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Wrestling with the past CIty Council rejects resolution seeking authority to determine statues’ future

Neo-Confederates again outnumbered at snowy second Monument Ave. rally

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Saraya Wintersmith

Was it a victory for white supremacy? Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones answered that question with an emphatic, “Yes,” Tuesday, about 12 hours after the 9th District representative watched his colleagues torpedo his resolution dealing with the statues of the slavery-defending Confederates that dominate Monument Avenue. By a 6-2 vote following more than 90 minutes of debate Monday night, City Council killed his proposal to ask the General Assembly to give Richmond the authority to decide the future of the statues that stand as reminders of Richmond’s role as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the vote, the legislature is expected to take up the issue of local control of such statues at the request of Charlottesville and other communities that want them removed from public spaces. Charlottesville City Council voted earlier this year to remove its own Confederate statuary from publicly owned parks. Mr. Jones is not giving up and pledged Wednesday to introduce a similar resolution after a commission Mayor Levar M. Stoney set up to review the future of the statues finishes its work in May and presents its recommendations. While Mr. Jones on Monday rejected the idea that “a vote against the resolution was a vote for white supremacy,” he changed that position a day later. “Council’s inaction on our right to govern ourselves is indeed a victory for white supremacy and reflective of Richmond’s systematic and

A small band of armed neo-Confederates protesting the possible removal of Confederate statues on Richmond’s Monument Avenue were met last Saturday by a vocal group of counterprotesters rankled by the amount of money the Confederate rallies are costing the city. The four-hour protest, the second in the city since mid-September by the Tennessee-based CSA II: The New Confederate States of America, was muted in part by chilly temperatures and snowy conditions Saturday and the low-key efforts by Richmond Police beforehand to deal with the rally without drawing wider public attention and potentially more protesters. Police largely kept the 15 neo-Confederates and the 30 or so counterprotesters separated as they walked around the state-owned statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Many of the Confederate supporters were dressed in camouflage clothing. Several had assault weapons and other rifles slung over their shoulders. The initial rally on Sept. 16, which drew a handful of CSA II members and several hundred counterprotesters, cost the city more than a half a million dollars, mostly for police overtime and equipment. Richmond Police declined to release information about the number of officers at Saturday’s rally. Even though police presence was visibly reduced compared to the first rally, the expense became a point of contention on Saturday as counterprotesters loudly addressed and taunted the neo-Confederates. “That $570,000 could’ve gone to our schools, to fix our public transportation, to fix our roads,” Joseph Rogers said over a speaker system. “But,

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A gaggle of counterprotesters make their views known to a neo-Confederate bearing a rifle during the cold and snowy rally last Saturday at the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue.

City challenged to find $ for new school buildings By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The likelihood that City Hall will rush to build new school buildings under a plan the Richmond School Board is advancing appeared to dim at an Education Compact meeting Monday with Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Richmond City Council. Under the plan approved last week without a public hearing, a split School Board is calling on the city to provide $224.8 million over the next five years to replace George Wythe High, ElkhardtThompson Middle and Greene, George Mason and Woodville elementary schools. In addition, the plan calls for renovations at J.L. Francis Elementary and the start of renovations at Fairfield Elementary. It represents the first phase of the board’s 20-year plan to spend a projected $800 million to replace or renovate 39 buildings. The issue is a top priority for city residents, who overwhelmingly approved on Nov. 7 a referendum to improve Richmond’s dilapidated schools. One big challenge that was evident at the meeting: Finding the money, still a highly uncertain matter despite widespread agreement from all the Education Compact members that school modernization needs to be dealt with. New School Board member Kenya Gibson, 3rd District, made that point. “We’ve had plans again and again, and nothing’s happened,” she said. “Unless we start to focus our conversation on funding, nothing will happen.” And funding did come up. During the next five years, Richmond would be able to bor-

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It’s a 3-peat! Highland Springs High School wins third consecutive state football title By Fred Jeter

Highland Springs High School’s talented and determined football Springers have done it again. The Eastern Henrico County squad, aka the “Beast of the East,” is Virginia’s 5A football champion for a breathtaking third straight season. Finishing the season 14-1, the Springers three-peated on Sunday, Dec. 10, with a decisive 40-27 victory over Tuscarora High School of Leesburg at Hampton University’s Armstrong Stadium. The game wasn’t even close. The Springers led 33-6 at halftime before hitting cruise control. The game was played on a Sunday, a rarity for public schools, because of Saturday’s postponement for snow. The skirmish will be remembered not only for what happened during the game, but what happened afterward in a packed communication room. In the postgame press conference, Highland Springs High School Coach Loren Johnson made it abundantly clear his program is about much more than scoring and preventing touchdowns.

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Highland Springs High School Coach Loren Johnson, left, and middle linebacker Christian White throw up the 3-peat sign after the “Beast in the East” team wallops Tuscarora High School last Sunday to win the Virginia 5A football championship at Hampton University’s Armstrong Stadium.

Gov. McAuliffe, end new Jim Crow voter suppression tactic By Gary Flowers and Greg Palast

Imagine a wonderful parting gift from Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Imagine if Gov. McAuliffe put an end to Virginia’s strange and inexplicable participation in a GOP voter suppression trick that reeks of Jim Crow. Since 2013, this stealth voter purge program has cost tens of thousands of Virginians of color their right to vote. It’s called Interstate Crosscheck. Interstate Crosscheck is the suspect computer program created by Kris Kobach, former Kansas secretary of

state and a Trump administration appointee as vice chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, also known as the Voter Fraud Commission. President Trump, who is unfit to serve, alleged that millions of Americans were registered or “voting many, many times” in two or more states in the same election — a felony. In June, Gov. McAuliffe laughed off these claims of mass voter fraud as nonsense and denounced the Election Integrity Commission as “a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression.”

Furthermore, the governor flatly refused to hand over Virginia’s voter files to Mr. Kobach. What Gov. McAuliffe did not say — and apparently did not know — is that Virginia already had turned over the

Commentary files to Mr. Kobach months earlier. In January, Virginia’s Elections Board sent Mr. Kobach the voting records of 5,629,081 Virginians, including their birth date and Social Security data. Worse, last year, the state Depart-

ment of Elections tagged 73,798 Virginians as “duplicate” voters based in part on Mr. Kobach’s suspect list. Mr. Kobach, using his Crosscheck computer-matching program, has generated a list of an astonishing 3.1 million Americans that he has tagged as suspected “duplicate” voters or registrants. What is not so laughable is that 28 states have removed hundreds of thousands of voters named on Mr. Kobach’s secret lists. Not surprisingly, almost all of the Crosscheck states are Republican controlled. A surprising exception: Virginia.

So who are these Virginians discovered by Mr. Kobach who dare to register to vote in two states at once? Despite official resistance, a Rolling Stone magazine investigations team obtained Virginia’s Crosscheck list of the accused. For example, according Crosscheck, James Cross Barnes III of Arlington is “potentially” the same voter as James Elmer Barnes Jr. of Fayetteville, Ga. And James Anthony Barnes is supposed to be the same person as James Ratcliffe Barnes Jr. Please turn to A4

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Stallings family gets building permit for St. Luke project By Jeremy M. Lazarus

It took eight months, but Wanda Stallings and her development team now have a city building permit to begin the renovation of the historic St. Luke Building in Gilpin Court. Ms. Stallings, who owns the building with her mother, Margaret Stallings, said the city issued the permit Dec. 6, enabling the team to begin development of the first eight apartments in the four-story building at 900 St. James St. The Stallings are working with lawyer and developer Charles E. Ayers Jr. on the development. Long vacant, the building was home to the Independent Order of St. Luke, a regional mutual beneficial group whose best known leader was Richmond businesswoman and icon Maggie L. Walker. Mrs. Walker founded a bank and other businesses on the order’s behalf. Mark Olinger, the city’s director of planning and development review, stated that the city is moving forward on a special use permit for the remainder of the project. That permit would allow the Stallings group to develop 12 apartments in the St. Luke Building, commercial space on the first floor and two additional apartments in an adjacent building, Ms. Stallings has said. Mr. Olinger stated that legislation for the special use permit is expected to be introduced at the Monday, Jan. 8, meeting of Richmond City Council. The total project represents an investment of more than $3.2 million, Ms. Stallings has said, the single largest development in this area in decades. The slow pace of city consideration of the project drew fire from Ms. Stallings and from City Council President Chris Hilbert, who represents the area. Additional development is on the drawing board for the Gilpin Court area, including the conversion of the vacant Baker School building at St. John and Baker streets into senior apartments and construction of more than 150 apartments just south of Gilpin Court at 1st and Duval streets. Both of those are part of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s plan to replace the 200-unit Fay Towers that is part of the Gilpin Court public housing community that RRHA operates. RRHA is working with the nonprofit Community Preservation and Development Corp. of Washington to redevelop the former school building and create new apartments at the Duval Street site. RRHA, though, has yet to begin any other development despite buying much of the private property that is adjacent to its public housing units in Gilpin Court.

Revamped bulk trash collection to begin Dec.18 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A new program that aims to create a cleaner Richmond will launch Monday, Dec. 18. Under the program, the city’s Department of Public Works staff and trucks will begin collecting every two weeks brush, small tree limbs and many other items that do not fit into a Supercan, according to Bobby Vincent, director of Public Works. The service will take place on the same day that trash and recycling materials are picked up, he said. The department purchased eight new trucks and hired 15 additional staff to handle the extra work for the program that Mayor Levar M. Stoney proposed and Richmond City Council approved. Richmond residents have been paying an extra 80 cents a month since July for trash pickup to fund the new effort to prevent bulk trash from piling up. For the past year, Public Works has been clearing a huge backlog of requests for such service, with employees working weekends. Mr. Vincent recently noted that the more than 3,000 requests for bulk trash pickup service have been cut to less than 200 before the launch of the new program. One concern expressed by City Council and still unsettled is the new program largely will bar the collection of mattresses, used tires and upholstered furniture that is left in alleys. Currently, Public Works collects those items that are left outdoors as part of its bulk trash pickup, Mr. Vincent stated. But under the new program, that will change, a fact that Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, believes undermines the program. Mr. Vincent told the Free Press that Public Works is following the City Code, which bars legal collection of upholstered, indoortype furniture, used tires, mattresses and hazardous chemicals. Those items would not be collected immediately, he said. Instead, property owners would be notified to remove the items within 48 hours or face sanctions. “If that does not happen, we will pick up the items, issue violation notices and proceed from there,” he said. “I don’t want neighbors to think that we would just leave them there.” Additionally, he said, a cadre of people will be looking for violations, which has not been the case before this program, he said. “City inspectors and other off-duty conservators of the peace” whom the city would appoint “will be issuing notices of violations and/or other citations,” Mr. Vincent stated. He said residents would have two options if they want those banned items to be picked up. They can call for service, he stated, but be charged $100 for furniture removal and $50 for the pickup of stoves, refrigerators or other appliances. Twice a year, Public Works will announce neighborhood cleanups and will pick up mattresses, used tires and upholstered furniture during those cleanup days.

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Overby-Sheppard Elementary School on North with an open school concept that sought to educate Side is nearly ready to reopen after a six-month, without walls. Overby-Sheppard is the first to be $4.4 million facelift. Students are expected to return transformed, said interim Superintendent Thomas on Wednesday, Jan. 3, after spending the fall at Slices of life and scenes E. “Tommy” Kranz. A small amount of work will in Richmond Clark Springs Elementary School. They will find be finished either in the spring or this summer, he a changed school, with traditional walls in their classrooms, new said, and additional money is needed to replace the furniture and lighting, upgraded bathrooms and fresh paint. Overby-Sheppard, outdated computers at a later date. But the students should feel like Francis Elementary and Henderson Middle schools, was built “like they are in a brand new building,” Mr. Kranz said.

