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Demonstrations around the country continue as President Trump names U.S. Supreme Court nominee, bans Muslims from U.S. Free Press wire reports

WASHINGTON Just two weeks have passed since his inauguration, and despite a torrent of action, disruption, protests and lawsuits, President Trump has been on a tear to keep campaign promises, uplifting his legions of supporters and dismaying his legions of opponents.

Despite his condemnation of President Obama’s use of executive orders, the new president has rolled out a truckload of his own without any review by anyone outside his inner circle.

Already he has signed orders that halted immigration of Muslims from seven nations, including allies like Iraq, as well as green card holders with valid U.S. passports, and began to dismantle the Affordable Health Care Act, or Obamacare, that provides health insurance coverage for 20 million Americans.

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Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch receives congratulations Tuesday from President Trump at the White House after becoming the nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Felony conviction changes life, prospects of ex-Henrico athlete

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Jerel A. Harrison is the kind of young man who makes everyone proud.

The Henrico County native has been a standout athlete in high school and college.

He also hit the books at both levels.

At Varina High School, the soft-spoken, easygoing youth was a popular sports star who lettered in football, basketball and track and secured honors as a scholar-athlete before he graduated in 2010.

His academic achievement, athletic prowess and spotless record paid off in the form of a full football scholarship to the University of Delaware in Newark.

While he was redshirted in 2011 — able to practice but not play to extend his eligibility — he quickly began proving himself as a sure-handed, wide receiver for the Blue Hens as a sophomore and each season after that while often making the dean’s list.

As the 2015 season loomed, the 5-foot11, 185-pound starter was considered the Blue Hens’ top receiver, good enough to get a mention as a potential NFL prospect.

He already had earned a degree in history and was just nine credits shy of adding a degree in sociology.

But this high-achieving role model now is serving time in the Plummer Community Corrections Center in Wilmington, Del., suddenly saddled with the label of “felon.”

It’s an unbelievable circumstance for

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Special election Tuesday for House of Delegates seat Voters will decide next Tuesday, Feb. 7, who will fill the 71st District seat for the House of Delegates.

That’s when the special election will be held to fill the seat left vacant when Jennifer L. McClellan was elected last month to the state Senate.

Jeff M. Bourne, who represents the 3rd District on the Richmond School Board and is a deputy attorney general, won the Democratic Party nomination and is considered the frontrunner.

Also competing for the seat is independent candidate Regie Ford, a SunTrust mortgage specialist and former president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, and Libertarian Party member John Barclay, a Richmond schoolteacher.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the 25 Richmond precincts in North Side and the East End and the portion of Henrico County that is part of the 71st House District.

Additional information on voting: Richmond Voter Registrar, (804) 646-5950 or www.elections.virginia.gov.

Letter carriers file class action lawsuit

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

the 24-year-old athlete, his what was happening.” family and his friends.

He spent two days in jail He was arrested, tried and before his mother, Terri Harconvicted of assaulting a Blue rison, a registered nurse, was Hens’ teammate, defensive able to get him released on back Malcolm Brown, and $25,000 bond. sending him to the hospital But it would only get worse with a concussion and a brono matter how much Mr. Harriken jaw. son proclaimed his innocence, That life-changing incident insisting that he was provoked took place Aug. 13, 2015,

by Mr. Brown and was merely as players returned to the defending himself. locker room after a preseason His stellar record did not Mr. Harrison practice. impress Delaware Superior Just being arrested “was terrifying,” Mr. Court Judge Jan R. Jurden. At a trial in July, Harrison said in a telephone interview. “I’ve never been arrested before. I didn’t know Please turn to A4

Shekeera Greene and 16 other mail carriers have gone to federal court seeking to recover overtime pay that was stripped from them by supervisors seeking to cut payroll costs at Richmond’s Main Post Office.

Ms. Greene, whose injury last August led to the discovery that supervisors were altering time cards of carriers to reduce overtime, is the lead plaintiff in the class action lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service.

The suit was filed Jan. 13 in U.S. District Court on their behalf by attorney Paul M. Falabella of the Richmond firm Butler Ms. Greene Royals PLC. The suit focuses solely on alleged violations of overtime rules involving carriers at the Main Post Office, but could be expanded if evidence of problems at other locations can be found.

The filing claims that the USPS “has engaged in a systematic practice of not compensating plaintiffs and all those similarly situated for all hours worked in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The USPS management in Richmond was having carriers work off the clock in violation of the FLSA, the suit states. a new headquarters and warehouse complex.

The allegation, which the The governor advanced the proposal in his budget plan in December. It would allow the ABC to replace its out- Free Press first reported in dated warehouse-office complex located across Hermitage November, has led to the deRoad from the city property, which includes The Diamond parture of several supervisors, baseball stadium, the 9-acre home of the Richmond Fly- including the removal of veteran Richmond Postmaster Howard ing Squirrels.

Relocating the ABC complex also would clear the way O’Connor.

Budget dispute may slow plans to redevelop Boulevard

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A little noticed budget dispute in the General Assembly could slow Richmond’s rush to transform 61 acres of largely vacant city property on North Boulevard into retail stores, a hotel, offices and apartments.

The House of Delegates and the Senate appear to be split over approving Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proposal to authorize the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to spend up to $105 million to buy land and develop

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3 more Richmond schools accredited; total now 17

By Holly Rodriguez

The Virginia Department of Education revised its accreditation list for Richmond Public Schools, adding three more to the list for a total of 17.

Bellevue Elementary, Franklin Military Academy and Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts are now fully accredited. They join 14 city schools that previously were accredited for 2016-17.

RPS has a total of 44 schools.

Eleven city schools received partial

accreditation and 16 schools passes, then the school earns were denied accreditation credit toward accreditation,” for the current school year, a process called remediation based on student Standards recovery, she said. of Learning test scores for Schools must receive the 2015-16 school year. a score of at least 74.5 in “In April, the General English, and a 69.5 in math, Assembly passed a bill history and science to be that allows a re-test for fully accredited.

Dr. Bedden any student who failed Bellevue, Franklin Milithe SOL test in third through eighth tary and Patrick Henry were within grade,” said Valenta Wade, manager one point of full accreditation, and 23 of testing and data services for RPS. students from the three schools raised “If the student takes the test again and their individual scores enough to earn

credits toward increasing their schools’ overall scores, Ms. Wade said.

Students must score at least a 400 on each of the tests to pass.

All schools must receive passing scores for three consecutive years to maintain accreditation and will receive a series of warnings each year they do not. By year three, they can be denied accreditation and can petition the VDOE for partial accreditation.

In order to re-test the students, schools are required to create a test preparation program for students.

“The schools design a remediation plan and submit it to the testing and data services office,” Ms. Wade said.

When RPS superintendent Dr. Dana T. Bedden became superintendent in January 2014, only 11 schools had full accreditation, officials said. Six additional schools have received full accreditation during his tenure, less than half of all city schools.

“The numbers are increasing and we are seeing progress, but it is incremental and takes time,” said RPS spokesperson Kenita Bowers.

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10,000 consumers to benefit from state deal with loan company

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Thousands of desperate Virginia consumers who borrowed money from a supposed Native American company called Western Sky Financial soon will have their loans forgiven or will get a refund of the illegal sky-high interest they paid.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced the refunds and loan forgiveness for borrowers Tuesday in disclosing a settlement with the company, CashCall Inc., that posed as the now defunct Western Sky in what he described as a deceptive and illegal borrowing scheme.

Mr. Herring stated that CashCall has agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle all claims resulting from its use of Western Sky Financial in advertising its loans that charged up to 230 percent interest, or far above the 12 percent state law allows. Overall, 10,000 borrowers are expected to benefit from the settlement, Mr. Herring stated.

Under the settlement, which still needs federal court approval, the company has agreed to forgive or wipe out $5.9 million in loans currently on its books, Mr. Herring stated. In addition, CashCall has agreed to provide $9.4 million in restitution to consumers who were overcharged in interest on Western Sky loans of $700 to $10,000. The company also has agreed to make corrections on those borrowers’ credit reports and has pledged not to make such illegal loans again.

The settlement, secured by the Predatory Lending Unit in the Consumer Protection Section of the Attorney General’s Office, also requires the company to pay $100,000 in civil penalties and state attorneys’ fees.

“Online lenders are quickly becoming a new source of highinterest, financially risky loans,” Mr. Herring stated. “Unfortunately, like payday and car title loans before them, these small dollar loans issued online often come with exorbitant interest and fees that can trap a borrower in a cycle of debt.

“This is the largest settlement the Predatory Lending Unit has secured against an online lender, and I hope this settlement sends a clear message that we will not allow lenders to deceive, defraud or abuse Virginia consumers.”

In this case, he stated that CashCall posed as Western Sky to market and issue its high-cost installment loans, then pretended that the supposed tribe affiliation meant that state or federal laws regarding interest applied to its loans were legal, along with its excessive interest rates.

However, the PLU determined that state law did apply in going after the company, Mr. Herring stated. He stated that the settlement has been filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond and is included with a class action suit against CashCall.

For more information about the settlement or to file a complaint: consumer@oag.state.va.us or (804) 552-9963.

City moves to donate land for state monument Richmond is moving to donate a small piece of Brown’s Island to the state as the site for the future Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument.

According to legislation, the city is proposing to convey to the state a circular 40-foot portion of the island as the site for the 12-foot monument. The location, involving 1,256 square feet, is near the 5th Street foot bridge to the island, according to the legislation.

Renderings of Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument

The Richmond Planning Commission is to consider the proposed conveyance Monday, Feb. 6. The final decision would be up to Richmond City Council, which could vote on it as early as Monday, Feb. 13.

The monument, envisioned in 2012, is a project of the General Assembly-created Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission.

The commission, led by Richmond Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan, has commissioned sculptor Thomas J. Warren of Rogue River, Ore., to develop the monument. According to the commission, the purpose of the monument is to educate the public about the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation that began to dismantle slavery in the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the decree on Jan. 1, 1863, that freed slaves in Virginia and other states of the Confederacy and led to the passage of the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that fully abolished U.S. support of human bondage.

The monument also will pay tribute to notable AfricanAmericans with ties to Virginia who have made significant contributions to the emancipation of and freedom of formerly enslaved persons or their descendants, the commission has said.

The commission is seeking nominations of African-Americans whom the public believes should be included. The nomination form is on the commission’s website, http://mlkcommission. dls.virginia.gov/ The commission’s plan is to complete the monument and install it by summer 2019, or in time for the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia.—JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

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People leave the frigid water of the James River last Saturday afternoon after the 3rd Annual Shiver in the River, a benefit for Keep Virginia Beautiful. Location: The shoreline near Brown’s Island. This view shows hearty participants headed back to land to dry off. The event, based at Historic Tredegar, also included a cleanup of litter along the riverfront and a 5K walk and run.

Sheriff sanctioned over loss of videotape in jail inmate’s death

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. describes the 500 video cameras that record inside the Richmond Justice Center “as a sort of a truth serum,” a way to show “what really happened” when inmates complain or there is a disagreement about events.

Those words have come back to haunt him as he seeks to defend himself and the jail against a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the death of Erin Jenkins, 29, just five days after the new jail opened in 2014.

Ms. Jenkins, who was awaiting trial on gun and drug charges, became ill, was found unresponsive hours later and died at a nearby hospital, court records show.

Her mother, Virginia Paige Jenkins, has sued for wrongful death on behalf of her daughter’s estate, claiming that appropriate care would have saved her daughter’s life.

Key evidence — the video from cameras that recorded Ms. Jenkins’ final hours in the jail — was not preserved, eliminating the best view of the treatment she received.

Sheriff Woody and his staff have admitted in court that the video was left in the cameras and recorded over after 30 days, thus lost forever — even though Ms. Jenkins’ legal team requested the video within 25 days of her death as they prepared to file suit.

Failure to preserve that video has led the federal judge presiding over the case to hit Sheriff Woody with costly sanctions that are a blow to him and his defense.

U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck stated in a written decision that when the case goes to trial, the loss of the video would be disclosed to the jury, which would be allowed to use the information in determining the verdict and the

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amount of damages.

Judge Lauck also barred the sheriff and his co-defendant, retired Deputy Elizabeth Beaver, from testifying or arguing the video would have supported their version that Ms. Jenkins received appropriate care.

The judge did not find that Sheriff Woody acted deliberately or intentionally to get rid of the video, which could have led to a judgment for the plaintiff without a trial.

Still, the judge wrote that the loss of the video has caused “grave prejudice” to the plaintiff. And the missing video appears to have led Judge Lauck to reject Sheriff Woody’s arguments for dismissal of most of the claims brought against him and to allow the jury to consider punitive damages.

Judge Lauck also imposed a potentially hefty bill on Sheriff Woody, ordering him to pay related fees and expenses of the plaintiff’s legal team.

That includes paying for expenses the legal team incurred to learn about and obtain jail audiotapes related to Ms.

Jenkins’ time in jail, and which Sheriff Woody waited six months to turn over, according to court records.

The total amount that the sheriff will be required to pay is to be determined at a hearing the judge will hold later, although the money will not come out of the sheriff’s pocket. He is represented by the state, and taxpayers are expected to be on the hook for all of the expenses related to the defense of Sheriff Woody and Ms. Beaver.

The case was set to begin Monday in Richmond federal court, but Judge Lauck postponed the start to consider whether to impose further sanctions on Sheriff Woody because of additional evidence the defense presented at the last minute.

The case involved other defendants whose cases have settled or been dropped.

For example, the jail’s medical provider, originally a defendant, paid $275,000 to settle, which Judge Lauck approved in December, according to court records.

During her stay at the jail, Ms. Jenkins was considered mentally ill because of her actions and because she hallucinated, court records show.

However, the medical examiner found that she died of a perforated duodenal ulcer that went undiagnosed by the jail’s medical staff.

The sheriff’s internal investigation concluded that Ms. Jenkins died from natural causes and that there were no signs of foul play or that the jail staff violated policy.

But that determination may not stick.

The decision on what happened and who is to blame will be up to the jury when the case does go to trial. The main issue the jury will have to settle is whether there was deliberate medical neglect before Ms. Jenkins was found in her cell, as a jail report put it: “Incoherent, incontinent and not breathing.”

