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Paradox of history As Trump speaks at Jamestown commemoration for 400th anniversary of representative government, Va. Legislative Black Caucus boycotts with commemoration of the enslaved

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Left, Fairfax Delegate Ibraheem Samirah unfurls a sign in protest during President Trump’s keynote speech Tuesday at the 400th anniversary commemoration in Jamestown. Above, Attorney General Mark Herring joins members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and other Democratic officials in prayer at the site of Lumpkin’s Jail in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom during their alternative commemoration boycotting President Trump’s appearance in Jamestown.

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JAMESTOWN President Trump marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy Tuesday, but Virginia’s African-American lawmakers boycotted his celebration of the initial experiment in self-government in this country to protest his continued disparagement of a veteran black congressman and the majority-black Baltimore district he represents. The positive rhetoric from President Trump marking the beginnings of representative government here 400 years ago contrasted sharply with his stream of attacks against U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland before and after the event. The president said in remarks to members of Virginia’s General Assembly and other dignitaries that the United States has had many achievements, but “none exceeds the triumph that we are here to celebrate today.” “Self-government in Virginia did not just give us a state we love — in a very true sense, it gave us the country we love, the United States of America,” he said. The General Assembly grew out of a gathering that convened in July 1619 as the House of Burgesses. In 1867, after the Civil War, the legislature was dissolved for two years by an act of Congress. That enabled black men to join in writing a new state constitution recognizing for the first time their citizenship and their right to vote and serve in the legislature, which resumed

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operations in 1869. But as President Trump addressed the lawmakers and others in a tent on the lawn of a history museum near the site of the original Jamestown colony, members of Virginia’s Legislative Black Caucus held an emotional ceremony about 60 miles away in Richmond, at the site of a oncenotorious slave jail, where they took turns condemning the president. Please turn to A4

The grand, but still stalled $1.4 billion plan to replace the now-closed Richmond Coliseum and potentially create thousands of new jobs is supposed to include development of nearly 3,000 affordable and marketrate apartments. There’s just one small problem — Mayor the current suburban-style Coliseum Mall Zoning District that covers the 10-block area near City Hall where the development is proposed to take place doesn’t permit housing or the tall buildings that are being contemplated or even the kind of signage that might be needed. The snafu, which was first noted last winter, is getting fresh attention as Mayor Levar M. Stoney prepares to announce the project and all of its details, according to sources. While nothing had been announced as of the Free Press deadline Wednesday evening, the mayor was scheduled to hold a press conference 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at City Hall with area black contractors hoping for a big share of the work, if the project proceeds. A highly placed source told the Free Press that “all of the financial kinks” have been worked out, and this is the day when the mayor will announce he is sending the development packages to City Council to consider. The council earlier agreed to hold a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 5, for the introduction of papers, but as of Wednesday, that meeting was not listed on the official schedule of public meetings maintained by the City Clerk’s Office. Still, if the project is to proceed, the identified flaws in the current regulations for the CM Zoning District would need to be corrected.

Members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus gathered Tuesday morning at the site of the former Lumpkin’s Jail in Shockoe Bottom, where enslaved people were bought and sold, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Africans arriving in Virginia in 1619. The legislators and a crowd of about 100 people recognized the journey made by AfricanAmericans, while also boycotting President

Hanover supervisors get earful over weak KKK response By George Copeland

Hanover County residents brought their concerns about growing Ku Klux Klan activity in the area to the streets last week — and to their local elected officials during a meeting of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors. “Are you a board of all the people or are you a board that supports white supremacy?” asked Beaver Dam resident Holly Jackson Conrad. She was among 60 people who attended the July 24 board meeting, where, during a public comment period, 14 people questioned the board’s muted response to a KKK recruitment rally that was held by the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan outside the Hanover County Courthouse on Independence Day weekend. Mr. Barnette

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Sources: Mayor Stoney to advance Coliseum project for Downtown By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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With little fanfare, notice of the problem was given to City Council before it voted in late December to give the green light to the city Planning Commission and the staff of the Department of Planning and Development Review to prepare and introduce proposed changes to the rules governing the CM Zoning Stoney District. Fast forward seven months, and nothing has been proposed — despite the assertion of the planning department’s leadership last winter that the staff was in the process of “finalizing” Please turn to A4

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Trump’s visit to Jamestown and the racist attitudes that underscore the distance that still needs to be crossed in a divided America. The commemoration followed a ceremony inside the State Capitol where about 14 AfricanAmerican and white state legislators placed a wreath under plaques inscribed with the names of the first African-Americans to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly after the Civil War and the emancipation of America’s slave population. “It is now time for us to re-energize,” said Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, who coordinated the VLBC events. “Stand for justice, stand for freedom and stand for what is right!” The VLBC quickly put the events together as an alternative to the 400th anniversary commemoration of the first meeting of the Virginia General Assembly in Jamestown in 1619 after learning President Trump would serve as the keynote speaker at the event in Jamestown. The president had been invited to Jamestown by Gov. Ralph S. Northam, a Democrat; the Republican leaders of the General Assembly, Sen. Majority Leader Tommy Norment of James City County and House Speaker Kirk Cox of Colonial Heights; and the board of American Evolution, which is organizing the 1619 commemoration events. The invitation was not rescinded in spite of President Trump’s abysmal record on race, which in recent weeks includes racist attacks against members of Congress, public figures and comPlease turn to A4

State sales tax holiday this weekend With the new school year on the horizon and hurricane season already here, consumers in Richmond and across the state will automatically save 5.3 percent on back-to-school and hurricane supplies this weekend. The reason: Virginia’s sales tax holiday is back. From Friday, Aug. 2, through Sunday, Aug. 4, items including notebooks, textbooks, pens, pencils, paper, clothing, sneakers, flashlights, batteries, disinfecting wipes and first aid kits can be purchased without the added state sales tax, provided each item falls within certain price guidelines. Energy efficient stoves, refrigerators and other appliances also are part of the tax-free weekend. The tax holiday is meant to spur greater

spending in retail stores and shops, take some of the financial burden off of lower-income residents and ensure school and emergency preparedness, according to state officials. Items don’t need to be purchased solely for school use or emergencies to be eligible. Seeking to boost sales, many retailers drop the state sales tax on all purchases of nonfood items, giving customers an acrossthe-board discount. The tax holiday does not apply to food sales or the meals tax on prepared foods. Qualifying items include school supplies that are $20 or less per item and clothing and footwear that is $100 or less per item. Details, including a list of qualifying items: www.tax.virginia.gov/virginia-salestax-holiday.

Winner of next week’s primary likely shoe-in for city commonwealth’s attorney By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Next week, Richmond residents can take part in deciding who should be the city’s next commonwealth’s attorney — Colette W. McEachin, who currently holds the office, or her challenger, Alexander L. “Alex” Taylor Jr., a former member of the office. The choice of a Democratic Party nominee, whose selection is considered tantamount to election, will take place on two days at two locations — 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, and 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, it has been

announced. The locations to vote: Richmond Public Library’s Main Branch, 101 E. Franklin St. in Downtown, and the South- Mrs. McEachin side Community Services Center, 4100 Hull Street Road in Southside Plaza, according to the Richmond City Democratic Committee. The “firehouse primary” is part of the process of selecting a replacement for Michael N. Herring,

who resigned as the city’s top prosecutor on July 1. Mrs. McEachin, who most recently has served as deputy commonMr. Taylor wealth’s attorney, was sworn in July 2 to replace him until the Nov. 5 election. All city voters can participate in the Democratic Party primary, but only a fraction of the city’s 150,000 registered voters are expected to do so given the limited locations and

the limited time to cast ballots. Mrs. McEachin and Mr. Taylor are scrambling to line up supporters to show up at the polls. Both have been knocking on doors and attending community meetings to make their respective cases for election. Party officials have said that a turnout of 5,000 people would be huge, and both candidates indicated that 1,500 votes might be enough to win. Victory in the nomination contest is considered likely to be decisive. While the deadline to file is Tuesday, Please turn to A4

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Timothy Christian, right, waits on Ralph to complete work at the market and on July Lee in continuing a 50-year family tradition 1 took back control of the market from Enof selling fruits and vegetables at the 17th Slices of life and scenes richmond Foundation. Kathy Emerson and Street Market in Shockoe Bottom. (The name Karen Grisevich were installed as provisional in Richmond recently was changed from the 17th Street managers last month. The new managers Farmers’ Market.) Mr. Christian is the lone regular vendor said plans are afoot for events and other programming at in the revamped, but still struggling market that has yet to the market plaza possibly starting in September. However, regain its panache after a three-year facelift for which the there is no indication of any plans for future activity on the city spent $3.5 million. Sisters Rosa Fleming and Evelyn market’s Facebook page or on the city’s website. A private Luceal Allen, other longtime vendors, have to be reinstated; group apparently continues its music-filled night market on they now sell produce from a stand on Franklin Street in a the second Saturday of each month and yoga classes on parking lot across from the market. The city is still trying Wednesday evenings.

NAACP, SCLC kick off statewide ‘Listening Tour’ Aug.1 The Virginia State Conference NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are kicking off a “Listening Tour” across the state with a session on Thursday, Aug. 1, in Richmond. The tour, scheduled to make eight stops in the Commonwealth, is designed to hear from people about the issues and conflicts facing African-American communities in Virginia and to come up with political and policy solutions to be addressed by local and state officials. “Politicians and non-African-Americans always come up with so-called ‘solutions’ to our problems and issues,” said the Rev. Kevin L. Chandler, president of the state NAACP. “The tour’s objective is to flip that script. “This is an effort for our communities to collectively craft real and viable solutions,” he said. To start the tour, NAACP and SCLC officials will hold a news conference 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, on the grounds of the State Capitol, followed by a listening session 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Third Street Bethel AME Church, 614 N. 3rd St. in Downtown. The same format will be used in seven additional tour stops around the state through Sept. 30. Results will be compiled and shared in a report later this fall, according to officials. Organizers hope church groups, organizations, individuals and African-American leaders in communities throughout the state will turn out for the sessions. Partner organizations in the effort include the Virginia Alliance Against Mass Incarceration and the Douglass Leadership Institute. Details: naacp-sclclisteningtour.org — RONALD E. CARRINGTON

8th District Focus Group to meet Aug. 3 Drainage ditches that are clogged with trash and vegetation, stray cats and dogs, sidewalks in disrepair that are difficult to navigate and playgrounds that lack equipment. That’s part of a long to-do list that the new 8th District Focus Group in South Side plans to bring to the attention of elected officials at a public meeting 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Broad Rock Branch of the Richmond Public Library, 4820 Old Warwick Road. The group that was organized to address concerns and issues in the City Council district hopes to have residents turn out to add to the to-do list in the section of the city that Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell currently represents. Ms. Trammell has been invited to the meeting, along with Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin, Richmond Delegate Jeff M. Bourne and state Senate candidate Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey, the group has announced. “This is not about criticism of anyone. This is about getting things done,” said Amelia Lightner, one of the organizers of the group. Details: Ms. Lightner, (804) 279-8816 or 8thdistrictfocusgroup@ gmail.com.

Randolph Pool, splash pad at Ann Hardy Plaza reopened The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is making some needed fixes. On the good news front, a children’s splash pad reopened last week at the Ann Hardy Plaza Community Center in Highland Park after a two-month outage. “It is now functioning,” department spokeswoman Tamara Jenkins reported July 22. “We were able to find a contractor to fix the timer box and other pieces that were previously vandalized.” Sixth District City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson has been pressing for the repairs and welcomed its restoration at the park named for a longtime activist for children. “I have been extremely frustrated by the splash not functioning,” Ms. Robertson said. Separately, the main pool at the Randolph Recreation Center in the near West End finally reopened July 24, a day later than first announced, after a monthlong shutdown after the parks department replaced a part that was critical to the pool’s filtration system. PRCF also has begun work to replace air conditioning at the Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side. Alfonzo Mathis of PRCF, in response to a Free Press email, stated, “We are replacing the entire AC unit.” He said preparations began last week and work was to begin this week on installation. Eighth District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell said the center’s programming has been more difficult to carry out because of the heat buildup since the air conditioning unit went out in May. “This is much-needed relief,” she said after learning that the work was to begin. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

National Night Out Tuesday, Aug. 6 By Ronald E. Carrington

Community groups across the city are gearing up for the 36th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The event, which is observed across the country, is designed to promote safe neighborhoods while building police-community partnerships, relationships among neighbors and crime awareness programs such as neighborhood community watch groups. The Richmond Police Department will hold an early kickoff event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Walmart Supercenter, 2410 Sheila Lane in South Side. Officers and first responders will provide crime prevention materials. Interactive displays, raffles and giveaways also will be featured. During National Night Out next Tuesday, neighborhoods are hosting block parties, cookouts and other festive events with visits by police officers and emergency personnel, safety demonstrations, exhibits and vendors. Richmond Police officials ask that residents register their events by Friday, Aug. 2, at www.richmondgov.com/Police/ NationalNightOut.aspx. Among the National Night Out events: New Life For Youth, 2501 Turner Road, will have free hot dogs and hamburgers, face painting and a bounce house for kids, a community services fair; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond will hold a Back-to-School Drive in conjunction with its National Night Out event 6 to 9 p.m. at Pollard Park, 900 Brookland Park Blvd. The event features host Diamond T, performances by MC

Ruff, Twin of Legends and Semi World, line dancing with Felisha, a bounce house, free food and free haircuts and backpacks for youths. Participants are asked to bring school supplies for 800 backpacks it plans to provide later to city students. Six Points Innovation Center, 3001 Meadowbridge Road, will have music, games, food, dancing and a talent show at its event from 5 to 9 p.m. It also will

have on display its interactive project on city planning and community assessment for the Highland Park neighborhood, as well as information on Richmond Public Schools rezoning and listening booths and conversations about changes in the Highland Park neighborhood. For a list of events, go to www. richmondgov.com/Police/documents/ 2019NNOEventListing.pdf.

