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Data show that 40% to 60% of Richmond area teachers are absent from the classroom 11 or more business days a year By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Students always seem to be the focus of concern when the discussion centers on the ill effects of class-cutting, truancy and chronic absenteeism on education. Far less attention is paid to the many full-time teachers who also regularly play hooky from their classrooms. On any given day, 10 percent to 40 percent of teachers are
taking time off in Virginia and across the country, according to national figures, leaving school systems scrambling to find substitutes and adding to instructional costs. U.S. Department of Education data show 36 percent of teachers are away from their classrooms 11 or more day each year, in addition to the regular vacation days for Thanksgiving, winter and spring breaks and national holidays. Data show teacher absenteeism is higher than the national
Beloved slugger, MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies at 86 By Fred Jeter
Growing up poor in Mobile, Ala., during the Great Depression, Hank Aaron began playing baseball by hitting bottle caps with sticks. From those humble roots, he became one of baseball’s all-time greats and among the most admired men in all of sports history. Mr. Aaron is being remembered by the sports world and people around the globe following his death Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at 86. A private memorial service was held Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Truist Park in Atlanta, while a private funeral attended by former President Bill Clinton and former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig were held Wednesday, Jan. 27, at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta. Survivors include his wife, Billye, their children, Gaile, Hank Jr., Lary, Dorinda and Ceci and several grandchildren. Called an “agent of change” in the post-Jim Crow South, Mr. Aaron was a hero on and off the diamond. His brilliance as an athlete was combined with a quiet dignity in the face of racial prejudice. Known as “Hammerin’ Hank” because of his record at one time as baseball’s alltime home run king, he was a beacon of unmatched grace
average in the Richmond area, with school divisions reporting 40 percent to 60 percent of teachers absent 11 or more business days a year. That’s a big deal given that educational research has found that teachers are a key element of student achievement and that student success rates appear to fall when teacher absenteeism is high. Please turn to A4
Mayor Stoney has COVID-19; state of city address postponed Free Press staff report
Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in a 14-day isolation after developing mild symptoms. “While I do not feel 100 percent, I am thankful that my symptoms are currently manageable and that I can continue to work from my home to ensure the continuity of city government,” the mayor stated in his announcement. He is now numbered among the 12,000 Richmond residents who have contracted the virus.
“As my personal experience should tell you, the pandemic is still far from over and must be taken seriMayor Stoney ously,” even with the rollout of vaccines, Mayor Stoney said. In early November, Mayor Stoney and members of his city and campaign staffs went into quarantine after one of his campaign team members tested positive for the coronavirus. The person had come into contact with staff at the Richmond Voter Registrar’s Please turn to A4
VEA president learns a hard lesson about COVID-19
Although Dr. Fedwash your hands derman is no longer and do everything Dr. James J. Fedderman that public health contagious, he said is a career educator, but he’s physicians and govhis recovery remains learned more than he cares to ernment officials are incomplete. know about COVID-19. Still, the longtime urging people do to The first African-American protect themselves music educator in man to serve as president of from the virus. Accomack County the 40,000-member Virginia Public Schools on And he is urging Dr. Fedderman Education Association is a coro- public schools systhe Eastern Shore navirus survivor, but he is still tems to take all precautions, is grateful he is increasingly recovering from his bout with including inoculations, before able to complete his work the potentially deadly virus. teachers and students are al- and participate more actively That’s why he’s pleading lowed to return to the classroom with the VEA. He said he has with VEA members and ev- for in-person learning. learned his lesson on how easy eryone else to wear a mask, His message: Take the virus it is to get COVID-19 from the Please turn to A4 maintain social distancing, seriously; it is all too real. people you love the most — your family. Just a few days after a family gathering in mid-December, Dr. Fedderman said he tested positive for the coronavirus. That started a 19-day medical chain of events. By George Copeland Jr. “We have run out of patience and toler“I experienced things I ance,” the letter continued. “Our citizens never experienced before,” Dr. Virginia’s teachers, grocery store workers deserve better. They also deserve account- Freeman said in an interview. and the elderly are facing delays in getting ability as to what personnel or systems are “Every day brought a new inoculated against COVID-19. A sharp reducresponsible for the inordinate challenges that medical challenge.” tion in the supply of vaccine has left local arise almost daily.” After being diagnosed as health departments, including Richmond’s The board said that a recent order by positive, Dr. Fedderman said and Henrico’s, without enough doses to the county for 8,000 doses of the vaccine he tried not to sleep because meet demand. resulted in only 1,000 being delivered. “And he didn’t know if he would Dr. Avula The situation has left many local officials now we’re being told to only expect 1,500 wake up. and area residents frustrated as they have trouble trying to doses per week over the next four weeks.” A divorced father of two receive a vaccine. Teachers, police officers, firefighters, day care workers children who lives alone, he “Virginia’s campaign to vaccinate the masses is totally and people working with the homeless and in correctional said his journey with the disease defective,” the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors facilities are the latest groups deemed eligible to receive began on Dec. 14, following wrote in a letter sent Tuesday to Gov. Ralph S. Northam the vaccine under the state’s plan prioritizing who should the family get-together. He said and other state officials. two days later, he saw a doctor Please turn to A4 to get tested. He said he developed shortFree COVID-19 testing ness of breath and physical Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. weakness. He was coughing, The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are had chills and sweats, back pain offering testing at the following locations: and a loss of smell. His throat and ears were irritated, and he Friday, Jan. 29, 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., in Eastern Henrico. had headaches. He also began Drive-thru testing. losing weight rapidly, about 30 Wednesday, Feb. 3,1 to 3 p.m., Hotchkiss Field pounds in two weeks. Community Center, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd., in “The only thing I could taste North Side. and desired were sour pickles,” Friday, Feb. 5, 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern Henrico Health Dr. Fedderman recalled. Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., in Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing. His first tests came back Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond negative. Concerned, he took a and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 second, more accurate test. a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press On Friday, Dec. 18, he online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID. Terri Roe, a registered nurse with Henrico County Public received a late-night call from Testing will be offered while test supplies last. Schools, fills syringes with the Moderna coronavirus his physician telling him that he The Chesterfield County Health Department also is vaccine Jan. 21 at the Old Dominion Building at the had the virus. By Saturday, the By Ronald E. Carrington
Vaccine supply, distribution problems frustrate area residents
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On a walk with ‘PaPa’ Recent days with warm sunshine made it perfect for an outdoor stroll for Harris Wheeler, aka “PaPa,” and his granddaughter Nia Rose Henderson, 2. The pair were enjoying a walk on DuBois Avenue in North Side.
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Richmond Raceway, where the Richmond and Henrico health districts are conducting mass inoculations.
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Judge O’Berry apparently out
By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Judge Pamela O’Berry’s 12-year tenure on the Chesterfield County General District Court Judge O’Berry likely will end Wednesday, March 31. Supporters seeking to keep Judge O’Berry on the bench for another six years were unable to get her name through a crucial General Assembly committee this week. On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, which previously cleared 46 other judges for reappointment, declined to consider a last-minute motion to send Judge O’Berry’s name to the full Senate for certification to a third term. The motion died after an objection was raised that the matter was not on the committee’s agenda. The committee did not vote to include her name on the larger list approved a week ago. Unless Judge O’Berry is re-nominated and approved by both the House of Delegates and state Senate for the vacancy her departure would create, which currently seems unlikely, the committee’s action signals the end of Judge O’Berry’s service on the bench at the expiration of her current term. Judge O’Berry’s current and second, six-year term began on April 1, 2015. The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus had urged approval of Judge O’Berry, who is one of two Black judges among more than 15 on the county’s Juvenile and Domestic Relations, General District and Circuit courts. However, none of the three senators who represent Chesterfield County, Amanda Chase, Ghazala F. Hashmi and Joseph D. Morrissey, have backed Judge O’Berry’s reappointment. Sen. Morrissey said he did not support her because the results of her judicial evaluation on 18 items found her falling short on a number of those items, ranging from courtesy to those appearing before her to knowledge of the law, and by statements from the Chesterfield Branch NAACP urging her removal. Sen. Morrissey said he would seek to ensure that her replacement is a Black attorney and that he supports adding more Black judges to the Chesterfield County courts.
Henrico to hold $10 rabies clinic Feb. 13 The Henrico County Police will provide rabies vaccines for dogs and cats from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Henrico County Government Center, 4301 E. Parham Road. Pet owners must register and pay at the cashier’s office in the county Administration Building before seeing a veterinarian on the first level of the adjacent parking deck for their pet’s shot. The rabies vaccine is $10 and must be paid in cash. Pets from all localities are welcome. Cats must be in carriers. Under Virginia law, dogs and cats 4 months of age and older must be vaccinated for rabies. Henrico County dog licenses will be available for $10. Licenses are valid for the life of the pet while the owner lives in Henrico and its rabies vaccinations are kept current. Officers will be available to discuss license and vaccination requirements. People must wear a face covering, maintain social distancing and receive a temperature check to participate. Details: Henrico Animal Protection Unit, (804) 727-8801.
On Monday, the same day that state workers began installing fencing around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, a few landowners trying to prevent the statue’s removal filed their long-awaited appeal with the Virginia Supreme Court. The appeal filed by attorneys Patrick M. McSweeney and Fred D. Taylor recites the familiar claims that were rejected in Richmond Circuit Court – that the property owners near the statue have an easement that allows them to prevent removal of the statue and that their rights deserve to be upheld. The appeal also claims that Gov. Ralph S. Northam lacks authority to remove the statue despite the General Assembly’s approval last year of budget language ending state support while allocating money to pay for the statue’s remove. The state’s highest court has not yet scheduled a hearing on the appeal, which could take several months. However, in December, the state Supreme Court kept the statue in place when it refused a request from Attorney General Mark R. Herring to dissolve an injunction imposed by Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant. While Judge Marchant ruled
that Gov. Northam can take down the statue, he also imposed the restraining order to prevent the state from removing the statue during the appeal process. Meanwhile, workers from the state Department of General Services installed fencing around the Lee monument grounds. Officials said the action was to “prepare the site for removal of the statue” and to be prepared “to act quickly” once a decision is handed down by the court. “The fencing is not intended to be permanent,” a DGS news release stated. Crews removed “abandoned personal items” from the grassy site around the statue, with the department noting that all memorials on the grounds would remain until the statue is removed. The memorials, including those to Marcus-David Peters, the 24-year-old high school biology teacher who was shot and killed by a Richmond Police officer in May 2018 as he was experiencing what has been described as a mental health crisis, are to be removed then and stored “until a decision is made as to their disposition,” according to state DGS officials. During the social justice demonstrations last spring, advocates dubbed the grassy circle around the Lee monument “Marcus-David Peters Circle” and installed a formal sign in the space.
ACLU lawsuit against police action during summer protest dismissed By George Copeland Jr.
A Richmond Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia against the Virginia State Police, the Richmond Police Department and the City of Richmond for actions taken against protesters during a “teach-in” last summer on police brutality and community action. In her Jan. 21 ruling, Judge Beverly W. Snukals found that the ACLU failed “to state a claim as a matter of law” and dismissed the suit. In the suit filed June 26, the ACLU claimed that the peaceful protest that took over the 900 block of East Marshall Street in front of City Hall on June 22 during a City Council meeting was protected under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment right to free speech, assembly and to petition the government. The suit was filed on behalf of activists with the Virginia Student Power Network and three individuals who were leading and participating in the protest in which the demonstrators put up a barricade blocking traffic as part of their takeover of the street. They dubbed the area “Reclamation Square” and played music and led instructions about police brutality and
inequality. Several hours into the “teach-in,” around 12:40 a.m. on June 23, police declared the protesters were engaged in unlawful assembly and, around 1:25 a.m., began firing tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters who refused to move. Twelve people were arrested. In late June, Judge Snukals rejected the ACLU’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt such police actions as a violation of protesters’ First Amendment rights. In a written opinion issued on June 30, Judge Snukals stated that such a restraining order would represent “an unwarranted intrusion into and interference with the ability of law enforcement to do its job during an unprecedented period of civil unrest.” “We are incredibly disappointed to hear that we won’t see our day in court to hold the police accountable for their violence last summer,” said Kalia Harris, co-executive director of the Virginia Student Power Network, in a statement released by the ACLU on the dismissal. “The demand to end police violence should never result in more police violence, like has happened here in Richmond,” she continued. “Black and brown youths in our
city have been repeatedly brutalized and arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights. “Our work to illuminate the need for real policy change when it comes to public safety in Virginia does not stop here. We will not be silent,” she stated. While the ACLU has not mentioned any plans to appeal, it has drawn attention to House Bill 2045 filed by Delegate Jeff M. Bourne of Richmond and under consideration in the General Assembly. The bill would eliminate “qualified immunity” that shields police officers and their departments from being held accountable for misconduct. “People who are harmed by police deserve their day in court, and tragically, our clients were denied the chance to hold police accountable,” said Eden Heilman, legal director for the ACLU of Virginia. “We hope the legislature will change Virginia law to make it easier for people to sue police for unconstitutional actions like what they did to these individuals.” During the summer, several organizations, including Clergy Action RVA and the Richmond Branch NAACP, joined the ACLU in condemning police actions to disrupt and disperse peaceful demonstrators.
City Council approves new tax amnesty programs By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Wait until March to pay any overdue taxes on homes and other real estate to avoid paying interest and penalties as well. And for businesses, wait until April to pay any delinquent meals, admissions or lodging taxes due the city to avoid paying extra penalties. That is the advice that members of Richmond City Council and Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s administration are handing out after the City Council on Monday approved the mayor’s proposals for a new round of tax amnesties as spring arrives. Those who make late payments before March will have to pay the extra charges, 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell told her colleagues before the vote. She pointed to the example of her constituents who came to City Hall to pay real estate taxes on Jan. 15, one day after the deadline, to pay the first half of 2021 property taxes. “They were charged the penalty and
Correction Tonia Sharpe, co-chair of the Connections Committee for the Omega Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and a member of the AKA’s Metro RVA Connection Committee Collective, provided the quotes and information contained in an article published in the Jan. 21-23 edition of the Richmond Free Press about area chapters celebrating the inauguration of their sorority sister, Vice President Kamala Harris. The article incorrectly attributed the information to another member of the sorority. The Free Press regrets the error.
interest, and now they are being told those cannot be refunded,” Ms. Trammell said. “One woman paid an extra $80.” She said that hurts when you are a senior on a fixed income who must pinch pennies. Ms. Trammell called it unfair that those who wait until the real estate tax amnesty begins on March 1 can avoid extra charges, while “people who wanted to pay their bills will not get their money back.” She said she is warning people to hold off paying until the amnesty program begins. City Finance Director John B. Wack confirmed that state law bars refunds of late charges to those who bring their accounts current before the amnesty. He said applications and other information soon will be available online and at city offices. He urged those planning to seek the amnesty not to wait until the last minute. He said the plan is to allow taxpayers to pay off property taxes that were due Jan. 14, and overdue taxes from prior years, while eliminating the penalties and interest that keep the debt mounting. He said payment plans would be offered. For businesses, the amnesty would waive penalties and interest on payments of meals, admissions and lodging taxes that are due on or before April 21, including money owed in past years, he said.
In a brisk and brief meeting, City Council also voted to: •Honor the late Larry J. Bland, a creative musical force best known for leading The Volunteer Choir for more 45 years, by placing honorary street signs bearing his name in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Idlewood Avenue. Mr. Bland died Nov. 13. •Rezone two blocks of Gilpin Court to enable private development of apartments and businesses. The blocks are bounded by Baker, Charity, 1st and St. James streets. The proposal cleared a council committee. New 3rd District Councilwoman AnnFrances Lambert, who represents the area, delayed approval at the Jan. 11 meeting, but allowed the vote Monday of what she called “spot zoning” that does not comply with the city’s new master plan. In her public remarks, Ms. Lambert did not mention that her family owns property in the area being rezoned, creating a possible conflict of interest. •Urge the School Board to plant a tree at Boushall Middle School in South Side in memory of Aajah Rosemond, 16, who was struck and killed by a vehicle Oct. 18 as she walked near the corner of Jahnke and German School roads. Aajah was a student at George Wythe High School who had graduated from Boushall Middle School and enjoyed spending time with her friends on the campus after school.