Better Housing Coalition advances plans for apartments on former St. Elizabeth’s School site

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A fresh attempt is being made to create affordable apartments on the site of a long closed Catholic school in North Side.

The nonprofit Better Housing Coalition is advancing the latest proposal.

A developer of affordable rental and single-family homes, the coalition is seeking city permission to create 80 affordable apartments on the land where the aging, unused St. Elizabeth’s School stands at 1031 Fourqurean Lane in a residential area near the city’s Hotchkiss Field Community Center in Highland Park.

The coalition’s plan calls for demolishing the old building and distributing the new units among four, three-story buildings, including three that would face Fourqurean Lane. Estimated cost: $12 million, according to city documents.

Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson held a public meeting Wednesday night to let nearby residents learn about this new proposal to replace the vacant structure that dates to 1950.

Previously, plans to create apartments on the site have drawn fire from those who live in the area.

Once an element of nearby St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church where U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine worships, the school was closed in 1982 and merged into All Saints Catholic School in Ginter Park.

During the past 12 years, three other private or nonprofit groups have sought to redevelop the space for apartments, and twice previously Ms. Robertson and a majority of City Council have endorsed the proposals, but none has advanced.

In 2005, the North District Community Development Corp. won council approval to convert the building into 22 units, but nothing happened.

In 2012, ClaireView Enterprises received council support for its plan to create 46 units at the school and in a new building, but that proposal also went nowhere.

And in 2015, the nonprofit Canaan Housing Foundation sought to develop 92 units on the site, but withdrew the proposal in the face of community opposition.

The application from the Better Housing Coalition lists the Catholic Diocese of Richmond as the owner of a major share of the 6 acres for which the coalition is seeking a special use permit to allow the project to proceed.

However, the Richmond Assessor’s Office lists at least three other owners of parcels that are to be included.

For example, 1031 Fourqurean Lane, a 2-acre parcel where the old school is located, is shown as owned by Chestnut Commons LLC, which was involved with the 46-unit development that ClaireView Enterprises wanted to create in 2012.

Richmond Affordable Housing is listed as the owner of 1101 Fourqurean Lane, once a home site but now vacant land.

Also, the Richmond Department of Public Works is listed as the owner of the remaining parcel, 1111 Fourqurean Lane, another site that is now vacant land. At least seven members of the council would need to approve the sale of the city DPW property to the coalition for the city-owned land to be part of the project.

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of construction of oil and gas pipelines halted by environmental concerns.

Despite an unorthodox style, a penchant for making up facts, a lack of consultation with experts and lawyers, an unstinting desire to bash the press and critics, and nomination of a billionaire-heavy cabinet eager like himself to profit from government service, President Trump keeps rolling.

Nothing more exemplifies his push to fulfill his promises than his nomination Tuesday of a U.S. Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy left by the death of archconservative Antonin Scalia a year ago.

His choice: 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch, 49, of Denver, the youngest high court nominee in 25 years and another archconservative in the Scalia mold who has rejected controls on corporate spending in elections, promoted religion as a check on government policy and advocated for reducing the authority of federal agencies.

“I made a promise to the American people: If I were elected president, I would find the very best judge in the country for the Supreme Court,” the president said at the White House Tuesday night in introducing his choice in a national broadcast.

“I promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our Constitution and who loves our Constitution and someone who will interpret them as written,” he said.

“Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support,” President Trump said in pushing a judge who has disdained the underlying reasoning that supports the U.S.

Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that legalized abortions.

While Judge Gorsuch won unanimous Senate confirmation in 2006 to go on the appeals court, he could face a bruising fight from Senate Democrats who are eager for payback for the Republican decision to ignore former President Obama’s nomination last year of Judge Merrick Garland for the empty Supreme Court seat.

President Trump, aware of the prospect, already is calling on Senate Republicans to approve his nominee with a simple majority, rather than requiring 60 votes, a move dubbed “the nuclear option.” Currently, there are 52 Republicans in the 100-member Senate.

Whether Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will scrap Senate tradition to prevent Democrats from blocking the nomination remains uncertain.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democrat leader, has already thrown down the gauntlet.

“Throughout his career, Judge Gorsuch has repeatedly sided with corporations over working people, rejected women’s rights and embraced a retrograde judicial philosophy,” Sen. Schumer wrote.

“Senate Democrats are ready for this fight,” he continued. “We’re going to demand an exhaustive, robust, and comprehensive debate on Judge Gorsuch’s fitness to be a Supreme Court justice. And just like President Obama’s Supreme Court nominees who all met a 60-vote threshold in the Senate, we’re going to insist on the same for this administration’s nominees.”

However, Sen. Schumer may not be able to avoid desertions from his fractured caucus, whose members have refused to march in lockstep to oppose Trump nominees.

Some Democrats already have bolted to vote with the Republicans for some of the president’s

controversial cabinet picks, including Virginia Sen. Mark Warner who voted for President Trump’s secretary of state pick, Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon chief executive.

In the case of Judge Gorsuch, Virginia’s senators, Sen. Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine, have so far indicated they would engage in a careful review of Judge Gorsuch’s record on civil rights and other issues, but have made no commitment to vote against a jurist who many consider highly qualified despite his rulings.

Meanwhile, the blowback over the new Trump effort to ban Muslim immigrants continues to mount.

From America’s largest tech companies to Virginia universities, condemnations have poured in, along with promises to protect students, professors, engineers and others who are affected. Some tech companies are saying they will consider expanding overseas instead of in the United States to ensure the free movement of their employees.

On Monday, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and state Attorney General Mark Herring blasted the Trump ban on immigration as “unconstitutional” and “un-American” and vowed to use legal means to overturn it.

Mr. Herring has sought to intervene via a federal lawsuit challenging the immigration ban as it involves Dulles Airport, an international entry point in Northern Virginia, particularly regarding legal residents who have been unable to return.

Everyone is now waiting for the next shoe to drop from a presidency built on creative destruction.

President Trump has made no secret of his top priority: To do what disgruntled voters sent him to Washington to do — blow things up.

“Think of everything we can achieve and remember who we must achieve it for,” President

Trump told Republican lawmakers Jan. 26 in Philadelphia. “Now we have to deliver. Enough all talk, no action. We have to deliver.”

Among the promises he would say he has delivered are his orders to pull America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, rupturing decades of U.S. foreign policy orthodoxy that was projected through multilateral deals.

He also has hauled business and auto executives into the West Wing and warned they will pay a heavy price for manufacturing abroad and told pharmaceutical company leaders to cut drug prices while promising to speed up government approvals of new medicines.

He has upset relations with Mexico, America’s third largest trading partner, with his insistence that the border wall be built and that Mexico will pay for it, despite assurances from that country it would go to war first.

And he has ended decades of American efforts to try to work with Palestinians and Israel, which wasted no time in seizing on his taking office to launch construction of 2,500 new homes in West Bank settlements to expand its hegemony.

Ahead, the White House, congressional allies as well as many of his cabinet picks — often foes of the agencies they were selected to head — are promising big slashes in government regulations and hinting about big cuts in federal employee numbers.

Those close to the president believe that despite the uproar over his initial steps, the actions are being well received.

“If you are somebody sitting at home, you say, ‘Wow, there’s a lot going on here.’ The media bubbles on the coast are not the people Trump is talking to,” said a senior aide. “The people that Donald Trump is talking to are the thousands of counties that he won.”

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she found him guilty, declaring in open court that she did not believe he acted in self-defense, despite medical evidence indicating Mr. Harrison suffered a concussion from being hit in the head by Mr. Brown during the incident.

Mr. Harrison’s attorney, Joe Hurley, had assured him before sentencing in October that he would get probation, according to a letter Mr. Hurley later wrote to his client.

Instead, the judge sentenced Mr. Harrison to eight years in prison, with seven and a half years suspended, belying any suggestion that athletes get special treatment.

Suddenly, instead of being a star athlete, he was just another offender.

Mr. Harrison immediately was taken to a state prison where he initially was housed with inmates convicted of murder, rape and other serious crimes. It took three weeks, he said, before he was reclassified and transferred to Plummer, a work release center, to serve six months.

His only hope now is an appeal to a higher court, which, if successful, could result in a new trial that would allow him another chance to prove he acted in selfdefense. With his mother’s help, Mr. Harrison, has a new lawyer and is planning to appeal.

One question he hopes will be considered is whether Judge Jurden should have heard the case.

According to the University of Delaware, Judge Jurden is a paid adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology at the school, where she teaches a course in criminal justice. Mr. Harrison took courses in the department, but was never in Judge Jurden’s class.

Mr. Harrison said Judge Jurden never mentioned she had a relationship with the university, which he hopes an appellate court might consider as a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

As in many states, that code bars state judges from actual and apparent conflicts. The code states that the “appearance of impropriety is whether the conduct would create in reasonable minds, with knowledge of

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While Mr. O’Connor is appealing his removal and technically remains postmaster, the USPS is not allowing him a management role. His photo has been removed from the Main Post Office lobby and replaced with that of Timothy Lewis, who was appointed to serve as officer-in-charge of the Richmond operation.

Other managers and supervisors found to be responsible for the alteration of time cards also have been replaced.

The USPS has not yet responded to the suit, and no trial date has been set. Officials noted that the USPS policy is not to comment on pending litigation beyond responses filed with a court.

The suit alleges that the USPS deliberately failed to maintain accurate time records for all hours worked and “intentionally created and maintained inaccurate records” as part of efforts to reduce payroll costs.

The suit also labels as an FLSA violation the USPS practice of automatically deducting 30 minutes of work time for lunch even though carriers often have been required to miss lunch in order to complete their routes.

The suit was filed even though the 17 plaintiffs and 82 current and former carriers who are not part of the suit received payments from USPS on Dec. 30 to make up for lost wages uncovered in the Richmond investigation by the USPS Office of Inspector General.

The back pay for up to one year — far short of the three years allowed by the labor law — was provided after the USPS reached a settlement with the carriers’ union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, and the union’s Richmond affiliate on Dec. 22.

However, the suit argues that the payments should not be recognized because “such payments are not the result of a bona fide FLSA dispute, were not approved by a court or the U.S. Department of Labor, do not compensate carriers for the full allowable time period or periods, do not provide full back-pay and liquidated damages and do not provide (full) relief provided to them under the FLSA.” The suit asks the court to certify the class action case; approve notice of the suit to all current and former Richmond carriers who might have been affected and allow them to join the suit; find that the USPS violations of the labor law “were willful”; award plaintiffs full compensation for all unpaid hours going back at least three years plus interest; and also award plaintiffs attorney fees and costs.

The suit does not specify any specific amount to be paid, but leaves that to be determined following a review of the USPS payroll records.

all the relevant circumstances … a perception that the judge’s ability to carry out judicial responsibilities with integrity, impartiality and competence is impaired.”

Judge Jurden, according to the Associated Press, is known for putting an heir to the Dupont family fortune on probation after he was convicted of molesting his toddler daughter, stating in court that he would “not fare well in prison.”

The university also did not consider Mr. Harrison’s past stellar record, according to school spokeswoman Andrea Boyle Tippett.

After police took him into custody for the assault, she confirmed, Mr. Harrison was booted from the team, stripped of his scholarship and barred from the campus.

She stated that Mr. Harrison was treated like other students “who are arrested. He was immediately referred to the Office of Student Conduct” and was “suspended under the emergency suspension protocol” based on the seriousness of the charge.

The university also issued a press release noting that Mr. Harrison had been arrested for felony assault, repeating the police allegation that he had “struck another player with a helmet in the football locker room.”

That was based on information provided at the time by Khaliq Gaston, another teammate. Mr. Gaston told police that Mr. Harrison hit Mr. Brown with his helmet, although he testified

during the trial that he did not know what Mr. Harrison used to hit Mr. Brown.

However, Mr. Brown and Mr. Gaston testified that Mr. Harrison struck first without provocation.

“That is not what happened,” Mr. Harrison said.

Mr. Harrison testified that he did nothing to provoke a fight with Mr. Brown.

Instead, Mr. Harrison said he was heading to his locker when Mr. Brown stood up, blocked his way and then hit him hard in the head with his fist.

“I hit him back, and he went down,” Mr. Harrison said. “I was just defending myself. I had no reason to fight with him.”

He said he left the locker room because he did not want the fight to resume. He said he also felt dazed from the blow to the head he received. He later was treated for a concussion after being arrested, according to his attorney and medical documents presented at the trial.

Mr. Harrison said he learned the extent of Mr. Brown’s injuries after his arrest. Mr. Brown was taken from the locker room by ambulance and was sidelined for the 2015 season.

He played on the team in the 2016 season.

Mr. Harrison said he did not know why Mr. Brown wanted to fight, though he said Mr. Brown apparently was still angry about an incident on the field. Mr. Harrison said Mr. Brown grabbed his facemask and nearly poked him in the eye trying to stop him from

catching a pass.

“I told him that is not how we do it at the University of Delaware,” Mr. Harrison recalled, in trying to caution the freshman.

As a veteran player expected to be named a team captain, Mr. Harrison said that it wasn’t unusual for him to offer advice to members of the team with less experience.

“It’s about leadership,” Mr. Harrison said. “I didn’t do it often. Usually, I just tried to set an example by the way I played.”

In a post-trial letter to his client, Mr. Hurley stated that the effort to prove self-defense did not work because “Judge Jurden told you in open court that she did not believe you. It is clear that Judge Jurden had the ability to decide what she did.”

Judge Jurden “focused on your behavior immediately after the fact, that you did nothing to offer aid, but instead left the scene,” Mr. Hurley wrote.

She “disregarded the mental state you were in, probably caused by the concussion and the effects that were documented in the records, which indicated you were not thinking straight,” the attorney concluded.

At this point, the days drag by for Mr. Harrison, with his only relief being the calls he can make three or four times a day to his mother, who lives near the Henrico County high school where Mr. Harrison and his younger twin brothers had such success. Both of his

brothers are in college.

Mr. Harrison said he gets up early to work in the center’s kitchen from 3:30 to 7:30 a.m., mostly washing dishes, but the rest of the day he sits in his cell without access to books or any other reading materials.

“This is a work release center,” he said, mostly for people who can leave for work during the day. He is there because it is the lowest level of supervision for inmates that Delaware provides, and he qualifies because his sentence is so short.

