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Out like Flynn Concerns grow amid reports that Trump campaign aides were in frequent contact with Russian officials before Nov. 8 election

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WASHINGTON President Trump is facing a deepening crisis over the relationship between his aides and Russia, with senior Republicans vowing on Wednesday to get to the bottom of the matter and Democrats demanding an independent probe. Amid rising unease among fellow Republicans in Congress less than a month into his presidency, President Trump sought to focus the attention on what he called criminal intelligence leaks about Michael Flynn, his ousted national security adviser. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that phone call records and intercepted calls showed members of President Trump’s presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the Nov. 8 presidential election. The report came nearly 24 hours after Mr. Flynn was forced to resign over conversations he had last December with the

Shake-up at City Hall leads to 4 dismissals By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Six weeks after taking office, Mayor Levar M. Stoney has begun shaking up the administration at City Hall. In a first step taken last week, he dumped four high-ranking executives from the administration of his predecessor, ranging from the tarnished director of public works Mr. Adediran to the long-serving fire chief. Mayor Stoney did not mention the names of the departed in his Feb. 9 announcement, instead simply naming those who would fill the positions on an interim basis. As yet, it is unclear what the administrative changes will mean for residents. Mayor Stoney stated that the city “was moving in a new direction” and that he was “excited to see” what the new leadership he installed Mr. Creecy “can do to improve our government and move our city forward.” The ousted include: • Emmanuel O. Adediran, director of public works; • Robert A. Creecy, fire chief; • Debra D. Gardner, deputy chief administrative officer, or DCAO, for human services, who oversaw social services, juvenile justice and parks and Ms. Gardner recreation; and • Johnny L. McLean, director of human resources. The mayor named Bobby Vincent Jr., deputy public works director and a 24-year city veteran, as interim director of the

Russian ambassador to Washington and misleading statements about them to Vice President Mike Pence. The New York Times, citing current and former U.S. officials, said U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they discovered Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee. The Kremlin has dismissed the reports as groundless.

According to the report, the officials conceded they had “so far” seen no evidence that Trump campaign officials had cooperated with Russian intelligence in Moscow’s efforts to influence the election in the president’s favor. The officials did not explain what the contacts were about. However, report of the frequent contact last year between Please turn to A4

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Kenneth Williams, CEO of Adult Alternative Program, plans to use students and young adults to renovate the vacant REAL School building at 4929 Chamberlayne Ave. under a lease agreement with Richmond Public Schools.

Contractor hopes vacant RPS building can teach students new lessons By Holly Rodriguez

When Kenneth Williams takes over the former REAL School building at Chamberlayne and Azalea avenues, he won’t be teaching students the typical reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, the 68-year-old contractor and owner of Williams Builders Plus will use the vacant building to teach young adults skills in construction. From simple skills needed to fix a broken window to installing toilets and sheetrock, Mr. Williams’Adult Alternative Program teaches basic skills and behavior modification for young adults ages 18 to 25 who are in need. Many have been released from jail and prison and are looking to re-enter the labor force, Mr. Williams said. The goal of the program is to help participants achieve Class C contractor certification for a career in the construction industry.

The Richmond School Board approved the award of a four-year lease agreement between Richmond Public Schools and the Adult Alternative Program for rehabilitation of the building at 4929 Chamberlayne Ave. “The four-year lease agreement will include no rental payment in the first year due to the costs Kenneth will incur to start renovations,” said Thomas Kranz, superintendent of support services for Richmond Public Schools. “Then, he will pay $500 per month for the next three years, at the end of which time we will assess what will happen with the building.” In 2007, REAL School students were moved from the single-story brick building to Henderson Middle School. RPS retained ownership of the building, which has been vacant since then. Mr. Kranz said leasing the building to Mr. Williams is a win for RPS students. The vacant building is costing the city’s

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Détente reached after Oakley-Dolan showdown at The Garden By Fred Jeter

Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley has a reputation of being a powerful man who doesn’t back down. James Dolan, owner of the NBA team, has a reputation of having paper-thin skin. Their extreme personalities clashed Feb. 8 at Madison Square Garden, resulting in an embarrassing situation that drew national publicity for all the wrong reasons. Oakley, a former Virginia Union University All-American — Class of 1985 — who played for the Knicks from 1988 through 1999, was confronted by a posse of security at New York’s Madison Square Garden during the first quarter of a Knicks-Los Angeles Clippers game. The robust 6-foot-8 Oakley was instructed to leave the building, as ordered by Dolan, who is executive chairman of The Madison Please turn to A4

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Under a pagoda Xavier Judon, 2, and his mother, Melissa, strike a playful pose under a handcrafted pagoda set up for last Saturday’s ChinaFest! Year of the Fire Rooster. The family-oriented event took place at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Please see more photos, B2.

school system a couple of thousand dollars a year to maintain security and dispatch personnel to the property to investigate a reported problem or incident, such as a broken window. “We will save that money, which can go back into our budget for operating costs,” he said. “It’s not a lot of money, but every little bit helps.” Please turn to A4

Candidates sought for Richmond School Board’s 3rd District The Richmond School Board will choose someone to fill the vacant 3rd District seat on March 20. The appointee will fill the seat vacated by Jeff M. Bourne, who was elected last week to the Virginia House of Delegates. The person will serve until a special election is held in November. Candidates interested in being considered for the interim appointment must be registered voters and live in the city’s 3rd District. Applicants are required to submit electronically or by hard copy a letter of interest and a résumé, including home address and telephone number. The deadline for submission to Angela Lewis, school board clerk, is 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at alewis@ rvaschools.net or 301 N. 9th St., 17th floor, Richmond, Va. 23219. Candidates will be interviewed by the School Board on Monday, March 13, when a public hearing also will be held to receive citizen comments on candidates. After the board makes its selection on March 20, the appointee is slated to take office on March 21. For more information or to submit an application for the seat, contact Ms. Lewis, alewis@rvaschools. net or (804)780-7716. — HOLLY RODRIGUEZ

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VUU receives grant for student research

Virginia Union University has been awarded a $380,000 federal grant to beef up research experiences for its students. Dr. Carleitta Paige-Anderson, a VUU biology professor who secured the three-year National Science Foundation grant with colleague Dr. Vernon Ruffin, stated that the grant would allow “freshmen taking general biology to be exposed to inquiry-based research that involves them in the development of a project.” As sophomores, students then could pursue a research certificate at VUU that would allow them to assist new freshmen with projects, engage in additional research, and be exposed to scientific journals and attend conferences during the next three years, Dr. Paige-Anderson stated. As they graduate, participating students would gain a certificate along with their diploma that “would validate for graduate programs and employers that the student had a research-intensive curriculum,” she stated. The overall goal is for VUU to produce “more graduates seeking careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” Dr. Paige-Anderson added. The grant also would allow VUU to find out if “students who participate in research early in their academic careers persist in the sciences.”

GRTC looking for fare inspectors The Pulse system is still under construction, but GRTC already is taking a step to ensure customers will pay the required fare to ride the rapid transit buses when the system goes into operation next fall. The Richmond area public transit company is advertising for a contractor to supply “unarmed fare evasion officers” — essentially inspectors who will check passengers to ensure they have paid. The General Assembly recently approved legislation that Richmond Delegate Betsy B. Carr and Petersburg Sen. Rosalyn R. Dance sponsored authorizing such inspectors. Why will inspectors be needed? Because fare collection on the Pulse “will differ from fare collection on traditional buses,” according to GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace. Passengers now pay at the fare box when they board at the bus front door, Ms. Pace noted, and the driver can see if they do. However, she said that riders of the Pulse will pay through a ticket vending machine at each of the 14 stations. The stations now are being built along the Pulse’s 7-mile route between Rocketts Landing and The Shops at Willow Lawn shopping center. Pulse operators will not see passengers pay because there will be no fare boxes inside the rapid transit buses, Ms. Pace said. And passengers will board the Pulse at the rear and front doors, unlike traditional buses where riders enter the front door one by one. Thus, the need for fare enforcement officers who, like conductors on a train, will check that customers have paid, she said. She said GRTC is creating protocols for the fare inspectors to follow when they find a passenger is riding without a ticket. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

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This eye-catching “Social Justice Window” attracts attention to independent Chop Suey Books, a popular 15-year-old bookstore in Carytown. It’s a thought-provoking display in which trenchant commentaries sprout like daffodils from the books, mostly from African and African-American authors. Location: 2913 W. Cary St.

Performance review team to examine city operations By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mayor Levar M. Stoney came into office promising to undertake a comprehensive performance review of City Hall departments with the goal of improving accountability, efficiency and the delivery of services. This week, he told city residents he was moving to keep his promise to complete that review by the end of March, when he will complete his first 100 days in office. In a statement Tuesday, he announced the launch of the review with the aid of Virginia Commonwealth University, private citizens and contributions of $50,000 apiece from two major corporations, Altria and Dominion Resources. The city also is to contribute $50,000 to pay for the review, while VCU has agreed to provide services worth $50,000 for the project, the administration disclosed. Mayor Stoney stated that the review would be conducted in partnership with two elements of the VCU Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs —

the Performance Management Group and the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis. Both the performance group and the center have consulted for other governmental organizations seeking to transform workplace culture, upgrade work flow and renew their employees’ commitment to customer and public service — the very things the mayor is seeking to improve at City Hall. Dr. James M. Burke, director of the Performance Management Group, will lead the review team, the mayor stated. “I am excited by the commitment of the city’s leadership to improving city operations and services and delighted to participate,” Dr. Burke stated. The work plan calls for the team of City Hall outsiders that Dr. Burke will lead to review previous city performance audits, conduct interviews with city employees and then offer recommendations for change. In a follow-up response to a Free Press query, Jim Nolan, the mayor’s press secre-

tary, stated that the goal “is to complete the review in the first 100 days, with analysis and recommendations to follow.” He added that the timetable for “implementation would depend on the specific recommendations, but where we can act swiftly to make positive change, we will do so without hesitation.” Members of the review team are to include Dr. John Accordino and Greg Wingfield of VCU’s Wilder School; Robert Dortch of the Robins Foundation; Dr. Bill Murray of Dominion Resources and Iris Holiday, former director of corporate philanthropy for Dominion Resources, the mayor stated. Other participants are Jim Kresge and George Ruzek from Capital One; Andrea Archer, Teri Miles, Charlie Agee and Michael Walton from Altria; Casey Lucier of McGuireWoods law firm; Joe Dziedzic, former chief financial officer for Brink’s; Teresa Caviness, president of Zenyo Inc., an advertising and marketing firm; and Brian Jackson, chairman of Venture Richmond and a partner with the Hirschler Fleischer law firm.

Advocates charge transit plan ignores needs of regular riders By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Despite an outpouring of concern that regular bus riders, largely African-Americans, are being ignored and overlooked, Richmond City Council voted 9-0 Monday to endorse a proposed overhaul of current GRTC routes aimed at speeding up regular service and connecting riders with the east-west Pulse bus rapid transit system now under construction. With the state poised to give the city $3.8 million to aid GRTC to implement the route overhaul next fall when the Pulse is to go into service, the council rejected the call from advocates to delay a vote on the resolution supporting the RVA Transit Network Plan that was rolled out last month. The draft of the plan calls for having buses running every 15 minutes on a few main routes, with other routes having 30- or 60-minute service, depending on ridership and demand. The plan calls for consolidating some current routes, including four in Church Hill, and for sharp cuts in the number of stops where passengers can catch a bus. The plan is designed to help speed up runs. Before the vote, City Council members got an earful from people worried that regular passengers would see little improvement in service or access to jobs, belying city pledges to do more to address poverty and the dearth of job opportunities. “The draft Transit Plan provides for zero expansion of the existing network and fails to provide more access to job opportunities,” said Omari Al-Qadaffi, a founder and organizer with Leaders of the New South. He asserted that the consultants who drafted the plan justified it with a poor quality survey and phony statistics that didn’t reflect the demographics of the ridership or the city. The resulting plan, he said, fails to address the concerns of current bus riders who he said do not support it.

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Omari Al-Qadaffi from Leaders of the New South takes part in a City Hall protest Monday over a proposed overhaul of GRTC routes. He and others believe the plan favors people who do not need public transit and ignores the needs of African-American and lowincome passengers who rely on the service.

Arthur Burton, founder and leader of the nonprofit Kinfolk Community Center that operates in Mosby Court, told the council that drafters simply ignored concerns. He said he and others offered what they considered constructive proposals as the draft plan was being developed, “and none of those concerns were addressed when the plan was rolled out.”

Bulk trash collection this weekend Crews from the Richmond Department of Public Works will work this weekend to catch up on the collection of mattresses and other bulk trash and brush from city residents. The goal: To address a significant share of the backlog of 1,500 requests for pickups that have piled up during the fall and early winter as a result of the department being shorthanded, according to department spokeswoman Sharon North.

The blitz is not for new or recent requests, she stated, but is designed to address requests that have been on hold for weeks or months. Since only a portion of the requests can be addressed this week, she stated that the department would be scheduling additional weekend bulk pickup efforts. Additional information: Ms. North, (804) 646-5607.

