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City Council vote on meals tax hike set New RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras rolls out ambitious for Feb.12

100-day plan just days after being sworn into office

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Public Schools; hold town hall meetings in each district to meet parents and community members; hold five citywide meetings for members of the faith, civil

Proving more adept at corralling a majority of City Council votes on a big issue than former Mayors L. Douglas Wilder and Dwight C. Jones, Mayor Levar M. Stoney is rushing to gain quick approval of his plan to raise the city’s current 6 percent meals tax by 1.5 cents.

His promise: That the tax increase will raise $9 million a year, a revenue stream allowing the city to borrow $150 million for the construction and renovation of several new public schools over the next five years.

Even though Mayor Stoney lacks a fleshed-out and fully vetted plan on how the money would be spent — something he promised in September — and the funds to be raised would fall far short of the $225 million that the School Board needs for the first phase of its schools improvement plan, Mayor Stoney and his five City Council allies are rejecting any delay on the vote for the tax.

The tax would go into effect July 1.

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By Ronald E. Carrington

The new Richmond Public Schools chief wasted no time getting to work.

Just four days after being sworn in, Superintendent Jason Kamras on Monday night rolled out his plan to get RPS moving.

At a Richmond School Board meeting crowded with schools staff and interested residents, Mr. Kamras presented an ambitious 100-day plan that will center on what he called three core education values — engagement, equity and excellence.

The 43-year-old Mr. Kamras, who has served as an administrator in the Washington, D.C. public school system, an education adviser to former President Obama and was the 2005 National Teacher of the Year, takes the helm in Richmond as the school system faces major accreditation issues, poor student performance and a city government grappling with how to fund renovation or replacement for dilapidated, crumbling school buildings.

Mr. Kamras said he is committed to launching a strategic planning process for a new five-year vision for the school system, establishing a philanthropic effort to support the new strategic plan and charting a path with the state Department of Education to have all 44 Richmond schools accredited by 2023.

Currently, only 19 of the city’s schools are fully accredited.

Additionally, he said he will establish a task force to ensure all schools are fully staffed for the 2018-19 school year. RPS has been operating with dozens of teacher vacancies.

He said his first three months will focus on engaging families and the community by listening to and

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Jason Kamras, left, is sworn in as Richmond’s new schools superintendent as his wife, Miwa, holds his late grandfather’s Torah. Performing the ceremony on Feb. 1 is Edward F. Jewett, clerk of the Richmond Circuit Court.

learning from them.

The plan, which has been posted on the school system’s website, details 10 action points for each of the three core values.

According to the plan, he will visit all Richmond

RRHA tenants to get refunds in lawsuit settlement

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which is the landlord for Richmond’s public housing, has agreed to refund nearly $1 million to current and former tenants who were overcharged for electricity over four years.

In addition, the RRHA plans to return nearly $80,000 to tenants as it implements new utility allowances that will increase the amount of power tenants can use before they must pay.

The payments are part of a proposed settlement RRHA has reached with the Legal Aid Justice Center to end a federal class action lawsuit challenging the RRHA’s determination of tenant

utility allowances between Nov. 1, 2012, and Oct. 31, 2016.

Orlando C. Artze, RRHA’s interim chief executive officer, announced the settlement terms in a joint news release with the tenants’ lawyer, Sylvia Cosby Jones, managing attorney for the nonprofit LAJC. Along with the monetary payments, the release stated that RRHA also has agreed: • To keep higher allowances for electricity usage in place for at least three years for regular tenants; • To create new notices, policies and procedure to benefit elderly and disabled tenants who use extra electricity because of their health conditions;

• To change billing statements to give tenants more information about their electricity usage, their allowance and any surcharge; and • To train staff regarding billing procedures and handling tenant requests for relief and the method for filing grievances overcharges.

The settlement is to take effect once it is approved by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. He has scheduled a final hearing on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the federal district court in Richmond.

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Ora Lomax to be treated at North Side dialysis center

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Kings Dominion

Formerly known as the “Rebel Yell,” the racer-style wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion opened with the park in 1975. It’s new name: “Racer 75.”

Kings Dominion changes name of roller coaster Free Press wire, staff report

Kings Dominion amusement park is changing the name of a roller coaster named after the war whoop of a Confederate soldier.

The park located in Doswell, about 20 miles north of Richmond, will rebrand its “Rebel Yell” roller coaster as “Racer 75.”

The wooden coaster opened with the park in 1975.

Confederate symbols have been widely debated since self-avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof killed the pastor and eight African-American parishioners at a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015. Since then, numerous cities, including Richmond, have been reviewing Confederate symbols. More

than a dozen cities, including Baltimore; New Orleans; Dallas; Durham, N.C.; Lexington, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; San Diego; San Antonio; and Rockville, Md., have removed statues and memorials to Confederates from public spaces.

A post on the Kings Dominion blog describes the name change as part of a “revitalization.”

It stated the new name is “reflective of the design, a racer-style coaster.” The blog said the park also will continue replacing sections of the wooden coaster’s track “as a commitment to maintaining the iconic ride.”

The park received some criticism on its Facebook page following the news, with some people vowing they won’t return or will spend their money at

Busch Gardens in Williamsburg instead: “Caving into PC mentality is not a way to keep your long term customers. I’ve rode the Rebel Yell for 25+ years and can say I never once gave any thought to the name. What’s next, are you going to rename “Kings Dominion” because the word “King” has an over bearing male tone sexist characteristic? Just waiting on the feminist to comment!

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After weeks of stress, Ora M. Lomax has learned a new clinic has accepted her for the life-saving dialysis treatments she needs.

Mrs. Lomax was notified Jan. 3 that she was being barred from treatment at the West End Dialysis Center in Henrico County where she received treatment for 12 years.

On Tuesday, she accepted an offer from center officials allowing her to transfer to DaVita Dialysis Henrico at 5270 Chamberlayne Road in the Brookhill Azalea Shopping Center.

“I’m happy and relieved,” Mrs. Lomax told the Free Press on Wednesday. “I wanted to live, and this means I can.”

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Mrs. Lomax

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Working for smiles Kate Norbo, a Virginia Commonwealth University dental student, uses a portable X-ray machine to take images of Taylor Deane’s teeth during the youngster’s Feb. 2 dental exam. “Give Kids a Smile” was the theme of the one-day event launched by the American Dental Association. The VCU School of Dentistry participated, providing nocost dental services to area children.

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State auditor concludes city doesn’t need state intervention

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond can handle its financial problems without the state needing to hold its hand.

That’s the conclusion the state auditor of public accounts reached after reviewing the city’s information on its financial operations and holding discussions with the city’s finance officials.

Martha S. Mavredes, the state auditor of public accounts, notified Richmond officials last week that her office did not find anything that “would warrant offering state intervention.”

Ms. Mavredes said her office concluded that the City of Richmond has the appropriate staff, “policies and procedures in place to manage its financial operations.”

Richmond was among four localities Ms. Mavredes identified in mid-August as facing the potential for serious fiscal stress based on an analysis her office conducted of Virginia’s 132 cities and counties.

City Hall dismissed its inclusion on the short list, and Ms. Mavredes’ finding appears to uphold the assessment of city officials that Richmond should not have been included.

The analysis was conducted at the request of the General Assembly in the wake of the financial debacle in Petersburg, in which the city was found to be near bankruptcy in 2016.

Ms. Mavredes was charged with finding other localities that might be facing similar financial distress.

She said that further investigation showed only one of the four localities, Bristol, might benefit from state intervention.

However, a financial projection issued Jan. 22 by the city’s financial staff showed that Richmond’s expenditures in the next five years are expected to grow faster than revenues, leaving the city hard-pressed to offer new programs or keep up with rising costs for debt payments, employee pensions and health care.

Crusade for Voters to hold forum Feb. 20 on proposed meals tax hike The Richmond Crusade for Voters on Wednesday urged Richmond City Council to delay for two weeks a vote on raising the meals tax to allow the organization hold a community forum on the proposal.

Richmond’s oldest and largest African-American political group issued the call in announcing plans to hold a forum on the meals tax at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Military Retirees’ Club, 2220 Chamberlayne Ave. The forum is to be free and open to the public. The goal is to allow advocates and opponents to have their say as part of educating the public, according to Crusade leaders.

Crusade President Bernice Travers said a two-week delay would not hamper Mayor Levar M. Stoney or City Council as the proposed meals tax increase to help fund new schools would not go into effect until July 1.

“Our children and their futures are at stake here,” Ms. Travers said. “They need modernized schools and educational environments that are conducive to learning.

“The food tax will not generate sufficient revenue to renovate or build all of our deteriorating schools,” said Ms. Travers, whose group supported a referendum to require the mayor to come up with a plan to fully fund school building needs.

“The community and parents need to be better informed on the mayor’s and council’s meals tax proposal and plans to modernize our schools.”

Johnny Walker, chair of the Crusade’s Research Committee and organizer of the forum, said the Crusade, along with many in the community, are concerned about the rush to pass the legislation without sufficient community discussion.

He said the push to pass significant legislation without allowing more community discussion flouts past practice.

Former owner of WCLM radio settles, withdraws lawsuit Preston T. Brown is ending his legal fight with his partners who bought the former WCLM-1450 AM radio station he coowned and operated for 21 years.

The Richmond businessman told the Free Press that he has agreed to an undisclosed settlement with Mobile Radio Partners.

Under the agreement, he is giving up his shares in Mobile Radio Partners and walking away from the company that operates WUWN, which replaced WCLM, and WBTL AM 1540, formerly WREJ. Emails provided to the Free Press confirm that an agreement has been reached to end Mr. Brown’s role with Mobile Radio PartMr. Brown ners and his disputes with the new station’s owner, Michael Mazursky, and others.

Both stations have been simulcasting ad-free music since November.

The community programming that Mr. Brown built up on WCLM has moved to other stations or is being broadcast over Richmond Soul Radio, which Mr. Brown created in November to stream over the internet.

Mr. Brown, whose other holdings have included a used car lot, a restaurant and a community newspaper, said that as part of the settlement, he is withdrawing his lawsuit in which he alleged principles at Mobile Radio Partners failed to pay him an agreed upon salary and other benefits.

He also said he has agreed to drop a complaint he filed against the company with the Federal Communications Commission.

Mr. Brown said the settlement “was in the best interests of both parties. If I stayed as a shareholder (in Mobile Radio Partners), I would have to take on a share of any debt for that station, which is already at $250,000 and climbing.”

He added that he also did not see a “solid plan or direction for the stations” that would make the stations profitable.

As part of the settlement, Mobile Radio Partners has vacated the building at 3165 Hull St. from which WCLM and, later, WUWN were broadcast. Mr. Brown said he started eviction proceedings after the company failed to pay rent.

“I still own the building,” Mr. Brown said, although he would need FCC approval to do any further broadcasting from the space. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

Remember the burst of warmth in January?

These photos were taken on Jan. 23, when the temperature soared to a balmy 73 degrees. Iron workers dressed in shirtsleeves are connecting steel beams to form the skeleton of a new residence hall going up at 10th

Cityscape

Slices of life and scenes in Richmond and Leigh streets on the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Good news. The February thaw is about to begin. It won’t be as warm as January, but the 10-day forecast shows temperatures rising starting this weekend.

The high could hit 65 on Sunday, with rain. High temperatures are predicted to be mostly in the upper 50s next week, with lows in the 30s.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Creighton Court heating work to take longer than expected

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Spring will have arrived before heat is fully restored to apartments in the Creighton Court public housing community, according Orlando Artze, interim chief executive officer of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Mr. Artze confirmed Tuesday that the work to install new baseboard heat in the 78 units where radiator heating failed likely will not be complete until March 29.

That’s nine days after the official start of spring on March 20.

The completion date also is a month later than RRHA first announced when it began work three weeks ago.

Mr. Artze said rewiring apartments to accept baseboard heat is taking longer than anticipated, with electricians spending two to three days in each unit.

He said that nine units are being completed each week.

In order to accommodate the work, he said RRHA is temporarily relocating families to vacant, furnished apartments in Creighton Court. Keeping families in Creighton Court ensures “school schedules for children will not be affected.”

He said the RRHA maintenance staff also has begun seeking to improve 255 other units in other public housing com-

munities where there is no heat or heating has been inadequate.

Mr. Artze said a repair schedule is being set up and staff is being assigned to correct problems.

He said some problems can be corrected quickly, particularly if they involve replacing a radiator. But other problems, including blockages in the systems of pipes that bring hot water to radiators and return it to boilers to be reheated, will take longer.

Since 2014, RRHA has spent $1.8 million to repair and replace portions of the heating systems in Creighton, Fairfield and Gilpin Mr. Artze courts, but the authority and its board acknowledge that the level of funding was inadequate to prevent breakdowns.

Mr. Artze stated RRHA is now reexamining the way it sets priorities for capital spending in the wake of reduced appropriations from Congress and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for maintenance.

“RRHA has to make decisions on the most effective way to commit resources for major improvements,” Mr. Artze

said. “We can’t replace all the plumbing everywhere at the same time, so we have to anticipate where the problems are going to be.”

He noted, for example, that RRHA previously spent $1 million on boiler replacement in Fairfield Court. RRHA recently accepted bids to replace 11 heating circulation pumps at a projected cost of $64,000.

However, he said, “Fairfield still has heating and domestic hot water boilers that need to be addressed. A rough estimate of the cost to replace the older boilers would be $1.5 million. Another phase of the heating pipe replacement would cost about $850,000.”

RRHA has a backlog of $150 million in maintenance needs for its nearly 4,000 units. However, the authority receives between $6.1 million to $6.8 million a year from HUD for maintenance. That is $1 million to $1.7 million a year less than the $7.8 million RRHA received in 2007 for maintenance.

Going forward, Mr. Artze said, that RRHA plans to focus on using “scarce government funds to make sure we are prioritizing work related to our residents’ health and safety while speeding up the process of replacing existing public housing with new homes.”

From home, Virginians can keep an eye on legislators

By Fadel Allassan Capital News Service

It may not offer the drama of “House of Cards,” but an initiative at the Virginia Capitol is lifting the curtain on the workings of the General Assembly.

In January, the House of Delegates and state Senate started live-streaming and archiving videos of committee hearings. On a computer or cellphone, Virginians can now watch — from the comfort of their homes or offices — what used to require a trip to the Capitol.

“We’re already hearing about a lot of people watching at home and following these debates you could only follow in Richmond in the past,” said Meghan Rhyne, executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government.

The General Assembly was prodded into offering video of its committee meetings by the liberal advocacy group Progress Virginia.

During the 2017 legislative session, the organization streamed committee and subcommittee hearings using iPads and college interns. The project, called Eyes on Richmond, was part of an effort to hold Virginia’s legislature — notorious for a lack of transparency — to account, said Anna Scholl, executive director of Progress Virginia.

The videos from Eyes on Richmond weren’t Emmy quality, and the audio

How to watch For links to videos of the House of Delegates and state Senate floor sessions and committee meetings, go to the General Assembly’s website — http:// virginiageneralassembly.gov/ — and click on “Members and session.”

To watch a committee meeting, drill down to the committee’s webpage and then to the agenda for a specific meeting. There, you will find a video link.

For videos of subcommittee meetings, go to EyesOnRichmond.org, a project of the group Progress Virginia.

Eyes on Richmond has four “channels” — websites featuring a different video stream. The project’s home page includes a calendar listing which subcommittee meetings are being webcast on each channel.

Each channel’s home page also has a link to videos of previously recorded subcommittee meetings.

sometimes was hard to understand. But the project received an award from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government in November.

The General Assembly then followed suit and began providing live streams and video recordings — at the committee level only — when the 2018 legislative session opened last month.

The streams and archives are accessible from each committee’s webpage. Those webpages can be found on the General Assembly’s website.

Eyes on Richmond still webcasts and archives many subcommittee meetings. Ms. Scholl said the group will continue to do so until the state provides that service.