CHIP remains on danger list By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A state agency began sending out notices this week to thousands of families about the impending loss of health insurance for their children. The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services began issuing the notices Tuesday amid waning hopes that the Republican-controlled Congress will extend funding beyond the end of December for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, before leaving Washington for the holiday recess. So far, Congress has been in a rush to slash $1.5 trillion in taxes for big businesses and high-income families, but has yet to find the $8 billion a year needed to keep CHIP alive in 2018 and beyond. CHIP is known in Virginia as FAMIS, or Family Access to Medical Insurance Security. More than 8 million children nationwide would be affected if Congress fails to renew funding for the 20-year-old program. In Virginia, FAMIS provides health coverage to 68,495 children and 1,114 pregnant women, according to Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The state program is expected to run out of funds Jan. 31. “It is truly shameful that gridlock and dysfunction in Congress have left nearly 70,000 Virginians who depend on the FAMIS program hanging in limbo,” Gov. McAuliffe stated in announcing the release of the cutoff letters. “After delaying these notifications to give Congress as much time to act as possible, Virginia has a responsibility to these families to inform them of the possibility that their coverage could lapse so they can explore alternatives,” he stated. The congressional inaction also threatens the future of community health centers that provide low-cost services to the uninsured and underinsured. Their funding

expired Sept. 30 along with the money for the CHIP program. Virginia has 29 community health operations, including the Daily Planet’s Health Services, and the Capital Area Health Network in the Richmond area. CAHN operates six clinics in the area. Renewal legislation for CHIP and the health clinics was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives in early November, but the Senate has refused to approve the funding mechanism, leaving

money for the programs in limbo. Congress voted to extend CHIP funding through the end of December in a stopgap measure passed last week to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government. That measure expires Friday, Dec. 22, and a new funding bill would be needed by then to keep the national government in full operation. Whether another such bill would include funding for CHIP and other programs has not been determined in the ongoing negotiations.

ACA health insurance deadline is Friday Open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, ends this week. Enrollment Virginia, a nonprofit that helps people sign up, noted that applications must be filed by midnight Friday, Dec. 15. This is less time than last year because of President Trump’s action to reduce the sign-up period. Open enrollment is the only time most consumers can purchase individual health insurance through the health insurance marketplace, the group noted. Coverage will start on Jan. 1. Jill Hanken, director of Enroll Virginia that has certified navigators to aid consumers, urged people to act before the opportunity disappears. “It’s crunch time,” she said. Enrollment has been robust. Federal data show that from Nov. 1 to Dec. 2, 156,195 Virginia households selected health insurance plans. The figure does not reflect the number of individuals

or the number of households that have renewed health insurance policies they had last year. In 2017, more than 364,600 Virginians secured health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Ms. Hanken noted that all localities in Virginia have at least one insurer offering multiple plans. Subsidies are available for those who qualify, Ms. Hanken said. “About 80 percent of Virginia consumers will qualify for tax credits to reduce premium costs, and people with incomes below 250 percent of the federal poverty line ($30,150 per year for an individual and $51,050 per year for a family of three) can also purchase plans with lower deductibles and co-payments.” Information: Enroll Virginia, (888) 392-5132 or www.enrollva.org/gethelp/; health insurance call center, (800) 318-2596 or (855) 889-4325 for TTY users; or www.healthcare.gov.

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Health disparities forum Dr. Pamela Hamilton-Stubbs, a physician who specializes in sleep disorders and chair of the Henrico Branch NAACP health committee, raises concerns about the decreasing number of African-American physicians and the treatment of patients during a health disparities forum Dec. 7 in Downtown. The forum, which drew nearly 100 people, was co-sponsored by the Richmond Free Press and U.S. biopharmaceutical companies.

New location for state inspection stickers on vehicles State inspection stickers on cars and trucks will be put in a new spot beginning Jan. 1. The Virginia State Police announced that inspection stickers will be placed in the bottom left corner of windshields, when viewed from inside the vehicle. Existing stickers, which are placed in the bottom center of windshields, are to remain in their current positions until a new inspection is done and the decal is replaced with one that expires in 2019.

State inspections stations started receiving notice of the change on Dec. 2. State Police said the change is because crash avoidance systems in new vehicles use the center of the windshield, and placement of items in that area, including inspection stickers, would prevent the new technology from operating properly. “The core mission of the Virginia Safety Inspection Program is to promote highway safety and the crash avoidance technology is another tool provided by manufacturers to ensure vehicles

operated on the roadways are safe at all times,” said Capt. R.C. Maxey Jr., commander of the State Police safety division. “Therefore, we immediately began evaluating the situation and set forth to make the necessary changes to the Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Manual, which governs the placement of the safety inspection sticker on all vehicles.” Other states already place inspection stickers on the lower left side of the windshield, officials said. — RONALD E. CARRINGTON

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City Council OKs money for raises, Church Hill North project

Most city employees will receive fatter paychecks this Friday, Dec. 15, while construction of the first 105 apartments will be able to move ahead on the site of the former Armstrong High School off Nine Mile Road in the East End. Richmond City Council cleared the way with the approval of ordinances Monday night to make it happen. Employees in good standing with at least one year of service are to receive a 2.5 percent bonus in their upcoming paychecks, except for police officers, firefighters and staff of constitutional officers, according to the legislation that was approved unanimously. The council set aside $2.4 million in October for the bonuses for city workers who did not received a salary increase this year. City Council also voted 7-2 to borrow $4.9 million and

provide the money to help with the construction of 60 regular apartments and 45 senior apartments on the cleared grounds of the former school at 1611 N. 31st St. The city already has provided more than $8 million for the property for the project, dubbed Church Hill North, that represents the first step toward replacing the 505-unit Creighton Court public housing community that sits across the street. Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority and its development partner, The Community Builders of Boston, are undertaking the construction that the city estimates will cost $25 million. The developers needed a commitment for the additional $4.9 million in city funds to start the construction. The Free Press mistakenly indicated the cost would be

$30 million in the Dec. 7-9 edition. The legislation that council passed did not include any goals or requirements for the project to hire residents of Creighton Court or the surrounding area or to hire businesses in the area. However, RRHA previously committed to doing so and TCB has hired a staff member to ensure that businesses and residents are connected to opportunities for contracts and employment. City Council also passed legislation allowing RRHA to issue $6 million in bonds that TCB will sell to a bank to provide the final piece of funding for the project. The city is not backing the bonds, and neither RRHA nor the city would have to pay them off if TCB were to default, the council was told before the vote. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Springers nab title with 40-27 victory Continued from A1

Before taking any game questions, Coach Johnson made this announcement: “For a long period of time, I’m hearing all this negative — about how bad the East End is, how bad Highland Springs is, how we’re not this and not that. “Well, in the East End we’re starting something — call it a revolution if you will. But our program is all about young black men,African-American men, being successful in all they do and how they carry themselves.” Coach Johnson went on to say the standards he expects from players on the gridiron are just as high in the classroom and in the community. Undeniably, the Springers rank with the most successful programs in state annals. They’re now 42-3 during the three-year championship run and 52-4 counting 2014 when the team’s lone loss was to eventual state champ L.C. Bird High School of Chesterfield County. Highland Springs is only the eighth school in state history, dating to 1920, to punch its championship ticket for three consecutive campaigns. Coach Johnson’s team won this go-round despite numerous graduation losses from the 2016 cast. Notable in their absence were Juwan Carter, now the starting quarterback at Norfolk State University, and huge lineman Mekhi Becton, now at the University of Louisville. Additionally, Jaiden Reavis made the All-CIAA freshman team at Virginia Union University. Last spring on NCAA signing day, an astonishing 22 Springers revealed their college gridiron intentions. The cupboard was left far from bare, however. Junior quarterback D’Vonte Waller was brilliant as Carter’s successor, passing for more than 2,200 yards. Receiver Billy Kemp emerged as the game-breaking receiver and has accepted a scholarship to the University of Virginia. Kemp jump-started the scoring in Hampton with a 32-yard touchdown reception from Waller on the opening possession. A relay trio of ball carriers — Rayquan Smith, Shyrie McKeiver and Dre’Shawn Taylor — took turns dancing in the end zone. Taylor, dubbed “Amtrak,” is a bulldozing 245-pound Springers freshman already turning the heads of college scouts. Only Hampton (1995-98) and Phoebus high schools (2008-2011) have won four straight state crowns on the former Group AAA level, now called Class 5 and 6. The Springers seem capable of pledging that distinguished fraternity in the 2018 season. Along with a powerful cast of returnees, Coach Johnson will greet many gifted arrivals from this season’s undefeated junior varsity. “I can’t wait for July 31, 2018,” said Coach Johnson, referring to the opening of the 2018 preseason drills. In fact, Henrico East Enders already have embraced a 2018 slogan: “Go 4 It!”

Worse still, although Virginia handed over birth date and Social Security information to Mr. Kobach, his lists ignore this data when hunting “duplicate” voters. So it’s no wonder that, in all, Mr. Kobach tagged an astonishing 354,452 Virginians as two-state registration suspects. Overwhelmingly, these voters happen to be of color and/or vote in heavily Democratic legislative districts. The result? In 2013, Virginia removed 41,637 voters from the rolls based on Mr. Kobach’s listing. Last year, the Virginia Department of Elections tagged 73,798 Virginians as potential “duplicate” voters based in part on Mr. Kobach’s list. Here’s the real danger of Crosscheck: Database experts working with Rolling Stone and the national NAACP found the Crosscheck hit list is racially biased in the extreme. The lists are little more than compilations of common names. As 85 of the most common 100 American names — Jackson, Hernandez, Kim belong disproportionately to voters of color, it’s no surprise that the list targets 1 in 9 of Virginia’s African-Americans. That is the reason why the NAACP, the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the ACLU, Common Cause and others have begun a movement to stop

Mr. Kobach’s Crosscheck. True, the Virginia Board of Elections states that not everyone on the Kobach lists gets purged. Some folks on the lists have moved out of state. But there is not a single proven case of a Virginian voting a second time in another state. This whole racially biased voter purge Mr. Flowers is created solely for the purpose of stopping a “crime” that does not exist. Virginia does need to maintain clean voter files. But for that, it pays to use a system called ERIC, created by the non-partisan Pew Charitable Trust. The Virginia Board of Elections claims purging names on Mr. Kobach’s hit lists is done carefully because postcards are sent to all people tagged — absurdly, even to those whose names clearly don’t match. The postcard looks like junk mail — and you only lose your vote if you don’t send back the card. The crime, then, is not voting twice, but seemingly failing to return a postcard. In a recent suit against Crosscheck’s use in Indiana, the NAACP, League of Woman Voters and the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law specifically cite the disastrous, racist application of Crosscheck in Virginia.

The massive bias in Mr. Kobach’s Virginia target list, and the overwhelming error rate, make this nothing more than a racial voting rights disaster. New York, Washington, Oregon and Florida have dumped Crosscheck. Why not Virginia? Gov. McAuliffe has taken a Mr. Palast courageous stand in re-enfranchising ex-felons. This is much easier: Protecting Virginians from the attack by President Trump’s partisan voter suppressors. So we ask for this parting gift to our democracy. Gov. McAuliffe, put an end to Virginia’s participation in this ugly new Jim Crow attack on voting rights. Mr. Flowers, a radio host of The Gary Flowers Show on Rejoice 990, is a member of the National Commission for Voter Justice and previously served as national field director with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Mr. Palast is a freelance journalist and author. He directed the 2016 film, “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,” that centers on his investigation for Rolling Stone magazine of voter suppression tactics used by the Trump campaign during and after the 2016 presidential election.

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instead, it was wasted on your rally and protecting these statues,” he said as counterprotesters unfurled a gigantic receipt representing the debt it said CSA II owes to the City of Richmond. “Here is your bill. We take cash,” Mr. Rogers continued. “But if you really want to, you can start a GoFundMe and raise it for yourself,” he said, alluding to the crowdfunding account CSA II members launched when their tires were flattened and they were stranded in Richmond after their last rally. Thomas E. Crompton, who calls himself the “commanding general” of CSA II, insisted that the Civil War was not about slavery and that the monuments don’t honor anything negative. “They glorify the fact of individuals willing to stand up against tyranny by the federal government and over taxation by the federal government,” he said. Several others with the “Protect All the Monuments on Monument Avenue Rally” said they want to stop

the “myths” surrounding the Confederacy and that the statues should remain for their educational value. A few repeatedly insisted that if Richmond’s monuments come down, as they have in other cities, an unspecified portion of history “will repeat itself.” Gene Stilp, an activist from Pennsylvania, stood with counterprotesters opposed to maintaining the Confederate symbols. “When they say, ‘Heritage not hate,’ the history of the Confederate flag is hate,” he said. Mr. Stilp asked volunteers to help him rip into pieces a flag that showed the Confederate battle flag on one side and the Nazi flag with a Swastika on the other. He has traveled to several states burning similar banners outside of courthouses and NASCAR events. He said Saturday that combining the two flags encourages people to think about the ideologies they represent. “The only way people learn about an image is by thinking about it,” he said. “Both flags stand for the misguided value systems of hate, racism, white

supremacy, bigotry, slavery, intimidation, intolerance and death.” In addition to concerns about rally costs, some counterprotesters took the opportunity to advocate for removing the statues from Monument Avenue. “In 2006, the state government spent $450,000 to try to clean this statue,” Richmond activist Phil Wilayto said of the Lee monument. “This statue will never be clean. It has the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died defending the system of chattel slavery.” Mr. Wilayto faulted state leadership for the violence and death at the August “Unite the Right” rally of neo-Nazis and white nationalists in Charlottesville and said the Confederate statues attract undesirable characters and must come down. Saturday’s event ended without any arrests. Following the rally, the CSA II posted a picture of the frosty scene on its Instagram account with a caption that referenced counterprotesters leaving and celebrating the neo-Confederates for “holding the line” to protect heritage.

