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Cheating at Carver State investigation uncovers a continuous cheating scheme at the Richmond elementary school that reportedly involved the principal and a small ring of teachers.

Superintendent Jason Kamras said students “did nothing wrong.”

By Ronald E. Carrington and Jeremy M. Lazarus

During her six-year tenure as principal of George W. Carver Elementary School, Kiwana Yates allegedly orchestrated a major educational scam that ensured students scored high on state Standards of Learning tests even if they could not read well, write well and had not mastered arithmetic.

According to the state Department of Education, Ms. Yates organized a compliant group of at least five teachers to monitor the testing, and those teachers coached students and enabled them to change wrong answers.

The scheme fell apart — and Ms. Yates was removed as principal in June — when investigators confirmed earlier RPS findings that a majority of Carver students who had passed SOL tests with flying colors in the fifth grade were unable to pass tests in reading and math after moving on to Albert H. Hill Middle School.

Only about two in five former Carver students continued to do well at the middle school in those subjects, according to the findings.

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Kiwana Yates, the ousted principal of Carver Elementary School, sheds a tear during a March 2015 school assembly for winning a R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership. The award, given in partnership with The Community Foundation, came with a $15,000 prize. Half was for her personal use. The other half, she said at the time, would be used for educational field trips.

have been discovered at a few city schools, the Carver scandal hit home. For the past few years, Ms. Yates had been lauded as an educational savant because of the remarkably high pass rates that Carver students achieved.

During Ms. Yates’ tenure, Carver was named a National Blue Ribbon School, one of only seven schools in the state and 329 in the country to receive the honor.

“We take an all-hands-on-deck approach to educating our children,” Ms. Yates told the Free Press in 2015 in seeking to explain the school’s remarkable success educating students who came largely from low-income homes. “A kid is a kid, and it doesn’t really matter where they came from. It takes a level of excellence from the teacher and the ability of the school to meet the needs of each child.”

Since 2014 when pass rates at Carver began zooming upward, the results were largely taken at face value by School Board members, RPS administrators and even state officials who were eager to believe that Ms. Yates had a special touch.

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Richmond Police Department takes up #LipSyncChallenge

By Samantha Willis

The Richmond Police Department wants to “see how big your brave is,” they say — or rather, sing — in a new video racking up views on social media.

The “Richmond Police Lip Sync Challenge” is inspired by an online trend in which police officers, firefighters and ambulance workers dance as they lip sync to popular tunes.

The public relations craze, designed to show the “human side” of police and foster connections with the community, has gone nationwide as police and sheriffs departments across the country get creative and post their efforts on YouTube and social media.

Using its Facebook page, the Richmond Police Department invited Richmonders on July 26 to go to Brown’s Island on the Downtown riverfront to take part in the video’s filming. A diverse swath of the community — including children and elders, African-Americans and Caucasians — eagerly responded to the call, which encouraged them to show up and “be ready to dance!”

“Our community came out with less than a few hours’ notice because they wanted to be a part of it,” Antoinette Archer, the department’s human re-

sources director, stated in an email to the Free Press.

The finished product, a nearly 4-minute video released last Friday, was a creative take on a recruitment campaign featuring not only RPD officers, but also dispatchers, Richmond Ambulance Authority personnel and firefighters. Set to singer Sara Bareilles chart-topping single “Brave,” officers and citizens lip sync the lyrics and dance together in various locations around the city.

Last week, Twitter user @RM2SteveG asked if Ms. Bareilles had seen the video.

The Grammy-nominated songstress

tweeted back: “I have now and oh my God I can’t stop smiling. :).”

“You can be amazing,” a young girl lip syncs at the start of the Richmond video, staring directly into the camera.

She seems to be speaking to the community, the same community that inspired the department to create the video, Ms. Archer said.

“Broadening the community’s knowledge of our services and programs is always our goal,” she said.

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Commonwealth Catholic Charities wants to purchase the Community Bainbridge Baptist Church building at 1101 Bainbridge St. in South Side to house a new city shelter and homeless services center.

New city shelter for the homeless?

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For the past four winters, men and women who lack shelter have streamed into the shabby and increasingly vacant Public Safety Building near City Hall to spend the night when temperatures fall below 40 degrees.

On Oct. 1 when the next heating season begins, the building will continue to serve as the city’s overflow shelter for an average of 82 people a night unless a plan to shift the operation to a historic church building in South Side gains traction.

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The Richmond Police Department’s lip sync challenge video posted last Friday to the department’s Facebook page has garnered more than 655,000 views.

Lone African-American food vendor at Washington training camp

By Reginald Stuart

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Herman Baskerville Sr., 45, owner of Big Herm’s Kitchen in Jackson Ward, said being a food vendor for several seasons at the Washington NFL team’s training camp on Leigh Street has provided visibility and profits.

Winning a football game is not easy, not to mention a full season.

The Washington professional football team knows that firsthand, having seen championships slip from its grasp year after year.

Still, the team persists, with its summer training camp in Richmond getting underway.

Richmond businessman Herman Baskerville, owner of Big Herm’s Kitchen on 2nd Street in Jackson Ward, again is on hand, offering a tasty Richmond welcome to NFL fans as they gather for the Washington team’s training days at the Bon Secours facility on West Leigh Street.

Mr. Baskerville is among a small team of food vendors selling a variety of dishes inside the training facility. Again, as in the past two years at least, Big Herm’s is the only locally owned minority food vendor selected for the 19-day training camp, an Please turn to A4

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New PALs Gov. Ralph S. Northam takes a knee to hear the question posed by 9-year-old Kimoni Jenkins, 9, Wednesday morning during his visit to the Richmond Police Athletic League Summer Camp in North Side. “Is being governor hard work?” she asked.

The governor spent an hour fielding questions from the 130 youngsters at the camp, where they are enjoying a variety of sports and educational and fun field trips this summer. The group is to go to the State Capitol on Thursday.

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Mayor Levar M. Stoney, left, Festival of the River in June. takes part in a tour of the new artJered Fykes’s work “Let the Art work decorating four storm drains Be How It’s Supposed to Be” is at in Carytown. Here, the group is Slices of life and scenes a second drain at Belmont and Cary viewing Elise Neuschler’s “Deep streets, and Amy Smith’s “They’re in Richmond Texas Beach” mural at Cary and Counting on You” is located at Sheppard streets. Above, the tour stops at Melissa another drain at Sheppard and Cary streets.

Rosener’s “A Postcard to the James” at Belmont The winners of the RVAH2O Storm Drain and Cary streets.

Art Initiative were selected from among 29 Ms. Neuschler and Ms. Rosener were among five entries. This is the third year the art contest artists who each were awarded $400 commissions has been held. for storm drain art. One, Hope Morgan, painted her The goal: To encourage the public to help end “King of the River City” piece in a traffic circle at pollution of city streams and the James River by 7th and Tredegar streets in Downtown during the not using storm drains as trash bins.

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35th Annual Jamie Nolan wins city Democratic National Night Out Committee leadership post Tuesday, Aug. 7

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Ronald E. Carrington

The Richmond Police Department is gearing up for the 35th Annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

The event, which is observed across the country, is designed to promote safe neighborhoods while building police-community partnerships and relationships among neighbors.

Richmond Police will host a pre-event kickoff 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Target, 7101 Forest Hill Ave. “We will be handing out crime prevention material as well as hot dogs and drinks,” Lt. Victor Greene said.

All city residents are urged to participate in National Night Out. Neighborhood organizations and block party organizers can register their Aug. 7 event on the RPD website, www. richmondgov.com/Police/NationalNightOut.aspx, and a police care officer will attend to provide crime prevention materials and activities for children, Lt. Greene said.

“A strong partnership between the citizens and law enforcement is a powerful tool in fighting crime, which begins with building a sense of community,” said Lt. Greene, a 25-year veteran with the department.

Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond will hold a National Night Out/Back-to-School Drive 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Pollard Park, 900 Brookland Park Blvd. Featured will be performances by John Doe, Yxung TK and TEK Emanuel, with appearances by Atlantic Records recording artist Brian Angel and Rap-Unzel, who was featured on the cable television show, “The Rap Game.”

Organizers ask participants to bring school supplies for 800 backpacks it hopes to provide for city students.

The Six Points Innovation Center will display its interactive project on city planning and community assessment for the Highland Park neighborhood from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the center, 3001 Meadowbridge Road. The center will have games, food, dancing and a talent show, as well as listening booths and conversations about changes happening in the neighborhood.

Greenfield Residences at Monument Avenue will host their first National Night Out block party in front of their building, 501 N. Allen Ave., from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. In addition to food and music, the event will feature information booths on senior health care and safety.

Lt. Greene said many of the crimes in Richmond are solved because of residents assisting with information.

“National Night Out is just one way of fulfilling the promise of giving neighborhood crime and drugs a going-away party, as well as continuing to strengthen healthy partnerships,” he said.

For a list of National Night Out events in Richmond, go to www. richmondgov.com/Police/documents/2018NNOEventListing.pdf.

Backpack giveaway, tax holiday this weekend This is a big weekend for back-to-school supplies in the Richmond area.

The Northside Coalition for Children will hold its 10th Annual Back-to-School Rally 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4., at Richmond Raceway, 600 E. Laburnum Ave. Led by former Richmond School Board member Shonda Harris-Muhammed, the event will feature distribution of backpacks stuffed with school supplies.

Public school students from the Richmond area will be eligible to receive the supplies, according to the announcement.

Also this weekend is the annual Virginia sales tax holiday on purchases of back-to-school items, including clothing, as well as hurricane supplies and energy-efficient appliances.

Buyers can save the 5.3 percent state sales tax on eligible items from Friday, Aug. 3, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, as part of the state’s effort to spur sales.

Details on the sales tax holiday, including qualifying items: https://tax.virginia.gov/virginia-sales-tax-holiday.

The rising political influence of women is being felt in Richmond.

In an unprecedented move, the reorganized Richmond City Democratic Committee elected five women to the top six leadership positions Saturday in undergoing a major shakeup.

The winners include Jamie Nolan, 34, who beat former Richmond City Council President Michelle Mosby for the position of chair at the committee meeting held at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.

Other winners include Alexsis Rogers, who was elected first vice chair; Christie Ann Bieber, second vice chair; Shonda Harris-Muhammed, third vice chair; and Rae Cousins, treasurer.

Tavarris Spinks, the only man to win office, was elected secretary.

The change is expected to resound in this heavily Democratic city in which the committee is now the largest political organization and where its endorsement is considered significant and influential on the outcome of local elections.

“My top priority is to expand the membership of the committee” in the most Democratic city in the state, Ms. Nolan said in an interview after winning the top post.

She noted that the committee currently is composed of about 240 people, including those elected to committee posts and others who are members by virtue of their

public or party offices.

“We need to change the bylaws to open committee membership to any registered voter who wants to take part,” she said, in order to boost the number of people engaged in voter registration work and get-out-the-vote efforts on Election Day. Ms. Nolan, who is the full-time director of the Commonwealth Victory Fund that raises money for Democratic incumbent state legislators and candidates, is believed to be one of the rare women to serve as city committee chair. Sandra D. Bowen and Viola O. Baskerville, two other women who Ms. Nolan have held the post, went on to serve as state cabinet secretaries.

Ms. Nolan, who previously served as committee secretary, takes over from James E. “J.J.” Minor III, who served four terms as chairman.

This was Ms. Nolan’s second effort to move up to chair. Last winter, she was runner-up to Mr. Minor, who gained a fifth term as chairman. However, the 4th Congressional District Democratic Committee threw out the election results after finding violations of party rules during the election process.

Mr. Minor appealed, but the finding was upheld in June by the state Democratic Party’s Steering Committee, which ordered new elections and oversaw last Saturday’s proceedings.

Mr. Minor said he did not run again for the chairmanship partly because he is fed up with what he called “game playing” surrounding the election process.

