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No go Ms. Gray

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The $1.5 billion Coliseum replacement plan is dead. Five members of Richmond City Council sounded the death knell Monday night by introducing a resolution calling on Mayor Levar M. Stoney to withdraw the ordinances regarding the project he presented last summer and to work with City Council to create a plan for developing the city-owned property near City Hall that could generate public support.

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5 City Council members ask Mayor Stoney to withdraw the $1.5B Coliseum replacement and Downtown redevelopment plan, a major signal he doesn’t have the votes needed for approval

The rebuff echoes the council’s show of opposition that doomed Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ plan to build a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom and led him to withdraw the proposal in May 2014 ahead of the vote. And it also confirms that the project does not have the seven votes needed to win approval from the nine-member council. Council members signing the resolution that will be considered Monday, Feb. 3, are Kim B. Gray, 2nd District; Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; Kristen N. Larson, 4th District; Stephanie A.

Lynch, 5th District; and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District. Mayor Stoney quickly rejected any notion of withdrawing the plan and accused the five council members of trying to avoid publicly voting against the Navy Hill plan during an

election year. The Navy Hill District Corp., led by Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II, Dominion Energy’s top executive, designed the plan being pushed by Please turn to A4

Mayor eschews status quo, urges city to think bigger in State of City address By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Stop being afraid to do something great. That’s Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s response to the opposition to the $1.5 billion Coliseum replacement plan that so far has failed to gain widespread public support. Refusing to believe that the massive plan is being rejected, the mayor used his third State of the City address Tuesday night to defend the proposal while also touting his accomplishments since taking office in 2017. He also announced new initiatives, including plans to develop up to 10 new city parks and an affordable housing plan. The crux of his speech, though, was a ringing defense of the Downtown redevelopment plan he sees as transforming a big section of underused Downtown real estate near City Hall. He vowed to fight to the bitter end Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press for the project despite facing certain Mayor Levar M. Stoney offers ringing defense of his Coliseum replacement and Downtown defeat now that five members of City redevelopment plan during his State of the City Council have said they plan to vote address Tuesday. Location: Virginia Museum of History & Culture on Arthur Ashe Boulevard.

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Lobbying for their future Kenneth Henderson II, 4, left, and Zachary Watters, 3, lend their voices to a rally for more state funding for teachers and public education on Monday at the Bell Tower at Capitol Square in Downtown. The youngsters were attending the “Fund Our Future” rally with their mothers, Anasa Johnson and Ashleigh Watters, who are teachers with Richmond Public Schools and Petersburg Public Schools, respectively. Please see story, A5.

Questions, lawsuit arise as Va. ratifies ERA

At ‘Camp Cathy’ tent city for the homeless, people live by the rules By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Rhonda L. Sneed is proud of creating the most affordable housing community in Richmond — a tent city located on Oliver Hill Way across the street from the Richmond Justice Center. A small determined woman with a mop of curly hair, the 60-year-old New York native who was a Richmond Free Press Personality in January 2018 is leading a cadre of volunteers and benefactors to provide the free housing to about 80 people who have no other place to go and have too little money to afford better. To the embarrassment of city officials, the tents are set up in neat rows in a grassy area next to the Annie Giles Community Resource Center, where the city and its partner, Commonwealth Catholic Charities, provide emergency shelter Please turn to A4

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Svondai N. Brown, left, assists Rhonda L. Sneed in laying out supplies for residents of “Camp Cathy,” a homeless tent city on Oliver Hill Way. Ms. Sneed, founder and leader of Blessing Warriors RVA, began setting up tents in September to improve living conditions and provide more order for those at the site in Shockoe Valley.

Kobe Bryant’s legacy felt in Richmond, around the world Free Press staff, wire report

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Purple and gold-themed tributes of praise have sprung up as Richmond and communities in Virginia and around the world recognize the life and accomplishments of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant, an 18-time All-Star who won five NBA championships during his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. In Richmond, United Communities Against Crime, in cooperation with the Black Top Kings & Queens and Balloons & Things, will hold a citywide memorial service 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, in memory of Mr. Bryant, 41, and his daughter, Gianna, 13, who perished Sunday with seven others in a helicopter crash in Southern

California. The memorial service will be held at the Black Top Kings & Queens Sports Academy, 318 W. 19th St. in South Side. People are asked to wear their Kobe Bryant jerseys and other Lakers paraphernalia. City officials and local clergy are expected to speak and share their thoughts about Mr. Bryant and his legacy, according to Charles D. Willis, executive director of United Communities Against Crime. “We look for folks to come out, to have an opportunity to grieve, to mourn, to come together as a city collectively,” Mr. Willis said Please turn to A8

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A floral tribute to Kobe Bryant stands in Martinsville’s downtown.

Virginia became the last state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday as the state Senate approved on a 27-12 vote a House of Delegates resolution endorsing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that the rights of women “shall not be denied or abridged” because of their gender. The vote sets the stage for Gov. Ralph S. Northam to sign the bill, as well as a legal battle over the amendment’s future. “Finally, women have a place in our nation’s founding document,” said House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn. Constitutional amendments must be ratified by threequarters of the states, or 38, before ratification. But the ERA’s future is uncertain, in part, because of a 1982 deadline for ratification enacted by Congress decades ago. On Tuesday, the National Archives and Records Administration reiterated that it would not immediately take any action to certify the measure’s adopPlease turn to A4

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United Way offering free tax preparation services

Area residents with an annual household income below $56,000 can get free tax preparation help this season through the United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. More than 200 volunteer tax preparers certified by the Internal Revenue Service will help taxpayers to complete and electronically file their federal and state tax returns, United Way officials announced this week. Volunteers will be available at different times and days at 16 sites around Richmond, Petersburg and Colonial Heights and the counties of Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, Goochland and Charles City. Households of any income level that are not filing schedules C, D or E can use the United Way’s free online service to file at www.myfreetaxes.com. “This program saves money, reduces tax bills and increases the size of refunds for people who need it the most,” James Taylor, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg, stated in a news release. “We encourage all eligible families to take advantage of this free service.” Last year, United Way volunteers helped more than 3,600 area households secure more than $3 million in tax refunds. Details, including a list of tax prep sites and their operating times: www.yourunitedway.org/tax/vita.

RRHA extends eviction freeze until May 1 The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s moratorium on public housing evictions will continue for another three months, through May 1, officials have announced. In addition to the moratorium, RRHA will begin offering in February “No Questions Asked” payment agreements to public housing tenants who are behind in their rent and utility payments. Those agreements will be offered through the moratorium period. “We recognize that some of RRHA’s previous debt collection efforts did not best position every RRHA family for success,” RRHA Chief Executive Officer Damon E. Duncan stated in a news release announcing the extension of the eviction freeze and the other offer. “We will use the next three months to implement many other accounting and policy changes which will help every RRHA family reach good standing and stay there.” The eviction freeze, originally set to end in late 2019, was implemented following sustained criticism from fair housing advocates, residents and city officials over RRHA taking families to court to evict them for overdue rent payments, among other issues. RRHA officials have since met with the Virginia Housing Justice Program to work on solutions. The VHJP, made up of members of the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Virginia Poverty Law Center and the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, welcomed the extension, but urged RRHA in a statement to consider a freeze longer than three months. The VHJP also stressed the need for tenants to check any payment figures provided by RRHA to ensure accuracy and proper credit for the rent and utilities they still have to pay during the freeze. They also drew attention to benefits of entering an agreement, including no requirement for a down payment and payment amounts based on household income. “We remain concerned about the potential for a large number of tenants to be facing eviction whenever the freeze ends,” the statement reads. “We would not want tenants to miss the opportunity to enter into one of these repayment agreements if it makes sense for them.” — GEORGE COPELAND JR.

Supporters urge school name change to Marsh By Ronald E. Carrington

A small, but vocal contingent asked the Richmond School Board to rename George Mason Elementary School after noted civil rights attorney Henry L. Marsh III during a public hearing Monday night. Fifteen of the roughly 20 audience members backed naming the new elementary school under construction next to the old George Mason building in honor of the 86-year-old Mr. Marsh, an alumnus of the school who went on to become Richmond’s first African-American mayor and to represent Richmond in the state Senate from 1992 to 2014. “He promoted social justice, public education and civil rights along with all of the things we want our young people to know are important,” his daughter, Nadine Marsh-Carter, said in a Free Press interview following her remarks to the board. “I think it is really important for the next generation that gets to enjoy a beautiful new facility to have the sense of pride that comes from knowing the school is named after someone who attended George Mason … and who was able to overcome odds to become a leader.” Like many other Marsh family members, Ms. Marsh-Carter also attended George Mason Elementary as a youth. She lives in the city’s 7th District, where the school is located, and previously represented the district on the School Board. The board has begun the renaming process for Amelia Street School in the city’s West End and for the new George Mason and E.S.H. Greene elementary schools under construction, as well as the new middle school being built on Hull Street Road in South Side. The new schools are scheduled to open this fall. While several names for the new buildings were suggested during an initial public hearing on Jan. 6, the overwhelming favorite name at Monday night’s meeting was Henry L. Marsh III. Among the speakers offering high praise for Mr. Marsh and supporting a school named in his honor was Ben Ragsdale, who grew up in the small, conservative town of Waverly in the 1960s and backed the Civil Rights Movement. “Henry handled litigation that had an unmatched impact on school desegregation across the country,” Mr. Ragsdale said of Mr. Marsh, who handled more than 50 lawsuits involving school desegregation in the decades after the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing the doctrine of “separate but equal.” He also successfully litigated numerous employment discrimination cases and was involved in a lawsuit that forced the Virginia General Assembly to adopt single-member districts, which has led to the election of more African-American and minority candidates. “Henry helped to make America a place, though far from perfect, that is now radically more fair and where there is radically more opportunity than ever before,” Mr. Ragsdale said. A public hearing focusing on the renaming of Amelia Street School will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the school, 1821 Amelia St. The School Board is to vote on new names for the four schools at its meeting on Feb. 18.

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Vandals damaged the two wooden benches Street Station. The benches and statue were at the Richmond Slavery Reconciliation Statue unveiled on March 30, 2007, as part of an in Shockoe Bottom. The damage was discovinternational reconciliation project. Identical ered on Jan. 20, the Martin Luther King Jr. Slices of life and scenes statues stand in Liverpool, England, a home Holiday, following a gun rights demonstration port for slave ships, and in Contonou, Benin, in Richmond that drew thousands of people to Capitol Square the port from which many enslaved people nearby. A Free Press photographer later spotted the problem at were transported to Virginia before the importation of enslaved the 13-year-old statue site at 15th and Main streets near Main people was banned in the United States in 1807.