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Chief Smith takes the oath Richmond Police Chief Will Smith is sworn in as the city’s top cop during a ceremony Wednesday held at Virginia Union University’s Coburn Hall. The chief’s wife, Virginia “Ginnie” Smith, holds the Bible while City Clerk Candice Reid administers the oath. Chief Smith is the city’s 19th police chief. He was joined at the ceremony by his two daughters, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, members of City Council and dozens of current and retired law enforcement officers from Richmond and around the state.

4 more candidates announce for 5th District City Council race Four more candidates have jumped into the race to replace 5th District City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, who has announced he will resign Nov. 30 as a result of moving out of the district. The new additions include Jer’Mykeal McCoy, president of the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals; Nicholas Da Silva, a recent Virginia Commonwealth University graduate; Graham

Sturm, a teacher at Armstrong High School; and Mamie L. Taylor, a former Richmond School Board member who represented the 5th District. They join three other previously announced candidates — mental health lobbyist Stephanie Lynch, former 5th District Councilman Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson and University of Richmond professor and former mayoral adviser Thad

Williamson. More candidates could emerge ahead of the Tuesday, Aug. 16, deadline to file to run. Voters in the district will make their choice in a special election Tuesday, Nov. 5, that will coincide with the general election. The winner will serve the remainder of Mr. Agelasto’s term that ends in December 2020. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Habitat for Humanity accepting applications for home repair assistance A nonprofit group known for building affordable houses also will repair dwellings for lower-income elderly and disabled homeowners and others in difficult circumstances. Armed with a $150,000 grant from City Hall, the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity is now accepting applications from qualifying people who would be eligible for free repairs to stay in their homes. Mary Kay Huss, who recently took over as the area Habitat’s executive director, is urging people who need assistance to apply by phone at (804) 232-7001 ext. 115 or by email at jpresley@richmondhabitat.org. “We used to have a program, but the funding dried up,” Ms. Huss said. With other nonprofits swamped, Ms. Huss said the city is reaching out to her

organization to help expand repair options. She said Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity hopes to start the new repair initiative with 10 to 12 projects and build upon the effort by raising private donations to add to the public grant provided through the city’s Community Development Block Grant. Currently, the best known nonprofit providers of home repair services that the city teams with includes project:Homes, which the city has relied on for years to provide repairs for qualifying homeowners, and Rebuilding Together, which recruits volunteers for an annual home improvement effort in a selected neighborhood. But the demand has created a backlog and long waiting lists. Ms. Huss said the Habitat program

will be able to replace roofs, windows and decaying porches for individual homeowners. She said that Habitat is not limiting spending on a given home, but would put a lien on the property for any amount that exceeds $15,000 to be paid when the property is sold. To qualify, applicants must have incomes that are at or below 80 percent of the regional median income. That amounts to $48,400 a year for a single individual, $55,300 for a couple and $69,100 for a family of four, Ms. Huss noted. Habitat’s rules require that applicants have paid their city real estate taxes and are not behind on utility payments; attend a class on home maintenance; and complete an hour of work on the house with others for each $1,000 of the project. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Va. ranks 10th nationally in cost of dog bites Free Press staff report

A dog may be man or woman’s best friend, but that pet’s bite could prove very costly for the owner. In 2018, insurance settlements for 359 dog bites in Virginia totaled $14.38 million, or $40,060 per bite, a new study of insurance companies payments has found. That ranked Virginia No. 10 on the list of the 50 states when its comes to the price tag

for dog bites, according to Quotewizard.com, which based its results on claims payments insurance companies reported. Among the states, New York state’s bite victims received the most — an average of $59,789 — while victims in Oregon received the least, an average of $27,876. Quotewizard.com reported that, collectively, settlements of the 17,000 dog bites on which claims were paid across

the country totaled $673 million. The study, released Monday, is part of an educational campaign to encourage dog owners to ensure their personal liability coverage in homeowner’s or renter’s insurance is adequate and those without coverage understand the potential risk. The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that 43 million U.S. households have a dog, or about one in three households.

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Big Herm’s again only black-owned food vendor at Washington NFL team training camp By Reginald Stuart

As football players gather in Richmond this month to test their stuff and compete for a role on the Washington NFL team before thousands of fans, some of Richmond’s small business enterprises are showcasing their best sides, too. But once again, Herman Baskerville, owner of the popular Big Herm’s Kitchen in Downtown, is the lone African-American food vendor among the concessions inside the Bon Secours Training Camp. The camp has operated for three weeks each year since 2013 at the taxpayer-supported facility on West Leigh Street behind the Science Museum of Virginia. No black-owned or locally owned businesses were granted space to sell inside the facility during the camp’s first year. After the Free Press raised serious questions about the lack of local and minority vendor inclusion, Mr. Baskerville and Neverett Eggleston Jr., owner of Croaker’s Spot, were the two minority vendors selected to sell food at the camp during the second season in 2014. However, for the third consecutive year, Big Herm’s is alone. The Free Press asked Tony Wyllie, senior vice president for communications for the Washington football team, about the lack of growth in the number of African-American food vendors for the training season. He said the team is always open to applicants, although he did not say whether no others had applied or whether any had been turned down. “It’s very important to us to that we support local small business,” Mr. Wyllie said. “We’re very excited to see all of them return.” Last year, he provided a list of minority vendors chosen to provide goods and services to support the training camp. Mr. Wyllie said at the

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Herman Baskerville, owner of Big Herm’s Kitchen, shows the sign that points hungry and thirsty fans to his food concession at the Washington NFL team training camp in Richmond, where for the third consecutive year, he is the sole African-American vendor.

time that 44 percent of the vendors and subcontractors in 2018 were small businesses based in the Richmond area, while 13 percent were minority owned. They ranged from high profile small businesses like Big Herm’s to low-key, behind-the-scenes vendors involved in essential cleaning and

laundry services for athletes. Pat Foster, director of minority business development for the City of Richmond, said recruiting and selecting vendors for the training session is the responsibility and right of the football team. “My job is to get as much business for minority vendors whenever I can,”

Ms. Foster said. She stressed the city has no role in vendor recruitment, screening or selection when it comes to the Washington professional football team’s use of the Bon Secours contract with the city for the athletic facility. Floyd Miller II, president and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan

Business League, said he did not know of the low volume of participation of African-American vendors in the preseason training camp. He said neither he nor the nonprofit that advocates for black- and minority-owned businesses has been contacted by football team officials or anyone from the city about the training camp. “We have a plethora of vendors who could potentially provide services,” Mr. Miller said, noting the business league has more than 400 member vendors. “We want to be at the table” the next time people can apply to provide services for the team, he said. “We haven’t had any contact with those who select.” Mr. Baskerville had no comment on the lack of minority vendors at this year’s camp other than himself. Anne Fletcher, Big Herm’s assistant manager for the past seven years, said their crew spent several weeks readying for the added work of the three weeks of the camp. By opening day, Ms. Fletcher said, she and Mr. Baskerville wanted to make sure everyone was “on their toes.” Big Herm’s was assigned a key location inside the practice field toward the front of the field gate. That helps Big Herm’s gain access to visitors and helps facilitate navigating the service area, including box seats for serving groups. The key to making the short-term gig work is “communications,” Ms. Fletcher said, adding the restaurant already has a catering staff and it knows from the start “there’s more food coming and maybe longer hours” of work. “You have to have good communications,” she said, echoing Mr. Baskerville. The training camp, which is open to the public without charge, runs through Sunday, Aug. 11. Passes are required for entry and available online.

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Hanover supervisors get an earful over weak KKK response

From left, Delegate Lamont Bagby of Henrico, chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus; Delegate Kathleen Murphy of Fairfax; Delegate Jeffrey Bourne of Richmond; and state Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan, participate in the ceremony Tuesday at the State Capitol honoring AfricanAmerican lawmakers who served in the House of Delegates between 1869 and 1890. Their names are inscribed on the plaques on the wall.

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Last week’s protest of the county’s handling of the Klan rally was organized by the Hanover Branch NAACP. About two dozens of people joined NAACP leaders, local clergy and others outside the Hanover County Administration Building where a mix of scripture readings and hymns were offered. Some later went inside for the Board of Supervisors’ meeting, where speakers, most of whom were African-American, gave board members an earful. Ashland resident and freelance writer Samantha Willis drew upon her own experience with Hanover’s “long history of racism” and as a mother of young children who recently returned to live in the county where she grew up. She described the sight of the KKK group at the courthouse as “an affront to me and everybody who looks like me.” Beaver Dam resident David Johnson Jr. demanded an answer to “how a terrorist organization can just show up at the courthouse and no one seems to know how they got there.” Another speaker, Robert Goff of Mechanicsville, threatened a change at the ballot box if the board fails to take action. “We don’t need people who aren’t going to stand up for us,” Mr. Goff said. “The time will come when all of you will be up for re-election. And I’ll be durned if I wouldn’t put my great faith to get rid of you. Simple as that.” Calling the KKK rally and the board’s lack of response “a reflection of the darker side of Hanover,” Chickahominy resident Michelle Schmidt echoed other speakers in linking the events to the controversy surrounding the failure of the Hanover County School Board to rename Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle School. The schools’ names honor Confederates who fought against the U.S. government to keep black people in human bondage. The School Board’s 5-2 vote in April 2018 to maintain the names also has been linked to the subsequent decision by the Hanover County Board of Supervisors to not reappoint School Board member Marla Coleman, the former Henry District representative. Ms. Coleman was one of the two School Board members who voted to rename the schools. While officials have claimed her vote on the issue was not a factor in their decision not to reappoint her to the School Board, Ms. Coleman has disputed that assertion. Hanover County Administrator Cecil R. Harris Jr. denounced the actions and ideology of the Klan during a Free Press telephone interview last week, but added that no official approval was needed for the Klan members to “walk down the sidewalk.” Ms. Schmidt asked the Board of Supervisors to “please act and do something (about the KKK) because words are weak.” “There are known things we can do about this,” she said. Following 30 minutes of citizens’ comments, Ashland Supervisor Faye Prichard said, “This is what democracy looks like. I support the notion that we make sure the Klan understands they are not welcome here,” she said. While her sentiment was echoed by two other members of the board, the board took no formal action. Board Chairman W. Canova Peterson attempted to clarify his response to the KKK rally, which he had posted on Facebook, that stated, “If you hate (them), you’re a hate group.” His Facebook post led to pushback from the public and scrutiny by the media. “We condemn the message they espouse and we do not want them here,” Mr. Peterson said at the meeting. “I’m proud to say that the KKK’s efforts bore no fruit in Hanover and they left in less than an hour.” The July rally was not the first for the KKK in Hanover. Earlier this year, KKK recruitment fliers were found scattered throughout the county. While the Hanover Sheriff’s Office investigated reports of the fliers, they also noted that there was nothing illegal about the flier’s dispersal, with the exception of possible trespassing and littering. “I am not aware of other visits and we have no information on why they chose to come this time,” Mr. Peterson stated via email when asked by the Free Press whether any further investigations into the KKK group’s repeated presence has been made by officials. Robert N. Barnette Jr., president of the Hanover NAACP, who was attending the NAACP’s national conference in Detroit last week and missed the protest, called it a success. “This was a great show of unity made by citizens of Hanover County,” he wrote in an email to the Free Press. “Hanover citizens showed how people can unite locally to create positive change in an unusual circumstance that calls for action.” He said the Hanover NAACP plans to continue its work educating the public about the KKK and similar hate groups, while reporting any activity to local police. He said the civil rights organization also will encourage the board to “use its powers to eradicate race-based barriers in Hanover County,” pointing to the Lee-Davis and Stonewall Jackson school names as a particular flashpoint. “Eliminating school names that evoke racial hatred is a first step to tackling the real problems these attitudes have created over the past 150 years,” Mr. Barnette wrote.

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munities of color in the lead-in to the anniversary. The invitation also came at a time when federal agencies such as ICE and Customs and Border Patrol continue to arrest and detain immigrants seeking asylum in the United States, separating families and holding men, women and children in inhumane conditions. Referring to President Trump as “the tenant in the White House,” Delegate McQuinn expressed to the crowd at the Lumpkin’s Jail site her sadness at how “the oxygen in the state of Virginia was being sucked out” with the president dominating the focus of the commemoration. She urged those present to be proactive in the fight for “the soul and the fabric of this country.” “Righteous indignation always has a place, and this is the place and this certainly is the time,” Delegate McQuinn said. Earlier this week, Delegate McQuinn criticized the American Evolution board, on which she serves as a member, in not consulting all members before unilaterally deciding to invite President Trump. She said she plans to discuss the issue with board leadership following a period of reflection, but is unsure if she will remain a board member. Last week, Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney resigned from the board, saying he would not participate in the Jamestown event. Instead, he was among about 16 speakers at the two-hour event. Others included Congressman A. Donald McEachin of Henrico, Richmond City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille and several members of the Richmond General Assembly delegation along with House Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn of Northern Virginia. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring was in the crowd. With the length of the program in the summer heat, two people were stricken and had to be taken from the event by ambulance. Nonetheless, the event clearly struck a chord with area residents. Jay Allen of Chesterfield, president of the Phi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, was humbled by the occasion and the presence of “not just the heritage of me personally, but the heritage of all African-Americans in the United States.” “We’ve improved in so many ways, but we have so many things that we can make better,” Mr. Allen said. Central Montessori School teacher Kevin Comly came to the commemoration with fellow teacher Hannah Clayman and a student to “witness the support and make an expression” by placing flowers next to the information placards marking the site of the slave jail. “We were looking forward to seeing what kind of support we could witness,” Mr. Comly said as the sound of traditional African music filled the air. “I don’t know if it’s the amount of people or if it’s the drums, but it feels like a powerful moment.” “Today, sons and daughters of enslaved Africans stand united, not bound by shackles, but bound by common cause,” Mayor Stoney told the gathering. “We are recognizing not only America’s sin, but also the experiment that lives on today: Democracy.” Virginia Republicans were critical of the Democratic legislators’ boycott of the Jamestown event, with House Speaker Cox accusing Democrats of “playing politics.” “This is bigger than politics,” said state Sen. Jennifer L McClellan in a brief interview after the wreath-laying ceremony. She stressed the importance of “how we respond to the words and actions of this president and what he has unleashed among his supporters.” “We have to speak up and stand up,” she said. The commemoration also was organized in collaboration with the Richmond Slave Trail Commission, which is launching the second installment of its exhibit, “Unbound 2019: Truth and Reconciliation,” on Sunday, Aug. 4, at the Main Street Station Gallery, 1500 E. Main St. Members of the VLBC are expected to participate to continue the alternative commemoration. “Today is not just a one shot day,” said Delegate Lamont Bagby of Henrico, referencing the long road taken by AfricanAmerican legislators throughout the to ensure that the 400-year legacy of Virginia’s African-Americans isn’t forgotten. He noted that some have been lost to history and may never be fully given their due. “We will never know those individual’s names,” Delegate Bagby said. “But we need to reflect on that time and those individuals and let their spirits speak to us.”

Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, who refused to use President Trump’s name and instead called him “the tenant in the White House,” choked back tears as she said his critiques of minority members of Congress were aimed at “every person of color in the United States of America.” She urged the gathering of about 100 people to “reclaim the soul and fabric of this country.” Ahead of his speech, President Trump claimed the boycotting black lawmakers were going “against their own people.” The president said black Americans “love the job” he’s doing and are “happy as hell” with his criticisms of Rep. Cummings, as well as his earlier attacks on four progressive Democratic female members of Congress, despite polls showing fewer than one in 10 African-Americans support him. As President Trump spoke in Virginia, where in 1619 the first enslaved Africans also arrived in English North America, a congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the Door of No Return in Ghana, the departure point for millions of Africans shipped to the Americas and sold into slavery. In his speech, President Trump offered a nod to the beginning of slavery in the United States by noting the arrival of the slaves in 1619 at Point Comfort near modern Hampton. “We remember every sacred soul who suffered the horrors of slavery and the anguish of bondage,” he said. President Trump’s speech was briefly interrupted by state Delegate Ibraheem Samirah, a Democrat from Fairfax and a Muslim, who stood silently holding laminated signs that read “Deport Hate,” “Reunite My Family” and “Go Back to Your Corrupted Home.” Delegate Samirah said later he did it to protest the president’s policies and rhetoric. “The man is unfit for office and unfit to partake in a celebration of democracy, representation and our nation’s history of immigrants,” the Palestinian-American said. Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox, who introduced the president, called the protest “inconsistent with common decency and a violation of the rules of the House.” Delegate Lamont Bagby of Henrico County, chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, said the group’s 20 lawmakers decided to boycott before President Trump began his tirades against Rep. Cummings. However, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax, the state’s top black official, attended the commemoration event in Jamestown. At a ceremony in Jamestown earlier Tuesday, Gov. Ralph S. Northam — a Democrat whose political career was almost destroyed this year by a scandal over his wearing blackface decades ago — reflected on the complexities of the 1619 milestones. The governor, who left the event before President Trump began speaking, noted that while the ideals of freedom and representative government flourished in Jamestown four centuries ago, enslaved Africans arrived just weeks later. “So today, as we hold these commemorations of the first representative assembly in the free world, we have to remember who it included, and who it did not,” Gov. Northam said. “That’s the paradox of Virginia, of America and of our representative democracy.”

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Aug. 16, there’s no indication the Republican Party will field a candidate. And no independent candidate has stepped forward. The winner of the Democratic Party primary next week could head into the Nov. 5 general election unopposed as Mr. Herring usually was in his four elections. Mrs. McEachin and Mr. Taylor are both respected attorneys with long track records. As the challenger, Mr. Taylor, a former prosecutor and former assistant attorney general now in private practice, has promised to increase diversity, noting that the city Commonwealth Attorney’s staff of 40 attorneys now includes only one African-

American male. Speaking to a civic group in Blackwell last Friday, Mr. Taylor said he would launch a community engagement initiative that would involve having prosecutors from the office attend civic meetings and other community programs to get a better feel for public views on ways to reduce crime. He also said he plans to involve his staff in mentoring young people, following up on programs he helped create at the city and state levels. Mrs. McEachin said at the meeting that her office wants to hire more African-American men, but noted that the greatest success has been in attracting a diverse group of female lawyers and staff, making the office one of the largest female-dominated

prosecutors’ offices in the state. Committed to continuing the policies of Mr. Herring, including ending cash bail as a prerequisite for pretrial release, Mrs. McEachin said the biggest change she would institute is a diversion program for first-time arrestees charged with nonviolent crimes. That program would allow people arrested for the first time to perform a day of community service without their arrest being put on their record, she said, although she added it would be a onetime reprieve. She said her plan is based on the diversion model now used for truants and other youths that keep a majority of those arrested out of Richmond’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

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the changes. The department indicated the proposals were being developed after talks with representatives of the Navy Hill District, the private developer led Dominion Energy’s top executive, Thomas F. Farrell II. The Navy Hill District is proposing to take on the huge public-private endeavor in which taxpayers would pay for a new Coliseum and other offices, hotels, apartments and retail operations would be paid for by private investments. According to a Dec. 17, 2018, report to the council, Mark A. Olinger, PDR’s director, wrote that the his staff “has discussed the (land) uses and signage with the (Navy Hill) development team in great detail as it works toward finalizing proposed CM District language changes.” Along with addressing CM Zoning District regulations now in place, Mr. Olinger also wrote that the PDR staff “intends to include the six design principles of development from the Pulse Corridor Plan … to ensure the future development provides a walkable, human-scale environment” and that the proposal also includes “publicly accessible open space.” Mr. Olinger did not respond to a Free Press query about why the proposed have not been delivered. As a precursor to the press conference, Navy Hill last week quietly filed a request with PDR to make the changes to the language that stand in the way of the project. A veteran commercial real estate attorney, Jennifer D. Mullen of the Roth Jackson law firm, filed the request with PDR on July 26 on behalf of Navy Hill. Ms. Mullen confirmed the filing Tuesday after the online business news operation, Richmond BizSense, spotlighted the filing a day earlier. She declined to offer any further comment. According to PDR, such language changes can take a minimum of 90 days to go from development to the council docket for approval. The timeline could be speeded up if PDR has the amendments ready to introduce as part of the paperwork the mayor would submit to the council. Any decision is still months away. An advisory commission that the council has established is still being set up, and that commission is to have 90 days to review the plans once the mayor presents them.

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Perry J. Miller chosen to lead Richmond International Airport By Ronald E. Carrington

The Richmond International Airport will get its first AfricanAmerican president and chief executive officer on Aug. 19. Perry J. Miller, who currently is the interim CEO of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority in Jackson, Miss., will succeed Jon Mathiasen, who has been head of the airport since 2000. Mr. Miller will bring decades of experience to the job in Richmond. He worked for more than 27 years in various management positions with William P. Hobby Airport, George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Ellington Field, all part of the Houston Airport System in Texas. He was selected by the Capital Region Airport Commission following a search by Aviation Career Services, a Chicago-based aviation human capital management firm. Seven major airlines service travelers at RIC, which reported a record 4,267,825 passengers in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That is an 11.5

percent increase in passenger traffic over the previous year, officials said. “Travelers in this region can expect me to invest a lot in enhancing RIC’s customer experience with an efficient and effective flow through the airport,” Mr. Perry said in an telephone interview with the Free Press. He said his goals and vision for RIC will depend on the Capital Region Airport Commission, which directs the growth, operation and business activities of RIC. The commission has a budget of $52.6 million for the fiscal year that started July 1. “When you have a team of experts, as in RIC, you tend to lean on them for decisions and realize you don’t have all of the answers,” Mr. Miller said. He also said that, during his tenure, the airport’s commitment to “inclusion and supplier diversity will continue to be a priority.” “The commission established an overall participation goal of 15.86 percent for 2018-2020 for disadvantaged

Mr. Miller said business enterprises, he was introduced including minority to aviation at age businesses, to par8 when his uncle, ticipate in anticipatLeroy Fair, who was ed federally assisted in the Air Force and contracts. In 2018, the loved airplanes, took airport achieved 48.6 him to an air show percent participation at Ellington Field in in those contracts. Houston. “We will continue “I didn’t know to be a resource for Mr. Miller what to expect,” Mr. interested vendors, encourage businesses to gain Miller recalled. “But when I saw helpful state and federal certi- those planes flying, I knew I fications, hold and participate wanted to be around them.” Raised by a single mother, in various outreach efforts and widely promote upcoming Mr. Miller said he built model opportunities to facilitate com- airplanes as a youth. As a college student at Texas Southern munity participation.” He said that RIC is “almost University, the honor roll student was identified by Naomi like an airport utopia.” “It’s rare when you come Ledé, founder of the university’s into an environment and you aviation science program, as a don’t have to fix something,” he perfect candidate for the new said, crediting Mr. Mathiasen’s PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT efforts at RIC. He said, however, “there are always opportunities to use technology as a force to enhance the customer experience. I will be looking to provide more information to travelers so they can make better decisions about how they use their time.”

Hearing set for Aug. 8 on Agelasto removal By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Former 5th District City Councilman Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson finally may get a hearing on his motion to oust the district’s current council representative, Parker C. Agelasto, from office because Mr. Agelasto lives outside the district. Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant has set a new hearing for Mr. Richardson’s case at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Judge Marchant’s de- Mr. Richardson cision could determine whether Mr. Agelasto continues in office until his announced resignation date of Nov. 30, or if he must leave office immediately and well ahead of the special election that will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, to choose his successor. Mr. Agelasto’s continued service has been in jeopardy since he and his family moved a year ago from their Floyd Avenue home in the 5th District to a residence on West Franklin Street in the 1st District. Mr. Agelasto made a deal with then-Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring to step down at the end of November to avoid Mr. Herring going to court to remove him from office. Mr. Agelasto has not commented on Mr. Richardson’s filing, but he and his attorney, former Virginia Attorney General Anthony Troy, are preparing a vigorous defense. Mr. Richardson is one of two former council members who filed lawsuits seeking Mr. Agelasto’s removal from office because he moved out of the district. Mr. Richardson is asking the judge to issue a declaratory judgment to end Mr. Agelasto’s tenure immediately.

In his filing, Mr. Richardson, who is now a candidate to replace Mr. Agelasto, argues that Mr. Agelasto’s move violates a state law requiring state and local elected officials to live in the district they serve and a companion law that deems any official who does not do so as having vacated his or her office. In a recent Virginia Beach case, a School Board member was removed from office using the same kind of filing. Mr. Richardson, still fuming over the July 12 Mr. Agelasto postponement of which he and his attorney, David Prince, were not notified until they got to the court, said he hopes that Judge Marchant will not postpone the case again. “I’m concerned about the implications” of the first postponement, Mr. Richardson said. “The judge set the date for the July hearing in April, then takes a vacation on the day of the hearing. I don’t know what to make of a vacation being given priority over this case.” He said he is surprised and dismayed that it has taken six months since he filed in February to go before a judge to get “an answer to the question of whether Mr. Agelasto is entitled to serve that could take five minutes.” Meanwhile, former 6th District Councilman Sa’ad El-Amin is still waiting to get a date for a hearing on his similar request for a declaratory judgment against Mr. Agelasto as a result of the move. Mr. El-Amin has asked Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette W. McEachin if she intends to use her authority to seek Mr. Agelasto’s immediate removal now that Mr. Herring has left office. He said she has not yet responded.

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sons, Nekoda,16; Jachin,15; and Jahleel,13. Mr. Miller is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. “The Richmond area has very good educational systems and opportunities that will cater to my teenage sons’ needs, especially Nekoda, who is involved with the Civil Air Patrol,” he said. The Civil Air Patrol, a nonprofit organization of volunteers, serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. Through CAP, Mr. Miller hopes to work with area youths, particularly African-American and youths of color, to make them aware of opportunities in aviation. “There is just not enough representation in the industry that reflects the people airports serve,” he said. PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

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Healthy … Kudos to former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the fearless and energetic Democrat who led the charge to expand Medicaid in Virginia. Even in the face of overwhelming opposition and repeated defeat by a Republican-controlled General Assembly, Gov. McAuliffe pressed on to do what was right for hundreds of thousands of lowincome and working class families without health insurance. Gov. McAuliffe’s fight was continued by his successor, Gov. Ralph S. Northam, a Democrat and physician who also understood the critical need to expand Medicaid in Virginia. Gov. Northam’s efforts were successful largely because the number of Democratic lawmakers swelled in the House of Delegates following the fall 2017 elections, which broke the barriers GOP lawmakers erected in passing legislation. In June 2018, Gov. Northam signed a bill making Virginia the 33rd state to expand Medicaid health coverage. He announced Wednesday that more than 300,000 Virginians — including 20,640 Richmonders — have enrolled in the expanded health insurance program since enrollment began in January. The program was serving an average of 1.2 million children, seniors and disabled people each month before the expansion, according to state data. The state Department of Medical Assistance Services estimated that Medicaid payments to hospitals in the state could reach $247 million for the period spanning from January to June. The department also is projecting that hospitals should see Medicaid revenues grow by $1.2 billion between July 1 and June 30, 2020. More importantly, the expansion has been a boost to great numbers of Virginians who now can seek routine preventive care and medical treatment without fear of costs and waiting until a costly emergency erupts. “Our new members are proactively using their new coverage to address ongoing health challenges,” Dr. Daniel Carey, state secretary of health and human resources, noted in the progress announcement. “To date, more than 229,100 newly eligible adults went to the doctor, filled a prescription or received some other health service. Those include 33,000 members with hypertension, 18,800 with diabetes, 16,100 with substance use disorder and 3,300 with cancer. We can see that Medicaid expansion is addressing urgent health needs for these individuals.” Republican lawmakers in the Commonwealth should be ashamed of blocking an essential program helping to ensure the health and welfare of thousands of people. We encourage families who may be eligible but haven’t enrolled to get covered. Under the expansion, Medicaid health coverage is available to people ages 19 through 64 who are not eligible for Medicare and who meet certain income requirements. An individual with an annual income of $17,237 or less may qualify for coverage. For a three-person household, the total annual household income must be no more than $29,436 to be eligible. For details and to apply, go to www.coverva.org or call (855) 242-8282.

