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Roadblock Mayor’s $1.4B Coliseum plan hits a financing snag

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The plan to replace the Richmond Coliseum with a new arena in Downtown appears to be running afoul of the Virginia Public Finance Act. That state law bars local governments from using real estate and other taxes to repay revenue bonds, the type of funding that Mayor Levar M. Stoney prefers in efforts to ensure the city would not be stuck with the bill if the new arena is less successful than projected.

Real estate taxes can be pledged to repay general obligation bonds, but that would require the city to be on the hook for the repayment.

Revenue bonds are defined as using a specific revenue stream for repayment. The city Department of Public Utilities uses such bonds to borrow money for new pipes for water, sewage and natural gas. DPU repays those bonds from income it receives from customers.

The financing issue may be a key reason the city remains in talks with the Navy Hill District Corp., led by Dominion Energy’s top executive Thomas F. Farrell II, and why Mayor Stoney appears to be stymied on letting Richmond City Council review the planned $1.4 billion project.

The project calls for borrowing to build a new $220 million arena and having private investors develop 2,900 new apartments, along with two hotels, new office buildings, restaurants and other commercial operations on nearby city property to help repay the arena’s debt.

But two reports, one done for the Navy Hill

District Corp. and the other by a city consultant, have shown the revenue from the project area would not be enough to ensure investors are comfortable in buying bonds.

To generate more tax dollars for debt repayment, the mayor has talked about creating an 80-block Tax Increment Financing District, or TIF, and using tax income from the projected increase in real estate property values as a main source of repayment.

Taxes collected from the base value of the property would go to the city treasury, while the TIF would collect any increase in real estate taxes above that base value.

That financing approach was outlined in a report that the city’s financial adviser, David P. Rose of Davenport & Co., issued in November.

In the report, Mr. Rose stated that the “public portion of the project will be funded from nonrecourse revenue bonds” to be repaid from growth in real estate taxes in the TIF District and new sales tax, parking revenues and other income and taxes created in the arena project area.

The public elements are mainly the proposed 17,500-seat arena and the three-story Blues Armory at 6th and Marshall streets, which is to be converted into a food market, with entertainment center on the second floor and a ballroom for the proposed hotel on the third floor.

The non-recourse bonds he referred to means that investors who buy the bonds would not be able to sue the city if they lost money.

Mr. Rose did not mention the roadblock that

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Ringing in the new year Confetti rains down on 2,500 youngsters and their families gathered at the Science Museum of Virginia to ring in 2019 early — at noon on Monday. Youngsters, including Aleyah Michael, 4, left, and Brycen Woodson, 5, made wearable decorations for the “Noon Year’s Eve” celebration, which featured a giant party ball, music, countdown, noisemakers and a parade.

Youngsters also could sign a huge banner with their resolutions for 2019.

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Absence marks Emancipation Proclamation Day service

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Jan. 1 marks one of the greatest days in American history — the day when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to abolish slavery amid the raging Civil War. But the yearly celebration of the great freedom edict on New Year’s Day has begun to flag in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy.

For the first time in memory, not a single elected city official or General Assembly representative took part in the service to mark the 1863 proclamation, which gave black people new hope that the country would live up to its promises of freedom and equality; transformed the war into a crusade against slavery; enabled the Union to secure victory through enlistment of

black troops; and led to the passage and ratification of the 13th Amendment to abolish human bondage in the United States.

The only public official who participated in the service at Fifth Baptist Church in the city’s West End was Jenefer S. Hughes, commissioner of

revenue for Chesterfield County.

“I wouldn’t have missed it for the world,” said Ms. Hughes.

But it wasn’t just public officials who blew off the 80th annual event to mark the occasion and rally the community to re-commit to addressing today’s challenges to full freedom.

Among the missing were most of the 180 members of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity, which hosts the event.

Only about 30 ministers attended Tuesday’s service.

Also missing were the presidents of the NAACP branches in Richmond

and surrounding counties. The local branches were the beneficiaries of the offering collected at the service.

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New Virginia license plate honoring Dr. King?

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Can Delegate Dawn M. Adams find 450 Virginians willing to pay $25 to $35 for a specialty license plate honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Monday, Jan. 7?

That’s the challenge the Richmond Democrat is facing as her first step to securing General Assembly approval for a new plate honoring the civil rights icon whose birthday will be celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Jan. 21.

A legislative rule requires a sponsor to show a minimum of 450 purchasers of a specialty plate in order to have a bill to authorize the plate to be considered.

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Training sessions aimed at developing new employees for East End market

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This artist rendering shows a proposed casino, right, along the Norfolk waterfront.

Tribe seeks to build Va.’s first casino in Norfolk Free Press wire report

NORFOLK The Indian tribe that greeted English settlers at Jamestown and claims Pocahontas among its lineage said recently that it hopes to open in Norfolk what would be Virginia’s first casino.

Pamunkey Indian Tribe spokesman Jay Smith said the tribe is eyeing about 20 acres along the Elizabeth River between Harbor Park, the Norfolk Tides baseball stadium, and an Amtrak station near Norfolk’s downtown.

Negotiations are underway with officials in Virginia’s secondlargest city.

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Micah White with CARITAS Works leads a recent training session on customer service and personal development at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God.

A new East End market promises to bring employment and opportunity to a longtime food desert in the city.

The Market @ 25th, scheduled to open in March at 25th Street and Nine Mile Road, will fill many voids in the neighborhood, including the need for long-term, large-scale employment.

Attached to the store will be a VCU Health Hub providing health screenings and information for people who live in the community.

Since November, CARITAS Works has been providing a special eight-week training for 50 low-income and/or formerly incarcerated people recruited to work at The Market @ 25th. The training is held at the nearby Cedar Street Baptist Church of God, where two classes each with 25 applicants participate Please turn to A4

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Court Watch seeking volunteers Court Watch of Central Virginia is seeking volunteers willing to watch the action in courtrooms in the Richmond area and gather information on how the legal system works.

The nonprofit group announced a training session for interested people will take place 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at the offices of New Virginia Majority, 200 Hull St., suite 200, in South Side.

The group’s aim, according to the announcement, is to “bring transparency and accountability to such items as sentencing plea agreements, public defender caseloads and bond amounts” and to help shed light on the disproportionate number of poor people and people of color who appear.

Details: (804) 918-7142.

RPS seniors can apply free to more than 50 HBCUs Richmond Public Schools students can apply to historically black colleges and universities for free, thanks to a partnership between RVA Future, the RPS Education Foundation and Common Black College Application.

Through the CBCA, students nationwide can apply to more than 50 HBCUs for a one-time $35 fee.

With the partnership, the fee is now waived for RPS students.

City students can apply to multiple HBCUs — local and outof-state — at no cost and increase their opportunities to receive college admissions offers, as well as scholarship and financial aid assistance.

The CBCA is accepting applications for admission until April, officials said. Students interested in applying to HBCUs should see their school counselors or RVA Future Center director for the waiver code.

“RPS students complete an average of three to five college applications during their senior year,” said Tracy Brower, program manager for RVA Future.

“This is a great opportunity because it helps to alleviate the financial burden of applying to college while expanding the types of schools our students are applying to.”

The partnership’s goal is to assist students in overcoming the financial barriers that prevent some students from applying to colleges and universities.

“It is imperative students have options when deciding what college to attend and how their education can be financed. This partnership will help to provide those options,” said CBCA founder Robert Mason.

Details: Richmond Public Schools, (804) 780-7100, or https:// commonblackcollegeapp.com/.

Women’s equity events slated for next week Two events next week in Richmond will raise the banner for equity, justice and empowerment for women, including a rally at the State Capitol on the opening day of the 2019 General Assembly session and a women’s march and expo next weekend.

As the General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday, Jan. 9, a group called VAratifyERA is hoping to gather hundreds of women on the grounds of the State Capitol in front of a banner urging state legislators to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

The Welcome Back Party, as the event is billed, is to take place between 10:45 and 11:45 a.m. outside the legislature’s temporary offices in the Pocahontas Building on Capitol Square, it has been announced.

The purpose is to bring recognition to the renewed effort to make Virginia the 38th state to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would give women equal legal status with men.

The deadline for states to ratify the amendment expired at least 36 years ago, so it is unclear whether Virginia’s passage would revive the proposed 28th Amendment.

But that is not stopping advocates from pressing state delegates and senators to show at least symbolic support for the amendment.

Details: VAratifyERA.org Next weekend is the Women’s March RVA-Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Boulevard.

The event is sponsored by a coalition of 40 organizations ranging from the NAACP and Girls Like Me to Planned Parenthood, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Virginia Educators United.

The event kicks off at 9 a.m. with a 2-mile walk along the Boulevard from the Ashe Center to Broad Street and back, followed by the opening at 10 a.m. of the expo. Free to the public, the expo will feature speakers and organizations, music, a silent auction and a section to create signs for people planning to attend the second national Women’s March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19.

Details: www.womensmarchrva.org.

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

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This stylish and decorative streetlight, set against the backdrop of the Richmond skyline, stands in Kanawha Plaza, the city park at 8th and Canal streets in Downtown. The look is part of a $2.9 million makeover completed in 2016 for the park, which previously was an informal shelter for the homeless. The previous traditional globe streetlights often were broken. The Enrichmond Foundation is in charge of fundraising for the park to cover the cost of maintenence and events.

William C. Smith named interim police chief in Richmond

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For now, William C. Smith is in charge of the Richmond Police Department.

The 23-year department veteran took over as interim chief on Tuesday, New Year’s Day, following the official retirement of former Chief Alfred Durham.

Before he left last week, Chief Durham made it clear that he wanted Chief Smith to at least temporarily succeed him during the search for a successor.

The outgoing chief gained confidence in Chief Smith during the two years he served as the department’s chief of staff Chief and Chief Durham’s right-hand man.

Ahead of Chief Smith’s appointment, Chief Durham promoted the 50-year-old Richmonder to deputy chief, named him to serve as acting chief in his absence and recommended to his civilian superiors at City Hall that Chief Smith serve as interim chief until a permanent replacement was appointed.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced he accepted the recommendation on Dec. 27.

“Chief Smith is an experienced law enforcement professional who brings a sense of duty and an analytical approach to his work,” the mayor stated in the announcement.

“He understands the unique demands and responsibilities of this important job, and I have confidence in his ability to manage the department during the transition period.”

Chief Smith said he is grateful to the mayor and Chief Administrative Officer Selena Smith Cuffee-Glenn, who made the appointment, “for this opportunity to lead.

I look forward to continuing the important work of the department as a community policing organization.”

He indicated that he would compete for the permanent job.

If Mayor Stoney follows past precedent, he and Ms. Cuffee-Glenn would name a citizen committee to lead the search and

Court moves closer to declaring Va. law unconstitutional linking court fines to driver’s license suspensions

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

For more than two decades, people who cannot pay court fines and costs in Virginia automatically have had their driver’s licenses suspended.

Currently, nearly 1 million Virginians — one in six adults — have lost driving privileges because of unpaid court debt, according to the Virginia Legal Aid Justice Center.

And 40 percent of those individuals, or about 360,000 people, have lost licenses because of debt unrelated to driving offenses, VLAJC found in its research.

Now five people represented by the Charlottesville-based VLAJC have moved a step closer to having the punitive policy — also used in 42 other states — declared unconstitutional for themselves and all others affected.

In an initial move, U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon on Dec. 21 ordered Richard D. Holcomb, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, to remove license suspensions against three of the plaintiffs challenging the state law. The judge also barred Mr. Holcomb from suspending the licenses of two other plaintiffs who missed installments on payment plans.

The judge also barred Mr. Holcomb

from collecting DMV’s usual $145 reinstatement fee from the five plaintiffs, a fee that raises another barrier to people trying to pay off court debt and regain their licenses.

Judge Moon issued the temporary injunction after finding that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in establishing that the state’s current policy is an unconstitutional violation of procedural due process.

He made that finding after determining that individuals do not receive any notice from the state and do not have a right to a hearing before their licenses are suspended.

In a 32-page opinion, Judge Moon, sitting in Charlottesville, rejected state arguments and found that the plaintiffs are suffering “irreparable harm” as a result of the law that took their licenses and thus prevented them from legally driving to the doctor or getting to work.

He found that the “Commonwealth’s interest in ensuring the collection of court fines and costs (is) not furthered by a license suspension scheme that neither considers an individual’s ability to pay nor provides him (or her) with an opportunity to be heard on the matter.”

At this point, Judge Moon has only reinstated the driver’s licenses of Damian Stinnie, Melissa Adams and Adrainne

Justice and Reformation providing space heaters to those in need

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Public housing residents and others in Richmond who lose heat have a new alternative.

A Richmond advocacy group is distributing space heaters to those who are shivering in cold apartments.