That likely will happen when the state opens a replacement for the General Assembly Building in 2021. A spokesperson

for House Speaker Kirk Cox said Monday that the commonwealth will provide video of subcommittee meetings in the new facility.

The state has been broadcasting House and Senate floor sessions since the 1970s and putting them online for a decade. But Ms. Scholl said the most substantive debate, as well as testimony from citizens, happens at the committee and subcommittee levels in the General Assembly.

“We believe very strongly that transparency is necessary in lawmaking,” Ms. Scholl said. “Constituents should have access to the actions that are being taken on their behalf.”

State officials said it cost more than $500,000 to set up video streaming of committees in the House and about half that amount in the Senate.

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Richmond native’s business has all eyes on Oprah

By Ronald E. Carrington

Oprah Winfrey has taken her look to the next level, thanks to Yolanda James, a Richmond native and eyewear boutique owner in downtown Washington.

In delivering her show-stopping speech at the recent Golden Globe awards, in Weight Watchers commercials and daytime television interviews, Ms. Winfrey is sporting eyewear supplied

by Ms. James.

The large, gold cat-eye glasses, the dazzling red carpet eyeglass frames and the brainy-looking round specs Ms. Winfrey wears in InStyle magazine’s March issue are all from Ms. James’ companies, Insight Opticians and Operating Insights.

“I love helping people find the right eyewear according to their prescription and their faces,” said Ms. James, whose creative eye for style and fashion have drawn a wide clientele.

“I have a wide range of clients — entertainers, business people, politicians and just folk,” Ms. James said. “They are like family.”

The former Highland Park residnt said her connection to Ms. Winfrey stems from an encounter about a year ago, when Taroue Brooks, an event planner and publicist, came into her shop.

He was impressed by what he saw, she recalled, and because the shop was owned by a black woman.

“He said that more people need to know about this,” Ms. James said.

He pushed her to get professional headshots using makeup artist Derrick Rutledge, who also happens to be the makeup artist for Ms. Winfrey and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Ms. James said she didn’t know about his connection to Ms. Winfrey. She said she let him select two pairs of glasses when he didn’t charge her for the makeup session.

City Council approves Larus Park water deal

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmonder takes tech talent for transportation across country

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Transportation planning used to involve a lot of educated guesswork on how, when and where people drive in cities and the countryside.

Predictive models and expensive surveys were used, but the results never were considered particularly reliable.

Then along came Richmonder Laura Schewel, whose innovation is providing real-time information on driver habits to aid in the planning for bridges, street improvements, public transit and even the placement of billboards.

Her idea: Use the massive amounts of location data that cell phone companies and GPS services collect from customers to enable civil engineers to be more efficient in developing transportation infrastructure.

Ms. Schewel, 34, came up with the idea in 2009 while enrolled in a Ph.D.

program at the University of an East Coast office in the California-Berkley.

804RVA co-working space at Her insight, along with 1657 W. Broad St., just a few creating software to use the blocks from The Fan home location data, has morphed where she grew up. into StreetLight Data, the San A major reason she chose Francisco-based company she Richmond is that one of the co-founded in 2011 and runs company’s biggest clients is as chief executive officer. based here, the Virginia DeMs. Schewel With 31 employees, the partment of Transportation. company processes 60 billion location In the company’s early days, “we records a month to enable clients to had to find clients who would see the get the information they need down to vision,” she said. Virginia transportation street corners. officials were among the first to see the “We’re the first and only company value of the information the company that provides” this kind of information offered, she noted. for transportation uses, Ms. Schewel said A Yale graduate with degrees in in a recent phone interview. engineering and literature, Ms. Schewel Before her insight, she said, “There was learned about the data problem transmore known about what people watched portation engineers face while she was on TV than on driving habits.” working on policies to stimulate the sale T:9.138” While the company’s home base is in and use of electric cars at a Colorado San Francisco, Ms. Schewel just opened think tank and at the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission.

Her frustration at the lack of data led her to the find the solution. Now the company’s data makes it easy for just about anyone to do what Ms. Schewel wanted — see detailed maps of driving habits. The software allows her to type in an address and find out when people drive by or stop at the location and what neighborhoods they are coming from.

No individual can be tracked.

She said the data is used by a variety of companies, including companies trying to decide where to open a new medical office, an auto repair shop or a restaurant or where to place a billboard.

“We also can provide data on biking and pedestrian behavior and on transit service,” she said. “We can even help with a slight corridor improvement, such as the placement of an off ramp.

“It’s just making transportation planning better,” she said.

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Richmond City Council this week lifted an 18-year-old ban on development in a 106-acre city park in South Side to enable the city Department of Public Utilities to sell more water to Chesterfield County.

As anticipated, Councilwoman Kristen N. Larson, Ms. Larson 4th District, led the council Monday in approving the deal with the county that will enable Chesterfield to clear 1.2 acres of Larus Park to construct a new pump and water tank so it can gain the extra water.

The vote was 8-0, with Fifth District Councilman Parker C. Agelasto abstaining, to lift the park development ban the council imposed in 2000.

Ms. Larson, who represents the area, dropped her opposition to the plan after City Hall agreed to buy 18 adjoining acres to expand Larus Park and the council backed her plan to place a conservation easement to prevent further development in the park.

Before Monday night’s vote, Ms. Larson also called on City Attorney Allen L. Jackson to prepare conservation easements to protect other city parkland.

Mr. Agelasto abstained because he heads a nonprofit group that could be involved with the conservation easements for Larus Park and other parkland.

City Council previously has imposed the no-development conservation easements only on the James River Park system and Bandy Field Park in the far West End, according the Sierra Club’s James River Chapter.

Robert Steidel, the city’s chief operating officer, told council the project would allow the city to boost sales of water to Chesterfield county from 27 million gallons a day to 32 million gallons a day.

He said the water tank is being placed to reduce its visibility to Richmond residents.

Mr. Steidel said the project would generate $1.8 million a year in new revenue for the city. He has acknowledged to the Free Press and others that the figure is the expected gross revenue. He previously stated that the net new revenue would amount to $85,000 a year.

The city also would receive an additional contribution from Chesterfield for capital costs for utilities, which are used to maintain and improve the water plant and other facilities.

Overall, the city is expected gain less than $500,000 a year in new revenue from the project.

Derrick Rutledge

Yolanda James and Oprah Winfrey show off Ms. Winfrey’s new eyewear choice from Insight Opticians during their September meeting in New York.

Apparently, Ms. Winfrey loved Mr. Rutledge’s new look. Her chief of staff called Ms. James a few weeks later, in September 2017, while Ms. James was attending a trade show in Las Vegas.

“She asked if I could come to New York,” Ms. James said.

“I took my travel case with a hundred pairs of eyeglasses to meet Oprah at her New York office and helped her decide what eyewear worked best to compliment her face.

“Oprah was a great person,” Ms. James said. “She was very quiet. There was no music or TV during our 30-minute meeting as we went through the glasses.”

Ms. Winfrey bought several pairs that have given her the new look.

“As I was packing up and getting ready to leave, Mr. Rutledge came in,” Ms. James recalled. “Oprah wanted to take a picture. I was elated.”

Ms. James’ journey started on Dunn Street, where she grew up behind Hotchkiss Field in Highland Park.

She graduated from Mary Mount University in 1984 with a degree in graphic arts. She also took a number of management courses, and after a corporate graphic arts internship, she decided that being creative under pressure was not for her.

Eventually, her management courses opened a path to the retail business, where she managed a Lane Bryant store in Richmond and several ladies boutiques and, later, a high-end sunglasses kiosk in Washington.

When the kiosk closed, she moved to Georgetown Optical where she met a brother and sister optical team that took her under their professional wing. She learned to ensure her clients left with better vision and with eyeglasses that fit their unique facial features.

Now, her customer following is burgeoning.

“It’s more than just style,” Ms. James said.

A great team is good for the heart.

The level of expert care you receive at VCU Health’s Pauley Heart Center is clear. So it comes as no surprise that Dr. Antonio Abbate, a cardiologist with Pauley Heart Center, has been ranked among the top 27 U.S. cardiologists in an article released by Forbes magazine. Congratulations to Dr. Abbate and his talented team.

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Henrico schools superintendent to retire

By Ronald E. Carrington

Henrico County Public Schools Superintendent Patrick C. Kinlaw will retire June 30.

The announcement was made Tuesday by schools officials.

Dr. Kinlaw, 63, has served for 20 years in the Henrico school system, where he has held the top leadership role since 2014.

“The last four years have been the highest honor of my career,” he said in a statement. “I am so humbled by the opportunities I have been afforded in Henrico County.”

The Henrico School Board recently offered to extend Dr. Kinlaw’s contract, but Dr. Kinlaw turned it down, deciding to step down after 40 years in the education field.

School Board Chair Micky Ogburn expressed appreciation for Dr. Kinlaw’s service and noted that he has offered to help mentor the county’s next superintendent “to help continue the positive momentum we’re seeing in our schools and communities,” she said.

Under Dr. Kinlaw’s leadership, Henrico schools began to frame the division’s work Dr. Kinlaw around four cornerstones: Student safety, academic progress, closing gaps and relationships. In 2017, 54 of the county’s 67 schools were fully accredited by the state, the highest number in five years.

But the school system also is dealing with issues of racism and bullying following a racially charged incident in October in the boys’ locker room at Short Pump Middle School.

Dr. Kinlaw announced in November the creation of a position for a director of equity and diversity that would help plan and monitor racial bias and help recruit and retain a more diverse school system staff. A schools official said Wednesday they are still working to fill the position.

A special meeting of the Henrico School Board has been called for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the New Bridge Auditorium, 5915 Nine Mile Road, to organize and plan the search process for a new superintendent.

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full view Monday night as the nine members of City Council convened for the Organizational Development Committee meeting to consider whether to send the meals tax proposal for a vote at council’s next regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 12.

Three and a half hours later, at least 25 people had come forward to speak for or against the measure — from restaurateurs to School Board members and citizens. The council committee then voted 5-3, with one abstention, to pave the way for Monday night’s vote.

The abstention came from Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, who was incensed after members voted 5-4 to kill her motion to delay the vote for at least 30 days. She said she wanted time for council members to hold district meetings and hear from constituents.

Council members Kim B. Gray, 2nd District; Kristen N. Larson, 4th District; and Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District; joined Ms. Trammell in calling for additional time.

Mr. Agelasto, whose district includes restaurant-rich Carytown, appealed to his colleagues to avoid a rush and to spend some time considering other options.

“I’m not opposed to a meals tax increase, but the mayor’s plan does not go far enough,” Mr. Agelasto said. He argued that there are ways to raise more revenue for schools, including passing a tax on cigarettes that council previously rejected.

The response was a swift, sharp no.

Led by Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, and

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rights, nonprofit, higher education and business communities; and conduct 12 “Living Room Chats,” three each in the city’s East End, West End, South Side and North Side.

Last Friday, his first full day in office, Mr. Kamras visited Bellevue Elementary when students arrived and Huguenot High as students were being dismissed.

His schedule called for him to go to Chimborazo, Holton, Swansboro and Broad Rock elementary schools, Martin Luther King Jr. and Binford middle schools and Thomas Jefferson High School by this week’s end.

He also plans to launch “RPS Direct”, a weekly communication to be sent directly to the public, and hold a Twitter town hall. He also plans to meet with each member of Richmond’s Virginia Assembly delegation and have four advisory cabinets, one each for high school students; parents and caregivers; teachers; and principals.

Mr. Kamras also plans to have an outside firm conduct an “equity audit” of all RPS functions, and to launch a campaign to recruit teachers to serve in the city’s highest poverty schools.

Two task forces will be created to develop recommendations for restorative justice practices in schools and for providing teacher development on trauma informed care.

He also said he, his family and the School Board will walk the Richmond Slave Trail, visit the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and The Valentine’s exhibit “Nuestras Historias: Latinos in Richmond.”

He also plans a system of recognition for outstanding students, educators and support staff each month.

“As a native Richmonder and a graduate of RPS, I feel confident that this plan represents a great first step in the work we need to do together on behalf of our schools,” said School Board Chairwoman Dawn Page. “The key to building the school district that we all want is to engage the community while striving for excellence and ensuring equity for students.”

Mr. Kamras also will be replacing the present RPS cabinet members so that he can bring in his own administrators, sources told the Free Press.

His swearing in last week at the School Board office in City Hall was packed with more than 90 people, including board members, city and schools officials and area residents.

Flanked by his son, Ezra 8, and Akiva, 6, who he said will be attending city schools, Mr. Kamras placed his hand on his late grandfather’s Torah that was being held by his wife, Miwa, and took the oath of office from Richmond Circuit Court Clerk Edward F. Jewett.

In late November, he was unanimously selected by the School Board to lead RPS and given a contract with a base salary of $250,000 annually through June 30, 2021. He is the highest paid superintendent in the Richmond area.

In 10-minute remarks, his first words to the families of RPS students were, “Thank you for entrusting me with the extraordinary honor of serving your children.” He delivered those words in both English and Spanish.

Mr. Kamras also used an African proverb to illustrate his approach to accomplishing his goals in education: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

He thanked Ms. Page and the interim Superintendent Thomas E. “Tommy” Kranz for their support and guidance during his transition from Washington to Richmond. He also expressed excited anticipation in working with the School Board, staff and Mayor Levar M. Stoney.

“I really believe Mr. Kamras is the guy who can turn the tide in Richmond Public Schools,” Mayor Stoney told the Free Press after the ceremony. “I love his enthusiasm. He is innovative. And I love the fact that he is for 100 percent equity.”

Mr. Kamras said he supports the mayor’s proposed meals tax increase to support school construction funding.

“I know the city has significant challenges on the financial front, but the meals tax will help us get the ball rolling,” he said.

“If we have a great school system that’s attracting families from all over the country, that means there will be a lot more people eating in Richmond restaurants.”

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The Rev. A. Lincoln James Jr., pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, talks up his support for the meals tax at a City Hall press conference Tuesday. Mayor Levar M. Stoney, left, listens as 17 other ministers and Sheriff Antionette V. Irving, right, demonstrate the community support for his plan to generate money to build several new schools.

Council Vice President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, the majority showed its support for full speed ahead.

The majority also included council members Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; Michael J. Jones, 9th District; and Andreas Addison, 1st District, who had publicly opposed the increase before the meeting.

“You say, ‘Just wait.’ I can’t wait any longer,” said Ms. Newbille in an impassioned plea. She said children in her district are attending a 100-year-old school, George Mason Elementary, that is in miserable condition.

She and Mr. Jones acknowledged that the mayor’s plan still will leave the majority of city students attending decaying schools in five years. Both said the mayor’s meals tax plan should be described as more of a beginning to tackling the projected $800 million challenge of replacing about 35 outdated city schools.

Mr. Addison said he wants to take this step on behalf of children and believes that other options for raising money for school construction can be considered when the council takes up the 2018-19 budget next month.

Mr. Jones said he needs new schools now to relieve the overcrowding in his district. “This is not the answer,” he said, but “it is one small piece to get the ball rolling.”

The city’s financial advisers have told the mayor and the council that Richmond used up its debt capacity building a new jail and four new schools in the past five years. Between 2023 and 2028, the city is expected to gain $320 in new debt capacity as a result of paying off a portion of its current debt.

But until then, the city’s credit card is maxed out, in their view.

Several council members warn that rushing the meal tax hike through will cost the mayor and others community goodwill.

“People understand when they don’t win the vote. They don’t understand if they’re not allowed to voice their opinion,” said Ms. Gray, who noted that her district also has a 100-year-old school building and others plagued with troubles that might not be addressed for years to come.

However, at least one person is content Mayor Stoney is taking a tough approach.

“The mayor has put himself in a box,” said Paul Goldman, leader of the School Modernization Committee that put the school construction issue on the front burner and pushed the mayor into initiating a plan.

“He has told the public there is only one way to go — raise taxes,” said Mr. Goldman, who successfully put a referendum on the November ballot that was approved by 85 percent of voters.

