Christian, Unfailing Love Ministries led by Dr. Verlean Gould and Increase International Ministries led by the Rev. Ervin L. Harvey Sr., Ms. Tinkler said.

In early September, The Life Church led by the Rev. Vernon Gordon will leave Binford Middle School and begin holding a service at RCC, Ms. Tinkler and Mr. Holmes said.

“We have a nice big calendar to make sure that each church can have services and time for Bible study and choir rehearsals,” said Ms. Tinkler.

Two of the churches, Speaking Spirit and Unfailing Love, hold their services on Saturday nights. The three others hold or will hold services on Sundays in different parts of the building.

To make room, RCC’s congregation has cut its Sunday services from two to one at 8 a.m. in the main sanctuary.

It’s a big change for the RCC, whose membership has shrunk from several thousand congregants at its peak to just under 200 in recent years Still, providing space for other churches fits with its faith mission and provides new income to pay its bills, church officials said.

The RCC had to be creative as it has struggled to survive

In addition to the other churches, the RCC property also has become home to the Richmond Boys Choir, Alice’s Love event planning, the nonprofit Community Access and Supportive Services and the Blacktop Kings and Queens Sports Academy, a summer and after-school program for area youths.

A day care and a women’s exercise program also lease space on the property, along with an independent job training program.

Meanwhile, the RCC’s former Oasis Room banquet hall has been renamed the Royal Manchester Event Center and is leased for bridal showers, wedding receptions, graduation events, birthday parties and similar activities.

The RCC also hosts fundraising events in the space, Mr. Holmes said. For example, on Aug. 12 the RCC will host the Manchester Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press Crab Feast from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the since 2013 when it entered bankruptcy. Finding other tenants Royal Manchester Event Center. The entrance is at 1721 Wall to use its property became a key to generating new income, St. General admission to the food fest is $5, while tickets for the which enabled RCC to emerge from bankruptcy earlier this all-you-can-eat-crabs are $35 each. year. At the same time, RCC cut ties with its founding pastor, Mr. Holmes said he is expecting more than 200 people to Steven A. Parson Sr., who began the RCC in 1983. The RCC attend the RCC benefit event and expects more than 30 bushels recently named its music minister, the Rev. James E. Ferguson, of crabs to be consumed. as interim pastor.

Meanwhile, he and Ms. Tinkler are creating six offices out of former While in bankruptcy, the church’s trustees hired Ujima Prop- classroom space and are seeking to fill them with small businesses. erties to manage and lease the property.

“We hope to have this space filled in a few months,” Ms. Mr. Holmes and Ms. Tinkler have proved highly successful Tinkler said. “We’re doing everything we can to ensure the in finding tenants.

RCC can succeed.”

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.

Sharon Baptist Church

Ebenezer Baptist Church

8:30 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship

No 8 a.m.

Service

“The People’s Church”



Sixth Baptist Church Theme for 2016: Becoming a Five-Star Church of Excellence With Mission, Growth, Prayer, Purpose, Vision

We Are Growing In The Kingdom As We Grow The Kingdom with Word, Worship and Witness

Youth Emphasis Sunday Sunday, August 14, 2016

10:45 AM Meditation & Prayer 11:00 AM Divine Worship Message by: Rev. Delores McQuinn

Associate Minister – New Bridge Baptist Church Member of Virginia House of Delegates Save The Date Family and Friends Community/Festival Saturday, September 17, 2016 11AM – 5PM Community Day Worship Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 10:45 AM Twitter sixthbaptistrva

400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

(near Byrd Park)

(804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Facebook Fax (804) 359-3798 sixthbaptistrva www.sixthbaptistchurch.org

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

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

Worship Opportunities Sundays:

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

Good Shepherd Baptist Church 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)

Riverview

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

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.

Bible Study is now on summer break and will reconvene in September.

SUMMER JAZZ VESPERS 3 Sunday, August 14, 2016 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

“THE PROMISE OF A LIMITLESS FUTURE” SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016 - 11:00 A.M.

COME TO GARLAND AVENUE FOR DYNAMIC PREACHING, INSPIRING MUSIC, A SPIRITUALLY ENHANCING WORSHIP EXPERIENCE



DR. JEFFERY O. SMITH, PASTOR GARLAND AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH PREACHER FOR THE WORSHIP SERVICE



 8:45 a.m.

10 a.m.

2700 GARLAND AVENUE, RICHMOND, VA 23222-3602 (804) 321-1372 www.garlandavebc.org

1 p.m.

 e ercies iisr  a.m. ul ile Su :0 p.m.