Council members, though, sought to reassure speakers and those watching the meeting on TV that such concerns are being heard and could and would be addressed before the final plan is issued next month. City Council Vice President Cynthia Newbille, 7th District, promised that she would ride buses during the next few weeks to gather more information and hear rider concerns. Other council members will be holding community meetings to gain feedback. Meanwhile, Amy Inman, a city planner who is overseeing the transit plan’s development with consultants, sought to counter the impression that concerns were being ignored. She told the council that “tweaks” already have been made to the plan to restore service and stops near Armstrong High School and in the Oakwood section of Church Hill after hearing from riders like Dora Callahan, who has relied on bus service for 45 years. She and others told

the council about the hardships the loss of bus stops in those areas would cause. Ms. Inman said changes will be made to ensure riders can access the proposed grocery store that is planned for a site at Nine Mile Road and 25th Street. The result would be more coverage, Ms. Inman said, but such changes would mean GRTC would have to offer 30-minute service instead of the 15-minute service that was initially proposed. Council has only limited authority, having granted GRTC full authority to change routes and bus stops. But the governing body’s support is regarded as critical in enabling the RVA Transit Network plan to be adequately funded. Planning for change began during former Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ tenure and continues to have the backing of Mayor Levar M. Stoney. The council was repeatedly told during the public comment period the draft plan would not uplift the 20,000 residents who rely on transit and that more time needed to be spent in developing the plan for those whose fares are the financial backbone of the system. “What is the rush?” asked Lynetta Thompson, former president of the Richmond Branch NAACP, urging the council to do more to make sure that low-income neighborhoods in Church Hill and South Side are well served. “Who does this really benefit? It’s as if you haven’t really considered the people who need transit service the most. You’re not considering the elderly. You’re not considering people with young children.” The NAACP branch, joined by at least 12 other civic groups in the RVA Coalition for Smart Transit, already has filed a discrimination complaint with the Federal Transit Administration, which is paying the lion’s share of the cost of Pulse, charging that the poorest areas of the city are being left out of service. Advocates for delay also lambasted Mayor Stoney for doing little with this plan to support his call for “one city.” They also criticized Council President Chris A. Hilbert for promising to address poverty and then promoting a bus plan would have little impact on that issue. Speakers, including Osita Iroegbu, urged city officials to drop the pretense that they want to address the poverty that afflicts 25 percent of city residents. That hit home with President Hilbert, who pledged to “double down” in ensuring the issue is better addressed as the plan undergoes further refinement.

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Square Garden Co. and responsible for the day-to-day operations of its professional sports teams. When Oakley shoved a security guard while declining to leave, he was forcefully escorted into a tunnel, wrestled to the ground, handcuffed and later charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and criminal trespassing. The Cleveland native was released from jail later that evening. Now represented by attorney Alex Spiro, Oakley is to appear in April in a New York court. In a prepared statement, the Knicks said Oakley “came to the game tonight and behaved in a highly inappropriate and abusive manner.” Dolan also accused Oakley of being Frank Franklin II/Associated Press intoxicated, a claim Oakley deems “pure Basketball great Charles Oakley argues with a security guard before his arrest fiction.” Oakley, who has a history of criticizing Feb. 8 at Madison Square Garden during an NBA game between the New York Dolan’s management, has a long-festering Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers. feud with the Knicks boss. The situation NBA finals against the Houston Rockets, in 2000, Oakley punched teammate Jeff intensified this year when the Knicks failed Oakley started 107 straight games — 82 McInnis. Also with the Raptors, Oakley to include Oakley in the team’s 70th an- in regular season and another 25 in the threw a basketball against the head of niversary celebration. He was at the Feb. playoffs. That same year, he was an teammate Tyrone Hill during practice. 8 game with friends, sitting several rows NBA All-Star and named to the NBA In both incidents, Oakley drew fines behind Dolan when things heated up. All-Defensive team. and suspensions from the NBA. While admitting “I should have never In six of his NBA seasons, the durable “Charles is as nice a guy as you’ll ever put my hands on anyone,” Oakley denies forward started all 82 regular season games. meet — totally respectful of everyone,” the Knicks’ contention that he was threat- While known mostly for his fierce defense, said his friend Terry Davis, a member of ening in any way or under the influence he posted career averages of 9.7 points, the VUU Class of 1989 and a longtime of alcohol. 9.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists. NBA player. Oakley insists he “never said a word to Dolan, 63, who is feared as an adminis“But if you get in his face, that’s a Dolan” prior to the security team’s arrival. trator, reportedly demands total loyalty and whole different matter. There are certain On Monday, Feb. 13, Oakley, Dolan if he doesn’t receive it, someone pays. rules you follow around Charles, and putand basketball superstar Michael Jordan Among his “decrees,” he has: ting your hands on him is the No. 1 rule had a conference with NBA Commissioner • Prohibited reporters from interviews you don’t break.” Adam Silver in Manhattan. without a Madison Square Garden public Oakley is especially close with Jordan. “Both Mr. Oakley and Mr. Dolan relations official present; The two played together in Chicago and were apologetic about the incident and • Forbidden one-on-one interviews; Washington. Since retiring from the NBA, subsequent comments, and their negative • Banned writers who authored nega- Oakley often has accompanied Jordan, as a impact on the Knicks and the NBA,” tive stories; bodyguard of sorts, on various excursions Silver said. • Failed to renew the contract of veteran to clubs, casinos and golf courses. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, coincidentally a announcer Marv Albert in 2004 for alleged Oakley was married last July to the former day synonymous with warm feelings, the criticism of Knicks’ play. Angela Reed. They have one daughter. ban against Oakley from entering Madison Dolan also reportedly has had his own Reached for comment by TMZ Sports, Square Garden was lifted. Also, the Gar- battle with alcohol and substance abuse Mrs. Oakley countered Dolan’s drinking den’s chief of security, Frank Benedetto, and went into rehab in the 1990s. accusations by saying, “Charles doesn’t has been fired. Oakley is no wilting flower. have a drinking problem. It would have Some background is in order: In 1996, he slugged NBA player Charles come out long before if he did.” Oakley is among the most ruggedly ag- Barkley during an exhibition game. In Asked for her theory as to why matters gressive athletes ever to wear the Knicks 1999, he slapped Barkley with an open got out of hand at the Garden, Mrs. Oakblue and orange. hand in an off-court spat. ley said, “He was just showing the same In 1994, in helping New York to the As a member of the Toronto Raptors passion he did as a player.”

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department; and promoted Debbie P. Jackson, the city’s training manager for seven years, as interim DCAO for human services. He also named David Daniels, deputy fire chief and chief safety officer since 2015, as the interim fire chief; and Korita Jones, chief of HR’s compensation and benefits division, as interim human resources director. Some of the changes were expected, notably Mr. Adediran and Ms. Gardner. Both are members of former Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ church, First Baptist Church of South Richmond, and their hiring led to cries of “cronyism” during last year’s mayoral campaign. Mr. Adediran was a veteran city employee who served in the top post for public works since June 2015 and earned about $130,000 a year. He had been on the short list to go in the wake of Mayor Stoney’s campaign promises to address complaints about pothole repairs, tree trimming, grass cutting and other issues involving the department’s work. In addition, Mr. Adediran was a reminder of a scandal in Mayor Jones’ final year in office that grew out of the disclosure that Mr. Adediran was using city time to serve as the volunteer construction manager for First Baptist’s satellite church in Chesterfield. While Mr. Adediran was ordered to forfeit a week’s vacation pay to make up for the city time he spent working on the church project, a six-month probe by the State Police, FBI and Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office ultimately cleared him and Mayor Jones of any criminal wrongdoing. Ms. Gardner, who made $179,000 annually, had served less than two years in the city post after leaving an executive job

Severance and other pay for the four officials dismissed by Mayor Levar M. Stoney Emmanuel O. Adediran Severance, $0 Unused vacation, $25,500 Total: $25,500 Robert A. Creecy Severance, $35,777 Unused vacation, $15,758 Total: $51,535 Debra D. Gardner Severance, $43,027 Unused vacation, $536 Total: $43,563 Johnny L. McLean Severance, $37,638 Unused vacation, $17,371 Total: $55,009

with the state Department of Corrections. However, there were never any public complaints from the City Council about her ability to do the job. The reason for Mr. McLean’s dismissal remains unclear. He joined the city in December 2013 and earned $152,000 annually. At least one member of City Council indicated Mr. McLean did not have the full confidence of the council members. However, at the time he was dismissed, Mr. McLean was heading a major study of job descriptions and compensation for city employees, who have long complained that wages have fallen far behind those in surrounding counties. While the mayor’s office said the study would continue, it was not clear who would lead the work. The dismissal of Chief Creecy, who was appointed by former Mayor L. Douglas Wilder in 2005 and earned $143,000 a year, was perhaps the most unexpected change to outsiders. A 34-year veteran of the Richmond De-

partment of Fire and Emergency Services and one of the few to rise through the ranks to the top spot, Chief Creecy had been in a early retirement program and was scheduled to leave in September. During his tenure, the department added its first new fire station in South Side in 40 years, began the first replacement program for aging fire trucks and renovated two other stations. However, the firefighters association, led by Keith Andes, had been calling for Chief Creecy’s ouster, claiming he failed to keep members of the department safe from asbestos during station renovation work and had not done enough to improve salaries, despite the chief’s success in maintaining parity in pay with police officers. The association also criticized Chief Creecy for hiring now interim Chief Daniels. Chief Creecy, the only one of the four ousted officials who could be reached for comment, would only say that his dismissal “was part of the transition in a new administration.” Neither Mayor Stoney nor Councilwoman Reva Trammell, chair of City Council’s Public Safety Committee, acknowledged his service or wished him well. Three of the four ousted officials were awarded severance pay, but Chief Creecy’s was slashed in the wake of complaints about the severance paid to former staff members of former Mayor Jones and City Council. The city ordinance on severance provides for an official who is terminated to receive one month of pay for each year of service, up to seven months of pay. Chief Creecy was limited to half that amount, while Mr. Adediran was not awarded any severance. Asked about it, the mayor’s press secretary, Jim Nolan, said that the mayor’s office was not commenting on any decisions involving the four officials.

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Trump campaign aides and associates drew fresh consternation from lawmakers who raised questions about who authorized the contact by campaign aides and later Mr. Flynn with the Russians and what was done with the information. The president’s Republican critics, including U.S. Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, also raised questions, with Sen. McCain describing the situation as a “troubling indication of the dysfunction of the current national security apparatus” in a complex global environment. “Gen. Flynn’s resignation also raises further questions about the Trump administration’s intentions toward (President Vladimir) Putin’s Russia, including statements by the president suggesting moral equivalence between the United States and Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine, annexation of Crimea, threats to our NATO allies and attempted interference in American elections.” But comments by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who has been a Trump supporter, increased the pressure on the White House. Sen. Corker said the Russia issue is threatening President Trump’s agenda on foreign affairs and domestic matters like healthcare and tax policy. He questioned whether the White House would be able to stabilize itself and said Mr. Flynn should testify before Congress. Democrats doubted that the Justice Department, now led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a pick of President Trump, or the Republican-led Congress will pursue the matter vigorously. On Wednesday, a growing number of Democrats demanded an independent investigation of possible illegal communications between Mr. Flynn and the Russian government and any efforts by Mr. Flynn or other White House officials to conceal wrongdoing. The Democrats called for either a special counsel appointed by Mr. Sessions, or the creation of a bipartisan commission with subpoena power. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Mr. Sessions, a close ally of President Trump, must recuse himself from any investigation. Sen. Graham called for a broader bipartisan congressional investigation to be conducted by a newly formed special committee rather than existing committees, if it turns out that the Trump presidential campaign communicated with the Russians. “It’s time for us to look into all things related to Russia’s involvement in 2016,” Sen. Graham told reporters, referring to last year’s election. But the top Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives have insisted the matter be investigated by existing Republican-led committees. U.S. intelligence agencies previously concluded that Russia hacked and leaked Democratic emails during the election campaign as part of efforts to tilt the vote in Mr. Trump’s favor. Some experts expressed concern the White House could curtail or divert probes into Mr. Flynn and Russian involvement in the election unless Congress becomes more aggressive by holding hearings and appointing an independent commission or special prosecutor into whether President Trump’s team violated federal laws in their contacts with Russia. Intelligence agencies now overseen by President Trump may not be ideally suited to the job, they added. “It’s not, at the end of the day, the job of the intelligence community to regulate the White House — and it shouldn’t be,” said Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor who focuses on constitutional law and national security. Mr. Flynn was abruptly forced out by President Trump on Monday after disclosures he had discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with the Russian ambassador before Mr. Trump took office, and that he had later misled Vice President Pence about the conversations. The Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon spy agency once headed by Mr. Flynn, formally suspended his security clearance denying him access to classified information, DIA spokesman James Kudla said. The drama of Mr. Flynn’s departure was the latest in a series of White House missteps and controversies since President Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20. In Twitter posts on Wednesday, President Trump called the reported Russian connection with his campaign team nonsense, adding: “The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy. Very unAmerican!” At a news conference later with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump charged that intelligence leaks to the news media were “a criminal act.” He said Mr. Flynn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, was “a wonderful man” who has been treated “very, very unfairly by the media.” But White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday that President Trump asked for Mr. Flynn’s resignation because of the president’s “eroding level of trust” in Mr. Flynn after a series of “questionable instances.” Mr. Spicer on Tuesday also denied there had been any contact between any member of the Trump campaign team and Russia. From early on in his White House bid, President Trump said he would like improved relations with Russian President Putin, a stance criticized by Democrats and also by some Republicans concerned about Washington softening its stance after Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and aggression in Syria. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called on the FBI to expedite an investigation into the financial, personal and political ties of President Trump and members of his administration to the Russians. “There are suspicions that have arisen about the president of the United States,” Rep. Pelosi said, including behavior she called “very dangerous to the national security of our country,” including poor judgment in appointing Mr. Flynn. The Trump administration has offered Mr. Flynn’s former job to U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert Harward, said two officials familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear if Vice Adm. Harward, a former deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, had accepted the offer, according to sources.

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The School Board voted unanimously at its Feb. 6 meeting to move forward on leasing the building. Mr. Williams indicated that he planned to include REAL School students and other RPS students with behavioral and discipline problems in the renovation project. “Instead of a student with a long suspension sitting around at home, they could come do this, gain some

skills,” he said. Mr. Williams said the Richmond Police Department has agreed to provide a grant for the program. Chief Alfred Durham is scheduled to do a walk-through of the building next week to determine the award amount, he said. Mr. Williams also said he is currently in talks with a large home improvement store for a donation of supplies, but sponsorship has not yet been confirmed.

