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Groundbreaking RPS and city officials celebrate the start of construction of 3 new city schools By Ronald E. Carrington

It was a day for smiles, celebration and looking to the future Wednesday as Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras and elected city and School Board officials broke ground for three new city schools. The ceremonies, each held at the new sites on the hour from 9 to 11 a.m., marked the start of construction on two new elementary schools and a new middle school to replace three of the city’s many dilapidated and overcrowded buildings that have become a major cause for concern for school administrators, teachers, parents and local residents alike. Totaling $110 million, the construction projects will replace aged George Mason Elementary School, built in 1881, at 28th and M streets in the East End; overcrowded E.S.H. Greene Elementary, built in 1954, in the 1700 block of Catalina Avenue in South Side; and the former Elkhardt Middle School, 6300 Hull St. Road in South Side, which was shut down in February 2015 because of mold and other environmental issues hazardous to the health of children. The schools are being funded largely from a 1.5 percent addition to the city’s meals tax, which started July 1 and is expected to generate $9.1 million annually to help repay construction loans. The new buildings are to be completed in time for the start of classes in the fall of 2020. The ceremonies on Wednesday drew small crowds, the largest being about 50 people at the George Mason Elementary site. At each ceremony, Mayor Stoney and Mr. Kamras thanked the Please turn to A4

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WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Tuesday banned the high-power gun attachments of the type used in last year’s Las Vegas shooting massacre of 58 people, giving the owners of “bump stocks” 90 days to turn in or destroy the devices and blocking owners from being able to register them. President Trump’s Republican Party typically supports gun ownership, and its members have fiercely fought off perceived threats to the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guaranteeing people the right to bear arms. His administration, though, is sidestepping any potential debate in Congress in issuing a final rule on Tuesday that adds bump stocks to a definition of machine guns written 80 years ago during the heyday of gangsters’ use of “tommy guns.” The attachments use a gun’s recoil to bump its trigger, enabling a semiautomatic weapon to fire hundreds of rounds per minute, which can transform the firearm into a machine gun. The U.S. Justice Department’s regulation follows the lead of many states and retailers that imposed stricter limits on sales of guns and accessories after a deadly shooting in February at Parkland High School in Florida. Gun Owners of America said Tuesday that it was going to By Jeremy M. Lazarus court to fight the new rule and would seek an injunction. The Virginia Union Univergroup said the department was sity is pushing back against a attempting to rewrite laws, the student-written letter and online regulation would lead to bans petition calling for an investigaon other weapons, and bump tion and the removal of VUU President Hakim J. Lucas and Please turn to A4 Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson,

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Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, center, asks Superintendent Jason Kamras, second from right, to lead Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony at E.S.H. Greene Elementary School in Spanish in recognition of the large Spanish-speaking population at the South Side school. Mr. Kamras offered some of his remarks to the small crowd of students, school officials, School Board and City Council members in Spanish.

City Council approves commission to review $1.4B Coliseum project By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray scored a signal victory in securing an 8-1 vote Monday in support of her plan to create a commission of citizen experts to review the $1.4 billion plan to replace the Richmond Coliseum and redevelop at least 10 blocks of Downtown near City Hall. The City Council vote capped nearly two hours of Ms. public hearing and debate on a night when the governing body also directed the administration to start creating a strategic plan to deal with homelessness. On the North of Broad development, the council overrode objections from Mayor Levar M. Stoney and city Chief Ad-

ministrative Officer Selena Cuffee-Glenn who see the commission as a potential delay tactic. The vote approving the commission came after the council heard from citizens that projections stating the project would be a revenue bonanza for the city are inflated and that using incremental increases in taxes to cover costs rarely pay off. “We need to do more than kick the tires,” Ms. Gray, 2nd District, said in agreeing with speakers who called Gray for City Council to take its time reviewing the plans and not be stampeded into approving a project that the council and residents might later regret. “We need to open the hood. We need to look at the motor, transmission … and make sure we’re making the most sound decision” on the largest development project ever proposed in Central Virginia, she said. Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District, cast the lone opposition vote largely because resignations of the VUU he felt it was premature. leadership. Three members, Council “This is a righteous Vice President Cynthia I. fight,” Rev. Jefferson wrote Newbille, 7th District; Andreas in a statement to the Free D. Addison, 1st District; and Press. Ellen F. Robertson, 6th DisMs. Cox appeared to trict, joined the majority after confirm Rev. Jefferson’s being told that the council also claim in at least one in- would approve spending up to stance regarding Dr. Corey $95,000 to hire an independent D.B. Walker, who resigned consulting firm to conduct a effective Dec. 31 as a VUU review. vice president and dean of the Others voting for the comtheology school. mission included outgoing Rev. Jefferson claimed that Council President Chris A. Dr. Walker resigned in part be- Hilbert, 3rd District; Kristen cause he was barred from filling N. Larson, 4th District; Parker six staff vacancies because of a C. Agelasto, 5th District; and

VUU spokesperson blasts claims by doctoral student as ‘false, ill-advised, arbitrary and capricious’ chair of the VUU Board of Trustees. In a four-page letter to the Free Press on Dec. 13, VUU spokeswoman Pamela H. Cox rejected the claims circulated by the Rev. Lafayette Jefferson, a doctoral student in the Rev. Jefferson Ms. Cox private Baptist-affiliated institution’s School of Theol- VUU mismanagement of a ogy. grant, a hiring freeze and other The Free Press reported on issues as “false, ill-advised, some of the allegations in Rev. arbitrary and capricious.” Jefferson’s letter in the Dec. 13However, Rev. Jefferson 15 edition, but did not identify stands by the claims he made him at his request. He ended his and has not removed the petirequest for anonymity after Ms. tion on Change.org that he said Cox identified him in her letter 300 people have signed calling and called his claims alleging for an investigation and the

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Leave it to Santa Skye Cook, 6, tells all her Christmas wishes to Soul Santa during a recent visit to the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia in Jackson Ward. Soul Santa is always a big hit at the museum on December weekends leading up to the holiday. In just a few days, the youngster will see if Santa truly delivered.

NEW YORK President Trump’s charitable foundation reached a deal Tuesday to go out of business, even as the president continues to fight allegations he misused its assets to resolve business disputes and boost his run for the White House. New York’s attorney general and lawyers for the Trump Foundation agreed on a court-supervised process for shutting down the charity and distributing about

$1.7 million in remaining funds to other nonprofit groups. The agreement resolved one part of the legal drama surrounding President Trump, whose campaign, transition, inauguration and real estate empire are all under investigation. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s lawsuit alleging President Trump and his family illegally operated the foundation as an extension of his businesses and his presidential campaign

will continue. The lawsuit, filed last spring, seeks $2.8 million in restitution and a 10-year ban on President Trump and his three oldest children — Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka — from running any charities in New York. In a statement Tuesday, Ms. Underwood said a 21-month probe uncovered “a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Please turn to A4

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After more than a year of construction, a residential and retail complex is taking shape in Church Hill in the block bounded by Nine Mile Road, Fairmount Avenue and 25th, 24th and Redd streets. Looking north from S Street, the complex’s largest element is the new apartment buildings, at left, with 42 units that face Fairmount Avenue. At the center, just beyond a barricade blocking entry to 25th Street is the building that will house the new grocery store, the Market at 25th. At right, the steel skeleton of

the J. Sargeant Reynolds Culinary School is going up adjacent to Nine Mile Road. The city has contributed $500,000 to support the development Steven and Kathie Markel are undertaking with other partners, including J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. The site is just a few blocks west of the Church Hill North development that is bringing new apartments and homes to the property that once housed Armstrong High School at Nine Mile Road and 31st Street.

Holiday closings In observance of Christmas Day, Tuesday Dec. 25, please note the following: Government offices Federal, state, city and county offices will be closed M o n d ay, D e c . 2 4 , a n d Tuesday, Dec. 25. Public schools R i c h m o n d , H e n r i c o, Chesterfield and Hanover public schools: Closed Friday Dec. 21, through Wednesday, Jan. 2. Classes will resume on Thursday, Jan. 3. Public libraries Public library branches i n R i c h m o n d , H e n r i c o, Chesterfield and Hanover will be closed on Monday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 25. Branches will reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Trash and recycling collection No trash or recycling collection on Tuesday, Dec. 25. The collection schedule will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

U.S. Postal Service No regular mail delivery on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Department of Motor Vehicles customer service centers C l o s e d M o n d ay, D e c . 24; reopening Wednesday, Dec. 26. Banks and financial Institutions Closed Tuesday, Dec. 25. GRTC Buses will operate on a S u n d ay s c h e d u l e o n Tuesday, Dec. 25. ABC stores Closing at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, and closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Malls, major retailers, movie theaters Varies. Inquire at specific locations. Richmond Free Press office Closed Tuesday, Dec. 25.

Bridging RVA to serve Christmas dinner Christmas Day dinner for all. That’s what Bridging RVA is promising on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Congregation Beth Ahabah, 1121 W. Franklin St. in The Fan, it has been announced. “It’s for anyone needing or looking for a place to go,” said Lee Ann Sawyer, Bridging RVA executive director. “Santa Claus also will be there with toys and gifts for children.” This is the fourth year the nonprofit has offered the Christmas Day meal. Last year, more than 700 people were served, the organization reported. Organized in 2014, Bridging RVA has sought to be a bridge of help. Among other things, the group assists the homeless with clothing and rides to shelters and provides beds for children in Richmond who need them. Further details: www.bridgingrva.com or (804) 496-1594.

Dominion seeks $300M from customers for coal plant upgrades Free Press wire report

Dominion Energy wants customers to pay more than $300 million, which would cover the cost of upgrading three coalburning power plants, plus some extra money. Dominion filed an application on Dec. 14 with the State Corporation Commission to recover the cost of the projects, plus a 9.2 percent return. The upgrades bring the plants up to federal and state environmental standards. Consumers’ electric bills would increase by $2.15 for households using about 1,000 kilowatt hours per month, starting in November 2019. The three plants are Chesterfield and Clover in Virginia and the Mount Storm site in West Virginia. Dominion says the upgrades allow for cleaner disposal of coal ash. The SCC must approve Dominion’s plan before it can begin charging customers for the upgrades.

Council to seek new chief of staff Richmond City Council will be seeking a new chief of staff after quietly accepting on Monday the resignation of Lou Brown Ali, who has held the post since 2011 after serving as the city clerk. Ms. Ali is expected to leave in early January as the council elects new leadership. City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, has said he would not seek a new two-year term in the leadership post. Mr. Hilbert, who has served 13 years on the council, said he is not resigning from the governing body, just stepping down as president to allow someone else to serve as the chief council spokesman and presiding officer at meetings. He said he has not yet decided whether he will seek a fifth term in 2020. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

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Richmond School Board member Cheryl L. Burke takes the oath of office Tuesday at City Hall while her husband, Emmitt Burke, holds the Bible. Administering the oath of office is Richmond Circuit Court Clerk Edward F. Jewett.

Cheryl Burke sworn in to hold School Board seat through 2020 By Ronald E. Carrington

Retired elementary school principal Cheryl L. Burke was sworn in Tuesday as the official 7th District representative on the Richmond School Board. Mrs. Burke, 65, who was appointed by the board in 2017 to fill the seat on an interim basis, won a special election on Nov. 6 to fill the seat for the remainder of the term through December 2020. Family, close friends, supporters, Richmond Public Schools administrators and other elected officials, including 9th District School Board member Linda B. Owen, and City Council Vice President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, attended the morning ceremony at City Hall, where Mrs. Burke expressed her gratitude and

appreciation for their support. Placing her hand on a Bible held by her husband, Emmitt Burke, and that originally was given to her sons when they were baptized at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, she took the oath of office administered by Edward F. Jewett, clerk of the Richmond Circuit Court. “I am standing here on the shoulders of my great-grandparents, grandparents and parents, all educators,” she said, noting she is the fourth generation in her family to work with students. Before the swearing-in, James M. Nachman, chairman of the Richmond Electoral Board, presented her a framed document certifying her election. Mrs. Burke won 52 percent of the votes cast to win election over two other candidates

vying for the seat. “Richmond Public Schools and the city of Richmond is a better place, a more just and more equitable and kinder place because of Cheryl Burke,” Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras told the gathering. “This is a fierce advocate for not only the children of the 7th District, but for all children in Richmond,” he said of Mrs. Burke, whom he called “a wonderful mentor to me personally and professionally.” Mrs. Burke thanked everyone for their prayers and faith in her. She asked people to continue to lift up the school system and the School Board in prayer. “I am a firm believer in faith,” she said. “And I know the best is yet to come. Our children desire so much better.”

