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A bishop till the end New Deliverance’s Gerald O. Glenn dies of COVID-19

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Bishop Gerald Otis Glenn vowed to keep his Chesterfield County church open during the coronavirus pandemic “unless I am in jail or in the hospital.”

Just three weeks later, the respected leader of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church joined the list of people who died from the coronavirus.

On Easter Sunday, church Elder Bryan Nevers announced “with an exceedingly sorrowful and heavy heart” that the prelate who founded the church “had transitioned from labor to reward.”

The announcement was made to members who tuned in remotely to the closed church’s live video feed.

Bishop Glenn died around 9 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2020, in a local hospital. He was 66. His wife and the first lady of the church, Marcietia S. Glenn, 65, remains hospitalized with the virus. Her condition has not been released, but the Glenns’ daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley, posted on Facebook that her mother is recovering.

Bishop Glenn’s death from COVID-19 drew attention from media across the nation and overseas. Much of the coverage focused on his defiance, along with other church leaders, of the social distancing recommendations by state, federal and world health officials prior to Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s March 23 executive order banning gatherings of more than 10 people.

In his final, in-person church service on Sunday, March 22, Bishop Glenn declared, “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus. You can quote me on that.”

He repeated, “You can quote me on that” as more than 180 church members in attendance clapped in approval.

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COVID-19 testing to begin in high-risk areas of city

coughing or difficulty breathing.

He said staff also is working with nursing homes The Richmond City Health District plans to ramp and other senior residential communities in a bid to up testing for coronavirus in neighborhoods that ap- reduce the virus’ spread to a group also considered pear to be the most at risk — low-income high risk. areas of the city that are home to many Dr. Avula made the announcement at a African-Americans. briefing Monday at which he and Mayor Dr. Danny Avula, director of the health Levar M. Stoney noted that a majority of district, announced Monday that testing people in Richmond testing positive for for COVID-19 will begin at the resource the virus are African-American. centers of the six largest public housing Based on the numbers as of Monday, communities — Creighton Court, Fairfield there are 164 confirmed cases and seven Court, Gilpin Court, Hillside Court, Mosby deaths in Richmond among a population Dr. Avula Court and Whitcomb Court — in addition of nearly 230,000 people. to the Southwood Apartments and the Broad Rock However, of those infected, 62 percent, or 102 Community Center, both in South Side. people, are African-American; 24 percent, or 40 He said a schedule will be established for testing people, are Caucasian; and about 4 percent are of at one of those locations each day, with expectations mixed race or other ethnicities. He said race was not that 100 to 150 people could be tested daily. identified for the remaining 10 percent.

Dr. Avula said the state’s testing capacity has According to the most recent federal data, Richexpanded, enabling the health district to test people mond’s population is 47.8 percent African-American, who are asymptomatic as well as those who might be showing symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, Please turn to A4

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Dr. James Wright, medical director for Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, talks during a news conference last week. The health care center has recorded 45 COVID-19 deaths at the facility.

Nursing homes on front lines battling the coronavirus

waters of the coronavirus recession.

In a briefing for City Council whose members mostly met remotely, city Budget Director Jay A. Brown said initial projections suggest that city revenues in the new fiscal year that begins July 1 would shrink at least $38.5 million — or about 5 percent.

The biggest element of the spending plan — the general fund that pays for city operations — originally was projected to rise to $782.6 million, but is now anticipated to fall to $744.1 million.

The adjustments are similar to those being taken by surrounding counties amid the looming

week the creation of a state task force on nursing homes that will focus on boosting testing, staffing, personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies to contain and stem the spread of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities.

Dr. Laurie Forlano, an epidemiologist and deputy commissioner of the Virginia Department of Health, will direct the task force. She noted at a briefing last week that elderly people already are a vulnerable, high-risk population for the coronavirus.

“Nursing homes present added difficulties of communal spaces that make social distancing a challenge. And staff who work in multiple facilities increase the risk,” Dr. Forlano said.

The state also is tracking data on the number of positive cases and deaths in Virginia’s long-term care facilities and posting that data daily on the Virginia Health Department’s website, www.vdh. virginia.gov. However, the names of the facilities where the outbreaks have occurred are not made public.

Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center has seen one of the largest COVID19 outbreaks in the United States, even larger than the facility in Washington state that drew the national spotlight early on as the pandemic spread.

According to national reports, there have been more than 4,300 COVIDrelated deaths in nursing homes across the country.

State health officials stepped in at Canterbury to test residents and staff, and

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By Ronald E. Carrington

Nursing homes are hot spots for the spreading coronavirus pandemic in Virginia, with 60 of the state’s 108 outbreaks occurring in long-term care facilities, state Health Department numbers show.

Roughly 10 percent of the state’s 6,500 cases of COVID-19 and at least 45 of the state’s 195 deaths are from long-term care facilities, according to the data.

But there is a lag in reporting, state officials said Wednesday. At least one facility, Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico County, has reported 45 deaths as of April 15.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam announced last

City budget amendments reflect reduced revenue anticipated from pandemic impact

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond residents would not see any hikes in utility rates that would have added $5.56 a month to the average bill beginning July 1.

Current city workers would not have to worry about layoffs or furloughs for now, but they would not see an increase Mayor in their pay either.

City departments would only be allowed to fill positions deemed critical and would have to eliminate all discretionary spending for items like magazines, training, travel and conference attendance.

And Richmond Public Schools would see its contribution from the city shrink by $10 million from the proposed increase of $16 million.

Backed by what appears to be a majority consensus of City Council, Mayor Levar M. Stoney on Monday advanced large and small amendments to his budget proposal for the upcomStoney ing 2020-21 fiscal year — including jettisoning an initiative to boost the pay of public defenders and plans to hike funding to non-city organizations and nonprofits.

The goal: To enable the city to maintain a financial balance in steering through the uncharted

Washington NFL team drops its $500,000 annual fee to train in Richmond

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

It is still up in the air whether the Washington NFL football team will hold its annual summer training camp in Richmond or whether there will even be a football season, given the coronavirus pandemic.

But if the team comes to Richmond to train, it won’t charge the city $500,000 for the privilege of playing host.

That fee is being dropped, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and team officials jointly announced

on April 2.

The team also agreed to end collection of $161,768 still due from the city’s Economic Development Authority, which manages the Richmond training center facility and the main building on Leigh Street that also houses some operations of the Bon Secours Health System.

If the team is no longer insisting on a payment, it would remove a key roadblock to a new contract to continue the relationship between the team and the city after this year.

The Washington team and the city have

not signed a new deal for the training camp to continue in 2021 and beyond, nor has the team exercised an option to extend the contract, according to Jim Nolan, Mayor Stoney’s press secretary.

“The discussions are ongoing,” Mr. Nolan stated in response to a Free Press query. “This latest development … is an encouraging sign.”

The agreement to pay the team for training in Richmond was put in place in 2013 by former Mayor Dwight C. Jones and the EDA, and has long rankled City Council, which did not

have a say after authorizing the EDA to build a facility for the team.

Under the agreement, which was signed as the $10 million training camp was being built and before the team held its first training camp in the summer of 2013, the EDA agreed to make an annual contribution to the team in the form of in-kind services and cash to help defray some of the incremental expense of relocating the camp to Richmond.

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GRTC subsidy in question

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Instead of a route number, GRTC is now sending a message on its bus displays urging people to avoid riding unless the trip is necessary to get to work, a grocery store or to health care.

The purpose: To help prevent the spread of coronavirus by reducing the number of people joy riding on buses now that fares have been eliminated.

The public transit system continues to operate as scheduled on most routes as the more than 280 drivers “stand firm” and continue to report to work despite the health risk, said the Rev. Benjamin P. Campbell, president and chair of the GRTC board.

“We are very grateful for their dedication and willingness to continue this service. Without them, it would be impossible,” he said.

However, there’s a question about continued service after July 1. A flood of money was supposed to come in from an increase in the sales tax and the gas tax to help pay for transit and road construction. The General Assembly authorized Richmond and eight surrounding localities to raise those taxes and to create the Central Virginia Transportation Authority to receive the money from the state and parcel it out.

Of the projected $166 million yearly the new tax hikes were to produce for transportation, an estimated $25 million was to go to GRTC. The prospect of new money for GRTC led Mayor Levar M. Stoney to propose cutting the

city’s current $16 million subsidy to GRTC by $7.9 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The Henrico County Board of Supervisors also approved a 50 percent cut in its GRTC subsidy, or $4.2 million, effective July 1.

Together, the cuts represent 22 percent of GRTC’s $54 million budget — and the loss of the funding would damage the company’s ability to operate if the new money from the tax

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And that new money might not be available.

The coronavirus has upended plans for a quick July 1 launch of the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam is now urging the General Assembly to postpone the starting date for the new authority until at least Oct. 1. State lawmakers are to decide the matter when the General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday, April 22.

Rev. Campbell said it could take three to six months to organize the new authority’s board, gain approvals from the nine local governments to raise the sales and gas taxes as allowed under the legislation and for the new stream of revenue to begin being collected.

That means it could be July 1, 2021, before GRTC sees any substantial income from the new transportation authority. That also assumes that the

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economy returns to normal, another big if at this point given the concern that the country is headed for a deep recession as a result of the pandemic.

Rev. Campbell remains optimistic that both the city and the county will take action to prevent harm to GRTC’s operations. He said city and county officials understood it would take time for the new authority to begin operating and revenue collections to begin. He said there was an expectation that GRTC would continue to get city and county dollars until revenue from the increased taxes could be used to repay advances.

“I don’t think it is the policy of either government to reduce public transit service,” Rev. Campbell said.

He believes that Richmond and Henrico County governments will see that conditions have changed and address the potential funding shortfall GRTC could face if the subsidies are not restored.

He said he has communicated with members of City Council and believes efforts will be made to address GRTC’s funding needs so that service can be maintained.

Registration is needed Telehealth grows during pandemic as safe way for some to receive to confer with health professionals federal stimulus money

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

If you didn’t file taxes in 2018 and 2019, you can still get a $1,200 stimulus payment from the federal government.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched a new online tool that is accessible by computer or cell phone with internet access to allow people to register and receive the stimulus payment, it has been announced.

Go to IRS.gov and then following the prompts on coronavirus to sign up.