However, because he is officially a Virginia resident, he said center officials have told him he cannot leave to seek work. He is confined with other unemployed inmates.

Factoring in good time, Mr. Harrison expects to be released in March. But he knows his path to success will be far more of a struggle now that he is a felon.

He does have plans. Between his conviction and his sentencing, Mr. Harrison enrolled in the master’s of education program at Virginia Union University in Richmond. He also played five games for the Panthers before he had to report to prison.

He said Judge Jurden told him in court that she knew the sentence would disrupt his graduate studies and limit his career prospects.

Mr. Harrison said he hopes one day to have a role in education, although he realizes the felony conviction will make it harder.

Whatever happens, he said, “I’m going to stay positive.”

Budget dispute may slow Boulevard plans Continued from A1

for Virginia Commonwealth University to obtain the property and proceed with a plan it announced last year to build a new stadium in partnership with the Flying Squirrels. While VCU has not said so, the ABC property is considered the preferred site.

Having another stadium in process would enable the city to remove The Diamond for the North Boulevard development project that it hopes will create hundreds of jobs and generate millions of dollars annually in much-needed tax revenue.

However, Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment, a Republican from James City County, has indicated he has little interest in earmarking so much of the state’s borrowing capacity for the ABC project, particularly when a future site has not been identified.

Meanwhile, Republican Delegate S. Chris Jones of Suffolk, chairman of the budget-writing House Appropriations Committee, has expressed enthusiasm for providing the funds that would allow the ABC department to modernize its operation and potentially generate more income for the state’s treasury.

The decision about this budget item is expected to be made soon as the House and Senate amend the governor’s plan and

issue a final budget before the General Assembly adjourns on Feb. 25.

Along with decisions on the future of The Diamond, the entry of a new mayor, Levar Stoney, also appears to be slowing the city’s pace in seeking a master developer for the Boulevard site.

City Hall has disclosed that it is wrapping up its review of the qualifications of bidders who expressed interest in tackling the potential $350 million project on property the city describes as “one of the few underdeveloped, publicly owned tracts of urban land available in the Mid-Atlantic region.”

Since November, an interagency group inside City Hall has been conducting the qualification review and is almost done, according to Peter L. Downey, deputy chief administrative officer for planning and economic development.

“Once that process is complete, we will look at the next steps,” Mr. Downey stated in response to a Free Press query about the status of the selection process, which was launched under former Mayor Dwight C. Jones.

The city seemed ready to move forward last August when it issued the request for qualifications seeking potential development groups interested in undertaking the work.

Getting started has seemed to be in the city’s interest, given that it has paid an es-

timated $19 million to relocate former city and school operations, to clear old buildings and to prepare the land for reuse.

According to the timetable included in the request for qualifications, the city expected to wrap up its review of developer qualifications early in January and be ready this month to issue a request for proposals to the development groups that passed muster.

Thirty days later, according to the timetable, the proposals would arrive for review, with Mr. Downey indicating in the past that the city might be ready to recommend a master developer to the City Council within two to three months.

Now there is uncertainty about that pace as the new administration seeks to get caught up on the status of this project and consider the elements that still need to be addressed, including selection of a site for a new stadium and also a replacement for the school system’s Arthur Ashe Center.

In response to a Free Press query, Mayor Stoney’s press secretary Jim Nolan confirmed that the qualification portion of the process is nearly complete, but he provided no timetable for moving head with the next step: Issuing a request for proposals.

“This is one of the most important development projects in front of us,” he stated, “and we want to make sure we take the time to do it right.”

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Debate over treatment of autistic student to be battled out in court

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Stephanie Priddy, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, was taken out of the West End school in police handcuffs.

Her crime: Going to class.

Next week, a Richmond judge is scheduled to decide whether the 18-year-old student is guilty of trespassing at the school on Dec. 9, as school officials allege.

Principal Darin A. Thompson alleges that Stephanie and her family defied a warning that she would be subject to arrest and entered the school anyway, forcing him to call police.

At issue is whether Stephanie, who has been diagnosed with autism and has an individualized education plan or IEP, was still enrolled at Thomas Jefferson High, as she and her family claim, or whether she was supposed to be attending Huguenot High School in South Side, as school officials claim.

Stephanie denies she trespassed because she was still listed on Thomas Jefferson’s student rolls on Dec. 9, and workers in the school’s office had issued her a permission slip to attend class, where the principal had her arrested.

Since her arrest, Stephanie has not returned to Richmond Public Schools, insisting she should be readmitted to Thomas Jefferson.

“I’ve always gone to TJ, and I was looking forward to graduating with my friends,” she said.

She and her supporters are hoping the case — set to be heard 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in the Marsh General District Court in South Side — will spotlight what they allege is RPS’ disregard for federal and state laws about disabled students and will show that TJ officials improperly had her removed and transferred to Huguenot

Town hall meeting Feb. 7 to address Trump policies

High, the zone school she lenges in the student’s atwould attend because she tendance.” lives in South Side.

However, Stephanie and A town hall meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7, for While Stephanie said her mother, Michelle Priddy, individuals and groups seeking to develop strategies to that the arrest was a bit claim that school officials address new policies the Trump administration is ushering scary, she sees herself as failed to account for her in, it has been announced. a test case for disabled excused absences when “What Now?” is the name of the program, according students seeking to fight she had doctor or dentist to James “J.J.” Minor, who is organizing the event to be back when they and their appointments for which she held 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Church, 1223 N. 25th parents believe the school provided documentation.

St. in Church Hill. system is flouting laws and The Priddys also said that Mr. Minor, chairman of the Richmond Democratic City regulations for students on most of the days when the Committee and president of the Richmond Branch NAACP, with IEPs. school reported Stephanie as said he is undertaking this program as a private citizen who RPS officials insist that absent, she actually was at is hoping to help the community deal with changes President the school system abides the school.

Trump has initiated and those that could be coming. by such laws and its ac“I drove her to school He said representatives of 14 civic and nonprofit groups tions were warranted by the every day with her brother have agreed to attend. family’s refusal to withdraw unless she had an appointInformation: Mr. Minor, jayjay1675@yahoo.com or Stephanie from Thomas Jefment,” her mother said. “I (804) 677-7340. ferson. However, Kandise would often get a call from Stephanie Priddy Lucas, who is an advocate the school reporting her as for Stephanie, sees it otherwise, stating absent. But when I called her or her brother that her arrest and removal from the school to find out what was going on, she would was done “in violation of laws that protect be in school studying.” students with special needs from egregious Mrs. Priddy and Ms. Lucas claim that disciplinary actions such as this.” teachers reported Stephanie absent even The battle over the removal of two Petersburg City Council Stephanie’s enrollment in Thomas Jef- though she was sitting with her case ferson was not guaranteed, according to manager or was in the school counselor’s members will feature two veteran attorneys.

Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney William school documents. While she is considered office. high-functioning and able to participate in Stephanie “would go to them when Davenport has been named to represent the voters seeking to regular classes, she was permitted to enroll she experienced anxiety attacks, as she recall Mayor Samuel Parham, 3rd Ward, and Councilman W. in Thomas Jefferson as an out-of-zone was directed to do by the TJ staff,” Ms. Howard Myers, 5th Ward, the former mayor.

Petersburg Circuit Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. appointed Mr. student with a provision that she meet Lucas stated in an email to Richmond school attendance requirements. She also School Superintendent Dana T. Bedden and Davenport, who has been Chesterfield’s top prosecutor for 28 years, has a younger brother at the school. members of the Richmond School Board, after Petersburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Cassandra S. Conover declared a conflict.

According to notices from Mr. Thomp- who have declined to intervene in the case.

Meanwhile, government son and other administrators, Stephanie However, Ms. Lucas added that neither law specialist James E. “Jim” was notified that her enrollment at Thomas the case manager nor the school counselor Cornwell Jr. of the RichmondJefferson was canceled because she had at “maintained a record as to when she was based firm Sands Anderson least 10 unexcused absences, and she was with them, nor did they communicate with has been hired by the Petersrequired to return to Huguenot. her teachers, resulting in (Stephanie) beburg City Attorney’s Office to “The family was advised on numerous ing falsely documented as skipping class represent Mayor Parham and occasions, including the day of (Stephanie’s when she was exercising a behavior supMr. Myers Mayor Parham Mr. Myers. arrest) … the student was in violation of port accommodation for her disability.”

Mr. Cornwell, who has practiced law for more than 40 years, the open enrollment Ms. Lucas stated that the school received agreement,” RPS a corrected attendance record during a Dec. has a substantial track record, including successfully defending spokeswoman Keni- 8 meeting with her and Mrs. Priddy that three supervisors in Bath County against a recall petition. The ta Bowers stated, in “does not reflect 10 unexcused absences.” judge in that case dismissed the petition last month.

In the Petersburg case, Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers are accused response to a Free She stated that William Andrews, an asPress query. sistant principal, confirmed in that meeting of “neglect, misuse of office and incompetence” in allowing the city M s . B o w e r s that “truancy was not an issue,” eliminating to be plunged into a financial crisis. The complaint cites 11 instances stated the record of the reason for ending Stephanie’s enroll- in which the two allegedly ignored critical financial information, failed to take action, undertook secret actions in violation of state missed school days ment. was accurate and In Ms. Lucas’ view, “the district has law or engaged in irresponsible budgeting and oversight.

Both Mayor Parham and Mr. Myers have said they did their that the school’s ad- made a horrific error. Stephanie deserves ministration “made and is legally entitled to attend TJ and jobs to the best of their ability and plan to urge Judge Teefey to not remove them. numerous attempts graduate from that school.”

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Stephanie, in handcuffs and under police escort, prepares to be transported to the Richmond Justice Center for processing on a charge of trespassing at Thomas Jefferson High School.

the greater good in sight.

Marie Moore, former city schoolteacher, dies at 72 She was an educator, wife, mother, socialite, golfer, businesswoman and active church member.

Marie Gwendolyn McNair Moore wore multiple hats in a busy life.

Among other things, she taught hundreds of Richmond children as an elementary schoolteacher before she retired in 2001 after 32 years in the classroom. Mrs. Moore also was a partner to her husband of 48 years, Jesse A. Moore, in his business, Moore’s Auto Body and Paint Shop. Formerly located in Richmond, the business now is in Dinwiddie County. She kept the books and managed the operation when he was away.

Mrs. Moore She belonged to several women’s civic and social clubs and was a co-founder of Top Lady Clubbers, the first Richmond area golf club for African-American women, while also participating in two other women’s golf groups, the Lakeside Women’s Golf Association and the Belmont Ladies Golf League. “She was an outgoing, classy and organized woman who put everything she had into everything she did,” said her daughter, Themeca N. Moore of Richmond.

Mrs. Moore is being remembered for her many roles following her death Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. She died at The Hermitage of complications from a stroke. She was 72. Final tributes will be paid to Mrs. Moore at noon Saturday, Feb. 4, at First Baptist Church of South Richmond, 1501 Decatur St. in South Side.

Dr. Dwight C. Jones, the church’s senior pastor, is to officiate at the service for Mrs. Moore, a longtime member who taught for the church’s Vacation Bible School and participated in the Women’s Ministry and Joshua’s Army.

A wake will be held 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Scott’s Funeral Home, 115 E. Brookland Park Blvd. in North Side.

She will be buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

Born in Lumberton, N.C., Mrs. Moore began teaching in Richmond after graduating in 1966 from Winston-Salem Teachers College, now a university. She earned a master’s of business administration from Averett College in 1996.

Mrs. Moore was a past president of the Commonwealth Chapter of The Links Inc. and a member of the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Carousels, the Moles and D’JEMS. She also was a member of the 2002 Class of Leadership Metro Richmond.

In addition to her husband and daughter, survivors include her sister, C.M. Lewis of Jackson, Miss.

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For shame Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right.

That’s the conclusion we’ve reached on the payout of more than $323,000 in city taxpayer funds to four people who served on the staff of former Mayor Dwight C. Jones and three others who were aides to former Richmond City Council members.

The seven left city employment on Dec. 31, when the terms of office for their former bosses expired.

But with them went nearly a quarter of a million dollars in severance pay that robs new Mayor Levar M. Stoney and the new Richmond City Council of the ability to appropriate it for more critical — and worthy — purposes.

Even while some members of the council scolded the former mayor for giving his four top aides a total of $166,000 in severance pay and another $60,000 for unused vacation time and other pay, they stealthily approved $77,365 in severance for three departing aides to former City Council members Jonathan T. Baliles, Kathy C. Graziano and Michelle R. Mosby, along with $19,700 in unused vacation time.

That fact was uncovered by Richmond Free Press reporter Jeremy M. Lazarus after he requested the information from city officials.

While we can’t quibble about workers being paid for unused vacation time, we have serious problems with the severance payout.

City Attorney Allen L. Jackson has opined that all the payouts were legal and done in accordance with City Charter guidelines governing severence payments, the city’s pay plan and a 2004 ordinance.

Again, we say just because something is legal doesn’t make it right.

We call on Mayor Stoney and members of City Council to stop the legal looting of city coffers by taking immediate steps to eliminate any laws on the books that permit severance.

The needs in the city are too great, including those of our public schools, to continue to dole out dollars to people who have been paid — and paid handsomely — to do their work. When they leave city employment, they should not take a golden egg with them.

Resistance is power Since taking office two weeks ago, President Donald Trump has proven day in and day out why he is unfit to hold office.

Since Jan. 20, he has thrown America into a state of chaos with half-baked executive orders and other actions that: • Trapped permanent U.S. residents, including students, researchers and workers, in airports across the nation, denying them entry into the United States, and barring people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — all largely Muslim nations — for 90 days; • Shut down the free flow of information to the public from numerous federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Park Service; • Placed his chief political strategist, right wing racist Steve Bannon of Richmond, on the National Security Council’s Principals Committee while ousting as regular members two of the country’s most senior intelligence and military officials — the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; • Threated to cut off federal funding to “sanctuary cities” across the nation that refuse to turn over undocumented immigrants for deportation; • Named nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court and his cabinet who have no clear understanding or desire to uphold current law in areas of education, health care and women’s reproductive rights, among others; • Began dismantling the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance coverage for more than 20 million people; • Enabled construction to restart on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, potentially causing irreparable harm to the environment, waterways and sacred Native American land; • Cut off federal funding to women’s health organizations in the United States and worldwide, including Planned Parenthood, because they fund abortions; • Proclaimed the week of Jan. 22 as National School Choice Week, the first time a president has saluted a week sponsored by a coalition of charter, magnet, private, online and home schools, all without regard for or mention of public schools.

