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Wisconsin man, 29, paralyzed after being shot in the back Sunday by police as his children watched Free Press wire report KENOSHA, Wis.

Suddenly there is a new name and a new face to remind people that the lesson of George Floyd has not sunk in among many in the police rank and file.

Three months after a Minneapolis police officer was captured on video killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes, sparking worldwide protests, Kenosha Police are taking their turn on video and triggering new, violent protests.

The man police shot in Kenosha is Jacob Blake, 29.

He was shot multiple times in the back Sunday, survived, but is paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his family’s attorney, Benjamin Crump, said Tuesday.

Mr. Crump called for the officer who opened

fire to be arrested and others involved to lose their jobs.

The details are still murky, but what is known is that officers were responding to a domestic abuse call. A cell phone video taken by a bystander shows Mr. Blake in an altercation with three officers. Mr. Blake is then seen walking to his SUV in which three of his young children, ages 3, 5 and 8, were seated. The officers, guns drawn, are following behind him.

On the video, Mr. Blake opens the door and leans into the SUV. Then an officer grabs Mr. Blake’s shirt from behind and starts firing. Seven shots can be heard, though it isn’t clear how many struck Mr. Blake or how many officers fired. It is unclear whether the officer who fired thought Mr. Blake was going for a gun.

Kenosha Police are keeping mum, and Wisconsin’s Department of Justice is investigating.

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Jacob Blake Sr. (red plaid shirt) and Julia Jackson (standing beside him), the parents of Jacob Blake, attend a news conference Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. Violent unrest broke out after video of the shooting of Jacob Blake, 29, was widely disseminated on social media Sunday. Mr. Blake was shot in the back several times by a Kenosha police officer.

According to his father, Mr. Blake is paralyzed from the waist down.

Former city councilman pushing African-American perspective missing in Lee statue lawsuit

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Mr. El-Amin

New drama is about to be injected into the already charged legal fight over removing the last and largest offensive Confederate statue from Monument Avenue — the one to slavery’s top military defender, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Sa’ad El-Amin, a former Richmond City Councilman who has long been outspoken about the need to remove the white supremacist Confederate statues that have dominated the Richmond landscape for more than a century, is preparing to enter the fray.

The former attorney who led City Council’s creation of the Slave Trail Commission to recognize the enslaved and unsuccessfully fought the placement of a mural of Gen. Lee on the city’s floodwall, said he will file on Thursday a motion to intervene and join Gov. Ralph S. Northam as a defendant with the Richmond Circuit Court.

To Mr. El-Amin, the case is crying out for an African-American presence to push the argument about the “pain and anguish” the Please turn to A4

Trump uses Black people to defend him at RNC

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President Trump has aggressively asserted control over the Republican National Convention, a four-day event that started Monday and featured African-Americans defending

the president’s history of racist rhetoric and actions.

Former NFL star Herschel Walker, speaking on the opening night, defended President Trump, whom he called a “personal friend,” and said he isn’t a racist.

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what it is, and it isn’t Donald Trump.”

He went on to say that President Trump cares about social justice and the Black community.

Mr. Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner, started his pro career as a running back with the New Jersey Generals, a team that was part of the now-defunct United States Football League.

President Trump bought the team in 1984 after Mr. Walker completed his first season. The USFL folded in 1986.

After leaving the Generals, Mr. Walker, now 58, enjoyed an 11-year career in the NFL, beginning with the Dallas Cowboys. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

The Republicans also used Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, a Black Democrat and lawyer from suburban Atlanta, to showcase that some Democrats plan to cross party lines and vote for President Trump.

It was a play from the Democrats’ convention playbook in which several prominent Republicans who plan to vote for Joe Biden were highlighted.

Rep. Jones praised President Trump, saying he had delivered on promises. And he tore into Democrats, saying they had taken advantage of Black voters.

Rep. Jones said when he first announced his support for President Trump this spring, “all hell broke loose.”

But as Rep. Jones spoke, other Georgia Democrats quickly blasted his endorsement of President Trump. Nikema Williams, chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia and a candidate for the U.S. House, Please turn to A4

Eric English to become Henrico’s first Black police chief

By George Copeland Jr.

For the first time in its history, Henrico County will have an African-American police chief.

Eric D. English was named Monday to lead the county’s police department. He will take over Sept. 14, succeeding Chief Humberto Cardounel, who announced earlier this summer that he would retire Sept. 1.

Mr. English, who earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond and a master’s in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, worked 28 years in the Richmond Police Department, rising through the ranks to Please turn to A4

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Double time Wisdom Sadiq, 6, left, and her sister, ShyQueen Sadiq, 5, have some fun following a program Aug. 8 blessing a new building now used by The H.O.P.E. Organization at 4880 Finlay St. in Henrico County. The girls, a double ball of energy, are relatives of the nonprofit’s founder, Ollie Harvey. The organization assists people with food and other needs.

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RPS revises food distribution schedule beginning Aug. 31 Richmond Public Schools is going to a new food distribution schedule with new locations to accommodate students and families receiving meals before the 9:15 a.m. start of the school day.

The new schedule, effective Monday, Aug. 31, includes distribution from school bus stops, beginning at 7 a.m.

Additionally, 12 schools across the city will distribute meals from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. and from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The locations and times are posted on the RPS website at www.rvaschools.net/reopenwithlove.

Students must present their assigned school pin code to receive two daily meals and four meals on Friday. Officials said students can use the same code they used before school closed in March.

RPS also is planning to mail codes to students this week.

Ban on utility cutoffs extended to Sept. 16 A ban on cutting off electricity, water and other utility services of people who have not paid their bills has been extended from Monday, Aug. 31, to Wednesday, Sept. 16.

The State Corporation Commission ordered the two-week extension Monday to give the Virginia General Assembly more time during its special session to consider legislation related to utility customers impacted by the pandemic.

Dominion Energy was among the utilities urging the ban on disconnections be extended.

The SCC originally banned disconnections on March 16. The state agency noted that customers who have set up payment arrangements to pay off overdue bills and are paying as agreed would not be affected when the ban expires.

Henrico distributing PPEs to targeted neighborhoods; Richmond sets up mask distribution network Henrico County is distributing 20,000 reusable cloth face masks, bottles of hand sanitizer and informational packets about COVID-19 in personal protective equipment care kits to be distributed Thursday and Friday, Aug. 27 and 28.

Volunteers with HandsOnGreater Richmond are helping with the community distribution effort targeting neighborhoods most in need and at risk of contracting COVID-19.

Henrico County is partnering with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the state Health Equity Working Group to provide the COVID-19 resources. The county previously delivered face masks and health information to approximately 25,000 homes in mass distribution events held in May. Meanwhile, the City of Richmond has set up a distribution network where residents and organizations can get free face masks.

The network has roughly 50 locations throughout the city where people can get masks, including Richmond Public Library branches, Parks and Recreation community centers and Richmond City Health District resource centers.

People and organizations can find the nearest mask pickup points, or can request masks, by going to rva311.com or calling 311.

Individuals can pick up two masks per family member or household, and are encouraged to call locations ahead of visits to ensure masks are available.

Eligible institutions, including shared housing facilities, faith-based organizations and volunteer or charitable groups, can order packs of 50 masks to give out to clients, group members and the public.

The network is the creation of the Richmond Fire and Emergency Services, the Office of Citizen Service and Response and the Mayor’s Office.

It is the latest effort by the city to stem the spread of COVID19. Masks were distributed door to door in many city communities several weeks ago.

“Masks are scientifically proven to help stop the spread, so we’re making sure everyone has access to them, regardless of the money in their pocket or ZIP code they live in,” Mayor Levar M. Stoney said.

RRHA’s annual plan for 2019-20 finally approved by HUD

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

It took nearly a year, but the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has finally received federal approval for its 2019-20 annual plan.

The approval comes as RRHA works to complete the 202021 plan.

The approval for last year’s plan was granted July 16, but was not announced by RRHA or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which monitors public housing authorities.

Plan approval is a required element for RRHA to move forward on its long-range plans for major changes to its operations.

The housing authority has detailed plans to partner with private entities to overhaul and take management control of RRHA’s more than 3,800 apartments, with tenants receiving vouchers to live in the upgraded apartments rather than renting directly from RRHA. The only projects that have advanced since the plan was announced involve the partial replacement of units in Creighton Court in a mixed-income development located on the site of the former Armstrong High School in the East End and the more than six-year-old effort to replace the 200 units in Fay Towers in Gilpin Court.

It is unclear why the original 2019-20 annual plan was rejected.

A Free Press review of the approved plan shows little change.

And the new 2020-2021 annual plan that RRHA has released for public comment appears to have almost identical wording to the 2019-20 plan.

HUD’s approval of the 2019-20 plan turned up as the result of an inquiry from Richmond resident Michael Sarahan, who has been tracking the process and first learned the plan had been rejected. RRHA later confirmed the current approved status and posted the plan on its website.

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Amid the pandemic, an interfaith group of clergy gathers at the Reconciliation Statue in Downtown for a prayer vigil for those who have died from COVID-19. The Rev. Lacette R. Cross, pastor of Restoration Fellowship RVA and director of volunteers and outreach at Side by Side, delivers a call to action. The vigil, held Aug. 18, also was to show support for the Virginia COVID-19 Justice Coalition’s effort to gain release of nonviolent inmates from jails and prisons in the state due to the virus threat. Location: 15th and Main streets.

Questions abound on whether city money for slavery memorial is available

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Where’s the money?

That’s the question that Mayor Levar M. Stoney and top officials in his administration have not yet answered.

On July 28, Mayor Stoney announced that $3.5 million in unused city dollars would be used to jumpstart the stalled development of a slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom and to create an adjacent memorial park to the enslaved that advocates have long sought.

However, the Free Press has determined after a three-week investigation that that pot of Mayor money does not exist.

The specific account the mayor said he expected to tap for the money is tied to the City Attorney’s Office. The account does not contain $3.5 million, according to city records the Free Press obtained, and all the money in the account is earmarked for paying the city’s legal costs for selling tax delinquent properties.

The money the mayor spoke of flows into the City Attorney’s Office from the Richmond Circuit Court. The court holds any surplus money from tax sale auctions where the final price the buyer pays exceeds the tax debt and legal costs the city has assessed.

That “surplus” money is sent to the City Attorney’s Office after two years when former owners of the auctioned property fail to claim their share.

According to the records, the surplus funds the city received amount to about $95,000 in the 2017-18 fiscal year, about $27,000 in the 2018-19 fiscal year, about $1.25 million in the 2019-20 fiscal year and about $714,000 so far in the current 2020-21 fiscal year.

That money flows into a special fund the City Attorney’s Office uses to cover costs of new tax sales.

And even if the account were overflowing, the mayor would not be free to use it, based on a provision of the City Charter that concerns budget amendments.

That provision states that at least six members of City Council Stoney must vote to shift money from the City Attorney’s Office for use on the slavery memorial project. That’s an unlikely prospect after a majority of City Council voted in late July to put top priority on using any spare city money to address the housing needs of low-income residents.

The $3.5 million was just to be the down payment on the slavery museum and memorial.

In his announcement, Mayor Stoney, who is seeking re-election to a second term in November, promised to include $50 million in the 2022-2025 year capital budget plan he would send to City Council next March — if re-elected — to provide the substantial amount needed to get underway.

In the four weeks since the announcement, Mayor Stoney and his administration

have gone silent about the development and the $3.5 million to be used primarily for design costs.

Free Press emails to the Mayor’s Office and top city officials about the money have gone unanswered.

The discovery is not sitting well with advocates who have spent years promoting the idea of transforming parking lots on two blocks in Shockoe Bottom into a memorial park to accompany the development of a museum on the site of Lumpkin’s Jail, a once horrific holding place for enslaved people who were to be auctioned.

The parking lots sit on mostly city-owned land bounded by Broad, Grace and 17th streets and the elevated railroad tracks that connect with Main Street Station.

Among those who feel let down is Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, an arm of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality.

