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New lease on life Wize Shahid, aka Robert Henry ‘Wize’ Green, still seeks to help other inmates following his release from the Virginia prison system after more than two decades

By George Copeland Jr.

It was in early January that the man formerly known as Robert Henry “Wize” Green learned he would be released from prison after serving more than 20 years behind bars.

A public campaign by the Exodus Foundation and others sought his release through a pardon, which was granted by

former Gov. Ralph S. Northam.

And Mr. Green, who changed his name to Wize Shahid, was alerted just the day before his release from Deep Meadow Correction Center in Goochland County that he would be going home. It was, for Mr. Shahid, an unexpected but welcome turn that left him “highly elated.”

Last Friday, Mr. Shahid marked the occasion with family, friends and advocates

during a small celebration at First Baptist Church Centralia, where they took stock of the work to free him and the path forward for him and others.

“I want to thank everybody who provided the support on my behalf,” Mr. Shahid said.

“The support that you provided on my behalf is support for a multitude of others.”

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Dr. Madeline G. McClenney of The Exodus Foundation presents Wize Shahid with an award last Friday during a celebration of his release from prison held at First Baptist Church Centralia.

Incoming U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrated at White House ceremony Free Press wire report

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President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as she speaks during a ceremony April 8 on the South Lawn of the White House celebrating her confirmation as the first Black woman to be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON “In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”

With those words, incoming Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her lifetime.

Tearful and emotional in embracing the history-making moment, Justice Jackson said her confirmation as the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court showed the progress of America, declaring, “We’ve made it — all of us.”

She spoke those words on the South Lawn of the White House last Friday, one day after her historic U.S. Senate confirmation, in paying tribute to previous generations of Black Americans who she said paved the way for her elevation to the nation’s highest court.

“I have now achieved something far beyond anything my grandparents could have possibly ever imagined,” Judge Jackson said, noting they had gained only grade school educations before starting their family and later sending their children to racially segregated schools.

“The path was cleared for me, so that I might rise to this occasion,” she said. “And in the poetic words of Dr. Maya Angelou, I do so now. I am the dream and the hope of the slave,” Judge Jackson said in quoting a line from the late Dr. Angelou’s famous poem, “And Still I Rise.”

Judge Jackson, a 51-year-old appeals court judge with nine years of experience on the federal bench, achieved a dream she has had since childhood when the Senate voted to confirm her on April 7, to become the 116th associate justice and the first Black female justice ever.

Judge Jackson will take her seat as a new justice when her mentor, Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom she clerked after earning her law degree at Harvard University, steps down following the end of the court’s current term on June 30.

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School Board breaks impasse with City Council by approving new 1,800-seat George Wythe

By Ronald E. Carrington

After a year of internal disagreement and conflict with the mayor and City Council, the Richmond School Board voted 5-4 Monday to build a much-needed and long-overdue new George Wythe High School with a capacity for 1,800 students.

The vote ends a long impasse with the Richmond City Council, which had refused

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to turn over $7.3 million in design funding for the building to the School Board because it believed a 1,600-seat school sought by the School Board would be either at capacity or overcrowded on the day it opens.

The City Council, which had pushed for a larger 2,000-seat school, signaled on Monday morning that they would support releasing the money if the School Board embraced a compromise to construct an 1,800-seat school.

The compromise had been proposed previously by Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District.

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Council member Katherine Jordan submits plan for ranked-choice voting for City Council

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Filling her Easter basket Lydia Bayou, 4, of Glen Allen looks to fill her Easter basket Monday during an Easter egg hunt hosted by Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin outside the Executive Mansion in Capitol Square in Downtown. The seasonal event was for the staff of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond and their children. Lydia was accompanied by her parents, Fisseha Bayou and Miheret Yitayew, and her 6-year-old brother, Aaron Bayou.

Richmond voters for the first time could cast their ballot for more than one candidate in the 2024 City Council elections.

Voters could have that opportunity if an ordinance introduced by City Councilwoman Katherine Jordan, 2nd District, wins approval from Richmond’s governing body.

The legislation Ms. Jordan is spearheading would install ranked-choice voting as the method for ensuring the winner in each of the nine districts secures a majority when there are multiple candidates running for a seat.

Currently, the winner is the candidate with the most votes, even if that total is less than 50 percent.

Ranked-choice voting allows election participants to rank their

preferences among the Limited for use candidates when three only in city council or more people are runand boards of superning, by listing them visors’ elections, the as 1, 2, 3, etc. system would drop the As proposed, if no bottom vote-getter, with that person’s one wins more than 50 votes distributed to the percent of the votes remaining candidates after the ballots are Ms. Jordan tabulated, the “instant based on the secondrunoff system” the General choice preferences of his or Assembly authorized in 2020 Please turn to A4 would kick in.

Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Wednesday, April 20, 4 to 6 p.m.—Southwood Pool House, Southwood Parkway and Clarkson Road.

• Tuesday, April 26, 1 to 3 p.m.—Fulton Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

Walk-up testing is provided. Appointments, however, can be made by calling (804) 205-3501 or going to www.rchd.com.

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Hampton University announces new president

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A former three-star Army general has been tapped to become the next president of Hampton University.

He is retired Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, a 1983 Hampton University graduate who has commanded Fort Lee and also was the first Black officer to lead the Defense Logistics Agency, the U.S. military’s massive supply arm.

Hampton University’s Board of Trustees, which received nearly 300 applications, announced on Wednesday the 61-year-old Florida native as the successor for the university’s longest-serving president, Dr. William R. Harvey, who will step down June 30.

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Sprucing up

City workers Zachary Smith and D’Jermaine Layne remove graffiti from a building in the 2900 block of West Broad Street that a city official described as an “eyesore in the middle of the city.”

Mr. Smith and Mr. Layne are part of a Richmond Department of Public Works crew that focuses on eliminating unwanted scribbles, initials and messages spraypainted in public spaces and on public and privately owned buildings.

The department currently deploys two teams of six people and is now assembling a third team to expand the effort, according to Bobby Vincent, director of the Department of Public Works.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney visited the project Monday to Slices of life and scenes in Richmond spotlight the department’s efforts to remove graffiti and to show that the city is committed to this seemingly never-ending effort to keep buildings spruced up.

Mr. Vincent reported that the crews already have removed graffiti from 1,000 locations since July 1, double the number from the same period in 2020-21. His hope is that the dedicated crews can deal with at least 1,500 locations by June 30 and do even more locations next year.

In addition, the department is contacting building owners to get them involved in this ongoing initiative. “We want to be able to clean up,” he said, but he also noted that owners need to take responsibility for tackling the problem as well.

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VUU President Lucas receives five-year contract extension Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, the president and chief executive officer of Virginia Union University, has more job security.

The VUU Board of Trustees last week extended his contract, which was slated to end on June 30, for another five years.

His new contract runs through June 30, 2027.

“The Board of Trustees is very proud to be guided by the sacrificial leadership of our president and CEO, Dr. Hakim J. Lucas. His competence has excelled VUU to new levels,” said Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, chairman of VUU’s board. “Under his leadership, we have made major strides on our quest to provide a quality education to students and a greater impact on the rest of our community.”

As the 13th president of the private HBCU on Lombardy Street that traces its roots to 1865 and a slave pen in Richmond’s Shockoe Dr. Lucas Bottom that was turned into a place to educate the newly freed, Dr. Lucas has launched 11 new academic programs, along with graduate programs, during his tenure.

In the fall of 2020, VUU also achieved its highest total enrollment, retention and giving in four years, with a record increase in fundraising of more than $41 million, including a $6 million grant from energy giant Dominion for its STEM programs. VUU also received $11.8 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds.

The university also has expanded its footprint under Dr. Lucas with the acquisition or renovation of three properties — the former Budget Inn Motel on Lombardy Street, renovation of historic Huntley Hall and reconstruction of the historic Industrial Hall.

The university also has announced a partnership with Richmond Public Schools to provide full tuition scholarships to promising ninth-graders; a community mentoring initiative for middle school students in Gilpin Court; and a program to boost its enrollment of Latino students to 25 percent of the undergraduate population.

“It has always been my goal to serve the underserved and I am proud to have the opportunity to do that through education,” Dr. Lucas stated in the news release announcing his contract extension.

“The impact we’ve made in this city, so far, is only the beginning of what is still to come and the work we do today affects many generations that will come after us. I look forward to continuing the work to become “Best in Class” by 2025.”

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‘Just Heal, Bro’ national mental health initiative targeting Black men slated for April 14 at VCU A seminar aimed at fostering good mental health among Black men and featuring a former NFL player turned licensed therapist will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The seminar, “Just Heal, Bro,” which is free and open to men only, is sponsored by VCU Health and Hope Allen, chief executive officer of Living Hope Productions, who was concerned about the increasing suicide rate in the Black community.

The initiative is part of a national tour and is designed to help Black men with Ms. Allen healing through experiential and clinical dialogue, develop emotional intelligence and tools for resiliency and cultivate brotherhood and community.

Speakers include Jay Barnett, who signed in 2006 with the Green Bay Packers and is a suicide attempt survivor who is now a licensed therapist and author; Dr. O’Shan Gadsden, an assistant professor at Norfolk State University whose expertise includes psychological development of Black masculinity; Lawrence E. Adjah, a pastor and spiritual adviser who helps people build community and transform their lives; Dr. Shawn Utsey, a professor of counseling psychology at VCU; and James Harris Jr., a therapist and entrepreneur who founded Men to Heal and The Healing Hub in Richmond.

Details and registration: Justheal.co

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Richmond Virtual Academy may become its own school

By Ronald E. Carrington and Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond Virtual Academy is to become a new elementary school that could enroll between 400 and 500 students a year in online classes, the Richmond School Board decided Monday night.

Instead of phasing out the program online learning program as Superintendent Jason Kamras proposed in February, the board, after hearing pleas from academy supporters, adopted a proposal by School Board member Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, to make RVA a school of record like other elementary schools, and eligible for annual state and local funding like other schools.

While that decision must be approved by the state Department of Education, the vote to keep RVA as a functioning entity came as the board finalized its budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The board had a deadline on Wednesday to deliver a finished budget to City Council.

Overall, the approved budget authorizes a record $548 million in total spending, or an expenditure of about $25,253 for each of the 21,700 students RPS estimated as enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Along with grants and one-time federal funds, the RPS budget provides $356.6 million in general fund spending, which mostly includes revenue from the city and state, or about $16,400 per student.

The board, which cut $6 million from Mr. Kamras’ original general fund proposal, is relying on receiving a $15 million increase from the city in the fiscal year that begins July 1. That would boost total support from the city from $185.3 million this fiscal year to a new record of $200.3 million in 202223. The increase from the city is largely designed to fund the local share of a 5 percent pay increase for teachers and other staff that the state plans to institute.

Staff and teachers of the Richmond Virtual Academy, currently listed as a program and funded with federal CARES Act dollars, advocated for it to remain open and funded and rallied parents to lobby for

the survival of the academy that adopted the owl as its mascot and bills itself as a space “where learning is a hoot.”

The board’s vote was both a reaction to the lobbying and a rebuke to the administration, which had notified the academy’s entire staff that they would be laid off as of July 1 and would need to reapply for positions within RPS. Mr. Kamras initially proposed cutting the program from 70 to just 10 instructors, who would largely teach homebound students too sick or injured to come to school or students removed from in-person learning for discipline reasons.

Cindi Robinson, the academy’s principal, said the board’s action is good news for parents and students.

“Virtual learning is not just a Band-Aid,” Ms. Robinson said, noting that numerous school divisions have found some students “actually thrive and do better” in an online program.

Among them is Sheila Barlow’s 19-yearold son, Douglas. Ms. Barlow told the board that the virtual school has been a boon for her son and other students like him with serious disabilities who can now attend class from home in a safe environment.

Her son has Down syndrome and cannot talk, she said. “He has a sign language interpreter for all of his classes,” Ms. Barlow told the Free Press. “If he goes back to in-person learning, my son would not have that service.”

While the board’s action appears to have saved the virtual academy, the board’s funding will provide only for a reduced operation.

Richmond’s virtual operation enrolls about 768 students, including 500 elementary school students, which is fewer students than Henrico and Chesterfield’s school systems.

But that would shrink further.

The board’s funding would allow for only 30 total staff, including a principal, counselors and other staff and about 23 instructional staff strictly for elementary programming. Currently, the school has at least 70 staff members, including a 43-member instructional staff.

As part of the transition, the School Board agreed with the administration’s plan to end enrollment for middle and high school students who can move to the state’s online program, Virtual Virginia.

The revamped Richmond Virtual Academy also will oversee virtual educational programming for students who are homebound for disciplinary or health reasons.

According to board members, the administration is expected to drop the current homebound program that dispatches teachers to the homes of students to provide in-person instruction two hours a day.

If it becomes a school of record as anticipated, RVA would not only have a budget, but would also report state Standards of Learning test results.

The board’s budget, meanwhile, cuts more deeply into the central office staff than Mr. Kamras proposed and largely eliminates contracts for consultants providing curriculum training.

Ms. Gibson also won approval for an audit of Mr. Kamras’ original budget plan after she turned up a significant discrepancy in total employee numbers compared with the current year.