Mr. Williams said more than 200 young adults are registered for the program so far, with eight licensed contractors committed to help train participants. Each contractor will work with up to 12 students on specific projects. The REAL School building renovation is the program’s main project, Mr. Williams said. But he has even bigger plans that include teaching students about giving back to the community while creating revenue that will help

the program become sustainable. Mr. Williams said he has bids in with the City Attorney’s Office to acquire 32 tax-delinquent houses. “We can acquire these homes for $1,750 each, and the agreement is that the homes will be sold to low-income families,” he said. Revenues earned from the real estate sales, he explained, would be reinvested into the program to cover costs and to invest in additional properties.

“Our vision is to purchase more properties and create transitional housing for people newly released from jail, battered women escaping dangerous situations and (facilities for) counseling people recovering from drug addiction.” Mr. Williams said he does not yet have a start date for the school renovation project. Mr. Kranz said the lease agreement is in the works, but could not provide a date when it would be finalized.

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Virginia judge grants injunction against Trump travel ban

Monday night by Judge Brinkema McLEAN in Alexandria is a more permanent A federal judge on Monday granted type of injunction than the temporary a preliminary injunction barring the restraining order issued in the WashTrump administration from impleington state case. Mr. Herring said he menting its travel ban in Virginia, expects the injunction to remain in adding another judicial ruling to those place until the case goes to trial. already in place challenging the ban’s Judge Brinkema’s injunction, howconstitutionality. ever, applies only to Virginia residents. The ruling is significant from a Mr. Herring had asked the judge to legal standpoint because U.S. District issue the injunction nationwide, but Mr. Herring Judge Leonie Brinkema found that an the judge limited it to Virginia, saying unconstitutional religious bias is at the heart that the nationwide restraining order in place out of the travel ban, and therefore violates First of the Washington state case already provides Amendment prohibitions on favoring one religion much of the relief Virginia is seeking. over another. She said the evidence introduced Mr. Herring said he could ask the judge to so far indicates that Virginia’s challenge to the extend the injunction nationally if the 9th Circuit ban will succeed once it proceeds to trial. stay gets reversed. A federal appeals court in California already Virginia’s lawsuit also does not challenge the has upheld a national temporary restraining order portion of the executive order directed at refugees. stopping the government from implementing the The 9th Circuit case covers refugees. ban, which is directed at seven Muslim-majority Virginia based its arguments on the harms the countries. But the ruling by the 9th Circuit Court state would suffer if the travel ban is allowed to of Appeals was rooted more in due process go forward. The state has said, for instance, that grounds, said Virginia Attorney General Mark 1,000 students at its universities and dozens of Herring, a Democrat who brought the lawsuit university staff members and professors could against President Trump in Virginia. be affected by the ban. Judge Brinkema’s ruling gets right to the heart In her ruling, Judge Brinkema said the Trump of our First Amendment ... claim,” Mr. Herring administration offered no justification for the said in a conference call Monday night. travel ban, and wrote that the president’s execuIn her 22-page ruling, Judge Brinkema wrote that tive power “does not mean absolute power.” President Trump’s promises during the campaign to Judge Brinkema chided the federal governimplement what came to be known as a “Muslim ment for offering no evidence to support its ban” provide evidence that the current executive rationale for the ban, other than arguing the presiorder unconstitutionally targets Muslims. dent’s authority for issuing such an order. “The president himself acknowledged the conShe said the president’s executive authority ceptual link between a Muslim ban and the EO is still limited by the Constitution. (executive order),” Judge Brinkema wrote. “Every presidential action must still comply She also cited news accounts that presidential with the limits set by Congress’ delegation of adviser Rudy Giuliani said the executive order is power and the constraints of the Constitution, an effort to find a legal way for President Trump including Bill of Rights,” she wrote. to be able to impose his Muslim ban. A Justice Department spokeswoman did not Mr. Herring said that “the overwhelming immediately return an email seeking comment evidence shows that this ban was conceived in Monday night. President Trump has raised the religious bigotry.” possibility that he will issue a new executive order Also, the preliminary injunction issued to replace the one being challenged in court. Associated Press

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Checking the pulse of the city Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, center, leads a group of about 40 people Wednesday during a tour of the Brookland Park Boulevard business corridor in North Side. Accompanied by City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, Mayor Stoney was shown buildings tagged with graffiti that need to be cleaned as well as Scott’s Funeral Home’s new chapel. The mayor also met business owners along the route, including including the proprietors of the renovated Two Pillars Tattoo and Sign Shop. Walking to his left is Richard A. Lambert Sr., president and owner of the funeral home. Saying he wants to be a “hands on, visible mayor,” Mayor Stoney plans to walk the Jefferson Davis Highway corridor in South Richmond next week with 8th District City Council member Reva M. Trammell.

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Rallying for ‘sanctuary’ With signs and chants, more than 100 immigration advocates rally Monday afternoon outside City Hall to urge Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney and the Richmond City Council to declare Richmond a “sanctuary city” and defy stepped-up federal efforts to deport people who lack green cards or student, work or visitation visas. Later, advocates pushed their view during the public comment session of the evening’s council meeting. So far, they have not moved government leaders, including the mayor, who has avoided

using the “sanctuary” term. Last week, Mayor Stoney announced he would continue the longstanding city policy of promoting Richmond as a “welcoming, inclusive” community that leaves inquiries about immigration status to federal agents except in the case of non-citizens taken into custody for crimes. The city appears to be seeking a middle way to avoid tangling with the Republican-dominated General Assembly, which has passed legislation seeking to punish “sanctuary” localities that restrain their police from doubling as immigration agents. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is expected to veto that legislation.

Hampton U cancer treatment center may get boost from General Assembly By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Virginia General Assembly is poised to hand Hampton University a major victory in its bid to boost the use of its seven-year-old, $225 million cancer treatment center that uses proton beam radiation therapy to help eradicate the disease in its patients. A bill now moving through the legislature is expected to aid the university to overcome the reluctance of major insurance companies to cover the use of proton beam therapy, particularly in the treatment of prostate cancer and possibly breast cancer. That could potentially boost the number of patients receiving treatment at the center from around 60 people a day to more than 100 a day and make it easier to finance development of another proton beam treatment center that INOVA and the University of Virginia are planning in Northern Virginia. While Medicare, Medicaid and other government insurance, as well as many Blue Cross plans, cover the FDA-approved treatment, insurers including Anthem, Aetna, Cigna and Humana continue to label the therapy as experimental, giving preference to other forms of radiation treatment, such as intensity modulated radiation therapy that involves use of X-rays. Insurers, as well as many physicians, argue there is a lack of evidence-based

studies to show that proton beam therapy is worth the far higher expense when compared with results from other forms of radiation treatment that are less costly. However, advocates note that the same insurers that refuse to cover treatment in Virginia are willing to provide coverage for patients that travel to proton therapy centers in other states. The bill would not mandate coverage, but would bar insurers from holding proton beam therapy to a “higher standard of clinical evidence” than other therapies in making decisions on coverage. The measure would put proton beam therapy on the same footing as other treatments, potentially eliminating the experimental label. In a bipartisan show of support, the House of Delegates has passed the bill by a wide margin. And on Monday, a Senate committee voted 13-0, with one abstention, to send the legislation to the full Senate over the objections of the insurance companies, suggesting it would likely pass the upper chamber with bipartisan support. To advocates who believe in the treatment, the win would be huge for cancer patients whom they believe could gain access to a life-saving treatment that avoids many of the side effects of other treatments and the effects of surgery.

That’s the argument that has been driving Bill Thomas, associate vice president at Hampton, who has spent four years trying to persuade Republicans and Democrats to embrace this kind of legislation. In his view, proton beam therapy offers patients the best chance of survival with the fewest long-lasting impacts, including less damage to surrounding tissue because the beam can be tightly targeted to the diseased tissue. He is passionate because he watched three members of his family die of cancer despite being treated with more conventional therapies. He said his mother and father suffered in agony from their cancer treatment that he believes might have been avoided if proton beam therapy had been available. In his view, expanding the use of proton beam therapy would particularly help African-American men who are two times more likely than white and Asian men to develop prostate cancer and two to five times more likely to die from that cancer than other groups. He said because of the insurance blockade, many such patients are never told about proton beam therapy as an option. Proton beam therapy was developed in the 1950s, but has taken off for cancer treatment after hospitals in California and Massachusetts began offering it the early 1990s. Refinements have helped

centers like Hampton better target the beam, and numerous hospitals across the country are now competing to add such centers, even though the therapy is still not supported by a consensus of the medical community. The treatment seems to have gained its greatest traction in handling malignant brain tumors in children as well as for complicated head, neck, throat and spine tumors. The main reason, according to proponents: The therapy can minimize the radiation impact on nearby structures, such as the eyes, mouth and brain, allowing vision, smell, taste and swallowing to remain virtually untouched. However, many specialists in prostate cancer are less convinced about the efficacy of proton beam therapy in treating that disease. Insurers, too, have been skeptical. Scott Golden, a spokesman for Anthem, said the insurer covered the therapy until 2016 when it pulled back after finding “no clear scientific evidence that proton beam treatment for localized prostate cancer is equal to other forms of conventional photon radiation therapy,” such as IMRT, or intensity modulated radiation therapy. Mr. Golden noted that at least two groups, the American Society for Radiation Oncology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, “no longer consider proton beam therapy an appropriate choice in treating local-

ized prostate cancer.” Anthem has urged state legislators to wait for results from head-to-head clinical studies comparing proton results with that of other forms of radiation therapy. However, there have been some impressive published studies, including one from Florida in 2014 that Mr. Thomas presented to persuade legislators that proton beam therapy, even if more expensive than ordinary radiation, deserves more respect. The study from the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute found that 99 percent of men who received the therapy for early and intermediate-risk prostate cancer are “living cancer-free and with an excellent quality of life” — results Mr. Thomas said have been seen at the Hampton University center. The study also reported that “threequarters of those with high-risk prostate cancer are also disease-free” five years after treatment. Such results “compare very favorably with IMRT results, particularly for intermediate-risk disease, where disease control rates of 70 to 85 percent are typical,” the study reported. Mr. Thomas said that even if the bill is approved, there would be more for Hampton to do to educate physicians and the public to consider this option. But at least, he said, the barricade by insurers would be gone.

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February 16-18, 2017

No integrity We are starting to see what grows from the seeds of dishonesty and deceit sown by the Trump campaign and subsequent administration. Less than a month after President Trump was sworn into office, his administration has become engulfed in a Russianinfluence scandal that forced the resignation Monday of national security adviser Michael Flynn. The former lieutenant general stepped down just 24 days after taking office when news reports surfaced that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and others about secret conversations he had with Russian officials about sanctions placed on the Russian government before President Trump’s inauguration. The sanctions were imposed in late December by former President Obama after U.S. intelligence officials announced that Moscow had used cyber attacks to try to influence the November presidential election in President Trump’s favor. A New York Times report on Tuesday cited charges by four unnamed current and former U.S. intelligence officials that several Trump campaign aides and other associates had frequent contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the Nov. 8 election. One, Paul Manafort, who was Trump campaign manager, left last August after allegations first surfaced about his activities in the Ukraine. He previously worked as an adviser to a former Ukrainian president who was backed by Moscow. The campaign also distanced itself from businessman Carter Page, a Trump adviser, after it was reported that Mr. Page had contact with top lieutenants of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Manafort, like Mr. Flynn, denied having any contact with Russian officials. But the truth has come out — just like Watergate, the 1970s break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. All of this points back to President Trump, who reportedly was informed by the Justice Department in late January about Mr. Flynn’s secret conversations with the Russians — a potentially illegal act — his lies to Vice President Pence and the potential for Mr. Flynn to be blackmailed and national security compromised. What did President Trump do? Nothing. During the campaign, he called for the Russians to hack the emails of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and has since cozied up to Mr. Putin. We are gravely concerned about the entire episode and the troubling questions it raises. Among them: Did President Trump order Mr. Flynn and his campaign aides to engage in the discussions with the Russians? Did they report back to President Trump afterward? Did President Trump work with the Russians to influence the outcome of the presidential campaign? President Trump must explain his ties with Russia now. Throughout the campaign, he refused to release his tax returns. But now that he is president, the American people deserve transparency from the president and a clear understanding of his financial, personal and political connections to Mr. Putin and the Russian government. We call on members of Congress, including the House and Senate intelligence committees, to conduct full investigations into Russian influence on the Trump administration before, during and after the election. Our entire democratic process may have been undermined by Russian hacking in the president election. Our nation may be on the verge of being bought and sold by a U.S. president who has an undefined affinity or financial ties to a foreign government. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat who has represented Virginia in Washington for eight years, is vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. “I don’t think there is anything I have been involved in in my tenure in the Senate that is as important as this,” Sen. Warner told the New York Times about an aggressive inquiry into Russian interference. “This is about our basic democratic processes.” These are dangerous times, made even more alarming because the president has shown he has little integrity. Let the members of Congress who truly love this country step up to the plate and get to the bottom of this.

Our children, our future We welcome to Richmond the scores of educators from as far away as New Jersey and Ohio who are expected for the Teachers of Color Summit that is underway through Saturday in Downtown. Their workshops and panels during the three-day event will focus on the needs of students of color, including such justice issues as equitable learning environments and school policies and practices. Their discussions during this event, sponsored by the Virginia Education Association and the Virginia Department of Education, are both timely and relevant. Public school districts across the nation, including Richmond, expect to be confronted by mounting pressure from a federal administration that seems poised to pull funding from public school systems to finance private or parochial schools. We, in Virginia, are not strangers to educational inequality. It is an old theme that goes back long before the history of Jim Crow. Unequal funding, unequal facilities, unequal programs and unequal pay for African-American teachers are just a few of the issues targeted by civil rights litigation within the last 60 years. The challenges continue today, with students and studies showing a learning gap and graduation disparities between students of color and all others. Anecdotal and other evidence also show unequal discipline being meted out to students of color and students with disabilities. All of these problems impact the lives, futures and expectations of the young people who trust us to guide their education. We applaud the efforts of educators gathered here this weekend to confront head on these education issues. We hope your discussions will lead to positive changes that raise the prospects for success for our students, our future.