On top of that, President Trump held a photo op Wednesday, Feb. 1, for Black History Month, where his vacuous statements about “the African-Americans” — not “the blacks” this time — showed once again he is as devoid of knowledge about our community and our history as he is about running a country.

Give him a chance, his supporters say.

Give him a chance to do what?

Run the country into the ground?

Our message to people around the United States and the globe: Continue to protest.

To Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner and other members of Congress — keep applying the brakes to the Trump train.

Make your voices heard.

Resistance is the ultimate power.

Remembering Raymond H. Boone

Richmond Free Press Founder and Editor

Feb. 2, 1938 – June 3, 2014 Now more than ever, the mission and fight continue

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Remembering Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King died on Jan. 30, 2006. Yet her legacy is very much alive as a coalition builder, a strategist and a moral voice that confronted detractors but insisted upon nonviolent approaches, such as dialogue, protests and economic boycotts, with the end goal of peaceful reconciliation.

In their own analysis, 1960s civil rights leaders used to refer to a Zeitgeist, the spirit of the times, a divine dimension that summons leaders exactly when needed most. That certainly describes the timing of Mrs. King, as people take a fresh look at those who successfully moved people forward through the heavy thicket of discrimination such as the leading ladies in the wonderful new film, “Hidden Figures.”

A second look at Mrs. King’s legacy should focus on but go beyond her well known decades- long ordeal of successfully lobbying to make her husband’s birthday a national holiday and building the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change in Atlanta. Tourists from around the world visit this site, where her crypt and that of Dr. King are located.

Mrs. King certainly should come to mind as millions gathered in Washington on Jan. 21, and in sister cities around the world, to mount an overwhelming rebuke

to President Trump’s anti-human rights campaign and his denigration of women, minorities, immigrants and the physically challenged. Her name was scrawled on homemade signs scattered throughout the protest.

It is appropriate that we remember her appeal to women and her

Barbara A. Reynolds global human rights efforts. That was the capstone of Mrs. King’s 38-year mission as she shifted from civil rights to a more global, inclusive human rights agenda after the assassination of her husband in 1968. A favorite slogan was: “Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed her a nonvoting delegate to the 32nd General Assembly of the United Nations, where she advocated for a more international focus on the human rights of women. That same year in Houston, she served as commissioner on the International Women’s Year Conference, where she created quite a stir over her support for gay rights, an unpopular issue at the time.

In her memoir, she tells how she opposed various women’s groups at the conference that were advocating a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

“I feel that gay and lesbian people have families and their families should have legal protec-

tion, whether by marriage or civil union. I believe unequivocally that discrimination because of sexual orientation is wrong and unacceptable in a democracy that protects the human rights of all its citizens,” she said.

Mrs. King believed citizen action is crucial to the making of a president. She often said that President Ronald Reagan did not warm to the idea of a Dr. King holiday until the movement created a groundswell for it with 3 million signatures, marches and years of lobbying Congress. He signed it on Nov. 20, 1983.

In past years, Mrs. King’s influence was mammoth in shaping the political landscape. She successfully campaigned to elect scores of liberals to political office, worked with President Carter in the selection of federal judges and opposed those who stood in the way of voting rights.

Typical of her role is how she confronted and helped block U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama who was vying for a federal judgeship in 1985. Sen. Sessions was called “brilliant” by President Trump as his choice for U.S. attorney general. In a recently surfaced 10-page letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mrs. King called Sen. Sessions “lacking in judgement and temperament, who would irreparably harm the work the movement had done to seize a slice of democracy for disenfranchised blacks.”

Mrs. King opposed Sen. Sessions for his 1985 attempt to

Immigration ban no profile in courage President Trump’s most recent provocation — suddenly issuing an order banning the admission into the United States of refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries — created chaos and fury that had to be expected.

Airports across the world were engulfed with demonstrators. Judges issued emergency orders staying enforcement of parts of the order. Families found their children studying abroad unable to return home, or their loved ones attending a funeral stranded in an airport.

Translators who had risked their lives for American soldiers in Iraq suddenly found their green cards useless and their lives at great risk.

Both intelligence professionals and State Department diplomats have protested the order.

President Trump’s act is based on a lie—that America is not careful in vetting those refugees from battle zones that seek refuge in our country from violence or persecution. In fact, our vetting is already among the most stringent in the world. President Trump told the Christian Broadcasting Network that Christians would be given preference over other religious groups, asserting falsely that under President Obama, “If you were a Muslim, you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible.” In fact, last year the United States admitted virtually as many Christian refugees as Muslims, despite the fact that

far more Muslims are at risk and seeking refuge. But this president has shown that he’s prepared to act on the basis of “alternative facts” when he so chooses.

The real problem is that the unintended consequences are likely to be far more dangerous

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. than doing nothing. For ISIS and al-Qaida, the order is a gift.

It feeds their argument that the Muslim world is facing a war on Islam led by the Great Satan, the United States, intent on persecuting Muslims.

The anger and hatred generated will make it more difficult for moderate Muslim leaders to cooperate with the United States.

At home, a Muslim community under siege — and faced with rising hate crimes — is likely to become more closed, not less, and less cooperative, not more. If we will not respect their rights and security, they will be less likely to be concerned for ours.

Across the world, the order reveals an America that is frightened, not strong, and insular, not expansive. President Trump has just mocked his own argument that our allies should bear a fair share of the defense burden, for he has made it clear the United States will not do its part in offering refuge to the displaced — many of them driven from their homes by wars that we started or continue. And America’s claim to be a champion of human rights has just been weakened by our own actions.

The irony here is that President Trump gets the threat wrong.

Seven countries were singled out for special prohibition — a ban on all travelers, not just refugees, for 90 days, visa or no visa. Not one person from those countries has killed any Americans in a terrorist attack inside the United States. The perpetrators of American terrorist attacks in Boston, San Bernardino, Calif., Fort Hood in Texas, and Orlando, Fla., did not come from the countries banned, and all were radicalized homegrown individuals.

Similarly, the hijackers of 9/11 did not come from the countries that are banned. They came from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Lebanon, none of which are on the list.

Democrats have said they would try to get the order rescinded because of its trampling of human rights, its lack of preparation and confused definitions. The real question is whether Republicans embrace this action or make their opposition known. President Trump is happy to mock Democrats. His aides know that he has to learn to work with Republicans who control majorities in both houses of Congress.

Thus far, Republicans such as Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake have risked the president’s wrath by objecting to the order. It is revealing that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell chose to duck, saying the courts would decide whether the order is constitutional, while House Speaker Paul Ryan chose to embrace the order rather than criticize it. These are not profiles in courage.

The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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prosecute three civil rights activists from Marion, Ala., for voter fraud ― accusations that later proved unmerited. Her opposition to Sen. Sessions ran deep because she grew up right outside of Marion, which before the movement launched its successful voter rights drive, was unable to counter terrorizing attacks on the lives and property of African-Americans.

Civil rights activists fear that Sen. Sessions will not hold law enforcement officials accountable for the episodic incidents of unarmed black men being murdered.

In the battle to stop the confirmation of Sen. Sessions and others who seem primed to push back advances in human rights, Mrs. King would not have panicked. In her memoir, she said, “Struggle is a never-ending process and freedom is never really won.

You earn it and win it in every generation.”

And so it goes.

The writer is the author of seven books; her latest is “My Life, My Love, My Legacy” by Coretta Scott King and Barbara A. Reynolds.

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did not seek re-election and left office Dec. 31.

In Decem ber and early January, City Council approved resolutions authorizing severance packages for Timothy E. Grimes, Uzziah A. Harris and Yueh H. “Eli” Wong.

However, the amounts paid to them were not public ly disclosed until the Free Press requested the information.

Mr. Grimes, who had worked for Ms. Graziano since January 2013 and ran unsuccessfully for her City Council seat in November, received $19,207.

That includ ed $15,90 4 in severance and $3,304 for una used vacation, according to r, report from Steven R. Skinne Richmond City Council public information manager.

Mr. Harris, who had worked r for Ms. Mosby since Octobe 2013, was paid $38,682. That included $29,580 in severance and $9,102 in unused vacation, the report stated.

Mr. Wong, who worked as a liaison since 2007, first for lformer 9th District Counci man Douglas G. Conner and then for Mr. Baliles since 2013, received $39,200. That included $31,881 in severance and $7,319 for unused vacation, the report stated.

Collectively, the three former counci l employ ees received $97,089 in parting pay as prescribed by the city pay plan and a severance ordinance the council approved on Dec. Free Press Sandra Sellars/Richmond 13, 2004. on Washington.

City Attorn ey Allen L. for the Women’s March ts Jackson approved the paymen as to form and legality, just as he did for the four people who once reported to former Mayor Jones. and around the world. on Wednesday Mayor Jones’ former aides, Pushing ahead, President Trump U.S.-Mexican of a ve assistant Cheryl Ivey ordered the start of construction a renewed prom- executi and Green, press secretary Tammy border wall with taxpayer funds to cover the estimated Hawley, chief of staff Mark Mexico t resistan a get to ise Kronenthal and deputy chief $14 billion cost. nt ever to serve, the of staff Don Mark, were paid The oldest and richest preside who has raked in mil- a collective $226,000 in sever70-year-old chief executive, expects office and who ance and unused vacation. lions of dollars running for money he will make Surprisingly, Mr. Grimes to become even richer with the Please turn to A4 Please turn to A4

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General Assembly A message from Senator Jennifer McClellan Next Wednesday marks the halfway point in the 2017 General Assembly Session. Over the past week, the Senate passed several bills to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and communities, align Virginia with the rest of the nation in punishment for theft, assist former felons who reintegrate into society after completing their sentences, expand Virginia’s anti-discrimination laws, and curb predatory lending.

First, the Senate passed SB 1047 (Sen. Lucas) expanding mandatory sensitivity and cultural biased training for lawenforcement officers to include fair and impartial policing, verbal de-escalation, and the needs of special populations. The bill promotes community policing statewide, requiring the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to help development programs that are transparent and account for the needs of all community members, including underserved communities and those with special needs. It also requires DCJS to develop training programs for law-enforcement agencies that address supervision, accountability, and community engagement.

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Second, the Senate passed SB 816 (Sen. Surovell) increasing the grand larceny felony threshold from $200, currently one of the lowest in the nation, to $500. The bill originally raised the threshold to $1,000, but the Courts Committee reduced the amount to $500.

Third, the Senate passed SB 1171 (Sen. Dance) "banning the box" by removing criminal background questions from the initial job application for state employment and allowing localities to do the same. The prohibition does not apply to applications for employment with law-enforcement agencies, certain positions designated as sensitive, or in instances where a state agency is expressly authorized by a specific federal or state law to ask about criminal history for employment purposes. Agencies may consider criminal history later in the process, but this bill removes a significant barrier for many to even be considered for employment.

In a victory for equality, the Senate passed two bills expanding Virginia’s antidiscrimination laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. SB 783 (Sen. Ebbin) prohibits such discrimination in public employment on the basis of sexual orientation and codifies for state and local government employment the current prohibitions on discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran. SB 822 (Sen. Wexton) adds discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity as an unlawful housing practice.

The Senate also passed 36-3 legislation to regulate predatory online loans. SB 1126 (Sen. Surovell) makes clear that Virginia's consumer finance laws apply to internet loans made to Virginia residents or any individuals in Virginia, whether or not the person making the loans maintains a physical presence in the Commonwealth.

I was proud to co-sponsor and/or support these bills. Unfortunately, each faces an uphill battle in the House, which killed identical or similar measures.

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Game time!

Super Bowl 51 is Sunday Get out the wings and chips and dip. It’s Super Bowl 51 on Sunday.

Here’s a preview of the big football game that is known as much for the halftime show and creative commercials as the action on the field.

Matchup: AFC champion New England Patriots play NFC champion Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Feb. 5. Kickoff, 6:30 p.m. Televised on FOX. Location: NRG Stadium in Houston, formerly known as Reliant Stadium.

Announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth; Erin Andrews and Chris Myers on the sidelines.

Cost of 30-second commercial: $5.02 million.

National Anthem singer: Country singer Luke Bryan.

Halftime headliner: Lady Gaga.

Team records: New England 16-2; Atlanta 13-5 Favorite: Patriots by 3.

Team itinerary: The Patriots are staying at the JW Marriott Houston at the Houston Galleria and practicing at the University of Houston; the Falcons are staying at the Westin Houston, Memorial City and practicing at Rice University.

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MELBOURNE Serena Williams reigned supreme in tennis’ great sibling rivalry, edging an emotioncharged clash with sister Venus to claim her seventh Australian Open last Saturday.

The win also marked Serena’s record 23rd grand slam title. Only Margaret Court, who watched the match from the terraces, is ahead of her on 24.

“It’s such a great feeling to have 23,” the 35-year-old tennis star said later about surpassing Steffi Graf of Germany as the most prolific grand slam champion.

“I’ve been chasing it for a really long time … I’m here. I’m here,” she said, relishing the historic victory.

Serena won her first major at the U.S. Open in 1999. She tied Graf’s tally of 22 grand slam titles last year at Wimbledon. Her 6-4, 6-4 win last Saturday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne was at the expense of her older sister, Venus, whom she paid tribute to in her remarks at the winner’s ceremony for being her longtime doubles partner and enduring inspiration.

“She’s an amazing person,” Serena said of Venus. “There’s no way I would be at 23 without her,” she said as she cradled the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. “There’s no way I would have anything without her.”

Track record: The Patriots have been to eight Super Bowls, winning four; the Falcons lost their only Super Bowl appearance to the Denver Broncos in 1998.

Coaches: Bill Belichick is 201-71 overall and 24-9 in the playoffs since becoming the Patriots coach in 2000. He won Super Bowls in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2015.

The Falcons’ Dan Quinn is 19-13 in two seasons in Atlanta.