Justice and Reformation, the organization led by educator Princess Blanding, distributed space heaters last week to residents in 11 homes, including heaters that went to eight units in the Creighton Court public housing community in the East End. According to Ms. Blanding, her organization provided assistance in Creighton Court after the residents said the heating system in their units had stopped working and they had received

create a short list from which the new chief would be selected. That could take three to six months.

Chief Smith joined the department in 1995 and rose relatively quickly from policing the streets into management.

He gained his sergeant stripes in 1998 and was promoted to lieutenant five years later. He moved up to captain in 2007 and was promoted to major in 2016.

Since 2007, he has supervised emergency communications, commanded the Third Precinct in the West End, run the department’s business services and supervised special operations, which covers everything from SWAT and hostage negotiations to traffic investigations, horse and K-9 units and event services for the Christmas Parade, the Richmond Marathon and other festivals and activities.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and also is a graduate of the University of Richmond’s Police Executive Leadership School and the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police in Boston.

no response after calling a hotline set up by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority to respond to such problems.

After the Free Press notified him of Justice and Reformation’s distribution of heaters on Dec. 27, Orlando Ms. Blanding Artze, interim executive director of the RRHA, asked for the addresses of the residents involved so maintenance staff could respond.

Ms. Blanding declined to provide the addresses without first securing the residents’ permission.

Ms. Blanding is best known for leading the fight for change in police tactics after her brother,

24-year-old Marcus-David Peters, was fatally shot by a city police officer when he confronted the officer in May. Ms. Blanding organized the nonprofit Justice and Reformation to mobilize supporters.

However, she said the organization wanted to do more and came up with the idea of passing out heaters. She said the goal is to distribute at least 50 space heaters this winter. The group is seeking donations to reach that goal.

“We try to respond quickly,” Ms. Blanding said, crediting Justice and Reformation members Monica Kelly and David Land with playing a leading role in ensuring families get heating help.

She said people seeking heating help can call or text the group’s 24-hour number, (804) 624-4273.

Details: www.justiceandreformation.org.

Johnson and blocked the suspension of the licenses of Williest Bandy and Brianna Morgan, the named plaintiffs.

However, the judge could extend the injunction to all of those with suspended licenses if he certifies the case as a class action. That is still down the legal road.

Still, VLAJC is happy with the judge’s decision in the case that began in 2016 and was kept alive only through a decision of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that allowed the legal group to amend and resubmit the case to the district court earlier this year.

The NAACP and the U.S. Justice Department joined VLAJC in that crucial appeal.

“Today’s ruling is a victory for the Constitution and for common sense,” Angela Ciolfi, executive director of the VLAJC, stated in announcing the decision. “It is time to end the devastating cycle of debt, unemployment and incarceration that this policy causes.”

Judge Moon’s decision follows Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s announcement Dec. 19 that he supports ending license suspension for people too poor to pay court debts, and rulings earlier this year by federal courts in Tennessee and Michigan declaring similar statutes unconstitutional, according to VLAJC. Meanwhile, the General Assembly is to take up the issue during the session that opens Jan. 9. Republican state Sen. William M. “Bill Stanley Jr. of Franklin has introduced legislation that largely would eliminate license suspensions for those who cannot afford to pay.

The current state policy dates to 1994, when the General Assembly provided for courts to report to DMV via computer and for DMV to suspend licenses, without notice of, or a hearing for, affected individuals.

In 2017, the legislature passed legislation formally directing the state’s courts to set up payment plans for people who owe court fines and costs. Previously, those who did not pay court debts within 40 days after they were imposed had their licenses suspended.

VLAJC has since found that many of the state’s courts fail to set up affordable payment plans so that many who try to take advantage of the option ended up failing to meet the terms and wind up losing their licenses anyway.

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Hometown celebration Boston Red Sox centerfielder Jackie Bradley Jr., right, spends time with his dad, Jackie Bradley Sr. of Richmond, during a celebration held for the pair on Dec. 28 by the older Mr. Bradley’s co-workers at GRTC. In late October, the younger Mr. Bradley helped the Red Sox clinch a World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A Richmond area native, he played ball for Prince George High School and the University of South Carolina before joining the Red Sox, where he has been the starting centerfielder since 2014. His dad is a veteran bus driver for GRTC. The festive celebration was held at Southern Kitchen restaurant in Shockoe Bottom.

With the start of 2019, the Richmond Free Press invited select state and city officials and leaders to share their foremost wishes for the new year.

Here are their responses:

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4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin My 2019 foremost wish is that Democrats are successful in achieving our goals to improve the lives of the American people.

We have a responsibility to ensure that Congress is a co-equal branch of government and we hold the president accountable for his actions. We have an obligation to introduce legislation that will improve the lives of Americans by ensuring every American has access to affordable, high-quality health care with coverage for pre-existing conditions; that a working wage is a living wage; that we have equal pay for equal work; that every vote is protected and encouraged; and that we are taking concrete steps to address climate change now.

We must make sure our democracy continues to function, thrive and govern for the people. That is why we will begin passing legislation in 2019 that will protect every vote, increase transparency and prioritize ethical behavior in government. We will stand up for civil rights and human rights.

I promise you I will keep fighting hard every day so that you and your loved ones have a better future. I am determined to do what I can to accomplish these critical goals.

Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras I wish for an end to violence in our children’s lives.

In the 11 months I’ve been superintendent, I’ve lost several students as well as several parents due to shootings. The toll this takes on our students, families, schools and communities is indescribable. The emotional impact is devastating enough. But there’s also a neurobiological effect. We now know that repeated trauma in a child’s life can actually influence the development of the brain.

Fortunately, we are blessed at RPS with so many talented and dedicated teachers, counselors and social workers who help our young people work through the trauma in their lives and to find a way forward.

But we need to do more to support RPS staff in this work.

That’s why our new strategic plan — Dreams4RPS — includes a commitment to providing “trauma-informed” training for all of our educators so they can be even more skilled at supporting students who face toxic stress in their lives as a result of violence or abuse.

As we take these steps to confront the difficult reality that so many children face, let’s return to my wish — that the violence ends. Let’s do everything we can, as one Richmond community, to create a healthier and more peaceful 2019 for our children.

Richmond would have only 4 House representatives under redistricting plan resented by Delegate Delores L. McQuinn, would pick up Charles City County, while continuing to represent a portion of the city’s East End as well as parts of Chesterfield and Henrico counties. The plan appears to reduce the 70th District’s share of the city and increase the number of precincts in Henrico and Chesterfield counties.

The 71st District, represented by Delegate Jeff M. Bourne, would pick up the one North

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includes Petersburg and part of Hopewell and is represented by Delegate Lashrecse D. Aird.

Under his proposal, the 63rd District would continue to include Petersburg and portions of Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties, but with additional precincts from those two counties. At the same time, the Grofman proposal calls for the 63rd District to drop precincts in Hopewell and Prince

Richmond’s representation in the General Assembly could be reduced from five members in the House of Delegates to four if a three-judge federal court panel accepts changes proposed by a California professor to end racial gerrymandering.

Redistricting expert Dr. Bernard Grofman submitted recommendations on ways to alter 11 House districts that the judicial panel previously found were unconstitutionally packed with voting age African-Americans — including changes to five House districts in the RichmondPetersburg area.

The panel is to hear from interested parties on alterna- Delegate Adams Delegate Bagby Delegate Bourne Delegate McQuinn Delegate Carr tive plans Thursday, Jan. 10, in moving to redraw boundary lines to enable primary Side precinct from the 74th District, plus George County. and general elections in 2019 to fill the 100 others and would shed its Henrico precincts.

The proposed change would have its House seats and the 40 Senate seats in the Under the plan, the district would be con- biggest impact on the majority-white 62nd Virginia General Assembly. tained within the city’s boundaries.

District, now represented by Delegate Dr. Grofman, a political scientist at the The 69th District, currently represented Riley Ingram.

University of California-Irvine, proposed by Delegate Betsy B. Carr, also would drop Under the plan, the 62nd District would alternative boundaries for the majority Chesterfield precincts and solely cover most include all of Hopewell, not just the majorityAfrican-American House districts in the of the city’s South Side under the plan. white precincts. Dr. Grofman also presented Richmond area, 69th, 70th, 71st and 74th, The changes would impact the 68th two alternatives for the district. In one, the with separate recommendations for the 63rd District, now represented by Delegate Dawn district would no longer stretch into Henrico District in Petersburg.

M. Adams. But the Grofman proposal would County; in the other, it does. The district Among the big changes, the 74th District, maintain it as a swing district that includes also would continue to include portions of now represented by Delegate Lamont Bagby, western parts of Richmond on both sides of Chesterfield and Prince George counties. would lie solely within Henrico County and the James River, as well as parts of Henrico Dr. Grofman also offered alternative shed its Richmond precinct in North Side and Chesterfield counties. boundaries for the panel to consider for the as well as Charles City County, under the Dr. Grofman also proposed changes to six other majorityAfrican-American districts Grofman proposal. RICHMOND FREE PRESS PUR224-1718 MARCH | COASTAL | 7.278”W located X 10”Hin Newport | CMYKNews, Hampton and the the area’s other majority African-American Under the proposal, the 70th District, rep- district, the 63rd District, which currently Norfolk area.

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Adria Scharf, executive director of the Richmond Peace Education Center This year marks 400 years since the first forced arrival of enslaved African people to the shores of what is now Virginia. The system of slavery emerged rapidly in the years that followed.

My wish is that in 2019, the Commonwealth as a whole — and white Virginians in particular — reckon directly and honestly with this horrific history that shapes our communities to the present day.

From mass incarceration, to the ownership of wealth, to mortality rates, profound racial divides persist in every sphere. Our nation’s current president rode racial dog whistles to the White House, appealing to white fear and racism in order to divide. I wish I could say that we had moved farther along by this point in our history. But here we are.

Virginia needs to move beyond a whitewashed commemoration. Virginians as a whole need to acknowledge the unspeakable trauma that white racial oppression has inflicted and the myriad ways that this history lives on in our state today.

As part of this year of “reckoning,” I wish for more white Virginians to do their “own work.”

I direct the Richmond Peace Education Center. At the peace center, we provide a variety of conflict resolution and trauma healing programs to the Richmond region. Our goal is to build a more peaceful community, free of violence.

Ultimately, however, we know that to get peace, we need justice. And we recognize that if we want to eradicate violence, we must seek to eradicate the systemic violence of racism that has built this state and which has never been adequately acknowledged or redressed.

This is urgent work. It is necessary in order to get to the place where we are better able to stand together, across lines of race and culture and class, to form the mobilized multiracial coalitions that will be necessary to bring about real change for the next generation. It is past time.

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the Public Finance Act presents to that approach with its ban on using real estate taxes to repay revenue bonds.

At this point, city officials are keeping mum about the Coliseum development and its status.

Paul Goldman, an expert on municipal finance who has led the Put Schools First campaign that is pushing Mayor Stoney to focus on modernizing the city’s public schools, was the first to spot the legal problem and report it in Facebook posts.

The Free Press confirmed his findings.

The city learned months ago that the new arena and development proposed for the city property around the arena could not

generate enough money to satisfy bond buyers.

Mr. Farrell and his team at Navy Hill District Corp. stated so in a May 9 report the Free Press has obtained.

According to the report, the project might not be viable unless the real estate taxes to be generated by the new buildings Dominion Energy is erecting at 7th and Canal streets, eight blocks south of the Coliseum site, could be included in the TIF and used for repaying the arena loans.

“This ultimately is a business decision for the city to make through weighting and measuring its best interests,” the report states. “The exclusion of the two Dominion Energy properties negatively impacts the arena plan of finance.”

Without the real estate tax dollars from the Dominion Energy

buildings, the project would have to raise the interest rate it offered on bonds to attract buyers, essentially ballooning the cost of debt to a point that it could be unaffordable.

Essentially, the project has to generate 1.5 times the debt repayment, the report states. Without the Dominion Energy properties, the debt service coverage ratio would never reach 1.5 times the debt, which would restrict “the willingness of bond buyers to enter into this kind of investment.”

The report also notes that all of the sales taxes created by the hotel and other businesses in the project also would need to be used to support the financing plan. Without the sales tax money, the project also could fall short of generating enough coverage for the bond debt to satisfy buyers, the report states.

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The Rev. Prince Raney Rivers, senior pastor of Union Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., urges those attending the annual Emancipation Proclamation Day service at Fifth Baptist Church to finish the work begun with abolition.

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Still, the more than 350 people who attended were treated to the rousing singing of the 62voice Greater Metropolitan Choir and an equally rousing message from the Rev. Prince Raney Rivers, senior pastor of Union Baptist Church in Durham, N.C. Drawing on a passage from the Book of Nehemiah, Rev. Rivers challenged the audience to get involved in tackling current challenges, ranging from protecting civil rights to ensuring a quality education for all children and dealing with the poverty that still afflicts so many people.