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American justice defiled

President Trump’s first three weeks in office have left Americans reeling from what Republican speech writer Peggy Noonan called his “cloud of crazy.” His cabinet nominees seem intentionally perverse: An education secretary who has no clue about public schools; an energy secretary who wanted to eliminate the department; a treasury secretary from Goldman Sachs who ran a home foreclosure factory. So when a white nationalist sympathizer, U.S. Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama, was confirmed last week to be attorney general, it passed by as just another absurdity. The coverage of the confirmation battle focused primarily on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s outrageous muzzling of Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she tried to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King criticizing Sen. Sessions. The muzzling was an unforgivable indignity. Lost in the furor was the thrust of Mrs. King’s letter. She was writing to urge the Republican-led Senate of the time to reject President

Reagan’s nomination of Sen. Sessions to the federal bench because he had “used the power of his office as U.S. attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot.” Sen. Sessions had opposed the federal Voting Rights Act, made racist statements and falsely prosecuted black civil rights leaders seeking to register

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. people to vote in Alabama. He was an ardent and unrelenting opponent of civil rights. The Republican Senate rejected his nomination. Sen. Sessions’ views have not changed. He opposed U.S. Supreme Court decisions striking down laws banning same-sex marriage. He voted against equal pay for women and against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, and he argued that it would be a “stretch” to call grabbing a woman’s genitals — as President Trump boasted of doing — assault. He also supported President Trump’s travel ban on Muslims. On civil rights, he learned, as Strom Thurmond’s late operative Lee Atwater put it, that “you can’t say ‘n—–.’ That hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like … states’ rights and all that

stuff.” Sen. Sessions remains a fierce advocate of states’ rights over civil rights. Even as he joined 97 senators in voting to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act in 2006, he gave a speech declaring its enforcement sections unconstitutional. When the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative gang of five gutted the law, he praised their decision, saying preposterously, “If you go to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, people aren’t being denied the vote because of the color of their skin.” Even as he was saying that, states across the South were preparing a raft of laws to make voting more difficult for AfricanAmericans and the young. Striking down the voter ID law in North Carolina, a federal appeals court found that the new provisions “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision,” while providing “inept remedies” for an alleged problem of voter fraud that is nonexistent. Now Sen. Sessions will take his states’ rights views to the U.S. Justice Department. He will have more power than the late George Wallace ever had. Mr. Wallace, a former Alabama governor, had state power. Sen. Sessions has national power with a state agenda, with thousands of lawyers under his command. He will help shape the U.S. Supreme

Permanent interests

A man of vision, strength and determination who practiced what he preached, Floyd McKissick succeeded James Farmer as national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, in 1966. And under Mr. McKissick’s leadership, CORE was transformed from an interracial, nonviolent, civil rights organization into a group that promoted Black Power. In this contemporary era of black folks complaining about gentrification, my memory of Mr. McKissick and how he would respond to this issue stands out. He graphically illustrated the sacrifice, the will and the “can-do” attitude we must have in order to stop the economic and political assaults against us. I attended North Carolina College, now North Carolina Central University, in Durham, N.C., in the mid-1960s. Mr. McKissick’s name and his legal services were never far from the mouths of students who marched downtown to participate in the restaurant sit-ins. With what were then called “National Defense Highways” coming through Durham’s Hayti District and other black enclaves under the guise of “urban renewal,” Mr. McKissick’s answer to gentrification was Soul City, N.C., developed by black folks,

where black people could feel the pride of ownership and control of their community. I remember driving to Soul City to take a look. Homes were still being built and businesses had not moved in yet, but I really

James Clingman liked what I saw. It was proof that, despite resistance even from black folks, Mr. McKissick persisted not only with an economic strategy but also with a political strategy. In April 1991, New York Times writer Glenn Fowler wrote an article about Mr. McKissick’s death at age 69, in which he stated, “Before the 1972 presidential election, Mr. McKissick angered many blacks by switching from the Democratic Party to the Republicans and supporting Mr. Nixon’s re-election campaign. He argued that blacks were illadvised to put all their hopes in the Democratic Party.” Mr. McKissick’s political admonition and his economic plan still ring true today. How can we use Brother McKissick’s work to make black history today? First, we must understand that, politically, we have no permanent friends or enemies, just permanent interests. Then, we must pool and leverage our dollars to gain a significant piece of this rock called the United States, starting with the neighborhoods in which we live. Buy the property, the vacant

lots and the abandoned storefronts, rather than complain about them. Open and support neighborhood black-owned businesses, and grow those businesses to the point of being able to hire black youths. Real estate development is essential for the economic empowerment of black people. And we have many architects, CPAs, construction management professionals and construction firms that could form strategic alliances to develop large tracts of land. They could transform our neighborhoods into viable communities in a couple of decades. They could get the tax credits and abatements and take advantage of Tax Increment Financing that other developers use to gain ownership and control of various sections of cities. To make black history, we must use the patterns left by Mr. McKissick, Phillip Payton of Harlem, Herman Perry in Atlanta, Annie Minerva TurnboMalone in Chicago, George Tyson in Atlantic Beach, S.C., and Joe Dudley of Dudley Products in Kernersville, N.C. Own the real estate, control it and develop it. If we develop land, we are being true to what Dr. Amos Wilson suggested. We will be building and celebrating our own pyramids in addition to annually celebrating the pyramids built by our ancestors. The writer is founder of the Greater Cincinnati AfricanAmerican Chamber of Commerce.

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Court. And simply by inaction — by refusing to enforce the Voting Rights Act as states act to restrict voting — he can do more to undermine civil rights than Mr. Wallace could by standing in the schoolhouse door. On the campaign trail, President Trump wooed AfricanAmerican voters, saying given disproportionate unemployment and poverty, they should vote for him. “What have you got to lose?” he asked. By making Sen. Sessions attorney general, President Trump has shown us what we have lost: A U.S. Department of Justice committed to equal rights, ready to defend the right to vote. People of color, immigrants, the LGBT community and women are likely to experience justice denied directly, and the country as a whole will suffer as justice is defiled. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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Black history should be taught every day It’s another February and another Black History Month. Why is it that for black history we get only 28 days? Isn’t black history American history? American history is taught every day in our schools, but black history is celebrated only once a year for 28 days. Is that fair? No, it’s not.

Virginia 2017

General Assembly A message from Senator Jennifer McClellan

Of course, when the month is gone, black history will be too — until next year. That’s not right. Our history should be taught every day in schools, just like American history. It should be celebrated as such. Just saying.

Last week the House and Senate adopted amendments to the 2016-2018 budget to address a projected $279.3 million revenue shortfall. The Senate budget reflects its top priorities of supporting mental health programs, avoiding spending cuts for public education and safety net programs, and providing an overdue pay raise for all state employees and teachers. Specifically, the Senate budget proposes a 3 percent raise for state classified employees, a 2 percent raise for college and university faculty, the state share of a 2 percent raise for public school teachers, and a 2 percent raise for statesupported local employees. Instead of providing a raise for teachers, the House budget increases funding for school

MICHAEL ANTHONY KING Waldorf, Md.

Trump and control President Trump has been addressing the people for the last year and a half. Most of what he has said has been in terms of blame, shame and justiﬁcation. These are not the terms of someone speaking from a position of power. They are the terms used by someone speaking from a victim mentality, someone seeking to control through guilt or shame. Leaders who speak with power speak in terms of responsibility. Their power comes from leading others who follow a common, higher ideal. Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Presidents Kennedy and Obama all spoke in terms of power. President Trump has been speaking to us in terms of control and being a victim of the “system.” In her book “Destiny,” local author Sylvia Clute develops the “Seven Spiritual Principles

for Governing a People.” The very first principle is “Fear shall never be used to manipulate the people,” yet that is one of the first things the present administration has done with the immigration ban. How did we make it through the last eight years without having any sense of insecurity like that placed on us within the first week of the Trump presidency? Do we, the people, really want this type of national administration to continue for the next four years? Isn’t now the time to let our voices be heard? Please let our senators and congressmen know what you want done to make America great again.

divisions, which may use the money for raises or for other priorities. The Senate budget also includes significant funding to address the immediate crisis facing our mental health system and to put it on a path to serve Virginians better in the long-term. The Governor’s introduced budget included $8.2 million for “same day access” to screening and assessment services at Community Services Boards, which will allow Virginia to take the first step towards a comprehensive, statewide system of community treatment. The Governor also proposed investing $7.4 million to increase capacity at state facilities stressed as a result of changes to our temporary detention order laws. To ensure the safety of staff and those being served at these facilities, the Governor included $2.1 million for necessary medication and to hire an additional 24 full-time security and direct care employees. The Governor also invested an additional $4.2 million to address the long-standing need to strengthen mental health services in local and regional jails. Unfortunately, the Senate amendments cut the funding for mental health screenings and assessments in regional and local jails. However, the Senate budget adds an additional $5.0 million in funding for permanent supportive housing, which is often overlooked when addressing mental health needs. The Senate budget also adds an additional $2.5 million to improve the salaries of highturnover positions within our system of state mental health facilities.

ERIC W. JOHNSON Richmond

Thank you to the Free Press Re: “We are all refugees: Richmond faith ferent races and religions, including religious community calls for unity, action in face of leaders and political leaders such as Imam Trump ban,” Feb. 9-11 edition: Ammar Amonette, Rep. A. Donald McEachin Thank you for covering the event Standing of Henrico, Sen. Mark Warner, Rev. Wallace Together RVA. Adams-Riley, Dr. Archana Pathak and Hazzan February includes the birthday of Ray Boone, Marian Turk and many others who gathered the late Free Press editor and publisher, and to stand together and speak out for inclusion, Valentine’s Day. It is Black History Month peace, love and the Golden Rule. and American Heart Month. Maybe it was no Thinking of the valentines we would soon accident that the hundreds of people gathered send to family and friends, we sent silent wishes T:5.25” and prayers to many we would never know. at the Islamic Center of Virginia on Sunday, Feb. 5, chose this month to express their ideas T:5.25”FRANCES BROADDUS-CRUTCHFIELD for making America great. Thanks go to the inspiring speakers of dif- Powhatan County

I was disappointed that the Senate cut in half the funding for a pilot program adopted last year to provide low-income Virginia women with education and access to long-acting, reversible contraception, or LARCs. The funding for this project would come from federal grants, not the general fund. The Senate also specifically excluded coverage of IUDs, a specific type of LARC. The House budget cut the program in its entirety. Differences between the House and Senate budgets will be resolved in a conference committee in the final week of session. To sign up for email updates or learn how you can follow me on social media, visit www.jennifermcclellan.com. If you would like to share your views on any issue, or would like assistance with a state government matter, please do not hesitate to contact me at district09@senate.virginia.gov or (804) 698-7509.

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VUU has teams to watch in 2017 CIAA Tournament

Virginia State University’s men’s team and Virginia Union University’s women’s team will be out to defend their titles at the CIAA Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 21, through Saturday, Feb. 25, in Charlotte, N.C. This year marks the CIAA’s 72nd annual men’s tournament and the 43rd annual women’s event. Men’s and women’s champions will receive automatic berths to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals. Other teams with strong records also may qualify for the NCAA Tournament as at-large entries. The CIAA Tournament has been held in Charlotte since 2006. Prior to that, there was a six-year run in Raleigh, N.C., and a six-year stint in Winston-Salem, N.C. The event has not been held in Virginia since a three-year run at the Richmond Coliseum from 1991 through 1993. The overriding story around the CIAA this season is the emergence of Virginia Union University’s men’s and women’s teams. This could be the ﬁrst year both VUU men

and women enter the tourney as No. 1 seeds since the early 1980s. Seedings will not be determined until after the games of Saturday, Feb. 18. Much credit goes to VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor for his wise hiring decisions. In just his second season, Panthers Coach Jay Butler has rallied the men’s program from also-ran status to the top ranking. The Lady Panthers have gone from being a less than breakeven outﬁt to a national powerhouse under second-year Coach AnnMarie Gilbert. It helps that both Coach Butler and Coach Gilbert arrived as part of VUU’s “family.” Coach Butler was a teammate of Ben Wallace on some of the Panthers’ juggernaut teams in the 1990s under Coach Dave Robbins. Coach Gilbert is the wife of Jonathan Walker, a standout guard for VUU in the late 1980s on championship teams featuring Terry Davis.

2017 CIAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Seedings will not be determined until after games of Feb. 18 3 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Tuesday, Feb. 21 completion of first game) Bojangles Coliseum, Second session: 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Men’s quarterfinals: 7 and Charlotte, N.C. 9 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Women’s play-in games: 10 a.m., completion of first game) 12:10, 2:20 and 4:20 p.m. Men’s play-in games: Friday, Feb. 24 6:40 and 8:50 p.m. Spectrum Center Wednesday, Feb. 22 Bojangles Coliseum Women’s quarterfinals: 10 a.m., 12:10, 2:20 and 4:30 p.m. Men’s play-in games: 6:40 and 8:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 Spectrum Center, 333 E. Trade St., formerly Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, N.C. First session: Men’s quarterfinals: 1 and

First session: Women’s semifinals: 1 and 3 p.m. (or 30 minutes after completion of first game) Second session: Men’s semifinals: 7 and 9 p.m. (or 30 minutes after completion of first game)

Saturday, Feb. 25 Spectrum Center Women’s championship: 4 p.m. Men’s championship: 7 p.m.