“I don’t need to be the chair,” he told the Free Press. “I was a community activist before I was committee chair, and I’ll be a community activist after this. I have been involved in helping people win elections from Mr. Minor the School Board to the president. I don’t owe anyone in this town a darn thing.”

While the state party’s staff denied it, Mr. Minor also claimed that Ms. Nolan gained an advantage by working near the staff of the state Democratic Party. He also said the party’s failure initially to find a location for the meeting and then changing the date benefited Ms. Nolan.

“I don’t have time for these shenanigans,” said Mr. Minor, a city employee and president of the Richmond Branch NAACP who’s the son of Richmond Delegate Delores L. McQuinn.

Richmond woman rattled by incident with Henrico police

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Qunita Jones knows how actor Ving Rhames felt when he was confronted at his California home by police investigating a neighbor’s call that a “large black man” was breaking in.

The 25-year-old Richmond poet said she had a similar racial profiling experience with officers from Henrico County Police Division.

Ms. Jones and her fiancé had just finished breakfast at a restaurant at The Shops at Willow Lawn around 9 a.m. June 16. The drama happened as she walked to the car while he went to refill his drink, she said.

Suddenly, she said, she was confronted by a white Henrico police officer, who hopped out of his car and loudly said, “We got a call about a fight. Where are the other guys that were with you?”

Ms. Jones said she told the officer he had the wrong person, then repeated it when another officer arrived and asked her the whereabouts of two men and a fight police were told was going on outside the restaurant.

Again, she said, she told the officers, “You have the wrong person. I just finished eating breakfast.”

She said she felt intimidated as the officers continued to question her.

When she told them she was being profiled because she is

black, she said one officer told her not to go there.

She wondered where the report of a fight outside the restaurant had come from. She said the couple had not heard any arguments or sounds of a fight while eating on the restaurant’s outdoor patio.

When her fiancé joined her, he told her to get out their restaurant receipt. She also pointed to other customers at the restaurant who had seen them dining at the restaurant and not involved in a dispute.

At that point, the officers left, she said.

She said she telephoned Henrico Police and learned that the caller told police two black men and a black woman wearing a sleeveless top were involved.

Ms. Jones said she was dressed in long-sleeve exercise top. “The only description that matched was black female,” Ms. Jones said.

“I was fortunate that it did not escalate,” she said. “However, it was very alarming.”

She said she believed that had there not been a crowd at the restaurant, “this could have turned out very different.”

“For the police department to kind of shrug it off and chalk it up to my being black at the wrong place and wrong time is totally out of order.”

Ms. Jones said she filed a complaint, but has not heard from Henrico Police. The department also did not respond to a Free Press request for comment.

Work nearly complete on RRHA heating systems The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is near the finish line when it comes to repairing or replacing hundreds of apartment radiators that failed to work last winter in public housing units.

As of Friday, July 27, repairs on radia-

tors in only nine apartments remained to be completed, according to Orlando Artze, RRHA’s interim chief executive officer.

So far, work is complete on 402 units, including 78 units in Creighton Court and 324 units in other public housing com-

munities, he said.

Under a new policy, RRHA plans to inspect heating systems in every unit to ensure they are in working condition before the new heating season starts Oct. 1. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Cheating scheme at Carver elementary school Continued from A1

100 percent of fifth-grade students passing SOL tests in reading and math, ranking the school as the best in the city and among the top schools in Virginia.

Carver may not be the only school that has been nudging results. John Butcher, who bills himself as the “Cranky Taxpayer” and whose hobby involves researching and creating graphs and charts from RPS educational data, issued his own report a few weeks ago suggesting that cheating might be going on at eight other Richmond elementary schools, based on their statistics. His findings have not triggered any additional investigations.

Even as the finger-pointing begins at those involved and questions are being raised about criminal charges and how to help the students who are now struggling in middle school, Richmond can take some solace that this is not unusual.

New Richmond schools Superintendent Jason Kamras arrived in February as a scandal erupted in Washington, laying bare a cheating scandal there and the false picture of educational success produced by a program of teacher evaluation that Mr. Kamras was instrumental in creating.

Cheating scandals are not unusual in an era when student results on high-stakes tests like the SOLs determine salaries, raises and promotions for teachers, principals and schools. Examples are legion, a computer search shows. Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston and St. Louis are among cities that have experienced cheating scandals. So have Henrico and Chesterfield counties and Petersburg. The state reports 30 cheating scandals in the city and its two neighboring counties within the last five years.

The 34-page state report on Carver easily uncovered what was going on.

Students who were interviewed described the coaching. “When I raised my hand,” one student said, (the teacher monitoring the test) would tell me to keep going if I did it right. If it was wrong, she would tell me to try again.”

Another student said if she didn’t know the answer, “I’d raise my hand and ask for help. They would read to me. They would sit down next to me and read to me.”

“When I raised my hand and asked what a word meant, (a teacher) would help me. She would use the word in a sentence for me.”

Other members of the faculty described a system in which Ms. Yates sought to ensure that only certain teachers served as test monitors. Investigators were told that only certain people administered “the vast majority of the SOL tests.”

One teacher reported that “it’s like (there are) testing committees. They (certain staff) test everyone.”

Another reported: “Some people test. Some people don’t. We don’t talk about it.”

In the report, Dr. Yates denied that a small group of teachers handled testing. “Anybody in my building is able to administer tests. It doesn’t matter who tests them (the students). Anybody should be able to administer tests.”

However, Assistant Principal Fay Joyner told investigators that “Dr. Yates felt a group of teachers were not capable of testing — that they did not provide a positive outlook for students.”

Ms. Joyner described receiving text messages late in the evenings from Dr. Yates about making changes in the testing plan for the next day and spelling out which teachers would administer SOL tests.

Mr. Kamras triggered the investigation earlier this year when he advised the state Department of Education of concerns raised

by School Board members and community members about Carver’s success.

VDOE officials said Mr. Kamras told them the biggest concern was the fact that Carver students were failing SOL tests at the middle school level. There also was concern that students at Carver who retested after failing the first time seemed to make huge gains in their scores on the second tests.

Ms. Yates’ control began to crumble May 24, when Mr.

Kamras received tips from school insiders about testing irregularities and called on VDOE to investigate, resulting in the Carver’s 2018 results being thrown out and a new round of testing ordered for all of the students. The retesting took place in late June. Those results have not been publicly released.

In a statement, Mr. Kamras described Mr. Kamras the VDOE report as “deeply troubling. It presents abundant evidence of what amounts to cheating by a small group of adults on the SOL examinations in the past several years.”

He exonerated the students, stating they “did nothing wrong; they merely followed the instructions of the adults responsible for them.”

He also vowed to root out cheating and to have a working group recommend changes in policies and procedures to prevent any recurrence at Carver and all other city schools.

Along with members of the School Board, Mr. Kamras bemoaned the impact on the children and the fact that the cheating helped reinforce stereotypes that children of color who live in poverty cannot learn.

“High achievement at every one of our high-poverty schools is unequivocally possible,” said Mr. Kamras, who was a 2005 National Teacher of the Year. “I’ve seen it with my own students when I taught in a high-poverty neighborhood in Washington, D.C., and I’ve seen it in countless classrooms across the country — including Richmond.”

According to an RPS spokeswoman, Ms. Yates is still listed as an RPS employee, although whether she is on paid or unpaid leave is uncertain. Five teachers named in the state report also have been removed from Carver, according to sources, but Mr. Kamras would not comment on whether they are still employed by the school system.

The RPS process for separating an employee can take 90 to 120 days, if that process has been started.

With new classes set to start early next month, there are hopes that returning faculty and students can move on. “The misjudgment of a few should not allow us to paint a large brush of mistrust on all of the past gains made by Carver,” stated School Board Chair Dawn Page, 8th District.

Several School Board members worried that the cheating “has potentially caused linMs. Page gering distrust by present and former Carver students of teachers, in particular, and adults, in general.”

Expressing his frustration, School Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, said, “It is extraordinarily disheartening and disappointing that these teachers and a principal that were entrusted to be role models and lift up our children did everything but that.’’

“The worst thing we can do is feed the narrative that our children can’t excel,” Mr. Kamras said. “We know that is far from the truth. Our children deserve highly ethical and enriched learning with adults that demonstrate integrity.”

Tiawana Giles, previously an assistant principal at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary, has been tapped to be Carver’s principal for the start of the 2018-19 school year.

School Board member James “Scott” Barlow, who represents the 2nd District where Carver is located, has been meeting with Ms. Giles on a weekly basis along with other community members to ensure that she gets off to a great start at Carver.

“What happened at Carver helped to perpetuate stereotypes about what children from low income families and children of color can achieve,” Mr. Kamras said at Monday’s press conference.

“Please use this as a wake-up call to support Carver and RPS. We need caring, responsible adults to get involved as much as ever,” he said.

“It’s going to require us to confront biases and stereotypes head-on to provide more and better support to our students and teachers alike, to be bold and innovative, to fiercely advocate for more resources, and to be unrelenting in the face of challenges ahead.”

New city shelter for the homeless?

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Commonwealth Catholic Charities, which operates the overflow shelter for the City of Richmond, is proposing to buy the former Community Bainbridge Baptist Church building at 1101 Bainbridge St. as a new home for the shelter and an array of other services for the homeless.

There are hurdles ahead. Richmond City Council would need to approve a special use permit to allow CCC to transform the 20,000-square-foot building into its housing resources center, including the case management and social service programs now operating at 511 W. Grace St. and the organization’s Henrico County headquarters.

So far, 6th District Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, who represents the area, has yet to signal support for relocating the Downtown shelter into a part of Manchester that is being revitalized with new homes, apartments and cultural arts operations.

Jay Brown, CCC’s housing services director, confirmed that the nonprofit has a tentative agreement to purchase the renovated, 161-year-old building that originally served Bainbridge Street Baptist Church and in recent years has been home to Community Bainbridge Baptist and its youth education arm, Commonwealth Christian Academy. Both are led by Dr. Michael D. McClary, who also is founder and leader of the 31-year-old Good Samaritan Ministries that serves the homeless and recovering addicts.

The renamed Community Baptist Church cleared the way for a sale of the property with its move to the former home of Southampton Baptist Church on Comanche Drive in Stratford Hills.

“Everyone knows the space at the Public Safety Building is inadequate,” Mr. Brown said, but finding a building in good condition that can accommodate both a shelter that could serve up to 175 people during the day and night along with providing space for other services has been a tough task.

Shunda T. Giles, director of the Richmond Department of Social Services, said her agency and CCC have reviewed 36 properties during the past four years to try to find a replacement for the Public Safety Building, “which was always intended to be a temporary solution” to shelter the homeless.

Mr. Brown said, and Ms. Giles confirmed, that CCC is not under city pressure to move out of the Public Safety Building, which is among the properties the city is offering to give to a group seeking to develop a new Coliseum and generate other developments.

Plans that group, NH District Corp., have shared with city officials show new office buildings — possibly intended for the Virginia Commonwealth University medical campus — rising on the land the Public Safety Building occupies.

“We have been looking for an alternative location for the operations of the Cold Weather Overflow Shelter,” Ms. Giles stated in an email to the Free Press.

CCC has been searching for a new location since 2014.

“In 2017, CCCVA informed us they might have found the site, and agreed the new location has potential for housing the shelter, but would require a special use permit,” Ms. Giles stated.

Mr. Brown and his staff and the Department of Social Services staff are conducting outreach to the residents who live near the

RPD takes up #LipSyncChallenge Continued from A1

RPD was not the main point of the video, Ms. Archer said, but it did offer an opportunity for citizens to witness a different side of the police force.

“We believe the Richmond Police Department is one of the most diverse, community-engaged departments in the country and we wanted to showcase that,” she said.