“Pastor and People United in Greater Ministry”

ie oore Sree o 

This is a free event.

Thirty-first Street Baptist Church

“A Touch of Jazz, A Taste of Heaven” Gospel Jazz At Its Finest

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

Mosby Memorial Baptist Church

“A Caring Community Committed to Listening, Loving, Learning and Leaning While Launching into our Future.”

August 14, 2016

All are welcomed to join us for Worship!

Reminders

~Noonday & Evening Bible Study is back in Session! Come out and share with us as we delve into the Word together. ~Don’t forget to bring in school supplies over the next few weeks to support our kids in the School Supply Drive!

Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 7:00 P.M. 2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

C

o

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

VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY DAY

1408 W. eih Sree  ichmo a. 0 804 5840

“SPBC - The Net”

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

CELEBRATES

 

ile Su

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

Garland Avenue Baptist Church

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

Church School Worship Service

Pastor and Founder

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation



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

Reverend Dr. Lester D. Frye

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

6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

Dr. Levy M. Armwood, Pastor  Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus

Come Join Us!

Wednesday and Thursday Bible Study closed for the summer

216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 • Tel: 804-643-3366 Fax: 804-643-3367 • Email: ebcoffice1@comcast.net • web: ebcrichmond.org 11:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Every 3rd Sunday 2nd Sunday, 11 a.m.

Mon. 6:30 p.m.

Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Wed. 7:45 p.m.

Wed. 4:30 p.m.

Wed. 6:00 p.m.

Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Sunday, auguSt 14, 2016

Summer HourS

1858

Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

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

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

everence e with e evanc R ing Dr. Morris Henderson, Senior Pastor bin ❖

SUNDAYS Church School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. ❖

WEDNESDAYS Bible Study 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. ❖

MONDAY-FRIDAY Nutrition Center and Clothes Closet 11:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

823 North 31st Street Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 226-0150 Office www.31sbc.org

B6 August 11-13, 2016

Richmond Free Press

Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CAROLINE CIRCUIT COURT Plaintiff v.

WILHEMENIA MICHELLE BROWN v.

ALEXANDER YURIYOVIYCH BABANSKY, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16000443-00 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 an nonresident, appear here on or before the 30th day of September, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., and protect his interests.

Susan W. Minarchi, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO LOURDES CAROLINA YOC RAMIREZ, Plaintiff v.

WILLIAM ESTUARDO RIVERA RECINOS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-1079 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart in excess of one year.

It appearing from an affidavit filed by the plaintiff that the defendant’s whereabouts are unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that the defendant appear before this Court on or before October 24, 2016, to protect his interests herein.

A Copy, Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk I ask for this: Shannon S. Otto, VSB No. 68506 Locke & Quinn P.O. Box 11708 Richmond, Virginia 23230 Telephone: (804) 649-7545 Facsimile: (804) 545-9400 Email: otto@lockequinn.com Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO ELENA LOPEZ RAMIREZ, Plaintiff v.

EDOUARDO GONZALEZ PEREZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-1895 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to allow the plaintiff to secure a divorce a vinculo matrimoni on grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart for a period in excess of one year, as provided by Va. Code § 20-91(9).

It appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that the whereabouts of Eduardo Gonzalez Perez, the above-named defendant, are unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that the said Eduardo Gonzalez appear on or before September 30, 2016 in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and do what is necessary to protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Christopher M. Malone, Esq. Counsel for Plaintiff ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. 100 Shockoe Slip Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 649-7545 (Telephone) (804) 780-1813 (Facsimile) VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JACQUELINE NELSON, Plaintiff v.

VERNON NELSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001461-00 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 12th day of September, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND AOUA MANE, Plaintiff v Case No. CL15005439 COLEMAN VITAL, Defendant.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony due to separation in excess of six months.

It is ORDERED that Coleman Vital appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before August 24, 2016.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND VIVIAN N. LUCAS-GRAVES, Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Plaintiff vs (case no. CL15-1011) CLIFTON D. GRAVES, Defendant.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the defendant on the grounds of more than one year of continuous separation; An Affidavit having been filed that the whereabouts of the Defendant are unknown and is not readily available for service of process; it is ORDERED that Clifton D. Graves appear before this Court on or before August 26, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this matter; An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk

JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AIDEN KNIGHT, Juvenile v.

Amy Dean (mother), Unknown (Father) JJ091018-09, JJ091018-10 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Amy Dean, (Mother), Unknown, (Father), of Aiden Knight, child, DOB 11/28/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, includin but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support

It is ORDERED that the defendant, Unknown (Father), Amy Dean (Mother), appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 11/7/2016, at 9:00 AM. Court Room #1.