Citing Nehemiah’s leadership in rebuilding Jerusalem and its protective wall, he told the audience the biblical figure did not gain the financial support of the Persian king and did not undertake the arduous and hazardous task “to build half a wall.”

Urging his listeners to avoid complacency, Rev. Rivers called for people to be like Nehemiah and “finish the work” that began with abolition.

He noted that the community has overcome

a host of past challenges, such as Jim Crow laws and lynchings.

The annual Emancipation Proclamation Day worship service continues a tradition launched in 1940 by the late Rev. W.L. Ransome of First Baptist Church of South Richmond. The service later was turned over to the ministers’ conference to run.

The daytime service follows “Watch Night” services that many churches hold on New Year’s Eve. The tradition of those services dates to 1862, when people gathered on Dec. 31 to pray that President Lincoln would keep his word and issue the proclamation that declared an end to slavery in 10 states, including Virginia.

After the Civil War, Richmonders long celebrated freedom on April 3, the day in 1865 that Union troops marched into the city liberating thousands of enslaved people and proclaimed victory over Confederate forces in the city.

But that tradition disappeared early in the 20th century, and Rev. Ransome revived the freedom celebration with a new focus on the Emancipation Proclamation. The ministers’ conference has hosted the event for about 55 years.

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Monday is the deadline for members to file their bills, but Delegate Adams reports on her website that she has only 61 purchasers for the plates so far.

“We’re trying to get the word out and make that deadline so we don’t have to wait until next year,” said Maureen Hains, Delegate Adams’ legislative assistant. A first-term House member, Delegate Adams submitted legislation to create the unique plate last year, only to run into the 450-purchaser rule.

The license plate includes Dr. King’s likeness surrounded by nine stars, a tribute to the nine African-American Greek fraternities and sororities known as the “Divine Nine,” on a blue background. The plate, which can be personalized, includes the words “I Have A Dream” at the bottom, a reference to Dr. King’s most famous speech.

Interested people can go to Delegate Adams’ website, www.

DelegateAdams.com, to download an application for the license plate or apply online. People also can call Ms. Hains at (804) 698-1068 or (804) 839-5934 for additional information.

Cost: $25 for a standard DMV plate and $35 for a personalized plate.

If she succeeds, Delegate Adams plans to provide the money generated from the sale of the plates to the state Department of Motor Vehicles to cover the agency’s cost to provide people with IDs to vote, apply for jobs and take care of other business.

That would make allow DMV to offer the IDs without charge until the money from the plate sales ran out.

Currently, voter registrars across the state issue free photo IDs, but their offices are not always conveniently located and the IDs can only be used for voting, Ms. Hains said.

DMV, which requires certain documents like a birth certificate to obtain a photo ID, also requires a $10 minimum payment for a photo ID good for five years, or $16 for an ID good for eight years.

Delegate Adams chose to partner with DMV because its offices “would provide additional locations to secure a free photo ID,” Ms. Hains said.

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Spensean Singletary, center, a trainee with the program, gets feedback from the group during the daily opening session to build confidence and comfort.

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in customer training and personal development sessions five hours a day, five days a week.

The program is led by Marilyn Milio, CARITAS Works program manager; Shaaron Atkins-Comfort, customer service store director; and Micah White, facilitating consultant.

“The course provides everything from customer service to conflict resolution,” Ms. Milio said.

Nearly 500 people applied to work at the grocery store, with most having many barriers to employment, Ms. Atkins-Comfort said, including a lack of formal education

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area includes central Virginia near Richmond and stretches down to the Hampton Roads region, where Norfolk is located.

Pamunkey Chief Robert Gray said in a statement that “just as this area played an important role in the tribe’s past, I believe that Norfolk will play an even more important role in the Pamunkey Tribe’s future.”

The Pamunkey were among the group of tribes led by Chief Powhatan in what is now Virginia.

Many had lost their lands in the 1700s.

The Pamunkey were among the few tribes that held onto their reservations. It still has about 1,200 acres outside Richmond.

In 2015, the Pamunkey became the first tribe in Virginia to receive federal recognition from the U.S. Department of Interior. Mr. Smith said the status allows the tribe to operate casinos without approval

from the state of Virginia, which currently has none.

Nearly 240 tribes operate casinos in more than half of U.S. states under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, according to the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Mr. Smith said the games in the proposed Norfolk casino and resort would offer slots as well as the usual variety of table games, including poker and blackjack.

The proposed casino and resort project still must be approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mr. Smith said. Among the factors the bureau will consider is whether the tribe is indeed proposing its casino on ancestral lands.

He said the resort and casino would create thousands of jobs and have an economic impact of more than $1 billion a year.

Norfolk sits near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and borders the coastal city of Virginia Beach, the state’s largest city. It’s also not

far from Jamestown, the first permanent English colony, which was founded along the James River.

Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander said the tribe’s interest in Norfolk validates the city “as an emerging destination for tourism in the mid-Atlantic.”

The Pamunkey may open the state’s first casino, but others may not be far behind.

Casinos currently are illegal under state law. But Virginia lawmakers have shown a greater willingness to discuss expanding gambling in recent years.

A businessman who wants to build a casino in Southwest Virginia said he’s confident about getting approval from the General Assembly, the Bristol Herald Courier reported.

Some state lawmakers have also said they’re drafting legislation to allow sports betting after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can legalize and regulate sports wagering.

and a history of violence, both as victims and perpetrators. Most live in low-income communities, include area public housing communities and are the specific client base CARITAS Works is designed to engage, Ms. Atkins-Comfort said.

“The key to The Market @ 25th’s positive economic impact on the community is not only to provide fresh and affordable food, but also to provide jobs,” said Kristen Rabourdin, the store’s marketing director.

All of the trainees must finish the sessions to qualify for employment. However, some may not be ready and will not get hired, the three training leaders said.

Janice Hives, a 67-year-old retired VCU food service worker, lives in Gilpin Court and is excited about the opportunity the program may provide her to move into a supervisory role.

The program, she said, is helping her learn how to control her anger. “Because of my age and the way I speak when explaining something, sometimes younger people take my explanations the wrong way.”

She understands that many in the group have gone through spirit-killing hard times that may make them feel marginalized or angry at the world for not having the opportunities they feel they desire.

Because of emotional intelligence workshops and exercises in mature, thoughtful responses taught by Mr. White, Ms. Hives said, “All of us have started to open up and talk about feelings. In the past, I didn’t do that very easily. We have learned each other’s ways as we follow our hearts to become a big happy family.”

Exercises at the beginning of each class help students to open up, with the entire class sitting in a circle and participating in a call-and-response activity. Each person took a turn standing in the circle’s center, saying hello to their fellow trainees followed by their name.

The group responded with, “You are

awesome. Motivate me friend.”

Then the person in the center answers a question of the day, such as how they would like to grow personally and professionally. Once they answer, they name a song that helps to illustrate their motivating idea. They sing it as the group joins in.

This kickoff to the daily sessions sets the mood for instructors to get into an array of concepts, including self and social awareness and personal and relationship management as it perpetuates excellent customer service.

Mr. White leads the group in exercises on confidence building and accountability.

He sees his job not only as a facilitator, but also as a resource, teacher and motivator with an eye on the personal improvement of each person in the class.

With this first group of trainees, Mr. White said he has seen a lot of selfrecognition, growing belief in one’s self and values and dedication to the greater good.

“The group is receiving better and different information than they have historically been taught and acted on,” Mr. White said. “They know it is better for them, and they agree with the personal and professional principles and behaviors the program presents. They are taking accountability for themselves, as well as the people around them.”

Ms. Atkins-Comfort said she has seen the group members’ growth in personality, awareness and stability, as well as the growing dependability and connections among them.

As the store’s opening draws closer, she is excited because the potential future employees will deliver The Market @ 25th message as a place for fresh food and support services.

At the end of their training, new employees will have access to the CARITAS’ two-year After Works program of ongoing professional training and employment resources.

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City’s hourly ‘living wage’ to rise to $12.07 under mayor’s proposed pay plan

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

More than 3,800 employees at City Hall, from janitors to executives, will be affected by the long-awaited overhaul of the city’s pay plan that Mayor Levar M. Stoney is expected to introduce Monday, Jan. 7, to Richmond City Council.

The overhaul, begun two years ago during the tenure of former Mayor Dwight C. Jones, is aimed at creating minimum and maximum pay ranges for virtually every city position.

The proposal would replace the current pay plan that has been in place since 1993.

The changes would be retroactive to Saturday, Jan. 5, if the overhaul wins council approval.

The changes would incorporate the 1 percent pay raise for full-time city employees with at least one year of service, other than police and firefighters, that was approved by City Council in the 2018-19 budget plan passed last May and that is effec-

tive Friday, Jan. 4.

The recommendations in the proposed ordinance are based on the work of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a consulting firm hired to conduct a citywide job classification and pay study, according a statement accompanying the proposal.

How much change it will usher in is uncertain. According to the statement accompanying the proposal, installation of the changes is expected to cost about $592,000.

That includes the cost of moving all employees to at least the minimum level of their pay range and increasing the city’s “living wage” for its lowest paid full-time employees from $11.66 an hour to $12.07 an hour, a 3.5 percent hike that was authorized by the council in the budget approved last May. The cost also includes $85,000 to increase the differential for shift work after 5 p.m. from 50 cents an hour to $1 an hour.

Among other changes, the new plan would give department heads the authority to provide up to 5 percent annual increases

to classified employees, as long as the increase doesn’t put an employee over the top salary allowed in a pay grade.

As a check, such raises would also need approval from the director of human resources. Larger raises would require the approval of the city’s chief administrative officer, according to the plan.

A 5 percent raise could be authorized for classified employees only if they are rated above “meets standards” in their performance review, the proposal states.

Unclassified employees, who largely fill the management ranks, can receive 10 percent raises regardless of their performance review, the proposal notes.

The proposal also would allow the CAO to provide pay hikes up to 15 percent to retain key employees. Currently, the CAO can provide raises of up to º10 percent to retain key employees.

Also, the proposal would allow the CAO to create temporary positions for up to six months. Currently, the CAO must eliminate temporary positions after 60 days.

Photos by Ava Reaves

Final performance Larry Bland & The Volunteer Choir give a joyful, final performance Sunday to an appreciative crowd of worshippers at St. Peter Baptist Church in Henrico County.

Mr. Bland, 65, is retiring as director and chief organizer of the gospel performance group that has brought inspirational music to the region for 50 years. Mr. Bland also sang and played piano with The Volunteer Choir that has about 25 active singers.

He and the choir received several ovations during the service, led by Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, pastor of St. Peter. The group, which began in 1968, was in recent years a regular part of the fifth Sunday worship service at the church on Mountain Road.

Hasan K. Zarif, longtime re-entry specialist for Goodwill, retires

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Minister Hasan K. Zarif has been “Mr. ReEntry” for untold thousands of people making the transition from prison to civilian life.

A former prisoner himself who rebuilt his life, Minister Zarif has been influential in helping others undertake the hard work of doing the same thing.

Long based at Goodwill of Central Virginia on Midlothian Turnpike, the deep-voiced Richmond native with a white mustache and goatee has provided legions of returnees with counseling and clothing, connected them with Goodwill’s job search services and linked them with partner groups to help with housing and other transition needs.

Most of all, he has been trusted as a person who has walked in their shoes, who could be counted on to listen and offer straight advice without sugarcoating it.

“Whatever they needed, I tried to provide it,” Minister Zarif said.

But his role as Goodwill’s re-entry specialist is over. For the first time in 17 years, he was not on the job when the nonprofit agency reopened following the New Year’s holiday.

The 66-year-old retired on Dec. 28. He has been told that Goodwill would not be hiring someone to fill his shoes.

An ordained Baptist minister since 2007 and CARES re-entry program for the Richmond founder of God’s Intervention Ministry, he said Community Action Program, now CAPUP, bechange is inevitable. fore joining Goodwill. His work has earned him “I’m thankful for everything Goodwill has awards and accolades from the state Department done” since he joined them in 2001. of Corrections and governors.

He said it was his good fortune to Born in Richmond in January be able to start and run two programs 1952, Minister Zarif admits to being for Goodwill. a bit wild as a teenager, though he He spent his first six years managappeared initially to be forging a path ing Goodwill’s initiative of donating to a successful life. medical equipment such as wheelDespite dropping out of school, chairs and crutches to people who he said he had become by age 16 an needed them, a program that the on-air personality on the popular radio Roanoke-based F.R.E.E. Foundation station WANT-AM. At 17, he said he later took up after Goodwill ended won an appointment from President Minister Zarif its role in 2007.