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City Council approves Salvation Army headquarters move; honors former park superintendent By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Salvation Army will be able to move its headquarters and shelter from Downtown to 1900 Chamberlayne Ave., next to a Wells Fargo bank branch. By an 8-0 vote with one abstention, Richmond City Council cleared the Salvation Army’s controversial move to an office-warehouse that was the former home of Eternal Church. The vote came despite strong opposition from nearby businesses, though not the bank. At the meeting, the council also overhauled its real estate tax abatement program; cleared the way for a private group to raise money to install a Monument Avenue statue honoring the 14 black soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor in a Civil War battle; and presented a 15-year pin to City Council Vice President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, who formally announced his plans not to seek re-election in November. The Salvation Army, a Christian organization that has operated in Richmond for more than 130 years, filed an application last year to move to the new headquarters that offers four times the space in Downtown, where it now operates regional offices and a 55-bed shelter for homeless men, women and families. The new location, which provides 39,000 square feet of usable space, will have offices, programming and an expanded shelter of nearly 100 beds. The lone abstention came from Mr. Hilbert, who represents the Chamberlayne Avenue area. After initially opposing the move, Mr. Hilbert announced earlier this month that he would not vote on the proposal because his wife briefly worked for the Salvation Army prior to his taking office in 2005, which, he said, presented

a potential conflict. “I wish (the Salvation Army) well,” he said after the vote. The 9-0 vote on the tax abatement program will revise a city program begun more than 25 years ago to use the property tax to encourage individuals and companies to improve residential and commercial property that is at least 20 years old. Since 2006, the rebate has saved investors more than $200 million, primarily on apartment redevelopment, but also has reduced revenue for the city by an average of $20 million a year. Instead of allowing any aging property to qualify, the revised program that will take effect July 1 will be available only for residential property in which 30 percent of the apartments, condos or homes provide reduced rent or mortgages for people making 80 percent or less than the Richmond regional median income, now $83,000 a year. For an individual, that would be a maximum of $48,400 a year, or $66,400 annually for a family of four. The revised program also requires annual applications from qualifying projects, the ordinance states, with proof that the affordable units continue to be offered. The current program grants qualifying properties 10 years of reduced taxes, with owners paying the property tax on the assessed value prior to improvement for seven years and then an increased percentage over the next three years. The new program would allow those incorporating affordable units into their projects up to 15 years of reduced real estate tax payments. Separately, the council approved Councilwoman Kim B. Gray’s resolution asking for $5,000 to be provided to a foundation spearheading fundraising for the statue

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Nathan Burrell, former superintendent of the James River Park System, is honored with the Richmond City Council Public Service Award at Monday night’s council meeting for his years of “devotion, effort, love, kindness and service” at the park. His new job: Deputy director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

honoring the 14 African-American soldiers in the Union victory in the 1864 Battle of New Market Heights in Henrico County. Viola O. Baskerville, a former City Council member and former state secretary of administration, is leading the effort to raise $3 million or more for the statue. No specific site has been determined, Ms. Gray said. In other business, the council approved the James River Park Master Plan after honoring the park’s former superintendent, Nathan Burrell, who has been appointed by Gov. Ralph S. Northam as deputy director of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. The council also accepted $52,000 in state grants to improve services to youths in juvenile detention and agreed to provide a 4 percent discount for merchants collecting cigarette taxes to help them cover the costs they are incurring. The council also reformed the licensing program for dogs and cats and stiffened penalties for those failing to pay the $15 annual license fee for pets.

RRHA’s 2018-19 HUD plan included Creighton Court redevelopment By Jeremy M. Lazarus

An empty construction trailer now sits on the grounds of the long-vacant Baker School building in Gilpin Court. The arrival of the trailer that is to serve as construction offices is the first signal that the pending redevelopment of the building at 100 W. Baker St. into 51 senior apartments might soon begin. Requests for information on when work will begin have gone unanswered for months by Damon Duncan, chief executive officer of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which owns the former elementary school building. In the works for at least two years, the redevelopment of the school is to be the third phase of a more than six-year effort to relocate tenants from the 200-unit Fay Towers high-rise at 1st and Hill streets. The first phase involved the overhaul of 77 apartments previously installed in the former Highland Park Elementary School, and the second phase involves moving an additional group of Fay Towers residents into 72 apartments in a Jackson Ward apartment complex being completed at 1st and Duval streets. The placement of the trailer last week at the former Baker School site came as RRHA disclosed clarifying information on the redevelopment of the Creighton

Court public housing community in the East End. RRHA’s release of information on the project came in response to a Richmond Free Press request filed under the Freedom of Information Act more than two weeks ago. The information shows that RRHA, as required, included the plan for redeveloping Creighton Court in its 2018-19 annual plan that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved in 2018. RRHA’s 2019-20 plan, which hasn’t been approved by HUD, didn’t include any information on Creighton Court redevelopment. Also included in the documents is a copy of the application RRHA submitted to HUD for a “demolition and disposal” permit for Creighton Court. The application is dated Jan. 9, or six days before the RRHA board voted on Jan. 15 to approve the submission. The plan calls for redeveloping the 503unit Creighton Court in three phases, but only the first phase has timetables. The first phase would involve installing 310 new units after clearing 192 existing apartment units. Those existing units are in 32 buildings that sit on 11 acres, or about one-third of the 29 acres in the public housing community. The new units would be developed as part of a mixed-

income community that would include some Creighton Court residents. RRHA’s demolition application seeks permission to clear 27 buildings that face Nine Mile Road and Bunche Place and five that face Creighton Road, the main entry to the community, according to the application. The application came after the Creighton Court Tenants Association and the umbrella Richmond Tenants Organization turned down RRHA’s offer last August to sell the 32 buildings in the first phase to them for $9 million, the appraised value, the application shows. The price amounted to $46,875 per unit. As of Jan. 9, the application stated, only 380 of the 503 units in Creighton Court remain occupied, with 91 families living in the first phase area and 289 in the remaining apartment buildings that will be unaffected at this time. The vacancies have resulted from evictions, relocation through the use of vouchers and the move of some residents to newly created apartments in the nearby Armstrong Renaissance in the 1600 block of North 31st Street, the application noted. In the application, RRHA projects spending up to $150,000 to relocate tenants in the first phase between March and September, with demolition to begin in early 2021 if the plan is approved.

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5 City Council members ask Mayor Stoney to withdraw the $1.5B Coliseum replacement and Downtown redevelopment plan, a major signal he doesn’t have the votes needed for approval Continued from A1

Mayor Stoney. It calls for replacing the vacant Richmond Coliseum with a new, larger 17,500-seat arena, creating thousands of new jobs and huge benefits for selected black contractors. The development also would have a large convention hotel, new office buildings, more than 2,000 new apartments and condos and new retail shops and restaurants. All would go on eight blocks north of Marshall Street near City Hall and two blocks south of Broad Street. If Mayor Stoney goes forward and insists on a council vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 24, the certainty of defeat was made clear by Mr. Hilbert, the City Council vice president, following the resolution’s introduction at the end of the council meeting on Monday night. “I told the mayor several months ago that I was a hard no,” said Mr. Hilbert, who reviews real estate projects as a senior underwriter for the Virginia Housing Development Authority. “There is no air and no light between my decision to vote against this proposal. There is no chance I will change my mind.” Ms. Lynch earlier this month told constituents she would not vote for the plan and Ms. Trammell reiterated that her “no” also is firm. Both Ms. Gray and Ms. Larson have been telling the mayor they are not on board with the project. Despite pulling out all stops, the Navy Hill development already faced shaky prospects with its last-ditch effort to revamp the finances. In recent weeks, Navy Hill officials announced they were replacing its unpopular plan for financing the arena using city real estate taxes with a plan to use state sales taxes. But that shift still needs General Assembly approval. Prospects for passage of that measure sponsored by Richmond Delegate Jeff M. Bourne appear to have dimmed, and the publicity about the City Council division and the resolution calling

for the plan’s withdrawal are seen as providing more ammunition for state legislators to sideline the measure. The resolution was introduced even as Mr. Farrell’s team stepped up its efforts to gain public support, including airing TV ads featuring Daphne Maxwell Reid touting the development. They also are augmenting the ads with robocalls to Richmond households and news conferences, including Mr. Farrell one Monday announcing that a minor league hockey team would move to Richmond if the new arena were built. The resolution also was introduced just before C.H. Johnson of Chicago, a consultant that City Council is paying $215,000, is set to issue its preliminary report on the project. In a statement, the five council members described the resolution as an opportunity for the mayor to avoid an embarrassing defeat: “We do not take this step lightly. However, we believe that there are numerous substantial reasons for the council to take appropriate action in response to the many public concerns that have been expressed about this project. “These reasons include, among many others, the need for a more robust and extensive public discussion of the plan; appraisals of all city-owned parcels in the subject area; and a comprehensive assessment of existing and required public infrastructure.” The council members noted that “each of us has received overwhelming feedback about the current plan from our constituents, a large percentage of which has been negative. Richmond’s citizens are telling us that they want a more transparent public

engagement process focused on a frank and honest conversation about the project’s impact on downtown redevelopment and its potential risks to city taxpayers.” Already, the city has spent $1 million on the project, while Navy Hill District Corp. has pumped in an estimated $2 to $3 million. Despite the work and money the city and Navy Hill have put into the initiative, the City Council members’ statement concludes that Mayor Stoney it is time “to ‘hit the reset button,’ take a deep breath, and commit ourselves to a review process that is open, fair and equitable.” In an impromptu news conference Monday night responding to broadcast and published reports about the resolution, Mayor Stoney was clearly upset. He said he had involved council members since October 2017 in crafting the request for proposals that led to the Navy Hill District Corp.’s plan submission. However, his claim was met with derision by some City Council members. “I want to call B.S.,” Ms. Gray said at the council meeting. She said Mayor Stoney never involved the council in the planning or development of the proposal or sought substantial input from the council before unveiling his final proposal and the ordinances last August. Mr. Hilbert said Mayor Stoney allowed him and other council members on a one-on-one basis to receive advance information on the proposal, but he said he was not consulted or included in any of the decision making.

At ‘Camp Cathy’ tent city for the homeless, people live by the rules Continued from A1

on frigid nights often to more than 100 people. Along with the tents, Ms. Sneed gained volunteer help to secure first one and now two portable toilets to maintain sanitation in the tent city. The most noticeable, the camp is one of several that exist in the city — along 7th Street, in areas along Hermitage Road and in parts of Church Hill. They are tangible evidence of the dearth of housing for the poorest. The rise of such camps has come despite the sharp reduction in the number of homeless people, now less than 500 in Richmond compared with nearly 1,200 in 2009, according to the nonprofit Homeward’s annual census. City Hall and a host of nonprofits have worked to reduce the number of people needing

housing. The city maintains a homeless hotline — (804) 9720813 — and offers a range of resources. But those in the camp often cannot qualify for available assistance or face mental or physical challenges that keep them out of the system. And with rents continuing to rise — even a week’s stay in a motel room can cost $250 at some of the least expensive places — there are few options left for the homeless. “We have people here who are working, but they don’t make enough to pay rent. And there are others who are disabled and can’t work,” Ms. Sneed said. “There are a lot reasons people end up here.” The camp has drawn the ire of Reginald E. “Reggie” Gordon, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for human services. In early January, he issued a letter directing Ms.