Matthew Morris, Esq. 730 E. Broad St, 8th Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-3493

and Brenda Mitchell, who may be deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BRENDA MITCHELL a/k/a BRENDA ANGELA MITCHELL p/k/a BRENDA TAYLOR, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF BRENDA MITCHELL a/k/a BRENDA ANGELA MITCHELL p/k/a BRENDA TAYLOR, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SHANTELL TAYLOR, CURTIS TAYLOR, TREVINO MITCHELL and TAJE MITCHELL a/k/a TAJE DOMINIQUE MITCHELL, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that ILLUMINATO TAYLOR, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUSIE ELIZABETH HARRIS, DECEASED, 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 BRENDA MITCHELL a/k/a BRENDA ANGELA MITCHELL p/k/a BRENDA TAYLOR, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF BRENDA MITCHELL a/k/a BRENDA ANGELA MITCHELL p/k/a BRENDA TAYLOR, SHANTELL TAYLOR, CURTIS TAYLOR, TREVINO MITCHELL, TAJE MITCHELL a/k/a TAJE DOMINIQUE MITCHELL, ILLUMINATO TAYLOR, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUSIE ELIZABETH HARRIS, DECEASED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23. 2016,and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

MANDELLUM LLC, An Entity not registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporate Commission, et als., Defendants.

Case No.: CL-16-2198-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1427 West Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# N0000615/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MANDELLUM LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MANDELLUM LLC, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that KIY LLC, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, which may have an ownership interest in said property, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that KIY CRAWFORD, As Former Member/Manager and Possible Trustee in Liquidation, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response in this matter; that ANDRE MASSENBURG a/k/a ANDRE MADELL MASSENBURG A/K/A ANDREW M. MASSENBURG, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that MANDELLUM LLC, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, KIY LLC, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, or its heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, KIY CRAWFORD, As Former Member/Manager and Possible Trustee in Liquidation, ANDRE MASSENBURG a/k/a ANDRE MADELL MASSENBURG A/K/A ANDREW M. MASSENBURG, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 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

Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated April 11, 2000, with respect to said property, recorded April 12, 2000 in Instrument Number 00-8327, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her successor/s in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

who may be creditor/s with an interest in said property, have not been located and 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 certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, CHERYL L. TAYLOR, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, CHERYL L. TAYLOR, As Executor, Estate of Glennis S. Taylor, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ARTHUR ADAMS TRUST, As to a $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RONALD COHEN, As to $25,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $25,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of an Interest, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JONATHAN COHEN, As Holder of a possible Interest, who may be the holder an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, 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, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD DAVID A. DUNN, Plaintiff v.

MARICHO GARZON AL-AG, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-1127 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to grant David A. Dunn, the Plaintiff, an annulment from Maricho Garzon Al-Ag, the Defendant, on the ground that the marriage is void ab initio.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Maricho Garzon Al-Ag, it is hereby ORDERED that Maricho Garzon Al-Ag appear before this Court on Sept. 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., to protect her interests herein.

An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Rick A. Friedman, II, Esq. Wyatt J. Taylor, Esq. Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Rd., Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 Telephone (804) 748-4161 Telecopier rfriedman@friedmanlawva.com wtaylor@friedmanlawva.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER YENIFER GARCIA BROKS, Plaintiff v.

PASQUAL GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001903-00 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 30th day of August, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 2 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 KOFI NYARKO, Plaintiff v.

KATHERINE NYARKO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16001735-00 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 six months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 30th day of August, 2016 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 CITY OF RICHMOND MONIREH MIRSHAHI, Plaintiff v.

REZA CHERAGHI, Defendant.

CL No.: CL16001511-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to grant Monireh Mirshahi, the Plaintiff, a divorce from Reza Cheraghi, the Defendant, on the ground that 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 Reza Cheraghi, it is hereby ORDERED that Reza Cheraghi appear before this Court to protect his interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Soulmaz Taghavi, Esq. (VSB# 88036) Fayad Law, P.C. 8501 Mayland Dr. Suite 101 Richmond, Virginia 23294 Phone: (804) 249-4747 Fax: (571) 384-1817 Email: info@fayadlaw.com Counsel for the Plaintiff

CUSTODY virgiNia: iN thE Continued on next column

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

MARY D. LOADHOLT, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-2029-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “103 East 32nd Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S000-2003/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MARY D. LOADHOLT.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY D. LOADHOLT, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has 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 MARY D. LOADHOLT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 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.