Ms. Edwards was among the speakers at the mayor’s announcement of the slavery memorial development.

“Like everyone, the Sacred Ground Project was very happy to learn that the mayor had committed actual dollars to the Memorial Park’s establishment,” Ms. Edwards stated in response to a Free Press request for comment.

“It was disappointing to find out that is not the case,” she stated. “We are not deterred, however, and will continue to work toward the creation of the Memorial Park with our allies.”

City rent and mortgage assistance program to get additional $8M in federal funds

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Hall will pump an additional $8 million into a rent and mortgage assistance program in a bid to help hundreds of struggling Richmond families avoid eviction.

Richmond City Council was notified last week about the decision to use a big chunk of a new allocation of $20.1 million in federal CARES Act funds to expand housing assistance.

According to Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration, the city already has invested $7.25 million from the first round of CARES Act funding in emergency shelter and rental assistance.

In all, the city has received $40.2 million in CARES Act funds in two allocations, with a total of $15.25 million, or 38 percent, earmarked to meet housing needs.

The additional funding for eviction relief is arriving as the latest Virginia Supreme Court order halting evictions is about to expire. The temporary order allows writs of eviction to again be issued and executed on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

The courts still have been hearing landlord suits to gain possession of units where

families have been unable to pay rent. An estimated 1,900 families in Richmond have been issued court summonses related to failure to pay rent.

Most of the additional $8 million in new housing assistance money apparently will go to ACTS RVA, a faith-based nonprofit representing 60 area congregations, the administration told City Council.

Richmond previously provided $6 million to ACTS (Area Congregations Together in Service) to piggyback on a state allocation to the group to expand its rent and mortgage assistance efforts.

The administration has not reported to City Council the number of families assisted during the first round of funding or provided any information on ACTS RVA’s performance.

Housing is one of 17 categories for which the money has been allocated.

However, the list shows that City Hall is not investing any additional CARES Act funds to support housing for the homeless beyond the $1.25 million that was previously allocated.

Also conspicuously absent is the $3 million the mayor promised to allocate

to assist nonprofits to run child care programs in city schools if the School Board opens them.

The list of places the money has or will be spent includes $3.9 million for grant programs for small businesses, $100,000 to enable the Richmond City Health District to hire people to trace contacts of those infected with COVID-19 and nearly $5 million to buy masks and hand sanitizer and pay for disinfection and sanitation of city buildings.

Another $5.9 million is being spent on the operation of unspecified government services impacted by the virus. Also, $1.1 million is being used to upgrade public and internal access to computerized city government information, with another $1.3 million being spent to modify buildings to meet federal Labor Department standards.

The city also used some of the money to provide $1,000 bonuses to non-exempt essential employees.

The Stoney administration has not released details on how many employees received the bonuses, or which departments were authorized to pay them.

State watchdog agency examining special education system

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

First came a scathing federal report on the failure of the Virginia Department of Education to effectively monitor the special education programs that local public school divisions provide to children with learning disabilities and mental challenges.

Now the General Assembly’s fiscal watchdog is preparing to do its own study of special education services at the local and state level and is seeking help from parents, foster parents and guardians of special needs children.

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission has posted a survey on its website that allows adult caretakers of such children to provide information on the quality of the services being provided during the past three years.

The survey is available at http://jlarc. virginia.gov/ and will remain open until Wednesday, Sept. 9. The survey can be taken in English or Spanish.

Results will be included with other research to include input from special education teachers, advisory committees, special education administrators, state-

level administrators and academic experts in the field.

Kandise Lucas, leader of Advocates for Equity in Schools, is thrilled.

“This is just what has been needed to document what is going on,” Ms. Lucas said. “I am hopeful that everyone with a child with an IEP (individualized education plan) will participate in the survey.”

According to JLARC, the aim is to complete the work by Dec. 20 on Virginia’s K-12 special education programs.

Details and questions: Specialedsurvey@ jlarc.virginia.gov.

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But as news of the shooting spread, there was an eruption in Kenosha. Initial protests that began hours after the shooting have continued for several days.

On Monday night, crowds destroyed dozens of buildings and set 34 fires in the city’s downtown. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds, including a gathering outside Kenosha’s courthouse, where some shook a protective fence and threw water bottles and fireworks at officers lined up behind it.

Police used armored vehicles while officers with shields pushed back the crowd when protesters ignored warnings to leave a nearby park.

Multiple gunshots also were reported and people carrying long guns and other weapons remained in the streets hours after they city’s 8 p.m. curfew.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called out the National Guard to assist Kenosha Police, and Tuesday, he doubled the initial contingent from 125 to 250.

Gov. Evers called for calm, but also declared a state of emergency as a result of the damage.

“We cannot allow the cycle of systemic racism and injustice

to continue,” said Gov. Evers, who is facing mounting criticism from Republicans over his handling of the unrest in the presidential battleground state. “We also cannot continue going down this path of damage and destruction.”

“Nobody deserves this,” said Pat Oertle, owner of Computer Adventure, surveying the damage on Tuesday. Computers were stolen, and the store was “destroyed,” she said.

“This accomplishes nothing,” Ms. Oertle said. “This is not justice that they’re looking for.”

Mr. Blake’s mother, Julia Jackson, said the damage in Kenosha does not reflect what her family wants and that, if her son could see it, he would be “very unpleased.”

(Reports of the police shooting triggered mostly peaceful protests in other cities, including Richmond. Monday night, more than 100 people marched down Broad Street decrying the shooting and police brutality.) Other protests took place in Wisconsin’s capital of Madison, in Los Angeles and in Minneapolis, the epicenter of the Black Lives Matter movement following Mr. Floyd’s May 25 slaying.

On Tuesday, Mr. Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr., talked to the media, along with other family members and Mr. Crump.

He said police shot his son “seven times, seven times, like he

didn’t matter.”

“But my son matters. He’s a human being and he matters.”

During the news conference, Mr. Crump said Mr. Blake was in surgery, adding that the bullets severed Mr. Blake’s spinal cord and shattered his vertebrae. Another attorney said there was also severe damage to Mr. Blake’s organs.

Ms. Jackson said the first thing her son said to her when she saw him was “he was sorry.”

“He said, ‘I don’t want to be a burden on you guys,’ ” Ms. Jackson said. “ ‘I want to be with my children, and I don’t think I’ll walk again.’ ” The legal team plans to file a civil lawsuit against the police department over the shooting.

Three of Mr. Blake’s sons were in the car at the time of the shooting, Mr. Crump said. It was the 8-year-old’s birthday, he added.

“I really ask you and encourage everyone in Wisconsin and abroad to take a moment and examine your hearts,” Ms. Jackson said at the news conference. “Do Jacob justice on this level and examine your hearts. … As I pray for my son’s healing physically, emotionally and spiritually, I also have been praying even before this for the healing of our country.”

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statue has caused.

“At this point in the proceedings, people of African descent have no voice, no participation, nor any direct involvement in this litigation because the parties, the lawyers and the court are white,” he said. “This is no different than when the decisions were made in 1890 to erect and install the statue.

“As the governor put it, it was wrong then, and it is definitely wrong now,” he said.

Mr. El-Amin’s move to become part of the case to remove a state-owned statue “that has intentionally inflicted pain” on Black people follows Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant’s refusal to lift his restraining order barring Gov. Northam from taking down the statue until a full hearing is held on Monday, Oct. 19.

The injunction barring the Lee statue’s removal was sought in a lawsuit by nearby property owners seeking to prevent the statue’s removal.

In his ruling Tuesday, Judge Marchant rejected the argument from state Solicitor General Toby J. Heytens that Virginia has changed in the 130 years since the Lee Monument Association donated the land and monument to the state in exchange for a promise that the state would protect it forever.

Instead, Judge Marchant found that an 1889 General Assembly resolution encouraging acceptance of the monument remains the state’s public policy and that there continues to be a legitimate restrictive covenant in place to protect the statue that the state must abide by, and that Allen Avenue property owners, as successors to those who gave the land, have a right to enforce.

Mr. Heytens, in his legal brief seeking dismissal of the property owners’ case and the injuction, argued that the viewpoint that “Lee was a heroic figure to be celebrated and the failure of his cause a tragedy to be mourned” has evaporated.

“The statue has become,” he wrote, “an ever-more-painful wound and a focus of the anger and frustration felt by many who continue to suffer the effects of the disgraceful institution (of slavery) the Confederacy sought to protect.”

Noting that a government-owned monument on governmentowned property represents “core government speech,” Mr. Heytens wrote that individual Virginians should not and cannot be allowed to “force the Commonwealth of 2020 to continue to broadcast a message with which it disagrees and does not wish to be associated.”

Based on Virginia Supreme Court precedent, Mr. Heytens argued, the 180-degree change in public policy would void any restrictive covenant of the type the plaintiffs described if it existed.

But Judge Marchant noted that he did not have to take judicial notice that any change had occurred sufficient to eliminate the covenant until the October hearing when the state could put on evidence to support the claim.

Mr. El-Amin noted that Judge Marchant, who would have to permit him to intervene in the case, never mentioned the interests of other people, including those of African descent, in his two opinions imposing and continuing the injunction.

Mr. El-Amin believes that the governor’s statements regarding the pain the statue inflicts on African-Americans represent government policy and open the door for him to get into the case.

Gov. Northam “gave us a benefit in acknowledging as a physician the hurt that the statue causes,” Mr. El-Amin said.

That creates constitutional issues linked to the 14th Amendment involving equal protection and discrimination on the basis of race, he said.

“I am a third-party beneficiary of the governor’s edict and executive order requiring the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue,” he said, “and I need to be included. The judge should not be able to ignore our interest.”

Mr. El-Amin said that his motion to intervene also would

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The Lee statue remains a place for people to place names of those shot wrongfully by police, including the latest man, Jacob Blake of Kenosha, Wis., who was shot in the back multiple times by police Sunday while his three children watched.

include an affidavit on the issue from Dr. Zoe Spencer, a sociology professor at Virginia State University.

In the affidavit, Dr. Spencer writes, “The statue still remains standing as a persistent reminder of the Commonwealth’s disregard for Black life. … It must be classified as a racial stressor that presents and triggers both conscious and subconscious trauma” in Black people.

She writes that those who come in contact with the Lee statue or who try to avoid it must “repress their pain, fear and humiliation” and hide those emotions from themselves and others “in order to exist.”

Mr. El-Amin said that his intervention could bolster the defense case. He argued that state Attorney General Mark R. Herring, who is nominally in charge though Mr. Heytens is handling the argument, has a conflict in that he also is a candidate for governor.

Mr. El-Amin has alleged that Mr. Herring is not being as zealous as he could be in ensuring the state presents its best case because those on the other side are potential donors he

Eric English to become Henrico’s first Black police chief Continued from A1

become Richmond’s deputy chief of operations in 2011 and deputy chief of support and business services in 2016.

Since 2018, he has served as the police chief in Harrisonburg.

In Henrico, Mr. English will lead an agency with 863 personnel, including more than 600 sworn officers, and a budget of $80.3 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

“I’m looking forward to a positive working, constructive relationship with the new chief,” Raiford Beasley, president of the Henrico Branch NAACP, told the Free Press this week.

“I’m also happy that they hired the best man for the job who happens to be Black.”

Henrico officials have been deliberating over ways to address police accountability as protests against police brutality and for racial equality continue across the country following

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issued a statement calling Rep. Jones an “embarrassment” and said he “does not stand for our values.”

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the highest-ranking Black Republican in Congress, painted Democrats as wanting to radically transform America and offered his personal biography as a counterargument to their agenda in his Monday night capstone address.

“While this election is between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, it is not solely about Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” Sen. Scott said. “It’s about the promise of America.

It’s about you and me — our challenges and heartbreaks, hopes and dreams.”

President Trump has put an emphasis on winning more support from Black voters

might not want to offend.

Mr. El-Amin said he also plans to tell the court that the notion that Gen. Lee deserves to be recognized is built on a false image of him as a “man of great personal virtue.”