Nixon to represent Richmond at the At that point, Minister Zarif undertook the White House Conference on Youth. responsibility of managing Goodwill’s re-entry But that didn’t stop him from getting into seriinitiative. ous trouble. While he doesn’t offer many details, Still, he’s not ready to entirely give up the he said the murder he committed at age 18 led world of work. Already, he is putting out feelers him on a search for forgiveness and salvation that to find other organizations that might need help ultimately enabled him to find his calling. with re-entry services.

Initially at sea in prison, he said he first Minister Zarif has been involved in re-entry learned to forgive himself and then started using since being paroled from the James River Cor- his time productively. He got his high school rectional Center in 1989. He first served as a equivalency degree and then earned a certificate prison volunteer and then four years as director in business technology. of prison ministries for Ephesus Seventh-Day He also found a religious connection through Adventist Church in South Side. talking with members of the Seventh-Day AdHe then spent two years managing the Virginia ventists’ prison ministry, which led him to take

biblical and religious courses.

By 1980, he got approval from the warden to hold Bible study and classes in life skills for other inmates.

As a result of the commendations he received from prison officials and community residents, he was paroled 17 years into his life term.

Ultimately through his work, he was able to return to the James River Correctional Center as a prison chaplain. He said he was told he was the first person ever to go back as a minister to a state prison where he had served time.

In the years since, he regularly has held workshops inside the state’s prisons to help inmates prepare for release. For more than six years, he also served as a prison chaplain while working at Goodwill.

He’s proud that by 2007, he had his rights restored and was able later to participate in efforts with Govs. Tim Kaine, Bob McDonnell and Terry McAuliffe to make it easier for former prisoners to get their rights restored. He also received a pardon from Gov. Kaine in 2009 based on his track record.

In Minister Zarif’s view, his most important contribution to re-entry has been “to be a living example of what re-entry is all about. I’ve shown people what it means to be a contributing member of our society.”

Virginia to again consider marijuana decriminalization

By Denise Lavoie Associated Press

When it comes to marijuana, Virginia has lagged behind many states where the drug has been decriminalized or legalized for recreational use.

With lawmakers approving an expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program in 2018, supporters of decriminalization are hoping that momentum will continue in 2019. But Virginia Republicans don’t appear willing to support decriminalization.

As the General Assembly gears up for a new legislative session starting Jan. 9, Democratic state Sen. Adam P. Ebbin of Alexandria has submitted a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession — defined as a ½ ounce or less — and provide a maximum civil penalty of $50 for a first violation.

The current law carries a jail sentence of up to 30 days and a maximum $500 fine for a first offense.

“Will Virginia eventually decriminalize personal possession of marijuana? Yes. Will it be in 2019?

That’s very unlikely,” said Jenn Michelle Pedini, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana has been introduced in Virginia for years, but has always died in committee.

Ms. Pedini said the House and Senate Courts of Justice committees are made up largely of Republicans — some with law enforcement backgrounds — making it difficult to build support for decriminalization or legalization.

With every member of the General Assembly up for re-election in November, the reform movement is hoping for additional Democratic gains and a push for legalization in 2020.

Democrats picked up 15 additional seats in the House in 2017.

“Cannabis policy will be the loudest it’s ever been on the campaign trail in 2019,” Ms. Pedini said.

But during the 2019 legislative session, those in favor of decriminalization can expect a similar level of opposition to what they faced in 2018. Prosecutors and police remain opposed to decriminalization.

David Ledbetter, the Waynesboro commonwealth’s attorney, said he believes decriminalization would lead to more teens using marijuana and an increase in impaired driving cases.

“That is taking a step backward on highway safety. We’ve spent years

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getting tough on drunken driving and the use of seatbelts, and to legalize marijuana would set us back on safety,” Mr. Ledbetter said.

Mr. Ledbetter also said he currently does not seek jail time for simple possession of marijuana and sees no need to decriminalize it. “We still treat it

as a fineable offense,” he said.

Sen. Ebbin, however, said a criminal charge for marijuana possession can have lasting ramifications, including negative impacts on job opportunities and child custody cases. He said he hopes his bill can at least gain some support, if it is not passed outright.

“The lobby for marijuana reform is getting larger and larger, particularly for Virginia families with members who have been impacted by our current marijuana penalties,” Sen. Ebbin said.

“We have other states that have decriminalized and the sky has not fallen,” he said.

Public opinion polls show the majority of Virginians support decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana and making it punishable by fines rather than jail.

One city in Virginia already has given its seal of approval. The Norfolk City Council endorsed decriminalization in its 2019 legislative agenda.

According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 23 states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana, while 33 states have passed laws allowing medical cannabis programs.

In Virginia, five companies are expected to open the state’s first medical cannabis dispensaries in 2019.

Legislation passed in 2018 allows in-state production and sales of cannabis oils to patients with certificates from their doctors. The initial legislation passed in 2016 called for cannabis oils to be available only for people with intractable epilepsy.

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The clear difference

As we enter a new year, we look for positive messages of uplift to inspire and motivate us for the days to come.

While many recommend we shed the past, we found a distinctive voice from the past urging us to step boldly into the future.

We share with you that hopeful message, along with clear proof of the difference between a real president and the current occupant of the White House as shown in their al – The New clear difference Year’s communiqué to the American people and the enter a new y ear, w e look for positive messages of uplift to inspire and motivate world via Twitter.

the days to come. While many recommend we shed the past, we found a tive voice from the past urging us to step boldly into the future. are with you that hopeful message, along with clear proof of the difference en a real president and the current occupant of the White House as shown in ew Year’s communiqué to the American people and the world via Twitter.

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Obamacare ruling a ‘political hand grenade’

After two long years of fruitlessly trying to kill Obamacare, the Republican Party and President Trump have been given a political hand grenade by a federal judge in Texas to get the job done.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional because the tax penalty for not buying health insurance was removed by

the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The tax penalty was the key element of the ACA that allowed the law to survive a landmark constitutional challenge in 2012.

A lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton charged that since Judge O’Connor ruled the mandate, “once the heart of the ACA, ... unconstitutional, the remainder of the ACA must also fall.” For the time being, however, the Trump White House has said the rest of the law will remain in place.

Nevertheless, a gloating Trump quickly tweeted: “As I predicted all along, Obamacare has been struck down as an UNCONSTITUTIONAL disas-

ter! Now Congress must pass a STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions.”

The latter is a proviso long advocated by the Democratic Party. Prospective House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promptly announced that when her party takes control of the U.S. House

Jules Witcover of Representatives in January, it will “move swiftly to formally intervene in the appeals process to uphold the life-saving protections for people with preexisting conditions, and reject Republicans’ effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act.” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, heading a group of 18 state AGs, said they would challenge the anti-ACA ruling.

Also, major medical groups condemned the judge’s decision.

Dr. Barbara L. McAneny, president of the American Medical Association, called the ruling “an unfortunate step backward for our health system that is contrary to overwhelming public sentiment. No one wants to go back to the days of 20 percent of the population uninsured and fewer patient protections,” she said.

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan

Collins of Maine, often at odds with President Trump, said of the court decision, “There are a lot of flaws in the ACA, but there are a lot of very good provisions as well. Tossing it out the window altogether is not the way to go.

We can’t have our position be to just repeal and not replace the ACA.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York seemed to signal a tough fight ahead if the ruling survives appeal. “The GOP spent all last year pretending to support people with pre-existing conditions while quietly trying to remove that support in the courts,” he said. Come January, “we will force votes to expose their lies.”

Politically, the development may temporarily move the national spotlight off President Trump’s expanding legal difficulties from the Mueller investigation on the Russian conspiracy to influence U.S. elections and the president’s spreading business troubles. But the come-clean testimony of his former lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, now sentenced to three years in prison, still assures continued scrutiny.

The latest resurrection of the GOP and Trump war on Obamacare comes after earlier conspicuous failures to annihilate it. His inability to deliver on

Saving Bennett College

Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., is an oasis where we educate and celebrate women, and develop them into 21st century leaders and global thinkers.

That was my elevator speech in the five years, from 2007 through 2012, when I led the college. It is still an oasis, a safe space for black women and others who embrace our mission. It still educates and celebrates women.

But now, my college has challenges. The accrediting

body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, has said that Bennett College is fiscally unstable. If we can’t raise a minimum of $5 million

by Feb. 1, the school will lose its accreditation.

How has it come to this?

Historically black colleges and universities have had a tough row to hoe for a plethora of reasons. At Bennett, enrollment has dropped from the historic high I managed of 750 in 2009 to something under 500. Thanks to the efforts of the current

president, Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, enrollment rose by 15 percent, and by 26 percent with new students this year.

That’s good, but we’ve got to be great — with a student enrollment of 800 or more. Great is an endowment that is robust and unique academic programs.

Great is the preservation of an amazing black women’s history, a history that is too often swallowed.

History belongs to she who

holds the pen. That was my mantra at Bennett. We need to tell black women’s stories, and this is a place that reflects them.

We don’t often hear, for example, of the fantastic legacy of Dr. Willa Player, the first woman president of Bennett College and the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year, fully accredited

Julianne Malveaux liberal arts college.

Dr. Player was an amazing grace, a woman who was both a civil rights leader and an excellent educator. She had the audacity to invite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel when no one else in Greensboro would have him. She supported the Bennett students who took part in the Woolworth’s sit-ins — a chapter of history not as much elevated as the North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro Four who were the more prominent leaders.

Bennett College has a unique history, and it is a history that must be preserved. It will only be maintained if folks who love women, women’s history and the elevation of black women’s voices come together to give $5 million in just a few weeks. I am writing to appeal to those who will help.

Here’s how: • You can make a contribution to Bennett College. Check out our website, www.bennett. edu/donate.

• You can tell your friends to contribute. Take this column and make it viral. Take it to your church, to your sorority

or fraternity, to your club, to your friends. Black folks have more than $1.3 trillion in annual income. Bennett College needs less than four-tenths of 1 percent of that.

• You can help us find an angel to help, not only with the $5 million that must be raised but also with a long-term contribution. If you have an angel that you’d like me, President Dawkins, or President Emerita Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole to talk with, please reach out to me at dr.j@ juliannemalveaux.com. At this time, we only need unrestricted dollars by Feb. 1.

Please help.

Year after year we hear stories of HBCUs that are facing financial challenges. Why is this one different and special, and what will Bennett do to ensure that it does not re-encounter some of these challenges?

Bennett College is prepared to engage in a strategic planning initiative to move us from surviving to thriving. We are prepared to engage in 21st century technology to make our campus work.

We need resources to move to the next step, and we are ready to raise those funds with just a little help.

Dr. Dawkins has been bold, firm, and strategic as she has faced these challenges. She says, “We look forward to working with partners who understand that their investment supports the education of deserving young women whose potential is only limited by the opportunities we give them. Our challenge is great.

Our time is short. Our resolve is mighty.”

The writer is an author, economist and former president of Bennett College.

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this prime goal, despite the Republican control of all three federal branches, became a source of anguish and embarrassment for President Trump. It probably hit bottom for the president in 2018 when his arch GOP critic, the then terminally ill Sen. John McCain of Arizona, left his bed and traveled cross-country to deliver the deciding vote keeping Obamacare alive.

With the House about to flip to a Democratic majority, even the Texas judge’s blow against the law does not assure its demise. The 18 state AGs’ appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could restore it later next year, after which the case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court in time to be a hot issue again in the 2020 presidential election. If so, it could be critical to President Trump’s prospects for election to a second term in 2020 if the death of Obamacare remains his most conspicuous broken domestic promise.

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‘Pass your blessings forward’ While riding around the city, I noticed many people handing out meals to the homeless. Some were individuals and organizations committed to doing kind deeds during the holiday season.

Many people have empathy for individuals who have fallen on hard times. Many of us, whether we realize it or not, are just one or two paychecks away from joining them.

I was watching television and noticed a person stating that they were looking under bridges and in the parks to give meals to the homeless. This, my friend, is what you call dedication and going beyond the call of duty to fulfill a goal.

The world would be a greater place if everyone felt and displayed their generosity like this. We know this will never happen unless we live in a utopian society, which we don’t.

Many of the homeless are what I call silent people. They just go with the flow and try to make it day in and day out.

To those who showered the homeless with food, gifts, money and other items, I say, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Your actions show them that someone does care about their welfare. These people are human beings who deserve to be treated as such.

To the readers, I say pass your blessings forward to others who might need a boost. I promise you will not regret your kind gesture. This can become contagious, so pass it on.

ERNEST PARKER JR. Richmond

Dr. Daniels and others must ‘put their money where their mouths are’ to block gentrification Re “Gentrification: The ‘Negro Removal’ program displacing black people, culture, Dec. 27-29: I learned 20 years ago the difference in wealth in the white and black communities. I took a white man home to his brick bungalow in the West End, which he said he had bought for $10,000 after World War II and which at the time was assessed by the city at $90,000.

Then I met a black woman in Highland Park who told me she had bought a similar house for $35,000, but was disappointed that the assessment had not changed in 10 years.