MARY D. LOADHOLT, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-2028-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as “101 East 32nd Street”, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S000-2003/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MARY D. LOADHOLT.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY D. LOADHOLT, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has 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 MARY D. LOADHOLT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 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.

GREGORY M. MCKOY, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-1749-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2720 Fendall Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# N0000697/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Gregory M. McKoy Continued on next column

Continued from previous column

Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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.

JMJ PROPERTIES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL16-2729-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1905 O Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN# E000-0370/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, JMJ PROPERTIES, INC..

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JMJ PROPERTIES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that MILES H. JOYNER III, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DARRYL PARKER, Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated April 11, 2000, with respect to said property, recorded April 12, 2000 in Instrument Number 00-8327, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that ROSEMARY R. HARRIS, Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated April 11, 2000, with respect to said property, recorded April 12, 2000 in Instrument Number 00-8327, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her successor/s in title; 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 JMJ PROPERTIES, INC., A Terminated Virginia Corporation, MILES H. JOYNER III, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, DARRYL PARKER, Trustee, of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated April 11, 2000, with respect to said property, recorded April 12, 2000 in Instrument Number 00-8327, or his successor/s in title, ROSEMARY R. HARRIS,

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

CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al.,Defendants.

Case No.: CL15-3834-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1718 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E0000951/022, 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 certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that CHERYL L. TAYLOR, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that CHERYL L. TAYLOR, As Executor, Estate of Glennis S. Taylor, As to a $20,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $20,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ARTHUR ADAMS TRUST, As to a $50,000.00 Interest, which may be the holder of a $50,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, has not been located and not filed a response to this action, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that RONALD COHEN, As to $25,500.00 Interest, who may be the holder of a $25,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, 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 TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of an Interest, who may be the holder of an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that JONATHAN COHEN, As Holder of a possible Interest, who may be the holder an Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated May 9, 2007, with respect to said property, recorded May 10, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-15971, 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 JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, 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,

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

WILLIAM H. MASSENBURG, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL15-3426-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1813 North 23rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# E0001082/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William H. Massenburg.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM H. MASSENBURG, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM H. MASSENBURG, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 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,

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

CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL15-3781-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1816 Bainbridge Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# S000-0242/001, 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., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Company.

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 THE MULLIAN FAMILY LLC a/k/a MULLIAN FAMILY L.L.C., which may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 31, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-026111, 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 ALLAN M. MULLIAN, who may be deceased, and his Successor/s in Interest, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 31, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-026111, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that THE ALLEN FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, which may be the holder/s of a $26,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, 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 WILLIAM WALTHER, who may be the holder of part of a $35,000.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, who may be the holder of part of a $35,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that LEONARD WEISS, who maybe deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of LEONARD WEISS, who may be the holder/s of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GERALDINE WEISS, who may be the holder of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, 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, whose names are unknown; that JOEL FINE, who may be the holder of part of an $11,500.00 and LAURA FINE, who may be the holder of part of an $11,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, 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 NICK SEFCHOK, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, who may be the holder/s of $4,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that K. BRADLEY HILDEBRANDT, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Ninth Supplemental Deed of Trust dated May 19, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded May 21, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-016704, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title; that JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD KRIDER, SHERRIE BECKER, PATRICK BECKER, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Trustee for the JAY SCHWARTZ TRUST U/A 11/6/1992, and JAY S. SCHWARTZ, 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

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next page

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.

BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: CL15-3510-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4709 Castlewood Road, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN# S0090459/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Bernice G. Martin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that TERRY MARTIN a/k/a TERRY GENE MARTIN, who may have an ownership 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 BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, who may be deceased and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BERNICE G. MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE GENE MARTIN a/k/a BERNICE JEAN MARTIN, TERRY MARTIN a/k/a TERRY GENE MARTIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 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