Wealthy … Education is wealth. So is doing for others, because it brings a sense of happiness and fulfillment that goes way beyond just money. It is a wealth of the soul and spirit. So, as we enter August and the final weeks before summer ends and school begins, we encourage people to do two things: Read just one more book and volunteer to help others before the month is out. There are programs, projects, nonprofits, churches and other faith-based organizations throughout the Richmond area that would welcome the gift of helping hands even for a short time. Feeding programs, senior centers and nursing homes, animal shelters and back-to-school drives to stuff backpacks with school supplies all are looking for the boost that volunteer efforts can bring. Already, scores of individuals from various neighborhoods and the corporate community have rolled up their sleeves to participate in RPS Shines 2019, the volunteer effort to spiff up 44 Richmond public school buildings before students return in September. An hour or two of painting, planting flowers and general cleanup may have a real impact on the thousands of children and young adults as they walk into the building on the first day of school to begin another year of learning. Youngsters take cues from their parents. When they see their parents and family members volunteering, they want to join in. Similarly, seeing family members read may encourage them to pick up a book. Former President Barack Obama is an avid reader. He also is the author of five books, the most recent, “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,” written in 2010. Here is his 2019 list of summer reads: “The Moment of Lift” by Melinda Gates; “The Shadow of Sirius” by poet W. S. Merwin; and “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee. The American Library Association also has lists of good books for readers of all ages. Librarians at all of the Richmond Public Library branches and libraries in the surrounding counties also are great resources for what to read next. And several schools also have listed suggested and required summer reading on their websites. We hope any one of these will be a source of enjoyment.

And wise The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus wisely offered alternative events Tuesday in Richmond remembering the Africans who were brought to Virginia 400 years ago in 1619. While their arrival at Port Comfort in what is now Hampton marked the start of human bondage in an English colony in the future America, it is important to focus on the contributions throughout the centuries of enslaved people. When the current president and his supporters invoke the phrase, “Send them back,” we must remember that this IS our country; we literally built it. We will not allow his racist words and behavior that foment hatred and division to become the new normal. We support Delegate Delores L. McQuinn of Richmond, whose efforts led to the commemoration at the State Capitol on Tuesday honoring the black lawmakers who served in the Virginia House of Delegates between 1869 and 1890, just after the end of the bloody Civil War. Delegate McQuinn also coordinated the event that followed in Shockoe Bottom at the Lumpkin’s Jail site, where enslaved people were inhumanely bought and sold. The site turned from one of pain to triumph after the Civil War when it became a school where the newly freed could come to learn to read and write. As most Richmonders know, that was the start of what is today Virginia Union University. President Trump’s visit to Jamestown on Tuesday added no benefit to the lives of most Virginians. His empty words offered no salve for the past and no promise for creating a better future. Our hope is linked to the strength, courage and vision of the people of color who were remembered and honored in Richmond on Tuesday. They left a real legacy for us to build upon.

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‘Red Summer’: Lessons for today On July 27, 1919, and for 13 days after, Chicago was engulfed in violence. White mobs wantonly attacked black people and black people fought back. It started when a black teenager, swimming in segregated Lake Michigan, drifted to the “wrong” side of the lake. White people stoned him and he drowned. The Chicago Police refused to take action even though the white man who threw the fatal rock, George Stauber, was identified. Police Officer Daniel Callahan declined to arrest the murderous Mr. Stauber. Word of the drowning and police indifference spread quickly, and it was “on,” with white supremacy and unequal justice on full display. For example, Officer Callahan, the racist cop who would not arrest George Stauber, arrested a black man in the crowd based on one white man’s complaint. Cameron McWhirter recounts the jarring events of the Chicago manifestation of white supremacy and the black response in his absorbing book, “Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America.” Chicago was the site of the deadliest violence in the Red Summer. It claimed 23 black lives and 15 white ones, with white people being aggressors who beat, killed and burned out black people because of their segregationist rage and economic envy. The deadly violence in Chicago was but one of at least 38 deadly attacks by white people on black people. NAACP Secretary James Weldon Johnson — the author, with his brother J. Rosamond Johnson, of the Negro National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — dubbed the Summer of 1919 the “Red Summer” because so much blood flowed. And while white people were accus-

tomed to attacking black folk without consequence, during the summer of 1919, black people weren’t having it, particularly with recent World War I veterans on the scene. We fought back! Most of the attacks took place in the South. Chicago, with its teeming ethnic clashes and large black

Julianne Malveaux population, might be considered “up South.” But the so-called liberal North was no stranger to the racism that gripped our nation. Black people also were attacked in New London, Conn., led by white Navy members. We were attacked in the cradle of democracy, Philadelphia, when a black family moved into a white neighborhood. We were attacked in Omaha, Neb., where a black man was accused of raping a white woman. Warped white people burned the courthouse, causing more than $1 million in damage. In Chicago, mobs of depraved white outlaws destroyed black businesses and homes, leaving hundreds of black families homeless. The white thugs who attacked black people rarely were arrested and didn’t experience any consequences for their lawlessness. But the black folk who fought back were sometimes arrested, beaten or killed. In Washington, the rumor that a young white woman was “attacked” — she admitted she was merely jostled — started white servicemen on a rampage attacking random black people, pulling them from streetcars and attacking them on the street. The white men were primarily members of the military, and the military too often turned a blind eye to their criminal members. Washington Post journalist Jefferson Morley recently wrote about the father and daughter Ben and Carrie Johnson, who shot and killed a police officer who invaded their home. They were charged with murder and spent 18 months in jail. But charges were dropped against Ben, and when Car-

rie stood trial, she was found guilty of manslaughter. Her attorneys appealed, the appeal was granted and there was no new trial. The Red Summer occurred because black men were coming home from World War I and were not inclined to tolerate white foolishness. It occurred because we had a president, Woodrow Wilson, who was a virulent racist, much like the current occupant of the House that Enslaved People Built. White people, brainwashed to believe in the fallacy of white supremacy, felt emboldened to attack black people for simple acts of self-determination. Fast forward: Emboldened white people are still attacking black people, some violently. Eric Garner lost his life because he was selling “loosies,” single cigarettes, in Brooklyn and because an out of control madman masquerading as a police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, attacked him with an illegal chokehold. While U.S. Department of Justice attorneys recommended trying Mr. Pantaleo in federal court, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the acknowledged sycophant of the racist Occupant, declined to move ahead. Fast forward: “Roland Martin Unfiltered” has a segment, “Crazy A$$ White People,” that features the microaggressions that are a natural byproduct of virulent white supremacy. As a man attempted to propose to his fiancée at the Angry Orchard in New York, he was interrupted three times and accused of stealing. The Orchard has apologized — too little, too late — but it is yet another example of ignorance and stupidity. A deranged white woman, Nancy Goodman, approached three black women dining at a Bonefish Grill and used the n-word on them because she thought they were too loud. The warped white woman said she’d use the slur again. Let’s not even get into the BBQ Beckys and other fools. Bottom line: One hundred years ago, enabled and emboldened by a racist

president, white folks went buck wild on black people. Here we go again! Red Summer has reverberations. But please remember that during Red Summer, black folks fought back. Let’s do it again — fighting with our vote, with our activism and, when necessary, with our retaliation. The struggle continues. The writer is an economist and author.

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Kudos to state Dems for rejecting Jamestown event with Trump Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;Virginia lawmakers spar on reported Trump visit to Jamestown,â&#x20AC;? Free Press July 25-27 edition: What would you call someone who goes to church on Sunday to worship Jesus, a man who lived his life in total integrity and preached the message of love and oneness, yet goes to the polling place and votes for a president who has no integrity and preaches a message of fear and separation?

I would call such a person a hypocrite! Why would the leaders of the state Democratic Party, the party of the people, even consider attending a meeting with the leader of a party that thrives on fear, separation and the destruction of the religious values that have made the United States the moral compass of the whole world? The leadership of both the state Senate and House Democratic

caucuses are to be congratulated on their decision not to attend the 400th anniversary celebration of the first meeting of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative body in Jamestown since the president was scheduled to be there. They are the keepers of the moral compass. ERIC W. JOHNSON Richmond

Loss, civility and compassion A couple of days ago, my 95-year-old mother passed away suddenly. She was doing well one day, and a day or two later, she was gone. The one good thing was that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suffer. Right now, there are all sorts of loss. Our world, for instance, has lost its civility. The Democrats, the Republicans â&#x20AC;Ś Red? Blue? Blackish? Whitey? Everyone is restricted by their loss of respect for one another and fear of one another.Â I imagine my mother saw plenty during her 95 years. She loved discussing politics. I never had enough shrewdness to match her. However, in my time, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to realize that we are disconnecting from the core of feeling each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorrow. Despite all the dialogue on tolerance nowadays, there was more compassion in the past than there is now. One can see it in every aspect of his or her life. Folks are at their boiling point, leading to mental health issues and premature deaths. I truly believe that our conflicts with factions like the Dems, the GOP, genders, races and ethnicities are heightened moreso by whether you belong or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong as a member of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the pep rally clan.â&#x20AC;? RICK KNIGHT Henrico County

Calling out racism Re Editorial â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protecting the real America,â&#x20AC;? Free Press July 18-20 edition: I first visited Richmond in the spring of 1979. I came from Charlottesville for the day with some friends from school, one of whomÂ was from Richmond. We spent most of our time at his house, enjoying a break. It was a pleasant visit. We ended up sitting around the dinner table talking with my friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother.Â She was very engaging and gracious, but then she turned the talk to politics in Richmond â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or actually race and politics in Richmond.Â I got a quick lesson about just how deeply the two could be intermingled. My friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother talked derisively about the Richmond City Council, which, at that point, had changed over to a majority-black membership with Henry L. Marsh III as mayor.Â She thought that the city was going down the toilet under black leadership.Â She had a solution for it all, as she declared, to the effect, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should send the blacks back to Africa where they came from.â&#x20AC;?Â It was one of those moments.Â I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to say at the time.Â But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you remember.Â And when you hear that language used again, all these years later, you know that you have to call it out and call it what it is:Â Racism.Â Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racism and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s striking at the heart of our country. In the upcoming days of the election campaign, we will no doubt hear more of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Send them backâ&#x20AC;? chants.Â What better way to respond than to stand together and speak together by voting against racism in all of its ugly and loathsome forms.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER R, BEAR GARDEN GENERATING STATION CASE NO. PUR-2019-00087 â&#x20AC;˘Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dominionâ&#x20AC;?) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider R. â&#x20AC;˘Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of $49.3 million for its 2020 Rider R. â&#x20AC;˘A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on January 22, 2020, at 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘Further information about this case is available on the State Corporation Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. On May 31, 2019, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dominionâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companyâ&#x20AC;?), pursuant to Â§ 56-585.1 A 6 of the Code of Virginia Âł&RGHÂ´ ÂżOHG ZLWK WKH 6WDWH &RUSRUDWLRQ &RPPLVVLRQ Âł&RPPLVVLRQÂ´ DQ DQQXDO XSGDWH RI WKH &RPSDQ\ÂśV UDWH DGMXVWPHQW FODXVH 5LGHU 5 Âł$SSOLFDWLRQÂ´ 7KURXJK LWV $SSOLFDWLRQ WKH &RPSDQ\ VHHNV WR UHFRYHU FRVWV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK WKH %HDU *DUGHQ *HQHUDWLQJ 6WDWLRQ Âł%HDU *DUGHQ 3URMHFWÂ´ RU Âł3URMHFWÂ´ D QDWXUDO JDV DQG RLO ÂżUHG FRPELQHG F\FOH electric generating facility and associated transmission interconnection facilities located in Buckingham County, Virginia. In 2009, the Commission approved Dominionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction and operation of the Bear Garden Project and also approved a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider R, for the Company to recover costs associated with the construction of the Project. The Bear Garden Project became fully operational in May 2011. In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider R for the rate year beginning April 1, 2020, and ending March 31, 2021 (â&#x20AC;&#x153;2020 Rate Yearâ&#x20AC;?). The two components of the proposed total revenue requirement for the 2020 Rate Year are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement of $57,916,000 and an Actual Cost True Up Factor revenue requirement of ($8,661,000). Thus, the Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $49,256,000 for service rendered during the 2020 Rate Year. Dominion notes that it calculated this revenue requirement using an updated lead/lag study and requests that any issues related to the updated lead/lag study be litigated in Case No. PUR-2019-00086, the Rider GV docket. For purposes of calculating the Projected Cost Recovery Factor in this case, Dominion utilized an enhanced rate of return on common equity (â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROEâ&#x20AC;?) of 11.75%. This ROE comprises a general ROE of 10.75%, for which the Company has requested Commission approval in Case No. PUR-2019-00050, plus a 100 basis point enhanced return applicable to a combined-cycle generating station as described in Code Â§ 56-585.1 A 6. For purposes of calculating the Actual Cost True Up Factor, the Company utilized an enhanced ROE of 10.2%. This ROE comprises the general ROE of 9.2% for the period of January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018, as approved by the Commission in its November 29, 2017 Final Order in Case No. PUR-2017-00038, plus the 100 basis point enhanced return. If the proposed Rider R for the 2020 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate schedule and usage. 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Peterson rushing to get Washington NFL team into playoffs How far Washington goes in the NFL East may rely on how much fuel Adrian Peterson has left in his tank. Recent statistics indicate he’s nowhere near empty. Last year at age 33, practically a relic by NFL running back standards, Peterson rushed for 1,042 yards and eight touchdowns for the burgundy and gold. He’s promising much, much more at age 34. “I’m aiming for 2,000 yards,” Peterson said following a preseason workout at the team’s summer training camp at Richmond’s Bon Secours Training Center. “I’ve always set that as my mark since coming into the league. So that’s it.” Some may suggest Peterson is setting his sites on another galaxy.