The historical reality, Mr. El-Amin said, is that Gen. Lee, when he took over management of the estate of his late fatherin-law, George W.P. Custis, in Northern Virginia, worked the 189 slaves mercilessly and unsuccessfully fought to overturn a provision in Mr. Custis’ will freeing those slaves five years after his death.

“He has a sordid history in dealing with people of African descent,” Mr. El-Amin said.

Mr. El-Amin said he hopes his effort will arouse others.

“This litigation mirrors and emphasizes the point that Gov. Northam made June 4 when he stated, ‘The legacy of racism … continues as part of a system that touches every person and every aspect of our lives whether we know it or not. So, it’s time to acknowledge the reality of institutional racism.’

“It’s time to get rid of that statue,” Mr. El-Amin said.

after getting just 6 percent of the Black vote in 2016, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

The opening of the Republican National Convention on Monday showed proof that Republicans are focused squarely on their convention’s star, President Trump, and securing his reelection in November.

He has appeared every night of the convention so far, dominating the proceeding.

The party, which since 1856 has produced a platform articulating its priorities for the next presidential term, scrapped that and offered total support for the president’s “America-first” agenda.

First Lady Melania Trump, who spoke Tuesday night in front of an unmasked group of about 50 in the newly redecorated White House Rose Garden, praised her

husband’s leadership and the achievements of his administration.

However, she has been one of the only speakers to acknowledge the pain and loss of 178,000 lives during the coronavirus pandemic. She also offered her gratitude to first responders, nurses and doctors who have cared for Americans sickened by the virus, and attested to her husband’s concern for all those afflicted by it.

Vice President Mike Pence was to deliver the headline speech on Wednesday night after Free Press deadline. Other speakers were to include senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, who on Sunday said she would leave that role at the end of the month, and former NFL safety Jack Brewer, who was charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier in August.

multiple police killings and shootings, including the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky in mid-March and the severe wounding of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin earlier this week.

The same day Mr. English’s hiring was announced, the majority of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors voiced their support for a civilian review board for police.

“I don’t think it makes me or anybody else a bad person because we’re asking questions about the people who should be protecting us,” Varina District Supervisor Tyrone E. Nelson, said during Monday’s supervisors’ meeting.

“I don’t see anything wrong with taking transparency to the next level.”

Joining him in supporting a civilian oversight board for the police were Fairfield District Supervisor Frank J. Thornton and Three Chopt District Supervisor Tommy M. Branin.

Reached for comment, Rev. Nelson expressed his enthusiasm both for Mr. English’s selection and his previous record as police chief.

“Based upon what I’ve seen of his work in Harrisonburg, it definitely seems like Mr. English is focused on being transparent and getting information out to the citizens,” Rev. Nelson said. “I’m looking forward to seeing how that can translate in Henrico County.”

According to media reports, Mr. English pushed in Harrisonburg for a number of measures focused on police transparency, including detailed documenting of arrests and incidents where force was used by officers, as well as seeking community input on police conduct.

He also spoke about the need to better fund mental health officials so they are able to handle mental crises alongside or separate from the police, according to reports.

During Monday night’s meeting, some members of the Henrico Board of Supervisors floated the idea of discussing the civilian review board with Mr. English. Rev. Nelson stressed that regardless of if and how that meeting occurs, the board will have the final decision on the matter.

“I’m looking forward to just meeting with the chief in general,” Rev. Nelson told the Free Press. “I’m looking forward to building a relationship with him and hearing about what kind of ideas he has for Henrico County.”

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VSU, other colleges dealing with changes because of COVID-19

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Virginia State University officials announced this week that campus housing will not be reopened and all courses will remain online this fall to avoid the spread of COVID-19 — a prime example of the upheaval students, parents and schools are facing now that classes have begun.

VSU started the fall semester Aug. 17 using virtual classes, with a plan to allow students who had been tested for the coronavirus on campus for face-to-face classes beginning Sept. 14, but with smaller numbers in each class.

Suddenly, students who had paid deposits and rented apartments found out that the campus would be closed — a situation being repeated across the country at colleges and universities that hoped to reopen but are finding it too risky to do so in the face of the pandemic.

VSU President Makola M. Abdullah stated in a letter accompanying the announcement that university staff was ready to welcome students back to campus after having “worked tirelessly� to prepare for their safe return. “However, we have determined that the implications and risks of returning to campus in the midst of this growing pandemic could potentially have harmful or even deadly ramifications,� Dr. Abdullah wrote.

He indicated Tuesday that the decision was made after seeing other schools like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reopen and then abruptly shut down.

Dr. Abdullah noted that VSU serves a population that is at higher risk for COVID-19. “More than half of all cases and deaths are in the Black community,� he said, describing the decision as prudent given the “massive disruption that could happen if the campus had to shut down due to an outbreak.�

Still for VSU and other schools, going virtual means taking a financial hit. The lack of students paying for room and board means less money to repay bonds and other loans for construction of dorms and other buildings. Paying for contracts with food vendors also might require schools to tap reserves.

Other Richmond area schools continue offering a hybrid of virtual and face-to-face instruction while also supplying those who have returned with masks, hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Many colleges also have made coronavirus testing data available to students, parents and the public, with some Virginia universities unveiling COVID-19 dashboards to track infections as students return to campus.

Virginia Commonwealth University released its first set of COVID-19 data on Aug. 20, starting with 36 total cases. On Wednesday, VCU was reporting 76 active cases — 63 students and 13 employees. In addition to posting information about positive tests, VCU is tracking students who live on campus and are in isolation or quarantine, though it does not break out the numbers based on dormitory location.

On Wednesday, the VCU dashboard indicated that 85 students were being quarantined and 53 were being isolated on campus — still a small fraction of the student body that in past years has topped 32,000 people on the academic and medical campuses.

VCU, though, is outpacing five Virginia universities in the number of positive cases, according to available testing data. The other schools are George Mason, Radford, the University of Richmond, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary.

In a public health advisory released last week, VCU pointed to a recent party as the source for eight cases, and warned that students hosting parties or gatherings with 10 or more people are subject to interim suspension. “Gathering in large groups during a public health crisis is not acceptable and VCU does not encourage or condone these activities,� the university stated.

The University of Richmond also is posting COVID-19 data. The institution’s dashboard shows that 3,102 employees and students have been tested since July, with nine total cases and three active cases as of Wednesday. The private university also has said students who host large, off-campus gatherings will be at risk for suspension.

Some VCU faculty have raised concern about the hiring of Louisiana-based testing newcomer Kallaco Health & Technology to handle testing for the university, as well as for George Mason University and the College of William & Mary.

Last Friday, professors at George Mason alleged that tests sent to its students in July and August were not approved for self-administration by the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization program.

William & Mary officials wrote in response that Kallaco confirmed “the test kits provided to students have been approved by the FDA for home collection.�

Meanwhile, Virginia Union University has made a transition to online-only instruction a key part of its reopening plan. The last day for classroom-based instruction is still set for Friday, Nov. 20. According to Pamela Cox, press secretary for VUU, there have been only three COVID-19 cases among VUU staff, faculty or students and only one person is currently in quarantine.

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Edward H. Baine Senior Vice President of Power Delivery Dominion Energy Virginia

Edward Baine is Senior Vice President of Power Delivery at Dominion Energy Virginia. Managing roughly 3,500 employees, he is responsible for all facets of the company’s regulated electric transmission, distribution, and customer solutions business that provides electricity to more than 2.6 million customers in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

Baine is a member of the following boards of directors: Dominion Energy Credit Union, ChamberRVA, Venture Richmond, Capital Region Collaborative, and the Southeastern

Electric Exchange. In addition, he’s on the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, CJW Medical Center, Virginia Tech Athletic Fund, MEGA Mentors, and The Valentine boards of directors.

He also serves on the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Research Advisory Committee and The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) Power Delivery Executive Committee.

Effective October 1, 2020, Ed Baine will be promoted to President of Dominion Energy Virginia.

“Since the day I started here 25 years ago, I’ve seen firsthand Dominion Energy’s commitment to the community through our increased focus on workforce diversity, supplier diversity, and the recent launch of our $35 million HBCU Promise initiative. We are also dedicated to fostering connections and supporting our minority leaders of today and tomorrow.” - Ed Baine

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The Trump Show

We are disgusted by the rhetoric, lies and blatant disregard for the American people occurring during this week’s “Trump Show” that replaced what should have been a Republican National Convention.

An incredibly weak GOP again knuckled under to a bully and voted to forgo a national party platform to espouse complete support for President Trump, a dangerous, self-centered hypocrite who has done little to lead America out of the health and economic crisis caused by a pandemic that has claimed the lives of nearly 180,000 people, jeopardized the livelihoods of millions of others and clouded the futures of college, primary and secondary school students across the nation.

Speaker after speaker at the televised “convention,” including President Trump, lied about the “great” things the president supposedly has done to curb the pandemic and to boost health care, education, job creation and the economy, voting rights, criminal justice and to help immigrants and African-Americans.

Fact checkers have had steady work this week debunking the speakers’ dozens of baseless claims. But we all know the truth — from the president’s belief that the pandemic was a hoax or that taking a swig of disinfectant could cure it to his administration still fighting in court to dismantle health care safeguards for pre-existing conditions that are part of the Affordable Care Act. During this “convention,” he and his cronies have tried to take credit for the booming economy he inherited from the ObamaBiden years even as unemployment levels currently have risen to the highest levels since the Great Depression.

His administration has worked to defund public schools by trying to move federal dollars to private institutions, sent federal storm troopers into U.S. cities to quell protests and emboldened white supremacists with his love of statues dedicated to racist traitors of the past.

Football great Herschel Walker’s stock dropped in our estimation as he appeared at the “convention” to incredibly praise the president’s character, claim he isn’t a racist and say the president shows how much he cares about social justice and the Black community by his actions.

Where has Mr. Walker been these past three and a half years?

President Trump’s non-action during the pandemic has caused widespread pain, with virus transmission and deaths disproportionately hurting Black and brown communities and with 30 million people out of work. His policies also have contributed to the growing wage gap between Black people and white people. He also has called neo-Nazis and white supremacists who brought violence, bloodshed and death to Charlottesville during 2017’s “Unite the Right” rally “very fine people.”

And under the Trump administration, the U.S. Justice Department has rolled back civil rights investigations into patterns and practices of discriminatory, abusive and/or unconstitutional policing by local law enforcement agencies, while the U.S. Department of Education also has rolled back civil rights investigations into disparate school discipline for children of color and disabled students.

He has done nothing to stop the police abuse and killing of unarmed Black people, but has fanned the flames of racial hatred and fear during continuing protests over police brutality and racial injustice.

The U.S. Justice Department has stood by idly as we watched the nation roil with the videotaped death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. His administration has been silent on the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., in March and shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., this week.

With this GOP “convention,” we were most insulted by President Trump’s misuse of five immigrants from Ghana, Sudan, India, Lebanon and Bolivia by staging a White House ceremony swearing them in as new U.S. citizens. It was both disingenuous and hypocritical.

The five were mere props to boost support for his re-election. We all know the truth about his immigrant stance and his unconscionable effort to separate immigrant children from their parents.

Here is a president who has tried his best to lock down America’s borders specifically to keep out people of color. He has even gone so far to try to take billions from the military budget to build a wall along our border with Mexico.

Under his administration’s directive, thousands of children from Mexico and Central America have been separated from their undocumented parents at the border, caged and then shipped off to foster homes and possible adoption by strangers.

He also has sought to dismantle the DACA program for youngsters who were brought to the United States years ago as children by their parents, and he has asked why America would want immigrants from “sh..hole countries,” such as African nations, Haiti and El Salvador, instead of from places like Norway.

His administration’s latest efforts have included defunding and literally dismantling the machinery in the U.S. Postal Service to impact the results of November’s presidential election. He has no respect for democracy or the American voter.