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016 B7

Legal Notices Continued from previous page

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

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 CLAYTON INVESTMENT GROUP, L.L.C., a Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, THE MULLIAN FAMILY LLC a/k/a MULLIAN FAMILY L.L.C., which may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 31, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-026111, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ALLAN M. MULLIAN, who may be deceased, and his Successor/s in Interest, who may be the holder/s of a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated July 26, 2006, with respect to said property, recorded July 31, 2006, in Instrument Number 06-026111, THE ALLEN FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, which may be the holder/s of a $26,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, WILLIAM WALTHER, who may be the holder of part of a $35,000.00 Interest and JEANNE WALTHER, who may be the holder of part of a $35,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LEONARD WEISS, who maybe deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title of LEONARD WEISS, who may be the holder/s of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, GERALDINE WEISS, who may be the holder of part of a $15,000.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, JOEL FINE, who may be the holder of part of an $11,500.00 and LAURA FINE, who may be the holder of part of an $11,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 0704974, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, NICK SEFCHOK, who may be deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, who may be the holder/s of $4,500.00 Interest in a Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 9, 2007 in Instrument No. 07-04974, K. BRADLEY HILDEBRANDT, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Ninth Supplemental Deed of Trust dated May 19, 2004, with respect to said property, recorded May 21, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-016704, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, or his successor/s in title, JAY S. SCHWARTZ, As Agent for BERNICE SCHWARTZ, GREG WOOLWINE, HOPE WOOLWINE, RICHARD 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, 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, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, 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

Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1802 North 23rd STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

brances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1722 Hickory Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1007 NORTH 33RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0878/021

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on June 22, 2015 in the matter City of Richmond v. Blufort Linwood Spencer, Jrr., et al Case No. CL14-4370-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 606 North 29TH Street,

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Melvin Williams, Jr., et al., Case No. CL16-511-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 816 North 22ND Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 19, 2015 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Elmer Baker, Who May Be Deceased et al., Case No. CL14-1273-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1007 North 33RD Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 606 NORTH 29TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0527/021

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 816 NORTH 22ND STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0373/013

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1320 NORTH 34TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0875/004

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on March 21, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Verneida S. Miles, Who May Be Deceased, Case No. CL15-3963-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1320 North 34TH Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1802 NORTH 23RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1081/009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on March 21, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Eddie A. Jones, et al., Case No. CL15-3449-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3102 1st Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1060/009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on July 21, 2014 in the matter City of Richmond v. Premier Investment Properties, L.L.C., et al., Case No. CL13-26491, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3102 1st Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumContinued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1717 NORTH 21ST STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0938/021

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on March 21, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Jesse L. Bodrick, who may be deceased et al, Case No. CL15-2346-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1717 North 21 st Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2207 EDWARDS AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0460/008

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on June 27, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Doris E. Crostic et al. , Case No. CL16-1810-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2207 Edwards Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.1-3969 of the Code of Virginia. Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1722 HICKORY STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0364/010

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on June 27, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Leo A. Shaw, et al., Case No. CL12-2762-1, a suit for Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2121 GREENWOOD AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0446/018

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Eddie Ransome, Jr., et al, Case No. CL15-2547-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2006, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2121 Greenwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is Continued on next page

B8 August 11-13, 2016

Richmond Free Press

Legal Notices Continued from previous page

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

Continued from previous column

being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

on October 14, 2014 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Lawrence I. Steed, et al, Case No. CL13-4733-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3205 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. James R. Marchand, et al., Case No. CL16-756-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1303 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2201 GORDON AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0549/010

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Any Unknown Heirs, Devisees, Assignees, or Successors in Interest of Harry Hyde, Jr., et al., Case No. CL16-528-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2201 Gordon Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3057 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE S000-1477/013

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Pleasant R. Crump, Jr., et al, Case No. CL15-4189-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3057 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3205 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE S000-1876/014

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 8011 BURRUNDIE DRIVE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C003-0221/006

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. William E. Clark, Who May be Deceased, et al., Case No. CL16-527-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3612 Griffin Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on March 21, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Stephen D. Forehand, et al, Case No. CL15-3507-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 8011 Burrundie Drive, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3612 GRIFFIN AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N016-0081/019

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1218 NORTH 24TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0559/030

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on March 21, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., et al., Case No. CL15-1476-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1218 North 24TH Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1303 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1180/008

Pursuant to an Order of Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2121 VENABLE STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0373/012

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2015 in the matter City of Richmond v. Clayton Investment Group, L.L. C., et al., Case No. CL15-956-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2010 Albany Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Melvin Williams, Jr., et al, Case No. CL16-512-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2121 Venable Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion.

The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as

Continued on next column

Continued on next column

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2010 ALBANY AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0348/006

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esquire 900 East Broad Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1801 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1527/001

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on April 25, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. Hubert J. Cassell et al., Case No. CL064934-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on August 23, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1801 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose.

Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

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

BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 16-1224-7JK Charles City Road Improvements Continued on next page

Richmond Free Press

August 11-13, 2016

B9

Sports Plus

Team USA expected to bring basketball gold home from Rio

Red, white and blue usually adds up to London (gold medal). gold at the Summer Olympics basketball Notable absentees: Team USA could be much stronger. competition.

