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By Ronald E. Carrington and Jeremy M. Lazarus

Ten Richmond schools will have new principals next fall as part of a leadership shake-up that Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras is undertaking as part of his schools improvement plan, the Free Press has learned. Overseen by RPS Chief of Schools Harry Hughes, the changes will include replacement of principals at Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and George Wythe high schools, according to sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to comment. New principals also are expected at at least one middle school, Henderson Middle, and five elementary schools, the sources disclosed, including J.H. Blackwell, Fairfield, E.S.H. Greene, Overby-Sheppard and Elizabeth D. Redd. One school was not identified. Principals being replaced are expected to finish out the school year, then resign, retire or accept another position, including a return to the classroom or a lower administrative position, such as assistant principal, sources said. George Wythe High’s principal, Reva Green, already has tendered her resignation, and Greene Elementary’s principal, Linda Sims, has filed for retirement, according to a School Board document. Though no one being replaced has been identified publicly Please turn to A4

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Parent’s FOIA request shows more to RPS 2018 toilet paper debacle By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Public Schools expects to finish the current school year with plenty of toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies at each of its buildings, according to Michelle Hudacsko, chief of staff to RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras. There is sufficient funding, and instead of a staff member being assigned to take orders from schools and get them filled, the “schools receive automated janitorial supply deliveries so that they don’t have to place orders. We also keep a small reserve on hand, if needed,” Ms. Hudacsko stated in response to a Free Press query. That’s a far cry from last year when at least 40 of the school system’s 52 buildings, including the Richmond Technical Center, ran short of the essentials, resulting in a small brigade of parents and others pitching in to provide toilet paper and paper towels. Cindy L. Anderson, an RPS parent and businesswoman, created a fundraising site to generate donations and then played a key role in purchasing and delivering the supplies in an effort to resolve the embarrassing situation. She credits teacher Mary Gresham with issuing the first social media alert on May 31 about a shortage of toilet paper and paper towels and that there was no money “in the cus-

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Tiger Woods holds the championship trophy wearing the green jacket donned by winners after coming from behind to claim victory Sunday at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga.

Tiger Woods roars back to win Masters Tournament Free Press staff, wire report

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Tiger’s back! The fallen hero and crippled star is now a Masters champion again. The 43-year-old Tiger Woods thrilled viewers — and himself — as he rallied to win the Masters Tournament for the fifth time on Sunday in a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he erased before

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Medical marijuana dispensaries to open in Va. By Ben Burstein Capital News Service

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Efforts grow to preserve history of Saint Paul’s College

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Virginians with a doctor’s recommendation soon will have access to medical marijuana through CBD and THC-A oil dispensaries throughout the state. The Virginia Board of Pharmacy has approved five companies to open the dispensaries — one in each of the commonwealth’s five health service areas. The dispensaries will provide CBD and THC-A oils to approved patients only. The Board of Pharmacy met in private last year to review 51 applicants before selecting five: PharmaCann in Staunton, Dalitso, Dharma Pharmaceuticals, Green Leaf Medical in Richmond, and Columbia Care, to be based in Portsmouth. Background checks will be conducted before each company receives a license. There are no scheduled opening dates for the dispensaries, but it’s possible they could be operational by winter. Green Leaf Medical will set up its dispensary in the Swansboro neighborhood in Richmond, serving the surrounding area south to Emporia in Health Service Area IV. Green Leaf is a producer of CBD and THC-A oils, along with other medical

a delirious audience that watched memories turn into reality at Augusta National. Tiger had gone nearly 11 years since he won his last major, 14 years since that green jacket was slipped over his Sunday red shirt. He made it worth the wait, closing with a 2-under 70 for a one-shot victory and setting off a scene of raw emotion.

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Thrill of the hunt When it comes to an Easter egg hunt, Zalaya Shaw, 3, is a pro. Not only was the youngster good at finding the colorful treasures, she enjoyed admiring their bright colors. She took part in the 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Celebration sponsored last weekend by Putting Communities Together Inc. Please see more photos, B2.

memory alive began in 2012, the year before the school shut its doors. “We saw the writing was on the wall,” said Sylvia Allen, a member of the conservation effort. Thus the James Solomon Russell-Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives was born. James Grimstead is the museum’s chairman and director. He and Mr. Conner discussed the idea with Saint Paul’s officials for a year before they decided to close the school.

LAWRENCEVILLE “Challenge by choice” was the motto of Saint Paul’s College, which closed in 2013 because of financial problems and declining student enrollment. Now the citizens of Lawrenceville are living up to that motto — by taking up the challenge of collecting and preserving artifacts documenting the 125-year history of the historically black college. Please turn to A4 Lawrenceville residents and other supporters of Saint Paul’s College have opened a museum to showcase documents and memorabilia, including an original copy of “Adventure in Faith,” an autobiography written by the Rev. James Solomon Russell, who was born enslaved, became an Episcopal priest and founded the school in 1888. The year-old museum has been such a success that it is ready to expand to a new location. “We’re trying to create a place that could be a home VCU Capital News Service to the alumni and that they The collection of artifacts and memorabilia at can identify with,” said the James Solomon Russell-Saint Paul’s College Bobby Conner, vice chair- Museum and Archives is outgrowing its current man of the project. home at 219 N. Main St. in Lawrenceville. Organizers Conversations about plan to move the museum to larger quarters in the how to keep the college’s Brunswick County Conference Center this summer.

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Arthur Ashe Blvd. dedication June 22

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 22. That’s the date of the official dedication of the new Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond. Richmond City Council voted Feb. 11 to rename The Boulevard for Richmond native Mr. Ashe, the late, great tennis champion and humanitarian. Officials will unveil a sign with the new name at 11 a.m. on the front lawn of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., followed at 1 p.m. Mr. Ashe by an Arthur Ashe Boulevard Community Celebration hosted by the City of Richmond at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. The community celebration will feature tennis clinics, food trucks, music and more. The events, both free and open to the public, coincide with the opening of the museum’s exhibit, “Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality.” The exhibit explores the presence and impact of black people in English North America since arriving at Port Comfort in 1619. It also will include dozens of artifacts telling the stories of remarkable Virginians, including Mr. Ashe. Free parking with shuttles to the VMHC will be available at the Ashe Center.

A line of motorists hurry to drop their 2018 federal income tax paperwork in the mail Monday by the tax filing deadline. The anxious drivers, photographed here about 6 p.m. Monday at the Main Post Office on Brook Road, were

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

trying to ensure their envelopes received an April 15 postmark to avoid being hit with penalty for missing the deadline. The U.S. Postal Service no longer hosts the festive midnight deadline collection events that it offered a few years ago.

RRHA gets heat to all apartments in time for spring temps Every public housing unit in the city finally had working heat as of April 12, although three still only had partial heat, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is reporting. RRHA announced the news Monday as it began shutting down heating to its nearly 4,000 apartments now that spring is in full flower. In general, the housing authority provides heat to most of its apartments between mid-October and mid-April. The authority struggled all winter with maintaining heat in dozens of units because of problems with boilers that heat the water that circulates through radiators or with the radiators themselves. RRHA distributed space heaters to residents to help keep temperatures in their apartments at a minimum of 68 degrees. The RRHA also employed private contractors to make repairs. Unlike past years, RRHA sought to keep the public abreast with weekly reports on the number of apartments in which the heat did not function or was only partially working. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Agelasto facing 3rd suit for his removal from office

Parker C. Agelasto is facing the threat of a third lawsuit seeking his removal from the 5th District City Council seat for moving to the 1st District. Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring told the Free Press that he would file his own lawsuit to remove Mr. Agelasto if the City Council member fails to notify Richmond City Council soon that he will resign his office by the end of the year. While Mr. Herring did not say whether he has set a deadline, he stated that Mr. Agelasto “understands that if he does not commit to resigning, in writing, then I will file. My sense is that he is trying to work through the logistics.” Last week, Mr. Herring outlined the settlement he offered Mr. Agelasto: Agree to step down by Dec. 31, rather than finishing out the term that ends in December 2020, as Mr. Agelasto sought to do. Mr. Herring stated that he wanted Mr. Agelasto to notify council of his plan as soon as possible so that council would have time to call a special election for the 5th District seat to coincide with the Nov. 5 general election. Mr. Agelasto declined comment Monday on Mr. Herring’s statement, leaving it to his attorney, Anthony F. Troy, who also is not commenting on settlement offers. Meanwhile, two former City Council members, Sa’ad ElAmin and Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson, have filed separate legal actions requesting the Richmond Circuit Court remove Mr. Agelasto from office. Neither case has been set for trial. While rare, other localities also are dealing with elected officials moving out of the districts they were elected to represent. Last week, the Virginia Beach Circuit Court removed a school board member because he was no longer living in his district. And in late March, a member of the Virginia Beach City Council resigned after moving to a home outside her district. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Plans gain steam to rehab old Fulton Gas Works By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A four-year-old plan to turn the now vacant Fulton Gas Works in the East End into a modern hub of the city’s gas utility is quietly gaining momentum, although a separate project by Stone Brewing to create a restaurant to complement the company’s beer factory appears to have stalled. For a century, coal gas was created and used to power homes, businesses and streetlights from Fulton Gas Works, located at 3301 Williamsburg Ave. An environmental assessment of the site is nearing completion at a cost of $560,000, according to the city Department of Public Utilities. By early next year, contractors are expected to be hired and working on the estimated 14-acre property, demolishing old structures on the site and removing the heavy metals and fuel contamination in the soil. Projected cost: $800,000 for demolition and $3 million to eliminate contamination. “We expect work to begin in early 2020,” according to Angela Fountain, spokesperson for city Public Utilities. The department had hoped to begin work in 2018, but the assessment period to meet state and federal environmental requirements took longer than anticipated. The department now expects to get a green light to work on the property that also fronts the 3100 block of East Main Street. Ms. Fountain noted that the assessment of environmental contamination on the Main Street side of the property is the part that is closest to completion. Department officials envision redeveloping part of the property as the central location for natural gas sales and marketing and to provide space for the gas utility’s construction, maintenance and engineering sections. “The project also will seek to improve the area’s visual appeal” because it is close to the riverfront, according to a 2017 department release. The department also hopes to offer part of the property for private development in order to generate tax revenue. Meanwhile, Stone Brewing remains mum on the future development of a restaurant or bistro at the site of the historic, but vacant Intermediate Terminal, once a storage space for sugar and tobacco leaf imports that is located a few blocks east of Fulton Gas Works and a stone’s throw from the California-based company’s brewing operation. The restaurant was billed as a centerpiece of the Stone operation and was expected to employ nearly 200 people, though mostly in part-time positions, and its riverfront operation was seen as a potential huge boost for the East End. The company proposed tearing down the concrete terminal

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The Fulton Gas Works building situated at 3301 Williamsburg Ave.

building, but pulled back last year before the issue came before Richmond City Council. So far, Stone Brewing has not publicly advanced another proposal for the restaurant. Under an agreement with the city’s Economic Development Authority, Stone Brewing is required to begin development of the restaurant this year, no later than Dec. 31, or it would need to repay a portion of the incentive money the state and city provided if it fails to fully meet projections for employment and investment. The company just shut down its Berlin bistro, which failed to generate the kind of response and patronage that the company’s restaurant operations in California have received. The city Department of Economic Development previously reported to City Council that Stone Brewing is meeting beer production targets and moving closer to meeting a requirement of employing at least 90 full-time employees at its brewery at an average annual salary of $57,024.

Chesterfield to stay in recycling program through Dec. By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond region’s recycling program will remain intact at least through December. Chesterfield County is still mulling its future with the program and has agreed to participate for the rest of the year in the 10-year-old operation run by the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority. Chesterfield County and 12 other jurisdictions in the Richmond area are members of the authority. That’s temporary good news for Richmond and Henrico County, which, with Chesterfield, provide most of the 48,000 tons of paper, metal and other recyclable material the program collects and who might have to pay more to keep the program going if Chesterfield stops participating. However, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors made it clear last week that, no matter what, there would be no increase in the $231,000 annual subsidy the county provides to the CVWMA, regardless of how much costs increase or the price of recycled materials falls due to market changes. “I don’t know what exactly will happen if the county pulls out of the program,” stated Kimberly A. “Kim” Hynes, executive director of CVWMA.

