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‘Rey’ of hope Cristo Rey Richmond High School opens to high expectations by students, officials

By Samantha Willis and George Copeland

Heritage Auctions via Associated Press

This photo released by Heritage Auctions shows a Punahou School basketball jersey reportedly worn by former President Barack Obama during his student days at the school in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Obama’s old high school basketball jersey sells for $120,000 Free Press wire report

DALLAS A basketball jersey believed to have been worn by former President Barack Obama while he was at an elite Honolulu prep school has sold at auction for $120,000.

Heritage Auctions said the No. 23 Punahou School jersey sold last Saturday night in Dallas to a collector of American and sports artifacts who did not want to be identified.

Mr. Obama wore that number during the 1978-79 school year.

The jersey was put up for auction

by Peter Noble, who was three years behind Mr. Obama at Punahou School.

He said he grabbed the jersey the summer before his senior year because it was Mr. Obama destined for the trash. He said he took it because 23 was his number on the basketball team.

Mr. Noble, now 55 and living in Seattle, said years later, after Mr. Obama’s first election in 2008, he saw an old photo of the 44th president wearing a No. 23 jersey while a guard on the school’s 1979 Hawaii state championship team.

“I took it because they were getting rid of it,” Mr. Noble said. “It meant nothing else, really.”

Mr. Noble said he grew up “idolizing” Punahou basketball.

The auction house says details on the shirt match the one Mr. Obama, who mostly sat on the bench during his Punahou basketball days, is photographed wearing.

After seeing the photo, Mr. Noble said he thought it was interesting and showed the jersey off to friends out of pride for Punahou. Mostly, the shirt remained in his closet, following him during moves to various cities.

Mr. Noble says a portion of the sale will go to Punahou School.

“I got to thinking: Is there an opportunity to do something, perhaps good?” he said. “Perhaps have this see a bigger, broader light of day than sitting in my closet.”

By the numbers

City finishes fiscal year with surplus

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

If Richmond City Council approves, retired city employees such as Elmer Seay and Daisy Weaver might receive a 1 percent increase in their city pensions — the first cost-of-living increase since 2008.

And three projects aimed at opening access to parts of James River Park, Brown’s Island and other public property to people in wheelchairs, on crutches and using walkers could be fully funded.

The reason: City Hall expects to finish the 2019 fiscal year with a $15 million surplus, according to the fourth quarter financial report issued Aug. 15.

Mayor Stoney That’s a complete reversal from three months ago when top city officials warned City Council of a looming $1.6 million deficit and asked for permission to tap a savings account reserved for emergencies to avoid a shortfall in the $735.8 million 2018-19 budget.

In late May, the council was told the deficit was an urgent matter and that a failure to support the administration’s request to shift funds between departments and tap savings could leave Please turn to A4

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Corey Taylor, principal of Cristo Rey Richmond High School, welcomes members of the school’s inaugural class Monday and sets expectations for the academic year.

When the bell rang at 7:45 a.m. Monday, 96 ninth-grade students began the inaugural school year at Cristo Rey Richmond High School, a private school that promises opportunities for some of the area’s poorest youths through a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum combined with an unconventional work component that seeks to give them a boost in the job market.

Located at 304 N. Sheppard St. inside the former Benedictine High School, Cristo Rey is “part of a network of 37 schools across the United States,” explained Peter McCourt, president and chief executive officer of the Richmond school.

“Nationally, Cristo Rey schools have produced about 15,000 graduates, with a 100 percent college acceptance rate.”

Cristo Rey is a Catholic school whose goal is to educate “young people of limited economic means to become men and women of faith, purpose and service,” according to its mission statement.

“We are a faith-based, Catholic learning community,” Mr. McCourt said, “but we welcome students of all faiths. They do not have to be Catholic to attend.”

Cristo Rey opens in Richmond at a time of academic uncertainty, with public schools in the metro area garnering both nationwide honors and Please turn to A4

State NAACP president dismissed, listening tour stopped in shake-up

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The president of the Virginia State Conference NAACP was abruptly dismissed and the civil rights group’s statewide “Listening Tour” has been halted in changes announced last weekend by the state administrator.

Robert N. Barnette Jr. of Hanover County is to immediately take the helm of the state NAACP, replacing the Rev. Kevin L. Chandler of South Boston.

Mr. Barnette was serving as the state vice president, as well as president of the Hanover County Branch NAACP. Rev. Chandler was not planning to run for re-election.

The change is the work of Gloria Sweet-Love, the Tennessee State NAACP president whom the national NAACP appointed earlier this year to administer the Virginia affiliate.

She announced the change Saturday during a meeting of the state NAACP executive committee and then sent a notice to the branches around Virginia on Tuesday.

In her news release to the media, Ms. Sweet-Love did not mention her dismissal of two other executive committee members — Jesse Frierson of Richmond, who was removed as chairman of the state NAACP Political Action Committee, and state Treasurer James P. Boyd of Portsmouth.

Neither Mr. Frierson nor Mr. Boyd could be reached for comment.

The changes spotlight a continuing instability in the top reaches of the organization, which is impacting its effectiveness in the state. On Aug. 1, the state conference kicked off a statewide “Listening Tour” in Richmond to hear about the issues and concerns facing African-Americans and to

come up with a plan for policy and political solutions.

T h e t o u r, a n nounced by Rev. Chandler and Mr. Frierson, was to make stops in seven additional communities Mr. Barnette through Sept. 30 and then release a report later in the fall.

Jonathan McKinney, Mid-Atlantic regional director for the national office, put the brakes on the effort, according to reports, because the tour was not properly approved by the state executive committee and because of concerns about two of the tour’s co-sponsors, the Virginia State Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership

Conference and the Frederick Douglass Leadership Institute.

Rev. Chandler, who was unable to attend last weekend’s executive committee meeting, told the Free Press on Tuesday that he hadn’t received any notice saying he’d been removed from office. He said he only learned he was out after talking with a reporter, who read him the state NAACP news release about the change.

“This is the first time I’ve heard about any removal,” said Rev. Chandler, the 56year-old pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in South Boston. “This is a shock to me. … This is not a way to operate a civil rights organization.”

Rev. Chandler was elected president in Please turn to A4

All smiles Eight-month-old Henry Tidwell was all smiles last Saturday as he and his mother, Whitney Tidwell, took in the sights and sounds at the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward.

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2 area apartment complexes being revitalized

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Two major apartment complexes, one in Richmond and one in Henrico County that largely house lower-income families, are being revitalized.

In Richmond, the once-decaying Flats at Ginter Park, with more than 700 units spread along Chamberlayne Avenue in North Side, has undergone a major facelift.

And shortly, renovation is planned for the St. Luke Apartments, previously known as Essex Village and once labeled the worst complex in Henrico.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney on Monday joined representatives of the new owners of the Flats at Ginter Park, Dwell Richmond LLC and its New York-based parent, EquiShares Inc., to mark the reopening of the 44-building complex headquartered in the 3200 block of Chamberlayne Avenue and renamed Bloom Apartments.

“After extensive renovation,” the mayor tweeted, “the new Bloom will offer quality affordable housing units from $700 to $900” per month.

EquiShares hired Dodson Property Management to handle the improvements. The company has not released cost figures, but officials said the company has invested more than $7 million in upgrades.

EquiShares stepped in last year after city inspectors found extensive decay and condemned many of the buildings as “unfit for human habitation.” Hundreds of tenants had to scramble to find new living quarters.

Ultimately, the Richmond Circuit Court forced the sale last fall of the complex that had been purchased in 2015 by a different New York company, Cedar Grove Partners LLC. Some tenants, whose buildings were not condemned, already are seeing significant change. Among them is Cassandra Hoyer, who now has sound interior doors and new kitchen appliances.

“It’s like night and day. Before, when something went wrong, you couldn’t get a hold of anyone,” she said. “No one was ever in the office, and there was no one to call. Now there is.”

Meanwhile, SSA/EVI Development of Baltimore appears close to launching renovations to the nearly 500 units at St. Luke Apartments. The company purchased the complex located on Laburnum Avenue near the Richmond Raceway in November 2017.

Maryland-based Hamel Builders is seeking bids from subcontractors for renovation of the government-subsidized apartments.

Joe Gauntner of Hamel announced in an advertisement that bids are due Sept. 10.

Mr. Gauntner could not be reached for comment.

To assist with financing, Ernst Valery, managing partner for SSA/EVI Development, has applied to the Virginia Housing Development Authority for $3.49 million in low-interest tax credits that would be coupled with tax-exempt bonds to be issued through the Henrico Economic Development Authority. VHDA is still reviewing the application, spokesman Brian Matt said.

Mr. Valery previously estimated that his company might need to invest up to $60,000 per unit to upgrade the complex. No official estimate of the cost has been released.

Dominic Baah, left, is one of thousands of Virginia Commonwealth University students who spent Saturday moving into campus dorm rooms. The transfer student from Leesburg had the moral Slices of life and scenes support of his 3-year-old brother, Todd Johnson, as he set up his in Richmond belongings in his new residence hall on West Grace Street, while his cousin, Noah McKay, 11, of Charlotte, N.C., and brother Desmond Baah, 17, provided the muscle to move a big suitcase and a large box filled with shoes, clothes and other essentials for student life.

The student move-in at VCU mirrored similar activity this month at Virginia Union University and the University of Richmond as new and continuing students prepared for the start of classes.

Hanover County NAACP files federal lawsuit over schools’ Confederate names

By George Copeland and Jeremy M. Lazarus

In a novel approach, the Hanover County Branch NAACP is alleging that the county and its School Board are violating the constitutional rights of African-American residents by having schools named for military and political leaders of the slavery-defending Confederate States.

Fed up after two years of futile lobbying for name changes, the branch filed suit in federal court in Richmond on Aug. 16 alleging that African-American students are being compelled to embrace Confederate imagery and the names of military and political leaders who sought to keep them enslaved.

The suit asks the court to find that the county is violating the First Amendment through such compulsion and to order that the names of Lee-Davis High and Stonewall Jackson Middle schools be changed. Lee-Davis is named for Confederate commander Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, while Stonewall Jackson is named for anther top Confederate military figure.

Neither the county nor its school system have commented publicly.

The suit appears to be among the first to use a constitutional approach to attack Confederate imagery and shrines that continues to litter public property in Virginia and other states.

On Monday, Norfolk adopted a similar approach in filing its own federal lawsuit challenging state laws that bar it from removing or altering a Conferate monument that it owns.

The city claimed in its suit that the protection laws for Confederate icons “deprives (Norfolk) of the right to free speech.” Such laws effectively take “away the city’s right to not present a message about the War Between the States in the manner that is embodied by the monument.”

“The NAACP wants to create an inclusive school community that welcomes

all children in Hanover County to access equal education opportunities,” according to a statement from the Hanover NAACP that is led by Robert N. Barnette Jr., the new state NAACP president, and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs that filed the suit on the branch’s behalf.

But that is impossible while the names of those schools remain in place, according to the suit. African-American students at the two schools are “compelled” to wear uniforms, jerseys and cheerleading outfits with Confederate imagery and the names of leaders dedicated to defending the enslavement of their ancestors.

This “condition of participation” extends to the official nicknames for Lee-Davis and Stonewall Jackson students and athletes — “Confederates” and “Rebels” — respectively, that are a constant presence at sporting events and other activities. Those students who refuse to use the nicknames are unable to participate in such extracurricular activities, the suit alleges.

The lawsuit also alleges that LeeDavis and Stonewall Jackson create an educational setting of active and passive discrimination and dehumanization based on their links to the Confederacy.

According to the suit, the situation is only made worse by incidents of racist rhetoric and behavior from white faculty and white students towards AfricanAmericans.

These situations and others, the suit contends, are a violation of equal protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

The suit also alleges that the use of those names and all that comes with them violates the federal Equal Education Opportunities Act by maintaining the vestiges of a dual and segregated school system.

“African-American students at LeeDavis HS and Stonewall Jackson MS confront everyday messages from the school that they are less worthy than their white counterparts,” the lawsuit

reads. “These messages are harmful and cause long-lasting injury.”

The use of the Lee-Davis and Stonewall Jackson names has been a constant reminder of Hanover’s ugly history with race, the suit alleges.

Lee-Davis High School was established in 1958, during the time of “Massive Resistance,” a statewide strategy aimed at preventing court-ordered desegregation of public schools. Stonewall Jackson was established as the name for a new middle school in 1969, six months after Hanover County’s plan to desegregate its schools finally won federal court approval after two earlier plans were rejected.

Currently, African-Americans make up less than 10 percent of the student bodies at each of the schools.

This is not the first time Hanover County officials have been called on to rename the schools. In 2017, Hanover School Board officials rejected the idea after a poll of residents showed 70 percent of residents wanted the names to remain.

Hanover County’s Board of Supervisors in June also removed Marla Coleman from the appointed school board after Ms. Coleman, the lone person of color on the board, voted for the name change.

Previous renamings in the Greater Richmond region have been far less difficult. For example, the Richmond School Board renamed J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School to Barack Obama Elementary last year with little controversy. J.E.B. Stuart was a Confederate cavalry leader.

Mr. Barnette hopes the county will consider avoiding expensive litigation to defend the names.

“It’s going to cost taxpayers money that should go into the schools,” Mr. Barnette said. “We didn’t want to go to court, but we see no other option at this time. If the School Board wants to resolve this issue, we’re open and ready to do that.”

8 candidates vying for Agelasto’s City Council seat

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

And the race is on.

Eight people successfully qualified to compete for the 5th District seat on Richmond City Council from which Councilman Parker C. Agelasto plans to resign on Nov. 30.

According to the Richmond Voter Registrar’s Office, the list of candidates who cleared the filing hurdles and are approved to run in the special election set for Nov. 5 are: • Nicholas Da Silva, a community organizer.

• Stephanie Lynch, director of government affairs, strategy and development for the nonprofit Good Neighbor, which provides mental health and disability services.

• Jer’Mykeal McCoy, a Schutt Sports business development manager and president of the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals.

• The Rev. Robin D. Mines, associate minister at Hood Temple AME Zion Church.

• Henry W. “Chuck” Richardson, who previously represented the 5th District on City Council from 1977 to 1995.

• Graham Sturm, an Armstrong High School history teacher.

• Mamie L. Taylor, who represented the 5th District on the Richmond School Board from 2013 to 2016.

• Dr. Thaddeus “Thad” Williamson, a University of Richmond professor who launched the city’s Office of Community Wealth Building and served as an adviser to Mayor Levar M. Stoney.

Councilman Agelasto, whose resignation was forced because he moved out of the 5th District, said he has not endorsed anyone, but is proud of the field that has emerged.

He noted the candidates reflect the “wonderful diversity of the district I represent.”