Tickets at www.ciaatournament.org/tickets, and Ticketmaster.com

CIAA Standings (Through Feb. 12)

VCU Hall of Fame inductees

MEN’S TEAMS Virginia Union University Virginia State University Chowan University Bowie State University Lincoln University Elizabeth City State University

CIAA 13-1 12-2 8-6 7-7 5-9 2-12

Overall 21-5 20-4 15-8 10-14 7-17 2-20

Games Saturday, Feb. 18: Virginia Union University at Chowan University, 4 p.m.; Virginia State University at Lincoln University, 4 p.m.

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Former Virginia Commonwealth University standouts share the limelight after their induction last Saturday into the VCU Athletics Hall of Fame. The inductees and their sport are, from left, Boris Kodjoe, men’s tennis, 1992-1996; Martina Nedelkova Somoano, women’s tennis, 1997-2002; Kristine Austgulen, women’s basketball, 1999-2003; Jen Parsons, women’s soccer, 2001-2004; and Matthew Delicate, men’s soccer, 2000-2003. Inductee Eric Maynor, men’s basketball, 2005-2009, a former NBA player who now plays in Italy’s top pro league, wasn’t able to return to campus for the ceremony. Mr. Kodjoe, now a successful actor, observed during his remarks that ﬁve of the six inductees are immigrants. Mr. Kodjoe was born in Austria. He was the ﬁrst VCU Ram to win the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional title.

WOMEN’S TEAMS Virginia Union University Bowie State University Chowan University Virginia State University Lincoln University Elizabeth City State University

CIAA 12-2 10-4 8-6 8-5 4-10 3-10

Overall 21-2 18-6 15-9 17-7 7-17 5-15

Games Saturday, Feb. 18: Virginia Union University at Chowan University, 2 p.m.; Virginia State University at Lincoln University, 2 p.m.

VCU still slays on the road

Charles Haley during NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

Virginian Charles Haley first to win 5 Super Bowls

A lot has been said about New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady winning five Super Bowls. But a Virginian was the in the NFL to win five Super Bowl victories. Charles Haley, born in the unincorporated community of Gladys in Virginia’s Campbell County, was part of five Super Bowl wins — two with the San Francisco 49ers and three with the Dallas Cowboys. Brady, in his 17th NFL season, is the first quarterback to earn five Super Bowl rings. He also has been on the Super Bowl losing side twice. Haley, who was 5-0 in Super Bowls, was a fearless outside linebacker who racked up 500 tackles, 100.5 sacks and 25 forced fumbles in a 12-season NFL career. Before becoming the 49ers’ fourth round draft pick in 1986, Haley starred at William Campbell High School near Lynchburg and for James Madison University. Haley, now 53, is a member of the halls of fame for JMU and the NFL. Another Virginian with a noteworthy championship record is the late Johnny Sample. From Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Sample played at Maryland State College, now the University of MarylandEastern Shore, before joining the Baltimore Colts as a seventh round draft pick in 1958. A defensive back, Sample became the only man to win the NFL championship (1958 and 1959 with the Baltimore Colts), the AFL championship (1968 with the New York Jets) plus the Super Bowl (1969 with the Jets). Sample finished with 41 career interceptions, including one he returned for a 42-yard touchdown for the Baltimore Colts in the 1959 NFL title game against the New York Giants. Five Super Bowl wins List of Charles Haley’s five Super Bowl championship appearances: • Super Bowl XXIII (Jan. 22, 1989): San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 • Super Bowl XXIV (Jan. 28, 1990): San Francisco 55, Denver 10 • Super Bowl XXVII (Jan. 31, 1993): Dallas 52, Buffalo 17 • Super Bowl XXVIII (Jan. 30, 1994): Dallas 30, Buffalo 13 • Super Bowl XXX (Jan. 28, 1996): Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17

The road, almost no matCrosstown showdown ter where it led, used to be a scary proposition for Virginia Friday, February 17 Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University Rams play basketball. University of Richmond Much has changed of late, Spiders. and that’s encouraging because Tipoff: 9 p.m. at the UR the current VCU Rams basketRobins Center. Game to ball team faces three daunting be broadcast on ESPN2. trips as the regular season ticks down. Maine officials for a reversal. VCU, which has a 20-5 reMaine didn’t disagree that the cord after its 74-60 home win mistake had occurred but said last Saturday over Davidson the end-of-game strategy would College, plays the University have been totally different if the of Richmond on Friday, Feb. scoreboard was correct. Also, it 17, then heads off to play the was VCU’s duty to monitor the University of Rhode Island count at the scorer’s table. The Saturday, Feb. 25, and then Rams traveled with a skeleton the University of Dayton on crew in those days. Wednesday, March 1. Then there were the WilmThose top-tier, Atlantic 10 ington, N.C., misadventures Conference foes were a comthat the Rams might as well bined 27-9 in the conference have been going to the Boston starting this week. The Rams are Garden to face the Celtics. tied for first with the University The Rams traveled to the of Dayton with 10-2 conference University of North Carolinamarks. Then comes UR, with a Wilmington each season from 9-3 record, and the University 1997 to 2005 without ever of Rhode Island at 8-4. returning victorious. Under Coach Will Wade, the VCU began improving on Rams have the right to boast the road under Coach Jeff Capel “Who’s afraid of the big, bad III, going 32-33 between 2002 road?” and 2007. Coach Anthony Grant VCU is 6-2 for away games was 25-11 from 2007 through this season and an impressive 13-6 2010. in Coach Wade’s two seasons. Coach Shaka Smart’s Rams The most recent victories away were 48-28 from 2009 through from the Siegel Center resulted 2015. in head-spinning finishes that And now Coach Wade’s road went the black and gold way. warriors are continuing to foil At St. Bonaventure Unipartisan crowds during away James Haskins/Richmond Free Press versity, a technical foul on the games. home team with 0.5 seconds Virginia Commonwealth University’s Moe Alie-Cox goes VCU has been to the NCAA left enabled the Rams to tie in up to block a shot from Jack Gibbs of Davidson College Tournament for six straight regulation on a free throw by during last Saturday’s game at the Siegel Center. The seasons and, barring collapse, VCU’s JeQuan Lewis and win Rams beat Davidson 74-60. will make it again this go-round, in overtime 83-77. largely because the team has There was a mere 0.4 seconds left when VCU drew a foul been holding its own in all venues. 90 feet from the basket on host George Washington University Like most schools, VCU always has been tough at home. The on Feb. 8. Lewis coolly made two free throws for the Rams’ Rams are 175-28 at the Siegel Center, including 12-1 this season. 54-53 win. Before that, VCU was 238-90 at the Richmond Coliseum Cynics insist the Rams had a rabbit’s foot in their pocket. from 1971 through 1998. In eight seasons playing some games VCU might counter that good luck is the result of perspiration at the Franklin Street Gymnasium, the Rams lost just once — to and preparation. Virginia Union University in 1973. Between 1986 and 2003, the Rams made the NCAA TourThere was a time when the Rams packed their bags for road nament field just once, in 1996, largely because of the team’s trips with a defeated attitude, mindful of so many failures. But inability to win outside of Richmond under Coaches Mike Pollio, that’s not so anymore. Sonny Smith and Mack McCarthy. VCU was 4-18 in away games during Coach Smith’s final two Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery years and 12-36 on the road in Coach McCarthy’s four seasons. There were numerous horror stories along the way. Dr. Sonya C. FairCloth Feb. 2, 2002, at James Madison University: With the score tied 9766 Midlothian Richmond Community 65-65 and 1 second left, JMU inbounded at the far end of the Turnpike Hospital, Suite 210 court. A length-of-floor pass bounced between the legs of Ram Richmond, Va. 23235 1500 N. 28th Street Richmond, Va. 23223 L.F. Likcholitov and directly to a Dukes player, who laid it in for the 67-65 win. The Globetrotters couldn’t have done it better. Jan. 11, 1975, at the University of Maine: Perhaps VCU’s 804-330-2467 all-time road nightmare. The Final score: Maine 91, VCU 90, but Board Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgeons the Rams actually scored more points. In the early going, Maine Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons was awarded two points it hadn’t scored and the error was never detected until it was too late. VCU Coach Chuck Noe pleaded with

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Education: Bachelor’s degree, Virginia State University; currently pursuing a master’s in public administration from Strayer University. Occupation: Communityparent liaison with Richmond Public Schools and youth development specialist with Fairﬁeld Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond.

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How I unwind: Sitting on the couch, searching for programs and scholarships for youths I encounter every day. Nobody knows I: Am really an introvert. The person who inﬂuenced me the most: My mom. The book that influenced me the most: “Bridges Out of Poverty” by Ruby K. Payne. Family: Mom, Rosa C. Allen, and father, Harry E. Allen. No kids. Latest honor: Recipient of the ﬁrst Sports Backers Raymond D. Patterson Award. What this award means to me: It is such an honor to be presented with the Raymond Patterson Award because he truly loved helping and bettering those around him in every community. When I think about Mr. Patterson, I think about community. He was a source of uplift in the community and it is my desire to be the same in mine. I want to do my part to help make the lives of those we serve much better!

What I’m reading now: “Just Gone” by William Kowalski. My next goal: To organize an event called “The Run to Overcome,” where people can walk, jog or run because they have overcome homelessness,

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A Fitness Warrior is: A dedicated and passionate person who leads exercise classes teaching and demonstrating different routines to people of all ﬁtness levels across the Greater Richmond region, emphasizing the importance of creating a healthy lifestyle. What inspired me to become a Fitness Warriors instructor: Jacki Quinlan and Ricky Martin with Sports Backers. They are always in different communities and guiding families toward understanding that having a healthy outlook and lifestyle is attainable. Their example fueled my desire to be more present in the Fairﬁeld Court community and to become a Fitness Warrior. Why this turns me on: Seeing our youths, our future, succeed and excel! I enjoy teaching because: I get a chance to see the results of making a difference in the lives of those I serve. Youngest student taught: 6 years old. Oldest student taught: 65 years old. My formula for keeping healthy: Fruits and vegetables, water, physical activity and a positive mindset. Favorite exercise: Yoga warrior poses. Reason: It relaxes my mind and fully stretches the body. My outlook for the day: How can I be better than yesterday? If I could have my wish, it would be: To establish a safe place for runaways and displaced youths to live. During this transition, they would learn a trade and life skills.

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Empowering students and their families is more than a job for Lakeshia Allen — it’s a life mission. Her most recent effort, completing the Fitness Warriors program of the Richmond Sports Backers’ “Keep It Movin’” community initiative, has earned her the first Raymond D. Patterson Award. As the late community relations director of Sports Backers, Mr. Patterson was a key figure in staging big sporting events in the city, such as the Anthem Richmond Marathon and the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K. “Lakeshia embodies the example of resourcefulness and initiative demonstrated by Ray’s legacy,” says Jacki Quinlan, director of community outreach for Sports Backers and a program administrator for the Fitness Warriors. Ms. Allen, 32, says she was “elated and shocked” when her name was called as the recipient of the award during the Fitness Warriors graduation ceremony Jan. 28 at the Robinson Theatre Community Arts Center in Church Hill. “As the award was described, we were told to look to the left of us and look toward the right, because one of us would be receiving the award,” Ms. Allen says. “I had no idea it was me. “I come from a class of amazing warriors. I was honored to be chosen.” Ms. Allen was among 30 instructors who completed the Fitness Warriors training that is designed to make fitness resources more available to youngsters and families in underserved communities. Those completing the program then offer free fitness classes to members of their communities. The program helps the new trainers find facilities in which to hold the classes. The new Fitness Warriors join 43 other graduates of the program. Ms. Allen’s fitness class is held 7 p.m. each Tuesday at the Fairfield Court unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, 2506 Phaup St. Serving all fitness levels, Ms. Allen said her classes typically begin with stretching and include cardiovascular and resistance exercises, such as jumping rope, jumping jacks and squats. “Mostly, we just have fun. I always encourage people to go at their own pace,” she says. Ms. Allen already was working with young people and their families in her jobs with the Boys and Girls Clubs and Richmond Public Schools. “But I just wanted to do more,” she says. “I saw (the Fitness Warriors program) as a way to get the students and their parents to work out and spend time with each other while learning a healthier lifestyle — going through the journey of getting healthy together.” She plans to become a certified fitness instructor. “I’m not a fitness guru, but I’ve always been involved in sports and being healthy, she says. “And I’m always encouraging people around me to be healthy as well.” Meet this week’s Personality and Fitness Warrior, Lakeshia X. Allen:

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Adele, Beyoncé sparkle at Grammy Awards Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES Singer-songwriter Adele flubbed on a tribute Sunday night to the late George Michael at the 59th Grammy Music Awards, but she still walked away as the belle of the televised awards program. The London-born singer took home five awards Sunday night, including album, record and song of the year. She beat Beyoncé in the top three categories with her latest album “25,” repeating her accomplishments from 2012 when the British star also won all three awards. In accepting, Adele used her speech to honor Beyoncé and her groundbreaking “Lemonade” album, which also was nominated. “The way you make my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel is empowering,” Adele said at the Staples Center in accepting the Grammy for Album of the Year. She did fine on her opening number, “Hello,” but she stopped and had to restart her rendition of Mr. Michael’s 1996 classic “Fastlove,” because of technical difficulties. She brought off the song the second time around to a standing ovation. Until Adele’s abrupt restart, Beyoncé was the talk of the show, which became a showcase for everything from religious imagery and thanks to God to political commentary on President Trump’s travel ban on Muslims, deportation of immigrants and resistance. Wearing a glittery gown, halo-like gilded crown ornamented with roses and a gold choker, a pregnant-with-twins Beyoncé took the Grammy stage, evoking iconography of the divine feminine from several faith traditions. In her lengthy performance of two songs from her critically acclaimed album “Lemonade,” special effects made it appear she had many arms, mimicking Kali, a Hindu goddess who has been worshipped as the Divine Mother and the Mother of the Universe. Observers on social media also made references to Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty; Mami Wata or Yemoja, the Yoruba patron deity of women, especially pregnant women; and the Virgin

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Beyoncé wows with her performance at the awards show, where she won two Grammys. Below, Chance the Rapper exuberantly accepts the Grammy for Best New Artist, one of two he won.