We have been sickened by the dishonesty and misinformation of this “convention,” and hope voters clearly see President Trump for what he is – a fraud – and deny his bid for another four years in the White House.

Nowhere to run You can’t outrun the coronavirus.

Just ask Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man.

After celebrating his 34th birthday last Friday with a big, maskfree throwdown in his native Jamaica, the world-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist tested positive for the coronavirus.

He is now in self-quarantine at his home.

So are others who attended his party, including Raheem Sterling, a professional soccer player and star for Manchester City and the England national team. Mr. Sterling, 25, was born in Jamaica and grew up in London.

“Best birthday ever,” Mr. Bolt posted on Instagram with a photo of himself holding his daughter, Olympia, who was born in May. Then on Monday while awaiting his COVID-19 test results, he posted another photo of himself, this one lying in bed. He wrote: “Just to be safe, I quarantined myself and just taking it easy.” The photo also had this caption: “Stay safe my ppl,” with an emoji of praying hands.

Mr. Bolt retired from athletics in 2017.

Until a vaccine is found, masks and social distancing are the best protections available to people worldwide right now against the coronavirus.

We have seen the outbreaks in communities, on college campuses, in households and in churches when those guidelines aren’t followed.

Like a lightning bolt, COVID-19 can strike without regard for age, race, background, profession or wealth. And like a lightning bolt, its impact can be deadly.

Please, wear a mask and socially distance, no matter whether it’s your birthday, your first day back to school or you just need to get out of the house.

We have to keep ourselves and others healthy.

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Get together, brothers and sisters Sexism is raising its ugly head again, and this time it is not just the white men who trashed Hillary Clinton in 2016.

This time, the rumblings are coming from some Black men.

And their target is U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the first AfricanAmerican woman nominee as vice president on a U.S. major political party ticket.

Hopefully, the Black male inquisitors and Sen. Harris will sit down together and work this out.

Right out the box, the mentally challenged President Trump, who championed the lie that Barack Obama was unfit to be president because he wasn’t born in the U.S., did the same thing to Sen. Harris. Sen. Harris was born in Oakland, Calif., to a mother from India and a father from Jamaica, but the president began spreading the message that her heritage disqualified her as a vice president candidate.

These antics are expected from a white supremacist president who thinks people of color aren’t fit for much of anything. But a nascent antiKamala narrative from Black male corridors is troubling . The GOP is bringing out its heaviest artillery to suppress the Black vote and a Black male problem could be detrimental to the life and death cause of getting rid of President Trump.

Remember polls showed that Black women voted an overwhelmingly 96 percent for Mrs. Clinton in 2016, but up to 13 percent of Black men voted for President Trump — the man who called football players kneeling in protest of police brutality S.O.B.’s and Black homelands “s… holes.” Perhaps they thought if President Trump would throw a few business crumbs their way, it didn’t matter how he was crushing voting rights and killing social programs while fattening the coffers of his billionaire cronies.

Now I hear rumbling that the Black male vote could go as high as 15 percent for President Trump — a sure sign of selfemasculation — because some feel they are being taken for granted by the Democrats and Sen. Harris as vice president might even make it worse.

How could they throw gasoline on the GOP fire that is already burning down the house of Black America?

I raised this question in complete anguish.

“What happens when some Black men don’t have a house?”

Professor Keith Magee, a London-based social justice

scholar responded. “Most of the political rhetoric isn’t about Black men who are at the bottom. The Talented Tenth are seated at the table and are not including Booker T. Washington’s Negroes. These poor and marginalized Black men are not included in these high and lofty conversations. White people, no matter how poor they are, have the privilege of their white skin. No matter who’s elected,

Barbara Reynolds they wake up white, knowing that they will never be treated as badly as black men. You don’t see white cops kneeing them to death.”

At the center of the harsh feelings some Black men have about Sen. Harris started in her pre-Senate era. She was California’s attorney general, as well as district attorney of San Francisco. In those positions, she reportedly came down like a hammer on Black men, often unfairly prosecuting them too heavy-handedly on non-violent offenses, especially marijuana.

If her record is not perfect, I’d like to know which politicians in the last 200 years did dot every “i” and cross every “t.” Compared to Trump/Pence who were too disrespectful of Black people to even send a representative to the funeral of our hero Rep. John Lewis or take the police to task for the murder of George Floyd, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris still smell like roses in a crowd of skunks.

Some of this disdain toward Sen. Harris is simply Black male sexism, which is as deep-seated in Black culture as white male supremacy in white circles. In 1760, former slave Richard Allen and his group bolted from St. George’s Church in Philadelphia because of segregated worship services and launched the first African Methodist Episcopal Church. Although the struggle was about racism, the preaching pioneers refused to ordain Black women.

To this day, several Black denominations — as well as white ones — still refuse to ordain women as pastors or preachers , preferring to retain this sexist rigidity by not even allowing women to preach from their pulpits.

During the Civil Rights Movement, many recall the famous lines of Stokely Carmichael, head of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, that the only place for women in the movement was “prone.” In the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington, there were two lines of civil rights leaders marching on separate streets—one for male

civil rights leaders and one for their female counterparts. According to USA TODAY, civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height walked down Independence Avenue, while the men proceeded down Pennsylvania Avenue with the media.

In 1972, I was in the room with unbossed, unbought Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first Black woman to win a seat in Congress when she was uppity enough to vie for president as a Democrat. I was there when segregationist-minded Black male politicians confronted her and worked against her, of course to no avail.

Lately, we have seen the rise of Black women politically, with 122 Black or multiracial Black women filing to run for congressional seats in this year’s election. This figure has increased steadily since 2012, when it was 48, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

That’s good news, but Black women are still underrepresented. Black women are nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population, but only 4.3 percent of Congress, according to a report by the center. Sen. Harris is the only Black woman in the Senate. If Democrat Joe Biden becomes president, he has promised a Black woman will finally have a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

While some Black male egos seem bruised as they see Black women rise, they should remember that most Black women, as author Alice Walker proclaimed, are not feminists like most of the white female activists who war against men.

Black female leaders emphasize lifting the entire family as they climb, especially wanting the Black males at their side. Also, Black women have a history of working tirelessly in the background to help men get elected to political office, before they enter.

Moreover, Black women are statistically at or near the bottom of the battle in wages — in medium income, fair wages and access to health care. The latest statistics show Black men earn 75 percent of what white men earn doing the same work and Black women earn 64 percent, meaning both groups suffer from economic racism.

Stephanie Myers, co-founder of Black Women for Biden said, “It would be great for Sen. Kamala Harris to hold forums with Black Men for Biden and other Black men to hear about the issues and concerns of Black men.” She also pointed out that there are several Black male-led groups working for Biden-Harris within her organization.

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Now is not the time for an argument to drag on about which gender is going to reign if Mr. Biden wins. If President Trump continues his dictatorial reign, thousands more will die of COVID-19 because of his incompetence and malfeasance.

Our children are being forced back into unsafe schools. And the U.S. Postal Service has been sabotaged to stop mail-in ballots from arriving on time for the Nov. 3 election.

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once warned, “We either learn to live together as brothers and sisters or die together as fools.”

The writer is a journalist, author and Pentecostal minister

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Mail-in voting is part of a BIRTH.BIRTHDAY.AWARD. GRADUATION.HONOR. COVID-19 ‘scam-demic’ ENGAGEMENT.WEDDING. ANNIVERSARY.LIFE.

The grifters have a new scam: Mail-in voting.

It doesn’t matter that such a thing is unprecedented in more than 200 years, that there are zero safeguards, because that’s the point. How else can you steal an election when you’re hopelessly outnumbered and the COVID “scam-demic� is waning?

COVID-19 is waning? Yes. There’s an expiration date on all scams before statistics expose the truth: Only 5 people have been hospitalized in Lancaster County from COVID-19, with zero deaths, thankfully.

The total number of purported COVID-related deaths statewide is 2,494 out of 8.536 million, an average of .029 percent of the population. That’s just more than half the 4,555 total number of pneumonia and flu-related deaths for the 2019-20 flu season in Virginia to date, according

Attention needed for pedestrian and cyclist safety The attention of all mayoral candidates should be drawn to the dangerous situation at 17th and Dock streets, where most people get on the Virginia Capital Trail in Richmond.

A traffic light is badly needed there and the City of Richmond’s Traffic Engineering has been deaf to many pleas. It is just a matter of time before someone is killed.

The blinking lights that must be activated by pushing a button are useless. Motorists speed through this area all day.

to the Virginia Department of Health’s statistics.

Mail-in voting was never about a deadly disease. It was about the illusion, necessitating a panic-driven, mail-in voting drive.

The grifters are masters of voter fraud, but were being cut off from their usual fraudulent voter resources because states were being sued to clean up their voter rolls, eliminating their vast resources of dead and illegal voters.

What to do? Send out hundreds of millions of illegal, unsolicited ballots, capture their return in the post offices or newly minted ballot return boxes set up by who knows who, and sort out the Republican

from Democrat votes encoded in the barcode on the outside of the envelope where a “D� or an “R� are hidden, or the envelope is color-coded. Democrats have not ceased rioting in droves, thereby making absurd the claim that in-person voting is dangerous.

Now they accuse President Trump of voter suppression by insisting that every vote, with the exception of absentee ballots, be done in person with legitimate ID. As Joseph Stalin said, “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.�

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A10 August 27-29, 2020

Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Burroughs named VUU softball coach Virginia Union University has turned to a familiar face to coach the Lady Panthers’ softball team.

Fred Burroughs, an assistant men’s basketball coach the last four seasons, is now the team’s softball coach, succeeding Sharika Jones.

Burroughs, a native of New York City, is no newcomer to women’s softball. He Coach Burroughs coached Bowie State University to a pair of CIAA championships in 2007 and 2008.

There is work to be done at VUU’s on-campus diamond, which is adjacent to the football stadium.

VUU was 3-9 last season before the campaign was terminated in March because of the pandemic. The Lady Panthers were 8-21 the year before.

VUU has never won the CIAA softball title since the sport was introduced prior to the 1978 season. The CIAA played slow pitch before switching to fast pitch softball in 1987.

2019 Richmond Marathon winner Ayantu Hailemariyan

Richmond Marathon undergoes big changes with pandemic Since 1978, the Richmond Marathon has been among the area’s bold-letter activities, with approximately 20,000 participants racing each autumn.

The marathon will look much different this fall because of the pandemic.

Originally scheduled for Nov. 14 on a traditional Downtown course used for decades, the event will be spread over several days and a new location — Nov. 7 to Nov. 22 in Eastern Henrico County.

Runners can pick a date to run either the full, 26.2-mile marathon, the half marathon of 13.1 miles or the 8K. There also will be a virtual option.

Start and finish lines will be at Henrico’s Dorey Park, 2999 Darbytown Road in the Varina area.

From Dorey Park, runners will follow the Virginia Capital Trail, which extends eastward to Williamsburg. The paved trail is about 12 feet wide, allowing for safe social distancing. There will be mile markers and water stations along the scenic route.

It remains unclear if the new format will attract the usual collection of standout runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Runners from Eastern African nations have dominated the Richmond endurance event since about 2000.

Last year’s male and female champions, respectively, were Ashenafi Birhana and Ayantu Hailemariyan, both from Ethiopia.

For details and registration, go to www.richmondmarathon.org.

Richmond Kickers to take on Greenville Triumph this Saturday It’s OK if Richmonders can’t travel to see the world because the local soccer pros have brought the world to Richmond.

The Richmond Kickers boast a roster rich with international flavor.

Playing at Richmond City Stadium, Coach Darren Sawatzky’s squad showcases talent from eight nations and

Kickers kickoff The Richmond Kickers, now 3-1-1, will play host to the Greenville Triumph of South Carolina 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29, at Richmond City Stadium, 3201 Maplewood Ave.

five continents.

Players come from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Ghana, Zambia, Sweden and Japan, in addition to the United States.

Among the most exciting is dynamic midfielder Mutaya Mwape. The Zambia native is the Kickers’ shortest player at 5-foot-6, but likely the swiftest and most versatile.