The district straddles the James River and includes Carytown, parts of The Fan and Virginia Commonwealth University, Byrd Park, City Stadium, Randolph, Maymont and Oregon Hill

north of the river and Spring Hill, None of the candidates has yet Swansboro, Woodland Heights, areas endorsed the proposal. along Reedy Creek and neighborhoods Dr. Williamson has stated he would in and around George Wythe High announce his position no later than School south of the river.

Oct. 21 in response to a question from Amid the crowded field, Dr. Wil- Activate Virginia, a nonprofit pushing liamson is regarded as the putative to end political giving from utility front-runner. companies and other major He has raised about corporations. Some consider $10,000 to fuel his camhim a likely yes, given his paign, or far more than the ties to the mayor. rest of the field — although In response to the questhis will largely be a shoetion, Mr. Da Silva stated leather, door-knocking he was flatly opposed. Mr. campaign.

McCoy stated he had not yet The biggest issue for the taken a position, but added candidates could be their he is “very concerned about position on Mayor Stoney’s the city prioritizing this Mr. Agelasto controversial proposal to project when our schools replace the Richmond Coliseum in are long overdue for substantial imDowntown. provements.”

City Council is not expected to Ms. Lynch stated her concern that take up the issue until early next year, information on this development was well after Mr. Agelasto steps down withheld for so long from the public. “I and his replacement takes the seat on have also seen, firsthand, the tangible Dec. 1 to fill the remaining13 months impact of borrowing from city coffers of Mr. Agelasto’s term that ends Dec. to fund one priority over another. The 31, 2020. mistakes of our past lend even more

reason to be sensitive to the current Navy Hill project,” she said.

Mr. Richardson recalled the failure of the 1980s Project One effort to redevelop Downtown that was backed by the top Dominion Energy executive, T. Justin Moore. “I voted against that project then” for lack of adequate evaluation, he stated. “This project should go through a rigorous evaluation, and unless we have that, I will not support it.”

Dr. Williamson also was among five candidates who pledged not to accept donations from Dominion Energy or its top corporate executive, Thomas F. Farrell II, who is leading the Coliseum replacement effort.

Other candidates for the seat who have pledged to reject such contributions include Mr. Da Silva, Ms. Lynch, Mr. McCoy and Mr. Sturm.

Mr. Richardson, whose lawsuit seeking to immediately oust Mr. Agelasto from the post was dismissed Aug. 8 in Richmond Circuit Court, did not make such a pledge. Rev. Mines and Ms. Taylor were not polled.

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Cristo Rey Richmond High School opens to high expectations by students, officials Continued from A1

statewide embarrassment and facing money troubles and plans to replace and/or renovate many of the worn out buildings.

Cristo Rey will serve grades nine through 12. Academic lessons are based on Common Core and Virginia education standards; the school will award its graduates advanced diplomas.

The school’s mission mirrors a set of 10 Cristo Rey Network standards, which Mr. McCourt said originally were designed to exclusively support youths from urban, underserved communities.

It is based on a school model begun in 1995 in Chicago by Father John P. Foley, and incorporates a work-study program where corporate partners of the school employ students.

Working in teams of four, Cristo Rey students share one job, with each student working five full days per month. The program is designed so that students will not miss class while working.

The students’ income is directed to the school and used to fund their tuition costs.

Cristo Rey’s website explains that the Corporate Work Study Program provides students with “crucial hands-on, white collar work experience, while simultaneously empowering them to assume an active role in financing the larger portion of their education.”

The school acts as employment placement agency for their students, who are employed by the school, not the corporate partners.

Cristo Rey students will work with at least 25 corporate partners from a range of industries, including McGuireWoods, Dominion Energy, Bon Secours, Markel and Groome Transportation.

Student employee responsibilities will vary by job and industry, but may include tasks such as data entry and helping create Microsoft Excel reports for financial service jobs or filing records and assisting with fraud investigation for banking jobs.

Both Corey Taylor, the school’s principal and chief academic officer, and Amy McCracken, director of the work-study program, stressed that the program is not an internship, but a vehicle to give students real skills, connect them to potential employers

Photos by Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

Cheyenne listens intently on the first day of classes at Cristo Rey Richmond High School. The school is located in the Museum District on Sheppard Street in the former home of Benedictine High School.

and prepare them for future job markets.

A notable exception to Cristo Rey’s program is blue-collar vocational work. Mr. Taylor said this absence isn’t out of disrespect toward those professions, but simply the nature of the program and the school itself.

“That’s just not our focus,” Mr. Taylor said, “and that’s something that we’re very intentional about when we are presenting to students or to different corporations.

“College is not for everybody, and working in the corporate space is not for everybody,” Mr. Taylor said. “But it is for some people. And if that is an ambition of yours, you should have the means to be able to do so.”

Ms. McCracken pointed out that the program can be a clarifying experience for students, letting them gain experience in a field before fully committing to a career path.

“It’s very different. I hope everything goes well with how this all turns out,” 15-year-old Elizabeth said Monday about her new school. (School officials did not want students’ last names to be published.)

Originally from Chicago, the Richmond resident attended Saint Joseph Catholic School in Petersburg before enrolling at Cristo Rey. While it’s a lot for any student to take in, Elizabeth and Marc, 14, said it’s been worth it so far. All students went through a three-week orientation in July.

“I like the people here. I like the teachers and just about everything about it,” said Marc, who attended All Saints Catholic School on Richmond’s North Side.

Marc and Elizabeth agreed that maintaining good Dontrese Brown, vice chair of the board of directors of Cristo Rey grades at Cristo Rey potentially could be difficult, given Richmond High School, greets freshman Joshua in a welcome line the more demanding courses and the responsibility set up by board members and staff on the first day.

of balancing school assignments with work obligations.

“Coming through the whole three weeks of (orientation) taught me a lot of things and how to be prepared for the real world,” said Elizabeth, who learned about Cristo Rey from news reports and websites.

She said she was drawn to the opportunity to do adult-level busines work.

“I just thought that was really cool when you’re only 15,” she said.

Marc learned about Cristo Rey when representatives came to All Saints. He said he sees it as an opportunity to learn and head to college. He also was excited by the prospect of the work-study program.

“I’m 14 and I’m doing what grownups would do. I’m preparing for the future,” he said.

When college becomes the next step for Cristo Rey students, they can expect to have a lot of help. This includes a college counseling service that starts in the 10th grade and a network of 47 partner universities across the United States, all working to ensure graduates have the financial support they need when they settle down at whatever college they choose.

Even if students pursue higher education in locales without a nearby Cristo Rey school, Ms. McCracken said they’ll see long-term support.

“The one thing that we want ultimately is for students to be successful,” Mr. Taylor said. “And so if you’re coming into a place as a student where it doesn’t feel welcoming, and you don’t feel like you can actually learn and grow, then you won’t.”

Given the community interest and the enthusiasm of its new students, Cristo Rey officials are eager to see how the school and its students will progress.

“I cannot imagine what it’s going to be like when our founding class graduates in 2023,” Ms. McCracken said. “We are all eyes on the prize — all looking forward to that day.”

City finishes fiscal year with surplus Continued from A1

some departments — most notably the Richmond Sheriff’s Office — unable to meet payroll in the final month of the fiscal year that ended June 30. The council voted 6-3 to support the administration.

But as three council members predicted in rejecting the administration’s assertion of a pending deficit, there’s now more than enough unspent tax dollars — about 2 percent of the total budget — to cover the projected $6.2 million cost for the pension cost of living adjustment, the $963,000 needed to fully fund the three improvements for the disabled, to provide $1 million to shore up the city’s pension fund and leave $7 million left over.

This has become a typical practice of Mayor Levar M. Stoney and his administration — forecast that the city is barely hanging on after nine months of the fiscal year, only to announce a significant surplus after the books close.

That practice is among the reasons Mayor Stoney was unable to sell his proposed inMs. Larson crease in the real estate tax to City Council and the public during the debate over the current 2019-2020 budget that went into effect July 1.

Lincoln Saunders, the mayor’s chief of staff, issued the quarterly report to the council. He attributed the brighter financial picture to “departmental staff engaging in practices that promote operational efficiencies” and other money-saving work. He also pointed to reductions in borrowing costs the city is paying due to its strong credit ratings.

However, Mr. Saunders did not mention that the third quarter financial report he issued in April projected city expenditures would reach $735.8 million by the end of the 2019 fiscal year.

The latest report showed actual total fiscal year spending was held to $716.2 million, or $19 million less and $3.7 million below the amount the council budgeted for city spending for the 2019 fiscal year.

According to Mr. Saunders, Mayor Stoney now plans to ask City Council to support spending a portion of the surplus on the COLA, access projects and pension fund, although any use of surplus funds would need to wait until the budget surplus is confirmed by an annual audit due in November.

The remaining $7 million would be allocated under a formula the council put in place in December 2017 at the end of Mayor Stoney’s first year in office.

That formula provides for putting half of any surplus into virtually untouchable savings accounts or a “rainy day” fund, allocating 40 percent to a maintenance reserve for sidewalks, streets and other capital improvements and providing 10 percent for council members to use for smaller, one-time district projects.

While the surplus appears to be good news, it also appears to add to the distrust between some council members and the city administration.

To Councilman Parker Agelasto, 5th District, who was among those who forecast a surplus amid the Stoney administration’s gloomy deficit warnings, this is just another instance in which City Council has been denied reliable and accurate financial information.

In May, he labeled these kind of financial swings as “mismanagement.” On Tuesday, he again expressed renewed disappointment that the administration is failing to be transparent on finances.

He noted that in May, Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, supported the administration’s fund-shift proposal based on administration statements that employees might not get paid and trash might not get picked up if City Council failed to

support the proposal. She said then she would be embarrassed at voting with the administration if it turned out the fiscal year ended with a significant surplus.

Councilwoman Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, who also voted against the May budget amendments that the administration proposed to prevent a deficit, is pleased that her proposal to restore funding to the access projects is moving forward.

In June, a council majority rejected her plan to restore full funding to those access projects if there was a surplus. At the time, the administration opposed the plan and told the council that the city was unlikely to finish the 2019 fiscal year with extra funds.

But “now that we have determined there is a fund balance (surplus), I’m happy to see that the accessibility projects will be funded. Increasing accessibility in our park system is incredibly important,” Ms. Larson stated Tuesday.

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2017 and said he had no plans to seek a second, two-year term.

A former state NAACP vice president and former chair of the group’s religious affairs committee, Rev. Chandler acknowledged “that we have been having some internal issues, but we were working toward resolving those issues.”

Mr. Barnette, a retired safety engineer, said he plans to run for state president at the state convention slated for Nov. 1 through 3 in Henrico County. He said he would follow the bylaws and only take on such tasks as the executive committee approves. He also plans to

continue to work on the convention planning committee.

Ms. Sweet-Love did not offer any explanation for the changes in the press release and did not respond to a request Mr. Frierson for comment.

Rev. Chandler said he is concerned about the dismissal of Mr. Frierson, who had begun been making what he called “great strides” in raising the profile of the state NAACP at the General Assembly.

He also expressed concern that the

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progress Mr. Frierson has made in creating connections with like-minded organizations and to expand its presence during legislative sessions would be undermined.

Rev. Chandler Mr. Frierson has worked to get more state NAACP members to participate in the group’s annual Lobby Day. More significantly, he created a cadre of volunteer lobbyists from the NAACP to meet with legislators and attend General Assembly committee meetings to present the NAACP’s views on legislation.

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First 400 years

Reflecting on past, realizing the present starts Aug. 22 Free Press staff and wire report

In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton.

According to the early documents, they had been captured from a Portuguese slave ship, put aboard the “White Lion,” an English ship, and then traded for food at Virginia’s Point Mr. Wilder Comfort. The colonial governor and a merchant traded for them.

That, essentially, was the beginning of the slave trade in English North America.

This weekend, thousands of people are expected in Hampton Roads to commemorate the 400th anniversary of “African Landing Day.” The four-day commemoration, which begins Thursday, Aug. 22, will include a host of special guests and a variety of history tours, education programs, musical performances, ceremonies and special exhibits organized by American Evolution, the Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument and the City of Hampton.

“One of the objectives we want to achieve is to correct history,” said retired Lt. Col. Claude Vann, the Hampton 2019 Commission co-chair.

“I think history has done the African-American a disservice because we have never been told what our real history was. For the folks here at Hampton, particularly, we were taught that the first African landed in Jamestown. Well, that’s incorrect,” Lt. Col. Vann said.

The place where the first “20 and odd Negroes” landed was Point Comfort, on a peninsula that extends out into the Chesapeake Bay. To get to it, you have to cross a bridge over a moat.

On the other side is the largest stone fort in America — Fort Monroe — encompassing 565 acres.

“The city saw the importance of this commemoration early on and they created a commission within the city for it,” said Luci Cochran, the executive director of the Hampton History Museum.

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“This is a history that so many people are not aware of and we want people to understand that the landing of the first African is a thread that shaped everything,” she said. “It shaped our country and it continues to affect our country today.”

The commemoration begins at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, with “Africa to America: The Odyssey of Slavery” town hall at Norfolk State University’s Brown Hall with history professors and experts from across the country.

Events continue on Friday, Aug. 23, at the Hampton Convention Center where Byron Pitts of ABC News’ “Nightline” will host the “African-American Political Pioneers Luncheon and Panel Discussion,” featuring former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first African-American to be elected governor; Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott of Newport News; Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton; and former North Carolina state Sen. Howard Lee, who also was the first African-American mayor of Chapel Hill, N.C. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, in Continental Park at Fort

School Board votes to demolish school building

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A historic Richmond elementary school building that dates to the 1880s and was the first built to serve African-American children in Church Hill appears to be headed for demolition.

The Richmond School Board voted overwhelmingly to recommend tearing down George Mason Elementary School at 813 N. 28th St. after the completion in 2020 of the replacement building.

The vote was 7-1, with School Board member Linda Owen, 9th District, not participating.

The only dissent came from board member Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, who has a master’s degree in architecture.

Ms. Gibson voted against demolition as a protest to what

she called the failure of the board and administration to review the current building to determine if any portion could be incorporated into a new building to save money.

Darin Simmons Jr., Richmond Public Schools chief operating officer, told the board that the current school occupies a portion of the 8-acre site designated for athletic fields, basketball courts and playgrounds. Play areas would be stunted if the old building is not removed, he said.

He was unable to provide the board with a cost for the demolition and installation of the fields, which will increase the $37.2 million already being spent for the new school building.

The vote is just a first step in removing the old George Mason School, whose prominent alumni

include former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III. Mr. Simmons said demolition approval is still needed from the Commission on Architectural Review, the city’s official historic preservation body and an arm of the Planning Commission.

He noted that the city administration plans to make the request to CAR in the fall.