Quinn began his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg.

Quarterbacks: The Patriots’ Tom Brady has been the winning quarterback in four Super Bowls. With a victory in Houston, he will pass Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana, each with four victories.

The Falcons’ Matt Ryan, in his ninth season out of Boston College, passed for 4,994 yards and 38 touchdowns, ranking second in the NFL in both categories.

Leading targets: Julian Edelman had 98 catches for 1,106 yards this season for the Patriots; Julio Jones made 83 catches for 1,409 yards for the Falcons.

Rushing leaders: The Patriots’ LeGarrette Blount ran for 1,168 yards and leads the league with 18 touchdowns; the Falcons’

Devonta Freeman carried for 1,078 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Over-under betting line: Is hovering around 60 points, meaning the total points predicted to be scored. That is the highest over-under in Super Bowl history. The highest scoring game in Super Bowl history was in 1995 when the San Francisco 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26, with a total of 75 points scored during the game.

Origins: First known as the Boston Patriots, the franchise began play in the old AFL in 1960. The team joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL merger and changed its name to the New England Patriots in 1971. The Atlanta Falcons began as an NFL expansion franchise in 1966.

Local connections: Damien Woody, who played for Patrick Henry High School in Ashland, was the Patriots’ center in Super Bowl victories over the St. Louis Rams in 2002 and the Carolina Panthers in 2004.

Jason Snelling, who played for L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield County, was the Falcons’ running back 2007 through 2013, rushing for 1,470 yards and catching passes for 1,249 yards. He had 18 career touchdowns.

Beset by nerves early in the tense family affair, the American needed all her firepower and famed mental strength to fend off Venus, who scrapped hard to the end.

Fourteen years after beating Venus for her maiden title at Melbourne Park, Serena’s seventh crown was sealed with a heady charge to the net that forced a desperate backhand from Venus to float wide.

after the U.S. Open.

But she roared through the tournament without losing a set. The relentless pursuit of grand slam silverware will go on, and with sister in tow.

“We’re both, like I say, 30-fun,” said Serena of their longevity. “Now I just feel like I’m satisfied with where I am, although I always want to win.”

Venus, 36, had already proved an inspiration by reaching her first final since her loss to Serena at Wimbledon in 2009. It made her the oldest woman to do so at Melbourne Park since tennis went professional in 1968.

Venus lost her seventh of nine grand slam title matches to her younger sister but won over the crowd.

“Congratulations Serena on No. 23,” she said. “I’ve been right there with you, some of them I’ve lost right there with you,” Venus said, raising a laugh from the crowd.

“Your win has always been my win,” Venus told her. “You know that.”

Serena, 35, wins title 23, pursuing 24 Eyes ablaze in joyous disbelief, Serena slumped to the court and threw her hands in the air, the world No. 1 ranking also recaptured from Angelique Kerber.

“Playing Venus,” she said, “it’s stuff that legends are made of. I couldn’t have written a better story.”

Serena arrived in Melbourne with only two matches under her belt, having cut short her season to recover from an injury Issei Kato/Reuters

Serena Williams celebrates after defeating sister Venus to win the women’s singles title at the Australian Open. Her victory boosted her total of major wins to 23, the most for any player in the Open era and just one shy of all-time major winner Margaret Court, who won 24, but 11 before 1968 when the sport went professional. Roger Federer of Switzerland, who also won this tournament, leads the men with 18 major wins.

VUU plays VSU at Barco-Stevens Hall Saturday Virginia Union University men’s basketball isn’t for the faint of heart.

Coach Jay Butler’s Panthers have been dubbed the “Cardiac Cats” for their uncanny ability to win by the slightest of margins and in the scariest of scenarios.

VUU has prevailed in eight games — including six in January — by one or two points, and twice in overtime.

Attribute the Panthers’ repeated es-

cape acts to the “cats have nine lives” theory. With their nail-biting victories, the Panthers have won nine of their last 10 games. The team carried a 17-5 overall record and a 9-1 record in the CIAA into this week’s play.

That sets the stage for VUU’s showdown 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, against Virginia State University at sure-to-be-rocking Barco-Stevens Hall on the Lombardy Street campus.

The game will be for local bragging rights, as usual, but also very likely for the CIAA Northern Division title and the No. 1 seed in the CIAA tournament Feb. 21 through 25 in Charlotte, N.C. VSU is coming to Richmond even hotter than the Panthers.

Coach Lonnie Blow’s Trojans are 17-3 overall, 9-1 in the CIAA, and have won 11 straight games, including

a 74-59 decision over VUU on Jan. 15 in the Freedom Classic.

Both squads feature CIAA Player of the Year candidates.

VUU senior guard Ray Anderson leads the CIAA in scoring with an 18 point average, while adding 4.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per outing.

He excels at driving to the hoop and, as a result, is among the conference’s most fouled players. He has made

TJ basketball makes case for new gym Just about everything regarding Thomas Jefferson High School basketball seems beyond the ordinary.

The Vikings have the city’s tallest coach, shortest team, oldest gym, arguably the richest history … and a discount replacement scoreboard that will have to do for the time being.

“Better than using cue cards,” explained Bill Holt, Thomas Jefferson High’s activities director.

Heading into the final month of what is the 87th season at the school’s creaky gymnasium known as “The Matchbox,” TJ is a scrappy 6-7 following a 6863 win over Petersburg High School on Jan. 24.

Coach Kendrick Warren, perhaps the best player ever to wear a uniform at both TJ (Class of 1990) and Virginia Commonwealth University Coach Warren (Class of 1994), is a mountainous figure on the sidelines at 6-foot-8.

The problem is he’s a full head taller than any of his teenage athletes.

“We’re undersized so we try and wear teams down with our up-tempo,” said Coach Warren.

“Lack of size hurts, but the guys are playing hard and do what I ask.”

In upending Petersburg High in a game played at a frenetic pace before a raucous crowd, Manu Moss had 16 points, Nick Woolfolk had 14 and Anwar Bradley had 12.

Aubrey Merritt contributed nine assists.

It was only the second home game of the season.

“Our old scoreboard that we’d been using since the 1970s blew out during volleyball season,” said Holt. “I looked into a replacement and saw it cost $5,000.

“We don’t have $5,000. So I found a used one for $750. Let’s just say it’s functional.”

Lack of a working scoreboard is one reason why the Vikings played their first 11 games on the road.

Coach Warren suggests another reason: “I think teams are terrified at coming here,” he said. “We have a hard time getting any home games, so we go on the road.”

“The Matchbox” has six rows of bleachers on each side and a balcony. The gymnasium’s listed

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Manu Moss fights off a defender and powers to the basket in leading Thomas Jefferson to a 68-63 victory over Petersburg last week.

capacity is 350 people. Space is at a premium.

Everything is a tight squeeze.

Spectators can’t help but feel guilty for eating dinner before arriving; every belt loop counts at “The Matchbox.”

Front-row fans struggle not to have their feet in actual play. Tripping over spectators’ feet is a real possibility. Anyone wearing more than a size 7 shoe might want to move back a bit.

There are four prominent “No Smoking” signs, remindful of an era, decades ago, when it might have been somewhat acceptable to fire up a Lucky Strike.

There is little more than one yard between the end lines and end-zone walls. This creates a point

of contention for cheerleaders, especially visiting cheering squads.

The Vikings have struggled for victories in recent years, but it wasn’t always that way.

TJ was among Virginia’s dominant programs in the 1970s under spirited young coach Dave Robbins.

The Vikings won the State AAA title in 1975 and might have won in 1974, too, if not for a player named Moses Malone at Petersburg High School.

The 1975 season produced something unlikely to ever happen again, anywhere, anytime. Epic games between TJ and Maggie Walker High School featuring Clyde Austin twice filled the Richmond Coliseum to capacity.

“Nowadays, I can’t imagine getting one thousand for any high school game,” said Holt.

Worse than having a gym that opened in 1929 is the fact that TJ has no auxiliary gym, Holt noted.

“We just do the best we can with what we have,” he said.

Tradition abounds. An all-time Vikings lineup of Keith Valentine and Monty Knight at guard, Michael Perry and Warren at forward, and 6-foot-11 Otis Fulton at center is about as good as it can get.

That’s especially true if you were to add Thomas Meredith and Duan Crockett coming off the bench, with Coach Robbins drawing Xs and Os. But that’s yesterday news, and the stoic, towering Coach Warren must contend with today’s issues.

As is often the case in the city, that means having star players — or least upcoming stars — poached by suburban and private schools.

Just because a young athlete lives in the TJ district doesn’t mean he’ll ever suit up for the Vikings. Far from it.

Spirit isn’t lacking, however. Cheerleaders cheer as loud as ever, but they face a unique problem of no end zone space at TJ’s gymnasium.

This was evident in the Petersburg game. The energized Crimson Wave cheering squad lined up in the end zone, as they do everywhere else.

This lasted a few minutes before officials, realizing how impractical it was, called timeout to place the girls in a corner at the other end of the court.

The displaced Petersburg cheering squad was none too happy about the move.

Meanwhile, old-timers simply shrugged: Just another night at “The Matchbox.”

opponents pay, hitting 83 of 109 free throws for 76 percent.

VSU’s key to victory may be keeping Anderson off the foul line in late game situations.

In the Trojans’ win over VUU last month at the Richmond Coliseum, Anderson had just three points at halftime and finished with 14. He was 2-for-5 at the foul line and committed five turnovers.

A more recent VUU hero is 6-foot-6, 260-pound Devin Moore. The transfer from Hagerstown Community College in Maryland was 9-for-11 from the floor and had 18 points in VUU’s game against Chowan University.

Moore is a Charles Barkley-type player, surprisingly nimble and springy for someone so burly.

As the defending CIAA champion, VSU may have multiple Player of the Year candidates, but one — Kevin Williams — has missed the last four games for undisclosed reasons. The senior guard had 20 points, five assists and two theatrical dunks in VSU’s win over VUU, but hasn’t played since.

Also in the running for Player of the Year and certainly All-CIAA are senior Elijah Moore (12.3 points, 6.7 rebounds per game) and junior Richard Granberry (14.8 points, 8 rebounds, shooting 58 percent from field).

Granberry, a 6-foot-8 junior college transfer, had 11 points and 11 rebounds in VSU’s win over VUU. Key for VUU will be keeping Granberry off the offensive glass and trying to rattle unflappable point guard Waymond Wright.

A cool customer if ever there was one, Wright has just 23 turnovers in 479 minutes this season as the Trojans’ primary ball handler. He had only one lost possession in 34 minutes handling VUU’s various presses.

Wright might want to wear cotton in his ears Saturday at cozy Barco-Stevens Hall, however. VUU’s gym at 1500 N. Lombardy St. figures to be a rowdy place before a revved-up, overflow audience.

Partisan cheering could be hazardous to ear drums in the historic facility that has served as the Panthers’ home court since January 1947.

Despite VSU’s relatively easy win over VUU during the Freedom Classic, revengeful Panthers may rate the favorite Saturday based on Anderson’s determination plus the home court advantage.

And don’t forget the “nine lives” theory.

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Spotlight on VAEA 2016-17 Art Educator of the Year When Ginna Cullen was an art teacher in Louisa County Public Schools, she noticed one student’s ability to beautifully cornrow hair and challenged her student’s skill for a final exam.

“I told her to cornrow a white classmate’s hair,” she said. “You should have heard the way she fussed about having to cornrow that white girl’s hair,” she said with a laugh.

Ms. Cullen’s unconventional teaching methods, combined with her passion for art and public education, earned her the 2016-17 Art Educator of the Year Award from the Virginia Art Education Association.

She was nominated by the group’s president, Linda Conti, and presented with the award last fall during the Virginia Art Education Association’s annual conference in Norfolk.

This year marks Ms. Cullen’s 50th year of teaching. She has gone from teaching younger students in public schools to teaching on the college level.

She now works at Virginia Commonwealth University as an adjunct art instructor and as regional program coordinator of off-campus graduate art programs.

That’s an impressive feat for someone who originally had her eye on a math career. Her father, an industrial chemist, introduced her to math at an early age.

“He made it interesting, so math was never difficult to me.

It made sense,” she says.

She loved art as well. But when she enrolled at the University of Mary Washington, she decided to focus on math.

As she advanced, Ms. Cullen realized that her ease and love of math ended with calculus.

“Everything went dark,” she says. “And I thought to myself, ‘I’ve got to get back to art.’ ” So during her junior year, she changed her major to art.

Although she recognizes art and math as two different fields, she believes them to be founded on the same principle: Problem solving. In this sense, she says, the relevance of art in public school education carries just as much weight as math does.

“I think there is an artist in all of us because creating is essential to us as a species,” she says. ”We spend a lot of time denying it, but it’s really who we are.”

Ms. Cullen began her teaching career in Manassas in

since I started teaching.

It is an incredible honor to be recognized by your peers.

stay busy.

Art for me is: Who I am, what I love and necessary for all of us.

The one thing I can’t stand: A lack of integrity.

Why teaching turns me on: There is nothing greater than teaching something to a student and having them believe, within themselves, that they can actually do it.

When I was introduced to art: In elementary school, third grade.

My greatest artistic influence: My best friend’s mom. I used to hang out and watch her paint.

VCU Office of Continuing and Professional Education She was one of the best 1967, when public schools in instructors I had while studythe Northern Virginia city were ing art. beginning to integrate.

“The experience opened Teaching for me is: When you my eyes to a lot that I did not are teaching youngsters art, know,” she says. “My students you aren’t teaching them to be taught me a lot more than I a painter or an artist. You are teaching them problem solving. taught them.”

She says she made a point If math were taught like art, of introducing her students to so many more students would understand math.

African-American artists.

Today, she is part of a mas- Why I became a teacher: ter’s degree outreach program It kind of runs in the family. at VCU in art education that My mom was a teacher. So travels to public schools across were my aunts and cousins. I the state to instruct student was around people who were teaching all of the time, so you teachers.

In addition to her contribu- pick up those skills. tions in public schools, Ms. My teaching philosophy: If Cullen has served on several you are going to be a teacher, boards, including the Louisa you need to know whatever it County Education Association, is you are teaching and love it where she was treasurer, and with a passion, so you can pass as the director of the gallery that on to the students. at the Louisa Arts Center. Her work has been shown as part of My favorite artists: Milton solo art exhibitions, traveling Avery, because I love his sense exhibitions, gallery shows and of color. John Biggers is my other favorite, because I like invitational exhibitions.