Ball carriers elite Here are the NFL’s all-time leaders for rushing yardage: Emmett Smith Walter Payton Barry Sanders Frank Gore Curtis Martin LaDanian Tomlinson Jerome Bettis Adrian Peterson

18.355 16,726 15,269 14,748 14,101 13,684 13,662 13,318

Here are the NFL’s all-time leaders in rushing touchdowns: Emmett Smith Marcus Allen Walter Payton Jim Brown Adrian Peterson

164 145 110 106 106

Age and wear and tear is an unavoidable fact of life for NFL ball carriers. The all-time rushing record for a 34-year-old is 1,340 yards set in 1983 by John Riggins, another Washington back. Peterson, now in his 13th season out of the University of Oklahoma, rushed for 2,097 with the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, averaging 6.0 yards per carry. His per-carry average a year ago was 4.2 yards. His career average gain is 4.7 yards. Peterson signed with Washington in August 2018. It was a one-year contract. Team officials were so satisfied with his performance that, in March 2019, he was presented a two-year deal worth $8 million. Peterson is not alone in Washington’s backfield. Other hopefuls are Derrius Guise, Bryce Love, Chris Thompson

Left, hundreds of fans watch the Washington NFL team’s training session on Saturday. The training camp will continue, and be open to fans, through Aug. 11. Adrian Peterson, a star running back for the Washington NFL team, strides past fans after a practice session. Below, Stephen Rivera of Richmond carries his message on a sign outside the team’s training camp on West Leigh Street. He has picketed against the team’s racist name each year since the team began practicing in Richmond in 2013. He has no suggestion for a new name but says anything is fine “as long as it’s not something that denigrates native people or any of us.” A U.S. Supreme Court decision in June regarding “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks may bolster the team’s legal efforts to keep its offensive, trademarked name.

and Samaje Perine. Guise missed his rookie season a year ago after suffering a knee injury in the opening exhibition game. Love, a rookie out of Stanford University, also is coming off knee surgery. Thompson, too, has been sidelined by injury. Known as a “third-down back” for his ability to catch passes, Thompson suffered a broken fibula in 2017. Perine, who is now in his third season, showed promise in 2017 but had only eight carries in 2018. Guice, Love and Thompson offer potential, but are no sure things. Meanwhile Peterson, the “old man river” of ball carriers, just keeps rolling along. If he can muster two-thirds of his predicted yardage, the Washington team might slip back into the playoffs.

RPS basketball alumni showdown Saturday at the Ashe Center Richmond Public Schools is turning back the clock on basketball. Players from bygone decades will be dusting off their jump shots in the inaugural RPS Alumni Showdown on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. “This shapes up as an old-fashioned classic, and I know some of these teams have been practicing,” said Garry Callis, a member of the events committee and the George Wythe High School Class of 1998. “We sold 400 to 500 tickets during our ‘early bird’ sales. We expect a real strong crowd,” he said.

To be eligible to participate on the court, players must have finished a city high school prior to 2010. All five of RPS’ current comprehensive high schools plus John F. Kennedy High, which was closed in 2004, will be represented by “old-timers’ teams.” Maggie L. Walker High School players will be recognized, but the Green Dragons have not entered a squad for the Alumni Showdown. Walker closed as an RPS member in 1986, with the school building now known as the regional Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies. Also to be honored during a video tribute are the “complex

VIA Heritage Association inducts 4th Hall of Fame class The Virginia Interscholastic Association held its fourth annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony June 28 in Charlottesville. Inductees, or their representatives, accepted the award from the VIA Heritage Association, which sponsored the event. Shown here are honorees or their representatives: Front row, from left, Denyce Bonaparte, wife of inductee the late Charles Bonaparte; Cheryl Anthony Epps; Judge Roger L. Gregory; Coach Willard Bailey; and Della R. Earley, representing honoree the late James H. “Blue” Earley. Back row, from left: Benjamin “Benny” Brown; Robert

“Bobby” Dandridge; Warren Canada Jr.; Louis Richard Harris, representing honoree Lewis Harris III; Fred Harold “Doc” Sawyer; Coach Carl Peal; James Earley, son of inductee the late James H. “Blue” Earley; William Lawson III, representing cousin and honoree William Albert “W.A.” Brown. VIA served as the governing body for sports and extracurricular activities for Virginia’s African-American high schools from 1954 to 1969 during state-imposed racial segregation. VIA later merged with the all-white Virginia High School League. The most recent class brings VIA Hall of Fame membership to 62.

schools” from the early 1980s — the Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe RPS Alumni Trojans, the Marshall-Walker Showdown Cavaliers and the ArmstrongKennedy Jaguars. Here’s the schedule for the inaugural RPS Alumni All proceeds from ticket Showdown on Saturday, sales will go to the athletic Aug. 3, at the Arthur Ashe departments of the participatJr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. ing schools. Arthur Ashe Blvd. Tickets The concept is not entirely are $20. new, Callis said. 2 p.m. - Doors open “In the past, we’ve had the South Side Showdown — 2:15 p.m. Wythe versus Huguenot — and John Marshall vs. Armstrong the North Side Showdown — Thomas Jefferson versus John 3 p.m. Marshall,” he said. John F. Kennedy vs. “This time, we’ve decided to Huguenot bring it all together for some3:45 p.m. thing people all over Richmond Thomas Jefferson vs. can enjoy.” winner of the MarshallCallis suggested some of the Armstrong game players may have lost a step 4:45 p.m. from their prime, but not their George Wythe vs. winner enthusiasm. An NBA-style, of the Kennedy-Huguenot 24-second clock will ensure game non-stop action. 6 p.m. “We’ve got a few big names, Cheerleader exhibition, but some of the schools have with participants been kind of secretive and tightrepresenting all schools lipped about it,” Callis said. “We 7 p.m. may not know who’s playing Championship game for sure until Aug. 3.” Among the former All-Metro stars Callis expects are Bo Jones from Huguenot, Kendrick Warren and Thomas Meredith from Thomas Jefferson, Raymont Postell from Armstrong and Robert Johnson and Luqman Jaaber from Wythe. Jaaber could be the “X Factor.” The former Wythe star and All-American guard for Virginia Union University still plays competitively and will be a challenging matchup for any Bulldogs rival. Adding to the festivities will be DJ Lonnie B and public address announcer Reggie Mac. Longtime Wythe official Pernell Spears will handle the clock. Callis suggested the event will gain momentum in future years. He hopes to open the competition to Maggie Walker and the “complex schools.” There is also talk of including Petersburg and Hopewell.

Blue Sox win MJBL Tournament; players welcome Inner City Classic Aspiring ballplayers from throughVince Kennedy drove home De- Trevor Green, Caleb Causey, Mitch out the United States and the Caribbean marie Kendall with two outs in the Jackson and M.T. Forrester. are converging on the Richmond area bottom of the seventh (final) inning Three local U-19 teams are entered this week for the National Metropolitan for the game winner. in this week’s Inner City Classic. Junior Baseball League Inner City Tyshawn Cooke and Keyon Smith This marks the first time Richmond Classic. handled the pitching chores for the has hosted the classic since 2014. Local MJBL Commissioner The 2018 event was held in William Forrester Jr. is expectGreensboro. Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Inner ing player entries from New The Inner City Classic was City Classic Orleans, Detroit, Chicago, formed in 1991, with the first Here’s the schedule for the championship games Camden, N.J., Washington, tournament held in Columbia, in the different divisions. All championship games Greensboro, Charlotte and S.C. will be played at RF&P Park, 3400 Mountain Road in Glen Allen: Nassau, Bahamas. This is more than just about U-10 division: Saturday, Aug. 3, 11 a.m. (Smaller field) Host Richmond will be balls and strikes, home runs and U-14 division: Saturday, Aug. 3, 4:30 p.m. represented by teams in the double plays. The purpose of U-16 division: Sunday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m. U-19, U-16, U-14 and U-10 the event is to provide youngU-19 division: Sunday, Aug. 4, 12:30 p.m. age divisions. sters with an opportunity to Many of the young men travel, to be exposed to diverse playing for Richmond U-19 this week Blue Sox champions. cultures and to participate in various participated last weekend in the area Blue Sox finished 20-2 under Coach symposia. MJBL playoffs. Robert Raymond. Others making large Richmond has opened its arms to In the championship game last contributions were Kamari Davis, Kell the visitors. All players and coaches Sunday at Dorey Park, the Blue Sox Patello, Deion Catron, David Dunn are being treated Thursday, Aug. 1, to nipped Riverside 11-10. It was the and Melvin Cherry. a free trip to Kings Dominion. culmination of a five-team regular Among the key players for RivMost of the ballfield action will be season and playoff. erside throughout the season were in Henrico County because of a lack of

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suitable facilities within Richmond. Bracket games are scheduled for RF&P Park in Glen Allen, Klehr Field

in Northern Henrico and at Douglas Freeman, Deep Run and Hermitage high schools.

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Personality: Kennedi Scales Spotlight on KLM Scholarship Foundation award honoree An unexpected email brought a surprise, hope and support for one of many Virginia college students. Kennedi Scales is among 52 state students awarded a $1,000 book scholarship for the upcoming school year. Ms. Scales and her award cohorts will receive their scholarships at the 9th Annual KLM Scholarship Foundation Awards, featuring guest speaker UPS Human Resources Director Duane A. Williams, 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Richmond Police Training Academy, 1202 W. Graham Road. The scholarship awards total of $53,000 brings the organization’s 16-year total to more than $321,000. The Virginia Tech rising senior, majoring in systems biology, is an intern at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency in management and relationship governance. She was not aware of KLM’s program until some of her colleagues, who are sponsors of the scholarship, recommended she apply before the June 2019 deadline. She did. In mid-July Ms. Scales just happened to open an email. To her surprise and amazement the unexpected happened. “The award was a welcome surprise because I don’t expect things from my community,” she said in a Free Press interview. “Every good thing that happens to me is a welcome surprise.” Ms. Scales never anticipated winning the scholarship

but said, “…my parents were elated and my co-workers were happy too.” “When applying for scholarships, you hope and have faith things will come back and be fruitful,” she said. “This is very exciting.” The KLM Scholarship Foundation’s book scholarship is intended to assist students in purchasing books for high school seniors or four-year college students planning to attend or currently attending a Virginia college or university. They must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be considered for the scholarship. The 2016 St. Catherine’s graduate also is an accomplished volleyball and softball player. She won two softball “Player of the Game” awards her senior year. As a member of one of Tech’s intramural teams, she says, “The game helps me with time management and relieves stress.” That stress comes from a demanding major plus a minor in science, technology and law. “Because of my academic workload, fitting in the game helps me use my time wisely,” she says. “Softball takes my mind off my studies and gives me mental relief and focus. It’s a stress reliever.” Her future is bright as she prepares for another chapter in her life after graduating in 2020. With an anticipated degree in systems biology, a

at this moment in time may be challenging and stressful, but it will pay off in the future.” Meet this week’s Personality and a scholar among KLM scholars, Kennedi Scales: Birth date and place: Feb. 2 in Richmond. Current residence: Highland Springs.

biology-based interdisciplinary field of study focusing on complex interactions and models biological systems, Ms. Scales plans to go to graduate school. “I’m looking at Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University and Georgetown, in Washington D.C., to earn my master’s in bio-technology,” Ms. Scales says. “Each school has a different environment, from rural to fast-paced big city; although my mom wants me to be very close.” Ms. Scales has a very candid message to high school students and her college peers with respect to earning scholarships. “Your work ethic is always important. Stay focused. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. What you are doing

Education: I graduated from St. Catherine’s and I am currently enrolled at Virginia Tech, where I am a rising senior studying systems biology with a minor in science, technology and law. Family: Parents, Clifton and Karen Scales, and older brother, James. When and how did you find out about the KLM Scholarship Foundation: Through a sponsor at my internship at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. What was your award and how will you use it: A $1,000 scholarship that will go toward my tuition and textbooks. Why do you think it is important for students to know about foundations like KLM?: I believe it is very important for students to know that there is a community that will support them in their educational endeavors. Upon graduation, I would like to work with KLM and

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Happenings REAL LIFE opens women’s home for recovering addicts released from jail By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Three single women now have a stable place to stay as they continue their recovery from the addictions that sent them to jail and left them homeless. The women are the first tenants of a group home opened this week by the nonprofit organization REAL LIFE. The first occupants were set to move into their new home in South Side on Thursday, Aug. 1. The new women’s house represents another step in REAL (Recovery from Everyday Addictive Lifestyles) LIFE’s effort to address one of the biggest problems addicts face in trying to stay sober — affordable housing, according Dr. Sarah Scarbrough, the organization’s founder and executive director. Two years ago, REAL LIFE opened a group home for up to nine men also in South Side. But it just scratches the surface of the need. “The house is always full and there’s a long waiting list,” Dr. Scarbrough said. That also is likely to be the case for the women’s house, she said, even if her organization gains city permission to expand to five residents. Housing for addicts will get a boost next year when CARITAS opens its new headquarters in a former tobacco factory on Stockton Street in South Side. CARITAS, which operates the men’s Healing Place addiction recovery center, is devoting a major portion of its new space to a 167-space women’s addiction recovery center that will offer everything from emergency shelter to a 12-step program with residential space and transitional apartments for those who have completed the program. Still, Dr. Scarbrough said the need for housing far exceeds what’s available for those who do not have family or friends willing to provide shelter. She said her program could use 20 houses to whittle down the waiting list for men and women. Housing is hard to find because newly released addicts usually are starting over with few resources, rents are soaring in the city and landlords often turn them away based on their criminal records. “What we provide is a hand up,” Dr. Scarbrough said.