The school, long ranked among the 30 RPS school buildings in the worst condition, originally opened in 1881, according to RPS history. That original space remained in use until it was torn down in 1974.

The oldest part of the school now is a brick addition that dates to 1887, according to the history.

The well-worn building also includes classroom additions from

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Dr. Miller The Board of Trustees at LeMoyneIn 2017, some faculty submitted a Owen College in Memphis announced Aug. 13 “no confidence” vote against Dr. Miller. that Dr. Andrea Lewis Miller’s contract will not Dr. Miller previously served as chancellor of be renewed when it ends Sept. 1.

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1922, 1936 and 1951.

Two years ago, teachers, students and parents detailed horrid conditions in the school, including rodent droppings on students’desks, leaky bathrooms, lack of heat, mold and poor air quality.

The School Board later moved the school to the top of the list for replacement.

Monroe, the official 2019 African Landing Commemorative Ceremony will take place, with greetings and remarks from CNN political contributor Van Jones; Gov. Ralph S. Northam; U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine; Dr. Joseph Green Jr., chair of 400 Years of African American History federal commission; and poet Nikki Giovanni.

The ceremony will feature AfCommon rican drumming, the I.C. Norcom High School Choir from Portsmouth and will open a day of events, including youth performances, storytelling, tours and living history exhibits, spoken word performances and musical performances.

At 6:30 p.m. the free First African Landing Concert will take place at the Hampton Coliseum, featuring Common and Sounds of Blackness.

Healing Day 2019 will take place beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25, with a panel discussion at the Fort Monroe Theater sponsored by the National Park Service.

A ceremony at Continental Park at Fort Monroe starts at 2:30 p.m. with a libation ceremony, blessing of the land, a tribute to the ancestors with a release of 400 butterflies, and Ghanaian drumming. Bells will ring at Fort Monroe and across the country for 4 minutes beginning at 3 p.m.

A keynote address will be given during a program at 3:45 p.m.

by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, an author, radio host and professor at Georgetown University, followed by a gospel concert featuring recording artist Damien Sneed, the 4 Him Gospel Quartet and the First Baptist Church Choir of Hampton.

“From a historian’s perspective, we hope people will take away that all of this wasn’t an accident,” said Beth Austin of the Hampton History Museum. “It happened in a global context both in terms of the wider Atlantic world in 1619 and it had enormous global impact. The slave trade and the practice of slavery in America impacted the New World and Africa and it’s had a very long-term and profound legacy.”

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City Council shoots down advisory referendum on $1.5B Coliseum project

By George Copeland

One week after the Richmond City Council voted to kill a proposed advisory referendum asking Richmond voters whether they support using tax dollars to pay for a new Richmond Coliseum, the referendum’s chief proponent is still tense over the decision.

“I’m very disappointed in my colleagues,” said 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, who sought to put the non-binding referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot.

She said her opinion is shared by many of her constitutents in South Side, who expressed their displeasure and concern at an 8th District meeting on Aug. 15, a day after the referendum proposal was shot down on a 5-3 vote during a special meeting of City Council held at the Richmond Police Training Academy.

Ms. Trammell wanted city voters to participate in a referendum on using taxpayer dollars to fund a new Richmond Coliseum, which is at the heart of Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s massive $1.5 billion development plan for Downtown.

The mayor’s plan calls for a new, 17,500-seat Coliseum; a 541-room hotel, 2,500 apartments; new office, retail and restaurant space; a GRTC transfer depot and other additions to the Downtown area.

Under the plan, about $900 million would be pumped into the project by Navy Hill District Corp., led by Dominion Energy CEO Thomas F. Farrell II, who helped create the plan.

While proponents claim the development would create thousands of jobs and net $1 billion in new tax revenue over the course of 30 years, it also would divert from city general fund coffers any new real estate tax revenue generated in an 80-block area around the Coliseum.

New real estate taxes generated in the special Tax Increment Financing district — that would stretch from 1st to 10th streets between Byrd Street and Interstates 95 and 64 — would be used to pay off about $350 million in loans to build a new Coliseum. Under the plan, new tax money would be diverted for up to 30 years, instead of going to the city’s general fund to pay for schools, public safety, social services, infrastructure and other critical city needs.

Under Ms. Trammell’s proposal, the voter referendum would have been non-binding, with City Council ultimately deciding on the Coliseum plan.

Joining Ms. Trammell in her support of putting a referendum on the November ballot were Councilwomen Kimberly B. Gray, 2nd District, and and Kristen L. Larson, 4th District.

Voting against the referendum proposal were Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District; Council Vice President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; Andreas Addison, 1st District; Ellen Robertson, 6th District; and Michael Jones, 9th District.

Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, abstained from voting, while raising the possibility of holding a referendum later after City Council and a special commission review the project.

“I don’t think (the Coliseum plan) is fully ready for the public,” Mr. Agelasto said.

Ms. Trammell was angered by the defeat.

“I hope the citizens will hold their feet to the fire — the ones that voted against this,” Ms. Trammell said.

The tenor of Ms. Trammell’s statement matched the tension present throughout last week’s meeting. It was the first time the public was able to comment Please turn to A7

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE PETITION OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED US-4 SOLAR PROJECT AND FOR APPROVAL OF A RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE CASE NO. PUR-2019-00105 On July 23, 2019, Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Dominion" or "Company") filed with the State Corporation Commission ("Commission") a petition ("Petition") for approval and a certificate of public convenience and necessity ("CPCN") to construct and operate the Sadler Solar Facility, an approximately 100 megawatt ("MW") utility scale solar photovoltaic generating facility, located in Greensville County, Virginia ("the "US-4 Solar Project" or the "Project"). The Company requests approval of and a CPCN for the US-4 Solar Project pursuant to §§ 56-46.1 and 56-580 D of the Code of Virginia ("Code") and the Filing Requirements in Support of Applications for Authority to Construct and Operate an Electric Generating Facility. Through its Petition, the Company also requests approval of a rate adjustment clause ("RAC"), designated Rider US-4, pursuant to Code § 56-585.1 A 6 ("Subsection A 6") and the Rules Governing Utility Rate Applications and Annual Informational Filings.

Dominion filed a Motion for Entry of a Protective Order and Additional Protective Treatment, as well as a proposed Protective Order with its Petition.

Dominion maintains that the US-4 Solar Project is needed, economic, and will provide ongoing capacity, energy, and environmental benefits for its customers and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Company states that the Company's past five integrated resource plans have identified the need for solar generating resources to serve the Company's projected load, and that the projected 2020 commercial operations date ("COD") for the US-4 Project is consistent with the Company's short-term action plan from its 2018 Integrated Resource Plan, which called for constructing 960 MW of solar through 2021. The Company further states that the Grid Transformation and Security Act, among other things, promotes the construction of new utility-owned and -operated solar or wind generation facilities and amends Subsection A 6 to provide that 5,000 MW of solar is in the public interest. According to Dominion, beginning construction before December 31, 2019, will allow the Company to maximize the federal investment tax credits available for solar facilities, which will result in an approximately $19 million reduction to overall customer costs.

Dominion represents that in conjunction with its efforts to expand its portfolio of renewable and carbon free resources, the Company issued a request for proposals ("2018 Wind-Solar RFP") designed to identify potential acquisition projects to review and potential power purchase agreements to purchase, and provide a thirdparty market alternatives test. The Company asserts that its 2018 Wind-Solar RFP meets the Subsection A 6 requirement to consider and weigh alternative options, including third party market alternatives, in selecting proposed generating facilities.

As proposed, the Project would be comprised of ground-mounted, single-axis tracking solar panel arrays with an expected operating life of 35 years. If approved, Dominion expects the Project to be in service by December 2020. The Company states that the Project will provide direct and indirect economic benefits to the Commonwealth of Virginia of approximately $105.3 million, which will support 776 jobs on a cumulative basis from 2018 to 2021. Dominion represents that postconstruction combined economic benefits are projected to be approximately $3.1 million annually, and approximately 12 jobs will be supported, with most of these effects occurring in Greensville County where the Project is located.

The Company is proposing a performance guarantee for the US-4 Solar Project (the "Performance Guarantee") based on the performance guarantee approved by the Commission for the US-3 Solar Projects in Case No. PUR-2018-00101. The proposed Performance Guarantee would hold customers harmless for performance below a 21% capacity factor, net of unavailability (the "Target Capacity Factor"). To the extent the actual capacity factor of the Project, after accounting for force majeure events, fell below the Target Capacity Factor, the Company will credit customers for lost renewable energy credit certificate ("REC") revenues and replacement power costs. The Company proposes that lost REC revenues be credited in the next Rider US-4 proceeding, and any replacement power costs be credited through the next fuel factor proceeding. As proposed, the Performance Guarantee would remain in place for 20 years following the Project's COD. The Company proposes an initial rate year for Rider US-4 of June 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021 ("Rate Year"), and represents that the three key components of the revenue requirement for the US-4 Solar Project are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor, the AFUDC Cost Recovery Factor, and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. Dominion states that the Projected Cost Recovery Factor consists of the projected financing costs on invested capital for the Rate Year, plus income taxes on the equity component of the return and projected operating costs of the plant during the post-COD portion of the Rate Year, as applicable. The Company indicates that the AFUDC Cost Recovery Factor consists of the recovery of AFUDC projected to be accrued on the Company's books for the US-4 Solar Project. Dominion states that it did not include a true-up amount in this proceeding. However, if initiated in 2021 as expected, Dominion represents that the Actual Cost True-Up Factor will either credit to, or recover from, jurisdictional customers the difference between actual revenues recovered through Rider US-4 for calendar year 2020 compared to actual costs.

The Company indicates that the total revenue requirement requested for the Rate Year for Rider US-4 is $8,480,455.

The Company proposes allocating production plant and related expenses in this proceeding using its Factor 1, calculated from the average and excess method. The Company notes that, consistent with the Commission's Final Order in Case No. PUR-2018-00101, it has filed a cost allocation study for intermittent facilities in the Company's ongoing Rider US-3 proceeding. The Company states that the determinations of the Commission in the Rider US-3 proceeding could be applied to Rider US-4, should the Commission so direct.

If the proposed Rider US-4 is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customer's rate schedule and usage. The Company asserts that implementation of the proposed Rider US-4 on June 1, 2020, will increase the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.17.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Petition and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals.

TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Petition and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company's Petition and supporting documents.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on November 19, 2019, at 10 a.m., in the Commission's second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the CPCN portion of Dominion's Petition from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission's Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing on the CPCN portion of Dominion's Petition should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission's Bailiff.

The Commission also scheduled a public hearing on February 25, 2020, at 10 a.m., in the Commission's second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the RAC portion of Dominion's Petition from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission's Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing on the RAC portion of Dominion's Petition should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission's Bailiff.

The public version of the Company's Petition, as well as the Commission's Order for Notice and Hearing, are available for public inspection during regular business hours at each of the Company's business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies also may be obtained by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company, Lisa S. Booth, Esquire, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

Copies of the public version of the Petition and other documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission's Document Control Center, located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission's website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

On or before November 12, 2019, any interested person wishing to comment on the CPCN portion of Dominion's Petition shall file written comments on the Petition with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file such comments electronically may do so on or before November 12, 2019, by following the instructions on the Commission's website: http://www.scc.virginia. gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR 2019 00105.

On or before February 18, 2020, any interested person wishing to comment on the RAC portion of Dominion's Petition shall file written comments on the Petition with the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. Any interested person desiring to file such comments electronically may do so on or before February 18, 2020, by following the instructions on the Commission's website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR 2019 00105.

On or before September 17, 2019, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure ("Rules of Practice"), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action.

Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2019-00105.

On or before October 8, 2019, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission's Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case on the CPCN portion of Dominion's Petition, and each witness's testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission's Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5 20 240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2019-00105.

On or before January 7, 2020, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission's Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case on the RAC portion of Dominion's Petition, and each witness's testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission's Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5 20 240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR 2019-00105.

All documents filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Commission in this docket may use both sides of the paper. In all other respects, all filings shall comply fully with the requirements of 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format, of the Commission's Rules of Practice.

The Commission's Rules of Practice may be viewed at http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission's Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission's Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address above.

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Goldman has until Aug. 30 to show signatures on Coliseum referendum were wrongly rejected

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Paul Goldman is refusing to give up on his effort to allow Richmond voters to weigh in on the huge and costly plan to replace the Richmond Coliseum.

A feisty political operative who played a key role in creating the elected mayor position, Mr. Goldman believes that a faulty count of the nearly 15,000 petition signatures he submitted on the proposed Coliseum referendum is the reason the proposal was knocked off the ballot.

The leader of the Put Schools First campaign, who has spent a year trying get to city voters the Coliseum issue that could cost taxpayers $600 million, is determined to prove that his “Choosing children over costly coliseums” advisory referendum did gain enough signatures to qualify for the Nov. 5 ballot or a special election.

Mr. Goldman’s proposed non-binding referendum would allow voters to register their opinion on requiring the city to shift to the public schools 51 percent of any money collected from a special tax district the city sets up to pay off debt on a new Coliseum.

That would essentially undermine the key tool the city wants to use to pay off money borrowed to build the planned new arena.

If the referendum to change the City Charter is passed by voters, it would have to go to the General Assembly for approval.

Joined by volunteers, Mr. Goldman is undertaking a line-by-line review of the signatures rejected by Richmond Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter and submitted to Richmond Circuit Court last week. Her report to the judge stated that the number of signatures on the petitions fell 400 short of the required 10,341 signatures of qualified registered voters to put the issue on the ballot.

A printout of her report on the accepted and rejected signatures was 888 pages.

Chief Richmond Circuit Court Judge Joi Jeter Taylor accepted Ms. Showalter’s report during an Aug. 15 hearing, but agreed that Mr. Goldman is entitled to review Ms. Showalter’s findings.

Judge Taylor gave Mr. Goldman until Friday, Aug. 30, to submit evidence that the count was wrong.

Ms. Showalter dismisses his claims of a faulty count. She told the Free Press that the more than 1,200 petition pages

Mr. Goldman submitted “were reviewed as ordered by the court and according to applicable state regulations.”

However, Mr. Goldman said he and his volunteers have found that the signatures of hundreds of registered voters who signed the petitions were improperly rejected.

Among them, he said, are radio talk show host Gary Flowers and well-known attorney Thomas Mr. Showalter M. Wolf and his wife, former School Board member Carol A.O. Wolf, who were listed as “cannot be identified” even though their names and addresses on the petitions are identical to those on the voter registration rolls.

Mr. Goldman said he anticipates finding as many as 400 signatures in that category once the review is completed.

In addition, hundreds of other people registered as Richmond voters on the state Mr. Goldman voting list were disqualified for writing on the petition an address different than the one on the voting rolls, Mr. Goldman said.