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Educational statistician John Butcher of Richmond found that increases in teacher absenteeism can explain about 10 percent to 12 percent of the variation in student achievement on state Standards of Learning tests. Traditionally, teachers work about 200 days a year between late August and the close of classes in late spring. An additional 11 days off amounts to 5.5 percent of the work year, or nearly double the 3 percent national rate of absence for full-time wage and salaried American workers. Teacher absenteeism is a common theme of suburban as well urban divisions, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection. Released a few months ago, that data is from the 2017-18 school year. In the reports, Halifax County led Virginia in teacher absenteeism, with 80.8 percent of teachers absent 11 or more days. Halifax County barely edged out Amherst County Public Schools, which reported 80 percent of teachers out 11 or more workdays. Public schools in Loudoun and Warren counties ranked third and fourth worst, with teacher absentee rates of 67.1 percent and 66.4 percent, respectively.
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during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. President Joe Biden referred to Mr. Aaron as “unbreakable.” The right-handed swinging outfielder with the Milwaukee Braves and the Atlanta Braves from 1954 to 1974 and the Milwaukee Brewers from 1975 to 1976 compiled a list of records as long as an interstate highway. Mr. Aaron sits at or near the top of virtually every significant hitting category. He’s most remembered for his pursuit of the career home run record of 714 that was set by the iconic Babe Ruth decades earlier. Under the national spotlight, it all came to a head on April 18, 1974, when Mr. Aaron swung and launched No. 715 in a Braves home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The epic finale had a Richmond touch. Mr. Aaron hit the homer off former Richmond Braves pitcher Al Downing, and it was caught in the left field bullpen by another former player for the Richmond Braves, Tom House. Here’s what television announcer Vin Scully said as Mr. Aaron crossed home plate and into the open arms of his parents, Estella and Herbert Aaron. “What a marvelous moment for baseball! What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia! What a marvelous moment for the country and the world! A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South ... and it is a great moment for all of us!” As Mr. Aaron inched closer and closer to Babe Ruth’s record and the publicity grew, there were bigoted remarks from the stands, evil letters and even death threats. Only partly in jest, Mr. Aaron’s Black teammates suggested they didn’t want to sit by him in the dugout, fearful a bullet could be coming in that direction. Mr. Aaron’s home run record was later broken by Barry Bonds in 2007 with 763. Wearing the No. 44 jersey, Mr. Aaron was much more than just a home run slugger. He is first all-time in runs batted in (2,297) and total bases (6,856), third in hits (3,771) and fourth in runs (3,630). And that’s not all. Here’s what teammate Dusty Baker, another former Richmond Braves player and current manager of the Houston Astros, said: “The 755 homers overshadow the fact he was a better pure hitter, base runner and defensive player than almost anyone.” The 755 home run total could nudge upward. Earlier this year, Major League Baseball announced it was reclassifying the Negro Leagues as Major Leagues and that the Negro Leagues statistics would be incorporated into MLB stats. Mr. Aaron hit five homers in 1952 with the Negro Leagues’ Indianapolis Clowns, along with 41 hits, 33 RBI and nine stolen bases. That would push Mr. Aaron’s career total to 760 homers, but still three short of Barry Bonds’ record. Mr. Aaron began his pro career as a cross-hand hitting shortstop. Instead of his right hand on top, he gripped the bat with right hand closest to the knob. Before long, he was talked out of the non-traditional grip by the Clowns and moved to the outfield where he flashed considerable speed in his younger years. The name “Aaron” is well known around Richmond, and not just because of Hank. Mr. Aaron’s brother, the late Tommie Aaron, was MVP of the Richmond Braves’1967 International League championship team. Tommie Aaron later became a Richmond manager, making him the International League’s first Black manager. The Diamond, home of the Richmond Braves, was named “Tommie Aaron Field” until 2010, when the San Francisco Giants-affiliate Richmond Flying Squirrels arrived. Mr. Aaron played in several exhibition games at the former Parker Field in Richmond when the parent A-Braves took on their AAA farm club. A particularly memorable appearance was in August 1968. Pitching in the first inning for Richmond was the legendary Satchel Paige, who was already in his 60s. Mr. Paige had been signed by Atlanta so he could earn his major league pension. Both Mr. Aaron and Mr. Paige were from Mobile, Ala., and had known hard times in the Deep South. You could feel the love. Somehow, the elderly Mr. Paige induced Mr. Aaron into popping out to third. With that, Mr. Aaron smiled and saluted his “home boy” before jogging back to the dugout. A great Black player during Mr. Aaron’s era was the late Chicago Cubs’ Ernie Banks, another Hall of Fame selection. When Mr. Aaron hit his record-breaking homer, congratulatory letters poured in, including one from Mr. Banks that stated: “My heart and feelings are with you and your friendship will mean more to me than any other person in life. Proud to be your friend.” Mr. Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1982 with 97.8 percent of the votes. Still, he was humble. He took up golf following his retirement from baseball after the 1976 season and was quoted as saying: “It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” Humor was typical Mr. Aaron. A man’s greatness isn’t only measured in statistical success, by black and white numbers on paper or a computer screen. The greatest talent of all might be being loved and admired by those that know you or know of you. Hank Aaron was a Hall of Famer in that category, too.
The Richmond area was close behind. For 2017-18, the data show, 46 percent of Chesterfield County’s teachers were absent 11 or more days, while 38 percent of Hanover County’s teachers, nearly 60 percent of Henrico County’s teachers and 40 percent of Petersburg’s teachers all missed 11 or more workdays that school year. For Richmond Public Schools, teacher absenteeism is a perennial issue. While classroom teachers already have 22 days off built into the RPS calendar, 58 percent of the city’s educators also were absent 11 or more workdays, according to the CRDC, which began tracking teacher absenteeism in 2009. According to the CRDC report on Richmond, the school system employed 1,666 teachers in 2017-18, of whom 966 used leave and sick days to take extra days off. Mr. Butcher noted the CRDC data indicated that only five schools had teacher absentee rates below the state average of 38 percent—Richmond Community High School, Ginter Park, Greene and Munford elementary schools and Richmond Alternative School. Meanwhile, Mr. Butcher said data show that William Fox, Chimborazo and Fairfield Court had the highest teacher absentee
rates among city elementary schools; Lucille Brown, Henderson and Binford had the highest rates among middle schools; and Huguenot, Armstrong and John Marshall were the leaders in teacher absenteeism among high schools. Still to be answered is the question of whether virtual learning that has allowed teachers to run their classes from home using online connections to students via computers and other internetenabled devices have impacted teacher absenteeism. The answer from RPS: Yes. In response to a Free Press query, RPS spokeswoman Danielle Pierce stated, “In general, the overall absenteeism rate has decreased during the pandemic.” However, she didn’t offer data from the current school year supporting that. Ms. Pierce noted that Superintendent Jason Kamras and his executive team installed a new approach this year, which involves assigning full-time substitutes to each school “to fill in for a specific class in the event of an absence or to provide support in other areas as needed.” Currently, 140 substitutes “are in schools each day,” Ms. Pierce stated. However, she added, “Because it’s a new model, we are unable to compare it to the numbers from previous years.”
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Office, where several people tested positive for the coronavirus, the mayor said at the time. It is unclear how Mayor Stoney contracted the virus or how many people in city government and elsewhere he had direct contact with must quarantine. Wednesday’s announcement noted that those persons “con-
sidered direct contacts have been informed and are quarantining and taking the necessary precautions to keep themselves and those around them protected.” One upshot: The mayor has postponed his State of the City address. Mayor Stoney had been scheduled to deliver his speech Thursday, Jan. 28, in a virtual event. The rescheduled date for the virtual program is 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, his office stated.
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local health department was calling to tell him he needed to remain in quarantine. That day, he also learned that his sisters, Darlaine Watson and Gloria Fedderman, also had tested positive and were hunkered down in their respective homes. Being in quarantine meant he could not call on his family for help, he said. In order to get by, he started using delivery services to get food and other supplies. As his symptoms worsened, he contacted Tonya Martin, a close friend who is a school nurse and also works at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital on the Eastern Shore. She took Dr. Fedderman to the hospital where he was treated for several days. “That was a life-changing experience as the staff was attentive and worked on me,” he said. He said he was a physically fragile African-American who had underlying
conditions, including high blood pressure and Type 2 Diabetes, that put him at higher risk for complications from the virus. The hospital staff, who know him from his work as a music educator and mentor, made him feel welcome and comfortable. Following his hospital stay, “my life began to change as I began to bounce back and take control of my life. I started to feel a lot better,” he said. Still, he said he struggles to balance himself when he stands up. He said quick movements make him unstable. He also has to be more disciplined in planning his time. As he reflects on his experience, he is urging school boards, administrators, teachers and all involved in education to be cautious about reopening. “It is very easy to stand at a podium and tell people what to do during this epidemic,” Dr. Fedderman said. “However,
it becomes a different story when you have experienced and lived through the coronavirus.” He believes governing boards and school administrators should take a critical look to ensure that students and teachers can be fully protected before approving a return to in-person learning. He said people making the decision need to ensure that the front line teachers are able to voice their cares and concerns, fears and feelings without worrying about retaliation. “A lot of the calls to rush back are the result of reckless political pressures. School systems should be making the best decisions for students and teachers” based on the best scientific information, he said. At the very least, he said, “Teachers should be vaccinated before in-person learning resumes. Until that can be accomplished, schools should remain virtual.”
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get the vaccine and when. But the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors said the county has received only a fraction of what’s needed to inoculate those groups. Parents and teachers have expressed anger, with many signing a petition calling for the Feb. 1 reopening of county schools for in-person instruction to be delayed until teachers can be vaccinated. In a news briefing last Friday, Dr. Danny T.K. Avula, manager of the state’s COVID19 vaccination rollout, talked about the need to manage expectations because of supply problems, as well as lag times in reporting data to the state. He said he and other state health officials are working to address the problems, including helping speed the vaccination process for doses delivered to CVS and Walgreens stores in Virginia under a distribution agreement with the federal government. “For now, most recipients should know that they’re going to — pretty reliably — get what they’re getting for the next four weeks or so,” Dr. Avula said. “We need to manage and temper expectations
because, with just several hundred or in some cases a couple thousand doses coming to each community, there are not going to be that many slots for people to get vaccinated.” Richmond and Henrico County should receive about 6,400 doses of the vaccine for the foreseeable future, said Amy Popovich, nurse manager and COVID-19 vaccine lead for the Richmond and Henrico health districts. She said the plan is now to use 50 percent of the weekly allocation for people age 65 and older, 40 percent for police, fire, and hazmat employees, corrections, child care and homeless shelter workers, teachers and staff in public and private K-12 schools, and 10 percent for congregate populations in jails, shelters and correctional facilities. “We understand the weight and responsibility of stewarding this vaccine well,” Ms. Popovich said. “We want to do our best to stay transparent and do the best we can by our communities. It’s not a race against each other; this is a race against COVID.” Essential workers in manufacturing, grocery stores, public transit or public and
Free COVID-19 testing Continued from A1 offering free COVID-19 testing at the following locations: Second Baptist Church, 5100 W. Hundred Road, Chester, 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 8, 15 and 22. St. Augustine Catholic Church, 4400 Beulah Road, North Chesterfield, 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3,10, 17 and 24. Walmsley United Methodist Church, 2950 Walmsley Blvd., 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Feb. 11 and 25. Testing is free, and no reservations or registration are necessary. Details: Chesterfield County Health Department at (804) 318-8207. Want a COVID-19 vaccine? People who live or work in Richmond or Henrico County are asked to fill out a COVID-19 vaccine interest form at vax.rchd. com, or call (804) 205-3501. Residents of Chesterfield, Hanover, Goochland, New Kent and Charles City counties are asked to complete an eligibility tool at https://vdh.jebbit.com/amkwk6m1?L=Owned+Web&JC=Vaccine or to call the state COVID-19 hotline at (877) 275-8343. In an effort to step up COVID-19 vaccine efforts across the country, President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States will purchase an additional 200 million doses of the vaccine, enough to fully inoculate nearly every American by the end of the summer.
private mail services who are part of the 1B priority group now will have a longer waiting period for immunization. Officials said currently, about 20,000 people daily are being vaccinated in Virginia. The Richmond and Henrico health districts also are preparing a new system for eligible people to use to sign up for a vaccine. The health districts are prioritizing seniors by age who have expressed an interest in getting the vaccine. Someone from the health district office will contact people and schedule an appointment. People who live or work in Richmond or Henrico County are asked to fill out a COVID-19 vaccine interest form at vax. rchd.com, or call (804) 205-3501. Those without access to a computer or who cannot go online also can call (804) 205-3501 to sign up for a vaccine. Residents of Chesterfield, Hanover, Goochland, New Kent and Charles City counties are asked to complete an eligibility tool at https://vdh.jebbit.com/ amkwk6m1?L=Owned+Web&JC=Vaccine or to call the state COVID-19 hotline at (877) 275-8343.
The purchase of 100 million doses each from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech would be in addition to the 400 million combined doses the companies already have committed to provide, White House officials said. Some local officials in Virginia and members of the public have expressed frustration over the vaccine rollout, particularly as a new variant strain of the virus was reported Monday in Northern Virginia by state health officials. More than 1.16 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed throughout Virginia as of Wednesday, according to state records, with 51.7 percent of the doses administered. As of Wednesday, 78,261 people have been fully vaccinated with the required two doses of the vaccine. The Virginia Department of Health reported 5,227 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 488,553 cases statewide, along with 20,986 hospitalizations and 6,228 deaths. According to Virginia data, African-Americans comprised 21.4 percent of cases and 23.8 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 18.1 percent of the cases and 7.5 percent of deaths.
Reported COVID-19 data as of Jan. 27, 2021 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 12,321 622 124 Henrico County 17,858 761 337 Chesterfield County 18,451 679 201 Hanover County 5,636 215 97
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Activities during COVID-19: Know your risk level
COVID-19 most commonly spreads through close contact and can easily pass from one person to another. In general, the more closely you interact with others and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread.* Kids and families have experienced so much change during the pandemic – and we know it’s hard! But, it’s up to all of us to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Some of our everyday activities like visiting a friend’s house or playing basketball indoors might seem safe, but are they? Check out the risk levels below before you go!
How can you lower your risk? • Wear a mask**
• Delay celebrations and large gatherings until after the pandemic
• Stay 6 ft. from people who don’t live in your home
• Get the vaccine when it becomes available to you
• Wash your hands
High risk • Not wearing a mask at all times in public** • Large gatherings (birthday parties, weddings, etc.) • Sleepovers at a friend’s house • Movie theaters • Visiting with older relatives indoors • Indoor sporting events • Eating indoors at a restaurant
Medium risk • Eating outdoors at a restaurant • Having dinner at someone’s house • Working out at the gym • Playing inside at a friend’s house, wearing a mask at all times • Outdoor gathering with 2-3 families • Going to the library • Getting a haircut at a salon or barbershop
Low risk • Essential errands, wearing a mask (grocery store, bank, etc.) • Outdoor, distanced playdates • Doctor’s appointments • Other health care appointments, like occupational therapy • Getting takeout • Walking in the park • Playgrounds that aren’t crowded
Little to no risk • FaceTiming friends • Playing with siblings who live in your home • Taking a family hike or bike ride • Exercising at home
*CDC.gov **Children under 2 and people with special needs who cannot remove the mask themselves or express trouble breathing should not wear a face mask.