Mwape excels in creating opportunities for Kickers scores

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Members of the Richmond Kickers, from left, Luke Pavone, Ivan Magalhães, Mutaya Mwape and Ryley Kraft.

and in foiling the opposition’s plan to attack the goal.

Then there is goal-scoring megastar Emiliano Terzaghi from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 26-year-old has four of the squad’s six goals and has put the ball in the net in

each of Richmond’s last three victories.

Other goals have been scored

by Brazilian Ivan Magalhães, Matt Bolduc from Massachusetts and Californian Ryley Kraft.

Founded in 1993, the Richmond Kickers compete in the

USL League One. Other entries are Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Orlando, Fla.; Tucson, Ariz.; New England; Chattanooga, Tenn.; North Texas; Omaha, Neb.; Madison, Wis.; Toronto; Ontario; South Georgia; and Greenville.

The team is proceeding with caution during the global pandemic.

Spectators are required to wear masks and attendance is capped at 1,000 counting players, coaches and working personnel. Last year, the Kickers averaged about 3,500 fans for home games.

Richmond’s most vocal fan group is the River City Red Army, which offers passionate support — with drums and smoke — from City Stadium’s Section O. Richmond’s franchise chairman is Robert Ukrop, a former Kickers’ star player.

The season will continue until Oct. 24. The top two teams during regular season will square off for the playoffs championship.

Games are televised on WTVR-CBS 6, Comcast 206 and Verizon Fios 466.

Anthony Allen receives Awesome Award

Anthony Allen

Anthony Allen, who has made a career of mentoring youths on Richmond’s North Side, is this year’s recipient of the Awesome Award.

The Awesome Award is presented by the Rising Sun Foundation, a philanthropic organization directed by Richmond native Kimberly Morris.

“The award goes to someone we all love who has served the community with little recognition over many years,” Morris said. “Anthony Allen couldn’t be more deserving.”

Allen, 61, has coached and taught life lessons to children ages 5 to 14 for the last 34 years at Hotchkiss Community Center in Highland Park.

His service has been under the umbrella of the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. Allen has

been Hotchkiss’ supervisor since 2005.

During the decades, he has coached the center’s baseball, basketball, football and soccer teams. Allen estimates that 130 children come out for football and cheerleading each fall.

He also has about 75 sign-ups each year for basketball and baseball.

Most of the children Allen works with attend Barack Obama and Overby-Sheppard elementary schools, Henderson Middle School and John Marshall High School.

A native of Hanover County, Allen played baseball, football and basketball at the school formerly known as Lee-Davis High School in Mechanicsville.

Allen becomes the second winner of the Awesome Award. Last year’s recipient was Michael Simpson, owner of Simpson’s Market in Highland Park.

Adrian Peterson rushing to catch Emmitt Smith in record books How far the Washington professional football team goes this NFL season could depend on how much Adrian Peterson has left in his tank.

Peterson contends — and there is evidence to support his claim – that he’s not close to empty, even at the advanced age of 35, by NFL running back standards.

In fact, the former Oklahoma All-American has a shot—albeit a long shot— at Emmitt Smith’s career mark of 18,355 yards.

Following a preseason training session in Ashburn in Northern Virginia, Emmitt Smith Peterson told NFL Network writer Patrik Walker, “I want to pass the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).”

Washington opens at home Sunday, Sept. 13, with a 1 p.m. kickoff against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Peterson ranks with the greatest to ever wear shoulder pads. There is no expiration date on “AP’s” back and no whispers of retirement.

“Why not four more years?” he said regarding his gridiron longevity. “Who knows? Depends on how my body holds up.”

In his last two seasons with Washington,

MVP honors. He also Peterson has rushed holds the NFL record for 1,940 yards with a for most rushing yards 4.3 per-carry average. in a game, 296, as a That’s not too far off his rookie with the Mincareer norm of 4.7. nesota Vikings in 2007 If Peterson plays against San Diego. four more years, he Peterson’s attempt would need to averto catch Smith will age 1,035 yards per depend largely on season to catch Smith.

Washington’s hopedIn three more seasons, for improvement under he would need 1,380 first-year Coach Ron yards per season.

Rivera.

More realistically, In Coach Jay he has a solid shot at Gruden’s farewell seapassing Walter Payton son in 2019, Washing(16,726 yards) as the Adrian Peterson ton went 3-13, which all-time runner-up to is not conducive to high rushing totals. When Smith.

Quarterbacks and kickers tend to have the teams are trailing throughout games, the ground longest NFL careers. Running backs take a brutal attack is generally abandoned in favor of an aerial attack. beating and generally retire in their late 20s.

In his 14th season, Peterson is the clear No. 1 The durable Peterson also is challenging Marcus Allen as the NFL’s oldest career running running option for Washington now that highly back in the modern era. Allen was 37 when he touted, but oft-injured Derrius Guice has been released because of off field alleged offenses. retired from the Kansas City Chiefs in 1997.

Native American Jim Thorpe played until That leaves Bryce Love and Antonio Gibson as the other candidates for carries. age 40 in the early 1900s.

Love, 23, is a former Stanford University Peterson ran for 2,097 yards in 2012, earning

NFL’s Top 10 All-Time Rushers • Emmitt Smith (1990-2004) 18,355 • Walter Payton (1975-1987) 16,726 • Frank Gore (2005-2019) 15,347 • Barry Sanders (1989-1998) 15,269 • Adrian Peterson (2007-present) 14,216 • Curtis Martin (1995-2005) 14,101 • LaDainian Tomlinson (2001-2011) 13,684 • Jerome Bettis (1993-2005) 13,662 • Eric Dickerson (1983-1993) 13,259

standout who missed most of last season with a knee injury. Gibson, 22, is a promising rookie out of Memphis.

In addition to his rushing yards, Peterson is fourth on NFL’s all-time list for rushing touchdowns with 111. He trails only Emmitt Smith (164), LaDainian Tomlinson (145) and Marcus Allen (123).

It’s not all about individual accolades, however, for the veteran superstar. Something missing from his Hall of Fame career is an appearance in the Super Bowl.

“Winning a championship is the one I want most,” Peterson said.

The Washington team won Super Bowls in 1982, 1987 and 1991. The D.C. franchise last made the playoffs in 2015.

Long way from Cameroon to NBA playoffs for Pascal Siakam Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors is doing his best Kawhi Leonard impression in this year’s NBA playoffs.

The 2020 team, minus Leonard, is looking much like the 2019 model.

If Toronto is to repeat as NBA champion, Siakam, aka “Spicy P,” must continue sprinkling flavor into the Canadians’ attack.

The Raptors were the NBA’s best team at the end of the 2019 playoffs and, despite the free agent loss of four-time All-Star Leonard to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Raptors are arguably the top squad to date as this year’s playoffs roll forward.

While the top seeded Milwaukee Bucks, the Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers stumbled in early games, the Raptors routed the Brooklyn Nets 4-0 in their first round series at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, known as “The Bubble.”

The 6-foot-9 Siakam, who has a 7-foot-3 wingspan, is often the ring leader on a roster including other such standouts as Fred VanVleet, Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka and Norman Powell.

Pascal Siakam

To start this season, Raptors Coach Nick Nurse asked if someone could step up to become a superstar. Siakam must have raised his hand. During the regular season, the native of Cameroon averaged 23 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

Against Brooklyn, Siakam averaged 21 points, 7.7 boards and five assists—figures even the great Leonard would be proud of.

Wearing his signature red headband, Siakam had 20 points, six rebounds and 10 assists in the Sunday night clincher.

Siakam also is regarded among the league’s top defensive players with the size and length to defend inside and quickness to cover smaller players.

Siakam came into his own a year ago, earning the NBA Most Improved Player award.

This season, he was selected an NBA AllStar.

It has been a long journey to NBA stardom from his birthplace of Douala, Cameroon. Growing up Catholic, he had notions of becoming a priest and spent years 11 to 15 at St. Andrew’s Seminary in Bafia.

Following a change of heart, he moved to Lewisville, Texas, where he finished high school and emerged as an elite hoops prospect at God’s Academy. From Texas, the winding trail led him to New Mexico State University.

Having fully adjusted to American basketball, Siakam was Western Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year as a college freshman and Player of the Year as a sophomore.

In 2015, the Raptors drafted him in the first round with the 17th overall pick. After a brief stint with Toronto’s G-League affiliate in Ontario, he joined the Raptors late in the 2016-17 campaign.

Siakam is a familiar name in college basketball.

Three of his brothers played for NCAA Division I programs.

Boris Siakam suited up at Western Kentucky University, Christian Siakam at Vanderbilt University and James Siakam at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, or IUPUI. For now, the focus is on Pascal as he hopes to propel Toronto to a second straight NBA title, this time without 2019 NBA Finals MVP Leonard.

To derail their next opponent, the Boston Celtics, and then likely the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Eastern finals, the Raptors will need to be cooking on all burners. “Spicy P” will gladly lend the seasoning.

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Personality: Jennifer R. Kostyniuk Spotlight on board chair of Rx Partnership From a childhood in the Girl Scouts to becoming chair of the board of directors for Rx Partnership, Jennifer R. Kostyniuk has long known the value of community service.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has left many facing new roadblocks to the medical care they need, RxP has a vision of “a future where every Virginian has access to the medication they need,” as Mrs. Kostyniuk describes it.

A Henrico County resident, Mrs. Kostyniuk was elected to a two-year term as RxP board chair in 2019. When her term is up, she will serve one additional year on the board as past chair.

She was inspired to join the board in August 2015 after an invitation to one of the organization’s events gave her a look at the nonprofit’s vision for Virginia health and its mission.

RxP was founded in 2003 to ensure medication donations from manufacturers to clinics with licensed pharmacies were properly coordinated. But in the ensuing years, the organization has grown to encompass a wider reach to supply brand name and generic medications for chronic illnesses to low-income, uninsured Virginians through a network of 30 clinics in 85 localities across the state.

“I strongly believe in the organization’s mission,” Mrs. Kostyniuk says. “We cannot improve the health and vitality of our communities across the Commonwealth without those who need it having access to the medications they need to manage their chronic conditions.”

Those medications can make a real difference in whether a person can continue to live a healthy, productive life.

As board chair, Mrs. Kostyniuk’s responsibilities are focused on securing financial, informational and strategic support from the board and community to ensure that RxP is able to respond to the needs of the community.

To achieve this goal, Mrs. Kostyniuk believes it’s important to keep focused on providing more medication access to the needy, identifying data to support RxP’s mission and creating opportunities and building partnerships to achieve sustainability. Innovation and creativity also are encouraged.

“Families should not have to choose between medication needed to manage chronic conditions and living expenses or child care,” Mrs. Kostyniuk says.

Mrs. Kostyniuk says she’s proud of the work members have done to respond to the challenges presented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a new program, patients can receive their prescriptions by mail, rather than having to go to a clinic in person to pick up their medicine.

As she notes, RxP’s mission

is more critical than ever.

Meet health care advocate and this week’s Personality, Jennifer R. “Jen” Kostyniuk: Volunteer position: Chair, Rx Partnership’s Board of Directors.

Date and place of birth: March 11 in Naples, Italy.

Where I live now: Henrico County.

Education: Lafayette High School in Williamsburg, 1991; bachelor’s in mass communications — advertising, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1995; master’s in mass communications — media management, VCU, 1997; and master’s in English — writing and rhetoric, VCU, 2003.

Occupation: Director, corporate affairs and capital project support, Dominion Energy.

Family: Husband, John Kostyniuk, and Pancho Kostyniuk, a retired racing greyhound.

Rx Partnership’s mission: To increase medication access for vulnerable Virginians and strengthen the health safety net.

Our vision is a future where every Virginian has access to the medication they need.

When and why RxP was founded: Founded in 2003, Rx Partnership was established to coordinate the donation of bulk medications from brand pharmaceutical manufacturers to clinics with licensed pharmacies. Since then, we’ve greatly expanded our programs in order to help more patients receive more of the medications they need to improve and maintain their health.