The referendum, which is now before the General Assembly, called on the mayor to deliver a fully funded plan. The current tax plan appears to have been the mayor’s response.

Mr. Goldman said Wednesday that he would roll out his proposal to use current funds to pay for school construction funding ahead of council’s scheduled vote next week.

He said his proposals would promote “a shared sacrifice” and show what could be done “if building new schools is the No. 1 priority.”

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ceive payments, how they are to present claims, when RRHA would begin issuing refunds and how much the average payment might be.

However, Mr. Artze stated the settlement allows any unclaimed money to be used to create an energy efficiency fund to seal windows and to take other steps to reduce electric use for current tenants.

Cenquetta Harris, one of the six tenants who sued RRHA, expressed delight with the agreement.

“As tenants, we work hard to try to pay our bills. But our utility bills were too high,” she stated in the release. “This settlement shows that when we band together to stand up for ourselves, we can make sure that everyone is treated fairly.”

Mr. Artze recently replaced at the housing authority former CEO T.K. Somanath, who was heavily involved in hashing out the settlement terms before he left. Mr. Artze stated that the authority “is pleased to have worked constructively with the plaintiffs … to resolve this complex dispute so that RRHA can continue to focus on meet-

ing the needs of residents in our public housing communities.”

After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve the issue, LAJC filed suit in February 2017 on behalf of Ms. Harris and five other tenants, some of whom had faced or were facing eviction over unpaid electricity charges.

The suit alleged that RRHA failed to set or implement a policy providing an appropriate utility allowance for tenants, resulting in excessive power charges.

LAJC attorneys teamed with Thomas D. Domonoske of Consumer Litigation Associates on the suit that sought to prove that RRHA improperly increased the tenants’ share of their housing costs above the 30 percent ceiling, essentially flouting federal law and regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

While the RRHA denied any wrongdoing in responding to the suit, it did not contest the allegations and instead chose to enter settlement talks last fall.

Mr. Artze stated that RRHA did so to avoid the uncertainty and expense associated with continued litigation. The RRHA was represented by St. John, Bowling,

Lawrence & Quagliana, a Charlottesville firm that that serves as the authority’s legal counsel.

“RRHA is glad to have reached an amicable result with the tenant plaintiffs in this case, which promotes RRHA’s goal of transparency and fairness while providing affordable housing to Richmond residents,” Mr. Artze stated.

“It is important to note that RRHA did not benefit financially from the billing of utility charges to residents,” he added. “In fact, the administrative requirements of the utility surcharge system and insufficient HUD subsidy result in RRHA’s provision of electric utility service to residents at a financial loss to the agency.”

Ms. Jones of LAJC also hailed the agreement.

“The settlement is the result of hard work by both parties,” she stated. “We are very pleased that in addition to relief for past charges, our clients will be billed fairly and in compliance with HUD rules going forward.”

LAJC has reached similar settlements with housing authorities in Charlottesville and Petersburg.

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ashamed of yourself.”

Another person expressed a different view: “I love the park and will get season passes again for 2018. I’ve been going to the park since 1980 and my 8 year old son now joins me. I am sentimental about certain things like the Haunted River and yes even Smurf Mountain ... but I don’t get …hurt if King’s dominion makes decisions about names, it’s just a name the rides the same. Life is too short and I have more important things to worry about. KD is an essential part of my family’s summer and it will be that way for years to come.”

Opening day is March 24.

The Free Press reported in the Feb. 1-3 edition on the critical situation the 86-year-old NAACP stalwart was facing when West End Dialysis Center informed her she was being cut off from service.

The center’s operations director, David Schwemer, and the medical director, Dr. Martin Starkman, both signed off on her involuntary discharge, and Mrs. Lomax was told by the social worker assigned to her case that no other dialysis center in the Richmond area would accept her.

Her only choice, social worker Carolyn Coppedge told her, would be to go from emergency room to emergency room for dialysis.

The West End center is owned by Fresenius Kidney Care, the nation’s largest provider of dialysis. The life-saving treatment cleans the blood of waste and fluids for people like Mrs. Lomax whose kidneys have failed.

According to Mr. Schwemer and Dr. Starkman, Ms. Lomax was being discharged for behavioral issues, although she said she never received any specific information about those issues.

Numerous people called the West End center

on her behalf, including Dr. Pamela HamiltonStubbs, chair of the state NAACP’s Health Committee, as the Feb. 3 deadline loomed.

And the center continued to provide treatment to Mrs. Lomax past the Feb. 3 deadline while looking for another clinic to accept her.

In a letter to the editor received Tuesday by the Free Press, Katherine Sarisen, regional vice president for Fresenius Medical Care, stated that “involuntary discharges are rare and a measure of last resort that happen only after all other options have been exhausted.

“The decision to involuntarily discharge Mrs. Lomax from our clinic was not an easy one,” she stated, and Fresenius offered assistance “with transferring (her care) to another center.”

However, Ms. Sarisen’s letter does not include any additional information to explain the decision.

Neither she nor other company officials have responded to a Free Press request for documents explaining the discharge.

Nor have center officials allowed the Free Press to review Mrs. Lomax’s records, despite Mrs. Lomax giving the Free Press permission to review her file and discuss her case with center officials.

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Florida votes to replace Confederate statue in Congress with one of Mary McLeod Bethune Free Press wire report

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida could soon help diversify the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall by replacing a Confederate general’s likeness with the hall’s first statue honoring an African-American woman.

The state Senate voted unanimously on Jan. 31 to install a statue of educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune in the spot where a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith still stands.

Mrs. Bethune founded Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904, which eventually became BethuneCookman University in Daytona Beach.

She also served as president of the National Association of Colored Women, was an appointee of President Herbert Hoover to the White House Conference on Child Health and was an adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt.

The university has offered to pay for the Bethune statute, but the cost of transporting both statues has yet to be addressed.

A similar bill is making its way through the Florida House.

The change “is a way of recognizing our history, but also our diversity. It shows Florida in our best light,” said the bill’s sponsor, Democratic Sen. Perry Thurston. “It’s a major message. It shows not only Florida, but the nation that we

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are coming together and trying to recognize all of our history.”

The Florida legislature voted in 2016 to replace the Smith statue during a nationwide backlash against Confederate symbols in the wake of the 2015 shooting deaths of nine African-American worshippers at historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Despite agreeing to remove the Smith statue from the U.S. Capitol, Florida lawmakers were unable to come up with a replacement during the

2017 legislative session, as the House did not move forward with suggestions from the Great Floridians Program within the state Division of Historic Resources.

At the time, some lawmakers objected to the move, saying it was an effort to erase Southern history.

The statue of Gen. Smith, one of Florida’s two statues in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, has been in place since 1922. He is remembered as the last Confederate officer to surrender a significant force

at the end of the Civil War, nearly two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia and formally ended the war on April 9, 1865.

Florida’s other representative in Statuary Hall is John Gorrie, widely considered the father of air conditioning.

The law requiring the removal of the Smith statue set up a process to replace it.

An independent committee reviewed 130 recommendations from Floridians and presented the legislature with three choices — Mrs. Bethune; Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who wrote “The Everglades: River of Grass” and is credited with helping create that national park preserving 1.5 million acres of wetlands in southern Florida; and George Washington Jenkins, who started the Publix supermarket chain.

Mrs. Bethune was the committee’s unanimous choice.

The bill calls for the Smith statute to be taken back to Florida to be put on public display.

Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley, a defender of Confederate monuments who opposed the removal of the Smith statue, said that provision of the bill earned his support.

“I am committed to finding him a place of honor,” Sen. Baxley said. “For the first time, I’ll be voting for this bill.”

Renewed Poor People’s Campaign starts first of several national actions Free Press wire report

RALEIGH, N.C. The renewed version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to lift poor people held its first national mobilization, with actions and events Monday in 32 states and the nation’s capital.

Poor people, clergy and activists in the Poor People’s Campaign delivered letters to politicians in state Capitol buildings demanding that leaders confront what they call systemic racism evidenced in voter suppression laws and poverty rates.

Among those who signed on to the campaign is the Rev. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in WinstonSalem, N.C., who recalled protesting in New York City in the 1960s.

“I’ve been waiting for almost

50 years for this to actually happen,” said Rev. Mendez, 68.

The campaign is especially important now because leaders who don’t want to help the poor “should not have a free hand to say and do whatever they want and there be no resistance,” he said.

Led by the Revs. William Barber of North Carolina and Liz Theoharis of New York, the campaign officially began Dec. 4, 50 years after Dr. King started the first Poor People’s Campaign. Dr. King was assassinated a few months later and “nobody really picked it up” until now, Rev. Mendez said.

The letters to politicians call for a new course in government.

“Our faith traditions and state and federal constitutions all testify to the immorality of

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an economy that leaves out the poor, yet our political discourse consistently ignores the 140 million poor and low-income people in America,” the letter states.

Rev. Barber, who will be among the group that delivers letters to Congress and the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said the campaign is building toward a “season of direct action and civil disobedience” that begins on May 13 and continues through June 21, the anniversary of the slayings of three civil rights workers in 1964 in Philadelphia, Miss.

The actions, including a poverty tour, will be followed by more work as part of a multiyear campaign to build power “among the poorest and most powerless communities,”

he added.

And on Monday, Feb. 12, the 50th anniversary of the sanitation workers’ strike that brought Dr. King to Memphis, where he was assassinated, fast food cooks and cashiers plan to walk off their jobs in Memphis to support higher wages and union rights. Protesters plan to march from Clayborn Temple to Memphis City Hall, the same route the sanitation workers took.

The most important part of the campaign is that the people who are hurting because of poverty and racism are its leaders, Rev. Theoharis said.

“I feel very positive that the real heroes and heroines

of our country are coming together to cross all kinds of lines that usually divide us like race, gender, economic status, political party,” he said.

Leslie Boyd of Candler, N.C., has followed Rev. Barber since he began the “Moral Monday” protest movement in North Carolina almost five years ago. Her son, Mike Danforth, was 33 when he died of colon cancer in 2008 because he lacked insurance even though he had a job but couldn’t afford the yearly colonoscopies that he needed.

Her hope for the campaign is that it changes what she sees as a national narrative that not only blames the poor for the

poverty but uses religion to do so. Too many people believe that “if you were a good person, Jesus would bless you,” Ms. Boyd said.

U.S. Census figures show that the poverty rate among blacks was 22 percent in 2016, while it was almost 9 percent among whites. But in sheer numbers, almost 17.5 million white people are classified as living in poverty, compared to 8.7 million black people. The U.S. poverty rate was almost 13 percent in 2016.

“It’s not immoral to be poor,” said Ms. Boyd, 65. “It’s immoral to make people poor with our actions as a government and as a people.”

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Trumpet Awards to be presented Feb.11

Six people and the group Cameo will be celebrated for the their achievements and contributions during the 2018 Trumpet Awards to air on Bounce TV at 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11.

Larenz Tate of the drama series “Power” and Erica Ash of the sitcom “Survivor’s Remorse” will emcee the 26th edition of the awards programs that will include performances by Doug E. Fresh, Arrested Development, Bow Wow and a host of others.

This year’s honorees include:

• Rhyon Brown, an actress, singer and dancer who has appeared in the TV series “Lincoln Heights,” “That’s So Raven” and Tyler Perry’s “For Better or Worse,” who will receive the Rising Star Award.

• Jermaine Dupri, hip-hop artist, songwriter and music producer, who has worked with many top-name entertainers, who will receive the Music Innovation Award.

• Cameo, a long-running soul and funk group that has released 17 albums and coined the phrase “Word up,” that will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

• Marley Dias, the 13-year old feminist who began a drive for books featuring black women as heroes, who will receive the Trailblazer Award.

• Richelieu Dennis, founder of Sundial Brands and Essence Ventures and CEO of SheaMoisture, will be recognized with the Entrepreneur Award.

• Dr. Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer and inventor with more than 80 patents including one for the popular Super Soaker, will receive the Innovator Award.

• Tamika Mallory, executive director of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, national co-chair of the Women’s March and gun control advocate, who will receive the Impact Award.

The Trumpet Awards were first presented in 1992 to recognize outstanding accomplishments of African-Americans and others who have succeeded against great odds and inspired success in others.

Civil rights activist Xernona Clayton of Atlanta launched the awards event; Bounce TV acquired the awards in 2016.

MuhammadAli, Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, Stevie Wonder, Steve Harvey and Spike Lee are among previous award winners.

Bounce TV airs in Richmond on UHF Channel 47, Comcast Cable Channel 204 and Verizon Fios Channel 467.

Pat Robertson recovering from stroke Free Press wire reports

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Let the journey begin “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Chinese proverb The task to improve the long-neglected, decrepit buildings in which we expect Richmond’s 24,000 public schools students to learn is a daunting one.

The unhealthy, unsafe and deplorable conditions in many of the city’s aged school buildings have been well documented by teachers, parents and Richmond School Board members and chronicled in news accounts.

Richmond Public Schools has the public’s attention — and its support — in trying to remedy the situation as evidenced by the overwhelming approval the issue received on November’s ballot referendum calling for Richmond’s mayor to present a fully funded school facilities modernization plan.

The referendum, a change in the city’s charter, is now before the General Assembly where it will be heard shortly by the full Senate, but was rejected Wednesday by a House subcommittee.

The Richmond School Board has come up with a five-year, $224.8 million plan to address the most pressing school construction needs.

Now it’s up to Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond City Council and the people of this city to rally to help out.

The journey to fix Richmond schools will take many steps. The first step, we believe and support, is approval of Mayor Stoney’s proposal to increase the city’s meals tax.

The penny and a half increase from 6 percent to 7.5 percent will generate $9.1 million annually, according to city estimates, which will allow the city to borrow up to $150 million for new school construction.

Will that fund the School Board’s five-year vision for capital improvements?

No. Is it a perfect proposal?

No. But it’s a start — and we believe it’s a step in the right direction.

Some Richmond restaurateurs are opposed to the increased meals tax and believe their patrons will flee and take their business to the counties.

But we believe that Richmond’s vibrant restaurant scene will continue to thrive even with the minimal meals tax hike that would add only about 75 cents to the total cost of a $50 meal for two.

By using the meals tax to generate much-needed funds to support schools, people who take advantage of the city’s amenities but who don’t live here and don’t support the city schools through real estate taxes now can contribute to our schoolchildren’s well-being.

The increase also is not so onerous as to be burdensome.

We believe the mayor has come up with a plan for the greatest good for the greatest number. And we support that.

We urge City Council to vote in support of the meals tax hike.

And we look forward to the next steps in the overall vision to help our children achieve the education they deserve.

A display of illness Move over Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un. President Trump wants to show you up.

Our ego-driven president wants to have a military parade showing off American might — tanks, planes, rockets, weapons and soldiers in step.

It appears that he thrives on drama and the types of big military displays common in nations such as Russia, China and North Korea. And if media reports are correct, the Pentagon is going along with his foolishness.

What he believes will be a national display of unity and patriotism likely will be another public exhibition of his arrogance, impulsiveness and diminished judgment. It also will spotlight just how toxic his narcissism is to a delicately balanced world.

Psychologists have provided numerous warnings about President Trump’s delusions and multiple personality disorders that make him unfit to serve as the nation’s commander in chief.

We hope a major public display with what he considers to be his toys bodes nothing worse than demonstrations by peace-loving people against his lunatic actions.

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Meals tax increase is ‘a critical start’

I am a single man with no children. I strongly support Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposal to add a cent and a half increase to Richmond’s meals tax to fund the construction of new schools for our city’s children.

In fact, I don’t think the proposal is enough. The meals tax is not a one-stop fixer. This is one step in a long journey.

The proposal is a critical start to improving the quality of life of African-Americans. Richmond’s black residents must rally to ensure its success.

Make no mistake: The mayor’s proposal to invest in the construction of new school buildings is about black communities. If enacted, his proposal will make a serious down payment on ending some of the most negative effects mostly black residents face in the city. His proposal gives us a chance to end this cycle of opportunity segregation that is most evident in the makeup of our public schools.