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REAL LIFE founder Sarah Scarbrough waits to hold the door as Ryan Riggs, left, a case manager at the home for men in recovery, and Leander Watkins, a resident at the men’s home, carry a new bathroom vanity inside for the new women’s recovery house in South Side.

As is the case at the men’s house, a house manager will live on site to orchestrate the program. And just like the men, the newly arrived female tenants will have up to two months to settle in and find work to pay the rent — $135 a week, Dr. Scarbrough said. In addition to staying sober, each of the new tenants has to agree to share in the chores. They also are responsible for providing their own food and cleaning up after themselves.

The goal, Dr. Scarbrough said, is for the women to get on their feet and find their own place to live within six months to a year so other women can move in. A former program director at the Richmond Justice Center, Dr. Scarbrough founded REAL LIFE three years ago as a support group for people who enrolled in the jail’s addiction recovery programs who wanted to stay on track. Then at the jail, she formed the group with volunteers after getting calls from those released needing help with the barriers they were facing — from transportation to clothing to housing to résumé writing. The nonprofit opened the men’s home in the spring of 2017 and then added a one-stop support center at 406 E. Main St. seven months later where it could provide essential services and help participants find work. Dr. Scarbrough acknowledges that the women’s house is only a small step to filling the much larger need, but she also notes that it will provide safe, stable and sober housing. Those who stay also will enter without having to worry about money. Dr. Scarbrough credits REAL LIFE supporter and investor Alan Haverson for making it possible to secure the women’s house. “I realized that housing was a continued obstacle as case managers worked with clients, especially women,” Mr. Haverson noted. “By helping REAL LIFE purchase a house, their delivery of comprehensive services can be enhanced and the outcomes improved.”

Foundations buy Ebony and JET photo archives for preservation at Smithsonian Free Press wire report

exclusively white world of big-money philanthropy. Both Mr. Walker of the Ford Foundation and Ms. Alexander of the Mellon Foundation said the sale was important to them personally. “What it means to be in a position to be able to be helpful in safeguarding this treasure and our shared history overwhelms me with joy,” Ms. Alexander said. “It is very significant.” Besides black newspapers in cities across the nation, few media outlets dedicated resources to cover events and people connected to African-American lifestyle and news as Ebony and JET magazines.

a white woman. Ms. Gibbs said the photos also show The sale of the photo archive of everyday black life — from children Ebony and JET magazines chronicling playing in city parks to elders praying African-American history is generating at rural churches. relief among some who worried the “It wasn’t about all poverty and historic images may be lost. suffering. It was about joy,” Ms. Gibbs But it is also causing some to mourn said. because the images, including photos of Ivey McClelland, 57, a musician Emmett Till in 1955 after he was killed in Albuquerque, N.M., said Ebony and ones documenting the rise of Dr. and JET were found in every black Martin Luther King Jr., won’t fully be home she knew while growing up in in the hands of an African-AmericanLos Angeles. owned entity. “My uncle, bless his heart, had around “You have to do what you have to 30 to 40 years’ worth of JET magazines,” do,” Roy Douglas Malonson, publisher she said. “He got them for ‘The Beauty of the Houston-based African Ameriof the Week.’ ” can News & Issues newspaper, said. But Ms. McClelland said the maga“But it’s sad because we lose control zines remained dear to her heart for forever.” their images connected to key moments For more than a half century, in black history. She and her grandEbony and JET magazines stood as mother were in Michigan and Canada the epitome of a black-owned business. when the Watts riots erupted in 1965. The Ford Foundation, the John D. and The first still images she saw of her Catherine T. McArthur Foundation, community in Los Angeles damaged The J. Paul Getty Trust and the Andrew by fires were in JET, she said. W. Mellon Foundation are buying the “My mother kept the special issues archive for $30 million as part of an Darren Walker, president of the Ford of Martin Luther King’s assassinaauction to pay off secured creditors Foundation, and Elizabeth Alexander, tion,” Ms. McClelland said. “That’s president of The Andrew W. Mellon of Johnson Publishing Co. why I hope these foundations save Foundation, shepherded the $30 million Chicago-based Johnson Publish- deal to buy the photo archives of Ebony these archives and don’t do anything ing, the owner of the archives and and JET magazines. to appropriate the images.” former publisher of the magazines, Yalanda Lattimore, the host of filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protec- Ebony began publishing regularly just “Buzz it or Bash It with DryerBuzz,” an tion in April. after the end of World War II, while the Atlanta-based podcast on black issues, The foundations plan to donate the pocket-sized JET began in 1951, when said she has been warning listeners and more than 4 million prints and negatives African-Americans in many regions still readers of her blog that the archive was to the Smithsonian National Museum of lived under racial segregation. in trouble. African American History and Culture Adrienne Samuels Gibbs, a former “It hurts my heart that Ebony had and the Getty Research Institute. Ebony magazine staffer, said Ebony to sell these archives,” said Ms. LatThe Smithsonian is expected to be and JET dutifully captured the environ- timore, 53. “But I’m glad foundations the public steward of what is considered ment that African-Americans were forced are involved. Foundations are the ones one of the most significant collections to endure over the years. who help save archives connected to of photographs cataloguing AfricanThe collection of 4 million images black history, so I’m hopeful.” American life. Getty will be tasked with chronicles the Civil Rights Movement The foundations said whatever the digitally preserving the trove, some of and the lives of prominent figures such future holds for the Ebony and JET titles, which remains a mystery. as Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, Nina they are thrilled to have helped secure The deal was shepherded by the presi- Simone and Coretta Scott King at her the magazines’ legacy forever. dents of the Ford and Mellon foundations, husband’s funeral. It was JET in 1955 “The good news here is that this Darren Walker and Elizabeth Alexander, that published a photo of the open coffin archive — regardless of the future sucboth of whom are African-American. of Emmett Till, showing the effects of cess of the Johnson publications — will The two are among the nonprofit sec- the fatal beating the 14-year-old Chicago be successful. This archive will be the tor’s most prominent black leaders teen suffered at the hands of white men legacy of the Johnson Publishing Co.,” and are themselves a rarity in the near in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at Mr. Walker said.

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Fun at RVA Community Fun Day

Above, E.J. Quallis, left, and his sister, Bailey, pet baby pot belly pigs last Saturday at RVA Community Fun Day in Henrico’s Dorey Park. Several hundred people attended the free event sponsored by Real Talk with Monica, Rising Towards Success and Dominion Energy. A Panamanian dance is performed by La Palma Dance, bottom photo, while Jhankar dancers perform a traditional Indian dance, below, during the event.

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Jury finds Katy Perry stole Christian rapperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beat LOS ANGELES A jury on Monday found that Katy Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 hit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horse,â&#x20AC;? improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song. The unanimous decision represented a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist. The verdict by a nine-member federal jury in a Los Angeles courtroom came five years after Marcus Gray and two co-authors first sued in 2014, alleging â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horseâ&#x20AC;? stole from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joyful Noise,â&#x20AC;? a song Mr. Gray released under the stage name Flame. The case now goes to a penalty phase, where the jury will decide how much Ms. Perry and other defendants owe for copyright infringement. Questions from the jury during its two full days of deliberations had suggested that jurors might find only some of the defendants liable for copyright infringement. The case focused on the notes and beats of the song, not its lyrics or recording, and the questions suggested that Ms. Perry might be off the hook. But in a decision that left many in the courtroom surprised, jurors found all six songwriters and all four corporations that released and distributed the songs were liable, including Ms. Perry and Sarah Hudson, who wrote only the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words, and Juicy J, who only wrote the rap he provided for the song. Ms. Perry was not present when the verdict was read. Other defendants found liable were Capitol Records and Ms. Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers: Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cirkut, who came up with the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beat. Mr. Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys argued that the beat and instrumental line featured through nearly half of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horseâ&#x20AC;? are substantially similar to those of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joyful Noise.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Gray wrote the song with his co-plaintiffs Emanuel Lambert and Chike Ojukwu. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horse,â&#x20AC;? a hybrid of pop, rap and hip-hop sounds that was the third single from Ms. Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prism,â&#x20AC;? spent

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four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2014 and earned a Grammy nomination for Ms. Perry, who performed the song during her 2015 Super Bowl halftime show. Her attorneys argued that the song sections in question represent the kind of simple musical elements that if found to be subject to copyright would hurt music and all songwriters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to own basic building blocks of music, the alphabet of music that should be available to everyone,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer Christine Lepera said during closing arguments on July 25. The defendantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; musical expert testified that the musical patterns in dispute were as simple as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary Had a Little Lamb.â&#x20AC;? But the jury of six women and three men disagreed, finding that the bumping beat and riff at the center of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joyful Noiseâ&#x20AC;?

were original enough to be copyrighted. Ms. Perry and the songâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-authors testified during the seven-day trial that none of them had heard the song or heard of Mr. Gray before the lawsuit, nor did they listen to Christian music. Mr. Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys had only to demonstrate, however, that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joyful Noiseâ&#x20AC;? had wide dissemination and could have been heard by Ms. Perry and her co-authors. They provided as evidence that it had millions of Katy Perry plays on YouTube and Spotify, and that the album itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s included on was nominated for a Grammy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to shove Mr. Gray into some gospel music alleyway that no one ever visits,â&#x20AC;? said the plaintiffsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attorney Michael A. Kahn during closing arguments, when he also pointed out that Ms. Perry had begun her career as a Christian artist. Jurors agreed, finding that the song was distributed widely enough that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horseâ&#x20AC;? writers may well have heard it. Mr. Kahn and Mr. Gray declined to comment but smiled as they left the courtroom after the verdict. Ms. Lepera and other defense attorneys also declined to comment outside court. Ms. Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicist did not immediately return an email message seeking comment Monday evening. Ms. Perry, a 34-year-old pop superstar and â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idolâ&#x20AC;? judge, brought laughs to the proceedings when she testified during the trialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second day when her lawyers were having technical troubles getting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Horseâ&#x20AC;? to play in the courtroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could perform it live,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Perry said. No performance was necessary after the audio issues were resolved. Jurors heard both songs played back to back in their entirety at the end of closing arguments last week.

Church merger leads to new roles for Rev. Whitehead, Dr. Cardwell After 25 years at the helm of New Canaan International Church that he founded in Eastern Henrico County, minister and educator Dr. Owen C. Cardwell, 72, has passed the pastoral baton to a younger protĂŠgĂŠ, the Rev. Dwayne E. Whitehead. At services on July 28, Rev. Whitehead, 52, officially took over the New Canaan pulpit from Dr. Cardwell, whose title is now bishop in residence. The change also includes the merger into New Canaan of the smaller, 100-member congregation of World Overcomers Family Church, which Rev. Whitehead started 26 years ago in Fulton. A celebration of Rev. Whiteheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elevation to senior minister is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at New Canaan, Rev. Whitehead 1708 Byron St. Dr. Cardwell said he is proud to introduce Rev. Whitehead as his successor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is a voice for this age,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Cardwell said. Dr. Cardwell, a former pastor of Gospel Baptist Church, founded New Canaan on July 30, 1994, with his wife, Flora Cardwell, the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business manager. He said the change follows at least two years of â&#x20AC;&#x153;feeling a call to minister to the larger body of Christ.â&#x20AC;? While he said the choice now seems preordained, Dr. Cardwell said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider Rev. Whitehead when he was mulling a change. He said he has followed Rev. Whiteheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ministry since the younger man opened World Overcomers Family Church. He said the two regularly talked, but he only thought about the potential after Rev. Whitehead approached him. Rev. Whitehead, who considers Dr. Cardwell his mentor, said talks about a church merger began in January. He said he approached Dr. Cardwell after hearing him talk about his interest in finding a new minister for the church. Rev. Whitehead, who has been in the ministry for 33 years, said the discussion became serious in April. He also preached several fourth Sunday services at New Canaan since the negotiations began. The transition began last month when he preached each Sunday. As part of cementing the merger, he also found another congregation, Restoration Fellowship Christian Center led by Bishop Kevin China Sr., to take over the World Overcomers

Family Church sanctuary. The change appears to be a win-win situation. Rev. Whitehead, who has long been active in city politics and affairs in Fulton, said he has been energized with his shift to a church in a different part of the Richmond area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am highly motivated by this change and the opportunity to meet and work with new people and with a new community,â&#x20AC;? Rev. Whitehead said. For Dr. Cardwell, who will mark his 50th year in ministry in 2020, said shedding the day-today church responsibilities allows him to focus on what he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;marketplace ministry opportunitiesâ&#x20AC;? that are occupying more of his time and will be keystones of his bishop in residence, focusing on community engagement. Among other things, he will have more time for Dr. Cardwell his work as the Rosel H. Schewel Distinguished Chair in Education at the University of Lynchburg in his hometown. Dr. Cardwell was named to the post a year ago. He said it requires a significant amount of commuting. He teaches in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership studies program, works with a dean to expand community leadership opportunities and is engaged in efforts to enable â&#x20AC;&#x153;churches to regain their heritage in education.â&#x20AC;? That includes creating model programs to better link churches with public schools and to improve the connection between studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classroom work and church after-school programs. He said he is striving to address shortcomings, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lack of consistency in programs and the inability to measure the collective impact of such programs.â&#x20AC;? He and his wife also are creating a consultancy to coach people â&#x20AC;&#x153;in spiritual personal and professional development.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Cardwell also wants to give more attention to the nonprofit Heroes and Dreams Academy he started years ago. Through that group, he works with families of inmates at the Henrico County Jail to help them deal with the impact of incarceration. He also works with inmates to improve their chances for better outcomes following their release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still have a lot of work to do,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Cardwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m blessed to be able to see the church move forward as I give attention to other projects that are of such importance.â&#x20AC;?