Individuals who did not file a tax return because they made less than $12,200 in taxable income or wages in 2018 or 2019, or any couple that made less than $24,400 in income or wages before adjustments during those two years, should register to receive a stimulus check.

According to the IRS, registration is needed primarily by veterans whose only income is a nontaxable payment in compensation for a disability or a pension payment. Registration also is need for survivors of veterans or those who received a nontaxable payment as a survivor of a veteran.

Officials said it could take two to four months to receive a check for people who don’t have a bank account to list for direct deposit of the stimulus check.

Payments began going out Monday to people with direct deposit.

People who filed tax returns in 2018 and 2019, and those receiving pensions from Social Security or Railroad Retirement, automatically will receive stimulus payments. Automatic payments also will go to people receiving survivor’s benefits or a disability check through Social Security.

However, anyone who started getting benefits from Social Security since Jan. 1 will need to register on the website, the IRS stated.

Additionally, people who receive Social Security payments of any kind, including SSI, should file if they have children in order to qualify for a bigger check, the IRS noted. The stimulus provides an additional $500 for each child. Social Security recipients with children who do not register will “have to wait to receive the additional $500 per qualifying child,” officials stated.

Details: www.socialsecurity.gov/coronavirus.

City voter registrar’s office may be moving to North Side

The headquarters for voting in Richmond soon could move out of City Hall.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney introduced legislation this week seeking City Council approval to move the offices of Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter, her staff and the Richmond Electoral Board to 2134 W. Laburnum Ave. in North Side.

The building, to be leased from DAR Enterprises Inc. at an initial cost of nearly $450,000 a year, would provide about 31,000 square feet of space. An additional 7,400 square feet of space would be leased after a remaining tenant in the building moves out by January 2022, officials said. The rent then would rise to $672,000 a year.

When City Council will vote on the proposal is uncertain, but to Ms. Showalter, who has been pleading for additional space for two years, it is needed.

According to Ms. Showalter, the move will provide more space for storing voting machines, room for people to register and vote and additional space for her staff.

Ms. Showalter has been pushing for more space for the city voting operation with expectations that the General Assembly would authorize early voting, which happened during the most recent legislative session.

That is expected to bring a flood of early voters to Ms. Showalter’s office, particularly ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

New legislation the governor signed last week allows early voting up to 45 days before an election, either in person or by mailed-in ballot. Ms. Showalter estimates at least one-quarter to one-third of the city’s 160,000 registered voters could take advantage of the early voting provision. – Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmonder Melissa Hanson survived a vicious assault, but she still lives with the physical damage, mental scars and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Like many people needing mental health therapy, Ms. Hanson found the pandemic disrupted her ability to meet with her caseworker three times a week and to get help with errands such as grocery shopping.

Suddenly, she was anxious about going to the office for therapy, and she found phone communication wasn’t the same.

“I needed someone to talk with face to face,” Ms. Hanson said. “Phone calls just Ms. Price didn’t work for me.”

She is grateful that Simple Intervention, the Chester-based private behavioral health agency handling her case, found a solution for her and the 40 other clients it serves.

Their solution: Distribute iPads and Amazon Fire Sticks to ensure clients have two-way visual communication and can continue to talk with their assigned mental health professional.

“It’s made all the difference,” Ms. Hanson said. “I don’t know what I would do without it.”

Amid the pandemic, video calling is exploding on cell phones, via tablets and computers and even on Smart TVs. Providers are reporting major increases in use by families to stay connected, by faith groups to hold online services, by office workers to keep in touch and for people to order goods and even participate in funerals — all while maintaining social distancing.

Telehealth and telemedicine — the video connection of doctors or nurses at one site with medical professionals or patients at another — has been around for years. But that link is ramping up as private doctors, hospitals and other health providers use it to connect with people who ordinarily

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Amie Pathmann, a clinical supervisor at Simple Intervention in Chester, uses a video connection to talk with a patient, enabling face-to-face communication from afar.

would come to a physical location for appointments.

Now during the pandemic, Richmond medical professionals are seeing patients via video calls and eliminating office visits.

On Monday, Dr. Michael Rao, president of Virginia Commonwealth University, noted that 1,200 telehealth calls are coming in daily now that most medical clinics are closed.

“We’re seeing patients we might not have been able to before,” he said.

Telehealth also could help reduce the COVID-19 patient load.

For example, VCU Health has established a pilot program that allows ambulance personnel in rural areas such as the Northern Neck to have a video connection with VCU physicians to discuss whether transport is needed before rushing a patient who has COVID-19 symptoms to a hospital.

The use of video calling is relatively new in the mental health field, where the preference has been for direct interaction between patient and professional.

Shatara Price, business manager for the six-year-old Simple Intervention, said she proposed the telehealth approach as the staff brainstormed ways to keep connected with clients while limiting contact.

“We realized we needed to do something.

Many of our clients were no longer comfortable coming for in-patient treatment,” Ms. Price said. “Now we can provide the same level of service.”

Simple Intervention serves clients who primarily are on Medicaid. Some need shortterm mental health services after a crisis that led to a brief hospitalization, Ms. Price said.

Others are patients like Ms. Hanson, who need ongoing treatment and other assistance that comes with the program, she said.

“We bought the equipment because many of our clients are low income and we knew they couldn’t afford it,” Ms. Price said. “We were ready to go by March 26,” or four days before Gov. Ralph S. Northam issued the state stay at home order.

“As a result, our agency has not missed a beat in maintaining the relationships and connections with clients,” Ms. Price said.

RRHA shuts down food deliveries from Feed More Free Press staff report

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has cut off April food deliveries from the area’s largest food bank, Feed More, to needy families in public housing communities.

The cutoff started last week after RRHA found that food deliverers were not wearing masks and other protective items or adhering to social distancing guidelines — keeping a 6-foot distance from other people.

“RRHA is taking every precaution for the safety of our residents,” spokeswoman Angela Fountain stated. “This is our top concern when food distribution to those in

need is concerned.

“The decision to discontinue Feed More’s food deliveries in April was not made lightly,” she continued, “and was only made after it was determined in Ms. Fountain discussions with our Feed More partners that the social distancing protocols could not be met and those delivering the food and breaking down the boxes did not have appropriate protective gear.”

Ms. Fountain expressed hope that the deliveries could resume in some

fashion. RRHA is in “ongoing discussions with Feed More to determine the safest and most efficient way to perform upcoming scheduled food deliveries,” she said, although she noted that no link has been shown between Feed More’s deliveries and people getting coronavirus.

Feed More CEO Doug Pick said deliveries of food to RRHA communities have been going on for four years “to provide healthy food to those in need in the communities they serve.”

However, he stated that Feed More has accepted RRHA’s decision and “looks forward to supporting RRHA when they resume their distributions.”

City Council raises percentage of vehicle taxes residents must pay

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

As people struggle to pay their bills amid the pandemic, City Council has quietly approved a 1 percent increase in the tax that owners of vehicles garaged in Richmond must pay by Friday, June 5.

In an effort to protect city revenues, City Council passed the increase Monday night at a brief meeting in which most members participated electronically.

Under the resolution that was approved, vehicle owners will be required to pay 50 percent of the tax assessed this year on qualifying vehicles valued between $1,000 to $20,000. That

amount is up from 49 percent last year.

Owners must pay the full tax of $3.70 per $100 of assessed value on any amount above $20,000.

The state picks up a share of the vehicle tax for cars and trucks valued at less than $20,000, but that amount has been capped for years at $16.7 million for Richmond.

To meet the city’s goal of collecting more than $34 million in revenue from vehicle taxes, City Council routinely has required vehicle owners to pay an increasing percentage of the tax; that share has increased about 1 percent each year.

Separately, City Council gave elderly and

totally disabled homeowners more time to apply for a reduction or elimination of real estate taxes on their property because of the pandemic. The amount of tax residents would owe if approved is based on income and net worth.

The March 31 deadline was extended to Thursday, April 30.

The council also took under consideration Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposal to offer limited amnesty to businesses that owe taxes to the city, although the proposal has a majority of support and is expected to be approved quickly.

As introduced Monday, the ordinance would allow a waiver of penalties and interest for late

payments of meals, amusement and lodging taxes collected between April and June 30.

To date, though, neither the mayor nor any member of City Council has introduced any proposals to provide a similar waiver of penalties and interest for vehicle owners and real estate owners who might pay after the upcoming June deadlines.

Concilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, has advocated for that kind of amnesty, but has yet to gain a majority, according to Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District.

“I think that is something we are going to have to consider,” Ms. Gray said.

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Democratic Gov. Ralph S. Northam has signed sweeping changes into state law that will allow people to vote up to 45 days before Election Day, remove jail time for possession of marijuana, impose new controls on gun sales and grant Richmond and other localities authority to remove Confederate statues from public property.

The changes that become effective July 1 highlight the new power of Democratic majorities in the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate that brought passage of long-sought progressive measures that previous Republican majorities had blocked.

However, the governor called for a slow-down on one highprofile measure — the first increase in the state’s minimum wage in 11 years. Low-wage workers in Virginia might have to wait another year to get a $2.25 an hour increase in pay, from $7.25 an hour to $9.50 an hour.

Despite outrage from advocates and labor unions, Gov. Northam is calling for the General Assembly to postpone the approved increase in Virginia’s minimum wage until to May 1, 2021, as a recession looms. The increase was to be effective Jan. 1.

The House and Senate reconvene next Wednesday, April 22, to consider amendments and vetoes the governor has made to legislation passed by the legislature earlier this year.

Amid a torrent of layoffs and furloughs because of the

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He told the congregation and those listening from home that “people are healed” in the sanctuary. He also pronounced himself “essential” in explaining why he was violating safety protocols by allowing “way more than 10 people” into the service.

“I am a preacher — I talk to God,” he said.

By the following week, he was showing signs of illness, his family said, and was back and forth to hospital emergency rooms.

He was not initially tested for COVID-19, his family said.

According to media reports, Ms. Crawley said Bishop Glenn was not alarmed initially because he had diverticulitis, an intestinal inflammation that often caused fevers and infections.

He repeatedly was sent home from the emergency room until his condition led to him finally to be admitted, tested and confirmed as sick from the coronavirus, along with Mrs. Glenn, about a week before his death.