RRHA working again to settle heating problems By Jeremy M. Lazarus

However, she said the Dec. 12 visit resulted in her having heat in both bedTina Shaw has gotten most of what she rooms for the first time. wanted for Christmas — working heat in her Ms. Shaw is not the only RRHA resident two-bedroom apartment in the Creighton having heating problems. Court public housing community. In a Dec. 16 statement to the Free “They came back today, and now I have Press, RRHA, which manages nearly 4,000 heat in the kitchen and living room,” Ms. apartments, reported that 83 apartments Shaw told the Free Press on Tuesday. “But had no heat because boilers broke down I still don’t have heat in the bathroom. I and needed significant repairs or replaceguess I’ll have to use an electric ment. Another 49 units had only heater. Still, it’s better. The apartpartial heat because of radiator ment is pretty warm. I haven’t problems, RRHA stated. had heat in most of the apartment According to the statement, since I moved in.” RRHA has distributed electric That was five years ago. space heaters to residents in She said she has had consisthose apartments as a temporary tent heat in only one bedroom measure while the authority’s before now. Until this week, to maintenance staff and two outside get heat in the kitchen, she had contractors work to restore heat to turn on the stove or clothes as quickly as possible. Ms. Shaw dryer. “RRHA’s first priority is to Tired of bundling up just to stay indoors, restore an apartment’s temperature to Ms. Shaw called the Free Press for help 68 degrees as mandated by Virginia law last week after two days of calls to the during the heating season,” the statement Richmond Redevelopment and Housing continued. Authority and receiving no response. The push to address heating problems Following the newspaper’s Dec. 12 is the result of public uproar last winter email inquiry to Orlando Artze, RRHA’s over RRHA’s slow pace in addressing interim chief executive officer, RRHA heating issues. The problems led to the sent a contractor to her apartment the resignation of RRHA’s CEO at the time, same day. The contractor worked on the T.K. Somanath. In the following months, radiators, Ms. Shaw said, and promised RRHA repaired heat in 411 apartments to return on Dec. 14. But Ms. Shaw said and reported inspections of the heating the contractor never returned. system in every unit it manages during

the fall, though Ms. Shaw alleges her unit was never inspected. According to the RRHA statement, the authority has committed $5.4 million to pay for heat and hot water-related issues during 2018-19 budget year, including repairing or replacing aging boilers, pipes and hot water heaters. Ms. Shaw’s recent call continues an appeal she began in 2016 when she first notified the Free Press about the heating problem at her apartment. Then, she was seeking another radiator to replace one the RRHA had removed but never replaced. At the time, RRHA initially installed a broken radiator and then came a second time to put in a working radiator. RRHA then reported its tests showed adequate heat in Ms. Shaw’s unit and those of other four other neighboring tenants who also had complained. In Sunday’s statement, RRHA officials urged residents without heat to call and file a complaint with the RRHA service center, (804) 780-8700. Calling the number allows RRHA to prioritize the complaint, according to RRHA’s statement. “Loss of heat receives the highest priority, and it allows RRHA to track progress in making repairs until the job is done,” RRHA stated. “As we move into 2019, RRHA is keeping its promise and commitment to its residents to be more proactive and responsive.”

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City Council and the School Board for making Wednesday the beginning of a new day for education in Richmond and the start of keeping a promise to provide a world-class education to the city’s 24,000 public school students. “This … investment was made possible by our community in a united and concerted effort … from every resident and city visitor who eats in our amazing restaurants,” Mayor Stoney said. He talked about meetings during summer 2017 when parents and other stakeholders demanded better conditions for Richmond Public Schools students. “This is a beautiful day and the beginning of doing better for our children,” Mayor Stoney told the gatherings. “There is no better project than breaking ground for three new schools. This is just the beginning, and there is more to come.” During an impromptu moment at George Mason, Mr. Kamras invited fifth-grader My’ciun Patterson to express his feeling about the future new building. The surprised youngster stepped up and told the audience, “I am proud of myself for taking part in the planning of the new building and I am going to keep working hard to be successful.” At each gathering, Mr. Kamras spoke of supporting the city’s investment. “I thank the mayor and city council for their leadership, stepping up and putting the meals tax on the table and shepherding it to where we are today,” he said. Among the City Council and School Board members attending the groundbreakings were Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; Council Vice President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District;

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stocks do not qualify as machine guns. On an earlier call with reporters, senior Justice Department officials said they were ready for any possible lawsuit and confident in the review of case law they conducted while writing and revising the regulation. The department received nearly 190,000 comments on its proposal for the regulation. The websites for the most well-known bump stock manufacturers, Bumpfire System and Slide Fire, displayed notifications on Tuesday that they had already ceased direct sales of the devices. While bump stocks are not widespread, they are still plentiful in the market, with high sales over the internet and in big-box stores, the officials said on the call. Walmart stopped selling assault firearms and accessories in 2015. After the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the retailer raised the minimum age for buying guns at its stores. Other retailers, including Kroger Co., also have raised the minimum buying age. Proponents of the ban said the question now becomes how to deal with as many as 520,000 of the devices that have been sold nationwide since 2010. Compliance with the law will be difficult to measure, they said, because, with no serial numbers of federal registry of the devices, finding them could be difficult. The Justice Department acknowledged that it is seeking voluntary surrender or destruction of bump stocks. Officials also said that anyone in possession of a bump stock after the 90-day deadline could face stiff penalties under federal gun laws.

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Above, School Board member Linda Owen, 9th District, addresses a small group attending the ceremony on the site of the former Elkhardt Middle School at 6300 Hull St. Road, while, right, Rose Ferguson, principal at George Mason Elementary School in the East End, hugs Superintendent Jason Kamras during that ceremony. All three schools are to be completed by the fall of 2020.

Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District; School Board Chair Dawn Page, 8th District; and board members Jonathan Young, 4th District, Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District, and Linda Owen, 9th District. “This is a critical first step in our commitment to all 24,000 of our children to have the highest quality education in stateof-the-art facilities,” Dr. Newbille said. “This is the beginning of the actualization of that commitment,” she continued. “I am also committed to the 40-plus city schools in providing a stellar educational experience to all of our students.” Mr. Young told those gathered at the Elkhardt Middle School ceremony that the new building is to accommodate 1,500 students, with “schools within the school with 500 students in each.” “The idea is to provide for intimacy within the building,”

he said. “These 21st century facilities will provide experiential learning. Instead of students sitting behind desks, we have an opportunity for students to learn in a hands-on environment. We are providing a new laboratory for learning.” Committees of parents, students, teachers and city residents were critical in the community engagement and neighborhood meetings leading up to the construction projects and in choosing designs for the new schools, officials said. Douglas Scroggins, chief custodian at Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School for 11 years and selection team member, said, “This has been a long time coming. When (Elkhardt) merged (with Thompson Middle School), I didn’t think this was going to happen. Being a part of the movement into the 21st century makes me ecstatic and happy.”

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Trump Foundation — including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more.” She said the foundation operated as “little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests.” Ms. Underwood alleged in the lawsuit that President Trump used the foundation to help bolster his campaign by giving out big grants of other’s people money to veterans organizations during the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, the first presidential nominating contest of 2016. President Trump also was accused of directing that $100,000 in foundation money be used to settle legal claims over an 80foot flagpole he had built at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., instead of paying the expense out of his own pocket. In addition, the foundation paid $158,000 to resolve a lawsuit over a prize for a hole-

in-one contest at a Trump-owned golf course; $10,000 to buy a 6-foot portrait of President Trump at a charity auction; and $5,000 for ads promoting President Trump’s hotels in the programs for charitable events. Lawyers for the foundation have said any infractions were minor. President Trump pledged to dissolve the 30-year-old foundation and donate its funds to charity after his 2016 election, but that was only after the foundation found itself under investigation in New York state. The attorney general’s office said it would have been “unacceptable” to let the foundation fold without close supervision from a judge. Trump Foundation lawyer Alan Futerfas said the nonprofit has distributed approximately $19 million over the past decade, including $8.25 million of the president’s own money, to hundreds of charitable organizations. Tuesday’s agreement was reached after a New York judge last month rejected arguments from the foundation’s lawyers

that the lawsuit was politically motivated and should be thrown out. Once the judge approves the deal to dissolve the charity, the two sides will have 30 days to provide her with a list of nonprofit organizations that should get the remaining funds. Each charity will get the same amount, and the attorney general’s office will have the right to reject ones it deems unfit to receive funds. Ms. Underwood sued the Trump Foundation after taking over for fellow Democrat Eric Schneiderman, who resigned in May amid allegations he abused women. Mr. Schneiderman started investigating the foundation in 2016 and ordered it to stop fundraising in New York after The Washington Post reported that some of its spending personally benefited the presidential candidate. Ms. Underwood has referred her office’s findings to the IRS and the Federal Election Commission. Those agencies have not commented on the matter.

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hiring freeze and because of a new requirement that he report to the vice president for academic affairs rather than directly to the president. Ms. Cox stated that VUU has no “hiring freeze,” and that “hiring at the university is driven by strategic planning and … divisional key performance indicators.” She also confirmed that Dr. Walker, along with other deans of the undergraduate school, have been required to report to the vice president for academic affairs. Ms. Cox noted that in a few cases, deans have been awarded the additional title of vice president, which allows them to additionally report to the university president. She stated that is the case with Dr. Walker, as well as his predecessor, Dr. John W. Kinney. But she added that Dr. Lucas has announced that the next School of Theology dean would not receive the title of vice president. Ms. Cox also strongly disputed Rev. Jef-

ferson’s claim that Dr. Lucas tried to shift a $1 million grant awarded to the School of Theology from the Lilly Foundation to use for other purposes. “All grant funds are administered by the VUU Office of Sponsored Research and Programs,” she stated. “The Office of the President yields no undue influence in the management of sponsored research.” Though she did not specifically mention the Lilly Foundation grant, Ms. Cox stated that the theology school currently has eight grants that are administered through SRP. Ms. Cox also issued a separate statement that quoted SRP Director Linda Jackson: “SRP is the central point of coordination for research and sponsored programs and the university’s authorized representative for grants, contracts and other agreements from external sponsors. SRP oversees all pre-award and post-award activity for final authorization and approval.” Ms. Jackson also stated that SRP has signature authority over grants.

Ms. Cox also attacked Rev. Jefferson’s claim that VUU withheld part of student refunds from federal loans. “The university does not disperse partial refunds,” as Rev. Jefferson alleged, she stated. “Awards are allocated annually and dispersed based on verified enrollment each term.” She stated that six graduate and 63 undergraduates have pending refunds because they have not completed master promissory notes and/or have not undergone mandatory loan counseling. Ms. Cox also dismissed Rev. Jefferson’s allegation that Dr. Lucas had replaced full-time faculty with adjunct professors. “The university maintains a faculty ratio of 55 percent full time and 45 percent part time. We maintain a student to full-time faculty ratio in accordance with accreditation standards of 13 to 1,” she said. Rev. Jefferson’s claim that VUU had provided padded enrollment reports to the board also does not withstand scrutiny, Ms. Cox stated. She stated that the administration reported to

the board that VUU had boosted its retention of students, and had enrolled 1,171 undergraduates and 371 graduate students in the fall of 2018, indicating that the administration did not try to hide a reduction in numbers. According to VUU’s past reports to the State Council of Higher Education, the 2018 undergraduate enrollment and total enrollment of 1,542 students, including graduate students, is the smallest since 2008, when the school reported 1,150 undergraduates and 350 graduate students, for a total enrollment of 1,502 students. “In conclusion,” Ms. Cox stated in ending her letter, “under the leadership of Chairman Richardson and President Lucas, the university has become one of the most transparent, collaborative and innovative shared-governance institutions in higher education. “Committed to a student-driven business model, the chairman and president remain steadfast in preserving the legacy, ensuring sustainability and articulating a vision for continued growth and development,” she wrote.

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Reva M. Trammell, 8th District. The Stoney administration already has spent $500,000 on consultant reviews. The mayor and Ms. Cuffee-Glenn had supported having council hire its own consultant. During the public comment period, contractor A. Hugo “Al” Bowers, who chairs the Black Business Alliance of Virginia, and James E. “J.J.” Minor III, a city resident and employee, urged the council to back off creating a commission. Mr. Minor argued that the project could create thousands of new jobs and needs to be on a fast track, while Mr. Bowers said there is no need for a commission because no legislation has been introduced yet to implement the plan. “This is premature,” Mr. Bowers said. “You need to wait until you have something before you.” However, at least 12 people, including former Delegate Joseph D. Morrissey, spoke in support of creating the commission. Both M. Justin Griffin, who created the nocoliseum.com website, and Madison Irving cited figures from the city’s study of the project to argue that the development is anticipated to produce far less revenue for the city and far fewer jobs than the mayor has projected. Before the meeting, speakers from Richmond for All, a coalition of at least 19 community groups, gathered on the north steps of City Hall to denounce the Coliseum project and vow opposition. Ms. Gray said after the meeting that she expects council to begin setting up the nine-member commission next year. However, she said the commission would not be put in motion until

the legislation on the development is introduced. Under the ordinance, council is to appoint two members to lead the commission and provide recommendations to the governing body for seven others to fill the remaining seats, with all of the members to have expertise on development, municipal finance and other project aspects that would need scrutiny. The lack of legislation has become awkward for Mayor Stoney despite his effusive endorsement of the development, which is to include building a new $220 million, 17,500-seat arena; renovation of the vacant Blues Armory into a local market and entertainment center; and construction of another $1.2 billion worth of buildings that are to include a 527-room hotel, 2,900 apartments, office space and retail operations, as well as a GRTC bus transfer station. The plan also includes moving the Richmond Social Services headquarters six miles south to a commercial district in South Side, closing an existing community service center at Southside Plaza and eliminating a major parking area for the John Marshall Courts Building. The plan calls for private interests to build most of the development, but would require tax dollars to pay back money to be borrowed to build the arena and other public elements like the Blues Armory renovation and improvements to streets. The city’s administration and legal department are working on the ordinances that would be needed, but Mayor Stoney is keeping mum on their status. Ms. Cuffee-Glenn has said only that talks are ongoing with the Navy Hill District Corp., which is spearheading the proposal under the leadership of Dominion Energy’s chief executive officer, Thomas F. Farrell II. In other business, City Council: • Honored outgoing Police Chief Alfred Durham and council’s

retiring announcer, Dick Harman, among others; • Approved Ms. Robertson’s ordinance requiring the administration to create a strategic plan to combat homelessness. But the council postponed action on a proposal to shift $1 million in revenue from the sale of tax-delinquent properties to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and a separate proposal to require residential developers receiving city subsidies of any type to ensure 15 percent of new units are in the “affordable” category. • Voted to provide $500,000 to the Richmond Sheriff’s Office to help fund the re-entry program for people being released from jail. • Voted to name a bridge near Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School in honor of school volunteer Robert S. Argabright II. • Eased restrictions on restaurant operators seeking to offer sidewalk seating and imposed new care and control requirements on people owning animals other than dogs and cats. • Added Vauxhall Island to the James River Park System and cleared the way for development in the 1700 block of Chamberlayne Avenue at Roane Street. • Killed a proposal that could have led to creation of a program to reduce property taxes on new construction, but put in place requirements that those buying tax delinquent properties develop the property within 24 months. • Postponed action on legislation Mr. Addison and Dr. Jones have promoted to largely eliminate the residency requirement for city executives. The plan before council would require only eight top city and council officials to live in Richmond, but also would allow for a waiver that could allow them to live up to 100 miles away.