“But I believe recycling will fall off if you take away the convenience” of regular pickups and leave it to residents “to contact a hauler,” she continued. In her view, the private sector cannot match the price that CVWMA has been able to achieve through the pickup service it provides every two weeks to about 256,000 households in the region. She said some communities in Virginia are paying $90 a ton to process recyclable material, compared with CVWMA’s current maximum of $50-per-ton processing cost plus collection. Chesterfield, like Richmond, charges a fee to each household to largely cover the cost of recycling. Henrico picks up the cost as part of its solid waste program. Before 2018, Chesterfield, like the other participants in the program, actually paid far less. It received rebates from CVWMA’s contractor, TFC Recycling, for the tonnage of recyclable material that was collected because prices were strong. In 2018, for example, the county received $151,169 in rebates, cutting its actual subsidy to about $80,000. However, those rebates ended last March when China, the biggest market for recycled material, essentially stopped buying, creating a huge surplus. China set a tough new standard that required any material purchased to be clean

of contamination. Virtually no recyclers around the globe could meet China’s new 0.5 percent contamination standard. Since China’s action, the price of recycled cardboard has dropped more than 70 percent, and prices of other materials also have fallen sharply. CVWMA renegotiated its contract with TFC and raised the contribution the seven localities participating in recycling would need to pay to support the program. TFC previously received $6.2 million a year, Ms. Hynes said, and the revamped contract provided about $8 million, a $1.77 million increase, to allow the company to keep operating its Chester recycling plant. That boosted costs for participating localities. Like Richmond and Henrico, Chesterfield’s new contribution rate topped $500,000 effective July 1, 2018, the start of the 2019 budget year. But unlike Richmond and the other localities, Ms. Hynes stated that Chesterfield has not covered the increase that is due this year and did not include any additional funding to cover its share of the higher cost of the recycling program in the new 2020 fiscal year budget the board approved April 11. The county has laid out three options. It could stay in the CVWMA recycling program, which is just one element of CVWMA, which deals with a wide range of waste management issues, including landfills and disposal of haz-

ardous waste. If Chesterfield stays, the county has stated it would raise the annual fee for recycling service from $25 to $40 per household to cover the higher cost. The county currently pays about $2.6 million into the CVWMA recycling program, with the bulk coming from fees residents pay. The other two options call for CVWMA to directly bill Chesterfield residents, with the county either contributing $231,000 or using that money for other environmental programs. Under those options, residents could contract with competitors of CVWMA. Currently, about 75,000 county households pay the yearly $25 fee, which the county provides to CVWMA to cover its pickup service. Another 20,000 households have opted out. Those households either pay a private company like County Waste Inc. to pick up their recycled materials as well as their trash or do not participate. “There is a philosophy in Chesterfield County that the private sector is poised to take over curbside recycling and that local governments no longer needed to be involved,” Ms. Hynes stated. The goal now is to find a way to keep Chesterfield in the program, she said, noting that “curbside recycling is CVWMA’s largest and most visible program that touches the most residents.” The city of Hopewell is scheduled to join the curbside recycling program in July.

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Tiger Woods roars back to win Masters Tournament Continued from A1

He scooped up his 10-year-old son, Charlie, born a year after Tiger won his 14th major at Torrey Pines in the 2008 U.S Open. He hugged his mother, Kultida Woods, and then 11-yearold daughter, Sam, and everyone else in his camp that stood by him through a public divorce, an embarrassing DUI arrest from a concoction of painkillers and four back surgeries, the most recent one just two years ago to fuse his lower spine. Tiger won his 15th major, three short of the standard set by Jack Nicklaus. It was his 81st victory on the PGA Tour, one title away from the career record held by Sam Snead. Congratulatory messages swept social media from the likes of former President Obama, tennis star Serena Williams and golf legend Nicklaus himself. “Congratulations, Tiger! To come back and win the Masters after all the highs and lows is a testament to excellence, grit and determination,” President Obama tweeted. “I am literally in tears watching Tiger Woods,” Serena wrote. “This is Greatness like no other. Knowing all you have been

through physically to come back and do what you just did today? Wow Congrats a million times! I am so inspired thank you buddy.” “A big ‘well done’ from me to Tiger Woods!” the 79-year-old Mr. Nicklaus tweeted. “I am so happy for him and for the game of golf. This is just fantastic!!!” President Trump, who also tweeted a congratulatory message, said Monday he would award Tiger the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Tiger previously won the Masters Tournament in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Sunday was the first time Tiger won a major when trailing going into the final round. Just after Tiger sunk his final and winning putt at the tournament, Nike ran a television commercial featuring a video clip of Tiger as a 3-year-old saying that he was going to beat Mr. Nicklaus when he grew up. The commercial ended with the Nike slogan, “Just do it.” Nike has sponsored Tiger since 1996, and stuck with him when several other sponsors and advertisers cut ties after his 2009 sex scandal and DUI arrest. On Monday, the sporting goods

company’s stock jumped $2 billion in value. Tiger came back to beat Francesco Molinari, the 54-hole leader who still was up two shots heading into the heart of Amen Corner. But Mr. Molinari’s tee shot on the par-3 12th hole never had a chance, hitting the bank and tumbling into Rae’s Creek for double bogey. Until then, Mr. Molinari had never trailed in a round that began early in threesomes to finish ahead of storms. With the final group still in the 15th fairway, there was a fiveway tie for the lead. And that’s when Tiger seized control, again with plenty of help. Mr. Molinari’s third shot clipped a tree and plopped straight down in the water for another double bogey. Tiger hit onto the green, setting up a two-putt birdie for his first lead of the final round. The knockout punch was a tee shot into the 16th that rode the slope just by the cup and settled 2 feet away for birdie and a two-shot lead with two holes to play. Tiger finished at 13-under 275 and became, at 43, the oldest Masters champion since Nicklaus won his sixth green jacket at 46 in 1986. Tiger took home $2 million from Sunday’s win.

10 RPS principals out, 7 others on warning, sources report Continued from A1

by the School Board or administration, the board was told at Monday night’s meeting that recruitment of new principals is in full swing. Already 210 applications have been received, the board was told, and at least 25 of the applicants, mostly from outside Richmond, are in the interview process. While the changes involve 23 percent of Richmond’s 44 schools, the total number is not unusual. RPS installed 10 new principals in 2012, 2017 and 2018, and eight in 2016. What makes this year different is that the changes apparently are all involuntary and the result of Mr. Hughes making unannounced visits to the schools along with gathering other information. According to recent studies, the principal is the key figure in a school building in setting the tone and creating an appropriate learning environment for teachers and students. Good principals are the most important factor in teacher retention, student conduct and general educational achievement, a Rand Corp. study found. Mr. Kamras, an outsider, was hired in part to shake up the administration and particularly to focus on upgrading the principal corps, according to statements several board members made when he was appointed more than a year ago. In an interview Tuesday, Mr. Hughes said RPS has installed a principal evaluation process based on Virginia Department of Education guidelines that focuses on instructional leadership, human resources management and school culture and climate. Mr. Hughes said that RPS hired four new principal directors who spend 80 percent of their time in schools providing support and coaching to principals and also evaluating them. The principal directors’

visits were announced. Every principal, he said, received a midyear evaluation, and 17 were placed on individual performance improvement plans, or PIPs. The 10 being replaced apparently did not show sufficient improvement, but the other seven remain on warning, according to sources. The evaluations have not been made public. During the public comment period at the board

meeting Monday, the board heard from supporters of Ms. Green at George Wythe High and Thomas Jefferson High’s principal, Tamera Mines. The Rev. Robert Winfree, pastor of New Life Deliverance Tabernacle in South Side, said Ms. Green “has held the community together” in her eight years at George Wythe and created a strong partnership with his church, which has donated laptop computers and

basketball team uniforms to the school, and provided volunteers to work with students on a variety of social issues. During Ms. Green’s tenure, Rev. Winfree said, “she has never had a negative review.” Betsy Wilburn was among those expressing concern that Ms. Mines was being replaced after just one year as principal. She praised Ms. Mines’ initial accomplishments. “She has brought in a strong

curriculum, more teachers and curriculum services to the high school. This has resulted in growth in student academics,” Ms. Wilburn told the board. “The superintendent, who has been here for just one year as well, has asked us to give him grace as change takes time. Where is the grace in our principal’s situation?” Ms. Wilburn asked as Mr. Kamras and the board listened.

Along with Ms. Green, Ms. Mines and Ms. Sims at Greene Elementary, the list of principals being replaced, according to sources, include Kate Outten at Blackwell, Ellena Banks at Fairfield, Kara LancasterGay at Overby-Sheppard and Dr. Sherry Wharton-Carey at Redd. The list also includes Cynthia Heckstall at Henderson Middle and Dr. William Royal at John Marshall.

Parent’s FOIA request shows more to RPS 2018 toilet paper debacle Continued from A1

todial budget.” Ms. Anderson also praises Thea Ward, owner of World of Mirth in Carytown, for allowing her store to be used as a drop-off point for the supplies that flooded in, as well as the volunteers who supported the effort and drove the supplies to schools. While RPS operations manager James Oliver was held responsible for the debacle and fired after 49 years with the school system, the reality is far different, according to a 2018 chain of RPS emails that Ms. Anderson later secured through a Freedom of Information Act request. According to the emails, Mr. Kamras failed to consider the requests for money for the supply budget an urgent matter and then downplayed the problem. The emails show that Mr. Kamras received a request to shift $50,000 to the depleted custodial supply budget on Wednesday, May 23, but didn’t approve it until nine days later on Friday, June 1. The delay only made the shortage worse. As social media began to blow up Thursday and Friday with posts from concerned teachers and parents, and as media inquiries began flowing in about the lack of toilet paper at schools, Mr. Kamras issued a tweet Saturday, June 2, stating, “We don’t need folks to donate. A couple of schools had issues on Friday. That’s unacceptable, and I’ve made that abundantly clear to the RPS team. But I guarantee every school will have supplies on Monday morning (June 4).” Ms. Anderson saw the tweet and immediately responded that Mr. Kamras was understating the situation. She also told the Free Press this week that Mr. Kamras did not follow through on his guarantee, noting that she and other volunteers continued to deliver toilet paper to schools through Thursday, June 7. According to a summary of the events that Mr. Oliver later provided as he sought to keep his job, he began hearing from Ronald Horton about the need to replenish supplies in March. Mr. Horton was in charge of taking supply orders from schools and ensuring they were filled and delivered.

On March 13, 2018, an email from Mr. Horton to Mr. Oliver and Deidra Starkes, an administrative assistant in the central office and later to RPS’ new chief operating officer, Darrin Simmons Jr., stated that Mr. Horton had orders from 30 schools and could not completely fill them because the custodial supply budget was running short. Then on April 12, Ronald M. “Bobby” Hathaway Jr., an acting supervisor for heating, cooling and ventilation whom Mr. Kamras had promoted over Mr. Oliver and Mr. Horton to manage all facilities, received notice of the brewing problem through an email from Rose Ferguson, principal of George Mason Elementary School. Ms. Ferguson emailed that bathroom supplies were running low. School Board member Cheryl Burke, 7th District, shared that email with Mr. Kamras and other members of the administration in trying to find out what was happening. Mr. Horton, a 41-year RPS veteran, then followed up with his own email on April 13 notifying Mr. Hathaway and the custodial staff that “due to budget constraints,” he was buying only essential supplies. “Considering the shortage I would solicit any assistance that you can provide in developing the custodial budget.” On May 17, after the available funds had virtually dried up, Mr. Horton issued another email appeal for help. In an email to Mr. Hathaway and to RPS Budget Director Lynn Bragga, Mr. Horton stated, “We currently have only $503.00 remaining in the custodial budget. I also have at least 21 schools (that) have submitted orders for custodial supplies. Not sure at this point what is expected. Several requests have been made to replenish the custodial supply budget, but to no avail. Please assist wherever possible.” Mr. Hathaway then responded with a request for additional information, including Mr. Horton’s estimate of custodial needs through the end of the year. Mr. Horton’s estimate: $49,723.97. On May 23, Mr. Hathaway sent an email reas-

suring Mr. Horton: “We should have funding later today or tomorrow to help,” Mr. Hathaway states, apparently after learning that the requisition for funding had reached the superintendent’s desk. But nothing changed. On Thursday, May 31, Mr. Horton reported, “The amount available in the custodial supply budget was $1.18.” That day, Mr. Oliver said he made urgent calls to Mr. Hathaway about securing money for supplies, but was told that Mr. Hathaway could not do anything. Mr. Oliver said he and Mr. Horton also met that day with Mr. Simmons, who “expressed no interest in neither our account of what had occurred nor our knowledge of how it could have been avoided.” “Instead, he only wanted to know how many schools (would receive) toilet paper and paper towels on Friday, June 1,” Mr. Oliver wrote. Mr. Simmons apparently did not tell Mr. Oliver and Mr. Horton that he had signed off on the request on May 23 to shift funding to boost the custodial supply budget. Mr. Oliver also told Mr. Simmons of emails notifying Mr. Hathaway of the problem. Mr. Horton separately stated that once Mr. Kamras signed the form allowing the custodial budget to be replenished with $50,000, he was able to fill back orders from 21 schools. According to the budget office, the transfer of funds was accomplished at 9:20 a.m. June 1. Mr. Horton stated that supplies began moving Monday and Tuesday to most of the buildings, though some schools had to wait several more days. He said he and his brother, Frederick Horton, a 30-year RPS veteran, quit after Mr. Oliver was fired. “These emails provide a completely different picture from what we were told,” Ms. Anderson said. For her, Mr. Kamras’ handling of this challenge “has undermined my trust in his ability to handle larger problems.” Mr. Kamras did not respond to Free Press questions about the situation.