He said the final count could involve 600 to 700 such signatures.

He said a state law on referendum petitions, 24.2-684.1, does not require signers to list an address as is the case with candidate petitions. While an address could help with identification, he said Ms. Showalter’s Judge Jeter method essentially disqualifies people who move a lot, notably low-income people seeking to help get a referendum on a citywide issue on the ballot.

“I think that is just wrong,” he said.

A Free Press reporter checked a sample of 19 pages of the petitions Mr. Goldman submitted and found at least eight registered voters listed as “cannot be identified” despite a match between the petition information and the names and addresses on the voting rolls. At least 10 more individuals show up as

registered Richmond voters despite an address change.

Former Attorney General Anthony Troy, who is not representing or working with Mr. Goldman, independently said that Mr. Goldman has made a correct reading of the law regarding referendum petitions. He said the General Assembly loosened the requirements regarding petition signers on referendums and added that an address is not required by law.

He also noted that the General Assembly modified the definition of a “qualified voter” in 2013 to make it easier for people who had moved to sign petitions for candidates. In the case of a citywide referendum like Mr. Goldman is pushing, Mr. Troy indicated that the change would mean a voter registered in the city could legitimately sign even if the address on the petition was different from the one on the voting rolls.

Ms. Showalter stated that state regulations require the “new address and the old address to be in the same precinct” before the signature can be accepted, even on a citywide issue.

She also said that she would have to see the names of petition signers whose names and addresses were exact matches to the information on the voter rolls.

“I can’t accept verbal claims,” she said.

City officials, including Mayor Stoney, have criticized Mr. Goldman’s proposed referendum as needless grandstanding.

Richmond School Board member Cheryl Burke and Rev. Orrin K. Pullings Sr. of the United Nations Church in South Side also have been vocal in their concerns over Mr. Goldman’s efforts to let voters have a say on the Coliseum redevelopment plan.

They filed a motion to dismiss the referendum outright. Judge Taylor has not ruled on their motion.

Mr. Goldman’s referendum could be the last shot for Richmond voters to express their opinion on the plan to replace the Richmond Coliseum.

A majority of City Council members rejected an effort by 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell and 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray to put an advisory referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot that would allow voters to express themselves on the plan to use taxpayer funds to pay for the proposed 17,500seat replacement arena.

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on the Coliseum proposal since Mayor Stoney introduced it on Aug. 1.

While the meeting was quickly assembled and held away from City Hall, where the council routinely meets, that didn’t stop the public from showing up — and speaking out — in considerable numbers.

More than 100 people were in attendance, with more than 40 people speaking during the public comment portion of the meeting.

Alongside individual residents were members of Richmond For All, the Better Housing Coalition, the Laborers’ International Union of North America and members of the Navy Hill District Corp.

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August 22-24, 2019

400 years “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” — Ida B. Wells We pay tribute here to the “20 And odd Negroes” who, 400 years ago in late August 1619, ended up on Virginia’s shores at Point Comfort in what is now Hampton.

According to historians, these souls were among 350 men and women captured in Central Africa and put on a Portuguese ship bound for Mexico. The Portuguese vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Mexico by two English pirate ships, the White Lion and the Treasurer, and 50 to 60 of the Africans were taken. Later caught in a storm, the White Lion docked at Point Comfort, where 20 or more Africans were traded for food.

That, essentially, began the slave trade in English North America. By the mid-1800s, more than 12 million Africans were captured, sold and transported across the Atlantic to the Americas and the Caribbean.

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Get serious about white extremists and domestic terrorism

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1808 drawing of the hull of the slave ship “Brookes” in book published in London.

In Virginia, many of the early Africans were enslaved, while some became free. However, laws enacted by 1664 put into place the legal framework that barred people of African descent from ever being free.

Ironically, Fort Monroe, a Union stronghold located at Point Comfort, would later play a major role in the emancipation of black people during the Civil War, which brought an end to slavery in 1865, along with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December of that year.

This weekend’s events in and around Hampton commemorate those first Africans who, by stroke of happenstance or misfortune, wound up in a land built on the promise of opportunity and the principle of freedom, but for whom both would be denied. The following centuries would be marked by the continuing struggle for freedom by people of strong will and endurance.

As we reflect on this moment in time, and the long and stony road for us as a people of African descent and as individuals, let us remember that slavery does not define us. Our history began long before the White Lion and 1619, and our legacy extends well beyond bondage.

Just over a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI produced a report titled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.” The report warned of the rise of radicalized right wing groups and individuals and the threat of political violence.

In the years since, right wing extremists have been responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related murders in the United States, including every single extremist killing in the nation in 2018, “from Pittsburgh to Parkland,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The recent massacre of 22 people in El Paso, Texas, by a white supremacist was the most deadly right wing terrorist attack since 1995 when Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people in the Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. The Texas suspect told police he was targeting Mexicans, and drove 11 hours from his largely white hometown

near Dallas to majority Latino El Paso. He has not been charged with a hate crime.

And, while federal authorities are investigating the shooting as a domestic terrorism case, domestic terrorism is not codified as a law that can be prosecuted.

U.S. Sen. Martha McSally of

Marc H. Morial Arizona has proposed such a law, saying, “For too long we have allowed those who commit heinous acts of domestic terrorism to be charged with related crimes that don’t portray the full scope of their hateful actions.”

The Patriot Act, passed in the immediate aftermath of the Sept.

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, gives the federal government multiple resources to combat international terrorism but little authority to investigate domestic terrorism.

Mary McCord, former acting assistant attorney general for national security, pointed out in a recent essay that the most common international terrorism charge is providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

“Charges of ‘material support’ to a terrorist organization are not available to prevent domestic

attacks,” she wrote, “because the United States does not designate American groups as terrorist organizations. None of the 68 entries on the State Department’s list is a white-supremacist group.”

But the United States could designate foreign white supremacist groups as terrorist organizations. “If the State Department put any of these groups on the list, the FBI could deploy undercover agents to chat with their members online, and would-be domestic terrorists in the United States would have to think twice about engaging with them,” Ms. McCord wrote.

In addition to a federal domestic terrorism statute and the designation of foreign white supremacist groups as terrorist organizations, former Department of Homeland Security analyst Daryl Johnson, who authored the 2009 report, offered several recommendations in a recent interview: • Collect statistics on domestic terrorism, and allow those statistics to drive resources for programs to combat it.

• Commit to long-term undercover investigations.

• Train state and local law enforcement about right wing extremists groups.

Getting to root cause of racism

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Illustration of the first Africans brought to Virginia in 1619. Published in Harpers Monthly magazine in January 1901.

Truly, the damage of slavery remains embedded in the psyche of black people and white people alike, its remnants wrapped in many of today’s unjust laws, policies and practices and erupting in the violent acts of domestic terrorists.

What have we as Virginians, as Americans, learned from this 400-year history? What can we do to better shape our community, our city, our state and our nation into a more equitable, peaceful and just place for people today and for those who will come after us?

Each day we are writing what will become tomorrow’s history.

What story will they tell about us in the next 400 years?

It’s amazing how often the news media give big play to an academic report that tells us something black mothers already knew. Another example of the old wisdom nothing is real until white people discover or acknowledge it.

Does that seem harsh?

Consider the splashy coverage given to a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled “The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health.”

The AAP’s statement warned that the health dangers posed to children by racism “have become acute” and that racism, including racism experienced by the mother, “can have devastating long-term effects on children’s health.”

While it has received plenty of favorable news coverage, every black mother in America has known this for as long as there have been black mothers in America. We didn’t need an academic statement to tell us.

Every precious baby to whom we have given birth over the course of the last 600 years has come into a world that profoundly devalues black life.

What may be new to us is the devastating detail contained in the report: “The stress generated by experiences of racism may start through maternal exposures while in utero and continue after birth with the potential to create toxic stress. This transforms how the brain and body respond to stress, resulting in short- and long-term health impacts on achievement and mental and physical health.

We see the manifestations of this stress as pre-term births and

low birth weights in newborns to subsequent development of heart disease, diabetes and depression as children become adults.”

This should set off alarm bells throughout the black community, particularly for black mothers.

We urgently need to find a way to protect the health and well being of our beloved children

Enola Aird in light of this deepening health crisis, the recent mass shootings in which children were among the victims and the resurgence of white supremacy.

Let’s begin with the AAP’s entirely accurate description of racism as “a socially transmitted disease passed down through generations leading to the inequities observed in our population today.”

Exactly right. Here in the United States and around the world, black children are seen as “less than” — less beautiful, less lovable, less capable, less intelligent, less worthy and less valuable.

The AAP has made a range of reasonable recommendations using the usual language from our culture’s standard dictionary on racism, including “racial equality,” “racial equity,” “institutional structures” and “implicit and explicit biases.” They point to the need for strategies to “optimize clinical care, workforce development, professional education, systems engagement and research in a manner designed to reduce the health effects of structural, personally mediated, and internalized racism, and improve the health and well-being of all children.”

These are all good ideas, but we’ve heard some version of

them before. What’s missing is a diagnosis and a cure that get to the root of the problem.

What can we, black people, do to open the door to fresh recommendations that will yield something new and much better for our children?

We can pinpoint the root cause of all the harms the AAP describes. It is the myth of black inferiority. That myth — or as I prefer to call it, the lie — of black inferiority was devised centuries ago to justify the enslavement of African people. It dehumanized black people and placed us and our children at the bottom rung of humanity.

Do you wonder why, with all the Constitutional amendments and legislation and court decisions aimed at promoting racial equality, the same problems persist and seem to be getting worse?

It’s because the lie continues to negatively affect the world’s perceptions of black children and black children’s perceptions of themselves.

As a black mother, I say that unless we, black people, insist that pediatricians and anyone else concerned about the wellbeing of black children have the insight and courage to name and aggressively address that root cause, our children will continue to be devastated.

The writer is founder and president of the Community Healing Network, a nonprofit based in New Haven, Conn., dedicated to mobilizing black people across the African Diaspora to heal from the trauma caused by centuries of anti-black racism. The organization is hosting a threeday 2019 Valuing Black Lives Global Summit through Aug. 22 at Virginia Union University as part of its Global Truth Campaign and Tour.

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• Make grants available for countering right-wing extremism.

• Educate the public on their role, how to report suspicious activity, reaching out to communities and organizations that can help identify people being radicalized, working with private industry to get them to do better and more internet and social media monitoring.

If the United States does not take steps to combat white supremacism and right wing extremism, attacks like the one in El Paso will become more commonplace. As the nation’s racial demographics continue to change, so will the racist backlash. It’s time to take domestic terrorism as seriously as we have taken foreign terrorism.

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

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Invest in Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schoolchildren, not Coliseum Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving on up or out? Mayor Stoney submits to City Council $1.5B Coliseum replacement and Downtown development plan,â&#x20AC;? Free Press Aug. 8-10 edition: Richmond is in the process of approving spending $1.5 billion for city infrastructure development, including a new Coliseum and the area around it.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $1.5 billion.

Infrastructure improves the lives of Richmonders. Improved infrastructure attracts new businesses, jobs, families and tax dollars to the city.

But no company is moving to Richmond, bringing its jobs and tax revenue, because we have a new Coliseum. No young family will be buying a home in Richmond because there is an NFL team training camp or there was an international bicycle race.        Â

No. The ultimate infrastructure is having the greatest school system imaginable and generating the brightest, most educated and best prepared children and young adults possible. From structured pre-kindergarten day care to the senior high school, and possibly beyond, a quality education system will attract what a city needs to avoid becoming Newark, N.J., or Petersburg.

Each child needs to be spoken to, read to and shown lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s values from toddler age on, and if not from home, then from a structured system with people who can provide.

But in Richmond, do not look solely at the $1.5 billion cost of the proposed Downtown project. Look, instead, to whom that $1.5 billion will be paid. Who will turn the profit? Who is on the receiving end of that $1.5 billion? Whose pocket is being filled?

You can bet that money will not result in smarter, safer, more disciplined, healthier, brighter, employable youths or a more vital Richmond. Teachers, class sizes and Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dilapidated school structures will not see funding.

You can put on a new roof, shutters, fresh paint and lovely curtains, but the structure is still falling down, and tenants are running away.

Our future cannot afford a $1.5 billion slap-on veneer.

DAVID P. BAUGH Richmond The writer is an attorney and former member of the Richmond School Board.

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Toward more precise language Re â&#x20AC;&#x153;University health services bracing for ripple effect from mass shootings,â&#x20AC;? Free Press Aug. 15-17 edition: Your article quotes Dr. Darylnet Lyttle, director of the student health center at Virginia State University, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are at work to reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues.â&#x20AC;?

I am certain the speaker does not want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;keepâ&#x20AC;? some of that prejudice; she wants it ended.

Sometimes our words do not have the precision we mean them to have. Words and phrases to which we have been exposed slip out. Habituated language introduces itself, sometimes in an unwelcome nature.

Words on paper are easier to craft. Reading offers a leisure of time that listening often does

not afford.

How much does she want to keep? likely did not occur to listeners. Exposed to that metaphor on paper dozens of times, it does occur to me.

What the speaker is looking for is an end to associating mental illness and stigma, and not just that, an end to the various and numerous prejudices to which we have accustomed ourselves. We have not yet reached that point, that ending, though at times it seems

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In the 1970s, a small group of personally empowered women told us to stop declaring rape/ stigma, we had done enough harm. We stopped. Precipitously.

I, now 82, recall no discussion, no objection. We heard, our consciousness raised, we stopped.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE APPLICATION OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR REVISION OF RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE CASE NO. PUR-2019-00104 â&#x20AC;˘Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dominionâ&#x20AC;?) has applied for approval to revise its rate adjustment clause, Rider US-3. â&#x20AC;˘Dominion requests a total revenue requirement of approximately $31.1 million for its 2020 Rider US-3. â&#x20AC;˘A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on January 14, 2020, at 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘Further information about this case is available on the State Corporation Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

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In this proceeding, Dominion has asked the Commission to approve Rider US-3 for the rate year beginning June 1, 2020, and ending May 31, 2021 (â&#x20AC;&#x153;2020 Rate Yearâ&#x20AC;?). The three components of the proposed total revenue requirement for Rider US-3 will be the Projected Cost Recovery Factor, the Allowance for Funds Used During Construction Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-Up Factor. However, the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed revenue requirement for the 2020 Rate Year does not contain an Actual Cost True-Up Factor. The Company is requesting a total revenue requirement of $31,078,000.

The Company proposed to use a rate of return on common equity in this proceeding of 10.75%, consistent with the direct testimony of Robert B. Hevert in Case No. PUR-201900050 currently pending before the Commission.