Meet this week’s Personal- the repetition in his work. It’s ity and arts advocate, Ginna kind of like quiltmaking.

Cullen: What is the relevance of art to the growth and developLatest honor: Recipient of the ment of our young people: Art 2016-17 Art Educator of the teaches them to problem solve, Year Award from the Virginia which can carry over into their Art Education Association. careers. Young people need Date and place of birth: Aug. to learn to make things. They need to understand the visual 20 in Fredericksburg. world around them. Drawing Current residence: Louisa is a skill, and once you get County. past people’s perception of “I Alma maters: Bachelor of can’t draw,” it opens doors for fine arts, University of Mary them, leading to other learning Washington; master’s degree possibilities. in interdisciplinary studies, If I could have my wish, it Virginia Commonwealth Uni- would be: To fully fund art versity. education for every school in Family: Husband, John Cul- the nation and make it acceslen, and two sons, David and sible to everyone.

Jack Cullen.

When I get restless and need What this award means to to unwind I: Make something, me: This year marks 50 years read a book or paint. I have to

What people think when they first meet me: I hope they find me likeable and interesting.

Best late-night snack: Chocolate.

The person who influenced me the most: My husband.

He’s my biggest fan.

The book that influenced me the most: I remember reading “My Name is Asher Lev”

by Chaim Potok. I like it so much, I often assign it to my students.

What I’m reading now: “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr.

My next goal: To continue teaching.

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Upcoming Free Health Seminars We’ll be offering the following free health seminars at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s Kelly Education Center, located at 1800 Lakeside Avenue.

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An Affair of the Heart: Understanding Women’s Heart Disease Tuesday, February 21, 2016 | 5:30 p.m.

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‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Fences’ win big at SAG Awards Free Press wire reports

ter’s son who converted to Islam 17 years ago, Mr. Ali spoke of his strong ties to his Christian mother.

“We put things to the side,” he said of their faith differences. “I’m able to see her. She’s able to see me. We love each other.”

Mr. Ali was among several Oscar favorites who cemented their front-runner status, including best actress winner Emma Stone for “La La Land” and best supporting actress winner Viola Davis for “Fences,” the film adaptation of the celebrated August Wilson play.

Best actor went to Ms. Davis’ co-star and director, Denzel Washington,

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

The cast of “Hidden Figures” rocketed to the Screen Actors Guild top award at a fiery, protest-laden ceremony last Sunday that was dominated by words of defiance and dismay about President Trump’s sweeping immigration ban.

An uplifting drama about African-American women mathematicians who aided NASA’s 1960s space race, “Hidden Figures” was the surprise best movie ensemble winner during the ceremony at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium.

With the Oscar front-runner “La La Land” not nominated Mike Blake/Reuters in the category, most expected From left, “Hidden Figures” stars Octavia Spencer, Janelle a contest between “Moon- Monae and Taraji P. Henson celebrate winning the SAG award as light” and “Manchester by the top cast in a motion picture. the Sea.” “This story is about unity,” said Taraji P. Henson, who stars along- for his performance in “Fences.” side Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae in “Hidden Figures.”

Mr. Washington expected the award to go to Casey Affleck “This story is about what happens when we put our differ- for his work in “Manchester by the Sea.” ences aside and we come together as a human race,” Ms. Henson “I’m a God-fearing man,” Mr. Washington said in accepting continued. “We win. Love wins every time.” the award, still shaking his head as he reached the podium. “I’m From the first remarks by presenter Ashton Kutcher, the supposed to have faith, but I didn’t have faith.” ceremony was peppered with speeches that argued passionately The most blistering anti-Trump speech came from David for inclusion.

Harbour, who led the cast of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” winner In a very well-dressed version of the demonstrations sparked of best ensemble in a TV drama series. nationwide by the president’s action, most award winners spoke “We will hunt monsters,” Mr. Harbour vowed in lengthy in some way — either through personal anecdote or a call to arms remarks that drew a standing ovation.

— against President Trump’s halting of immigrants from seven The hit Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black” won best predominantly Muslim nations entering the United States. ensemble in a comedy series for the third straight year.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who added another honor for her perfor“We stand up here representing a diverse group of people, mance in the political satire “Veep,” said she was the daughter representing generations of families who have sought a better life of an immigrant who fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied here from places like Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, Puerto France.

Rico, Colombia, Ireland,” said star Taylor Schilling, while a cast “Because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes,” member added “Brooklyn!” said Ms. Louis-Dreyfus. “And this immigrant ban is a blemish, “And we know that it’s going to be up to us and all of you and it is un-American.” to keep telling stories that show what unites us is stronger than Perhaps the most moving speech came from Mahershala Ali, the forces that divide us,” Ms. Schilling said. who won best supporting Lily Tomlin, the actor for his acclaimed lifetime achievement performance in Barry honoree, gave a warm, Jenkins’ coming-of-age rollicking speech that portrait, “Moonlight.” dispensed both drinking Mr. Ali said he saw advice and regret over lessons for today in wasting “a lot of time “Moonlight,” in which being ambitious about he plays a character the wrong things.” who makes a difference “Did you hear? The in a shy, gay Miami Doomsday Clock has boy’s hard life. “We been moved up to two see what happens when and a half minutes beyou persecute people,” Mariio Anzuoni/ Reuters fore midnight,” said the he said. “They fold into Actors from “Orange Is the New Black” gather to savor their latest 77-year-old actress. “And themselves.” this award, it came just in SAG award as the top ensemble in a comedy series, the third straight An ordained minis- year they have won the award. the nick of time.”

Louisa ASALH branch to host free seminars “Peace, Power, Respect,” seminars organized and sponsored by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Louisa Branch, will explore education and the American justice system in February.

“The crisis in education” will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Chief Cornerstone Baptist Church, 4481 Three Square Road in Goochland, Va. Dr. Oliver W. Hill Jr. and the Rev. Rickie Hopkins will present. “Civil rights and

the justice system,” will be held 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at St. James Baptist Church, 17227 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, Va. For more information, contact Irene M. Johnson-Loftin at (540) 223-0106.

Oscars not so white at least in this year’s nominations Free Press wire reports

LOS ANGELES This year’s Oscar nominations honor the largest ever group of actors of color, along with a diverse range of stories, a year after Hollywood was slammed for excluding diverse talent.

Among them: Denzel Washington for best actor for “Fences;” Mahershala Ali for best supporting actor for “Moonlight,” and best supporting actress nominations for Viola Davis in “Fences,” Naomie Harris in “Moonlight” and Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures.”

The #OscarsSoWhite controversy last year was sparked when all 20 acting nominees were white actors for a second consecutive year.

The hashtag highlighted a larger issue within the film industry, where talent and Denzel Washington stories of diverse communities can be hard to get made or are not pushed for awards recognition.

This year, #OscarsLessWhite was trending on Twitter as each acting category featured actors of color.

“Loving” star Ruth Negga, who is of IrishEthiopian descent, and “Lion” actor Dev Patel, who is of British and Indian descent, also were nominated for best actress and best Ruth Negga supporting actor, respectively.

The nominees were announced Jan. 24 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. The 6,600-member academy votes on the Oscars, with the winners to be announced during the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood on Feb. 26.

Four of the nine best picture contenders told the stories of African-Americans or Asians.

Among the nominees for best picture are “Moonlight,” a coming-of-age film about an African-American youth in Florida; “Hidden Fences,” about three African-American women mathematicians at NASA; Denzel Washington’s adaptation of the August Mahershala Wilson stage play “Fences;” and Indian adoption story “Lion.”

Ali The other best picture nominees are sci-fi film “Arrival,” Mel Gibson’s Hollywood comeback war movie “Hacksaw Ridge;” drama “Manchester by the Sea;” modern western “Hell or High Water;” and romantic musical “La La Land,” with a record-tying 14 nominations including for best picture, actor, actress, director, score and screenplay. It ties with the record number of nominations set by the 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” and the 1950 film “All About Eve.” “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins called the eight nominations for his low-budget film “an affirmation that film has the power to erode Barry Jenkins barriers and reveal what makes us all human.

“It shows that in front of and behind the camera, the stories are not homogenous,” he said.

“Hidden Figures” grossed $84 million at North American theaters and topped the box office for two weeks, dispelling industry notions about actors of color not drawing mass audiences.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Viola Davis Sciences overhauled its membership last year, pledging to double membership of women and minorities by 2020 and stripping some older, non-active members of voting privileges.

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said the aim this year was to “reach out to great filmmakers from around the world” and make the Oscars a global event.

The initiative also led to the Academy breaking tradition by live-streaming the nominations announcement instead of broadcasting a handful of key categories on U.S. television.

“I know that we have reached more people instantly than we ever had,” Ms. Boone Isaacs said.

Three explorations of African-American stories made the documentary shortlist: Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” about the U.S. criminal justice system and slavery; ESPN’s “O.J.: Made in America,” on the infamous trial of O.J. Simpson; and “I Am Not Your Negro,” about civil rights through the eyes of late novelist James Baldwin.

“It’s an honor … to be nominated in a year that truly embraces and celebrates inclusion within our creative community,” Ms. DuVernay said in a statement.

Dr. Frank S. Royal steps down as chair of Meharry Medical College

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

million raised at the campaign’s conclusion on June 30, 2005. At the time, the goal was the For decades, Dr. Frank S. Royal regularly largest ever attempted at a historically black flew to Nashville to lead board meetings at institution, and the amount raised still ranks as historic Meharry Medical College. the third highest for such schools.

But at 77, the retired Richmond physician Dr. Royal, who earned his medical degree has decided “it is time to let someone else from Meharry in 1968, “is an alumnus who has take over.” dedicated his entire life to advancing Meharry He told the Free Pres recently that he attended and the betterment of others, often at great his final meeting in October when he resigned personal sacrifice,” said Dr. James E. K. Hilas chairman after 30 years and announced he dreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical was leaving the board on which he College. served for nearly 40 years.

“Dr. Royal has always been willing Dr. Royal, who also was chairman to share his successes with Meharry for 30 years of Virginia Union Unithrough his leadership, contributions versity’s Board of Trustees, has not and recognition of the college,” said left all of his board positions. He is Dr. Hildreth, who was appointed to still listed as board chairman of the the post in 2015 by the Royal-led Robert Russa Moton Museum, the civil board. rights museum in Farmville, and as Among other things, Dr. Royal was a member of the board of trustees of the first board member to contribute Garland Avenue Baptist Church. $100,000 to Meharry, according to the Dr. Royal As he looks back on his role at school. As others followed suit, a giving Meharry, Dr. Royal said he believes his top society was named for him, The Royal Society. accomplishment for the 140-year-old medical During his time on the board, Dr. Royal has school was to leave it “on a solid financial given more than $2 million to the college. foundation.”

He and his wife also established the Pamela Meharry is the second oldest African- and Frank S. Royal Sr. Endowed Scholarship American medical school in the nation and at Meharry. the first in the South. While the school is best Dr. Royal was long known in Richmond for known for training physicians, Meharry also his medical practice in Church Hill. trains dentists, public health specialists and During his medical career, Dr. Royal biomedical researchers. His son, Frank S. Royal spearheaded the move of Richmond ComJr., serves as executive vice dean for academic munity Hospital, now part of the Bon Secours affiliations.

Health System, to the East End and also Dr. Royal said he considered stepping down joined with other doctors to construct the 10 years ago after Meharry completed a campaign Belvidere Medical Center at Belvidere and to raise $125 million to meet building needs, Leigh streets. The medical center was razed improve academic offerings and increase its last year. endowment. The goal was exceeded, with $127.5 He also served as an assistant clinical profes-

sor of family practice at the Medical College of Virginia and was long involved in improving care for underserved families. He also chaired the now defunct Richmond Community Hospital Foundation board.

Dr. Royal also previously was a member of the boards of directors of the Hospital Corporation of America, Smithfield Foods, SunTrust Banks, Chesapeake Corp., Dominion Resources and CSX Corp.

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The Payne Family

GRTC to honor local historymakers • Feb. 19 through 25, the Payne Family, siblings who grew up in Battery Park on North Side. Robert L. Payne is one of the founders and current president of the Richmond Jazz Society.

Karen Payne-Woods is dean of students at John Rolfe Middle School in Henrico County. And Haywood A. Payne Jr. is the retired president of Chevron Business and Real Estate Services. He also was the first African-American student to attend Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.

During Black History Month, GRTC will honor local historymakers by displaying their names on bus destination headers.

The transit company, which received more than a dozen submissions from the public for this year’s honorees, has chosen three individuals and a family to honor during varying weeks in February. The honorees, and the days their names will be displayed on the buses, are: • Feb. 1 through 4, Maggie L. Walker, pioneering Richmond

banker, newspaperwoman, fraternal organization leader and civil rights advocate.

• Feb. 5 through 11, “Tiger Tom” Mitchell, former longtime radio personality on WANT-AM 990 and announcer for high school football games including the Armstrong-Walker Football Classic. Mr. Mitchell turned 100 in October.

• Feb. 12 through 18, Nathan Burrell, superintendent of the James River Park System.

733-foot art print unveiling Saturday on Brown’s Island for World Cancer Day

Diversity Richmond sponsors series of Black History Month events

Art on Wheels will unveil “Impressions of Courage,” a 733-foot long art print honoring 207 people whose lives have been altered by cancer.

The print, on display for World Cancer Day, will be on view from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, on Brown’s Island.

The print was created in September, and Art on Wheels cofounder Andrea Orlosky said she is going through the process of having the art piece recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for world’s largest collagraph.

“We’ve requested a new category because there is none for collagraphs,” she said. “But their approval process takes awhile.”

A collagraph print is created using a process that begins with gluing objects to a surface. Ink is applied to the objects, and they are printed to fabric or paper using pressure.

Last year, Art on Wheels collaborated with Studio23, a nonprofit studio for artists, to collect outfits honoring loved ones affected by cancer. The outfits were converted into collagraph plates by gluing them to Masonite boards and inked by a team of volunteers before being printed on fabric using a steamroller. The prints are on one long, continuous piece of fabric, with each print side by side and the name of the honored individual written under each print.

The Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University is presenting the event.

For more information, contact Ms. Orlosky at (804) 467-4485.

Diversity Richmond is celebrating the contributions of LGBTQ AfricanAmericans through a series of events during Black History Month.

“Our events offer opportunities for the entire community to learn about the rich diversity of Greater Richmond,” said Dr. Ravi K. Perry, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor who serves on the board of Diversity Richmond. “We at Diversity Richmond build bridges and tear down walls. What better time to discuss the issues than during Black History Month,” he said.

Fifteen local people who have made outstanding contributions on behalf of LGBTQ people of color will be recognized at “Black and Bold: RVA’s Unsung Black LGBTQ Community Gala” at 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 3, at Diversity Richmond’s event hall, 1407 Sherwood Ave. The formal event will include hors d’oeuvres and dancing to the music of DJ

Derrick St. Clair.

Diversity Richmond also will host a series of discussions and community dialogues during February.

A discussion on “HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community” will be Dr Perry held 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center, 122 W. Leigh St. The event will be led by Rodney Lofton, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist.

“State of Black LGBTQ America,” a dialogue with Dr. Perry, will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Black History Museum.

“Black Transgender 101,” a talk that will include basic information on transgender and challenges faced by black

transgender women, will be held 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Diversity Richmond event hall, 1407 Sherwood Ave. The talk will be moderated by Zakia McKensey, executive director of Nationz Foundation.

“Love Is Love, God Is Love,” a conversation on religion, spirituality and embracing African-American LGBTQ believers, will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Diversity Richmond event hall.

“Powerful S.I.S.T.A.: Celebrating LGBTQ Women of Color” will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Diversity Richmond event hall, led by Chevelle Moss-Savage and the Rev. Lacette Cross.

All events are free and open to the public.

For details, go to www.diversityrichmond.org, or call Mr. Lofton at (804) 622-4646, ext. 203.

Writers to speak at Downtown library event

Several African-American writers will speak and lead writing workshops at a Literacy Showcase for Black Authors 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

25, at the Richmond Public Library’s Main Branch, 101 E. Franklin St., in Downtown.

The event is part of the library’s Black Male Emergent

I-95 Ramp Improvement at Franklin Street Richmond City Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing The Virginia Department of Transportation is proposing to improve the ramp from I-95 south to Franklin St. (Exit 74B) in the City of Richmond.

This project will increase the capacity on the ramp to reduce congestion on the ramp and the southbound through lanes.

Review project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804524-6000, 1-800-367-7623, or TTY/TDD 711.

Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to David Steele, P.E., project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, Richmond District, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002 or DavidA.Steele@vdot.virginia.gov on or prior to February 8, 2016. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of the date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you have questions or concerns about your civil rights in regards to this project or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above.

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Readers literacy program, or BMER, and is the program’s second annual Black History Month event.

Featured authors include Charles Snead, landscape architect; filmmaker and writer Rebekah Lynn Pierce; and Ronnie Sydney II and Dr. Karaam Ellis of Virginia Beach.

Other authors invited to participate are radio personality Mike Kemetic, Christopher Allen,A.E. Bartlett, Davian Clifton, Toastmaster Elliott Eddie, Coach Gregory Ford, B. Keith Fulton, radio hosts Ellis Anderson and Dennis Parker, Pastor Edward Whitfield and Justin Young.

The free event includes a writing workshop and multiplayer video game challenge sponsored by DimensionU. The authors’ books also will be available for purchase.

Community groups also may borrow BMER kits from the library that include books, poetry, speeches and DVDs designed to motivate young people to read.

For information, or to reserve a seat, contact Meldon JenkinsJones at (804) 646-7223.

Free dental care Feb. 3 for uninsured youngsters Free dental care will be offered to Richmond children who do not have insurance through Medicaid or other government or private programs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Pediatric Dentistry Clinic, 521 N. 11th St. in Downtown.

The 14-chair clinic is participating in the American Dental Association’s annual “Give Kids a Smile Day.” Dental exams, X-rays, cleanings, fillings, extractions and minor restorations will be provided for children ages 18 and younger.

For more details and appointments, which are recommended: (804) 828-9095.

Thursday, February 16 6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public Liberty and Slavery: The Paradox of America’s Founding Fathers is a documentary that asks how the authors of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were able to reconcile their ideals of liberty and freedom with the institution of slavery. The filmmaker, Suffolk native and VCU graduate Troy Thomas, will participate in a discussion following the film.

The 2017 Created Equal Film Series is presented by the Bon Secours Health Care Foundation.

This screening is cosponsored with the St. John’s Church Foundation.

The Created Equal Film Series is hosted by the VHS in partnership with the Richmond Peace Education Center and supported in part

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South Side church property sold in bankruptcy

Southside Baptist Ministries at 5515 Bryce Lane.

The property is next door to another church, Redeem Church of God in Christ.

Some parts of the ministries continue. The school, which was not part of the bankruptcy filing, relocated and is now operating in Chesterfield County.

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Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

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

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

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

American Heart Health Awareness (GO RED) & Boy Scouts Emphasis Sunday, February 5, 2017

“GO RED” Emphasis during both services; Boy Scouts Emphasis during 11 a.m. service only.

Please plan to wear your favorite shade of red clothing in support of the Red Dress campaign and to promote heart health awareness.

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

Mount Olive Baptist Church 2017 Theme: The Year of Elevation (First Peter 5:6)

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“Reclaiming the Lost by Proclaiming the Gospel”

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6:30 p.m.

Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m.

Adult Bible Study

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

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Third Sunday of Advent: “Love” Communion - 1st Sunday

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Church School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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Transportation Services (804) 859-1985

Noon Day Bible Study

Baptist Church

Mosby Memorial Street Baptist Church Thirty-first “A Caring Community Committed to Listening, Loving, Baptist Church Learning and Leaning While Launching into our Future.”

“Redeeming God’s People for Gods Purpose”

Wednesday Bible Study 7p.m.

Tuesdays

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

(near Byrd Park)

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

Church School 8:45 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

Early Morning Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

Morning Worship

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

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

Antioch Baptist Church

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

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

Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr., Pastor

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

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St. Peter Baptist Church

10:30 A.M.

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Zion Baptist Church

Church School Worship Service

Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!

A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

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

Pastor Kevin Cook

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

SUNDAY WORSHIP HOUR – 10:00 A.M. CHILDREN’S CHURCH & BUS MINISTRY AVAILABLE SUNDAY SCHOOL (FOR ALL AGES) – 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY MID-DAY BIBLE STUDY – 12 NOON WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY – 7:00 P.M.

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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

“MAKE IT HAPPEN”

Sixth Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Yvonne , Pastor

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Baptist Church

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

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

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

Sharon Baptist Church

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

However, after Pastor Stinson and his congregation were unable to create a satisfactory reorganization plan, the federal bankruptcy court in Richmond ordered the sale of property that covers nearly a block and liquidated the church’s assets

The company does not seem to have found a use for the property, except to try to resell it.

The most recent city assessment valued the property at $1.96 million.

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

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.

Sunday, February 5, 2017 8:30 a.m. ... Sunday School 10:00 a.m... Morning Worship and Holy Communion

The church’s thrift store, Southside Cares, also was not part of the bankruptcy and continues to operate at 3808 Jefferson Davis Highway, with profits going to support the Southside Baptist Christian School, according to the website.

on behalf of creditors.

Bankruptcy court records show that a trustee reported finding no other assets to use to repay creditors.

Richmond assessment records show that a Baltimore company, Chesapeake Holdings KB LLC, is now the listed owner of the church property, having paid $750,000 to purchase it on Nov. 1 during the foreclosure.

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A big CBRE real estate sign seeking buyers now stands in front of the former home of Southside Baptist Ministries at 5515 Bryce Lane in South Side.

Founded by Pastor Lonnie Stinson and his wife, Terry, the 30-year-old church went into bankruptcy in 2015 after M&T Bank began foreclosure proceedings to collect on a $1.6 million debt.

Pastor Stinson could not be reached for comment.

The church, one of several in Richmond that filed for court protection because of unpaid bills, occupied the 2.2-acre site since 1991 and operated a K-12 private Christian school at the location since 1999.

Sunday 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.

THEME:

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}

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 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 ordinances: Ordinance No. 2017-002 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Computer-Aided Dispatch User Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Ambulance Authority for the purpose of allowing the Richmond Ambulance Authority to become an operational user of the Department of Emergency Communications’ computer-aided dispatch and mobile data communications systems and facilitating interoperability between the City and the Richmond Ambulance Authority.

Ordinance No. 2017-003 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $3,040,000 from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration 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 Main Street Station MultiModal Transportation Center project in the Economic and Community Development category by $3,040,000 for the purpose of funding the Main Street Station Phase 3 development.

Ordinance No. 2017-004 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $760,000 from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation 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 Main Street Station Multi-Modal Transportation Center project in the Economic and Community Development category by $760,000 for the purpose of funding the Main Street Station Phase 3 development.

Ordinance No. 2017-005 To declare surplus and direct the conveyance of a portion of City-owned real estate on Brown’s Island, located at the south end of the South 5th Street footbridge and consisting of 1,256± square feet in the form of a circle with a diameter of 40 feet, for nominal consideration to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of facilitating the installation and maintenance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Ordinance No. 2017-006 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $26,320.00 in registration fees from the 2016 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Community Resilience Summit and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 20162017 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Social Services by $26,320.00 for the purpose providing funding for expenses related to the 2016 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Community Resilience Summit held Aug. 3 through Aug. 4, 2016. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, February 9, 2017, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-007 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $30,000.00 from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 20162017 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Social Services by $30,000.00 for the purpose of promoting innovative breastfeeding initiatives in the city of Richmond. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human S e r v i c e s , T h u r s d a y, February 9, 2017, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

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

Monday through Friday.

Jean V. Capel City Clerk

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Divorce 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAJUAN BRIAN WILLIAMS, Plaintiff v.

MECHELLE WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16002473-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 7th 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 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD ABERASH A. WALELIGN, Plaintiff v.

BELETE DERESH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16-3534 ORDER OF PUBLICATION December 27, 2016

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Belete Deresh, it is ORDERED that Belete Deresh appear before this Court on March 17, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., to protect his interests herein.

An Extract, Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk Mary Ashby Brown, Esquire (VSB #74718) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Road, Suite A Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) mabrown@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for the Plaintiff/Wife VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LOUISE DAVIS, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT DAVIS, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL170000018-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JESSICA CERNA, Plaintiff v.

JOSE CERNA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL16003524-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of February, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

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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

forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 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

Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 23, 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

ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN CARLOS ALVARADO-MORALES, 1901-1915 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 FEBRUARY 23, 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

Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-31211, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 417 NORTH 33RD STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

Case No.: CL16-5550 NEXT CALL, LLC, a/k/a NEXT CALL A VIRGINIA LLC, A Purged Virginia Limited liability Company, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 522 Chimborazo Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, TaxMap# E000-0883/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, NEXT CALL, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEXT CALL, LLC, a/k/a NEXT CALL A VIRGINIA LLC, A Purged Virginia Limited liability Company has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that THERESA F. MASSENBURG, As Former Member/Manager and Possible Trustee in Liquidation, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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; 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 NEXT CALL, LLC, a/k/a NEXT CALL A VIRGINIA LLC, A Purged Virginia Limited liability Company, THERESA F. MASSENBURG, As Former Member/Manager and Possible Trustee in Liquidation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH

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

Case No.: CL16-3806-4 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1426 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0771/012, 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, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and 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 ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO 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, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and RENE MALDONADO, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, 1901-1915 W H I T C O M B S T R E E T, 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

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

Case No.: CL16-3805-4 OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1428 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0771/030, 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, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and 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 ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO 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, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and RENE MALDONADO, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN C A R L O S A LVA R A D O MORALES, 1901-1915 W H I T C O M B S T R E E T, 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

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

Case No.: CL16-3804-4 L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, et al., Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2308 Green Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# N000-0845/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, prior owner in chain-of-title, 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 O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, and 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 ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X ABIMAEL HERRERA GONZALES, IMELDO DEL CARMEN MUNOZ, KARLA ESPINOZA, JUAN CAROLOS ALVARADO MORALES a/k/a JUAN CARLOS ALVARADOMORALES, 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 L. V. LAWRENCE AS TRUSTEE OF THE LMT LAND TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 1, 2009, OLIVER C. LAWRENCE, ALVINA E. I. MANUEL, LUIS FRANCISCO HUERTA, IVON MODESTA GOMEZ, M AY N O R M A U R I C I O MUNOZ BONILLA, LUIS MICHEL GOMEZ, RENE MALDONADO, FIDEL FRANCISCO CRUZ ESTRADA, TEODOSIA SAUCEDO, JOSE MORAZAN MIRANDA, RAFAEL ANGEL MALDONADO VARGAS, ROBERTO MORENO CISNEROS, MANUEL MALDONADO, GONZALES AGUILAR, JORGE C. MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ, MARIO ALVAREZ ALVAREZ, SERGIO ARTURO CASTRO SOLIS, DAVID EUGENIO GAMERO ANDORO, ROSA DEL CARMEN SANDOBAL CORTEZ, VICTOR M. ESPINO, JOSE ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, PASTOR ANTONIO ESCOBAR MUNOZ, JOSE FRANCISCO RUIZ, JOSE ATLLANO ARMIOS JAIME, SANTOS EDURIGES ESCOBAR, JUAN VARGAS CO, DAVID VALENCIA ARTEAGA, GERARDO HERNANDEZ FACUNDO a / k / a G E R A R D O F. HERNANDEZ, CESAR H U E R TA D I A Z , A L E X

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CUSTODY 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. virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re A’miracle Gassoway, Juvenile Case No. JJ090866-12 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Darrell Meredith (Father) and Unknown, (Father), of A’miracle Gassoway, child, DOB 4/8/2015, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsbility for support

It is ORDERED that the defendant Darrell Meredith (Father) and Unknown (Father), appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before March 22, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Court Room #5.