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Because there was much uncertainty about whether the college would remain open, Mr. Conner was hesitant to raise the subject, but he knew it was important. “What could’ve happened is that the university could’ve closed on June 30 (2013) and the creditors could’ve come on July 1,” Mr. Conner said. “If the creditors would’ve got involved, this museum would never have happened.” The school, which was on the National Register of Historic Places, was founded as Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School and then became Saint Paul’s Polytechnic Institute in 1941. The name was changed in 1957 to Saint Paul’s College to reflect its liberal arts curriculum. The college’s demise followed pressure from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which revoked Saint Paul’s accreditation because of “lack of financial stability” and other reasons. The nonprofit museum opened last April in downtown Lawrenceville, a town of about 1,400 people in Brunswick County

that borders North Carolina. It quickly filled with artifacts dating to the late 1800s. Among them are a 1922 college guestbook, a 1973 student newspaper and decades-old class photos, sports trophies and banners. According to Mr. Grimstead and Mr. Conner, if they had not rescued the artifacts, the mementos likely would have remained in the campus’ abandoned buildings, which have weathered over time. Problems like mold would have seriously damaged many of the items.

Several alumni, including former NBA player Antwain Smith, have visited the museum to travel down memory lane and to reflect on the students who came before them. Teya Whitehead, who graduated from Saint Paul’s College in 1998, was devastated when she first heard that the school was closing. She still finds it a difficult pill to swallow. But with the establishment of the museum, the happy memories of her college days will be preserved. “My favorite memory was the overall camaraderie that we had. Many of my lifelong friends are still in contact with me today,” Ms. Whitehead said. “The school was a very familyoriented environment.” With the sheer amount of memorabilia, the museum’s current location has become cramped. There are plans to move the museum to the former Saint Paul’s College Student Center, which now serves as the Brunswick County Conference Center. A grand reopening is scheduled for Aug. 10. “I never imagined while moving that stuff that we’d be where we are today,” Mr. Conner said. “I was just getting it off campus to protect it.”

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marijuana products available in almost 30 locations in Maryland. “Under the terms of their conditional approval, they all have to be open by the end of 2019,” said Diane Powers, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Health Professions. The companies do not have to operate on any other specific timeline. The dispensaries will offer welcome relief to patients suffering from a

range of health problems, according to medical cannabis advocates. Legislation passed in 2018 in Virginia allows medical practitioners to issue a certification for CBD or TCH-A oils for patients who would benefit from such substances. Dispensaries are only able to provide up to a 90-day supply at a time. Stephanie Anderson of Richmond is considering CBD oil as an alternative treatment for her son’s ADHD. She wanted her son to have safe and legal access to CBD products.

“I’ve been hesitant to try CBD from online sources, so the idea of having in-state pharmaceutical processors puts my mind at ease,” she said. PharmaCann, founded in 2014, currently operates medical marijuana facilities in five other states and is licensed to operate in three more. Its dispensary will be in Staunton in Health Service Area I, which stretches from Fredericksburg to the Shenandoah Valley. Dalitso is a Virginia-based company that will specialize in the production

of CBD and THC-A oils. It is in the process of obtaining approval to open a processing facility in Prince William County. Dalitso will open a dispensary in Manassas, which will serve Health Service Area II that includes Fairfax and Alexandria. Dharma Pharmaceuticals will open its dispensary in Bristol, covering Health Service Area III, which encompasses Southwest Virginia. Dharma is an international producer of medications for hepatitis, cancer and other diseases.

Columbia Care will be based in Portsmouth and provide CBD and THC-A oils in Health Service Area V to residents in Hampton Roads to the Eastern Shore. Columbia Care is an international cannabis-focused health care company with locations in 13 states, Puerto Rico and the Mediterranean nation of Malta. Each dispensary submitted a $10,000 application fee. The permit fee is $60,000 and a dispensary must pay an additional $10,000 per year to renew its license.

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Mayor Stoney ruffles council members with remarks Mayor Levar M. Stoney, frustrated by City Council opposition to his plan to raise the city property tax rate and impose a new cigarette tax to raise new revenue, is taking verbal shots at council foes, riling them. In recent remarks, Mayor Stoney said City Council members are failing to spread the word about the expanded property tax relief program he opposed, but now is touting as a reason for elderly homeowners to support his proposal to raise the tax on real estate by 9 cents, or 7.5 percent more than the current $1.20 per $100 of assessed value. He has argued that the increase would largely target people who own homes worth $200,000 or more. Speaking to the Richmond City Democratic

Committee on April 4, Mayor Stoney said that many elderly residents who qualify do not know about the tax relief program that can sharply cut the tax bill for homeowners with annual incomes of $60,000 or less. “Maybe, instead of some RVA council members going around with a turkey and a box,” he said to laughs, “they should go around with property tax relief forms.” Mayor His comment was an apparent reference to 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, an outspoken opponent of the proposed tax increases, who received recognition last year for delivering turkeys to needy families during Thanksgiving.

The mayor did not respond to a Free Press query asking what the Finance Department, which is responsible for the program, and other city agencies are doing to promote the program. Mayor Stoney’s press secretary, Jim Nolan, responded, “The mayor does not have a beef with the turkeys. He appreciates the generosity and thoughtfulness behind the holiday Stoney gesture, but believes we must also commit to sustainable, long-term programs and investments that give families the opportunity to thrive — not just for a day or two, but yearround.” Ms. Trammell declined to respond directly to

the mayor’s remark. “I did not hear it myself,” she said Monday, “but the mayor knows that I bring people to City Hall to apply.” Second District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray called the mayor’s comment “insulting and false.” She said that virtually every member of City Council calls attention to the tax relief program at community meetings and distributes application forms. “I do it, everyone does it,” Ms. Gray said. “No one has been more active in that respect than Ms. Trammell.” Ms. Gray noted that the mayor and his administration tried hard to prevent the council from adopting the expanded the tax relief program, “and now he wants to claim credit for it and pretend that he’s the biggest advocate.”

Small City of Richmond Radio Shop produces big results • Interior car temperatures monitored by a cellphone application. • Lights and sirens that shut off automatically when the vehicle is put into park. • Windows that come down when the interior gets too hot. • Cameras that record activity in front and behind a vehicle. These are just a few examples of the whiz-bang technology a small team of Richmond electronic specialists are installing in cars, trucks and other motorized equipment belonging to the city and other governmental entities. Led by supervisor D.C. Creasy, the team that also includes two other full-time and one part-time staff works out of the City of Richmond Radio Shop, also known as the Technical Division of the Department of Emergency Communications. It’s located at 3506 Hopkins Road in South Side. “These days, it’s a lot more than radios,” said Karen L. Gill, spokesperson for Emergency Communications. The division’s budget is tiny, about $1.3 million a year, while the productivity ranks high among city agencies. In the course of a year, the Radio Shop staff will work on hundreds of vehicles, ranging from dump trucks and school buses to fire trucks, paint trucks and police cars, boats and motorcycles. “The only thing we have not worked on is an aircraft,” Mr. Creasy said. Communications between vehicles and with call centers are still a mainstay. The team is at the center of the $40 million city project now underway to replace public safety communications equipment in police cars, fire trucks, ambulances and other vehicles. The city’s overhaul of public safety communications, which is expected to be completed in 2021, is part of a regional effort to make it easier for police officers, firefighters and public safety employees from different agencies to talk with

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D.C. Creasy, supervisor of the City of Richmond’s small team of radio and electronics specialists, prepares to transform another vehicle at the city’s Radio Shop on Hopkins Road.

one another and a dispatcher. The total cost across the region could top $150 million. The technicians not only work on city vehicles, but they also install sensors, technology and communications equipment into vehicles belonging to Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Union University, the Richmond Ambulance Authority and the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority, among others, Mr. Creasy said. These organizations get vehicles from the manufacturer as basic models, just as an individual might order, Ms. Gill said. The vehicles are then sent to the division’s shop to be upgraded with the technology that turns them into specialized vehicles. For example, the city fire marshal’s SUV has been equipped with sensors that monitor conditions in the space in which dogs that assist in arson investigations ride. The team also adds specialized lighting to police detectives’ cruisers. “The technology is so detailed now, we can do really crazy stuff on the computer,” Mr. Creasy said. “We get to build some really cool things. We get to make different light patterns and functions and put them where you can’t even see them. We’re pretty good at hiding stuff.” Mr. Creasy said he and his staff work with governmental

customers to learn about problems they might have and to find solutions, such as the automatic shutoffs of sirens and lights for ambulances. That has been his focus, he said, since he moved into the Richmond shop in 2015 after working as an installer in Chesterfield County’s radio shop. Promoted to supervisor in 2017, he said the ability to solve problems is the top skill he looks for in hiring technicians. “Our people have to think on the fly to problem solve,” Mr. Creasy said. “If things are not working when they should be, the people in our shop have to figure out why. If we can’t get the parts we need, then we make them. If what we’re doing isn’t working, we have to change how we work.” He said the trend has been for governmental agencies to outsource radio work. But he said the city’s radio shop has proven itself. He said few private shops can match the city team’s ingenuity, speed and experience in electronics, mechanics and metal fabrication. Plus, the work is fun for people who like working on cars and trucks, Mr. Creasy said. “Instead of fixing the brakes, changing oil filters or repairing engines, our team gets paid to install cameras in vehicles,” he said. “Who wouldn’t like that?”

Questions raised about charity status of Navy Hill entities By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Now stumping for tax increases that he claims will go to pave streets and repair aging schools, Mayor Levar M. Stoney has clearly put a proposal to build a new, larger Richmond Coliseum on the backburner. Still, the Free Press has learned that the writing of legal documents and ordinances that would need to go to Richmond City Council for approval is continuing behind the scenes, with several sources indicating that work could soon be complete. While there has been no public confirmation that the work is almost done, there are some expectations that the mayor would roll out the Coliseum proposal by summer, once the debate over taxes has subsided and the new city budget is in place. Even as rumors fly about the project’s status, critics still are raising questions about the proposal and the money it could strip from the city’s general fund to help pay off the debt for a new $220 million, 17,500-seat replacement arena. Among them is Paul Goldman, leader of the Put Schools First campaign, who believes the Coliseum plan would cause a major, decadeslong delay in replacing the outdated school buildings most students attend. Ready to rev up his unfinished effort to collect signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot to give city voters a say on the Coliseum plan, Mr. Goldman is taking aim at the reported charity status of the Navy Hill District and Navy Hill Foundation, the entities the city has chosen to undertake the $1.4 billion plan to build a new arena and redevelop the 10 surrounding blocks near City Hall. The Navy Hill District and Navy Hill Foundation were established by Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dominion Energy, and his well-heeled allies who last year filed the only response to a city request for proposals for the Coliseum project and other related developments. Mr. Goldman has filed a lawsuit challenging the city’s refusal to make public information received from the Navy Hill businesses concerning their legal structure and the people involved.