Touted by her colleagues as the driving force behind the video, Ms. Archer is listed as a producer in the short video’s credits. She said the public stoked the department’s interest in participating in the lip sync challenge.

“Each time an agency created a video,

we were tagged on social media over and over again,” she said.

Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham gave the green light, and soon after, the RPD team started production. Richmond-based companies assisted. Richard MacDonald of New Media Systems Inc. directed the video, with creative direction by David Neale of Fable Branding.

Another Virginia police agency’s effort won national attention. The Norfolk Police Department’s #LipSyncChallenge video features officers singing and dancing to Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk.”

In early July, the Norfolk officers’ video and one of its stars, Officer Christopher Taveras, appeared on NBC Nightly News, boosting an already overwhelming online

response.

At press time Wednesday, the Norfolk police video had been viewed more than 72 million times.

The Richmond video has garnered more than 655,000 views.

Creating the video was a morale booster for the entire agency and a way to show appreciation for its employees and their daily efforts, Ms. Archer said.

“Working in public safety is an intense career choice for all of our employees, sworn and civilian. They deserve a moment to just breathe and have fun, too.”

RPD now challenges Henrico County Police and Henrico County Fire Departments to accept the #LipSyncChallenge and create their own video.

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event that generates priceless global visibility for its participants.

“We make money” working the summer training days, visibility aside, said Mr. Baskerville, as he helped his crew earlier this week to ready the variety of foods that are similar to the fare served daily at Big Herm’s Kitchen.

“We’ve never lost money out here,” he added.

He said the vendor opportunity allows him to hire 16 extra people during training camp and, he believes, gets him added attention and business from outside the city year-round.

The additional staff, which includes a banker and a teacher among the crew, helps prepare and serve fried catfish, chicken wings, shrimp, onion rings and French fries, all served from his walkup vendor station just inside the Richmond facility’s entryway.

Unlike big national companies, Mr. Baskerville doesn’t have scientific studies to show how people from outside the Richmond area know of him. Based on anecdotal input, he suspects word-ofmouth advertising from someone who has visited or heard of Big Herm’s from past football camps explains why a tour bus

full of people from Florida stopped at his restaurant this week en route to New York City. The only reason was to get food at Big Herm’s, he said proudly.

It’s that kind of anecdotal point that renews his feeling the tough work of being a vendor is worth it.

Mr. Baskerville and others who work such short-term events say being such a vendor does have its challenges, among them finding temporary staff and making sure the distraction is worth it. That helps explain why Mr. Baskerville is again this year the only minority food vendor of the six working inside the stadium.

The city-owned training facility, which Bon Secours uses year-round, offers local businesses extra income when the Washington team is in town during the summer. This year’s camp started July 26 and continues through Aug. 14.

“Each year, we review vendors and subcontractors needed to support our training camp,” said Tony Wyllie, senior vice president of the football team. “Wherever possible, we choose Richmond-based small businesses. This year, 44 percent of vendors and subcontractors are small businesses based out of the Richmond area and 13 percent are minority owned,” he said in a brief telephone interview this week.

In addition to Big Herm’s, Mr. Wyl-

lie cited Elite Services, a woman-owned cleaning service, and Commonwealth Tent, a minority-owned tent supplier, as part of the team’s roster of vendors.

Without commenting on the stagnant rate of minority food vendor participation, Mr. Willey said the team was “looking forward to a great training camp in Richmond.”

At Richmond City Hall, the feeling about minority food vendor participation at this year’s camp appears to be overshadowed by a growing list of concerns building on the decision by the Richmond City Council earlier this year to take over the $8.5 million debt still owed on construction of the facility. City Council voted to pay $750,000 a year for 15 years to retire the debt.

“The absence of more local and minority vendors is just one of a number of concerns the mayor has with the existing agreement,’ said Jim Nolan, spokesman for Mayor Levar M. Stoney.

The city’s economic development agency and the football team are in the process of trying to work out a deal extending the football team’s contract to train in Richmond. The current deal expires in 2020.

Those big issues aside, Mr. Baskerville and his crew were hard at work this week on what they hope will be another successful year.

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The Public Safety Building at 501 N. 9th St. in Downtown has served as a cold weather overflow shelter for the homeless for the last four years.

building. Mr. Brown held a community meeting Wednesday night to hear from residents to address any concerns before applying for a special use permit.

He also is working with former City Council President Kathy Graziano to generate support for approval of a special use permit.

In a statement to the Free Press, Ms. Robertson indicated that there had been too much secrecy about the property search.

She also expressed her wish that Ms. Giles, and other officials, including those from CCC, had been more open, rather than waiting to drop a special use permit request on the council.

Officials, Ms. Robertson said, should have come to City Council and the community to inform them “of the need to find a new location.”

She stated that the city also should “publish the need, the services and the boxes to be checked off, go through a citizen planning process to determine location criteria, offer an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow for homeless housing and create a homeless prevention plan for the city.”

Ms. Robertson also stated that city officials should have issued a request for proposals for a housing resources services center with projected costs outlined as well as the city’s expectations of its service partners.

Suggesting that council might muster the seven votes needed to support the proposed Coliseum development and prevent further use of the Public Safety Building, Ms. Robertson stated, “If, and most likely, services would immediately be needed for this upcoming winter, a community engagement should be done now to identify a location for one year while the permanent plan is done.”

She stated that Mayor Levar M. Stoney and the administration should be planning to present a budget amendment to City Council in March to address costs the city might have to absorb for a new center.

Mr. Brown remains optimistic about winning the community over.

“Our goal is to open in the new site by Oct. 1,” he said, despite the fact that a special use permit has yet to be introduced and, once that happens, it could take two months before council votes on it.

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No game Where is LeBron James when we need him?

This week, while Mr. James was in Ohio announcing the opening of his new, multimillion-dollar I PROMISE School in conjunction with the Akron Public Schools, Richmond Public Schools officials were busy dissecting the cheating scandal at Carver Elementary School and trying to prevent the sad turn of affairs from becoming a national public relations nightmare.

Carver’s former principal and the school previously received blue ribbon acclaim from the U.S. Department of Education along with many local accolades for students’ high achieving test scores that state officials have now uncovered as fake because of a cheating ring among a half-dozen educators at the school.

The tragic irony is that the principal of Carver and her small inner circle of teachers may be facing termination or loss of their teaching licenses because they, like Mr. James, simply wanted the best for the largely African-American student body from highpoverty, low-income backgrounds.

Unfortunately, unlike Mr. James, the Carver principal and her buddies were going about it in a drastically detrimental way.

By helping third-, fourth- and fifth-graders pass their state Standards of Learning tests through unacceptable means and winning federal blue ribbon recognition, they may have crippled hundreds of youngsters, many of whom state officials found failed to pass the state tests once they reached middle school.

Such failure has devastating effects on children, not to mention the questioning the youngsters have undergone from teachers and state Education Department officials seeking to uncover the cheating that has been rumored for years.

Few people could believe that children from such resource-scarce backgrounds could achieve such high test scores that well-outranked state norms.

We at the Free Press also heard those rumors and investigated. We also sent a reporter to the school for a day, which resulted in articles detailing multiple extra efforts by teachers and a large contingent of community volunteers to bolster student achievement and success at Carver.

Following the articles’ publication, we wanted to believe that students, no matter their backgrounds and the obstacles they face, can do well. But we also wondered why Carver’s efforts garnering success and high praise weren’t used as a template for replication at Richmond’s other underachieving schools.

Now we know why.

We also question why the long-running and deeply held suspicions weren’t investigated by previous school administrations and the School Board. Richmond has had three superintendents since 2009.

The state investigation shows just how desperate the Carver principal — and perhaps the RPS administration — were to clinch a win that they ignored the cost. Carver students became the unwitting victims of the personal and political agendas of the adults involved.

One major immediate question is how can the damage to former and current students at Carver be mitigated? Because of this appalling situation, any legitimate success by a Carver student — and other RPS students — may be given the side eye by people questioning if it is real or fake. While that’s not fair, it’s understandable given today’s headlines.

RPS has a long road ahead to renew public confidence in its integrity. In a first step in the right direction, the Carver principal has been removed and an interim replacement has been named. School officials remain mum on what will happen to the teachers involved.

We believe they also should be removed.

The city and RPS are left embarrassed, and parents and community supporters want to know what’s next — not only for their children — but for the entire system.

Even as city taxpayers strain to pump in millions of dollars to fix up the long-neglected, decrepit school buildings where students are sent to learn each day, we now are faced with an even more critical dilemma that goes beyond bricks and mortar: What really is going on inside the classroom? And what can we, as a community, do to ensure that actual learning and true achievement is taking place?

Richmond doesn’t have a wealthy NBA superstar to financially kick-start an innovative new school offering STEM classes and a myriad of food, mental health, education and job services for children and their families. Instead, we need a superintendent and School Board with the outsized vision and audacious skills of LeBron James to put RPS and its 24,000 students on a path to academic achievement and success.

Parents and the entire Richmond community want to see our children do more than just survive. We want them to thrive, now and in the future.

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Sister power making a difference I cannot count the times I have heard that black women don’t support each other. I always thought that was wishful thinking for those who wanted to play down our unity and our work for our people that ultimately benefit all people without regard to race, creed, color, religion and all the other things that often divide us. In order to succeed, black women have persisted for success against the greatest of odds.

Black women know that all anybody has to do is tell us what we can’t do and the game is on! While we welcome the help of others who want to see the change we need to make our nation more livable for all people, others are slowly beginning to see that black women are serious. And when we’ve got our eyes on the prize, nothing will stop us from doing our part to make a difference.

Charlotte, N.C., is named for Queen Charlotte who meets the “One Drop Rule”—meaning that if you have one drop of black blood, you are black.

Since Charlotte was so successful as the queen of Britain and Ireland from 1761 to 1818 in which her mixed ancestry is convincingly revealed, there are

Dr. E. Faye Williams still some who want to deny her black blood and question the legitimacy of her race.

Dr. Stephanie Myers recently wrote a well-researched book called “Invisible Queen” and she dispels any notion of Charlotte being anything other than a sister. Charlotte married into the British royal family at age 17, and history tells us that Charlotte understood her obligation to protect our people. It was no secret that she worked against slavery.

By the way, Charlottesville and Charlotte County, Va., are named for Queen Charlotte. So are the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C.,

named in her honor, as are many cities across the country and around the world. This sister used her sister power to do so many great things.

I was speaking recently with Dr. Lue Russell, chairperson of my organization in my home state of Louisiana. She told me the number of black women mayors has risen since we celebrated 19 a few months ago. Louisiana just added one more, so there are now 20 black women mayors in the state, including in the three largest cities of New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport.

We’re everywhere. There are black women mayors in Charlotte, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Atlanta; Baltimore; Washington; San Francisco; Fontana and Compton, Calif.; Toledo, Ohio; Rochester, N.Y.; Tacoma, Wash.; Flint, Mich.; Gary, Ind.; and the list goes on.

These sisters are representing a lot of people of all backgrounds and we haven’t heard a single uncouth word from any of them as we hear daily from the White House.

In Alabama, sister power

Russia’s sabotage of U.S. elections “It’s undeniable that the Russians are taking the lead on this. Basically, they are the ones that are trying to undermine our basic values, divide us with our allies. They are the ones that are trying to wreak havoc over our election process. We need to call them out on that. It’s critical that we do so, and then take steps to make sure that they are not able to do this with an election coming up ...” — Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, July 19, 2018.

We don’t yet know — and perhaps may never fully know — to what extent Russian efforts to sabotage American elections succeeded. What we do know is that, in addition to waging a massive disinformation campaign on social media, Kremlin-backed hackers: • Accessed private email accounts, • Stole personal information on at least 500,000 voters from a state election website, • Visited other state websites to identify vulnerabilities and • Infiltrated a voter registration software company and disseminated malicious software to Florida county election officials.