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President Biden begins work on unfinished business of Trump administration By Reginald Stuart
President Biden’s launch this month of a series of ambitious goals focused on resetting the nation’s agenda is being steadily packed with suggestions he include the endless list of unresolved issues left on the table by the last president. “I am excited for President Biden and his cabinet to forge a new direction for education policy,” said Jason Kamras, superintendent of the 24,000-student Richmond Public Schools system. “I’m looking forward to seeing a renewed charge to end systemic racism by reinstating Obama-era guidelines for the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights and investing in equity-based funding for school divisions across the nation,” Mr. Kamras said, echoing progressive educators and leaders across the country. Indeed, ailing public school systems like Richmond’s and elsewhere often complained the administration of former President Trump seemed tone deaf to the needs and appeals of the public masses, with former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos bringing no practical public school experience to her job. She emerged as a regular advocate for private schools, especially steering public tax dollars to private institutions. Mr. Kamras, who was an education policy adviser to former President Obama, also knows President Biden has an extra set of ears in the White House likely to relay the calls from public education leaders and advocates. That would be Dr. Jill Biden, the new first lady, who is a veteran public schools educator, teaching English and reading in high schools. Most recently, Dr. Biden taught in Virginia’s community college system when her husband served as vice president. With many public K-12 schools and colleges in Virginia suffering economically from the pandemic, Richmond Public Schools also is seeing many of its students losing ground academically because of the abrupt transition last spring to “virtual” classes, that is teaching via the internet and complementary instruction methods, Mr. Kamras said during the winter school break. The Richmond School Board voted to remain with virtual instruction for the rest of this school year because of the pandemic. Concern about education runs the gamut, said Lezli Baskerville, president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. “President Biden should use his leverage to close the gaps in America, ” said Ms. Baskerville, an attorney whose Washingtonbased organization of college presidents includes the head of most of Virginia’s HBCUs. She ticked off an ambitious list of six broad aspirations the association had sent to President Trump and his administration. But the association received in reply little more than a courteous acknowledgement, Ms. Baskerville said. The one major White House gathering between HBCU presidents and President Trump was early in his first year and turned into a brief photo opportunity. He never hosted them again and he subsequently fired his hand-selected HBCU point person. As part of his promise to rebuild America back better, President Biden has pledged energized focus by the federal government to combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic, right the nation’s derailed economy and get education afoot again. Ambitious, appropriate and laudable goals, many say. Recalling that President Biden campaigned on getting the government’s lens “focused on racial equity,” Laura D. Lafayette, chief executive officer of the Richmond Association of Realtors, said the new president should be applauded for his quick list of executive orders rolling back many Trump-era orders that have made the economic hardship of the coronavirus pandemic even worse. Characterizing the actions such as temporary extension of eviction orders and extended unemployment aid as welcomed and vital, Ms. Lafayette said the dozens of similar actions this month reflect “a temporary effort to keep people stabilized during the pandemic.” Ms. Lafayette, a former press secretary to former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, said the nation needs more than the “cheap healing” of executive orders and temporary orders. She said she hopes President Biden and his team boldly look forward. “How do we create a third Reconstruction?” Ms. Lafayette asked, referring to the historic period after the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the evolution
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Shortly after the inaugural ceremony on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden gets to work signing documents in the President’s Room at the U.S. Capitol.
of America. Getting renters relief, pausing repayment of federal student education loans and halting evictions are key quick starts, she said, adding much hard work lies ahead. “It’s hard to imagine how anyone can have a successful education, vocational or health outcome, if they aren’t in stabilized housing,” said Ms. Lafayette, who also works with several nonprofit housing assistance programs. She believes Marcia Fudge of Ohio, the nation’s new secretary of Housing and Urban Development who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008, understands and will respond appropriately to the needs and concerns of renters and home buyers. Richmond native Kemba Smith Pradia, who emerged in the 1990s as the poster child to eliminate long prison terms for first-
time, non-violent federal drug offenders, also expressed hopes President Biden will embrace a sentencing reversal drive that former President Bill Clinton started with her. President Clinton commuted her mandatory 24½-year federal prison sentence in December 2000 to the 6½ years she had served. “There is so much more that could have been done,” Ms. Pradia said, noting that many first-time offenders like her did not get the favor of President Trump. On his way out of the White House, President Trump pardoned or commuted dozens of offenders of far worse non-violent offenses. “More can be done,” Ms. Pradia said, adding that President Biden now has a chance to pick up the justice baton to help offenders still in detention.
Biden nominates Virginia official, former VSU dean, to key USDA post American in that role. Dr. Jewel H. Bronaugh Her nomination drew is heading to Washington to praise from Gov. Ralph S. help run the U.S. Department Northam. of Agriculture after nearly As commissioner of the three years of leading VirVirginia Department of ginia’s agricultural agency. Agriculture and Consumer President Joe Biden has Services, “Dr. Bronaugh nominated Dr. Bronaugh to has been a true leader in serve as deputy secretary promoting the agency’s core of the sprawling, 100,000mission while taking on employee federal departDr. Bronaugh new challenges, including ment. She will oversee the day-to-day operations of the USDA’s our COVID-19 pandemic response and 29 agencies and 4,500 operating centers, farmer mental health,” Gov. Northam according to information from President stated. She also focused on “economic deBiden’s office. Dr. Bronaugh will be the first African- velopment to improve food access in un-
derserved communities and on engaging youths in the field,” he continued. Virginia State University also is thrilled that Dr. Bronaugh, a former dean of VSU’s School of Agriculture, is moving up. VSU President Makola M. Abdullah, who chairs the national organization of Black land grant schools, stated that “Dr. Bronaugh brings an unparalleled skill set and an abundance of knowledge to this critical (federal) position. She knows agriculture and the importance of our mission. We look forward to supporting her and working with her to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.”
Photojournalist from Richmond to have a front row to history — again By Kesha Williams
Mr. Jackson
Richmond native and photojournalist Lawrence Jackson, who served as an official White House photographer during the Obama administration, will again capture the news and private moments of the nation’s top leaders. Mr. Jackson has been named the official photographer for Vice President Kamala Harris. Capturing iconic moments is Mr. Jackson’s specialty. His images will serve as a reservoir for the public as well as historians now and in the future as they study the first woman, first AfricanAmerican and first Asian-American elected vice president in U.S. history. A graduate of George Wythe High School in
Richmond and James Madison University, Mr. Jackson is one of a few Black photojournalists to rise through the ranks to ultimately cover the White House. He earned his stripes working as a newspaper photographer for The Virginian Pilot newspaper in Norfolk before working eight years as an Associated Press photographer in Boston and later Washington, covering national and international stories. There also were coveted assignments covering top athletes and major sporting events. In 2009, he was hired as an official White House photographer, photographing President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their family for the next eight years during his two terms in office.
Since then, Mr. Jackson has worked as a freelance photographer and published his first book, “Yes We Did, Photos and Behind-the-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African American President.” The book, published in 2019, contains a foreword written by President Obama. During the latest presidential campaign, Mr. Jackson worked as a photographer for Democratic candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg before receiving a call in August to be the official photographer for Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate. After the Biden-Harris victory in November, Mr. Jackson was asked to stay on through the transition and last week was named as Vice President Harris’ official photographer.
Settlement allows candidates to gather fewer signatures to run for statewide office By Jeremy M. Lazarus
With the pandemic still raging, candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will face far lower requirements to qualify for primary and general election ballots, including collecting 80 percent fewer petition signatures from registered voters. Richmond Circuit Court Judge David Eugene Cheek Sr. Monday approved a settlement that ends a lawsuit brought by two candidates, Manassas Delegate Lee Carter, who is running for governor, and former state Democratic Party Chairman Paul Goldman, who is running for lieutenant governor. Under the deal negotiated with Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s office, candidates will be required to submit only 2,000 signatures, rather than the 10,000 required by state law. At least 50 of the signatures would have to come from each of the 11 congressional districts. In addition, the agreement calls for the state Department of
Mr. Goldman
Elections to post online a petition form that voters can download, fill out, photograph and send to a candidate they want to help get on the ballot. The agreement would allow voters to submit their name and signature in that fashion without requiring a notary. The agreement impacts candidates running for a party’s nomination and independent candidates. Candidates could still get in-person
signatures. “We brought this suit to try to reduce the risk that people could get sick or die as a result of traditional petition drives,” Mr. Goldman said. “Until this agreement, every candidate seeking office would have to go out and collect signatures in person. That does not seem sensible given all we are still hearing about the need to maintain social distance and reduce
public contact,” he said. Mr. Goldman noted that no other candidates supported the suit, despite being invited to join it and the result will benefit everyone seeking statewide office. In 2020, state and federal courts eased Virginia’s requirement for candidates to collect signatures, as well as requirements for voting by mail. Delegate Carter “With the worsening pandemic, we cannot allow our petition drives to become super-spreader events,” Delegate Carter stated. “The courts recognized this health risk in 2020. This suit should not have been necessary, but we stepped up when the state did not to ensure that pandemic standards apply to the 2021 process before a single person is unnecessarily put in harm’s way. It is good news that the attorney general has agreed with our point of view.”
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City General Assembly reps to face primary challengers By Jeremy M. Lazarus
November. He has said he would be more outspoken Three of the Democratic on issues important to the delegates representing district. Richmond in the General Delegate Carr, who Assembly will have to chairs three subcommitget by challengers in the tees in the Democraticupcoming June 8 primary controlled House of Delto keep their seats. egates, believes she will Mr. Elliott In the western part of the Delegate Adams have the support of voters city, two-term incumbent based on her record. Delegate Dawn Adams “I may not be the is being challenged by loudest person in the lawyer Kyle Elliott, who room, but my constituents is bidding to become the know how hard I work for first Black representative them and how active and for the 68th District. involved I am in serving A former assistant city them in every corner of attorney, Mr. Elliott is the the district,” she said. Delegate Carr first person of color to Dr. Jones In the city’s North lead the Museum District Side, Delegate Jeffrey M. Association, a civic group Bourne, who has served in representing neighborthe House since February hoods west of Arthur Ashe 2017 and currently chairs Boulevard, and has been two subcommittees, will involved in revamping face challenger Richard the Virginia community Walker, who leads a noncollege system’s criminal profit that assists people justice curriculum. returning from prison South of the James, in- Delegate Bourne with housing, employMr. Walker cumbent Delegate Betsy B. ment and in overcoming Carr is facing a challenge from 9th District barriers to re-entry. City Councilman Michael J. Jones, founder Mr. Walker wants to use his run to call and pastor of Village of Faith Ministries. attention to the needs of returning felons in Dr. Jones believes he could better repre- rebuilding their lives and on ways the governsent the 69th District, which has a majority ment can serve low-income residents. He faces of Black and Latino residents, than Delegate an uphill battle given Delegate Bourne’s track Carr. record on criminal justice reform and his sup“Representation matters,” said Dr. Jones, port and advocacy for legislation and funding who won his second term on City Council in for programs to address those needs.
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The Rev. Duane Hardy, pastor of Seven Pines Baptist Church in Sandston, leads a prayer during a vigil Jan. 22 near the site of the former Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond seeking the abolition of the death penalty in the commonwealth. It was one of several vigils held around the state last week calling for the elimination of the death penalty.
Advocates see ending the death penalty as step toward addressing inequity By George Copeland Jr.
Virginia is on track to become the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty. With multiple legislation to ban the practice making its way through the General Assembly, supporters of the repeal are working to rally support and to plan for what comes next for handling crimes in Virginia. “We believe the death penalty will be abolished in Virginia this year,” said the Rev. LaKeisha Cook of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy during a prayer vigil Jan. 22 at the site of the former State Penitentiary in Richmond. “We will set the pace for the remainder of the states in our country.” Rev. Cook and other abolition advocates were part of several groups that gathered across Virginia last week to support ending the death penalty. The coalition has centered its efforts around a bill introduced by state Sen. Scott A. Surovell of Northern Virginia that would abolish the death penalty and commute the sentences of the two inmates on Virginia’s death row to life in prison without parole. The bill passed the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee on a 12-4 vote. While similar bills have been rejected in past General Assembly sessions, open support for ending the death penalty has only grown since the start of the year. Attorney General Mark R. Herring has indicated his support to end the death penalty, along with several commonwealth’s attorneys. A bill supported by Gov. Ralph S. Northam is being co-patroned by Delegate Jay Jones of Norfolk, while similar bills from Delegate Lee Carter of Manassas and Delegate Mike Mullin of Newport News also have been introduced this session.
“It’s time to change the law and end the death penalty in Virginia,” Gov. Northam said during his State of the Commonwealth address. “We’re taking these actions because we value people and because we believe in treating people equitably.” Death penalty critics also point to the law’s ties to the state’s ugly history with race and slavery and the disparities in who receives the death penalty and for what crimes. A life sentence without parole is viewed by advocates as a more viable alternative, one that would preserve resources, provide more closure for families of victims and allow the opportunity to free the wrongfully convicted. During a recent news conference held by the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, several commonwealth’s attorneys, all members of Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice, voiced a willingness to explore options for criminal punishment besides the death penalty or life without parole. “The first step that we’re trying to do is make sure abolition is made into law,” said Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor. “I certainly welcome being part of the conversation about the other issues that will automatically touch.” Ending the death penalty also can be a step toward addressing inequalities in the state’s approach to criminal justice, several prosecutors said. “The disparities inherent in the death penalty are emblematic of disparities in our criminal justice system,” said Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano. “The death penalty is critically important, but it is not the end of this journey. It is the tip of the spear in terms of re-imagining what our criminal justice system should be.”
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Two more years We add our voice to those who believe Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras should have no more than a two-year contract extension. When he was hired by the Richmond School Board in November 2017 and offered a three-year contract that started Feb. 1, 2018, he knew it wouldn’t be a cakewalk leading a public school system like Richmond. He acknowledged at the time the grave responsibility he was accepting for educating the 24,000 students in Richmond schools, the majority of whom are children of color who come from families that are economically disadvantaged. When Mr. Kamras arrived, the school system had a poor record of student achievement, with only 19 of the city’s 44 schools fully accredited and only 75 percent of its students graduating on time. Today, RPS has made little progress as measured by the numbers. Only 20 of the 44 schools are fully accredited and the four-year graduation rate has declined to 71.6 percent. Sure, the data may not reflect all the positive but immeasurable changes Mr. Kamras has brought to RPS, including working with Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Richmond City Council to increase funding for the school system and construct three new school buildings; boosting bilingual services and resources for a growing Latino student population; creating a position and task force to help teachers help students deal with years of trauma; and launching a variety of programs to help address social issues, such as homelessness, that are obstacles to learning. We also commend Mr. Kamras for his continuing outreach to the community and engagement with parents, particularly with the renaming of several schools and, critically, the five-year strategic plan he and the School Board developed. But even under the plan’s early goals, the school system has missed several marks, including increasing the graduation rate by 10 percent each year. We acknowledge that the pandemic has turned RPS and school systems across the nation on their heads. And we give Mr. Kamras kudos for ensuring students now have the laptops and hotspots needed to connect virtually to instruction. He also worked out a successful system to ensure delivery of breakfast and lunch to students and families who depend on that help, particularly during the pandemic. While all of this is good, the people of Richmond need to see results — measureable results. Unfortunately, the data doesn’t yet show the turnaround we all are hoping for. We believe Mr. Kamras should be given another two years to work toward progress and the benchmarks he and the School Board established in the strategic plan. After that, any further extension should be carefully considered.
Biden and executive orders What a difference a week makes. In the few days that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been in office, Americans — and our allies abroad — are seeing an incredible sea change in the direction of this nation. Already, President Biden has signed at least 40 executive orders that put the brakes on harmful, damaging policies, initiatives and directives launched under former President Trump. The newly inked executive orders finally are putting into place a national strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis. They also stop the detrimental environmental practices undertaken by a president who cared little about protecting the environment or the impact of climate change on future generations. Additionally, the orders halt the construction of a ridiculous border wall between the United States and Mexico that was wasting precious resources. They also reinforce the imperative for equity and fairness for people of color and the LGBTQ community. Among President Biden’s orders: •Creating the position of COVID-19 response coordinator, who will advise the president and oversee the distribution of vaccines, tests and other supplies, and a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force to provide recommendations on allocating resources and funding in light of “disparities in COVID-19 outcomes by race, ethnicity and other factors.” •Requiring masks to be worn and social distancing in all federal buildings and on all federal property. •Extending the freeze on federal student loan repayments during the pandemic. •Repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military and expanding federal protections against discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. •Rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris Agreement on climate change. •Revoking the permit for the 1,200-mile Keystone XL pipeline to carry crude oil from Canada through the United States, including through Native American lands and placing a temporary freeze on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic refuge. •Requiring that undocumented immigrants be counted in the Census. •Directing the Department of Labor to develop recommendations to increase the minimum wage for federal employees to $15 per hour. Directing the Department of Agriculture to allow emergency increases in food stamp benefits, also known as SNAP, as well as additional food benefits for families whose children normally would receive free or reduced-price meals at school. •Directing the U.S. attorney general not to renew federal contracts with private prisons. •Directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to examine the effect of previous administration regulatory action that undermined fair housing policies and laws and to use the findings to implement the Fair Housing Act’s standards. •Requiring federal agencies to conduct equity assessments and reallocate resources “to advance equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality.” •Urging the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on cultural competency and sensitivity toward Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders and directing the U.S. attorney general to work to prevent discrimination and hate crimes. That’s not all, but that’s a lot in just a week’s time. It also sends a clear signal to Americans that the new Biden-Harris administration intends to live up to its promise of aligning the nation closer to its ideals. America’s allies also heralded the change, noting that the United States is rejoining global efforts for good and eschewing the selfish, “U.S.A. first and only” policy of the past administration. Some dyed-in-the-wool Trumpsters already are loudly criticizing President Biden’s quick use of executive orders. But we remind them that President Trump used that executive power to try to undo as much of the progress of the Obama administration as possible. But President Biden learned from serving eight years under the nation’s first African-American president that progress made by executive order isn’t enduring. That’s why President Obama fought to put the Affordable Care Act into law — through legislation passed by the Congress — so that millions of previously uninsured Americans could rest easy knowing their new health care would be safe from those who would seek to snatch it away in the future. President Trump, an egoist consumed by his own power, used executive orders to try to roll back other policies put in place by President Obama. But his administration was built on sand, giving President Biden an opportunity to bring about quick but sweeping change. We look forward to seeing the legislation that will come next.