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historical inequities,” he said. In his view, the “council failed our citizens. We must focus on our right to legislate in this city, not simply tell the mayor or the administration what to do.” Ahead of the vote Monday night, he urged the council to be courageous and vote for the resolution. “There comes a time when leaders must step out front of the polis (constituents), and this is one of those times,” he said. “This is not about erasing history. I wish we could erase all of the vile effects of the Civil War. I wish would could erase the stain of racism in this country. But it can’t be erased. So in discussing the (statues), it’s not tearing down history, it’s not changing it.” Instead, it is about removing artifacts that were put up to support white supremacy and oppression of African-Americans, he said. The council vote came two days after a group of Confederate sympathizers rallied at the Gen. Robert E. Lee statue. The rally drew a larger group of

counterprotesters, several of whom said they want the statues removed. The Tennessee-based group, CSA II: The New Confederate States of America, issued a statement Tuesday citing the City Council vote as evidence of the success of their rally last Saturday. Among the nine council members, Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, was the only other supporter of Mr. Jones’ resolution. While she said she believes that challenges such as poverty, affordable housing, education and access to health care far outweigh the importance of whether the statues stay or go, she felt on balance there was no good reason not to support the resolution. Other council members, such as Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, who sits on Mayor Stoney’s Monument Avenue Commission that is considering how to deal with the statues, felt the resolution was premature. “I need to hear more voices and more perspectives,” Ms. Gray said in explaining her opposition to the resolution. She said the commission should complete

its work before having the council take action. Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, who wants more attention on creating a slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom, joined Ms. Gray in voting against the resolution. Andreas Addison, 1st District, Kristen N. Larson, 4th District, Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, and Reva Trammell, 8th District, also voted against the resolution. Council Vice President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, who also urged the resolution be continued, abstained. Ahead of the vote, Mr. Jones told his colleagues that his resolution did not conflict with the commission. “I see this as operating on a parallel track,” he said, noting “that no matter what the commission recommends, whether it is a contextual placard or removal, we would still need General Assembly permission to act.” He also acknowledged that could only be the first step given City Council actions long ago to accept the statues and pledges to maintain them in perpetuity. Before the vote, 23 people spoke before the council.

City challenged to find $ for new school buildings Continued from A1

row $294 million, the city’s financial adviser noted in providing a financial overview. But City Council already has approved borrowing $227.8 million for a host of other projects, ranging from new sidewalks to a new communications system, according to the adviser, David Rose of Davenport & Co. The bottom line: Unless City Council scraps that approved borrowing, or finds a way to generate new revenues such as raising taxes, the city would have only $66 million in new borrowing capacity from 2019 to 2023, he told the assembled elected officials at the Richmond Police Training Academy. The $66 million would be at least $158 million short of what the School Board has requested. If the $66 million is devoted entirely to schools, the council would be precluded from using it for other projects. Mr. Rose noted that Richmond also will be moving closer to hitting its self-imposed ceiling on the amount of tax dollars used to repay debt. Repayment of debt already accounts for about 9 percent of the city’s general fund, with about $65.2 million to be spent in the current 2017-18 fiscal year, Davenport’s data show. Based on current debt and the $227.8 million in new debt that council has authorized, the city would need to spend an additional $9 million to $19.6 million on debt, peaking at $84.85 million in 2023 before slowly declining, according to Davenport data. That extra money for debt service could sop up a

major chunk of the $30 million to $40 million or so Also expressing skepticism was Councilwoman in additional revenue that Richmond projects earning Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, who spent 18 months as in each of the next five years from taxes and other a School Board member helping to develop a past sources, the data indicates. plan for school modernization that essentially did not Mr. Rose told the officials that Richmond would garner any funding. have more borrowing capacity after 2023 due to repayShe was critical of the School Board’s decision to ment. He projected that between 2024 and avoid closing any school buildings and to 2028, the next five-year period, Richmond maintain in large part the current smaller, could borrow $415 million for all city needs, neighborhood buildings. including school buildings. “Those small buildings have been failing Mayor Stoney did not speak about school kids for decades,” Ms. Gray said. funding at the meeting, but has previously Along with Councilman Parker C. Agesaid he is committed to finding the funding lasto, 5th District, she pointed to the need for for a school modernization plan that emerges any plan to focus on upgrading instruction from the Education Compact. and improving student outcomes, not use Mr. Rose Paul Goldman, who led the effort to put money on providing better buildings. school modernization on the Nov. 7 ballot, did not “If we’re spending money on facilities and not attend, but has used postings on Facebook to continue on instruction,” she said, “we’re going again in the to argue that the money is available to fix the city’s wrong direction.” public school buildings without raising taxes. In his Mr. Agelasto emphasized that educational outcomes view, the city is making excuses for its refusal to is “where we have to prioritize.” create a fully funded plan to make it happen. Interim schools Superintendent Thomas E. “Tommy” Discussion at the meeting showed that the School Kranz said he remains optimistic that the mayor and Board has yet to sell members of City Council on its the council will come around and eventually agree on first phase proposal, let alone its plans for the other the importance of building some new school buildings, school buildings. particularly the new Greene, Elkhardt-Thompson and Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District, expressed George Wythe, which are becoming overcrowded as concern that the School Board wanted to build a new student populations on South Side grow, particularly Greene Elementary with a 1,000-student capacity, or with the increasing enrollment of Latino students. far larger than current elementary schools. “We’ll have to wait and see,” he said.

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The club is closing Note to the ol’ boys: The club is closing. We’re talking about the club whose members are being outed daily for their reprehensible behavior of sexually harassing and assaulting women. No longer are the “fresh” comments acceptable, the vile suggestions like those of President Trump that a woman senator would do anything for money; the surreptitious and blatant touches of a co-worker’s, constituent’s or student’s body; or the suggestions — or actual demands — for sexual favors in exchange for keeping one’s job, advancing within a company or getting a good grade. Those days are over. If the ol’ boys haven’t gotten that message from the #MeToo movement and the firings and resignations of everyone from television journalists Matt Lauer, Bill O’Reilly and Charlie Rose to music mogul Russell Simmons and Michigan Congressman John Conyers and Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, then perhaps they heard it loudly and clearly from the Alabama voters on Tuesday night who stated that Republican Roy Moore is not the kind of man they want to represent them in the U.S. Senate. Several women came forward and said that Mr. Moore, while a 30-something attorney in the local prosecutor’s office, had made sexual advances toward them when they were teenagers, including one who was 14 at the time. One woman accused him of sexual assault. Mr. Moore, a 70-year-old former chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, denied the allegations, even as he had people using dubious interpretations of the Bible to support him. (“Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter,” said Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler in defending Mr. Moore.) Instead, voters elected 63-year-old attorney Doug Jones, the Democratic long-shot candidate, who said he would bring integrity back to Alabama. In his victory speech Tuesday night, Mr. Jones summoned the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “As Dr. King liked to quote, ‘The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice,’ ” he told the crowd. “Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, tonight in this time, in this place, you helped bend that moral arc a little closer to that justice, and you did it. Not only was it bent more, not only was its aim truer, but you sent it right through the heart of the great state of Alabama in doing so.” We believe the election shows the nation’s psyche has grown up, and with it expectations that boundaries of human decency and respect will be just that — respected. Older generations and even younger men no longer can do or take what they want from women and then claim, pitifully and ignorantly, that they mistakenly believed they were “pursuing shared feelings.” We laud the brave women who are coming forward and telling their stories, many after years of hiding the truth for various reasons. Some women did not come forward before out of their own shame and fears of retribution, of losing their job or of not being believed. Others never spoke about being sexually harassed or assaulted because they didn’t want to be responsible for bringing down an icon or destroying a pillar of the community. Others stayed silent for fears of damaging a family — their own or the perpetrator’s wife and children. But silence has amounted to protecting the guilty. And many offenders continued their patterns of sexual harassment, abuse, assault and even rape. By standing up and stating what has happened to them, women have gained the personal strength and public support to say, “Enough is enough. We’re not going to take it anymore.” Younger women now don’t have to live with the bogus rationales “boys will be boys” or “men are men” that seek to dismiss disrespectful and aberrant behavior. They will feel safe and empowered if they encounter any such episodes in the future. To the crinkly skinned octogenarians who want to parade around naked, to the younger pervs who drop trou and seek to bend a woman over a desk and take advantage of her, the club is closed. The “casting couch,” viewed by some as a cultural norm in the past, has been taken to the dump. That also goes for President Trump, who has gleefully boasted that he can simply start kissing a woman or grab a woman by her private parts because “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” On Tuesday, more than 100 members of Congress, including nearly 60 women, signed a letter calling for an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations several women have leveled against the president. At least six members of Congress, including New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, have called on President Trump to resign. We believe he should resign as well. It’s time that we completely shut the door on the ol’ boy club that regarded such vile, reprehensible behavior as OK — because it’s not. Once we close the door and lock it, we all will be stronger for it.

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Over the last decades, many American inner cities have seen an economic resurgence. Buoyed by millennials and people’s desire to shorten their daily work commute, neighborhoods and communities that were all but pronounced dead two decades ago now find themselves flush with new businesses and residents. This is no more evident than in the District of Columbia, where the economic recovery of the city has been nothing short of breathtaking. However, as many have noted, this growth has not been equally beneficial to all residents. While policymakers and advocates search for answers and solutions to this problem, there is a time-tested and proven tool that should be a key part of any workforce development strategy — apprenticeships. Introduced in the 14th century, apprenticeships combine onthe-job training with classroom

instruction, teaching workers the practical and theoretical aspects of highly skilled occupations. Apprenticeship programs can be sponsored by employers, labor groups and employer associations. Traditional apprenticeship programs have been relegated primarily to labor fields, such

Odie Donald II as carpentry or pipefitting, but there are a growing number of companies offering them in high skill-high wage fields, such as IT and engineering. While we understand that the wage and employment gaps cannot be completely closed until the educational and systematic inequalities in this country are addressed, strong apprenticeship programs can help bridge the gap between the shortcomings of our education system and job readiness for high wage sectors. Urban policymakers should make a strong investment in funding apprenticeship programs that help those from their most underserved communities enter

into career fields with strong earnings and growth. By providing strong hands-on training in high wage-high growth fields, such as tech or entrepreneurship, policymakers can help residents who may not have received adequate educational preparation build key job skills and find stable employment. Furthermore, in a political environment where big initiatives can often be hard to implement, apprenticeship programs have long had bipartisan support. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that more than 91 percent of all apprentices retain employment upon completion of their apprenticeship. Here in the District of Columbia, we have committed to increasing the number of registered apprenticeships through our Apprenticeship DC initiative. In September, we awarded approximately $400,000 in grants to local businesses and community-based organizations that target the IT, construction and infrastructure industries. Apprenticeship DC promotes both pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship work-

Zero tolerance needed for racism Michigan Congressman John Conyers was the first politician to leave his job after the “Me Too” hash tag galvanized women to speak up about sexual misconduct, harassment and more. Too bad that impetus did not float up to the top when an avowed grabber of women’s genitals was elected to lead this country. Too bad, too, that the many members of Congress who have paid accusers out of a taxpayer-funded slush fund have not been unmasked. We know some of the names. Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold, a Republican, arranged to have his former communications director paid $84,000 — a fraction of the $27,000 Rep. Conyers is said to have paid. He has not resigned, nor have congressional Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, who called for his resignation. He says he will pay the money back. Right. As a woman, I am cheered by the #MeToo movement, although I also am chagrined by the myopia about women of color and sexual harassment/rape/more. In 1944, Recy Taylor was viciously raped by seven white men who never paid a price. Our civil rights icon, Rosa Parks, was an NAACP investigator in this case, as chronicled by Danielle McGuire in her book, “At The Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance.” The first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment was a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was brought by an African-