Now Mr. Goldman is charging that the claim that both entities are charities are bogus. He said the IRS has no record that the NH District or NH Foundation has filed for 501 (c) (3) status, the well-known designation for nonprofit status under the federal tax code. Entities that do not have that status are not considered charities and do not qualify for exemption from federal or state taxes, according to the IRS and the state Department of Taxation. A Free Press search of the IRS database on charities, and of private websites such as Charity Navigator and GuideStar that collect and publish annual financial reports filed by charities with the IRS, found no evidence that either entity has applied for charitable status.

Grant Neely, a spokesman for Navy Hill, stated Monday in response to a Free Press query that the Navy Hill District “was set up as a not-for-profit entity with the Virginia State Corporate Commission under state law. “The 501(c)(3) status is a tax designation from the federal IRS. The application for that IRS designation is in process. We do not have a timeframe on when that process will be completed. We will let the public know once it is,” he stated. On Wednesday, in a follow-up message, Mr. Neely stated the lack of the IRS designation does not mean a group is not operating as a nonprofit. “As many who operate or engage with nonprofits know, many organizations are up and running before such designation is granted. There’s

nothing new or unusual about that,” he stated. Mr. Goldman, though, noted that if the Navy Hill entities are charities, they must file a 990 form with the IRS, which is public. There are some caveats. IRS-registered foundations and charities are allowed to file a 990EZ if they do not have annual receipts of $220,000 or assets of $500,000. Smaller charities that take in $50,000 or less can file a 990 postcard. However, such fillings would show up in public records, and there is no evidence any such filings have been made. Mr. Goldman said that if Navy Hill wants to live up to its commitment to operate like a charity, it would make any tax returns filed on behalf of those entities since their formation in 2017.

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O’Rourke campaigns in Henrico Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke stumps for support in Henrico County on Tuesday night, one of several stops in the state. The former Texas congressman talked up his values and his policy views in making his initial foray into Virginia. Mr. O’Rourke drew an enthusiastic crowd of more than 800 people to the event sponsored by the Henrico County Democratic Committee at a hotel in Short Pump. He is running in a crowded field of Democrats seeking the party’s nomination. Other contenders are expected to hit Virginia in the coming weeks and months. Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe reportedly was to announce Wednesday night that he is not running for president.

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Pope Francis kneels to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai on April 11 at the close of a two-day spiritual retreat at the Vatican designed to bring unity to the African nation’s opposing factions.

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OPELOUSAS, La. The white man suspected in the burnings of three AfricanAmerican churches in Louisiana will remain in jail, denied bond Monday by a judge, as state prosecutors added new charges declaring the arsons a hate crime. Holden Matthews, 21, the son of a sheriff’s deputy who authorities say was influenced by the music genre “black metal� tied to organized hate, entered his not guilty plea via video conference from the St. Landry Parish jail. The judge set a September trial date. In denying bail, state District Judge James Doherty sided with law enforcement officials who said they worried Mr. Matthews would try to flee the area or set more fires. “We felt that he was an immediate risk to public safety,� Louisiana Fire Marshal Butch Browning said. “In my mind, I felt another fire was imminent.� Testifying in court, Mr. Browning outlined a litany of evidence, including some new details of the investigation, that he said tied Mr. Matthews to the torching of the three black churches over 10 days. The fire marshal described cellphone records placing Mr. Matthews at the fire locations, and he said images on the phone showed all three churches burning before law enforcement arrived and showed Mr. Matthews “claiming responsibility� for the fires. Mr. Matthews, who had no previous criminal record, was arrested April 10 on three charges of arson of a religious building. Prosecutors filed documents Monday adding three more charges, accusing Mr. Matthews of violating Louisiana’s hate crime law, a link authorities had previously stopped short of making. Mr. Browning said federal officials also are considering filing additional federal hate crime and arson charges against him. Mr. Matthews, shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, never spoke to the court during the hearing, letting his court-appointed lawyer enter the not guilty plea for him. His parents, St. Landry’s Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Roy Matthews and Angela Matthews, watched their son’s appearance on video conference from the courtroom, his dad repeatedly wringing his hands and, at one point, leaving the room in tears. The fires, all started with gasoline, occurred in and around Opelousas, about 60 miles west of Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge. Mr. Matthews’ arrest came a little more than two weeks after the first blaze at the St. Mary Baptist Church on March 26 in Port Barre, a town just outside of Opelousas. Days later, the Greater Union Baptist Church and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas were burned. Each was more than 100 years old. The churches were empty at the time, and no one was injured. But at one location, two occupants of a nearby home had to evacuate when the siding on the home started to catch fire from the church. The fires set the community on edge. Gov. John Bel Edwards said the church burnings were a reminder “of a very

dark past of intimidation and fear.� Mr. Matthews’ attorney, Quincy Cawthorne, questioned some of the evidence cited by Mr. Browning and said Mr. Matthews didn’t have the financial means to be a flight risk. He also objected to suggestions that the house near one of the churches was intentionally set on fire, putting the residents’ lives in danger. A pretrial hearing in the case was set for July 17, with jury selection scheduled to begin Sept. 10. Through Mr. Browning’s testimony, prosecutors gave more insight into the evidence that law enforcement used to build their case against Mr. Matthews. The fire marshal said a receipt shows Holden Mr. Matthews bought a gas can and a Matthews package of oil rags similar to those found at the site of the fires. A lighter and the package of oil rags, missing some of its contents, were found in Mr. Matthews’ truck, Mr. Browning said. He said Mr. Matthews documented the fire on his cellphone, while video surveillance in the area around the churches showed a truck similar to the one Mr. Matthews drives. Mr. Matthews had copies of news reports about the fires on his phone as well, Mr. Browning said. “He actually superimposed himself on those news reports, claiming responsibility for these fires,� Mr. Browning said. In addition, Mr. Browning said video on Mr. Matthews’ phone showed a conversation with a friend before the fires in which he talked about burning churches and using gasoline to do it. The fire marshal said Mr. Matthews posted on Facebook about and showed interest in a movie called “Lords of Chaos,� which Mr. Browning said is a recent Norwegian film that involved church burnings. Mr. Matthews had shown interest in “black metal,� an extreme subgenre of heavy metal, Mr. Browning said. The music has been linked, in some instances, to fires at Christian churches in Norway in the 1990s. “The evidence we have was unequivocal,� Mr. Browning said. Later, he added, “He has clearly demonstrated the characteristics of a pathological fire setter.�

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis knelt and kissed the feet of South Sudan’s rival leaders last week, in an unprecedented act of humbleness to encourage them to strengthen the African country’s faltering peace process. At the close of an April 11 of a two-day retreat in the Vatican for the African leaders, the pope asked South Sudan’s president Photo courtesy of Louisiana State Fire Marshal and opposition leader to proceed with the peace agreement despite Investigators do an initial investigation at the scene of growing difficulties. Then he got down on his knees and kissed the fire on March 26 at St. Mary Baptist Church in Port the leaders’ feet one by one. Barre, La. The pope usually holds a ritual washing of the feet with prisoners on Holy Thursday, but has never performed such a show of deference to political leaders. 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Use bank fines to help communities they hurt As Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California convened a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing featuring the CEOs of Wall Street’s biggest banks, the financial watchdog group Better Markets released a stunning report on the banks’ criminal records: “Wall Street’s Six Biggest Bailed-Out Banks: Their RAP Sheets and Their Ongoing Crime Spree.” The report profiled the records of Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. Detailing the staggering $8.2 trillion that was committed to bail out these banks when their excesses blew up the economy in 2008, the report laid out what it called their RAP sheets — the record of illegal activity for which they have been fined a cumulative total of $181 billion in more than 350 major legal actions. The report concludes that these big banks “have engaged in — and continue to engage in — a crime spree that spans the violation of almost every law and rule imaginable. …That was the case not just before the 2008 crash, but also during and after the crash and their lifesaving bailouts. … In fact, the number of cases against the banks has actually increased relative to the pre-crash era.” The scope of the illegal activity is breathtaking — overcharging soldiers on their mortgages, conspiring to fix the price of credit card fees, massive improper foreclosure

practices, billing customers for services never provided, rigging interest rates, violating sanctions against countries like Iran and more. The large fines are, for these megabanks, merely a cost of doing business. And so the crime wave continues. The banks particularly prey on the vulnerable, regularly

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. pleading guilty of discriminating against African-Americans and Latinos. Long after the bailout, for example, JPMorgan Chase paid $53 million to settle charges that it had discriminated against minority borrowers by charging them more for a mortgage than white customers. The banks were at the center of the housing bubble and its collapse. About 10 million people were displaced from more than 4 million homes across the country. Minority neighborhoods were hit the hardest. For decades, the banks red-lined minority areas, depriving residents of access to mortgages or loans for small business development. Then, when the banks inflated the housing bubble, they targeted minority neighborhoods, peddling predatory mortgages to customers who they knew could not afford them. As one former Wells Fargo mortgage broker explained in a sworn affidavit, “The company put ‘bounties’ on minority borrowers. By this I mean that loan officers received cash incentives to aggressively market subprime loans in minority communities.” At the height of the rapacious lending boom, nearly 50 percent of all loans given to AfricanAmerican families were deemed

“subprime.” The New York Times described these contracts as “a financial time bomb.” When housing prices cratered, the bomb exploded. Mass evictions left entire neighborhoods scarred by empty houses. The banks then failed their legal duty to keep the homes up, with neighborhoods turning into waste pits. With homeowners evicted, local revenues declined. Stores were shuttered. Schools closed. Local services decimated. Those victimized were most often those who did the right thing — working steadily, putting together the money for a down payment on a home for their children. A rising AfricanAmerican middle class was eviscerated. In 2012, the National Fair Housing Alliance reported that African-Americans suffered “the largest loss of wealth for these communities in modern history.” Between 2009 and 2012, African-Americans lost just under $200 billion in wealth, bringing the gap between white and black wealth to a staggering 20-to-1 ratio. According to the Better Markets report, the six biggest banks have paid more than $181 billion in fines and settlements for their criminal activity. This money generally goes back into the general fund, unless the settlement agreement provides for some relief to those injured. That too often leaves those most injured by the illegal practices out in the cold. What would make sense is that any fines that aren’t used to recompense the direct victims be put into a fund to rebuild the communities most injured. Supplement that with revenues from sensible taxes on the banks — like U.S.