The board also provided funding for the first time to enable 400 students to take math, science and other required high school classes at the Richmond Technical Center along with their career and vocational training programs.

Under the initiative advanced by Jonathan Young, 4th District, the students will no longer have to be shuttled back to their home schools for those courses. This change is seen as a harbinger of the proposed career and technical high school that RPS plans to create in a former tobacco plant in South Side.

In addition, the board also provided funds to support an increase in the number of students during the next four years at two specialty high schools, Richmond Community and Franklin Military Academy, and three regional high schools, Code RVA and the Maggie L. Walker and Appomattox regional governor’s schools.

City Council wants South Side homeless shelter to remain open temporarily

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Could there be a spike in homelessness in Richmond?

That’s a significant concern for Richmond City Council as the city’s two government-supported winter shelters for homeless people prepare to shut down. One on North Side is closing Friday and the other on South Side is set to shut down on Friday, April 22.

Anyone staying at the shelters who is not relocated will be on the street. A yearround shelter that Commonwealth Catholic Charities is developing in Shockoe Bottom with city support is still at least six months away from opening.

Fifth District Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch and other members of City Council see the closures leaving homeless people in the lurch, particularly parents with young children. Council members are pressing Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration to come up with the money to keep at least the South Side operation going through October, when the Commonwealth Catholic Charities shelter could be open.

Estimated cost for the South Side shelter: About $450,000 a month to continue to rent 115 rooms and provide food and other services for those staying there.

During an informal session of City Council on Monday, Ms. Lynch, chair of council’s Education and Human Services

Committee, renewed her plea for the administration to keep the South Side shelter open rather than allowing it to shut down as the cold weather recedes.

Along with those who will lose shelter, there are more families “coming down the pike needing to come into shelter. Where will they go?” she asked.

Ms. Lynch, a social worker, said she gets calls almost daily from desperate people living in cars or on the street.

Ms. Lynch She said she is finding that few spaces are available at the nonprofit shelters. “They are full,” she said.

And there are others who could need help, she said, including potentially hundreds of families who could face eviction from public housing for failing to pay rent and other residents who are suffering from the rising cost of living, Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, told Sherill Hampton, the city’s director of housing and community development, that the shelter issue “is not a minor matter.” Dr. Newbille said that Ms. Lynch is expressing the sentiments of most of the council members who believe something needs to be done.

Since the start of the pandemic, City Hall has been paying to house homeless people in hotels and motels, mostly using

federal CARES Act dollars that are beginning to run out.

The city has not proposed to spend any of its new allocation from the American Rescue Plan to support shelter services.

Ms. Lynch argues that the goal of ARP was to provide people-helping programs, and that sheltering the homeless and providing emergency aid to families should be key ways the city uses its allocation.

The city does not operate the shelters, but financially supports primarily nonprofit organizations that do, Ms. Hampton said.

Beginning last October, the Richmond operation has included the 115 rooms a night at the Days Inn in South Side and an overflow shelter for single individuals that could handle up to 145 people a night located at the Quality Inn on North Side.

That’s in addition to the 674 short- and longer-term shelter beds that seven area nonprofits operate, including CARITAS, the Daily Planet, Home Again, Housing Families First, Liberation Veteran Services, the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and the Salvation Army.

According to data that Ms. Hampton provided, the cost of sheltering people at the Days Inn has run $125 a day, including $80 for the room and $45 to provide food, case management and cover other associated costs and staff wages.

Ms. Lynch was to continue to delve into the issue Thursday at her committee’s next meeting.

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April is National Minority Health Month.

COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting communities of color. In recognition of this fact, the Office of Minority Health wants to give our community a boost!

Why we Celebrate National Minority Health Month Dr. Booker T. Washington believed health is the catalyst to progress and equity for minorities.

In April 1915, he called for a national health movement within the African American community, which we now recognize as National Minority Health Month.

Because of health disparities relating to social, economic and environmental disadvantages, National Minority Health Month continues to shine a light on advancing health equity to ensure racial and ethnic minorities have access to the care they need to achieve optimal health.

This year, the theme for National Minority Health Month is #BoostYourCommunity.

What is Health Equity?

• Health equity is achieved when all people are given the chance to be as healthy as possible • Happiness and well-being are directly related to good health, and are affected by where people live, learn, work and play • Health equity requires continual commitment to advance the health of racial and ethnic minorities across our nation

#BoostYourCommunity with VCU Health This year’s theme focuses on the continued importance of COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters. Vaccination is one of the strongest tools we have to end the COVID-19 pandemic that has disproportionately affected communities of color.

This Minority Health Month: • Get vaccinated • Keep vaccines up-to-date with booster shots • Debunk misinformation

We care about the health and safety of our communities.

To learn more, visit vcuhealth.org.

© 2022 VCU Health; American Hospital Association; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Virginia Department of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health.

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New lease on life: Wize Shahid still seeks to help other inmates following his release from the Virginia prison system after more than two decades Continued from A1

At age 24, Mr. Shahid was sentenced to 39 years prison after being convicted in 2002 of eight offenses resulting from his arrest during a traffic stop. Charges included distribution of narcotics, possession with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony and malicious wounding of an officer who scraped his knee during the arrest.

During his decades imprisoned at different facilities, Mr. Shahid worked to improve the lives of his fellow inmates. He participated in and helped create programs such as re-entry training sessions, and aided other inmates. He eventually became a paid trainer and mentor, gaining supporters inside and outside the prison walls and leaving an impact on people on both sides.

“I think they are impacted by my perseverance,” said Mr. Shahid, noting he worked to foster positive change for those in prison. He said he also kept a positive outlook despite the circumstances.

His efforts to be released from prison, which first began during the tenure of former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who left office in January 2018, eventually were taken up by The Exodus Foundation, founded by Dr. Madeline G. McClenney, a Baptist minister and prison abolitionist in 1999 to address

the situation of African-Americans in the U.S. criminal justice system.

In 2021, Dr. McClenney partnered with the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond & Vicinity and Richmond’s Community Wealth Building Office to form the “Save Robert Henry Green Coalition.” More than 40 state and local community and religious groups advocated for Mr. Shahid’s pardon by reaching out to then-Gov. Northam and public.

Since his release, Mr. Shahid, a Halifax native, has settled into his new life in Richmond as he reconnects with family and friends. While it has taken him some time to adapt to the technological changes of the last two decades, Mr. Shahid has been aided in great part by the connections he established and maintained during his incarceration. He also has received financial, moral and mental support from The Exodus Foundation.

“I always had contact with the outside the whole time,” Mr. Shahid said. “I was constantly interacting with people through visits over the phone, and so that adjustment wasn’t hard.”

Mr. Shahid’s release was the first mission undertaken by the foundation’s Century of Mass Clemency Movement, which began in January 2021 as the launching point for a coordinated effort to see people like Mr. Shahid freed from prisons across America.

With this success, organizers are hoping their work can set an

example for similar efforts locally and nationally.

Mr. Shahid already has completed a memoir on his experiences and plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in consumer behavior psychology through online courses at Colorado Technical University.

His work in Virginia’s prisons isn’t over, he said, as he established a number of initiatives and ahead of his release. This includes a business venture, Mecca Beez American Inc., which consults with the incarcerated, prison administrations and politicians on Virginia’s prison system, and seeks to serve both the common citizen and policymakers.

Mr. Shahid also has been involved with youth-focused community events, using his experiences to “detach them from traveling down that same path,” he said. He also plans to speak at schools about his experiences.

Mr. Shahid also has continued his mentorship to inmates, returning last month to Deep Meadow Correctional Center to speak with inmates in the re-entry program. For Mr. Shahid, these initiatives are the essence of his efforts to move forward.

He wants to share his story and better the lives of others.

“That’s what it is for me,” Mr. Shahid said, “connecting people with people for the advancement of humanity. That’s the mission.”

Incoming U.S. Supreme Court Justice celebrated at White House ceremony Continued from A1

She was watching the televised Senate proceedings from the White House with President Biden when she was confirmed on a 53-47 vote, mostly along party lines. Three Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah, broke ranks with the remaining GOP members and supported her confirmation.

Presiding over the vote was Vice President Kamala Harris, also the first Black woman to be elected to that office. As she left the Capitol, the vice president told reporters she was “overjoyed, deeply moved.”

President Biden, who nominated Judge Jackson after promising to seat a Black woman on the court, tweeted afterward that “we’ve taken another step toward making our highest court reflect the diversity of America.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who led the united 50 Democrats, exulted that it was “a wonderful day, a

joyous day, an inspiring day — for the Senate, for the Supreme Court and for the United States of America.”

When she is seated, Judge Jackson will be just the third Black justice on the court, after Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman. Her arrival on the bench won’t upend the current 6-3 conservative balance. But in addition to the racial history, it will for the first time put four women on the court at one time. She will join Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett on the nine-member court.

During four days of Senate hearings last month, Judge Jackson spoke of her parents’ struggles through racial segregation and said her “path was clearer” than theirs as a Black American after the enactment of civil rights laws. Her parents became educators and community leaders in Miami, Fla., where she grew up.

She attended Harvard University as an undergraduate and for law school, served as

Free COVID-19 vaccines Continued from A1

Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Monday, April 18, noon to 6 p.m. — Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd.; 1 to 7 p.m. — Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Tuesday, April 19, 4 to 6 p.m. — Southwood Pool House, Southwood Parkway and Clarkson Road, Pfizer and Moderna; 6 to 9 p.m. — The Healing Place, 2220 Stockton St., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Wednesday, April 20, 1 to 3 p.m. — Mondelez International, 6002 S. Laburnum Ave., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Islamic Center of Henrico, 7705 Impala Drive, Pfizer and Moderna.

Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible on a walk-in basis. People still may schedule an appointment online at vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received.

RHHD also offers at-home vaccinations by calling (804) 2053501 to schedule appointments.

In response to a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases nationwide, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended the mask mandate for travelers on public transportation through May 3. That includes buses, airplanes, subways and ferries.

A total of 1,115 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,679,418 cases since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 448,933 hospitalizations and 19,918 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 6.6 percent on Wednesday.

Last week, the positivity rate was 3.4 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 81.6 percent of the people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. State data also showed that more than 2.9 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 310,501 children have received their first shots, accounting for 42.9 percent of the eligible age group in the state, while 264,949 children, or 36.6 percent, are fully vaccinated, while 535 have received a booster shot or third dose. As of Wednesday, fewer than 139,900 cases, 854 hospitalizations and 10 deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22.3 percent of cases statewide and 23.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 12 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.

Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2022 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths 44,788 1,082 500 Richmond Henrico County 64,837 1,416 920 Chesterfield County 72,922 1,403 754 Hanover County 21,740 545 280

a public defender, worked at a private law firm and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission before becoming a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C. She will be the only justice with experience defending people, and her résumé shows more varied experience in the law than most of the current justices.

She told senators she would apply the law “without fear or favor,” and pushed back on Republican attempts to portray her as too lenient on criminals she had sentenced.

Her eventual elevation to the court will be a respite for Democrats, who fought three bruising battles over former President Trump’s nominees and watched Republicans cement a conservative majority in the final days of his term with Justice Barrett’s confirmation.

Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator, said that Judge

Jackson’s remarks on the White House lawn were apt.

“It is vitally important that we, as Black people, continue to remind this nation from whence we came,” she said. “The pain that it took to get to a ‘Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’ could not be understated.”

Judge Jackson gave the credit for her elevation to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights icon, as well as Black federal judicial trailblazers such as Justice Marshall and late federal Judge Constance Baker Motley.

“For all of the talk of this historic nomination and now confirmation, I think of them as the true path breakers,” Judge Jackson said. “I’m just the very lucky first inheritor of the dream of liberty and justice for all.”

Melanie L. Campbell, president and chief executive officer of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of the Black Women’s Round-

table, said there was palpable joy over what the new justice symbolizes for the country.

As the sun shined through the clouds last Friday at the White House ceremony, Ms. Campbell said, “It just felt like the ancestors were dancing.”

“I can see myself, in nowJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson,” Ms. Campbell added. “(She) understands the significance of this moment for Black women, for women, for the nation. And it is a game changer.”

Others attending the ceremony also noted the diversity at the event and the image at the center — President Biden flanked by the first Black female Supreme Court justice and the first Black and Asian American vice president.

Vice President Harris on Friday also spoke of the meaning of Judge Jackson’s confirmation for her young, Black goddaughter.

“When I presided over the Senate confirmation vote yesterday, while I was sitting there, I drafted a note to my goddaughter,” Vice President Harris said.

“I told her that I felt such a deep sense of pride and joy about what this moment means for our nation and for her future.”

Speaking directly to Judge Jackson, the vice president added: “And I will tell you, her braids are just a little longer than yours.”

Ms. Turner said Judge Jackson’s elevation is cause for celebration for people of all races and creeds in this country.

“Not only should the entire Black community be proud, the entire country should be proud because this has certainly been a long time coming,” she said.

“And from this victory, we certainly have an opportunity to continue to build and create more victories. We’re not done yet.”

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a slim majority had backed for months.

She joined board members Liz B. Doerr, 1st District; Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District; Dawn C. Page, 8th District; and Nicole Jones, 9th District, in supporting an 1,800-student school.