American woman, Michelle Vinson, in the case Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson in 1986. The high-profile white women who are talking about workplace sexual harassment and assault really need to acknowledge the many ways that AfricanAmerican women have been systematically abused — and

Julianne Malveaux systematically ignored (and sometimes conspired against) — by their white “sisters.” Perhaps I quibble, but this overwhelming stand against sexual misconduct and more — getting nude in front of your staff is not misconduct, nor is forcible kissing, nor is grabbing by the you know what — makes me wonder when there will be a similar groundswell against racism and racial harassment in the workplace. Numerous cases of nooses being displayed in workplaces have been reported in the last decade, so many that a law journal published an article titled, “Does One Noose in the Workplace Constitute a Hostile Work Environment? If Not, How Many?” One isolated incident is not enough, the article opines. What about one unwanted kiss, one abusive grope? Why do nooses get to be seen as “jokes,” while unwanted kissing is seen as an occurrence of zero tolerance? I’m not ever, ever, ever going to excuse sexual perfidy and more in the workplace, but I do wonder why we can wink, nod and grin about racial workplace misbehavior while we stand our ground about gender. I wonder why so many say, “Just kidding,” or “Didn’t know,” when they are racially insensitive, and nobody calls

it, but they are willing to call it on gender. If you look at the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, the paucity of people of color as senior staff is amazing, as documented by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Surely, there is no shortage of highly qualified African-Americans and Latinos who could work for Congress. Why aren’t members of Congress calling each other on their racial myopia? Perhaps racism and racial harassment are a little more complicated than sexism and sexual harassment. Half of the population, after all, is female. And while women’s rise up the hierarchy in corporate America, politics, the media and entertainment is slow, it has been steady enough that powerful women are now able to call men out on their misbehavior, with women demanding resignations of some misbehaving men. At the same time, too few white men and women have been willing to apply the same “zero tolerance” to employment matters regarding race. There should never be another noose laid on a black employee’s desk or displayed in a workplace. There should never be another intimidating Confederate flag flying in a black person’s face. There should never be another opportunity for an employee or fellow student or faculty member to talk about picking cotton. There should never be another blackface performance, anywhere. And there should never be another person who talks about zero tolerance around workplace sexism to accept any whisper of workplace racism. The writer is an author and economist.

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based learning models. Over the next year, we will work with local business owners and community advocates to build upon this effort and target resources to maximize the number of apprenticeships available for our communities. Through this initiative and the D.C. Infrastructure Academy, we hope to prove to Washingtonians that we are committed to ensuring that all residents are able to participate in the District’s growing economy. As officials and policymakers in other urban areas deal with their own economic gaps, I hope they will take a look at what we have done in the District with our apprenticeship programs and embrace this model as a strong workforce development tool. The writer is director of the DC Department of Employment Services.

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Preserving slave district is an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ethical imperativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Re â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Opponents fear Main Street Station plans will run over slave memorial,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Free Press Nov. 30-Dec. 2 edition: Richmond leaders soon will be deciding the future location of high-speed rail lines and stations in the region. I am writing to advocate strongly for the Boulevard single station option as the preferred alternative for the Washington to Richmond high-speed rail line. The Boulevard option is less expensive and speedier than the split service Staples Mill/ Main Street Station option. It also will maximize multimodal transportation alternatives, with close and easy access to three interstate highways, other high capacity roads, an intercity bus station, the new GRTC Pulse bus rapid transit system, as well as enhanced bicycle and pedestrian access. There are other equally compelling reasons to prefer the Boulevard option. For years, many Richmond citizens have advocated for the creation of a park in close proximity to the Main Street location that would memorialize Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique role as a center of the slave trade. Last year, the National Park Service called the Lumpkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Jail site in Shockoe Bottom â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of only a few intact resources â&#x20AC;Ś that can represent the massive interstate slave trade which operated throughout the Shockoe Bottom area of Richmond in the early part of the 19th century...â&#x20AC;? It is not a stretch to conclude that the Richmond slave district in Shockoe Bottom represents the single most historic, cultural and archaeological asset included in the Department of Rail and Public Transportationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high-speed rail study area. Richmond City Council has recognized the â&#x20AC;&#x153;outstanding universal valueâ&#x20AC;? of Lumpkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jail, the African Burial Ground and the Slave Trail, unanimously approving a resolution in 2013 authorizing pursuit of further steps to attain designation for this entire area as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Expansion of Main Street Station would have a severely negative and devastating impact on the historic preservation of this area. I am among thousands of Richmonders who are descended from enslaved individuals, many of whom were buried on or near the land needed for an expanded Main Street

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The opening last week of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History in Jackson, Miss., was not about President Trump. It was about a tribute to the initial starting blocks toward the struggle for identity, freedom and equality of a impassioned people. This struggle continues even today. The absence of some of our noted AfricanAmerican sisters and brothers at this event was sad because it tarnished the celebration. In their absence, they allowed this president to present â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in his junior high school black history book report fashion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a very superďŹ cial slice of centuries of achievement by simply sampling some of the icing. It further illustrated in that absence

Station. In fact, DRPTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own draft Environmental Impact Statement acknowledges that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;potential for intact remains below pavement is highâ&#x20AC;? on this property. Paving over these remains dishonors the memory of those who were enslaved, forcibly brought to Richmond and then helped to build our nation. Their suffering and sacriďŹ ces need to be recognized and commemorated, not obscured and forgotten. It is nothing less than an ethical imperative that we take action to preserve the priceless historic and moral assets that are such an integral part of who we are as Richmonders, Virginians, Americans and citizens of the world.

the reason why we feel impotence at the ballot box. If you are not there in the game, then winning is never an option. In instances like this, it will always leave people grappling for the scraps thrown out the back door. Was this not an opportune time to ask President Trump about civil rights, voter registration, education improvement and job opportunities? We needed a vociferous audience and some real politicians to show up at such events because, like absence, complacency is failureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplice not progressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; companion. GREGORY DOUGLAS Sacramento, Calif.

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Jackie Robinson fêted for football too When football fans ﬁle into the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day, they’ll be greeted by an exciting addition — a 7-foot-tall bronze statue of Jackie Robinson. The statue was unveiled Nov. 29 with Robinson’s wife, Rachel, in attendance. Presiding over the occasion was longtime Dodgers announcer Vin Scully, now 90, who called many of Robinson’s baseball games in Brooklyn, N.Y. While Robinson is renowned for breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he also was a standout football player at Pasadena Junior College in 1937 and 1938 and at UCLA in 1939 and 1940. The statue has Robinson wearing the No. 55 jersey, the number he wore as a player at Pasadena Junior College. He wore No. 28 at UCLA. Many of the junior college’s home games were played at the Rose Bowl. In a game in 1938 against Cal Tech, Robinson returned a kickoff for 104 yards, still a stadium record.

Robinson played many games in the Rose Bowl but never participated in the official New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game. At UCLA, he was an All-Western Conference quarterback and defensive back. He led the nation in punt returns in 1939 and 1940. The 1939 Bruins (who went 6-0-4) included three other African-Americans — Woody Strode, Kenny Washington and Ray Bartlett — making it among the nation’s most racially integrated squads at the time. The new Robinson statue at the Rose Bowl is the work of sculptor Brian Hanlon and was funded by the Thomas Tull Family, which helped produce the biopic “42” about Robinson’s life. This year’s Rose Bowl game pits the University of Oklahoma against the University of Georgia. There is a connection there: Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., in 1919 before his mother and siblings moved to Pasadena, Calif., in 1920.

VSU’s Cannon VUU’s Hammond wins Lanier Defensive Back of the Year award up for prestigious national award

Sterling Hammond is the latest in a sions II and III and the NAIA. long line of exceptional defensive backs Hammond, a finance and banking at Virginia Union University. major, hails from Essex High School in He has lived up to his name, Sterling, Tappahannock, where he led his team to meaning “excellent” or “valuable.” an 11-2 record and the state 1A semifinals The fleet and rugged 6-foot-1, 210-pound in 2015. Hammond has picked up two impressive He was heavily recruited by schools postseason honors following his sophomore such as Virginia Tech, the University of season at VUU. Louisville and Old Dominion University First, Hammond was named CIAA Debefore deciding on VUU. fensive Player of the Year after leading the VUU is no stranger to standout corPanthers in tackles (70) and interceptions nerbacks and safeties. Panthers defensive (five). He also returned a blocked punt for backs drafted by NFL teams include Gene Sterling Hammond a touchdown. Beard, Irvin Mallory, Bob Jones, Tony Last week, he was named the Willie Lanier Defensive Leonard, Oscar Jenkins and Pete Hunter. Back of the Year by the Richmond Touchdown Club as part Then there were Panthers who were named Associated of its annual Bill Dudley/Willie Lanier Banquet. Press Little All-Americans — William Dillon (Seattle) and The Lanier trophy is limited to players from NCAA Divi- Frank Dark (Baltimore) and played in NFL preseasons.

Hughes bouncing back for VUU Virginia Union University basketball fans never really got to know Todd Hughes a year ago. On Nov. 30, 2016, he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in a game at the University of the District of Columbia and was lost for the remainder of the season. This season, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound shooting guard is atoning for lost time — albeit with a supportive brace on his right knee. He insists his knee woes are yesterday’s news. “I have no problem — no problem! — going to the rack,” Todd Hughes he said confidently, deflecting any notion he was favoring his right leg. Statistics support Hughes’ full recovery proclamation. After 10 games, the accounting major averaged 10.7 points and 5.5 rebounds while leading the Panthers in 3-point connections (14) and 3-point percentage (.522) — and all that in about 21 minutes per game. The Panthers are now 5-5 for the season. “Todd can flat out score,” said VUU Coach Jay Butler. “He was our missing part a year ago. He’s the kind of player you want taking big shots at the end of games.”

Hughes can be a highlight reel, too, as evidenced by him winning a dunk contest at Delaware State University where he began his collegiate career. Caught on YouTube, Hughes ﬂips the ball off the backboard, performs a full 360-degree twist in the air, snags his own

Panthers hit the road The bus driver might deserve a Virginia Union University varsity letter before this basketball season ends. Before embarking on full CIAA play in January, the Panthers will have traveled, in order, to Shippensburg, Pa.; Wheeling, W.Va.; Mount Olive, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C.; Bluefield, W.Va.; Concord, W.Va.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Salisbury, N.C. VUU’s next home appearance will be Tuesday, Dec. 19, against Shepherd University of West Virginia at BarcoStevens Hall on the VUU campus.

rebound and ﬁnishes the gravity-defying act with a two-handed thunder slam. Hughes enrolled at Delaware State following a brilliant high school career at the private Sanford School near his hometown of Smyrna, Del. At Sanford, Hughes scored more than 1,000 points, led his squad to a Delaware private schools state title and was named

first team All-State. He chose Delaware State in nearby Dover because of proximity, but became disenchanted with the Division I MEAC affiliate. “I don’t want to say anything bad about anyone, but I like to win,” he said. “I researched a lot of schools when I decided to transfer and felt Virginia Union would be a good choice.” As a sophomore in 2015-2016, Hughes was part of a 7-25 Delaware State outfit. When news spread he was changing college addresses, VUU’s unofficial alumni recruiting society became involved. “Really, A.J. got it started,” Coach Butler said, referring to former VUU All-American A.J. English, who hails from Wilmington, Del., about 35 miles north of Smyrna. “I’ve known A.J. for years, through high school, travel ball and clinics,” Hughes said. English’s son, A.J. II, was playing prep hoops in Delaware about the same time. Also putting in an encouraging word for the VUU maroon and steel was Ray Anderson, another Wilmington product who was named CIAA Player of the Year last season as a senior. Anderson and Hughes were contemporaries in Delaware hoops circles. Because of his injury, Hughes’ first season as a Panther unfortunately was a wash. That’s why he’s intent on cramming two seasons of productivity into the one he has left.