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What will the Black community demand? America has what it voted for. Donald Trump is gone, though Trumpism must be dealt with in another forum. Despite the failed coup d’état on Jan. 6, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been sworn in. The Biden-Harris administration is now a reality. The majority of Americans are ready for the country to move forward, but where does it go and how does it get there? The “empire” of America must now come to grips with a number of structural problems: Across the United States, voter suppression policies continue to disenfranchise the poor and voters of color. In the aftermath of the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbury murders, too many Americans do not feel safe in their own communities. Twenty-five million American’s have died from COVID-19 as the government struggles with the logistics of vaccine distribution and inoculation. COVID-19 also continues to ravage the American economy. According to the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, the four-week moving average of first-time filings for unemployment insurance claims was 834,250, an increase of 18,250 from the previous week’s revised average. Also, 30 million to 40 million Americans are on the verge of being evicted from their homes
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III in the dead of winter and in the midst of a pandemic. The world also knows, as W.E.B DuBois wrote, that the problem of the 20th century is “the problem of the color line.” In 1967, the Kerner Commission warned, “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal” and COVID-19 has highlighted deep-rooted systemic racial disparities in health care, highlighting the adage when America catches a cold, Black America gets pneumonia. As the Biden administration implements its COVID-19, economic, social justice, education and other programs, AfricanAmericans must be at the forefront of articulating the needs of and for the African-American community. “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling
off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.” It will be fatal for the community if it overlooks the urgency of the moment. How quickly President Biden appeared to set aside the fact that Black voters saved his candidacy and put him in the White House. He was about to drop out of the race until African-American voters in South Carolina delivered him a resounding win. Yet, in December, civil rights leaders had to demand a meeting with the then-presidentelect in order to express their concerns about a lack of focus on racial equity, social justice and increased diversity in the Biden-Harris cabinet. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is on record saying not enough Black Americans have been nominated to join the incoming Biden administration. Frederick Douglass told us, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them … The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” What is the African-Amer-
Healing a divided America A white man strolled into an office, settled down in a leather chair and casually put his dirty boots on the desk in front of him. I saw this and I wept. For this was not his office, but that of Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She had been evacuated by armed police for her own protection, and the man, Richard Barnett, was part of a pro-Trump mob of domestic terrorists who had smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol building. It had been a long and traumatic day at the end of a long and traumatic four years, and this is what reduced me to tears – a photograph of a white man with his feet up. How very easily he and his fellow extremists had strolled, virtually unchallenged by police, through the halls of power. How comfortably he committed the crime of sedition, disgracing our country while the whole world watched in amazement. How warmly he was praised for his thuggery by a president who called him “a very special person” and a “patriot.” I wept for our national humiliation and for the violation of our precious, fragile democracy. I wept for all the Black protesters who just six months previously had knelt on the hard, hot streets outside that very building to peacefully proclaim that their lives matter and who had been beaten, peppersprayed and ar-
rested for their pains. Many of the rioters who stormed the Capitol in the dying days of Donald Trump’s nightmarish presidency had tattoos linking them to white supremacist groups with their roots in some of the darkest — or perhaps whitest — chapters of U.S. history.
Dr. Keith Magee Racism and its dreadful consequences are deeply ingrained our past and have never been fully resolved. Our present is tainted by the ongoing devaluing of those with Black and Brown bodies — we can still hear their blood crying from the ground. I truly believe that the struggle for justice for all will one day succeed, but not before we, as a nation, own the sin of racism. Its horrors cannot be negated. They must be examined honestly and repented, and the pernicious myth of race dismantled for good. But rather than seek retaliation against those who are taken in by racist lies and madcap conspiracy theories, we should reach out to them. We should strive for reconciliation, for with God’s blessings of forgiveness and grace, even the worst of us can be turned away from evil in repentance and redirected toward good. And if it proves beyond us to change these people’s minds, then we must hope to teach their children the true values of our democracy. We must show them how to also love those who don’t look or sound like their parents, so that this hatred does not poison the hearts of any more genera-
tions of Americans. Sadly, the divisions we face today are open wounds that go well beyond a few extremist groups. They permeate throughout our society. President Biden is now fighting to mend the soul of America. He cannot do it alone or quickly — a cure will take decades — but he can lead us all in bold, strategic steps toward healing. Wounds must be allowed to breathe: First, we must talk openly to one another about our discontent and our anger, our fears and our hopes. And we must listen. This will require love, civility and courage, but we should not rest until we find common ground. We may be surprised by how much unites us. We all have a soul. We all dream of a better future. We are all American patriots. We all long for justice. We are all God’s children. If I could, I would like to sit down in a brave space somewhere with that man who put his feet up in Speaker Pelosi’s office. I would ask him what he was hoping to achieve that day, what he was so angry about and why. I would try to really listen to his answers, however abhorrent I found his beliefs. I suspect he would tell me that he thought he was fighting to save democracy because he saw it as the very soul of America, the source of all hope. Now that, surely, is one thing that we would be able to agree on. And perhaps that would be a start. The writer is chair and professor of social justice at Newcastle University and senior fellow in culture and justice at the University College London.
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ican community willing to demand? We need a Marshall Plan for the African-American community. If the United States could spend $15 billion to rebuild Europe after the devastation of WWII and pass a $740 billion Defense Authorization Act, then the United States can invest the needed dollars to rebuild the American communities of color that it devastated with the Tulsa race riot, the Red Summer of 1919 and the gutting of urban centers with the building of the highway system of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The question is not what rewards the Black community will be given for its efforts. Instead, the Black community must decide what it is willing to demand. The writer is host and executive producer of “Inside the Issues with Wilmer Leon” on Sirius XM Radio.
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Crusade supports 2-year contract for Kamras with benchmarks The Richmond Crusade for Voters recently considered the matter before the Richmond School Board regarding contract negotiations with Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras. Before deciding on whether we would recommend renewing Mr. Kamras’ contract for another four years, our board considered the following major concerns: Richmond Public Schools still ranks at the bottom, when compared to all Virginia public schools, for 2018-19 and 2019-20. The graduation rate for RPS was 76.85 percent in 2017; it
dropped to 71.58 percent in 2020. There appears to be no progress report, no data regarding the superintendent’s performance that has been made available for either the School Board or public consideration. In light of the above-mentioned concerns, the Crusade for Voters has the following recommendations: The Richmond School Board should make public its past and future evaluations regarding what Mr. Kamras has accomplished as well as his shortcomings since he has been serving in his position. Secondly, Mr. Kamras should be offered a two-year contract
Parents say 4-year contract for Kamras would provide stability For decades, Richmond Public Schools has struggled to keep a superintendent and administration in place for more than five years. Now, our School Board has an opportunity to extend a four-year contract to Superintendent Jason Kamras and ensure measurable progress for the 24,000 students enrolled. Mr. Kamras came to Richmond three years ago and created the first-ever strategic plan, DREAMS4RPS, with public input and School Board approval. This plan set key performance indicators that measure the success of the superintendent and his team. Progress is happening, and yet, there is much more work to be done. Our School Board stood in partnership with Mr. Kamras and asked City Council and the mayor to fund their plan. It has become clear that some School Board members are pushing to renew Mr. Kamras’ contract for two years – the shortest contract a superintendent in the Greater Richmond region has been offered. As parents of students in city schools across the district, we believe extending a four-year contract prioritizes retaining good leadership and allows progress to continue. Research shows that successful systemic school reform takes
five or more years of a superintendent’s focus and suggests that negative impacts of turnover could be felt even longer. The loss of a superintendent also may negatively affect staff morale and satisfaction. While no one contends that everything this School Board and superintendent have done is perfect, we do believe their heart is in the right place. They have laid the groundwork to measure success and they have the support of parents, teachers, students and our business community. All of this goes a long way toward moving RPS in the right direction. Nearly 1,500 parents, teachers, students and partners in RPS have signed a petition to “Keep Kamras� for four more years. We are saying: “Kamras is the most genuine, caring and qualified Superintendent I’ve ever experienced. RPS NEEDS CONTINUITY & HIS LEADERSHIP!� “I appreciate Superintendent Kamras’ commitment to equity, centeredness in love for all, and hard work and inspiration throughout the pandemic.� “Kamras is the best superintendent we’ve had. He not only seems to better ‘get’ the equity issues, but also seems competent and dedicated.� “He has challenged Richmonders to explore what true EQUITY looks like and is com-
mitted to doing his part to make it possible.� “RPS has lacked the consistency needed to move any program forward. Mr. Kamras has shown that he cares about our children and our communities.� As parents of students in Richmond Public Schools, we want our School Board members to extend Mr. Kamras’ contract for four more years. KRISTEN BENJAMIN Parent of two Chimborazo Elementary PTA PAM BOOKER Parent of two Albert Hill Middle School PTA TISHA ERBY Parent of five River City Middle School PTA and Broad Rock Elementary PTA TREYSI KNOX Parent of two John B. Cary Elementary PTA  CHRYSHUNDA MOORE Parent of one Ginter Park Elementary School
extension, assuming his performance evaluation is favorable, and the Richmond School Board should provide him with benchmarks for items and/or tasks they believe he should accomplish in two years. Then at the end of that two-year period, Mr. Kamras should be considered for an additional two years based on whether he has reached the benchmarks recommended by the Richmond School Board. JONATHAN DAVIS President Richmond Crusade for Voters
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Super Bowl LV will be a match between old and new QB stars
The Greatest of All Time vs. the next Greatest of All Time — Tom Brady vs. Patrick Mahomes. That’s one way of billing the Sunday, Feb. 7, Super Bowl LV between Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers (or is it Tampa Brady Bucs?) and Mahomes’ defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Here is a quarterback matchup straight from a Hollywood script writer. At 43, Brady won the most-ever six Super Bowls as quarterback of the New England Patriots. This is his first season in Tampa. Mahomes guided Kansas City to last year’s Super Bowl crown and is now looking for his second at age 25. If anyone is to ever break Brady’s mark, Mahomes, who is young enough to be Brady’s son, might be the best bet. Both were brilliant, as usual, in their conference finals last Sunday. In outdueling the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers, Brady beat the top-seeded Packers and frosty 20-degree weather at Lambeau Field in the Buccaneers’31-26 NFC victory last Sunday. Brady passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns and was nimble enough as a middle-aged man to only be sacked once. Mahomes, coming off concussion protocol, tossed for 325 yards and three touchdowns in the Chiefs’ 38-24 AFC win over the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. Mahomes is only the third Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, following Washington’s Doug Williams in 1987 and Seattle’s Russell Wilson in 2013. Other story lines: No frills: The Super Bowl generally is a weeklong party with media and fans converging on the host city. That won’t happen this year because of COVID-19 protocol. The Chiefs will not arrive in Tampa until Friday before the game at Raymond James Stadium. There will be no Media Day or conference parties. The crowd will be capped at 22,000, making it the least attended Super Bowl. Home sweet home: This marks the first time any team will play the Super Bowl in its own stadium. There have been close calls before. In 1980, the Los Angeles Rams reached the Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. In 1985, the San Francisco 49ers played in the Super Bowl at nearby Stanford Stadium. Ladies and gentlemen: For the first time, there will be a female official. Sarah Thomas will serve as down judge. Thomas, 47, is married and has three children. When she joined the NFL in 2015, she was the league’s first female on-field official. She has broken several barriers in the past. She was the first woman
NY Jets’ Robert Saleh first Muslim head coach in NFL Robert Saleh is the first Muslim to become a head coach in the NFL. The 41-year-old native of Dearborn, Mich., has been named coach of the New York Jets, replacing Adam Gase, after a 2-14 season. Saleh, of Lebanese ancestry, served as the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers from 2017 to 2020, helping the 49ers Coach Saleh to a Super Bowl appearance against the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020. He was NFL Coordinator of the Year for 2021. Saleh previously served as an NFL assistant coach with Jacksonville, Seattle and Houston and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Seattle Seahawks in 2014. The Jets will have the second overall pick behind the Jacksonville Jaguars in the April 29-May 1 NFL draft.
to officiate a major college football game (2007, Memphis versus Jacksonville State), the first woman to officiate a bowl game (2009, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl) and the first woman to officiate in a Big 10 stadium (2011, Northwestern hosted Rice). Local angles: There are no players from the 804 area code on either team. However, Tampa’s right guard, Aaron Stinnie, is the son of former Virginia Commonwealth University basketball great Phil Stinnie. Aaron, No. 64, played at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville and then at James Madison University. Tampa Coach Bruce Arians, 68, is a former Virginia Tech quarterback. Running a Wishbone attack in 1974, Arians set a Hokies’ quarterback record with 11 touchdown runs. Also, Coach Arians was the first white player at Virginia Tech to have a Black roommate — James Barber, the father of Ronde and Tiki Barber. Frequent host: This will be the fifth Super Bowl to be held in the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The most recent was in 2009. The Buccaneers were 5-3 at home this season before winning three straight playoff road games.
When: Feb. 7 Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla. Time: 6:30 p.m. Television: CBS (announcers Jim Nance and Tony Romo) Radio: Westwood One Teams: AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs (16-2) versus NFC champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (14-5) National anthem: Duet with country and western singer Eric Church joining R&B artist Jazmine Sullivan Halftime show: The Weeknd
Former Lady Panthers coach accused of abuse by Detroit Mercy players Free Press wire, staff report
Coach AnnMarie Gilbert, who took the Virginia Union University Lady Panthers to the NCAA Division II championship game in 2017 before leaving last April for the University of Detroit Mercy, has run into major problems. Her program at the Division I Michigan university has been shut down after 14 of her players and their parents accused Coach Gilbert of “emotional, mental and physical abuse.” In a letter obtained by the Detroit Free Press and published Jan. 21, the players and parents accused Coach Gilbert of creating an environment “so toxic and draining that players have made comments in the locker room about having suicidal thoughts as well as purposely injuring themselves” to avoid having to deal with her alleged “belittling and emotional abuse.” The letter alleged that Coach Gilbert demanded players hide injuries and illness, including COVID-19 symptoms, on game days and accused her of violating NCAA rules by disregarding limits on the number of hours student-athletes can practice and train. The letter was sent to Robert Vowels, athletic director at University of Detroit Mercy. While Coach Gilbert declined to comment to the newspaper, Mr. Vowels released a statement regarding the accusations and said the team’s season has been canceled. “The health and well-being of our
student-athletes is our athletic department’s top priority,” Mr. Vowels’ statement read. “We have talked with all players and members of our women’s basketball program about their concerns. We take them very seriously and will continue to review them closely. “As we have prioritized the needs of our student-athletes during this challenging academic year, we have decided to suspend the 202021 women’s basketball season.” According to the Detroit Free Press article, Coach Gilbert the parents, who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity, said they realized the extent of the problem only after a recent Zoom video call by parents of the players. “Everybody had their own little (problems) but thought it was isolated,” one of the parents said. “It makes it tough under COVID when there’s no interaction between parents – you don’t see each other at games, there’s just no connection there. Last weekend, everybody got on a Zoom and told their stories. It started real slow, and then somebody told a story and it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ And then someone else did. It’s like, ‘Oh, she’s just evil. She’s bad to everybody.’ ”
Team members spoke with Mr. Vowels about their concerns on Jan. 19, and showed up to find Coach Gilbert at practice on Jan. 20. According to the Detroit Free Press, the players told Mr. Vowel they would not play if Coach Gilbert was coaching. Coach Gilbert resigned from VUU in mid-April after posting a 135-18 record over five seasons with the Lady Panthers. She led the Lady Panthers to three CIAA titles during that time, and the team was prepared to compete in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament before the event was canceled because of COVID-19. She took the Lady Panthers to the NCAA national title game in 2017. She left the highly successful program at VUU for one that was struggling. The University of Detroit Mercy Titans were 9-80 during the last three seasons before Coach Gilbert took over. As of last week, the Titans were 1-13 overall and 1-9 in the Horizon League in Coach Gilbert’s first season. Prior to her time to VUU, Coach Gilbert was head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a Division I team, from 2007 to 2012. The program went 94-64 and won the Mid-American Conference in her final year. She resigned following the 2012 season and was given a two-year show-cause by the NCAA for multiple violations of excess practice time and recruiting issues. According to the Detroit Free Press, Coach Gilbert sat out for three years until her show-cause expired, and then was hired by VUU.