Before the vote, Ms. Harris-Muhammed told her colleagues that the board has to have schools that are built to serve the district’s entire community.

Mayor Stoney praised the School Board in a statement released Tuesday morning.

“The Richmond School Board did the right thing last night. They put Richmond’s children first.”

He continued: “City Council can now vote to transfer funding knowing the school that is built will be able to accommodate all of the children who attend on the day it opens.”

City Council is expected to vote to transfer the money at its meeting on April 25.

In an interview Tuesday with the Free

Press, Ms. Jones, who represents the district in which George Wythe High School is located, expressed her pleasure and excitement about the board’s vote to move the construction process forward.

“Finally! Finally! We shot the ball through the hoop,” she said.

Ms. Jones said she never doubted that her colleagues had students’ best interests at heart.

George Wythe was built in 1960 and has been in line for replacement for many years because of its decrepit condition.

Students, parents and advocates have for months pushed the School Board to stop blocking progress to construct a new George Wythe and come to an agreement with City Council.

“This is not a game of ‘Deal or No Deal,’ ” Tisha Erby, a George Wythe graduate whose five children now are students in Richmond Public Schools, told the School Board during a public comment period before Monday night’s vote. “We need a bigger building. The board needs

to compromise with City Council.”

James “J.J.” Minor III, president of the Richmond NAACP, also released a statement calling for the funding of a new George Wythe High School without further delay.

“We further suggest that there be an understanding that the architectural plans should include the capacity to add a wing for several hundred more students when the population projections indicate the growth warrants expanding,” the statement read.

Mayor Stoney also called for the building’s plans to include an expansion, but that was not included in the motion by Ms. Page that the School Board approved.

Superintendent Jason Kamras was elated about the vote.

“I am grateful that everyone was able to find common ground so our kids could win,” Mr. Kamras told the Free Press on Tuesday morning. “Now we will roll up our sleeves and start building a world-class new George Wythe.”

Hampton University announces new president Continued from A1

tion during his 44-year tenure.

Wesley A. “Wes” Coleman, who chairs Hampton’s board, called Lt. Gen. Williams the ideal choice to handle the complexities of running a university.

“When President Harvey told us of his decision to retire, we knew we wanted to build on what he has accomplished,” Mr. Coleman stated. “We embarked on a search for a proven strategic leader.”

He stated Lt. Gen. Williams will bring to the university four decades of experience in leading complex military enterprises as well as experience with nonprofits and academe.

Mr. Coleman said that Lt. Gen. Williams’ “expertise and knowledge can only help to move our institution forward in a global world increasingly dependent on technology.”

The new president will take over a university that reports annual enrollment of 3,600 students, offers 50 bachelor’s degree programs, 25 master’s degree programs and nine doctoral programs, operates 16 research centers, including a free-standing proton beam cancer treatment center, and a satellite campus in Virginia Beach.

Lt. Gen. Williams said it is an honor to be offered the opportunity to return to serve as the 13th president of his college alma mater, a school that was founded in 1868 to educate and provide occupational training to Black people who had been freed after the Union victory in the Civil War three years earlier.

“I am thrilled to have been selected as the next president,” Lt. Gen. Williams stated, “and I will work tirelessly with students, faculty, staff, alumni and the broader community to prepare our graduates for today and for the continuously evolving, technology-

driven workforce of tomorrow.”

Lt. Gen. Williams retired from the Army in 2020 after leading the logistics agency where he oversaw a global workforce of 26,000 and $40 billion in yearly expenditures.

Based in Alexandria, he is currently a vice president of the Northern Virginiabased technology firm Leidos and directs the company’s work with Great Britain’s ministry of defense to provide logistical support to that country’s military forces.

He earned master’s degrees from Penn State University, the Armed Combined and General Staff College and National War College.

Lt. Gen. Williams began his Army career at Hampton where he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps as a scholarship cadet.

He also joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s campus chapter and served as the senior class president for the Class of 1983.

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her supporters.

That process, used first in Virginia in the Republican primary election that selected as GOP candidates Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares, would continue to drop the person with the lowest vote and redistribute votes among the remaining candidates until one person secured more than half the votes.

Ms. Jordan is pushing to make Richmond the first locality in the state to adopt

this method. Arlington and Fredericksburg also are considering adopting rank-choice voting, which already is in use in New York and dozens of other U.S. cities as well as internationally.

Ms. Jordan’s proposal has support.

Two other council members have signed on as supporters, Councilman Andreas D. Addison, 1st District, and Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch, 5th District. Ms. Jordan said she has had positive conversations with other members.

“I don’t want it to pass with just five votes,” she said. “I’d like it to pass with

most, if not all, of council in support.”

She also has hopes that Mayor Levar M. Stoney will issue an endorsement.

Ranked-choice voting has the support of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, the oldest and largest Black political group in in the city, as well as the state and Richmond Metropolitan Area chapters of the League of Women Voters and Fair Vote Virginia.

Ms. Jordan said that Richmond Voter Registrar Keith G. Balmer has expressed confidence that his office could successfully implement ranked-choice voting and educate voters about it before they go to the polls.

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Democrats angered as Gov. Youngkin vetoes 25 bipartisan bills Free Press wire, staff report

Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin vetoed 25 bills — including some that passed with broad bipartisan support — as he took action on more than 800 bills the divided legislature sent him during its regular session.

None of the vetoed bills were sponsored by Republicans, a point Democrats quickly seized on, criticizing the first-term governor as excessively partisan.

“It’s tit for tat and (the governor) wants to continue that war with us,” Democratic Sen. Creigh Deeds of Bath County said. “He doesn’t want to talk and have conversations and figure out how to govern or move forward.”

“It’s not clear to me why the governor thinks that he’s got the monopoly of what’s right for

to block the nomination of former Virginia when these bills have already Environmental Protection Agency been vetted by bipartisan majorities,” Administrator Andrew Wheeler to be said Democratic Sen. Scott SurovGov. Youngkin’s secretary of natural ell of Prince William County, who and historic resources. sponsored two bills Gov. Youngkin The General Assembly will have a vetoed. chance to override the vetoes when it Gov. Youngkin’s veto total was reconvenes later this month. Doing so higher than any other governor in his would take a two-thirds vote in both first year in office since Republican Gov. Youngkin chambers.

Jim Gilmore, who had 37 in 1998, The vetoed measures span a wide range of according to an accounting by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. Democratic Gov. policy areas. A few of the highlights include: •A bill that would have prohibited high school Ralph S. Northam, who preceded Gov. Youngkin student athletes from receiving compensation in office, was close with 20.

Democratic Sen. Adam P. Ebbin of Al- in exchange for the use of their name, image, exandria, who sponsored nine of the vetoed or likeness.

•A bill that would have prohibited heavy bills, said he sees those vetoes as retaliation against him for leading a Democratic charge truck operators from using cruise control or compression-release engine breaks while driving in active snow, sleet or freezing rain. The measure was aimed at preventing a repeat of the snowy traffic logjams on Interstate 95 in January. Gov. Youngkin said the bill would impose burdens on the trucking industry and interstate transportation without any demonstrable benefit.

•A measure that would set a three-year statute of limitations on the collection of medical

debt. In his veto statement, Gov. Youngkin said he was committed to reducing the burden of medical debt but thought the legislation would “inadvertently” capture other forms of debt.

•A measure that would have prohibited insurers from including a surcharge on the insurance premiums of tobacco users. “Requiring nontobacco users to cover the increased health care costs associated with tobacco use is not a policy I can support,” Gov. Youngkin said.

Gianni Snidle, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Virginia, also criticized the governor for offering an amendment to Virginia’s cannabis legalization law by attempting to reinstate criminal penalties for marijuana possession, something that marijuana justice advocates say will disproportionately impact Black people and people of color.

“The governor sabotaged the bipartisan work of legislators instead of signing meaningful and productive legislation to move Virginia forward,” Mr. Snidle stated. “His actions paint a clear picture that Gov. Youngkin is only interested in one thing—advancing his own personal politics and agenda, not Virginians. Democrats in the General Assembly will not allow the governor to roll back our progress.”

National Urban League finds State of Black America is grim Free Press wire report

Liberation Day

Photos by Carlos Bernate

Events marking the 157th anniversary of the liberation of Richmond during the Civil War took place Sunday, April 3. On that day in 1865, soldiers and cavalry from the Union Army’s all-Black XXV Corps finally took control of Richmond, which Confederates set ablaze during their evacuation the previous evening. Above, Imani Bell, left, and her mother, Janine Bell, perform in the Elegba Folklore Society’s dance and musical drama, “African-American Reflections on the Civil War,” that debuted at the American Civil War Museum. Below, Ana Edwards of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality speaks at a freedom ceremony in Fulton earlier in the day on the restoration of freedom in Richmond. The program was held at Main and Nicholson streets, the location on state Route 5 where Union Maj. Gen. Gregory Weitzel and the Black Corps he led first entered Richmond in 1865 and began the march to secure the city and extinguish the fires that destroyed 40 blocks along the riverfront. Beside Ms. Edwards is a photo of the state historic marker that stood at the location. The actual marker remembering the Union Corps’ advance into the city has been removed after the marker was knocked down and damaged “beyond repair,” according to state and city officials.

Former Va. police officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress The Associated Press

WASHINGTON A federal jury convicted a former Rocky Mount, Va., police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.

Jurors on Monday convicted former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas “T.J.” Robertson of all six counts he faced stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and insurrection, including charges that he interfered with police officers at the Capitol and that he entered a restricted area with a dangerous weapon, a large wooden stick.

His sentencing hearing wasn’t immediately scheduled.

Mr. Robertson’s jury trial was the second among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The first ended last month with jurors convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of all five counts in his indictment.

Mr. Robertson didn’t testify at his trial, which started April 5. Jurors deliberated for several hours over two days before reaching their unanimous verdict.

One juror, who spoke to The Associated Press only on condition of anonymity, said as she left the courthouse, “I think the government made a really compelling case and the evidence was fairly overwhelming.”

Defense attorney Mark Rollins said Mr. Robertson will ap-

peal the jury’s verdict. “While Mr. Robertson disagrees with the jury’s decision, he respects the rule of law,” Mr. Rollins said in a statement.

A key witness for prosecutors in his case was Jacob Fracker, who also served on the Rocky Mount police force and viewed Mr. Robertson as a mentor and father figure. Mr. Fracker was scheduled to be tried alongside Mr. Robertson before he pleaded guilty last month to a conspiracy charge and agreed to cooperate with authorities. Mr. Fracker testified on April 7 that he had hoped the mob that attacked the Capitol could overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Mr. Robertson was charged with six counts—obstruction of Congress, interfering with officers during a civil disorder, entering a restricted area while carrying a dangerous weapon, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted area while carrying a dangerous weapon, disorderly or disruptive conduct inside the Capitol building, and obstruction. The last charge stems from his alleged post-riot destruction of cellphones belonging to him and Mr. Fracker.

During the trial’s closing arguments last Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower said Mr. Robertson went to Washington and joined a “violent vigilante mob” because he believed the election was stolen from then-President Trump.

He used the wooden stick to interfere with outnumbered

police before he joined the crowd pouring into the Capitol, she said.

“The defendant did all this because he wanted to overturn the election,” Ms. Berkower said.

Mr. Rollins conceded that Mr. Robertson broke the law when he entered the Capitol during the riot. He encouraged jurors to convict Mr. Robertson of misdemeanor offenses but urged them to acquit Mr. Robertson of felony charges that he used the stick as a dangerous weapon and that he intended to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote.

“There were no plans to go down there and say, ‘I’m going to stop Congress from doing this vote,’” Mr. Rollins said.

Mr. Fracker testified that he initially believed that he was merely trespassing when he entered the Capitol building. However, he ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiring with Mr. Robertson to obstruct Congress.

The town fired Mr. Robertson and Mr. Fracker after the riot. Rocky Mount is about 25 miles south of Roanoke and has roughly 5,000 residents.

Mr. Robertson has been jailed since U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in July that he violated the terms of his pretrial release by possessing firearms.

More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot.

More than 250 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors.

percent more likely to die of prostate cancer.

ATLANTA Overdoses afflict the races about equally, The National Urban League released its an- while white people are 55 percent more likely nual report on the State of Black America on to drink themselves to death through cirrhosis or Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s chronic liver disease. Among people ages15 to Equality Index shows Black people still get 24, white people are more than twice as likely only 73.9 percent of the American pie white to kill themselves, while Black men are nine people enjoy. times more likely to die by homicide.

While Black people have made Educational gaps abound: Black economic and health gains, they’ve and white preschoolers are roughly slipped further behind white people equally prepared, but the classrooms in education, social justice and civic they enter are starkly different. Schools engagement since this index was with more minority students are more launched in 2005. A compendium of likely to have inexperienced, less average outcomes by race in many trained and even uncertified teachers. aspects of life, the report shows just Fewer of these students are enrolled how hard it is for people of color to in the STEM classes that can lead to Mr. Morial overcome systemic racism, the civil higher-paying jobs. Black students are rights organization says. less likely to graduate from college.

“These numbers change so little and so slowly.