Tributes poured in, including from two former Virginia governors and current U.S. senators who have known him for years.

“Bishop Glenn was my great friend for more than 20 years,” Sen. Mark R. Warner wrote in a statement. “He was an extraordinary spiritual and community leader, and we will miss him very much.”

In 2002, Sen. Warner surprised Bishop Glenn by inviting him to deliver the invocation at his gubernatorial inauguration.

During his tenure as governor, Sen. Warner also tapped Bishop Glenn to lead a task force focusing on initiatives to reduce crime in minority communities.

“He was a friend and a pillar of Richmond’s faith community,” Sen. Tim Kaine stated on social media. “May all do as much for so many.”

Bishop Glenn was elevated to a bishop in November 2006 when he was inducted into the College of Bishops of the Church of God in Christ with which his church is affiliated.

A former police officer in Portsmouth, Bishop Glenn was a native of Kingsville, Texas, and came to Virginia around 1957 after his mother married and moved to Petersburg. A barrel-chested man with a powerful speaking voice who openly wore his faith and was outspoken on various issues, he credited his late mother, Joan P. Andrews, with encouraging him to become a minister.

“We loved to play church when I was growing up,” Bishop Glenn said in a Free Press interview published in January 2015. “I would always end up as the preacher, and I would preach to one of my cousins and the other cousin would sing.

My mother always encouraged me and told me I would make a good preacher.”

A U.S. Army veteran, he launched his church in his living room in 1995 with his wife and 20 charter members. The church quickly grew and held services at George Wythe High School for several years until the congregation secured land at 1701 Turner Road, where the sanctuary was built and opened in 1998.

At one point, the church reported 2,000 members, but recently reported about 750 members. So far, there has been no announcement of a successor.

Bishop Glenn had a wide-ranging career outside the church, including serving nearly two years as director of the state Department of Juvenile Justice under former Gov. Jim Gilmore. He quit abruptly Dec. 1, 1999, amid conflicts with the board overseeing the department that operates state prison centers for youths.

Bishop Glenn said at the time that he decided to quit because his hard work was not appreciated by the Gilmore administration.

Four months later, he drew attention when he led a boycott of county malls after the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors declared April as Confederate History and Heritage Month. Joined by others, the protest appeared to reduce the number of shoppers and also brought the county unwelcome attention when white supremacist leader David Duke came to promote shopping.

The protest ended after the county offered conciliatory words and virtually ensured Bishop Glenn that the resolution fiasco would not be repeated.

Ironically, Bishop Glenn said that just as he and Chesterfield officials reached their agreement, he was forced to resign as a volunteer chaplain for the Chesterfield County Police Department. He had been the first and only African-American pastor among the dozen working with police to comfort relatives of accident and crime victims.

Bishop Glenn said he was told he had become too controversial because of the protest. He said he resigned as chaplain when he was told he would have to take a 90-day leave of absence and undergo a review of his fitness by a chaplain board.

Final arrangements to celebrate Bishop Glenn’s life were pending at the Free Press’ deadline.

coronavirus pandemic, and with unemployment skyrocketing above levels from the Great Depression of the 1930s, businesses had urged the governor to delay the wage increase to avoid increasing the financial stress on employers.

Meanwhile, Gov. Northam signed legislation creating a fine for those caught with small amounts of marijuana and turning Election Gov. Northam Day in November into a state holiday and eliminating the Lee-Jackson Holiday honoring Confederates.

The governor’s signature on legislation also means Confederate monuments could be eliminated from public property, a prospect that Henrico Delegate Lamont Bagby, chair of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, welcomed.

Following the bill’s signing, Delegate Bagby wrote in a social media post that the action caps years of advocacy by caucus members and represents a victory for black Virginians

“who have struggled, and continue to struggle, in the pursuit of justice and equity.”

Gov. Northam also signed bills Saturday that begin the process of replacing Virginia’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol and removes from the state law defunct laws that once undergirded racial separation and white supremacy.

The bills he signed also provide for automatic voter registration by people getting licenses and conducting other business with the state Department of Motor Vehicles and remove other obstacles to voting, including a requirement to have a photo ID. New gun control laws the governor signed — and that the Virginia Citizens Defense League is preparing to challenge as unconstitutional — include one requiring all gun sellers, licensed or not, to perform a background check on purchasers. Others restore a sales limit of one handgun a month, authorize courts and police to remove guns from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others and require owners to report the theft or loss of weapons to authorities within 48 hours.

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40.4 percent Caucasian and 6.7 percent Latino.

“This follows a trend seen across the country,” Mayor Stoney said. “While the virus does not discriminate by race, creed or gender and knows no boundaries, this highlights the disparity in health and health care that has been ever present.”

He said the virus’ impact tends to be greater in poorer communities where there are more underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, that make people more vulnerable to serious infections.

Mayor Stoney said he did not know when the emergency would end. There

have been conflicting projections of when the infections would peak in Virginia, from late April to mid-August, creating uncertainty.

“What we know is that we haven’t yet reached the apex and have not started going downhill,” Mayor Stoney said. “Our best weapon is to stay home if you can, and to wear masks if you cannot and wash your hands thoroughly and often.”

Meanwhile, with schools closed statewide through the end of the academic year, Richmond Public Schools is stepping up its efforts to link students to online learning.

RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras said that along with creating a robust package of educational programming and classes at RPS@home for parents and students to

access, the school system this week began distributing laptop computers to students who need them.

He said RPS received 12,000 requests for computers through a survey and will move to fill all of them, starting with high school students. He said distribution to middle school and elementary students would begin next week, with all distributions following health guidelines.

He noted that RPS also is serving 13,000 meals a day Monday through Friday through 55 distribution sites across the city, thanks to staff and volunteers helping to reduce hunger.

Details on RPS food pickup sites: www.rvaschools.net, then click on “Meal Distribution Sites.”

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found that 84 residents and 35 staff members were positive for COVID-19.

According to media reports, Canterbury’s medical director, Dr. Jim Wright, said the facility’s staffers who have tested positive for coronavirus can work with patients with the virus without fear, based on the assumption that people who have tested positive may have immunity from getting the virus a second time.

Officials said that Canterbury has stepped up health security measures and are closely following guidelines offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as state and local health departments.

Dr. Danny Avula, director of the Richmond and Henrico County health districts, said long-term care facilities receiving federal dollars for Medicare and Medicaid have requirements for elderly people in their care during the pandemic, including restricting visitation, isolating patients testing positive for the virus and screening staff every day for COVID-19.

On Monday, Gov. Northam was asked about any state policies regarding nursing home notifying families of their loved ones’

conditions during the pandemic.

“At the facility level, obviously there’s going to be variation in practice,” Gov. Northam responded. “However, our local health departments and COVID-19 task force will continue to recommend that facilities keep families informed with timely, accurate information. We are contemplating how to empower elderly facilities with the right communications tools and strategies.”

Guardian Place, a senior facility on Hamilton Street in Richmond, confirmed that a resident tested positive for COVID19 and is currently on the campus.

Vice President Maryanne Lee stated in an email to the Free Press, “Upon notification, Guardian Place’s administration took immediate actions, increasing disinfecting of certain common areas, although the resident was not believed to have visited these areas. We remain in contact with the Health Department and will continue to abide by their directives. There is nothing more important than the health and safety of our residents and staff members.”

Delores Roane, who moved into Guardian Place two months ago, said residents were asked to wear a mask, not to go out unless necessary and have no large

gatherings in common areas, including no partying.

“At 72, I don’t do any partying,” Ms. Roane said with a chuckle. “All of the social areas where we would sit and talk have been locked down and the chairs are now stacked up against the wall.”

She said she takes a walk almost every day. The facility’s weekly social programs, she said, have been shut down, along with the twice weekly transportation service.

“We mainly call each other and stay in our apartments,” she said. Her son, she said, picks her up on occasion to take her grocery shopping or will drop off what she needs. Grocery stores, she added, also deliver.

Ms. Roane said she will follow the directions of the facility in order to stay healthy.

Gov. Northam underscored the sacrifice many people are making during this difficult time of pandemic to keep from catching the virus or spreading it to others.

“If we stop what we’re doing too soon, it is clear that we will have a second peak,” the governor said. “That could be worse than what we’re dealing with right now. I appreciate our citizens’ vigilance, perseverance and obeying the guidelines.”

City budget amendments reflect reduced revenue Continued from A1

downturn, with Henrico County slashing $100 million and Chesterfield County cutting $50 million from anticipated revenues for the next fiscal year.

Dr. Brown cited projected revenue declines of 5 percent to 15 percent on an array of taxes, including those imposed on real estate, vehicles, restaurants, hotel rooms, concert tickets, business income, plus other revenue reductions.

But he said there are still too many unknowns, including the amount the city will receive in federal support, when the pandemic will end and how quickly Richmond might bounce back — likely requiring at least monthly budget reviews and adjustments.

Still some people, including at least two who might challenge Mayor Stoney in the November election, believe City Hall is too optimistic about how quickly a recovery will come after the pandemic ends and that far deeper cuts in city spending are needed.

Attorney and political strategist Paul Goldman, who is weighing a run, called the mayor’s revamped budget proposal “fiscally irresponsible” in continuing wasteful spending.

Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, an announced mayoral candidate, said she believes Mayor Stoney’s

budget amendments are based on a “best case scenario” but that the city should be presenting a budget reflecting “a worst case scenario.”

Others on council, including Vice President Chris A. Hilbert, disagreed.

Ms. Gray, for example, is forecasting a far bigger drop in meal tax revenues than the city, based on her conversations with restaurant owners.

Dr. Brown said the city is projecting that revenues would shrink only $4.7 million from the previously anticipated $47 million, which includes about $9 million to pay the cost of three new school buildings.

That’s “unrealistic,” according to industry veteran Michelle Williams, co-owner of the 25-year-old Richmond Restaurant Group, which has closed all eight restaurants and furloughed more than 400 employees.

She projects that as many as 150 to 200 of the city’s more than 800 restaurants will never reopen as result of the financial losses.

Those that do, and she is preparing for her restaurant group to be among them, will be fortunate to do 50 percent to 60 percent of their pre-virus business in the first year after the threat ends, she said.