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Nearly one in five African Americans in Virginia has diabetes. Diabetes occurs when your blood glucose — also called blood sugar — is too high. There is no cure for diabetes, but there are ways to manage it and enjoy a healthy life.

Types of diabetes:

Type 2: This most common type of diabetes—which can develop at any age—occurs when your body doesn’t make or use insulin well.

Type 1: Occurs when your body does not make insulin at all. As a result, you must take insulin daily. It’s usually diagnosed in children and young adults.

Gestational: Develops in some women during pregnancy and usually goes away after the baby is born. It increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.

Symptoms of diabetes: • • • • • •

Increased hunger Fatigue Increased thirst and urination Blurred vision Sores that don’t heal Numbness or tingling in the feet or hands

How to manage diabetes over the holidays: • Take prescribed medication • Maintain a healthy lifestyle

• Stick to your usual meal times • Start the big meals with vegetables to manage your appetite • If you drink something alcoholic, do it while eating • Make time every day for exercise • Try to get as much sleep as possible

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Socks for others Home-schooled students who take online classes through Virginia Virtual Academy decorate a large Christmas stocking last Friday at the Richmond Public Library Main Branch in Downtown. Honoring the spirit of the season, the youngsters stuffed the decorated stocking with new socks of all sizes. The giant stocking then was donated to St. Joseph’s Villa to help people in need. Denise Haverty-Jackson of Petersburg, standing, checks the decorating progress of her son, Emmanuel Hollis-Jackson, and the other students, Dahlia Mohr of Bowling Green and James Searles of Fredericksburg. Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press

Petition drive continues for Put Schools First By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Put Schools First is still collecting signatures to get a proposed change to the City Charter on a future Richmond ballot to allow voters to decide whether to pump more tax dollars into school construction and limit financing for the Coliseum replacement project that Mayor Levar M. Stoney has endorsed. Paul Goldman, who founded PSF and is leading the petition drive, said efforts “are still ongoing” to collect the nearly 14,000 signatures needed to get the proposed charter change on the ballot. He had hoped to collect more than enough signatures on Election Day, Nov. 6, but rainy weather interfered. Mr. Goldman declined to disclose the number of signatures collected so far or predict when

the work would be done. But he said he plans this week to seek a court order that would require the Richmond Voter Registrar’s Office to begin checking signatures on the petitions to determine how many are from registered voters. Mr. Goldman Mr. Goldman used the same approach last year to secure a City Charter change to focus on modernizing schools. He said he is confident that enough signatures would be collected before the July deadline to get the issue on the ballot by next November, or possibly sooner in a special election. PSF’s proposal would allow voters to require that at least 51 percent of all tax dollars

raised through a Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, District be used to pay for modernizing schools. If such a measure passed, it would go to the 2020 session of the General Assembly for final approval. Such a change would reduce the amount of tax dollars available to cover the principal and interest cost of city borrowing for a new Coliseum, a main element of the plan that the mayor supports. That plan calls for creating an 80-block TIF District that would use the increase in real estate taxes from the area and increases in other taxes in a portion of the TIF to repay money borrowed to build a new, larger arena, to renovate the vacant Blues Armory as a market and entertainment center and to upgrade streets and utility infrastructure in a 10-block area near City Hall that includes the Coliseum.

Once the annual cost of repaying debt for those items is covered, Mayor Stoney has proposed that any surplus in tax revenues collected from the TIF District be shared between the city’s general fund, public schools, public art and affordable housing development. Public schools under his proposal would get 50 percent of any surplus. However, projections from studies commissioned by the city administration to review the plan indicate that during the first 15 years, most of the tax dollars raised in the TIF District would go to pay principal and interest on the borrowed funds. Mr. Goldman’s proposal also would bar any increase in the city’s meals tax, or the city sales tax on prepared food, for five years and require City Council to hold a citizen vote on any increase after that.

Critics assail Trump panel recommendations that would strip students of civil rights while not boosting student safety Free Press wire report

The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to roll back an Obama-era policy that was meant to curb racial disparities in school discipline but that critics say left schools afraid to take action against potentially dangerous students. The recommendation was among dozens issued in a new report by President Trump’s federal Commission on School Safety, which was formed in response to a Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff members, and sparked a national debate over gun control. The panel, chaired by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was asked to study a range of options to bolster security at America’s schools, from the regulation of guns to the regulation of violent video games. Yet rather than suggest a series of sweeping changes, the commission issued 100 smaller suggestions that largely avoid strong stances on topics like gun control and whether schools should arm teachers. “Our conclusions in this report do not impose one-size-fitsall solutions for everyone, everywhere,” Ms. DeVos said. “The primary responsibility for the physical security of schools and the safety of their students naturally rests with states and local communities.” President Trump praised the report at a White House event on Tuesday, saying “nothing is more important than protecting our nation’s children.” On the question of whether schools should arm staff members, the panel said it should be left to states and schools to decide, but Ms. DeVos said schools should “seriously consider” the option. The report highlights districts that have armed staff members, and it steers schools to federal funding that can be used for firearm training. Among the biggest proposals is a rollback of guidance issued in a 2014 letter from the federal Education and Justice departments to school officials that urges schools not to suspend, expel or report students to police except in the most extreme cases.

Instead, the guidance calls for a variety of “restorative justice” remedies that don’t remove students from the classroom. Former President Obama’s administration issued the guidance after finding that African-American students were more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled. The directive warns that schools suspected of discriminaMs. DeVos tion — even if it is unintentional — can face investigations and risk losing federal funding. But the policy came under scrutiny following the Parkland shooting, with some conservatives suggesting it discouraged school officials from reporting the shooter’s past behavioral problems to police. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a Republican and one of the most vocal critics, urged Ms. DeVos to find a better balance between discipline and school safety. In its report, the commission said the policy was wellintentioned but “may have paradoxically contributed to making schools less safe.” It calls for a rollback, saying disciplinary decisions should be left to school officials. It said the Justice Department should continue investigating intentional discrimination but not the unintentional cases that are barred under the 2014 policy. The proposed rollback was praised by some conservative groups but drew sharp criticism from advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers, including Congressman A. Donald McEachin of Henrico, who in 2017 requested a federal investigation into disparities in student discipline within Richmond Public Schools and other public school systems within Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. “Minority students and students with disabilities all too frequently suffer from disparities in school discipline, a problem that exists right here in our congressional district,” Rep. McEachin said in a statement Tuesday. “I have worked to remedy this issue at the state level and the federal level in several ways, including calling for a district-

Closure pending as Bennett College loses accreditation Free Press wire report

GREENSBORO, N.C. After two years of probation, Bennett College, one of just two historically black private women’s colleges in the country, has lost its accreditation, threatening the 145-year-old school’s survival. But Bennett College President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins said last week that the college has appealed the decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, according to the Greensboro News & Record. In 2016, the college was placed on probation for failing to comply with the commission’s standards for financial resources, financial stability and its governing board. Without providing details, SACS extended the probation last December, giving Bennett College one last year to improve its financial picture. It did not list continued concerns with Bennett’s governing board. While SACS didn’t publicly highlight where Bennett was found deficient, the school has struggled financially amid a decline in enrollment. Bennett has blamed the enrollment on the Great Recession and a 2011 change that tightened credit regulations for a federal loan program used to pay for college. The college held two

rounds of layoffs, in 2013 and 2015, to try to bolster its financial health. Bennett College has touted its own improvements since it was first placed on probation. Dr. Dawkins “I think we’ve done well,” Dr. Dawkins said. “Apparently we need to do a little bit more.” Last year, Bennett College saw its first increase in first-year enrollment in seven years with the class that entered in the fall of 2017. Dr. Dawkins said then that the school would focus on raising money and increasing enrollment. Bennett has since beat a $4 million fundraising goal, and had its financial audit come back clean. The college is soliciting funds from alumnae and other donors, stressing strides in enrollment, retention rate and average GPA in online posts. This approach has worked in the past, when the commission lifted a two-year sanction in 2003 after then-president Dr. Johnnetta Cole raised $15 million in 18 months. Bennett, which enrolls around 470 students, will remain open and accredited until Dr. Dawkins appears at a hearing Feb.

18. A denial of appeal would endanger the survival of the school where almost all students receive financial aid to attend. Without accreditation, colleges and universities cannot receive federal funds to cover tuition and other student expenses. Most historically black women’s colleges have closed, merged with other schools or turned coeducational. The Greensboro college’s closure would leave Atlanta’s Spelman College the last such school in the country. Meanwhile, SACS officials announced that St. Augustine’s University, an HBCU in Raleigh, N.C., has emerged from probation. SACS had put St. Augustine’s on probation for the past two years, citing financial problems and questions of institutional effectiveness. Loss of accreditation could have forced the university to close. On Dec. 11, the association’s board of trustees announced it had removed St. Augustine’s from probationary status. University President Everett Ward said that the accreditation agency was impressed by how the university invested $1.7 million in a project that helped shift the university from doing its accounting manually to using software. Officials said enrollment now stands at 767 students, down from between 970 and 980 students during the last school year.

wide investigation last year. Instead of addressing these very real problems in our community and around the country, the Federal Commission on School Safety made recommendations that will not make our schools safer. “The Trump administration decided to eliminate school discipline guidance that has helped protect students’ civil rights Rep. McEachin and have helped schools address unfair discipline disparities that disproportionately harm students of color and students with disabilities. The idea that those guidelines somehow contribute to school shootings is inflammatory, baseless, and shameful. By conflating these issues, this report sends a message that schools are safest when they discriminate. That message is morally wrong. “The administration had a responsibility to make evidencebased recommendations that better serves our schools. Instead, they have chosen to ignore students’ and teachers’ needs. That choice is unacceptable, and I will continue to work to ensure schools are safe and serve every student.” Along with Ms. DeVos, the federal school safety commission includes leaders of the departments of Justice, Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. They issued their findings after more than a dozen meetings with teachers, parents, students, mental health experts, police and survivors of school shootings. At a White House event following the release of the report, families of some shooting victims applauded the commission’s work. Andy Pollack, whose daughter, Meadow, was killed in the Parkland shooting, said the Trump administration listened to his concerns about school safety. “This is the most comprehensive report done after a school shooting, ever done by an administration, that is going to affect the quality of life of all students and teachers throughout this country,” Mr. Pollack said. While the report doesn’t explicitly encourage schools to arm staff members, it says they “may consider” the option if their states allow it. And while Ms. DeVos has previously said she has no plans to let schools use federal education funding to arm their employees, the panel noted that certain Justice Department grants can be used on firearm training. The nation’s two major teachers unions attacked the report, saying it should have focused on gun control rather than arming teachers, which both unions oppose. “We do not need more guns in schools,” said Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association. “It is shameful that the Trump administration is using the real risk of gun violence in our schools to strip vulnerable students of their civil rights, while doing nothing to keep all our students safe.” On gun regulation, the commission’s only suggested change was a call for more states to adopt laws allowing “extreme risk protection orders,” or court orders that temporarily restrict access to firearms for people who are found to pose risks to themselves or others. The group studied whether states should raise the minimum age to buy guns, which is often 18 for rifles and 21 for handguns. Some states have increased the minimum age to 21 for all guns, including Florida, which made the move following the Parkland shooting. It joined others including Hawaii and Illinois. But the panel argues the change doesn’t make schools safer. It said there’s no research showing that age restrictions reduce killings, and it noted that most school shooters get their guns from family members, not through purchases. Among other proposals, the commission called for more training to help school officials identify mental health problems when students are younger, and it urges schools to hire more military veterans or retired police officers with the training to respond in an emergency. It also suggested measures schools should take to “harden the target” their buildings, including installing windows with laminated or bulletproof glass, and making sure all classroom doors can be locked from the inside. “Sadly, incidents of school violence are too common, and too many families and communities have faced these horrible challenges,” Ms. DeVos said. “But Americans have never shied away from challenges, nor have we cowered when evil manifests itself.”

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Toys, toys, toys! Richmond Sheriff Antionette V. Irving talks with youngsters at the “No Child Without a Toy” event last Friday at Woodville Elementary School in the East End. The city Sheriff’s Office is partnering with St. Paul’s Baptist Church and AFOI, Assisting Families of Inmates, to ensure that youngsters have gifts during this holiday season. The youngsters in AFOI’s “Milk and Cookies” mentoring program enjoyed face painting, decorating ornaments and other activities before the toys were distributed. The mentoring program is active in several Richmond elementary schools, including Woodville, Chimborazo and Swansboro.