The index uses U.S. Justice Department staWhat it tells me is that this institutional disparity tistics to chart social justice differences, noting based on race seems to be built into American that Black people have been more than twice society,” National Urban League President Marc as likely as white people to experience threats H. Morial said in an interview. or uses of force during police encounters, and The index shows not only that the median three times more likely to be jailed if arrested. household income for Black people, at $43,862, In 2020, they were 93 percent more likely to is 37 percent less than that of white people, at be victims of hate crimes. $69,823. Black people also are less likely to Measuring civic engagement, the index cites benefit from home ownership, the engine of 2020 Census data showing that white people are generational wealth in America. Census data about 5 percent more likely to be registered and shows Black couples are more than twice as to actually vote than Black people. likely as their white counterparts to be denied Mr. Morial chose to release the report in a mortgage or a home improvement loan, Atlanta, where a concentration of historically which leads to just 59 percent of the median Black colleges – Spelman and Morehouse colhome equity white households have, and just leges and Clark Atlanta University—have long 13 percent of their wealth. represented high achievement among African“In that area of wealth, we’ve seen almost no Americans, in part because its survey shows a change, none, since the civil rights days,” Mr. Morial declining faith among young people that voting said. “The wealth disparity has gotten wider.” can make a difference. The National Urban Among dozens of health measures, one stands League is responding by launching a “Reclaim out: Life expectancy has declined slightly for Your Vote” campaign.

African-Americans, so a Black child born today “Georgia is ground zero for voter suppression,” can expect to live to 74.7, four years less than a Mr. Morial said. “The legislature’s actions after white baby. And lifelong inequities loom: Black Jan. 6 have been sweeping in their aggressivewomen are 59 percent more likely to die as a ness to suppress the vote. We’ve got to remain result of bearing a child, and 31 percent more resolute, to push back against this. We cannot likely to die of breast cancer. Black men are 52 give in. We cannot give up.”

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During this season of rebirth, may your heart rejoice with the hope and happiness of Easter.

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Brother Biden, please keep another promise or two I do this thing in my head with President Biden. When he gets on my nerves, I often call him President. When I want something from him or want to thank him for something, I call him Brother Biden.

As I write this, I thank him for our incoming U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and, like so many of us, I’m celebrating her gracious, humble and generous presence. She inspires me, and that’s an understatement. I admire how she has managed to keep her effervescent smile through the kind of nonsense that would have me throwing punches. Ted Cruz, really?

Lindsey Graham, really? These privileged white men attempted to rattle the cage of a woman who couldn’t be taken off her game. May we all have some measure of her restraint.

So thank you, Brother Biden, for doing the right thing. But it isn’t the only right thing you can do. You talked about reparations during the 2020 campaign. Now there is legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass HR 40, the legislation that the late Congressman John Conyers of Michigan introduced annually since 1989 and that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is now carrying. The votes

are almost there, but the U.S. Senate will not pass it. Why not do an executive order to study the reparations issue officially? It would take a stroke of your pen to make this happen. Why won’t you do the right thing?

You also agreed to forgive some student loan debt. While it is clear that there is some

Julianne Malveaux pushback on forgiving all debt, why not take the first step by forgiving some of it? With a stroke of a pen, you could forgive at least $10,000 of it for everyone who carries debt, and we know that Black folk, in particular, have more. What is preventing you from honoring a campaign promise and helping needy people?

As an educator, I’m more than familiar with the equity arguments that the likes of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia make.

Is it fair for working-class folks to carry the debt of the highly educated? Did people take out too many loans for the wrong purposes? What will loan forgiveness cost? From an equity perspective, Sen. Manchin may have a minor point. There is a flip side, though.

What will it cost us if we don’t forgive the loans?

We already see the delayed adulthood of some young people with the accelerated adulthood of others. In other words, affluent young people buy homes, while young folks with less privileged

backgrounds are graduating from college and moving back into their parents’ homes, crippled by student loan debt. These different circumstances exacerbate the wealth gap. Brother Biden, you have an opportunity to make a difference in millions of lives.

Democrats are sitting in the crosshairs. They are worried about the 2022 election and turnout when President Biden’s (not Brother Biden’s) rankings are tanking. He has options, though, and one of them is to keep more of his promises. It would take him 5 minutes to do student loan forgiveness. It would take another five to offer an executive order about reparations. And most importantly, it would take him some concentrated effort to put his shoulder to the wheel on voting rights.

The Republicans in the Senate do not have his back, even as a special few supported the confirmation of Justice Jackson.

Those same three ­— GOP Sens.

Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah know that voting rights have been trampled on. They know that they can do the right thing. They won’t do it because they don’t have to and because too many of them are currying favor with former President Trump to speak out of their integrity.

They spoke of their integrity when they voted to confirm Justice Jackson. They spoke of integrity and history when they stood up and explained their votes. They spoke lofty words,

Lynching finally a hate crime I can’t completely or accurately articulate my elation upon witnessing President Biden signing the Emmett Till AntiLynching Act into law late last month. With his signature, he affirmed what Congress had acknowledged — that lynching was, indeed, a federal hate crime.

My only question was, “Why has it taken so long?”

During the past century, the effort to legally outlaw lynching federally failed more than 200 times. I cannot and never have been able to understand how lynching could not have been determined as the physical embodiment of hatred.

This signing event brought a myriad of thoughts and memories to mind. The image of the NAACP “lynching flag” swirled through my mind. This flag with the inscribed words, “A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY,” was flown from the window of the NAACP national headquarters, formerly in New York, whenever a lynching had been confirmed in the United States.

Although named after Emmitt Till, the teen who was brutally murdered in 1955, the act recognizes the thousands of mostly African-Americans who met their fate at the end of a noose or by some other diabolical means generated in the malignant minds of racists.

Reflecting on the events lodged in my mind, I thought of the lynching of Hayes and Mary Turner, the circumstances of which truly epitomize racial hatred. In 1918, in Morven, Ga., 25-year-old Hayes Turner was accused of killing an abusive white landowner and subsequently lynched. Mr. Turner’s 18-year-old wife, Mary, publicly opposed his lynching and threatened legal action against the white people who had murdered him.

The following day, Ms.

Dr. E. Faye Williams Turner was hanged upside down from a tree, doused with gasoline and motor oil, and set on fire. She was still alive when a member of the mob split her abdomen open with a knife and her unborn child fell to the ground. The baby was stomped and crushed. Her body was riddled with hundreds of bullets. Those actions can only be the product of hatred.

I also reflected on 2005 when Janet Langhart Cohen, Mark Planning, Dick Gregory and I walked into the offices of almost every U.S. senator, promoting a 2005 anti-lynching bill. Our goals were lofty. Among them was the renaming the Richard Russell Senate Office Building, named after the notorious and rabidly racist Georgia senator. This building was representative of the prestige and authority of one-half of our governing body and we felt its name was

inconsistent with the spirit of our entire nation.

When we were unable to garner sufficient support for a name change, then-U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana offered an alternative – an apology from the U.S. Senate for failing to acknowledge and apologize for the nation’s legacy of lynching. The U.S. House of Representatives had done so. Several U.S. presidents had done so. It was unconscionable that an apology had never been offered by the U.S. Senate.

After numerous meetings and intensive lobbying, the Senate finally offered its apologies. The refusals by the few senators who objected to the apology spoke volumes about their character and those who supported them.

Now, at long last, we’ve gone past a mere “We’re sorry.” We have legal punitive enhancements in place to discourage the commission of crimes based upon hate and animus. We finally have put some teeth into it.

Realistically, a point of common logic informs us that legal deterrence only has limited success. Racial hatred, which is the fuel for the most egregious of violent offenses will continue to motivate acts of ill will. Fortunately, we now have a tool to put racial hatred in its proper place.

The writer is a minister, a U.N. peace ambassador, an author and radio show host and president of the Dick Gregory Society.

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but there are only a few words they will use to stand up against their bullying party. We have to give them credit for speaking out, but we must also ask why more Republicans won’t stand on the side of integrity.

Instead, we have blustering bullies who would publicly bully a woman of extreme faith and integrity, who are more enamored with their own voices than with the truth.

President Biden, stop trying to reason with these idiots. Stop being a senator and start being a president. Use your executive orders to move your student loans and voting rights agenda. Push them to the limit, like they are pushing you to yours.

Thank you for Justice Jackson. Is it within the realm of possibility that I might thank you again in these next few months? I hope so.

The writer is an economist, author and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State University, Los Angeles.

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Save Adult Alternative Program to help former convicts Re “Re-entry training program locked out of former school building,” Free Press April 7-9 edition: I worked in the corrections field for more than 30 years and I know some of the convicts are seeking positive change in their lives when released. I do not understand why in the world Kenneth Williams’ 90-day re-entry program, the Adult Alternative Program in Richmond, would be on the chopping block.

Kudos goes out to Mr. Williams for creating a program for convicts that would get them a trade or skill in order to be gainfully employed and become productive citizens.

I see the Richmond Free Press questioned City Hall concerning this matter and received no response. Does Richmond City Council or the city government value human lives and the right to be productive citizens?

Yes, these people are former convicts but they deserve the right to become productive citizens in our community. Are we consumed too much by the prospect of a new casino, new apartment complexes, etc., that we forget about the little man?

The money Mr. Williams is asking for is just a drop in the bucket compared to other high-end ventures the city is engaged in. One example of this is having the Washington Commanders football team in town. As far as finances are concerned, we are not receiving much of a return on taxpayers’ dollars on that venture. Yes, we do get fanfare and exposure for this, but that’s about all.

Keeping the training program for former convicts open now definitely seems to be low on the totem pole for city government, but it should not be. The city should welcome this program with

open arms in order to help those returning to the community from prison and jail.

With all of the violence going on, this is one way to try and keep it down along with other initiatives. This program needs to be funded expeditiously.

Please, please do not let the doors close on the Adult Alternative Program. We badly need this program.

And, Mr. Williams, thanks for all you are doing to change lives one person at a time.

ERNEST PARKER JR. Richmond The writer is a former interim superintendent of the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center.

Slow down in highway work zones April 11-15 is National Work Zone Awareness Week.

As stewards of taxpayer dollars, we are entrusted to safely deliver quality transportation improvements on time and on budget. You will see Virginia Department of Transportation crews and contractors in work zones conducting construction and maintenance activities. Our work directly serves the Commonwealth and the 14-county Richmond District’s residents and communities 24/7, 365 days a year. We are honored to Keep Virginia Moving.

We are professionals and have prepared for your safe travel through our work space. Despite our best efforts, highway work zones can be dangerous for our crews and those driving through. Sobering numbers back that up.

In 2021: • Crashes within a work zone increased 41 percent; • Fatalities within a work zone increased 155 percent; • Injuries within a work zone increased 20 percent; • Speeding crashes within a work zone increased 35 percent; and • Distracted Driving crashes within a work zone increased 27 percent.

We’ve also seen the deadly trend across the

country. In 2010, the United States saw 586 fatalities in work zones. By 2019, the number was up to 842, a 43 percent increase. In far too many cases, driver inattention or reckless behavior is to blame.

Simply put, this loss of lives can be prevented, but we need your help. We do not work alone. Each time you drive into one of our necessary work zones, you become part of our team. A safe work zone requires a total team effort.

As a team member, when you enter a work zone remember: • Work zones are a sign to slow down.

• Pay attention to the road in front of you.

• Ignore your phone and other distractions.

• Drive defensively.

Highway workers deserve safe working conditions. In order to have a safe workplace, they rely on drivers to stay safe and alert. Highway crews and drivers must work together to ensure safety on Virginia’s highways.

Please commit yourself to teamwork by putting safety first in highway work zones. Our choices matter and they have consequences. Let’s all go home to our families safely. Far too often, someone does not.

SHANE MANN VDOT Richmond District engineer

We stand

America and her own oligarchs Who are America’s oligarchs?

Our white male politicians yanked the teeth out of our nation’s anti-trust laws to allow this.

Former President Trump is not alone. Our senators and congress members are in it with him. They have no decency.

Did U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia raise his daughter, Heather M. Bresch, the retired CEO of Mylan pharmaceutical company who was at the center of the EpiPen price inflation scandal, to have an ounce of decency or caring for others?

How many members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma that was at the center of the nation’s deadly opioid crisis and resulting lawsuits, had an ounce of caring about how many lives they were destroying with drug overdoses?

How many people have died because they could not afford diabetes medicine?

I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Greedy white people will do anything

YOU CAN STILL FILE

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Get rid of debts that you can’t pay.

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

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

Start with as little as $100

to satisfy their greed.

If you want to see a TV series sure to make you sick, watch “The Bronx Is Burning.”

Then ask yourself, “Why is

America not dealing with its own oligarchs?”

NAOMI GAYLE SAUNDERS Richmond

for Equality Justice Opportunity Freedom

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A8 April 14-16, 2022

Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Pittsburgh backup QB Dwayne Haskins hit, killed in Florida Dwayne Haskins, who arrived in Washington three seasons ago as one of the NFL’s most promising newcomers, died Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale after being hit by a dump truck as he was attempting to cross Interstate 595 on foot.

The 24-year-old Mr. Haskins, who was known as “Simba,” was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. The incident Dwayne Haskins happened about 6:37 a.m.