Among the missing in Rio are megastars LeBron James, The American contingent has won Steph Curry, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, James Harden and the gold medal in 14 of the 17 games in Russell Westbrook. which it has participated, starting in Looking back …

1936 when basketball was played Black history: American teams were all white until outdoors in Berlin.

1948, when Don Barksdale, a 6-foot-6 forward from The U.S. team also has won UCLA, was selected by U.S. Coach Adolph Rupp.

Carmelo Anthony five times in six tries since Team USA went undefeated Team USA Olympic basketball NBA players became eligible that year, annihilating France to play on the Olympic team 65-21 in the final.

Here are members of Team USA vying for gold in basketball at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro: in 1992.

Teenage star: In 1968, Overall, Team USA went 19-year-old Detroit native Player Height NBA team to Rio with a 130-5 all-time Spencer Haywood averaged Carmelo Anthony 6-foot-8 New York Knicks Olympic record; 45-3 with a team high 16.1 points in Harrison Barnes 6-foot-8 Dallas Mavericks NBA players. leading Team USA to the gold.

Jimmy Butler 6-foot-7 Chicago Bulls DeMarcus Cousins 6-foot-11 Sacramento Kings At the 2012 Olympics in While most players during DeMar DeRozan 6-foot-7 Toronto Raptors London, the U.S. routed Argenthe amateur era (pre-1992) Kevin Durant 6-foot-9 Golden State Warriors tina in the semifinals, 109-83, were juniors and seniors from Paul George 6-foot-8 Indiana Pacers then defeated Spain, with NBA big-name colleges, Haywood Draymond Green 6-foot-7 Golden State Warriors players Marc and Pau Gasol, made the squad after one year Kyrie Irving 6-foot-3 Cleveland Cavaliers 107-100 to strike gold. at Trinidad State Junior ColDeAndre Jordan 6-foot-11 Los Angeles Clippers This year’s 12-man, alllege in Colorado.

Kyle Lowry 6-foot-1 Toronto Raptors African-American squad of Nightmare remembered: Klay Thompson 6-foot-7 Golden State Warriors NBA veterans is a prohibitive Perhaps more than for all the Coaches: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University; Jim Boeheim, favorite to continue the global victories, older U.S. fans’ most Syracuse University; Tom Thibodeau, Minnesota Timberwolves; domination. vivid Olympic memory is of Monty Williams The Americans won five, a gut-wrenching defeat — a pre-Olympic exhibition games controversial 51-50 loss to the over Australia, China twice, Venezuela and Nigeria by an average former Soviet Union in the 1972 Olympic final in Munich. of more than 42 points.

With 3 seconds left, Doug Collins hit two foul shots, putIn Rio, Team USA started with pool-play against China, ting Team USA up 50-49. The Soviet team needed to go the Venezuela and Australia. Preliminary games continue 6 p.m. length of the floor for a last-gasp chance.

Aug. 12 against Serbia, and France at 1:15 p.m. Aug. 14.

Twice, the Soviet team in-bounded the ball and failed to score.

Spain and France, with NBA star Tony Parker, are given the best To the astonishment of Americans, both times officials ruled the chances of challenging Team USA from the 12-team field. plays be taken over due to technicalities with the clock.

The quarterfinals are Aug. 17; semifinals, Aug. 19.

So on the third in-bound attempt, Alexander Belov received The gold medal game is set for 2:45 p.m. Aug. 21, at the a Hail Mary pass from Ivan Edeshko near his own goal and 16,000-seat Carioca Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The games will be scored the game winning basket as time expired. televised on NBC, Telemundo and various cable stations.

It was Team USA’s first basketball loss after 66 straight Four-star salute: Carmelo Anthony, becomes the United wins, and may have been the most devastating moment for States’ first four-time basketball Olympian. The 32-year-old Americans in the Olympics.

Brooklyn native played for Team USA in 2004 in Athens Unanimously, the Americans refused the silver medal and (bronze medal), 2008 in Beijing (gold medal) and 2012 in took the next flight back to the United States.

Charles Krupa/Associated Press

Venus Williams, right, confers with her sister, Serena, after losing a point in the first round doubles match Sunday against Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic at the Summer Olympics in Brazil.

Williams sisters leave Olympics without medals Free Press wire reports

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There will be no gold medals for Serena and Venus Williams at the Rio Olympics. Instead, the sisters are leaving the games early.

In a stunning upset, world No. 1 tennis star Serena fell Tuesday to unheralded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the third round of the singles tournament. Serena was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by a player she defeated in four previous meetings.