We also don’t know to what extent any Americans cooperated with Russians in these crimes. We know that the Trump campaign was at least willing to consider accepting opposition research from people known to have ties to the Kremlin. We

know a congressional candidate asked for and received damaging stolen information on his or her opponent.

Most importantly, we know that Russia continues its efforts at sabotaging our democracy and little or nothing is being done to stop it.

Marc H. Morial Protecting the integrity of our democratic process should be the top priority of our elected officials. Instead, the president openly contradicts the assessment of American intelligence and the House of Representatives eliminated new funding for states to strengthen election security.

The arrest of Russian operative Maria Butina, who forged close alliances with the NRA, raises questions about whether Russian money was illegally funneled to political candidates through that organization — and whether those candidates are Congress members who may have motive to thwart such an investigation.

Shortly after the inauguration of Mr. Trump, I noted that because his elevation to the office was by way of the anachronistic Electoral College, and not the will of a majority of voters, he owed the American people an exceptional level of deference.

Instead, he repeatedly has shown deference to the architect of the sabotage, lending validity to Vladimir Putin’s discredited denials and refusing to acknowledge the conclusion of the intelligence community that Russia has interfered and

continues to do so.

In his farewell address, President George Washington warned “against the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” He wasn’t speaking in the abstract.

France was actively trying to influence the American election in favor of Thomas Jefferson, who championed France in its conflict with Great Britain.

France’s attempts backfired, however, as voters viewed Jefferson’s party as pawns of the French government.

James Madison wrote to Mr. Jefferson just before the 1796 election that France’s scheme was “working all the evil with which it is pregnant.” Mr. Jefferson lost to John Adams, who supported France’s rival Great Britain.

Almost as though he could foresee our present situation, Mr. Washington said in his address, “Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.”

We will not surrender our interests.

For African-Americans, the right to vote is sacred. The men and women who died in the bloody battle for black suffrage — heroes such as the Rev. George Lee, Medgar Evers, Jimmy Lee Jackson, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Mickey Schwerner and Viola Liuzzo — are nothing less than martyrs. Inaction in the face of election sabotage is an affront to their memory. It is sacrilege.

The writer is president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League.

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showed up and elected U.S. Sen. Doug Jones. In Georgia, sister power played a big role in Stacey Abrams winning the Democratic nomination to run for governor. Even the nomination is historic.

In the 2016 presidential election, sister power voted 98 percent against this chaos we are now experiencing. Too bad more people didn’t vote like black women. If everybody voted like black women, we would be well on the road to resolving so many problems for so many people.

Let’s pray that on Nov. 6, more people will recognize sister power and follow our lead.

The writer is national president of the National Congress of Black Women Inc.

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Use tax dollars for ‘a just cause, not to aid in injustice’ Re “Evicted,” Free Press April 12-14 edition The many evil aspects of having to be tenants of greedy landlords come out daily.

The Free Press article showed the extent to which landlords are willing to go to make life a living hell for their tenants while profiting greatly from doing so.

I talked to a lady at City Hall one day who was looking for another place to live because the landlord was demanding sex in exchange for her living on his property. I have friends who have to go without food in order to pay the rent.

Then there are the monstrously evil politicians who made it possible for a few greedy men to own most of America with their phony “Help People” laws. Follow the money trail. Our

tax dollars are enriching these evil landlords through programs like Section 8.

Homeownership empowers people. It gives people equity and a permanent roof over their heads, free from the reign of terror of greedy landlords.

Our tax dollars should be used for a just cause, not to further aid in injustice. Get rid of laws that are further enriching a few white males at the expense of everyone else. Get rid of lawmakers who are evil and shallow beneath a phony veneer of caring.

Disguises unnecessary

With all the recent intolerance and incivility nowadays, has anyone even noticed that disguises are unnecessary?

Whether it is the decade of rednecks in which I grew up, or within the present hyper-offended era, it’s the same proverbial City Hall, our bureaucratic master that diverts attention from their inability to confront what truly impedes constituents. Instead of alleviating the enormousness of our class system inequality, they appease people by talking about removing statues and renaming schools.

Being Southern born, I ponder the differences between those celebrated with statues and schools and the elitism shown by our leaders of today — absolute power. Which only goes to show, the more things appear to change, the more they remain the same.

and Russia.

Someone lacking a knowledge of history would be led to believe that the United States does not and has not ever committed such mortal sins. But anyone with a knowledge of U.S. history is well aware that this is a major fallacy. This country, which the press is covering in the Putin-Trump saga as though it’s God’s gift to righteousness, has done practically every single thing to carry out its agenda as Russia has done and is doing to carry out its agenda.

The United States has assassinated or attempted to assassinate leaders and other people who it considers a threat to its program. It has participated in the overthrow of governments that are not sufficiently obedient to its desires. It has invaded countries whose policies it opposed.

The bastion of righteousness would react in the same way Russia acted on Ukraine if the countries on its borders, Canada and Mexico, attempted to sign a military pact with Russia or any other country.

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Dynamo Chris Thompson looking for healthy season with Washington

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Chris Thompson stands just 5-foot-8, but don’t sell him short.

The diminutive dynamo spells double trouble as a ball carrier and receiver for the Washington NFL team, but not necessarily in that order.

Thompson is on the comeback trail after suffering a fractured fibula last November.

With the exception of new quarterback Alex Smith, who replaces the departed Kirk Cousins, Thompson may be the most analyzed player during Washington’s practices at the Bon Secours Training Center. The training camp continues in Richmond through Aug. 14.

Thompson is like a two-for-one special for the burgundy and gold. At times last season, he was Washington’s best running back and top receiver in jersey No. 25.

“CT,” as Thompson is called, was leading the team in rushing (64 carries, 294 yards), receiving (39 catches, 510 yards) and touchdowns (six) before breaking his leg in the 10th week of the 2017 season.

He’s also a highlight-reel hero, as evidenced by a 61yard touchdown run and 74-yard touchdown catch.

Much of Thompson’s heavy lifting comes on third downs in the Washington attack.

“CT’s one of the most valuable members of our offense, and he may be the best third down back in the NFL,” Washington Coach Jay Gruden told the Free Press.

Thompson concurs that he’s something of a third down specialist both as a runner, often on draw plays, or snagging short passes, frequently screens.

The goal on pass plays is to match him against a slower linebacker.

Gifted with exceptional quickness and change-ofdirection skills, Thompson is apt to leave defenders with an armful of nothing more than air.

“They’re paying me to win one-on-one matchups and make plays and be the spark, especially on third down,” Thompson said following a morning practice.

“I’m supposed to make plays. That’s what they’re paying me for.”

A fifth round draft choice out of Florida State University, Thompson played only a little during his first two NFL seasons. He turned the corner from special teams player to bona fide offensive sparkplug in 2015.

Thompson was enjoying an All-Pro caliber season in 2017 before breaking his leg trying to block 305-pound pass rusher Sheldon Rankins in Washington’s loss to the New Orleans Saints.

It wasn’t Thompson’s first NFL injury. During his rookie season in 2013, he had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his shoulder.

Because of his small stature and the fact he’s coming off surgery, Thompson isn’t likely to be the featured back on first and second downs despite his career 5.2 yards per carry norm that’s based on a relatively small sample size of 170 carries.

There are at least three solid candidates for the more bruising romps between the tackles: Samaje Perine (233 pounds, second year out of the University of Oklahoma): Ran for 603 yards as a rookie, 3.4 average.

Rob Kelley (229 pounds out of Tulane University): In his third season with the team, ran for 194 yards (3.1 average) before being sidelined with ankle/knee

injuries.

Derrius Guise (218 pound rookie from Louisiana State University): The second round draftee is a fan favorite and will receive a long look as a primary carrier.

But on third downs, expect Thompson to enter the fray with his 5-plus yards per carry norm and fancy feet in the open field.

As long as Thompson remains healthy, Washington’s 2018 pigskin forecast suggests some sunshine and blue skies.

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Marion Motley

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1946-1955

Jamaal Charles

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Jim Brown

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Cam Newton

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2001-2017

Mercury Morris

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1969-1976

Joe Perry

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1948-1963

Gale Sayers

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1965-1971

Barry Sanders

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• Washington’s Chris Thompson has averaged 5.2 yards per carry since joining the NFL in 2013. Only Motley and Charles carried higher averages among running backs.

Dwight Howard, Washington Wizards looking for a championship

The Washington Wizards as a team, and Dwight Howard as a player, are long overdue for an NBA championship.

By combining forces, Howard and the Wizards hope to end the drought.

The sculpted 6-foot-11, 265-pound Howard, who is among the most dominant big men in NBA history based on individual statistics, has inked a one-year contract with the Wizards for $5.4 million.

It will be Howard’s fourth team in four years after spending his first eight pro seasons with the Orlando Magic.

Washington hasn’t won an NBA crown since 1978 and hasn’t been to the finals since 1979.

Based on his introductory news conference last week at Capital One Center, Howard, 32, plans on calling the nation’s capital home for years to come.

“This is where I want to retire,” he said.

Considering his journeyman status of late, Howard had a scripted answer to questions regarding his staying power.

“I thought it would be fitting” to live in D.C., he said with a playful note in his voice.

“I started with Orlando and learned Magic for eight years. I traveled to LaLa Land, learned how to work Rockets. Went to fly with the Hawks. Got stung by the Hornets.

“Throughout all that, it taught me how to be a Wizard.”

In jest, he was referencing his previous stints with the Magic, the Los Angles Lakers, the Houston Rockets, the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets.

It’s not like Howard’s tires are bald. He showed plenty of tread this past season, averaging 16.6 points, 12.4 rebounds and two blocks per game.

“I think I’ve got another eight good years,” he said. “I’m willing to adjust my game to whatever style the team needs.”

NBA greatness was predicted for Howard when he was just a teenager growing up in Atlanta.

Coming straight out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, Howard was the No. 1 overall draft pick by Orlando in 2004. He averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds in his first year at age 19, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to notch a seasonal double-double.

Dwight Howard highlights • Eight-time NBA All-Star (2007-2014) • Five-time All-NBA First Team (2008-2012) • Three-time Defensive Player of the Year (2009-2011) • All-Star Slam Dunk champion (2008) • Five-time rebounding leader (2008-2010; 2012 and 2013) • Two-time blocks leader (2009 and 2010) • Career points: 17,999 • Career rebounds: 13,101 • Career blocks: 2,047

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New players to give VUU new look during basketball season Virginia Union University basketball will have a distinctly different look this season.

After losing six prominent seniors from last season’s CIAA championship squad, Panthers Coach Jay Butler has been busy restocking his roster.

Here’s a look at seven incoming Panthers: The transfers Darian Peterson, 6-foot-5: Transferring from Concord University in West Virginia; helped Chesterfield’s Monacan High School to the State 4A title in 2016; has three seasons of eligibility.

Eric Bowles, 6-foot: Transferring from Central Connecticut State University with one season of eligibility; was State 6A Player of the Year for W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax in 2014.

MalikKuwornu,7-foot:Originallyfrom Ghana, transferring from Neosho County Community College in Kansas with two years of eligibility; prepped during the 2016 season at Fork Union Military Academy in Fluvanna County.

Incoming freshmen Rasheed Gatling, 5-foot-10: Averaged 16 points and six assists last season for Dunbar High School in Washington.

William Miller, 6-foot-1: Arrives from Our Lady of Mount Carmel High in Baltimore.

Demerius Pitts, 6-foot-4: Coming from Springfield Commonwealth Academy in Massachusetts.

Shawn Sanders, 6-foot-4: Was a first

team 5A South pick last season at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach; may be an academic red shirt this season.

Also, Coach Butler welcomes back Jordan White (6-foot-6) and Raemaad Wright (6-foot7) who were red-shirted last season.

There are plenty of holes to fill in the Panthers’ lineup.