Mary, i n cluding the Virgin of Guadalupe in Catholicism. Her mother and former stylist Tina Knowles introduced her: “Ladies and gentlemen, with my mother’s pride, my daughter, Beyoncé.” She sang “Love Drought” and, later, “Sandcastles,” to loud applause from the audience, including

Adele holds all five of her Grammys, including one for Best Album.

daughter Blue Ivy and husband, Jay Z. Beyoncé won two awards: Best Music Video for “Formation” and Best Urban Contemporary Album for “Lemonade.” “My intention for the film and album is to create a body of work that would give voice to our pain, our struggles, our doubts and our history, to confront issues that make us uncomfortable,” Queen Bey said. “It’s important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow in a world, where they look in the mirror, first with their own families as well as in the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys and see themselves,” she said, reading from a card. “This is something that I want for every child of every race, and I feel that it’s vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes,” she said. David Bowie, who died last year from cancer, won all four awards he was nominated for. He won three in the pre-telecast, and was awarded best rock song for “Blackstar” during the live show. “Blackstar,” his final album released days after he died, also won best alternative music album, rock performance, and engineered album, non-classical. In the engineered category, he beat out Prince, who also died last year. Bruno Mars and his band gave a memorable performance of “That’s What I Like” — as Jennifer Lopez, Faith Hill, Rihanna and even some of the men in the audience watched closely, looking impressed. Chance the Rapper won the first award in the live telecast for best new artist. He also won best rap album, besting Drake and Kanye West. “Glory be to God. I claim this victory in the name of the Lord,” said Chance, who also won best rap performance. “I didn’t think we were gonna get this one.” He wore a black hoodie with “Obama” on the back and “thank you” on the front.

Various artists brought up the divisive political atmosphere and the need to speak Chris Pizzello/Invision/Associated Press out. A Tribe Called Quest performed a politically charged medley with nominee Anderson Paak and Busta Rhymes, who called out to “Agent Orange,” a nickname for President Trump, sarcastically thanking him for his “unsuccessful attempt at the Muslim ban.” At the end of the song, performers including a woman in a hijab, knocked down a wall constructed onstage and cried, “Resist!” During her introduction of a Metallica-Lady Gaga mashup performance, Laverne Cox, a star in the Netflix hit, “Orange Is the New Black,” put out a call for viewers to look up info on a 17-year-old transgender high school senior in Gloucester, Va., whose case to use the boys’ restroom is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Everyone, please Google Gavin Grimm,” Ms. Cox said. “He’s going to the Supreme Court in March. #StandWithGavin.” Gavin, who was born female but identifies as male, has become a focal point for the fight for transgender student rights. “At this point, that’s the role I occupy and I want to make sure I’m using the platform for positive,” a shy Gavin told The Washington Post this week. “I definitely didn’t set out at the beginning wanting to or expecting to (be) shouted out at the Grammys.” In the pre-telecast, Beyoncé’s younger sister, R&B darling Solange, won her first Grammy for best R&B performance. It also was her first nomination. Drake, who didn’t attend the live show, won best rap song and rap/sung performance for the smash hit, “Hotline Bling.”

Year of the Fire Rooster

Below, the Virginia Commonwealth University Lion Dance group performs for hundreds of people last Saturday at ChinaFest! Year of the Fire Rooster, a lunar New Year celebration at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The event featured traditional Chinese dances, including performances by youngsters from Yu Dance Arts, right, yoga, crafts and activities, including martial arts demonstrations by practitioners from O-mei Wushu Center. Below right, Kwabena, 5, left, and Akua Sarpong, 8, color rooster masks with Nana Mensah, 12, at one of the children’s craft tables.

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3-day Teachers of Color Summit begins Feb.16 Downtown By Holly Rodriguez

The disparity between the number of students of color attending public schools and the number of teachers of color educating them motivated the Virginia Education Association to host the ﬁrst Teachers of Color Summit this weekend at a Downtown hotel. Educators, policymakers and representatives of community organizations from Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Ohio and New Jersey are expected for the three-day summit that starts Thursday, Feb. 16, and will feature panel discussions and workshops exploring mentoring minority students, equitable learning environments, valuing teachers of color and examining school policies and practices. Jahana Hayes, a veteran history teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Conn., and the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, will give the keynote address 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17. She will be introduced by Virginia’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, DiamonDs • Watches JeWelry • repairs 19 East Broad strEEt richmond, Va 23219 (804) 648-1044

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ment of Education and is part of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the merger of the Virginia Teachers Association and the Virginia Education Association. The VTA was established in 1887 by African-American educators, while the VEA, established during the Civil War, had a history of being only for white educators. A summit highlight will include a VTA-VEA 50th Anniversary Gala Reception on Friday evening at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. in historic Jackson Ward. The summit also will feature an exhibit, “VEA-VTA: 50 Years of Progress in Unity,” that includes letters, news releases, articles and telegrams documenting the VTA’s struggles to provide a quality education for African-American students and demand for equal pay for African-American teachers. For more details: www.veanea.org/home/2835.htm

Postponed by snow in January, Central Virginia and Tidewater Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will celebrate Founders Day at noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Downtown. Patricia Southall Smith, businesswoman, former Miss Virginia USA and wife of NFL great Emmitt Smith, is scheduled to de-

liver the keynote address at the event in honor of the sorority’s 104th anniversary, according to the host group, the Richmond Alumnae Chapter. Nearly 1,400 members from 30 chapters in Central Virginia and Tidewater are expected to attend, according to chapter representatives.

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Grammy Award-winning singer Al Jarreau dies firm that puts on the annual festival. “We are truly saddened by his passing,” she continued. “We are so proud that he graced our LOS ANGELES stage at the 2016 Richmond Jazz Festival.” Alwin Lopez “Al” Jarreau delighted music Born into a musical family in1940 just before fans for nearly 50 years with his eclectic soulful, the start of World War II, Mr. Jarreau was the son genre-blending style. of a preacher-singer father and pianist mother. A rare vocalist who won Grammy Music Awards While he sang in the church choir, Mr. Jarin three different categories, the Milwaukee-born reau tried to avoid a musical career. He played artist began his career in San Francisco jazz clubs college basketball at Ripon College in Wisconsin in 1968 and issued his first recording, “We Got and earned a master’s in vocational rehabilitation By,” on Reprise Records in 1975. from the University of Iowa. During the course of his career, Mr. Jarreau After graduate school, Mr. Jarreau moved to won seven Grammys and was nominated for more San Francisco where he worked as a rehabilitation than a dozen more. counselor and moonlighted with a jazz trio. He was perhaps best known for his 1981 album He became a full-time singer at age 28 and “Breakin’ Away” that included the theme song won national attention with his first recording of the 1980s television series “Moonlighting,” seven years later. and for his vocals in the 1985 song “We Are the He won his first Grammy in 1978 for Best World,” sung by a variety of U.S. artists to assist Jazz Vocal Album for “Look to the Rainbow,” a with famine relief in Africa. recording from a European tour. Mr. Jarreau’s legendary voice was stilled He experimented with rock and R&B and went Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, the same day the 2017 on to win six more Grammys, the most recent Grammys were televised. He died at his residence one in 2007 for Best Traditional R&B Vocal in Los Angeles just days after he had announced Performance for “God Bless the Child” in which he would no longer tour. He was 76. he sang alongside guitarist George Benson and Mr. Jarreau’s death was confirmed with a statesinger Jill Scott. ment posted on his website that thanked family Mr. Jarreau is survived by his wife of 39 years, members and fans and provided an inspirational Ayasha Sledge Susan Elaine Player, and their son, Ryan. note to a younger generation. Singer Al Jarreau reacts to an appreciative audience at the 2016 Richmond Jazz The family is planning a private service and “To young people everywhere, especially Festival last August. has not announced plans for a public memorial, the musicians he was grateful to meet at school Mr. Jarreau’s last performance in Richmond was at the 2016 according to Mr. Jarreau’s manager, Joe Gordon. workshops, musical competitions, residencies and at concerts,” Mr. Gordon said the family is requesting that fans not send the statement read, “from you, Al asks a favor. Please find any Richmond Jazz Festival at Maymont last August. “The legendary Al Jarreau was world-class talent personi- flowers or gifts, but instead make a contribution in Mr. Jarreau’s artistic thing that you can do with passion, and do it. With art in your life, you will be a better family member, neighbor, friend fied,” said Jasmine E. Roberts, senior director of client services name to the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music, 1005 Quinn for Johnson Inc., the Richmond marketing and communications Drive, Waunakee, WI 53597. and citizen.” Free Press wire reports

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

Theme for 2016-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New

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

Join us for worship

Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:45 AM It’s Our African Heritage Sunday 3:00 PM Black History Fellowship Celebration Sponsored by: The Ida J. Mason Memorial Ushers Ministry Christ Kids And Christ Teens Worship Every Sunday Nursery During Church School and Worship

Youth

Rev. Dr. Yvonne , Pastor

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400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

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

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

2017 Theme: The Year of Elevation (First Peter 5:6)

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Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!

A 21st Century Church With Ministry For Everyone

(near Byrd Park)

Sundays

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

Black History Month

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

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

Sundays:

Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

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

Church School Morning Worship

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

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

Christian Heritage Ministry 20th Anniversary Celebration Friday, February 24, 2017 • 7 p.m.

“Gospel Music Through The Ages” Featuring The Soul Seekers • The Cole Sisters • VCU Black Awakening Choir Edifying the body of Christ through the culture, and spirituals, that we have inherited. This is a free event.

Wednesdays

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

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

Ebenezer Baptist Church 1858

“The People’s Church”

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

Feb. 19, 2017 10:30 A.M.

Join Us for Morning Worship!

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GospelFest 2017

February uary 19, 2017 @ 3:00 P.M. Featuring Featuring

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Broad Rock Baptist Church

Riverview Cemetery Richmond, Virginia

LoCation: Division 21, Row 25 and Plot 51

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

“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook

Triumphant

Baptist Church 2003 Lamb Avenue Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622

FAMILY & FRIENDS DAY Sunday, February 19, 2017 11:15 AM Guest Speaker:

Rev. Georgianna Faul

Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Music by: Triumphant Gospel Chorus

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

For more information contact: Rosa Johnston • (804) 321-5292

2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

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

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

1384 New Market Road, Richmond, Virginia 23231 | 804-222-8835

SERVICES

Sunday

SUNDAY Third Sunday of Advent: “Love” WORSHIP HOUR – 10:00 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHURCH & BUS MINISTRY AVAILABLE 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd. Richmond, VA 23222 | Phone: 804-321-9095 | Fax: 804-321-1033 SUNDAY SCHOOL (FOR ALL AGES) – 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY MID-DAY BIBLE STUDY – 12 NOON DR. JAMES L. SAILES PASTOR WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY – 7:00 P.MUpcoming . Events

Christian Education Sunday Guest Minister: Rev. Zita Lee

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Conference THEME:

Antioch Baptist Church Mosby Memorial Church “Redeeming God’s People forBaptist Gods Purpose”

A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY 109th Church Anniversary EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, Saved YOUTHby, Grace, Goodness and Greatness YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS Sunday, October 9, 2016 @ 2:30 P.M. Rev. Dr. Price L. Davis, Pastor BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY This Week LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

1:30 p.m. Bible Study

Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 7:00 P.M.

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

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

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THURSDAYS

Holy Communion 5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224

Thursdays:

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays):

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

8:30 a.m. ... Sunday School 10:00 a.m... Morning Worship

Worship Opportunities

Noon Day Bible Study

Faith Community Baptist Church Singers, Voices of Angels ((Fairfield Baptist Church),)),, Anointed Wings of Worship ((Spring Church Church) Spring Creek Baptist Church Church),),), Church) Levitical Priests & our ur very own Youth & Young Adult Choir.

Sunday, February 19, 2017 8:30 a.m. ... Sunday School 10:00 a.m... Morning Worship Youth Sunday

Tuesdays

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

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

Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

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.

Sixth Baptist Church

Over time some things change, but our tradition of providing service of the highest caliber has remained the same for over 100 years while serving Richmond and the surrounding areas with dignity and excellence.

Richard A. Lambert, Sr. President/Owner

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

Wednesday Services Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m. Attendance Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 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.

Friday, April 21, 2017 and Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 9:00AM

In His Presence “Living For His Glory”

SCRIPTURE: For in Him we live, and move, and have our being. (Acts 17:28a NIV)

Friday and Saturday, April 21-22, 2017 - 9:00 AM For more information and to Register go to: www.ndec.net or call 1-844-699-4054 Doubletree Hotel Reservations: 1-800-222-8733 or 804-379-3800 {Reference New Deliverance Evangelistic Church}

Savee th Date

d 21st FOUNDERS’ an Y AR RS VE NI AN CHURCH Friday, March 3 at 7:30 PM Sunday, March 5 at 9:00 AM

Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

Richmond Free Press

February 16-18, 2017

Faith News/Directory

‘Cultivating Unity in Our Community’ slated for Feb. 25

Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day on Sunday

A variety of poets and speakers will highlight a public celebration of Black History Month and Kwanzaa principles and values next weekend, it has been announced. “Cultivating Unity in Our Community,” hosted by Faith Leaders Moving Forward, will be 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St., according to Dr. Charles L. Shannon III, the group’s leader and pastor of Mount Level Baptist Church in Amelia County. Presenters are to include Dennis Harvey, William M. McCollum, Nia Sanders and Minister Mxolisi Sowell of the Wo’se Community of Amen-Ra of California, Dr. Shannon stated. Representatives of Depoetry and the Fahodi Shule Homeschool Cooperative also are scheduled to participate. The program is open to the public without charge. Information: Dr. Shannon, onemmog@hotmail.com.