The man in the West End had equity that he could cash in when he sold his home or could borrow against for his children’s education or could leave to heirs, none of which the woman could do.

Times have changed and

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new investment in Highland Park from a combination of government programs, nonprofit involvement and private interests has raised property values, increasing the personal wealth of those who stayed or invested early.

Now comes Dr. Ron Daniels railing against the new investment that has improved the look and increased values in areas like Highland Park, Church Hill and Jackson Ward. Twenty years ago, he would have been on the attack against the disinvestment in such communities. Now with the benefit of hindsight, he finally sees the opportunities that he and others have squandered.

Notice that he does not talk about creating investment pools in which ordinary people can put small amounts of money and collectively take advantage of the positive trends as Maggie Walker counseled nearly 120 years ago during the era of harsh segregation when she started a bank where people could deposit their nickels, dimes and quarters, turning them into dollars that could be lent out for home building and business development.

Just imagine if the city’s

4,000 public housing residents contributed $5 a month to an investment pool. That would generate $20,000 a month, or $240,000 a year. What could that leverage over time in terms of new and improved housing?

For generations, people in Richmond and other cities have had a real chance to buy devalued property and remove blight when it was less costly to make improvements. But did most of the churches in this area rally their congregants to do so?

Alas, no. Did the civic groups that advocated for City Council to invest improvement funds in their neighborhoods enable their members to collectively purchase property? Alas, no.

Did people like Dr. Daniels do anything other than bemoan the decline of Harlem and other cities? Alas,no.

In the 1990s, Preddy Ray, a community activist in Richmond, started the Task Force for Historic Preservation and the Minority Community with the aim of buying and improving property in Jackson Ward and Church Hill. He predicted that a wave of new investors would be arriving and called it essential for the community

to buy property to lessen the impact that increasing property values could have.

For years, he was largely a voice in the wilderness and his group ended up shutting down. There was no mad rush of investment dollars from the black community to assist him. Most of what he raised came from grants from whitecontrolled organizations largely from outside Richmond.

But now that newcomers have seen opportunity in previously undervalued areas, there are plenty of people like Dr. Daniels to raise a ruckus.

Like the story about the dog in the manger, Dr. Daniels is on the front lines to growl and bark against the newcomers who see better days for communities that previously were unappreciated.

If he and others want to prevent change for the communities they grew up with, then it is time for them to stop weeping and wailing and to start putting their money where their mouths are or offer ways in which like-minded members of the community can do so together.

JOANN HENRY Richmond

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Ravens’ Lamar Jackson defies Heisman history, breaks record If there is such a thing as a Heisman Trophy jinx, Lamar Jackson seems immune to it — so far.

At least among African-American quarterbacks, the Heisman — college football’s ultimate individual award — hasn’t exactly spelled a yellow brick road to NFL stardom.

So far, Jackson, who was the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner as a sophomore at the University of Louisville, has dodged any pitfalls that have plagued his similarly awarded predecessors.

Since emerging as a starter on Nov. 18 for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens in their game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jackson has helped Baltimore win six of its last seven games, most notably a 26-24 win over the Cleveland Browns last Sunday that clinched the AFC title.

Baltimore will play host to the Los Angeles Chargers at 1:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, in the first round of the playoffs.

The 6-foot-3, 212-pound Florida native has sparkled with his powerful throwing arm and uncanny ability to scramble for rushing yards.

The congenial Jackson, nicknamed “Smiley Face,” says all the right things, too. As the replacement for 11th-season starter Joe Flacco, who was suffering from a sore hip, Jackson said this to Press Box Online Baltimore: “It’s our team, all of us together. I don’t go out there and block. I don’t go out there and catch the ball. I don’t make tackles. I just do my part.”

The Ravens’ changing of the guard to Jackson has resulted in a dramatic shift in Coach John Harbaugh’s offensive strategy.

Flacco is a classic drop-back pocket passer, while Jackson is the epitome of a run-pass, dual-threat.

Before losing his position to rookie Jackson, Flacco passed for 2,465 yards and ran for just 45 yards on 19 carries. Baltimore had lost three straight games when Coach Harbaugh made the much-scrutinized switch.

“Every decision is based on what can make us the stronger team we can be, whether that’s quarterback or defensive line or whatever,” Coach Harbaugh told Press Box. “That’s the bottom line. That’s what it boils down to.”

No sure thing Here’s list of African-American quarterbacks who’ve won the coveted Heisman Trophy. Their pro careers haven’t always gone well.

2018 — Kyler Murray, University of Oklahoma: With no NFL career in the plans, he will pursue pro baseball. He was drafted during the spring in the eighth round by the Oakland Athletics.

2016 — Lamar Jackson, University of Louisville: Drafted 30th overall in 2018 by the Baltimore Ravens. He has led the Ravens to five wins in his first six starts while setting the franchise quarterback rushing record.

Lamar Jackson

In sharp contrast to Flacco’s more traditional style, the much faster and elusive Jackson ran 26 times for 119 yards — the most ever by a Ravens quarterback — in his first start.

Starting the playoffs, Jackson has passed for 1,201 yards and six touchdowns and run for 695 yards and five touchdowns, averaging nearly 5 yards per carry.

Coincidentally, the third quarterback on the Ravens roster is none other than Robert Griffin III, the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner whose career has been sabotaged by injuries.

Jackson seems to be in the right place. Baltimore fans will forever have a warm spot in their hearts for quarterbacks from Louisville.

Perhaps the most beloved athlete in any sport representing Baltimore was the late John Unitas, who, like Jackson, was from the University of Louisville. Hall of Famer “Johnny U’ sparked the Baltimore Colts to three NFL titles, in 1958, 1959 and 1968.

Meanwhile “Smiley Face” is aiming for his first.

2013 — Jameis Winston, Florida State University: Drafted first overall by Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Despite Winston’s individual success, the Bucs are 25-38 since his arrival; no playoffs.

2011 — Robert Griffin III, Baylor University: Drafted second overall by the Washington NFL team, he enjoyed a brilliant rookie season before injuries derailed his career.

2010 — Cam Newton, Auburn University: Drafted first overall by the Carolina Panthers, he earned the 2015 MVP title, leading the Panthers to Super Bowl LV. The team has missed the playoffs in two of the last three seasons.

2006 — Troy Smith, Ohio State University: Drafted in the fifth round by the Baltimore Ravens, he was never an NFL starter. He passed for just eight touchdowns in parts of five seasons.

1993 — Charlie Ward, Florida State University: Undrafted by the NFL, he passed on football for a career in the NBA from 1994 to 2002.

1989 — Andre Ware, University of Houston: Drafted third overall by the Detroit Lions, he had the most success in the Canadian Football League.

Richmonders hoping to take Clemson to victory in College Football Playoff It may be up to two Richmonders to achieve something no one else has been able to do — stop the University of Alabama.

Keep your eyes on orange jerseys No. 99 and No. 12 for Clemson University in the College Football Playoff final on Monday, Jan. 7, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Junior defensive end Clelin Ferrell, No. 99, from Benedictine Prep, and junior defensive back K’Von Wallace, No. 12, from Henrico’s Highland Springs High School, are defensive stalwarts for the South Carolina school.

College Football Playoff final Who: Clemson University Tigers (14-0) vs.

University of Alabama Crimson Tide (14-0) When and where: Monday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m., Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. (Home of the NFL San Francisco 49ers) Broadcast: Game will be televised on ESPN Halftime entertainment: Imagine Dragons, a pop rock bank from Las Vegas Semifinal results: On Dec. 29, Clemson defeated Notre Dame 30-3 in Dallas; Alabama beat Oklahoma 45-34 in Miami

The 6-foot-4, quarterback Tua 265-pound FerTagovailoa. The rell is a conleft-handed nasensus Alltive of Hawaii American and has been brilACC Defensive liant this seaPlayer of the son as a sophoYear. He won more, earning the Ted HenHeisman Trophy Clelin Ferrell Tua Tagovailoa K’von Wallace dricks Award as runner-up honthe nation’s top defensive end. ors behind the University of Oklahoma’s Kyler Ferrell, who had a sack and fumble recovery Murray. in Clemson’s semifinal game of the playoff Tagovailoa hit 24 of 27 passes for 318 yards against the University of Notre Dame, is a sure and four touchdowns against Oklahoma in the first round pick in this spring’s NFL draft.

Dec. 29 semifinals.

The 5-foot-10, 210-pound Wallace has 46 Clemson’s quarterback is 19-year-old freshtackles and seven pass breakups this season man Trevor Lawrence, who hit 27 of 39 passes for a Clemson defense that ranks with the na- for 327 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ tion’s stingiest. Wallace had four solo tackles rout of Notre Dame. in the easy win over previously unbeaten Give Tagovailoa time and room to throw, Notre Dame. and he is capable of picking apart any defense In racing to 14 straight victories, the Clemson in the nation, including Clemson’s.

Tigers outscored their opponents 620 points to • 181. The Tigers dominated Notre Dame with Here we go again.

588 yards total offense to just 248 for the While there are 129 schools in the NCAA’s Fighting Irish.

Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, the same Still, Clemson’s defense will be sorely tested ones seem to be left standing at the end. by an Alabama juggernaut seeking its third This will be Alabama’s and Clemson’s fourth national title in four years while being led by trip to the four-team national playoff started in

the 2014-15 season.

The two state-supported schools are located just 326 miles apart — about a 5½-hour drive down Interstate 85 and I-20.

Alabama claims 17 national titles — five since 2009 — dating back to 1925. Clemson’s national crowns came in 1981 and, most recently, in 2016 by defeating Alabama in the playoff final in Tampa.

Both schools rely heavily on African-American talent. It may help that South Carolina and Alabama rank fifth and sixth, respectively, among states in percentage of African-American population. South Carolina is 28.5 percent African-American, while Alabama is 26.4 percent African-American.

• College football’s top tier, the FBS, didn’t introduce a true playoff system until 2014-15, and then with just a four-school draw.

By contrast, smaller divisions have been utilizing more extended playoffs for decades.

Consider: • The NCAA Division III began its playoff system in 1973 and now has 32 entries.

• The NCAA Division II began its playoffs in 1973 and has 28 entries.

• The NCAA Division FCS, formerly I-AA, began its playoffs in 1978 and has 24 entries.

L.C. Bird’s Jaden Payoute to play in All-American Bowl Jaden Payoute

The state’s fastest high school sprinter is headed to Virginia Tech to play football.

Chesterfield County’s L.C. Bird High School senior Jaden Payoute officially signed last week with the Atlantic Coast Conference school in Blacksburg.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Payoute will play Saturday, Jan. 5, in the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The game will feature many of the nation’s

top seniors and will be telecast by NBC. In leading L.C. Bird to the state 5A team title, Payoute won the 100-meter dash last spring in 10.67 seconds. He also ran a leg on the Skyhawks’ victorious 4 x 100 relay team.

Other members of that quartet were LaMar Davis, and twins Jevon and Jemourri La Pierre, both now at Virginia State.

Playing mostly quarterback for L.C. Bird, Payoute rushed for more than 900 yards and scored 13 touchdowns despite missing some time with an ankle injury. He likely will be switched to a wide receiver at Virginia Tech.

Armstrong High School’s Jordin Poindexter, the state 3A 100-meter champion with a time of 10.90, has signed with Virginia Military Institute.

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Personality: Glenwood W. Burley Spotlight on chairman of Richmond Regional Mounted Police & Stable Project Retired Richmind Patrolman Glenwood W. Burley is dedicated to boosting one of Richmond’s time-honored police traditions — the mounted police patrol.

The energetic 76-year-old organized a committee to secure a new horse stable for the city’s Mounted Squad. The current stable, located by the train tracks on Brook Road under the Chamberlayne Avenue overpass, was condemned more than 16 years ago, he says. It was flooded during a tropical storm in 2004 and again in 2008.

“After years of repeated discussions with no progress, I spearheaded forming a committee and actually doing something,” Mr. Burley says.

The resulting Richmond Regional Mounted Police & Stable Project, of which Mr. Burley serves as chair, has been quite successful since its first organizational and strategy meeting was held in June 2017.

The key, he says, was getting the right people on board and then establishing good rapport with the ultimate decisionmakers at City Hall.

The committee included former Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham, Capitol Police Chief Anthony “Steve” Pike, Virginia Commonwealth University Police Chief John Venuti, Susan Clarke Schaar, clerk of the state Senate, and Leslie Buck, president of the Friends of the Richmond Mounted Squad that had long advocated for new stables.

He also worked with an 11member liaison team.

“Within two days of creating a committee, I learned that Chief Pike and Chief Venuti had been wanting mounted officers for years, but didn’t have stable accommodations,” Mr. Burley recounts. “I said, ‘Let us build a barn to accommodate all three agencies.’

That’s the plan.”