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Senate passes major criminal justice reform package Free Press wire, staff reports

WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted 87-12 Tuesday to usher in the most substantial change to the 1990s tough-on-crime sentencing laws that have ballooned the federal prison population and created a criminal justice system that is seen as costly and unfair. Called the First Step Act, the legislation is expected to win swift passage from the U.S. House of Representatives before adjournment this week and be signed into law by President Trump, whose surprise endorsement last month revived a bill that Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had been prepared put in the wastebasket. Among other things, the legislation would expand job training and other prison programming to help prevent

federal inmates from returning to prison after their release. The legislation also expands early release programs and modifies sentencing laws, including mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, with a goal of producing more equitable sentences and shifting the focus to major suppliers and dealers. Still, the legislation falls short of benchmarks set by a more expansive overhaul proposed in Congress during former President Obama’s administration and of the changes sought by some liberal and conservative activists targeting mass incarceration. The vote is considered a significant, initial victory for an unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Conservative Union, the Koch brothers and the liberal Center

for American Progress. The coalition pushed lawmakers to reconsider the costly way the federal government administers justice more than two decades after the war on crime peaked. In a rare nighttime vote and one of this Congress’ final acts, every Democrat and all but 12 Republicans in the Senate voted in favor of the legislation — an outcome that looked highly unlikely just a few weeks ago. The bill’s passage offered Republicans one final victory on their own terms before Democrats take control of the House. It also hands President Trump a bipartisan policy achievement that he can tout in his re-election campaign. Liberals viewed the vote as ushering in a new policy direction around criminal justice that could set the stage for additional changes both at T:11” the federal and state levels.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the Illinois Democrat who has led the push for changes, was thrilled. “I can’t remember any bill that has had this kind of support, left and right, liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican.” Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the chamber’s No. 2 Republican, said the legislation would reduce prison costs and save “human potential. We’re investing in the men and women who want to turn their lives around once they’re released from prison, which will result in stronger and more viable communities.” Virginia Sen. Mark R. Warner, who voted for the legislation as did his state colleague, Sen. Tim Kaine, called it “an overdue step to improve a system that still imprisons too many people — particularly people of color — for committing nonviolent crimes.

“This bill will allow law enforcement to redirect taxpayer resources toward catching and punishing dangerous and violent criminals,” Sen. Warner said. He cited some of the provisions that he views as beneficial: • Offenders deemed low risk to commit more crimes will be given incentives to reduce their sentences and access to evidence-based programs to better prepare them for release. • Federal judges will gain more discretion in sentencing low-level, non-violent offenders who cooperate with the government, ensuring only repeat offenders are subjected to the harshest forms of sentencing. • Those who are serving sentences under old federal laws that punished possession of crack more harshly than powder cocaine will be allowed to petition for sentence reductions.

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Rep. Karen Bass new CBC chair “More than building a career, what I have done throughout my life is follow my passion for activism … So the theme I’ve noticed in my life is that great success has come when I was simply doing the things I was passionate about to make whatever difference I could. T h a t ’s t h e lesson I would have t o o f f er t o anyone and that’s always lead with your passion. But I’m not done yet.” – U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, chair-elect, Congressional Black Caucus In January, the most ethnically and culturally diverse Congress in United States history will be seated. Among the historic “firsts,” the Congressional Black Caucus will exceed 50 members for the first time in its 47-year history and Rep. Karen Bass of California has been elected

its chair. Rep. Bass has a history of blazing trails for black women. She was the first to lead a state legislative body when she was sworn in as speaker of the California State Assembly in 2008. She led the state through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, fast-tracking

Marc H. Morial economic stimulus legislation to jumpstart billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects. Her successful bipartisan efforts to negotiate a state budget during the economic crisis earned the 2010 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee and its Task Force on Over-Criminalization, Rep. Bass is well-positioned to effectively advance one of the CBC’s signature issues — criminal justice reform. Earlier this year, the committee passed the FIRST STEP Act, Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely

Transitioning Every Person Act, with an overwhelming bipartisan majority. Rep. Bass has been a leading advocate for a legislative package based largely on the National Urban League’s Main Street Marshall Plan, the Jobs and Justice Act. As she explained in a statement announcing the introduction of the omnibus bill, during the 2016 presidential campaign, an infamous question was asked of AfricanAmericans: “What do you have to lose?” Rep. Bass and the CBC executive leadership team answered that question in the form a 130page policy document titled, “We Have A Lot to Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st Century.” That document, along with the Main Street Marshall Plan, served as the basis for the Jobs and Justice Act. Prior to serving in elected office, Rep. Bass worked as a physician’s assistant and served as a clinical instructor at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. In response to the gang

‘Young, gifted and dead’

McKenzie Adams wanted to be a scientist. The gregarious 9-year-old Alabama girl was just that, a girl, a little girl, a brown-skinned baby girl with braids or, in one picture, a side ponytail. Her family described her as “bubbly,” but bubbles burst, sometimes in the worst way. McKenzie hung herself in her grandmother ’s home in the face of racist bullying and taunting, which included the vile directive to kill herself. Her fellow students didn’t like the fact that she was friends with a white boy. We don’t know enough to know whether the deathly hazing came from black or white students. All we know is that a child is dead. Her suicide has shaken me to my very soul. Cleo Manago and I talked about this recently on Roland Martin’s program, “Unfiltered.” What I observed are the many ways that African-American women are the targets of racist hatred. The man who occupies the People’s House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington feels free to diminish and demean black women. His vendetta against American Urban Radio journalist April Ryan is obscene. But he is not the only one. Our culture rejects black women, rarely affirming our womanhood and attractiveness unless it is in a way that glorifies our bodies, not our person. Why is this important? Because beauty is currency in our capitalist society, and a woman without currency is at the bottom of the societal totem pole. What,

you might ask, does that have to do with public policy? The demonization and denigration of black women seep into the ways we are dealt with in the public space and in the workplace. Little McKenzie could not take being called ugly, black and more. She was not immunized from the ways we live in a ra-

Julianne Malveaux cially hostile space. She could have been a scientist. Instead, she is dead. She is not the only young black child who has died by her own hand. Earlier this year, US News and World Report reported that suicide rates among black children were rising. The article highlighted promising children, both male and female, who had ended their own lives. According to the article, “More elementary aged African-American children have been taking their own lives, and black boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 are doing so at roughly twice the rate of white kids the same age.” Researchers say they don’t know why young black children are killing themselves, but if we speculate, we can factor in mental illness, family dysfunction, unstable socioeconomic conditions and, in my opinion, hostility to African-American people that many black children cannot help but internalize. How might young black people process the killing of Tamir Rice? The murder of Sandra Bland? The vicious killing of Freddy Gray in Baltimore? Some young people might look at these incidents and the barrage of episodes directed at black people and wonder if there is a safe space for them. Part of the challenge with black children and suicide is

that black people are not accustomed to sharing their feelings. Indeed, mental health issues are often dismissed among AfricanAmericans. Folk are told to “pray” about depressed feelings, forgetting that prayer without works is dead. Adults and children are advised to shrug it off when there is no shrugging to do. The feelings of dystopia, nihilism and depression that many African-Americans experience because of the hostility they experience by merely living in their skin shows up in suicides, but also in homicides and in other acting out. And while young black men may indulge in senseless violence, young black women too often turn their pain inward not outward. Suicide is currently a national phenomenon, one of the Top 10 causes of death in the United States. There are 123 suicides per day in this country, with 70 percent of people committing suicide being white men. African-Americans are far less likely to commit suicide than white people, but the numbers among African-Americans are growing, and the numbers among African-American children are growing alarmingly. We are letting black children down, abandoning them to bullies and brazen racism. Why? Black children are experiencing the same stresses that black adults are. But they are children and they should be protected. So many of us say that we celebrate our children, their amazing resilience, their artistry, their music and their song. We must protect them as well as celebrate them. The alarming rise in young black suicides suggests that too many will be young, gifted and dead. The writer is an author and economist.

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violence epidemic sweeping Los Angeles in 1990, Rep. Bass founded Community Coalition, a community-based social justice organization addressing the root causes of injustice. The other officers elected to lead the CBC for the 116th Congress are Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, 1st vice chair; Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan, 2nd vice chair; Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, secretary; Rep. A. Donald McEachin of Virginia, whip; and Congressman-elect Steven Horsford of Nevada, parliamentarian. We congratulate Rep. Bass and the rest of the leadership team and look forward to working with the CBC in the coming two years to address issues of opportunity, equality and justice. The writer is president of the National Urban League.

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City Councilman Michael J. Jones responds Re “City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto out of the woods?” Free Press Dec. 13-15 edition: The Free Press included in an article regarding City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto an implication that I might own residential property outside the city of Richmond. I do not own any property anywhere in the Richmond metro area. Michael J. Jones Richmond Dr. Jones is the City Council representativee for the 9th District.

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May all of us remember that God sent his son to show us how to make the world a better place. God will be happy when we learn to love all people unconditionally and not judgmentally. I believe this is what the world needs now. MORTON C. MILES JR. Williamsburg

Navy Hill-Coliseum project: Subsidized gentrification? Re “In limbo: City Councilman Parker C. Agelasto casts decisive vote in latest poll on Coliseum project despite looming questions over his qualifications to hold 5th District seat,” Free Press Dec. 6-8 edition: I applaud Richmond City Council for approving the creation of a committee to review the Navy Hill-Coliseum proposal. The project has been hailed by the city administration as a game-changing economic empowerment project, one that is immune from the potential, yet familiar, negative consequences of costly development projects. But this is simply too good to be true. According to navyhillrva. com, the website created to promote the redevelopment, “This is more than just another real estate project. It’s a progressive, thoughtful, inclusive way to bring back Navy Hill.” While this assertion pays lip service to progressive ide-

als, and hints at Navy Hill’s impressive history as a center of African-American prosperity in the former capital of the Confederacy, I fail to see how the Navy Hill project will do so. Will this development provide substantive opportunities for increased African-American ownership in the neighborhood to restore it to the Navy Hill of yesteryear? Will the neighborhood serve as a model of African-American excellence and resilience as it once did? The reality is that the Navy Hill that once was, is no more. The historic African-American community here was marred by the purposefully destructive building of Interstate 95, discriminatory home lending practices via redlining, and the establishment of substandard public housing. The area sits in between the dominating forces of Virginia Commonweath University’s two campuses, which are planned to connect in the future. The areas around these campuses are populated by a growing body of students, most of whom are transplants to the city. While VCU’s student body is certainly diverse in many respects, it is not representative of Richmond’s historic African-American community.

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bring “empowerment” to those who have been historically disempowered in this city. The Navy Hill project is a trickle-down scheme whose completion might be appropriate in a future where the place of minoritized groups and those of lower economic means is more secure, but now is not the time. Currently, it is of the utmost importance to ensure that all of Richmond’s citizens have access to the greatest source of power of all — education. The money invested in Navy Hill would be better spent ensuring all Richmond Public Schools students have access to an excellent education and are provided opportunities for self-empowerment. Every day that we wait for the advertised salvation of development projects is another day in which students are not being reached within our schools. Every year that we wait is another class graduating with the knowledge that economic development projects took priority over their education. This city needs to recognize that only the youths can bring the change we all hope for. Classrooms over coliseums.

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Claflin Coach Ricky Jackson unafraid to outmaneuver his alma mater, VUU Ricky Jackson said he is “proud to be a Unionite.” But that didn’t stop him from dealing his alma mater a recent basketball beating. Coach Jackson, of the Virginia Union University Class of 1992, is a former VUU basketball manager and student assistant coach who is head basketball coach at Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C. Coach Jackson’s Claflin Panthers defeated the VUU Panthers 72-70 on Dec. 6 in South Carolina. It was the first meeting of the teams since Claflin joined the CIAA this season. A native of Philadelphia, Coach Jackson received his degree in recreation administration at VUU. “I was in Coach Robbins’ golf class (at VUU) and he asked me about being a manager. It took off from there,” Coach Jackson said in a Free Press telephone interview. “Coach Robbins had a tremendous impact on my life as someone who taught me the game and also taught me about being a man.” During that time, Coach Jackson went on recruiting trips with then-VUU Assistant Coach Pierce Callaham and volunteered with the women’s program coached by Moses Golatt.

Also, current VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor, who was VUU’s football coach at the time, was among Jackson’s classroom instructors. Coach Jackson did Coach Jackson not play basketball in college or high school. But he was fortunate to become involved with superb talent at both locations. In Philadelphia, he attended Murrell Dobbins High School, which featured Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble on the basketball team. Dobbins High won the 1985 Philadelphia Public League championship. Gathers and Kimble went on to star at Loyola Marymount University. Gathers died of a heart condition before entering the NBA. Kimble was a first round draft pick of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers. Coach Jackson’s VUU classmates included Terry Davis, A.J. English and Jamie Waller, all of whom went on to play in the NBA. Coach Jackson received his VUU degree after the fall semester in 1991. He left Richmond then to become a recreational supervisor at a nursing home in

Philadelphia. In the spring of 1992, VUU won its second NCAA basketball crown with such luminaries as Derrick Johnson, who was named Division II Player of the Year. Prior to his arrival at Claflin, Coach Jackson was head coach at Gloucester County College in New Jersey and an assistant coach from 2008 to 2013 at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., a member of the CIAA. Coach Jackson is now in his sixth season at Claflin University. His seniorladen team last year went 26-7, won the SIAC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA playoffs. Thrust into a rebuilding mode, Coach Jackson’s team was 4-7 after defeating VUU. “We’re hoping the Union game will help get us going in the right direction,” Coach Jackson said. “I wish nothing but the best for Union and for Coach (Jay) Butler. I’m still very close to Coach Robbins. I hope they (the VUU Panthers) have a great season — except against us,” he said with a chuckle. VUU and Claflin could meet again in the CIAA Tournament. Claflin will not be coming to Richmond until the 2019-2020 basketball season.