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My good friend Dick Gregory often talked about the power of the black woman. He said the two strongest forces in the nation are the black church and the black woman. Despite all of our hardsh i p s, d i scrimination and disrespect by gangsta rappers and others, black women have shown the strength and the know-how to overcome whatever gets in our way. When white women received the right to vote with the support of black women, some were OK leaving us out. It took another 40-plus years through dangerous conditions and numerous efforts for us to vote. In this last election, we played an important role in electing black women in a larger number than ever, and played an important role in the victories of others. A black woman is now facing threats on her life for saying far less damaging things than No. 45 says daily, and he goes

unpunished. I’ve faced my share of threats for speaking the truth, but I’ve never backed down from saying what I believed to be right. Now, we’re faced with threats against one of our sisters, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. A Trump supporter

Dr. E. Faye Williams boldly threatened to “put a bullet” through her skull. We must not be afraid to stand up for her. We don’t have to agree with everything she says to defend her right to speak. It’s tragic that so many for whom black women have done so much leave the words of others unchallenged, but make only lukewarm statements in support of Rep. Omar or criticize her for what she says. You don’t have to agree with everything she says, but she is our sister and we must speak up for her rights. The system tries to crush her today, but it could be any one of us tomorrow. Those of us who understand that are not afraid. Those of us who’ve been through similar treatment

know how lonely it can be when even our friends are afraid to protect our rights. What’s happening with Rep. Omar is one more effort to silence black women. Critics see the power we have. Twenty black women mayors in Louisiana, including the election of black women to lead that state’s three largest cities, is an example of the power of black women. We have black women mayors in San Francisco, Washington, Baltimore, Rochester, Charlotte, Flint, Toledo, Atlanta and Chicago. There are more, but you get the point. We have a black woman running strongly for president of the United States. We have many new black women in Congress, joining a strong group already there. Think about what Sojourner, Harriet, Ida B. Fannie Lou, Shirley and others went through to bring us to where we are today. Let’s not lose the momentum by our silence that is interpreted as our consent when one of our sisters is attacked. The writer is president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s call for a simple corporate tax on the profits they report — and a multibillion-dollar fund could be created to help repair the communities most impacted by the bankers’ crimes. Use that money not to line the pockets of the big banks again, but to seed community banks and cooperatives, to support nonprofit affordable housing development and to create postal banking services that could liberate the poor from the usurious charges of payday lenders. That might not end Wall Street’s addiction to crime, but it would help repair the communities they have devastated. One would think that law-and-order conservatives might support this act of simple justice. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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Malevolence of Section 8 housing laws The Black Holocaust denies are constantly among us. This is because the Black Holocaust is still going on. It didn’t end with slavery or early Jim Crow days. The Section 8 rental law was meant to keep black people from being homeowners. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers voted for this “help people” law knowing its true purpose. Much of modern day racism is of the sneaky kind. These Democratic and Republican lawmakers label their racism as “Help People Laws.” This is like labeling a bottle of poison as helpful medicine. They know that they’ll get you to swallow it by mislabeling it. Look at who owns much property in America today. The equity of these white male landlords continues to grow. Now look at the renters, who are victims of these white male landlords. Black families are being constantly evicted and otherwise abused by these evil white male landlords who are among the biggest Black Holocaust deniers. These greedy white men will talk about how horrible their tenants are instead

of how horribly they are treating their tenants. These landlords and their wealth managers will make sure that their tenants can’t afford to buy food and then declare themselves to be great philanthropists by donating to a local food bank — money that they get to deduct from their taxes. They get to look good while doing so much evil. I call for the repeal of Section 8 rental. I call for the recall of racist white lawmakers who want to keep laws in place that deny black families homeownership while using our tax dollars to further enrich these white male landlords and their wealth managers. Stop buying into their poisonous lies about wanting to help people when they pass such laws. Look at the greedy white males who benefit from such laws. These white lawmakers are driving the getaway car with our tax dollars! Naomi Gayle Saunders Richmond

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S. Washington Highway (Route 1) Improvements Town of Ashland Design Public Hearing Monday, April 22, 2019, 5 – 6:30 p.m. VDOT Ashland Residency 523 N. Washington Highway Ashland, Virginia 23005 Find out about the proposed project to add left turn lanes and sidewalks on S. Washington Highway (Route 1) between Ashcake Road and Arbor Oak Drive in the Town of Ashland in Hanover County. The meeting will be held in an open forum style from 5 – 6:30 p.m. This format will provide the flexibility to allow participants to meet and discuss the proposed project directly with project staff members. Review the project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804-524-6000, 1-800-367-7623 or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions. Give your written or oral comments at the meeting or submit them no later than May 2, 2019 to Adam Brooks, project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002. You may also email your comments to adam.brooks@vdot.virginia.gov. Please reference “Route 1 Improvements in Ashland” in the subject line. VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above. *In the event of inclement weather on April 22, this meeting will be held on Monday, April 29 at the same time and location above. State Project: 0001-166-286, P101, R201, C501 Federal Project: STP-5A27(547), STP-5A27(613), STP-5A27(614), UPC: 112042

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$140M Deal makes Russell Wilson highest paid in NFL

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RENTON, Wash. Russell Wilson is sticking around with the Seattle Seahawks as the highest paid player in the NFL. The Richmond native posted a video on social media early Tuesday saying, “Seattle, we got a deal,” shortly after agreeing to a $140 million, fouryear extension with the Seahawks, his agent Mark Rodgers told The Associated Press. Wilson’s new deal runs through the 2023 season and includes a $65 million signing bonus, a no-trade clause and $107 million in guaranteed money. Wilson’s per year average of $35 million tops Aaron Rodgers’ average annual salary of $33.5 million as part of the $134 million extension he signed last year with the Green Bay Packers. Wilson’s current $87.6 million, four-year deal was signed at the begin-

ning of training camp in 2015 and was set to expire after next season. “Russell’s goal and his hope was that he would continue his career with the Seahawks and continue to bring championships to this town,” his agent said. “He believes there is still unfinished business and he is looking forward to pursuing that without having to worry about contracts and his future.” The 30-year-old Wilson had set a midnight deadline for a new deal with Seattle. He wanted certainty about his contract before the start of the team’s offseason workout program, which began on Monday. Wilson showed up for the first day and by the end of the night was posting a video with his wife Ciara announcing the agreement. The deal ends the debate about Wilson’s future with the Seahawks, although there seemed to be little doubt he would remain in Seattle for a while. The team held leverage

knowing it likely had at least three more seasons with Wilson under center. Even if he played out 2019 under his current deal, Seattle could have used the franchise tag if needed to keep him under contract through 2020 and 2021 at a reasonable price by quarterback standards. But the extension allows Seattle to budget for the future knowing how to work with Wilson’s hefty paycheck in the years ahead and build a contender around the former third round pick that has developed into a franchise QB. Wilson’s new deal was going to have to top the extension signed by Rodgers before the start of last season. Wilson was the second-highest paid player in football behind Rodgers when his deal was signed in 2015, but had fallen to the 12th highestpaid QB in the league, according to Overthecap.com. The five-time Pro Bowl selection is coming off arguably his best season

as Seattle went a surprising 10-6 and earned an NFC wild card before losing to Dallas in the opening round of the playoffs. It was supposed to be a rebuilding year, but the Seahawks were ahead of schedule thanks to their return to a run-first offense and Wilson’s exceptional performance when tasked to throw. The 5-foot-11 Wilson threw for a career-high 35 touchdowns and matched his career low with seven interceptions. He attempted only 427 passes — his lowest total since his second season when Seattle won the Super Bowl — but his efficiency was a career best with a 110.9 passer rating. He also ran only 67 times, a career low, as the improved run game and offensive line play allowed Wilson to stay in the pocket more and scramble for his life less. It was a stark change from the 2017 season when Seattle missed the playoffs for the first time under Wilson. He

led the league in touchdown passes, but also was Seattle’s leading rusher due to a non-existent run game. The idea of Wilson ever leaving Seattle has always seemed a stretch. Teams simply don’t give up on quarterbacks with the kind of success he’s had. Wilson has led the Seahawks to the playoffs in six of his seven seasons, the only miss coming in 2017 when Seattle finished 9-7. He won a Super Bowl in his second season and got back to the championship game a year later before making the one major mistake of his career that will linger until he wins another title, throwing a goal line interception in the final minute when the Seahawks had a chance to take the lead on New England. Wilson has shelved the stigma of short quarterbacks being unable to play in the NFL. He’s also been extremely durable, never missing a game while playing through significant knee, ankle and shoulder injuries.

Brown wins ‘Dash for Cash’ at Monument Avenue 10K By Fred Jeter

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Virginia Commonwealth University marketing professor Brian Brown bathes in the victory of beating elite runners to the finish line and winning the “Dash for Cash” last Saturday in the annual Monument Avenue 10K.

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In foot-racing lingo, it’s called a “finishing kick” — that ability to grit the teeth, ignore the pain and crank up the speed as the victory tape nears. Brian Brown used just such a “kick” last Saturday to win the Monument Avenue 10K “Dash for Cash.” The kick earned him a $2,500 take-home reward. “It’s probably the fastest I’ve run,” the 53-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University marketing professor said of his effort to hold off overall champion and hard-closing Philo Germano. Brown was given about a 2-mile head start on Germano and the field of about 25,700 runners and walkers. He had about 4 miles to run compared to the 6.2 miles the other runners covered in the full course. Germano, a 23-year-old former Syracuse University standout now residing in Charlottesville, was clocked at 29 minutes, 34 seconds. He received the $2,000 first place check. This marks the 12th time in 14 years that the “Dash for Cash” contestant has

beat the elite runners to the finish. “I knew they (Germano and other faster runners) were coming in hot,” Brown said. “I heard the sirens but never looked back.” To win the “Dash for Cash,” Brown, who was randomly chosen to compete, needed to dramatically improve his permile time from a year ago. Last year, he averaged 8 minutes-plus per mile. With thousands of people watching on Saturday, he ran a 7:08 first mile, a 7:16 second mile, a 7:00 third mile and then a finishing mile in 6.51. “I exceeded my expectations,” Brown said. “I’m elated to have won, but I’m just as excited to have drawn attention to Massey Cancer Center.” Brown wore a T-shirt from the center during the run. He promises to donate a portion of his winnings to the organization’s cancer research. “I’ll keep some for myself,” Brown said. “But it’s not like I’m going out to buy a new wardrobe,” he said. Germano’s 29:34 was the fastest run

Running the race More than 25,000 runners and walkers turned out last Saturday for the annual Monument Avenue 10K, where thousands of spectators were on hand to cheer them on. Right, runners begin the course in waves from the starting line at Broad Street near Harrison Street. Above left, Philo Germano, 23, of Charlottesville is the first to cross the finish line in the main 10K race in 29 minutes, 34 seconds, while, above, Bethany Sachtleben, 27, of Fairfax wins the women’s race in 32:39. Both won $2,000 for first place finishes. Left, Meredith Celko crosses the Franklin Street finish line, where her waiting boyfriend, Caleb Lunsford, drops to one knee and proposes. He places a ring on her finger. She says yes.

on the 10K course since Kenyan Paul Chilemo posted 29:24 in 2014. Also, Germano’s effort on a rainy morning was the best since the event’s organizers, the Richmond Sports Backers, changed the manner in which much of the prize money is distributed. To qualify for payouts, runners now must be members of the Collegiate Running Association. The Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who had dominated the event previously stopped coming at that juncture. The 10K record of 28:07 was set by Kenyan Reuben Chebii in 2004. Repeating as women’s champion on Saturday, Bethany Sachtleben won $2,000 with a 32:39 clocking. Sachtleben’s time was nearly a minute faster than her winning effort a year ago and flirted with the all-time record of 32:24 set by Kenyan Magdalene Makunzi in 2007. Among the more noticed competitors was Gov. Ralph S. Northam. Wearing a T-shirt from his alma mater, Virginia Military Institute, the 59-year-old governor negotiated the course in 1:01.37.

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Personality: Vanessa Myers Mason Spotlight on founder and president of MOMS Inc. During our initial board meeting, I explained to the six board members that they were invited as board members because I knew, observed or heard about how dearly they loved and cared for their Mom, especially in their Mom’s latter years.

Dale Myers Mason:Â Occupation: Retired leadership trainer for the Virginia Employment Commission. No. 1 volunteer position: President, MOMS Inc. MOMS stands for Missing Our Moms Still. Date and place of birth: Nov.

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Message Behind the Music!â€? will feature the music of Glennroy & Company. Ms. Myers Mason says the goal is to provide an opportunity for people to have a good time while remembering their mothers. This event is just one way the West Virginia native is using her past experience as a leadership trainer at the Virginia Employment Commission to benefit the new organization of which she is president. She also has experience in handling this type of affair through her volunteer service with the Rho Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Three years ago, she served as co-chair of the chapter’s scholarship fundraiser, “SautĂŠ and Sizzle: Richmond Men Are Cooking,â€? in which area men play chef for a day. Ms. Myers Mason, who also ambitiously wants to open an adult day care, believes her mother would be proud that she is seeking to improve the lives of other women, particularly elderly women, “who may need assistance or just have someone be a voice for them.â€? Meet this week’s peoplehelping Personality, Vanessa

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Quality I most admire in another person: Honesty and a sincere desire to help others. Best late-night snack: Popcorn. How I unwind: Having great conversations and laughs with my best friend and husband, Oliver.

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Egg-citing! Youngsters take off to find the hidden eggs last Saturday at the 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Celebration at Blackwell Community Center in South Side. The free event was sponsored by Putting Communities Together Inc. and featured prizes, music, food and a visit by the Easter Bunny. Organizers held two egg hunts, one for the smaller children who needed a little more time to find eggs and one for the older, more seasoned youngsters. Marcus Ellis, above, shows off the colorful collection of eggs he found.