Minister Farrakhan

Minister Louis Farrakhan will give the keynote address for the Nation of Islam’s Saviours’ Day 2017 on Sunday, Feb. 19. Minister Farrakhan will be speaking from Joe

Louis Arena in Detroit, with his address streamed live at 2 p.m. at www.NOI.org. The theme for his address is “Have No Fear for the Future: The Future Is Ours!”

Trump vows to end political limits on churches Associated Press

WASHINGTON Declaring that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Trump vowed to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status. “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” President Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile event earlier this month that brought together faith leaders, politicians and dignitaries. President Trump’s pledge was a nod to his evangelical Christian supporters, who helped power his White House win. So far, he has not detailed his plans for doing away with the rule, which he previously promised to rescind. Named after then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, the regulation has been in place since 1954 for tax-exempt charities, including churches, though it is very rare for a church to actually be penalized. Abolishing the amendment would require action by Congress, although President Trump could direct the IRS to disregard the rule. The tax code does allow a wide range of political activity by houses of worship, including speaking out on social issues and organizing congregants to vote. But churches cannot endorse a candidate or engage in partisan advocacy. Lloyd Mayer, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said an IRS move could prompt lawsuits if the rule is repealed for churches but not other charities. Mr. Mayer also noted that a full repeal of the rule could open up churches to the possibility of spending their resources to openly try to influence elections — and for donors to get tax breaks for political contributions. While some conservative Christians would like to see the rule abolished, others, especially the younger generation, support a clear separation of church and political endorsements. Many liberal churches also are active on policy issues and could potentially get more involved in partisan politics. Mr. Mayer noted that for some religious leaders, the IRS rule has given them a way to avoid political pressure for an endorsement. “Now a church that wants to say no has an easy answer — it’s illegal,” Mr. Mayer said. Repeal does not appear to have widespread public support. In a poll released last September by Lifeway Research, a religious survey firm based in Nashville, Tenn., eight in 10 Americans said it is inappropriate for pastors to endorse a candidate in church. For many religious conservatives, a more pressing issue they hope he will address is protection for faith-based charities, schools and ministries who object to same-sex marriage and abortion. The president made no mention at the prayer breakfast of other steps he may take, saying only that religious freedom is a “sacred right.” Kelly Shackelford, head of First Liberty Institute, a non-

profit legal group that specializes in religious freedom cases, said, “There are a number of things he laid out that we expect we’ll eventually see action on.” President Trump also defended his recent executive order on immigration, decrying “generous” immigration policies and arguing that there are people who seek to enter the country “for the purpose of spreading violence or oppressing other people based upon their faith.” He also pledged to take more immigration action in the name of religious liberty. LGBTQ groups have been anxious that the president could use his executive powers to curb legal advances they have made. Emily Hecht-McGowan, chief policy officer for the Family Equality Council, said she was “anticipating more to come,” noting that some draft documents have been circulating, suggesting plans for a more sweeping order. The Trump administration announced previously that the president would leave intact a 2014 executive order that protects workers for federal contractors from anti-LGBTQ discrimination, saying in a statement that President Trump “continues to be respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights, just as he was throughout the election.” Religious conservatives, who saw a series of defeats on same-sex marriage, abortion and other issues under former President Obama, have been bolstered by President Trump’s win. In a letter last year to Roman Catholics, President Trump pledged, “I will defend your religious liberties and the right to fully and freely practice your religion, as individuals, business owners and academic institutions.” President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court also is considered a positive sign for conservatives. A favorite of conservatives, Judge Neil Gorsuch serves on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he sided with Hobby Lobby and the Little Sisters of the Poor when they mounted religious objections to the Obama administration’s requirement that employers provide health insurance that includes contraceptives.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Funeral home’s new addition Mia Mimms, president of Mimms Funeral Home, shows off the latest addition to her business — a state-of-the-art crematorium. The interior also includes a display of urns. This is the first active African-American-owned funeral home in

the Richmond area to have such a facility on its property. Ms. Mimms spent two years winning city permission. The facility, which opened last week and cost about $450,000, is located across the parking lot from the funeral home’s chapel.

Remembering

Riverview

Baptist Church

Our Founding Pastor

Rev.John Jasper

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

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

Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:45 a.m.

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

Founder’s Day Speaker Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson

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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

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Legal Notices Continued from previous column

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2016-221 As Amended To amend the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Map in accordance with ch. 14, art. IV of the City Code for the purpose of adding new development and stream determinations [approved by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality]. Ordinance No. 2017-008 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the 1st Street and 2nd Street Buffered Bike Lanes project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-009 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the 29th Street Bike Walk Boulevard project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-010 To authorize TRP Roseneath, LLC, to encroach upon the public rightof-way with a proposed outdoor dining area encroachment on the northwest line of Roseneath Road between West Leigh Street and West Moore Street in front of 1500 Roseneath Road, upon certain terms and conditions. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-020 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Project Agreement for Use of Commonwealth Transportation Funds – Fiscal Year 2017 between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation for the purpose of receiving a grant of $760,000 to fund Phase 3 improvements to Main Street Station. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Develop, Thursday, February 16, 2017, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-021 To amend City Code § 1211, concerning the form of the budget submitted to Council, to require that budget submissions for capital projects include information concerning each capital project’s capital and operating costs and the suitability for its intended purpose of improved land to be acquired as part of a capital project. Ordinance No. 2017-022 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $3,800,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Transportation; to amend the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Economic and Community Development called the Richmond Transit Network Plan Implementation Special Fund; and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Richmond Transit Network Plan Implementation Special Fund by $3,800,000.00 for the purpose of providing funding for technical work, marketing, planning, project management, and public outreach initiatives related to the implementation of the Richmond Transit Network Plan project. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Develop, Thursday, February 16, 2017, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-023 To amend and reordain ch. 12, art. I of the City Code by adding therein a new § 12-17 for the purpose of authorizing the acceptance of payment by any commercially acceptable means and the imposition of a service charge to recover the actual Continued on next column

cost to the City therefor. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Develop, Thursday, February 16, 2017, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-024 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 2-871—2872, concerning the Highway Safety Commission, for the purpose of renaming the Highway Safety Commission as the Safe and Healthy Streets Commission and providing that a quorum of the Commission consists of a majority of the members instead of seven members; and to amend and reordain ch. 2, art. V, div. 5 of the City Code by adding therein a new § 2-873, concerning the review of transportation-related projects, to require the review by the Commission of transportation-related projects. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-025 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the Pedestrian Improvements at Signalized Intersection project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-026 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the Road Diet – Improve Bicycle Accommodations project. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-027 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $100,000 from the Virginia Port Authority and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Intermediate Terminal and Riverfront Public Access project in the Economic and Community Development category by $100,000 for the purpose of funding improvements to the Intermediate Terminal facility. Ordinance No. 2017-028 To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition of a 4.956acre portion of the real property known as 1401 Commerce Road for the purpose of housing the property and evidence center of the Department of Police. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2017-011 To close to public travel and retain for public use as park property a portion of Spottswood Road, running from the south line of Shirley Lane to such portion’s southern terminus and consisting of 5,732± square feet; to close to public use and travel a public alley, running from the south line of Shirley Lane to such alley’s southern terminus and consisting of 3,070± square feet; and to accept the dedication for public use as park property of a portion of 1001 Spottswood Road, consisting of 11,025± square feet, upon certain Continued on next column

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terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2017-012 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of Northumberland Avenue running from the south line of West Roberts Street to such portion’s southern terminus, consisting of 16,355± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2017-013 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1000 Westover Road, a portion of the property known as 1001 Spottswood Road, and a 20-foot public alley, for the purpose of office use and limited special events, upon certain terms and conditions. The Land Use Plan of the City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Low Density) land use. Primary uses in this category are single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre, with residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. Ordinance No. 2017-014 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1031 Fourqurean Lane, 1031 Fourqurean Lane Rear, 1101 Fourqurean Lane, and 1111 Fourqurean Lane for the purpose of multifamily dwellings with up to 80 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The Master Plan recommends SingleFamily Residential (Low Density) land uses at up to 7 units per acre for the subject property. Ordinance No. 2017-015 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1600 West Main Street and 1608 West Main Street for the purpose of authorizing a distillery and the retail sales, wholesale, and distribution of liquor, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Community Commercial land use for the subject property. Primary uses in this category “include office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods or a section of the City” (p. 134). No residential densities are specified for this land use category. Ordinance No. 2017-016 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1729 Porter Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. While such a use is permitted in the R-53 district, the subject property does not meet the minimum lot area or minimum lot width requirements for a twofamily detached dwelling in the R-53 district. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan speaks of Land Use policies and strategies within the Old South Planning District. It states, “Development of single-family residential housing on Porter Street, west of Cowardin Avenue.” (p. 271) However the plan also states that, “The Swansboro neighborhood in the vicinity of 22nd and Street between Bainbridge Street and Semmes Avenue abuts an industrial area, which in many instances forms an indistinct line between the neighborhood and the industrial uses. Although this proximity would normally be discouraged phasing out of either use is not expected. A more distinct line between the otherwise incompatible uses should be recognized in the location generally shown on the Land Use Plan map. Buffers between these uses should be provided as opportunities arise.” (p. 278) In general the plan shows that it is in keeping with this recommendation by increasing the density of this area, it acts as a buffer between the industrial uses and the single-family uses. Ordinance No. 2017-017 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3407 Chamberlayne Avenue for the purpose of the installation of two solar panel structures within the front yard, upon certain terms and conditions. The single-family use of the property would continue. The Master Plan recommends Multi-Family (Medium Density) land uses at up to 20 units per acre for the subject property. Ordinance No. 2017-018 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 82-7-16, adopted Feb. 8, 1982, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2007-98-69, adopted Apr. 9, 2007, which authorized the special use of the property known as 301 West Franklin Street for the purpose of a motel, together with accessory off-street Continued on next column

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parking, to authorize the installation of two canopy signs, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond Master Plan designates this property as Downtown Urban Center Area. Characterizations of this district include a higher density, mixed use development, typically arranged on a fin-grained street network with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks. Typically this land use category depicts apartments with no more than four stories in height. In addition, buildings are set back from the street behind a narrow yard. Parking is located onstreet, or at the rear of the lot. (p. 3.25). Ordinance No. 2017-019 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 30-440.1 and 30-440.2, concerning permitted principal and accessory uses and principal uses permitted by conditional use permit in the B-4 Central Business District; 30-442.1 and 30-442.1:1, concerning permitted principal and accessory uses and principal uses permitted by conditional use permit in the B-5 Central Business District; 30-710.1, concerning the number of off-street parking spaces required for particular uses; and 30-1045.6, concerning specific conditions applicable to conditional use permits for particular uses, for the purpose of eliminating parking areas and parking lots as a principal permitted use of property in the downtown area. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; 49 U.S.C 5303 and 5304, the TriCities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) hereby provides area citizens an opportunity to review and comment on the Transportation Improvement Program. This transportation plan has been developed by local and State agencies represented on the TriCities Area MPO. A copy of this draft document has been made available for public viewing during regular visiting hours at public libraries in the TriCities Area during a 30 day public review period beginning February 19, 2017 and ending March 22, 2017. One public meeting will be scheduled to receive comments on this draft plan on March 22, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Petersburg Multi-Modal Station located 1 0 0 W. Wa s h i n g t o n Street in Petersburg, VA. Persons in need of special accommodations to participate in these public meetings are requested to forward this information either by contacting the Crater Planning District Commission at 804-8611666 or by email using the address listed below one week prior to the meeting date. Persons with a hearing impairment may contact the Virginia Relay Center at 1-800-828-1120 to forward information to the Crater Planning District Commission and Tri-Cities Area MPO. The purpose of the Transportation Improvement Program is to recommend highway and transit improvements for the Tri-Cities Area. A copy of this draft plan and other information related to the Tri-Cities Area MPO has been made available in electronic format located http://craterpdc. org/transportation/mpo. htm The Crater Planning District Commission and the Tri-Cities Area MPO assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, handicap, sex, age or income status, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent nondiscrimination laws, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity. Written comments on Transportation Improvement Program should be addressed Crater Planning District Commission, P.O. Box 1808, Petersburg, Virginia 23805 and or sent email dhyder@craterpdc.org and received within the review period ending March 22, 2017.