Trenton Cannon is vying for at least one more honor before the book is closed on his college football career. The Virginia State University senior running back is a finalist for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award that is presented to the top performer in an HBCU program. The award winner will be announced Feb. 10 in Atlanta as part of the Black College Football Hall of Fame ceremonies. The winner will receive the Deacon Jones Trophy. Before going on to a Hall of Fame career in the NFL, Jones played for South Carolina State University and Mississippi Valley State University. Cannon also was the recipient of the Willie Lanier Award as Virginia’s top small college performer. The honor was announced last week by the Richmond Touchdown Club. The Lanier Award is named after the Richmond native who was a football standout at Maggie L. Walker High School and Morgan State University and went on to play with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. Trenton Cannon Cannon, known as “Boom,” capped a brilliant run at VSU by leading the CIAA in rushing (1,638 yards) and finishing second with 22 touchdowns. He was All-CIAA and Offensive Player of the Year after pacing Coach Reggie Barlow’s Trojans to a 10-1 record, the CIAA title and a bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs. Other finalists for the player of the year award are Bowie State University quarterback Amir Hall from the CIAA, Grambling State University quarterback DeVante Kincaid from the SWAC and North Carolina A&T State University quarterback Lamar Raynard from MEAC. The selection is made by a vote of a committee consisting of former NFL players James Harris and Doug Williams, SBN broadcaster Ty Miller, former USA Today sports writer Roscoe Nance and ESPN analyst Jay Walker. Cannon, a Hampton native who transferred as a sophomore to VSU from Shepherd University in West Virginia, also was a preliminary candidate for the Harlan Hill Trophy, which is given to the top player in NCAA Division II.

VUU set to name new coach

Virginia Union University Athletic Director Joe Taylor says he expects to name a new football coach by this weekend. The position became vacant when Coach Mark James was not retained following four seasons at the college located on Lombardy Street in Richmond. Mr. Taylor said he received 122 applications for the CIAA position. Two of the five finalists are from Coach James’ staff. They are Mike Fanoga, who was named interim coach by Mr. Taylor during the search for a full-time replacement, and Toriano Morgan, who served as offensive coordinator. Fanoga served as an assistant coach at Morgan State University before arriving at VUU last year. Like his predecessor, Coach Morgan came to VUU following a successful high school coaching stint in South Florida. Mr. Taylor declined to mention other finalists, noting that it could negatively impact the jobs they now have.

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Personality: Vinara L. Mosby Spotlight on organizer of RVA Entrepreneurs

Endless possibilities and a spirit of giving drive the RVA Entrepreneurs. The organization was created in June by a handful of people in a variety of fields who are eager to share knowledge gleaned from a combined 100 years-plus of experience. “We believe there are endless possibilities available to people who want to act on a dream or idea that, in addition to being financially lucrative, can also be emotionally fulfilling, says Vinara L. Mosby, who is described as the engine behind the organization. She also is the volunteer coordinator of the organization’s inaugural Dinner, Dance and Networking Gala on Saturday, Dec. 16. Ms. Mosby, 47, has been an entrepreneur for 27 years or more. She is an insurance agent and owns a hair salon. “I’m probably a good example of someone who has always felt comfortable running a business,” she says. “Before I entered the insurance business 14 years ago, I ran – and continue to run – my own hair salon. I started the business because of my passion for styling hair and a desire to make my clients feel good about their appearance. Sometimes, making them feel good involves more than shampoos, blow-dries or roller sets. It means caring and listening when they tell me their darkest fears, deepest secrets or greatest joys. “I can say that I have gained far more from my salon clients than I probably provided them,” she continues. “In listening to my clients, I gained insight and knowledge about how to be an effective administrator, communicator, organizer and

more. Those skills led me to establish my insurance business, and I continue to learn and form strong relationships with my clients.” The founding members of RVA Entrepreneurs have similar paths, Ms. Mosby explains. “We are used to running things and getting things done,” she says. “This is not our ﬁrst rodeo and it won’t be our last.” She says the group is dedicated to showing others what they’ve done and how they’ve done it. “We want to bring others, particularly our children and millenials, into the organization and create opportunities for them through our businesses. And we want them to know the importance of giving back.” In addition to sharing their business acumen, expertise and resources with others, members are donating some of the proceeds of the inaugural event to FeedMore, the nonproﬁt that offers a range of programs to alleviate hunger in Central Virginia, including Meals on Wheels and the Central Virginia Food Bank. “Working with seniors, I go to a lot of their homes and they don’t even eat,” Ms. Mosby says. “They don’t have a lot of food. It is really heartbreaking.” The group aspires to work with Richmond Public Schools’ nutrition program because, “in many instances, some schoolchildren don’t have enough money to pay for their lunches” Ms. Mosby says. “I believe that RVA Entrepreneurs differs in that our members are a giving organization,” Ms. Mosby says. “You don’t have to pay a fee to join.” Meet businesswoman, organizer and this week’s Personal-

Want to go? What: RVA Entrepreneurs’ Dinner, Dance and Networking Gala When: 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Dec. 16 Where: Willow Oaks Country Club, 6828 Forest Hill Ave. Details: The event will feature line dancing by Kemel Patton, music by saxophonist and DJ Rick Elliott, door prizes and raffles. Tickets: $60; may be purchased at the door or on www. eventbrite.com, RVA Entrepreneurs’ Inaugural Gala. Info: (804) 683-7203 or (804) 306-7424

ity, Vinara L. Mosby. Occupation: Licensed professional hairstylist and insurance agent and owner of Maxamus Insurance LLC. Community involvement: Coordinator, RVA Entrepreneurs’ Dinner, Dance and Networking Gala. Date and place of birth: July 22 in Richmond. Current residence: Chesterﬁeld County. Education: Varina High School graduate in 1989. I have taken courses at Virginia Commonwealth University. I have licenses in cosmetology and insurance. Family: Daughter, N’Dea, 25; son, Kaleb,14; and grandchildren, Lei’yah, 6, and Johaan, 1. When RVA Entrepreneurs was founded: June 2017. Its mission: We are dedicated to imparting knowledge, understanding and unity among all communities, while displaying

high ethical standards of conduct and sound discernment. Combined, our members have more than 100 years of experience as entrepreneurs in ﬁnance, insurance, mental health, media and communications. We proudly share our combined business acumen, expertise and resources to assist those who are less fortunate. How RVA Entrepreneurs differs from other business organizations: In Richmond, several of the traditional, minorityowned business organizations have been closely linked or aligned with many of the city’s large, corporate entities. While many of those relationships have served our community well, the RVA Entrepreneurs differ in that our members enjoy forging new paths by partnering with similarsized or solo business owners to network, exchange ideas and share resources. In addition, our members, who service hundreds of clients or customers, are job providers. Although some of us are sole proprietors, others, such as the highly successful The New Y-CAPP and Ndutime, have more than 200 employees combined. Three essentials of entrepreneurship in the 21st century:

Don’t be afraid to go after your dream. Be daring. Be bold. Embrace your entrepreneurial spirit. Don’t be afraid of failure because there is no such thing. Use social media to help you rather than to hinder you. Read to stay informed and for pleasure. Travel. Get out of your own way. Share what you’ve learned with others who want to know what you know. Advice to young people interested in entrepreneurship: JUST DO IT and stick to it! Have a goal and a plan. Stay focused. Never give up. Always have patience and realize that Rome wasn’t built overnight and neither will your business. The rewards in being consistent and persistent are immeasurable. There will be ups and downs, poor days and prosperous days, but watching your dream come to life can’t be matched. A perfect day for me is: Weekends when I wake up, turn on my TV and watch “Law and Order” on TNT. Then I will get up, throw on some sweats and socks, piddle around the house, maybe fix dinner, possibly bake a cake and do not touch my computer or cell phone for anything work related. Favorite meal: I love shrimp and avocados and apples and

dark chocolate. How I unwind: After getting home most days around 6 p.m., I usually cook and clean. If it’s after 8 p.m., I will shower and turn on the TV while I play “Words with Friends.” Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I enjoy window shopping at the mall or when I’m traveling in another city or country. A quote that I am most inspired by: “When you do more than you are paid for, eventually you will be paid for more than you do!” — Zig Ziglar. People who influenced me the most: My good friends Donna Z. Pierce-Baylor, chief administrative ofﬁcer of The New Y-CAPP, and John Jones of J. Johns and Associates. Both are very giving, kind and smart people. Best thing my parents ever taught me: Work hard, give, don’t worry about things you can’t control. My father, Alvin W. Mosby Sr., has always taken care of his family, traits that have been passed on to me. My mother, Linda L. Walker, was a nurse who also worked hard. Both of my parents are huge givers. If you need something and they have it, then it’s yours. Books that influenced me the most: “Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success” by John C. Maxwell and “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz. What I’m reading now: “Good to Great” by James C. Collins. My next goal: To partner with Richmond Public Schools’ nutrition program.

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‘Work for a cause and not for applause,’ VSU graduates told By Thomas Kidd

Virginia State University graduates received a lesson in delayed gratification last weekend before the 2017 Fall Commencement held Sunday in the VSU Multi-Purpose Center. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9, the commencement program was postponed a day, keeping eager graduates waiting another 24 hours to receive their degrees, thanks to a storm system

it’s your time to shine.” Ms. Brock made history in 2010 when she became the 14th chair of the national board of the NAACP. She was the youngest chair and fourth woman to hold the position. While she remains on the board, she is no longer the chair. Ms. Brock, a native of Fort Pierce, Fla., was quick to acknowledge her relationship with another historically black university, Virginia Union University, where she earned her undergraduate

Left, top ranking seniors in the 2017 VSU Fall Commencement class are Andrew L. Bolding of Dinwiddie and Stacey T. Bradshaw of Emporia. Above, Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy receives his doctorate at Sunday’s ceremony, where VSU conferred degrees on 306 graduates.

that passed through the Richmond-Petersburg area bringing a mix of snow and precipitation and below-freezing temperatures. “How many of you know that delay is not denial?” the graduates were asked by Roslyn M. Brock, vice president of advocacy and government relations for Bon Secours Health Systems, who delivered the commencement address. “Despite the weather, we are finally here and

degree and a master’s of divinity from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology. She admitted to having mixed emotions about addressing her old college rival. “I felt some kind of way about being here today,” she jokingly told the crowd, “particularly because of a recent football game.” She was referring to VUU’s heartbreaking 40-39 defeat on Nov. 4 at the hands of VSU. The

Trojans’ win was for the 2017 CIAA Northern Division title. The team then went on to win the CIAA championship. Trenton M. Cannon, the VSU running back who scored that last-minute touchdown against VUU to clinch the regional title, was among the graduating class. Rivalry aside, Ms. Brock delivered a message centered on unity and challenged graduates to begin addressing political, cultural and economic issues facing Americans. “There have been major political, cultural and economic changes since you’ve begun your matriculation here,” Ms. Brock told the class. “You’ve seen the emergence of Black Lives Matter. You’ve seen athletes called S.O.B.s for exercising their First Amendment rights and you’ve seen what can happen when you don’t vote. Elections have consequences,” she added. While she acknowledged some advancements in the area of civil rights, she noted that too many people remain on the bottom rungs of society. “If we are to make America great again, we need to find common ground and embrace all people.” Ms. Brock, who in 2005 created the NAACP Leadership 500 Summit with the goal of recruiting, training and retaining a new generation of civil rights leaders to the NAACP, presented three main points for graduates to remember. First, she said, remain humble and show gratitude to those who support you. Second, be faithful and remain persistent in making the world a better place for everyone. And finally, be a part of the new front line that inspires, motivates and elevates the community. “Work for a cause and not for applause,” she concluded. In addition to conferring 306 degrees on Sunday, the university also recognized the two highest ranking seniors, Stacey T. Bradshaw of Emporia, who earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, and Andrew L. Bolding of Din-

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Commencement speaker Roslyn M. Brock offers advice to graduates during Virginia State University’s Fall Commencement ceremony on Sunday.

widdie, who earned a bachelor’s in computer engineering. VSU President Makola M. Abdullah echoed the sentiments of Ms. Brock and added his personal gratitude to the graduating class. “I want to thank you for not only choosing Virginia State University, but that you stuck with that choice for four years, or five years or six years,” Dr. Abdullah joked. “It doesn’t matter how long it took you to achieve this goal,” he said. The point is that you hung in there and today you can proudly say you made it.”