HU’s Davion Warren among the state’s Division I top scorers If one can imagine basketball as a track relay, Jermaine Marrow has handed the baton to Davion Warren at Hampton University. Marrow, aka “Mayno,” left HU a year ago as the state of Virginia’s all-time Division I scorer with 2,680 points. Now Warren, a 6-foot-6 senior from Buffalo, N.Y., is doing a solid Marrow imitation this season, averaging 21.8 points for the Big South Conference team. “I felt no pressure to replace Jermaine,” Warren said. “When you play basketball every day of your life, you know what to do.” Warren assures he is no one-trick pony. “It’s not just about scoring. I try to be a leader, rebounder, play defense ... even be a decoy if that’s what we need,” he said. As of Jan. 22, Warren was the state’s Division I secondleading scorer behind James Madison University’s Matt Lewis, who had 22.5 points. Warren also averages seven rebounds and two steals per outing for Hampton Coach Buck Joyner. As of last week, Lewis was fourth in the nation and Warren 11th on the national Division I scoring chart. Warren also leads the Big South in scoring and steals and is tied for second in rebounding. A year ago as HU’s third option behind Marrow (24.8) and Ben Stanley (22.0), Warren avenged 11 points and six rebounds while compiling five double-doubles. Marrow is now playing professionally for Mega in the Eastern European nation of Georgia. Stanley transferred to Xavier University in Cincinnati but has since suffered a season-ending knee injury. It was time for Warren, who came to HU with strong credentials, to step up—and he has. The guard-forward combo arrived at HU last season following two stellar seasons with the Olney Central College Blue Knights, a junior college program in Illinois. Warren’s former AAU coach in Buffalo, Ty Parker, was an old friend of Coach Joyner through Johnson C. Smith University connections.
HU has been derailed of late by COVID-19 postponements. The two-game sets Jan. 19 and 20 with Campbell University in North Carolina and Jan. 25 and 26 with Winthrop University in South Carolina must be rescheduled. The Pirates are 7-8 overall and 6-4 in the Big South, trailing Winthrop, Radford and the University of North Carolina-Asheville in the standings. Next up for HU are home games Jan. 29 and 30 against High Point University, which is coached by former University of Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith. Warren’s star isn’t the only one shining at HU’s Holland Hall. Sophomore Chris Shelton from Louisa leads the Big South in 3-point percentage — 47 for 94, or 50 percent. Shelton is the team’s second-leading scorer with a dozen a night. Dajour Dickens, a 7-foot junior from Hampton’s Bethel High School, leads the conference with 3.1 blocked shots per game to go along with 7.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per outing.
State’s top Division I scorers through games of Jan. 22 Player School Games Davion Warren, right, blocks a shot for the Pirates.
“I came for a visit and signed about two weeks later,” Warren recalled. “I knew about Jermaine and how outstanding he was. Coach Joyner told me I could be ‘the next guy’ if I worked hard.” Warren has hit just 29 percent of his 3-pointers but is a “bull” — befitting his Buffalo upbringing — in the lane. Frequently fouled close to the hoop, he is 64 for 82 (78 percent) at the free throw line.
Matt Lewis Davion Warren Greg Parham Bones Hyland Luke Loewe Malik Curry Blake Francis Jordan Miller Grant Golden Keve Aluma Devante Carter
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JMU 10 22.5 HU 15 21.8 VMI 14 19.0 VCU 14 17.9 W&M 10 16.9 ODU 11 16.5 UR 12 16.1 GMU 11 15.5 UR 12 14.8 Va. Tech 13 14.8 NSU 12 14.2
Former Virginia Squires and NBA player George Carter succumbs at 76
Mr. Carter
George Carter, a former ABA All-Star with the Virginia Squires, died Nov. 18, 2020. Mr. Carter was 76 and living in Las Vegas. Mr. Carter was diagnosed with throat cancer and had fallen out of touch with friends and family. His death was not widely reported at the time. The 6-foot-4 forward earned All-Star honors with the
Virginia Squires in 1971, playing with the likes of Charlie Scott, Larry Brown and Doug Moe. The 1971 team went 55-29 and won the ABA Eastern Division. Mr. Carter later played the 1973-74 season with the Squires, along with such standouts as George Gervin and Larry Miller. Following a stellar college career at St. Bonaventure,
Mr. Carter played in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons and in the ABA with Virginia, Carolina, Pittsburgh, the New York Nets, the Utah Stars, the Pittsburgh Condors and the Memphis Sound. The native of Buffalo, N.Y., averaged 18.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for his NBA/ABA combined career over 479 games.
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Personality: Robin Watson Telfian Spotlight on founder of local nonprofit Shood (Shoes for Good) A casual soup kitchen conversation led 50-year-old Robin Watson Telfian to start a nonprofit . The Kentucky native was volunteering at the Red Door RVA Soup Kitchen in February 2017, when a discussion with one of the patrons, David, over his worn out shoes and his desire to replace them sparked a novel solution to a clear issue. “Typically, avid runners retire their shoes between 300 to 500 miles and go through three pairs of shoes annually, while on average, people who live in poverty walk 10 to 15 miles per day,” Ms. Telfian explains. “Although retired running shoes are not good for running additional races, these shoes have many miles left to give to someone whose main source of transportation is walking.” It led Ms. Telfian to start Shood – pronounced “shoed”— a.k.a. Shoes for Good in June 2017. During the last 3½ years since, the nonprofit has supplied more than 6,000 pairs of new and gently used running shoes to the poor or homeless in Richmond. Shood’s work is enabled in large part by runners who donate their shoes, which are collected at Fleet Feet stores in Richmond. A team of Shoods volunteers thoroughly cleans, sanitizes and refurbishes the running shoes, “transforming them to look brand new,” Ms. Telfian says. The shoes then are distributed at Shood Shares, monthly shoe giveaways set up at five different soup kitchens, churches and food pantries throughout the city. Guests’ feet are sized and they’re guided through the selection of new shoes by volunteers, leaving with new footwear, along with socks and foot care items. “Most of our Shood Share guests walk many miles a day to work, appointments and outreach services across Richmond. Running shoes are safe, functional and comfortable,” Ms. Telfian says, explaining why running shoes are Shood’s footwear of choice to give out. “Our hope is that our shoes will help make an immediate impact on health and wellness, while helping individuals step forward in dignity.” In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shood has adjusted its operations. Instead of its mini-stores, it has been working through various organizations, such as Moments of Hope, Blessing Warriors, St. Joseph’s Villa, Boys and Girls Clubs, Caring Clothes Closet and others to continue its work safely. Early last year, Shood delivered 400 pairs of running shoes to front line nurses and physicians at VCU Health System, and in November, gave 600 pairs of shoes to be shared at The Giving Heart’s Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast
at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. “Thanks to (the partner organizations), donated shoes are getting on the feet of those who need them most,” Ms. Telfian says. The nonprofit has learned other lessons as well, chiefly the need to be mobile. “We want to raise money to take Shood on the road,” Ms. Telfian says. “A mobile Shood Store would give us the flexibility to distribute shoes anywhere, anytime.” Shood also has some new initiatives in the works. The organization plans to partner with Richmond Public Schools through its Shooding Stars Program that would provide running shoes and track spikes to track and cross country student-athletes at Richmond high schools. “Shood wants our local student-athletes to step on the starting line and focus on what they do have — talent,” Ms. Telfian says. “Shood believes every student-athlete deserves to show up feeling their best, and that fair competition, not better resources, should determine the winner.” Meanwhile, Ms. Telfian says Shood eagerly awaits the time when it can again set up its mini-stores and get shoes on the people who need them most. “We hope to get back to our monthly Shood Shares in 2021,” Ms. Telfian says. “Until then, we will continue to look for ways to serve our community.” Meet the creative founder of an avenue to help community members and this week’s Personality, Robin Watson Telfian: No. 1 volunteer position: Founder, Shood (Shoes for Good). Date and place of birth: Sept. 2 in Madisonville, Ky. Education: Bachelor’s in advertising, Western Kentucky University, and master’s from Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter. Family: Husband, Brad, and two sons, Oregon, 13, and Louden, 10. Shood is: A local nonprofit that has distributed more than 6,000 pairs of shoes to the community during the last 3½ years. Shood collects men’s and women’s new and gently used running shoes, reconditions them and distributes them to those who are homeless or living in poverty in Richmond. Shood is known for its monthly Shood Shares, shoe giveaways that are held throughout Richmond. Shood partners with local churches, soup kitchens and food pantries that regularly offer free meals and are connected with those who need support. When and why Shood was founded: In February 2017 while volunteering at Red Door RVA Soup Kitchen, I had a conversation with David, a
weekly soup kitchen guest. I was wearing running gear and he asked about my morning run. David mentioned having holes in his shoes and asked if I could find him a new pair. He then asked, “I wonder what happens to runner’s shoes after a big race?” A light bulb went on. Typically, avid runners retire their shoes between 300 to 500 miles and go through three pairs of shoes annually, while on average, people who live in poverty walk 10 to 15 miles per day. Although retired running shoes are not good for running additional races, these shoes have many miles left to give to someone whose main source of transportation is walking. Why the name Shood: Shood, pronounced “shoed,” was developed in a pro bono rebrand by the local integrated marketing firm, Elevation Advertising. Elevation presented their ideas for different name options and Shood (Shoes for Good) was the clear favorite that truly captured the spirit of our funloving, optimistic organization. Both volunteers and guests love our name. Our guests often use Shood as a verb: “I just got Shood!” Shood partners with: Incredible groups who help us collect and distribute our donated shoes, socks and foot care bags. Running shoes versus other shoes because: Shood feels running shoes are the best shoes for those we serve. Most of our Shood Share guests walk many miles a day to work, ap-
pointments and outreach services across Richmond. Running shoes are safe, functional and comfortable. Our hope is that our shoes will have an immediate impact on health and wellness while helping individuals step forward in dignity. Most memorable reaction after giving a pair of shoes: There are many amazing connections that happen between guests and volunteers at our Shood Shares. My most memorable moment was during our first Shood Share when Harry stopped by. I already knew Harry from Red Door Soup Kitchen. He was a regular guest who I enjoyed talking to each week. Harry walked into our first Shood Share with his size 12.5 high-top shoes falling apart. I still remember him pulling off his old shoes and trying on a new pair of HOKA Running Shoes. He had this huge smile from ear to ear. I asked Harry if I could keep his old pair of shoes. He shook his head in disbelief and asked me why in the world would I want to keep them. I told him I knew there would come a day when I might get tired and frustrated and his shoes would remind me why we started Shood. Sad to say, Harry passed away suddenly in 2020, but his shoes are still in my office and I think of him often. No. 1 goal of Shood: Shood’s goal is to help the men and women in our community take their steps in comfort and dignity. But sadly, many of them lack access to a good pair of shoes. Shood wants to place high-quality shoes on those living in poverty on a consistent basis. Strategy for achieving goal: COVID-19 has made us realize that Shood needs to be mobile. We want to raise money to take Shood on the road. For our first 3½ years, we have been fortunate to borrow a van and driver from Creative Contracting. A mobile Shood Store would give us the flexibility to distribute shoes anywhere, anytime. We also need to continue to increase new or gently used running shoe donations, new athletic sock donations, monetary donations and donations of foot care bag items — nail clippers, foot powder, etc. The
more donations we receive, the more work we can do in RVA. To operate safely, donations of PPE and other supplies to create a safe environment for our Shood Share guests and volunteers would also be greatly appreciated. Racial equity and Shood: Shood’s core premise is dignity, regardless of income level, housing situation or background. We believe every action matters and every interaction matters. Race should not pre-determine one’s socioeconomic station or access to the opportunities to change one’s station in life. How I start the day: It is pure chaos in my house in the mornings, so caffeine is a must. We are not morning people and like everyone else, we are still figuring out the world of school during COVID-19. Next up is Max, our adopted German Shepherd, who loves a car ride and a morning run. So we typically drive somewhere to go for a nice run. You can tell who’s the boss in our house. Then it is time for Shood. I wear many hats. My mornings can consist of picking up and/ or cleaning shoes, packing for Shood Shares, hosting Shood Shares, working with community partners, office paperwork or planning Shood’s future. Three words that best describe me: Passionate, dedicated and fun. Best late-night snack: Our family loves a good movie night and I love salty and sweet. So, a big bowl of popcorn and boxes of movie candy are always a hit. How I unwind: A run with my dog, wine with friends, date nights with my husband and movie nights with my family are all things that help me unwind and make me happy. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I have zero interest in cooking anything. I burn water. Lucky to have married a great cook! So surprisingly, I prefer to chop, stir, drink wine and clean up after dinner. Quote that most inspires me:
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou At the top of my “to-do’’ list: Pick up donated shoes at Fleet Feet and bag up donated shoes for volunteers to clean at home. Personal list: Help my son with his fifth-grade science project, “The Glowing Pickle.” Best thing my parents ever taught me: Do the things that scare you the most and live with no regrets. Although the idea of starting a nonprofit was scary and outside of my wheelhouse, I was more afraid to pass up an incredible opportunity to serve others. Both of my parents have passed away, but I believe they would have loved Shood and I feel they are a part of the work we do every day. Person who influenced me the most: My husband, Brad. When the idea of Shood came along, I didn’t know how to begin the process. Brad told me to go for it. He reminded me daily to have zero fear asking for advice from people I admire and to rely on others for help. In the past, I felt I needed to do everything on my own. But with a nonprofit, there is no way you can run a volunteer-based organization without help or guidance. I realized that to have an impact, I needed a strong team of volunteers, partners, donors and board members. Happy to say, I have a support system that I wouldn’t be successful without. I rely, recognize and respect them as critical members of Shood’s mission. Book that influenced me the most: “Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear” by Elizabeth Gilbert. What I’m reading now: “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson. Next goal: Hug everyone, whenever we get the OK.
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A variety of events are planned in and around Richmond for Black History Month. The annual observance originated as “Negro History Week” in 1926 with Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Virginia native, and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, which Dr. Woodson helped to found. It has since expanded to a monthlong observation honoring the contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans. Some of the month’s local events include: Monday, Feb. 1 through June, Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. “VIRGINIA JAZZ: The Early Years,” a comprehensive exhibition highlighting seven decades of Virginia artists and their contributions to the development of jazz as an art form from the early 1900s through the 1960s. Visitors also share their family stories and inspire a new generation to keep jazz alive. Details: www.blackhistorymuseum.org or (804) 780-9093. Thursday, Feb. 4, 6 to 7 p.m., African-American Read-In. Literature and fine arts come together with notable figures from Greater Richmond giving prose and poetry readings in pairings with works by African-American artists. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Free, virtual program. Zoom registration required. First of four Read-In days. Details: vmfa.museum or (804) 340-1400.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts has dedicated its fine arts building to its late dean, Dr. Murry N. DePillars. The 114,000-square-foot building at 1000 W. Broad St. houses the Craft/Material Studies, Painting and Printmaking, Kinetic Imaging and Sculpture departments and includes a foundry and specialized studios for metalworking, woodworking, printmaking, ceramics, glass, textiles and jewelry as well as student studios and a multi-use gallery. The building is now called the Dr. Murry N. DePillars Building. Dr. DePillars was instrumental in the growth of the School of the Arts and raising its stature and recognition nationally in the art world. During his tenure as dean from 1976 until 1995, enrollment nearly doubled, reaching 2,400 students, and funding increased, including the school’s endowment. “He brought diverse communities together to learn, to create and to engage in needed conversations,” VCU President Michael Rao said of Dr. DePillars. “VCUarts grew and achieved well-earned worldwide recognition during his time as a leader. I’m delighted that the fine arts building will bear his name.”