I choose to champion it because of the targeted benefit the effects will have on the students.

With nearly 25,000 students, Richmond Public Schools is 75 percent African-American.

Given the current school popu-

lation, his proposal is one that greatly impacts black residents and communities in the city.

I also hope the resulting school construction projects will include a significant number of minority-owned contractors.

Large construction projects such as these provide a great opportunity to build the capac-

Dr. Ravi K. Perry ity of minority-owned firms and businesses to compete with larger firms for bigger projects.

They also have the potential to substantively benefit the families, clients and neighborhoods of black contractors.

The mayor’s proposal is highly likely to be successful if passed. This is because the tax as proposed is limited and appropriately targeted. The mayor’s proposal only taxes those who choose to eat out, usually, people with discretionary income. But, it can easily fail without strong support from the black community.

The state of Virginia provides no grants to counties and cities for their public school capital projects. The state’s longstanding anti-tax culture in suburban and rural communities — a holdover from colonial days — is alive and well in the Trump era. Many area conservatives yell the expected refrain, “No, try something else.

Wait.” As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminds, “Wait almost always means never.”

These headwinds, plus mixed support on City Council, is not a guarantee of success.

Mayor Stoney is taking a serious political risk by announcing this bold initiative.

But risk-taking mayors tend to be most successful in producing substantive results for black communities.

Mayor Stoney may be such a mayor, and if so, we will continue to benefit. The effort to invest in Richmond Public Schools is trickle up economics — and it works.

As the CEO of the Richmond Association of REALTORS recently and aptly noted about Richmond’s school buildings, “Some have black mold. (Walk into others and) you might gag at the smell of backed-up sewage, or dodge falling ceiling tiles …

The average age of Richmond’s schools is 63 years; eight of the buildings are over 100 years old.”

Unless the meals tax increases passes, needed school improvements like these will be on hold until 2023. That’s unacceptable.

We must have the right teaching environment to induce the best learning prospects and the best outcomes for the city.

But new buildings with old problems is not the answer.

Even if the mayor’s proposal is

Unemployment and wage gap President Trump keeps boasting about the low black unemployment rate, although African-Americans still suffer nearly twice the unemployment rate as white people do. What the president never mentions is the growing racial wealth gap — the economic disparity between white people and people of color that plagues this country.

The statistics from the Federal Reserve are clear: Median black household net worth — what assets the black households in the middle have after subtracting debts — is $17,600. That of the typical white household is nearly 10 times greater at $171,000.

The reason for this shocking disparity is clear. As an economic letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco notes, “For the past several decades, black workers have fared worse than white workers in the U.S. labor market. Despite government policies designed to reduce or eliminate racial disparities, black workers continue to experience lower wages and higher unemployment rates than whites.

Black workers still earn less than their white counterparts in a worsening trend that holds true even after accounting for differences in age, education, job type and geography.”

President Trump is trumpeting rising wages, but in the first year of the Trump administration, the median weekly earnings of Afri-

can-Americans went down, not up, when adjusted for inflation.

Forty-five percent of black families own homes, compared with 73 percent of white families.

African-Americans were the hardest hit by the financial collapse, in part because banks targeted

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. the worst liar’s loans to AfricanAmerican and Latino families, assuring them that they could refinance when the value of their homes rose. When the bottom fell out, the families found themselves under water, and bankers, like current Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, then made big bucks foreclosing on the victims.

The measure of this, as the report Foreclosed details, can be seen in the fact that the wealth of African-American families had recovered to its pre-crash level by 2016 — not counting the value of their homes. But the average home equity for AfricanAmericans was still $16,700 less than for white families.

The very working and middle class families that reached to buy a home were still struggling to get back to where they were in 2007. Over the same period, from 2007 to 2016, the average wealth of the nation’s top 1 percent increased by a mere $4.9 million.

The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is far from a perfect health care plan, but it did allow African-Americans to lower the number of uninsured among the non-elderly by 1.8 million. Efforts by President Trump and the Republicans to

repeal Obamacare and to throw millions off Medicaid will disproportionately hurt AfricanAmericans and Latinos.

Inequality is still getting worse. As the Pew Research Center reports, the typical wealth of upper-income families was seven times that of middle-income families in 2016, a gap that has doubled since 1983. Similarly, upper-income families have 75 times the wealth of lower-income families in 2016, compared with 28 times the wealth in 1983.

African-American and Latino families are disproportionately more likely to be among the low-income families.

President Trump is not to blame for this disparity, just as he is not the reason for current low unemployment rates. The question is what will the administration do going forward?

With federal guarantees, real investment could rebuild neighborhoods, seed small businesses, build affordable housing and create jobs. With the tax cut projected to add more than $1 trillion to the deficit over a decade, the Republican-led Congress is looking to slash, not expand, federal support for working and poor people and impoverished rural and urban communities. With federal guarantees and more independent pension fund management, new capital for vital investments might be freed up.

If President Trump were serious about dealing with the wealth gap, he would be leading this discussion, not ignoring it.

The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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enacted, the schools still need new books. We need to ensure students are taught ethnic studies and history, along with the STEM fields. We need to expand music, arts and after-school programming.

Mayor Stoney’s proposal won’t fix those deficiencies, but his proposal is the jump-start Richmond needs and the students deserve. His proposal benefits everyone because we all win when all neighborhoods have great public schools.

This Black History Month.

Let us all make black history.

Let’s enthusiastically support Mayor Stoney’s meals tax proposal. In doing so, we support each other. And that’s something we can celebrate together.

The writer is chair and associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University. He also is immediate past president of the National Association for Ethnic Studies.

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West End Dialysis Center responds Re “ ‘I was handed a death sentence’: Advocates help NAACP stalwart Ora Lomax receive life-saving dialysis after a Henrico center moves to terminate her treatment,� Free Press Feb. 1-3 edition: The article by Jeremy Lazarus failed to provide the clinic an appropriate time to respond to the story before it was published and failed to verify the information reported.

The West End Dialysis Center and its staff pride themselves on providing a supportive, welcoming and safe environment for

patients receiving dialysis treatment for end stage renal disease, as well as for the staff who treat them. Involuntary discharges are rare and a measure of last resort that happen only after all other options have been exhausted.

The decision to involuntarily discharge Mrs. Lomax from our clinic was not an easy one. She has been a patient of ours for more than a decade and we care about her health and wellbeing.

Consistent with our policies, we notiďŹ ed Mrs. Lomax and

support networks about her discharge, and offered assistance with transferring care to another center.

We have identiďŹ ed a clinic in the Richmond area at which Mrs. Lomax can dialyze and hope she will consider this option.

KATHERINE SARISEN Regional Vice President Fresenius Kidney Care Roanoke

Confederate on Virginia Women’s Monument ‘will diminish’ it Once again, the state of Virginia has allowed some to dishonor, or fail to acknowledge, the vast accomplishments and the very existence of a marginalized people or population as it proceeds toward the erection of another Confederate statue, that of Confederate Capt. Sally Tompkins on the Virginia Women’s Monument.

As a tribute to the state’s women, 12 women were nominated and approved to have their statues erected and placed on the lawn of our Capitol. A groundbreaking ceremony for the women’s monument that took place in December 2017, with the completion scheduled for January 2019, sends a message of sadness and betrayal to many and

Route 288/Broad Street Road Interchange Improvements Goochland County

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Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing

Find out about the proposed interchange improvements at the Route 288 north and south interchanges at Broad Street Road/Route 250. Proposed improvements include added turn lanes and traffic signals. The project will accommodate larger volumes of traffic and improve safety and operations.

Construction is expected to begin in early 2021.

Review project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804-524-6000, 1-800-367-7623, or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Adam Brooks, Project Manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002 or Adam.Brooks@VDOT.Virginia.gov on or prior to February 15, 2018. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you have questions or concerns about your civil rights in regards to this project or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above.

State Project: 0288-037-771, P101, R201, C501 Federal Project: NHPP-5A27(456) UPC: 109315

Iron Bridge Rd. (Rt. 715)/Gholson Bridge Repairs over the Meherrin River Brunswick County Public Information Meeting

Thursday, February 15, 2018, 6-7:30 p.m.

Brunswick County Government Building 228 N. Main Street Lawrenceville, VA 23868 Come see and hear about plans to repair the Gholson Bridge over the Meherrin River, located on Iron Bridge Rd. (Rt. 715). The meeting will be held in an open house format from 6-7:30 p.m. where individuals can talk one-on-one with project staff. This flexible format allows participants to arrive whenever their schedule will allow.

Review project information and the National Environmental Policy Act documentation at the meeting or at

2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 804-524-6000, 800-367-7623, TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

Give your written comments at the meeting or submit them by February 25, 2018 to Winston Phillips, PMP, project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002, 804524-6235, 800-367-7623 or TDD/TTY 711. You may also email your comments to Winston.Phillips@vdot.virginia.gov. Gholson Bridge Repair c

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need more information in regards to your civil rights on this project or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager at the telephone number listed above. * In the event of inclement weather on February 15, this meeting will be held March 1 at the same time and location.

State Project: 0715-012-723,P101, R201, M501, B640 Federal Project: BR-012-4(033) UPC: 93091

indicates that Richmond fares about the same or worst as Charlottesville in terms of race relations.

There is no cover big enough to hide the fact that this same old divisiveness is still very much alive in Richmond and has been conďŹ rmed.

As we marched last year to protest statues symbolizing hate, discrimination, division and lack of equality represented by the many Confederates statues along Monument Avenue, others were preparing to escalate the hate and divisiveness that the erection of one more Confederate statue would bring.

The sheer boldness of the Virginia Women’s Monument Commission and the blessings of our governor at the time, Terry McAuliffe, and now Gov. Ralph S. Northam to proceed with this speaks volumes of the climate of this city as related to equality, justice and acknowledgment of the pain many suffered to arrive at this point.

Once again, it’s money over people. Every

day, we see it in Washington, but we see it in Richmond, too.

If Richmond is to really move forward, erecting another Confederate statue is not the answer, even if it is of a woman.

If the Virginia Women’s Monument Commission has enough money and such lack of empathy for a marginalized group to have such an atrocious, insensitive statue of a Confederate erected reminding us of our horrible past, then I am glad no tax dollars were appropriated to perpetuate this hate, injustice and division. However, using private funds to erect the monument doesn’t excuse the pain it will represent.

There are many other great women who could be honored on the statue. Sally Tompkins’ statue will diminish the commemoration of the 11 others.

MARY J. WOOD Henrico County

Punxsutawney Phil needs to be retired

As time passes, traditions that are no longer in sync with enlightened attitudes must evolve.

It’s time to retire Punxsutawney, Pa.,’s annual groundhog spectacle.

All animals, including the humble groundhog, deserve to be treated with respect, not as marketing props.

Groundhogs are shy animals that avoid human contact. Being hauled out in front of a boisterous crowd is undeniably stressful for them. Phil belongs in the woods and ďŹ elds, feeling sun on his back and digging for tasty treats.

Groundhog burrows can range from 8-feet to 66-feet long, with multiple exits and chambers,

a far cry from Phil’s glass “home� in Punxsutawney’s public library. Because he is on display 24 hours a day year-round, Phil can’t hibernate, as groundhogs naturally do. Phil’s cage had to be renovated because he was constantly trying to escape.

If Punxsutawney, Pa., wants to attract visitors year round instead of one day a year, it must devise a fresh and innovative marketing campaign that doesn’t exploit harmless herbivores.

JENNIFER O’CONNER Norfolk The writer is with the PETA Foundation.

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General Assembly A message from Senator Jennifer McClellan Agriculture is Virginia's largest industry. Yet many A communities in the commonwealth do not have enough c places to purchase healthy, affordable food as a wide variety p of o factors have led supermarkets to disinvest from lowerincome areas across the commonwealth, creating a public in health crisis. h As A reported in 2015 by The Food Trust and the American Heart Association, over 1.7 million Virginians -- including 480,000 A children -- live in low income areas with limited supermarket c access.

Lower income levels in these communities make it a even more challenging for families to travel to where e supermarkets are concentrated, especially when public transit is not accessible or convenient. This problem plagues urban and rural localities of all sizes. From Hampton, Richmond, Lynchburg, and Martinsville, to large parts of southern and southwestern Virginia, residents must travel long distances to purchase the foods necessary to maintain a healthy diet.

Virginians in low-income and low-access communities suffer from disproportionately high rates of diet-related diseases including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. They are also cut off from the quality jobs and economic revitalization that local grocery stores provide. All Virginians are impacted directly or indirectly in the form of decreased workforce productivity and higher healthcare costs.

A diverse coalition of stakeholders including, health, business, local government and child advocate organizations, are working to create the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund. Governor McAuliffe's proposed 2018-2020 biennium budget included $7.5 million for the creation of this fund within the Department of Housing and Community Development. Bi-partisan legislation has also been introduced to establish the framework for the program including HB 69 from Delegate Delores McQuinn, HB 85 from Delegate Dickie Bell, and SB 37 from Senators Bill Stanley and Roslyn Dance. I am proud to co-sponsor these bills.

The Virginia Grocery Investment Fund will create a private-public partnership leveraging state dollars with private money that will provide one-time low interest loans or small grants to projects that provide new jobs and improved access to nutritious food through new grocery stores, renovation of older stores in underserved communities, or innovative food retail projects. There is confirmed interest for projects in at least 18 localities from both new and existing businesses in accessing low-interest loans and grants to expand and create new healthy food retail through the Virginia Grocery Investment Fund.

The program has widespread support. SB 37 passed the Senate last week 36-4. The House bills await action in the Appropriations Committee.

To share your views on this or any issue or for assistance with a state government matter, contact me at district09@senate.virginia.gov or 698.7509.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Philadelphia flying high after Eagles claim victory in Super Bowl LII Philadelphia counts among its top heroes Ben Franklin.

And the most famous date in Philadelphia is July 4, 1776, the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Philadelphians now can add to its heroes Nick Foles and Brandon Graham and the date Feb. 4, 2018 – the night the Philadelphia Eagles won their first Super Bowl and the coveted Lombardi Trophy.

Coach Doug Pederson’s squad prevailed Sunday, ousting the long-dominant and favored New England Patriots 41-33 in Minneapolis before a worldwide television audience.

The Eagles conquered the Patriots behind a back-up quarterback, Foles, and an opportunistic defense, led by the relentless Graham, that showed up when it absolutely counted.

Foles, a journeyman who last year sat on the bench with the Kansas City Chiefs before becoming a free agent, inherited the Philadelphia quarterback job in mid-December following a knee injury to then-NFL Player of the Year candidate Carson Wentz.

Against the Patriots in Super Bowl LII, Foles looked like Wentz — and then some, completing 28 of 43 passes for 373 yards and three touchdowns. He even caught a

Mark Makela/Reuters

Right, the Philadelphia Eagles’ Corey Clement, right, celebrates his touchdown with running back Jay Ajayi during Sunday’s Super Bowl game. Above, Philadelphia Eagles fans Devon Bailey, left, and Emma Dickson cheer on their team Sunday at Reales Bar in Philadelphia.

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touchdown pass of his own on a razzle-dazzle, fourth and goal play that fathers will tell their sons about for generations to come.

“We’ve played this game since we were little kids. We’ve dreamed of this moment,” Foles, who was named MVP of the Super Bowl, told the media.

“There are plenty of kids watching this game now and dreaming about this moment. Someday, they’ll be here.”

The Eagles defense was perforated by iconic New England quarterback Tom Brady for a playoff record 505 aerial yards and 623 yards total.

It appeared Brady, the master of shocking comebacks, was eager to break Philadelphia’s tender heart when Graham got in his way with 2 minutes left and the Eagles gripping an uneasy 38-33 lead.

Out maneuvering his blocker at the line of scrimmage, Graham chased down Brady, knocked the pigskin loose from Brady’s hand – called a “strip sack” – and the Eagles’ Derek Barnett recovered.