Sneed to dismantle the tents, even though the property she said belongs to Virginia Commonwealth University, which has not told Ms. Sneed to do anything. “I told him no,” said Ms. Sneed. Ms. Sneed is founder and leader of the all-volunteer Blessing Warriors RVA that now counts 3,000 members on its Facebook group that raises money and contributes food, clothing and tents to support the work. “He didn’t offer any options for these people,” Ms. Sneed said of Mr. Gordon. “Where are they supposed to go?” Mr. Gordon did not respond to a Free Press request for comment. In the letter sent to Ms.

Sneed, Mr. Gordon cited crime and health issues with the tent city, but the Free Press has not found any evidence to support his allegations. A retired postal worker and Air Force veteran, Ms. Sneed said she saw the need for tents last year when she found people sleeping in the mud without any blankets in the same area. Garbage was strewn everywhere by those staying there, she said, and human waste was left against the building. “I couldn’t go through that again,” said Ms. Sneed, who was shocked to find homeless people in Richmond when she moved here several years ago and has been involved with feeding the hungry and homeless since 2013. With help from a kindred

Questions, lawsuit arise as Virginia ratifies ERA Continued from A1

tion as part of the U.S. Constitution. The administration said it is following the advice of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which issued a memo earlier in January stating that because the deadline has passed, it is too late for states to ratify the ERA. The only option for supporters now is to begin the ratification process all over again in Congress, the department said. The National Archives said it would abide by that opinion “unless otherwise directed by a final court order.” Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring challenged this decision, stating in a news release on Monday that he expects “the archivist to fulfill his responsibility under the law.” “If he refuses to certify that the ERA has been added to the Constitution, I will take action to ensure the will of Virginians is carried out,” Mr. Herring stated. ERA advocates have vowed to fight to see the measure certified, either in court or in Congress, where there is a push to remove the deadline. Supporters of the ERA in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption.

is properly managed when she can’t be there, she has assigned the task to two men living at the site, David Henderson and Sherwood Jasper. They make sure people follow the rules, which include no smoking or drinking in the tents and cleanup of the space. “We are teaching responsibility,” Mrs. Eagles said. The rules are enforced. When a newcomer went to the bathroom beside his tent, he was told to clean it up or his tent would be removed, Ms. Sneed said. So far, Mr. Gordon has gone no further than writing the letter. Camp Cathy has grown since then with additional tents. “So long as there are people who need this help,” Ms. Sneed said, “I’ll be here.”

Mayor eschews status quo, urges city to think bigger in State of City address Continued from A1

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spirit, Cathy Davis, she founded Blessing Warriors RVA. Ms. Davis died recently, and the tent city has been named “Camp Cathy” in her honor. The tents are only part of the services that Ms. Sneed provides. She brings breakfast, sandwiches, coffee and other items daily to ensure people can eat. For those on medication, she makes sure they take them as prescribed. And she ferries residents to doctor appointments and job sites. “Whatever is needed, we take care of,” she said, ticking off the names of regular volunteers, such as community activist Svondai N. Brown and Tony and Traci Eagles and their daughter, Corrighan. To help make sure the camp

against it. The plan needs seven votes from the nine-member council to be approved. In Mayor Stoney’s view, this is the project that Richmond needs to continue “its ascendant trajectory,” uplift black and brown contractors with $300 million in contracts, create thousands of new jobs, boost the city’s overall economy and bring in new revenue to build schools, upgrade city streets and create additional affordable housing. While there is no immediate sign he changed any minds, Mayor Stoney, now entering his fourth year and preparing to run for re-election, insisted that “legitimate concerns” about the development have been addressed and that the only hurdle is a lack of faith in Richmond’s ability to pull off such a project. “Now we stand at a crossroads,” the 38year-old mayor told the nearly 400 people who gathered at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the thousands more who listened to a live stream of his address. “My friends, we either go boldly into this new decade or become keepers of the status quo,” he said in touting the plan spearheaded by the Navy Hill District Corp., which is led by top Dominion Energy executive Thomas F. Farrell II. The plan would bring a new Coliseum, a convention hotel, more than 2,000 apartments and condos, new offices and 20 to 30 new restaurants and retail shops to 10 largely city-owned blocks near City Hall. Drawing frequent applause, Mayor Stoney decried those who cannot see that the Navy Hill proposal is the right next step for a city that is “better and stronger and more resilient” than many think and “more competitive than it has been in years.” “Our city has a history of resisting change and letting past defeats stoke fears that challenge our faith in the future. Yes,

we have taken swings and missed,” the mayor said. “But if we truly want the change we need, if we truly want to move on from the mistakes of the past, we cannot be afraid to embrace opportunity when it stares us in the face.” Paul Goldman, leader of the Put Schools First campaign, said afterward that Mayor Stoney is missing the point. “If this is such a great project, then let the people vote on it as recent city polls show that 86 percent of the people want to do,” Mr. Goldman said. “There will have to be a referendum on casino gambling if that is to happen in Richmond. So why is he so opposed to letting people vote on the Navy Hill project?” Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District, who supports the project, appeared inspired by the mayor’s words. She is still holding onto hope that a deal can be made to secure the seven council votes needed for the Navy Hill development to move forward. But that prospect appears unlikely based on the views of council opponents, including Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, and Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District. Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, another signatory to the resolution, made it clear the mayor did not persuade her to support the project. “I listened to the speech, but I am set in my views,” Ms. Trammell said. “I will never vote for this project. Never.” Mayor Stoney started his remarks by highlighting achievements that he said mean “the state of our city is stronger and more competitive than it has been in years.” He cited improvements in basic services, including the filling of 84,000 potholes since he took office in 2017; the repaving of 355 miles of city streets; the creation of an eviction diversion program that has aided 76 individuals; and the timely completion of annual financial reports. He also cited the expansion of after-

school programs that will reach students in every grade this year and the development of 1,628 units of affordable housing that have been completed or will be by the end of his first term. He said the number of new affordable housing units surpasses his goal of 1,500 by 2023. He also touted the $1 billion in non-Navy Hill development announced in 2019. Mayor Stoney said he and City Council will continue to support the transformation of public housing communities, and announced an affordable housing plan that would include Ms. Gray’s proposal to allow homeowners to defer taxes. He said his administration also will create the city’s first Office of Children and Families to bring together programs scattered in different city departments and participate in a new regional task force seeking to improve the health outcomes for African-American mothers and infants. Separately, despite shortfalls in spending on parks, the mayor set a goal of developing 10 vacant city parcels into new parks over time. The park development, he said, will help boost Richmond’s municipally controlled green space from 6 percent toward the national average of 15 percent and bring parks closer to many residents. The mayor justified the expansion by noting that nearly one in five city residents, 51,000, currently live more than a 10minute walk to a park, and that the sites being considered would be those most vulnerable to climate change. Mayor Stoney wrapped up his address by promising to keep giving everything he has. “I will not rest,” he continued, “until we have built the most welcoming, inclusive, equitable and competitive city in the entire country. This is our time, our chance, our opportunity to realize our potential to work together to empower others. “After three years, I know Richmond can.”

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Go ‘Red4Ed’: Teachers lobby for education $ By George Copeland Jr.

The State Capitol echoed with the chants “Fund Our Future!” and “Red4Ed!” as educators, students and their supporters gathered in the thousands Monday afternoon to press for increased state funding for teachers and public schools in Virginia. “It is past time for this Commonwealth to live up to its obligation to meet the needs of communities,” Jim Livingston, president of the Virginia Education Association, said during a rally in Capitol Square. “We know that when our communities have quality public schools, everyone benefits.” The rally was among several initiatives launched by education advocates over two days. Starting with a briefing for supporters on Sunday and ending with an open house Monday afternoon at VEA headquarters in Downtown, advocates worked to impress upon the General Assembly the need for more money for overworked, underpaid teachers and to fix deteriorating schools. They sought a 5 percent increase in teacher salaries, greater support for schools with large numbers of students from poor families, and increasing the number of support staff in English as a second language courses. Currently, the state standards provide one full-time support staffer for about every 60 ESL students. Education advocates dressed in red shirts and scarves were a major presence Monday around Capitol Square, where a line to enter the Pocahontas Building that holds state lawmakers’ offices spanned two blocks. The red-shirted advocates also were present at General Assembly committee meetings where education legislation was under consideration. The rally was the third annual big education rally at the Capitol

since 2018. Following last year’s rally, the General Assembly approved money for a 5 percent raise for teachers and increased school funding during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. According to a state Department of Education survey, the average salary for teachers statewide was $59,297 in 2018-19, up 3.57 percent from the year before. But advocates said Virginia teachers are paid $8,500 less per year than the national average and that Virginia ranks 40th nationally in state funding for public education on a per-student basis. Education officials and supporters also expressed concern over Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s proposed state budget for 2020-22 that includes a major investment for early childhood education and money to boost ESL support staff, but has no money for teacher raises beginning July 1 and only includes a 3 percent raise for teachers beginning July 1, 2021. “It’s not good enough. We need better public education funding,” said Lauren Brill, president of the Fauquier Education Association and a kindergarten teacher whose daughter is a student at her school. “I want my daughter to grow up with the best education experience, the best educators, the best programs, the best curriculum, the best funding that she can possibly get, just like I remember experiencing as a child in public education,” she said. Lobbying efforts were aided in part by Richmond Public Schools canceling classes on Monday after about 700 teachers — about a third of the school system’s teachers — said they would be absent for the rally and to lobby lawmakers. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan of Richmond and Delegate Lashrecse D. Aird of Petersburg would fully

finance an equity fund developed by the Virginia Board of Education to help at-risk students in high-need school districts. Sen. Ghazala Hashmi of Richmond and Delegate Elizabeth Guzman of Prince William County also have proposed funding ESL staff at a caseload as low as 25 students per support person. “I feel like some of the bills that will fully fund our schools will be passed so that we can give our students, teachers and staff what they need to be successful,” said Richmond Education Association President Katina Harris. RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras, who also attended the rally, shared Ms. Harris’ positivity. “We are thrilled to have a leadership in the assembly that has articulated that commitment to public education,” he said. “Now we just need everybody to come through and show that love with their votes.” Next year’s Fund Our Future rally already has been set for Jan. 25, but supporters were urged Monday to not slow down their efforts. Mr. Livingston called for the repeal of a ban on collective bargaining for public employees so that teachers can hold the General Assembly’s “feet to the fire” when it comes to support and policy. Legislation introduced this session by Delegate Guzman and Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko of Fairfax County would remove this prohibition from Virginia law. “We stand hand in hand together,” said Doris Crouse-Mays, president of the Virginia AFL-CIO, as she promised her labor organization’s support for the VEA’s mission and goals. “Collectively we bargain, divided we beg,” she said.