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 13, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2017-029 To authorize the special use of a portion of the properties known as 1 South Plum Street, 3 South Plum Street, and 5 South Plum Street for the purpose of a parking area, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan recommends Community Commercial land use for the subject property. Primary uses in this category include office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods or a section of the City. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Jean V. Capel City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND TONY R. BOND, Plaintiff v. BRANDI L. BOND, Defendant. Case No.: CL16005582-3 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit, brought by Tony R. Bond, is a complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, Brandi L. Bond, cannot be found, and that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant; it is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before March 24, 2017 to protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk 4551 Cox Road Suite 120 Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 330-9220 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND TIA THOMAS DELANO, Plaintiff v. JOSHUA WADE DELANO, Defendant. Case Number: CL17-288-6 ORDER OF PUBLICATION This Day came the Plaintiff on his motion and Affidavit for an Order of Publication; and was argued by counsel. The object of this suit is to obtain a decree for divorce from the bond of matrimony. It appearing from the Affidavit that the Defendant is a nonVirginia resident, whose last known address is located at 2543 Strong Road, Orange, Texas; it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this court before the 3rd day of March, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Janipher W. Robinson Robinson and Greene 2415 Westwood Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23230 (804) 321-1728 (voice) (804) 321-0679 (facsimile) VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SAMANTHA SALCEDO, Plaintiff v. CHRISTOPHER SALCEDO, Defendant. Case No.: CL17000208-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 31st day of March, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 Continued on next column

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(804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO TARA HOGGES, Plaintiff v. JAVONE HOGGES, Defendant. Case No.: CL16-3126-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from Javone Hogges on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart for a period exceeding one year. It appearing by affidavit that the Defendant’s last known address is not known, the Defendant’s present whereabouts are unknown, and diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the Defendant is without effect, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before February 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. and protect her interest herein. A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk Lambert & Associates LLC Linda Y. Lambert, Esquire 321 North 23rd St. Richmond, Virginia 23223 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND ANGELO ANTOIN BATTLE, Plaintiff v. KACO MARIE ELLIS BATTLE, Defendant. Civil Action No.: 15-1055-008 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 having lived separate and apart continuously without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period of more than one year, pursuant to section 20-91(A)(9) of the Code of Virginia. It is ORDERED that KACO MARIE ELLIS BATTLE, appear at the above-named court and protect her interests on or before the 9th day of March, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk

CUSTODY VIRginia: IN THE Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Clementine Donna Abbott Children’s Home Society of Virginia v. James Tucker and any unknown birth father Case No. J-93871-2, J-93871-3 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Pursuant to VA Code § 16.1-277.01. Children’s Home Society of Virginia is requesting that the residual parental rights of the named birth father James Tucker, whose whereabouts are unknown and any unknown birth father, whose identity and whereabouts are unknown, and transfer custody of the infant, Clementine Donna Abbott, d/o/b 10/30/16 to the Children’s Home Society of Virginia with the right to place the infant for adoption. It is ordered that the defendant James Tucker or any Unknown Birth Father appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/25/17 9:00 AM. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Carcamo De Leon, Carlos Rosario Carcamo v. Jose Miguel Quintanilla Salgado Case No. JJ091120-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: (1) Determine custody of Carlos Carcamo De Leon (DOB: 10/30/99) whose mother is Rosario Carcamo, and whose father is Jose Miguel Quintanilla Salgado, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Father’s whereabouts are unknown in El Salvador (2) To make factual findings that would permit Carlos Carcamo De Leon to apply for special immigrant juvenile status through the US Citizenship & Immigration Service pursuant to section 101(A)(27)(J) of the Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1101(A) (27)(J). It is ordered that the defendant appear at the abovenamed court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/04/2017 10:00 AM. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Portillo Molina, Josue A. Yanira E. Molina Gonzalez v. Jose S. P. Portillo Carranza Case No. JJ090713-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: (1) Determine custody Continued on next column

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of Josue Alexis Portillo Molina (DOB: 09/25/08) whose mother is Yanira E. Molina Gonzalez, and whose father is Jose S. P. Portillo Carranza, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Father’s whereabouts are unknown in El Salvador (2) To make factual findings that would permit Josue Alexis Portillo Molina to apply for special immigrant juvenile status through the US Citizenship & Immigration Service pursuant to section 101(A)(27)(J) of the Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1101(A)(27) (J). It is ordered that the defendant appear at the above-named court and protect his or her interests on or before 04/04/2017 10:00 AM.

briefly described as 1432 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0771/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS M IC H E L G O M EZ , a n d RENE MALDONADO, 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 FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C . MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T EZ , VIC T OR M . ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D EZ , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN C A ROL OS ALVA RA DO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, who may be creditors with an interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that 1901-1915 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, are foreign entities, and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest 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 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, M AY N OR M A U RICIO MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ,RENE MALDONADO, FIDEL F R A N CI S CO CR U Z E S T R A D A , T EO D O S I A SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, RO B ER T O M ORE N O CI S N ERO S , M A N U E L MALDONADO, GONZALES A G U I L A R , J OR G E C . MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL COR T EZ , VIC T OR M . ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, S A N T O S E D U RI G E S ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA A R T E A G A , G ER A R D O HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G ER A R D O F. H ER N A N D EZ , CE S A R H U ER TA D I A Z , A L E X A B I M A E L H ERRER A GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN C AROLO S ALVA RA DO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O M OR A L E S , 1 9 0 1 - 1 9 1 5 WHITCOMB STREET, LLC., A Dissolved Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, 8409 STAPLES MILL ROAD, LLC, An Oregon Limited Liability Company Not Registered to Transact Business in Virginia, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 24, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Lilah m rodriguez, Juvenile Madeline v. Johansel D. Rodriguez Case No. JJ076177-02-00,03-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Determine custody and visitation of Lilah Michelle Rodriguez (DOB: 8/13/10), whose Mother is Madeline Lugo and whose Father is Johansel D. Rodriguez, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Johansel D. Rodriguez’s whereabouts are unknown. It is ORDERED that the defendant Johansel D. Rodriguez appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his interests on or before March 20, 2017at 10:00 A.M.

Property TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 1701 Joplin Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23224 In execution of a deed of trust in the original principal amount of $54,500.00, dated June 21, 2001 and recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia as instrument number 01016754, the undersigned Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction, at the main entrance of the courthouse for the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, 400 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23210 on February 24, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m. The improved real estate lying in the City of Richmond, Virginia and more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot of land with improvements thereon located at 1701 Joplin Street, lying, being and situated in the City of Richmond, Virginia, and being known and designated as Lot 32, on a plat entitled “Resubdivision of Block G, Richmond Summit, and an Adjacent Parcel of Land, Richmond, Virginia,” made by Foster & Miller, Certified Surveyors, dated September 15, 1967, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, Division II, in Plat Book 8, page 53, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot. A nonrefundable bidder’s deposit of $10,000.00 or 10% of the sales price whichever is less, by cashier’s or certified check required at time of sale, except for the party secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss is on the purchaser from date and time of auction. Balance of purchase price must be paid by cashier’s check within 14 days from sale date. Except for Virginia Grantor tax, all settlement costs and expenses are purchaser’s responsibility. Taxes are prorated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit may be forfeited and property sold at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expense, and attorney’s fees of both sales. If Trustee does not convey title for any reason, purchaser’s sole remedy is return of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a forbearance, repayment, or other agreement was entered into, the loan was reinstated or paid off, or whether the property became subject to an automatic stay under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code prior to sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void and purchaser’s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. Pursuant to the Federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, this law firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: James S. Sease, Esq. Sole Acting Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 715 Mathews, Virginia 23109 804-725-4700 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL16-3807 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property

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., Case No.: CL15-3863 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3508 Briel Street, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap/GPIN#

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E000-1544/020, 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 JACK GRAYBEAL, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, 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 LISA SEFCHOK, As to $45,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $45,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that DEBORAH KLEM, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title; that ABNER SALKIN, who may be deceased, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BEVERLY SALKIN, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., As to $3,500.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $3,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HENRY SILVER, As to $13,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $13,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that SAMANTHA SILVER, As to $5,800.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,800.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that SADIE GARY, As to part of a $5,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $5,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04027302, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ELI GARY, As to part of a $5,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $5,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of a $21,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $21,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that HOLDER OR HOLDERS of the Note Secured by Deed of Trust Dated March 31, 1998 and Recorded April 1, 1998 in Instrument Number 98-8157, who may be the holder/holders of a certain Note secured by

a Deed of Trust dated March 31, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded April 1, 1998 in Instrument Number 988157, or said holder/holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that FIRST & FEDERAL LTD, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Wraparound Deed of Trust dated October 20, 1999, with respect to said property, and recorded October 22, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-29188, 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 MONICA WILLIS, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, whose last known post-office address is 2617 Parkwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23220, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that R. L. SMALLWOOD a/k/a RONALD LEE SMALLWOOD, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Wraparound Deed of Trust dated October 20, 1999, with respect to said property, and recorded October 22, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-29188, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the Complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that 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, 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 G R O U P, L . L . C . , A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, JACK GRAYBEAL, As to $30,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $30,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LISA SEFCHOK, As to $45,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $45,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, DEBORAH KLEM, As to $10,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $10,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ABNER SALKIN, who may be deceased, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, BEVERLY SALKIN, As to $5,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 07-04975, OLD DOMINION FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., As to $3,500.00 Interest, which may be the holder of $3,500.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated February 9, 2007, with

respect to said property, and recorded February 9, 2007, in Instrument Number 0704975, HENRY SILVER, As to $13,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $13,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, SAMANTHA SILVER, As to $5,800.00 Interest, who may be the holder of $5,800.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04027302, SADIE GARY, As to part of a $5,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $5,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04027302, ELI GARY, As to part of a $5,700.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $5,700.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, TAMARA B. LACEY, As to part of a $21,000.00 Interest, who may be the holder of part of a $21,000.00 Interest in a certain Note secured by a Balloon Deed of Trust dated August 12, 2004, with respect to said property, and recorded August 13, 2004, in Instrument Number 04-027302, HOLDER OR HOLDERS of the Note Secured by Deed of Trust Dated March 31, 1998 and Recorded April 1, 1998 in Instrument Number 98-8157, who may be the holder/holders of a certain Note secured by a Deed of Trust dated March 31, 1998, with respect to said property, and recorded April 1, 1998 in Instrument Number 98-8157, or said holder/ holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, FIRST & FEDERAL LTD, which may be the holder of a certain Note secured by a Wraparound Deed of Trust dated October 20, 1999, with respect to said property, and recorded October 22, 1999, in Instrument Number 99-29188, or said holder’s heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MONICA

WILLIS, As Former Director and Trustee in Liquidation, R . L . S M A L LW O O D a/k/a RONALD LEE SMALLWOOD, Trustee of a certain Note secured by a Wraparound Deed of Trust dated October 20, 1999, with respect to said property, and recorded October 22, 1999, in Instrument Number 9929188, 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 MARCH 26, 2017, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Marcus Hoosier gives VUU ‘a nice push’ Virginia Union University’s Panthers were a good basketball team without Marcus Hoosier. They’re an even better squad with him. “We needed help at point guard and Marcus has given us a nice push,” said VUU Coach Jay Butler. The Panthers were 6-3 before Hoosier became eligible to play on Dec. 10 against Shaw University at the end of fall semester. The Panthers have improved to 15-2 since then following an 83-64 victory at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania last Saturday. The former Petersburg High School standout passed for 10 assists in 26 minutes as the primary ball handler against the visiting Bulldogs. He dished nine assists in a win over Winston-Salem State University in early January. Hoosier averages six points per game but is more comfortable with a play-making distribution plan. “My role is to do whatever the team needs,” said the lithe 6-foot-4 junior. “I just want to be a leader.” Coach Butler said, “He has the size and jumping ability to get to the rim. But he’s also good at penetrating and kicking it out. He takes a lot of pressure off (guards) Ray (Anderson) and

Kory (Cooley).” Anderson leads the CIAA with a 17.8 scoring average and jacked his career bag to 1,823 with 22 points against Lincoln University. Cooley averages 8.2 points per game and is the team’s top 3-point threat, along with wing Jimmy Paige IV. Hoosier is accustomed to playing with big scorers and for big winners. At Petersburg High, his teammates included Frank Mason III, now a candidate for NCAA Player of the Year as a

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High and also for Team Loaded and Petersburg Elite AAU travel teams. In Hoosier’s three seasons playing with Mason at Petersburg High, the Crimson Wave went 81-7, which was 30-1 in 2010, 22-4 in 2011 and 29-2 in 2012. Hoosier made All-Central District as a senior. Other Petersburg High teammates were Du’Vaughn Maxwell, who went on to fame at Hampton University; Cadarian Raines, later the starting center at Virginia Tech; and Quinton Spain, now a lineman with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. Petersburg High lost in the State Group AAA finals to I.C. Norcom High School of Portsmouth in 2010 and to Hampton High School in 2012, both times at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center. Hoosier, who grew up in The Heights section of Petersburg, bounced around before enrolling at VUU a season ago. He first enrolled at Virginia State University, but never suited up for the Trojans. “Just too close to home,” he said. “Plus, the coach (Darryl Jacobs) I went there to play for resigned.” From VSU, Hoosier played two seasons at Southside Virginia Community College in Alberta. He was named Most Outstanding Player after leading the Southside Panthers to the 2015 National Prep Championship in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Southside plays a combination of junior colleges, prep schools and postgraduate programs. After enrolling at VUU, Hoosier did not play while rehabilitating from a knee injury. Helping to lure Hoosier to VUU was Panthers Assistant Coach Robert Johnson. Hoosier and Johnson crossed paths while Hoosier was playing at Petersburg and Johnson was coaching at L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield County. They also knew each other from the AAU circuit. Coincidentally, Coach Johnson’s eldest son, Robert Johnson Jr., is a starting guard for the Indiana University Hoosiers. VUU’s Hoosier is oft kidded about his surname and asked if he has seen the 1986 movie “Hoosiers” about tiny Milan High that won the Indiana state basketball championship. “Yes, I’ve seen (the movie) many times,” he said with a smile. “People tell me Hoosier is a basketball name.” Just because you’re named Hoosier doesn’t mean you can play a lick of basketball. But in Marcus’ case, he has both the name and the game.

University of Kansas senior. “I can’t help but laugh watching Frank on TV,” said Hoosier. “It’s because I know where he’s from and what he’s been through. We’ve stayed close by phone and Facebook and got together when he came home at Christmas.” Mason and Hoosier played together at Vernon John Junior

Like father, like sons

Clyde Austin’s sons shine in college hoops Bypassing the NBA, he thrilled audiences over the next eight years with the Harlem Globetrotters, combining round-ball skill with comic antics. Clyde “The Glide” was an impressive player by any standards. But he was more than that. He specialized in scoring points and putting smiles on faces, and not necessarily in that order. Many of his old fans still can’t help but smile, just at the mention of his name.

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