It will take time to reopen, she said, and she anticipates a drop in patron numbers, in part due to the huge job losses that will make eating out a luxury for more people,

new wariness about being in crowded places and a virus-induced rise in homecooked meals.

Ms. Williams acknowledged that national fast food operations that promote carryout service appear to be attracting more customers, but she said the sit-down restaurants that put Richmond on the national food map are starving if they are managing to stay open. She said those operations are seeing 75 percent to 90 percent reductions in business in providing delivery and carryout service.

Instead of considering the amount of tax to be gained, Ms. Williams said, the city ought to be offering help to this important sector of the city’s economy and waive collection of meals taxes at least through June to allow the money to be used by restaurant owners and operators to pay rent, bank loans and cover other survival costs.

So far, Mayor Stoney has proposed waiving penalties and interest on late payments between April and June, far short of what Ms. Williams believes is needed.

While her group currently has the financial strength to keep the city’s tax dollars separate, she said others are facing the terrible choice of spending the meals tax money to protect their restaurants or paying it to the city and going out of business.

“All of us need forgiveness on the taxes,” she said.

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The EDA later indicated that the team made it a condition of coming to Richmond. There also were internal concerns that rejection of the payment would mean the city had invested in a facility the team would walk away

from.

Last year, the council notified Mayor Stoney that it would not approve any new contract between the team and the city unless the payments were removed. At the time, Mayor Stoney agreed with the council and said that he “would not support an

extension of the agreement were the city to have to continue making a cash contribution,” Mr. Nolan stated.

The contract modification has been under discussion among the parties for many months, according to the announcement, and comes at a time when the city is focusing its

resources on helping local businesses and residents respond to the COVID19 pandemic.

The money saved by not paying the team is being used by the EDA to fund its small business loan program, the announcement stated.

“We’re pleased we were able to

negotiate this relief for the city,” Mayor Stoney stated. “We value the investments and contributions the team has made in our community and look forward to continuing our work together this year and further exploring ways to grow our partnership.”

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Righting the wrongs of the past Kudos to Gov. Ralph S. Northam for signing common sense legislation that takes first steps in getting rid of the Confederate flotsam and jetsam that litters Virginia communities, undermines our psyches and devalues the lives of generations of enslaved people who were kept in bondage for the benefit of white supremacists.

The legislation, much of which was sponsored by members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, does the following: 1 — Gives localities control over the Confederate monuments within their jurisdiction.

This is good news for Richmond, Charlottesville, Norfolk and other communities that have sought to remove Confederate statues and symbols from their boulevards, parks, courthouses and other public spaces.

But with more than 220 Confederate monuments around Virginia, the new law is just the first step. We will see the real backbone of members of Richmond City Council when the matter of taking down the statues on Monument Avenue comes up for a vote.

We have long held that the statues need to be removed. They honor Confederate traitors who took up arms against the U.S. government to keep black people in slavery. The statues can be moved to Civil War battlefields, museums and historic homes of the Confederates they honor to be put into proper context. The city’s public spaces should be reserved for people of all colors who truly deserve to be honored.

In January, City Council voted 6-2 to ask the General Assembly for local control over the monuments. Now the council will have that authority. The ball will be in their court. We’ll see what the council does — especially in this election year.

2 — Eliminates the state holiday established as a tribute to Confederate traitors Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and, instead, establishes Election Day in November as a state holiday.

A new Election Day holiday will be a no-excuse reminder for Virginians to go vote. It also is a declaration by the state to all Virginians — including young people — that we consider voting such an important cornerstone of our democracy that we give state workers the day off to exercise this right protected under the U.S. Constitution.

3 — Establishes a commission to recommend a replacement for the Robert E. Lee statue representing Virginia in the U.S. Capitol.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin of Henrico and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton of Northern Virginia asked Gov. Northam in December to come up with a better person to represent the state than “a prevalent reminder of Virginia’s disturbing racial legacy.”

Their charge to the governor was taken up by state Sen. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth and Delegate Jeion Ward of Hampton, both members of the VLBC. We are certain a statue of a more fitting person can be put in the U.S. Capitol on Virginia’s behalf. The monuments of Confederates offer a version of history that excludes the contributions and the sacrifices of African-Americans and people of color. They need to be moved to make way for a broader, more inclusive telling of the past.

However, vestiges of the Confederacy remain inside the state Capitol in Richmond and on the grounds. These statues, busts and monuments should be removed if the governor and the legislature intend to do more than half-step.

Additionally, Gov. Northam also has signed legislation striking discriminatory language from Virginia’s Acts of Assembly. This includes laws that banned interracial marriage, blocked school integration and prohibited black and white people from living in the same neighborhoods.

It is important that these laws be stricken because we never know what elements may come to power and seek to have the laws revived, or reinterpreted by the courts, if they remain on the books.

But the real work now for Gov. Northam, the General Assembly, the VLBC and all right-minded Virginians is to eliminate the laws, policies and practices that maintain inequities in education, health care, voting access, punishment and incarceration, housing and employment that keep African-Americans and people of color in a cycle of permanent underclass.

Those laws, policies and practices are not so blatantly spelled out in code books, but perpetuate the system of racial injustice and inequity that has existed in Virginia for 400 years.

That’s the next big step.

We hope Gov. Northam and the legislature will get busy on that.

RRHA, Feed More and the pandemic We don’t get it.

Yes, we understand there is a pandemic going on and many workers have been furloughed or sent home to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

But we don’t understand why Damon E. Duncan, the short-timer CEO of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, would stop the fresh food and grocery distribution program to the city’s public housing neighborhoods by Feed More, the area’s main food bank, at a time when people need help the most.

About 8,000 people live in the city’s six public housing communities. That includes thousands of children who now are at home because the coronavirus has forced the shutdown of schools statewide for the remainder of the academic year.

While Richmond Public Schools offers “grab and go” breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday at public housing community rental offices, families likely need more than the bags of sandwiches to get through the week.

At least two of the six complexes are located in what are classified as “food deserts,” with the nearest grocery store more than a mile away.

And with many people out of work, why in the world would fresh food be cut off now — in the middle of a pandemic — to some of the most vulnerable communities in the city?

According to Virginia Public Media, an RRHA spokesperson stated that the reason for stopping the food distribution was the lack of an adequate number of volunteers and staff as well as a lack of personal protective equipment to keep volunteers and staff safe.

But the same spokesperson told the Richmond Free Press that the food distribution was canceled because the Feed More food deliverers were not wearing masks and other protective gear or adhering to social distancing guidelines.

This is not the time to quibble over different versions as to why the program was stopped. This is the time for all hands to be in problem-solving mode.

If RRHA is shorthanded, it should put out a call for volunteers to step up to keep the food program going. It is likely a sufficient number can be found among RRHA residents.

If the problem is a lack of protective equipment for either RRHA or Feed More, a call should go out for donations of masks, gloves and other equipment.

And if the problem is a lack of social distancing on the part of the Feed More staff, communication between RRHA and Feed More leadership could very well address that issue.

True, there are numerous problems to be addressed during these times, but they cannot be addressed by throwing up our hands and giving up. The RRHA leadership is paid to problem solve, and it is time for them to step up and earn their salaries.

RRHA residents need Feed More’s food and RRHA needs to find a way to make that happen.

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COVID-19 and inequities in health care system In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.”

Dr. King’s words ring t r u e t o d a y.

All across the country, black communities are reeling from the devastating impact the pandemic is having on our communities.

The Coronavirus pandemic also has exposed the ways in which racism and systemic discrimination have left black communities more vulnerable to coronavirus and its impacts.

Data revealed from pockets of the country have made clear that the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on black Americans. The Trump administration’s lack of transparency and failure to release racial data on a national level has undermined efforts to develop a targeted response to the crisis. As a result, too many of our communities are left without fair and equitable access to testing, care and treatment.

The few states and cities across the country that are publishing data are providing doctors and medical professionals with the critical information needed to help ensure that we are reaching the most vulnerable and high-risk communities. In other states, doctors are virtually shooting in the dark.

Easter weekend data on COVID-19 provides a harrowing picture of the pandemic’s impact on black Americans and makes clear that African-Americans are dying at higher rates than white people. In Illinois, AfricanAmericans make up 14.6 percent

of the population, but 43 percent of deaths. Similarly, Michigan’s population is 14 percent black, but African-Americans make up 43percent of deaths.

In South Carolina, AfricanAmericans make up 27 percent of

Kristen Clarke the population, but 38 percent of deaths. And in Louisiana, black people make up 33 percent of the population, but 71percent of deaths.

(In Virginia, State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver reported Monday that race and ethnicity data is available for only about half the state’s COVID-19 cases and deaths.

He said about 30 percent or 921 of Virginia’s positive cases are African-American, while about 22 percent, or 33 deaths, are African-Americans. About 20 percent of Virginia’s population is African-American.)

If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did its job and released data for the entire country, we could begin to strategically target and deploy resources to these hot spots across the country.

Why are our communities suffering more?

The earliest days of the pandemic were ones in which we saw very little testing and the few testing options that were available were seemingly reserved for the well-connected and the privileged.

Systemic racism and discrimination across our health care system also has left far too many African-Americans beleaguered with pre-existing conditions that rendered them more vulnerable to coronavirus-related complications and deaths. Provider bias

meant that some black Americans were prematurely turned away at the hospital door or denied access to equitable treatment.

Far too many African-Americans have lost their jobs or been furloughed and are currently without access to health insurance.

And a disproportionate number of people of color find themselves in jobs deemed “essential,” including postal workers, public transit employees, sanitation workers, back-of-the-house restaurant cooks, home care assistants and delivery workers who subject themselves to higher risk for the virus by reporting to work every day.

We also can’t ignore the false disinformation campaigns on social media that suggested that African-Americans were immune to the disease. Our online platforms must do their part to ensure that these dangerous campaigns are immediately shut down.

And while the CDC has encouraged all people to wear masks in public, for AfricanAmerican men and boys who are too often subject to racial profiling and police violence, the choice to wear a mask brings with it significant risk.

Now is the time to fight back.

My organization, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has partnered with hundreds of doctors and health care professionals to fight for the Trump administration to immediately release national-level racial data. This data is a critical tool in the fight to ensure a strategically targeted response to the pandemic.