Tavis Smiley to bring stage presentation to city By Ronald E. Carrington

As America commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death next year, Richmond will celebrate the civil rights icon’s life and legacy with a multimedia stage presentation by PBS broadcaster and author Tavis Smiley. “Death of a King: A Live Theatrical Experience” will be presented March 22 at the Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Arts Center in Downtown. Combining the prose of Mr. Smiley, music by jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and three massive screens showing rarely seen photos and video footage, the show will highlight the impact Dr. King had on American people and across the globe. It is based on Mr. Smiley’s best-selling book, “Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year,” and will center on how Dr. King summoned the courage and conviction to go forward with a message of peace despite difficulties and divisions and a decline in his own popularity. “We get to know who we are in the dark, desolate days of our lives,” Mr. Smiley said in a recent Free Press telephone interview. “We learn who is with us. “The same is true for Martin Luther King,” he continued. “If you only know him at his apex, if you only see him at the mountaintop but never experience him in the valley, then you don’t know who Martin King really is.” America’s collective memory of Dr. King is tightly wrapped in the fabric of his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Monument. That was Dr. King’s apex, Mr. Smiley said, with his message of freedom, equality and justice galvanizing people. That message has spread around the world, with Dr. King as a beacon for generations of people. But “in the last years of his life, Martin was trudging and slugging his way through a valley,” Mr. Smiley said. “He had fallen off the list of the most admired Americans. To put this in context, Martin’s popularity polls were as low as Donald Trump’s.”

Dr. King had become “more Want to go? radical in what What: “Death of a King: A Live Theatrical he was willing Experience,” a multimedia stage presentation to say,” Mr. Smibased on Tavis Smiley’s book about the last year ley said. While of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. he had provided When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22 counsel to PresiWhere: Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Arts dent Lyndon B. Center, 600 E. Grace St. in Downtown. Johnson that Tickets: $38.75 to $58.75; may be purchased helped win major online at www.dominionartscenter.com; at the civil rights legisbox office at the Dominion Arts Center or at the lation, Dr. King Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St.; or by phone at came out against (800) 514-3849. the Vietnam War, Details: www.deathofakingtour.com a conflict that was dividing the nation. best, at his most winning director whose credits In an April courageous, his include the 2014 revival of 1967 speech conviction, his “A Raisin in the Sun” starring at New York’s commitment, his Denzel Washington, served as Riverside Church character,” he creative director of the show. called, “Beyond said, “a truth as “Kenny’s choreography Earl E. Gibson/The Smiley Group Vietnam,” Dr. PBS broadcaster and author Tavis Smiley, left, and renowned jazz pianist Marcus timely today as ensures that the project looks King talked about Roberts rehearse for the multimedia stage production, “Death of a King: A Live it was 50 years good and conveys the emotional how he was chal- Theatrical Experience,” that will be in Richmond on March 22. ago.” message as a compelling stage lenged by antiDr. King was production,” Mr. Smiley said. “He was telling the truth assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., war protesters who questioned first spoken clearly to the greatCortina, the company that how he could support non- est purveyor of violence in the about America — straight, no on April 4, 1968. He was 39 designed and built exhibits for violence to bring about social world today: My own govern- chaser,” Mr. Smiley said. “The years old. the Smithsonian’s National Muchange when the American ment,” Dr. King said. “For the truth he was telling was so subThe production features Mr. seum of African American Hisgovernment was using violence sake of those boys, for the sake versive that Americans couldn’t Roberts playing 14 original and tory and Culture, produced the to bring about changes it wanted of this government, for the sake handle it … They turned on stirring compositions encom- show’s visual presentation. in Vietnam. of the hundreds of thousands Martin and he tried to endure passing blues, jazz, classical and “What they have done will “I knew that I could never trembling under our violence, a living hell. gospel as the saga unfolds. absolutely blow you away,” Mr. “This was Dr. King at his again raise my voice against I cannot be silent.” Kenny Leon, a Tony Award- Smiley said. the violence of the oppressed It was a pivotal moment for in the ghettos without having Dr. King, Mr. Smiley said. DiamonDs • Watches JeWelry • repairs 19 East Broad strEEt richmond, Va 23219 (804) 648-1044

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ARLINGTON A former Ku Klux Klan member who burned a cross on a black couple’s lawn 40 years ago, before becoming a Roman Catholic priest, has ﬁnally written his victims an apology. The Rev. William Aitcheson told Philip and Barbara Butler he was “blinded by hate and ignorance” when he targeted them in 1977 at their home in College Park, Md. The Washington Post reported that in a letter dated Sept.

8, Rev. Aitcheson regret the suffering wrote he rejected it caused you.” those beliefs before The Butlers said he joined the priestthey are not sure hood, but was too what Rev. Aitcheson ashamed to face the could do to earn their Butlers. forgiveness. “I believe now “This is going that all people can to take some time,” Rev. Aitcheson live together in peace Barbara Butler said regardless of race,” he wrote after a news conference last in the letter. Friday. “For you to come into “I also know that the symbol my life, 40 years, and say I’m of the most enduring love the sorry. I will pray on it. That’s world has ever known must the only thing I can do.” never be used as a weapon of Rev. Aitcheson was senterror. Its use against you was tenced in 1977 to 90 days a despicable act. I seriously in jail. He was ordained in

1988. The Butlers and their attorney also spoke about the recent payment to the Butlers of $23,000 from an overdue judgment in a lawsuit, along with $9,600 in attorney fees. In a statement, the Catholic Diocese of Arlington said Rev. Aitcheson used his private funds and a personal loan to make the payment. Rev. Aitcheson wrote in a recent essay that the violence at the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August made him think about his actions with the KKK.

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church

10:00 AM

2017 Theme:

The Year of Elevation

December 31, 2017

New Year’s Eve Unity Worship Service

(First Peter 5:6)

10:00 AM

New Year’s Eve Watch Night Elevated Praise 10:00 PM

Mount Olive Baptist Church 8775 Mount Olive Avenue, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

(804) 262-9614 Phone • (804) 262-2397 Fax • www.mobcva.org

Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

“The Church With A Welcome”

Sharon Baptist Church 500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 643-3825 • www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

8:30 a.m. ............ Sunday School 10:00 a.m. .......... Morning Worship 3:30 p.m. ............ 2017 Combined Ushers Anniversry

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Speaker: Rev. Keith Edmonds, Senior Pastor Koinonia Christian Church

Triumphant

Baptist Church

Sixth Baptist Church Theme for 2016-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New We Embrace Diversity — Love For All! Come worship with us!

A 21st Century Church With Ministry For Everyone

Church 94th Anniversary Sunday, December 17, 2017

9:45 AM ~ Church-Wide

Prayer

Every Member In Prayer & Meditation

10:45 AM ~ Divine

Special Guest:

Worship

Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622 Sunday , December 17, 2017 Morning Worship Services 10:00 a.m. A Christmas Message

“The Savior’s Birth” Presented by:

The Sunday School & Music and Arts Ministry Play • Music • Dance Come Join Us!

Dr. Robert Murray, Pastor

First Baptist Church, Norfolk VA

Community Invited! , Pastor

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400 South Addison Street, Richmond, Va. 23220

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(near Byrd Park)

2300 Cool Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23223 804-795-5784 (Armstrong High School Auditorium)

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

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

Watch Night Service

Dr. Sylvester T. Smith, Pastor “There’s A Place for You” Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday)

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

Christmas Eve Unity Worship & Communion Service

2003 Lamb Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222

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

6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

WedneSday 12:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Bible Study

All ARe Welcome

5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

Pastor Kevin Cook

December 24, 2017

Theme: “Together In Unity” SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2017

Broad Rock Baptist Church

“MAKE IT HAPPEN”

Guest Preacher

Sunday, december 17, 2017

SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 A.M.

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

sey Devils and Columbus Blue Jackets; and the NFL stadium of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Thousands of people are expected Dec. 18 for a Hanukkah concert and menorah lighting at Gulfstream Park, the horse racing track in Hallandale Beach, Fla., near Miami. Elsewhere around the world, events are expected in countries ranging from Australia to Laos to Uganda to Argentina.

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Public menorah lightings for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah are planned around the world in locations ranging from ski towns and Caribbean islands to famous landmarks and sports arenas. Hanukkah began Tuesday evening and lasts for eight days, until the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 20. The Jewish outreach organization Chabad-Lubavitch plans Hanukkah events in hundreds of cities, from the 50 U.S. states to 100 countries. Celebrations in Vail, Colo., will include menorahs made from skis. In New Mexico, organizers hope to create a one-of-a-kind menorah made from hot-air balloons on Dec. 17 in Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park, which hosts the International Balloon Fiesta each October. Vacationers in destinations such as Cancun, Mexico, and Aruba will also have menorah lightings to attend, along with one in Curacao, home to the oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, dating to 1732. Many ceremonies will take place in front of landmarks, including the White House in Washington, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Kremlin in Moscow and Germany’s Brandenburg Gate. London’s Trafalgar Square will host a 30-foot menorah outﬁtted with specially designed environmentally friendly bulbs, commissioned by the London Climate Change Agency. The world’s largest menorah,

standing 36 feet high, will be lit just outside Central Park in New York City across from the Plaza Hotel at Grand Army Plaza. That menorah lighting began in 1977 and marks its 40th consecutive year this month. In Richmond, the Weinstein Jewish Community Center is hosting a community menorah lighting at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, Monday, Dec. 18, and Tuesday, Dec. 19 at the center’s Neil November Plaza, 5403 Monument Ave. The Festival of Lights celebration will include reciting a blessing and singing songs. Details: Weinstein Jewish Community Center, (804) 285-6500. Chabad of Virginia also is hosting its 16th Annual Community Chanukah on Ice celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at The Rink at West Broad Village, a seasonal ice rink at 2301 Old Brick Road in Short Pump. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include music, hot cocoa, doughnuts and the 5 p.m. lighting of a giant menorah marking the sixth night of Hanukkah. Skate rentals are $10.

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Hanukkah continues through Dec. 20 Free Press wire, staff report

8:45 a.m. 10 a.m.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Sunday, December 31, 2017 Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

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

Wednesday Services Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m. Attendence: 70 Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Prayer Attendence: 94

Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.” Visit www.ndec.net.

9:00 PM

Come Join Us! Reverend Dr. Lester D. Frye Pastor and Founder

… and Listen to our Radio Broadcast Sundays at 10:15 a.m. on WQCN 105.3 FM

Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people. - Matthew 4:23

To empower people of God spiritually, mentally and emotionally for successful living.

Doors open at 8:00 PM Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m. THE NEW DELIVERANCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

ENROLL NOW!!! Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 4th Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

St. Peter Baptist Church

Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

Worship Opportunities Sundays: Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays): Church School 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10 A.M. Thursdays: Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults) 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

Richmond Free Press

B4 December 14-16, 2017

Obituaries/Faith Directory

Simeon Booker, ‘dean of black journalists,’ succumbs at 99 By Reginald Stuart

Simeon S. Booker Jr. never lived in Richmond during his nearly 100 years on Earth. Still, at the height of his career, it seemed he was always in town somewhere. Mr. Booker’s presence could be felt from the former Branch’s Barber Shop and Oatmeal Grocery Store on Mosby Street to Springer Drug Store on Venable Street to Antoinette’s Beauty Shop on 3rd Street to the parlors of Chiles, Scott’s and Mimms funeral homes. He was at the airport, the bus stations and the train station. Mr. Booker was the journalist who chronicled African-American life in America — its ups and downs, exhilarating and disgusting moments and all points in between — as a reporter for JET and Ebony magazines for 50 years. Mr. Booker died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at a hospice in Solomons, Md., according to his wife, Carol. He was 99, dying a legend in his own time, according to those who knew him and those who knew his work. A 1942 graduate of Virginia Union University from Baltimore, Mr. Booker was the reporter who, in 1955, helped bring national attention to the racial atrocities taking place in the South with his story about the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Miss., where he had been visiting

relatives. The Illinois teen had been beaten to a pulp then shot in the head before his body was dumped in the Tallahatchie River, weighted down with a 70-pound cotton gin fan tied to his neck. Two white men reportedly were set on punishing the young man for allegedly whistling at a white woman at a neighborhood grocery store. Mr. Booker also covered the subsequent trial of the men who were acquitted by an all-white jury. Mr. Till’s mother insisted on showing his mutilated body in an open-coffin funeral in Chicago, and Mr. Booker’s story and the accompanying photos by JET photographer David Jackson were seen around the nation. Dr. Brenda Williams Jones, a Richmond native who described herself as a reader of JET from her childhood until it ceased publication in June 2014, recalled seeing Mr. Booker’s story, one which had been ignored by the white-owned media across the nation until the publication in JET. “It was the saddest thing I ever saw,” Dr. Jones said. Like scores of Richmonders and people across the country, Dr. Jones said she depended on the weekly JET and its monthly sister, Ebony, “to know what’s happening” in black America. Mr. Booker’s reporting and weekly column, “Ticker Tape,” were staples

of the pocket-sized magazine that was a treasure trove of news nuggets. Mr. Booker’s reporting about the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s through the 1970s persuaded major media organizations that coverage of civil rights activities was unavoidable and necessary. Mr. Booker became JET’s Washington bureau chief shortly after the Mississippi trial until his retirement in 2007 at age 83. He became known as the “dean of black journalists,” his work helping JET’s circulation soar past the estimated 700,000 copies sold weekly at its peak. During his tenure, Mr. Booker covered 10 U.S. presidents, scores of members of Congress and nearly every higher education executive in Washington. He wrote about historically black colleges and universities long before they were more than back page mentions in local daily papers. He witnessed and wrote about a plethora of historic events, including the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott in the 1950s launched by Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat, the 1963 March on Washington and the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. He chronicled the work of civil rights activists including Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, James Farmer and Dorothy Height. “You want to talk about icons, Simeon was a real-live, legitimate