Seniors Kory Cooley, Todd Hughes, James Paige, Andre Miller, Devin Moore and Micah Thomas combined for 55.1 points per game last season.

Mission impossible?

Virginia Union University will travel to Durham, N.C., on Oct. 23 for a basketball exhibition against juggernaut Duke University at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

NCAA Division I Duke has won five national titles — 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015 — under Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

VUU has three NCAA Division II titles — 1980, 1992 and 2005 — under former Coach Dave Robbins.

VUU Coach Jay Butler said he is working to schedule a preseason exhibition game with Virginia Commonwealth University for the upcoming season.

Statistics based on regular seasons

He has enjoyed a brilliant career if you eliminate the championships list on his résumé. The best a Howard-led team has done is a runner-up finish to the Lakers in 2009.

Howard was traded by the Charlotte Hornets to the Brooklyn Nets earlier this summer. He became a free agent after being waived by the Nets.

Reportedly, Howard considered signing with the Golden State Warriors before the Warriors picked up DeMarcus Cousins on July 6. That opened the door for the Washington Wizards.

Washington is not that far from being a legitimate contender, especially in the relatively soft NBA East. The Wizards were 43-39 a year ago, then lost to the Toronto Raptors 4-2 in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

Howard replaces Marcin Gortat, “the Polish Hammer,” as Washington’s big man in the middle.

Gortat was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers prior to the Wizards’ signing of Howard.

There is talent aplenty in Washington. Guards John Wall and Bradley Beal rank with the NBA’s finest. And Otto Porter is among the league’s rising stars at power forward.

Gortat was solid, averaging 8.4 points and 7.6 boards last season. He was about as middle-ofthe-road as NBA centers go, while Howard, with shoulders like boulders, is often in conversation for being at the top of the list.

Washington’s last star quality fixture at center was Wes Unseld, who led the team — then called the Washington Bullets — to the NBA title in 1978 and to the finals in 1979. Unseld played his entire 12-season career for the same franchise.

Two other Naismith Hall of Famers manned the middle for Washington, but only for limited engagements. Walt Bellamy played the first four seasons of a 12-season career for Baltimore. The franchise moved from Baltimore to Washington in 1973. Moses Malone was in Washington for two seasons of a 21-year career.

Now it’s Howard’s turn to try and deliver championship flavor inside the beltway. Showing off his lighter side, he won the press conference.

Next comes the more difficult chore: Winning something he has never won before.

Two NSU players with area ties make preseason All-MEAC team Norfolk State University football will have a strong Richmond influence this fall.

Two NSU athletes with area ties have made the preseason All-MEAC team.

Nigel Chavis and Marcus Taylor were named to the squad by a vote of Nigel Chavis coaches and sports publicists at Conference Media Day last Friday in Norfolk.

Chavis is a 6-foot-2, 230-pound junior linebacker from Richmond’s Armstrong High School. Last season, Chavis was in on 82 tackles, including 8.5 for losses.

Taylor, a 5-foot-8, 160-pound senior who went to Henrico County’s Highland Springs High School, caught 60 passes for 629 yards and five touchdowns last year, while also accumulating a conference best 1,392 yards total offense.

Taylor made the preseason team as a kick returner.

Also, NSU’s returning quarterback is Juwan Carter. The former Highland Springs High star passed for 1,827 yards and 13 touchdowns last season as a freshman.

In what will be the team’s fourth season under Coach Latrell Scott, the Spartans are picked to finish sixth in the 10-team league.

NSU is 12-21 overall and 11-13 in MEAC in Coach Scott’s first three seasons. Coach Scott’s associate head coach is former Virginia

State University head coach Andrew Faison.

NSU opens 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, against VSU in the Labor Day Classic at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk.

Defending champion North Carolina A&T State University was a unaniMarcus Taylor mous selection to clinch the MEAC championship again this season. The Aggies received all 19 first place votes.

The MEAC champion advances to face the champion of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, or SWAC, in the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 15 in Atlanta.

MEAC football forecast Below is the 2018 preseason MEAC football forecast following the recent Media Day voting: 1. North Carolina A&T State University 2. Howard University 3. North Carolina Central University 4. Bethune-Cookman University 5. Florida A&M University 6. Norfolk State University 7. South Carolina State University 8. Savannah State University 9. Morgan State University 10. Delaware State University

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Personality: Bunny Sumner Young Spotlight on founding board member of Pawssible Service Dog Connection Bunny Sumner Young’s journey with service animals started when she was a teenager.

“I was 14 years old when I was diagnosed with a heart condition. And at 17, I had a doctor that recommended that I get a service animal because I was on eight to 11 medications for my heart,” she recalls.

“I shared with my physician, if she was not aware, that I wasn’t deaf or blind, so why did I need a service dog.”

That’s when her education began about all of the tasks and jobs service dogs can perform and the fact that they can help mitigate disabled individuals’ disabilities.

At 6-foot-3, Ms. Young needed a Great Dane as a cardiac assistant dog. Service Dog Project in Ipswich, Mass., the only organization that trains Great Danes in the United States, focuses on providing Great Danes for veterans and has a two-year waiting list.

“I applied and I got a rejection letter,” Ms. Young says.

“That’s how I got involved with Pawssible Service Dog Connection.”

Through a conversation with someone with a service dog, Ms. Young found out that anyone can adopt a dog and train it to perform the tasks needed to assist with an individual’s particular disability.

“I looked into the law and saw that there was no law against doing your own training. So I went to a local rescue and found a Great Dane,” Ms. Young says. “I figured what better way to help than to rescue a dog and give it a forever home and a forever job.”

Ms. Young is now executive director and chair of the

board Pawssible Service Dog Connection. The organization was founded in 2015 with four board members, including Ms. Young, with the idea of providing education, advocacy and resources for the community.

PSDC provides resources to train service dogs for people with disabilities; scholarships for people who can’t afford the service animal training; and education for people adopting service animals and want to go to work.

PSDC goes into businesses to educate and train employers and employees on the “do’s and don’ts” with a service animal, which takes that burden off of the person with the disability, as well as understanding the Americans with Disability Act. The effort is to assist in making service animals more welcome.

PSDC doesn’t have any dogs, which keeps its overhead low. What it does have is a lot of relationships with trainers across the United States who can help owners train their service animals.

Animal shelters also can assist the “differently disabled,” as she says, in finding the appropriate animals.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam issued a proclamation making Aug. 5 through 11 International Assistance Dog Week in the Commonwealth.

PSDC is using the time to kick off its 4th Annual Kibbles and Bids fundraiser 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 5, at Plant Zero in South Richmond. The goal is to raise $10,000.

Featured will be a dog contest, dog vendors, vendors of goods for people and a kids’ corner by Glen Allen Montes-

PSDC’s No. 1 objective: To provide a best-practices solution for individuals around service animals.

What is a service animal: Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability.

Why service animals are needed: I would not be here without the help of my service animal. Medications impacted my quality of life. Having a service animal affords me the freedom of a life with support and less fear.

sori School. just takes six legs to make that Support from the Kibbles possible, instead of two.” and Bids fundraiser is vital, Meet this week’s Personality Ms. Young says, because it who takes a “paws” for her costs $20,000 to $30,000 to cause, Bunny Sumner Young: train a service dog. Sometimes, families have to travel great Occupation: Service dog advodistances and spend weeks cate and burnout consultant. away from home to secure a No. 1 volunteer position: service dog, she says.

“Our first scholarship went Executive director and chair of to an 8-year-old with autism, the board of Pawssible Service Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Dog Connection. It is my job Disorder and epilepsy,” Ms. to give a voice to those with Young says. “If it wasn’t for service animals and educate PSDC and having an owner- the community around those trained option, that child never individuals. would have been able to have Date and place of birth: Oct. a service animal.”

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PSDC provides: Education, resources such as scholarships and advocacy around service animals.

Cost for having a service animal: Could be between $20,000-$30,000.

PSDC’s biggest achievement: Representing the United States in Prague in 2016 at the International Assistance Dog Conference.

PSDC’s biggest challenges: Funding, and individuals who have not properly trained their dog and call it a service animal or who buy a vest online and bring their dog where they should not. Emotional Support Animals provide a poor reputation for service animals as individuals think they are the same thing and they are not.

What motivated me to get involved in community service: Having a disability and wanting others to know that I am differently abled, not disabled.

How I start the day: Wondering how can I make the world a better place.

Perfect day for me: Knowing that I have had a positive impact on this world and that my girls are safe, happy and healthy. It would involve the beach, with lots of laughing and good food.

How I unwind: Riding my horse, lying on the floor with the dogs and kids, listening to the ocean and taking a bath.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Stunts. I love doing Australian Repels off high buildings and coordinated fight scenes.

A quote that I am inspired by: Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is ever going to get better, it’s not.

Best late-night snack: Nutella.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: The value of a handshake. On time is late for leaders. And that my mom would love me even if I wanted to be a snail racer. It taught me unconditional love.

Person who influenced me the most: My grandfather.

The book that influenced me the most: Nancy Drew mystery series.

What I’m reading now: “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.”

The one thing I’ve learned in life: Perfection is overrated. There was only one perfect being and he was betrayed by his friends and died a horrible death, so I will shoot for being present and having peace over perfection.

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Happenings RVA Soul House Fest Saturday at St. Joseph’s Villa Three independent disc jockeys will host their third annual community party from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at St. Joseph’s Villa, 8000 Brook Road.

Dubbed the “RVA Soul House Fest,” the free event will feature Chicago singer Keith Nunnally, the 95 North duo of Richard Payton and Doug Smith and six DJs serving up a variety of music, it has been announced.

“We just want to give back to the community,” said Tony Drake who is joining DJ Ojoe (Joe Smith) and James Clark, his two partners in Masters of Sound DJs, to put on the music-filled affair.

Mr. Drake and Mr. Clark are from Detroit, while Mr. Smith

is from Chicago. They relocated to Richmond during the past five years, and one thing they missed, Mr. Drake said, is what he calls “house music,” a mix of soul and R&B. “Richmond didn’t know anything about house music,” Mr. Drake said, “so we thought we’d put together something to showcase our favorite music and bring the community together.”

Along with the featured entertainers, the Masters of Sound will take turns spinning along with three other djs, Tony Fernandez, Omar Faison and Scott Sliauzis, he said.

Mr. Drake said the trio asks that attendees bring a donation of school supplies. While it is not required, he said, “we want

to fill up 50 backpacks.”

He said the backpacks would be delivered to Walmart to be distributed to students through social services agencies.

“Even if you don’t attend, you can drop off donations of school supplies at area Walmarts,” he said.

Walmart is helping to sponsor the event, Mr. Drake said, as is Coca-Cola and the Rice Insurance Agency, an affiliate of Nationwide.

“We just want people to come out and have fun,” Mr. Drake said.

Details: Mr. Drake, (804) 386-4962.

Annie Giles Day French president promises called off quick return of stolen African relics

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French President Emmanuel Macron has called the return of African relics to their origin “a top priority” of his administration.

“I cannot accept that a large part of cultural heritage from several African countries is in France,” he said in a speech to university students in Burkina Faso last year. “African heritage can’t just be in European private collections and museums.”

The main force behind this new push is Patrice Talon, Benin’s president, who has been promoting African culture and identity and the return the some 6,000 stolen objects to his country.

Some 5,142 objects have been identified in the Museum of Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac for indigenous art — including statues, masks, textiles, photos and pieces of pottery — while others are in private collections.

One rationale for failing to return of stolen artifacts was the state of African museums.

But El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, director of Dakar’s Museum IFAN, said that African museums are definitely not the only places where bad things may happen.

He also corrects the argument by some art historians that old fishnets are of little value.

“The knots in Senegalese fishnets represent ancient mathematical codes,” he said. “They are in fact a very valuable part of our technological heritage.”