Thursday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Virginia Waterways and the Stories of Freedom Seekers in the Underground Railroad. Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, author and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and history professor at Norfolk State University, will speak during virtual program about a secret network that served as a road to freedom for many enslaved Virginians. Mariners’ Museum and Park, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News. Details: (757) 596-2222 or www. marinersmuseum.org. Friday, Feb. 5, 7 to 9 p.m., 4th Annual Black Lives Matter RVA 2021 Art Show Gallery Opening hosted by Daphne Reid, who will introduce the artists and their work. The virtual show includes 132 pieces from 83 artists. The opening will be a Zoom event. Details and RSVP: https://blmrva2021.eventbrite.com. Friday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Internationally acclaimed, Grammynominated artist Clifton Davis discusses his career with VMFA’s Performing Arts Coordinator Robert Phanord and performs some of his favorite compositions, including “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Looking Through the Window”— made famous by the Jackson Five. Free, YouTube event. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Details: vmfa.museum. Saturday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m., “My Story of a Sharecropper’s Life.” Matoaca author James McKnight shares his book that recounts the life and experiences of his grandfather, William Holliday, a sharecropper in South Carolina who lived to age 112. Sponsored by Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia and Chesterfield Department of Parks and Recreation. Free. Limited seating, with COVID-19 protocols in place. Chesterfield County Museum, 6813 Mimms Loop on the Historic Courthouse Green along Route 10/ Ironbridge Road in Chesterfield. Free. Details and to reserve a seat: Bryan Truzzie at museum, (804)751-4946. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 5 to 7 p.m., “Black History Month & Day of Remembrance: Commemorating Japanese American Internment.” Faculty members from Virginia Tech’s College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences will lead a discussion on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Virtual program will begin with a film, “Mountains That Take Wing,” featuring scholar, professor and writer Angela Davis and 89-year-old grassroots organizer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Yuri Kochiyama. Free. Hosted by Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Registration: www. virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_0NEiIwyWQOSTwc9-VsYcaA. ◆ Virginia State University and Chesterfield County present the 32nd Annual Black History Month Celebration, a variety of free, virtual programs. Register for any of the events below by going to www.chesterfield.gov/4256/ Celebration-Events Saturday, Feb. 6, 3 to 5 p.m., Virtual party with a purpose kicking off with Comedian Antoine Scott and dancing to your favorite music with DJ Foot. Monday, Feb. 8, 7 to 8 p.m., Dr. Zoe Spencer, VSU sociology professor, shares the history of racial injustice as it relates to African-American women in a spoken word performance, “Say Her Name.” Program available for 30 days after premiere. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7 to 8 p.m., Black Families and the Great Migration. Learn how the Great Migration changed the course of life for Black families in America. Video available for 30 days after premiere. Thursday, Feb. 11, 7 to 8 p.m., Dr. Cheryl Mango, VSU assistant professor of history, will discuss the history of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Video is available for 30 days after premiere. ◆ Louisa County Historical Society hosts a series of virtual programs. Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 to 11 a.m., Africulture: The Story, Plight and Progress of a Black Century Farm in Piedmont Virginia presented by Michael Carter Jr. Mr. Carter is an 11th generation farmer and the fifth generation to work Carter Farms, his family’s century farm in Orange County. The farm teaches about the contributions of Africans and African-Americans to agriculture worldwide. Free. Co-Hosted by Louisa County Historical Society and Orange County Historical Society. Registration required at https://my.demio. com/ref/LO4gvfX2RfxIvUip. Saturday, Feb.13, 10 to 11:30 a.m., University of Virginia’s Descendant Outreach Program: Louisa County Connections presented by Dr. Shelley Murphy. Program discusses some of the Louisa County enslaved laborers who were rented out to help build U.Va. Free. Registration required at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ tZApdOqsrD8qH9ylNboxZrh4xwWIv3Ng_Zk8.
Dr. DePillars’ widow, “In his fall and spring Mary DePillars, called the VCU Jazz series in the renaming absolutely wonearly 1980s, Dr. DePillars, derful and said he earned the series originator, would that remembrance. She bring awesome musicians to said he was a serious, notown – Dizzy Gillespie and nonsense person who was a Carmen McRae, Art Blakey strong advocate for students and the Jazz Messengers and at every level. Ramsey Lewis, saxophonist “One thing was very Sonny Rollins and Jackie clear during the public McLean,” Ms. Brown said. comment period when the “A lot of people in Richcommemoration was first mond had never heard of announced,” Mrs. DePillars these jazz musicians or just Dr. DePillars told the Free Press. “It was didn’t understand jazz.” not just the art students influenced by his The Richmond Jazz Society’s partnerpresence, leadership and mentoring. Stu- ship with Dr. DePillars helped with audience dents throughout the university, regardless development and outreach as they helped of their discipline, knew him or heard of educate Richmonders to understand the him and believed their academic life was importance of America’s original music affected by him.” and various jazz artists. Dr. DePillars also was a blues and jazz He extended that desire for university aficionado and member of the Richmond students to understand jazz and the history Jazz Society’s advisory board. of the music by supporting Doug RichThe honor at VCU “is long overdue,” ards in establishing VCU’s jazz studies said B.J. Brown, executive director of the program. Dr. DePillars later brought jazz Richmond Jazz Society. She said Dr. DePil- pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. as well as jazz lars put VCU’s art school on the map while violinist Joseph Kennedy Jr., to teach in he also expanded Richmonders’ knowledge the department. and understanding of jazz by bringing “Music was in my husband’s DNA,” nationally known artists to the city. Mrs. DePillars said. Dr. DePillars, who grew up in Chicago, was a professional painter and art historian whose artwork and research were exhibited and published throughout the country. His work has been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago; the World Expo in Spokane and the Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta as well as the Joysmith Gallery and Studio in Memphis. He also was deeply influenced by the countercultural atmosphere of the 1960s, becoming a lifelong lover of jazz and a member of the Chicago-based AfriCOBRA, or African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists, an African-American artists’ collective formed in Chicago in 1968. Dr. DePillars died in May 2008. He Kevin Morley, University Relations was 70.
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Fredericksburg man carries on legacy of James Farmer Free Press wire report
FREDERICKSBURG Christopher Williams works daily to carry on the legacy of the late civil rights leader James Farmer. The legacy is in his job description—assistant director of the University of Mary Washington’s James Farmer Multicultural Center. It informs the work he does at the center along with its Christopher Williams director, Dr. Marion Sanford—coordinating social justice teachins, creating a social justice fall break trip, curating a human on Dr. King — and rightfully so — but we just talk about Rosa rights film series and talking daily with students and community Parks, Malcolm X and the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, and that members about Black history and anti-racism. was the Civil Rights Movement for a lot of people.” The legacy of James Farmer—who founded the Congress of Mr. Farmer died July 9, 1999, in Fredericksburg at age 79. Racial Equality, led the first Freedom Rides and taught at UMW Mr. Williams said many UMW students have never heard from 1984 to 1998 — is also personal for Mr. Williams. He is a of James Farmer until they arrive on campus, where there is a product of the James L. Farmer Jr. — Scholars Program, which bust of him in front of a building that was just renamed in his was created in 1987 to assist selected public school students in honor last year. Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Caroline and Westmoreland coun“Our job here is to continue the legacy of Mr. Farmer’s work ties with preparing for and enrolling in higher education. but also to teach incoming students and colleagues about who this “The scholars carry on (Mr. Farmer’s) legacy,” said Mr. Wil- great man was and what he sacrificed and what he contributed liams, who grew up five minutes from Mr. Farmer in Spotsylvania to the betterment of American society,” Mr. Williams said. and knew him personally. “That Mr. Williams also draws was the whole vision for the from Mr. Farmer’s legacy to scholars program — to create help him navigate through the leaders for tomorrow. I am part current political climate, in of his legacy.” which issues of social justice Mr. Williams will tell his and systemic racism have again story of carrying on the Farmer risen to the surface. He said he legacy on the new PBS series recently came upon a video of “American Portrait,” which Mr. Farmer speaking in New blends first-person stories about York City following the killing everyday people into a docuof a young Black man by the mentary about what it means police in 1964. to be an American today. Mr. Farmer “was speaking Mr. Williams draws constant about justice for the young man inspiration for his work from the and how much we need to still fact that he feels Mr. Farmer has be on the forefront of getting never received the widespread justice for everyone, but more recognition he deserves. so that young man,” Mr. WilIn the 1960s, Mr. Farmer was liams said. “And he would be known as one of the major leadsaying those same things today. Associated Press file photo ers of the Civil Rights MoveAs sad as it sounds, it speaks to ment, along with Dr. Martin In this 1968 photo, James L. Farmer Jr., one of the the regression that we’ve had, founders and a former director of the Congress of Racial Luther King Jr.; Congressman Equality, is seen in his apartment in New York. Mr. Farmer and how we need to continue John Lewis; Roy Wilkins, di- later taught from 1984 to 1998 at the University of Mary to move forward and honestly rector of the NAACP; Whitney Washington in Fredericksburg. tell the truth about the history Young, executive director of the of the country.” National Urban League; and Dorothy Height, president of the Mr. Williams said Mr. Farmer always challenged people by National Council of Negro Women. speaking the truth. Yet today, many are not familiar with Mr. Farmer or many “It’s uncomfortable, but that’s how you have to deal with the of the other leaders, with the exception of Dr. King, Mr. Wil- truth,” he said. “That’s the only way we heal these wounds that liams said. we carry. We have to deal with truth of what caused the wound “I think the reason he hasn’t received the recognition and in the first place. If you don’t address the wound and the harm credit he deserved is because of the way we teach the history of that it has caused, there’s always going to be a wound. Until the Civil Rights Movement in this country,” he said. “We focus you treat it properly, it’s always a festering issue.”
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Algenon L. Brown, longtime educator and member of the Capital Region Airport Commission, dies at 95 By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Algenon L. Brown, a career educator in Richmond for 36 years who also fought for Black business inclusion in the operation and development of the Richmond International Airport, has died. Mr. Brown succumbed on Friday, Jan. 8, 2019, his family said. He was 95. Family and friends celebrated his life at a funeral on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel in North Side. In recent years, Mr. Brown was best known for 26 years of service on the Capital Region Airport Commission, the board that owns and operates Richmond International Airport. An even-tempered man who rarely was
support from the commission to known to raise his voice or speak ensure that Black entrepreneurs in a disrespectful tone to anyone, had an opportunity to compete Mr. Brown steadily pushed for for franchises selling goods and change in the way the airport services at the airport. did business. A Navy veteran who served He served several terms as during World War II, Mr. Brown chairman and vice chairman of the commission, and won support went on to graduate from Virginia for policies requiring the airport Union University and later earned in its procurement to ensure that a master’s degree from Virginia State University. contractors building the parking He worked as an educator garages and other now familiar Mr. Brown with a focus on science and math elements of the airport included and served in a variety of roles with Richmond Black firms. With strong backing from the Free Press Public Schools. He retired in 1993 as principal and its now deceased founder and publisher, of Elkhardt Middle School. He also was a former Raymond H. Boone Sr., Mr. Brown also won member of the School Board.
Rev. Raphael Warnock, now U.S. senator, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearing-in Religion News Service
On the first Sunday after he became a U.S. senator from Georgia, the Rev. Raphael Warnock described his election and the changing scene at the U.S. Capitol — from insurrection to inauguration — as forms of divine messaging. “Can I just close this sermon by telling you that this very week, in the very place where we saw the ugliness and the nastiness, I believe I heard just some subtle echoes of the spirit, which suggest to me that the wind of the spirit is moving across the land?� said Rev. Warnock, preaching in a pre-recorded message Sunday, Jan. 24, from the sanctuary of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church to a virtual congregation. The sermon came four days after he was sworn in holding a Bible he received in 2005 when he became senior pastor of the church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once co-pastor. Through most of his half-hour sermon, the camera focused on Rev. Warnock in his pulpit but, near the end, as he spoke of the events in Washington in recent days, news footage appeared of the mob storming the U.S. Capitol, the swearing-in of Vice President Kamala Harris and the inaugural speech of President Joe Biden. “I hear the sound of the first woman vice president, who is also the first African- American vice president, who’s also the first Asian-American vice president, speak her version of our grand American story,� he said, before speaking of himself in the third person, along with fellow new U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California. “Then I heard her swear in Georgia’s first Jewish senator and Georgia’s first Black senator and California’s first Latino senator. I heard a mighty, multiracial coalition rise up and say this is what the kingdom of God is all about. This is what God has been trying to tell you all the time.� Rev. Warnock, one of a number of members of Congress
Mr. Brown was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and the Astoria Beneficial Club and that organization’s C.F. Foster Scholarship Foundation. He also belonged to the Theban Beneficial Club and Club 533. He also was a longtime member of Fourth Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for more than 50 years. He served as assistant superintendent of the Adult Sunday School, was a former chair and member of the Trustee Board and served on the church’s Scholarship Committee. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Helen H. Brown. Survivors include his children, Judge Kevin L. Brown and Dr. Kelly Lemons Carter; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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who have simultaneously led congregations and served at the Capitol, titled the sermon for his church’s 9 and 11 a.m. services “On Making Your Next Move.� Early in the service, without specifically stating the words “senator� or “election,� he expressed his appreciation to those watching for their recent encouragement. “I want to thank you for all of your support, for all of your love, for all the ways in which I have felt the power and encouragement of the saints over the last several months for me and my family,� he said. “We are the family of God. We are the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Now let’s worship God from whom all blessings flow.�
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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2020-256 As Amended To amend ch. 2, art. V of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 11 (§§ 2-1035—2-1039) for the purpose of establishing a Participatory Budgeting Steering Commission. Ordinance No. 2021-015 To amend Ord. No. 2020051, adopted May 11, 2020, which (i) accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and the four fiscal years thereafter, (ii) adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 20202021, and (iii) determined a means of financing the same, by reducing estimated receipts and the appropriation for the Department of Public Works’ Transportation Projects by $15,000,000.00; to amend Ord. No. 2020-050, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 special fund budgets and made appropriations thereto, by establishing a new line item called the “CVTA Special Fund” line item and increasing estimated receipts from the Central Virginia Transportation Authority and the amount appropriated to the new Department of Public Works’ CVTA Special Fund line item by $12,195,491 for the purpose of funding the planning, design, operations, maintenance, and construction of transportation improvements within the city of Richmond. This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as most recently amended by Ordinance No. 2020-232, adopted December 14, 2020. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the February 8, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the February 8, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 2021, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk. Candice D. Reid City Clerk
City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2021-016 To authorize the special use of the property known as 321 West Grace Street for the purpose of a mixeduse building containing up to 16 stories and up to 177 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a B-4 Central Business District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the property for Downtown Mixed-Use land use. This designation is described as the central business district of the Richmond region features highdensity development with office buildings, residential buildings, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations in a highly-walkable urban environment. The maximum density of the proposal is approximately 370 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2021-017 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 2525 Belt Boulevard, 2613 Belt Boulevard, and 2701 Belt Boulevard for the purpose of up to 36 single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The properties are situated in an R-4 Single-Family Residential District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for t h e Wa r w i c k R o a d properties as Residential. Primary uses include single‑family houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary uses include duplexes and small multi‑family buildings (typically 3‑10 units), institutional, and cultural. Residential density of 2 to 10 housing units per acre. The density of the proposed development is approximately 6 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2021-018 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 5300 Rear Hull Street Road, 5311 Warwick Road, 5315 Warwick Road, and 5323 Warwick Road for the purpose of up to 65 single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The properties are situated in an R-4 Single-Family Residential District and R-48 Multifamily Residential District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the Warwick Road properties as Residential. Primary uses include single‑family houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary uses include duplexes and small multi‑family buildings (typically 3‑10 units), institutional, and cultural. Residential density of 2 to 10 housing units per acre. The Plan designates a future land use for the 5300 Rear Hull Street property as Corridor Mixed‑Use. Corridor Mixed‑Use is found along major commercial corridors and envisioned to provide for medium‑ to medium‑high‑density, pedestrian and transit‑oriented development. Primary uses include retail/ office/personal service, multi‑family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary uses include Single‑family houses, institutional, and government. The density of the proposed development is approximately 9 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2021-019 To rezone the property known as 470 Tredegar Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the DCC Downtown Civic and Cultural District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates this property for institutional land use. Such areas are described as public and quasi-public entities, such as local, state, and federal government, hospitals, universities, schools, and religions institutions. The meetings will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as most recently amended by Ordinance No. 2020-232, adopted December 14, 2020. The meetings will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than Continued on next column
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a quorum of Richmond City Planning Commission members and Richmond City Council will assemble in City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. The meetings will be streamed live online at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. a s p x . To w a t c h a meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the February 22, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the February 22, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 22, 2021, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk. Candice D. Reid City Clerk
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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 2nd day of March, 2021at 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
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 JONATHAN A. WALKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
OF VIRGINIA, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 9620968 on October 7, 1996, or its assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CHRISTINE HUFFMAN, Plaintiff v. DEREK HUFFMAN, Defendant. Case No.: CL20005471-00 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 22nd day of February, 2021 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RVFM 8 LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-65 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 718 Lincoln Avenue, Tax Map Number E018-0427/027, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RVFM 8 LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that STEVEN RANDALL, REGISTERED AGENT FOR RVFM 8 LLC, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 STEVEN RANDALL, REGISTERED AGENT FOR RVFM 8 LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Carrie Jones. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CARRIE JONES, 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 CARRIE JONES, upon information and belief deceased, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
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VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JA-MOD GARDLEY-CEPHAS RDSS v. ALEXANDER CEPHAS File No. JJ077702-09-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of Alexander Cephas (Father) of Ja-Mod Gardley-Cephas DOB 09/07/2007, child. “TPR” 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 Alexander Cephas to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 3/30/2021, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2.