If the proposed Rider US-3 for the 2020 Rate Year is approved, the impact on customer bills would depend on the customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate schedule and usage. According to Dominion, implementation of its proposed Rider US-3 on June 1, 2020, would increase the bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by approximately $0.41.

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Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals.

TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Application and supporting documents.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

VUU Panthers gearing up for a successful season

Football Coach Alvin Parker’s maiden season at Virginia Union University was a rousing success.

The Panthers went 8-2, outscored the opposition 452-189, and narrowly missed the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Matching or exceeding 2018 totals won’t be easy, considering a challenging schedule, but there is plenty to work with as VUU Sterling prepares for its opener on Saturday, Sept.

Hammond 7, at Hampton University.

“Nothing is going to be given to us; we have to earn it,” Coach Parker said. “We finished strong but didn’t quite get in (the playoffs). We’re using that as motivation for this season.”

The Panthers have two of the premier players in the NCAA Division II in junior running back Tabyus Taylor from Hopewell and play-making defensive back Sterling Hammond from Essex County.

The bulldozing Taylor ran for 1,548 yards and 21 touchdowns last season, while also catching 37 passes for 355 yards and two more touchdowns.

“He does it all,” Coach Parker said. “But everyone will be gunning for him this year.”

Hammond, one of 10 returning defensive starters, is a twotime CIAA Defensive Player of the Year.

If there is any question this season, it’s about the quarterback position. Coach Parker must replace the departed Darius Taylor and his 1,768 aerial yards.

Coach Parker insists he has “four qualified candidates” in returnees E’Mond Caldwell, Kahlil Wright and Erwin Faison and junior college transfer Khalil Morris, who is originally from Petersburg.

“They’re all special in their own way,” Coach Parker said. “If it’s a problem (having four), then it’s a good problem.”

Coach Parker declined to say who might be a “nose ahead” on the competition with some three weeks left of preseason.

The VUU coach said he felt a reason why VUU wasn’t selected for the NCAA football playoffs a year ago was because of a perceived weakness in the team’s schedule. To rectify that, the Panthers open at FCS Hampton University, now featuring former Florida State University quarterback Deondre Francois. The FCS is one step above Division II in the NCAA. The Panthers’ home opener on Saturday, Sept. 14, is against rugged Lenoir-Rhyne University of Hickory, N.C., a national semifinalist a year ago with a 12-2 record.

“We wanted to take care of the schedule thing,” Coach Parker said.

Norfolk State University football games to be broadcast Norfolk State University football fans won’t have to leave the comfort of home to follow the Spartans this season.

All 12 NSU games will be available via video streaming, with 10 available on ESPN3.

ESPN3 is available on computers, smartphones and tablets through the ESPN app.

The Spartans’ home opener on Saturday, Sept. 7, against Virginia State University can be watched on a pay-per-view basis on NSU Athletics for $5.

The Sept. 27 game at Montana State University will be available via pay per view at Montana State Athletics.

All NSU games also will be broadcast on radio station WNSB Hot 91.1.

The Panthers are picked to finish second in the CIAA Northern Division behind defending champion Bowie State University. VUU also is ranked 25th in a national NCAA Division II poll.

VUU couldn’t have finished 2018 much stronger. The Panthers closed the season with a 53-0 win over Elizabeth City State University, a 46-19 rout of Virginia State Tabyus University and a 60-6 rout of Johnson C. Taylor Smith University.

Unfortunately, the victory over Johnson C. Smith University turned out to be the last game of the season.

The optimistic goal this fall is to play at least two more games following the regular season — the CIAA championship game and the NCAA playoffs a week later.

VUU hasn’t won the CIAA since 2001, when Coach Parker was an assistant under former Coach Willard Bailey.

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VUU coaches earn honors

Virginia Union University women’s basketball Coach AnnMarie Gilbert has been named HBCU Coach of the Year by HBCU Digest.

Coach Gilbert guided the Lady Panthers to a 28-3 overall record last season and to the team’s second straight CIAA Tournament title.

The Lady Panthers also have gone to the NCAA Tournament four straight years under Coach Gilbert.  In other VUU news, football Coach Alvin Parker has been elected president of the CIAA Football Coaches.

Coach Parker was voted into the position at the CIAA Media Day on July 17 in Salem.

Coach Parker’s Panthers are coming off an 8-2 season.

The Panthers open Saturday, Sept. 7, at Hampton University.

Kickoff: 6 p.m.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels are having a rough season in the standings but a banner year on the base paths.

The Squirrels have the Eastern League’s worst overall record (45-78 starting this week) but the highest stolen base total.

Led by flashy outfielder Johneshwy Fargas, the Squirrels began the week with 113 swipes, 12 ahead of the second place Reading Fightin Phils of Pennsylvania.

The 24-year-old Fargas, a former 11th round draftee out of Puerto Rico, is the EL’s individual leader with 44 stolen bases.

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Serena getting ready for U.S. Open Free Press staff, wire report

Tennis champion Serena Williams is getting ready for the U.S. Open, which gets underway Aug. 26 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

Serena, 37, is ranked No. 8, while her 39-year-old sister, Venus, is ranked No. 52.

Serena’s preparations for the final Grand Slam of the year have been far from perfect, with injuries limiting her time on court.

The 23-times Grand Slam champion retired from the Rogers Cup final in Toronto earlier this month because of back spasms, which led to her withdrawal from the Cincinnati Masters.

Officials from the United States Tennis Association said this week that umpire Carlos Ramos, whom Serena clashed with during her loss to Naomi Osaka during the final at the 2018 U.S. Open, will return as part of the umpiring staff this year, but would not be assigned to matches involving either of the Williams sisters.

The official said the tournament did not want to create a distraction by putting Serena and Ramos back on the same court.

Serena will begin her 2020 season with a return to the Auckland Open in January, her first appearance at the tournament since she was ousted in the second round in 2017.

The Auckland Open serves as a warm-up before the year’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, which begins on Jan. 20.

In her last Auckland appearance, then top seed Serena hit 88 unforced errors in windy conditions, losing to compatriot Madison Brengle, who was ranked 70 rungs lower.

“Oh man, I want to win that title so bad,” Serena was quoted as saying by the tournament organizers. “Last time I was there, I had so much going on. And although I fought through to win my first match, I know I didn’t play to my level.

“I have such amazing memories that are really special to me from Auckland,” Serena added, referring to her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian days before the 2017 tournament.

“I would really like to add some on court memories to that list.”

Richmond Flying Squirrels lead EL in stolen bases

Washington Nationals fuel ahead with diverse roster Any Washington Nationals victory sets off celebration throughout North and South America, the Caribbean and far off as Oceania.

The Nats — playing just 108 miles north of Richmond — rank with baseball’s hottest teams, and also among most diverse.

Following a disheartening 19-31 start, the Nats seemed to get an injection of rocket fuel.

Streaking from a 12-under .500 to 11 over, the team had improved to 67-56 by last Sunday and was in the pole position for an NL wildcard berth. Better yet, the Nats are breathing down the necks of the Atlanta Braves for the Eastern Division lead.

On any given day, the Nats can be as All-American as apple pie or as diverse as the United Nations.

Here’s a peek at the team’s multicultural roster, starting with manager Dave Martinez, born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents.

Martinez is one of just three minority managers, joining the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dave Roberts and the Boston Red Sox’s Alex Cora.

The Caribbean is well represented on the D.C. team. Outfielders Juan Soto and Victor Robles and relief pitcher Fernando Rodney grew up in the Dominican Republic.

Soto, just 20 and in his second big league season, looms as a perennial All-Star and even MVP candidate.

South America isn’t overlooked, either.

Pitcher Anibal Sanchez, infielder Asdrubal Cabrera and outfielder/first baseman Gerardo Parra call Venezuela home.

Parra, nicknamed “The Shark,” is a fan favorite. Each time he bats, fans snap their hands together, mimicking a shark bite.

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The Nats’ alternating catchers are from far away. Yann Gomes is the first player from Brazil to reach the majors. Kurt Suzuki grew up in Hawaii with his Japanese parents.

And don’t forget Mexico. Well-traveled relief pitcher Javy Guerra was born in Denton, Texas, of Mexican parents.

Third baseman Anthony Rendon was born in Houston of Mexican ancestry.

Rendon is among the league’s best with glove and bat.

There’s a strong contingent of AfricanAmerican players as well on the Washington team. Howie Kendrick, from Jacksonville, Fla., is having one of his best seasons at age 35.

Pitcher Joe Ross, from Berkeley, Calif., looms as a player to watch in the future.

Mississippi-born reliever Tony Sipp’s name reflects his birthplace, Pascagoula, Miss.

And help is on the way.

Outfielder Yadiel Hernandez, from Cuba, is tearing up the AAA Pacific Coast League for the Fresno Frizzlies of California. Hernandez started the week with 26 homers, 73 RBI and a .317 average.

At the AA Harrisburg (Penn.) Senators, Venezuelan pitcher Mario Sanchez is 8-4, with 2.93 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 89 innings.

The franchise’s No. 2 overall prospect is 19-year-old Dominican shortstop Luis Garcia, now playing for Harrisburg.

Look for their names sprinkled into the Nats’ box scores once rosters expand from 25 to 40 in September.

The Nats seem on course to turn an icy start to the season into an lava-hot ending.

If so, its players and fans will party from coast to coast, and well beyond.

Next is Jared Oliva of the Altoona (Penn.) Curve with 32 stolen bases.

Also among the stolen base leaders is the Flying Squirrels’ second baseman, Jalen Miller, with 25.

The Squirrels all-time single season record for steals is 49 set by Kelby Tomlinson in 2014.

In the annals of local pro baseball, former Richmond Brave Ed Miller is the all-time steals champion with 76 in 1979.

Fargas not only leads the EL in base burglary, but is near the top in all of minor Johneshwy league baseball.

Fargas Nick Heath has a combined 57 steals this season with the AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals and AAA Omaha Storm Chasers.

As for Fargas, he can be as fast away from The Diamond as he is on it. He is the proud owner of a shiny white Chevrolet Corvette with plenty of pickup.

“I love speed,” Fargas said in an interview earlier this year. “That’s why I have the car ... because I want to drive a car that has speed, too.” u More fast-footed help for the Squirrels has arrived from Puerto Rico.

Heliot (pronounced Elliott) Ramos reHeliot cently was promoted from the Class A San Ramas Jose Giants in California.

Ramos, a 2017 first round draft choice, turns 20 on Sept.

7. That makes him the second youngest EL player by a few months behind Luis Garcia of the Harrisburg Senators in Pennsylvania.

Ramos was chosen 18th overall in the 2017 draft. That’s the highest draft selection for a Puerto Rican athlete since the Houston Astros selected Carlos Correa first overall in 2012.

Ramos figures to patrol center field the rest of the way, moving Fargas to the left. u Attendance at the Flying Squirrels games is immune to disappointing play on the field.

Last Saturday, the team drew a full house of 9,339 fans in a 1-0 win over Harrisburg.

Richmond averages 6,062 fans per game, second to the Hartford (Conn.) Yard Goats’ 6,131 average.

With a full load of promotions on tap, including Fan Appreciation Day on Monday, Sept. 2, Richmond could again win the “attendance championship” with a last-place club.

Last call for baseball The Richmond Flying Squirrels will close their 10th season in Richmond against the Bowie Baysox of Maryland on Aug. 30 and 31 and Sept. 1 and 2.

Game times are 7:05 p.m. on Aug. 30; 6:05 p.m. Aug. 31; 6:05 p.m. Sept. 1; and 1:05 p.m. Sept. 2.

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Personality: Vilma T. Seymour Spotlight on president of Richmond Region League of United Latin American Citizens Strength is the key to Vilma Seymour’s life.

Ms. Seymour is president of the Richmond Region League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, an organization dedicated to advancing the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Latino population in the Richmond region.

The Richmond organization is part of the national organization, now headquartered in Washington, that was founded in 1929 in Texas, largely by Hispanic veterans of World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.

Ms. Seymour first learned about LULAC from Sindy Benavides, then-Gov. Tim Kaine’s director of gubernatorial appointments, 13 years ago and joined. Ms. Benavides is now chief executive officer of the national group.

Ms. Seymour, who was born in Puerto Rico, helped start the Richmond Region chapter in 2007 and has served in a leadership capacity for a number of years. The idea was to create a local council that, like the national organization, could provide “access to resources to alleviate the barriers local Latino high school students were facing to meet the SOL graduation requirement.”

“The Richmond Region LULAC was specifically designed to bridge the gap

between at-risk students and the ones who maintain honor roll status, participate in extracurricular activities and dream of attending college,” Ms. Seymour says.

The all-volunteer organization also is focused on students interested in becoming licensed in a trade or preparing to enter the workforce.

Ms. Seymour’s strong leadership and advocacy is wellknown and well-respected in Richmond’s Latino community. She was raised as an Army brat in a strict, traditional Puerto Rican home. The family moved around the United States, largely in Virginia, Maryland and Texas, during an era when accommodations for non-English-speaking students were nonexistent.

Total language immersion was the way she and her siblings learned to speak English, she says. They spoke English to their parents who replied in Spanish.

Her father, she says, believed a woman’s place was in the home and that higher education wasn’t necessary.

Her mother, despite having only a fifth-grade education, was the smartest person she knew.

“Her strength was one of the reasons higher education was important,” Ms. Seymour says. It drove Ms. Seymour to earn her college degree at age 51.

Ms. Seymour ’s global experiences and exposures helped shape her world view, especially on the need for

work at LULAC. “More importantly, I do this so people without a voice have one in LULAC.” Ms. Seymour wants people to know “we are all on this journey together.” People must understand that “we are all just people, and labels — race, ethnic background or religious — do not matter. Our individual characters make us who we are.”

Meet an advocate for the Latino community and this week’s Personality, Vilma T. Seymour:

equity in many areas. Her awareness of other cultures, as well as geographic differences in the United States, added to her understanding of social justice, she says.

“I didn’t know anything about prejudices and bias until I transitioned from military life into the civilian world,” she says. “It was actually a culture shock. It impacted my views on social justice and humanity.”

She says because Richmond does not have any Latin representation in elected public leadership, LULAC’s president is bringing the community’s issues to the forefront, with an emphasis on education.

“This is my passion for my community. This is who I am,” she says about her

Name of your organization and your title: President of the Richmond Region League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC. Date and place of birth: April 9 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico Current residence: Mechanicsville.

Family: Husband, Larry Seymour; daughters, Candice Hubbard, Michelle Rice and Stephanie McNamara; and six grandchildren.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Spanish, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2006.

What are your duties: Opening doors, advocating for educational/workforce opportunities for our Latin communities and connecting students with champions to guide their personal and academic success. Basically, I pitch in

wherever and whenever with whatever is needed and serve as head cheerleader for Latino students and their families throughout the region.