The turnover set up a Jake Elliott field goal, providing an eight-point cushion with 1:05 left.

Still, Brady drove the Patriots to midfield and wasn’t defeated until a desperation, last-gasp pass on the final play fell incomplete – just barely – in the Philadelphia end zone.

The whole city of Philadelphia finally exhaled.

About that time, delirious folks back in Philadelphia declared Center City – Broad Street at City Hall – party central.

Thousands of people chanted, danced, hugged and kissed in the streets. They sang “Fly, Eagles, Fly” and “Gonna Fly Now” (the theme from the movie “Rocky”) over and over.

They shimmied up poles, especially 15-foot street signs appropriately painted in green and white Eagles colors.

Sure, there was a bit of damage. But there was much love in the City of Brotherly Love.

One young man, overcome with emotion, even went so far as to propose marriage. His beloved accepted the invitation — while still holding a bottle of an adult beverage.

On Feb. 4, 2018, the NFL record book will show the Philadelphia Eagles and their legion of fans celebrated a crown of their own all the way from frozen Minneapolis to happy Broad Street in Philly.

Give them time to kick up their heels. They’ll worry about rematches later.

Jermaine Marrow brings excitement — and big fan numbers — to Hampton Pirates Two of the brightest subjects regarding achievements lending to season ticket sales.

This year, the Pirates are 10-14 overall and Hampton University basketball are Jermaine 5-4 in MEAC, with plenty of time to hit the Marrow and home attendance. gas prior to the conference tournament March It’s reasonable to assume the two are linked.

Marrow, aka “Mayno Show,” has emerged 5 through 10 at Norfolk Scope.

“We want to be peaking by the as one of the most exciting players time we get to the tournament,” Coach in Virginia and in MEAC. Joyner said.

Meanwhile, HU Convocation CenWhile recruiting can be costly, ter attendance has become tops in all time consuming and often frustrating, of HBCU hoops. it was practically a breeze regarding “When you consider scoring and Marrow. playmaking, there aren’t many guards “Mayno practically grew up at across the country putting up better Hampton,” Coach Joyner said. numbers than Mayno,” Pirates Coach Jermaine Coach Joyner was convinced Edward “Buck” Joyner Jr. said.

Marrow early on that he wanted Marrow to The dynamic 6-foot sophomore guard from Heritage High School in Newport be a Pirate.

“Coach Joyner offered me a scholarship News is a prolific scorer, both from a distance and in attacking the rim. But not to be confused when I was still in eighth grade,” Marrow said. as some “me first” ball hog, he’s just as eager “I kind of grew up a Pirates fan and one of my best friends, Brian Darden, played here. Brian’s to give the ball up.

“Feels good to make your teammates happy,” Marrow told the Free Press.

Starting this week, Marrow, who wears jersey No. 2, was tied for second in MEAC scoring (19.9 points per game) and second in assists (5.6).

“This is all a little different for me. I always felt I could score,” he said. “I really wasn’t a point guard until I came here.”

Virginia Commonwealth University and the HU fans must like what they see. state of Florida, while far apart geographically, With Marrow scoring 20 points and passing have long been linked on the basketball map. for four assists, the Pirates drew 4,515 fans on Sean Mobley, having emerged as a versatile Jan. 31 for their thrilling 70-59 overtime victory freshman starter, is the latest Ram from the over Coppin State University.

Sunshine State.

For the season, Hampton University averages The 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward was 4-for-4 3,762 fans per game, by far the best among from behind the arc and scored 15 points, providing MEAC members. Second in attendance at 2,311 highlights to the Rams’ 81-69 loss Friday, Feb. 2, is North Carolina A&T State University. to the visiting University of Rhode Island.

Hampton also would rank first in fans in the A versatile performer who also passes, defends other HBCU Division I conference, the South- and rebounds effectively, Mobley is hitting 43 westernAthletic Conference, or SWAC. University percent (20-47) from the distance and 90 percent of Arkansas at Pine Bluff leads that league with an average of 3,550 fans per game.

‘Gator Rams’ “It’s a lot of things,” Coach Joyner said about Fo r m e r V i r g i n i a HU drawing large crowds. “But it helps that Commonwealth we’ve put a good team out there for years.”

U n i ve r s i t y C o a c h To attract attention, HU offers numerous proAnthony Grant’s first motions such as Greek Night, Throw-Back Night, recruiting class for the Rams in 2007, with Caribbean Night and Back to School Night. six freshmen from “We try and be creative,” Coach Joyner said.

Coach Grant Florida, came to be “Also we do a lot of outreach with our players known as the “Gator Rams.” in the community.”

Coach Grant’s signees were Myk Brown HU moves to the Big South Conference (Gainesville), Lance Kearse (Fort Myers), next year. Liberty University leads that league Ed Nixon (St. Petersburg), Joey Rodriguez in attendance this season with 1,955 fans per (Oviedo), Larry Sanders (Port St. Lucie) and game, only about half of Hampton’s average Gerard Smith (Windermere). turnout.

Before coming to VCU, Coach Grant Since Joyner became coach in 2009, HU is was an assistant coach for the University of Florida Gators.

140-134 overall under Coach Joyner and 86-52 Coach Grant is now in his first season in MEAC. The Pirates have been to postseason coaching at the University of Dayton in Ohio. tournaments each of the past four seasons — He will make his Siegel Center return on the NCAA’s in 2015 and 2016 and the College Saturday, Feb. 10, when the Dayton Flyers Basketball Invitational in 2014 and 2017. meet the VCU Rams at 6 p.m. The game is to Hampton won the MEAC Tournament in be televised by the CBS Sports Network.

2011, 2015 and 2016 on Coach Joyner’s watch,

Hampton University leads all black colleges in basketball attendance.

like family to me.”

Darden, from Hampton’s Phoebus High School, played for HU from 2013 to 2016.

HU has players from such far-off locales as Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, Teaneck, N.J., and Lafayette, La. By contrast, Marrow’s Heritage High School is just 8.2 miles from the HU Convocation Center.

It wasn’t like Marrow was a secret to the rest of world. As a high school senior, he was

the Daily Press Player of the Year and averaged 30 points while pacing Heritage High to the 4A State Final Four at the Siegel Center.

Marrow’s ambitions are more about team standing than individual statistics.

Asked about goals for the remainder of the season, he quickly offered, “Win the rest of our games, win the MEAC tournament … and go dancing” to the NCAAs. If so, a growing numbers of HU fans might enlist to be Mayno’s dance partners.

Former Rams coach returns with Dayton Flyers to play VCU this Saturday (18-20) at the foul line.

Signed by former VCU Coach Will Wade out of Montverde Academy near Orlando, Mobley, who grew up in Cocoa Beach, Fla., chose VCU over offers from West Virginia, North Carolina State, Penn State and Texas Sean Mobley Christian universities.

When Coach Wade left VCU for his current job at Louisiana State University, Mobley kept his commitment to VCU when two other signees, Lavar Batts and Mayan Kiir, went elsewhere.

Floridians have played a substantial role during the decades in what is now VCU’s 50th year of basketball.

Here are a few players from Florida who made their mark wearing the Rams black and gold: Keith “Tiny” Highsmith (West Palm Beach): Likely the Rams’ first-ever Floridian, the 5-foot-9 guard averaged 8.1 points, six assists, 1974 to 1976, under former Coach Chuck Noe. Penny Elliott (Clearwater): Was the first signee for former Coach Dana Kirk. The 6-foot10 forward averaged 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1977 to 1980.

Chip Noe (Sanford): Son of former Coach Noe, Chip actually played for Coach Kirk. He averaged 7.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1976 to 1977.

Chris Brower (Fort Walton Beach): Under former Coach Sonny Smith, sank 140 3-pointers (41 percent), 1990 to 1993. In VCU’s 1992 win over Virginia Tech, he hit four 3-pointers in a 2:10 span.

George Byrd (Gainesville): This burly 6-foot-8 center scored 936 points, grabbed 668

rebounds and blocked 116 shots under Coach Smith, 1993 to 1997.

Larry Sanders (Port St. Lucie): This 6-foot11 center had 1,044 points, 766 rebounds and 277 blocked shots, 2007 to 2010. He was a first round draft choice of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Ed Nixon (St. Petersburg): Known as “The Blanket” for his tight defense, he had 751 points and 111 career steals, 2007 to 2011; He was the defensive key to the Rams’ 2011 NCAA Final Four run.

Joey Rodriguez (Oviedo): Perhaps the most popular Ram ever, he had 1,362 points, 580 assists, 237 steals and 211 3-pointers, 2007 to 2011. He’s now a VCU assistant coach.

Doug Brooks (Lake Wales): Versatile guard known as “Dougie Buckets,” he had 563 points, 170 steals, 273 rebounds and 139 assists, 2013 to 2017.

There have been numerous others, including a couple with famous names: Michael Gilmore (Jacksonville): Nephew of NBA legend Artis Gilmore, he played for VCU from 2014 to 2016.

Lance Kearse (Fort Myers): Cousin of NFL star Jevon Kearse, he was with the Rams from 2007 to 2009.

Traffic hasn’t stopped along the corridor from Florida to Downtown Richmond.

Like his coaching predecessors at VCU, Rams Coach Mike Rhoades also has Florida on his talent search list.

The Rams incoming freshmen next season include KeShawn Curry from Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville, Fla. Curry is now a post-graduate at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.

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Love stories Happenings

The Free Press proudly presents its annual Valentine’s Day feature.

It shares the love stories of four Richmond area couples.

Doris and Tracy Causey

Bettie Cheatham Prince and Kenneth L. Prince Sr. A two-hour drive separated two bells ringing in November 1962 Married hearts destined to meet as one. Kenwas imminent. But was this too neth lived in Washington, D.C., and fast to go far or even last? Only Bettie in Richmond. She relocated to time would tell in a conversation attend a Washington business college that sounds like this: years in January 1962.

Two Hearts joined together 55 Weeks before, Kenneth, a young years ago as one. How in the world entrepreneur-in-the-making, delivered beds was this ever done? Surely not in our very to her off-campus student facility. Kenneth own strength. Seasons and times were of told Ms. Brown, the resident mother, “I am considerable length. Days unto weeks unto going to marry one of the 13 girls housed years gone by. Made this union between here!” you and I. Words matter and have power.

In cloudy, rainy and stormy weather. It is Kenneth and Bettie finally met at his God Almighty who keeps us together. church during a rainy Wednesday evening A lasting relation to have and to hold. service. She was visiting under watch care Within a sweet embrace, arms opened to ministry and needed a ride home. He of- unfold. The mystery that lingers deep in our fered and soon realized she was one of the loving heart. A lifetime together ’til death 13 — that girl! we do part!

In love with each other’s company, the two Look what the Lord has done! began dating during the spring and summer Kenneth Prince is a retired contractor of 1962. Caught in a romantic whirlwind, and business owner. he proposed. She said yes!

Bettie Prince is a retired administrator A September engagement with wedding and business owner.

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It was love at first sight!

Tracy and I talked nearly every night Married When I first stepped onto the Univerand usually ended our last conversation sity of Mississippi’s campus, I had every around midnight. intention of “only” preparing for a career One day, Tracy appeared at my house after college. But one day as I was walking in Oxford, Miss., talking to me on his cell years across campus going to class, I noticed phone as if he was still in Abilene. He told this handsome guy walking toward me. me that, after we had hung up the previous As we passed each other, he gazed over at me night, he got into his car and drove 15 hours to and I was in love. From that moment, I knew he Mississippi just to see me. He wanted to take me was special and I had to know him. to dinner and, yes, after dinner he proposed. Of I later found out his name, Tracy Causey, course, I said yes! But I had to complete college and that he was a junior. first and then we were married.

Immediately I thought, being a freshman, We shared our educational pursuits through this wouldn’t happen. But as time went on, a my attending Thurgood Marshall College of friend told me about a pageant she wanted to Law and his master’s degree pursuit at Meharry participate in called the Black and Gold Pageant Medical College. of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Tracy was a Tracy admits that he is so proud to be my member of this fraternity and, as I soon found husband, and I am proud to be his wife. out, in charge of the pageant.

Tracy also admits that I wasn’t the only one By the way, Tracy was also president of the love struck that fateful day on the stroll to class.

Black Student Union and involved with lots of He says he gazed, but wanted to stop and stare. campus activities.

He says he knew I would be his girlfriend that Well, helping my friend prepare for the pag- day and told all his fraternity brothers. He actually eant gave me a chance to really get to know told them he found the person he would marry.

Tracy. And while that was great, the night of the Twenty years later, our love affair continues pageant was magical. Tracy was dressed in his and is only getting better. We’ve been blessed to Air Force ROTC uniform and I just melted. have three beautiful children, Caleb, 15, Jillian, After the pageant, he asked me out and we 11, and Joshua, 9. had an unforgettable evening.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Tracy graduated the next year and was comDoris Causey is the managing attorney at the missioned into the Air Force. He was assigned Central Virginia LegalAid Society and the firstAfricanto Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. We American president of the Virginia State Bar. began a very long distance relationship, and it Tracy Causey is chief executive officer of was truly love because it was really long distance. C.A.H.N., the Capital Area Health Network.

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Selena Cuffee-Glenn and Keith Glenn before social media.

In August, Keith and I will be Married Well, needless to say, I was celebrating 25 years of marriage. pleased when we met that first time Finding love was a journey that at a pizza restaurant. It was a quiet started in 1992, when a mutual friend, and fun evening as the “city guy who also was a colleague of Keith, years from Richmond” got to know “the introduced us. country girl from Chesapeake.”

While serving as a firefighter for the City of Richmond at the time, Keith We shared stories about our hobbies, our Glenn came across an article in one of our families and our work for the City of local newspapers that reported on the great Richmond.

That first date would lead to many special community work being done by a senior planner in the Richmond Department of picnics, skate nights, church activities, famPlanning and Community Development. ily and holiday events — and, ultimately, marriage in 1993.

Her name was Selena Cuffee.

We never imagined that almost 25 years He must have been really impressed with me because he told his colleague about the later, we would be celebrating a journey of article. His colleague immediately said, family and love that also has given us a smart and beautiful daughter who will be “Keith, I know her.”

After months of trying to get our graduating from college in May. Here’s to hopefully 25 more years and schedules to sync, we finally went on our first date. But the first date was really a then some on this journey together!

Selena Cuffee-Glenn is chief admin“blind date” for me! Keith knew more about me than I knew about him. He even istrative officer for the City of Richknew what I looked like from the article. mond.

Keith Glenn is a retired Richmond I had no idea who this guy was or anything about his appearance. You have to firefighter who currently is a deputy sheriff remember that these were the days long with the Richmond Sheriff ’s Office.

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Mary and Benjamin J. Lambert IV of a crowded restaurant.

I knew she was the one.

Married A year later on May 31, 2003, we had We briefly met three times over a more than 80 people attend our destination nine-year period. The first time was in wedding on Cinnamon Bay Beach in St. 1991 at a department store. The second John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. time was at a party in 1995. The third years We became proud parents for the time was in April 2000. We were out with first time in 2006. We now have two separate groups of friends. I remembered children, an 11-year-old daughter, Melania, and her, but she did not remember me.

Although I had given her my business card a 7-year-old son, Benjamin V. Through births and deaths, job changes and each time, it wasn’t until this third time that she called. We talked on the phone for more than the multitude of challenges life seemingly throws two hours and agreed to meet for dinner. We your way, we have weathered so many storms spent the next three hours talking and laughing together. For richer or poorer, in sickness and in about almost everything, including the fact that health, true love doubles your joys and divides your sorrows. she threw my card away — twice!

We’re looking forward to celebrating 15 We had the best time together and immediately became inseparable. We dated and traveled years of marriage in May. Mary Lambert is a registered nurse. for the next two years. In May 2002, we went Ben Lambert is a financial advisor and vice to St. Thomas for her birthday. I had someone serenade her and I proposed to her in the middle president with SunTrust Investment Services.