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DERECK ROGERS, Plaintiff v. HELENA ROGERS, Defendant. Case No.: CL20005643-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JONATHAN A. WALKER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4843 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 118 East Roanoke Street, Tax Map Number S004-3278/048, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jonathan A. Walker. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JONATHAN A. WALKER, who has been served by posting at both 118 East Roanoke Street, Richmond, Virginia 23224, and 502 Salvia Road, Newtown, Virginia 23126, and by mailing a copy of the complaint to both of the above addresses, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MONTE’S TRUST U/A ROSE DIXON TURNER TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 10, 2005, ROSE E. WINSTON, TRUSTEE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5060 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 911 Irby Drive, Tax Map Number C005-0690/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Monte’s Trust U/A Rose Dixon Turner Trust dated November 10, 2005, Trustee Rose E. Winston. An Affidavit having been filed that said MONTE’S TRUST U/A ROSE DIXON TURNER TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 10, 2005, ROSE E. WINSTON, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, or her successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MOSES B. WINSTON, IV, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that MONTE D. WINSTON and KEVIN WINSTON, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that EQUITY ONE OF VIRGINIA, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 96-20968 on October 7, 1996, or its assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MONTE’S TRUST U/A ROSE DIXON TURNER TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 10, 2005, ROSE E. WINSTON, TRUSTEE, upon information and belief deceased, or her successor/s in title, MOSES B. WINSTON, IV, MONTE D. WINSTON, KEVIN WINSTON, EQUITY ONE
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Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PAUL JONES Plaintiff v. CRYSTAL POINDEXTER, Defendant. Case No.: CL20004698-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 18th day of March, 2021at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BEVERLY CLARKE, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL CLARKE, Defendant. Case No.: CL20003983-00 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 8th day of March, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667
VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JA-MOD GARDLEY-CEPHAS RDSS v. UNKNOWN FATHER File No. JJ077702-12-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of the Unknown Father (Father) of Ja-Mod Gardley-Cephas DOB 09/07/2007, child. “TPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 3/30/2021, at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2.
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JANE L. EDWARDS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4376 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 1527 Rogers Street, Tax Map Number E000-0930/038, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Mary T. Williams, Delores Lowry, Katie Taylor, Willie Taylor, Jr., Henry Taylor, Peggie Taylor, and Ulysses Taylor, all upon information and belief deceased, and Jane L. Edwards. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JANE L. EDWARDS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owners, MARY T. WILLIAMS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DELORES LOWRY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, K AT I E TAY L O R , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIE TAYLOR, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HENRY TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PEGGIE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ULYSSES TAYLOR, 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 J A N E L . E D WA R D S , MARY T. WILLIAMS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DELORES LOWRY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, K AT I E TAY L O R , u p o n information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIE TAYLOR, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, HENRY TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, PEGGIE TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ULYSSES TAYLOR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JAMES HENRY ROOTS, III, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1651 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 1710 Spotsylvania Street, Tax Map Number E012-0333/009, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James Henry Roots, III, upon information and belief deceased, Charmaine Roots Castillo, Arthur Logan Roots, Desiree Roots Centeio and Brandon Joseph Roots. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES HENRY ROOTS, III, 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 owner, CHARMAINE ROOTS CASTILLO, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owners, ARTHUR LOGAN ROOTS, DESIREE ROOTS CENTEIO, and BRANDON JOSEPH ROOTS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has/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 HENRY ROOTS, III, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHARMAINE ROOTS CASTILLO, ARTHUR LOGAN ROOTS, DESIREE ROOTS CENTEIO, BRANDON JOSEPH ROOTS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EVANS LEE CLARK, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-2662 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the properties briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2401 Oakland Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1377/018, 2401A Oakland Avenue, Tax Map Number S0071377/025, 2401B Oakland Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1377/024 and 2401C Oakland Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1377/023, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Evans Lee Clark, Stella L. Clark, Evans Lee Clark, Jr, and Barbara Ann Clark . An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, EVANS LEE CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, STELLA L. CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and EVANS LEE CLARK, 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; that said owner, BARBARA ANN CLARK, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that EVANS LEE CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, STELLA L. CLARK, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EVANS LEE CLARK, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BARBARA ANN CLARK, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CARRIE JONES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-6026 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 1703 Tyler Street, Tax Map Number N000-0364/002, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT COLEMAN SEARLES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4737 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 1927 Wilmington Avenue, Tax Map Number N017-0549/034, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Robert Coleman Searles. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT COLEMAN SEARLES, 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 ROBERT COLEMAN SEARLES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM JASPER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5786 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2504 Peter Paul Boulevard, Tax Map Number E012-0399/012, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William Jasper and Susie L. Jasper. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIAM JASPER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and SUSIE L. JASPER, 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 WILLIAM JASPER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, SUSIE L. JASPER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq.
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City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BRADFORD JAY KIRBY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5361 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2509 Kensington Avenue, Tax Map Number W0001126/011, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Bradford Jay Kirby. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BRADFORD JAY KIRBY, 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 DAVID E. NAGLE, TRUSTEE of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0831768 on December 29, 2008, 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 BRADFORD JAY KIRBY, DAVID E. NAGLE, TRUSTEE of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 08-31768 on December 29, 2008, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ARCHELLE JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4841 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2910 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-1342/003, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Archelle Johnson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ARCHELLE JOHNSON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that PENN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ARCHELLE JOHNSON, PENN N AT I O N A L INSURANCE COMPANY, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. KAREN R. GRANTHAM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4842 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 3129 Woodrow Avenue, Tax Map Number N000-1043/030, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in Continued on next column
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order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Karen R. Grantham and Teri A. Taylor. An Affidavit having been filed that said ADVANTAGE ASSETS, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ADVANTAGE ASSETS, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
v. MICHELE K. JONES, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5784 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 8913 Old Holly Road, Tax Map Number C001-0550/016, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michele K. Jones. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHELE K. JONES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MICHELE K. JONES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
City of Richmond as 1320 Columbia Street, Tax Map Number S007-1177/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, John T. Davis, Jr. and Anthony Murrow. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, ANTHONY MURROW, 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 JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, ANTHONY MURROW, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JERRY C. TABON, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5487 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 4100 Narbeth Avenue, Tax Map Number C008-0836/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Jerry C. Tabon, Jr. and Khadija K. Tabon. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, KHADIJA K. TABON, 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 KHADIJA K. TABON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JUNIUS T. MILLER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4753 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 5208 Walmsley Boulevard, Tax Map Number C008-0740/044, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Junius T. Miller, and Juanita Miller. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JUNIUS T. MILLER, 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 owner, JUANITA MILLER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that JUNIUS T. MILLER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JUANITA MILLER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ANDRE E. YANCEY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5068 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 900 North 36th Street, Tax Map Number E000-1110/011, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Andre E. Yancey, Anthony Lee Yancey and Shirley Anderson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANDRE E. YANCEY and ANTHONY LEE YANCEY, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ANDRE E. YANCEY, ANTHONY LEE YANCEY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HANSCO SS2 LP, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-6003 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 925 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0059/026, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, HANSCO SS2 LP. An Affidavit having been filed 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 Parties Unknown come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff,
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5065 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BETTY A. TUCKER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4755 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 1816 North 22nd Street, Tax Map Number E000-1080/003, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty A. Tucker, Barbara T. Redd, James S. Tucker, Jr., Bonnie A. Tucker and Belinda C. Tucker. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, and BONNIE A. TUCKER, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has/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 BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, et al. Defendants. Case No. : CL20-5064 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2105 Fairmount Street, Tax Map Number E000-0557/003, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, John T. Davis, Jr. and Anthony Murrow. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, ANTHONY MURROW, 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 JOHN T. DAVIS, JR, ANTHONY MURROW, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 Continued on next column
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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MUELSAM ERIC BIAMPAMBA, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5421 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2309 Courtland Street, Tax Map Number S009-0145/011, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Muelsam Eric Biampamba. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MUELSAM ERIC BIAMPAMBA, 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 MUELSAM ERIC BIAMPAMBA, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. HARRY E. JONES, SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5066 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2327 Carrington Street, Tax Map Number E000-0470/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Harry E. Jones, Sr., Glen R. Jones, Jennifer Robinson, upon information and belief deceased, Hazel Taylor, Letitia Jones and Javaka Jones. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HARRY E. JONES, SR, GLEN R. JONES, HAZEL TAYLOR, and LETITIA JONES, 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, JENNIFER ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, JAVAKA JONES, 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 HARRY E. JONES, SR, GLEN R. JONES, HAZEL TAYLOR, LETITIA JONES, JENNIFER ROBINSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, JAVAKA JONES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JULIE ANN TAYLOR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5063 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2601 Gravel Hill Road, Tax Map Number C004-0745/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Julie Ann Taylor and Warren A. Williams. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JULIE Continued on next column
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ANN TAYLOR and WARREN A. WILLIAMS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that J U L I E A N N TAY L O R , WARREN A. WILLIAMS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
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 ANNIE REBECCA G R E E N , A L M A W. C O S B Y, C O N S TA N C E W. FLETCHER, PHILIP DRUMGOLE, JR, ROBERT DRUMGOLE, GEORGE FRANK DRUMGOLE, DIANA SIMMONS, JULIA RANDOLPH DEAN, GUS RANDOLPH, PATRICIA DRUMGOLE, CATHERINE DRUMGOLE WORSLEY, JAMES DRUMGOLE, JOANN DRUMGOLE, WALTER R. GREEN, JR, GEORGE E. GREEN, ALICE WOOLRIDGE, JULIE A. TAYLOR, WENDY DRUMGOLE, ASHLEY H O WA R D , M A D O N N A TA B R O N , B R O O K E DRUMGOLE, BRANDI DRUMGOLE, LOVIE WOOLRIDGE, MILDRED WOOLRIDGE, IRENE WOOLRIDGE SMITH, SHIRLEY WOOLRIDGE T R U M P E T, JAMES WOOLRIDGE, JR, LILA WOOLRIDGE WHITNEY, HERMAN PETTIS, MARVIN TURNER, WILLIE TURNER, WAYNE WILLIAMS, GARY W I L L I A M S , C A LV I N W I L L I A M S , TA M A R A WILLIAMS CONNORS, WILBUR E. GREGORY, BETTY J. CARTER, ELIZABETH B. BOONE, GLORIA M. FRAIERSON, GERALDINE D. GREEN, TESS A. WOOLRIDGE, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MI YEON HEO, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5780 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2654 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0905/007, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mi Yeon Heo. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MI YEON HEO, 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 LAWRENCE C. SEAY, upon information and belief deceased, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 14-15239 on September 2, 2014, 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 MI YEON HEO, LAWRENCE C. SEAY, upon information and belief deceased, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 14-15239 on September 2, 2014, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NAOMI C. WILSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5061 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2807 Hopkins Road, Tax Map Number C009-0583/070, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Naomi C. Wilson, upon information and belief deceased. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NAOMI C. WILSON, 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 NAOMI C. WILSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MI YEON HEO, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5781 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2658 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0905/006, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mi Yeon Heo. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MI YEON HEO, 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 LAWRENCE C. SEAY, upon information and belief deceased, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 14-15239 on September 2, 2014, 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 MI YEON HEO, LAWRENCE C. SEAY, upon information and belief deceased, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 14-15239 on September 2, 2014, or his heirs, devisees, assignees
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ANNIE REBECCA GREEN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-6044 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3014 Bradwill Road, Tax Map Number C004-0695/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Annie Rebecca Green, Alma W. Cosby, Constance W. Fletcher, Philip Drumgole, Jr, Robert Drumgole, George Frank Drumgole, Diana Simmons, Julia Randolph Dean, Gus Randolph, Patricia Drumgole, Catherine Drumgole Worsley, James Drumgole, JoAnn Drumgole, Walter R. Green, Jr, George E. Green, Alice Woolridge, Julie A. Taylor, Wendy Drumgole, Ashley Howard, Madonna Tabron, Brooke Drumgole, Brandi Drumgole, Lovie Woolridge, Mildred Woolridge, Irene Woolridge Smith, Shirley Woolridge Trumpet, James Woolridge, Jr, Lila Woolridge Whitney, Herman Pettis, Marvin Turner, Willie Turner, Wayne Williams, Gary Williams, Calvin Williams, Tamara Williams Connors, Wilbur E. Gregory, Betty J. Carter, Elizabeth B. Boone, Gloria M. Fraierson, Geraldine D. Green and Tess A. Woolridge. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANNIE REBECCA GREEN, ALMA W. COSBY, CONSTANCE W. FLETCHER, PHILIP DRUMGOLE, JR, ROBERT DRUMGOLE, GEORGE FRANK DRUMGOLE, DIANA SIMMONS, JULIA RANDOLPH DEAN, GUS RANDOLPH, PATRICIA DRUMGOLE, CATHERINE DRUMGOLE WORSLEY, JAMES DRUMGOLE, JOANN DRUMGOLE, WALTER R. GREEN, JR, GEORGE E. GREEN, ALICE WOOLRIDGE, JULIE A. TAYLOR, WENDY DRUMGOLE, ASHLEY H O WA R D , M A D O N N A TA B R O N , B R O O K E DRUMGOLE, BRANDI DRUMGOLE, LOVIE WOOLRIDGE, MILDRED WOOLRIDGE, IRENE WOOLRIDGE SMITH, SHIRLEY WOOLRIDGE T R U M P E T, JAMES WOOLRIDGE, JR, LILA WOOLRIDGE WHITNEY, HERMAN PETTIS, MARVIN TURNER, WILLIE TURNER, WAYNE WILLIAMS, GARY W I L L I A M S , C A LV I N W I L L I A M S , TA M A R A WILLIAMS CONNORS, WILBUR E. GREGORY, BETTY J. CARTER, ELIZABETH B. BOONE, GLORIA M. FRAIERSON, GERALDINE D. GREEN, and TESS A. WOOLRIDGE, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. PETER L. MEREDITH, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-1624 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3306 2nd Avenue, Tax Map Number N000-1071/009, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Peter L. Meredith, Letha Vinson, Stacey Simms, Irvin Morton, Luther S. Meredith and Edna M. Meredith. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, PETER L. MEREDITH, STACEY SIMMS, IRVIN MORTON, LUTHER S. MEREDITH, and EDNA M. MEREDITH, 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, LETHA VINSON, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that NATIONAL AUTO SALES, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located, and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that PETER L. MEREDITH, STACEY SIMMS, IRVIN MORTON, LUTHER S. MEREDITH, EDNA M. MEREDITH, LETHA VINSON, NATIONAL AUTO SALES, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before april 15, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILLIE L. HICKS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-6011 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 4001 Dorset Road, Tax Map Number C008-0914/024, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Willie L. Hicks and Sue E. Hicks. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIE L. HICKS and SUE E. HICKS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a Continued on next page
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copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WILLIE L. HICKS, SUE E. HICKS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
filed that said owner, ROMAIN M. BIAMPAMBA, 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 ROMAIN M. BIAMPAMBA, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949
C0060300026 City of Richmond v. Paul Washington, et. al. CL20-1985 2603 Fairfield Avenue E0120318001 City of Richmond v. Harriett B. Davis, et. al. CL20-337 2117 Ford Avenue E0000598025 City of Richmond v. Rosa L. Stokes, et. al. CL20-2965 3423 Frank Road S0080854029 City of Richmond v. Richard Woolridge, et. al. CL20-484 3019 Garland Avenue N0000974034 City of Richmond v. Emma Tate, et. al. CL20-2174 2012 Gordon Avenue S0000642003 City of Richmond v. Billy W. Person, et. al. CL20-2966 2325 Halifax Avenue S0000645025 City of Richmond v. B & E Holding, LLC, et. al. CL20-2088 2404 Halifax Avenue S0000767006 City of Richmond v. Beatrice N. Williams, et. al. CL20-2089 2408 Halifax Avenue S0000767004 City of Richmond v. Vincent G. Robinson, et. al. CL20-906 1100 Hollister Avenue C0090093026 City of Richmond v. Vanessa Moore, et. al. CL20-911 3000 Hull Street S0001472010 City of Richmond v. CGC Investments Group, LLC, et. al. CL20-907 405 Hunt Avenue N0001554003 City of Richmond v. Sallie Vernell Myers, et. al. CL20-1322 2000 Ingram Avenue S0000861010 City of Richmond v. Benjamin Edwards, Sr., et. al. CL20-903 3609 Jefferson Davis Highway S0080884047 City of Richmond v. Ethel Davis, et. al. CL20-250 3611 Jefferson Davis Highway S0080884046 City of Richmond v. Archibald Jones, et. al. CL19-4296 3613 Jefferson Davis Highway S0080884045 City of Richmond v. G & S Associates, et. al. CL20-904 456 East Ladies Mile Road N0001664011 City of Richmond v. Donald Hunter, et. al. CL20-678 3807 Larchmont Lane S0042914035 City of Richmond v. Mahalia V. Moore, et. al. CL20-2165 5308 Linwood Avenue C0080176028 City of Richmond v. Wright Choice 401K Plan, LLC, et. al. CL20-2362 120 Lipscomb Street S0000150017 City of Richmond v. Paul Henderson, et. al. CL20-2175 1321 Lynhaven Avenue S0071178022 City of Richmond v. Randolph Boyce, et. al. CL20-1684 4107 Lynhaven Avenue S0090224012 City of Richmond v. Agnes V. Keilhacker, et, al.