RxP is important in our community because: Many Virginia households face financial hardships and struggle to afford basic household necessities. Families should not have to choose between medication needed to manage chronic conditions and living expenses or child care. We feature this statistic on the RxP website, but despite Medicaid expansion in 2019, did you know more than 300,000 Virginians are left uninsured

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who are not eligible for Medicaid? That is why RxP exists.

Why I accepted the board position: The dedication, enthusiasm and innovative work of Amy Yarcich, RxP’s executive director, and the RxP staff never ceases to amaze me and is very motivating. I strongly believe in the organization’s mission.

No. 1 goal as RxP board chair: As a board, our goal is to help the organization continue strengthening the health safety net by working through a network of clinics across the state to increase medication access for vulnerable Virginians. As chair of the board, my number one goal is to make sure that Rx Partnership has the support from the board and community — financial, informational and strategic — to move quickly and respond to everchanging community needs.

Strategy for achieving goals: It’s important to keep a laser focus on RxP’s strategic plan and goals (provide more medication access to those in need, identify data to support the mission, create opportunities and build partnerships and achieve organizational sustainability) and to encourage innovation and creativity.

How RxP is helping during COVID-19: RxP is ensuring that vital prescriptions are still provided to patients in need despite the disruption that COVID-19 is causing. Due to the pandemic, RxP quickly established a new program that mails prescriptions directly to patients’ homes ­— at no cost to either the clinic or the patient — instead of patients having to pick up their medications from the clinic. In addition, RxP has contacted its medication partners and extended current eligibility for an additional three months for any patients whose eligibility expires during the current crisis.

Who benefits from RxP: RxP has served more than 75,000 patients since 2004.

RxP partners with: RxP works through a network of 30 clinic partners, with and without pharmacies, across 85 Virginia localities, to supply brand and generic medications to lowincome, uninsured Virginians.

How I start the day: I try to start my day with a walk/run with John and Pancho. I love how much Pancho smiles during his walks. Everyone in our neighborhood knows Pancho, the greyhound, and it’s fun to see our neighbors waving to him and telling him hello.

Three words that best describe me: Outgoing, collaborative and results-driven.

Best late-night snack: Ben &

Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.

How I unwind: I am a lifelong avid reader, so I’ll pick up a good book and get lost in the story.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I am a true crime fan, so I listen to a lot of podcasts.

And I watch “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” obsessively. I don’t care if I’ve seen an episode 10 times, much to my husband’s dismay.

A quote that I am most inspired by: “Treat others how you want to be treated.”

At the top of my “to-do” list: I am an extreme extrovert, so spending quality time with my family and friends energizes me.

Right now, I am working hard to keep my connections going strong while being socially distant.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: To always, always say thank you. Take the time to hand write a note of appreciation. It goes a long way.

The person who influenced me the most: It’s hard for me to pick one person, so I’ll highlight an organization. I was a Girl Scout for many years

and that is where I learned the importance of volunteerism and giving back to my community. I am so thankful for the experience.

Book that influenced me the most: “The Little Engine That Could” by Watty Piper. I still remember my grandmother reading this book to me before bed. If I’m having a bad day, I’ll repeat, “I think I can!” and smile.

What I’m reading now: “Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir” by Lacy Crawford.

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Happenings RPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lit Limoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; keeps the joy of reading alive during the summer and into the fall

By Ronald E. Carrington

When Richmond Public Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lit Limoâ&#x20AC;? literacy bus cruised to neighborhoods across the city delivering books and activities in English and Spanish for students of all ages, it was a great relief to parents and school administrators alike.

For parents who couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to a library, it was a way for students to get books to read during the summer. And for teachers and administrators, it was a way to keep students engaged and learning during what is called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the summer slump.â&#x20AC;?

The Lit Limo, a converted black school bus with green graphics and a peacock logo, is stocked with hundreds of books to entice young readers.

As it makes stops throughout the city, students and their parents can select the books they want â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and can keep.

Students also may participate in read-aloud sessions and sign up for a Richmond Public Library card.

The program is designed to help implement RPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; summer literacy and reading strategies as well as create excitement for books for all school age children.

Judy Deichman, an RPS instructional specialist who developed the idea and project based on her former experience in Nottoway County, said the Lit Limo is like an ice cream truck, but better because it has books instead of ice cream. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Children are excited to see an ice cream truck and we want them to feel the same way when they see the Lit Limo,â&#x20AC;? which also has lights and music, said RPS Superintendent Jason

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Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, center, greets ninth-grader Chandler Holeman, left, and her brother, Chadwick Thaddeus Holeman II, during a recent Lit Limo stop at Overby-Sheppard Elementary School in North Side.

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Students get to choose the books they want,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Deichman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not handed a book list saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reading for the summer.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; You get to come on and choose a book to keep on your own.â&#x20AC;?

The Lit Limo follows a route hitting every RPS school zone in the city. During a recent stop at Newman Village Apartments in North Side, Mr. Kamras was on hand to greet students and parents, as well as to read aloud to children coming out to select books. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a part of our effort to develop a culture of a love for reading,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Kamras said during the morning stop.

He said he hopes the project will bring happiness and joy to children, especially during

$5,000 grants paint pretty picture for artists affected by COVID-19 Sixteen artists from Metro Richmond were among 40 artists statewide to be awarded grants under the Virginia Artist Relief Fellowship Program designed to help visual artists impacted by COVID-19.

Winners of the grants, worth $5,000 each, were announced Tuesday by Gov. Ralph S. Northam, First Lady Pamela Northam and Alex Nyerges, director and chief executive officer of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; livelihoods and their ability to continue making art have been directly impacted by canceled exhibitions and gallery and museum closures as a result of the pandemic,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Nyerges said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sought to use resources we have available to help sustain artists in Virginia through this critical time.â&#x20AC;?

Area artists chosen to receive the grants: S. Ross Browne, Hamilton Glass, Alicia Little, Jaydan Moore, Barry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe, Eva Rocha, Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz, Leigh Suggs, Luis Vasquez and Kendra Wadsworth of Richmond; Sandy Williams IV of Glen Allen; Eliza Lamb of Chester; and Nikki Painter, Jordan Shanks and Alfonso Perez Acosta of Chesterfield. Another artist from Richmond asked not to be named.

More than 350 people applied for the grants, which were made available by excess funds in the VMFAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Artist Fellowship Endowment that was established in 1941 and provided nearly $5.8 million to Virginia artists during the last 80 years.

Recipients of the Virginia Artist Relief Fellowship grants were selected by a jury of three VMFA staff membersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; Natasha Campbell, head of the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellowship program; and Jeffrey Allison, head of statewide programs. A total of $200,000 in grants were awarded through the artist relief program.

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the pandemic. He said the Lit Limo will continue through November.

Chadwick Thaddeus Holeman and his wife, Shayla, brought their children to a Lit Limo stop at Overby-Sheppard Elementary School in Highland Park. Their children, Chandler, 14, will be a ninth-grader at Open High School, and her brother, Chadwick II, will be in fifth grade at Mary Munford Elementary when classes begin virtually on Sept. 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so proud of them coming out to select books,â&#x20AC;? Ms.

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Holeman said of her children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will help them get through the summer and prepare them for the new school year.â&#x20AC;?

Autumn Nabors, RPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; director of curriculum and instruction, said she hopes the impact of the Lit Limo will last all year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just creating this culture and community, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a culture and joy for literacy,â&#x20AC;?

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Lit Limoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s routes and neighborhood stops are listed on the RPS website at www.rvaschools. net/Page/7634 and on Twitter @LitLimo.

A 200-foot â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Lives Matterâ&#x20AC;? mural will be painted Downtown near the State Capitol.

Venture Richmond received unanimous approval from the city Public Art Commission and the Richmond Planning Commission for the mural, which has been in the works for nearly two months by the Downtown booster organization, artists Hamilton Glass and Ed Trask and various community groups.

The artwork is to be painted in large yellow letters in the 800 and 900 blocks of East Grace Street near St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal and St. Peter Catholic churches and the Barbara Johns Building at the corner of 9th and Grace streets leading to the entrance to Capitol Square.

The mural is based on similar projects created in Washington, Minneapolis, San Francisco and New York City, among others, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and recent nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice.

Mr. Glass and Mr. Trask, who are known for many other murals around the city, will lead the privately funded project.

Venture Richmond, a nonprofit led by business and community leaders, proposed the location of the mural. Deputy Executive Director Anedra Bourne said the placement is significant because of its proximity to the Capitol, City Hall and other prominent government buildings.

The city Department of Public Works still needs to approve a permit for the mural, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public art coordinator said. Work on the project is expected to begin in the next month.

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With 26 years in gospel music, Kirk Franklin is still sinning aswards, taking home six from this year’s Stellar Awards.

Kirk Franklin served as a co-host and also walked off with the most awards at the virtual 35th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards.

One of the biggest names in gospel, the popular 50-year-old singer-songwriter, choir director and music producer added six more Stellar Awards to his collection during the event broadcast Sunday evening on BET. Mr. Franklin joined Jonathan McReynolds and Koryn Hawthorne in hosting the two-hour ceremony whose highlights included a tribute to late civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

CeCe Winans performed “Bridge over Troubled Water” in his honor.

The awards show also paid homage to first responder heroes serving on the front lines during the pandemic, with a video showing Stellar Award lapel pins being presented to some first responders in Dallas, Nashville and Chicago engaged in the battle against the coronavirus.

For Mr. Franklin, his “Long, Live, Love” album enabled him to capture his latest statuettes for best male vocalist, best album, best producer, best contemporary male vocalist and best contemporary album.

Mr. Franklin also collected the music video of the year award for “Love Theory.”

Tasha Cobbs Leonard won the top award as best artist. She also

WE CARE Community Giveaway slated for Saturday in North Side A coalition of eight North Side churches is sponsoring the annual WE CARE Community Giveaway from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Overby-Sheppard Elementary School, 2300 1st Ave. in Highland Park.

Coordinator Craig Watson said the event has been modified this year because of COVID-19. Instead of a festival at a community center, the event will feature a drive-thru and walk-up giveaway in the school parking lot of boxes packed with food and storage bins packed with school supplies, including lap desks.

“Students will be working virtually when school starts,” Mr. Watson said.

“And the school supplies will have

things they need like headphones and a lap desk they can use to work on their computers. And the storage bins are for them to use to put all their things away when they are done.”

In addition, Upsilon Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will be holding a voter registration drive during the event, and the Capital Area Health Network will be conducting COVID-19 testing.

Fifth Street Baptist Church is coordinating the event in conjunction with First African Baptist Church, Fresh Anointing Cathedral, Grayland Baptist Church, St. Mark’s Church of God in Christ, New Kingdom Christian Ministries, Northside Crusaders Baptist Church and Providence

Park Baptist Church.

Cedar Street Baptist Church of God is helping with the food distribution, and Hotchkiss Field Community Center also is participating along with sponsor Marks & Harrison law firm.

Volunteers with the nonprofit WE CARE, which stands for Wellness, Education, Community Awareness and Resident Empowerment, also will be distributing health and wellness tips and information to help people during the pandemic.

“Our focus is on positive energy and bringing a sense of connection to people even during the pandemic,” Mr. Watson said.

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took home the award for contemporary female vocalist of the year for her album “Heart. Passion. Pursuit.”

Donald Lawrence won four Stellar Awards, with his “Deliver Me (This is My Exodus)” named song of the year.

The best new artist award went to Pastor Mike Jr., who also claimed top honors for best rap/hip-hop gospel album of the year.

The Walls Group won two awards, duo group of the year and contemporary duo group of the year, for their album “Friend in Me.” Kurt Carr received two Stellar Awards for his “Bless Somebody Else” project. The awards were for traditional duo, chorus or group and for recorded music packaging.

Other winners included J.J. Hairston for praise and worTasha Cobbs Leonard ship album of the year; Ben Tankard for instrumental album of the year; Gospel Kids for youth project of the year; Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson for quartet of the year and Greenleaf: Season 3 for special event album of the year.