Mr. Booker

one, an unflappable journalist, an example for all of us back in the day and a lesson I wish those in today’s new media were guided by,” said Paul Delaney, a veteran New York Times reporter and editor. “He was a hardnosed, hard-edged, take-no-prisoners type of guy.” Dorothy Gilliam, a JET reporter in Chicago when Mr. Booker was hired, stayed in touch with him when she moved to The Washington Post as its first black female reporter. She said Mr. Booker deserved the recognition he received. She characterized him simply as “amazing.” Mr. Booker got his start at the Baltimore Afro-American and the Cleveland Call and Post during the 1940s. He later was the first AfricanAmerican hired full time at The Washington Post from 1951 to 1953

before joining Johnson Publications Inc. in Chicago, the parent company of JET and Ebony. DeWayne Wickham, dean of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University, said Mr. Booker would be remembered as one of life’s bridge builders. “He was the bridge over which so many of us traveled to get into mainstream media,” said Mr. Wickham, a journalist who eventually became a columnist for USA Today. “Although he worked in D.C. (the nation’s capitol), he gave legitimacy to journalism wherever journalism was done.” The author of three books, Mr. Booker won numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He was the first African-American journalist to win the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award, was the winner of the Newspaper Guild Award and a Wilkie Award and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. In 2013, he was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame, and was honored in January 2015 with the Martin Luther King Jr. Lifetime of Service Award at Virginia Union University. As the Richmond Free Press Personality following his 2015 award from VUU, Mr. Booker was asked about his legacy. He responded: “I’m the son of a Baptist minister who always tried to report the truth and advance the cause of my people.” Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Free Press publication deadline. Survivors include his wife, Carol McCabe Booker; two sons, Simeon Booker III and Theodore Booker; a daughter, Theresa Booker; and several grandchildren. His son, Abdul Wali Muhammad, also known as James Booker, the former editor-in-chief of The Final Call, died in 1991.

Rev. Curtis W. Harris, civil rights activist, 1st black Hopewell mayor, dies at 93 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Rev. Curtis W. Harris Sr. devoted his life to battling the racism and bigotry that oppressed African-Americans in Hopewell and across Virginia. Rising to become the first African-American mayor of a Hopewell that he helped to change, the longtime pastor of Union Baptist Church in that city fearlessly battled the status quo of segregation during the Civil Rights Movement with dogged persistence, unyielding dignity and an unquenchable faith in the righteousness of the cause. As the leader of the Virginia Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for 25 years, he continued the fight for equality by speaking out, leading protest marches and regularly filing complaints with federal authorities over voting rights and discrimination in schools, housing and employment. He was a champion for public housing residents and also fought against Hopewell’s decision to place landfills and polluting factories in AfricanAmerican sections of the city. He was arrested 13 times for leading sit-ins and other protests against segregated public places and private businesses despite death threats and even an effort to firebomb his home. Rev. Harris was unfazed, said his son, Michael B. Harris of Fort Washington, Md. “I don’t recall seeing him afraid of anything.” The freedom fighter who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and became Dr. King’s top lieutenant in Virginia died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at an assisted living center where he had lived in recent years. He was 93. Family and friends will celebrate his life 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at First Baptist Church of Hopewell, 401 N. 2nd Ave. His body will lie in repose from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Hopewell’s Carter G. Woodson Middle School, once the high school from which he graduated. He will be placed in the atrium of the school, outside of the library that is named for him. In a resolution honoring him, the General Assembly described Rev. Harris as “one of Virginia’s most celebrated … leaders for his unselfish and unrelenting efforts to pursue and defend the rights of others.” Former state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III described Rev. Harris as “a warrior for civil rights” at a 2012 banquet celebrating the minister. A longtime civil rights lawyer, Mr. Marsh recalled that Rev. Harris would come to him following his arrests, and “I would

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tell him, ‘You know, Curtis, you could go to jail.’ He would look at me and say, ‘Well what do you think I want to do?’ ” A full-time minister, Rev. Harris later ran seven times for the Hopewell City Council before winning a seat on the governing body in 1986, becoming one of the council’s first African-American representatives. He would hold the seat for 26 years, with the council electing him mayor in 1998. He gave up his seat in 2012 after suffering a stroke. Born in Dendron in Surry County, he grew up in Hopewell, where his mother moved to find work after his father deserted the family. He began working in a cotton plant, left to study at Virginia Union University, but returned to Hopewell after a year and married his high school sweetheart, Ruth Jones, with whom he had six children. Rev. Harris He got involved in civil rights in 1950 while working as a janitor at what is now the AdvanSix chemical plant in Hopewell. Becoming a union shop steward and president of the Hopewell Branch NAACP, he pushed the then-Allied Chemical and Dye Co. to hire African-Americans for positions beyond the low-paid position of janitor. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1959, Rev. Harris was first called to pastor First Baptist-Bermuda Hundred. In 1961, he was called to pastor Union Baptist, which sat across the street from his Hopewell home, and Gilfield Baptist in Southampton County. Despite juggling a busy schedule, he led Gilfield for 33 years and retired from Union Baptist in 2007 after 45 years. His role as pastor revved up his civil rights work. In 1960, he was arrested and sentenced to 60 days in jail for leading a sit-in at the segregated lunch counter of a Hopewell drugstore. Later that year, he protested the whites-only policy at the city’s swimming pool, which the city closed and filled with cement

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rather than allow African-Americans to swim. He would continue the pace in joining protests against false arrests and crusades to push voting. His dual role as pastor and civil rights activist also brought him in contact with Dr. King and the SCLC, which Dr. King co-founded in the 1950s. By 1961, Rev. Harris had become a member of the national board and had founded the Hopewell Improvement Association as an SCLC affiliate. In 1963, he helped found a statewide chapter of the SCLC. That same year, he enrolled his sons Curtis W. Harris Jr. and Kenneth C. Harris as the first African-American students in the previously all-white Hopewell High School. “That was the start of school desegregation in Hopewell,” Rev. Harris recalled in an interview. Through the SCLC, Rev. Harris worked with Dr. King on numerous civil rights initiatives, including the Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights in which he participated and which led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act that ensured African-Americans’ right to register and cast a ballot would be protected in Virginia and other states that had imposed severe restrictions. He gave up the presidency of the state SCLC in 1996, but continued his service as a regional and national vice president, posts he held for another 10 years. He was at the forefront on local issues, such as working with others in a bid to halt Hopewell from opening a landfill on property located in the African-American community. Forty years later, he led an unsuccessful effort to halt the construction of an ethanol plant on land in the same community, decrying the potential for pollution and health problems for people living nearby. Rev. Harris was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Ruth, who died in 2011. In addition to his three sons, survivors include three daughters, Joanne H. Lucas of Virginia Beach, Karen D. Bradford of Fayetteville, Ga., and Ruth Michelle Pritchett of Waldorf, Md.; 23 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren.

Richmond Free Press

December 14-16, 2017 B5

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, January 8, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2017-234 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute the City of Richmond 20172018 Continuum of Care Contract in the amount of $707,406.00 for the Richmond Shelter Plus Care program between the City of Richmond and Virginia Supportive Housing for the purpose of completing necessary projects and services for homelessness assistance. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, December 14, 2017, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-235 To accept a quitclaim deed from the School Board conveying 2200 Ingram Avenue to the City and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to act on behalf of the City in executing such deed. (COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services, Thursday, December 14, 2017, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2017-205 Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF Richmond HARRY RAGLAND, Plaintiff v. ANDREA RAGLAND, Defendant. Case No.: CL17-2049-1 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimonii or from the bonds of matrimony. It appearing from a affidavit that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is. It is ORDERED that Andrea Ragland appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 6th day of February, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CRISTINA HADDOCK, Plaintiff v. CHRISTOPHER HADDOCK, Defendant. Case No.: CL17001341-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of January, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO EVELYN RIVERA HURT, Plaintiff v. DALE L. HURT, Defendant. Civil Law No.: CL17-3566 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the petitioner to obtain a divorce from the defendant. It is ORDERED that the defendant, Dale L. Hurt, whose last known address was 2925 Battery Avenue, Henrico, Virginia 23228, and whose whereabouts are now unknown, appear here on or before the 16th day of January, 2018 at 9 a.m. to protect his interests. A Copy Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Susan Gerber, Counsel for Plaintiff 206 DeSota Drive Richmond, Virginia 23229 (804) 741-3438 Fax: (804) 754-7298 VSB #30901

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TONY WADE, Plaintiff v. NENITA WADE, Defendant. Case No.: CL17002968-00 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 3rd day of January, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Jose Ariel hernandez cardoza File No. JJ095026-01-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Obtain custody of minor and factual determination. It is ORDERED that the defendant Jose De La Cruz Hernandez appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 03/08/2018, at 10:20 AM

and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that TITUS W. JONES and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

or successors in title and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

been filed that said owner, KHUTH T. KY, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that KHUTH T. KY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

LUCAS BYRD, who upon information and belief is deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that LUCAS BYRD, who upon information and belief is deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

AGAINST DISTRIBUTION It appearing that a report of the accounts of Dr. Richard A. Jackson, Administrator of the Estate of Velma Louise Parker Jackson, deceased, of the debts and demands against her Estate has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of the City of Richmond, and that six (6) months have elapsed since the qualification of the Administrator. On the motion Administrator, by counsel, it is hereby ORDERED that the creditors of and all other interested in the Estate of Velma Louise Parker Jackson do show cause, if any they can, on the 18th day of December, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. before this Court at its courtroom in Richmond, Virginia, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Velma Louise Parker Jackson, deceased, to legatees without requiring refunding bonds. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Brian Thornton Wesley, Esq. Thornton Wesley, PLLC P.O. Box 27963 Richmond, Virginia 23261 bwesley@thorntonwesley.com 804-918-2766

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4807 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1317 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071134/051, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, COMMUNICATIONS, INC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, COMMUNICATIONS, INC, a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WALTER L. HOOKER, LLC, a limited liability company not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE in a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on 12 October 2012, or its successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that Mary Anne Hooker, Registered Agent for ACQUIRED PROPERTIES, LLC, which may be the beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on 12 October 2012 who has been who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that COMMUNICATIONS, INC, a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, WALTER L. HOOKER, LLC, a limited liability company not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, TRUSTEE in a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on 12 October 2012, or its successor/s in title, Mary Anne Hooker, Registered A g e n t f o r A C Q U IRE D PROPERTIES, LLC, which may be the beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-20241 on 12 October 2012, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND IN RE: Estate of Julia Melton Thornton, Deceased SHOW CAUSE AGAINST DISTRIBUTION It appearing that a report of the accounts of Brian T. Wesley, Administrator of the Estate of Julia Melton Thornton, deceased, of the debts and demands against her Estate has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of the City of Richmond, and that six (6) months have elapsed since the qualification of the Administrator. On the motion Administrator, by counsel, it is hereby ORDERED that the creditors of and all other interested in the Estate of Julia Melton Thornton do show cause, if any they can, on the 18th day of December, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. before this Court at its courtroom in Richmond, Virginia, against the payment and delivery of the Estate of Julia Melton Thornton, deceased, to legatees without requiring refunding bonds. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Brian Thornton Wesley, Esq. Thornton Wesley, PLLC P.O. Box 27963 Richmond, Virginia 23261 bwesley@thorntonwesley.com 804-918-2766

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NICOLE LUSTER, Plaintiff v. TIRRELL FULLER, Defendant. Case No.: CL17002967-00 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 3rd day of January, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Alex valentine Case No. J-062646-14-15 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Alex Valentine, Sr. (Father) and Unknown Father of Alex Valentine, child, DOB 06/27/2002, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Alex Valentine, Sr. (Father) and Unknown Father to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 02/07/2018, at 10:00 AM, Courtroom #5 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re QUON’ASIA CLEVEAH WHITAKER Case No. J-092163-09-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown. (Father), of Quon’asia Cleveah W h i t a k e r, c h i l d , D O B 02/24/2016, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of; visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown (Father) appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 04/10/2018, at 9:20 AM, Courtroom #2

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt IN the COunty of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, in re XANDER JAKOB SHAFFER LiSA BROWN v. ROBERT & SHARON Taylor Case No. JJ086447-07-01, -08,-01 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Amend custody and visitation, as previously ordered by this court, of Xander Jakob Shaffer (DOB: 3-11-15), whose mother is Chelsie Bottoms, and whose father is Donald Bland, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1-241A3. Mother’s whereabouts are unknown. It is ORDERED that the defendant Chelsie Cheyenne Bottoms appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before January 24, 2018 at 9:00 A.M.