The crown for black college football will rest with North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., at least until December 2019. It’s becoming a tradition. For the second straight year and the third time in four years, the Aggies have claimed the de facto HBUC football title, this time with a 24-22 win last Saturday over Alcorn State University of Mississippi in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl. The game was played before a crowd of 31,672 fans and supporters at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and before a national television audience on the ABC network. The annual Celebration Bowl matches champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference, with $1 million going to each of the historically black athletic conferences in Division I-FCS. MEAC and SWAC officials decided to send their championship teams to the Celebration Bowl rather than contend for the NCAA FCS playoff honors. North Carolina A&T won the MEAC title and finished 10-2 under first-year Coach Sam Washington. Quarterback Lamar Raynard, the bowl game’s offensive MVP, completed 18 of 30 passes for 292 yards, with touchdowns to Zach Leslie and Elijah Bell. Malik Wilson returned a kickoff 79 yards for another Aggies touchdown, while safety Richie Kettles was named the game’s defensive MVP with nine tackles, including four for losses. Coach Washington, a former assistant coach, was named North Carolina A&T’s head football coach following the retirement last year of Rod Broadway, who guided the Aggies to Celebration Bowl titles in 2015 and 2017.

Larry Doby on track for Congressional Gold Medal

Larry Doby, the first African-American to play baseball in the American League, is on track to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. The U.S. Senate has passed legislation to honor the former Cleveland Indians centerfielder. Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, and Rob Portman, a Cincinnati area Republican, Larry Doby announced passage of the bill. It now awaits the signature of President Trump. Rep. Jim Renacci, a Republican from Wadsworth, Ohio, earlier helped the bill gain approval in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards bestowed in the United States. Other athletes who have received the Congressional Gold Medal include baseball’s Roberto Clemente, boxer Joe Louis, Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball icon Jackie Robinson. Doby, who grew up in Paterson, N.J., joined the Indians in July of 1947, two months after Robinson’s debut with “I think of him as my uncle. I call him ‘Uncle the National League’s Brooklyn Johnny,’ ” Wiggins said. Dodgers. The left-handed hitter The elder Wiggins concurs. would become a seven-time “Johnny’s been around C.J. since birth,” said All-Star, with career totals of Wiggins Sr. “I managed Johnny’s Richmond busi- 253 home runs and 970 runs ness properties from 1991 to 2004. Johnny hasn’t batted in. In 1948, Doby led seen C.J. play yet at VSU, but he plans to. He’s been the Indians to their last World traveling a lot.” Series title. Wiggins Sr. also offered another tidbit regarding Following his playing career, famous family members. Doby became manager of the “C.J. probably didn’t tell you this, but he’s a distant Chicago White Sox in 1978. That cousin of Andrew Wiggins,” a forward with the NBA made him the second AfricanMinnesota Timberwolves, Wiggins Sr. said. American MLB manager followAndrew Wiggins’ father, Mitchell Wiggins, starred ing Frank Robinson, who was at Florida State University and was an NBA first-round named a player-manager in 1975 draft choice in 1983 by the Indiana Pacers. by the Cleveland Indians. VSU went 25-5 a year ago and hosted an NCAA Doby, who died in 2003 Regional. But three starters were lost from that squad at age 79, was named to the and talented returnee Walter Williams is out indefi- Baseball Hall of Fame in Coonitely with a leg injury. perstown, N.Y., in 1998. Wiggins’ arrival was well timed. While he was best known Stepping in as a senior, Wiggins has accepted a role for baseball, Doby played the of leadership on an otherwise young Trojans outfit. 1943 basketball season for “Being older (22), coming from a Division I pro- Virginia Union University gram, having played in NCAAs, I’m expected to be after transferring from Long a leader,” Wiggins said. “I think (teammates) look Island University. He also for me to do more.” had a brief stint playing pro So far, Wiggins has been all VSU could ask for and basketball with the New York more. A little home cooking can go a long way. Renaissance.

Cedric ‘C.J’ Wiggins returns to area to help VSU Trojans Home is where the heart is. With just one college basketball season left, Cedric “C.J.” Wiggins has moved closer to his roots, in part to accommodate parents, grandparents and friends. Following a successful run at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., the stylish point guard has transferred to Virginia State University in Ettrick. The news was welcomed by Wiggins’ “Uncle Johnny” Newman. More on him later. Early signs are encouraging for Wiggins, the son of Cedric Sr. and Patrice Wiggins of the Richmond area. Wearing orange and blue jersey No. 1, the 6-foot, 180-pound Wiggins averages 8.1 points, while leading the Trojans with 29 assists. A threat driving to the basket or launching 3-pointers, he’s 14 for 32 (44 percent) from behind the arc for Coach Lonnie Blow Jr. Wiggins has averaged 26.1 minutes per game while filling a vacancy left by the graduation loss of two-year starting point guard Waymond Wright. VSU is now 7-3 after an 85-61 victory last Saturday over Fayetteville State University. Coach Blow learned Wiggins might be coming to VSU last spring. “He’s been great. We’re excited having C.J.,” Coach Blow said. “He works well with our style. He gets the ball up the floor quickly and he’s a strong on-the-ball defender.”

Wiggins comes from winning stock. He helped North Carolina Central win two MEAC Tournament titles and twice advance to the NCAA Division I “Big Dance.” He was a sometimes starter for Central, averaging six points and two assists per game as a C.J. Wiggins junior. Before that in high school, he starred two seasons at state private school powerhouse Benedictine Prep, once scoring 46 points in a single game and winning All-State honors. He had plenty of help at the Catholic military school. Wiggins shared the Benedictine backcourt with Robert Johnson, who went on to be a four-year regular at Indiana University. Wiggins is an excellent student, with all of his credits from North Carolina Central transferring to VSU, where he is a business marketing major. He eyes a professional career as a sports agent. Business is in his family tree. Wiggins’ father owns Peoples Choice Insurance Agency; his mother is a vice president with BB&T Scott & Stringfellow. And now about “Uncle Johnny” Former University of Richmond and NBA standout Johnny Newman has been close friends with Cedric Sr. and the Wiggins family since at least 1991.

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David F. Jones Sr., founder of the TH-JAW Foundation, truly believes it takes a village to raise a child. “The same type of life you pour into your children, you should pour that into your neighbor’s child,” Mr. Jones says. “It truly does make a difference.” That is the cornerstone of the foundation built by Mr. Jones. The name of the foundation is fashioned after the names of Richmond’s five primary high schools – Thomas Jefferson, Huguenot, John Marshall, Armstrong and George Wythe. The foundation’s mission is to help motivate and mentor student athletes at those high schools. The 44-year-old Mr. Jones is a 1993 graduate of Thomas Jefferson with vocational training. He is chief executive officer of his own construction company. In 2015, he became the coach of Thomas Jefferson’s ninth grade and junior varsity football teams. Mr. Jones is so dedicated to the team, the students and his alma mater that his company, with donations from the community, built two coaches offices, a $70,000 weight room and locker rooms and purchased new uniforms and football sleds and tackling dummies for the Thomas Jefferson Vikings football team. “It was a lot of hard work rebuilding the facilities, the team and athletic program,” says Mr. Jones, whose son, David, 17, is a junior at Thomas Jefferson and his daughter, Latisha, 15, is in the International Baccalaureate program there. Now the TH-JAW Foundation is working to enhance the lives of student athletes — male and female — across the city. Twice a year, the foundation puts on events — the City Summit for young men and the Queen City Summit for young women. His wife, Tamara, serves as the foundation’s vice president. “Our foundation’s program is for everyone attached to sports,” Mr. Jones says. “All of our female trainers, cheerleaders and band are a part of

the program. They are a part of the program’s family.” The summits bring together community leaders, school officials and business leaders with students to discuss academic and trade skills, the effects of social media and developing a purpose in life. At the young men’s summit in November, students were given ties and other gifts and they received SAT and job training information and dinner. The summit for young women is tentatively scheduled for January, Mr. Jones says. The foundation has done additional philanthropic work, including giving 50 complete Thanksgiving dinners last month to families. Looking to the future, the foundation is working on developing a new, citywide football championship game each year, similar to — and as big as — the legendary Armstrong-Walker Classic. “Our ultimate goal is to have a Thanksgiving Saturday championship to be played at City Stadium,” Mr. Jones says. “This would include a citywide band. It would be a great city and school event while replicating the family tradition and atmosphere” of the ArmstrongWalker Classic. “Additionally, the game’s proceeds would help the schools

economically,” he says. “The funds would definitely go to supporting mentorship, scholarships and all of the programs to help young men and women have a better chance at being successful in life.” The foundation has been working with Harry Hughes, Richmond Public Schools’ chief of schools, who was involved with a similar citywide football championship when he worked in Washington. “Playing sports is a privilege,” Mr. Jones says. “You put in the long practice hours and, at game time, your parents, teachers and coaches see the result of all of your hard work as well as what they’ve invested.” “As a coach, if I can teach a player 50 offensive plays, I know I can teach him geometry, math and history,” he says. “I would rather my players have four hours of study hall and one hour on the field. They would never be penalized for that.” Meet this week’s Personality and high school athletics advocate, David F. Jones Sr.: Occupation: Chief executive officer of David F. Jones and Son Construction. No. 1 community involvement: Founder, TH-JAW Foundation, which stands for Thomas Jefferson, Huguenot, John Marshall, Armstrong and George Wythe, Richmond’s primary public high schools. Date and place of birth: July 19 in Richmond. Current residence: Richmond’s Byrd Park neighborhood.

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28th Annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival slated for Dec. 29 James Small, a former professor at the City to the seven principles known collectively University of New York who is an expert on as Nguzo Saba. The pouring of ancestral libation and KwanAfrican and African-American world history and politics, will be the keynote speaker at the zaa candle lighting ceremony will take place at 28th Annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival on 2 p.m., followed by performances by Strange Rootz, a five-person ensemble based Saturday, Dec. 29. in Hampton Roads, and dance and The festival, presented by the music by performers from the Elegba Elegba Folklore Society, will be held Folklore Society. from 1 to 9 p.m. at Martin Luther Featured speakers at the Nia SesKing Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby sions and Watoto Kwanzaa from St. in the East End. 4 until 7 p.m. include Richard C. This year’s theme: “Shifting the Yates, a Reiki master; Djibril Niang Vibration.” of the African Community Network; Mr. Small, who is chief executive Deneen Tyler of Woman1sh Instituofficer of Sanaa Lodge Enterprises Mr. Small tion; and Cheryl Clayton, visual artist in Ghana and vice president of the World African Diasporan Union, will speak on and educator. Musical performances at 6:30 and 7:45 p.m. the theme at 5:15 p.m. The festival features music, food, an will be offered by Plunky & Oneness and OrAfrican market, a ceremony and several questra Tumbao-ist, respectively. Tickets are $7 for general admission and smaller workshop sessions and speakers in observance of Kwanzaa, which was started $6 for seniors and students ages 12 to 18, with 52 years ago by activist and educator Dr. discounts if purchased in advance. Admission Maulana Karenga. The seven-day holiday is free for children under 12. Details and advance tickets: http://efsinc.org is rooted in African tradition and encourages year-round discipline and adherence or (804) 644-3900.