Members researched and reviewed 13 sites for new stables, including some suggested by the public. The site selected is a city-owned tract of about 40 acres off Government Road, near Gillies Creek in Fulton Bottom, Mr. Burley says.

“The Gillies Creek tract was our best site,” Mr. Burley says. “It gave us the necessary size for the facility, training space and sufficient for rotating grazing lots. It also will have a community theme incorporated whereby visitors, especially children, can have some controlled interaction with the horses.”

The project will cost $1.5 million, which was included in the budget approved by City Council in May. Groundbreaking will take place this spring, he says, with the barn to encompass about 3½ acres, with 12 horse stalls, an office area with work stations for eight to 10 officers and a conference room to accommodate training and tour groups.

The stable project is just the latest volunteer effort by Mr. Burley, a native of Amherst County who served as a paratrooper in the Army’s 101st Airborne Division and later as a military policeman before joining Richmond Police in 1964. He retired from the force in 1985, but has devoted his time to community efforts.

He led the successful effort to relocate a statue paying tribute to fallen police officers from Nina F. Abady Park beside the Richmond Coliseum to Byrd Park. The Richmond Police Memorial, which he says was “abandoned and neglected” at the Coliseum site, also features a plaque listing the names of the 28 Richmond Police officers killed in the line of duty from 1869 to 2003.

still housing horses.

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Number of horses housed there: We had four. “Reo” retired just weeks ago, leaving us with three.

A quote that I am inspired by: “To achieve an inner calm, be at peace with thyself.”

Best late-night snack: Pound cake and a swig of milk.

Timetable for creation of new stable: Groundbreaking will be in the spring of 2019. I think 18 to 24 months is a realistic timetable for an open house!

Best thing my parents ever taught me: Be polite, look people in the eye and shake hands.

The book that influenced me the most: “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.

Person who influenced me the most: My father, Ernest Bentley Burley.

My next goal: To finish my autobiography, “Death By Silence.”

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How I will feel when work is done: Emotional, proud and, most likely, exhausted!!!

Mr. Burley says he worked with seven of the officers whose names are on the memorial.

“Somebody needed to step up to the plate and address these two long-neglected issues in the city,” Mr. Burley says about the police memorial relocation and the stables.

“It was simple,” he says. “I selected excellent committee members, set objectives, set time limits on achievements and then just do it!”

Meet this week’s Personality, community advocate and chair of the Richmond Regional Mounted Police & Stable Project, Glenwood W. Burley: Occupation: Retired from Richmond Bureau of Police in 1985.

Date and place of birth: Aug. 4 in Amherst County.

Current residence: Richmond’s Stratford Hills community.

Education: Military G.E.D. and Richmond Professional Institute.

Family: Four children and six grandchildren.

Latest No. 1 volunteer effort: Chairman of the Richmond Regional Mounted Police & Stable Project to get a new horse stable for the city’s mounted squad.

How I expect horses to feel: The horses? Oh, they will know! Getting out of the hellhole they are in now, with the dampness, mold, mucky, grassless lot, and the loud vibrating trains, THEY WILL KNOW. Number of police horses: In time, eight to 10. The new stable drawings accommodate 12 horses, one stall for each.

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Cost of new stables: Facility and training/grazing lots, $1.5 million.

Most important project I have been involved with: Relocating our Police Memorial Statue to Byrd Park.

What I have learned working on such projects: The success with my objectives is selecting individuals that will complement the progress and achievements set forth. Establish good working relationships with the city administration and mayor.

Just as important is establishing positive relationships with the print and television media.

Importance of community support/interest: Community support and interest are essential in this endeavor.

How I start the day: Being thankful for my health and the ability that I can contribute to making Richmond a better place.

A perfect day for me is: Having a sense of accomplishment for something that day.

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Reason: The decades-long need for a new facility.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I frequent the Pony Pasture on the James River, experiencing the roaring waters to greet the rising sun and witness the beauty of an eagle.

Current status of stables: Still despicable conditions;

At the top of my to-do list is: Eat proper foods and don’t

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Celebrating Kwanzaa Left, Imani Bell dances with the Elegba Folklore Society during the 28th Annual Capital City Kwanzaa Festival held last Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. Hundreds of families and people attended the observance with the theme, “Shifting the Vibration.” Mayor Levar M. Stoney, center, lights the first Kwanzaa candle as, from left, Marcel Jones, Elijah Morgano and Jelani Jones watch. At right, London Harden, 3, works on a Congo mask with her grandparents, Curtis and Sandra Harden of Chesterfield County, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts table in the Watoto Kwanzaa section.

Alvin Ailey troupe marks 60th anniversary

By Jocelyn Noveck AP National Writer

the former Ailey artistic director and still its best known face.

“It’s amazing,” said Ms. Jamison, 75, who in her dancing years became known for the searing “Cry,” another Ailey signature piece. “I find it remarkable that we still exist today, lo these 60 years. And I think Mr. Ailey would be absolutely beside-himself happy, that something he started 60 years ago could blossom into everything he imagined.”

In a recent interview on the sidelines of company rehearsal, Ms. Jamison recalled being present as Mr. Ailey died, along with Ms. Waters and Mr. Ailey’s mother. “We were in his room

NEW YORK It was March 1958 when an African-American dancer named Alvin Ailey, then making his living on the Broadway stage, gathered up a group of fellow dancers and presented a one-night show of his own works.

In the audience at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan was 18-year Sylvia Waters, who was studying dance across town at Juilliard. She had never seen anything like it.

“It was absolutely riveting,” she says now.

“I had never seen men dance like that.”

Most exciting to Ms. Waters was seeing people dance “who I could relate to,” she said. “There was something so visceral about the experience.

We didn’t know at the time that it was history, but it was definitely special.”

It was indeed history: The company born that night, which Ms. Waters would join a decade later, is now 60 years old and credited with helping popularize modern dance, as well as bringing the African-American experience to a global stage.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is one of the best known companies in the world, touring constantly and still earning rapturous ovations for its signature work, “RevelaPaul Kolnik/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater via Associated Press tions,” which tells the AfricanAmerican story through spiritu- Dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform the first act of “Lazarus,” choreographed by hip-hop artist als and blues.

To mark the milestone, the Rennie Harris. Right, this 1950s image shows dancer Alvin Ailey company has been devoting its before he founded his noted dance company in 1968. current New York season to remembering Mr. as he passed, and usually you see in movies, that Ailey himself, who died at age 58 in 1989, with people have their last breath and they breathe out. a major new work, “Lazarus,” as well as “Time- But Mr. Ailey breathed IN. We expected him to less Ailey,” a compilation that includes a piece of breathe out, and he didn’t. So I think what we’re “Blues Suite,” performed that night in 1958. living on now, is his breath OUT ... that air, that It’s a time for the company to reflect on vision, that dream.” how it made it this far, said Judith Jamison, A key challenge for the company is keeping

Mr. Ailey’s memory alive and present — not just for audiences, but for the dancers who never met him. Yannick Lebrun, who grew up in French Guiana and joined the company 10 years ago, says he learned about Mr. Ailey from people like Ms. Jamison.

“She always talked about Alvin and how generous he was, how human he was,” said Mr. Lebrun, one of the company’s current stars, “and how dedicated he was to sharing his love for modern dance, but also his memories from growing up in the South, and African-American heritage and history.”

Mr. Ailey grew up in poverty in small-town Texas, to a 17-year-old mother. It’s both the story of his early life and the broader African-American experience that the company is telling with the two-act “Lazarus,” so named for the theme of resurrection. It was choreographed by hip-hop artist Rennie Harris and commissioned by Robert Battle, Ms. Jamison’s successor as artistic director.

“There came this thing of wanting to hear Mr. Ailey’s voice, because so many of us didn’t have the opportunity to know him,” Mr. Battle said.

He means “voice” both figuratively and literally; there’s a section of “Lazarus” where the choreographer inserts his own voice into old audio of Mr. Ailey, as if interviewing him today.

The piece begins with a historical look at the African-American struggle, including a depiction of lynchings, and then moves into full-on, high-energy hip-hop. “Hip-hop is a celebration of life,” Mr. Battle said.

The genre also connects with younger audiences, and the company’s challenge — like that of any arts organization — to bring younger people into the fold.

“Our biggest challenge is the competition for people’s leisure time,” Mr. Battle said. “The phones, the technology.” The cost of touring, too, is rising. “We have to continue to find ways to reach new audiences,” he said.

However successful the new piece, or others in the company’s broad repertoire, nothing will ever take the place of “Revelations,” which more than a signature work is the very core of the company’s identity. It’s on the schedule most evenings the company performs.

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Indeed, the work is so much in demand that none other than Mr. Ailey himself tried to cut back on it years ago, to showcase other things.

But ticket sales dropped, Mr. Battle said, “And so Alvin said, ‘Put it back on!’” Performed everywhere from the Olympics to the White House, the work often has been called the most-seen piece of modern dance.

“It’s a phenomenon,” Mr. Battle said simply, “a once-in-a-lifetime work. It’s universal in such a palpable way that, no matter if we’re across the street or across the ocean, people have a visceral response.”

He describes a trip to Russia where he felt very far from home — until he saw the audience cheering “Revelations.” Suddenly, he says, “it became a church somewhere in the South.”

The popularity of “Revelations” is hardly a challenge, Mr. Battle said. He sees it as a blessing. “It’s like Aretha singing, ‘Respect,’ ” he notes. “People don’t get tired of it. It’s, ‘C’mon, sing it!’ ” Ms. Jamison adds that on evenings when “Revelations” isn’t on the bill, audiences still appreciate seeing the new works — and then, she quips, “they’ll buy another ticket to get their fix.”

Nor do the dancers, for whom “Revelations” is a rite of passage, seem to tire of the work, Mr. Lebrun says.

“There’s always something new to say,” Mr. Lebrun said.

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NEW YORK Retired NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who turned 100 last summer, has waited long enough to tell her own story.

Mrs. Johnson’s “Reaching for the Moon” is an autobiography for middle graders that will be published next fall, Atheneum Books for Young Readers announced recently.

Mrs. Johnson, who lives in an assisted living facility in Newport News, Va., with her husband, was one of

the pioneering African-American women featured in the book and film, “Hidden Figures,” in which she was played by Taraji P. Henson.

Mrs. Johnson and such colleagues as Dorothy Vaughan were responsible for performing complex mathematical calculations vital in helping NASA successfully launch flights into space in the 1960s, and eventually to the moon.

Mrs. Johnson’s work was instrumental in the success of astronaut Alan Shepard’s initial space flight in 1961, the first in American history. She also verified complex calculations for successfully propelling astronaut John Glenn into orbit in 1962, a turning point in the space competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Mrs. Johnson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2015 from former President Obama.

Mrs. Johnson said in a statement that she wanted young people to believe they could do anything, no matter their race or gender.

“I knew who I was and what I was capable of,” she said.

Mrs. Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., which had no public school for AfricanAmericans beyond eighth grade. So her father moved the family so that his four children could complete their education.

She graduated summa cum laude in 1937 from West Virginia State College with a degree in mathematics and French and began teaching in the West Virginia school system.

It was only after she and her first husband moved to Hampton that she embarked on an illustrious career in 1953 with NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the agency that preceded NASA.

NPS eyeing space for civil rights monuments in Mississippi Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStarNewsToday.com

The National Park Service, which manages the country’s national parks and many of its national monuments, is studying a location or locations throughout Mississippi to place a monument or monuments to tell the state’s complicated and violent civil rights history, according to the winter 2019 issue of National Parks Magazine.

The magazine’s cover, which is titled “Mississippi Reckoning,” is accompanied by a photograph of a smiling Emmett Till, a 14 year-old from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Money, Miss., when he was lynched Aug. 28, 1955, for allegedly whistling at a white woman at a grocery store.

His mutilated body was found days later in the Tallahatchie River.

“The National Park Service is mandated to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of America, but currently, there are no sites in the system that protect places connected to Emmett Till — or any of Mississippi’s complicated civil rights history,” the story reported.

Kate Siber, a Durango, Colo., freelance writer, wrote that in 2017, Congress passed legislation requiring NPS to spend three years studying civil rights landmarks in Mississippi.

The process could lead to the creation of a new national park or several of them in the state.

Mississippi is the bloody burial ground for known and unknown African- Americans murdered by white

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racists who most often were found not guilty by white juries and judges.

Often enough, white perpetrators of racial violence were not charged and tried. Other victims include Medgar Evers, the Mississippi state field director for the NAACP. Mr. Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Miss., on June 12, 1963.

Also civil rights workers Michael

Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were killed in Neshoba County, Miss., in June 1964 by the Ku Klux Klan and the police. Their bodies were found in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Miss. The article is accompanied by a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holding a photo of the three men who were missing at the time.