Reason I became involved: Outrage when learning of the inequities to access to resources to alleviate the challenges and barriers local Latino high school students face daily.

What are the services LULAC provides to the community: Civic engagement, voter registration, educational support and guidance for scholarship research, connections to resources for students and families serving the Latino community and much more.

What are you biggest challenges you face: Time and funding. The need is immeasurable and resources are spread thin.

Strategy for overcoming those challenges: Extend an invitation to everyone I meet daily to join our mission by adding their voice, gift of time and talents.

What has been the overall reaction of the students you serve: Great! The best part of working with students is watching the transition from “There’s nothing special about me” to “Daggone, I really am awesome.”

Outlook at start of the day: Gratitude.

How I unwind: Browsing YouTube for new ideas and feel-good videos. Dogs and

babies usually do the trick!

A quote that I am inspired by: “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”

Best late-night snack: Watermelon!

If I had more time, I would: Probably add more to my plate.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: The power of having faith in God, speaking life and to love those who speak evil against you.

Person who influenced me the most: Once upon a time I owned a hair salon in Downtown and had the great fortune of building an amazing professional clientele.

Over time, I came to realize that although I was a single mom of three young girls, I wasn’t alone. Somehow a personal board of advisers was created, which included a pediatric psychiatrist, financial and business advisers and a couple of teachers. Many are still in my life.

Book that influenced me the most: “When I Was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago.

My next goal: Continue to grow the Richmond Region LULAC membership as they join the movement; to build capacity and sustainability for the Pa’lante Tech Center by “growing our own;” and teaching parents and students about their power to effect change.

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Happenings Jay-Z defends move to partner with NFL

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A ‘Down Home’ good time Music, food, entertainment and fun were the key ingredients last Saturday for the 29th Annual Down Home Family Reunion at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. Hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the free event, hosted by the Elegba Folklore Society to celebrate African-American folk life. Sonya Eldridge, top left, and Andrena Graves are brought to their feet by the music. Drummer and vocalist Jah Baba, above, blends African rhythms and jazz during his performance. Originally from Nigeria, the musician said he now moves between the music scene in the United States and in Benin. Many people used the event as a time to catch up with friends. Wincie James and Wesley Lewis, left, share stories with friends Sharon Spencer, seated left, and Ruby Peete.

Foundation to host summit for student athletes Aug. 23 A foundation that seeks to aid Richmond high school student athletes to consider their futures after they graduate will host its third annual summit for boys in sports this weekend.

Offered at no charge, the TH-JAW Foundation’s City Summit will be 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Thomas Jefferson High School, according to David Jones Sr., founder and president of the nonprofit whose initials stand for the names of the city’s five comprehensive high schools.

Mr. Jones, a former high school football player who operates his own construction firm, said the program would feature a panel discussing opportunities outside sports.

The speakers are to include business owners Kelvin Giles and Johnny Johnson; James Williams, general manager of an auto dealership; and Dr. Thaddeus Williamson, a college professor and former adviser to Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Mr. Jones said.

Mr. Jones said he started the summit because he

is concerned that too many athletes are not preparing themselves for life and work after high school. He also hosts a separate summit for female athletes.

Using the example of a football team, he noted that “maybe five players on a team will be offered scholarships to continue to play in college, but what about the rest of the team? They need to start considering their options for the future, and that’s what this summit seeks to assist them to do.”

Details: Mr. Jones, (804) 386-2366.

Green Dragons celebrate golden reunion Gail Lipscomb, left, enjoys herself at last Sunday’s cookout for the Maggie L. Walker High School Class of 1969 during their 50th reunion weekend. The reunion committee organized three days of events that included a tour of the old high school on Lombardy Street; a class photo taken at the statue of Maggie Walker on Broad Street in Downtown; dinner and dancing at a Henrico hotel last Friday and Saturday; a candle lighting ceremony to remember deceased classmates; and a worship service at St. Peter Baptist Church on Mountain Road in Glen Allen. The golden anniversary reunion wrapped up last Sunday with the cookout at Dorey Park in Henrico County, where classmate Elwood Sookins Jr., right, takes charge of the grill.

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NEW YORK A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that he still supports protesting, kneeling and NFL player Colin Kaepernick, but he’s also interested in working with the league to make substantial changes.

The Grammy winner and entrepreneur fielded questions Aug. 14 at his company’s New York City headquarters alongside NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. When directly asked if he would kneel or stand, Jay-Z said, “I think we’ve moved past kneeling and I think it’s time to go into actionable items.”

The NFL and Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company announced Aug. 13 they were teaming up for events and social activism, a deal Jay-Z said had been in the works during the last seven months.

“First thing I said to Roger was, ‘If this is about me performing at the Super Bowl, then we can just end this conversation now,’ ” Jay-Z said.

The league plans to use Roc Nation — home to Rihanna, DJ Khaled and other stars — to consult on and co-produce its entertainment presentations, including the Super Bowl halftime show.

The NFL also will work with Jay-Z’s company to help its Inspire Change initiative, created by the league after an agreement with a coalition of players who demonstrated during the national anthem to protest social and racial injustice in this country.

Those demonstrations were sparked by NFL player Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest the police killings of African-Americans. Some called Mr. Kaepernick unpatriotic, and he has not played for the NFL since he opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers in 2017.

Earlier this year, the NFL settled a lawsuit brought by Mr. Kaepernick and NFL player Eric Reid that alleged that owners colluded to keep them from playing in the league. (Mr. Reid criticized Jay-Z’s new deal with the league).

When asked Aug. 14 why he didn’t involve Mr. Kaepernick in the new Roc Nation-NFL deal, Jay-Z said, “You’d have to ask him. I’m not his boss. I can’t just bring him into something.

That’s for him to say.”

Jay-Z also said he and Mr. Kaepernick had a conversation about the new deal but offered no details about what was discussed.

Mr. Kaepernick didn’t comment on the deal, but tweeted about his social justice work on Aug. 14.

“Today marks the three year anniversary of the first time I protested systemic oppression.

I continue to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement!

The movement has always lived with the people!” he wrote.

“Everyone’s saying, ‘How are you going forward if Kaep doesn’t have a job?’ ” Jay-Z said. “This was not about him having a job. That became part of it,” Jay-Z said. “We know what it is — now how do we address that injustice? What’s the way forward?’”

Jay-Z added that “the NFL has a huge platform and we can use that huge platform. I believe real change is had through conversation, real conversation and real work ... and what better way to do it than where the conversation first took place.”

Jay-Z said he is not performing at the 2020 halftime show, which his company will co-produce, and said he turned down the offer in the past because he “didn’t like the process.”

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Three Democratic presidential hopefuls fielded questions from black church leaders last week, bouncing between politics and prayer as they vied for support from an audience of about 5,000 black millennials.

Former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary JuliĂĄn Castro, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey all spoke Aug. 16 to the group, assembled as a joint venture of the Black Church PAC and the Young Leaders Conference.

The candidates were peppered with questions on topics that ranged from police shootings to student loan debt to what activist pastor the Rev. Michael McBride, one of the forumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moderators, described as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;moral conversation in this country.â&#x20AC;?

First to address the crowd at the Georgia International Convention Center was Mr. Castro, who has mentioned his Catholic faith at various times since announcing his presidential campaign. After his opening remarks, the Rev. Leah Daughtry of The House of the Lord Church in Washington asked Mr. Castro why black people of faith should trust him with their vote.

Mr. Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, responded by noting that, among other things, he would call for police

reform that would include a national standard for the use of force. Police departments that refuse to abide by it could be denied federal funds.

He also called for greater investment in community groups, including faith-based nonprofits, which, he said, could help â&#x20AC;&#x153;mend the riftsâ&#x20AC;? between police and communities.

Asked how he would address white nationalism, Mr. Castro replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first thing we need to do is get the white nationalist who is currently in the Oval Office out of the Oval Office.â&#x20AC;?

After the crowd erupted in applause, Mr. Castro detailed how he would also provide â&#x20AC;&#x153;toolsâ&#x20AC;? for federal law enforcement agencies to combat white nationalism and hold social media platforms accountable.

Mr. Castro was followed

by Mayor Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., who has spoken often about faith but struggled to garner support among black voters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; religious or otherwise.

He opened with a direct appeal to faith, insisting that â&#x20AC;&#x153;God does not belong to a political party in this country.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Buttigieg, an Episcopalian, observed that â&#x20AC;&#x153;political leaders ought to â&#x20AC;Ś speak for voters of any religion and no religion equally,â&#x20AC;? and called the coming elections an opportunity to â&#x20AC;&#x153;remind voters of faith that we have a choice.â&#x20AC;?

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He said that he would work to raise the minimum wage and push for increased unionization, adding that faith communities also have a role to play.

He alluded to the work of the Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Campaign, whose June protest outside the White House Mayor Buttigieg attended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be honest about the fact that (poverty) is a moral issue,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of many reasons why I think people of faith can take the lead, (like) when you look at things like what Rev. Barber is doing with the Poor Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Campaign.â&#x20AC;?

Sen. Booker, a Baptist who opened his remarks by noting that his â&#x20AC;&#x153;whole lineage

comes from the black church,â&#x20AC;? received the most passionate reception of the three candidates. His fiery remarks often sounded more like a sermon than a speech.

After describing the current political moment as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;moral crisis,â&#x20AC;? Sen. Booker recalled how he leaned on the support of local clergy to address issues while serving as mayor of Newark, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get very frustrated when people want to try to separate this idea of the role of the church and the role of the civic space,â&#x20AC;?

Sen. Booker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is just not true. You could no more divide your own body. The church is not four walls. The church is the body of Christ.â&#x20AC;?

Sen. Booker then quoted from the Apostle Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Letter to the Philippians, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,â&#x20AC;? arguing that the passage calls for action and

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Sen. Booker called on African-American voters to claim their own electoral destiny. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not need one president who comes in and says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the savior.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got my savior, yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you right now, we have to bring about our salvation.â&#x20AC;?

Rev. McBride, in a telephone interview before the forum began, said that one of the main goals of the gathering was to induce the candidates to focus on faith as a potential blindspot of the Democratic Party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, too many

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Democrats are afraid of faith and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid of race,â&#x20AC;? Rev. McBride said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the black church must step up.â&#x20AC;?

Rev. McBride said that regular dialogue with black religious voters is not only a sound strategy for politicians hoping to win the Democratic primary but also a long-term investment in winning the general election. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These potential voters will also be the engine to drive turnout,â&#x20AC;? Rev. McBride said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the candidates cannot electrify and motivate these young people over the next six months to a year to turn out their friends and their families and their neighbors to vote, then we may not have the most voters showing up at the polls to be able to defeat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the White House all the way to a local election â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an agenda that is about excluding and punishing the poor and the dispossessed.â&#x20AC;?

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Acclaimed writer Paule Marshall, professor emeritus at VCU, dies at 90 price of assimilation.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brown Girl, Brownstones,â&#x20AC;? her autobiographical debut, a Writer Paule Marshall, an exuberant and sharpened storyteller young Brooklyn woman seeks her own identity amid the conflictwho in books such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daughtersâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brown Girl, Brown- ing values of her Bajan parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her hard-headed mother and stonesâ&#x20AC;? drew upon classic and vernacular literature and her tragically hopeful father. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Chosen Place, the Timeless motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen conversations to narrate the divides between People,â&#x20AC;? idealistic American project workers in the Caribbean African-Americans and Caucasians, men and women, and encounter the skepticism of the local community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Praisesong for modern and traditional cultures, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2019, the Widowâ&#x20AC;? tells of an African-American womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awakening in Richmond. during a Caribbean vacation.

Her son, Evan K. Marshall told the Associâ&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to take people at a time of crisis ated Press that his mother, who was 90, had and questioning in their lives and have them suffered from dementia in recent years. undertake a kind of spiritual and emotional Ms. Marshall, who was a professor emerijourney, and to then leave them once that tus of English at Virginia Commonwealth journey has been completed and has helped University, was first published in the 1950s. them to understand something about themShe was the author of nine books, her talent selves,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Marshall told the Associated recognized with numerous awards including Press in 1991. a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1961 and a Ms. Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admirers included DoroMacArthur Fellowship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; also known as a thy Parker, Edwidge Danticat and Langston â&#x20AC;&#x153;genius grantâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in 1992.

Hughes, an early mentor who sent her enVCU officials said Ms. Marshall helped couraging postcards in green ink, brought bring eminent black writers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; many of whom her on a State Department tour of Europe in were her friends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the campus, including 1965 and urged her to â&#x20AC;&#x153;get busyâ&#x20AC;? when he Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. thought the young writer was working too â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was a person of enormous strength slowly. The tour helped boost her career and and dignity, a powerful sense of purpose and profile in the literary world.

Ms. Marshall a clear vision of the scope of what she wished Ms. Marshall joined the VCU faculty in to achieve as a writer,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Gregory Donovan, a professor 1984 after a two-year stint as a writer-in-residence. She previin VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s English Department. ously taught at Yale and Columbia universities, the University For years, she was virtually the only African-American woman of California at Berkeley and at the Iowa Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Workshop. among major fiction writers in the United States, a bridge beShe taught at VCU until 1994, when she joined the faculty of tween Zora Neale Hurston and Ms. Morrison, Alice Walker and New York University holding the Helen Gould Sheppard Chair others who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. of Literature and Culture.

Calling herself â&#x20AC;&#x153;an unabashed ancestor worshipper,â&#x20AC;? Ms. MarShe won the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature in 1989 and, shall was the Brooklyn-born daughter of Barbadian immigrants in 2009, she won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for lifetime and wrote lovingly, but not uncritically, of her family and other achievement in writing books â&#x20AC;&#x153;that have made important contriupholders of the ways of their country of origin. butions to our understanding of racism and human diversity.â&#x20AC;?

From the start, she contrasted the values of Americans and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are deeply saddened by the loss of a wonderful colother Westerners with those from the Caribbean and tallied the league and a wonderful writer,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Catherine Ingrassia, Free Press wire, staff report

William M. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jones Jr., former Richmond corporate executive, dies at 88 William M. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;? Jones Jr., who was the of business and service organizations, includfirst African-American corporate manager and ing the Duncanville Rotary Club, the Dallas personnel development manager at Thalhimers Alliance, the Dallas Black Chamber of Comin Richmond, died Saturday, July 27, 2019, merce, the Bishop College Board of Trustees, in Dallas, where he and his family have lived the Dallas County Community College District for many years. and the Dallas Child Guidance Clinic.

He was 88.