Former Chesterfield NAACP president files defamation suit against branch treasurer By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The former president of the Chesterfield Branch NAACP is seeking payback after being accused of embezzling branch funds last year in a case that ultimately was dismissed. LaSalle J. McCoy Jr. has filed a defamation suit in Chesterfield County General District Court seeking $25,000 in damages from branch treasurer Nicole Thompson-Martin for allegedly tarnishing his reputation with the misdemeanor charge. The suit is the latest twist in a dispute over the Chesterfield NAACP’s financial records that led the national office to remove Mr. McCoy as branch president late last year and bar him from serving as secretary of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP. Mr. McCoy has simmered since the embezzlement charge was brought in late February 2019, and the suit filed Jan. 13 by attorney Mark S. Paullin on Mr. McCoy’s behalf makes that clear. The suit claims that Ms. Thompson-Martin

“knew or should have known” that Ms. Thompson-Martin brought the statements alleging Mr. McCoy the embezzlement charge against Mr. stole branch funds that she made McCoy in late February 2019, three under oath in seeking a warrant for months after winning election to her his arrest “were false (and) were made first term as the branch’s bookkeeper with reckless disregard for the truth and money handler. … and that (Ms. Thompson-Martin) In the written complaint she submitmade the statements with malice.” ted in seeking a warrant in February Such statements “constitute libel 2019, she alleged that Mr. McCoy Mr. McCoy per se in that they accuse (Mr.) Mcused money from the branch for “ilCoy of committing crimes of moral turpitude, legal and unauthorized transactions.” to wit, larceny and fraudulent embezzlement,” Ms. Thompson-Martin alleged that Mr. Mcthe suit states. Coy had an unauthorized debit card tied to the The suit also alleges that Ms. Thompson- branch’s bank account and used it to pay for Martin made the statements for the purpose of dinners and for unauthorized cash withdrawals, causing Mr. McCoy to resign from his post as and stated in the complaint that the branch had president rather than in good faith. proof through bank statements that the amount Mr. McCoy referred questions about the suit stolen is above $250,” although the actual warto his attorney, who did not respond to a request rant she secured was for theft of less than $200, for comment. a misdemeanor. Reached Sunday, Ms. Thompson-Martin said Former Chesterfield Commonwealth’s Attorshe had not been served yet with the suit, but ney Scott Miles stepped aside from handling the would have no further comment. case because of his membership in the NAACP. An initial court hearing is set for March 2. In late June, Erin Raney, a special prosecutor

named to the case, declined to proceed and had the charge dismissed. Lack of evidence to support the charge was the reason given at the hearing. After the charge was dropped, Mr. McCoy said there was no reason for him to be put through the ordeal. He said the money Ms. Thompson-Martin claimed was stolen was spent for NAACP purposes. He also said most of the money came from a separate account that supports county youths competing in the NAACP’s ACT-SO educational program and had no relationship to chapter funds. Mr. McCoy and Ms. Thompson-Martin have been at odds since her election in November 2018 as treasurer when he was elected to his sixth, two-year term as president of the branch. She was part of a faction that tried and failed to replace Mr. McCoy with another candidate. Mr. McCoy did not immediately turn over the chapter’s financial records and bank account to Ms. Thompson-Martin and refused to do so after she obtained the warrant, ultimately leading to his removal from office.

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Promises, promises We congratulate Richmond City Council members Kim B. Gray, Chris A. Hilbert, Kristen N. Larson, Stephanie A. Lynch and Reva M. Trammell who — like we — are neither bought nor bound to Dominion Energy CEO Tom Farrell’s and Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s vision of a $1.5 billion new Coliseum and accompanying development in Downtown. The five council members introduced a resolution at Monday night’s City Council meeting asking Mayor Stoney to withdraw the expensive Navy Hill plan. Instead, they would like to see proposals submitted by other developers after assessments are done of the value of the city-owned property in the development area and of the existing and required infrastructure. They also want a more transparent process with more public engagement. We agree. Their request for a more accurate picture of what the city and the taxpayers would be giving up and gaining — financially and otherwise — by Mr. Farrell’s plan is neither “laughable” or “selfish,” as Mayor Stoney contends. We believe it would be less than prudent for City Council to commit city tax money to a 30-year payback plan for a big, new Coliseum and to sell city-owned land for possibly less than its true value to private developers without asking tough questions. We are glad these five members of the nine-member City Council are looking more deeply into this project and its implications and ramifications than Mayor Stoney and Mr. Farrell would like. And, yes, the Navy Hill project will become an election issue for City Council and the mayor in November, even if council tanks the project as expected during the Feb. 24 vote. We are certain Mayor Stoney will seek to capitalize on it — or club opponents with it — during his bid for re-election in November. Ms. Lynch won her 5th District seat on City Council during a special election last November because she listened to voters and expressed concern about and opposition to the Navy Hill development plan. We want readers and voters to be clear: Ms. Lynch and the four other City Council members who asked the mayor to withdraw the plan are not opposed to development of the area. But they are opposed to many aspects of the plan presented by Mayor Stoney and the Navy Hill District Corp., led by Mr. Farrell. We still have heard no clear explanation from Mayor Stoney or the Navy Hill gang of why the private money to be invested in portions of the project outside of the Coliseum still cannot take place, or why a new Coliseum is central to the overall project’s success. The project’s financing and other components have shapeshifted in the past few weeks as Mayor Stoney and the Navy Hill gang have pulled out all the stops to make it more enticing to Richmond voters and to put more pressure on City Council to approve it. In the last few weeks, they have trotted out the head of CoStar, a real estate research and information company, saying he will expand the business to add 1,000 new jobs and move into an office tower in the proposed development. They also announced a shrinking of the TIF District, Tax Incremental Funding District, in Downtown to repay the loans on the Coliseum on a lark that the General Assembly will approve a bill granting state sales tax money to be dedicated to help pay for the public and private elements of the project. This week alone, the Navy Hill gang announced that Richmond would once again get a minor league hockey team if a new Coliseum is built. That was on top of a pledge from Mayor Stoney that school funding would not be harmed in paying for a new Coliseum. This last-minute, high-pressure sales pitch sounds more like that of a used car salesman or a dishonest real estate dealer: They will tell you anything to make you sign on the dotted line, leaving you on the hook for big bucks for many years. These promises are just that — promises. What would make any of these companies, team owners and elected officials walk away from their publicly professed commitment to the project — A downturn in the economy? Another recession? A different mayor? Or a better deal from another city? Richmond has been suckered by past promises of dollars and/or development to be spurred by the Washington NFL team training camp, such as the scrapped nursing school promised by Bon Secours at the former Westhampton School property. Even backers of the original Coliseum made such promises. When the Coliseum opened in August 1971, it was heralded as the kind of attraction that would spur Downtown development that never materialized. Why would we now take the word of people who stand to gain economically whether the project is a success or a failure? They will walk away with tax breaks and money even if the Coliseum replacement and Downtown redevelopment project is a bust. The project needs to be better put together so that it doesn’t jeopardize money needed for critical needs and services in the city for the next 30 years, including schools, police and fire services, street and other infrastructure improvement and social services. Currently, we, as a city, are allowing people to live in a tent city in the dead of winter while we mull over a $1.5 billion plan to build a new 17,500-seat entertainment venue, a highrise convention center hotel, new office buildings, apartments and restaurants and a fancy bodega to help feed their whims. But there isn’t $2 in the plan to deal with homelessness and hunger. We question whether any of the folks living in the tent city could rent the “affordable” new housing promised in Mr. Farrell’s and Mayor Stoney’s project, or if they would be hired to run a concession stand at the new Coliseum. We believe the five council members have a better alternative: Shop the Coliseum and 10-block development plan around to developers who have completed successful projects in medium-sized cities like Richmond and see what they come up with. This plan is too costly, too important and consequential to residents, taxpayers, voters and Richmond’s future to simply turn it over to a corporation that has no track record in developing similar projects. Mr. Farrell and Dominion Energy may have put up nuclear energy plants, coal-fired electricity generators and dabbled in solar and wind farms, but they haven’t built a new Coliseum and redesigned entire blocks of a Downtown. The promises by Mayor Stoney, Mr. Farrell and the Navy Hill gang are too great to blindly trust them with our Downtown.

Mourning Kobe When I heard of the passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., I had an initial feeling of shock, disbelief and numbness. And in the hours since hearing the news, that feeling has not gone away. For a lot of us in this world, this feeling isn’t going away anytime Kobe Bryant soon. It truly felt like losing someone close. In this time of mourning, I just want to say, “Thank you, Kobe.” Growing up in Los Angeles, you were everything for me. You introduced me to winning at an extremely young age. When I was born in 1999, you were a three-year veteran in the NBA, and in my first three years of life, you helped the Lakers win three straight league finals. Although I was too young to remember those championship years, I do remember you leading the Lakers to two more NBA finals in 2009 and 2010. Your ability to be a winner inspired my interest in sports and competition and it has been

a passion of mine ever since. And while winning is great, it was the way you won that stuck with me. Your “Mamba Mentality” of being your best self and making sure nobody worked harder than you is a work ethic you consistently lived by, and I have

Arthur Cribbs been aiming to emulate you in that regard. You also had infectious confidence in your game that gave viewers confidence in themselves. I remember when you played your final game on April 13, 2016. Everyone remembers the 60-point performance, but people may forget that you struggled early on in that game, going just 7-20 from the field in the first half. Several players would have just stopped shooting at that point, but you remained confident in your training and took 30 more shot attempts. Your confidence influenced a generation of kids who watched you play. When I started playing organized basketball, you were in the midst of your MVP season and all I could hear at practice was “Kobe!” every time someone attempted a shot. When it came

to shooting a fade-away jumper or having a pre-free throw ritual, every kid tried to emulate your style. You also were a symbol that brought unity in the city of Los Angeles. When the Lakers won their championships, you brought the city together at the championship parades. I personally remember waiting for several hours just to get a glimpse of you. When you played your final game, the country was heading into a heated presidential election. Watching you play, though, people were able to detach from the stress of the real world and enjoy it. Whether it was your first game or your last, you always put on a show and you gave your fans everything you could offer. As someone who uses sports to connect with people, you helped me find the confidence to have conversations. With you being such a global figure, it didn’t matter how much the other person was invested in sports. We could always have a conversation about Kobe. With deeply rooted sports fans, I have formed so many close relationships that started by debating where Kobe stands as the greatest of all time — GOAT. Beyond my life though, you meant so much more to the world. You helped globalize the