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus

ALL ARE WELCOME

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

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Antioch Baptist Church â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redeeming Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s People for Gods Purposeâ&#x20AC;?

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

SERVICES

SUNDAY WORSHIP HOUR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10:00 A.M. CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHURCH & BUS MINISTRY AVAILABLE SUNDAY SCHOOL (FOR ALL AGES) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY MID-DAY BIBLE STUDY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 NOON WEDNESDAY MID-WEEK PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:00 P.M. A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor

Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

WEDNESDAY SERVICES

DR. JAMES L. SAILES PASTOR

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV) www.ndec.net Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

Noonday Bible Study 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m. (Bible Study)

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

SATURDAY

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 5th Grade

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IT HAPPENSâ&#x20AC;? online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;full online giving.â&#x20AC;? Visit www.ndec.net.

ENROLL NOW!!! Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

9:30 - 11

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Richmond Free Press

B4 August 1-3, 2019

Obituaries/Faith Directory

Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr., longtime president of NSU, dies at 94 Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr., who served as president of Norfolk State University for 22 years and whose grandson, Russell Wilson, is the superstar quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, died Sunday, July 28, 2019. He was 94. Condolences have poured in from around the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spartan family mourns the loss of one of its stalwart champions,â&#x20AC;? current NSU President Javaune Adams-Gaston said in a statement on Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He embodied the spirit and history of this great institution, and we are grateful for his many contributions. He will be deeply missed by all of us.â&#x20AC;? In a statement released Sunday afternoon, Congressman Robert C. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bobbyâ&#x20AC;? Scott of Newport News wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Harrison B. Wilson. He was a renowned basketball coach, educator and long-time president of Norfolk State University.â&#x20AC;? Russell Wilson, who led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl victory in February 2014, turned to social media to announce the death of his grandfather. He posted a photo of Dr. Wilson on Instagram, with this note: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going to miss you Grandpa. This is my Grandfather whose (sic) no longer with us. Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr. He was an educator, a mentor, a college basketball coach, and the second President at Norfolk State University a HBCU from 1975-1997. Love you. #BeholdTheGreenandGold.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, the late Richmond attorney Harrison B. Wilson III and the son of Dr. Wilson, was a standout in football and baseball at Dartmouth College. He died in 2010 from diabetes-related complications. Dr. Wilson was born April 21, 1925, in Amsterdam, N.Y., the fifth of seven children. He served in the Navy from 1945 to 1947 before enrolling at Kentucky State University, where he earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and had a stellar athletic career in football, basketball, baseball and track.

He later earned a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and a doctorate in health sciences and administration from Indiana University. He taught at Jackson State College, now Jackson State University in Mississippi, where he was head basketball coach from 1951 to 1960 and continued working with the basketball program at the college until 1967. He was one of the most successful coaches in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, with a 371-93 career record. Dr. Wilson In 17 seasons coaching the Tigers, he never had a losing season. The Tigers also posted twin season wins with 29 wins in 1955-56 and 1963-64. The team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in 1963-64. Dr. Wilson coached many of the most talented African-American players in the country while at Jackson State, including Cleveland Buckner, a New York Knicks draftee in 1961; Ed Manning, a former NBA player and the father of Kansas Jayhawk great Danny Manning; and Paul Covington, who later took over as the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach at Jackson State. Dr. Wilson served as chair of Jackson State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Health and Physical Education from 1960 until 1967 and then served as chair and professor of health and physical education at Tennessee State University in Nashville from 1967 to 1970. Dr. Wilson also served briefly as assistant to the president of Fisk University before being named NSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president in 1975. He was the second president of the university, which had been the Norfolk division of Virginia Union University from its

start in 1935 until 1942. In 1944, the Virginia General Assembly made it a division of Virginia State College. NSU became a separate, independent state-supported institution with its own president in 1969. During Dr. Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure at NSU, the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual budget increased from $14 million to $86 million, enrollment increased from 6,700 students to 8,100 students and the number of faculty and staff grew from 377 to 412. The university also acquired 51 acres of land and added 14 new buildings. The universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps flourished under his tenure, producing one of the largest number of minority naval officers in the nation. The NSU Spartans left the CIAA in 1997 for the NCAA Division I MEAC, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Upon Dr. Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement in 1997, NSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administrative building was named in his honor. He also was honored in 1997 as one of Dominionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Strong Men and Women: Excellence in Leadership. Dr. Wilson was active with a number of boards and organizations. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and was on the board of directors of Virginia National Bank, the lay advisory board of DePaul Hospital in Norfolk and the board of directors of the Virginia Health, Welfare and Recreation Planning Council. Dr. Wilson was pre-deceased by two sons, Richard Wilson and Harrison B. Wilson III. Survivors include his wife, Dr. Lucy Wilson, a former Old Dominion University faculty member and former member of the Norfolk School Board; two daughters, April and Jennifer; and two sons, John and Benjamin Wilson. A public memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Norfolk State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center, 700 Park Ave. in Norfolk.

Joan B. Winston, executive director of the former Gold Bowl, dies at 88 Joan Loretta Banks Winston was often considered the â&#x20AC;&#x153;glueâ&#x20AC;? that held organizations together. For more than 15 years, Mrs. Winston was a key organizer for the popular college football and social event known as the Gold Bowl Classic, which annually pitted Virginia Union Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football team against Virginia State University or another CIAA conference rival. Earlier, Mrs. Winston spent 33 years as the executive assistant to a series of editors for the now defunct Richmond AfroAmerican newspaper, where she was a mainstay in keeping the office functioning, paying the bills and ensuring reporters were compensated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mother was an active, outgoing and personable woman,â&#x20AC;? said her son, Darryl R. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rickâ&#x20AC;? Winston, noting she was active in civic and social groups. Her contributions are being remembered following her death Saturday, July 20, 2019. Mrs. Winston was 88. Family and friends celebrated her life Saturday, July 27, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward. Born into a family of 11 children, Mrs. Winston graduated from Armstrong High School and the Smith-Madden Business College in Richmond and the Cortez Peters Business School in Washington. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Church With A Welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

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1976. From an office in Jackson Ward, she organized a week of activities, including an annual golf tournament, beauty pageant, reception and tailgate party, around the weekend game that drew huge crowds. She worked to ensure a smooth operation for the Gold Bowl that served as a benefit for its partner, Virginia Union University. Her family said that she resigned in 2005, two years before then-VUU President Belinda Anderson ended the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the event. Mrs. Winston belonged to the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auxiliary of the YMCA and the Delver Womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, among other organizations. Mrs. Winston was the widow of Moses B. Winston Jr., who hired her to work at his company, ABC Cleaners, and later married her. In addition to her son, survivors include her brother, Dr. Willie J. Banks of Washington, and six grandchildren.

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. 4th Sunday UniďŹ ed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

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

500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Place for Youâ&#x20AC;?

Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 8:30 a.m. ....Sunday School 10:00 a.m. ...Morning Worship and Holy Communion

She worked in several small businesses before Richmond AfroAmerican editor Chester Hampton hired her in 1957 as the office manager. He also allowed her to write a column for the paper whose former building at 3rd and Clay streets in Jackson Ward was displaced by the Greater Richmond Convention Center. During the student-led civil rights protests in 1960 of segregated lunch counters in Downtown, Mrs. Mrs. Winston Winston would buy lunches from Sylviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant across the street to distribute to the store picketers, her family said. Mrs. Winston kept the Afroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office humming for the editors who came and went, most notably Raymond H. Boone, Ruth Jenkins, John Templeton and Lynda Sharpe Anderson, before leaving in 1990 as the staff was downsized. The newspaper closed six years later. Mrs. Winston went on to become executive director of the increasingly popular Gold Bowl Classic that was launched in

Wednesday and Thursday Bible Study will resume in September

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

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

St. Peter Baptist Church

Triumphant

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Baptist Church

Worship Opportunities

2003 Lamb Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622

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216 W. Leigh St. â&#x20AC;˘ Richmond, Va. 23220 Tel: 804-643-3366 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 804-643-3367 Email: ebcofďŹ ce1@yahoo.com â&#x20AC;˘ web: www.richmondebenezer.com

Come Worship With Us!

With Ministry For Everyone

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2019 11:00 AM Worship Celebration Message by: Pastor Bibbs New Sermon Series: Breaking News Selected Scriptures - Part Two

Save The Date! Sunday, August 18, 2019 5:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gatheringâ&#x20AC;?

Hosted by: SBC Young Adults

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solid Rock Cafeâ&#x20AC;? (Spoken Word, Readings, Praise and Worship etc.) Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

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400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

(near Byrd Park)

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

Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

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

Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All About Celebrating Jesus! If you want to celebrate the Lord info us to share your gift

Zion Baptist Church

2006 Decatur Street, Richmond, VA 23224 ZBCOFFICE@VERIZON.NET â&#x20AC;˘ (804) 859-1985 Church OďŹ&#x192;ce Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr., Pastor

Dr. Robert L. Pettis Sr. 38th PastoralAnniversary featuring

The Richmond Gospel Gents and Saved by Grace Dr. Johnny J. Branch, Master of Ceremonies Refreshments will be served

MORNING WORSHIP Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Leo Whitaker, Executive Minister Baptist General Convention of Virginia

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New We Embrace Diversity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Love For All! A 21st Century Church

Pastor Kevin Cook

Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 10:00AM

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Sixth Baptist Church

â&#x20AC;&#x153;MAKE IT HAPPENâ&#x20AC;?

A Musical Celebration

Bible Study is now in recess for summer break and will reconvene on September 19th. Please refer to your daily readings located in your Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bulletin or visit our website.

Bible Study - Wednesday - 7 p.m. Communion - 1st Sunday

5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 â&#x20AC;˘ 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

Friday, August 2, 2019 at 7:00PM

During the month of August, all Sunday Worship Services will be held at 10 a.m. Church School will be held at 8:30 a.m.

Church School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 11:15 a.m.

Broad Rock Baptist Church

Upcoming Events & Happenings Communion Sunday Worship

August 4, 2019 @ 10:30 A. M.

August 6~ National Night Out September 6-8~ Community Weekend September 10-11~ Revival Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: On Summer Break

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

Initial Sermon of Bro. Avi Hopkins March 24, 2019 @ 3:00 P.M.

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ALYSIA VENABLE, Plaintiff v. CHRISTOPHER VENABLE, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002208-00 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 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KIMBERLY CHRISPIN, Plaintiff v. HARRY CHRISPIN, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002210-00 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 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MUSTAFA DARDEN, Plaintiff v. ANGELA DARDEN, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001520-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LEE ANN GIBBS, Plaintiff v. AUBREY GIBBS, JR., Defendant. Case No.: CL19002209-00 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 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER REGINA PEREZ, Plaintiff v. WALTER PEREZ, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002207-00 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 Continued on next column

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months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

v. JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Defendant. Case No.: CL17003420-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

described as 1 East 25th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000682/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Henry Robert Jacobs. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, HENRY ROBERT JACOBS, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that HENRY ROBERT JACOBS, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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

SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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

MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-608 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1220 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000561/0006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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

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 ROBERT. W. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HATTIE MAY MOORE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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

JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. VALORIE P. WATKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-804 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2706 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0703/009 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Valorie P. Watkins, E. Dianne Watkins and The Willie S. Watkins, III Revocable Trust. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VALORIE P. WATKINS and E. DIANNE WATKINS, 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, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, 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 VALORIE P. WATKINS, E. DIANNE WATKINS, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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 JASMINE JOHNSON, Plaintiff v. DEION BRANDON, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001581-00 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 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RACHAEL MILLER, Plaintiff v. CODY DAVIS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19-1895-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 DOUGLAS BRANCH, Plaintiff v. ROXANNE BRANCH, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001967-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: The 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 CITY OF RICHMOND FRANCIS WYNN, Plaintiff v. WAYNE J. WYNN, Defendant. Case No.: CL19002282-00-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit, brought by Francis Wynn, is a complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, Wayne J. Wynn cannot be found, and that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant; It is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before October 1, 2019 at 9:00 AM, to protect his interest herein. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Cravens & Noll, P.C. 9011 Arboretum Pkwy, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23236 (804) 330-9220 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KATINA DYERALEXANDER, Plaintiff Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARVIN MOJICA LOPEZ, Plaintiff v. SANDRA CANO MENJIVAR, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001998-00 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 4th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., CR#1 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 SUSAN SAWYER, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL SAWYER, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001929-00 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 4th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., CR#1 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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY In the matter of the adoption of a child To be known as Ashlyn Elizabeth Skai Beckwith, (Birth Certificate Registration Number, 851594, Registered in West Virginia) by Imani Marcus Jesse Beckwith Case No.: CA19-36 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for Imani Marcus Jesse Beckwith to adopt the infant/child by the name of Ashlyn Elizabeth Martin and to change the infant/child’s name to Ashlyn Elizabeth Skai Beckwith. It appearing by the affidavit that diligence has been used by or on behalf of Jessica Yvonne Beckwith to ascertain in what county or city Jonathan Wayne Robinson is without effect, it is ORDERED that Jonathan Wayne Robinson appear before this court on or before September 3, 2019, at 9 AM and protect his interests herein. An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk We ask for this: Richard D. Harris, Jr., Esquire Chesterfield Meadows Park 10305 Memory Lane, Suite 201 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 748-7573