That data also can help inform time-sensitive advocacy efforts to push more employers to grant paid leave that can literally help save lives.

We also are calling for more states to begin releasing this data

Beware of payday, car loans now For the foreseeable future, “normal” life will be indefinitely suspended due to the global pandemic known as the coronavirus.

Record-breaking employment layoffs in the month of March resulted in the U.S. Department of Labor reporting that 10.4 million consumers lost their jobs and filed for unemployment compensation.

Zeroing in on the economic impacts of the crisis, people everywhere are struggling with competing needs in their lives. When living costs exceed available financial resources, tough times lead to tough decisions about how to feed families, keep a home to live in, ways to keep utilities working and a myriad of other day-to-day needs.

Fortunately, as the viral saga unfolds, some news outlets are reporting on the potential harms of consumers turning to payday and car title loans.

A joint response by five federal regulars — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the CFPB, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,

the National Credit Union Administration and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — was released on March 26 encouraging banks, savings and loans and credit unions to offer “responsible small dollar loans” to consumers and small businesses during the pandemic.

According to the regulators, “responsible small-dollar

Charlene Crowell loans can play an important role in meeting customers” credit needs because of temporary cash-flow imbalances, unexpected expenses or income disruptions during periods of economic stress or disaster recoveries.”

Without any specifics defining “reasonable small dollar loans,” the regulators’ statement could be an inducement to join triple-digit lenders’ financial exploitation.

For black America and other communities of color, predatory short-term loans of $500 or less began decades ago when payday and car-title storefronts took prominent residence in our neighborhoods across the country.

Loans that were marketed as quick fixes for millions of consumers morphed into long-term financial nightmares that deepened debt with every renewal. In many cases,

the interest paid on these loans was often double or triple the amount of principal borrowed.

A coalition of civil and consumer rights organizations released a joint statement warning of the possible spike in high-cost lending by the nation’s depository institutions — banks, credit unions and savings and loans.

“This is the worst possible time for banks to make predatory payday loans,” said Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, the Center for Responsible Lending, the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP and the National Consumer Law Center.

“Around the time of the last recession, a handful of banks issued ‘deposit advances’ that put borrowers in an average of 19 loans a year at over 200 percent annual interest,” continued the leaders. “These bank payday loans disproportionately harmed the financially vulnerable and badly damaged banks’ reputations. Since 2013 when regulatory guidance warned against this form of credit, banks have mostly stayed away. We trust that they will continue to do so as they do not want to repeat mistakes of the past.”

The writer is a senior fellow with the Center for Responsible Lending.

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at the state-level as well. Every day that the administration fails to release this data may hamper lives.

We also are taking action to address overcrowded jails and prisons, which are very vulnerable to the rapid spread of the virus.

This season demands that we collectively leverage our voices to call for justice, equity and action to advance the shared goal of beating back this pandemic.

We should heed Dr. King’s calls and begin to push our leaders to address the “shocking and inhuman” disparities that have left African-Americans particularly vulnerable during the current pandemic.

We should view COVID-19 through a racial justice lens and demand equal access to health care as a critical civil and human right.

The writer is president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the nation’s leading nonpartisan civil rights law firm.

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Re “U.Va. enrolls first patient in COVID-19 medication study,�

Free Press April 9-11 edition: It is important to educate our public on drug development. With coronavirus so prevalent in our communities, individuals are quickly jumping on the bandwagon of what they believe are miracle treatment drugs without knowing much background. The importance of clinical trials and studies are essential to the success of any new medication.

In January, Gilead, the maker of remdesivir, revealed pre-clinical data that suggested the drug could be effective against the COVID-19 virus. Pre-clinical trials are the research and development stage of a drug, where safety, toxicity, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, formation, and dosage are determined.

By February, Gilead began multiple clinical trials.

Clinical trials, which could take on average seven years, are broken down into four different phases. Phase 0 and Phase 1 are used on small sample sizes and are focused on safety. Phase 2 evaluates a slightly larger group and not only focuses on safety but also effectiveness. Phase 3 evaluates an even larger population than the prior phase.

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Currently, remdesivir is an investigational drug. It has been studied in Ebola and other coronaviruses known as SARS and MERS, but has not achieved adequate study results to initiate clinical development.

Remdesivir has not been approved because neither the safety nor effectiveness of the medication has been identified. It is unknown if remdesivir is the answer to treating COVID-19 without further study results.

Therefore, it is imperative that individuals participate in these studies to help health care professionals determine safety and effectiveness.

In the meantime, please continue to follow social distancing, stay-at-home orders and proper handwashing techniques to decrease further spread of COVID-19. We cannot say we have found the cure quite yet.

CARISSA RUSSO Chester The writer is a master’s of public health candidate at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.

Kudos to the Free Press on RRHA coverage Thank you for the Free Press’ continuing objective coverage of the public housing community in the city and for giving Richmond City Council an opportunity to make the needed changes at the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the residents and the employees.

Your coverage holds the potential to inspire City Council members and the residents to both become more intentional, engaged and even collaborative when the next decisions are made regarding new commissioners and the new RRHA chief executive officer.

Thank you very much for doing what others choose to ignore.

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Varina High sophomore makes All-State Team All-State boys basketball teams generally are reserved for experienced seniors, with perhaps a junior here and there.

Alphonzo Billups is an exception to that largely because of his exceptional talent.

The Varina High School sophomore made the Virginia High School League’s Class 5 All-State Team in just his first season in the Blue Devils lineup.

“The sky is the limit for ‘Fats,’ ” said Varina Coach Kenneth Randolph of his 10th grade prodigy.

Let’s pause here. Before going any further, how is a wafer-thin, 6-foot-6, 175-pound player nicknamed “Fats?”

“I was a fat little baby, and it just carried on,” said Billups, who is the son of Antonio Atkins, a former Armstrong High School basketball player,

and Lawana Hinnant.

Varina hoops has taken off as one of the area’s hottest programs.

The Eastern Henrico squad won the State 5A title in 2018 and reached the semifinals in 2019.

Billups made varsity as a freshman but saw limited action.

“I learned a lot, though,” he said.

But despite the recent successes, there were serious concerns entering this past season. Three front-line seniors had graduated from the 2018 team and three other standouts transferred to other schools.

“Someone had to step up,” said Coach Randolph, a former assistant who succeeded Andrew Lacey this season as head coach.

Clearly, Billups rose to the occasion and then some.

“I think I’m most proud of how we proved everyone wrong,” he said.

“We bounced back.”

While thin in build, Billups produced some “fat” statistics — 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots per game.

As for All-State honors, Billups said, “I didn’t expect all that, but I thought I’d have a real good season.

I knew I had a big role to fill.”

His well-rounded skills helped Varina post a 19-5 record in what was thought to be a rebuilding year.

Billups wasn’t alone in standing tall. Christian Carden and Amari Baylor also enjoyed breakout seasons as 10th-graders.

Two of Varina’s losses were in the postseason to Henrico High School in the Region 5B final and to Green Run High School of Virginia Beach in the state quarterfinals.

Billups, who turned 16 earlier this month, had his best games against the

Fictitious All-Stars Lineup card filled out by manager Morris Buttermaker Willie Mays Hayes, cf Crash Davis, 1b Roy Hobbs, rf Mr. Ed, 3b Pedro Cerrano, dh Dottie Hinson, c Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, 2b Esquire Joe Calloway, lf Chico Escuela, ss Bingo Long, p (not hitting)

Get ready for Team Fiction

Baseball All-Stars put together from film and television We still have peanuts and Cracker Jacks to munch on this spring, but there is no live baseball to enjoy with the snacks.

So let’s have some fun. In the absence of any real action, let’s be creative and come up with a made-frommovies-or-TV team that all baseball fans could stand up and holler for.

So in your imagination, just for giggles, let’s give it up for the Fictitious All-Stars, playing for every city and town — counting make-believe locations — in America.

Pitcher: Who else but Bingo Long of “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (1976) about barnstorming black team in the 1940s.

Played by actor Billy Dee Williams, Bingo was so confident that at times he would request his fielders to lie down and go to sleep. A master of intimidation, he would pitch on some occasions wearing a gorilla suit, and had an “invisible pitch” that was impossible to see — much less hit.

Catcher: Dottie Hinson did something no one else would dare attempt — she caught pop-ups behind her back and sometimes doing full splits, wearing a dress, no less.

Actress Geena Davis, who played Hinson in “A League of Their Own,” (1992) was also a power hitter.

“I wanted the other team to say ‘Uh, oh,’ when I came up,” she said.

Designated hitter: Cigar-puffing Cuban refugee Pedro Cerrano believed in voodoo and crushed fastballs. But he had nightmares about having to hit the curve.

“Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help me hit the curveball,” he told a teammate.

He was played by Dennis Haysbert in the film “Major League” (1989), whose face and deep voice are better known from the Allstate commercials.

First base: Crash Davis, played by Kevin Costner, was primarily a catcher in the film “Bull Durham” (1988). But the lefty is being moved to first for this imaginary team.

Davis set big league record for most homers by a minor leaguer. He also could shag dance into the wee hours and won the heart of Durham “baseball groupie” Annie, played by Susan Sarandon.

Second base: Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez did great things on and off the field in the film “The Sandlot” (1993.)

Not only did the Latino infielder defeat “The Beast,” recovering the Babe Ruth autographed ball from a vicious dog, he won a spot with the Los Angeles Dodgers and famously stole home plate.

“The Jet” was played by actor Mike Vitar, who later was cast as a hospital worker in the TV series “Chicago Hope” and a police officer in “NYPD Blue.”

Shortstop: Chico Escuela isn’t a character from the silver screen, but rather from “Saturday Night Live.”

Played by Garrett Morris, Chico was a native of the

Dominican Republic with the famous line, “Beisbol been berry berry good to me.” He suited up for the New Mets, according to SNL lore.

Later, Chico became a SNL sports writer with a tellall book about the Mets. “Tom Seaver, he once borrow Chico’s soap and not ever give it back.”

Third base: Mr. Ed, playing himself on TV from 1958 to 1966, has to make this team somewhere. While not much in interviews, the “talking horse” swung a mean bat—with his teeth. While we’re concerned about Mr. Ed’s defense, he belongs in the lineup for hitting and speed.