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Most cherished holiday memories The memories we create during the holidays with family, friends and loved ones stick with us. The generous spirit of love and compassion gives us hope for our collective future. It is with that spirit that four Richmond area residents shared with the Free Press their most cherished holiday memories. We hope their reflections will bring joyful recollections of your own during this special season.

aving grown up in North Carolina the to read and find a Bible verse on my own, my youngest in a family of 11 children brother, Andrew, took me under his wing and — six boys and five girls — one taught me what to say at our first celebration. can imagine that there were a lot of silly, devil- For days leading up to Christmas, I was runish things taking place ning behind him to get constantly. help with my words. I was the brunt of My sister next to me many pranks because was a nuisance because I was the youngest and she did not want me to the “apple” of my papa’s outdo her in what I was eye. Consequently, I was learning to say. a constant target of my Finally, Christmas siblings. morning arrived. We Very early on, we had were all seated around a family tradition that, our large dining room daily, everyone would table. Some were smilgather at the table for ing and glancing around dinner and each sibling while others were lookhad their set time to ing at me, apparently give the blessing. But waiting to see what the Christmas Day was baby girl was going to the one time each year say to please her papa. Thomasina T. Binga when we all gathered After all the others Retired community affairs specialist, for breakfast, promptly had spoken, my papa Richmond Public Schools at 7:30 a.m. No excuses said, “What is my baby were accepted. My papa had issued an edict child thankful for this Christmas?” that each person had to say what they were I stood up and said, “I am thankful for my thankful for on Christmas and finish with a Papa and my Mama and Jesus wept and Moses Bible verse. fell down the backdoor steps.” Because I was not old enough at the time Need I say more?

t 14, I had an experience at Christmas Our winters in Indiana were often very dreary, that I have never forgotten. cold and damp. The decorations and lights gave To this day, whenever I lower an us all a lot of joy and cheer. attic ladder, I am reminded of Christmas 1982. One of my favorite things at Christmas was That was the holiday season when I put my foot, our stockings. We had a fireplace and a mantle and most of myself, through the ceiling of our where we could hang them. It felt so good to two-car garage in Fort see my stocking on the Wayne, Ind. mantle next to my little The old, artificial brother’s and my mom’s Christmas tree was putstockings. The little ting up a struggle as I atpresents we got in our tempted to force it down stockings often pleased the opening of the attic. me more than the gifts A misstep backward and under the tree. They down I went. Thankwere small treats, such fully, I caught myself on as candy sweets, Chapa rafter so I didn’t get stick, gadgets or simple hurt or end up on top of necessities. my mom’s car. My single mom My mother was suralways did her best prised and amused when to make sure that my she saw me hanging out brother and I had a of the ceiling. She was nice Christmas. She thankful I wasn’t hurt, taught me that Christmas Scott Firestine but not pleased that the was about our family Director, Richmond Public Library ceiling of the garage had and the good times we a gaping hole in it. made. We didn’t have lots of fancy gifts, but we Mom helped me get the rest of our Christmas would have a nice meal and spend Christmas ornaments, tree and manger down from the attic. Eve with my grandfather and grandma. We would assemble the tree, hang ornaments, Those are times that will always be spestring garland and get our Christmas decora- cial and remain my most happy memories of tions just right. Christmas.

was fortunate to be raised by a loving went back and forth in my mind: Was it? No it mother, one who raised five children. wasn’t. Yes it was. No it wasn’t. Yes it was! And even with all of the challenges that I finally ran to the Christmas tree and fell being the nurturer of five little ones brings, she on my knees right in front of, yes, my stereo, always found a way to bring a bit of joy into with a radio and tape player! our lives. In retrospect as an One Christmas, I adult, I’ve come to reremember wanting a realize that much of life cord player. My mother is finding the balance said that now that I had in our expectations and two sisters and a brother emotions. And although — our youngest sister the holidays represent was not yet born — it so much beyond the wouldn’t be possible material, a parent who for me to get what I’d brings a smile to the asked for. I was quite face of their children disappointed. and other young ones On Christmas mornwhenever they are able, ing, I ran down the hall will always be in the anyway to see the preshands of the Creator. ents in the living room I have such a mother. under the Christmas tree. I also am blessed to have I rose first. Being the had two loving grandJ. Ron Fleming oldest, of course it was mothers who also gave Actor and storyteller my duty to look first. of themselves to us all. When I got to the end of the long hallway, My mother has supported me, not just materially, I had a moment that will always be indelible but emotionally, socially and spiritually at every in my mind. I stood at the end of the hall for turn. I could never return the care and love that what, in my mind, seems like an hour. I stood she gave to us. But, I will try with my son. there motionless, looking into the living room. I Merry Christmas, mom. I love you to eternity.

hristmas is, without a doubt, my favor- of the day with his mother. We lived in separate ite holiday. And Christmas traditions, households. old and new, have always been what When we woke on Christmas morning, Parker made the holidays especially warm and fun for opened gifts and then we spent a few hours my family and me. And it was my son, Parker’s, working at our coffee shop, Brewer’s Café in love for biking that led to the discovery of a new Manchester. Parker loved greeting the folks in holiday tradition, one which my son and I will the neighborhood who came into the shop that do for years to come. day. Plus, he was so excited about me setting Allow me to start at the beginning. In the up his new candy stand in the shop. summer of 2015, I was blessed with a beautiOnce the candy stand was up, we ate a good ful baby boy. From the moment he was born, breakfast, and it was by all means a perfect Parker was so full of energy and promise. I Christmas morning. I didn’t want it to end. But the would spend most of my days playing with him time was coming for him to go with his mom. So and watching his curiosity for the world around we headed back home to pack his bag. him grow. Not being with my When Parker was 3 son for the rest of Christmonths old, I quit my mas is the hardest thing job as a stockbroker. I I’ve ever had to get was fortunate to be able adjusted to. To say that to spend countless funParker and I cried before filled hours with my little he left is an understateguy. When Parker was ment. I hugged my son just a toddler, I introand we wept as we said duced him to the world our goodbyes. of biking. He seemed to But then something have a natural affinity really cool happened as for riding bikes,even I walked Parker to his at such a young age. mom’s car. He noticed Noticing this talent, I his bike lying on the knew I needed to invest sidewalk. He stopped, in a strong, yet small and wiped his tears and then agile bike that he could looked up at me with the Anthony “A.J.” Brewer easily maneuver. brightest smile ever and Owner of Brewer’s Cafe Having found the said, “Daddy, remember perfect fit, Parker and I spent most of the 2017 we rode our bikes and saw the lights?!” holiday season biking around the city, admiring It was a moment I’ll never forget because, the uniquely beautiful and charming neighbor- even though it hurt for him to leave, the joy on hoods that make up RVA. Parker’s face when he remembered our lightOne night as we rode, Parker beamed with seeing expedition was the best Christmas present total amazement as we passed the bright, colorful a man could ever ask for. Parker reminded me holiday lights that illuminated the city. It was of the tradition he and I began together, one that night that I thought how awesome it was to that was all our own. witness my son falling in love with Richmond There are a lot of people reading this who may the way I had. I also thought it was really cool have split households just like mine. I know how that we discovered something that could be a difficult it can be to adjust, especially around new holiday tradition for us — light-seeing the holidays. But I hope this story reminds you, around the city on our bikes. just like my son reminded me, to really stop While biking with Parker brought me so and enjoy the moments you have with your much happiness, that particular Christmas was family. Start new traditions. Make new holiday also very bittersweet. Parker was going to spend memories. Those are the gifts that truly matter Christmas morning with me and the remainder and will last a lifetime.

Deshauna Barber, Miss USA 2016 and VSU alumna, keeps it real for VSU fall graduates By Thomas Kidd

Miss USA 2016 Deshauna Barber, a Virginia State University alumna and captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, provided some valuable life lessons during VSU’s fall commencement, which was held last Saturday at the school’s Multi-Purpose Center. “I have about 50 lessons I wish someone had told me when I was sitting in those seats,” Ms. Barber told the more than 300 graduates. “But in the interest of time, I will give you four.” Collectively called “Four Lessons to Success after Graduation,” Ms. Barber, who also works as an IT analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce, instructed the graduates to value their support system, to persist through failures, to be patient regarding their desires and to champion a cause that falls outside their direct benefit.

The 29-year-old had no problem establishing credibility, reminding the audience that the steps that led her to being the first active military officer to be crowned Miss USA and to become a highly sought after motivational speaker all began at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Chester. “So I didn’t have a ‘real job’ lined up after I graduated and it was scary,” Ms. Barber admitted to the graduates. The Columbus, Ga., native not only had to move back home with her parents after graduation, but she acknowledged she lacked patience with her desires. In a moment of “stupidity,” she said, she traded her 2005 Volkswagen with a $60 monthly payment for a 2010 Hyundai Genesis coupe that gouged her for nearly $600 a month.

Alumna, beauty queen and reserve officer Deshauna Barber addresses graduates during last Saturday’s fall commencement at Virginia State University.

“Did I tell you guys that I was working at Cracker Barrel?” she quipped. She went on to share a series of personal anecdotes, and also drew from the 1995 comedy “Friday,” to drive home her lessons. In the film, the main character Craig, played by rapper Ice Cube, grew tired of the harassment levied by the neighborhood bully, Deebo, played by Tiny Lister Jr. In the end, Craig finally made a stand, defeated Deebo and restored peace and harmony to the entire neighborhood. “Haven’t ya’ll gotten Craig-tired yet?” she asked the audience, telling graduates to support a cause that benefits others and not just themselves. Ms. Barber used her platform as Miss USA 2016 to shed light on race relations and gender and pay equality issues in the military. The 300 fall graduates hood one another during the ceremony and celebrated by decorating their mortar boards with flowers and other expressions. Right, VSU President Makola M. Abdullah gives a congratulatory hug to his daughter, Sefiyetu, who received her bachelor’s in mass communications during the ceremony. Photos by Rudolph Powell

In addition to welcoming a returning alumna at the commencement ceremony, VSU President Makola M. Abdullah sent his daughter out into the world. Among the 300 graduates on Saturday was Sefiyetu Abdullah, 19, daughter of the VSU president and his wife, Ahkinyala Cobb-Abdullah. Ms. Abdullah graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s in mass communications. “Our baby girl is graduating,” beamed Dr. Abdullah. “I will have the privilege of presenting the degree to our daughter with a handshake and a great big hug and kiss,” he added. VSU also recognized two outstanding students — valedictorian Barry G. Brown Jr. of Chesapeake, who finished with a 3.985 GPA and earned a bachelor’s in management, and 18-year-old Jazmine Delbrune of Brooklyn, N.Y., the youngest graduate. Ms. Delbrune earned a bachelor’s in biology.

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Rev. Roslyn Brock to speak at annual Emancipation Proclamation Day service Jan.1 T h e R e v. R o s l y n A resident of Elkridge, M. Brock, chairwoman Md., Rev. Brock is the emeritus of the national chief advocacy officer NAACP Board of Direcfor Bon Secours Mertors, will be the keynote cy Health. She was the speaker at the annual youngest person at age Emancipation Proclama44 and fourth woman to tion Day service at 11:30 lead the NAACP board a.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at in 2010. Fifth Baptist Church, She earned her under1415 W. Cary St. graduate degree in 1987 The event is sponsored and her master’s of divinRev. Brock by the Baptist Ministers’, ity in 2009 from Virginia Conference of Richmond & Vicinity. Union University and serves as associate Attendees are asked to bring packs of diapers, minister at the historic Alfred Street Baptist sizes 4 and 5, for the Capital Diaper Bank. Church in Alexandria.

To God Be The Glory For The Things He Has Done!

Happy Holidays

New DeliveraNce evaNgelistic church 1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 (804) 276-0791 Office (804) 276-5272 Fax www.nedc.net

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At Christmas, babe in manger is not always white By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

When the Rev. Kip Banks’ family pulls out its nativity scene each Christmas, the African features of the baby Jesus provide lessons on both the Bible and self-esteem. Rev. Banks’ 8-year-old son, Kip Jr., has told his father that the Christ child is both “black and white.” His father gently corrects him, telling him that the gospel story of Mary and Joseph’s flight into Egypt with their young son shows that Jesus couldn’t have been Caucasian. “If Jesus was white, with blond hair and blue eyes, then he’d have a very hard time hiding in Egypt,” said Rev. Banks, the father of three and the minister of public policy for the Washington-based Progressive National Baptist Convention. “For me as a parent of African-American children, I want them to have a positive self-image, and this includes getting them to understand that their Lord and Savior Jesus probably looked just like them.” At this time of year, many

Mount Olive Baptist Church Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor

Serving Richmond since 1887 3200 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223• (804) 226-1176

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

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Ebenezer Baptist Church 1858

“The People’s Church”

8775 Mount Olive Avenue, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone • (804) 262-2397 Fax • www.mobcva.org

2018 Theme: The Year of Transition

Sunday, December 30, 2018 MOBC Unity Worship Service

Service location: MOBC Multi-Purpose Building at 10:00 AM (wear your favorite sweater - casual attire)

Monday, December 31, 2018 MOBC New Year’s Eve Celebration Praise Mix @ 12:00 Noon

Minister Sheilah Belle (104.7 FM) Musical Guests: Minister James Johnson and Minister Linda Witherspoon (wear your favorite Sports Team - casual attire)

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

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

“MAKE IT HAPPEN”

Baptist Church Sunday, December 23, 2018 5:00 p.m. Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus  Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor 216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 Tel: 804-643-3366 • Fax: 804-643-3367 Email: ebcoffice1@yahoo.com • web: www.richmondebenezer.com

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evangelical Protestants latched onto a fraudulent medieval letter that described Jesus with long hair parted in the middle and transformed it into a “believed truth.” “It depicted his face as warm with some redness to his cheeks,” said Dr. Blum, a historian of race and religion who teaches at San Diego State University. “In the early 19th century, American Protestants fell in love with it.” Though none of the Gospels describe Jesus’ hairstyle or eye or skin color, mass-produced images after the Civil War followed the widely accepted notion that Jesus was a white person, Dr. Blum said. But others began to counter those depictions. In the early 1900s, the NAACP’s magazine, The Crisis, carried portraits of a black Mary and Jesus in its December issue. Later, Nativity plays in black churches would sometimes feature a black doll as the infant Jesus. Poet Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” has been staged in recent decades — including this year in Boston and Chi-

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cago — and is the subject of a forthcoming movie. But the color of Jesus in Nativity scenes and plays is far from a black-and-white issue. For Francisco Pereira, who grew up in El Salvador, it was a moment of pride when his infant son played the newborn Jesus at the Christmas Eve service at Washington’s Calvary Baptist Church last year. The father of the now-1-yearold said he thinks Jesus was brown, but when he himself was growing up he thought Jesus was Caucasian. “Like in the movies, the old movies,” he said. “That’s what I thought he was.” The Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, a white Tennessee-based minister who often speaks about cultural shifts and the church, said she tried to get worshippers to move beyond the “outdated” image of a white Jesus when she pastored a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation in Washington. For example, she held an “art and Advent slideshow” of pictures of the Madonna and Child around the world. “Sometimes the best solution is dilution,” she said, pointing to churches that display an array of multicultural Nativity scenes. “Jesus becomes less of this domesticated boyfriend and becomes an interesting historical and liberating figure.” Like Rev. Kip Banks, the Rev. Christine Wiley, pastor of Washington’s Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ, thinks of the lessons children will learn when they see her church’s Nativity scene and its black figurines. “We want particularly our children to understand that they can experience God out of their own experience,” said Rev. Wiley, whose predominantly black church also has stainedglass windows with biblical and African themes. “So they shouldn’t have to see God as the ‘other.’ They don’t have to see God as a long-haired, blued-eyed person.” Usher Badges • Clergy Shirts • Collars • Communion Supplies • Much More!