Parole-to-prison merry-go-round

State-run parole and probation programs are designed to keep persons convicted of crimes, including a very large number of nonviolent crimes, out of prison. But in Virginia, according to a recent Counci l of State Governments Justice Center study, “Confined and Costly: How Supervision Vi o l a t i o n s are Filling Prisons and Burdening Budgets,” on any given day, 11,239 people — or about 38 percent of the entire Virginia prison population in 2018 — are behind bars as a result of a probation or parole violation, at an annual cost to the state of $309 million. Parole and probation are court-ordered, non-prison sentences that give offenders a chance to rebuild their lives in a community setting. Not a getout-of-jail-free card, parole and probation allow each offender to follow a strictly supervised list of conditions that commonly includes mandatory drug testing, keeping regular visits with a parole officer, paying fines and restitution, holding a job and drug rehab and anger management classes. More restrictive conditions may include searches, prior approval to open a checking account, travel restrictions, electronic monitoring, curfews and off-limit establishments. Each year, about one-quarter of all persons under community supervision successfully complete the terms of their parole and probation and are released. What about the others, many

lives back together. That would have dramatically lowered the state’s prison population and saved Virginia taxpayers about $27,000 a year for each inmate remaining out of prison. How might this happen? A 2018 report from the PEW Charitable Trusts titled, “Probation and Parole Systems Marked by High Stakes, Missed found that one in Dr. Ronald Fraser Opportunities,” 55 adults nationally — and one of every 105 Virginia adults — of even relatively minor rules can are on probation or parole. The lead to a disciplinary hearing, report also found that many states additional restrictions or a ride already are working to strengthen on the probation and parole- the effectiveness of their probato-prison merry-go-round. In tion and parole programs. “Policymakers across the fact, the CSG Justice Center’s report found that 51 percent of nation,” the authors wrote, all persons admitted to Virginia “are adopting reforms, such as prisons in 2016 were placed be- shorter supervision terms and hind bars for parole or probation earned compliance credits, and violations, including conviction to prioritize supervision and treatment resources for higherof new offenses. But sooner or later, these back- risk individuals while removing to-prison inmates will return on lower-risk people from superviparole once again with a new sion caseloads.” In practice, this requires that set of supervised restrictions to states “fundamentally change deal with. The size of Virginia’s parole- the purpose of supervision from to-prison and probation merry- punishing failure to promoting go-round is staggering. For the success. The goal should be to years 2014 to 2017, according to help people repair the harm they the federal Bureau of Justice Sta- have caused and become selftistics, prison admissions totaled sufficient, law-abiding citizens, rather than simply enforcing 48,325 in the commonwealth. During this four-year period, rules set by courts and parole it is likely that as many as 4,300 boards, catching violators and men and women, or 9 percent, imposing penalties, including were returned to prison not for incarceration.” As these reforms are put into breaking any law but for violating their parole and probation practice, prison populations will go down, state taxes will go rules. If Virginia’s parole and pro- down and, best of all, thousands bation programs had worked as of Virginians will stand a better intended from 2014 to 2017, chance of putting prison life thousands of offenders would behind them for good. The writer addresses public not have been locked behind bars but would have remained under policy issues for the DKT Liberty community supervision where Project, a Washington-based civil they could work on putting their liberties organization. of whom struggle with a mental illness or addiction, low education attainment, poor employment skills and their inability to pay for drug testing or administrative and electronic monitoring fees? Yes, many parolees are required to pay these fees themselves. For them, repeated violations

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game of basketball, making the NBA popular in China. At a time when WNBA players struggle to receive support, you served as an advocate for the league. As a family man, you showed what it means to be a father, taking interest in your daughters’ passions and putting them in positions to succeed. When Gianna’s favorite player was Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young, you took her to Hawks games to watch Young firsthand. Thank you, Kobe, for all the memories. You, Gianna and the seven others were taken way too soon, and this world will never be the same. The writer is a Howard University junior journalism major from Los Angeles. He is a Rhoden Fellow at ESPN for TheUndefeated.com. He also works with the Department of Athletics at Howard University and was a production manager for WHUT’s Spotlight Network.

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The United States needs no traitors or dictators in charge Those Republicans who support Donald Trump are like Donald Trump himself — traitors to America. Does America have to be totally destroyed before Donald Trump is deposed?

The mafia does shakedowns. Why is Donald Trump’s shakedown of Ukraine not considered to be a mafia-like crime? Having a thug of President Trump’s magnitude in office is

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Patrick Mahomes’ time has come in Super Bowl LIV

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For far too long, there was a bigoted suspicion that African-Americans “didn’t have what it takes” to play quarterback on the brightest NFL stage. Doug Williams broke that bigoted myth in 1988. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes II plans to continue shattering such notions Sunday, Feb. 2, in Miami. From 1967 to 1987, 41 of 42 starting Super Bowl quarterbacks were Caucasian. The sole exception was the Raiders’ Jim Plunkett, who was of Mexican-American ancestry, who helped the team win Super Bowl XV in 1981 and Super Bowl XVIII in 1984. Williams became the first black starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXII in 1988 for the Washington NFL team and earned MVP honors leading the team to a victory over the Denver Broncos. The complexion of the position has notably changed in more recent years. Here is a thumbnail Super Bowl history of African-American quarterbacks in the “Big Game:” • 1988, Super Bowl XXII: Washington 42, Denver 10. Williams becomes first African-American quarterback to start in the NFL championship game or Super Bowl. He responds with 340 yards passing and four touchdowns and is named MVP. • 2000, Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams 23, Tennessee Titans 16. In a losing effort, Titans quarterback Steve McNair passes for 214 yards and runs for 64 more. The game ended with the Titans on the Rams’ 1-yard line. • 2005, Super Bowl XXXIX: New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles

21. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is brilliant, even in defeat, with 305 yards passing and three touchdowns. Upstaging the game somewhat at halftime was former member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney. • 2013, Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens 34, San Francisco 49ers 31. Long before his name was synonymous with controversy, San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick passes for 202 yards and a touchdown and runs for 64 yards and a touchdown in the Super Bowl game. • 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson passes for 206 yards and two touchdowns and records a whopping 123.1 quarterback rating. First cold-weather Super Bowl site: East Rutherford, N.J. • 2015, Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24: Seattle quarterback Wilson’s second Super Bowl trip doesn’t end as well as his first. The former Richmonder is intercepted in the end zone by Malcolm Butler with 26 seconds left. Now in 2020, it’s Mahomes’ turn to win the Super Bowl quarterbacking for the Chiefs. Kansas City traded veteran Alex Smith to Washington two years ago to clear an opening for Mahomes. The Chiefs have never regretted the decision. Mahomes was league MVP in 2018. The 24-year-old Texas Tech alumnus has been scintillating in his two seasons as Kansas City’s starter. In two playoff victories this winter, he passed for 615 yards and eight touchdowns and ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns.

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Super Bowl LIV When: Sunday, Feb. 2 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Teams: AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs (14-4) versus NFC champion San Francisco 49ers (15-3) Coaches: Kansas City’s Andy Reid versus San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan Broadcast: The game will be televised on FOX and broadcast on radio by Westwood One Halftime: Performances by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira

His nickname, “Homes Sweet Mahomes,” is a play on his cool, confident game-day demeanor. Nothing seems to rattle the son of former major league baseball pitcher Pat Mahomes, not even a 24-0 deficit the Chiefs faced against the Houston Texans in the divisional round. Following the dreadful start, Mahomes rallied the team to a 51-31 victory over the Texans. He followed that with a 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship. So much for the undercard. Now Mahomes enters football’s main event. Only those who may have been living in a cave for decades might doubt him.

N.Y. Mets name Luis Rojas as general manager Luis Rojas grew up watching his father, Felipe Rojas Alou, manage big league baseball teams. Now it’s Luis’ turn. Rojas, 38, is the new manager of the New York Mets after 13 years working in the franchise’s minor league system. Rojas managed Mets affiliates in Port St. Lucie, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; and in 2017 and 2018, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of New York in the Eastern League. He made numerous trips to The Diamond in Richmond to play the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Rojas’ father managed the Montreal Expos from 1992 to 2001 and the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2006. He was National League Manager of the Year in 1994. Alou was an outstanding player from 1958 to 1974. He was the first Dominican to make a big

Luis Rojas

league baseball roster and also the first Dominican manager. Rojas’ uncles, Jesus and Mateo Alou, played in the big leagues, along with his brother, Moisés Alou. The Mets job came open when Carlos Beltran, a native of Puerto Rico, was terminated in the wake of the Houston Astros’ and Boston Red Sox’s illegal sign stealing scandal. Also losing jobs due to the cheating was Boston manager Alex Cora and Houston manager A.J. Hinch. Rojas becomes the second youngest manager in Major League Baseball behind the Minnesota Twins’ Rocco Baldelli, who is 24 days Rojas’ junior. The two MLB African-American managers are the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dave Roberts and Dusty Baker with the Houston Astros.

VSU and NSU to open football season Sept. 5 Virginia State and Norfolk State universities will open their 2020 football seasons against each other on Sept. 5 at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. The NSU Spartans’ other non-MEAC games will be on the road at University of North Carolina-Charlotte on Sept. 12 and East Carolina University on Sept. 19. NSU will not be playing traditional Labor Day weekend opponent Hampton University, which is now a member of the Big South Conference.

Kobe Bryant’s legacy felt locally Continued from A1

via phone on Wednesday. “It’s about bringing the community together as one in solidarity to support one another here at home. “A lot of young folks, as well as old folks, didn’t realize that Kobe was more than just a sports entertainment star,” Mr. Willis said. “Kobe spoke four different languages. Kobe was the youngest to be drafted into the NBA, as well as being a husband, family man and a dad.” Mr. Bryant leaves behind his wife, Vanessa, and three daughters, Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, who was born in June. His daughter, Gianna, who was called “Gigi,” had a promising youth basketball career and a competitive spirit that reminded people of her dad. Mr. Bryant told late-night television host Jimmy Kimmell in 2018 that Gianna wanted to play in the WNBA. During Tuesday’s Capital City Classic basketball game between Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Richmond, a large section of the Siegel Center was filled with a poster of Mr. Bryant and signs with his Lakers jersey number, 24. Floral memorials have been left everywhere from rural Martinsville in Southside Virginia, to an area near the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Mr. Bryant played. Buildings from downtown Los Angeles to its busy Los Angeles International Airport were illuminated with the Lakers’ colors, purple and gold. Hundreds of fans — many in

Lakers gear and jerseys — spontaneously gathered at Staples Center and in the surrounding LA Live entertainment complex on Sunday, weeping and staring at video boards with Bryant’s image before the Grammy Awards ceremony. “I thought he was going to live forever,” Lakers great Magic Johnson told a Los Angeles TV station. “I thought he was invincible. There was nobody who took more pride in putting on that Lakers uniform than Kobe. Nobody.”

eled to practices and games by helicopter before retiring from basketball in 2016 as the third leading scorer in NBA history with 33,643 points — all with the Lakers. Also killed in the crash were Sarah Chester and her 13year-old daughter, Payton, who played on the team with Gianna; John Altobelli, a baseball coach at Orange Coast College, and his wife, Keri, and their daughter, Alyssa; Christina Mauser, a girls’ basketball coach at a Southern California elemen-

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Kobe Bryant jumps almost as high as the rim to dunk the ball during a game against the Indiana Pacers in Los Angeles on Jan. 4, 2015.