Several established performers were featured during the event, including Tamela Mann, Marvin Sapp, James Fortune, Travis Greene, Tye Tribbett, Anthony Brown and Zacardi Cortez.

The show also showcased such emerging artists as Group Fire, Keyla Richardson, Melvin Crispell III and Titus Showers.

The Stellar Awards date to 1970 and are the creation of Chicago music producer Don Jackson. The first awards show was held in 1984.

The Stellar Awards rival the Nashville-based Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards, which also started in 1970, and will be presented Friday, Oct. 30.

Civil rights groups to commemorate 57th anniversary of historic March on Washington Free Press staff, wire report

A series of events led by a coalition of civil rights groups such as the NAACP, the National Action Network and a coalition, including Martin Luther King III and the families of George Floyd, Eric Garner and Breonna Taylor, will commemorate the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington that was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The commemorations will take place beginning Thursday, Aug. 27, and are expected to draw thousands of people to both a physical march in the District of Columbia and a virtual march to recommit to Dr. King’s dream defined in his famous Rev. Sharpton “I Have a Dream” speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963.

Families of recent victims of police brutality will join the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump for a rally at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, beginning at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Marchers then will head to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in West Potomac Park, next to the National Mall.

According to organizers, about 100,000 people are expected. The march’s theme: “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” with speakers expected to advocate for comprehensive police accountability reform, economic empowerment and equitable access to health care, education,

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“The objective is to put on one platform, The Rev. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the in the shadow of Abe Lincoln, the families of Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for people that ... have lost loved ones in unchecked Moral Revival, will give the keynote address on racial bias,” Rev. Sharpton said. “On these steps, Friday evening for the virtual march, followed by Dr. King talked about his dream, and the dream speeches from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is unfulfilled. This is the Exhibit A of that not U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, U.S. Rep. being fulfilled.”

Brenda Lawrence of Michigan, Stacey Abrams Also joining the group will be the family of of Georgia, young activists and others.

Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was fatally Musical performances are expected both shot by a man who thought he looked days from artists including H.E.R., suspicious as he walked to his father’s Macy Gray, BeBe Winans and Lisa home in Sanford, Fla., after going to Ramey. a convenience store in February 2012, Derrick Johnson, president and and the family of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, chief executive officer of the NAACP, a jogger who was chased and fatally said the virtual March on Washington shot by an armed father and son in is about “pursuing equity, justice and Glynn County, Ga. equal opportunity for all. And we Details of the march were reconlook forward to the opportunity to Mr. King figured recently to comply with corodemonstrate our collective power by navirus protocols of the District of Columbia. marching and demanding accountability.”

All participants will be required to wear masks, He said the speakers “embody everything Rev. Sharpton said. Organizers also will provide this movement stands for.” hand sanitizing stations and conduct temperature “Collectively, they’ve spent their lives workchecks throughout the event. ing tirelessly against racial discrimination, advoThe National Action Network was working cating for equal access to the polls and fighting with local chapters to hold commemorations for justice,” Mr. Johnson continued. “And they in Kentucky, South Carolina and Texas, where continue to use their platforms to call for reforms outdoor jumbo screens will display a live si- of the systems that enable police brutality and mulcast of the rally in Washington. voter disenfranchisement.”

The NAACP, one of several partners in the The Movement for Black Lives, a coalicommemoration, will livestream the march on tion of more than 150 Black-led organizations Friday morning and will hold a virtual march and that make up the broader Black Lives Matter other online programming 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. movement, will hold its virtual Black National 27, and 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, on key social Convention later in the evening on Friday. media platforms and television networks.

Organizers said their convention will coincide Speakers are expected to mobilize voters with the unveiling of a new political agenda

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intended to build on the success of this summer’s BLM-themed protests, which called for the defunding of police departments in favor of investments to health care, education, housing and other social services in Black communities.

Rev. Sharpton also has called for participants in other states to march on their U.S. senators’ offices to demand their support of federal policing reforms. He said protesters should also demand reinvigorated voter protections in memory of the late Congressman John Lewis, who, until his death on July 17, was the last living speaker at the 1963 March on Washington.

In June, the Democratcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice In Rev. Barber Policing Act, which would ban police use of stranglehold maneuvers and end qualified immunity for officers, among other reforms.

In July, following Rep. Lewis’ death, Democratic senators reintroduced legislation that would restore a provision of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013. The law previously required states with a history of voter suppression to seek federal clearance before changing voting regulations.

Both measures are awaiting action in the Republican-controlled Senate.

“Everybody is trying to jump from demonstration and to reconciliation, with no legislation,” Rev. Sharpton said. “If we don’t have the legislation, we’ll be back here again.”

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Obituaries/Faith Directory

Dr. Earl H. McClenney Jr., legendary VSU educator and longtime public administrator, dies at 79

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Dr. Earl Hampton McClenney Jr. left his mark on public administration in Virginia as an educator and as a Richmond and state official where he fought entrenched racism and sought to aid the underdog.

For 26 years, Dr. McClenney taught students about the importance of public policy and government as a professor and as chair for two decades of Virginia State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Public Administration that he launched. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wanted the next generation to be prepared to open doors for others and to face adversity head on,â&#x20AC;? said his older daughter, Dr. Madeline G. McClenney, a minister and leader of a nonprofit in Charlotte, N.C., that aids former prison inmates.

She said her father would always tell her and her sister, Richmond General District Court Judge Jacqueline S. McClenney, and the students he mentored, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to play the hand youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dealt and always look out for those less fortunate.â&#x20AC;?

When Dr. McClenney arrived at VSU in 1981, he brought experience in battling for fairness and equal opportunity in government.

In 1965, newly graduated from North Carolina A&T State University where he roomed with civil rights activist Jesse Jackson Sr., Dr. McClenney and his wife, Frances W. McClenney, moved to Richmond where he became the first African-American hired to work in the previously all-white personnel office at City Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With jeremiad tones and righteous anger, he often recounted stories at the dinner table and later to his students regarding the entrenched, systematic racism at City Hall at that time,â&#x20AC;? his daughter said.

Dr. McClenney forced the personnel department to stop marking the applications from African-Americans with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? and throwing them out, his daughter said, adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;he also stopped the practice of white secretaries making loud noises in an attempt to distract Black applicants who were taking employment tests.â&#x20AC;?

He would later author a now classic guide, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How to Survive When Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the Only Black in the Office: What They Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Teach You at White Business Schools.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He risked criticism throughout his career,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Madeline McClenney said, but he would say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no control over what other people think. My job is to defend those in weaker positions and to do the right thing.â&#x20AC;?

A lanky 6-foot-3 with a distinct stutter, Dr. McClenney would rise to leadership in a state planning agency, serve as a consultant to local, state and federal agencies, secure appointment to various city and state policy boards and committees and become a top adviser to then-Gov. Tim Kaine, now a U.S. senator.

Dr. McClenneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wide-ranging career

and willingness to stand up for AfricanAmerican interests are being remembered following his death in a local hospital Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. He was 79. His daughter said his death resulted from complications from an illness he had battled for years.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Free Press deadline.

Born in Raleigh, N.C., Dr. McClenney grew up on the campus of now defunct St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College in Lawrenceville, where his father served as president and his mother was the librarian.

He learned about overcoming adversity in dealing with a stutter that was so bad he was embarDr. McClenney rassed to speak as a youth. It remained unresolved until he learned to play the jazz saxophone. He would always tell people that music was his speech therapy.

Educated at a campus high school and at the Lenox School in Massachusetts where he founded and led a jazz band, he went on to earn his bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree at North Carolina A&T. He later earned a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in public administration from the University of Virginia and a law degree from the University of Richmond Law School, adopting the title doctor from the degree.

While he never practiced law, he served for 30 years as an administrative law judge for the Virginia Employment Commission where he heard appeals of denials of unemployment claims.

He worked for the City of Richmond for five years, but left after he was denied promotion, his daughter said.

During that period, he also daily escorted his wife to Ginter Park Elementary School where she was the first African-American teacher and faced an initial torrent of verbal abuse from white parents, his daughter said.

Now deceased, his wife would later become the first African-American principal of the North Side elementary school.

In 1969 while earning his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, Dr. McClenney applied for and was appointed by then-Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. to a state internship. He later went on to lead human resources planning in the state Division of Planning and Community Affairs and then became associate director a year later.

While in state government, he recounted in his rĂŠsumĂŠ that he managed, supervised and coordinated the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Model Cities program, Economic Opportunity Program, the Community Action Program, the Virginia Office on Aging and the state Office of Volunteerism.

He also was involved in interagency planning for 15 state agencies and in over-

seeing a statewide service delivery incentive fund, becoming an expert in federal and state regulations.

After leaving state employment, Dr. McClenney joined VSU as chair of the newly created Department of Public Administration. He led the department until 2001, when then-VSU President Eddie N. Moore Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;with whom Dr. McClenney repeatedly clashed, according to published reports at the timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;merged the department into the Political Science Department, led by another faculty member.

Still, Dr. McClenney continued to teach six more years and remained deeply involved with VSU. During his 26 years, he served on more than a dozen policy committees dealing with everything from the curriculum and the faculty handbook to student orientation and strategic planning. He also served as an adviser to foreign students and freshmen and chaired the Faculty Senate for 10 years.

Outside the classroom, he engaged in consulting work on diversity and management for Richmond, Petersburg and other localities and state agencies, the Central Intelligence Agency, the government of Kuwait and the U.S. foreign aid program in Costa Rica.

In 2007, he took a leave from VSU after Gov. Kaine named him his senior adviser for urban affairs and never returned after the appointment ended.

Dr. McClenneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule was always full. He served on the board and executive committee of Richmond Renaissance, now Venture Richmond, and also was involved in starting and operating the Leadership Roundtable Foundation to train future African-American leaders.

He was a past vice chair of the board of the U.Va. Institute of Government and served on the boards of the Richmond Community Development Corp., Homebase Inc., the Richmond Jaycees and the Richmond Branch NAACP. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Dr. McClenney also served on the City Commission on Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Government, the Richmond Tax Study Commission and the 1992 Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Street Vending Committee on African-American Economic Participation.

He was a longtime member of Riverview Baptist Church, where he served as vice chair of the board of trustees. He also joined First Baptist Church of South Richmond in 1995.

Dr. McClenney also was an avid hunter and patron of the Richmond Ballet.

In addition to his two daughters, Dr. McClenney is survived by siblings Clifton McClenney of Richmond, Elizabeth Gail McClenney of Roanoke, Walter Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil McClenney of Cary, N.C., and Henry Clay McClenney of Texas; granddaughter, Ariyah, and bonus grandsons, Rashad and James.

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Former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager dies at 83 Free Press wire, staff report

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. John H. Hager, a Republican and former tobacco executive who served from 1998 to 2002, has died at the age of 83.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam ordered state flags to be flown at half-staff for 10 days in Mr. Hagerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor following his death Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020.

Mr. Hager presided over a state Senate that was under GOP control for the first time in more than a century. As lieutenant governor, he served as the top state security assistant to GOP Gov. Jim Gilmore following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and continued in that role after he left office in January 2002 under newly elected Gov. Mark R. Warner, a Democrat.

He later became an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education under President George W. Bush.

Mr. Hagerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Henry, married President George W. Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Jenna, in 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The father of Henry, our son-in-law, was a great man and a great friend to our family,â&#x20AC;? the former president said in a statement.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was active and joyful, a wonderful father, and a loving grandfather to his five grandchildren,â&#x20AC;? former President Bush added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Laura and I send our heartfelt condolences to Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dear wife, Maggie, and to sons Jack and Henry and their families.â&#x20AC;?

Originally from North Carolina, Mr. Hager survived contracting polio as an adult and made campaign stops in a Mr. Hager wheelchair. He was known to be an avid wheelchair racer.