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Riverview

Christians dispel the go-to image of a white baby Jesus by including a Christ child of color in Nativity scenes and plays. Edward Blum, co-author of the new book, “The Color of Christ,” said the popular image of a white Jesus dates to 19th century America, when

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church 1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 • Office: (804) 644-1402 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) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

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It’s a Celebration!! Christmas at Union Baptist ChUrCh saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 3 p.m.

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sunday, December 23, 2018 sunday school-9:30 a.m. Morning Worship-11 a.m.

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December 24, 2018 Christmas Eve Concert 9:30PM Festive Christmas Eve Service 10:30 PM  Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Christmas Day Service 10:00 AM

Upcoming EvEnts:

December 31, 2018 Watch night service-7 p.m.

Union Baptist ChUrCh 1813 EvErEtt strEEt riChmond, va 23224 (804) 231-5884

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ST. PHILIP’S Episcopal Church

2900 Hanes Avenue ~ Richmond, VA 23222 www.stphilipsrva.org ~ (804) 321-1266 The Rev. Phoebe A. Roaf, Rector

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Obituary/Faith News/Directory

Grammy winning singer Nancy Wilson dies at 81 Grammy award-winning singer Nancy Wilson, whose silky vocals turned out hits ranging from R&B to jazz and funk, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, at her home in Pioneertown, Calif., a desert community near Joshua Tree National Park. She was 81, and had suffered from a long illness. according to her publicist, Devra Hall Levy. Ms. Wilson’s first album, “Like in Love,” came out in 1959 to commercial success. But she gained notice as a torch singer in the 1960s. She called herself a “song stylist” in resisting being labeled as a jazz singer because she could cross many genres. “She was one of those rare vocalists who could do it all – jazz, blues, pop and even funk” Ms. Levy said. “Her albums were full of gems,” said jazz historian and author Ted Giola. In the 1960s alone, Ms. Wilson released eight albums that reached the Top 20 on Billboard’s pop charts. Ms. Wilson’s “How Glad I Am” earned her a Grammy in 1965 for best R&B performance. She won more Grammys, for best jazz vocal album in 2005 for the intimate “R.S.V.P (Rare Songs, Very Personal),” and in 2007 for “Turned to Blue,” a showcase for the relaxed, confident swing she mastered later in life. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded her a “Jazz Masters Fellowship” in 2004 for lifetime achievement.

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“Nancy gave her all for her fans,” Ms. Levy said. A music critic once called Ms. Wilson the heir

apparent to iconic jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. She was influenced by Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington and other legendary vocalists. Ms. Wilson also had a busy career on television, film and radio, her credits including “Hawaii Five-O,” “Police Story,” the Robert Townsend spoof “Meteor Man” and years hosting NPR’s “Jazz Profiles” series. She also was active in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Selma march of 1965, and received an NAACP Image Award in 1998. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, the eldest of six children of an iron foundry worker and a maid, Ms. Wilson sang in church as a girl and, by age 4, had decided on her profession. She was in high school when she won a talent contest sponsored by a local TV station and was given her own program. After briefly attending Central State College, she toured Ohio with the Rusty Bryant’s Carolyn Club Big Band and met such jazz artists as Cannonball Adderley, who encouraged her to move to New York. She soon had a regular gig at The Blue Morocco, and got in touch with Mr. Adderley’s manager, John Levy. “He set up a session to record a demo,” Ms. Wilson later observed during an interview for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “Ray Bryant and I went in and recorded ‘Guess Who I Saw Today,’ ‘Sometimes I’m Happy,’ and two other

songs. We sent them to Capitol and within five days the phone rang. Within six weeks I had all the things I wanted.” In the 1970s and after, Ms. Wilson continued to record regularly and perform worldwide, at home in nightclubs, concert halls and open-air settings, singing at jazz festivals from Newport to Tokyo. She was initiated as an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in 1974. She officially stopped touring with a show at Ohio University in September 2011, but had been thinking of stepping back for years. When she turned 70, in 2007, she was guest of honor at a Carnegie Hall gala. The show ended with Ms. Wilson performing many of her favorites. “After 55 years of doing what I do professionally, I have a right to ask how long? I’m trying to retire, people,” she said with a laugh before leaving the stage to a standing ovation. Ms. Wilson was married twice — to drummer Kenny Dennis, whom she divorced in 1970, and to Wiley Burton, who died in 2008. She is survived by a son, Kacy Dennis; daughters Samantha Burton and Sheryl Burton; sisters Karen Davis and Brenda Vann and five grandchildren. In accordance with Ms. Wilson’s wishes, there will be no funeral service, a family statement said. A celebration of her life will be held most likely in February, the month of her birth.

With tears, megachurch pastor defends $200K Lamborghini gift to wife Free Press wire report

GREENVILLE, S.C. The new pastor of a South Carolina megachurch gave his wife a $200,000 Lamborghini SUV for their eighth anniversary earlier this month, and he’s been getting heat on social media for it ever since. In an Instagram video taken at the celebration on Dec. 8, Pastor John Gray of Relentless Church in Greenville, S.C., led his wife to a bow-wrapped car and handed her the keys while saying, “Lamborghini Urus.” He later acknowledged on social media that he had bought the luxury vehicle for her and responded to criticism of the purchase. The video of the presentation, which he had not posted, was taken down. “God helped me to make my wife’s dream come true,” he wrote in an Instagram post on Dec. 11. “Why not? She’s made mine come true!” By Dec. 13, he was on Facebook Live, tearing up at times as he defended his decision and said the SUV was bought with “not a nickel, not a penny” of his salary from the church or

other church money. cially, including his second “My wife has pushed for my book deal and the fourth season dreams and my vision, and she of “The Book of John Gray,” his has toiled with a man who is Oprah Winfrey Network reality still trying to find himself,” Mr. TV show, to pay for the gift. Gray said. “That On he and his carries a weight. w i f e ’s h o n e y I wanted to honor moon eight years her for how she’s ago, they were so covered me.” broke that he said Mr. Gray, 45, they had to share a became pastor in shrimp cocktail. May of the multiHis wife, Avencultural church that ter Gray, defended Pastor Gray has five campuses her husband in and an active membership of her own Instagram post, say22,000. A staff member said ing he gives away cars and between 8,000 and 10,000 furniture, as well as coats off members and visitors attend his back, in addition to tithing services each Sunday. to the church. The church began as ReMr. Gray recently said that demption World Outreach people in need, especially 20 years ago, with Mr. Gray widows and veterans, should recently changing the church’s take money from the church’s name. donation baskets. Mr. Gray, who is a Cincin“I don’t see anyone screamnati native, also remains an ing about how basketball playassociate pastor at Joel Osteen’s ers drive what they do while Lakewood Church in Houston. He has control of the assets of the Greenville church, its vision and the future of its ministry. Mr. Gray said he has saved his money for years and drew on a variety of sources finan-

you paying $$$ to see them play in arenas and on fields,” Mrs. Gray wrote on Instagram. “We don’t live for people! We live for God!” In February, the couple went to the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, and at their hotel was a presentation for the luxury vehicle, Mr. Gray said. “I saw my wife’s eyes light up,” he said. “She said, ‘This would be a dream,’ and that’s all she had to say.” The pastor put down a deposit and hasn’t paid off the SUV, but questioned the criticism he has received. If he had bought her a mid-sized, mid-priced sedan, no one would have cared, he said. With the income from his other projects, he said he can afford to make her happy. Meanwhile, Relentless Church continued its unusual approach of offering cash to its congregation members.

Zion Baptist Church 2006 Decatur Street Richmond, VA 23224 zbcoffice@verizon.net

Dr. Robert L. Pettis, Sr., Pastor Sunday Service 10 a.m. Church School 8:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7p.m. Transportation Services (804) 859-1985 “Reclaiming the Lost by Proclaiming the Gospel”

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

Worship Opportunities: For the remainder of December, all Sunday Worship Services will be held at 10 a.m. Church School will be held at 8:30 a.m.

Thursdays:

Bible Study is now on winter break and will reconvene on January 10th.

Youth Emphasis Unity Sunday December 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. 4th Sunday of Advent The “Youth Take Over” will display our youth leadership and “Speak Out!” skills while serving as worship participants during service.

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Christmas Eve Worship Service

Celebrates

Monday, December 24, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. 2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net

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and visitors were welcome to access the money intended primarily for widows, single mothers, elderly, veterans and “anyone having a tough time meeting immediate needs.”

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Last Sunday, Mr. Gray announced during two morning services for people in need “to come down and get what you need,” but said it will not be a long-term policy. The fund was generated when a staff member needed to purchase a wheelchair lift at his home. The lift costs $5,000 to install. But when the donations soared above $8,300, church officials made the decision in early December to make the excess funds available to those in need. Of the funds that remained Sunday, half was offered in the 8:30 a.m. service and half to the congregation in the 11 a.m. service. “This is what we said we would do, and that’s what we’re doing,” Mr. Gray said, announcing in each service that members

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Tuesday, JANUARY 1 11:30 A.M. FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH 1415 West Cary Street Richmond, VA 23220

Sixth Baptist Church Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New We Embrace Diversity — Love For All! A 21st Century Church

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

With Ministry For Everyone

SunDaY, DECEmBER 23, 2018 10:45 am Worship Through Prayer and Meditation 11:00 am Worship Celebration Message by: Pastor Bibbs Fired Up and Ready To Go Part II

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

Founders’ & Church

Asking all in attendance to bring new socks for boys and girls in Richmond Public Schools Community service project for 2019.

Watch nIght ServIce monDaY, DECEmBER 31, 2018

Anniversary

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

Friday, January 25th 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, January 27th 9:00 a.m.  Theme: “The Lord Hath Brought us To This Place” Deuteronomy 26:8-11

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

Wednesday Services No Noonday or Night Bible Study during the month of December 2018

Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

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Saturday

ENROLL NOW!!!

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

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

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.

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

Come Worship With Us!

Fourth Sunday In advent

10:30 Pm Concert and Preaching Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

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Antioch Baptist Church “Redeeming God’s People for Gods Purpose”

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

SERVICES

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

DR. JAMES L. SAILES PASTOR

Richmond Free Press

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-322 To amend Ord. No. 95198-182, adopted Jul. 24, 1995, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2000-208-199, adopted Jun. 26, 2000, and Ord. No. 2002-70-101, adopted Apr. 22, 2002, which authorized a Community Unit Plan (CUP) of the 62.9-acre property at the southwest corner of Chippenham Parkway and Forest Hill Avenue, to authorize drive-up, freestanding automated teller machines (ATM) as a principal use in the area designated as Parcel A, to authorize warehouses and self-storage facilities in the area designated as Parcel B as a principal permitted use, upon certain terms and conditions. The subject property is a vacant 7.75 acre property, known as 2100 Sheila Lane, is part of the Chippenham Forest Square Community Unit Plan and is located in the Huguenot Planning District. The underlying zoning of the subject property is R-2 (SingleFamily Residential) district. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as General Commercial (page 190). Primary uses include a broad range of office, retail, general commercial, wholesale, and service uses. The recommended zoning district for land with the General Commercial recommendation is B‑3 General Business. Self‑storage warehouses would be permitted by‑right in this zoning district. A copy of the proposed plan, known as “Forest Hill Storage,” dated August 27, 2018 and revised October 15, 2018, may be viewed in the Office of Land Use Administration, Department of Planning and Development Review, located on the 5th floor of City Hall (Room 511) at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond VA 23219. Plans can also be requested by contacting David Watson, Senior Planner, at David. Watson@Richmondgov. com or 804-646-6304. Ordinance No. 2018-323 To conditionally rezone the properties known as 35, 41, 47, 53, 59, and 65 Rodman Road from the B-3 General Business District to the R-4 SingleFamily Residential District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a land use category for the subject properties as Economic Opportunity Areas. These areas are identified as appropriate for a range of general office, corporate office, retail, general commercial, service or light industrial uses. No residential density is specified for this land use category. Ordinance No. 2018-324 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2007-131-174, adopted Jul. 23, 2007, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1400 Grove Avenue for the purpose of permitting a multifamily dwelling consisting of no more than ten units and authorized the special use of the properties known as 1410 and 1412 Grove Avenue for the purpose of allowing single-family attached dwellings on substandard sized lots, together with accessory off-street parking, to remove from the ordinance the provisions pertaining to 1412 Grove Avenue, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R‑6 Single‑Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates the property for SingleFamily Medium Density land use which includes, single-family and twofamily dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-325 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1412 Grove Avenue for the purpose of either a single-family attached dwelling or a single-family detached dwelling and up to four rooms or groups of rooms for short-term rental use, upon certain terms and

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conditions. The property is located in an R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family Medium Density land use which includes, single-family and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The density of the existing single-family use of the property is approximately 10 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-326 To amend Ord. No. 2014121-201, adopted Nov. 10, 2014, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2016-171, adopted Sept. 12, 2016, which authorized the special use of the property known as 1650 Overbrook Road, for the purpose of authorizing multifamily dwellings with up to 205 dwelling units, to permit up to 117 multifamily dwelling units and other site amenities and an additional 55 dwelling units in place of commercial space, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a M-1 Light Industrial District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for “industrial” land use, which includes a wide variety of manufacturing, processing, research and development, warehousing, distribution, office-warehouse and service uses. No residential density is specified for this land use designation. Ordinance No. 2018-327 To authorize the special use of the property known as 202 West 15th Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in an R-8 Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Downtown Plan designates the subject property as being within a General Urban Area, which is “characterized by medium density, mixed use development along medium sized blocks [and includes] single family homes, sideyard houses, row-houses, and small multifamily buildings, such as duplexes, triplexes, and quads” (p. 3.23). No residential density is specified for this land use designation. Ordinance No. 2018-328 To amend Ord. No. 2014222-204, adopted Nov. 10, 2014, which authorized the special use of the property known as 2319 Grove Avenue for the purpose of authorizing an expansion to an existing day nursery, to authorize further expansion of the existing day nursery, upon certain terms and conditions. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Residential at Medium densities. Primary uses for this category are single family and two family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. The current zoning for this property is R-6 (Single Family Attached Residential). Ordinance No. 2018-329 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2413 Carrington Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s current East Planning District Land Use Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Mixed Use Residential. “Primary uses include single, two, and multifamily dwellings, live/work units and neighborhood serving commercial uses developed in a traditional urban form.” No residential density is specified for this land use designation.