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virgiNia: iN thE JuvENiLE aND DOmEstic rELatiONs District cOurt Of the City of Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ANA R hernandez cardoza File No. JJ095027-01-00 OrDEr Of puBLicatiON The object of this suit is to: Obtain custody of minor and factual determination. It is ORDERED that the defendant Jose De La Cruz Hernandez appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 03/08/2018, at 10:20 AM

PROPERTY Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given Notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 2115 2nd Avenue N000 0558 014 2219 2nd Avenue N000 0559 016 3014 4th Avenue N000 0924 005 1313 North 22nd Street E000 0616 021 1115 North 27th Street E000 0521 031 1824 North 28th Street E012 0426 002 217 North 34th Street S000 2286 010 2403 Bainbridge Street S000 0581 016 2402 Carrington Street E000 0517 013 3509 Edgewood Avenue N016 0131 008 2403 Everett Street S000 0565 013 2304 Fairfax Avenue S000 0550 004 3016 Groveland Avenue N000 0985 004 3334 Hazelhurst Avenue N000 1549 004 103 East Ladies Mile Road N000 1546 002 452 East Ladies Mile Road N000 1664 013 454 East Ladies Mile Road N000 1664 012 2 West Leigh Street N000 0104 027 115 Lipscomb Street S000 0151 012 810 West Marshall Street N000 0351 033 812 1/2 West Marshall Street N000 0351 022 3608 Montrose Avenue N000 1636 013 3316 N Street E000 0880 010 3318 N Street E000 0880 008 2907 Noble Avenue N000 0873 021 2607 O Street E000 0432 004 3012 P Street E000 0628 025 3211 Rear Scottdale Street C009 0699 060 525 St. James Street N000 0078 044 1407 Spotsylvania Street E000 0608 016 2401 Whitcomb Street E012 0224 001 2411 Whitcomb Street E012 0224 004 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata cost of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. Office of the City Attorney City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. TITUS W. JONES, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5143 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2100 Halifax Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000763/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Titus W. Jones. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TITUS W. JONES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RETRO, LLC, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5258 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 312 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000731/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RETRO, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RETRO, LLC, a terminated Virginia corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that RETRO, LLC, a terminated Virginia corporation and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARY NELSON JOHNSON FKA MARY NELSON, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4814 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 716 Cheatwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0180453/021, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mary Nelson Johnson fka Mary Nelson, An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY NELSON JOHNSON FKA MARY NELSON, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MARY NELSON JOHNSON FKA MARY NELSON and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ALMA JEFFERS WRIGHT, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5060 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1913 Chelsea Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000832/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Alma Jeffers Wright. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ALMA JEFFERS WRIGHT, who according to information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that , ALMA JEFFERS WRIGHT, who according to information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. IRMA WINES, DECEASED, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-2423 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2214 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/GPIN# E000-0756/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Irma Wines, Deceased and Ethel Stewart, Deceased. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IRMA WINES, DECEASED, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and ETHEL STEWART, DECEASED, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SARAH WEAVER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that EVELYN REGISTER, who may have an ownership interest in said property, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; and hat any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that IRMA WINES, DECEASED, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ETHEL STEWART, DECEASED, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SARAH WEAVER, EVELYN REGISTER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. VIRGINIA M. HICKMAN, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-4638 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2612 3rd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000716/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Virginia M. Hickman and Linda H. Porter. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, VIRGINIA M. HICKMAN and LINDA H. PORTER, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known addresses, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that VIRGINIA M. HICKMAN, LINDA H. PORTER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MITTIE GENEORIA GOFF, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5576 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3409 Deerwood Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S008-0781/051, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mittie Geneoria Goff. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MITTIE GENEORIA GOFF, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MITTIE GENEORIA GOFF, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BARBARA A. CUSTALOW, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5151 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5328 Troy Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map/ GPIN C008-0377/018, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Barbara A. Custalow. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BARBARA A. CUSTALOW, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that BARBARA A. CUSTALOW, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. KHUTH T. KY, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5575 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2852 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001222/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Khuth T. Ky. An Affidavit having

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LUCAS BYRD, et al., Defendants. Case No.: CL17-5441 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3716 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002905/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Lucas Byrd. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner,

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LICENSE Notice Salt & Forge N 2nd LLC Trading as: Salt & Forge 312 N 2nd Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Wine & Beer On and Off Premises/ Keg Permit/Delivery Permit license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. David Hahn, Managing Member 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 800-552-3200. COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 17-1542-11JCK Chiller Replacement at the Administration Building Due 2:30 pm, January 9, 2018 Additional information available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

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Sophomore Ikechi Chantilou gives spark to George Wythe squad By Fred Jeter

It almost feels unfair. Ikechi Chantilou is so quick, so athletic. And he’s only a sophomore. On a senior-laden George Wythe High basketball squad, it’s hard taking your eyes off Chantilou, a whippet-lean, 6-foot-3 guard-forward seemingly with rockets on his sneakers. “He’s a real talented kid with freakish jumping ability,” said Bulldogs Coach Willard Coker. “The other night (when George Wythe played Clover Hill High), he maneuvered around a defender, went up, double pumped — and dunked it. “I don’t want to say this too loud, but he may be further advanced as a sophomore than Maliek (White) was.” That’s a high compliment. White was the state 3A Player of the Year in 2015, leading George Wythe High to the state title. He is now getting quality minutes at Providence College in the Big East Conference. Another upside to this sophomore sensation is that he’s almost always within shouting distance of Wythe’s gymnasium. “He lives right down there,” Coach Coker said, pointing down Midlothian Turnpike. “Ikechi walks to school in the mornings.” It’s no stretch to suggest the South Side team is a serious contender for another 3A state crown. The Bulldogs are coming off a 23-7 season in which they defeated I.C. Norcom High School of Portsmouth in the 2017 regionals, but then lost to Norcom, the eventual champion, in the state semifinals. Along with Chantilou, who averaged 12 points a winter ago as the sixth man, many experienced hands return this season to the Bulldogs. Jarec Brown, Darrell Purdie and Eugene Williams are all about 6-foot-3, highly skilled and capable of being player of the game on any given night. Providing a physical presence in the paint is 6-foot-5 Kevin Hubbard, a no-nonsense rebounder and defender. Spearheading the pressure defense, while also offering uptempo ball handling, is quicksilver 5-foot-9 Maurice “The Master” Laster. All regulars are seniors with the exception of Chantilou. Confident and battle tested, the Bulldogs had a 4-0 start this season with wins over Armstrong High School

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(50-40), Clover Hill High School (59-11), North Stafford High School (75-59) and Cosby High School (45-37). Chantilou averaged about 14 points in the opening victories while also contributing as a rebounder, passer, determined defender and pizzazz creator. He’s no ball hog, either. Patiently, he lets the game come to him. While a threat from long distance, the 10th-grader is more dangerous with deft dribble drives to the rim and with a classic pull-up, midrange jumper. While an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, Chantilou averaged 29 points on the Wythe junior varsity. In the offseason, Chantilou plays for BWSL Dip travel team under the umbrella of Boo Williams AAU basketball. “He’s well known. Offers are already coming in,” Coach Coker said of Chantilou’s college recruitment. With the exposure comes something else — recruiters from private high schools and aggressive suburban programs who are always on the lookout for inner-city talent. White had many offers to transfer to other high schools, but remained loyal to Coach Coker and the Bulldogs. It paid off with a state title and a top tier NCAA scholarship. “I tell our kids that I can teach them as much as anyone else can,” said Coach Coker, a former guard and coach at Virginia Union University. “Sure, these prep schools offer a lot. But they’re offering the same thing to 14 other kids. I think it’s better to stay where you are and be a star rather than go somewhere and just blend in.” George Wythe has a rich tradition of hoops. Len Creech, Marvin Lively, Ray Epps, Paul Pressey, Luqman Jaaber, Tyree Evans and Jesse Pellot-Rosa, among others, rank with the best in area annals. But the program had fallen into disarray prior to Coach Coker’s arrival. The Bulldogs were a feeble 25-107 from 2006 to 2012. Coach Coker came to Wythe following a three-year stint as VUU head coach, where he posted a 55-25 worksheet. “People told me, ‘You can’t win here,’ ” he said. “I took that as a challenge.” Coach Coker has met the challenge, and then some. And with Chantilou soaring for slams and pull-up jump shot swishers, there is much momentum looking ahead.

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First Baptist Church of City Point, Hopewell, VA is seeking a Pastor.

We are a small Baptist Church with 150 years of history. We are looking for an ordained minister with three years of experience as a Pastor; however, other ministers who have served in a church leadership capacity will be considered. It will be necessary for the applicant to fully complete the application supplied by First Baptist Church of City Point. In order to receive the application package, please email citypoynt@gmail.com, or send a request to First Baptist Church City Point, PO Box 773, Hopewell, VA 23860, Attn: Chair, Pulpit Committee. Applications must be post marked by December 31, 2017.

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School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond. To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com. EOE M/F/D/V Vice President, Consultant - Applications Programmer sought by Bank of America N.A. to perform Small Business Product and Sales data analysis and reporting using BI/ETL methodologies. Reqs: Bachelor’s or equiv. & 5 yrs exp. providing application support & development in the financial services industry. 5 yrs exp: Eliciting, analyzing, validating, specifying, & verifying project stakeholders needs, including customers & end users; Utilizing Business Process Reengineering methods to recognize Business Intelligence Reporting efficiencies. Job site: Richmond, VA. Reference # 1816606 & submit resume to Bank of America N.A. NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. No phone calls or e-mails. EOE.

The VCU School of Education seeks applications for the position of Coordinator in the Office of Strategic Engagement, with a start date of February 25, 2018. At VCU, we believe different perspectives and expertise enhance possibilities and solutions. This philosophy drives our recruitment process, so we welcome applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, who will contribute to an already diverse community of faculty, staff, and students. The mission of the Office of Strategic Engagement is to partner with regional stakeholders, particularly school divisions, along with national and international stakeholders to leverage expertise and resources to address identified needs and meet mutually established goals for the advancement of high-quality learning for educational professionals. The Coordinator will work closely with the Executive Director to promote, manage, and execute partnerships with external stakeholders and partners, especially school divisions, in development of mutually beneficial professional development agreements, degree and non-degree program cohorts, and collaborative agreements. Questions may be directed to Dr. Tomika Ferguson, Search Committee Chair, at 804-828-9805 or via email tlferguson2@vcu.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position closing date, January 15, 2018. For a detailed job description, required skills, VCU/SOE information and to apply, please visit: https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/68424. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university providing access to education and employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, political affiliation or disability.

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GRTC Transit System seeks a detailed oriented individual, 21 years of age or older, who can work independently and in a team environment to perform various vehicle service duties. This position requires weekend and weekday availability. The hours will vary depending on shift. High school education required. Must have, at a minimum, a valid Virginia Class B CDL Learners Permit with P Endorsement required. Candidates must have a good driving record with a point balance of five (5) or better and must be able to pass a background check along with a pre-employment drug test and a DOT physical. Candidates may apply online at www.ridegrtc. com. No paper applications accepted.

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