He also taught management classes at El A native of Port Chester, N.Y., Mr. Jones Centro College in Dallas and for Dallas city moved with his family to Richmond, where employees from 2004 until 2011, when a he finished Armstrong High School at age 16 diagnosis of Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease forced him in 1947 and entered Virginia Union Univerback into retirement. sity, where he earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in He was active with Phi Beta Sigma Fraterchemistry in 1951. nity. For many years, Mr. Jones and his wife, After serving in the Korean War, he Roberta Anderson Jones, also supported the Mr. Jones attended New York University, where he Outreach and Marketing ministries of Oak earned a graduate degree in advertising and business manage- Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. ment. He started CJL Associates, an advertising and public He was predeceased by his sisters, Janet Jones Ballad, the relations business, in 1961 in Richmond and later, in 1969, 22nd international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and joined Thalhimers as a corporate manager and personnel de- Holly Jones Kincaide. velopment manager.

In addition to his wife, survivors include his children, Shanan After six years with Thalhimers, he joined Xerox in Richmond, Jones and William Milton â&#x20AC;&#x153;TrĂŠâ&#x20AC;? Jones III, six grandchildren and later moving to Chicago and then Dallas with the company. He two great-grandchildren. retired from Xerox in 1986.

His ashes will be interred in a family plot in Charles City Mr. Jones was active in the Dallas metro area with a variety County later this year.

Dr. Martha C. Cook, longtime educator and former first lady of Ebenezer Baptist Church, dies at 82 Dr. Martha Louise Charles Cook combined a love of science and education with her faith.

Dr. Cook taught the basics of biology to students in Richmond Public Schools and other school districts in a teaching career that spanned more than 35 years.

Meanwhile, Dr. Cook also was earning ministry degrees, becoming ordained and overseeing church growth and membership development at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Jackson Ward, where her husband, Dr. Wallace J. Cook, served as pastor for 40 years.

Her twin roles are being remembered following her death on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. She was 82.

Family and friends celebrated her life during a funeral service on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Born in Lake Charles, La., Dr. Cook grew up in Mesa, Ariz. She began studying science at Arizona State University

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and completed her bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree at historically black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas.

She taught in public schools in Texas, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island before teaching in Richmond, where she spent the bulk of her career before retiring in 2001.

Dr. Cook was well respected as an educa-

tor. She was named John F. Kennedy High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Teacher of the Year in 1998 and served as chair of the Science Department along with teaching biology classes.

After her husband was called to the pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1971, she enrolled in the seminary at Virginia Union University, where she earned a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and a doctorate in ministry.

At Ebenezer, she held a ministerial post in which she focused on pastoral care and innovative church-growth initiatives, her family said. The Cooks served at the church until their retirement in 2001.

The Cooks later served as interim copastors at Guildfield Baptist Church in Powhatan.

Along with her husband of 62 years, Dr. Cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s survivors include a daughter, Cheryl Louise Cook; two sons, Jeffery M. Cook and Jeryl M. Cook; a sister, Mardria Mae Williams of Tucson, Ariz; and a brother, Ronald J. Charles of Mesa, Ariz.

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professor and chair of the VCU English Department. She said Ms. Marshall was an iconic writer who had an important impact on the university and American literature. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her presence was felt within the department long after her time here,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Ingrassia said.

Born April 9, 1929, Valenza Pauline Burke was an immersive reader who loved old British novels from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom Jonesâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great Expectations.â&#x20AC;? But she longed for books that included people more like herself, and so made an instant and deeper connection to the poetry in dialect of Paul Laurence Dunbar and later to writings by Ms. Hurston and Mr. Hughes, among others.

All along, she had been listening to her mother and various neighborhood women gather in the kitchen and expound in â&#x20AC;&#x153;free-wheeling, wide-rangingâ&#x20AC;? style, voices she fictionalized in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brown Girl, Brownstonesâ&#x20AC;? and other works. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were women in whom the need for self-expression was strong, and since language was the only vehicle readily available to them, they made of it an art form that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in keeping with the African tradition in which art and life are one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was an integral part of their lives,â&#x20AC;? she wrote in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Poets of the Kitchen,â&#x20AC;? a 1983 essay.

Ms. Marshall graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors from Brooklyn College. During much of the 1950s, she worked as a magazine researcher, traveling to Brazil and the West Indies, among other places. Since childhood she had been â&#x20AC;&#x153;harboring the dangerous thoughtâ&#x20AC;? of becoming a writer, and in her spare time completed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brown Girl, Brownstones,â&#x20AC;? published by Random House in 1959 after editor Hiram Haydn suggested she trim her 600-page â&#x20AC;&#x153;sumo-sized manuscriptâ&#x20AC;? to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;slender, impressiveâ&#x20AC;? novel buried within.

In her early 20s, she married Kenneth Marshall. They divorced when their son Evan was still young. She later married Nourry Menard, a Haitian businessman.

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-200 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1117 North 31st Street for the purpose of a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The subject property is located within the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential zoning district.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses. Primary uses in this category are “single-family detached dwellings at densities between 8 and 20 units per acre.” The density of the property would be 18 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2019-201 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1119 North 31st Street for the purpose of a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The subject property is located within the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential zoning district.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses. Primary uses in this category are “single-family detached dwellings at densities between 8 and 20 units per acre.” The density of the property would be 18 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2019-202 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3022 Jefferson Davis Highway to authorize a wireless telecommunications monopole and associated equipment, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is located in the OS-Office Services District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property as an Economic Opportunity Area.

Ordinance No. 2019-203 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3111 Q Street for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential zoning district.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family (Medium Density) uses. Primary uses in this category are “single-family detached dwellings at densities between 8 and 20 units per acre.” The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be approximately 23 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2019-204 To authorize the special use of the property known as 224 S. Cherry Street, 912 Idlewood Avenue, 914 Idlewood Avenue, 239 S. Linden Street, 225 S. Linden Street and 223 S. Linden Street, to authorize a day nursery as a principal use, upon certain terms and conditions.

The subject property is located in the R-7 Single and Two-Family Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Downtown General Urban Area. The General Urban Area is characterized by medium-density mixeduse development.

Ordinance No. 2019-205 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1600 West Cary Street for the purpose of an outdoor dining area, upon certain terms and conditions. The subject property is zoned in the UB-PO3 Urban BusinessParking Overlay District.

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single‑family (medium d e n s i t y. ) P r i m a r y uses in this category are single‑family and two‑family dwellings, both detached and attached at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2019-206 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2018-012, adopted February 12, 2018, which authorized the special use of the property known as 10 West Leigh Street for the purpose of permitting a multifamily dwelling with up to 14 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions, to modify the parking requirements for the properties known as 10 West Leigh Street, 12 West Leigh Street, and 14 ½ West Leigh Street.

The property is currently zoned R-63 (Multi-family Urban Residential).

The City of Richmond’s adopted Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as NMU (Neighborhood Mixed Use). “Neighborhood Mixed use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed use districts. They are an urban, walkable environment with limited neighborhood oriented uses incorporated along key commercial corridors and at corner sites.”

Ordinance No. 2019-207 To authorize the use of the property known as 1006 West Franklin Street, for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to four dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District.

The City’s Master Plan recommends Single Family (Medium Density) land use for the subject property. Primary uses are single family and two family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 40 units per acre.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-209 To rezone the property known as 201 Orleans Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the B-5 Central Business District (Conditional). The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property for Industrial Mixed-Uses.

Industrial Mixed-use areas are traditionally industrial areas that are transitioning to mixed-use due to their proximity to growing neighborhoods, but still retain industrial uses.

Ordinance No. 2019-210 To rezone the properties known 25 Nicholson Street and a portion of 101 Nicholson Street from the M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the B-7 Mixed-Use District (Conditional). The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates the subject property for Neighborhood MixedUses. Neighborhood Mixed-use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed-use districts.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-213 To declare surplus and direct the conveyance of a portion of the City-owned real estate known as 601 East Leigh Street, consisting of 171,906± square feet, for nominal consideration to the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond. ( CO M M I T T EE : Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-214 To declare surplus and direct the conveyance of certain parcels, or portions thereof, of City-owned real estate known as 601 E. Leigh St., 501 N. 7th St., 808 E. Clay St., 800 E. Clay St., 500 N. 10th St., 500 E. Marshall St., 500 A E. Marshall St., 116 N. 7th St., 114 N. 7th St., 112 N. 7th St., and 401 E. Broad St. to The NH District Corporation for the purpose of facilitating the redevelopment of the area bounded generally by E. Leigh St. on the north, N. 10th St. on the east, E. Marshall St. on the south, and N. 5th St. on the west. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-215 To close, to public use and travel, certain rightof-way areas comprised of portions of East Leigh Street, East Clay Street, North 5th Street, and North 7th Street, such portions together consisting of 44,590± square feet, to retain easements in certain of the closed right-of-way areas, and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept the dedication of right-ofway improvements and property, consisting of approximately 66,977± square feet, in connection with the closing of the right-of-way areas, for the purpose of facilitating the redevelopment of the area bounded generally by East Leigh Street on the north, North 10th Street on the east, East Marshall Street on the south, and North 5th Street on the west. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-217 To repeal ch. 30, art. IV, div. 26 (§§ 30-448.1—30448.4) of the City Code; to amend ch. 30, art. IV, by adding therein a new div. 26 (§§ 30-448.1—30448.8); and to amend City Code §§ 30-503, 30-519, 30-710.1, 30-710.4, 30710.13, and 30-1220, all for the purpose of modifying the zoning regulations applicable in the CM Coliseum Mall District. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-218 To amend the official zoning map for the purpose of designating certain street blocks as “priority streets” and certain street blocks as “street-oriented commercial streets” in the area bounded generally

by East Leigh Street on the north, North 10th Street on the east, East Marshall Street on the south, and North 5th Street on the west. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-219 To rezone the properties known as 601 E. Leigh St., 501 N. 7th St., 808 E. Clay St., 800 E. Clay St., 500 N. 10th St., 900 E. Marshall St., 406 N. 7th St., 408 A N. 7th St., 500 E. Marshall St., and 500 B E. Marshall St. from the B-4 Central Business District to the CM Coliseum Mall District.

The Pulse Corridor Plan indicates that the area should be “Downtown Mixed-Use”, with some “Public & Open Space”, as well as identifying it as an “Opportunity Area” in the Future Land Use map. The Plan specifically recommends that the Coliseum and adjacent City-owned parcels are Continued on next column

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an opportunity site that could be redeveloped into a mixed-use, mixedincome, pedestrianfriendly environment that serves as a connection… between the Convention Center, Biotech Park, and the Capital District”. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, November 4, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TAN’ISE VAUTERS, Plaintiff v.

SIDDEEQ MUMIN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002340-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 7th day of October, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

Oneil Anthony Allman, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19-3900-3 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimonii or from the bonds of matrimony.

It appearing from an affidavit that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is.

It is ORDERED that Oneil Anthony Allman appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 10th day of October, 2019.

A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER AMY POE-PHILLIPS, Plaintiff v.

TEROND TAYLOR, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002269-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 26th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

CHRISTOPHER VENABLE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002208-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KIMBERLY CHRISPIN, Plaintiff v.

HARRY CHRISPIN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002210-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

ANGELA DARDEN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19001520-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

AUBREY GIBBS, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002209-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

WALTER PEREZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002207-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 19th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

DEION BRANDON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19001581-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ZHA’MAR BARRICK MCLEMORE Case No. J-95590-06, 07, 08 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Barrick L. Mclemore, Jr. (FATHER) & Unknown (Father) & Dynesha Cross (Mother), of Zha’mar Barrick Mclemore, child, DOB 10/24/2016, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Barrick L. Mclemore, Jr. (Father), Unknown (Father), & Dynesha Cross (Mother) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 10/15/2019, at 12:00 PM, Courtroom #2.

Tax Map Number S0000457/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Charlie A. Anderson, Jr., Mary A. Bonner, Thelma A. Boone and Vanessa A. Falden, fka Vanessa A. Darden.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHARLIE A. ANDERSON, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, THELMA A. BOONE, 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 CHARLIE A. ANDERSON, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, THELMA A. BOONE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RACHAEL MILLER, Plaintiff v.

CODY DAVIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19-1895-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

ROXANNE BRANCH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19001967-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

WAYNE J. WYNN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002282-00-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit, brought by Francis Wynn, is a complaint for divorce. It appearing from an affidavit that the Defendant, Wayne J. Wynn cannot be found, and that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant;

It is hereby ORDERED that the Defendant appear before this Court on or before October 1, 2019 at 9:00 AM, to protect his interest herein.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Cravens & Noll, P.C. 9011 Arboretum Pkwy, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23236 (804) 330-9220 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KATINA DYERALEXANDER, Plaintiff v.

JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17003420-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of September, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY In the matter of the adoption of a child To be known as Ashlyn Elizabeth Skai Beckwith, (Birth Certificate Registration Number, 851594, Registered in West Virginia) by Imani Marcus Jesse Beckwith Case No.: CA19-36 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for Imani Marcus Jesse Beckwith to adopt the infant/child by the name of Ashlyn Elizabeth Martin and to change the infant/child’s name to Ashlyn Elizabeth Skai Beckwith.

It appearing by the affidavit that diligence has been used by or on behalf of Jessica Yvonne Beckwith to ascertain in what county or city Jonathan Wayne Robinson is without effect, it is ORDERED that Jonathan Wayne Robinson appear before this court on or before September 3, 2019, at 9 AM and protect his interests herein.

An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk We ask for this: Richard D. Harris, Jr., Esquire Chesterfield Meadows Park 10305 Memory Lane, Suite 201 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 748-7573

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

RUTH B. WRIGHT, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-348 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1601 Boston Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000286/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ruth B. Wright, William Ricky Wright, Darryl Wilson Wright and Jared Bernard Wright.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RUTH B. WRIGHT, 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 owners, WILLIAM RICKY WRIGHT, DARRYL WILSON WRIGHT, and JARED BERNARD WRIGHT, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RUTH B. WRIGHT, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM RICKY WRIGHT, DARRYL WILSON WRIGHT, JARED BERNARD WRIGHT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE

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

CHARLIE A. ANDERSON, JR, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. : CL19-1760 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2016 Edwards Avenue, Richmond, Virginia,

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

THOMAS T. BAILEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-1004 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2663 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000905/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Thomas T. Bailey.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THOMAS T. BAILEY, 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 CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, LLC, an entity canceled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-2350 on February 8, 2010, 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 T H O M A S T. B A I L E Y, CAPITAL FUNDING AND CONSULTING, LLC, an entity canceled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 102350 on February 8, 2010, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

WEST BROAD STREET BANKRUPTCY BUILDING, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-1263 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4509 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-2034/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, West Broad Street Bankruptcy Building, LLC.