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ANTHONY URTARTE, SR., Plaintiff v. MICHELLE URTARTE, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003767-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOEVETTE MALCOLM, Plaintiff v. ORAL MALCOLM, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003768-00 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 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KHALIL KAMARA, Plaintiff v. KADIATU KAMARA, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003822-00 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 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF Richmond LAWRENCE EDWARD WHITE, Plaintiff v. CLEOPATRA (JACKSON) WHITE, Defendant. Case No.: CL18-5717 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimonii or from the bonds of matrimony. It appearing from an affidavit that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is. It is ORDERED that Cleopatra (Jackson) White appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 15th day of February, 2019. A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MONICA HARPER, Plaintiff v. DAVID HARPER, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003774-00 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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney

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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; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

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VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TAMMIE MCGHEE, Plaintiff v. JAMES MCGHEE, Defendant. Case No.: CL18002756-00 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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER STAFFORD ANDREW SPRINGER, Plaintiff v. ADRAMAE SPRINGER, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003773-00 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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JERRY WASHINGTON, Plaintiff v. ANGELA WASHINGTON, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003787-00 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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MARIA RIDEOUT, Plaintiff v. CLEMMIE LOVETT, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003641-00 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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NORRIS CARTAGENA FLORES, Plaintiff v. SILAS FLORES CISNEROS, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003642-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground Continued on next column

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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 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

suit. I ask for this: Soulmaz Taghavi, Esq. (VSB #88036) NovoTaghavi, Ltd. 1500 Forest Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 614-6920 - telephone soulmaz@novotaghavi.com Counsel for Petitioner

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 THELMA GREEN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ADRIAN CLIFTON GILL, ADIAN CLIFTON GILL & ADRIANNA BELLA GILL Case No. J-89613-09-00, J-89614-08-00, J-89615-08-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Chelsea Arnold (Mother), of Adrian Clifton Gill, Jr., child, DOB 7/1/2014, Adian Clifton Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014, & Adrianna Bella Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014 “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 Chelsea Arnold (Mother), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 2/6/2019, at 9:20 AM, Courtroom #5. VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ADRIAN CLIFTON GILL, ADIAN CLIFTON GILL & ADRIANNA BELLA GILL Case No. J-89613-08-00, J-89614-07-00, J-89615-07-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Adrian Clifton Gill, Sr. (Father), of Adrian Clifton Gill, Jr., child, DOB 7/1/2014, Adian Clifton Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014, & Adrianna Bella Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014 “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 Adrian Clifton Gill, Sr., (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 2/6/2019, at 9:20 AM, Courtroom #5. VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re maniyah sade bowles Case No. J-90398-12-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Marquis Jeremiah Bowles (Father), of Maniyah Sade Bowles child, DOB 11/7/2014. “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 Marquis Jeremiah Bowles (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 3/19/2019, at 9:40 AM, Courtroom #2.

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Zayonna M. Hopkins and Dyree Toney Case No. J-093277-12 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Shanika Nichols (Mother) of Zayonna M. Hopkins, child DOB 03/31/2013 and Dyree Toney, child DOB 05/01/2009. “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 Shanika Nichols, to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 1/28/2019, at 2:00 PM, Courtroom #4

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: 1205 North 25th Street E000 0561 021 1207 North 25th Street E000 0561 022 1207 Rear North 25th Street E000 0561 035 1209 North 25th Street E000 0561 023 1211 North 25th Street E000 0561 024 1215 North 25th Street E000 0561 026 1217 North 25th Street E000 0561 027 1219 ½ North 25th Street E000 0561 028 1200 North 26th Street E000 0561 015 1202 North 26th Street E000 0561 014 1204 North 26th Street E000 0561 013 1206 North 26th Street E000 0561 012 1208 North 26th Street E000 0561 011 1210 North 26th Street E000 0561 010 1212 North 26th Street E000 0561 008 1220 North 26th Street E000 0561 006 30 East 28th Street S000 1121 001 605 North 29th Street E000 0573 038 3 West Cary Street W000 0101 008 2225 East Clay Street E000 0257 001 2225A East Clay Street E000 0257 030 2705 Garland Avenue N000 0703 019 2715 Garland Avenue N000 0703 022 2500 Gravel Hill Road C004 0826 026 2510 Rear Gravel Hill Road C004 0826 024 228 Green Acres Avenue C006 0488 018 314 Green Acres Avenue C006 0488 020 1101 Haxall Point, Unit 206 E000 0001 019 4704 King William Road S006 0246 024 2700 North Avenue N000 0703 010 2706 North Avenue N000 0703 009 2506 R Street E000 0561 018 3203 Stockton Street S000 2132 010 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 costs of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the 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. ALICE LORETTA JACKSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5255 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2407 Melbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120278/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Alice Loretta Jackson aka Alice Loretta Sellars. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ALICE LORETTA JACKSON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that CECIL G. MOORE, Trustee, EVA D. HINDS, Trustee and LESLIE P. SMITH, Trustee, Trustees per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-23219 on October 22, 1997, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Transfer of Assignment of deed of trust filed at Instrument Number 97-11985 on June 4, 1997, 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 ALICE LORETTA JACKSON, CECIL G. MOORE, Trustee, EVA D. HINDS, Trustee and LESLIE P. SMITH, Trustee, Trustees per Substitution of Trustees filed in the records of Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-23219 on October 22, 1997, CONTIMORTGAGE CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Transfer of Assignment of deed of trust filed at Instrument Number 97-11985 on June 4, 1997, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Virginia: in the circuit court IN the county of chesterfield In RE: William Jahir Cardenas Colindres A Minor Child Under 18 Years of Age Hearing Date: 11/27/2018 at 10:00 a.m. DOB: 12/11/2014 Case No. CJ18C-90 order of publication The object of the abovestyled suit is to grant sole and legal custody to Petitioner, Jeymi Colindres Varela of minor child, her son, William Jahir Cardenas, has not been involved in the life of the minor child since he was approximately two weeks old. That the father of minor child’s whereabouts are unknown and therefore, It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the father of minor child, William Edwardo Cardenas, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that William Edwardo Cardenas, appear before this Court on December 20 at 8:30 a.m., and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. THELMA GREEN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-1268 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 13 West Lancaster Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0598/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Thelma Green, and Diane Green aka Valerie Diane Hunter. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THELMA GREEN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. FLOSSIE L. BLAIR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5439 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1801 Alaska Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060607/086, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Flossie L. Blair and Dorothy Mitchell. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, FLOSSIE L. BLAIR and DOROTHY MITCHELL, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that FLOSSIE L. BLAIR, DOROTHY MITCHELL, and Parties Unknown, come

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ETHEL M. ARNOLD, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5880 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1108 North 26th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000519/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Ethel M. Arnold. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ETHEL M. ARNOLD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ETHEL M. ARNOLD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL L. CAMPBELL, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-3274 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 712 West Fells Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000441/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael L. Campbell. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHAEL L. CAMPBELL, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that MIDATLANTIC EXTERIORS, INC., a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 MICHAEL L. CAMPBELL, M I D - A T L A N T I C EXTERIORS, INC., a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. STERLING R. HARRIS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5876 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1323 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0801/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sterling R. Harris. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, STERLING R. HARRIS, 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 Continued on next page

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so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that STERLING R. HARRIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

been filed that said owners, ELVIRA HAYWOOD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HESTER FERGUSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELERBY PRINGLE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, CHESTER LEWIS and ALLICE MELLETT, 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 ELVIRA HAYWOOD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HESTER FERGUSON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELERBY PRINGLE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHESTER LEWIS, ALLICE MELLETT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

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 TEMPLE M. TURNER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Richard S. Sully and Sarah L. Sully. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RICHARD S. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and SARAH L. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MAGDALENE HOWELL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RICHARD J. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA JEFFIERS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDWARD A. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JOHN R. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELIZABETH KENDRICK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; 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 RICHARD S. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and SARAH L. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MAGDALENE HOWELL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, RICHARD J. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSA JEFFIERS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDWARD A. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JOHN R. SULLY, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELIZABETH KENDRICK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Plaintiff, v. EDWARD SMITH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5378 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1311 West Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000573/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Edward Smith, Celia Smith, Ulysses Smith. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, EDWARD SMITH, CELIA SMITH, and ULYSSES SMITH, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that EVA SMITH MOSBY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 EDWARD SMITH, CELIA SMITH, and ULYSSES SMITH, EVA SMITH MOSBY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

Corporation Commission, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, 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 WALTER T. FENNER, JR and BERNICE W. FENNER, Beneficiaries of two deeds of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instruments Number 00-18428 and 00-18429 on August 2, 2000, that H&W CORRUGATED, INC, a corporation not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, VIRGINIA JUDGMENT RECOVERY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

PARTNERSHIP, a cancelled Nevada entity, Beneficiary of an Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 024517 on February 12, 2002, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 RICHARD L. TAYLOR, INGOMAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a cancelled Nevada entity, Beneficiary of an Assignment of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 024517 on February 12, 2002, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD L. TAYLOR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4880 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1902 Maury Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000290/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Richard L. Taylor. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD L. TAYLOR, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that INGOMAR LIMITED

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CLARENCE DAVIS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5877 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1423 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000800/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CLARENCE DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and INEZ DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CLARENCE DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, INEZ DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MABEL LEE CLARKE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5254 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2401 Melbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120278/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mabel Lee Clarke. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MABEL LEE CLARKE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MABEL LEE CLARKE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ELVIRA HAYWOOD, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4429 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1001 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000088/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Elvira Haywood, Hester Ferguson, Elerby Pringle, Chester Lewis, and Allice Mellett. An Affidavit having Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ISAAC C. REID, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5879 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1029 North 30th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000628/038, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Isaac C. Reid. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ISAAC C. REID, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ISAAC C. REID, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN W. JAMES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5878 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1208½ North 32nd St, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000721/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John W. James. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN W. JAMES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JOHN W. JAMES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DAVID A. DAY, SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4717 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1806 Bainbridge Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000242/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, David A. Day, Sr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DAVID A. DAY, SR, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that H&W CORRUGATED, INC, a corporation not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and VIRGINIA JUDGMENT RECOVERY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be creditors with an interest in said property, 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 DAVID A. DAY, SR, H&W CORRUGATED, INC, a corporation not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, VIRGINIA JUDGMENT RECOVERY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. LUCILLE ROBINSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5707 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2015 Selden Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120285/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LUCILLE ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that LUCILLE ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. TEMPLE M. TURNER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5669 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2508 Lamberts Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080814/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Temple M. Turner. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TEMPLE M. TURNER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that TEMPLE M. TURNER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JESSIE THOMPSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5256 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3007 Alpine Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000983/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jessie Thompson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JESSIE THOMPSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JESSIE THOMPSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. TEMPLE M. TURNER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5670 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2508 ½ Lamberts Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080814/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Temple M. Turner. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, TEMPLE M. TURNER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD S. SULLY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-5837 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3011 Q Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000628/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MACK W. AUSTIN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4866 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5304 Parker Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0100139/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mack W. Austin. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MACK W. AUSTIN, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MACK W. AUSTIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ISABELLE T. LASANE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4372 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1720 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000864/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, against Isabelle T. LaSane, Harry Roscoe Thomas, Jr, Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Curt L. Smith. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ISABELLE T. LASANE and CHARLES R. SMITH, JR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, HARRY ROSCOE THOMAS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; 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 ISABELLE T. LASANE and CHARLES R. SMITH, JR, HARRY ROSCOE THOMAS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 24, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DAVID A. DAY, SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-4718 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1800 Bainbridge Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000242/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, David A. Day, Sr. An Affidavit having been filed that WALTER T. FENNER, JR and BERNICE W. FENNER, Beneficiaries of two deeds of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instruments Number 00-18428 and 00-18429 on August 2, 2000, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that H&W CORRUGATED, INC, a corporation not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and VIRGINIA JUDGMENT RECOVERY, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State

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ITB # 18-1791-11CLE – Henrico County Public Schools Electrical Service Replacement at Fair Oaks ES; Maybeury ES, and Highland Springs ES. Due 3:00 pm, January 24, 2019. Additional information available at: https://henrico.us/finance/ divisions/purchasing/. COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1793-11EAR – Pump Road Dam Renovations – Renovations to the existing dam for installation of HydroTurf overtopping protection and all necessary incidentals. Due 2:00 PM, January 24, 2019. Additional information available at: https://henrico.us/finance/ divisions/purchasing/.

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