Family Easter at Maymont and Easter on Parade highlight season this weekend Two of Richmond’s most popular seasonal events are being held this weekend — the Dominion Energy Family Easter at Maymont on Saturday, April 20, and Easter on Parade on Monument Avenue on Sunday, April 21. Family Easter at Maymont is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, on the Carriage House Lawn at Maymont, 1700 Hampton St. Free activities will include singers, jugglers, puppets and other entertainers on two stages, storytelling under the “Bunny Tree,” Victorian-themed lawn games, a planting station, bonnet parades and appearances by the Easter Bunny. Admission to Maymont is free, but tickets are required for most activities and cost $2 each. Maymont members can skip the line and order tickets online in advance through Thursday, April 18, to be picked at the membership tent the day of the event. Maymont Mansion tours run from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, based on availability. Tour sign-ups are in the basement of the mansion with a $5 donation. Details: www.maymont.org or (804) 358-7166. Richmond’s annual Easter on Parade will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday on tree-lined Monument Avenue between Davis and Allen avenues. The free event draws thousands of people and pets in eye-

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VUU Athletic Jamboree Virginia Union University Lady Panthers Coach AnnMarie Gilbert and her basketball team members receive a congratulatory poster for winning backto-back CIAA Tournament championships in 2018 and 2019. The recognition came last Saturday during the university’s annual Athletic Jamboree that included a double-header for the VUU softball team and the Panthers football team’s annual spring football game. Right, former longtime VUU football Coach Willard Bailey greets people from the bleachers.

popping hats parading along the boulevard. More than 25,000 people typically attend. Stages will be situated at Monument and Allen avenues and Monument and Davis avenues where performers and entertainers will be featured. Roving performers, including jugglers, danc-

ers, an accordionist and other musicians, will be highlighted, along with children’s activities. A bonnet contest will be held for people and pets. The annual event is produced by Venture Richmond. Details: www.venturerichmond.com or (804) 788-6466.

Community Easter egg hunt April 22 in Highland Park An Easter egg hunt and other activities will offered for children age 12 and under 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Highland Park, it has been announced. Location: Ann Hardy Plaza Community Center, 3300 1st Ave.

City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, is hosting the free public event. Along with the egg hunt, the event will feature games, music, crafts, martial arts, food and photos with the Easter bunny, Ms. Robertson stated.

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The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League joined with Major League Baseball, the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the City of Richmond to host “PLAY BALL,” a free event to interest youngsters ages 5 to 13 in baseball and softball. Hundreds of youths turned out April 6 for the event at Hotchkiss Field on Brookland Park Boulevard in North Side. The Richmond Flying Squirrels and

Joining in hosting the event are the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, the city Office on Aging and Persons with Disabilities and UnitedHealthcare. Details: (804) 646-3054 or Kiya. Stokes@Richmondgov.com.

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the City of Richmond, cohosted “PLAY BALL,” a kid-focused event at Hotchkiss Field on Saturday, April 6. David James, right, vice president of baseball and softball development with MLB, encourages the youngsters to participate. The skill development session included stations to practice hitting home runs, running bases and bat and ball games. Participants received bats and balls, T-shirts and wristbands.

Hip-Hop Poetry Slam on April 24 A Hip-Hop Poetry Slam will be held next week to allow Richmond area youths to speak out on preventing substance abuse, it has been announced. Henrico Area Prevention Services has issued an invitation for people of all ages to take part in the poetry slam 6 to

8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave. Because the focus of the event is on youths, participants ages 11 to 18 will receive gift cards and be eligible for other prizes, according to program coordinator Michael Harris.

Mr. Harris stated people interested in participating should register by Monday, April 22, at henricoprevention.org or by contacting him directly at (804) 727-8035 or online at har42@henrico.us. Entries will be reviewed for appropriate language and content, Mr. Harris stated.

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Dr. William Eric Jackson Sr. speaks from the pulpit Sunday at Fourth Baptist Church in Church Hill following his installation as the ninth pastor of the historic church that traces its beginnings to 1859. Right, visiting ministers and church deacons participate in a “laying of hands” ceremony with Dr. Jackson, seated, to cap the ceremony. Location: Sanctuary of the church at 2800 P St. Dr. Jackson was called as pastor following the departure of Rev. Emery Berry Jr. An adjunct theology professor at Virginia Union University, Dr. Jackson previously led Emmanuel Community Church, which he founded in Chesterfield County, and served with the Chaplain Service Prison Ministry of Virginia at Sussex I State Prison.

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Local couple in Paris bears witness to Notre Dame fire of the cathedral and its interior. “I hope they can rebuild.” With the flames extinguished, experts on Tuesday began assessing how much the shell of Notre Dame has been damaged and how many years — maybe decades — it will take to repair and rebuild. Paris, all of France and people watching live television around the world held their breath Monday evening as a sudden fire in the edifice claimed the roof, felled the elegant spire that stood atop its transept and spread down into the nave to threaten priceless religious relics and artwork. About 400 firefighters battled the blaze, pumping water into the nave and trying to keep flames away from the giant stained glass rose windows and the endangered northern bell tower of the most visited monument in Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a quick look inside the building Monday evening as firefighters fought the blaze. President Macron emerged to announce that France would rebuild the state-owned cathedral “because that’s what the French expect, because that’s what our history deserves, because it’s our profound destiny.” Mayor Hidalgo described a hole in the roof where the spire crashed through but added a hopeful note. “The altar and its cross were preserved,” she said. “It’s less terrible than I

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A catastrophic fire shoots up the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, threatening one of the architectural treasures of Europe.

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PARIS George K. Martin of Mechanicsville and his wife, Anita, arrived in Paris on Sunday night and made a sightseeing list that included some of the top tourist spots in the City of Lights, including Notre Dame Cathedral. But instead of heading to Notre Dame on Monday, the couple toured the Paris Opera House. Hours later, the couple realized their choice may have been an unfortunate mistake. Mr. Martin, managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Richmond office, got a news alert on his cellphone that the iconic Notre Dame was burning. “We heard a lot of sirens,” Mr. Martin said in a telephone interview with the Free Press late Monday from Paris. When the couple left their hotel for dinner, scores of people lined a bridge across the Seine River, watching as smoke and flames rose from the cathedral. “It’s sad and hard to believe that something that is 850 years old and been around through so much history, including the French Revolution, was suddenly going up in smoke,” Mr. Martin said. “People were in shock and disbelief.” The timing, just days before Easter, makes it even more tragic, he said. “I wish we had gone there,” Mr. Martin lamented, adding he would be scouting for postcards

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Over the next few days, architects must examine the standing stone structure to see if the blaze caused any structural damage to the Paris limestone that was heated to several hundred degrees and then doused with cold water pumped in from the Seine River. Offers to contribute to the reconstruction of the building poured in, with more than 600 million euros pledged by rich French businesses and several private funds launched on the internet. A national collection announced by President Macron began taking pledges Tuesday. A large timber company offered its best oak to rebuild the roof supports, but it was not sure it could duplicate the massive beams that dated back to the 13th century. The cathedral in the northern French city of Reims was rebuilt after its almost complete destruction in World War I with supports of reinforced concrete. Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit said the first message he received was from France’s Chief Rabbi Haïm Korsia. “ ‘This is the place for everyone. I am crying with you,’ ” Archbishop Aupetit quoted it as saying. The French Council of the Muslim Faith urged France’s large Muslim community to contribute to “the reconstruction of this architectural masterpiece that is the glory of our country” and expressed “its solidarity and fraternity with Christians around the world.” François Clavairoly, president of the Protestant Federation of France, tweeted “solidarity and fraternal thoughts in Christ to all Christians and to all those for whom this exceptional symbol has meaning.” The central place Notre Dame has in France’s national heritage was apparent when a caller to FranceInfo radio broke down in tears trying to explain his sorrow. “I’m an atheist and I’m always badmouthing the clergy, but this is 850 years of our history that’s gone up in fire,” the caller said.

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Clem Daniels, AFL’s leading rusher, dies at 83

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Clem C. Daniels Jr., the leading rusher in American Football League history, died Saturday, March 23, in Oakland, Calif. He was 83. Mr. Daniels rushed for 5,138 yards — the most ever by an AFL back — while also catching passes for 3,314 yards and scoring 54 touchdowns. He played for the Dallas Texans in the AFL’s inaugural season of 1960 and then with the Oakland Raiders from 1961 through 1967 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1968. The merger of the upstart AFL and the established NFL was announced June 8, 1966. Mr. Daniels, a native of McKinney, Texas, shared MVP honors in the AFL in Mr. Daniels 1963 with two San Diego Chargers, receiver Lance Alworth and quarterback Tobin Rote. He starred at Prairie View A&M University, where he led his team to the NAIA national championship. He signed with Dallas as a free agent and was among the first professional stars to come from an historically black college or university. In 1965, Mr. Daniels helped organize a boycott of the AFL All-Star game in New Orleans when black players were denied the same amenities as white players. Mr. Daniels is a member of Prairie View’s Hall of Fame and made the AFL’s All-Time team.

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“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. the starless midnight of racism Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. and war that the bright Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. daybreak of peace and 4th Sunday UniďŹ ed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. brotherhood neverRoad, become 1701can Turner North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. a (804) reality‌. I believe that (804)276-5272 fax www.ndec.net 276-0791 office Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org unarmed truth and unconditional “MAKE IT HAPPENâ€? love will have the final word.â€? Lenten Season —Martin Luther King, Jr. st Pastor Kevin Cook Mosby joins with the larger Christian Community e L. Davis, Pastor in celebrating the Lenten season as a time of reflection, fasting & prayerful consecration. Join us APRIL FRI. SAT. on2019 the journey and follow along with our Lenten 26 27 Calendar at www.mmbcrva.org Theme: “Vessels of Honor —

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April 18-20, 2019 B5

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-108 To rezone the properties known as 500 Hull Street and 512 Hull Street from the B-7 Mixed-Use Business District to the B-4 Central Business District. The subject property falls within a Downtown Urban Center Area of the Manchester District, as established by the Richmond Downtown Plan. Such areas are “characterized by higher d e n s i t y, m i x e d u s e development, typically arranged on a fine grained street network, with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks.” Ordinance No. 2019-109 To rezone the property known as 1403 Roseneath Road from the B-7 MixedUse Business District to the TOD-1 TransitOriented Nodal District. The Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property for Industrial Mixed-Use land use. “Industrial Mixed-use areas are traditionally industrial areas that are transitioning to mixed-use due to their proximity to growing neighborhoods, but still retain industrial uses…Primary Uses [include] industrial, multi-family residential, office, retail, and personal service [uses]. Ordinance No. 2019-110 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1206 Jahnke Road for the purpose of a singlefamily detached dwelling without frontage on an improved public street as required by City Code § 30-610.1, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a R-5 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Low Density) uses. Primary uses in this category are “single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. (See page 133, Richmond Master Plan.) The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be a ratio of approximately 3 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2019-111 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1501 Jefferson Davis Highway for the purpose of accessory parking and outdoor storage, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated partially in a M-1 Light Industrial District and partially in a R-5 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject properties as Single Family Low Density. Primary uses for this category include “…single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses. Ordinance No. 2019-112 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2219 Cedar Street for the purpose of two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Mixed Use Residential. Primary uses for this category include “… single, two, and multifamily dwellings, live/work units and neighborhood serving commercial uses developed in a traditional urban form. (And), Typical zoning classifications that may accommodate this land use category: R-63, R-8.” (City of Richmond Master Plan, p. 304) No residential density is specified for this land use designation. Ordinance No. 2019-113 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2915 West Leigh Street for the purpose of an outdoor dining area, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is TOD-1 District. The Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property for Industrial Mixed Use land use. “Industrial Mixed use Continued on next column

areas are traditionally industrial areas that are transitioning to mixed use due to their proximity to growing neighborhoods, but still retain industrial uses…Primary Uses [include] industrial, multi-family residential, office, retail, and personal service [uses] (p. XII). Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2019-107 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $49,999.00 from the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police’s OAG Asset Forfeiture Transfer Program special fund by $49,999.00 for the purpose of funding the acquisition of police equipment including a mobile video system, pole cameras, safety shields, and emergency medical equipment bags. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER THOMAS SMITH, JR., Plaintiff v. WANDA SMITH, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001112-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 29th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ERIC SMITH, Plaintiff v. TRACY BANKS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001113-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 29th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Continued on next column