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Las Amigas, Incorporated, Chesterfield, Virginia celebrates

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Personality: Jamar Jones Valentine Spotlight on area actor in Black History Month production “We can learn from our ancestors that it is possible to blaze our trail in order to improve the lives of our descendants because they will be a direct reflection of what we accomplish in our lives.”

This is the observation of Jamar Jones, a 26-year-old Richmond native starring in The Heritage Ensemble Theatre’s latest production, “Free Man of Color,” written by Charles Smith.

It is one of the tributes taking place during February to mark Black History Month.

The play is an adaptation of the story of John Newton Templeton, a slave who was unexpectedly freed and attends Ohio University, graduating in 1828, well before the end of slavery.

The school’s president, the Rev. Robert Wilson, brings Mr. Templeton to the school, where he is the first person of color to enroll. An abolitionist, Rev. Wilson believes that Mr. Templeton has a divine calling to lead free black people in a free and sovereign nation of their own — Liberia.

Mr. Templeton, who is caught between the expectations of Rev. Wilson and realizing what founding a colony of free black people in Africa would mean to American black people, learns what it really means to be a free man of color.

Mr. Jones plays the role of Mr. Templeton.

“You have a free black man going to a university in the 19th century when most blacks are still in bondage,” Mr. Jones explains. “This has its own challenges.

“Throughout the performance, you see Mr. Templeton coming into full manhood and full personhood as he discovers his role in society as a free black man at that time.

“I hope people come along on this journey with an open mind and are ready to examine what was reality for black people of the past and, hopefully, see how many made sacrifices for us all,” he says.

The Heritage Ensemble Theatre focuses its productions on the African-American experience. Mr. Jones has been with the company since last February, when he was cast in “Choir Boy,” a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney about a gay black teen at a private boarding school.

Mr. Jones works as an interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, where he portrays free and enslaved black people from the 17th and 18th centuries. During the evenings, he performs in theatrical productions around the area and travels to museums and many unconventional settings performing living history.

“I bring to life the people and their stories, which were part of the beginnings of this country,” Mr. Jones says.

February is special, he says, because it is important to understand and celebrate “our collective history, all of America.”

“We all have descended from different types of people

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What: “Free Man of Color,” a play by The Heritage Ensemble Theatre.

When: Opens 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, and runs various times and days through Saturday, Feb. 17.

Where: Pine Camp Community and Cultural Arts Center, 4901 Old Brook Road.

Tickets: $15 for general admission; $12 for seniors and students with ID. Details: For show times, dates and tickets, https:// freemanofcolor.brownpapertickets.com or contact Shalandis Wheeler Smith, (804) 404-5259.

— some were enslaved or were enslavers — but it is still our collective story,” Mr. Jones says. “Some of these stories have gone untouched, untold and unrecognized.”

It’s important for these stories to be told, he says, because enslaved black people were considered only as property.

“The information we have on people in bondage is just in wills, with a price next to them,” Mr. Jones says. “Their humanity was taken away from them.

“By highlighting these stories, identifying who these people really are, we are paying homage to their lives because they did not get their credit when they were alive.

They were trailblazers making a difference.”

Audiences have varying reactions to his characters, Mr. Jones says. “Some people are thrilled to hear these stories because they know their personal history and they want the ancestors to be celebrated.

“Other people are uncomfortable with talking about slavery and the nature of oppressors. You know, they should be uncomfortable,” he continues.

“We should all be uncomfortable because it was definitely an uncomfortable period in our American history.

“Black History Month and portraying our history helps us to have these difficult conversations.”

Meet this portrayer of black history and this week’s Personality, Jamar Jones: Date and place of birth: March 15 in Richmond.

Current residence: Williamsburg.

Alma maters: Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield County and bachelor’s degree in sociology and theatre, College of William & Mary.

Family: A fun and lovely one, based predominantly in Virginia and North Carolina.

I started acting: In the 10th grade. My very first play was “The Diviners,” playing the role of Melvin Wilder.

When and why I got involved in theater: I always wanted to be on stage since I was a kid, but was too self-conscious.

Thankfully, my very first drama teacher, Charmaine Crowell-

White, told me that she was going to put me in a play. And here we are 10 years later!

My most satisfying acting role: Every character has brought satisfaction or taught me something new.

My latest role: John Newton Templeton in The Heritage Ensemble Theatre’s production of “Free Man of Color”

by Charles Smith.

How I prepared for this role: I researched John Newton Templeton and examined what was going on in America during his time at Ohio University.

Then I began to explore in order to craft my interpretation of this man.

Actor who influenced me the most: It’s a three-way tie — James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman and Whoopi Goldberg.

Playwright I most admire: Currently, Katori Hall.

Why African-American theater really interests me: I love telling stories. As a black man, it’s very special to examine and highlight the black experience on stage.

There is such a rich history and theater is a great medium to share this history.

A perfect day for me: Waking up with good health, spending time with those I love, experience some form of art and plenty of laughter. That’s cool with me.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love taking myself on sushi dates!

A quote that I am inspired by: “If you want to be somebody, if you want to go somewhere, then you better wake up and pay attention.” — Whoopi Goldberg as Sister Mary Clarence in “Sister Act 2.” My mom and I are big Whoopi fans!

How I unwind: Dancing to any of Janet Jackson’s music.

At top of my “to do” list is: To meditate.

Outlook at start of day: Make it count. Today will only come once.

The best thing my parents ever taught me: That I should never limit myself — any and everything is possible.

The person who influenced me the most: I am blessed to have a fantastic community.

An incredible mother, awesome father and great family and true friends. I learn from them all.

The book that influenced me the most: “The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes”

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Faith News/Directory

Church to become regional private school for children with disabilities

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A former church is about to become the new home of a regional private school that serves children with autism and other mental challenges.

Believe-N-U Academic Development Center will move into the former Cornerstone Ministries’ 22-acre property at 3071 County Drive on the boundary between Petersburg and Prince George County later this month.

The school, which Richmond native Demetria R. Jennings, owns and operates, invested about $1 million to buy the property and renovate the sanctuary and another building on the land for classrooms and offices.

Ms. Jennings is looking forward to moving the school, 12 staff members and students from the current cramped space in a nearby strip mall to the new quarters.

“We have needed more space for our programming, and now we have it in spades,” said Ms. Jennings, 47, daughter of retired Richmond Police Capt. Julius Richardson, whose company operates Venture Richmond’s Clean & Safe Program that cleans up Downtown Richmond, and Geraldine Smith, a former police officer and Richmond’s first African-American female magistrate before she retired.

A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, Ms. Jennings said the property also has plenty of land to install the area’s first

playground for special needs children and a major garden that she said would be an outdoor classroom for students to learn biology, math and other subjects under the state Standards of Learning.

She also is planning to install a yoga studio and an art studio as part of the state-of-the-art services she plans to provide at the school that accepts students from Richmond to Sussex County.

The school currently enrolls 17 students, she said, but will be able to accommodate 50 special needs children in its new home. The school, previously a K-8 operation, is also adding classes for high school students, she said Ms. Jennings, who earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Virginia Commonwealth University, began her career creating online training programs for employees of several corporations, including Dominion and MeadWestvaco.

In 2010, she opened her first venture, BelieveN-U Empowerment Center, to provide tutoring for her oldest son and other students who were falling behind in public school. Her son is now at Winston-Salem State University on a football scholarship.

But as public funding for tutoring dried up, she began the Believe-N-U Academic Center to provide educational services to children with individual education plans (IEPs) due to various learning disabilities. The school received

its state license in 2015.

Ms. Jennings said her school is an option for area public schools, including Richmond, to place students who need more focused help

than the school districts can provide.

The school’s slogan: “We may all be different kinds of fish, but in this school, we swim together.”

Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church celebrates

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Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:45 a.m.

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Members await naming of interim pastor at Thirty-first Street Baptist

Thirty-first Street Baptist Church continues to face turmoil after the retirement of its pastor, Dr. Morris J. Henderson.

Dr. Henderson officially stepped down as pastor of the East End church on Jan. 31, although he had stopped preaching at Sunday morning services earlier in the month. An interim pastor has yet to be named, members said.

Some church members expressed concern that Everett Jones, chair of the Deacon Board, and Carolyn Douglas, chair of the Trustee Board, have yet to call a congregational meeting to settle unresolved issues. Neither could be reached for comment.

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Hopkins, a longtime member. “We need to vote on an interim pastor and a budget in order to move forward.”

Ms. Hopkins said she and others “have expressed this in our letters and emails to the Joint Board (of trustees and deacons). We are a church without a budget or a pastor, and no one is telling us anything.”

She said a note in the Sunday, Feb. 4, church bulletin stated that the Joint Board would meet “with the congregation in the near future to provide updates on the transition. Again we ask for your continued patience, prayers and understanding as we navigate the process.”

But the statement did not satisfy her or others, she said.

oin WomanKind2018, an engaging, two-day women’s program symposium to be held February 23-24, 2018, hosted by and at St. James’s Episcopal Church and open to all women. At WomanKind, women are invited to participate in a discussion of what it means to engage with God’s word and gather around God’s table.

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Obituary/Faith Directory

Dennis Edwards, former member of The Temptations, dies at 74 The singer, who lived outside St. Louis with his wife, Grammy winner Dennis Brenda, would have celebrated Edwards, who performed lead his 75th birthday on Saturday, vocals for some of Feb. 3. the chart-topping The AlaMotown singles bama-born Mr. recorded by The Edwards was a Temptations in the member of The 1960s and 1970s, Temptations on has died at age and off for about 74. two decades, reMr. Edwards placing David died at a Chicago Ruffin as lead hospital on Friday singer in 1968. morning, Feb. 2, Mr. Edwards 2018, of complisang lead on cations from an some of the Mr. Edwards unspecified illness, group’s most confirmed by Rosalind Triche memorable hits, including Roberts, one of his booking “Cloud Nine,” “Ball of Confuagents. sion (That’s What the World Free Press wire report

Is Today,” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” a 1972 release that earned Mr. Edwards and the group two Grammy Awards, and “I Can’t Get Next To You,” which topped the pop charts in 1969.

Mr. Edwards left The Temptations around the time the group left Motown to sign with Atlantic Records in 1977. He rejoined and left multiple times in the 1980s, when the group enjoyed far less success on

the pop charts than during the previous two decades.

Mr. Edwards was inducted with the group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

In the 1990s, a federal judge barred him from performing under his former band’s name.

Otis Williams, the group’s lone original member, sued Mr. Edwards for trademark infringement after he used variations that included “The New Temptations.”

He was allowed to use “The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards,” and performed under that name for nearly two decades, according to Ms. Roberts.

“He is now at peace, and our love and prayers go out to his family,” Mr. Williams said in a statement last Friday.

“At this moment and always, we acknowledge his extraordinary contribution to The Temptations legacy, which

lives on in the music.”

Motown star Smokey Robinson said in a statement that he was saddened “another Motown soldier is gone.”

“Rest in peace, my brother,” Mr. Robinson stated. “You were a great talent.”

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February 8-10, 2018 B5

Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 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, February 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-020 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of Perry Street, located on the north side of Perry Street between its intersection with West 24th Street and its intersection with West 22 nd Street, consisting of 7,402± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2018-021 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1121 North 25th Street for the purpose of a building with commercial uses on the first floor, and up to two dwelling units on the second floor, and no fewer than two on-site parking spaces, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a UB Urban Business District and the PE-3 North 25th S t r e e t a n d Ve n a b l e Street Parking Exempt Overlay District. The City’s Master Plan recommends a Mixed Use land use category for the subject property, which includes commercial, residential, and office uses. No residential density is specified for this land use category. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be two approximately twenty-five units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2018-022 To amend Ord. No. 200217-48, adopted Feb. 11, 2002, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 8 and 10 East Main Street for conversion and use of the ground floor levels of the existing buildings for dwelling purposes, together with off-street parking, to also permit such properties to be used for short-term rental, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is zoned within the B-3 General Business District.

The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan recommends Downtown Mixed Use land use for the property, which features high-density development with office buildings, apartments, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations (p. xi).

Ordinance No. 2018-023 To authorize the special use of the property known as 806 Cathedral Place for the purpose of permitting up to five rooms or groups of rooms for short-term rental, upon certain terms and conditions.

The property is situated in a R-73 Multifamily Residential District. The City’s Downtown Plan recommends the property to be developed with consideration as an Urban Center Area “… characterized by higher d e n s i t y, m i x e d - u s e development, typically arranged on a fine-grained street network, with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks” (p. 3.29).

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 Interim City Clerk

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FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that IRMA M. EDWARDS, APRIL M. WHITE, DON W. HERLONG, and DANNY N. HERLONG, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 J. CONRAD SMITH, who upon information and belief died on April 29, 1995, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, that CELESTE M. HERLONG, who upon information and belief died on June 18, 1997, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, IRMA M. EDWARDS, APRIL M. WHITE, DON W. HERLONG, DANNY N. HERLONG, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

0158/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, J. Conrad Smith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, J. CONRAD SMITH, who upon information and belief died on April 29, 1995, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CELESTE M. HERLONG, who upon information and belief died on June 18, 1997, who may have an ownership interest in said property, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that IRMA M. EDWARDS, APRIL M. WHITE, DON W. HERLONG, and DANNY N. HERLONG, who may have an ownership interest in said property, 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 J. CONRAD SMITH, who upon information and belief died on April 29, 1995, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, that CELESTE M. HERLONG, who upon information and belief died on June 18, 1997, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, IRMA M. EDWARDS, APRIL M. WHITE, DON W. HERLONG, DANNY N. HERLONG, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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 HIRAM C. SMITH upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for an unidentified beneficiary per a deed filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206 on June 10, 1959 and S. L. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for an unidentified beneficiary per a deed filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206 on June 10, 1959, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

contact: T.O. Rainey, III, Esquire HILL & RAINEY ATTORNEYS 2425 Boulevard, Suite 9 C o l o n i a l H e i g h t s , VA 23834 Phone: (804) 526-8300 Fax: (804) 526-2872

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 F RE D H . J A C K S O N , deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FRED H. JACKSON, BENJAMIN A. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BENJAMIN A. JACKSON, REGINALD B. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of REGINALD B. JACKSON, L I L L I A N J . CO S E Y, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LILLIAN J. COSEY, OTHELLO L. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of OTHELLO L. JACKSON, JAMES E. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JAMES E. JACKSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

3, the beneficiary of an assignment of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-24954 on November 13, 1997, 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 URSULA E. SEAY, Trustee, CHARLES HARVEY DAVIS, S R . IRREVOC A B L E T R U S T, D E U T S C H E BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY fka BANKERS TRUST CO M P A N Y O F C A L I F OR N I A , N A , TRUSTEE for VENDEE MORTGAGE TRUST 19973, the beneficiary of an assignment of deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-24954 on November 13, 1997, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF Richmond ALVA ESTEFANI MORALES, Plaintiff v.

SUARLYN HUMBERTO MARROQUIN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17-5184-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, Suarlyn Humberto Marroquin, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, Suarlyn Humberto Marroquin, appear before this Court on or before the 7th day of March, 2018, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF Richmond MADISON ARCHER, Plaintiff v.

LENNOX ARCHER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17-5048-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a final decree of divorce allowing plaintiff, Madison Archer, to be divorced from the defendant, Lennox Archer, on the grounds the parties have lived separate and apart, continuously and without interruption, for a period of more than one (1) year; and to enter such orders as necessary and appropriate during the course of this suit.

An affidavit having been filed that the whereabouts and/or residence of the defendant has been unknown to the plaintiff since on or before December 2015, it is ORDERED that the Defendant, Lennox Archer, appear before this Court on or before the 1st day of March, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Eileen McNeil Newkirk, Esq. The McNeil Law Group 2315 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23223 Telephone (804) 648-5580 Facsimile (804) 648-5583 Virginia Bar No.: 40187 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VIDAL CRUZ ELIAS, Plaintiff v.