Investigators are trying to determine why he was on the roadway.

Mr. Haskins had been in South Florida training with other members of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which had signed him in 2021 after he was let go by the Washington NFL team.

A native of New Jersey who moved with his family to Potomac, Md., when he was in high school, Mr. Haskins had a brilliant senior season at Ohio State University, where he set single-season passing and touchdown records both for Ohio State and in the Big Ten Conference. He also won the Sammy Baugh Trophy for being the nation’s top quarterback and was MVP of the Rose Bowl.

Mr. Haskins was drafted 15th overall by the Washington NFL franchise in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft. He was viewed as the team’s answer to a long-term quality quarterback.

But it didn’t happen. In two seasons in Washington, he threw 12 touchdowns but suffered 14 interceptions and the coaching staff quickly soured on his potential.

After two turbulent seasons in D.C., he was released and signed in 2021 with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Mr. Haskins was the Steelers’ third-string quarterback this past season, behind Ben Roethlisberger, who is now retired, and Mason Rudolph. Earlier this year, the Steelers added Mitchell Trubisky from Buffalo.

On the night of his death, a moment of silence was observed prior to the Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League game with the Washington Capitals.

Baseball’s Tommy Davis dies at 83 Tommy Davis, among the greatest hitters in Los Angeles Dodgers history, died Sunday, April 3, 2022. He was Tommy Davis 83 and residing in Phoenix.

Mr. Davis’ best season was 1962, when he led the National League in hitting (.346), runs batted in (153) and hits (230).

The outfielder led the National League in hitting in both 1962 and 1963 (.326) and was a three-time NL All-Star.

His back-to-back hitting crowns are the only two such awards ever won by a Dodger.

For his career, Mr. Davis played in 1,999 games, had 7,223 at-bats, 2,121 hits, 153 home runs and 1,052 RBIs. He was part of the Dodgers’ World Series titles in 1959, 1963 and 1965, although a broken ankle kept him out of the 1965 Series.

A phone call from Jackie Robinson, then with the Brooklyn Dodgers, changed the course of Mr. Davis’ career. As a senior at Boys High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was leaning toward signing with the New York Yankees before Robinson called his home.

Robinson’s influence paid off and Mr. Davis soon signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers for a $4,000 bonus. The franchise moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958.

After playing for Los Angeles from 1959 to 966, Mr. Davis went on to play for 10 different teams in the next 10 years while being utilized often as a designated hitter. He never regained his natural speed after the broken ankle.

With the Dodgers, Mr. Davis often played in the same outfield with speedy centerfielder Willie Davis. They were not related.

Mr. Davis worked with the Dodgers’ Human Relations team following his retirement as a player.

NFL Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright succumbs at 76 Rayfield Wright, a mainstay on five Dallas Cowboys teams that reached the Super Bowl, died Thursday, April 7, 2022.

He was 76 and had been in failing health since suffering a seizure.

Known as “Big Cat” for his nimble feet, the 6-foot-7, Rayfield Wright 270-pound offensive lineman played on the Cowboys’ Super Bowl teams in 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977 and 1978.

Dallas was crowned the champion following the 1971 and 1977 seasons.

Mr. Wright also played in the famed “Ice Bowl” in the 1967 NFC Championship game at Green Bay, Wis. In temperatures of 13 degrees below zero, the Packers won on the final play of the game.

Mr. Wright was a six-time Pro Bowl selection, a three-time All-Pro and was named to the NFL Hall of Fame in 2006.

From Griffin, Ga., Mr. Wright followed a winding path from Fort Valley State University in Georgia to the Cowboys and the Hall of Fame. He was more about basketball in high school and went to Fort Valley State on a hoops scholarship. It wasn’t until his second year at the HBCU that he took up football.

A seventh round draft pick in the NFL’s 1967 draft, Mr. Wright went on to play from 1967 to 1979 with the Cowboys and with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1980. He played in a total of 166 NFL games.

His Cowboys teammates during the 1970s included future Hall of Famers Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro and Tony Dorsett.

Mr. Wright is one of 29 athletes from HBCUs to make the NFL Hall of Fame. The Fort Valley Wildcats now compete in the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or SIAC.

Gigliotti already fan favorite as Flying Squirrels open at The Diamond Born on Valentine’s Day 1996, it didn’t take Michael Gigliotti long to become a sweetheart to the fans of the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

In his debut with the Flying Squirrels and in Class AA baseball, the left-handed outfielder went four-for-four with a home run, four runs batted and two stolen bases during Richmond’s 9-2 win over the Bowie Baysox in Maryland last Saturday.

The Flying Squirrels, an Eastern League affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, won the first two games at Bowie before dropping the Sunday finale 11-6.

Gigliotti, hitting ninth in manager Dennis Pelfrey’s lineup, added a hit, run, RBI and another stolen base in the get-away game.

The Flying Squirrels opened at home Tuesday night to a sellout crowd against the Altoona Curve of Pennsylvania.

San Francisco Giants legend Will Clark, a six-time All-Star whose No. 22 jersey will be retired by the Giants this summer, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at The Diamond.

This is the 12th conMichael Gigliotti secutive opening night sellout for the Flying Squirrels since the franchise located to Richmond in 2010.

The 6-foot, 180-pound Gigliotti, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is in his first season with the Giants’ organization following stints with the Kansas City and Tampa Bay minor league affiliates.

He was selected by Kansas City in the fourth round of the 2017 major-league draft following

a distinguished career at Lipscomb University in Nashville.

Another former collegian on the Flying Squirrels’ roster is right-handed pitcher Solomon Bates out of the University of Southern Solomon Bates California.

Bates has a 14-5 overall minor league record with 168 strikeouts in 124 frames since 2018 when he was an eighth-round draft pick by San Francisco.

Eastern League teams will continue to play six-game sets against the same opponent this season. Following the Flying Squirrels’ home stand, the team will travel to Erie, Pa., for a six-game series April 19 through 24.

Trinity Episcopal alumni Armando Bacot, Henry Coleman III bring attention to school During the college basketball playoffs, few high schools had more to whoop ‘n’ hollar about than Trinity Episcopal School on Richmond’s South Side.

Two Titans alums spelled double trouble in the postseason.

Armando Bacot, who played his first three years of high school ball at Trinity, helped the University of North Carolina to the NCAA Tournament final in New Orleans.

Meanwhile, Henry Coleman III, who played all four high school seasons at Trinity, spurred Texas A&M University to the NIT title game at Madison Square Garden.

The 6-foot-10 Bacot garnered a majority of the nationwide attention for UNC, posting

double-doubles for points and rebounds in all six NCAA Tournament games. It was the first time in NCAA history that happened.

But don’t overlook Coleman, the son of Hank and Cynthia Coleman.

H a n k Coleman, a senior vice president for Bank of Armando Bacot America, played football at Virginia Tech from 1991 to 1995.

The 6-foot-8, 243-pound sophomore averaged 11 points and six rebounds for the Texas A&M Aggies, who won four

games in the NIT tournament before falling 73-72 to Xavier in the title match.

Coleman had seven points and nine rebounds against Xavier in the heartbreaking finale.

Colem a n played his first college season at Duke before transferring to Henry Coleman Texas A&M to play under former Virginia Tech Coach Buzz Williams.

As one might suspect, Trinity was a statewide powerhouse with both Bacot and Coleman in Coach Richard Hamlin’s lineup.

The Titans were 35-1 in 2016-17 and 26-4 in 2017-18, while competing in the Virginia Independent Association.

Bacot left Trinity to play his final prep season at IMG Academy in Florida.

Founded in 1972 on the south banks of the James River, Trinity Episcopal has been producing Division I talent for years.

Among the recent alumni are Torey Burston and Khris Lane, who played at Virginia Commonwealth University; Tomas Jasiulionis, St. John’s; Burke Smith, Boise State; Jason Ward, Old Dominion University; Austin Williams, Drexel; Aaron Duhart, Army; A.J. Williams, UNC-Greensboro; and Zack Jacobs, James Madison University.

VCU Rams seeing players head out and come on board No Virginia Commonwealth University basketball roster should be written with anything more permanent than a No. 2 pencil.

And don’t press too hard on the lead.

The “C” in VCU might stand for “changing” following a dizzying cycle of comings and goings that are likely far from finished.

Background: Coach Mike Rhoades’ Rams finished this past season with a 2210 record that ended with a second round NIT loss at Wake Forest.

“Seniors?”: Should be scripted with quote marks and a question mark due to the “bonus year” traditional seniors have been granted due to the pandemic.

The Rams had three “seniors” on its most recent team. Reserve Levi Stockard, the lone “senior” with no more eligibility, has moved on. Starting guard KeShawn Curry has another season but has indicated he will not return.

All-Atlantic 10 Conference Vince Williams, also with another year of eligibility, has filed for the NBA draft, but could

change his mind and return. Indications are he will not.

Portal departures: Since the NCAA ruled that athletes can transfer without sitting out a season, there has Zeb Jackson been an explosion of movement. College hoops has turned into something akin to pro free agency.

Rams signing up for the portal are Mikeal Brown-Jones, Marcus Tsohonis and Jimmy Nichols, all backups, and shot blocker extraordinaire Hason Ward.

Portal arrival: Zeb Jackson, a 6-foot-4 guard, is transferring to VCU from the University of Michigan. A highly-touted prep performer in Florida, Jackson never fit in with Wolverines Coach Juwan Howard.

Fresh faces: Coach Rhoades has signed two very promising incoming freshmen ­— 6-foot-10 Christian Fermin from Pocono,

Penn., and 6-foot-7 Alphonzo “Fatts” Billups from Varina.

Training room update: Returning to the 2022-23 roster are 6-foot-7 Jamir Watkins and 6-foot-4 Jalen McAllister, both of whom missed all of last season with leg injuries.

Familiar faces: Scholarship returnees from the 21-10 club are Ace Baldwin, Jalen DeRoach, Jayden Nunn, Nick Kern, Josh Banks and walk-on Arnold Henderson VI, the most tenured Ram with three full seasons behind him.

That gives VCU 10 scholarship players. The NCAA limit is 13. Expect VCU to fill each opening with either freshmen or transfers.

The transfer portal, the extra year extended for COVID-19 and the NameImage-Likeness (NIL) has changed the face of college hoops.

The situation is fluid. So in making out your roster, don’t reach for the ballpoint pen quite yet.

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Tiger Woods comes back, but not enough to win Tiger Woods showed stamina and power in his spirited golfing comeback, but his accuracy betrayed him at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. In his first official tournament since suffering serious leg injuries AP Photo on Feb. 23, 2021, Tiger shot a 13Tiger Woods over par 301 (71, 74, 78, 78) and was far out of contention.

Scottie Scheffler claimed the coveted Green Jacket with a 10 under.

On the plus side, Tiger was able to negotiate the hilly Augusta National course with little problem and was his same old long-hitting self off the tee.

For example, he flexed his muscles on the second hole in Sunday’s fourth round with a 335-yard missile of a drive, much to the delight of the huge gallery that followed the full four days.

His putting was his downfall throughout, with numerous three-putt greens and even a four-putt in Saturday’s round.

“I felt like I putted a million times,” he told the media after Saturday’s round.

Tiger will be back on the practice range soon. He announced he will play in the British Open in July and may enter the May 19-22 PGA in Tulsa, Okla.

Despite signs he is on the road to recovery, the odds of Tiger catching Jack Nicklaus for the number of career major titles dims. Nicklaus won 18 majors between 1962 and 1986. Woods’ 15 majors came between 1997 and 2019.

Tiger won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2019; the PGA in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007; the U.S. Open in 2000, 2002 and 2008; and the British Open in 2000, 2005 and 2006.

VSU to add soccer and lacrosse Virginia State University is expanding its list of intercollegiate sports.

Under the “Greater Happens Here” mantra, VSU is adding women’s soccer and men’s and women’s lacrosse, with games starting this fall and men’s soccer in spring 2023.

A soccer/lacrosse field is now under construction adjacent to the VSU Multi-Purpose Center. The field is expected to be completed in May. Currently, VSU offers 17 sports—eight for men, eight for women, plus co-ed cheerleading.

VSU competes under the umbrella of the CIAA and NCAA Division II.

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For the last six years, Sharon Simmons Jennings has helped put pep in the step of women throughout Richmond.

The Henrico resident founded the Richmond Chapter of GirlTrek in 2016, and in the years since, has worked to ensure a welcoming and motivating atmosphere for the group, its many members and the many walking trips they take throughout Richmond and elsewhere.

GirlTrek calls itself a “health revolution for Black women,” with walking becoming the pathway to self-care, healing and transforming Black lives.

Since the nonprofit began in Washington in 2010 with two friends, T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, it has grown to more than 1 million members who commit to walking daily.

Energized by that daily movement, the women talk, organize and shift to policy changes by mobilizing members to support advocacy efforts and bolster families and communities.

The benefits are many, from improving personal health to inspiring daughters and reclaiming communities, according to organizers.

“GirlTrek is a truly a lifesaving sisterhood,” Ms. Jennings says. “We join together to enjoy fun, fellowship and fitness, whether it’s walking every Saturday, going to brunch or supporting our sisters through life events.”