In a tryout with the Dodgers, Mr. Ed hit an in-thepark homer off Sandy Koufax. Seeing such a fete, Los Angeles Coach Leo Durocher said, “That’s the most amazing thing I ever saw.”

Mr. Ed’s owner, Wilbur, replied, “Not so amazing; Ed missed second base.”

Right field: Roy Hobbs, played by Robert Redford in “The Natural” (1984). Emerging from a mysterious past, the lefty’s slugging helps win the pennant for the New York Knights.

Roy knocks out scoreboards with his prodigious blows, wows the ladies with his good looks and even has abdominal surgery in, of all places, a maternity ward.

Center field: Willie Mays Hayes, known for his blinding speed, was played by actor Wesley Snipes in “Major League” (1989).

“Hit like Mays (meaning Willie Mays) and run like Hayes (meaning Bob Hayes),” was his catch phrase.

Hayes stole bases, chased down fly balls and helped keep the Indians in Cleveland despite the team’s ruthless female owner.

Left field: Esquire Joe Calloway, played by Stan Shaw in “Bingo Long,” may have been the best outfielder in the history of cinema. He caught everything hit in the park, even racing into surrounding pastures to snag long drives, sometimes speeding through barn doors.

At the end, Calloway becomes something of a Jackie Robinson figure as a major league team offers him a big league contract. Upon hearing the news, his teammates chant, “Go, Go, Esquire Joe!” Manager: Rounding out the Team Fiction lineup is Morris Buttermaker, played by actor Walter Matthau in “Bad News Bears” (1976).

A former big league player with a drinking problem and a blue Cadillac, Buttermaker guided a group of sandlot misfits to a season ending in celebration. In convincing his players to hang tough during trying times, Buttermaker told his team of kids: “This quitting thing, it’s a hard habit to break.”

No one’s quitting 2020 baseball, at least not yet.

So settle into your seat, smell the popcorn popping.

The national anthem is playing. And the umpire, albeit a fictitious one, is about to dust off home plate and shout, “Play ball.”

toughest opponents on the schedule.

No stage was too bright for the varsity newcomer.

“I haven’t seen anyone like him in quite some time,” Coach Randolph said. “He has tremendous upside.”

His talents are no secret. College recruitment is well underway. Virginia Commonwealth University, Old Dominion University, Providence College and the University of Virginia are on a list of suitors that surely will grow.

Billups said his “favorite college team — for now — is Duke” that, like Varina, also is called the Blue Devils.

He was invited to attend the Duke at Virginia game this past winter in Charlottesville. Athletes cannot make official recruiting visits until their junior year.

“My phone has been blowing up since November,” Coach Randolph said. “Virginia really loves him. U.Va. coaches came to watch several of our games.”

Coach Randolph believes Billups will grow to be about 6-foot-9, but he’s much more than a back-to-basket post player. In fact, he’s listed as a “wing” on the Varina roster.

Alphonzo Billups

This season he had numerous twohand dunks — a rarity for a sophomore.

But he also showed outside shooting range and ball-handling skills.

“I think I can play every position,” he said.

Billups isn’t the only athlete in the family. His brother, Raevon Atkins, was a standout football linebacker this past season for Henrico High School.

During the last five hoops seasons, Varina is a combined 108-22. That record may even glow more as Billups and others continue to grow.

All things considered, don’t expect any Blue Devils to drop-off. “Fat” chance of that happening.

Varina High alumni report These former Varina Blue Devils are now playing college basketball: Tyrese Jenkins, Norfolk State University Charles Tart, Virginia Union University Ken Southerland, Richard Bland College Jason Wiggins, Hagerstown, Md., Community College

NBA one-on-one tournament would be interesting about now Going crazy with no sports?

Lanier work. Lanier was sweating Wouldn’t a live NBA one-on-one so profusely that the court had to be tournament be entertaining about frequently mopped. now?

The 1972 Finals were at The Forum in It’s not likely to happen because Los Angeles. In that event, the 6-foot-11 of the coronavirus pandemic and Lanier consistently backed the slender other logistical concerns, but can’t we 6-foot-3 White near the hoop for short dream? left-handed baskets.

The event would be made White primarily fired for TV, with no fans in the away from outside and stands — just two players, a Lanier was too big for him ref, scorekeeper and camera to get around for possible crew. rebounds.

There’s historical preceThe 1973 final featured dence to lean on. two similarly sized players In 1972 and 1973, there and was considered the more Bob Lanier were 16-man One-On-One enticing matchup.

Competitions that drew Petrie was the 1971 NBA many of the top names in Rookie of the Year out of the sport.

Princeton University. The The Detroit Pistons’ Bob 6-foot-4 guard averaged 22 Lanier prevailed in 1972, points for his six-year career beating the Boston Celtics’Jo with Portland.

Jo White in the final. Then the With today’s popular Portland Trail Blazers’Geoff 3-point arc, any one-on-one Petrie won in 1973, defeating might look much different, Jo Jo White journeyman Barry Clemens, assuming shots behind the who was with the Cleveland arc counted as three.

Cavaliers at the time.

So if the one-on-one was The event was covered brought back in these times of

by ABC during the NBA a historical sports void, who Championship series halfmight be the contenders? times, with Keith Jackson It would seem the chamand Bill Russell handling pion would need to be a commentary. threat from the distance — Of course, players still an all-round All-Star with a Geoff Petrie active in the NBA Finals multiple skill set. were not eligible.

LeBron James? James The first prize was Harden? Trae Young? Kawhi $15,000; second, $7,500, Leonard? Russell Westand so on. It was big money brook? A healthy Steph then. The total purse was Curry? $50,500.

Or would pure power Games were to 20 prevail? points, and must be won Could an old-fashioned by four points. There were center emerge as the ultino 3-pointers then, with a Barry Clemens mate star — Giannis An“take it out line” similar to the current tetokounmpo? Andre Drummond? bonus arc.

Anthony Davis? Hassan Whiteside?

Players went to the foul line after the Rudy Gobert? third foul. And there was a 10-second Or, just as Barry Clemens pulled off shot clock. upsets in 1973, might a lesser-known Finalists Lanier, White and Petrie player do so again — A mystery man? were genuine NBA superstars. Clemens A non-starter on some team’s bench? was the surprise.

Or a spry newcomer such as Zion A third round draft pick out of Ohio Williamson or De’Andre Hunter?

Wesleyan University, the 6-foot-6 CleWe’ll never know, but wouldn’t the mens defeated Lanier in the 1973 semi- basketball world love finding out? It sure finals at Madison Square Garden. would beat another “Rocky” marathon Clemens made the much larger and “Leave It to Beaver” reruns.

Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer Tim Brown dies

Tim Brown

Former NFL great Tim Brown, who drew acclaim as an athlete, actor and singer, died Saturday, April 4, 2020, of complications from dementia.

Mr. Brown was 82 and living in Palm Springs, Calif.

From suburban Indianapolis, Mr. Brown starred at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., before embarking on a distinguished NFLcareer from 1959 to 1968, mostly with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played with the Green Bay Packers and the Baltimore Colts.

A three-time All-Pro pick as a running back, receiver and kick returner, Mr. Brown accumulated 3,862 yards rushing, 3,399 yards receiving and 5,420 yards returning kicks.

The explosive 200-pound athlete scored 31 touchdowns rushing and 26 receiving. He set a record 105yard kickoff return for Philadelphia that still holds,

and also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Mr. Brown, who wore jersey No. 22, is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame.

His talents extended far beyond the gridiron.

Mr. Brown, who preferred the name Timothy for non-football activities, began singing and tap dancing in the chorus and show choir at Ball State.

Following his retirement from the NFL, he signed a contract with Imperial Records and recorded such songs as “I Got Nothin’ But Time,” “Silly Rumors” and “If I Loved You.” He also became a headliner for a popular concert series at Steel Peer in Atlantic City, N.J. Mr. Brown appeared in more than 20 movies, including “M*A*S*H*,” “Zebra Force,” “Black Gunn” and “Nashville” and numerous television

shows, including “The Wild Wild West,” “The Mary Tyler More Show” and “M*A*S*H.” His final film role was in 2000 as Roof Man Billy in the movie “Frequency.”

Mr. Brown was also a color analyst in 1973 for CBS NFL telecasts.

He was born Thomas Allen Brown but rarely went by his given name. He was called “Tim” or “Timmy” Brown for football and “Timothy” for music and acting.

In part, Mr. Brown preferred Timothy so as not to be confused with the iconic Jim Brown, another NFL star who became an actor.

Also, he is not to be confused with football great Timothy “Tim” Donell Brown, who starred at Notre Dame, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1988, and later with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders.

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Personality: Chandler M. Hubbard Spotlight on local playwright and finalist for national best new play award “Disbelief. Shock. Gratitude.

Confusion? Mostly gratitude.”

That’s how local actor and playwright Chandler Marshall Hubbard describes his reaction after learning his play, “Animal Control,” was selected as a finalist for the American Theatre Critics Association’s Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ ATCA New Play Award.

The prestigious award, which comes with a $25,000 prize to the winner, recognizes the best plays that premiered professionally outside of New York City.

Mr. Hubbard’s play, which premiered last July at the Firehouse Theatre on West Broad Street in Richmond, is one of six finalists chosen from a field of 32 scripts across 13 states that were recommended by ATCA members.

Past winners of the award include August Wilson, Arthur Miller and Moises Kaufman.

It’s quite an honor to be selected as a finalist for the award and a sign of greater recognition for the 30-yearold’s work.

“I’m a small town boy finally seeing — and being seen by — the big world,” Mr. Hubbard says.

Mr. Hubbard serves as a research specialist for the Virginia Repertory Theatre’s Community Health + Wellness program, which uses theater to help with early language development in children, child sexual abuse prevention and to address isolation and emotional health for seniors facing dementia.

This is just one of many roles Mr. Hubbard has under-

taken within the city’s theater community during the past few years.

His interest in theater began at an early age, thanks to parents who shared the breadth of Richmond’s theater scene with him. He has acted in a number of productions, from “Corpus Christi” to “Talk Radio” and “Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play,” with several groups, including 5th Wall Theatre, the Richmond Triangle Players, Quill Theatre and TheatreLAB, among others.

Mr. Hubbard, who has thought of himself as a writer since middle school, has written several plays, with only one previously getting a full staging.