When Emmett’s severely beaten and disfigured body floated to the surface of the Tallahatchie River, police discovered the bodies of three other unidentified black men who had gone missing after suffering violent deaths. In Mississippi alone, 581 African-Americans were lynched between 1882 and 1968, the most of any state.

There is interest in a monument

or monuments.

In 2018, 350 people attended six statewide public meetings to make recommendations. One site could be Mr. Evers’ home, which is now a museum. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation in May that would designate his home a national monument.

However, monuments honoring African-Americans in Mississippi have not fared well. A sign marking the place where Emmett’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River has been replaced three times after gunmen shot it full of holes.

The article includes a note urging readers to donate money to the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to continue the organization’s fundraising efforts.

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Below, Yvette Glasgow Keesee of Greenwood Village, Colo., and the Rev. William E. Jackson Sr., pastor-elect of Fourth Baptist Church, cut the ribbon opening the church’s Mary and John T. Glasgow Youth and Christian Development Center in Church Hill. The ceremony, held on Dec. 23, dedicated the newly renovated, two-story building located at 2823 Q St., adjacent to the church. The church acquired the building in 1996, with the yearlong renovation undertaken in the fall of 2017 thanks to a generous donation from the estate of Annie Glasgow Johnson, a church member who died in November 1995 and had asked that a new center be named for her parents. The center will be used for programs and activities for youths and seniors.

The donation also funded the purchase of a new van for the church’s transportation ministry. Ms. Keesee, a niece of Mrs. Johnson and administrator of her estate, was among several family members who attended the ceremony, including many of whom are members of the church.

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Muslim superhero who fought Nazis in comic books making a comeback Religion News Service

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In 1944, the world met Kismet, an Algerian superhero who fought against fascists in southern France while wearing a yellow fez.

He punched Nazis, foiled Hitler’s plans and came to the aid of civilians in need.

“The conquered people of Europe carry on their ceaseless struggle against the forces of tyranny,” reads the introduction to one of his adventures from Elliot Publications. “And fighting by their side, lending the power of his great mind and the force of his mighty fists, is Kismet, Man of Fate.”

After four issues, however, Kismet disappeared and was forgotten.

Seven decades later, Kismet is making a comeback in a new graphic novel from author A. David Lewis. The story drops Kismet in Boston as the city heals from the aftermath of 2013’s Boston Marathon bombing.

Mr. Lewis said that Kismet deserved a fresh start.

“He was basically abandoned to the public domain,” Mr. Lewis told Religion News Service in an interview at the comic store Comicazi, where he was signing books for fans just a few miles north of Boston.

“That saddened me because there was this strange nobility about his character that felt anachronistic.”

Kismet is a reboot of what appears to be the first identified Muslim superhero character published in English.

Most Muslims in the Golden Age of comics were written as flat, one-dimensional characters, or in sloppy ways that fed into stereotypes and conflated Arabs and Muslims, Mr. Lewis said.

But, he said, Kismet was given some level of dignity.

“And I saw the potential in that,” Mr. Lewis said.

Other Muslim superheroes have suffered a similar fate as Kismet. In 2000, D.C. introduced a Turkish character, Janissary, whose last appearance was in 2007. Marvel character Monet St. Croix debuted in 1994 but wasn’t identified as a Muslim character until 2011.

In 1995, Marvel introduced Syrian superhero Batal and immediately killed him off.

Rebooting Kismet felt like an opportunity to do better.

Mr. Lewis rattled off a list of common tropes about Muslim characters he hoped to avoid with his character: The “noble savage” who is uncorrupted by modern civilization; the mystical Muslim superhero; the docile Muslim woman; the perishable “cannon fodder;” and, more broadly, Muslim

characters being carelessly boiled down to a nebulous racial and religious mass.

For Mr. Lewis, writing a Muslim superhero was also an opportunity to address the connection between superhuman ability and cosmology. Do the powers to, say, fly or manipulate fire come from God? Those questions appeal to Mr. Lewis, who has a doctorate

face went viral early last year, Mr. Lewis was not on board. He even wrote an article for ComicsBeat.com saying as much: “We cannot already be at our last resort, namely violence,” he argued in January 2017. “I’m not waiting until the 11th hour, but the Doomsday Clock still has a goodly number of ticks left in it.”

But after watching Mr.

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An illustration from the new graphic novel “Kismet, Man of Fate” by A. David Lewis.

in religion and literature. The author of “American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife,” Mr. Lewis has spent years grappling with the connection between theology and comics.

He points to the Quranic story of the prophet Yusuf, which parallels the Old Testament’s Joseph. When Joseph was trapped in the Pharaoh’s prison, he despaired, Mr. Lewis said.

“But when Yusuf was trapped, he kept it together because he had faith in God’s will,” Mr. Lewis said. “That’s the sort of strength that I give to Kismet.”

The original Kismet had no special superpowers; he fought using just his hands and what the character says is “the freedom given to me by Allah and the Prophet.”

That’s true in Mr. Lewis’ version of the character as well.

“He doesn’t ultimately save the day because he’s the strongest or is the better hero,” Lewis said. “He wins because he has faith.”

Mr. Lewis grew up in a Jewish family in Framingham, Mass., and converted to Islam 12 years ago. He initially saw Kismet’s story as a way to address the issue of Islamophobia. But by the time he began working the Kismet graphic novel for his publisher, A Wave Blue World, another thread of Kismet’s story seemed just as timely — the threat of domestic fascism and a new white supremacy movement.

While his hero punches Nazis in comics, Mr. Lewis tries to imbue the story with a more complicated perspective. When a video of a hooded protester punching white nationalist leader Richard Spencer in the

Spencer lead a crowd of neoNazis marching through Charlottesville, with torches a few month later in August 2017, he reflected on the Quranic guidance in favor of self-defense.

“And then I realized that we were there,” he said. “Then I realized it’s time to hit back.”

Mr. Lewis, who also produces free comics for Syrian refugee children as head of the nonprofit Comics for Youth Refugees Incorporated Collective, is clear that Kismet’s return is not a call for violence. “This is just saying that it’s time to pick a side.”

The new graphic novel isn’t the first time that Mr. Lewis has written stories about Kismet, whom he first discovered while doing his academic research.

He published two short stories with the character in 2015 and 2016, after a crowdfunding campaign. A Wave Blue World then commissioned him to produce a recurring web series with Kismet last year, before asking for a full-length graphic novel.

The new Kismet universe, set in Boston, incorporates American Muslim history — the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Thomas Jefferson’s Quran, the enslaved African Muslims, the fact that the United States’ first-ever treaty was with Muslim-majority Tripoli — and Boston’s local Muslim landscape into the lore of Kismet’s story.

A Wave Blue World’s publisher, Tyler Chin-Tanner, said the time is right for Kismet’s story.

“Comics have always had a strong link to politics and world events, going back to their roots during World War II,” he said. “And if you take a look at what’s going on in the

world around us today, this is no time to ignore the lessons history has taught us.”

There are signs that a Muslim superhero comic can be successful. G. Willow Wilson’s Ms. Marvel, alter ego of fictional Pakistani-American Kamala Khan, has been a breakout success. (Award-winning Muslim writer Saladin Ahmed will take over the Ms. Marvel series, which originally launched in 2014, with the upcoming release of “The Magnificent Ms. Marvel.”)

But Mr. Lewis does not want Kismet to be “just” a Muslim superhero, nor does he want him to be a banner for Islam in any way, he told Columbia University students during a recent panel.

Mr. Lewis drew on the sparse details of the original storyline to flesh out Kismet’s character and back story, giving him a real name, occupation, hometown, family and his own crises of faith: Khalil Qisma, a jail guard from Algiers with a wife and children, who says he prays “when he can” and wonders about his moral and religious imperatives to fight for justice. And then by setting up multiple Muslim characters who all have unique voices, backgrounds and expressions of faith, he was able to show degrees of Muslim religiosity, he said.

“It was important to show that Muslim identity is multivalent as well as expressed in so many different ways,” Lewis said. “And I’m not capturing them all, but I hope that I’m opening the door wider to all of these experiences.”

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Richard Overton, oldest World War II vet, oldest man in U.S., dies at 112 Free Press wire report

AUSTIN, Texas Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the United States, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, a family member said.

He was 112.

The Army veteran had been hospitalized with pneumonia but was released on Christmas Eve and admitted into a rehabilitation facility in Austin, Texas, where he died, said Shirley Overton, whose husband was Mr. Overton’s cousin and his longtime caretaker.

“They had done all they could,” she said.

Born in St. Mary’s in Bastrop County, Texas, on May 11, 1906, Mr. Overton was 36 when he enlisted in the Army in 1942, nine months after the Pearl Harbor attack. He served in the all-black 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion in the Pacific theater, including Guam, Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

He told a Texas newspaper reporter in 2013 that he had landed on more beaches under fire than he could remember.

He also remembered ducking bullets in foxholes and clearing bodies from battlefields.

He served in the military until 1945, and drew national attention during his recent birthdays because of his age and his service in World War II. People he knew and strangers from across the

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Mr. Overton

country would stop by and chat with him on the porch of his home in East Austin during the 72 years he lived there.

For several recent birthdays, he welcomed the community into his front yard to celebrate. He once said that one secret

to his long life was smoking cigars and drinking whiskey. And during his birthday celebrations, people would give him gifts of both in addition to birthday cards.

Even well into his 100s, he would drive widows in his neighborhood to church.

“With his quick wit and kind spirit, he touched the lives of so many, and I am deeply honored to have known him,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement last week, calling Mr. Overton “an American icon and Texas legend.”

In 2013, former President Obama honored Mr. Overton at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

“He was there at Pearl Harbor, when the battleships were still smoldering,” President Obama said of Mr. Overton. “He was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima, where he said, ‘I only got out of there by the grace of God.’ ” In one of his last public appearances, Mr. Overton was honored in March 2017 with a standing ovation at a San Antonio Spurs game. He was presented a custom camouflage Spurs jersey with his name and the number “110,” his age at the time.

His life will be celebrated at a public funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Shoreline Church in Austin, with burial at Texas State Cemetery, about a half mile from his home. He will be buried next to his cousin, Volma Overton Sr., who was president of the Austin Branch NAACP.

Crystal Cathedral, former home of ‘Hour of Power’ to become Roman Catholic seat Religion News Service

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included live animals and acrobatic performers. It was a physical representation of the limitless hopes of the evangelical community of the time.

But the landscape began to change.

Around the turn of the 21st century, Rev. Schuller’s large following of white evangelicals was aging, and the population of nonwhite residents in California was increasing. Membership and donations to Crystal Cathedral began to decline. The cathedral filed for bankruptcy in 2010.

At the same time, the Roman Catholic Church started seeing an increase in Southern California. In 1976, the Diocese of Orange consisted of about 300,000 Catholics. Today, the numbers are closer to 1.6 million, supporting 62 parishes, 41 schools, three hospitals and care centers and a number of agencies serving the poor, according to The Orange County Register.

“It’s like, ‘Where are all these people coming from?’

They keep coming and coming,” said Hank Evers, director of strategic communications for the Diocese of Orange, adding that the overall population growth of the area impacted

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The diocese brought in Richard Heim, division CEO for Clark Construction Group and a local Catholic. By cutting back on construction costs on what Mr. Heim refers to as “back of the house” features that few worshippers would notice, the diocese was able to save millions of dollars.

The total cost of acquiring and adapting the building, at a little more than $100 million, came to about half that of building a new cathedral.

“We had to strike a balance between the architectural significance, the functionality of the space, but also bring it in within the available funds,” Mr. Heim said.

Some of the changes were small, such as switching from English walnut to red oak for the pews and looking at a wider range of flooring. The entire glass facade and roof had to be recaulked to withstand an earthquake.

“It is not the traditional stone concrete cathedrals that you would see in Europe that would last 500 years,” Mr. Heim said.

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For one thing, the Diocese of Orange wasn’t even the highest bidder. But at Rev. Schuller’s request, the bankruptcy judge awarded the Diocese of Orange the campus for $57.5 million.

Then came the hard part.

Crystal Cathedral needed major repairs and would have to be adapted to serve as a Catholic facility. The new focus of Mr. Evers’ capital campaign was raising money for its transformation. The final numbers were just too high — $25 million to

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For nearly 30 years, the Rev. Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral was not only a religious landmark, but an architectural wonder and an embodiment of flush times in Southern California’s Orange County.

Rev. Schuller, who began preaching to motorists at a drive-in movie theater in 1955, captured the ebullient positivity of mid-century America, and by the 1970s he was one of the country’s top televangelists, best known for his broadcast, “Hour of Power.” The symbol of his success was the Crystal Cathedral, a 128-foot-tall building designed by the cuttingedge modernist architect Philip Johnson to be the largest glass building in the world.

From the top, you can see Disneyland. Inside seats almost 3,000. On holidays, services

dral in the middle of a seismic zone in California, which is a bit of a challenge.”