GUADALUPE GRAVE BENITO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17003502-00 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 March, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests.

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

PROPERTY

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KRISSY MASON, Plaintiff v.

ROSCOE MASON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000185-00 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 14th day of March, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste:

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

J. CONRAD SMITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5605 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 701A Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C006-0158/003, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, J. Conrad Smith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, J. CONRAD SMITH, who upon information and belief died on April 29, 1995, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CELESTE M. HERLONG, who upon information and belief died on June 18, 1997, who may have an ownership interest in said property, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or

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

SAM M. FLEMING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5914 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1431 Rogers Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000771/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sam M. Fleming and Shirley Ann Fleming.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SAM M. FLEMING, according to information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title and SHIRLEY ANN FLEMING, according to information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CHARLIE M. FINNEY and DELMAR L. BROWN, Trustees of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 526 on October 10, 1978, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that FINNEY MORTGAGE CORP, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 526 on October 10, 1978, 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 SAM M. FLEMING, according to information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SHIRLEY ANN FLEMING, according to information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, CHARLIE M. FINNEY and DELMAR L. BROWN, Trustees of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 526 on October 10, 1978, FINNEY MORTGAGE CORP, a corporation purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 743 page 526 on October 10, 1978, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

CHERYL L. REYNOLDS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-274 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5256 Stratton Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0050867/078, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Cheryl L. Reynolds.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHERYL L. REYNOLDS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, 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 CHERYL L. REYNOLDS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

J. CONRAD SMITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5836 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3937 Hull Street Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C006-

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

HIRAM C. SMITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-299 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5400 Hansdale Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080736/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of Hiram C. Smith and S. L. Moore, Trustees for an unidentified beneficiary.

An Affidavit having been filed that said HIRAM C. SMITH upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for an unidentified beneficiary per a deed filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206 on June 10, 1959 and S. L. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee for an unidentified beneficiary per a deed filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206 on June 10, 1959, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND PAUL MASON, JR, an incapacitated adult by JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES, a public guardianship program, his Guardian and Conservator, PLAINTIFF, v.

DONALD L. PETRI, JR., and COATES & DAVENPORT, P.C., Judgement Creditor, and CITY OF RICHMOND, Tax Lien Creditor, DEFENDANTS. NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF Tax Parcel Numbers W0190082002 & W0190092003 also known as 4619 & 4620 AUGUSTA AVENUE

Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, made and entered on August 31, 2017, in the partition suit brought by Paul Mason, Jr, An Incapacitated Adult By Jewish Family Services, A Public Guardianship Program, his Guardian and Conservator, against Donald L. Petri, Jr., et als., on Monday, February 26, 2018 @ 9:00am the under signed Special Commissioner will offer for public auction to the highest bidder at the front door of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, located at 400 North Ninth Street, John Marshall Courts Building Richmond, VA 23219, the following described real estate:

Parcel One As described as 0.143 +/- AC plus improvements Tax W0190082002 and further described in Deed Book 265 at Page 144 as that certain lot, piece or parcel of land with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, known as 4621 Augusta Avenue, situate in the southeast intersection of Augusta Avenue and Blacker Street, having a frontage of 50 feet on the South line of Augusta Avenue and running back within parallel lines 125 feet, the western line being the eastern line of Blacker Street, to an alley 15 feet wide and being Lots 1 and 2 of Block 16 on the plan of Monument Avenue Park as shown on a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 10, Pages 52 and 53, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Henrico County, Virginia.

Parcel Two As described a s 0 . 0 7 2 + / - A C Ta x W0190082003 and further described in Deed Book Deed Book 265 at Page 144 all that certain lot, piece or parcel with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, designated as Lot Three (3), Block Sixteen (16) on the plan of Monument Avenue Park as shown on a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 10, Pages 52 and 53, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Henrico County, Virginia beginning at a point on the south line of Augusta Avenue distant thereon fifty (50) feet east of its intersection with the eastern line of Blacker Street; thence running eastwardly along and fronting on the south line of Augusta Avenue twenty-five (25) feet; thence extending back southwardly from said front between parallel lines one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet to an alley fifteen (15) feet wide.

Terms of Sale:

Property sold “As Is, Where As”. Property to be conveyed by Special Warranty Deed. Sale-SUBJECT TO COURT APPROVAL. Minimum bid increases of $100/bid. Bidders must prequalify on day of sale with Special Commissioner or provide cash, cashier’s check or certified funds payable to Edward F. Jewett, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond to the undersigned.

Minimum deposit of $2,500.

If sale is approved by court, closing to occur, failure to close within thirty (30) days will result in forfeiture of deposit.

Time is of the essence.

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

ANTHONY V. ARCHER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5469 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2322 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0681/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Anthony V. Archer.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ANTHONY V. ARCHER, 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 JOSEPH T. O’BRIEN, who may be the beneficiary or a deed of trust entered into by prior owner Triple A’s Properties, Inc. filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05030451 on September 6, 2005, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that PEGGY S. O’BRIEN, who may be the beneficiary or a deed of trust entered into by prior owner Triple A’s Properties, Inc. filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05030451 on September 6, 2005, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ANTHONY V. ARCHER, JOSEPH T. O’BRIEN, who may be the beneficiary or a deed of trust entered into by prior owner Triple A’s Properties, Inc. filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05-030451 on September 6, 2005, PEGGY S. O’BRIEN, who may be the beneficiary or a deed of trust entered into by prior owner Triple A’s Properties, Inc. filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 05030451 on September 6, 2005, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

NORTHERN VIRGINIA INVESTEMENTS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4866 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1501 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000197/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Northern Virginia Investements, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, N OR T H ER N VIR G I N I A I N VE S T E M E N T S , L L C , a terminated Virginia corporation, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that FORECLOSURE EXPRESS, LLC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0410687 on April 5, 2004, 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 N OR T H ER N VIR G I N I A I N VE S T E M E N T S , L L C , a terminated Virginia corporation, FORECLOSURE EXPRESS, LLC, a cancelled Virginia corporation, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 04-10687 on April 5, 2004, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

DONAVAN L. MARROW, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5826 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1616 National Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-2912/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Donavan L. Marrow, Tony Pervall, Leroy Smith, Jacqueline Smith, and Sheila A. Wyche.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner DONAVAN L. MARROW, who upon information and belief is deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, TONY PERVALL, LEROY SMITH, and SHEILA S. WYCHE, 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 DONAVAN L. MARROW, who upon information and belief is deceased, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, TONY PERVALL, LEROY SMITH, SHEILA S. WYCHE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

FRED H. JACKSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-189 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 511 North 30th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000633/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Fred Jackson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, FRED H. JACKSON, deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of FRED H. JACKSON have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that BENJAMIN A. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of BENJAMIN A. JACKSON, REGINALD B. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of REGINALD B. JACKSON, L I L L I A N J . CO S E Y, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of LILLIAN J. COSEY, OTHELLO L. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of OTHELLO L. JACKSON, JAMES E. JACKSON, deceased heir of Fred H. Jackson, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of JAMES E. JACKSON, 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

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

CHARLES HARVEY DAVIS, SR. IRREVOCABLE TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4864 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1611 Monteiro Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000335/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, CHARLES HARVEY DAVIS, SR. IRREVOCABLE TRUST.

An Affidavit having been filed that said URSULA E. SEAY, Trustee, CHARLES H A RVE Y D AVI S , S R .

IRREVOCABLE TRUST, 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 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY fka BANKERS TRUST CO M P A N Y O F C A L I F OR N I A , N A , TRUSTEE for VENDEE MORTGAGE TRUST 1997-

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

NORMA C. MILLER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-6005 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2100 Wood Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001056/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Norma C. Miller.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NORMA C. MILLER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that NORMA C. MILLER and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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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.

RICHMOND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES, INC. Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-184 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4100 Grantlake Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080829/050, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RICHMOND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES, INC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHMOND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES, INC, a corporation not appearing in 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 RICHMOND CHRISTIAN CHARITIES, INC, a corporation not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 22, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4637 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2405 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120224/066, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, the last owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN D. WALKER, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, RUBY MAE WALKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that VERNON O. WOODY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IT IS ORDERED that MAUD J. SHEPPERSON, who upon information and belief is deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

KENNETH H. TYLER, et al., Case No. CL17 2437, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3310 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3125 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

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

WILLIAM M. ABRAMS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-55 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1905 Maddox Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120226/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William M. Abrams.

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

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM M. ABRAMS and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

PHOEBE A. CRUMP, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-54 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2009 Cedar Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000252/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Phoebe A. Crump.

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

IT IS ORDERED that PHOEBE A. CRUMP, who upon information and belief is deceased, and her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

JOHN D. WALKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-113 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1312 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000614/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John D. Walker and Ruby Mae Walker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN D. WALKER, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, RUBY MAE WALKER, 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

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

VERNON O. WOODY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-4173 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2318 Venable Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000425/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Vernon O. Woody.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VERNON O. WOODY, 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

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

ROBERT GRIFFITH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-56 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3207 Hull Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-2134/012, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, ROBERT GRIFFITH.

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

IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT GRIFFITH, who upon information and belief is deceased and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

GRACE B. WALKER, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL17-5620 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4100 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090449/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Grace B. Walker and Curtis Best.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CURTIS BEST, who upon information and belief, died on August 5, 2016, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, M R C R E C E I VA B L E S CORP, and BULLHEAD INVESTMENTS, LLC, 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 CURTIS BEST, who upon information and belief, died on August 5, 2016, and his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, MRC RECEIVABLES CORP, BULLHEAD INVESTMENTS, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 25, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

MAUD J. SHEPPERSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-110 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 6321 Daytona Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0070553/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Maud J. Shepperson.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3214 2nd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1070 005

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHURCH HILL PROPERTIES, LC, et al., Case No. CL17 2549, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3214 2nd Avenue , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3310 2nd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1071 007

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1701 3rd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0419 009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

PERCY R. WILSON, et al., Case No. CL17 3385, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1701 3rd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2208 3rd Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0559 003

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROSA E. THORNTON, et al., Case No. CL17 3696, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2208 3rd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2304 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0610 007

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN D. HEMPFIELD, et al., Case No. CL17 4451, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2304 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3125 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0998 014

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES MILLER SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3386, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3301 4th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N005 1184 001

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FRANKLIN JAMES POLLARD, SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3725, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3301 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include Continued on next page

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any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3306 5th Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N005 1184 013

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. WILBER GREEN, et al., Case No. CL17 2652, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3306 5th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 223 East 15th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0191 010

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on August 25, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

LATISHA CARSON, et al., Case No. CL17 1663, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 223 East 15th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 124 East 18th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0236 022

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LEWIS BOOKER, et al., Case No. CL17 2966, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 124 East 18th Street, Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1606 North 21st Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0774 007

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ARTHUR L. DAVIS, et al., Case No. CL17 3388, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1606 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement,

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1807 North 21st Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1080 017

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. GREGORY BLOUIN, et al., Case No. CL17 4377, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1807 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1412 North 22nd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0776 020

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

FREDERICK GOETZ, JR., et al., Case No. CL17 3727, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1412 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1416 North 22nd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0776 018

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. NEHEMIAH FOBBS, et al., Case No. CL17 3726, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1416 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1412 North 23rd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0708 008

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. PANSY J. VAUGHT, et al., Case No. CL17 4978, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1412 North 23rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 608 North 29th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0527 020

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ROBERT BOOKER, et al., Case No. CL17 3383, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 608 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234

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(804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1511 North 29th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0792 026

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ELIZABETH HOLT, et al., Case No. CL17 3387, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1511 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1008 North 35th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0964 020

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. NANNIE M. WALDEN, et al., Case No. CL17 3408, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1008 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

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real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

BEATRICE W. BROADDUS, et al., Case No. CL17 3440, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3126 Alvis Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2111 Barton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1210 North 35th Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1273 037

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IRENE E. WINFREE, et al., Case No. CL17 3870, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1210 North 35th Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 800 Akron Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N018 0478 018

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

FANNIE SMITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3607, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 800 Akron Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3126 Alvis Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1044 003

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 4 East Bacon Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0228 016

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. HELENA POINDEXTER WITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3895, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 4 East Bacon Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 16 East Bacon Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0228 023

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. HELENA POINDEXTER WITHERS, et al., Case No. CL17 3608, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 16 East Bacon Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1424-1426 Bainbridge Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 0153 002

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. LUCILLE B. MILES, et al., Case No. CL17 3986, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1424 -1426 Bainbridge Street , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2111 Barton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0450 009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3210 Barton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1134 006

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IRENE SMITH aka IRENE HALLIE JACKSON, et al., Case No. CL17 3606, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3210 Barton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances,

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3516 Belt Boulevard, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C009 0692 022

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. B & J PAVING INC., et al., Case No. CL17 3605, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3516 Belt Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2307 Carrington Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0470 004

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

GRACE M. D. MEREDITH, et al., Case No. CL12 3834, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2307 Carrington Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1909 Chelsea Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0832 005

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES ADAMS, et al., Case No. CL17 4998, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February Continued on next page

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21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1909 Chelsea Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 805 West Clay Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0351 010

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. IDA B. HAYDEN, et al., Case No. CL17 4689, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 805 West Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3121 Cliff Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 1044 025

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ERIC L. BURRELL, et al., Case No. CL17 3619, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3121 Cliff Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 112 South Colonial Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA W000 1281 019

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on April 21, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JAMES P. HURD, et al., Case No. CL16 4839, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 112 South Colonial Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2914 Decatur Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S000 1341 001

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

ELLA MAE BLANKENSHIP, et al., Case No. CL17 4615, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2914 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1326 Drewry Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1134 033

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. COMMUNICATIONS INC., et al., Case No. CL17 3982, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1326 Drewry Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3611 Edgewood Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N016 0081 007

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ELSIE LAINER, et al., Case No. CL17 3985, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3611 Edgewood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal

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Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2115 Ford Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0598 024

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. VIRGINIA MILES, et al., Case No. CL17 4200, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2115 Ford Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2920 Garland Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0889 009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

CLAUDE VINCENT LEWIS, et al., Case No. CL17 3621, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2920 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

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they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3505 Garland Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N016 0159 005

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

IRVING R. WINFREE, et al., Case No. CL17 3994, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3505 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 6421 B Glyndon Lane, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C004 0945 018

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLARA DICKERSON aka CLARA BURTON, et al., Case No. CL17 4272, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 6421 B Glyndon Lane , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 6421 C Glyndon Lane, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C004 0945 020 Continued on next page

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Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CLARA DICKERSON aka CLARA BURTON, et al., Case No. CL17 4271, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 6421 C Glyndon Lane, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1400 Melton Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

known as 2509 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1513 Hopkins Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C009 0199 040

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. PROPERTY VENTURES, INCORPORATED, et al., Case No. CL17 4174, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1513 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 3422 Keighly Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008 0780 017

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES H. DAVIS, et al., Case No. CL17 2855, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 3422 Keighly Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1701 Magnolia Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0663 020

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. GLENN L. PARKER, et al., Case No. CL17 4997, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1701 Magnolia Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1400 Melton Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1102 027

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

HAROLD HAYES BROWN, et al., Case No. CL17 5034, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1307 Minefee Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1134 056

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

DANE TYLER, et al., Case No. CL17 3701, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1307 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1418 MineFee Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1284 009

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. CHARLES H. MEALY, et al., Case No. CL17 2438, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1418 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 207 Minor Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0375 004

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. INDIANA T. HILL, et al., Case No. CL17 4764, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 207 Minor Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2509 North Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0541 023

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. RALPH STOKES, et al., Case No. CL17 2853, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2606 North Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0641 006

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on September 22, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOSEPH ZIMBLIST CARRINGTON, et al., Case No. CL17 2649, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2606 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 710 Oak Park Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N018 0531 020

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. FLORENCE CARTER, et al., Case No. CL17 4806, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 710 Oak Park Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

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other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1428 Oakwood Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1271 018

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. ALBERTA BLANKENLY, et al., Case No. CL17 3685, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1428 Oakwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 9 Overbrook Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA N000 0539 005

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. EMANUEL M. HEWLETT, et al., Case No. CL17 5167, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 9 Overbrook Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 962 Pink Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0425 016

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

LANGSTON DEBERRY, et al., Case No. CL17 4078, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 962 Pink Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 964 Pink Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0425 015

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

LILLIE VIRGINIA WILEY, et al., Case No. CL17 4080, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 964 Pink Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234

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(804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 1941-1947 Powell Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA C008 0217 004

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

THERES TAYLOR SPARKS, et al., Case No. CL17 3650, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 1941-1947 Powell Road , Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2110 Redd Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 0665 033

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. A-MASS, INC., A Purged Virginia Corporation, et al., Case No. CL17 3262, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2110 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

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directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

ROBERT L. SNOW, et al., Case No. CL17 3127, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2708 Selden Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2216 Royall Avenue, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S007 1581 002

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

JAMES WILLIAM SANFORD, et al., Case No. CL17 3259, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.13965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2216 Royall Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, Continued on next column

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2414 Ruffin Road, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA S008 0706 007

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on October 20, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v.