He also briefly served as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

Former Gov. Warner, who is now represents Virginia in the U.S. Senate, said in a statement that Mr. Hager was able to overcome challenges to serve Virginia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;John was a great Virginian, who, despite the remarkable obstacles he facedg tin in his personal life, was able to persevere ebra l e C and give back to his community,â&#x20AC;?

Sen Warner said.

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Gov. Northam said Mr. Hager â&#x20AC;&#x153;devoted his life to public service.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anyone who worked in Virginia politics quickly learned that John was everywhere, and no one outworked him,â&#x20AC;?

Gov. Northam said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He earned victory and knew defeat, and he kept going. John held fast to his principles, and he knew when to reach across the aisle to compromise.

Our country misses his example.â&#x20AC;?

Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax, a Democrat and second African-American to be elected to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second highest office in the commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, said Mr. Hager dedicated much of his life to â&#x20AC;&#x153;bringing people together and lifting us all to higher, common ground.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally will miss his tremendous warmth, optimism and generosity of time and spirit. John always made himself available to help others and freely share his signature wit and wisdom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As lieutenant governor, I have treasured Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impeccable advice and the eloquence of his example in leadership and in life. He turned into opportunities rs ofobstacles yealifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christian Serv â&#x20AC;&#x201D; always and its tragedies into triumphs i ce focusing on the future and inspiring all those he met along the way.â&#x20AC;?

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Legal Notices 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 8, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2020-174 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 64-161-147, adopted Jun. 22, 1964, which authorized the use of the property located at 104 West Franklin Street, for the purpose of the construction and occupancy of an apartment building, to modify the offstreet parking space requirements, upon certain terms and conditions. The subject property is situated in a RO-3 Residential Office District. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Downtown MixedUse. Primary uses are high-density development with office buildings, apartments, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations. The density of the development is approximately 434 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-175 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2007-224-196, adopted September 10, 2007, which authorized the special use of the property known as 2811 Grove Avenue for the purpose of authorizing an owner occupied single family dwelling with three tourist home lodging units, together with accessory parking, to remove the condition of owner occupancy and to allow hosting of special events, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a R‑6 Single Family Attached District.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Medium Density. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 dwelling units per acre.

The density of the project is approximately 4 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-176 To authorize the special use of the property known as 311 West Franklin Street for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to 128 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions, to modify the parking standards. The subject property is situated in a RO-3 Residential Office District. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Downtown MixedUse. Primary uses are high-density development with office buildings, apartments, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations. The density of the development is approximately 356 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-177 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 618 North 32nd Street and 620 North 32nd Street for the purpose of permitting the expansion of an existing adult care residence from 27 residents to 40 residents, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in an R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for MixedUse Residential land use.

Primary uses include single-, two-, and multifamily dwellings, live/work units and neighborhood serving commercial uses developed in a traditional urban form. No residential density is specified for this land use designation.

Ordinance No. 2020-178 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1106 and 1108 North 21st Street for the purpose of two twofamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as single-family medium density. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities between 8-20 units per acre. The density of the proposed project is approximately 32 units per acre.

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for the purpose of two single family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in a R-5 Single Family Residential District.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Single-Family Low Density. Primary uses are single-family detached dwellings at densities up to 7 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 13 units per acre.

wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the September 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Ordinance No. 2020-180 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2406 Grayland Avenue, for the purpose of two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is located in the R-53 Multi-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as single-family medium density. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities between 8-20 units per acre. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be approximately 17 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-181 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3131 Kensington Avenue for the purpose of five single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a R-6 Single Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single-Family Medium Density. Primary uses are single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The density of the proposed development would be approximately 18 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2020-182 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5312 Wingfield Street for the purpose of a single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in an R-5 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Low Density. Primary uses are single-family detached dwellings at densities up to 7 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The density of the project is approximately 7 units per acre.

The meetings will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as amended by Ordinance No. 2020-183, adopted August 20, 2020. The meetings will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public.

Less than a quorum of Richmond City Planning Commission members and Richmond City Council will assemble in City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams.

The meetings will be streamed live online at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. a s p x . To w a t c h a meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”.

Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 14, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx.

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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MERLE DIANN PEARSON, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT PEARSON, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001800-00 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 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect 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 TINA BALDERSON, Plaintiff v.

GERALD JOHNSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19002605-00 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 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

CHRISTIAN ALFREDO GARCIA VEGA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003011-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce based on the ground of separation over one year.

It is ORDERED that Christian Alfredo Garcia Vega appear at the above-named court and protect his interests on or before September 25, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Mark H. Schmitt, Plaintiff’s Attorney

Interested citizens who

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DARIEN SMITH, Plaintiff v.

YCOLA PERSON SMITH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003149-00 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 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste:

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The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the September 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar.

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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

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 six months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 25th day of September, 2020 and protect her interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KATE N. ONI, Plaintiff v.

MARCUS BRADSHAW, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20002955-00 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 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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

IRIS HAMN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000950-00 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 1st day of October, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOHNIE R. W. REIVES, II, Plaintiff v.

CECELIA R. REIVES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19-4829 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this action is fro Plaintiff, Johnie R. Reives, II, to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from Defendant, Cecelia R. Reives, on the ground of having lived separate and apart, without cohabitation and without interruption, for a period in excess of one year, and it appearing from an Affidavit for Order of Publication that diligence was used by or on behalf of Plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of Defendant and that she cannot be found, it is therefore

ORDERED that Defendant appear before this Court on the 28th day of September, 2020, at 9:00AM, and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein.

An Extract, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BRENDA JORDAN-WEST, Plaintiff v.

CHARLES WEST, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003291-00 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, 2020 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 CHRISTIAN VANLANDINGHAM, Plaintiff v.

RACHEL VANLANDINGHAM, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001529-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER EDDIE DAVIS, Plaintiff v.

ANTQUANETTE DAVIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20001714-00 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 26th day of September, 2020 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 Continued on next column

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(804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO EMILY A. NIELSEN Plaintiff, v.

ADAM R.M.C. NIELSEN Defendant.

Case No.: CL20-5039 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this action is for Plaintiff, Emily A. Nielsen to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from Defendant, Adam R.M.C. Nielsen, on the ground of having lived separate and apart, without cohabitation and without interruption, for a period in excess of one year, and it appearing from Affidavit for Order of Publication that diligence was used by or on behalf of Plaintiff, without effect, to ascertain the location of Defendant and that he cannot be found, it is therefore

ORDERED that Defendant appear before this Court on or September 28, 2020 at 9 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein.

I ASK FOR THIS: A Copy Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk T. Michael Blanks, Jr., Esquire, VSB #31358 Coates & Davenport, P.C. 5206 Markel Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23230 (804) 285-7000/ (804) 285-2849 Fax

BIDS

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COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA construction bid

ITB #20-2030-8EAR Woodman Road Extension Water Main Due: September 10, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

For additional information visit: https://henrico.us/ finance/divisions/puchasing/ solicitations/

The applicant proposes to respectfully reinter human remains found eroding from a ravine near the edge of East End Cemetery property on July 20, 2020.

ABC License HGS VA INC Trading as: Dawn Convenience Store 31504 Richmond Tpke Hanover, Caroline, Virginia 23069 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Wine and Beer off Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages.

Gurbachan Singh, President NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO RELOCATE EXPOSED HUMAN REMAINS FOUND NEAR EVERGREEN AND EAST END CEMETERY, 50 EVERGREEN ROAD, RICHMOND & HENRICO COUNTY

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA construction bid

ITB #20-2005-5JOK Ridgefield Parkway Sidewalk, Phase I Due: September 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

For additional information visit: https://henrico.us/ finance/divisions/puchasing/ solicitations/

PROPOSED WORK AND NEED FOR RELOCATION:

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APPLICANT: John Sydnor Enrichmond Foundation PO Box 25609 Richmond, VA 23260

The remains appear to be associated with several unknown individuals, and were likely exposed at intervals by erosion, animal activity, or the excavation of new graves. Based upon wood fragments and nails recovered in immediate association with the remains, it appears that they were collected into a box or crate and reinterred at the edge of the ravine at some point in the past.

The remains of the unknown individuals were carefully recovered by archaeologists with the Department of Historic Resources, and are housed in that agency’s secure collections facility.

COMMENT PERIOD: We rely on the community to serve as family for these unknown individuals, and to guide their proper and respectful treatment. Comments should be made in writing, preferably by email, and addressed to both Enrichmond and the DHR: John Sydnor, Enrichmond Foundation, P.O. Box 25609, Richmond, VA 23260 or by email at info@enrichmond. org; and Joanna Wilson Green, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221 or by email at burialpermits@ dhr.virginia.gov.

Written comments should be received by the close of business on Friday, September 11th. A public hearing may be requested by any respondent to this notice. Please note that social distancing requirements may necessitate a virtual/online meeting.

Community Public Meetings City of Richmond, Virginia Preparation of Five Year Consolidated Plan PY 2021-2025 PY 2021 Annual Action Plan

The City of Richmond is creating a new five year Consolidated Plan. This plan identifies the City’s overall needs for affordable housing, community development, economic development, community facilities and services for persons with special needs. This plan lays out the strategic actions to be taken by the City to address the needs identified by our citizens, organizations, students, seniors, developers, business owners, churches, philanthropic partners, service providers, nonprofits, adjacent jurisdictions, and our legislative, and local leadership.

HUD requires the City to have a planning document that outline the uses of federal funds that meet local needs. The Consolidated Plan serves as the City’s official plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the CDBG, HOME, ESG, and HOPWA entitlement programs.

The City of Richmond is seeking comments from residents and interested parties on affordable housing and non-housing community development needs within the city. These comments will be used in the preparation of Richmond’s first year Annual Action Plan PY21 (City FY22), and the Five Year Consolidated Plan PY21-25 (City FY22-26) for federal entitlement funds for the program year which begins July 1, 2021. The City will submit its Five Year Consolidated Plan and PY21 Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds. All funds shall directly benefit residents of the City of Richmond, except for HOPWA funds, which is administered by the City for the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

The Richmond Department of Housing and Community Development will hold a series of video conference public meetings to receive comments.

The attached schedule details the video conference meeting dates, and groups we are planning to

The schedule the video conference meeting andingroups we are however, planning meet.attached We have catered details the presentations to the various group dates, outlined the schedule; to We haveto catered theorpresentations to meetings. the various group outlined in the schedule; youmeet. are welcome attend any all of the public however, you are welcome to attend any or all of the public meetings.

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To participate in any of the video conference meetings please contact James Minor by email To participate in any of the video conference meetings please contact James Minor by email (James.Minor@richmondgov.com) by 12:00 pm the day before the meeting. If you have (James.Minor@richmondgov.com) by 12:00 pm the day before the meeting. If you have questions or desire additional information about the meeting, please call 646-1766. questions or desire additional information about the meeting, please call 646-1766.

Written comments may be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Written comments may beJames submitted to the Department of Housing Community Development Development Attention: Minor, 1500 E. Main Street, Suiteand 300, Richmond, VA 23219, Attention: Minor, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite VAOctober 23219, 16, or by email to or by emailJames to James.Minor@richmondgov.com no300, laterRichmond, than Friday, 2020.

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The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: RFP No. 200007349: Parking Citation Management Software and Hardware Pre-Proposal Conference Call Meeting: September 3, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. For all information pertaining to this RFP conference call, please logon to the Richmond website (www.RichmondGov.com).

Due Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020/Time: 3:00 P.M. NOTE: Offerors choosing to submit proposals through hand-delivery should allow extra time for delivery of proposals. Due to COVID-19, handdelivered proposals will be accepted only during the hours of 9:00 A.M to 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday at the 9th Street entrance to City Hall at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23221. Offerors choosing to hand-deliver proposals must call Lesley R. Brown at 804-718-1319 when arriving at City Hall, and Lesley R. Brown will meet the offeror at the 9th Street entrance of City Hall to collect the submittal. Proposals will not be accepted after the Due Date and Time listed above.

Information or copies of the above solicitations are available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RichmondGov. com), or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

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