“Africa has suffered a hemorrhage of its heritage during colonization and even after, with illegal trafficking,” said the Senegalese director.

The famed Benin Bronzes were stolen in 1897 after a fierce battle with British soldiers. The troops torched Benin City and looted some 3,000 artworks, among them 200 of the bronzes that now reside in the British Museum. Other pieces were moved to museums in Oxford and Cambridge, and others to institutions all over Europe and the United States.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the country with the largest concentration of museums holding cultural treasures and human bones from Africa, 40 organizations representing the country’s African diaspora have signed an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to follow the “historic initiative” of the French president.

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Similarly, earlier this year, officials in Ethiopia demanded that Britain permanently return all artifacts that originated in that African nation but are now held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Among the items on display at the museum are sacred manuscripts and gold taken from the Battle of Maqdala 150 years ago, when British troops ransacked the fortress of Emperor Tewodros II. The demand comes after the museum, one of London’s most popular tourist attractions, put on display treasures plundered

by British forces from the East African nation in 1868.

Hair straightening products contain potentially toxic mix

By Ronnie Cohen Reuters Health

Hair products used primarily by AfricanAmerican women and children contain a host of hazardous chemicals, a new study shows.

The findings could explain at least in part why African-American women go through puberty earlier and suffer from higher rates of asthma and reproductive diseases than other groups.

“The truly scary thing about this is that women are being exposed to these chemicals weekly, and sometimes even daily, without their knowledge because they assume a product is safe simply because it is on the shelf,” epidemiologist Tamarra James-Todd said after reviewing the report in Environmental Research.

Dr. James-Todd, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, supplied product information for the study but was not directly involved with the research.

Investigators tested 18 hair products — from hot-oil treatments to anti-frizz polishes, relaxers and conditioners — looking for the presence of chemicals called endocrine disrupters. These chemicals, which interfere with the way the body produces hormones, have been linked to reproductive disorders, birth defects, asthma and cancer.

Altogether, the researchers looked for 66 different endocrine disrupters. Each of the tested hair products contained at least four and as many as 30, said lead author Jessica Helm, a research fellow at the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, Mass.

Eleven products contained chemicals prohibited in the European Union or flagged

as a potential problem in California. The two hair products marketed to children contained the highest levels of banned or regulated chemicals, Dr. Helm said in a phone interview.

The vast majority of the chemicals discovered in the hair products — 84 percent — were not listed on the product labels.

“It’s widely known the U.S. is doing an inadequate job of testing and regulating chemicals,” Dr. Helm said. Companies are allowed to omit chemicals from product labels if they are fragrances and if they are considered a secret ingredient in the product formula.

“In many ways, we are protecting companies’ rights to privacy over consumers’ health, which seems backwards and can be particularly harmful to high-risk and vulnerable populations,” Dr. James-Todd said in an email.

Janette Robinson Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness in Los Angeles, said the study’s findings are proof that she and other African-American women “can’t shop our way out of this problem.”

“We also need manufacturers to disclose what’s in the products,” said Ms. Flint, who was not involved in the study. “We need some regulatory body to regulate these manufacturers so they don’t let them get away with not disclosing what is in the product and then using toxic products.”

She called the study long overdue. Researchers have known for years that black girls enter puberty earlier than other girls and that black women have disproportionately higher rates of deadly reproductive cancers, she said. Yet little prior research has been done.

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“It’s as if our lives do not matter,” she said in a phone interview.

Dr. Helm pointed out that she and her team studied only 66 chemicals, just a fraction of those in hair products. There’s a “universe of other products we really don’t know much about,” she said.

Prior research has shown that black women use more hair products than other women and suffer disproportionately from uterine fibroids, early puberty and infertility, Dr. Helm said. In addition, their rates of endometrial and breast cancers are on the rise.

The current study can’t prove that the presence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in hair products actually causes these or other problems. But the study does point to them as a potential source, Dr. Helm said.

Dr. Helm, Dr. James-Todd and Ms. Flint encouraged more regulation of the contents of hair products targeted to African-American women and personal-care products in general. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Dianne Feinstein of California have introduced legislation — the Personal Care Products Safety Act — that would further empower the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products.

Ms. Flint also welcomed a fashion trend toward more natural hairstyles for black women and children.

“The more natural styles come into fashion, and the more skills black moms have in styling their children’s hair in natural hairstyles, the less vulnerable our children will be to overexposure to toxic chemicals and having their immune systems compromised by having to fight these toxic chemicals,” she said.

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Saturday was supposed to be Annie Giles Day in Whitcomb Court.

For the second year in a row, the nonprofit Our Unified Revolution Purpose planned a festival on the first Saturday of August to pay tribute to the late leader of the East End public housing complex with a positive, family oriented event.

OUR Purpose was working with other organizations in planning the community cookout that was to feature free food, music and children’s activities, just like last year.

But the Aug. 4 event that organizers called “a day of love” will not be held. Nor are their plans to hold it in the fall.

The reason, organizers said: The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority informed organizers that that it would not allow Annie Giles Day to be held on its Whitcomb Court property in August.

In a Wednesday email to the Free Press, Mr. Artze Orlando Artze, RRHA’s interim chief executive officer, stated that a representative of OUR Purpose met June 29 with Suzette Williams, resident services coordinator for Whitcomb Court to consider the request for Annie Giles Day. “As a result of that meeting, the representative of OUR Purpose agreed to participate” in the RRHA’s Whitcomb Court community event scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 30, “instead of holding a separate event,” Mr. Artze said.

At a subsequent planning meeting for the Aug. 30 event, OUR Purpose representatives agreed to provide hot dogs, buns and condiments for participants, Mr. Artze stated.

Mr. Artze stated that “at no point did RRHA staff indicate to the representative of OUR Purpose that RRHA policy is to allow only one community day per month at each public housing community.”

A representative for OUR Purpose, who asked not to be identified because of concerns for retribution, said in a Wednesday phone interview that the organization did “willingly agree to participate in the Aug. 30 event, but did so only after being told we would not be allowed to have Annie Giles Day.” The representative said Ms. Williams did not provide an explanation for refusing to allow the Annie Giles Day celebration.

OUR Purpose was only seeking RRHA permission to hold it, the representative said, and was not asking for any money from RRHA or the city. The group, the representative said, planned to cover all the expenses.

The representative said OUR Purpose accepted Ms. Williams’ decision and offered instead to take part in RRHA’s program at the end of August that is to include a back-to-school rally.

“Of course, we wanted to participate in the community day event. That is what we are about,” the representative said.

At this point, RRHA officials have no plans to incorporate the Annie Giles Day name into their Aug. 30 event, according to the OUR Purpose representative, who said it is unlikely OUR Purpose members would want that.

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St. Elizabeth Catholic Church hosts 10th Annual Jazz & Food Festival Saturday St. Elizabeth Catholic Church is hosting its 10th Annual Jazz & Food Festival this weekend.

The event features area jazz artists and raises money to benefit the church’s programs throughout the year.

The festival will be held from noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at St. Elizabeth Church, 2712 2nd Ave. in Highland Park.

Entry donation is $5.

This year’s entertainers include the Kofi Shepsu Quartet, Paige Melton & Trio, Rick Elliott, bassist Michael Hawkins and Sharon Rae North.

In addition to the music, the festival will feature a variety of food trucks, vendors and a kids’ zone for youngsters.

Community organizations also will be on hand to provide information and resources, along with a blood drive conducted

by Virginia Blood Services.

Attendees are allowed to bring chairs, but no coolers, food or beverages.

Details: www.steliz3c.com or Larry Williford, (804) 393-6915.

Rare Bible that went to moon up for sale Free Press wire, staff report

For the collector who has almost everything, there’s still a chance to own a Bible that literally was out of this world.

A Los Angeles auction firm is selling a microform, or photographically reduced, King James Bible that went to the moon on the 1971 Apollo 14 space flight. Similar in appearance to a piece of microfilm, the microform is certified as containing the entire biblical text. Its print is so small that one needs a microscope to read it.

The tiny, space-traveling Bible was one of 11 that left Earth’s atmosphere in the care of landing module commander Edgar Mitchell, who died in 2016 on the eve of the 45th anniversary of that lunar landing. He carried them in a container for personal items. A print Bible would have been too heavy for a space mission, but the lightweight versions posed no obstacle.

The Bible was put up for auction last week, but the bids failed to meet the $50,000 reserve, a spokesperson at Nate D. Sanders Auctions said Tuesday. The Bible is on the company’s website as a “Buy Now” for $50,000, the spokesperson said.

The Bible is being offered on consignment by an unnamed collector.

The auction house’s Sam Heller said a similar lunar Bible flew along for the famously aborted Apollo 13 mission of 1970, in which mechanical malfunctions forced astronauts back to Earth under hardship conditions. That Bible sold for $62,500 last year despite never having reached the moon.

Mr. Mitchell’s lunar Bible was the creation of a group known as the Apollo Prayer League, according to the auction house.

John Stout, a NASA information scientist and an ordained pastor, started the league after the 1967 launchpad deaths of Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White II and Roger B. Chaffee. Mr. Stout was close to Mr. White and they often prayed together. Knowing that Mr. White wanted to carry a Bible to the moon, Mr. Stout devised the microform version as a way to fulfill Mr. White’s vision.

Mr. Mitchell’s Bible-carrying mission wasn’t the first time religious paraphernalia had reached the lunar surface. Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, an elder at Webster Presbyterian Church in Houston, brought with him a small piece of bread and miniature chalice. With holy elements in hand, he took Communion on the moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969.

The so-called lunar Bible measures 1.625 inches square. It is centered in a gold and enamel setting measuring 4 inches by 6 inches.

The chance to own it could be tempting for a Bible collector with deep pockets, according to R. Michael Kuykendall, a New Testament studies professor at Gateway Seminary in Vancouver, Wash., and chief editor of the International Society of Bible Collectors’ Bible Review Journal.

“It has a place in Bible collecting,” he said of the lunar Bible.

“That’s publicity. That’s an interest.”

While many of his group’s members focus on finding the bestpreserved editions of older volumes such as the 16th-century Geneva Bible, there are those interested in finding more “esoteric” editions, such as the moon-landed microform Bible.

“There’s nothing else that would compare to that,” Dr. Kuykendall said. However, the $50,000 price tag might put off some buyers.

“I build my own collection $50 at a time,” he said.

Mr. Heller suggested a museum might also be interested in the space-launched Bible. The recently opened Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., already has one of the Apollo 14 lunar Bibles. The museum tweeted out a video last week documenting the historic item.

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In this November 2016 photo, voters fill our their ballots at a polling place inside Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati.

Partisanship drives religious attitudes and not the other way around Religion News Service

Which comes first — religion or politics?

On the one hand, political scientists have long held that people’s political choices are formed by their childhood faith, which, for the most part, sticks with them.

On the other, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, a thrice-married adulterer who rarely attends church.

A new book by University of Pennsylvania political scientist Michele Margolis argues that it’s political science that has it backward.

As she lays out in “From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Environment Shape Religious Identity,” most Americans choose a political party before choosing the religion to follow in their adulthood, if they choose a religion at all.

“Political science sometimes assumes religiosity is a fixed and stable trait, like gender and race — things we think of for the most part as unchanging,” she said.

“But there’s a whole literature out there that says it changes over time.”

The idea upends conventional thinking based on Americans’ lives of 100 years ago, when young people typically got married at age 18 and had their first child at 19.

Today, young adults leave home for college.

Then they take jobs. They marry later in life and have children even later.

During that transition, Dr. Margolis wrote, whatever religion they had fades into the background and they begin to form a political sensibility. Only when they’re ready to settle down and have a family does religion re-enter the picture.

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“When it comes time to make religious decisions in adulthood, we have these formed partisan identities,” Dr. Margolis said.