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Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ALICIA ALLEN, Plaintiff v. DONTE ALLEN, Defendant. Case No.: CL16001322-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SAMANTHA ASHWORTH, Plaintiff v. JODY ASHWORTH, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003605-00 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 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire VSB# 27724 Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANDRE DORMAN, Plaintiff v. WENDY DORMAN, Defendant. Case No.: CL18001483-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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

Perry Cokeman, Frances Perry Jacobs, Harry R. Perry, Jr., Jerry Lane Perry, Morris Ray Perry, Shirley May Chase Perry, Wanda Perry Brown, Cheryl Perry Lewis, Robyn Lynn Brown, Leroy Perry, Chester Arthur Perry, James Thomas Perry, Josephine Riddick, Yvonne Riddick, McDonald Riddick, Jr., Larry R Riddick, Rene Riddick, Michelle Riddick, America Riddick, McDonald Riddick, Michael M. Riddick, Joseph Kelley, Joseph Kelley, II., Nannie McCray, Nannie Webster McCray KelleyDaniels-Barnes, William Alfred Kelley, William Alfred Kelley, Jr., Ruby M. Foxworth Kelley, Garry R Kelley, Ora Lee Holden McCray, Ruth May Holden, Alfonso Daye, Thomas Earl Daye, Lillian Royster Daye, Minnie Bell Daye, Garland Reid Daye, Mary Lizzie Fogg Daye, Bessie Lee Daye Burwell, Earl Rudolph Burwell, Jimmy Burwell Daye, Mary Anne Evans Roger, Linda Daye Evans Alston, Mack Fuller, Alfonsa Daye, Thomas Earl Day, Columbus Wilson, Joann Person, Elroy Turner, Elroy Turner, Jr., Mary Louise Lewis, Clinton Turner, Eddie Burwell Daye, Ralph Tyson Daye Jr., Tammie R Powell, Alonza Powell, Carolyn Lucy Daye, Roslyn Jones Murrill, Joann Person Turner, LaTonya Warren Bedford, Brenda Lewis, Terrence Calloway, Delores Daye Gillard, Brenda Sue Daye, Teresa Daye, Mary Delphene Daye, Shirley V Daye, Eddie Jones, Jr., Ashley Stewart, Hamilton Heath, Oliver Heath, Mattie B.Turner and Marshond Gipper, Tyeshia T. Daye and all of their heirs, successors in interest and/ or assigns if any; and PARTIES UNKNOWN who may have an interest in the property described below who are made parties to this proceeding by the general description as “PARTIES UNKNOWN”, DEFENDANTS AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION CASE No.: CL-19000874-06 The object of this suit is to partition and sell real property in the City of Richmond, Virginia, to wit all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the improvements thereon, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia Known as 415 North 33rd Street, as show on plat by J. K. Timmons, C E &S dated November 5, 1957, attached to and made a part of a certain deed dated November 3, 2014, recorded May 31, 2016 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Richmond, Virginia, as Instrument Number 16-9968 and described with reference to the said plat as follows: BEGINNING on the eastern line of 33rd Street 117.83 feet south of Clay Street, running thence southwardly along and fronting 20 feet on the eastern line of 33rd Street, and running back from said front between lines parallel with the southern line of Clay Street 124 fee to a 16-foot alley. Being the same real estate conveyed to Montique Harvey (A/K/A Montague Harvey and Susie A. Harvey, his wife, as tenants by the entireties with the right of survivorship as at common law, by Deed with special Warranty from First and Merchants National Bank of Richmond, Trustee under the Will of Orion D. King, deceased, dated November 15, 1957, recorded November 15, 1957, in the Clerks of the Chancery Court, in the City of Richmond, Virginia, in Deed Book 582D, Page 517. The said Montique Harvey died, thereby vesting title in the said Property to Susie A. Harvey, his wife, by operation of law. The said Susie A. Harvey died intestate on January 1, 1989 and according to a List of Heirs recorded in the City of Richmond, Virginia, in Will Book 14, at Page 1440, she was survived by Trudy E. Holden, her daughter. Gertrude “Trudy” E. Holden died intestate on March 5, 2008 having no offspring and never having married, thereby passing title to her heirs or descendants by law. Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the existence of and location of certain parties to be served, and that there are or may be persons whose names are unknown who are interested in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that, the Defendants named above and the PARTIES UNKNOWN, if then living or be dead, their heirs, devisees, assigns, or successors in title, and other unknown heirs or parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as PARTIES UNKNOWN, appear before Court on or before June 12, 2019 to protect their interests, if any, in this suit and/or the referenced property; and It is further ORDERED that this Order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks, in The Richmond Free Press, a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Richmond, VA and surrounding areas. A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk Counsel for Plaintiff I ask for this: Stephen B. Wood (VSB 26581) The Wood Law Firm, PLC 1503 Santa Rosa Road Suite 109 Richmond, Virginia 23229 Telephone: (804) 288-4007 Facsimile: (804) 288-5973 Cell (804) 873-0088

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is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Plaintiff, v. KEITH H. WILKERSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-147 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1706 Catalina Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060505/022 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Keith H. Wilkerson, Ira T. Wilkerson, Jr., Warren L. Wilkerson and Joseph B. Wilkerson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, KEITH H. WILKERSON, IRA T. WILKERSON, and WARREN L. WILKERSON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JOSEPH B. WILKERSON, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that PARMJIT SIGNH, Registered Agent for RVA FINANCIAL, LLC, fka VACAP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Beneficiary of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-12820 on June 24, 1996, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that KEITH H. WILKERSON, IRA T. WILKERSON, WARREN L. WILKERSON, JOSEPH B. WILKERSON, PARMJIT SIGNH, Registered Agent for RVA FINANCIAL, LLC, fka VACAP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Beneficiary of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-12820 on June 24, 1996, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROBYN ROBERTS, Plaintiff v. JEREMIAH ROBERTS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19000856-00 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 9th day of MAY, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire VSB# 27724 Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KING JACKIE TUCKERSHELTON File No. J-94226-13-00, J-94226-14-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Unknown Father (Father), and Shamika Shelton (Mother) of King Jackie Tucker-Shelton, child, DOB 04/6/2017. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father (Father) and Shamika Shelton (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 7/9/2019, at 2:20 PM, Courtroom #2

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RASHANE BROWN, Plaintiff v. JAMES SEABRON, Defendant. Case No.: CL19000634-00 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 9th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND CAVA CAPITAL-VA BEACH, LLC PLAINTIFF V. ROBERT ST. JOHN HOLDEN ET Al. ORA LEE HOLDEN MCCRAY EARL RUDOLPH BURWELL JACQUELINE DAYE EMMA DAYE TAYLOR CHARLIE MAC DAYE, JR. JIMMY BURWELL DAYE MELISSA DAYE LEANN JONES CALHOUN NICKIE J. FERGUSON JUDY L. JONES FOSTER PATTIE JO JONES JILL ANN JONES BROWN MATTIE B TURNER, ESTATE Mary Louise Lewis a/k/a Mary Catherine Warren Lewis, Executor, ESTATE OF MATTIE B. TURNER JOHN THOMAS BURWELL EDDIE BURWELL DELORES DAYE GILLARD BRENDA SUE DAYE TERESA DAYE MARY DELPHENE DAYE SHIRLEY V. DAYE UNA DAYE KELLY a/k/a UNA MAE KELLEY DAYE RUTH MAY HOLDEN EDDIE JONES, JR. ASHLEY STEWART HAMILTON HEATH OLIVER HEATH VICTORIA J. JONESCOLLICK TAMMIE R POWELL ALONZA POWELL And THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND SUCCESSORS OF: Robert St. John Holden, Charlie Henry Holden, Estille Holden K e l l e y, Tr u d y H o l d e n , Gertrude Elizabeth Holden, Charlie Holden Kelley, Charlie Holden, Delores Holden, Mattie Bell Holden, Elnor Holden Perry, Emma Day Taylor, Henry R. Holden, Mattie B. Holden Turner, Charles Warren Turner, Charles T Warren, Mary Catherine Warren Lewis, John T. Holden, Norman Holden, Lula Jones, Ora Alston, James Arthur Holden, Jonathon Holden, Anna C. Holden, Easter Perry, Harry R. Perry, Harry R Perry, Jr., Lola Cardwell, Emma Lillie Holden Daye, Jacqueline Daye, Seberta N. Holden, Manley L. Perry, Anna C. Holden, Montague Harvey, Montigue Harvey, Bessie Lee Brown Holden, Lula Mae Holden Jones, Eddie Alfonso Jones, Ora Lee Holden Person Alston, Joe Ben Alston, James Arthur Holden, Joe Nathan Holden, Susie A. Norwood Holden, Susie A Holden, Susie Harvey, Susanna N. Holden, Victoria Person Holden, Harry Roosevelt Perry, Catherine M. Perry, Derrick J. Perry, Janis

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOHN SMITH, JR., Plaintiff v. VIOLA SMITH, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003238-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ANGUS ELLERBE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-316 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1602 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000858/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Angus Ellerbe, and Annie Ruth Ellerbe. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ANGUS ELLERBE, 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; that said owner, ANNIE RUTH ELLERBE, 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 ANGUS ELLERBE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANNIE RUTH ELLERBE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ERNEST MILES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-48 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3521 Enslow Avenue,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001172/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ernest Miles and Keith Miles. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ERNEST MILES and KEITH MILES, 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 ERNEST MILES, KEITH MILES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ANDREA P. ANTHONY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-152 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3935 Patsy Ann Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0081028/065, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Andrea P. Anthony and Anthony L. Edwards. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANDREA P. ANTHONY and ANTHONY L. EDWARDS, 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 ANDREA P. ANTHONY, ANTHONY L. EDWARDS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CHRIS HOWELL, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5277 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 907 North 24th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000429/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Chris Howell, Keith Green, Kevin Horne, Frank Ware, Jr., Cheryl Rollins, Carla Marshall, and Brooke Smith. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, KEITH GREEN, FRANK WARE, JR, and CHERYL ROLLINS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, KEVIN HORNE, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, CARLA MARSHALL, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, BROOKE SMITH, 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 KEITH GREEN, FRANK WA RE , J R , C H ER Y L ROLLINS, KEVIN HORNE, CARLA MARSHALL, BROOKE SMITH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DORIS W. ASHTON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-6235 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1209 North 20th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000556/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Doris W. Ashton. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DORIS W. ASHTON, 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 HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, an entity listed as withdrawn from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 9715804 on July 22, 1997, 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 DORIS W. ASHTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, H O U S E H O L D RE A LT Y COR P OR A T IO N O F VIRGINIA, an entity listed as withdrawn from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-15804 on July 22, 1997, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. IRVING B. TAYLOR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4191 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2617 Wise Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000793/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Irving B. Taylor, Clifton R. Taylor, Doriane T. Mills, Wendell Taylor, Weldon Taylor, Wayne Taylor, and Warren Taylor, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IRVING B. TAYLOR and WENDELL TAYLOR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, DORIANE T. MILLS, WELDON TAYLOR, WAY N E TAY L OR , a n d WARREN TAYLOR, JR, 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 IRVI N G B . TAY L OR , W E N D E L L T AY L OR , D ORI A N E T. M I L L S , W E L D O N T A Y L OR , WAYNE TAYLOR, WARREN TAYLOR, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOYCE SHEPHERD, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4454 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2216 Carrington Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000469/017 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the Continued on next page

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VUU golf team heading into CIAA tourney with wins

Three down and one to go. The Virginia Union University golf team is nearing a clean sweep of CIAA tournaments. Coach E. Lee Coble’s Panthers have won three straight events heading into the CIAA Golf Championship on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19, at The Club at Viniterra in New Kent County. The Panthers most recently won the CIAA Northern Division title with a team triumph at Dogwood Trace Golf Club in Petersburg. Allan Day, with a 143 for 36 holes, and Sergio Escalante, at 147, led the way. Earlier this season, VUU won the CIAA Mid-Major in Fayetteville, N.C., and the CIAA Southern Division title near Charlotte, N.C. Coach Coble’s talented roster includes players from as close as Clover Hill High School in Chesterfield County and as far off as Johannesburg, South Africa. Among the team’s other leading scorers, Escalante is from Florida, Paul Meints is from Texas and Travon Willis is from North Carolina.