“Animal Control” deals with themes of control, communication and compassion and is set around the new manager of an animal shelter as she deals with a dysfunctional office and tries to handle mounting fallout stemming from a complaint about a pit bull terrorizing a dog park. The play is a mix of comedy and tragedy and partly rooted in Mr. Hubbard’s own experiences.

“Like most writers, it was vaguely autobiographical, with embellishments here and there and everywhere,” Mr. Hubbard says, describing the act of creating and mounting his own play as “wonderful, terrifying, sleep-losing and hair-tearing.”

After reports in recent months of animal abuse in the Metro Richmond area, “Animal Control” is lent a greater degree of relatability. In January 2019, Mr. Hubbard won The Martha

a “one-hit wonder” and is committed to making new art.

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Hill Newell Playwriting Award for “Animal Control,” and was nominated for Best Original Work from the Richmond Theatre Critics Circle.

Mr. Hubbard views theater not just as a story-telling tool, but also an engine for social change and the development of younger generations looking “to shape their own outlook based on their experiences.”

The award and two runnerup citations, with prizes of $7,500 each, were to be presented this month at the Pacific Playwrights Festival in Costa Mesa, Calif., but the event has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Organizers stated the awards program will be rescheduled.

Meanwhile, Mr. Hubbard isn’t resting on his laurels. He says he has no intention of being

Occupation: Research associate at Virginia Repertory Theatre, actor and writer.

Latest accomplishment: Finalist for the American Theatre Critics Association’s Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA 2020 New Play Award.

Date and place of birth:1989 in a van on the side of Interstate 95 in Chester.

Current residence: Just north of the RichmondHenrico County line.

Education: University of Virginia, 2012.

Family: Youngest of four sons and uncle to nine nieces and nephews.

Reaction to becoming one of six finalists: Disbelief. Shock.

Gratitude. Confusion? Mostly gratitude.

What this nomination means to me: I’m a small town boy finally seeing — and being seen by — the big world.

Name of play: “Animal Control.”

How I came up with play idea: Like most writers, it was vaguely autobiographical, with embellishments here and there and everywhere.

Theme of play: Compassion.

Control. Communication.

Theater, for me, is: Lifesaving, life-affirming and life-giving.

Playwright I most admire: Tennessee Williams.

What is the relevance of using theater for social change to the growth and development of our youths: Young people don’t want to be told what to think. They want to shape their own outlook based on their experiences. Providing them perspective and an open-ended dialogue gives them an arena to form their opinions. It’s the free space in the middle of the bingo card.

You give them a guaranteed chance to be themselves when the world around them is out of their control.

How I start the day: Slowly.

Quietly. Cautiously. I’m a night owl. I’d sleep all day if my dogs didn’t wake me up.

A perfect day for me is: Mapped out but with enough wiggle room for improvisation, but not too much for chaos.

How I unwind: Reruns as white noise while doing something else.

At the top of my “to-do” list is: Finding something to de-stress me that isn’t in actuality more stressful.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Sing, loudly and proudly. I don’t do it in front of people because I’m tone deaf and self-conscious.

Best late-night snack: Way too much mac and cheese.

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UR president to present Facebook Live performance Move over Andrea Bocelli and John Legend. University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher is sharing his music with the world as well.

As talented musicians and performers across the globe are hosting informal concerts via the internet to bring joy to people sheltered in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Crutcher, a classical cellist, will present a free performance at noon Friday, April 17, from his

with our community at this difficult moment.”

Dr. Crutcher stated that, through the years, music has helped him rise above the challenges and disappointments in his own life.

A native of Richmond, Ky., Dr. Crutcher has been president of UR since mid-2015, where he also serves as a professor of music. He is a former member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra among others, and

home on the UR campus.

The performance will be broadcast via Facebook Live on UR’s Facebook page, www. facebook.com/urichmond.

“This is a terribly challenging time for everyone,” stated Dr. Crutcher, who began studying the cello when he was 14. “It is also a time filled with disappointment of various types, particularly for our graduating seniors. It feels appropriate for me to share this

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Ellie and Kwan Burke, and their children, twins Anoushea and brother Kofi, 9, who are holding 2-year-old Nico, are enjoying time together on the front steps of their home in The Fan. “Though it took about four weeks into self-quarantining to find, this time has allowed us all to determine our own rhythm to our days and our lives,” the Burkes said. “As a result, we’ve dropped much deeper into our relationships with one another and have felt a richness we’ve never experienced before.”

Front porch portraits: Life in the time of the coronavirus The rise of COVID-19 has been isolating , overwhelming and quite devastating globally.

Orders to stay at home to prevent the spread of the virus are keeping people in the house, except to grocery shop, pick up food and/or medicine and go to medical appointments. Children are out of school and non-essential workers are at home.

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Reginald “Bubba” Williams III, and his sister, Denise Williams, have shared a home in Henrico County for the past six years.

“We do well together, but we are both missing our activity,” Ms. Williams said. “I am totally missing getting out.”

But she knows staying in will help stop the transmission of the coronavirus, protecting her, her brother and others.

She said she used to go out a lot. But now, “No malls. No stores.”

And lately, she said, “My sleep habits aren’t good.”

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Nitika and Joshua Achalam may be staying home, but they are staying busy.

They are outside their home in Fulton with their chickens, Octavia Butler and Zora Neale Hurston.

Asked how their lives are different during the pandemic, Mrs. Achalam, executive director of Project Yoga Richmond and an herbal healer with True Grit Botanica, said, “We’ve launched an online membership platform where the community can remotely access yoga and mindfulness content from PYR ambassadors.”

Mr. Achalam, a reggae artist and educator, said, “Shows are postponed. But we’ll regroup and spend more time in the studio.”

On April 4, he performed in “Couchella,” a digital music festival that helped raise money for the Makindu Children’s Center in Kenya. The money will help install hand-washing stations at the center to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Asked about the silver lining, both say the crisis has caused them to slow down and concentrate on the health and well-being of themselves and family.

Richmond Free Press photographers Sandra Sellars and Regina H. Boone are documenting this time by having Richmonders step outside for a front porch or front yard photo, adhering to social distancing guidelines.

They also asked people they photographed what they see as the silver lining in all of this. Their thoughts and photographs we hope will bring joy.

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Cheri Gupton, stands outside her home in Chamberlayne Farms before heading to work as an acute care nurse for DaVita Dialysis servicing various hospitals in the area. She has been working as a nurse for 11 years.

She says she doesn’t know which hospital she will be assigned to from day to day, but she has no doubt that she is needed. Most of her patients, she says, tested positive for COVID-19.

Her silver lining?

“Due to the somber reality that we may not always have our loved ones around, I find myself more intentional with calling them and letting them know how much I love them or just asking how they are doing.”

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Antoinette Rogers is staying put at her North Side home with her 16½-year-old Maltese mix dog, Toby. She takes him out for walks and fresh air. The adjunct education professor at the University of Richmond teaches one weekly online class now from the comfort of home.

“I know I thrive in a face-to-face setting,” she said, while admitting that online teaching “takes a little more effort.”

The pandemic, she said, has brought a pause to most everyone’s life.

The silver lining?

“I think God gave us some time to step back, assess some things and take stock of our lives.”

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Popular Richmond musician Herbert Allen ‘Debo’ Dabney III dies at 68

By Ronald E. Carrington

Herbert Allen “Debo� Dabney III, a popular and beloved Richmond musician, died Thursday, April 9, 2020.

He was 68. “Debo,� as Mr. Dabney was known and called, believed music could heal, no matter the afflicted’s age or ailment. He was an accomplished musician known by many followers as the “piano man� because he played keyboards around town. However, he also played the Hammond B3 organ, the French horn, tuba and baritone horn.

He had a unique style while playing—head down, moving to the music and smiling, as his hands graced his keyboard. He mesmerized audiences or brought them to their feet and often made them dance.

J. Plunky Branch, the jazz-funk composer, producer and leader of Plunky and Oneness, described Mr. Dabney as an “exuberant� performer, playing in the 1970s with Mr. Branch and The Oneness of Juju. “Over the past 50 years, I don’t think there was a jazz performer he didn’t play with at one time or another,� Mr. Branch said. “He played by ear and could pick up anything after just hearing it one time and sometimes as it was playing. He could adjust to any style of playing.�

Mr. Dabney moved to Richmond from Manakin in Goochland County as a youngster and attended Richmond Public Schools.

He performed in the band at the former Randolph Junior High School, as well as with Maggie L. Walker High School’s marching band and orchestra under the direction and tutelage of Joseph P. Kennedy III.

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Mr. Kennedy helped him form his high school band, “The Dabney Trio,� that played gigs across the area.

After graduating from Maggie Walker High School in 1969, Mr. Dabney attended Norfolk State University on a music scholarship and graduated in 1973.

He became the pianist with the R&B band Poison and, in 1976, apMr. Dabney peared on Don Cornelius’ nationally syndicated show “Soul Train,� with Poison and its hit song, “Let Me Lay My Funk On You.� Mr. Dabney traveled with the band on the West Coast in the 1970s and later decided to get off the road and return to Richmond.

Mr. Dabney played it all – R&B, jazz, funk, fusion, African rhythms, gospel and classical. He opened for national artists such as B.B. King and organist Jimmy Smith and toured with the Average White Band. Lifelong friend B.J. Brown, founder and executive director of the Richmond Jazz Society, said she and Mr. Dabney would talk on the phone for hours, especially in their youth, about music and boxing, which he loved equally.

She also said that Mr. Dabney spoke of hearing music when he was an infant and, as he grew up and began playing the piano, could hear a song and replicate it on the piano with little or no effort. “Debo would play at a club on Saturday night, which ended in the wee hours of the morning, then get up to play at three or

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He served as music coordinator at Sixth Baptist Church in the West End and also played for 20 years at Trinity Baptist Church in North Side.