Sharpening this political-religious split is the fact that many white Americans who end up as Democrats don’t come back to church, while Republicans tend to become more religious to better align with their political convictions. She concedes the theory does not apply to African-Americans, who are highly religious and vote solidly for Democrats.

“It may seem counterintuitive, if not downright implausible, that voting Democrat or Republican could change something as personal as our relationship with God,” Dr. Margolis wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed. “But over the course of our lives, political choices tend to come first, religious choices second.”

Dr. Margolis’ findings are part of a growing body of evidence about the relationship between faith and politics. In their 2010 book, “American Grace,” political scientists Robert Putnam and David Campbell noted the “God gap” — the most religious Americans were Republicans and the least religious were Democrats. The two found that those who say grace before digging into their meals are more likely to find a home in the Republican Party.

Sociologists Michael Hout and Claude Fischer even earlier theorized that the rise in people of no religion — the so-called nones — might be partly due to a backlash against the religious right that may have begun during George W. Bush’s presidency.

Prior to the 1970s, both parties included similar numbers of religious people.

“People who think of themselves first as

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being a Democrat look out at the world and see religious people all tend to be Republican and a particular kind of Republican, and they say: ‘That’s not me. So I must not be religious,’ ” said Dr. Campbell, who teaches at the University of Notre Dame.

“So they drop their religious affiliation because of their politics.”

The idea that people form their political opinions first may help explain recent studies showing that white evangelicals no longer frown on elected officials who commit immoral acts in their personal lives.

Famously, a 2016 PRRI/Brookings poll found that 72 percent of white evangelicals said an elected official could behave ethically even if the person has committed transgressions in his or her personal life — a 42-point jump from 2011, when only 30 percent of white evangelicals said the same.

Dr. Campbell said the nation’s political divide might foreshadow the emergence of a strong secular coalition. While secular Americans are not nearly as mobilized as white evangelicals, who have an advantage of church organizing, there are signs they may be growing.

In an online post about research he and other scholars published in the June issue of the American Journal of Political Science, Dr. Campbell concludes that the movement founded to increase the role of Christianity in the country may in fact be its undoing.

“The irony is that the Religious Right was founded to assert a greater role for religion in the public square, in opposition to ‘secular humanism,’ ” the post says.

“Instead, it has fed the growth of secularism. The result is a likely continuation of cultural conflict in American politics.”

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WASHINGTON Ronald Vernie “Ron” Dellums was a fiery anti-war activist who championed social justice in his community and in Congress.

The first African-American Democratic congressman from Northern California and a former mayor of his native Oakland, Calif., died from cancer at his Washington residence on Monday, July 30, 2018, according to his family. He was 82.

The first open Democratic socialist in Congress since World War II, Mr. Dellums was best noted for pushing Congress to oppose apartheid in South Africa, opposing the Vietnam War and battling expenditures for weapons systems.

Born into a family of labor organizers, Mr. Dellums got his start in politics after serving in the Marines, earning degrees, working in psychiatric social work and teaching at San Francisco State University and the University of CaliforniaBerkeley.

Heavily engaged in the Civil Rights Movement and activist politics, he began his political climb after winning election in 1967 to the Berkeley City Council.

In 1970, he won a seat in Congress representing Oakland when he defeated a labor-backed Democrat.

One of the original members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971, he would serve in Congress until 1998, rising to chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, where he impacted military spending and fought to allow gay and lesbian Americans to serve.

“He was absolutely committed to what was right and what was just and believed that you had to do whatever you could to fight for that,” said Dan Lindheim, a former adviser to the congressman.

In Washington, Mr. Dellums fought the military-industrial complex.

During his first weeks in Congress in 1971, he set up an anti-Vietnam War display in his office and went on to hold informal hearings in a bid to press the government to end U.S. involvement.

Mr. Dellums

He later led the fight against the MX Missile project, opposed expansion of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber program and unsuccessfully sued to halt President George H.W. Bush’s effort to roll back Iraq’s takeover of Kuwait in the early 1990s.

Mr. Dellums was a central figure in the campaign to sanction South Africa for its apartheid laws codifying racial segregation, according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

For nearly 15 years, Mr. Dellums pushed legislation to place economic restrictions on South Africa, finally securing passage in 1986. In a signature defeat for then-President Ronald Reagan, Congress overrode the president’s veto to put the sanctions in place, marking the first time in the 20th century a president’s veto on a foreign policy issue was overturned.

Rev. Jackson said the United States never would have punished South Africa or American companies doing business there without Mr. Dellums.

“It was his voice that brought the sanctions on South Africa,” Rev. Jackson said.

During his tenure as chairman of the

Congressional Black Caucus, Mr. Dellums began submitting his own version of a scaled-back military budget. He rose through the ranks of the House Armed Services Committee to become its first African-American chairman in 1993, gaining influence over military spending.

Mr. Lindheim remembers Mr. Dellums as a gifted orator with a photographic memory who could speak without notes and never needed a word of his remarks to be corrected in the Congressional Record.

Mr. Dellums jokingly referred to himself the way his critics did — as a left wing, anti-war, commie-pinko activist from Berkeley, Mr. Lindheim said.

He surprised colleagues when he stepped down rather than seek re-election in 1998.

“I leave with my idealism and my enthusiasm intact because, when you look around, each of us have had the privilege of walking to the floor of Congress with the total freedom to express ourselves across whatever lines divide us, to say whatever we felt was important to say.

That is an incredible gift,” he said during his farewell speech.

Mr. Dellums became a lobbyist before returning to politics as mayor of Oakland in 2006, a seat he narrowly won. While he won praise for a job-creation program he crafted with private companies and for programs that cut crime rates, he also had his share of critics and did not seek a second term.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of California, who began as an intern in Mr. Dellums’ office and later replaced him in Congress, called him the “father of progressive politics” and someone who truly wanted “to save the world.”

“He always told us don’t measure our decisions by what is politically expedient on his behalf, but to just ask one question,” Rep. Lee said. “Is it the right thing to do?”

Along with his third wife, Cynthia L. Dellums, survivors include his four children and three stepchildren, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Bernetta M. Williams, longtime math, science teacher, dies at 72 Richmond educator Bernetta Marie Williams sought to transfer her passion for math and science to Richmond middle school students.

Ms. Williams, who for decades taught students at Thomas C. Boushall Middle School, was proud of helping youngsters master the basics of the subjects she loved before they moved on to high school. She spent 30 years in the classroom and, after retiring, continued as a substitute teacher for several years.

Friends said Ms. Williams always treated her students like they were her own children.

Ms. Williams is being remembered following her death on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. She was 72.

Family and friends celebrated her life Tuesday, July 24, at Second Baptist Church of South Richmond, of which she was a lifelong member.

Born in Richmond, Ms. Williams graduated from Maggie

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football and track coach and longtime Democratic Party stalwart and community activist died Saturday, July 21, 2018, while visiting relatives in South Carolina.

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A great-granddaughter of noted Richmond businesswoman and banking great Maggie L. Walker has died in California.

Harriett Walker Lewis McFerson, a retired schoolteacher, died in Moreno Valley, Calif., on Sunday, July 28, 2018, local relatives told the Free Press. She was 64.

She was connected to Mrs. Walker through her late mother, Chicago physician Maggie Laura Walker Lewis.

Dr. Lewis was Mrs. Walker’s oldest granddaughter.

Mrs. McFerson’s teaching career spanned 25 years and began after she earned her undergraduate degree at Hampton University. She later earned a master’s from Chapman University in California.

Mrs. McFerson is survived by her husband, Cornelius McFerson, and two children, Tteirrah and Nicole.

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St. Peter Baptist Church Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Worship Opportunities Sundays:

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Bible Study is now on summer break and will reconvene in September.

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A memorial service for Roderyck I. “Big Shot” Bullock of Richmond will be 1 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 2, at Thirty-first Street Baptist Church, 823 N. 31st Street in Church Hill, it has been announced.

A funeral is scheduled for noon Saturday, Aug 4, in Henderson, N.C., where he is to be interred in a family plot.

Mr. Bullock, 44, a former

L. Walker High School, where she excelled in the classroom and also was a cheerleader.

She earned a bachelor’s in biology from Virginia Union University and secured a research position at the Medical College of Virginia, now the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She later joined a Richmond-based pharmaceutical company, but ultimately decided she wanted to teach.

Ms. Williams Ms. Williams joined the Richmond Public Schools faculty after returning to Virginia State University to earn a master’s in education.

Outside the classroom, she was active in a number of organizations, including the Richmond Education Association, a Richmond area chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and Pi Lambda Theta education honor society.

Ms. Williams also belonged to the Richmond Chapter of Delicados Inc., the Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and The Red Hat Society.

There are no immediate survivors.

Great-granddaughter of Maggie L. Walker succumbs in Calif.

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Former Congressman Ron Dellums, who pushed U.S. sanctions against apartheid South Africa, dies at 82

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Richmond Free Press

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Legal Notices Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD JOCELYN STRODE, Plaintiff v.

ANDRE JA CHIN KING, Defendant.

(Address Unknown) Case No.: CL 18-1616 JUNE 29, 2018 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a mensa et thoro from the Defendant on the ground of wilful desertion or abandonement pursuant to Section 20-95 of the Code of Virginia, later to be merged into a final divorce;

An Affidavit having been filed that the Plaintiff has been unable to locate the Defendant, it is ORDERED that Andre Ja Chin King appear before this Court on or before August 23rd, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interests herein.

An Extract: Teste: Wendy s. hughes, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Wm J. Doran, III, J.D. FRANCIS & DORAN 10404 Patterson Avenue, Suite 101 Henrico, Virginia 23239 Phone: (804) 288-4004 Facsimile: (804) 288-4006

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

Case No.: CL18-3498 SHIRLEY JEFFERSON, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3409 S Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001104/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Shirley Jefferson, Maggie Washington, and Raymond Eddleton.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SHIRLEY JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MAGGIE WASHINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, that said owner, RAYMOND EDDLETON, 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 SHIRLEY JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAGGIE WASHINGTON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RAYMOND EDDLETON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-2076 SHARONDA WARE, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1406 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0719/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sharonda Ware, Darius Ware, Kwman Lynch, Jaquan Lynch and Sy-Mea Dillard.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SHARONDA WARE, DARIUS WARE, JAQUAN LYNCH, and SY-MEA DILLARD, 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, KWMAN LYNCH, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that AUDREY J. WARE, prior owner in chain-of- title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served Continued on next column

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despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that S H A R O N D A WA R E , DARIUS WARE, JAQUAN LYNCH, SY-MEA DILLARD, KWMAN LYNCH, AUDREY J. WARE, prior owner in chain-of- title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

“Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CHRISTOPHER NEAL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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

R E N E E W. WA L K E R , ROSALIND W. NELSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 7 West 20th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000295/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Orlander Burke, Nathaniel Burk, Iona Burke, Warren C. Burke, Edward C. Burke, Connie Batton and Harry Taylor.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ORLANDER BURKE, NATHANIEL BURK, IONA B U R K E , WA R R E N C .

BURKE, EDWARD C. BURKE, CONNIE BATTON, and HARRY TAYLOR, 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 ORLANDER BURKE, N AT H A N I E L B U R K , IONA BURKE, WARREN C. BURKE, EDWARD C. BURKE, CONNIE BATTON, HARRY TAYLOR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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

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

of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that M Y R T L E H . M O T L E Y, Trustee AND Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 012611 on February 1, 2001, KEVIN W. WALSH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-42726 on December 1 2 , 2 0 0 6 , R AY M O N D GOODRICH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0642726 on December 12, 2006, DAVID M. DILUIGI, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 1010753 on June 17, 2010, HUMBERTO M. SALOMON, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 1010753 on June 17, 2010, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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 JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

Case No.: CL17-4787 EDWARD D. HENDERSON, JR, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 311 West Roberts Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0402/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Edward D. Henderson, Jr., Reginald C. Henderson, Ronald D. Henderson, Larry K. Henderson and Pamela Johnson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, EDWARD D. HENDERSON, JR, REGINALD C. HENDERSON, and PAMELA JOHNSON, 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 has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, RONALD D. HENDERSON, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LARRY K. HENDERSON, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 EDWARD D. HENDERSON, JR, REGINALD C. HENDERSON, PAMELA JOHNSON, RONALD D. HENDERSON, LARRY K. HENDERSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-1158 DONNA MARIA WHITE DECKER, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2934 Springview Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0622/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Donna Maria White Decker.