The fatal crash occurred during in the foggy hills above Calabasas, Calif., as Mr. Bryant and his daughter were on their way to a youth basketball tournament she was playing in at the Mamba Sport Academy, Mr. Bryant’s training complex in Newbury Park, Calif. Mr. Bryant lived south of Los Angeles in coastal Orange County, and often used helicopters to save time and avoid Southern California’s notorious traffic. He also trav-

tary school; and the pilot of the chartered Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, Ara Zobayan. National Transportation Safety Board investigators hurried to the crash scene, noting on Tuesday that the helicopter didn’t have a recommended warning system to alert the pilot he was too close to terrain. But they also said it wasn’t clear if such a warning system would have prevented the crash because the pilot might have lost control as the aircraft

plunged into the fog-shrouded mountain. The impact of the crash spread debris over more than 500 feet, authorities said. Determining the cause of the crash will take months, according to authorities. Mr. Bryant entered the NBA draft straight out of suburban Philadelphia’s Lower Merion High School in 1996 after a childhood spent partly in Italy, where his father, former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, played professionally. The Lakers acquired the 17year-old Mr. Bryant in a trade shortly after Charlotte drafted him. He teamed with Shaquille O’Neal for a partnership that led the Lakers to NBA titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He later teamed with Pau Gasol to win two more titles in 2009 and 2010 and three straight NBA Finals. Taking cues from Michael Jordan, one of his idols, Mr. Bryant played with a swagger that compelled him to talk trash, to guard the toughest opponents, to play through pain and to demand the ball at the biggest moments of games. Mr. Bryant retired as the Lakers’ franchise leader not only in points, but also in games played, 3-pointers and steals. He holds a record four NBA All-Star Game MVP awards, alongside the title of overall league MVP for 2008. He also was a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Following his retirement, Mr. Bryant opened a production company and won an Academy Award in 2018 for “Dear Basketball,” an animated short about his relationship to the game. He also produced

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Kobe Bryant hugs his daughter, Gianna, on the basketball court during warm-ups before an NBA All-Star Game in Toronto on Feb. 14, 2016.

content for ESPN. Mr. Bryant had been a vocal booster of women’s sports since his retirement, coaching and mentoring basketball players around the world while also backing women’s soccer and other endeavors. Mr. Bryant’s life had not been without conflict and controversy. He spent his life occasionally estranged from his now-65-year-old father, though the two eventually reconciled. In 2003, Mr. Bryant was charged with sexually assaulting a 19year-old employee at a Colorado resort. He said at the time that

the two had consensual sex. The charges were dropped when the woman declined to testify in a trial. She later filed a civil suit that eventually was settled out of court. Mr. Bryant held the No. 3 spot in the NBA’s scoring ranks until the day before his death, when Lebron James passed him during the Lakers’ game in Philadelphia. Mr. James said he was “happy just to be in any conversation with Kobe Bean Bryant, one of the all-time greatest basketball players to ever play. One of the all-time greatest Lakers.”

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Personality: Dr. Kelli Williams Gary Spotlight on president-elect of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia Dr. Kelli Williams Gary knows how important and precious the human brain is. She is a survivor of brain injury, a researcher of the condition and is president-elect of the board of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia, the commonwealth’s only statewide brain injury support and advocacy group. The Chicago native also teaches and conducts research related to brain injury in the College of Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Gary says she’s “extremely excited” about her leadership role with the BIAV. “I’ve been involved with BIAV since I moved to Richmond in 2005,” she says. “And as a person who has experienced a severe traumatic brain injury, it is near and dear to my heart to be at this level now where I can really influence some direction and guidance for a statewide organization.” The BIAV was established in 1983 with a mission to “advance education, awareness, support, treatment and research to improve the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury.” The organization helps through a variety of initiatives, including support groups, conferences, a residential summer camping and recreational experience for those with a brain injury and their caregivers and state and federal lobbying efforts. Pushing past the severity of her injury sustained in 1990, Dr. Gary went on to earn degrees from Chicago State University, Columbia University and VCU. She now has more than two decades of clinical practice, over a decade of research, and nearly a decade of teaching experience in occupational therapy, helping people of all ages prevent or live better with injuries, illnesses and disabilities through daily activities. She did work for brain injury associations in several states before joining the BIAV in 2014. She says she is inspired by how the organization operates, as well as the example set by executive director Anne McDonnell, staff and a committed board of directors. She wants to expand the organization’s capacity to help others during her tenure. Among her priorities: Increasing the resources and outreach applied to the organization’s community efforts. “Last year, we addressed the needs of more than 7,000 individuals affected by brain injury,” Dr. Gary says, “but we must expand our capacity.” She also has her eye on achieving tenure in VCU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, gaining a level of job security that would allow her to focus even more on her passion of helping those with brain injury. “I want to influence change and improve the quality of life of those who experience brain injury,” Dr. Gary says. “I just hope that even when my time is over (on the board) that I will continue to do very big things for the association.” Meet an advocate-leader and this week’s Personality, Dr. Kelli Williams Gary: Occupation: Assistant professor, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. What I do: Instruct and conduct research related to oc-

cupational therapy treatment, foundation of research methods, brain injury and health disparities in the College of Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University.

viduals with brain injury in Virginia. How I plan to meet it: Last year, we addressed the needs of more than 7,000 individuals affected by brain injury. But we must expand our capacity through the maintenance and nurturing of an outstanding executive director, quality staff, more resources and outreach to the community.

No. 1 volunteer position: President-elect of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia’s Board of Directors. Immediate past president: Darcy Carroll. When elected: November 2019. Length of term: Two years. Why I wanted to serve: I want to influence change and improve the quality of life of those who experience brain injury from a personal level or as a family member. I want to make a difference with education, awareness and service. I want to be involved from higher strategic levels in improving policies and strategies for those experiencing brain injury. Date and place of birth: July 3 in Chicago. Current residence: Richmond. Alma maters: Bachelor’s in occupational therapy, Chicago State University; master’s in public health and master’s in post-professional occupational therapy, Columbia University; Ph.D. in health-related sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University.

similar situations. An example of a mild brain injury: A concussion is a perfect example of a mild brain injury. BIAV’s No. 1 challenge: To address the needs of all indi-

BIAV’s biggest success: Camp Bruce McCoy is one of the most successful events spawned from BIAV. It has been in existence for almost three decades and is designed to provide an outstanding summer recreational program with the highest level of safety for individuals with brain injury. It is held at the Triple R Ranch in Chesapeake. How I start the day: With reading of scripture and prayer

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Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. Person who influenced me the most: My father, Roosevelt Williams, and mother, Mildred Banks. Book that influenced me the most: “Native Son” by Richard Wright. What I’m reading now: “To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Mission to Save America 1955-1968” by Stewart Burns.  Next goal: With BIAV: To fully assume the role as president of the board of directors and increase meeting the needs of individuals with brain injury in Virginia. Professional goal: Assume a new professor role in the VCU College of Health Professions and strategically position myself to receive tenure in 2023-24.

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Louis Draper exhibition, ‘Working Together,’ opens Feb.1 at VMFA Free Press staff report

A new exhibit focusing on the photography of late Henrico County native Louis Draper and other photographers he worked with in New York will open Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. The museum describes the exhibit, “Working Together,” as the “first comprehensive exhibition to tell the remarkable story” of Mr. Draper and the still-active Kamoinge Workshop he helped found in 1963 during the Civil Rights Movement. “We saw ourselves as a group who were trying to nurture each other,” Mr. Draper wrote before his death in 2002. “We had no outlets. The magazines would not support our work. We wanted to encourage each other … to give each other feedback. We tried to be a force, especially for young people.” Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, VMFA curator of the exhibition, stated that the archive of Mr. Draper’s work inspired this effort to chronicle the first 20 years of the workshop. Kamoinge comes from the language of the Kikuyu people of Kenya and means “collective” or “a group of people working and acting together.” The show has been in the works since the museum acquired the archive of 50,000 photographs, negatives and other items from Mr. Draper’s

sister, Nell Draper-Winston, in 2015. The exhibition, which will run through June 14 and then travel to New York, features 180 photographs from Mr. Draper and 14 other early members of the Kamoinge Workshop. The show is accompanied by a 304-page catalogue created by Dr. Eckhardt. A separate display of photographs from the workshop is to go on view Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Walton Gallery in Petersburg. Titled “The Kamoinge Workshop: Masters of the Lens,” that complementary show is to run two months in concert with the VMFA display. The Kamoinge Workshop has attracted more attention since the group published its first retrospective, “Kamoinge: Timeless,” four years ago. “Kamoinge photographers have never followed the trends, but nonetheless we have been moved by what is around us,” photographer Anthony Barboza, the workshop’s president since 2004, wrote in the introduction. “As artists,” he continued, “we are moved by all that happens every day; artists are sponges that absorb the feelings of the self and the world and reflect back what we see. Within each photograph is what the artist has lived, and you see the individual’s truth that has been breathed into the art form.” Mr. Draper left Virginia State College, now

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Henrico native Louis Draper, kneeling center, poses with fellow photographers in this Kamoinge group portrait from 1973 by photographer Anthony Barboza.

University, in 1957 for New York at age 22. At one point, he lived in a brownstone owned by poet and author Langston Hughes. He took classes at New York University’s Institute of Film and Television, as well as the New School for Social Research, where he studied with the influential photographer Eugene Smith. He

also established relationships with several major African-American literary and artistic leaders. With the Kamoinge Workshop, he helped organize shows in the group’s gallery as well as exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and New York’s International Center for Photography.

Slavery museum in Liverpool aims to confront painful legacy By Russell Contreras Associated Press

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Ashley Smith-O’Meara, seated left, wants people to feel free to receive help without judgment or condition. She and other parents and children from the FERNNS Homeschool Co-op volunteering with the Walls of Love project in Richmond show off bags packed with personal items that will be put on the fence at Abner Clay Park in Jackson Ward. With her are, standing from left, her daughter, Sofia Ruffin, 9; Asfana Dawkins, 9; parent Umerah Mujahid; Sam Outland-Brock, 7; Jahid Dawkins, 8; parent Joy Outland-Brock holding her year-old daughter, Florence Outland-Brock; and seated front, Felicity Outland-Brock, 4.