Now 34, Serena had hoped to become the first female tennis player to win two gold medals in the Olympic tennis singles competition. She won gold in both singles and doubles at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Venus, 36, lost in the first round Sunday to end her long shot quest for another Olympics singles medal.

The winner of singles gold in the 2000 games in Sydney, Austrialia, and the first woman to appear in five Olympics, Venus lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 to Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.

The biggest upset for the sisters, though, was their jaw-dropping loss in the first round of doubles play Sunday.

Venus and Serena have been dominant in that format, having teamed for gold in 2000, 2008 and 2012.

But with Venus battling illness, the top seeds fell 6-3, 6-4 to Czech pair Barbora Strycova and Lucie Safarova.

After their loss, Serena was philosophical about the result and preferred to focus on the success of one of the greatest ever doubles pairings.

“I wouldn’t say it’s devastating. We had a chance to compete for our country; we did the best that we could. We had a blast out there,” Serena told reporters.

“We’ve had so many Olympic doubles golds, so many grand slam championships. It’s been unbelievable.”

Along with their gold medals, they have won 14 grand slam doubles titles and 29 grand slam singles titles, including 22 for Serena, with the most recent being at Wimbledon in June. The sisters also won the doubles title at Wimbledon this year.

Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities Continued from previous page

Due 2:30 pm, August 31, 2016 Additional information available at: h t t p : / / w w w. h e n r i c o . u s / departments/purchasing/ bids-and-proposals/

NOTICE Chuckey’s Bodega LLC Trading as: Chuckey’s Bodega LLC 4900 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Henrico, VA 23223 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D e partm e nt of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Wine and Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Moe Morris Member NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices Objections shoud be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

Request foR PRoPosals RfP # DP-403-001 august 9, 2016 The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is soliciting sealed proposals from qualified vendors to provide: Classification and Compensation Consultant Services for the Law Enforcement Division.

Sealed proposals for this service will be accepted until august 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

Qualified vendors who are interested in offering proposals for this contract should contact Debbie Parsons, Contract Officer (804) 367-6991 to obtain a copy of the Solicitation.

Please Reference RFP # when calling.

A Pre-proposal Conference will be held on august 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries 7870 Villa Park Drive, Suite 400 Henrico, Virginia 23228 attendance at this conference is oPtIoNal

The following needed to work at

Assisted Living Facility

DIRECTOR OF GENERAL SERVICES

Activity Person (part-time) PCA or CNA to work PRN Good pay - Good days off

Chesterfield County is currently recruiting for the above position.

To view the recruitment profile, obtain application instructions and deadline date, please visit http://www.chesterfield.gov/careers/.

Call for appointment 804-222-5133 All references will be checked.

Drivers CDL-A:

Regional Flatbed 46-49 cpm Home Weekly Some Weekdays!

Excellent Benefits $4,000 Sign-on-Bonus.

Training Available 855-842-8420 x160

Freelance Writers The Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers.

Newspaper experience is a requirement.

To be considered, please send 5 samples of your writing, along with a cover letter to newsrichmondfreepress.com or mail to: Richmond Free Press, P. O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261.

No phone calls.

An Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Workforce Diversity

Program SuPPort trainee - BuSineSS analySt VHDA is currently seeking a Business Analyst Program Support Trainee within our Rental Housing Division. This position allows the successful candidate to interact with the various areas of Rental Housing responsible for multifamily lending and compliance of governmental programs. In this role, the associate would be involved in research and analysis of data and processes to ensure accuracy as well as best practices. This position works directly with the Rental Housing Business Analyst and provides the opportunity to learn about all aspects of process documentation, automated tools, quality assurance, and business analysis and to become a system power user working with IT. Interested applicants should be able to work independently while handling multiple demands and competing priorities and be open to hands on data clean up if required. This position requires the ability to analyze problems and prepare written communication clearly and effectively. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word is a must. The first two years will include leadership development and training opportunities as you prepare for a career with VHDA. Previous work experience as an intern is highly desirable. The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Information Systems or related field.

If you feel you meet the qualifications, please submit your cover letter and resume, online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE

THE VIRGINIA DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES ATTORNEYS The Division of Legislative Services, the primary legal and research agency for the General Assembly of Virginia, is seeking attorneys to join its professional staff. These highly visible positions entail drafting legislation, staffing committees of the General Assembly and undertaking research and policy analysis in the following areas:

• Finance and Taxation (Relevant work experience required) • Courts of Justice (Relevant work experience required) • General Laws • Local Government/Natural Resources • Technology and Science • Transportation

Requirements include excellent legal skills, writing and communication skills, and membership in the Virginia State Bar. Starting salary for the Finance and Taxation and Courts of Justice position will be commensurate with experience. The starting salary for all other positions will be $60,000.