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

IT IS ORDERED that and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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B6 August 22-24, 2019

Sports Plus

Thanks to ‘Loads of Love’ Carver Elementary gets new laundry center

By Ronald E. Carrington

Homelessness has been a continuous problem in Richmond, and it also impacts city school students.

According to Richmond Public Schools 1,189 students experienced homelessness or housing instability during the 2018-19 school year. That’s nearly 5 percent of the 24,000 students attending RPS. Eight-five of those students were identified as “unaccompanied,” meaning they are not living with their parent and/or guardian.

For many of the students, homelessness can be a barrier to many of the simple things most people take for granted, including wearing clean clothes.

The simple task of washing and drying clothes on a weekly basis can be a major problem, leading to less confidence and lower selfesteem in the classroom.

Members of the Washington NFL team are aware of the problem. Last month, as the team spent three weeks in Richmond at its annual preseason training camp on West Leigh Street, professional players worked alongside volunteers from Bon

Washington running back Chris Thompson paints at Carver Elementary School during the team’s project to spruce up the laundry area. The project took place last month while the team was in Richmond at its preseason training camp.

Secours Health System to renovate a laundry room at nearby George Washington Carver Elementary School and equip it with a new Samsung washer and dryer.

The team’s charitable foundation supports the Loads of Love program started in 2017 by player Nick Sundberg and his wife, Flor, to help boost school attendance by installing washers and dryers in schools and homeless shelters in the Virginia, Washington and Maryland area.

The foundation also awarded grants last fall to open laundry centers at John Marshall High School, Swansboro Elementary, Summer Hill Preschool Center and Richmond Alternative High School.

Overby-Sheppard Elementary, Ginter Park Elementary, George Wythe High School and Amelia Street School also have Loads of Love laundry centers.

The centers provide students experiencing homelessness or unstable living situations with access to clean clothes at no cost to them or their families five days a week.

To date, the foundation has provided nearly $500,000 in funding to Loads of Love programs.

Photos by Ava Reaves

Above, Carver Elementary School Principal Tiawana Giles, second from right, is surrounded by elected officials, administrators and players for the Washington NFL team as players present the Richmond elementary school with a new washer and dryer for its laundry center. Team members also renovated the school’s laundry center. Left, laundry baskets filled with detergent, clothes hangers and other laundry supplies are lined up for distribution to various schools through a donation from the Washington NFL team’s Loads of Love program.

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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

by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN H. LOMAX, upon information and belief deceased, owner per deed filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 181C page 31 on May 17, 1904, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Our Lord Jesus Christ.

An Affidavit having been filed that CLARENCE COLEMAN, RECTOR of UNITY SANCTUARY CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CLARENCE COLEMAN, RECTOR of UNITY SANCTUARY CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

to subject the property briefly described as p2001 Albany Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000349/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Booker T. Ellis and Jessie T. Ellis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BOOKER T. ELLIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JESSIE T. ELLIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DOROTHY ELLIS EVANS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and B. T. ELLIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, BRIAN C. ELLIS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BOOKER T. ELLIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JESSIE T. ELLIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DOROTHY ELLIS EVANS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs,

devisees, assignees or successors in interest, B. T. ELLIS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, B R IA N C . E LLIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

VERNELLE CHEATHAM, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-574 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 120 East 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000353/029, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Vernelle Cheatham and Frank Cheatham.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, VERNELLE CHEATHAM and FRANK CHEATHAM, 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 VERNELLE CHEATHAM, FRANK CHEATHAM, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

VILMA PARKER BURRIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-451 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1002 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000VIRGINIA: Richmond Ambulance Authority hiringOF 0086/005, to sale in order to IN THE CIRCUITisCOURT collect delinquent real estatepositions.

THE CITY OF RICHMOND for the following taxes assessed thereon in JOHN MARSHALL the name of the owners of COURTS BUILDING record, Vilma Parker Burris CITY OF RICHMOND, and Lolita Marie Thompson Plaintiff, aka Lolita Lee. v.

An Affidavit having ROBERT SANTIAGO, been filed that said owners, et al, VILMA PARKER BURRIS Defendants. a n d L O L I TA M A R I E Case No.: CL19-996 THOMPSON, have not been ORDER OF PUBLICATION located and have not filed a

The object of this suit is response to this action, and to subject the property briefly that any heirs, devisees, described as 1220 North 27th assignees, successors in Street, Richmond, Virginia, interest,Tosuccessors in titlevisitTax Map Number E000apply, please www.raaems.org to and/or any creditors with 0562/003, to sale in order to complete an application with resume attached a current or future interest collect delinquent real estate later than September in saidno property, have 5pm not Friday, taxes assessed thereon16, in the been identified served name of the owner of record, 2016. and/or EEO/AA despite diligent efforts to do so Robert Santiago. and are defendants to this suit

An Affidavit having been VIRGINIA: by the general description of filed that said owner, ROBERT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF “Parties Unknown.”

SANTIAGO, has not been THE CITY OF RICHMOND

IT IS ORDERED that located and has not filed a JOHN MARSHALL VILMA PARKER BURRIS, response to this action, and COURTS BUILDING LOLITA MARIE THOMPSON, that any heirs, devisees, CITY OF RICHMOND, and Parties Unknown, come assignees, successors in Plaintiff, forward to appear on or before interest, successors in title v.

OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do and/or any creditors with JOHN H. LOMAX, et al, what is necessary to protect a current or future interest Defendants. their interests in this matter. in said property, have not Case No.: CL19-45 An Extract, Teste: been identified and/or served ORDER OF PUBLICATION Edward F. Jewett, Clerk despite diligent efforts to do so

The object of this suit is Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. and are defendants to this suit to subject the property briefly City of Richmond, by the general description of described as 2 East Bacon Office of the City Attorney “Parties Unknown.”

Street, Richmond, Virginia, 900 E. Broad Street

IT IS ORDERED that Tax Map Number N000Richmond Ambulance Authority, Richmond, VA 23219a high ROBERT SANTIAGO, and 0228/015, to sale in order to performance EMS system located in Richmond, Parties Unknown, come 804-646-7940 collect delinquent real estate Virginia, announces its intent to bid for the forward to appear on or before taxes assessed thereon in the VIRGINIA: OCTOBER 10, 2019 and do ambulance parts and supplies. name ofprovision the owner of of record, IN auto THE CIRCUIT COURT OF what is necessary to protect John H.The Lomax.

THE CITY OF RICHMOND successful bidder will submit a cost listing their interests in this matter.

An for Affidavit having been JOHN MARSHALL providing ambulance autoRichmond parts and supplies An Extract, Teste: a high Ambulance Authority, filed that said owner, JOHN H. COURTS BUILDING Edward F. Jewett, Clerk toupon the Authority.

EMS system located in Richmond, LOMAX, information CITY performance OF RICHMOND, Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. and belief deceased, owner Plaintiff, Virginia, announces City its intent to bid for the All proposals must be received at Authority of Richmond, per deed filed in the records v. of ambulance autoofparts andAttorney supplies. the City ces no later than 3pm, ETprovision on February 16, Office of the offi Richmond Circuit UNITY SANCTUARY Broad Street TheOFsuccessful willE.submit a cost listing 2018. partiesCHURCH may obtain aOUR copyLORD ofbidder the 900 Court at DeedInterested Book 181C Richmond, VA 23219 for providing auto parts and supplies page 31 on May for 17, Bid 1904, JESUS CHRIST, Invitation (IFB) for Ambulance Autoambulance Parts 804-646-7940 or his heirs, devisees, et al, to the Authority. and Supplies 18-02 by contacting: assignees or successors Defendants.

VIRGINIA: All received at COURT Authority in interest, have not been No.:proposals CL19-1770must be IN THE CIRCUIT OF Kaila M. Case Bradley located and have not filed ORDERoffi OFces PUBLICATION THE CITY OFFebruary RICHMOND nocer later than 3pm, ET on 16, Chief Legal and Compliance Offi a response to this action,

The2018. object Interested of this suit isparties may JOHNobtain MARSHALL a copy of Richmond and that any heirs, devisees, Ambulance to subject Authority the property briefly COURTS BUILDING the forOF Ambulance Auto assignees, successors described asInvitation 1100 Northfor 21stBid (IFB) CITY RICHMOND, 2400in Hermitage Road and Supplies interest, successors in title Street, Parts Richmond, Virginia, 18-02 by contacting: Plaintiff, Richmond, Virginia, 23220 and/or any creditors with Tax Map Number E000v.

804-254-1185 Bradley T. ELLIS, et al, a current or future interest 0514/012, to sale in orderKaila to M. BOOKER kbradley@raaems.org Chief Officer in said property, have not collect delinquent realLegal estateand Compliance Defendants. been identified and/or served taxes assessed thereon in the Ambulance Case No. : CL19-579 Richmond Authority despite diligent efforts to do so name of the owner of record, ORDER OF PUBLICATION 2400 Hermitage Road and are defendants to this suit Unity Sanctuary Church of

The object of this suit is

Director of Operations Employee Services Coordinator Human Resources Recruiter Reimbursement Clerk Patient Accounts Analyst II Vehicle Service Technician

Richmond Ambulance Authority Notice of Invitation for Bid Ambulance Auto Parts and Supplies Solicitation Number: 18-02 Richmond Ambulance Authority Notice of Invitation for Bid Ambulance Auto Parts and Supplies Solicitation Number: 18-02

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BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 19-1894-7EAR – Tuckahoe Creek Park – Phase II – Construction of 1,079 ft. long boardwalk system consisting of elevated boardwalk and an asphalt trail system.

Due 2:00 pm, September 4, 2019. Additional information available at: https://henrico. us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/.

Baker Street School Rehabilitation - Seeking subcontractor bids for renovation of 51 senior living units - all trades *BIDS DUE 9-24-19* Contact Jeff Warner jwarner@hamelbuilders.com 443-459-4664

St Luke Apartments Renovation - Seeking subcontractor bids for renovation of 496 units - all trades *BIDS DUE 9-10-19* Contact Joe Gauntner jgauntner@hamelbuilders.com 443-955-5929

Richmond Ambulance Authority Notice of Invitation for Bid EMS Uniforms Solicitation Number: 19-03 The Richmond Ambulance Authority, a high performance Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system located in Richmond, Virginia, announces its intent to bid for services of providing EMS Uniforms. The successful bidder will provide a responsive and responsible bid for the provision of EMS Uniforms, as described in the Invitation for Bid (IFB).

All bids must be received at the Authority’s offices no later than 3:00pm EDT on September 20, 2019. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the IFB by contacting: Shawn Wray Compliance Manager Richmond Ambulance Authority 2400 Hermitage Road Richmond, Virginia 23220 804-254-1185 shawn.wray@raaems.org

The City of Richmond is in the process of preparing its 2018-2019 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).

From July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, $7.4 million dollars was made available to the City by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement various housing and community development activities. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds were used throughout the city.

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funds were used throughout the Richmond MSA. The CAPER discusses program progress and outcomes for each of these funding sources. Beginning August 22, 2019, a draft of the CAPER will be online at http://www. richmondgov.com, or a copy will be available at the Richmond Dept. of Housing and Community Development, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219. Comments on the draft, preferably written, will be accepted until September 23, 2019 and can be provided to Mr. Daniel Mouer at the above address, by email to Daniel.Mouer@ richmondgov.com, or by facsimile at 804.646.6358.

The City of Richmond does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission of, access to or treatment in its federally assisted programs or activities. Virginia Relay Center --- TDD users --- 711.

Please send the proof to my attention for approval. The fax number is 646-6358. Please send the bill for the ad to the City of Richmond, Department of Housing & Community Development, ATTN: Carolyn McLane, 1500 East Main Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219.

Assisted Living Facility accepting applications for the following positions: Experience Licensed Medication Aide, Part-time Housekeeper, CNA or PCA Please provide a current TB report when applying.

All references will be checked.

Good pay – Good days off.

Call for appointment (804) 222-5133 Program Administration Specialist III in Richmond, VA. Develop/maintain SharePoint data & technical solutions. Conduct analysis & review of existing content, data, systems & processes, report results.

Identify core Business needs. Design business & reporting solutions. Provide demos of new features, reports & system capabilities. Mail resume to A. Haley, Virginia Department of Transportation, 1221 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219.

REIMBURSMENT CLERK

Under the supervision of the Director of Reimbursement this position is primarily responsible for document scanning and clerical duties for the Patient Accounts Department. The ideal candidate will have Thank you for your interest inworking applying in an previous clerical experience for opportunities with The City of Richmond. office/business environment; must have To see what opportunities areand available, experience working on a PC data entry please refer to our website at skills (speed and accuracy). Candidate www.richmondgov.com. must also be EOE a team player in a fast paced M/F/D/V environment, with focus and attention to detail.

Freelance Writers: Richmond Free Press has immediate opportunities for freelance writers.

Newspaper experience is a requirement.

To be considered, please send 5 samples of your writing, along with a cover letter to news@richmond freepress.com or mail to: Richmond Free Press, P.O. Box 27709, Richmond, VA 23261.

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FULL-TIME SENIOR PASTOR

To Street apply,Baptist please Church visit www.raaems.

Thirty-first of Richmond VA, to complete an application with located inorg historic Church Hill, seeks a full-time senior attached no later thanand 5:00pm, pastor.resume The pastor’s education, training, experience Wednesday, should include seminaryFebruary degree(s) 22, and 2017. a minimum of three years in a ministerial leadership role in a EEO/AAP Baptist church. The pastor will be responsible for church leadership, both spiritual and biblical, through preaching, teaching, training, counseling and evangelism.

Demonstrating godly leadership and keen administrative HUMAN skill, the pastor will ministerRESOURCE to the current needs of the church, while preparing and equipping the fellowship COORDINATOR with the tools to assist membership sustainability Date: AprilThe 19, pastor 2017 will work for the next Open generation church.

May 3,Deacons, 2017 Deacons collaborativelyClose with Date: the Trustees, Auxiliary Ministry, staff and congregation to uphold and Under the direction of the Director of cultivate the church missionthe and vision while developing Human Resources, Human Resources disciples.

CoordinatorMail is resumes a member of the HR to: management team responsible for the THIRTY-FIRST STREET BAPTIST CHURCH successful823administration of the agency N. Thirty-first Street benefits program payroll Richmond, and Virginia 23223operations.

In addition, position assists to facilitate ATTN: the Pastor Search Committee resolution employee relation problems.

Email of resumes to: info@31sbc.org Must have at least 2 years of experience with ADP Payroll and Benefits applications.

PATIENT ACCOUNTS ANALYST I

To apply, please visit www.raaems.org to To apply, please visit www.raaems.org complete an INTERNAL application with to complete application.

Applications resume an attached no later than 5:00pm, must Wednesday, be received no 5:00 pm on Maylater 03,than 2017.

EEO/AA September 18, 2017.

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