CL20-1650 4109 Lynhaven Avenue S0090224013 City of Richmond v. Agnes V. Keilhacker, et, al. CL20-1650 410 North Madison Street N0000181013 City of Richmond v. Camoliv Land Trust, et. al. CL19-5186 1112 West Marshall Street N0000466028 City of Richmond v. Michael B. Bey, et. al. CL19-4988 1401 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000768020 City of Richmond v. Kamau Islam, et, al. CL20-622 1423 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000768031 City of Richmond v. Tara Johnson, Trustee Of The Gaymon Family Land Trust, et. al. CL20-624 1709 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0120281004 City of Richmond v. Ava Cox, et. al. CL19-6077 2718 Midlothian Turnpike S0001002001 City of Richmond v. Herman Warren, et. al. CL20-2252 601 Milton Street N0001366001 City of Richmond v. Elwood Ross, et. al. CL20-2280 2114 Newbourne Street E0120286024 City of Richmond v. Rosa Lelia Fleming, et. al. CL20-936 2006 Newman Road E0110126008 City of Richmond v. Louise T. Blake, et. al. CL20-251 3209 North Avenue N0001134016 City of Richmond v. Byron Russell Walker, et. al. CL19-5212 3307 North Avenue N0001356020 City of Richmond v. Eugene Becoat, et. al. CL20-1630 3931 Old Brook Road N0180500012 City of Richmond v. Nathan Vice CL20-61 2920 P Street E0000569021 City of Richmond v. Albert P. Brown, et. al. CL18-5253 2625 Q Street E0000475013 City of Richmond v. Benson F. Woo, et. al. CL20-2020 2106 Redd Street E0000665037 City of Richmond v. Sandra F. Underwood, et. al. CL20-252 2617 Redwood Avenue E0120334018 City of Richmond v. Maynard F. Bates, Jr., et. al. CL20-1631 1414 Rogers Street E0000768012 City of Richmond v. Curtis L. Fleming, et. al. CL20-849 2300 Royall Avenue S0071579010 City of Richmond v. Emily Jones, et. al. CL20-1323 2409 Royall Avenue S0071528005 City of Richmond v. Marcos Antonio Garcia Gonzalez, et. al. CL20-1632 917 Saint John Street N0000107035 City of Richmond v. Theodore Issaac Knight,
et. al. CL20-2255 2106 Sale Street E0000665045 City of Richmond v. Glorious Praise Ministries, et. al. CL20-905 2108 Sale Street E0000665046 City of Richmond v. Hot Volt Electric, Incorporated, et. al. CL20-253 2117 Selden Street E0120286008 City of Richmond v. Leon D. Parker, Jr., et. al. CL20-369 2903 Stockton Street S0001341011 City of Richmond v. Harry Lee Smith, et. al. CL20-124 1804 Sussex Street E0000755022 City of Richmond v. Russell B. Davis, et. al. CL20-1832 2414 Terminal Avenue S0080560001 City of Richmond v. Larry L. Mason, et. al. CL20-1092 2717 Terminal Avenue S0080521007 City of Richmond v. Ellwood Henderson, et. al. CL20-1589 2721 Terminal Avenue S0080521009 City of Richmond v. Nathaniel Holliday, Jr., et. al. CL20-370 4005 Tyrone Street S0090141015 City of Richmond v. Donald D. Spellman, et. al. CL20-1633 4328 Warwick Road C0090551009 City of Richmond v. Patricia Morgan Flynt, et. al. CL20-2462 1446 Whitehead Road C0070553047 City of Richmond v. Simon Green, et. al.
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1020 North 2nd Street N0000085003 City of Richmond v. Kimberly R. Hall, et. al. CL19-5773 1305 North 5th Street N0000233006 City of Richmond v. Patricia Talley-Allen et. al. CL19-5651 3113 5th Avenue N0050999007 City of Richmond v. Mamie M. Elleby, et. al. CL19-5650 3121 5th Avenue N0050999011 City of Richmond v. Benson F. Woo, et. al. CL20-1830 1810 North 22nd Street E0001080006 City of Richmond v. Janice M. Wooten, et. al. CL20-123 1702 North 23rd Street E0000940008 City of Richmond v. Morris J. Holden, Jr., et. al. CL19-5444 1601 North 25th Street E0000862001 City of Richmond v. Emma S. Stafford, et. al. CL20-1683 1810 North 25th Street E0001083009 City of Richmond v. Lynwood Harris, III, et. al. CL20-2570 1005 North 27th Street E0000476035 City of Richmond v. Jonathan Bullock, et. al. CL20-138 1615 North 27th Street E0000864060 City of Richmond v. Mary E. White, et. al. CL20-1143
1323 North 30th Street E0000625031 City of Richmond v. Junious Lee Smith, et.al. CL20-843 808 North 31st Street E0000630048 City of Richmond v. Marian B. Chambers, et. al. CL20-1986 905 North 31st Street E0000724058 City of Richmond v. Robyn Moore, et.al. CL20-1774 1105 North 32nd Street E0000803022 City of Richmond v. Oliver P. Johnson, et.al. CL20-1838 121 East 33rd Street S0001874039 City of Richmond v. Eleanor R. Petrohovich, et.al. CL20-1104 1203 North 35th Street E0001408002 City of Richmond v. George E. Underwood, et.al. CL20-984 600 North 39th Street E0001554012 City of Richmond v. Clinton S. Jones, et.al. CL20-1836 2217 Bainbridge Street S0000485027 City of Richmond v. Samuel T. Jones, Jr., et.al. CL20-1835 706 Belt Boulevard C0060193002 City of Richmond v. The Wright Choice 401K Plan, LLC, et. al. CL20-2249 2503 Berwyn Street S0080380029 City of Richmond v. Edna P. Queen, et. al. CL20-1682 306 East Broad Rock Road S0001711003 City of Richmond v. Ivy Hussey, et. al. CL20-1834 2312 Burton Street E0000427021 City of Richmond v. Alexander Coleman, et. al. CL20-935 5701 Campbell Avenue E0100227028 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 5705 Campbell Avenue E0100227035 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 5709 Campbell Avenue E0100227036 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 5713 Campbell Avenue E0100227037 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 5717 Campbell Avenue E0100227020 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 1403 Stiff Street E0100227031 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 1405 Stiff Street E0100227032 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 1407 Stiff Street E0100227033 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 1409 Stiff Street E0100227034 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 1411 Stiff Street E0100227019 City of Richmond v. Greanleafe Associates, LLC, et. al. CL20-2091 5715 Campbell Avenue E0100227030 City of Richmond v. Sallie C. Day, et. al. CL20-609 1401 Stiff Street E0100227029 City of Richmond v. Sallie C. Day, et. al. CL20-609 1434 Carlisle Avenue E0002812002 City of Richmond v. Corrine E. Winn, et. al. CL20-1839 1312 Chambers Street S0071182008 City of Richmond v. Delores S. Anderson, et. al. CL20-3244 3312 Chapel Drive C0090096016 City of Richmond v. Joyce Criss, et. al. CL20-1860 5210 Clarence Street S0060369001 City of Richmond v. L. R. T. Garret, et. al. CL19-4243 2700 Clearfield Street C0080772032 City of Richmond v. P. Dawn Walker, et. al. CL20-1935 2301 Coles Street S0090065035 City of Richmond v. Agnes V. Keilhacker, et. al. CL20-2085 2603 Columbia Street S0080379013 City of Richmond v. Jack M. Matthews, et. al. CL20-2664 3107 Columbia Street S0080631011 City of Richmond v. Potomac Investors, LLC, et. al. CL20-1983 1430 Decatur Street S0000151002 City of Richmond v. Sindy Hicks, et. al. CL20-1984 2714 Edgewood Avenue N0000695004 City of Richmond v. Sarah L. Allen, et. al. CL20-1091 1355 Evergreen Avenue
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RONALD E. ABRAHAM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5360 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5346 Germain Road, Tax Map Number C008-0297/042, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ronald E. Abraham, Sakena M. Thornton, Lemont A. Thornton, Jerise V. Thornton and Jeffrey L. Thornton, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RONALD E. ABRAHAM, LEMONT A. THORNTON, JERISE V. THORNTON, and JEFFREY L. THORNTON, 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, 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 RONALD E. ABRAHAM, LEMONT A. THORNTON, JERISE V. THORNTON, and JEFFREY L. THORNTON, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before april 15, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. G. MICHAEL LYONS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5062 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 5612 Heywood Road, Tax Map Number C008-0372/024, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, . G. Michael Lyons An Affidavit having been filed 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 Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROMAIN M. BIAMPAMBA, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-5422 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 2301 Courtland Street, Tax Map Number S009-0145/015, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Romain M. Biampamba. An Affidavit having been Continued on next column
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT E. OWENS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL20-4886 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly identified in the records of the City of Richmond as 3700 Greenbay Road, Tax Map Number C009-0557/040, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Robert E. Owens. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ROBERT E. OWENS, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that RREF ST-VA, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT E. OWENS, RREF ST-VA, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 11, 2021 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 804-646-7949 NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer the following real estate for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 2:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected. The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any other terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale.
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CL20-140 6107 Winford Lane C0050508012 City of Richmond v. Phyllis Hudson Hatch, et. al. CL20-908 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. The purchase price will include the winning bid plus 10% of the winning bid. High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $5,000.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $5,000.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence. If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissioner’s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation. Properties are sold “as is” without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey Continued on next column
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or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. T h e S p e c i a l Commissioner’s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances. Questions may be directed to Gregory A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski @richmondgov.com (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie.hamlin@ richmondgov.com (804) 6466940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219
BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA construction bid ITB #21-2108-1JOK Ridgefield Parkway Sidewalk, Phase I Due: February 23, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. For additional information visit: https://henrico.us/ finance/divisions/puchasing/ solicitations/
Citywide Transit Stop Access Improvements
State Project: U000-127-052, UPC 113835 Federal Project: CMAQ-5A27 (675) Richmond, Virginia Willingness to Hold a Public Hearing Proposed Project: This project will construct pedestrian and accessibility improvements at 84 GRTC bus stops at selected bus stops across the City of Richmond. Improvements consist of a combination of concrete landing pads for busdeployed ramps, ADA curb ramps, sidewalk improvements, and crosswalks. The project aims to increase accessibility and enhance mobility for all transit users at existing bus stops lacking in accessible infrastructure. Plan Review: Project plans, a project map of bus stop locations, and the National Environmental Policy Act document can be provided for review by request. Please contact Ishoc Salaam at ishoc.salaam@richmondgov.com or 804-646-6319. Written Request: By this notice The City of Richmond is indicating its willingness to hold a public hearing for the project if individual concerns cannot be addressed. A request for a public hearing to be held may be made by sending a written request stating your concerns to the address below on or before February 12, 2021. Ishoc Salaam City of Richmond Public Works – 7 th Floor 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 Further Notice: If a request for a public hearing is received, and the concerns addressed in the request cannot be adequately resolved, a public hearing will be scheduled at a time and place to be advertised in a future notice. Questions or Special Assistance: Questions regarding this project should be directed to Ishoc Salaam at 804646-6319 or ishoc.salaam@richmondgov.com. The City of Richmond and VDOT ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Any persons with questions on the accessibility of the facility or need for reasonable accommodations should contact Ishoc Salaam at 804-646-6319.
REQUESTS FOR RESUME & EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION COUNSELING, COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) seeks a visionary and transformative leader to be the next Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling in the College of Health Professions. The successful candidate will grow a strong and diverse Department by anticipating the changes in rehabilitation and mental health counseling and providing the tools needed to succeed in a dynamic environment. Based in Richmond, Virginia, the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling has a strong, 65-year legacy and is a premiere Department geared toward creating the most qualified counseling professionals who will support the equity, inclusion and wellbeing of individuals with diverse lived experience to include disability, chronic illness, and substance use. The Department of Rehabilitation Counseling sits within the College of Health Professions (CHP). CHP recently marked its 50th anniversary with the opening of a state-of-the-art 154,000 square feet, eight level, LEED Silver certified building. The Department of Rehabilitation Counseling offers a Master of Science in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling that is ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, and a post-masters certificate in professional counseling. The program is dually accredited by CACREP in rehabilitation and mental health counseling. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Health Professions, the next Chair will foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equity in one of the top programs in the country. The Chair will champion innovation at every turn. The next Chair will be charged with facilitating enrollment, recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented faculty and staff, and engaging with a large alumni base. The Chair will be in a strong position to facilitate collaborations and partnerships within the College of Health Professions, as well as in the community, to provide new opportunities for students, faculty, and staff. Candidates must have a terminal degree from an accredited institution and demonstrated expertise in rehabilitation and mental health counseling and hold the CRC credential or obtain the CRC within one year of hire. Interested candidates should have Leadership knowledge, experience and demonstrated excellence in teaching. Junior faculty members will be required to have an established research agenda and a clear potential for external funding, and potential for scholarship or creative expression to complement and expand existing expertise in the department. Senior faculty members will be required to have a well-developed scholarly/research portfolio with evidence of multi-disciplinary applications and external funding appropriate to complement and expand existing expertise in the department. Experience or high potential for effectively and inclusively educating and mentoring students from underrepresented minority and/or historically marginalized communities. Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.Please direct inquiries, nominations, and applications to Alena Hampton (achampton@vcu.edu), Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling and Chair of the Search Committee. All replies will be held in strict confidence. Correspondence and applications, which should include a CV, a letter of interest, and statement of contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion (https://provost.vcu.edu/faculty/prospective/) should be submitted electronically to E-Jobs (https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/102855). The deadline to apply is February 20, 2021. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Southside Community Development & Housing Corporation is seeking Resumes from Class A EarthCraft Certified Contractors experienced in New Construction and “Heavy Rehabilitation” Construction of “gutted Single-family houses, Engineers, Architects, Development Consultants and Multi-Family Development. All must have a minimum of three (3) years experience in their field of expertise. These positions or opportunities are for federally funded Construction projects; contractors and sub contractors will be required to participate in Section 3 hiring requirements and Davis Bacon Wage reporting. Those not interested in participation in federally funded programs need not apply. These are “Section 3 Covered Positions all HUD Recipients and ROB Businesses (Resident Owned Businesses) are encouraged to apply.” Email all resumes to jobs.procurement@scdhc.com There is no Closing date for Resume or inquiries Southside Community Development & Housing Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer For additional information contact: Jim Chambers, Director of Housing Development Programs SCDHC, 1624 Hull Street Richmond, Virginia 23224
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
LPNs
Full time and part time needed. Downtown Richmond. Pay starting at $21.00 per hour. Hours are from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 5:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Must have valid LPN license and CPR and First Aid. Please email resume to Marym@hricorp.org. EOE.
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