Jackson Ward resident starting Wall of Love to help those in need overwhelming that she had to continue. She said she found herself turning her idea into Richmond is about to join the Walls of a nonprofit that began developing walls in Love movement that seeks to provide basic other places around Cleveland. necessities to the homeless and needy without Since that start in November 2018, more any questions or judgments. than 200 Walls of Love have been developed Jackson Ward resident Ashley Smith- in the Cleveland area and in cities including O’Meara and a crew of friends are creating Denver; Fort Worth, Texas; and Lansing, the city’s first Wall of Love at Abner Clay Mich., said Ms. Jackson, who volunteers her Park on the fence along the Clay Street side of time. She said an estimated 20,000 people the Jackson Ward park that currently is closed have been helped through the efforts. for renovation. She said six are perFollowing the temmanent walls, but most Want to help? plate of other cities, are one-time affairs Donations of all types of personal items a volunteer team will where the volunteers are being accepted for the Richmond place plastic zip-top do not replenish the Wall of Love. bags containing peritems. But that’s OK; Among them: Toothpaste, toothbrushes, sonal items such as “If just one person is combs, brushes, deodorant, feminine shampoo, feminine helped, that is benefipads, toilet paper, shampoo, conditioner, pads, toothbrushes and cial,” she said. hand and body soap, hand warmers, lotion, toothpaste, soap, caps, The purpose of lip balm, baby wipes, diapers, BAND-AIDs, socks, gloves, scarves and dish towels. socks, gloves and baby the wall, Ms. JackDonations can be dropped off at wipes on the fence. son said, is to make Saadia’s Juicebox and Yoga Bar, 402½ The items will be it simple for people N. 2nd St. in Jackson Ward, according to accompanied by a to give and receive Ashley Smith-O’Meara, who is starting message: “Please take anonymously. the Richmond effort. what you need. Leave She learned of the Information: Holly Jackson, (216) 882the rest for others. stigma that people 9395 or WallsofLove216@gmail.com. Pay it forward when needing help face when you can.” she was pregnant and Ms. Smith-O’Meara said donations are be- said she had to flee her home to escape an ing accepted in advance of the launch at 10 a.m. abusive situation. Previously independent, she Friday, Feb. 7, when the creator of the concept, said she found it humiliating to ask for help and Holly Jackson of Cleveland, will inaugurate infuriating that she did not qualify for governthe first Wall of Love in Virginia. ment aid because she earned too much. Once homeless herself, Ms. Jackson came up Ms. Jackson said that planting items on a with the idea in 2018 when she saw a homeless fence shows that people “care about you. Even family on a cold night navigating the streets better, there are no lines to stand in, no forms without any hats, coats, socks or gloves and to fill out, no numbers to be assigned.” only flip-flops on the children’s feet. For Ms. Smith-O’Meara, creating a Wall “I said to myself, ‘I wish there was a magic of Love in Richmond is an opportunity to wall where people could come to get what do something positive in response to the they wanted,’ and the light bulb went off,” construction fencing that currently cuts off Ms. Jackson told the Free Press in a telephone access to the popular park. interview. “I realized I could do that.” While plans for the park’s renovation had With support from the local government, been in the works for years, “it was emotionally she put up the first “wall” on a bush outside challenging to see the chain-link fence,” she the police station in Lorain, Ohio, a suburb said, noting the park had become a place for of Cleveland. people to come to get a meal or just meet. Ms. Jackson said she planned to do it only “Instead of getting angry, I want to create someone time, but she said the response was so thing positive,” Ms. Smith-O’Meara said. By Jeremy M. Lazarus

LIVERPOOL, England Scarlet shackles sit peacefully on display in front of a sad, gray backdrop. The now rusted leg irons once locked human ankles during 18th century voyages from Africa to some European port, then to the Americas. Who the shackles held remains a mystery. But as a citizen of the United States, I’ve likely broken bread with a descendant of the woman forced to wear this instrument. Maybe my uncle fought alongside her kin in a war. Or it’s possible one of her distant relatives is now my relative. These are the thoughts I entertain while recently walking through the reflective International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England. Founded in 2007 on the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade, the museum sits just a short walk from the dry docks where slave trading ships were repaired and outfitted in the 1700s. Once a major slaving port, Liverpool grew, thanks to merchants’ financial ties to the enslavement of people to the Americas. Today, the building tells the story of the enslavement of people from Africa and how this British city benefited from human bondage. The Liverpool location reclaims a space once connected to worldwide human suffering and is similar to O Mercado de Escravos — the slavery museum in Lagos, Portugal, where the European slave trade began. But Liverpool’s museum is much larger, more interactive and more ambitious without being exploitative. Inside, visitors immediately are taken on a meditative experience focusing on Africa before European contact. You are greeted by quotes of American abolitionists and civil rights leaders etched into stone walls before you see traditional masks from present-day Sierra Leone and Mali. There are vibrant textiles from Ghana, intricate headdresses from Cameroon and samples of Igbo wall painting from Nigeria. You can listen to samples of drum signals from the Republic of Congo or a Mbuti hunting song. The messages are clear: Before enslavement, Africa was a diverse and complex continent with long artistic and religious traditions. Next, visitors are whisked toward a room tackling enslavement and the brutal Middle Passage. Racial ideologies and

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A sculpture by French artist François Piquet on the theme of slavery in the Caribbean titled, “Timalle,” is displayed at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England.

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Europe’s unfamiliarity with the cultures of Africa sparked the slave trade which grew once European powers expanded to the Americas, the museum tells us. In this room, details of the voyage of the ship Essex are reconstructed. That’s a slave ship that left Liverpool on June 13, 1783, nearly seven years after the American Declaration of Independence. During the Middle Passage portion, visitors encounter shackles and chains used in forts and castles along the African coast to hold humans before their horrific journey. A small replica of a slave boat illustrates how captives were tossed into small compartments. Next to the ship are 18th-century whips and branding irons. Yes, these were used. Then, there was resistance, liberation and the long fight for civil rights. Surprising, I walked into an area dedicated to AfricanAmerican heroes, from Harriet Tubman to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. U.S. news footage from the 1950s and 1960s illustrates how the descendants of those who crossed the Middle Passage had to fight for human rights and against violence amid white supremacy — the ideology that launched racialized slavery in the first place. There also are photos of civil rights struggles in the United Kingdom, from London’s “Keep Britain White Rally” in 1960 to the Toxteth Riot of 1981

in Liverpool over allegations of police harassment. The museum ends with a space for changing exhibits related to the themes around modern-day slavery. During my visit, I encountered an exhibition called, “Am I Not a Woman and a Sister” — a moving image installation by England-based artist Elizabeth Kwant. She co-created the project with female survivors of modern-day slavery in partnership with Liverpool charity City Hearts. The project links current human trafficking to the story out of the Middle Passage. In the United States, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery with her interactive 1619 Project published last summer in The New York Times. It examines the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved people from West Africa on the shores of Virginia. The project challenges readers to consider how their own lives have been shaped by the legacy of slavery, and it is helping inspire activists in places like Albuquerque, N.M., to push for their own museum of black history. Walking by an installation of former slave and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, I heard two young black women discussing the 1619 Project and how they didn’t understand the criticism it faced for trying to reshape a narrative in the United States. As we left the Equiano sculpture, we stopped at a display of a 1920-era Ku Klux Klan robe and hood from Port Jervis, N.Y. The outfit that was once used to terrorize black people and Catholics stared back down at us. We were silent. But I could feel we were relieved the glass case surrounding it protected us. We were safe for now. But were we?

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Grammys not just about the music Free Press wire report

LOS ANGELES The Grammy Awards wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about the music Sunday night. The show opened with a dedication to basketball icon Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident earlier in the day and whose Los Angeles Lakers team has its home at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Staples Center and Grammy venue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are literally standing here heartbroken in the house that Kobe Bryant built,â&#x20AC;? said Grammy show host Alicia Keys. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We never imagined in a million years weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to start the show like this.â&#x20AC;? Ms. Keys and Boyz II Men sang a heartfelt tribute to Mr. Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and the seven others souls lost in the crash with an a cappella rendition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.â&#x20AC;? The awards show also ended a tumultuous week for the Recording Academy that included its ousted chief executive officer accusing the Grammy nominations process of being rigged and Sean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diddyâ&#x20AC;? Combs calling out the organization for not giving enough respect to R&B and hip-hop. R&B star Lizzo won three of her eight nominations, while country rapper Lil Nas X took home two for his viral â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Town Roadâ&#x20AC;? collaboration with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Lil Nas X, 20, wearing a cowboy hat and silver lure suit, and Mr. Cyrus dazzled the house with a kitschy performance of the

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Tyler, the Creator accept the Grammy Award for best rap album for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Igorâ&#x20AC;? during the ceremony televised from the Staples Center.

song, with contributions from stars ranging from K-Pop band BTS to young yodeler Mason Ramsey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He told the world he was gay and, overnight, he became an inspiration and a role model for hundreds of young people around the world,â&#x20AC;? comedian Ellen DeGeneres said as she introduced Lil Nas X. Rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was slain in March of last year,

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won two posthumous Grammy Awards and was remembered during a tribute medley that had audience members on their feet, dancing and in tears. Nipsey, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot multiple times on March 31, 2019, outside his Marathon Clothing store in South Los Angeles. On Sunday, he won Best Rap/Sung Performance for his feature in DJ Khaledâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higherâ&#x20AC;? and Best Rap Performance for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Racks in the Middle,â&#x20AC;? which was released a few weeks before his death and features Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy. DJ Khaled and John Legend, who was also featured on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higher,â&#x20AC;? took the stage to accept the award alongside members of Nipseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family just a few minutes after performing the song in a tribute to the 33-year-old rapper. DJ Khaled and Mr. Legend both dedicated the award to Mr. Nipsey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all love him, we all miss him. It is terrible that we had to lose him so early,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Legend said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for allowing us to use his legacy and lift it up in song tonight.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Legend, DJ Khaled and rapper Meek Mill led the tribute performance, which included Nipseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice in the background music video of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higher.â&#x20AC;? As plumes of fire lit up the stage, energetic backup dancers dressed in white gold-trimmed robes drew the audience to their feet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Long live Nip. Long live Kobe,â&#x20AC;? DJ Khaled said at the conclusion of the tribute. The performers turned to the back of the stage and pointed at projected images of Nipsey and Mr. Bryant, the 41-year-old Los Angeles basketball legend. Gospel legend Kirk Franklin received his 14th and 15th career Grammys, while former First Lady Michelle Obama won a Grammy for best spoken word album for the audiobook recording of her best-selling memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Becoming.â&#x20AC;? While Mrs. Obama wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at the show to collect her award, presenter Esperanza Spalding, who won for best jazz vocal album, said she would â&#x20AC;&#x153;gladly accept on her behalf.â&#x20AC;? This is the third Grammy for the Obama family. Mrs. Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, former President Barack Obama, has two Grammy Awards in the spoken word album category for his memoirs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dreams from My Fatherâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Audacity of Hope,â&#x20AC;? won in 2006 and 2008. Sean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diddyâ&#x20AC;? Teen sensation Billie Eilish Combs swept the Grammy Awards, winning all four top prizes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; song of the year, record of the year, album of the year and best new artist â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a rare feat at the music industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honors. Ms. Eilish, an 18-year-old newcomer with a unique sound, won for her debut studio album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?â&#x20AC;? while her hit single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Guy,â&#x20AC;? was named record of the year and song of the year. In all, she took home five awards. She is only the second person â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the youngest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to win all four top Grammys on