Interested parties should submit a cover letter including current salary, resume and writing sample no later than Thursday, August 18, 2016 to Stephanie Kerns at skerns@ dls.virginia.gov. Please include "DLS Attorney Position" in the subject line of the e-mail.

Credit and background checks will be performed as a condition of employment.

This position is a VHDA Market Range 3.

DRIVERS: Great Hometime.

$1250+ per week + Monthly Bonuses.

Excellent Benefits.

Newer Trucks. No Touch!

CDL-A 1 yr. exp.

St. Peter Baptist Church A progressive suburban church is seeking grant writers and a video media technician. Interested persons please forward resumes to spbcoffice@verizon.net. Salaries are negotiable.

855-842-8498 To advertise in the

Richmond Free Press

call 644-0496

Research and Evaluation Coordinator (FA0960) Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center (VALRC) School of Education Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking applicants for a non-tenure eligible 12-Month Professional faculty position. The anticipated hire date for this sponsorfunded position is October 10, 2016. The desired candidate must have demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU. For a detailed job description and to apply, please visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/facjobs/ “Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university providing access to education and employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, political affiliation or disability.”

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following position: Electronics Technician I 87M00000108 Department of Emergency Communications Apply by 8/21/16 Field Operations Coordinator Public Utilities 35M00000547 Apply by 8/21/16 Gas & Water Services Technician Supervisor Public Utilities 35M00000556 Apply by 8/21/16 Gas & Water Services Technician Trainee Public Utilities 35M00000526 Apply by 8/21/16 Recreation Instructor I-Adventure Recreation Programmer 30TREC01023 Department of Parks, Recreation, & Community Facilities Apply by 08/21/2016 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V

Risk and ORganizatiOnal data analyst Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) is Virginia’s self-supporting state housing finance authority. Our mission is to help Virginians obtain quality, affordable housing. The Enterprise Risk & Operational Excellence team is seeking an experienced, analytical reporting and risk professional to join us. This team member will support VHDA’s enterprise risk management and organizational health reporting programs via financial and risk analytics for the purpose of evaluating past performance and examining likely risk scenarios, opportunity scenarios and loss prevention options. Successful candidates will have a proven track record in: 1) analyzing volumes of data to produce evaluations of past performance and likely future scenarios 2) applying visualization skills to large amounts of disparate data resulting in streamlined, relevant communications 3) applying a variety of practices and tools, such as data mining and ERP data analysis and 4) evaluating homeownership and rental housing programs and activities to help identify risks, controls, and trends within the business and industry. This role will work with Senior Management to enhance data-driven decision making using internal and external data sources to improve the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of metrics and reporting. No travel required.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, accounting or equivalent professional/technical certification. Advanced degree preferred (e.g., Masters or Ph. D). The following certifications are a plus: CBIP, CPA, CRMA. Several years of broad experience in mortgage banking, risk management, data warehouses, business intelligence or combination thereof.

SKILLS: Ideal candidate will have a proven track record in collecting and analyzing significant amounts of data for the purpose of evaluating past performance and establishing likely future scenarios. The successful candidate must be able to apply data visualization skills to large amounts of data resulting in an effective communication of information. Candidate must have familiarity with a variety of financial and risk analysis concepts, practices, and tools. Successful candidate will work with VHDA’s Leadership Team and Enterprise Risk Team to evaluate management requirements and business needs to enhance reporting across the organization by designing and implementing business specific dashboards, continuous evaluation of performance and strategic measures, and identification and analysis of key risk indicators. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook is required.

VHDA offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. Interested persons must submit a resume and cover letter, stating salary requirements, online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE This position closes at midnight on Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

Background and credit checks will be performed as a condition of employment.

Richmond Free Press T:11 in

B10 August 11-13, 2016

Sports Plus

COMCAST T:21 in

America’s Got Talent available on XFINITY TV app.

Mic drop.

The XFINITY X1 Voice Remote – search by titles, actors, genres, even some of your favorite quotes. Plus, get personalized recommendations, watch and record up to six shows at once with X1 DVR, and take your DVR library anywhere, on any device, and watch even when you’re offline. Also, explore the Black Film & TV collection on XFINITY On Demand to quickly find the movies, TV shows and music you love.

X1 will change the way you experience TV.

Restrictions apply. Not available in all areas. © 2016 Comcast. All rights reserved. NBCU celebrity endorsement not implied. All networks are divisions of NBCUniversal. © NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All rights reserved.