ROBERT LEROY NELSON, SR., et al., Case No. CL17 3261, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2414 Ruffin Road, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300 COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2708 Selden Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E012 0292 009

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COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2511 Whitcomb Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E012 0224 016

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on November 27, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. JOHN THOMAS, et al., Case No. CL17 4376, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2511 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is

COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF 2109 Y Street, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA E000 1080 026

Pursuant to an Order of Sale entered in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on December 28, 2017, in the matter City of Richmond v. VAUGHAN M. CUNNINGHAM, et al., Case No. CL17 4375, a suit for the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia 23234, on February 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the real estate together with any improvements thereon, known as 2109 Y Street, Richmond, Virginia, and more particularly described in the above mentioned court file.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of $2,500.00 or 20% of the purchase price, whichever is greater, will be required in cash, certified check or such other form as the Special Commissioner may in his sole discretion determine. A buyer’s premium of 10% of the successful bid will be added to equal total purchase price.

All bidders shall be required to certify by affidavit that they do not own, either directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding Notices of Code Violations under local environmental, zoning and building code law, or delinquent real estate taxes, other taxes or any other finance related matter related to the City of Richmond. The property is being sold “AS IS” without any representations or warranties, subject to the rights of any person in possession and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of the property may disclose. Conveyance will be made by either a Special Commissioner’s Deed and/ or a Special Warranty deed, with adjustment of real estate property taxes made as of the date of confirmation of the sale. All settlement, recordation fees and prorated taxes are to be paid by Purchaser. Risk of loss shall be upon Purchaser from time of confirmation by the Circuit Court. In the event the tax delinquent property is subject to a Notice of Code Violation under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, city zoning codes or environmental codes, the high bidder shall be required to submit a written work schedule and plan to abate all code violations which shall be approved by the appropriate department, in its sole discretion. The acceptance of the bid by the Special Commissioner shall not be construed as limiting any powers vested in the City. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. The successful bid is subject to confirmation by the

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Richmond Free Press

February 8-10, 2018

Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Standing room only for John Marshall-Trinity showdown at the Ashe Center

No. 1 versus No. 2.

Private versus public.

Isaiah versus Armando.

Those were the story lines for the Trinity Episcopal School versus John Marshall High School hoops showdown last Saturday at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center in Richmond.

Led by national celebrity Isaiah Todd, John Marshall High won 67-62, but the big winners were Richmond’s high school fans who were treated to a rare attraction, and cancer research.

The event, promoted by AAU travel team Team Loaded, was a benefit for Coaches 4 The Cure and cancer research.

The matchup between Trinity, which was ranked first in the area prior to the game, and John Marshall, which was ranked second, was the nightcap of a six-game extravaganza.

According to John Marshall Athletic Director Lamont Davis, the paid attendance was 4,925, with tickets costing $10 per person. Ticket lines were long, but no one was complaining.

This was “must see” basketball.

The 6-foot-10 Todd is among the nation’s top-ranked recruits in the Class of 2020. And he didn’t disappoint a standing-roomonly audience.

Connecting five times from beyond the 3-point arc, the lithe, versatile Todd had 26 points, seven rebounds and three

blocked shots.

For the season, Todd averages 20 points, eight rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots for the Justices’ Coach Ty White.

His Trinity counterpart, 6-foot-10 Armando Bacot, who is among the top national prospects for the Class of 2019, settled for 16 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots before fouling out in the Isaiah Todd fourth quarter.

Trinity, now with an 18-3 record, lost previously only to Florida powerhouse Montverde Academy and Blue Ridge School in Virginia.

John Marshall has won 11 of its past 12 games since a brutal November-December schedule against national powerhouses far from home.

Trinity, located in Richmond’s South Side, is the defending State Independent Schools Division I champion, and seems primed to defend that title later this month.

John Marshall, the pride of the North Side, is as usual a threat for the VHSL Division 3 State title to be contested at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center.

Coach White’s lineup isn’t all about Todd. Junior guards

DeMarr McRae (15.8 point average per game) and Levar Allen (10.3 point average per game) are third-year starters.

Six-foot sophomore Elijah Seward, a budding star, averages 9.9 points per game, and 6-foot-3 junior Jairus Ashlock, a transfer from Massaponax, 10.3 points per game.

Todd has help in the paint. Off the bench comes 6-foot-9 freshman and shot-blocking Armando Bacot whiz Roosevelt Wheeler, averaging four points and four rebounds.

The Saturday night packed house stirs memories of yesteryear, when fewer college and pro basketball games were broadcast on television and area fans were more receptive to supporting high school hoops.

Famously, in 1975, Richmond’s Maggie L. Walker and Thomas Jefferson high schools played before two sellouts of 10,000-plus fans at the Richmond Coliseum. Old-timers recall those games as Walker’s Clyde Austin and Rudy Cunningham went up against TJ’s Keith Valentine and Otis Fulton.

That was good as it gets. But that was then.

For now, and looking ahead, Isaiah versus Armando will definitely do.

U.S. athletes bring diversity to 2018 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympics, sometimes called the “white Olympics,” is gaining in diversity.

The United States delegation of 242 athletes heading to South Korea will include 10 AfricanAmericans, including its first African-American hockey player.

Jordan Greenwood, who currently plays for Boston College, has made the U.S. Olympic team as a left wing. The 6-foot-5 athlete from Potsdam, N.Y., was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Other athletes of color to watch in PyeongChang: Hakeem Abdul-Saboor: The former Powhatan High School and University of VirginiaWise football running back made the team as a “pusher” for the bobsled contingent.

Maame Biney: The 18-year-old native of Ghana, now living in Reston in Northern Virginia, becomes the first U.S. short track speed skater.

Shani Davis: The 35-year-old Chicago native will be competing in his third Olympics

Anthony Barthell: From High Point, N.C., as a speed skater. Davis became the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in the he will coach the U.S. short track team.

Also at the upcoming Winter Games will Winter Olympics with his 2006 victory in the be athletes of color from three Caribbean 1,000 meters at the games in Turin, Italy. nations and from the sub-Saharan Elena Meyers Taylor: Serves African nations of Nigeria and as the pilot for the U.S. women’s Ghana. bobsled team. The Californian People of color have been slow helped the United States clinch the in establishing themselves in the silver medal at the 2014 Winter snow and ice.

Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and In 2000, Vonetta Flowers of the bronze medal in 2010 in VanBirmingham, Ala., became the couver, Canada. Three of the four first African-American to win a members of Taylor’s bobsled team Winter Olympic gold medal when are African-American. she won the two-person bobsled at Erin Jackson: The 25-yearSalt Lake City. old Floridian, who just recently Figure skater Debi Thomas, a converted from roller blades to ice native of New York City, won a skates, becomes the United States’ first black female long track speed Elena Meyers Taylor bronze medal in 1988 at the Calgary Olympics. skater.

This year’s U.S. Olympic team also will Kimani Griffin: The 28-year-old WinstonSalem, N.C., resident will make his Olympic include 11 Asian-American athletes and two openly gay male athletes. debut as a long track speed skater.

Olympic snow and ice The XXIII Winter Olympic Games start this week in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Opening ceremony: Friday, Feb. 9.

Closing ceremony: Sunday, Feb. 25.

Events: 102 in 15 sports.

Nations participating: 92.

Number of athletes participating: 2,952 worldwide.

Number of athletes on U.S. Olympic team: 242.

Television broadcast: NBC in United States.

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aforementioned Circuit Court pursuant to Section 58.13969 of the Code of Virginia.

Settlement shall occur at the time of the confirmation by the Circuit Court, TIME BEING OF THE ESSENCE; otherwise, the Special Commissioner may require the Purchaser to forfeit the deposit and seek other legal or equitable rights against the defaulting Purchaser, including costs of resale and any deficiency resulting from resale.

Gregory A. Lukanuski Special Commissioner For More Information Contact: Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. 900 East Broad St, Rm 400 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 646-7940 Tim Dudley Motley’s Asset Disposition Group 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-3300

REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST and Statements of Qualifications The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, invites highly qualified firms to submit Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualifications along with background information on Form DGS30-168 (obtain adapted version from https://www.fm.virginia.edu/depts/fpc/index.html and associated supporting materials for services related to:

On-Demand Roof Repair and Maintenance RFP # 17-104 The University seeks to retain four or more roofing firms to compete on yet-to-bedetermined roofing repair and maintenance projects in accordance with the provisions of the University of Virginia Higher Education Capital Outlay Manual and the University’s Procurement Rules.

For submittal information and requirements, a copy of the full text of this request and additional program information visit the University’s Facilities Planning and Construction, Office of Contract Administration webpage at https://www.fm.virginia.edu/depts/fpc/index.html .

Questions may be directed to George Cullen at gec2n@virginia.edu, by fax at (434) 982-5108, or by phone at (434) 982-4620.

The Rector and Visitors of The University of Virginia By: George Cullen, Contract Administrator for Construction

BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 18-1567-1JCK Air Handling Unit Replacement - Laburnum Elementary School, Ridge Elementary School and Lakeside Elementary School Due 2:30 pm, March 6, 2018 Additional information available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/ COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1569-1CLE – Replace Lighting & Ceilings – Godwin High School and Hermitage High School - Due 3:00 pm, February 27, 2018.

Additional information available at: https://henrico. us.finance/divisions/ purchasing/.

ENGINEERING CONSULTING The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking expressions of interest from consulting engineering firms who wish to be considered to provide professional engineering services for The Statewide Construction Project Closeout Contract providing services under a Fixed Billable Rate Contract.

The services shall require providing for the review, preparation, and submittal of final estimates along with other duties required for construction project closeout and records review and/or the post construction process. It is anticipated that more than one, but not to exceed two contracts may be awarded under the “multiple award” procurement process. Each contract will be for a two (2) year contract period with two (2) optional one-year renewable terms. The proposed two-year contract will have a total maximum compensation not to exceed $2,000,000.00 per term.

Responses must be received by 2:00 p.m. on February 22, 2018. A copy of the Request For Proposal (RFP) may be obtained at http://www.virginiadot. org/business/rfps.asp. For additional information, contact Nishant Patel at 804-371-0945 VDOT assures compliance with Title VI requirements of nondiscrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.

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Request foR Bids Harkins Builders is extending an invitation to bid for Jackson Ward Apartments. This project consists of two 3 story multifamily buildings, one 4 story independent senior living building, retail space, and the renovation of an existing 2 story w/ basement building located in Richmond, VA. Bid due date:March 1st, 2018 by 5PM. All proposals and request for access to Harkins bid board shall be submitted to jacksonward@harkinsbuilders.com or by fax to (410) 696-1237 site Visit: Harkins will host a site visit on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Ebenezer Baptist Church on 216 W Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23220 Bid documents: Plans and other documents are available for download via our bid board at http://bidboard. harkinsbuilders.com/ Small Business, Minority and Women Owned subcontractors and suppliers are encouraged to participate in this project. scope of Work includes: Site Work, Site Concrete, Asphalt Paving, Landscaping, Fencing, Site Lighting, Selective Demolition, Asbestos Abatement, Masonry, Structural Steel Framing, Misc. Steel, Metal Railings, Rough Carpentry, Architectural Woodworking, Plastic Laminate Casework, Manufactured Casework, Building Insulation, TPO Roofing, Sheet Metal Flashing & Trim, Joint Sealants, Doors, Frames, Hardware, Access Panels, Aluminum Framed Storefronts & Entrances, Window Restoration, Glass & Glazing, Fixed Louvers, Gypsum Wall Board, Ceramic Tiling, ACT, Resilient Base, VCT, Carpet, Painting, Signs, Toilet & Bath Accessories, Fire Extinguisher & Cabinets, Appliances Trash Compactor, Elevator, Handicap Lift, Sprinklers, Plumbing, HVAC, Controls, Fire Alarm, and Electrical.

SExton (part time) Ebenezer Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia is seeking a part time Sexton.

Janitorial experience preferred.

Applicants can pick up an application from the church office or submit a resume to:

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Ebenezer Baptist Church 216 w. Leigh Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 Attention: Personnel A Criminal Background Check Is Required.

Director of Maintenance

Salary: $85,000-$100,000 Negotiable, Commensurate Upon Experience Closes: February 26, 2018 Exempt GRTC Transit System in Richmond, Virginia seeks a Director of Maintenance with 8-10 year of experience to plan, organize and implement functions associated with the daily (24/7) and long-term operation and maintenance of GRTC’s bus and paratransit vehicle fleets, operational facilities, and non-revenue vehicles.

Responsibilities include oversight of vehicle servicing and repairs (mechanical and body) and the physical appearance and cleanliness of the fleet assets, shop facility and fleet storage areas. The successful candidate will 3 years of supervisory /management experience for operations comparable in size and scope to GRTC. For a more detailed job description and the ability to apply online, please visit www.ridegrtc. com. A pre-employment drug screening will be required. GRTC is an equal opportunity employer with a drug-free work environment.

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR, STUDENT RECRUITMENT News Producer

Position #FA401

NBC12, Richmond’s No. 1 news organization has immediate opening for creative, dynamic news producer. Successful candidate must be strong writer, energetic, self motivated and strong leader.

No show stackers…just experienced leader with vision and skills to develop content. Apply on line at https://careers-raycommedia.icims.com.

EOE M/F/H/V Drug Screen required.

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) The Assistant Coordinator of Student Recruitment will play a vital role in assisting the Director of Recruitment and K-12 Coach with formulating and executing the college’s strategic recruitment plan for adult students. The Assistant Coordinator is responsible for the collecting of data, environmental surveying, and activity assessment and evaluation related to all new student recruitment. The Assistant Coordinator supports the efforts of the Director of Recruitment and K-12 Coaching to create and promote a recruitment and retention culture through the development and nurturing collaborative relationships with other units at the college. The position requires extensive local travel within the college’s service region: the counties of Louisa, Goochland, Powhatan, Hanover, Henrico, and the city of Richmond, up to 200 miles per day. Master’s degree in education, higher education, student development, adult education, or counseling is required.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelvemonth professional faculty-ranked appointment. Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $56,610-$112,256.

Approximate maximum hiring salary: $56,610.

Application reviews will begin MARCH 23, 2018.

Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu.

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.NET DEVELOPER- FUSION COMPANY: Designs/codes/documents new or existing applications or services including developing & directing software system testing & validation procedures, programming, & documentation. REQMTS: (i) a Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Elec Eng, Electronics & Comm Eng, or a closely related field, & (ii) 5 yrs exp as a Programmer Analyst or Web Applications Architect; & (iii) 5 yrs concurrent exp working w/ .NET Framework, C#, MVC, MS SQL server, Oracle, JavaScript, WebAPI. JOB LOCATION: Richmond/VA; qualified applicants should send their cvr ltr, CV, salary reqmts & references by mail to: Tiffany Penn, Director, HR and Corp.

Services, Fusion Company, 9950 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233.