The physical and mental rewards of GirlTrek Richmond’s work are a big part of its appeal for Ms. Jennings, who cites walking as a key benefit during her weight loss and battle with cancer.

“As you walk, you strengthen your mind, body and soul,” Ms. Jennings says. “You allow yourself to be free.”

Ms. Jennings first became involved with GirlTrek at the urging of her daughter, who was walking with GirlTrek while pursuing a law degree in Washington, D.C. She was so inspired, that she started the group in Richmond, which now

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Happenings Personality: Sharon S. Jennings Spotlight on Virginia State Coach of GirlTrek has more than 800 members.

There are several active chapters in Metro Richmond, as well as chapters in other Virginia locales.

As a volunteer leader, Ms. Jennings leads walks in Richmond and elsewhere. GirlTrek members also participate as walkers in other local events, such as the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K, the annual Walk for Autism and the Richmond Marathon.

As GirlTrek’s Virginia State Coach, Ms. Jennings’ major focus is to present walking opportunities for women in need of a way to unwind and prioritize their well-being. She also works to help them develop their walking abilities through fun and interesting locations that encourage participants to “go beyond what they thought they could do.”

“Each day someone needing to walk and talk comes along,” Ms. Jennings says. “We walk each other through grief, sickness, pains from taking care of elderly parents and the pressures of life.

“If one lady says ‘I need to walk,’ then you can be assured that we meet her to walk.”

Meet a leader making better health a walk in the park and this week’s Personality, Sharon Simmons Jennings: No. 1 volunteer position: GirlTrek Virginia State Coach.

Occupation: Project manager.

Date and place of birth: June 13 in Richmond.

Where I live now: Henrico County.

Education: Human resource degree, by way of virtual classes while in the U.S. Air Force.

Family: Daughter, Sharita, and sister, Gilda, both members of GirlTrek.

GirlTrek is: A lifestyle change

to heal our bodies, inspire our daughters and reclaim the streets of our neighborhoods. It actually helped save me during my weight loss journey and during my fight with cancer.

Mission of GirlTrek: To unleash a mass movement for health justice.

Founders: GirlTrek started with our founders, T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison in 2010 in Washington, D.C. Why GirlTrek is more than just a walking club for Black women: GirlTrek is a truly a life-saving sisterhood. We join together to enjoy fun, fellowship and fitness, whether it’s walking every Saturday, going to brunch or supporting our sisters through life events. And GirlTrek is not just in Richmond.

There are more than 1 million women walking with GirlTrek around the country and even in Ghana.

GirlTrek gets its inspiration from: We are inspired and led by the shadow of Harriet Tubman. Like Harriet, we may

have to walk alone … to quicken change or to slow down demands, to listen to our own heartbeats or to release to the sky. And when we find that kind of strength — to hope — to take that solo walk — to step out of on faith toward our healthiest, most fulfilled lives, the mission then becomes deeply personal — to come back and get a sister. GirlTrek is a life-saving sisterhood.

Number of national chapters: GirlTrek has active walkers in more than 2,500 cities.

When the Virginia group was established: I cannot say for sure, but I started the Richmond Chapter in 2016.

Where Virginia GirlTrek chapters are located: We have groups in Central Richmond; West End Richmond; South of the James; Hampton; Norfolk; and Stafford.

How GirlTrek works for participants: It works, as the numbers speak for themselves: ● 61 percent of Black women lost weight. ● 90 percent experienced fewer symptoms of depression. ● 28 percent were prescribed less medication than previous years. ● 59 percent walk daily at life-saving levels. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that is walking 30 minutes a day five days per week. ● 56 percent have sustained a habit of daily walking for more than one year.

Typical GirlTrek outing: On Superhero Saturdays, we meet and greet and take in the beautiful scenery of Richmond. Our favorite trek is walking across the beautiful James River. Typi-

cal walks are 5 to 6 miles. But we leave no one behind. If someone comes to walk, we let them set the distance and pace.

How I connected with GirlTrek and became a leader: My daughter, Sharita, started walking with GirlTrek in D.C. while in law school. She asked me to come out and meet the ladies. I fell in love with the sisterhood and fellowship. I then decided to put on the GirlTrek Superhero Blue shirt here in Richmond and surely others just joined in. We have more than 893 members here in Richmond alone.

No. 1 goal or project as the Virginia leader: My goal is simply to present an opportunity to walk for someone who needs to let go and unwind and put herself first.

Strategy for achieving goals: Keeping the walks fun and interesting. Some of our trekkers never thought they’d be hiking and climbing mountains. My goal is to help others go beyond what they thought they could do and then watch them celebrate when they reach that goal.

My walking shoes are: Ons or ASICS. My daily walking goal: To reach 15,000 steps, which equals 6 miles daily.

GirlTrek partners with: Columbia Sportswear, Let’s Move, the NAACP and the National Park Service, to name a few.

How to get involved with GirlTrek: Visit the website www.girltrek.org and take the pledge to walk. Ask to join our Facebook page, Girltrek: Richmond, VA. A perfect day for me: Walking along the James River during sunrise or sunset and exhaling.

What I am learning about myself during the pandemic: That Richmond has so much

beauty you cannot see while driving in a car. It is a whole different, beautiful site when you walk. Trying new things, hiking, rock climbing, we can do it all.

When I walk, I think about: Those who cannot walk. I think about my blessings and I talk to my mom and sister who are no longer with me.

Person who inspires me to walk: It’s not just one person.

But when I see a person who is walking with a limp, a brace or a disability, I think if they can do it, then so can I. I am inspired by their determination to keep it moving no matter what.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Hiking is my new love. I just love the outdoors and pushing myself to get to that view at the top.

Quote that inspires me: Always believe that something wonderful is going to happen.

Even with all the ups and downs, never take a day for granted.

Cherish the little things and hug the ones you love.

Friends describe me as: Energetic, short and always smiling, selfless in giving and sharing.

At the top of my “to-do” list: To walk with any person who is undergoing chemo alone.

My sister and friends didn’t let me do one treatment alone and I want to ensure I am there for any woman going through cancer. My list includes working with the hospitals to get back to visiting chemo patients now that COVID-19 is under control.

Best late-night snack: A bowl of grapes and cheese.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: To treat everyone exactly as you would like to be treated.

Person who influenced me the most: My mom, Julia M. Simmons. She smiled through all her ups and downs, roadblocks and pains. No one could take her joy.

Next goal: To learn to swim, and maybe to walk a full marathon.

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Will Smith gets 10-year ban over Oscar slap Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.

The move on April 8 comes after a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response to Mr. Smith’s actions.

“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy said in a statement.

“I accept and respect the Academy’s decision,” Mr. Smith said in response.

He pre-emptively resigned from the academy on April 1 during the run-up to the meeting, calling his actions “shocking, painful, and inexcusable.”

Mr. Smith will keep the Oscar he won after the slap, and he will remain eligible to be nominated for and to win more of them in the 10-year period, though he can’t show up to accept them.

The academy also apologized for its handling of the situation and allowing Mr. Smith to stay and accept his best actor award for “King Richard.”

“During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room.

For this, we are sorry,” the academy said.

“This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented.”

In a statement in the days following the Oscars, the academy said Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony but refused.

But it’s not clear how the message was delivered to Mr. Smith or what form it took,

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Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27.

and several media outlets reported that he was never formally told to leave the Dolby Theatre. The Los Angeles Times reported April 7 that Oscars producer Will Packer told Mr. Smith: “Officially, we don’t want you to leave. We want you to stay.”

The ban also means Mr. Smith will not be presenting one of the major awards at next year’s Oscars, as is tradition for the best actor winner.

The academy in its statement also expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances.”

The academy has not revoked Oscars from expelled members Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski.

With his resignation from the academy, Mr. Smith lost the ability to vote for nominees and winners. Mr. Smith has been nominated for four Oscars, winning once.

At the March 27 Academy Awards, Mr. Rock came out to present the best documentary award and made jokes about

several attendees, including Mr. Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

“Jada, I love you. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” Mr. Rock said.

Ms. Pinkett Smith, who has spoken publicly about her hair loss condition, alopecia, had a closely shaved head similar to that of Demi Moore in the 1997 movie.

Mr. Smith strode from his front-row seat on to the stage and smacked Mr. Rock, stunning the comedian, the theater crowd and viewers at home. Many thought it was a planned gag set up by the show or the men themselves, but the seriousness of the situation set in after Mr. Smith returned to his seat and angrily twice shouted at Mr. Rock to “keep my wife’s name out your (expletive) mouth.”

Mr. Rock said he had no interest in pursuing charges when asked by police backstage.

Mr. Smith took the stage again less than hour later to accept his Oscar, tearfully apologizing to the academy but notably omitting any mention of Mr. Rock.

An egg hunt, the Easter Bunny, live music, activities and games will be featured at the annual Dominion Energy Family Easter at Maymont on Saturday, April 16.

Gates will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 100-acre estate overlooking the James River at 1000 Westover Road for the free event.

A stage by the Carriage House Lawn fountain will host a lineup of singers, bands, dance troupes and performers. A variety of games and craft activities also will take place in the park, along with a Community Zone featuring public safety representatives and equipment, including local police, fire, emergency medical services and utility departments.

This year, Maymont will have a Golden Egg Hunt by CoStar Group Builds. Participants must go throughout the park solving riddles to find five hidden golden eggs marked with letters. Those who

Ishmael Reed among Anisfield-Wolf Award winners Free Press wire report

NEW YORK Author, playwright and longtime champion of multiculturalism Ishmael Reed is receiving a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to literature.

Mr. Reed is among this year’s winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, given for work that “confronts racism and explores diversity,” the Cleveland Foundation announced April 4.

Percival Everett’s novel “The Trees”

won for fiction and Donika Kelly’s “The Renunciations” was cited for poetry. Prizes for nonfiction were given to George Makari’s “Of Fear and Strangers: A Ishmael Reed History of Xenophobia” and Tiya Miles’ “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family

Keepsake.”

“This year, we honor a satiric novel about lynching disguised as a detective story, a poetry collection that remakes the meanings of childhood abuse, an innovative look at the idea of xenophobia, and a story of recovered history based on an embroidered sack,” jury chair Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. said in a statement. “All is capped by the lifetime achievement of Ishmael Reed, a genrebending and genre-transcending colossus of literature.”

find the eggs can enter to win prizes in drawings to be held each hour.

Families also can purchase $2 activity tickets to enjoy face painting and temporary tattoos, giant inflatable slides, games of skill or chance and a life-size version of the board game Candy Adventure.

There will be Easter bonnet and pinwheel decorating and a parade to show off handiwork.

For every activity ticket redeemed, participants earn a prize-filled egg.

The Maymont Farm also will be open, featuring cows, a donkey and baby animals.

The Robins Nature Center also is open, requiring advanced timed reservations. And the Maymont Mansion, which was the home of the Dooley family that left Maymont to the City of Richmond, is open for selfpaced audio tours.

The Easter celebration will take place rain or shine.

Details and to purchase activity tickets: maymont.org/ easter or (804) 358-7166.

Meanwhile, the popular Easter on Parade on Monument Avenue has been canceled again this year.

The seasonal showcase of people, pets and bonnets was canceled last year because of the pandemic, but a lack of funding caused this year’s cancellation.

Echelon Event Management, organizer of the longrunning event, stated in a Facebook post that they hope to be ready for 2023.

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Carol Tony sings with the Virginia Union University Jazz Band last Saturday at the annual springtime VUU Jazz on the Lawn event. Despite chilly temperatures, students, supporters and music fans flocked to the lawn in front of the campus at Lombardy Street and Brook Road to enjoy the sounds. It was the first time since the pandemic that the jazz band has been able to perform in public. The band was led by Drew Miles, a VUU adjunct professor who also is the band director at Huguenot High School. The university’s Ambassadors of Sound Marching Band held a benefit fish fry during the event.

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Music, art at the market Richmond’s 17th Street Market was filled with art and music last Saturday with the kickoff of the RVA Night Market. More than 30 vendors sold arts and other wares, including Todd Parsons, above right, who sells a painting to Quinn Tucker. Artists also were at work, including Justice Dwight, right, who was adding touches to a piece. Above, DJ and emcee Mad Skillz set the musical backdrop for the event, which was enjoyed by dozens of people. This is the fourth season for RVA Night Market, which will be open every second Saturday of the month with a revolving group of vendors, artists and musicians.

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Palm Sunday About 40 people attended Palm Sunday services in person at Westwood Baptist Church earlier this week. Many others joined via the internet. It was just the second week the historic 147-year-old church has held in-person services since December 2021. Deacon Kent Taylor hands a palm and a communion cup to Lynda Sharp Anderson as she enters the church last Sunday. The Rev. Michael R. Lomax, the church’s 15th pastor, preached the service. Palm Sunday, which marks the first day of Holy Week in the Christian faith, commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem just days before his crucifixion and resurrection. Sunday, April 17, is Easter Sunday, proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus.

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Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday.

Pope Francis calls for Easter truce in Ukraine Free Press wire report

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis opened Holy Week on Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter’s Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis called for “weapons to be laid down to begin an Easter truce, not to reload weapons and resume fighting, no! A truce to reach peace through real negotiations.”