PROPERTY

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1630 NORTH 28TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0864/016 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL15-27611, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1630 NORTH 28TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 417 NORTH 33RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0884/026 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 511 HUNT Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1558/006 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF GEORGE TUNSTALL a/k/a GEORGE HERBERT TUNSTALL, et al., Case No. CL16-4426-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 511 HUNT Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1816 BAINBRIDGE STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0242/001

to equal total purchase price.

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1202 North 33RD STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0802/010 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. H AT T I E B R O O K S a/k/a HATTIE BROOKS GRAHAM, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF HATTIE BROOKS a/k/a HATTIE BROOKS GRAHAM, et al., Case No. CL16-4491-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1202 North 33RD STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2118 LAMB AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0450/001 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN BICK WINSTON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JOHN BICK WINSTON, et al., Case No. CL16-2602-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2118 LAMB AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

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

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3781-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1816 BAINBRIDGE STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 200 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000-0352/008

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. James H. White a/k/a James Hampton White Jr., et al., Case No. CL15-41861, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3126 5TH AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

AMAZING ENTERPRISES, An Entity Not Registered with the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporate Commission, et al., Case No. CL16-14054, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 200 JEFFERSON D AV I S H I G H W AY, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 630 NORTH 30TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0573/011 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-4190-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 630 NORTH 30TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

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Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1107 NORTH 35TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1275/004 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3508-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1107 NORTH 35TH STREET Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1122 NORTH 24TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0517/003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-2700-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1122 NORTH 24TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1420 SPOTSYLVANIA STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0606/001

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v VIRGINIA M. GAINES a/k/a VIRGINIA BLAND GAINES, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF VIRGINIA M. GAINES a/k/a VIRGINIA BLAND GAINES, et al., Case No. CL16-457-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1401 OAKWOOD AV E N U E , R i c h m o n d , Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. INTEGRITIES, INC., a/k/a INTEGRITIES I N C O R P O R AT E D , A Te r m i n a t e d V i r g i n i a Corporation, et al., Case No. CL16-2823-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1420 SPOTSYLVANIA STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

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real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1503 WILLIS STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2410 ROYALL AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3301 FLORIDA Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1421 GARBER STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E010-0076/010 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY, A Delaware Corporation, et al., Case No. CL16-2393-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1421 GARBER STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1503 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1329/036 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR., Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CHARLES L. JANUARY a/k/a CHARLES L. JANUARY, SR, et al., Case No. CL16-3406-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1704 HICKORY Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0364/033

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

TIFFANY LOU HENDERSON SCOTT p/k/a TIFFANY LOU HENDERSON, et al., Case No. CL16-2621-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1619 ROGERS STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF WILLIAM GREEN a/k/a WILLIAM GREENE, et al., Case No. CL16-3433-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1704 HICKORY Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise,

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1619 ROGERS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-1235/010

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1823 ROSE AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-0330/003 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. W. E . R O B I N S O N a/k/a WALTER EDWARD ROBINSON, Who May Be Deceased, and THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, ASSIGNEES OR SUCCESSORS IN I N T E R E S T O F W. E .

ROBINSON a/k/a WALTER EDWARD ROBINSON, et al., Case No. CL16-2005-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1823 ROSE AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2410 ROYALL AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1578/005 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 28, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. DEBORAH S. TAYLOR n/k/a DEBORAH J. AGEE, et al., Case No. CL16-23214, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2716 ALEXANDER Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008-0844/049

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-29421, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2712 A L E X A N D E R Av e n u e , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. BAYOU PROPERTIES, LLC., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-29421, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2716 A L E X A N D E R Av e n u e , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2712 ALEXANDER Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008-0844/048

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3209 FENDALL AVENUE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1037/044 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

RICHMOND REAL ESTATE, LLC, Entity No. S065139-0, A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., Case No. CL16-2708-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3209 FENDALL AVENUE, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3301 FLORIDA Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000-1264/014 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 19, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Rosalyn Powell, Jerone Powell, and Gerald Powell, et al., Case No. CL16-25024, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1718 NORTH 29TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000-0951/022 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 31, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v.

Clayton Investment Group, L.L.C., A Cancelled Virginia Limited Liability Company, et al., , Case No. CL15-3834-1, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1718 NORTH 29TH STREET, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

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

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940

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ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before March 1, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY. IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Neighborhood Networks Publishing, Inc. - Plaintiff, vs.

North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually - Defendants..

TO: North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually – Defendants,

Take Notice that a pleading seeking relief against North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually – Defendants, has been filed on November 14, 2016 in the above entitled Complaint. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows.

The Complaint asserts that Charlie Frances (individually) and North Winds Mechanical Systems entered into a contract with Neighborhood Networks Publishing, Inc. on April 2, 2015 and did default on said contract on or about October 24, 2015.

The Complaint reads that the Plaintiff have and recover judgment against Defendants North Winds Mechanical Systems, and Charlie Francis, individually in the amount of $23,930.00; that the Plaintiff be awarded its reasonable attorneys’ fees of $3,589.50 which represents 15% of the total amount owed when suit was filed under the Advertising Agreement and N.C. Gen. Stat. §6-21.2, and as otherwise provided by law.

That the costs of this action be taxed by the Court as against the Defendants; and for such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 9, 2017 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 26th day of January, 2017.

Woody White, Attorney for the Plaintiff NC Bar Number 21302 2004 Eastwood Road Wilmington, NC 28403

Main Office Due 2:30 pm, February 21, 2017 Additional information available at: h t t p : / / w w w. h e n r i c o . u s / departments/purchasing/ bids-and-proposals/

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1303 WILLIS STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007-1180/008 Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on May 20, 2016 in the matter City of Richmond v. James R. Marchand, et al., Case No. CL16-756-4, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1303 Willis Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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

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

Settlement shall occur at the Continued on next column

Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 14-2530 $ 1748.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ALI RIZVI; CASE NO. 14-243 $ 12943.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND D’JAN ROBINSON; CASE NO. 12-680 $ 1113.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DOMINIQUE STEWART; CASE NO. 15-4061 $ 3288.60 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MICHAEL TYSON; CASE NO. 12-2926 $ 1019.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRIANA PATTERSON; CASE NO. 13-954 $ 2452.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND NICHOLAS GRAHAM; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 13, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 15-2790 $ 1066.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRANDON CARMON; CASE NO. 13-959 $ 1026.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MONTEE STEWART; CASE NO. 12-4508 2007 CHRYSLER VIN# 1A4GJ45R67B180328, AND FATEH AL-HAYANI; CASE NO. 13-1120 $ 1422.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND GERALD WARD Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 15, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 13-2786 $ 2230.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANTONIO KING; CASE NO. 15-1613 $ 834.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DAVON DAVIS; CASE NO. 16-1310 $ 1599.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRANDON J. EPPS; CASE NO. 12-595 $ 1160.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DAVID BEIRNE; CASE NO. 12-4087 ONE LOT OF ELECTRONICS Continued on next column

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

CASE NO. 13-2787 2003 DODGE RAM VIN# 1D7HU18D73S280213, AND ANTONIO KING; CASE NO. 14-997 $ 4162.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ARCHIE DAWKINS; CASE NO. 12-999 $ 2073.97 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND LINWOOD TUNSTALL; CASE NO. 15-335 $ 3277.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CURTIS BROADIE; CASE NO. 12-4088 $ 2466.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHANESHA HILL; CASE NO. 13-1118 $ 12692.50 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ROBERT RICHARD; CASE NO. 13-2261 $ 1301.07 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KYLE JOHNSON Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 14, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v.

CASE NO. 14-4233 $ 1932.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND COREY DARK; CASE NO. 14-1382 $ 20285.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND EARL HILL; CASE NO. 13-39 $ 1933.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANDY MATTHEWS; CASE NO. 12-1243 $ 4205.60 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ANTHONY CANNELLA; CASE NO. 15-2009 $ 308.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHARHONDA LEE; CASE NO. 13-1114 $ 107328.62.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ROBERT GETFIELD; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to V a .

Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before February 13, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: Janet Jin Ah Lee Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney NOTICE STATE OF NORTH Continued on next column

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BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 17-1308-1JK Recreation & Parks Continued from previous column

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 17-1314-1JK Roof System Recovery Project – Phase 2 – Hermitage High School Due 2:30 pm, February 23, 2017 Additional information available at: h t t p : / / w w w. h e n r i c o . u s / departments/purchasing/ bids-and-proposals/

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TransiT sysTem

BUS OPERATORS

Starting Pay: $14.25 per hour Open Until Filled GRTC Transit System is currently seeking qualified candidates, at least 21 years of age, with excellent customer service skills and a high school diploma for full-time Bus Operator positions. Applicants are required to have a Class B CDL License with Passenger Endorsement. Qualified candidates must have a five (5) point balance on their driving record and must be able to pass a background check, a pre-employment drug test and a DOT physical.

For a complete job description and to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc.com.

GRTC Transit System is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment that values diversity in the workplace.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to 24 CFR 903.17, that the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) will hold a public hearing on the Public Housing Agency (PHA) Annual Plan for FY 2018. The hearing will be conducted on Thursday, March 23, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the Virginia Housing Center, 4224 Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060.

The proposed PHA Plan and information relevant to the hearing is available for review by the public at the offices of the Virginia Housing Development Authority, 601 S. Belvidere Street, Richmond, VA 23220 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Written comments may be submitted at the public hearing or mailed to the attention of: HCVP Policy Specialist, Virginia Housing Development Authority, P.O. Box 4545, Richmond, VA 23220. Written comments not presented at the public hearing must be received by Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

VHDA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability.

SEEKING SUBCONTRACTORS Better Housing Coalition is seeking seal proposals from qualified Contractors for the construction of a duplex located at 205 – 207 East 18th Street Richmond VA 23224.

Better Housing Coalition is a non-profit affordable housing building that is constructing energy efficient affordable housing in Richmond.

The request for proposal (RFP) will set forth the terms and conditions of the engagements and submission. Copies of the plans will be available for pick up on Friday February 3rd, 2017 between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:30 pm at Better Housing Coalition 23 West Broad Street Suite 100 Richmond VA 23220.

The deadline for submission is 4:00 pm Friday February 10th, 2017. This deadline must be met for consideration. Any responses received after the deadline will not be considered.

Better Housing Coalition encourages Minority Owned Businesses, Section 3 Businesses and businesses that employ Section 3 residents, to respond to the RFP. For additional information, please contact William Smith at Better Housing Coalition, 804.644.0546 x 130 or by email at w.smith@betterhousingcoaltion.org.

OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (FULL-TIME)

Under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer, the Operations Development Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operational efficiency of the Operations, Logistics & Production, Communications and Fleet Departments. This position will work cooperatively with the Chief Operating Officer to provide internal consultancy to ongoing projects and programs as well as project management in the development of new service lines. The incumbent will also develop, implement, and maintain necessary reports and documentation to ensure compliance with local, state and federal EMS laws, regulation, and guidelines.

LOGISTICS MANAGER (FULL-TIME) Under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer, the Manager of Logistics and Production is responsible for managing the staff and operations of the Logistics Department and acts as consultant to all other departments for logistics and purchasing issues. The Incumbent will contribute to the production of the quality Unit Hour by leading and managing the Supply, Equipment Management, Make Ready and pharmaceutical supply areas of the organization. They will have responsibility for leadership in equipment care as well as vehicle cleanliness, decontamination and vehicle and equipment borne infection control issues.

To apply, please visit www.raaems.org to submit an Application no later than 5:00 PM February 6, 2017.

EOE/AA

Homeownership Loan Servicing AssociAte DefAult QuAlity AssurAnce AnAlyst VHDA, Virginia’s Housing Finance Agency, is seeking an Associate Default Quality Assurance Analyst to provide quality assurance support to the single family Loss Mitigation Department. VHDA is a self-supporting, not-for-profit organization created by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1972, to help Virginians attain and retain quality, affordable housing. The Associate Default Quality Assurance Analyst will perform daily file testing of all Loss Mitigation activities to enhance compliance with FHA, VA, Fannie Mae, Rural Housing and the various PMI companies’ loss mitigation guidelines as well as VHDA’s policies and procedures. This position is responsible for accurate and timely execution of Quality Assurance testing and reports directly to the Single Family Servicing Loss Mitigation Manager.

Associate’s degree or equivalent work experience in QA/QC and mortgage default servicing environment is required. The successful candidate must have experience in all aspects of single family loss mitigation and have extensive understanding of the loss mitigation guidelines as established by our investors/insurers (i.e. FHA, VA, RD, Fannie Mae, and GNMA), including Forbearance Plans, HAMP/Traditional Loan Modifications, Partial Claims, Pre-foreclosure Sales and Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure. In addition, the candidate will possess extensive working knowledge of Black Knight/MSP Servicing Platform, Passport and MOD Negotiator applications.

Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Explorer, etc.) is required. Candidate will also possess strong communication skills, both written and oral. Organizational, documentation and analytical skills are a must.

Finally, the successful candidate should have demonstrated ability to positively interact with peers and management and to work across departmental lines in order to effectively execute the Quality Assurance Plan.

VHDA offers an excellent working environment, generous benefit plans and market competitive compensation. If you are interested in joining the State’s premier housing finance agency and meet the above stated criteria, please submit your cover letter and resume online only at: http://www.vhda.com/about/careers An EOE This position closes at midnight on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Hiring Range: $46,294 - $60,181 Credit and background checks will be performed as a condition of employment.

The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following positions: Administrative Project Analyst – Audit Unit 25M00000130 Department of Finance Apply by 02/12/17 Assessor’s Office 08M00000031 City Assessor Apply by 02/19/17 Assets Manager - GIS 29M00000384 Department of Public Works Apply by 02/12/17 Executive Assistant III - Retirement 18M00000003 Retirement Apply by 02/12/17 Investigative Coordinator – Debt Set Off 25M00000049 Department of Finance Apply by 02/12/17 Kennel Assistant 88M00000015 Department of Animal Care & Control Apply by 02/12/17 Library Assistant I – Part Time 03M00000017 Richmond Public Library Apply by 02/12/17 Management Analyst II – Surplus Property Coordinator 84M00000010 Department of Procurement Apply by 02/12/17 Tax Representative – Business Unit 25M00000030 Department of Finance Apply by 02/12/17 ****************** For an exciting career with the City of Richmond, visit our website for additional information and apply today! www.richmondgov.com EOE M/F/D/V

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