In 2018, he was the spotlight featured performer at the 30th anniversary of the 2nd Street Festival in Jackson Ward, where he had played each year since the festival’s start. He also was the musical director and keyboardist of The Happy Band and performed in the Richmond Jazz Society ensembles Glennroy Bailey & Company and Make Music with Me Band, as well as with a variety of other groups. “Debo was grounded spiritually,� said singer, dancer and actress Desiree Roots. “In his music you would think he was a preacher at times with the depth he would go to express sincerity when it came to his spirituality. At one pivotal point in his career, he would perform meditative playing. He said it was like God speaking through him—a zoned-out moment as he just let his fingers move.�

Ms. Roots, who is the Richmond Jazz Society’s booking director, schedules the Joe Kennedy Jr. Jazz Stage at the 2nd Street Festival each year and said Mr. Dabney mentioned that, after playing for 56 years, he had never received any awards.

To change that, the festival’s sponsor, Venture Richmond arranged at the 2019 festival for area performers to serve up a musical tribute to Mr. Dabney to salute his decades of participation in the festival.

The Richmond Jazz Society also presented an award for his lifelong achievement, dedication to music, uplifting jazz and contributions to the Richmond community.

Pianist and music educator Weldon Hill compared Mr. Dabney’s spirit to that of music icon Miles Davis, “as he didn’t care what people thought of his musical style because it was his voice and his voice alone.�

Another lifelong friend, Philip “Muzi� Branch, a bassist and director of cultural programs for the VCU Health System and Arts in Health Care who performed with Mr. Dabney in The Oneness of Juju, also had booked Mr. Dabney to play in the VCU Health System lobby and for patients in various locations around the hospital. “He was just genuine,� Mr. Branch said. “He knew who he was, what he wanted to do and he did it. He wanted to play music and that was all he did.�

Mr. Dabney is survived by his wife, Celestine Dabney.

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Divorce Virginia: In the Circuit Court of the CIty of Richmond john marshall courts building linda sheryl kennedy, Plaintiff, v. david elmo kennedy, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL20-1448-3 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, 1991.

And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that David Elmo Kennedy, 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 David Elmo Kennedy do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23819, on or before June 16, 2020 and do whatever necessary to protect their interest in this suit.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND LATOYA ANTIONETTE NEBLETT, Plaintiff v.

JOHNNY (NMN) WILLIAMS, Defendant.

CL No. 20-1502-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for the Plaintiff to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the ground that the parties have continuously lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of more than one year.

A n a f f i d av i t h av i n g been filed that the present residence of the Defendant is unknown to the Plaintiff and that diligence has been used by the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city Defendant is located, without effect, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on the 27 day of May, 2020, at 5:oo and protect his interests.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ATILIO LARIOS, Plaintiff v.

RITA LATHAM Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000677-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 18th day of May, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

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the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 18th day of May, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

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 GENEVA JOHNSON, RICKY JONES, RONNIE JOHNSON, MARVIN JOHNSON, JR, D O N TA E C . R A I N E S , DEBORAH SISENE, WANDA GREEN, MONICA J O H N S O N , S H E R RY JOHNSON, CYNTHIA J O N E S , R I TA W Y N N , KANDIE HARRIS, NIKITA SMITH, SERENA SIMMONS, ANGEL SIMMONS, HALLEY, BULLOCK, WESLEY B U L L O C K , J U Q UA N BULLOCK, NATHANIEL BULLOCK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020, 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 ROCHELLE D. CARTERFENTON, Plaintiff v.

OSWALD LLOYD FENTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20-650-00-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Came this day the Plaintiff, upon her Complaint for divorce filed in the abovestyled case and her Affidavit for Order of Publication for service of the Complaint on the Defendant. The object of this suit is to put the Defendant on notice of the Plaintiff’s Complaint for divorce in the above-styled case.

I t a p p e a r i n g f r o m Plaintiff’s Affidavit that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant and that the Defendant’s whereabouts are unknown, it is ORDERED that the Defendant is required to appear before this Court on or before April 24, 2020 at 9 a.m. to protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Benjamin R. Rand, Esquire (VSB# 78956) Blackburn, Conte, Schilling & Click, P.C. 300 W. Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 Telephone: (804) 782-1111 ext. 212 Facsimile: (804) 648-3914 brand@blackburnconte.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ERICKA PRINCE, Plaintiff v.

ERIK PRINCE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001098-00 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 t h e d e fe n d a n t , w h o s e whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 18th day of May, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SIMON GREEN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-140 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1446 Whitehead Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C007-0553/047, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Simon Green.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SIMON G R E E N , 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 SIMON GREEN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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 FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BRUCE FORD, Plaintiff v.

NANCY FORD, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000135-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from

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

GENEVA JOHNSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-255 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1420 Catherine Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000617/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Geneva Johnson, Ricky Jones, Ronnie Johnson, Marvin Johnson, Jr, Dontae C. Raines, Deborah Sisene, Wanda Green, Monica Johnson, Sherry Johnson, Cynthia Jones, Rita Wynn, Kandie Harris, Nikita Smith, Serena Simmons, Angel Simmons, Halley Bullock, Wesley Bullock, Juquan Bullock and Nathaniel Bullock.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GENEVA JOHNSON, 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.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RICKY JONES, RONNIE JOHNSON, MARVIN JOHNSON, JR, D O N TA E C . R A I N E S , DEBORAH SISENE, WANDA GREEN, MONICA J O H N S O N , S H E R RY JOHNSON, CYNTHIA J O N E S , R I TA W Y N N , KANDIE HARRIS, NIKITA SMITH, SERENA SIMMONS, ANGEL SIMMONS, H A L L E Y, B U L L O C K , WESLEY BULLOCK, JUQUAN BULLOCK, and NATHANIEL BULLOCK, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in

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

JOHNNIE W. THOMAS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-257 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1545 North 19th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000934/047, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Johnnie W. Thomas and Barbara D. Thomas.

An Affidavit having been filed that JOHN L. TAYLOR, III, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 449 page 551 on August 8, 1995, 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 ALI A. HOSSAINI, SR, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 449 page 551 on August 8, 1995, per an Assignment recorded at Instrument Number 07-39020 on November 30, 2007, 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 J O H N L . TAY L O R , I I I , TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 449 page 551 on August 8, 1995, ALI A. HOSSAINI, SR, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 449 page 551 on August 8, 1995, per an Assignment recorded at Instrument Number 0739020 on November 30, 2007, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DWAYNE PARKES, Plaintiff v.

SHANEL PARKES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000377-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 18th day of May, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

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

KATHY BRANCH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-254 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1807 Powell Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C008-0217/033, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Kathy Branch and Kaila Maples.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, KATHY BRANCH and KAILA MAPLES, 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 KATHY BRANCH, KAILA M A P L E S , and Par ties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

SANDRA F. UNDERWOOD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-252 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2106 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000665/037, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sandra F. Underwood.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SANDRA F. UNDERWOOD, 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 SANDRA F. UNDERWOOD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

GLORIOUS PRAISE MINISTRIES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-905 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2106 Sale Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000665/045, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Glorious Praise Ministries.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GLORIOUS PRAISE MINISTRIES, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e V i rg i n i a S t a t e 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 GLORIOUS PRAISE MINISTRIES, an entity not appearing in the records o f t h e V i rg i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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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.

ALEXANDER COLEMAN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-935 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2312 Burton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000427/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Alexander Coleman and Florence Coleman.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ALEXANDER COLEMAN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and FLORENCE COLEMAN, 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 ALEXANDER COLEMAN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, FLORENCE COLEMAN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

VINCENT G. ROBINSON, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-906 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2408 Halifax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000767/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Vincent G. Robinson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VINCENT G. ROBINSON, 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 IS ORDERED that VINCENT G. ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

TAX SPECIALISTS, INC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-258 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2714 Toledo Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080844/037, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Tax Specialists, Inc.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TAX SPECIALISTS, INC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, 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.”

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TAX SPECIALISTS, INC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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

information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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

JEWEL GILES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

RICHARD WOOLRIDGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-484 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3423 Frank Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080854/029, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Richard Woolridge and Mary M. Woolridge.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RICHARD WOOLRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARY M. WOOLRIDGE, 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 NATIONAL H O M E A C C E P TA N C E C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation 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 Cour t at Deed Book 454 page 331 on November 8, 1974, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that COMMUNITY HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, a corporation listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of an Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0721587 on June 26, 2007, 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 RICHARD WOOLRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MARY M. WOOLRIDGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, NATIONAL H O M E A C C E P TA N C E C O R P O R AT I O N , a corporation 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 454 page 331 on November 8, 1974, COMMUNITY HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, a corporation listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of an Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0721587 on June 26, 2007,and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

CGC INVESTMENTS GROUP, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-907 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3000 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001472/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CGC Investments Group, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CGC INVESTMENTS GROUP, LLC, an entity listed as inactive 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 CGC INVESTMENTS GROUP, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

GEORGE ROGERS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-993 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2403 Dale Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0090345/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, George Rogers.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GEORGE ROGERS, 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 IS ORDERED that GEORGE ROGERS, upon

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

DOROTHY FLIPPEN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-125 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3015 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001347/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Dorothy Flippen, Pearl E. Goode, Carl M. Goode, Sr, Edmonia Goode, Geanette Brooks aka Jeanette Brooks, and Jewel Giles.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DOROTHY FLIPPEN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PEARL E. GOODE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CARL M. GOODE, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDMONIA GOODE, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and GEANETTE BROOKS aka JEANETTE BROOKS, 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 JEWEL GILES, 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 DOROTHY FLIPPEN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PEARL E. GOODE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CARL M. GOODE, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDMONIA GOODE, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GEANETTE BROOKS aka JEANETTE BROOKS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest,

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

ETHEL DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-250 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3609 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S008-0884/047, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ethel Davis and Edna L. Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ETHEL DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and EDNA L. DAVIS, 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 E T H E L DAV I S , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and EDNA L. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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.

NATHAN VICE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-61 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3931 Old Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0180500/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Nathan Vice.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NATHAN VICE, 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 NANCY ANN ROGERS, Trustee of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 11-3392 on February 25, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/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 NATHAN VICE, NANCY ANN ROGERS, Trustee of a Deed ofTrust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 113392 on February 25, 2011, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 30, 2020 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

custodY Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court HENRICO County Commonwealth of Virginia, in re CEDILLO CEDILLO, JOSE SAUL, Case No.: JJ106440-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Grant sole legal custody of jose saul cedillo cedillo pursuant to code 16.1-241 (A3).

It is ordered that the defendant rutiljo delsid appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before May 27, 2020, 9:00 AM.