Panthers 2019-20 football schedule announced

Virginia Union University and Hampton University have agreed to renew their ancient football rivalry. The VUU Panthers will open their 2019 season at HU’s Armstrong Stadium at 6 p.m. Sept. 7. VUU and HU last met in 1994 when both were CIAA members. The Pirates prevailed 56-6 in that contest a quarter century ago. This will be the first meeting between the two HBCU’s since HU left the CIAA and NCAA Division II for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in Division I. Last year, Hampton moved again, to the Division I Big South Conference. VUU and HU first met in 1906 in Richmond, with the Pirates winning 6-5. The overall series stands at 40-40-3, according to VUU records. Following the trip to Hampton, VUU will launch its home season with a visit from powerful Lenoir-Rhyne University of Hickory, N.C. The South Atlantic Conference school was 12-2 a year ago while advancing to the third round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. VUU will be playing a 10-game schedule next season, with five home and five away games. A hoped-for 11th game would be in Salem for the CIAA championship. VUU is coming off an 8-2 season under Coach Alvin Parker. The Panthers won seven of their last eight games, narrowly missing a bid to the NCAA football playoffs. The Panthers will celebrate the 2019 homecoming with a Sept. 19 game against Chowan University of North Carolina. The traditional regular season finale will be at Virginia State University on Nov. 9.

Milwaukee looking to Antetokounmpo for NBA playoff victory Based on regular season play, the NBA’s best team and arguably best player represent a city perhaps known more for beer and brats than basketball. The long-mediocre Milwaukee Bucks — last championship in 1971; last division crown in 2001 — enter the NBA playoffs with the league’s top record (60-22) and a dazzling headliner with a long name, long frame and even longer list of credentials. Meet Giannis Antetokounmpo, aka the “Greek Freak.” Born in Athens of Nigerian immigrant parents, the 6-foot-11, 242-pound Antetokounmpo showcases a seldom seen skill set worthy of postseason laurels. Already a three-time All-Star at age 24, Antetokounmpo is a candidate both for MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. He prevails in so many ways, averaging 28 points, 13 rebounds, six assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.3 steals. He becomes the first player to average at least 27 points, 12 rebounds and six assists since Oscar Robertson, then with Cincinnati, in 1962. Coincidentally, it was Robertson who played on the Bucks’ last NBA championship team in 1971 with a young Kareem AbdulJabbar and Richmonder Bobby Dandridge. Antetokounmpo never played college hoops but developed an international follow-

Panthers 2019 football schedule

Date Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16

Stories by Fred Jeter

Team Hampton University Lenoir-Rhyne University Johnson C. Smith University Winston-Salem State University Livingstone College Lincoln University (Penn.) Chowan University, Homecoming Bowie State University Elizabeth City State University Virginia State University CIAA championship game, Salem

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League leaders

Here are the NBA regular season scoring leaders: • James Harden, Houston Rockets, 36 points • Paul George, Oklahoma City Thunder, 28.0 • Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks, 27.7 • Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers, 27.5 • Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors, 27.3 Note: Milwaukee, with the home court advantage throughout the playoffs, opened a best-of-seven series against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, April 14.

ing as a teenager with the Greek Filathlitikos club team. He was the 15th player picked in the 2013 draft by the Bucks. The Wisconsin city known as “Brew Town,” among other nicknames, has just one NBA crown. It also reached the NBA finals in 1974, losing to the Boston Celtics. Milwaukee won its playoff opener Sunday over the Detroit Pistons 121-86, with Antetokounmpo scoring 24 points, grabbing 17 rebounds and passing for four assists. There’s much to like about the Bucks besides the overwhelming presence of Antetokounmpo. Sweet Virginia breeze: Malcolm Brogdon has developed into one of the NBA’s top wings in his third season out of the University of Virginia, where he was a consensus All-American. In 2017, Brogdon became the first second round

High schooler named MVP

Jada Walker’s first basketball season teams at Riverdale Baptist School in playing away from home couldn’t have Upper Marlboro, Md., won girls’national gone more smoothly. titles in 2012 and 2014. This was just The sophomore was named MVP after the second season for girls’ basketball leading New Hope Academy of Landover, at New Hope Academy. Md., to the Geico Girls National TournaWalker averaged about 22 points durment in New York on April 6. ing the regular season for New Hope. Walker played her freshman season at The team played in events in Dallas Highland Springs High School, earning and Phoenix. first team State 5A honors. At Highland Springs High She transferred to New Hope School in Henrico County, Academy this season. Walker averaged 19 points, Basketball runs in her famsix rebounds and five assists ily. She is the daughter of as a ninth-grader for Springers Virginia Union University Lady Coach Franklin Harris. Panthers Coach AnnMarie GilAccording to ESPN Evalubert and former VUU standout ations, Walker is rated as the Jonathan Walker, who served as 25th best player in the nation Jada Walker a volunteer assistant coach this overall and seventh among season for New Hope Academy. point guards in the Class of 2021. A 5-foot-6, left-handed guard, Walker New Hope Academy is not a boarding scored nine points in New Hope’s 45-34 school and Walker is not living in that victory over St. John’s of Washington area. Walker and her father commute in an event held at Christ the King to the school daily. Regional High School in Middle VilAs for Walker’s high school future, lage, Queens. Gilbert said there’s a possibility her In addition to her offensive contribu- daughter will be returning to Highland tions, Walker was essential in holding St. Springs High School. John’s Azzi Fudd in check. Fudd, who Walker’s college recruiting remains was named national player of the year wide open, although her mother said by some scouting services, scored 14 “she’s got a full ride to Virginia Union points but was only 5-for-19 from the sitting on the table.” field and 0-for-6 from behind the arc. “I’d love to see her lead the PanNew Hope finished the season 40-3 thers to the national championship,” under Coach Sam Caldwell, whose Gilbert said.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

draft choice since Willis Reed in 1965 to win NBA Rookie of the Year. This season, the Atlanta native averages 16 points, five rebounds and three assists while hitting 51 percent from the floor, 44 percent from the distance and a NBA best 93 percent at the foul line. Brogdon currently is sidelined by plantar fasciitis in his right foot but is expected back by at least the second round of playoff games. U.Va. retired his No. 15 jersey. Dangling from Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum rafters is jersey No. 10, worn by Dandridge, the Bucks’ fourth round draft choice in 1969 out of Norfolk State University. Virginia Commonwealth University’s Larry Sanders was the Bucks’ first round draftee in 2010 and played in Milwaukee through 2015. Khris with a “K”: The top supporting role billing after Antetokounmpo is Khris Middleton out of Texas A&M University and now in his seventh season with the Bucks. The 6-foot-8 Middleton averages 19 points and six rebounds and has 756 career 3-pointers (39 percent). From Charleston, S.C., Middleton was deeply touched by the June 2015 massacre at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston. His grandmother knew four of the nine people killed. Middleton penned a column in The Players Tribute, saying, “In Charleston, we’re staying strong, but the wounds are still deep.” Shiny digs: The Bucks have the league’s best record and also the newest facility in which to strut their stuff. The Fiserv Forum, built at a cost of $547 million, opened this year with seating for 17,500 and the league’s largest symmetrical scoreboard. The team previously played in the Bradley Center (1988-2018), which was the NBA’s third oldest arena behind Madison Square Garden in New York and Oakland’s Oracie Arena. Fiserv, named after a financial services technology company, will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Fiserv is also home to Marquette University. Rockin’ Robins? The Milwaukee NBA franchise was created in 1968 with a fan vote determining the team’s nickname. With more than 40,000 votes cast, the winner was the Robins, the state bird. But judges decided to go with the No. 2 selection, the Bucks, representing Wisconsin’s state wild animal, the white-tailed deer. The thinking was that the team was “spirited, good jumpers, fast and agile.”

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name of the owners of record, Joyce Shepherd aka Joyce H. Randolph and Stephen Randolph, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOYCE SHEPHERD, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, STEPHEN RANDOLPH, JR, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JOYCE SHEPHERD, STEPHEN RANDOLPH, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Wilbur C. Green. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILBUR C. GREEN, 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; that EQUITY ONE CONSUMER LOANS, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WILBUR C. GREEN, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EQUITY ONE CONSUMER LOANS, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2021 Chicago Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000347/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Nathaniel Winston, Deborah Denise Morgan and Dion Tyrell Morgan. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, NATHANIEL WINSTON, and DEBORAH DENISE MORGAN, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, DION TYRELL MORGAN, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action: and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that NATHANIEL WINSTON, DEBORAH DENISE MORGAN, DION TYRELL MORGAN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Defendants. Case No.: CL19-392 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2619 Bainbridge Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000796/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Viola Harris Fox, Ida Omenia Fox McGarrity, William McKinley Fox and Melvin C. Fox, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, VIOLA HARRIS FOX, IDA OMENIA FOX MCGARRITY, WILLIAM MCKINLEY FOX, and MELVIN C. FOX, JR, 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 VIOLA HARRIS FOX, IDA OMENIA FOX MCGARRITY, WILLIAM MCKINLEY FOX, MELVIN C. FOX, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2621 Bainbridge Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000796/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Karamat S. Marrefi. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, KARAMAT S. MARREFI, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that KARAMAT S. MARREFI, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUNE 16, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

all persons, unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to plaintiff’s title, or any cloud on plaintiff’s title thereto, Defendants. Case No.: CL19001000-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to partition and remove the cloud from two parcels of real estate located in Hanover County. Virginia that is the subject matter of this suit and it appearing from an affidavit that due diligence has been used on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendants James E. Price, Elnora Alfred, Gladys Smith, Pamela G. Mosby Bronson, Henry Lewis, Jr., Frank Lewis, Matilda Lewis, Marcella Burke, Joanndra Jackson, Cassandra Smith, Angelia Cooper, Joseph Lewis, Alberta Josephine Lewis Russell, Shirley Lewis, Charles Brown and Floyd Davis Brown are without effect, it is Ordered that defendants appear before this Court on May 20, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect their interest herein. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I Ask For This: Donald M. White, Esquire 130 Thompson Street Ashland, Virginia 23005 (804) 798-1661

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILBUR C. GREEN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-347 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 920 East 16th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000393/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NATHANIEL WINSTON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-3144 ORDER OF PUBLICATION Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. VIOLA HARRIS FOX, et al,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. KARAMAT S. MARREFI, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-393 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JASPER LEWIS, JR., Plaintiff v. MARY FRANCES WILDER, et. als. and Any predecessors and successors in title and any unknown heirs of the defendants, if any there be, who are made parties defendants by the general description of “Parties Unknown”, and

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Minister of Music

Abner Baptist Church of Glen Allen VA is accepting applications for Minister of Music. We are seeking a God loving spirit-led Christian to serve as minister of music for our church congregation. The candidate selected will be responsible for administering and enhancing the music ministry for all worship services. The individual must be able to direct choirs and have superior skills in playing piano/keyboard and organ. If you are passionate about praise and worship through instrumental and vocal music, possess great communication and interpersonal social skills and are exceptional with selecting appropriate songs for different style choirs then we want to hear from you. All applicants will be required to submit to drug screening and a criminal background check. Submit a detailed confidential resume by April 29th: Email to jgordonjr@comcast.net or mail to Music Search Committee, Abner Baptist Church, 15143 Abner Church Road Glen Allen VA 23059. Applications are now being accepted for the following positions. PCA or CNA, Housekeeper, Male Attendant (PCA or CNA) ACTIVITY: Experience working with Alzheimer’s & Dementia Residents. Please bring a current TB report when applying. All references will be checked. GOOD PAY – GOOD DAYS OFF Call (804) 222-5133 for appointment

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond. To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com. EOE M/F/D/V

BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 19-1849-3JCK Replace Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems at Arthur Ashe, Springfield Park and Longdale Elementary Schools Due 2:30 pm, May 2, 2019 A d d i t i o n a l i n fo r m a t i o n available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

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