Pope Francis did not refer directly to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the reference was clear, and he has repeatedly denounced the war and the suffering brought to innocent civilians.

During the traditional Sunday blessing following Palm Sunday Mass, the pontiff said leaders should be “willing to make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”

“In fact, what a victory would that be, who plants a flag under a pile of rubble?”

During his Palm Sunday homily, the pontiff denounced “the folly of war” that leads people to commit “senseless acts of cruelty.”

“When we resort to violence ... we lose sight of why we are in the world and even end up

committing senseless acts of cruelty. We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time,” he said.

Pope Francis lamented “the unjust death of husbands and sons ... refugees fleeing bombs ... young people deprived of a future ... and soldiers sent to kill their brothers and sisters.”

After two years of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica without a crowd due to pandemic distancing measures, the solemn celebration returned to the square outside. Tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists clutched olive branches and braided palms emblematic of the ceremony that recalls Jesus’

return to Jerusalem.

Traditionally, the pope leads a Palm Sunday procession through St. Peter’s Square before celebrating Mass. But Pope Francis has been suffering from a strained ligament in his right knee that has caused him to limp, and he was driven in a black car to the altar, which he then reached with the help of an aide. He left the Mass on the open-top popemobile, waving to the faithful in the piazza and along part of the via della Conciliazione.

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Family at Fourth Baptist Church sues pastor, two deacons

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The pastor of historic Fourth Baptist Church is facing another legal challenge, this time from a Richmond family that claims he and two deacons wrongly removed them from the active membership rolls.

In a lawsuit filed March 24, the family is asking Richmond Circuit Court to reinstate them and find that Dr. William E. Jackson Sr. and the two deacons, Gerard Dabney and Colleen V. Ewing, held illegal meetings in violation of the 163-yearold East End church’s constitution and bylaws and created false narratives about them to secure congregational support for their actions.

Those suing include the Rev. Kelvin L. Green Sr., the volunteer associate minister for the youth ministry and chaplain for the Men’s Ministry for the congregation; his wife, Dr. Dannellia Gladden-Green, executive director of the Richmond area arm of the National Institute of Minority Economic Development; and their son, Nigel B. Green.

The pastor and the deacons have not yet filed a formal court response and otherwise are not commenting on the unusual suit Dr. Gladden-Green filed on behalf of her family.

A hearing date has not been set.

In January, a Richmond judge found that Dr. Jackson and the deacons violated the church’s constitution and bylaws to gain

congregational approval to remove six trustees and the chair of the church’s Finance Committee who opposed the pastor’s spending decisions and his plan to incorporate the church.

In a ruling capping nearly two years of litigation, Dr. Jackson was notified that any further attempt to remove those officials could only be taken in a courtsupervised church meeting. So far, such a meeting has not been called.

Dr. Gladden-Green The new suit, which also seeks $25,000 in damages from the defendants for engaging in issuing defamatory statements, claims that Dr. Jackson secured support from the congregation in April 2021 to place Rev. Green, who was baptized in the church, and his son on inactive status for failing to provide financial support to the church during 2020, despite receiving evidence from Rev. Green that he had provided a payment during that 12 months.

The suit alleges that the action does not comply with the church’s constitution.

The suit also alleges that Dr. Gladden-Green’s membership was revoked by the congregation based on false information that Dr. Jackson and Mr. Dabney, then chair of the deacon board, presented at an improperly called meeting that violated

the church’s constitution and bylaws.

Dr. Gladden-Green alleges that before the vote, Mr. Dabney, with the pastor’s support, presented a report to participants at a church meeting that stated that she is “not a Baptist,” does not recite and is not committed to the Baptist covenant and operates outside the articles of faith.

The suit alleges that Mr. Dabney also described her as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and a “false prophet.”

Dr. Gladden-Green, who said she was baptized at age 11 at nearby Great Hope Baptist Church, alleges the statements defamed her Christian witness.

In an interview, she said that at the time, she was active on the church’s constitution and bylaws committee and had been outspoken in opposing Dr. Jackson’s actions on spending and on removal of the church officials.

She said she was not notified of the July 2020 meeting and had no opportunity to rebut the claims that Mr. Dabney made at the virtual quarterly meeting that drew only a small fraction of the members because of what Dr. Gladden-Green said was improper notice.

Along with the $25,000 in damages, the suit requests that the court issue an injunction to prevent Dr. Jackson from enforcing the change in the membership status of the family and from portraying the Greens’ membership in the church in a negative light.

William Hugo Van Jackson Jr., musician and music educator, dies at 86

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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A Richmond native, Mr. William Hugo Van Jackson Jackson built a musical life from Jr., a jazz performer who spread a young age when he started his love of music to thousands of learning to play the piano.

Richmond students Years later, he through his music was well known teaching and directfor performing at ing of high school festivals and events bands, has died. with The Sounds Mr. Jackson, who of Elegance jazz was living in Elliensemble that he crecott City, Md., died ated, as well as for on Sunday, April 3, the music education 2022. He was 86. he provided in the Family and friends public schools. celebrated his life at Asked why he a funeral Thursday, wanted to play in Mr. Jackson April 7, at Scott’s public, he once told Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. an interviewer, “When I played Rodney D. Waller, pastor of the piano before a crowd for First African Baptist Church the first time, I saw that it put where Mr. Jackson worshipped a smile on their faces. I decided all his life, delivered the eulogy. at that moment that I wanted Internment was Friday, April 8, to reach out and touch people at Roselawn Memory Gardens and make them smile with my

music,” he said.

Known as a kindly, giving man, he began his teaching career after graduating from Virginia State University, where he later also earned a master’s degree in education.

He first taught music education in Chesterfield County before joining the faculty of Richmond Public Schools, where he spent more than 30 years teaching before retiring in the 1990s.

During his tenure, he di-

rected the marching bands at Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe and Huguenot high schools, with all winning awards in band competitions.

He also helped his students secure college scholarships in music education.

At First African Baptist Church, Mr. Jackson sang in the senior choir and started the Church Orchestra as part of the music ministry. The orchestra performed mini-concerts at nursing homes in the Richmond

area in addition to providing music at church services and events.

Mr. Jackson also secured musical instruments for First African Baptist Church’s day care program, where he provided an introduction to music to pre-schoolers.

Mr. Jackson was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Richmond Jazz Society.

He was predeceased by his wife, Sylvia Johnson.

Survivors include his son,

William Hugo Van Jackson III; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made in his name to the Howard County Foundation for Black Educational and Cultural Achievement, P.O. Box 69, Columbia, MD 21045.

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644-0496 City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, May 9, 2022 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. 2022-120 To amend Ord. No. 2020042, adopted Mar. 9, 2020, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1111 North 32 nd Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The proposed density is approximately 22 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-121 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 2100, 2106, 2112, 2118, and 2124 Broad Rock Boulevard for the purpose of a commercial building with off-street parking, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Residential. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses: Duplexes and small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural. Secondary uses may be found along major streets.

Ordinance No. 2022-122 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3336 Cutshaw Avenue for the purpose of three two-family detached dwellings and a parking area, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Corridor Mixed-Use. Primary Uses: Retail/ office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space.

Secondary Uses: Singlefamily houses, institutional and government uses.

The proposed density is approximately 12 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-123 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5811 Grove Avenue for the purpose of an outdoor dining area to the rear of an existing building, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-124 To close, to public use and travel, two portions of public right-of-way located on the south line of West Marshall Street between Highpoint Avenue and Mactavish Avenue, consisting of 1.4± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the May 9, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, 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.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 25, 2022 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. 2022-097 As Amended To conditionally rezone the properties known as 3329 Hopkins Road and 3425 Hopkins Road from the R-4 Single-Family Residential District to the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District, upon certain proffered conditions.

Ordinance No. 2022-103 To abolish the Slave Trail Commission; repeal the relevant portions of Res. No. 98-R102-107, adopted Jul. 13, 1998, as amended by Res. No. 2000-R111-109, adopted Jul. 24, 2000, Res. 2003R132-123, adopted Jul. 14, 2003, Res. No. 2003R155-141, adopted Sept.

8, 2003, and Res. No. 2004-R125-131, adopted Jun. 28, 2004, concerning the creation, composition, terms of office, duties, and functions of the Commission; and to terminate the terms of the Commission’s members. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 1:30 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-104 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to issue grants, loans, or a combination thereof from the City’s 1st Tranche of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds to certain entities in designated amounts and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to execute all necessary documents to effect such issuance for the purpose of financing the construction and preservation of singlefamily and multifamily dwellings. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 1:30 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-105 To install an appropriate number of speed tables to be determined by the Department of Public Works in Moss Side Avenue between West Laburnum Av e n u e a n d Wa l t o n Avenue. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 1:30 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-106 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Façade Improvement Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, Virginia for the purpose of promoting economic development in the City’s Arts and Cultural District by supporting projects that enhance neighborhood building façades. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-107 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to transfer $82,800.00 from the Non-Departmental agency, Communities in Schools of Richmond, Inc. line item, and to amend Ord. No. 2021041, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Special Fund Budget and made appropriations thereto, to appropriate such $82,800.00 to the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities’ Youth Gun Violence Prevention Program Special Fund, all for the purpose of providing additional funding for the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities’ youth gun violence prevention programming.

Ordinance No. 2022-108 To amend Ord. No. 2021049, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 Gas Utility Budget and appropriated the estimated revenues of the gas utility, by increasing estimated revenues from an increase in rates paid by gas utility customers and the amount appropriated for the gas utility by $65,000,000.00, for the purpose of reflecting increased costs in natural gas commodity prices.

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to accept funds in the amount of $500,000.00 from the Virginia Resources Authority, and to amend Ord. No. 2021-053, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 Water Utility Budget and appropriated the estimated receipts of the water utility, by increasing estimated receipts and the amount appropriated for the water utility by $500,000.00, for the purpose of funding the City’s lead service line replacement program for residential, school, and day care properties.

Ordinance No. 2022-110 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $4,500.00 from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 20212022 General Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Non-Departmental General Fund Budget by $4,500.00 for the purpose of providing a grant of $2,250.00 of such funds each to the Cadence Theatre Company and to CultureWorks, Inc. Ordinance No. 2022-111 To amend Ord. No. 2019-084, adopted Apr. 8, 2019, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2020-040, adopted Feb. 24, 2020, and Ord. No. 2020-169, adopted Sept. 14, 2020, which declared that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition of certain fee simple interests and easements for the public purpose of constructing multimodal transportation and drainage improvements along Hull Street Road between its intersection with Hey Road and its intersection with Warwick Road, to authorize the acquisition of additional fee simple and easement interests for the project.

Ordinance No. 2022-112 To amend Ord. No. 2021042, adopted May 24, 2021, which accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and the four fiscal years thereafter, adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 20212022, and determined a means of financing the same, by providing for a revised description and scope for the School Modernization - George Wythe High School project in the Education category, transferring funds in the amount of $7,310,391.00 from the School Planning and Construction project in the Education category, and appropriating such transferred funds to the School Modernization - George Wythe High School project in the Education category for the purpose of funding the planning and design of a new George Wythe High School.

Ordinance No. 2022-113 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Sublicense Agreement between Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, and the City of Richmond to allow Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, to construct, maintain, and operate telecommunications equipment on an existing tower in Broad Rock Park located at 4827 Old Warwick Road. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 1:30 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-116 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, Aditxt, Inc., the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for the purpose of providing Aditxt, Inc. with incentives to establish a clinical laboratory, research and administrative facility and to improve, equip, and operate a new facility in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

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and to improve, equip, and operate a new facility at 1211 Sherwood Avenue in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Ordinance No. 2022-118 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, CarLotz Group, Inc., the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for the purpose of providing CarLotz Group, Inc. with incentives to establish an office facility for the relocation of its corporate headquarters and to improve, equip, and operate a new facility at 1501 Roseneath Road in the city of Richmond.

(COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:00 p.m.)

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the April 25, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, 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.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce Virginia: In the Circuit Court of the COUNty of HENRICO TAMARA HOPE REESE, Plaintiff, v.

RONALD CAWALING CANETE, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL22-1371 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since May 15, 2012.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Ronald Cawaling Canete, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Ronald Cawaling Canete do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, 4301 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23273, on or before May 23, 2022 and do whatever necessary to protect their interest in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB #32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 Phone (804) 523-3900 Fax (804) 523-3901 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SUSAN HAWN, Plaintiff v.

GEORGE HAWN, II, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000944-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 31st day of May, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

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

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the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 31st day of May, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO MERVIN ARMSTEAD, JR., Plaintiff, v.

MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ SANTIAGO, Defendant.

Case No. CL22-1042 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit includes, inter alia, the divorce of the parties. It appearing by affidavit that Maria Teresa Ramirez Santiago’s current whereabouts are unknown to the Plaintiff; that Plaintiff’s counsel attempted to locate M a r i a Te r e s a R a m i r e z Santiago’s current address via a public records software search, which did not yield results.

It is therefore ORDERED t h a t M aria T eresa R amire z S antiago appear before this Court on or before May 16, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests herein.

I ASK FOR THIS: Erik D. Baines, Esquire (VSB # 83618) BARNES & DIEHL, P.C. Boulders VI – Suite A 7401 Beaufont Springs Drive Richmond, VA 23225 ebaines@barnesfamilylaw.com (804) 796-1000 (telephone) (804) 796-1730 (facsimile) Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AYODELE WHITAKER, Plaintiff v.