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HENRY ROBERT JACOBS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-1771 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-630 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1210 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000561/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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. MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-607 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1212 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000561/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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. Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-609 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2406 R Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0561/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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. ROBERT W. MOORE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-449 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2620 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120318/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Robert W. Moore. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT W. MOORE, 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, HATTIE MAY MOORE, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. VALORIE P. WATKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-803 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2700 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0703/010 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Valorie P. Watkins, E. Dianne Watkins and The Willie S. Watkins, III Revocable Trust. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VALORIE P. WATKINS and E. DIANNE WATKINS, 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, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, 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 VALORIE P. WATKINS, E. DIANNE WATKINS, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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. VALORIE P. WATKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-801 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2705 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000703/019 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Valorie P. Watkins, E. Dianne Watkins and The Willie S. Watkins, III Revocable Trust. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VALORIE P. WATKINS and E. DIANNE WATKINS, 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, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, 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 VALORIE P. WATKINS, E. DIANNE WATKINS, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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. VALORIE P. WATKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-802 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2715 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000703/022 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Valorie P. Watkins, E. Dianne Watkins and The Willie S. Watkins, III Revocable Trust. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VALORIE P. WATKINS and E. DIANNE WATKINS, 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, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, 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 VALORIE P. WATKINS, E. DIANNE WATKINS, THE WILLIE S. WATKINS, III REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS M. JACKSON, III, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-60 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3709 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002466/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Thomas M. Jackson, III, Shawn Jackson, Kiarri Jackson and Rosalind Morris. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, THOMAS M. JACKSON, III, SHAWN JACKSON, KIARRI JACKSON, and ROSALIND MORRIS, 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

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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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that THOMAS M. JACKSON, III, SHAWN JACKSON, KIARRI JACKSON, ROSALIND MORRIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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

0561/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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

IT IS ORDERED that ADVANTA E. JOHNSON, and EDWARD L. JOHNSON, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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

City of Richmond v. CY Enterprises, Inc. et. al. CL18-4867 1902 Maury Street S0000290008 City of Richmond v. Richard L. Taylor, et. al. CL18-4880 1436 Rogers Street E0000768003 City of Richmond v. Willie S. Taylor, et. al. CL18-5020 1831 2/3 Thomas Street N0000946012 City of Richmond v. Albert Cook, Sr., et. al. CL18-5058 1919 North 28th Street E0120401002 City of Richmond v. Rachel Harris, et. al. CL18-5059 2024 Newbourne Street E0120285018 City of Richmond v. Harry Ransom, et. al. CL18-5119 3810 P Street E0001768018 City of Richmond v. Thelma Earl Peay, et. al. CL18-5237 907 North 24th Street E0000429018 City of Richmond v. Chris Howell, et. al. CL18-5277 5512 Walmsley Boulevard C0080815036 City of Richmond v. Hiram C. Smith, et. al. CL18-5281 1022 Kinney Street N0000619094 City of Richmond v. Mary Pauline Page, et. al. CL18-6175 30 East 28th Street S0001121001 City of Richmond v. Jessie Hilton, et. al. CL19-610 2401 Melbourne Street E0120278001 City of Richmond v. Clarke, et. al. CL18-5254 2407 Melbourne Street E0120278004 City of Richmond v. Jackson, et. al. CL18-5255 3007 Alpine Avenue N0000983019 City of Richmond v. Thompson, et. al CL18-5256 2110 Newbourne Street E0120286027 City of Richmond v. Nelson, et. al. CL18-5260 1810 North 29th Street E0000951011 City of Richmond v. Minor, et. al. CL18-5279 1110 Â˝ North 30th Street E0000568012 City of Richmond v. Simms, et. al. CL18-5280 1311 West Leigh Street N0000573010 City of Richmond v. Smith, et. al. CL18-5378

and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. T h e S p e c i a l Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances. Questions may be directed to Gregory A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski @richmondgov.com / (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com / (804) 646-6940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2401 Decatur St, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0681/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Dawn G. Johnson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DAWN G. JOHNSON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that DAWN G. JOHNSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ADVANTA E. JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-184 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1412 Bowen Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071233/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Advanta E. Johnson and Edward L. Johnson, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ADVANTA E. JOHNSON, and EDWARD L. JOHNSON, JR, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer the following real estate for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia onÂ Wednesday August 21, 2019 at 2:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected.Â The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any other terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction.Â Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale. 1610 Spotsylvania Street E0000764012 City of Richmond v. Veora Jane Allen, et al. CL17-5821 2304 Creighton Road E0120294003 City of Richmond v. Joan M. Robinson, et al. CL18-1142 3506 Woodson Avenue N0001552011 City of Richmond v. Wells Fargo Bank, et al. CL18-3084 3406 Delaware Avenue N0001265010 City of Richmond v. Nathan Carter, et al. CL18-3100 3010 Groveland Avenue N0000985007 City of Richmond v. Terry L. McGirt, et al. CL18-3212 3009 Veranda Avenue N0000985012 City of Richmond v. Terry L. McGirt et.al. CL18-3214 1913 Decatur Street S0000294023 City of Richmond v. Arthur Webb., Sr., et al. CL18-3238 229 Bermuda Road C0060422006 City of Richmond v. William Elam, Trustee, et.al. CL18-3452 2101 Phaup Street E0120259001 City of Richmond v. Daniel Bates, et. al. CL18-3828 2810 Burfoot Street S0001121020 City of Richmond v. Leonard J. Byrd, et. al. CL18-3964 711 Mitchell Street N0000280004 City of Richmond v. Ida F. Dandridge, et. al. CL18-3994 715 Mitchell Street N0000280002 City of Richmond v. Ida F. Dandridge, et. al. CL18-3996 2803 Midlothian Turnpike S0000911048 City of Richmond v. Thelma Sor, et. al. CL18-4098 3218 Richmond Henrico Tpk. N0001258039 City of Richmond v. Mary C. Jones, et.al. CL18-4135 2014 Newbourne Street E0120285020 City of Richmond v. Mary W. Clayton, et. al. CL18-4156 320 East Fells Street N0000377038 City of Richmond v. Abtelaziz Amro, et. al. CL18-4176 1401 North 32nd Street E0000800009 City of Richmond v. Manuel Anderson, et. al. CL18-4178 2501 Berwyn Street S0080380025 City of Richmond v. Sarah A. Mayo, et. al. CL18-4180 10 East 30th Street S0001345009 City of Richmond v. Rose B. Gibson, et. al. CL18-4187 3300 Utah Place N0001075038 City of Richmond v. Pamela Jo Lester, et. al. CL18-4189 2014 Carver Street E0001237022 City of Richmond v. George Hill, et. al. CL18-4269 3216 2nd Avenue N0001070004 City of Richmond v. The Fndt. For Sr. Devp., et. al. CL18-4328 1406 Bryan Street E0000604010 City of Richmond v. Juanita Burns, et. al. CL18-4330 3408 Delaware Avenue N0001265009 City of Richmond v. Nathan Carter, et al. CL18-3099 2021 Chicago Avenue S0000347023 City of Richmond v. Nathaniel Winston, et al. CL18-3144 3012 Groveland Avenue N0000985006 City of Richmond v. Terry L. McGirt, et al. CL18-3213 3011 Veranda Avenue N0000985013 City of Richmond v. Terry L.

McGirt et.al. CL18-3215 2523 Coles Street S0090104020 City of Richmond v. Donald J. Both, et. al. CL18-3260 7 West 20th Street S0000295030 City of Richmond v. Orlander Burke, et al. CL18-3571 2100 Redd Street E0000665041 City of Richmond v. Charles B. Kiser, et. al. CL18-3936 32 East 28th Street S0001121002 City of Richmond v. Leonard J. Byrd, et. al. CL18-3965 713 Mitchell Street N0000280003 City of Richmond v. Ida F. Dandridge, et. al. CL18-3995 704 Webster Street N0000280010 City of Richmond v. Mandel D. Sutton, et. al. CL18-4001 3210 Richmond Henrico Tpk. N0001258042 City of Richmond v. Clarence Jones, et.al. CL18-4134 1831 Thomas Street N0000946014 City of Richmond v. Richard Harris, Jr., et. al. CL18-4155 1831 1/3 Thomas Street N0000946013 City of Richmond v. Richard Harris, Jr., et. al. CL18-4175 1417 North 29th Street E0000717026 City of Richmond v. Samover, Inc., et. al. CL18-4177 1106 Â˝ North 32nd Street E0000722013 City of Richmond v. Bruce Robinson, et. al. CL18-4179 12 East 30th Street S0001345010 City of Richmond v. Rose B. Gibson, et. al. CL18-4186 1322 North 34th Street E0000875003 City of Richmond v. Goldie B. Terry, et. al. CL18-4188 2617 Wise Street S0000793021 City of Richmond v. Irving B. Taylor, et. al. CL18-4191 3713 Lawson Street S0042906030 City of Richmond v. George E. Branch, et. al. CL18-4327 1404 Bryan Street E0000604012 City of Richmond v. Juanita Burns, et. al. CL18-4329 3205 Stockton Street S0002132012 City of Richmond v. Got, LLC, et. al. CL18-4356 1321 North 31st Street E0000720027 City of Richmond v. Courtney R. Carter, et. al. CL18-4359 2701 Selden Street E0120319001 City of Richmond v. James E. Branch et. al. CL18-4361 1720 North 28th Street E0000864004 City of Richmond v. Isabelle T. Lasane et. al. CL18-4372 1715 North 29th Street E0000952034 City of Richmond v. Isabelle T. Lasane et. al. CL18-4373 2512 Porter Street S0000695005 City of Richmond v. James E. Moore et. al. CL18-4374 2514 Porter Street S0000695004 City of Richmond v. James E. Moore et. al. CL18-4375 1603 North 22nd Street E0000859015 City of Richmond v. Raymond Thornton et. al. CL18-4406 411 North 22nd Street E0000257020 City of Richmond v. Robert Ferguson, et. al. CL18-4437 1009 Garber Street E0100071007 City of Richmond v. Helena B. Bell, et. al. CL18-4438 2518 aka 2516 Porter Street S0000695003 City of Richmond v. Lewis Gist, Sr., et. al. CL18-4452 1605 North 22nd Street E0000859016 City of Richmond v. George Taylor, et. al. CL18-4453 2216 Carrington Street E0000469017 City of Richmond v. Joyce Shepherd, et. al CL18-4454 3122 1st Avenue N0001060001 City of Richmond v. Natasher Huckaby, et. al. CL18-4485 1209 North 31st Street E0000721023 City of Richmond v. George L. Stanley, et. al. CL18-4564 1800 Bath Street N0000946022 City of Richmond v. American Home Mort. et. al. CL18-4728 405 Catherine Street N0000208007 City of Richmond v. James Lenard, et. al. CL18-4752 1813 Â˝ North 28th Street E0120427006 City of Richmond v. William T. Pitts, et. al. CL18-4805 5304 Parker Street E0100139003 City of Richmond v. Mack W. Austin, et. al. CL18-4866 617 Northside Avenue N0001150010

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN J. RIEMANN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-170 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5601 Wainwright Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C005-0719/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, . An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN J. RIEMANN, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that JOHN J. RIEMANN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 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. MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-603 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1200 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000561/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mount Olivet Baptist Church. An Affidavit having been filed that said SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, owner of record of said parcel, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA A. JOHNSON, Executive Administrator for MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, IAN T. RICKS, Registered Agent for MAUCK & COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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

TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court.Â The purchase price will include the winning bid plus 10% of the winning bid. High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $2500.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $2500.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence. If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation. Properties are sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DANIEL HARRIS, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-461 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1507 Drewry Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071282/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Daniel Harris, Jr. and Frances W. Harris. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DANIEL HARRIS, JR, and FRANCES W. HARRIS, 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 ARCHIE C. BERKELEY, JR, Trustee of a Deed Substituting Trustee filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0915829 on July 16, 2009, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;? IT IS ORDERED that DANIEL HARRIS, JR, FRANCES W. HARRIS, ARCHIE C. BERKELEY, JR, Trustee of a Deed Substituting Trustee filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0915829 on July 16, 2009, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SEPTEMBER 12, 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. DAWN G. JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-575 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID Â ITB #19-1897-7JOK Gay Avenue and Eanes Lane Waterline Abandonment and Replacement Due: August 27, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. For additional information visit: https://henrico. us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/solicitations/

LICENSE Laith Enterprises Inc Trading as: Commerce Market N Deli 1641 Commerce Road, Richmond, Virginia 23224 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine & Beer Off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Fayad Kaiwan NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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

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Job located in Richmond, VA: Supervise the dept. throughout North America; Oversee the installation and servicing of heat sealing machines for the food service industry. Requires: 5 yrs of exp in food production environment with a primary focus on heat sealing. Send resumes to: Proseal America Inc., Attn: Ted Jones, 7611 Whitepine Rd., Richmond, VA 23237 EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, Richmond, Virginia, seeks full-time Financial Secretary. Responsibilities include conďŹ dential receipt, maintenance, accounting and disbursement of Church funds; to include the accounting for all investments/endowments, accounting for all Church property â&#x20AC;&#x201C; list of all physical assets- accounting for payroll, providing Financial Statements for individual funds, as well as, consolidated Financial Statements for all funds. The Financial Secretary prepares records for annual review by outside auditors. Applicants must have minimum twoyear Associate degree in accounting. A four-year degree in Accounting preferred. Minimum 3-5 years work experience in Accounting. Call Church oďŹ&#x192;ce/see Church website for complete job description and application (www. richmondebenezer.com). Send completed application and resume to ebcoďŹ&#x192;ce1@yahoo.com.

FULL-TIME SENIOR PASTOR Thirty-first Street Baptist Church of Richmond VA, located in historic Church Hill, seeks a full-time senior pastor. The pastorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education, training, and experience should include seminary degree(s) and a minimum of three years in a ministerial leadership role in a Baptist church. The pastor will be responsible for church leadership, both spiritual and biblical, through preaching, teaching, training, counseling and evangelism. Demonstrating godly leadership and keen administrative skill, the pastor will minister to the current needs of the church, while preparing and equipping the fellowship with the tools to assist membership sustainability for the next generation church. The pastor will work collaboratively with the Trustees, Deacons, Deacons Auxiliary Ministry, staff and congregation to uphold and cultivate the church mission and vision while developing disciples. Mail resumes to: THIRTY-FIRST STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 823 N. Thirty-first Street Richmond, Virginia 23223 ATTN: Pastor Search Committee Email resumes to: info@31sbc.org

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