To transform the building into a place for Catholic Mass, a substantial altar area replaced Rev. Schuller’s pulpit in the middle of the predella, giving it a central place in the cathedral and a major focal point. Limestone walls have been erected to create a sense of enclosure, and 11,000 panels, called quatrefoils, hung toward the ceiling help control temperature, monitor the acoustics and create a more somber atmosphere. The Hazel Wright Organ, one of the largest church instruments in the world, named for the “Hour of Power” viewer who donated the money for it, has been moved to a side.

Some architecture critics have taken exception to the changes, saying they diminish the openness of the Johnson design. But the diocese feels that it has done much to preserve the beauty of the cathedral, which it considers a boon to the local community, while accommodating the diocese’s needs.

“The building is going to continue its journey and its purpose of meeting the spiritual purpose of the people,” Mr. Heim said.

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Development, Monday, January 7, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-320 To amend City Code § 2-1290, concerning the unclassified service, to conform the description of the unclassified service to the Pay Plan. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, January 7, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-321 To amend and reordain City Code § 22-317, concerning additional retirement allowance for certain City officials, for the purpose of conforming titles to the Pay Plan. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Development, Monday, January 7, 2019, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber)

Ordinance No. 2018-313 To amend Ord. No. 2018057, adopted May 14, 2018, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 General Fund Budget, by increasing anticipated revenues from real estate taxes and the amount appropriated to the NonDepartmental agency, Tax Relief – Elderly/Disabled line item by $400,000.00 for the purpose of providing additional funding to cover tax relief for the elderly and disabled pursuant to City Code §§ 26-364—26365.

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

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

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Ordinance No. 2018-314 To amend Ord. No. 2018057, adopted May 14, 2018, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by re-appropriating a $250,000.00 portion of the calculated general fund surplus for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 to a new line item in the NonDepartmental agency called the “OPEB Trust” line item for the purpose of funding a contribution to the trust established by § 1 of Ord. No. 2018-196, adopted Jul. 23, 2018.

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Ordinance No. 2018-315 To amend Ord. No. 2018057, adopted May 14, 2018, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20182019 General Fund Budget, by increasing anticipated revenues from personal property taxes and the amount appropriated to the Procurement Operations program by $125,000.00 for the purpose of providing additional funding for permanent full-time staff positions in the Department of Procurement Services.

Ordinance No. 2018-316 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $34,900.00 from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police’s DMV Traffic Enforcement & Safety Initiative special fund by $34,900.00 for the purpose of supporting police traffic enforcement and safety initiatives to reduce the number of fatalities, injuries, and related economic losses resulting from traffic accidents.

Ordinance No. 2018-317 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $17,500.00 from the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police’s Project Safe Neighborhood (OAG) special fund by $17,500.00 for the purpose of funding police training, travel expenses, overtime expenses, and investigative equipment to reduce gun and gangrelated violent crime.

Ordinance No. 2018-318 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $12,500.00 from the Fund for Cities of Service, Inc., and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to a new line item in the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services called the “Love Your Block Grant” line item by $12,500.00 for the purpose of addressing blight-related issues, including abandoned and vacant properties, graffiti, illegal dumping, and trash in public rights-of-way.

Ordinance No. 2018-319 To adopt a new pay plan for the City and to repeal Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, and all amendatory ordinances thereto. (COMMITTEE: Organizational Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER FEONIE PASLEY-CARTER, Plaintiff v.

LAURENCE CARTER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003821-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

MICHELLE URTARTE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003767-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JOEVETTE MALCOLM, Plaintiff v.

ORAL MALCOLM, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003768-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

KADIATU KAMARA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003822-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 5th day of February, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

CLEOPATRA (JACKSON) WHITE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18-5717 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

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

It is ORDERED that Cleopatra (Jackson) White appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 15th day of February, 2019.

A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MONICA HARPER, Plaintiff v.

DAVID HARPER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003774-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD CYNTHIA A. ROBINSON-CARNEY, Plaintiff v.

RAYMOND A. CARNEY, IV, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18-2618 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart for a period greater than one (1) year; WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff, Cynthia A. Robinson-Carney, that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant, Raymond A. Carney, IV, it is ORDERED that Raymond A. Carney, IV appear before this Court on January 24, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. to protect his interests herein.

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

An Extract Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Courtney A. Anderson, Esquire (VSB #92078) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Road, Suite A Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) canderson@friedmanlawva.com Counsel for Plaintiff/Wife

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TAMMIE MCGHEE, Plaintiff v.

JAMES MCGHEE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002756-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk

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I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER STAFFORD ANDREW SPRINGER, Plaintiff v.

ADRAMAE SPRINGER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003773-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

ANGELA WASHINGTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003787-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 28th day of January, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ADRIAN CLIFTON GILL, ADIAN CLIFTON GILL & ADRIANNA BELLA GILL Case No. J-89613-09-00, J-89614-08-00, J-89615-08-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Chelsea Arnold (Mother), of Adrian Clifton Gill, Jr., child, DOB 7/1/2014, Adian Clifton Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014, & Adrianna Bella Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014 “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Chelsea Arnold (Mother), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 2/6/2019, at 9:20 AM, Courtroom #5.

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ADRIAN CLIFTON GILL, ADIAN CLIFTON GILL & ADRIANNA BELLA GILL Case No. J-89613-08-00, J-89614-07-00, J-89615-07-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Adrian Clifton Gill, Sr. (Father), of Adrian Clifton Gill, Jr., child, DOB 7/1/2014, Adian Clifton Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014, & Adrianna Bella Gill, child DOB 7/1/2014 “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Adrian Clifton Gill, Sr., (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 2/6/2019, at 9:20 AM, Courtroom #5.

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Case No. J-90398-12-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Marquis Jeremiah Bowles (Father), of Maniyah Sade Bowles child, DOB 11/7/2014. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Marquis Jeremiah Bowles (Father), to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 3/19/2019, at 9:40 AM, Courtroom #2.

described as 1223 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000802/023, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, IWC Capital Partners, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, IWC C A P I TA L PA R T N E R S , LLC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that , IWC CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

Moore, Robert T. Moore, both upon information and belief deceased, Dorothy Watson, Cecilia M. Bailey and Yvonne M. Owens.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JAMES E. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ROBERT T. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, DOROTHY WAT S O N , C E C I L I A M .

B A I L E Y, Y V O N N E M .

OWENS, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 JAMES E. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROBERT T. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, D O R O T H Y W AT S O N , C E C I L I A M . B A I L E Y, YVONNE M. OWENS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

VICTORY TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6032 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 600 Chimborazo Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0882/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Victory Tabernacle Baptist Church.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VICTORY TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, an entity without record of trustees and which may be the entity of the same name purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that VICTORY TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, an entity without record of trustees and which may be the entity of the same name purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

IMANI CONTRACTORS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6112 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1206 North 33rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000802/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Imani Contractors, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, IMANI C O N T R A C TO R S , L L C , a District of Columbia corporation no longer appearing in the records of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, 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 IMANI CONTRACTORS, LLC, a District of Columbia corporation no longer appearing in the records of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

ISABELLE T. LASANE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4373 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1715 North 29th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000952/034, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Isabelle T. LaSane, Harry Roscoe Thomas, Jr., upon information and belief deceased, Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Curt L. Smith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ISABELLE T. LASANE and CHARLES R. SMITH, JR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, HARRY ROSCOE THOMAS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ISABELLE T. LASANE, CHARLES R. SMITH, JR, HARRY ROSCOE THOMAS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

IWC CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6033 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly

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

MILDRED J. BOISSEAU, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5975 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2419 1/3 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0224/065, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mildred J. Boisseau.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MILDRED J. BOISSEAU, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

MILDRED J. BOISSEAU, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5974 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2419 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120224/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mildred J. Boisseau.

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

IT IS ORDERED that MILDRED J. BOISSEAU, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JAMES E. MOORE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4374 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2512 Porter Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0695/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James E. Moore, Robert T. Moore, both upon information and belief deceased, Dorothy Watson, Cecilia M. Bailey and Yvonne M. Owens.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JAMES E. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ROBERT T. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, DOROTHY WAT S O N , C E C I L I A M .

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OWENS, who are not residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 JAMES E. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROBERT T. MOORE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, D O R O T H Y W AT S O N , C E C I L I A M . B A I L E Y, YVONNE M. OWENS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JAMES E. MOORE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4375 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

HIRAM C. SMITH, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5281 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5512 Walmsley Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C008-0815/036, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, An Un-named Trust, Hiram C. Smith and S. L. Moore, Trustees, per a deed dated February 27, 1959 filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206.

An Affidavit having been filed that HIRAM C. SMITH, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, and S. L. MOORE, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, Trustees of An Un-named Trust per a deed dated February 27, 1959 filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206, or their successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that GEORGE F. HENLEY, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HIRAM C. SMITH, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, and S. L. MOORE, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, Trustees of An Un-named Trust per a deed dated February 27, 1959 filed in the records of the Chesterfield Circuit Court at Deed Book 588 page 206, or their successor/s in title, GEORGE F. HENLEY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JOHN F. FINN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5415 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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HBCUs packing power for second half of basketball season

By Fred Jeter

Vi rg i n i a State University’s recent basketball success can be traced all the way to Chièvres Air Force Base in Belgium.

Armond T h a t ’ s Griebe where Armond Griebe, who has given the Trojans a front court boost, grew up tall and strong overseas in a U.S. military family.

The 6-foot-7, 210-pound junior forward is a broad-shouldered reason why Coach Lonnie Blow’s Trojans won eight of nine games heading into the holidays.

“Armond is an athletic kid with a lot of bounce,” Coach Blow said.

“It was a real blessing when he came to us.”

Griebe transferred to VSU following two seasons as a regular at University of Mount Olive, a NCAA Division II institution in Mount Olive, N.C. Averaging eight points and four rebounds for the season, Griebe

enjoyed a noteworthy game Dec. 19 against his former team at VSU’s MultiPurpose Center. In spurring VSU to victory, he collected Demarius six points, six Pitts rebounds and three assists while offering plenty of stiff inside defense in 33 minutes of action.

After Belgium and before college, Griebe starred at Potomac High School in Dumfries, helping the Northern Virginia school to the state 5A title in 2014 and the state semifinals in 2015.

Griebe is one of two Trojans with international flavor. The other is 6-foot-5 sophomore Lual Daniel Rahama, a native of Sudan who went to Warwick High School in Newport News.

• Virginia Union University can only hope the 2019 part of the 2018-19 season goes as well as the first half for precocious freshman Demarius

Pitts.

A scoring threat from all over, the 6-foot-5 newcomer from Maryland averages a teambest 17.5 points Jermaine while hitting 17 Marrow of 38 3-pointers for 45 percent. Overall, the Panthers are hitting just 28 percent from behind the arc.

The Panthers, 5-6, need to keep their suitcases packed. The first four games this season, and six of the first seven in January, are away from home.

• Hampton University guard Jermaine Marrow is making a bid for a national scoring title.

The 6-foot junior from Newport News is averaging 26.6 points, second in the NCAA Division I to Campbell University’s Chris Clemons, averaging 30.5 points per game.

Coincidentally, both Clemons and Marrow play in the Big South Conference.

Marrow has left his mark in Richmond.

He had 25 points for the Hampton University Pirates in a loss at Virginia ComC.J. monwealth Kelly University and a whopping 38 points in a victory at the University of Richmond.

He starts the new year with 1,460 career points.

HU’s all-time scorer is Rick Mahorn, who netted 2,418 points in 119 games from 1976 to 1980.

• Norfolk State University may have had an advantage in recruiting C.J. Kelly. After all, his mother, Marlane, played for the Lady Spartans in the late 1980s.

A redshirt freshman, the 6-foot-5 Kelly is quite a catch for NSU. At Queens High School in Long Island, N.Y., he led the Public Schools Athletic League in scoring — 28 points per game — and was PSAL Player of the Year.

R e c e n t l y, Kelly was named MEAC Rookie of the We e k a f t e r solid outings at the Sun Bowl Tournament in El Paso, Texas.

Charles Kelly had 10 Williams points in NSU’s win over host University of Texas-El Paso and eight in the Spartans’ loss to East Tennessee State University.

• Charles Williams shows you don’t have to go to a big high school to become a big star.

Before enrolling at Howard University, he was a pioneering newcomer at tiny Millwood School in Chesterfield County. Millwood lists its K-12 enrollment as 222.

At Howard, the 6-foot-6 junior is the MEAC’s third leading scorer at 18.3 points per game. As a freshman, he was the MEAC Rookie of the Year.

On Feb. 3, 2018, he became the second fastest Bison in school history to hit 1,000 career points.

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An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN F. FINN, 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 said owner, FREDDIE ROYAL, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title

and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN F. FINN, FREDDIE R O YA L , a n d P a r t i e s Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 21, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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