JOHNNIE WHITAKER, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000906-00 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 20th day of May, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER HANIF KHAN, Plaintiff v.

SHERVITA BLAND, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000844-00 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 16th day of May, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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Ordinance No. 2022-117 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund Performance Agreement between the City of Richmond, Alacer Corp., the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for the purpose of providing Alacer Corp. with incentives to establish a research and development operation

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER IRVIN DAVIS, SR., Plaintiff v.

DEANNA BASSETT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001062-00 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

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re LAVON GAYLES RDSS v.

LAUREN TOLLIVER Case No. JJ081971-11-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of Lauren Tolliver (Mother) of Lavon Gayles, child DOB 10/13/2011, “TPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, Lauren Tolliver (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 06/30/2022, at 10:20 A.M., Courtroom #3.

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property Abandoned boat for registration VA 5201BC Last titled 2005 For More Information Contact (804) 928-2886 Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 2909 4th Avenue N0000923016 1110 East 17th Street S0000639006 1721 North 21st Street E0000938023 723 North 22nd Street E0000331045 1917 North 22nd Street E0001239008 1113 North 33rd Street E0000877019 801 North 38th Street E0001552001 1701 Albany Avenue S0000232011 2519 Bainbridge Street S0000695020 1815 Carter Street W0000701001 4204 Corbin Street N0180453010 3308 Detroit Avenue N0051186017 306 Dundee Avenue S0002150037 1434 Drewry Street S0071234039 2340 Fernbrook Drive C0080337032 1105 Highland View Avenue N0000986002 3083 Logandale Avenue S0070864008 2802 Midlothian Turnpike S0001123016 505 North Monroe Street N0000182022 2212 Monteiro Street N0000491004 3102 Montrose Avenue N0160204028 1605 National Street E0002912003 1524 Oakwood Avenue E0001404007 4020 Piney Road N0180502061 3512 East Richmond Road Unit 4 E0001763041 3100 Scottdale Street C0090647010 3101 Scottdale Street C0090699075 3108 Scottdale Street C0090647011 3112 Scottdale Street C0090647012 3113 Scottdale Street C0090699074 3116 Scottdale Street C0090647013 3117 Scottdale Street C0090699073 3120 Scottdale Street C0090647014 3121 Scottdale Street C0090699072 3124 Scottdale Street C0090647015 3125 Scottdale Street C0090699071 3128 Scottdale Street C0090647016 3129 Scottdale Street C0090699070 3132 Scottdale Street C0090647017 3133 Scottdale Street C0090699069 3136 Scottdale Street C0090647018 3137 Scottdale Street C0090699068 3140 Scottdale Street C0090647019 3141 Scottdale Street C0090699067 3144 Scottdale Street C0090647020 3145 Scottdale Street C0090699002 3218 Scottdale Street C0090698029 3219 Scottdale Street C0090699030 3224 Scottdale Street C0090698028 3225 Scottdale Street C0090699064 3230 Scottdale Street C0090698027 3231 Scottdale Street C0090699065 3236 Scottdale Street C0090698026 3237 Scottdale Street C0090699066 2005 Sussex Street E0120276036 3210 Utah Place N0001074019 1410 Wallace Street W0000609036 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata costs of publication hereunder.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BELT BOULEVARD, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-200 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 10 Belt Boulevard, Tax Map Number C006-0334/005, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in Continued on next column

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the name of the owner of record, Belt Boulevard, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

An Affidavit having been filed 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 Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

DANIEL B GLENN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-552 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 103 Tynick Street, Tax Map Number S000-1121/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Daniel B Glenn and Samuel L. Glenn, Jr., the latter upon information and belief deceased.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DANIEL B GLENN, 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 said owner, SAMUEL L. GLENN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT I S OR D ERE D that DANIEL B GLENN, SAMUEL L. GLENN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

TEKEISHA SMITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-416 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3216 Terminal Avenue, Tax Map Number C009-0589/016, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Tekeisha Smith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TEKEISHA SMITH, 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 TEKEISHA SMITH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949

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is to subject the property briefly described as 3510 East Richmond Road, Unit 27, Tax Map Number E000-1763/034, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James W. Maris and Tammy M. Maris.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES W. MARIS, 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 said owner, TAMMY M. MARIS, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES W. MARIS, TAMMY M. MARIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES W. MARIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-304 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3510 East Richmond Road, Unit 23, Tax Map Number E000-1763/030, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James W. Maris and Tammy M. Maris.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES W. MARIS, 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 said owner, TAMMY M. MARIS, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES W. MARIS, TAMMY M. MARIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949

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

JAMES W. MARIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-305 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit

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

JAMES W. MARIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-303 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3510 East Richmond Road, Unit 21, Tax Map Number E000-1763/028, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James W. Maris and Tammy M. Maris.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES W. MARIS, 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 said owner, TAMMY M. MARIS, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES W. MARIS, TAMMY M. MARIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 and do what is

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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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

THE AXEL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1250 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2001 East Main Street, Tax Map Number E000-0192/001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, The Axel Family Limited Partnership.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THE AXEL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THE AXEL FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SEDRIC BARLEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-118 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 720 North 1st Street, Tax Map Number N000-0081/018, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sedric Barley and Sean A. Barley, Sr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SEDRIC BARLEY and SEAN A. BARLEY, SR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said creditors, CITIBANK, NA, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and NATIONAL COLLEGIATE STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2005-3, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SEDRIC BARLEY, SEAN A. BARLEY, SR, CITIBANK, NA, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, NATIONAL COLLEGIATE STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2005-3, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LINDA L. WIMBUSH, et al, Defendants.

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S007-1678/004, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linda L. Wimbush.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LINDA L. WIMBUSH, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that GLENN R. HOGAN, BORROWER on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 370 page 548 on October 27, 1993, said deed of trust per its terms maturing on November 1, 2004, and listed as Beneficiary of a Subordinate Deed of Trust filed at Deed Book 390 page 1457 on March 28, 1994, 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; 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 LINDA L. WIMBUSH, GLENN R. HOGAN, BORROWER on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 370 page 548 on October 27, 1993, said deed of trust per its terms maturing on November 1, 2004, and listed as Beneficiary of a Subordinate Deed of Trust filed at Deed Book 390 page 1457 on March 28, 1994, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

HAROLD J. SURBER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-553 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5756 Ullswater Avenue, Tax Map Number C007-0353/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Harold J. Surber and Martha M. Surber.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HAROLD J. SURBER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARTHA M. SURBER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that RICHMOND R E S P I R AT O R Y A N D MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HAROLD J. SURBER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARTHA M. SURBER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RICHMOND RESPIRATORY AND MEDICAL SUPPLY, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949

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described as 1426 Rogers Street, Tax Map Number E000-0768/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, John M. Jefferson and Harriett J. Destry.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOHN M. JEFFERSON and HARRIETT J. DESTRY, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN M. JEFFERSON, HARRIETT J. DESTRY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-551 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1702A Stoney Run Parkway, Tax Map Number E000-3307/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, The Joanne Carolyn Brewer Martin Living Trust, trustee Joanne Carolyn Brewer Martin upon information and belief deceased, and Lon Thabo Josephus Martin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING TRUST, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LON THABO JOSEPHUS MARTIN, 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; 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 THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING T R U S T, L O N T H A B O JOSEPHUS MARTIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949

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

JOHN M. JEFFERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-559 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly

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

THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-550 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1702 Stoney Run Parkway, Tax Map Number E000-3307/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, The Joanne Carolyn Brewer Martin Living Trust, trustee Joanne Carolyn Brewer Martin upon information and belief deceased, and Lon Thabo Josephus Martin.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING T R U S T, h a s n o t b e e n located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LON THABO JOSEPHUS MARTIN, 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 VNB MORTGAGE CORPORATION, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records

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of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 228 on October 4, 1978, said deed of trust per its terms maturing on November 1, 2008, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THE JOANNE CAROLYN BREWER MARTIN LIVING T R U S T, L O N T H A B O JOSEPHUS MARTIN, VNB MORTGAGE CORPORATION, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, BENEFICIARY of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 228 on October 4, 1978, said deed of trust per its terms maturing on November 1, 2008, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JOSEPH S. JAMES, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-558 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1907 Peter Paul Boulevard, Tax Map Number E012-0425/004, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Joseph S. James, Jr. and Terrence R. James.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOSEPH S. JAMES, JR, and TERRENCE R. JAMES, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description Continued on next column

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of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOSEPH S. JAMES, JR, TERRENCE R. JAMES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949

E000-0930/021, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Cynthia G. Fox. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CYNTHIA G. FOX, 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/have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CYNTHIA G. FOX, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949

MAHALIA V. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2022 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 804-646-7949

beginning April 15, 2022 and ending May 15, 2022.

One public meeting will be scheduled to receive comments on the draft document on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Petersburg Public Library located at 201 W. Washington St, Petersburg, VA. Persons in need of special accommodations to participate in this public meeting are requested to forward this information either by contacting the Crater Planning District Commission at 804-861-1666 or by email using the address listed below one week prior to the meeting date. The public can also participate via Zoom (the Zoom link is on our Crater DC website’s calendar page).

Persons with a hearing impairment may contact the Virginia Relay Center at 1-800-828-1120 to forward information to the Crater Planning District Commission and Tri-Cities Area MPO. A copy of this draft document and other information related to Plan2045 have been made available in electronic format located at https://craterpdc. org/plan-2045-engagement/ The Crater Planning District Commission and the Tri-Cities Area MPO assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, handicap, sex, age, or income status, as provided

by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent nondiscrimination laws, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity.

Written comments on Plan2045: the Long-Range Transportation Plan for the Tri-Cities Area should be addressed to: Crater Planning District Commission, P.O. Box 1808, Petersburg, Virginia 23805, and/or send an email to rsvejkovsky@craterpdc. org and received within the review period ending May 15, 2022.

Los comentarios escritos sobre Plan2045: el Plan de Transporte de Largo Alcance para el Área de Tri-Cities deben dirigirse a: Comisión del Distrito de Planificación de Cráteres, P.O. Box 1808, Petersburg, Virginia 23805, y / o enviar un correo electrónico a rsvejkovsky@craterpdc.org y recibido dentro del período de revisión que finaliza el 15 de mayo de 2022.

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

GERALD D. WAGEMANN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-388 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3030 Dorset Road, Tax Map Number C008-0507/050, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Gerald D. Wagemann and Brian E. Wagemann.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BRIAN E. WAGEMANN, 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, 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 BRIAN E. WAGEMANN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CYNTHIA G. FOX, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-362 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1504 North 19th Street, Tax Map Number Continued on next column

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

JAMES A. MOORE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1134 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 6401 Erhart Road, Tax Map Number C007-0372/001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James A. Moore and Mahalia V. Moore.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JAMES A. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MAHALIA V. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES A. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, Continued on next column

Virginia: in the Circuit Court of Henrico County Joan W. Cavendish Plaintiff, v.

Craig A. Cavendish Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000716-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to pay over any and all the amounts due to Craig A. Cavendish from the Estate of Richard Clark Cavendish.

Craign A. Cavendish has an interest in the distribution as beneficiary under the duly probated Last Will & Testament of Richard Clark Cavendish.

Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of Craig A. Cavendish, and that he has an interest in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that Craig A. Cavendish appear before Court on or before the 23rd of May, 2022 to protect his interest(s) in this suit.

I ask for this: Lynn M. Tucker, Esq., V.S.B. # 25384 Jason L. Shaber, Esq., V.S.B.96186 DANKOS, GORDON & TUCKER, P.C. 1360 E. Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Telephone: (804) 377-7427 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Email: ltucker@ dankosgordon.com Email: jshaber@ dankosgordon.com Counsel for Plaintiffs PLAN2045 Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; 49 U.S.C 5303 and 5304, the Tri-Cities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) hereby provides area citizens an opportunity to review and comment on Plan2045: the Long-Range Transportation Plan for the Tri-Cities Area.

This draft document has been developed by local and State agencies represented on the Tri-Cities Area MPO, and Plan2045 recommends transportation policies, goals, and major improvements for the Tri-Cities Area. Copies of this draft document have been made available for public viewing during regular visiting hours at public libraries in the Tri-Cities Area during a 30-day public review period

BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB #22-2329-4JL ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR EASTMENT CLEaring Due: April 26, 2022 at 2:00 PM For additional information visit: https://henrico.us/ finance/divisions/purchasing/ solicitations/

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: IFB No. 220009236: Belvidere Street Gateway Phase IV Signal, Crosswalk and Sidewalk Improvements, UPC No. 111161.

Bid Due Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022/Time 2:00 P.M.

Information or copies of the above solicitations are available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RVA. GOV), or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond.

To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com.

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The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: RFP No. 220004084: On-Site Turnkey Parts Operations For all information pertaining to this RFP, please logon to the Richmond website (www.RVA.GOV).

Proposal Due Date: May 12, 2022/Time 3:00 P.M.

Information or copies of the above solicitations are available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RVA. GOV), or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

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