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

IT IS ORDERED that DONNA MARIA WHITE DECKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-3572 HENRY HILL, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1322 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0720/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Henry Hill.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, HENRY HILL, 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 HENRY HILL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-2539 CHRISTOPHER NEAL, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1211 North 20th Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000556/028, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Christopher Neal.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHRISTOPHER NEAL, 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 Continued on next column

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

Case No.: CL18-2585 S. ELWOOD YORK, JR, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5030 Brookbury Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C008-1063/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, S. Elwood York, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner S. ELWOOD YORK, JR, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that NICOLE L. ROSSI, Trustee per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 04-31713 on September 22, 2004, or her successor/s in title, F&M SERVICES, LC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, Trustee per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0431713 on September 22, 2004, or its successor/s in title, and CHASE MORTGAGE COMPANY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia and Ohio state corporation commissions, Beneficiary on a Notice of Corporate Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 017453 on March 29, 2001, or its successor/s in title, 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 S. ELWOOD YORK, JR, NICOLE L. ROSSI, Trustee per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0431713 on September 22, 2004, or her successor/s in title, F&M SERVICES, LC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, Trustee per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0431713 on September 22, 2004, or its successor/s in title, CHASE MORTGAGE COMPANY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia and Ohio state corporation commissions, Beneficiary on a Notice of Corporate Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-7453 on March 29, 2001, or its successor/s in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-2897 RENEE W. WALKER, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1705 North 24th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000994/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Renee W. Walker and Rosalind W. Nelson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RENEE W. WALKER and ROSALIND W. NELSON, 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 has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

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

Case No.: CL18-1549 LEIGH W. ELLIOTT, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1340 Drewry Street,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071134/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Leigh W. Elliott and Daniel L. Wells.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LEIGH W. ELLIOTT and DANIEL L. WELLS, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that V N B M O R T G A G E C O R P O R AT I O N , Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 435 page 160 on December 20, 1973, 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 LEIGH W. ELLIOTT, DANIEL L. WELLS, VNB MORTGAGE C O R P O R AT I O N , Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 435 page 160 on December 20, 1973, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-2592 GERALDINE B. ANDERSON, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 814 Edgehill Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000691/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Geraldine B. Anderson, Reginald V. Pollard, Sr, and Maurice N. Brooks.

An Affidavit having been filed that said o w n e r, G E R A L D I N E B. ANDERSON, upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, REGINALD V. POLLARD, SR, and MAURICE N. BROOKS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; 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 GERALDINE B. ANDERSON, upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, REGINALD V. POLLARD, SR, MAURICE N. BROOKS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-3571 ORLANDER BURKE, et al, Defendants.

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

Case No.: CL18-2869 HOUSTON R. WATTS, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2408 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120295/006 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Houston R. Watts, Evelyn N. Jones, Doreen Anderson and Alfreda Grooms.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HOUSTON R. WATTS, and EVELYN N. JONES, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, DOREEN ANDERSON and ALFREDA GROOMS, 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 H O U S TO N R . WAT T S , E V E LY N N . J O N E S , DOREEN ANDERSON, ALFREDA GROOMS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-1271 LURLENE JACKSON, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2306 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0293/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lurlene Jackson, Johnathan B. Owens, Edward Jackson, Ralph Jackson, Jr., Jerome Jackson, Brenda Evans, Carolyn M. Loftin, William Jackson and Keisha J. Tolliver.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LURLENE JACKSON, JOHNATHAN B. OWENS, C A R O LY N M . L O F T, WILLIAM JACKSON, and KEISHA J. TOLLIVER, 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 has not filed a response to this action; that said owners, EDWARD JACKSON and JEROME JACKSON, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, RALPH JACKSON, JR, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LURLENE JACKSON, JOHNATHAN B. OWENS, C A R O LY N M . L O F T, WILLIAM JACKSON, KEISHA J. TOLLIVER, E D WA R D J A C K S O N , JEROME JACKSON, RALPH JACKSON, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL18-3450 ERNEST H. WALLACE, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1502 North 36th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001544/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ernest H. Wallace.

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

IT IS ORDERED that ERNEST H. WALLACE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Case No.: CL18-1579 OLD DOMINION INVESTMENTS OF VIRGINIA, LLC fka OLD DOMINION INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2824 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000783/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Old Dominion Investments of Virginia, LLC fka Old Dominion Investments, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that MYRTLE H. MOTLEY, Trustee AND Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 01-2611 on February 1, 2001, and KEVIN W. WALSH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-42726 on December 12, 2006, 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 RAYMOND GOODRICH, Trustee of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-42726 on December 12, 2006, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that DAVID M. DILUIGI, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 10-10753 on June 17, 2010, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that HUMBERTO M. SALOMON, Trustee of Deeds of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents, filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-10752 and 10-10753 on June 17, 2010, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth

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

Case No.: CL18-3507 FLORIDA LEE STEWARD, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3108 Q Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000722/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Florida Lee Steward, Mabel Taylor, Jennie V. Millner, Viola Mitchell and Annie Miller.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, FLORIDA LEE STEWARD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JENNIE V. MILLNER, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, VIOLA MITCHELL, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANNIE MILLER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FLORIDA LEE STEWARD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MABEL TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JENNIE V. MILLNER, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, VIOLA MITCHELL, upon information and belief deceased, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANNIE MILLER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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.

Case No.: CL17-5821 VEORA JANE ALLEN, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1610 Spotsylvania Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0764/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Veora Jane Allen and Martha G. Scott.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VEORA JANE ALLEN, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that MARTHA G. SCOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that IRVING E. SCOTT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that JOHN H. SCOTT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that JULIA S. JONES, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that VEORA JANE ALLEN, MARTHA G. SCOTT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, IRVING E. SCOTT, JOHN H. SCOTT, JULIA S. JONES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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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Sports Plus

LeBron James opens new public school in Akron Jeff Zillgitt USA TODAY

AKRON, Ohio LeBron James’ new school is much more than a school.

It meets the basic definition, of course, but not only will James’ I Promise School help some of Akron’s most challenged students with education and support, it will provide educational, career and emotional support for parents.

“We are going to be that groundbreaking school that will be a nationally recognized model for urban and public school excellence,” I Promise principal and Akron native Brandi Davis said. “We are letting people know it is about true wrap-around support, true family integration and true compassion.”

The I Promise School, which is part of the Akron Public Schools, opened Monday for 240 third- and fourth-graders. The school will expand year by year, going to second and fifth grades next year until it is kindergarten through eighth grade by 2022.

“Looking at reading data, we identified students who were a year, two years behind in reading,” said Keith Liechty, the Akron Public Schools’ liaison to James’ foundation. “From that, we had more than 120 kids. We had to put

a cap on it so we could fit under one roof. We did a random selection of all students who met that criteria and got to make these awesome phone calls to parents and say, ‘How would you like to be part of something different, the I Promise School.’ ” The school is a partnership between Akron and the LeBron James Family Foundation. The idea originated a few years ago when James and his foundaLeBron tion’s leaders planned the next step in their effort to help students. The name of the school stems from the foundation’s road map for students who promise to go to school, do their homework, listen to teachers, ask questions and find answers, be respectful of others and live a healthy life.

What James does off the court with his foundation isn’t possible without basketball.

What he’s doing with his foundation is greater than what he accomplishes on the court.

“This is affecting more lives,” James, who missed 83 days of school in fourth grade, told USA TODAY. “Basketball, when it comes to personal things, it can affect your life and your family can be very invested. When you’re doing something like this, you’re affecting more change.

For a vision to be able to come to fruition, it

means everything.”

In a way, the I Promise School is modeled after James’ childhood only more organized and professional. As a kid, James, who attended Akron Public Schools for eight years, and his mom, Gloria James, had help from the community.

Michele Campbell, executive director of James’ foundation, teared up Sunday when describing what the James new school means.

“LeBron missed a lot of school in the fourth grade. It’s well-documented,” Ms. Campbell said.

“We all know which path he took. He took the right path with some very good people around him and now we know him as the world’s best basketball player. He could’ve taken the other road. He would’ve been a statistic like a lot of students who drop out of school.”

The building is a renovated school located just down the street from St. Vincent-St. Mary, where James attended high school. School officials didn’t have access to the building until seven weeks ago, and staff worked seven days a week to get the school ready for Monday’s opening.

The entrance to the school features a split staircase with the IPS and LeBron James Family

Foundation logos. High on the walls at the entrance are 114 sneakers worn by James. The corresponding pair will be sold by Upper Deck and proceeds will help fund the school and the foundation.

The bottom floor of the building features a mural of James, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The walls of the school are lined with photos of James and children at foundation events. Students will be stocked with school supplies, and teachers will have the tools they need, including a faculty lounge stocked with snacks and beverages and access to workout trainers.

Other details: The classrooms will hold 20 students for every teacher, and 12 teachers have been hired for the 2018-19 school year.

There are 43 academic staffers, including a principal, assistant principal, four intervention specialists, tutor, English as a second language teacher, music instructor and a gym teacher.

IPS is a certified STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) school.

The school day is long — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and so is the school year, lasting July 30 to May 17.

There will be a seven-week summer school.

Students will be served breakfast, lunch and a snack daily.

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Case No.: CL18-1848 RUTH H. DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1205 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000562/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ruth H. Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RUTH H. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SMITHIE H. DEESE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LOUISE THOMAS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JESTON HAMER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and EARNESTINE CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GREGORY HENDERSON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DOROTHY DENNISTON, JAMES HAMER, JR, NORVELL JACKSON, MIKI WYNDER, GRACIE B . G R A H A M , PAT S Y W I L L I A M S , R AY M O N D BULLOCK, JAMES BULLOCK, JACQUELINE THOMAS SNOW, LOUISE H. THOMAS, DOROTHY H. DENNISTON, NORELL H. JACKSON, MIKKI H. WYNDER, JAMES HAMER, JR, HENRIETTA SUMTER, and HATTIE EATON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ELMER HAMER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RUTH H. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, SMITHIE H. DEESE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, LOUISE THOMAS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JESTON HAMER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EARNESTINE CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, GREGORY HENDERSON, DOROTHY DENNISTON, JAMES HAMER, JR, NORVELL JACKSON, MIKI WYNDER, GRACIE B . G R A H A M , PAT S Y W I L L I A M S , R AY M O N D BULLOCK, JAMES BULLOCK, JACQUELINE THOMAS SNOW, LOUISE H. THOMAS, DOROTHY H. DENNISTON, NORELL

H. JACKSON, MIKKI H. WYNDER, JAMES HAMER, JR, HENRIETTA SUMTER, HATTIE EATON, ELMER HAMER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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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CL17-5013 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. 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 commissioner’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 “as is” 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 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 Commissioner’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, VA 23219

ORDERED that the said Donyelle Whitehead needs to appear on October 9, 2018 at 10:00 AM, before this Court, whose address is 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 and do what is necessary to protect their interests.

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

Case No.: CL18-3048 XENIA OSHAROFF, et al, Defendants.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2206 West Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-1010/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Xenia Osharoff.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, XENIA OSHAROFF, 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 XENIA OSHAROFF, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before SepTember 20, 2018 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 NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’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 for sale at public auction the following real estate at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday August 15, 2018 at 3:00pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected. The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.

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