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the same night since Christopher Cross in 1981. Ms. Eilish, distinguished by her green hair and baggy clothes, recorded the album with her older brother, Finneas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, in the bedroom of their Los Angeles home. Mr. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell also won Grammy Awards for engineering and producing the album. They seemed taken aback by their Grammy haul, which saw them triumph over established stars including Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and rapper Post Malone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make this album to win a Grammy. We wrote about depression and suicidal thoughts and environmental change,â&#x20AC;? Finneas said as the pair accepted the awards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stand up here confused and grateful.â&#x20AC;? Blake Shelton and his fiancee Gwen Stefani held hands as they Former First Lady debuted their new romantic duet Michelle Obama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobody But You,â&#x20AC;? while Camila Cabello sang her recent single â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Manâ&#x20AC;? to her tearful father in the audience. Demi Lovato received a standing ovation in her first performance at a major awards show since a drug overdose in 2018. The Grammy winners are chosen by members of the Recording Academy, which is currently embroiled in a dispute over the departure of its new chief executive officer, Deborah Dugan, and her allegations of conflicts of interest in the nominations process. The Recording Academy has denied the allegations.

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Grammy host Alicia Keys, second from left, and members of Boyz II Men, from left, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman, sing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterdayâ&#x20AC;? during a tribute to late basketball star Kobe Bryant to open the awardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show Sunday night in Los Angeles. Below, Lizzo needs both hands to hold her awards won for best pop solo performance for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truth Hurts;â&#x20AC;? best urban contemporary album for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cuz I Love You;â&#x20AC;? and best traditional R&B performance for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jerome.â&#x20AC;?

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A month of events celebrating Black History The vision for Black History Month 2020 will be a plethora of events including films, speakers and panel workshops at area venues, churches, schools and museums. Black History Month originated in 1926 with Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History as

“Negro History Week,” coinciding with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The first nationally recognized Black History Month was announced in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and has been celebrated internationally, including in Canada and the United Kingdom. Following is a list of area events:

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Saturday, Feb. 1, noon to 2 p.m. Richmond Public Library, 101 E. Franklin St. “The Brotha-to-Brother Project Kids’Summit,” designed to show young black men ages 10 through 18 that there are many ways to prosper, professionally and personally, as black men in America as well as teaching them the importance of preserving their mental health by effective communication. For more information please call (804) 646-5177. Saturday, Feb. 1, 1 p.m. American Civil War Museum, Historic Tredegar, 480 Tredegar St. Book Talk with Richard Bell, author of “Stolen,” a gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice. Included with admission; free to members. For more information please call (804) 649-1861. Saturdays Feb. 1 through Feb. 22, North Avenue Public Library, 2901 North Ave., Black History Month Movie Series: • Feb. 1, 2 to 3:30 p.m. “King,” based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel laureate. • Feb. 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Children of the Promise,” a Christian group from Cedartown, Ga., spreading the Gospel in song, word, and deed. • Feb. 15, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. “Ruby Bridges,” based on the true story of the first black student to attend integrated schools in New Orleans in 1960. As a six-year-old, Ruby was one of four black first-graders selected on the basis of test scores, to attend previously all-white public schools in New Orleans. • Feb. 22, 1 p.m. “Hidden Figures,” the incredible story of Hampton Roads native Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson and their mathematical calculations that went into making John Glenn the first American man in space in 1962. • Feb. 22, 3 p.m. “Loving,” a 2016 biographical drama tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (the Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. For more information please call (804) 646-6675. Saturday, Feb. 1 through Saturday Feb. 22, 9 a.m. to noon Black History Month at Historic Evergreen Cemetery, Historic East End & Evergreen Cemetery, 50 Evergreen Road. Celebrate Black History Month through volunteering to help restore Historic Evergreen Cemetery, the resting place for many of Richmond’s African-American leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries, clearing overgrowth and debris from pathways and grave markers and grave marker recording. Each Saturday has a special theme related to the ancestors in the cemetery and the spirit of community represented there. There will be educational opportunities on each day including presentations from descendants of those buried at Evergreen. • Feb. 1, Greek Letter Day. Wear your sorority, fraternity, high school, college, or other alumni colors. • Feb. 8, Genealogy Day. Wear tan, white, green and black. Presentation by the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. • Feb. 15, Family Day. Wear red, white, and pink. Encourage your family to join you - young ones are welcome. Informative session about Maggie L. Walker. • Feb. 22, African Heritage Day. Wear red, yellow, green and black, or other colors or patterns representing your heritage. For more information please call (804) 234-3905 ext. 105 or email volunteer@enrichmond.org Saturdays, Feb. 1 through Feb. 29, noon to 2 p.m. Hull Street Public Library, 1400 Hull St. Black History Month Movie Series: • Feb. 1 “If Beale Street Could Talk,” a 2018 American romantic drama directed and written by Barry Jenkins, and based on James Baldwin’s novel of the same name. • Feb. 8 “Green Book,” based on the 1962 relationship between Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class African-American pianist and Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx hired to be his driver. • Feb. 15 “The Help,” based on a 2009 novel by American author Kathryn Stockett about African-Americans working in white households in Jackson, Miss., during the early 1960s. • Feb. 22 “B.O.S.S: The Black Experience in Business,” the untold story of African-American entrepreneurship, where skill, industriousness, ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of overwhelming odds provide the backbone of this nation’s economic and social growth.

• Feb. 29 “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” a compelling documentary focusing on her artful and intimate meditation as she examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. For more information please call (804) 646-6675. Feb. 1 through Feb. 29, noon to 5 p.m. Maymont Mansion, 1700 Hampton St. Discover the daily challenges African-American workers faced maintaining a millionaire’s home and lifestyle while navigating the difficulties beyond the estate’s gates in turbulent times. Guided tours are available every half-hour; last tour begins at 4:30 pm. Cost: $5 per person. For more information please call (804) 358-7166, ext. 329 or visit https://maymont.org/event/ view-from-the-butlers-pantry-2/?instance_id=9310 Sunday, Feb. 2, 1 to 4 p.m. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Art Education Center Grandma’s Hands Free — Open Studio Plus Performance. Celebrate family with Richmond artist Hamilton Glass and local African American photographers. Take digital family portraits onsite at VMFA to become part of a mixed-media public art collaboration. Mr. Glass will guide attendees in hands-on participation to capture fun memories in the Family Portrait Photo Booth. Free, no tickets required. For more information please call (804) 340-1400. Sunday, Feb. 2, 1 to 4 p.m. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Atrium performances 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Art Education Center — Encounter generational lessons from two sisters with remarkable stories to share from the perspective of the African-American South. Through song, stories, and signed poetry, we will learn how women have made an impact on culture through practices passed down from family matriarchs. For more information please call (804) 340-1405 or visit www. vmfa.museum/calendar/events. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m. Varina Public Library, 1875 New Market Road Author and historian Jon Kukla, Henrico County Recreation Manager and Historian Kim Sicola, author Gigi Amateau, and Meadow Farm Site Coordinator Julian Charity will begin the series of “Revisiting the Founding Era,” a project exploring America’s roots while re-examining the early history of the United States focusing on the experiences of people of color. What role did African Americans play in the course of the Revolutionary War, before, during, and after? What do the records they left behind tell us, and how can the past help us chart our future? The panel will explore several letters and images connected to the Revolutionary War, sharing their expertise and giving context to the primary sources. For more information visit henricolibrary. org/calendar or call (804) 501-1980. Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 to 7 p.m. Wilton House Museum Wilton House Museum, 215 S. Wilton Road. “Exploring the Montpelier South Yard: Archaeology, Slavery, and Public Engagement,” a talk by Terry Brock, assistant Director of Archaeology, Montpelier. He will discuss ways that archaeology uncovered the homes and workplaces of African-American enslaved by James Madison, and how the discoveries reveal the different ways that these spaces were redefined by enslaved African-Americans. Cost: $10. For more information please call (804) 282-5946 or email: kwatkins@ wiltonhousemuseum.org or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ exploring-the-montpelier-south-yard-tickets-66358135971 Friday, Feb. 7, 6 to 8 p.m. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Atrium. First Friday Spirituals. Sopranos Lisa Edwards Burrs and Olletta Cheatham perform African-American spirituals. Free and open to the public. For more information please call (804) 340-1405 or visit www.vmfa. museum/calendar/events. Saturday, Feb. 8, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Richmond Public Library, 101 E. Franklin St. “Virginia Profiles in Courage, Leadership, and Social Justice” featuring John Mitchell Jr. Historian and speaker Elvatrice Belsches provides an engaging presentation on the fascinating life and work of the “Fighting Editor” of the Richmond Planet. For more information please call (804) 646-5177. Sunday, Feb. 9, through Saturday Feb. 22, Black History Museum and Cultural Center 122 W. Leigh St. • Sunday, Feb. 9, 3 to 5 p.m. History of African American Music with Glenroy Bailey. • Saturday, Feb. 15, 2 to 4 p.m. Children’s Author Lesa Cline-Ransom. • Tuesday, Feb. 18, 6 to 8:30 p.m. “Yes we did!” Book signing with Lawrence Jackson one of President Barack Obama’s photographers. • Saturday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Black Facts Competition high school student competition. For more information please call (804) 780-9093 or visit BlackHistoryMuseum.org.

Monday, Feb. 10, 6 to 7 p.m. Virginia State University, Anderson Turner Auditorium. Gospel great Cora Armstrong brings her gift of keyboard and song, storytelling and fellowship. For more information please call (804) 751-2275. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7 to 9 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth University, James B. Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave, Room 303. The 18th Annual Black History Month Lecture — “Red, White, Black and Blue: Documenting America’s Racial Illiteracy”, by Keith Knight, an award-winning cartoonist. A public reception will follow the presentation. For more information visit: https:// www.library.vcu.edu/about/events/2019-20/black-history-monthlecture-2020.html Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6 to 8 p.m. Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. Civic Conversations: a small-group discussion series. A conversation about Freedom Riders focuses on nonviolent activism during the struggle for racial justice. Free and open to the public. Contact Emma Ito at emma.ito@lva.virginia. gov or 804.692.3726 or visit https://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/ calendar/?year=2020&month=2 Saturday, Feb. 15, 2 p.m. Varina Public Library, 1875 New Market Road. The Next Star Arts Program, in partnership with the Varina Area Library, presents An African Cultural Experience with Ghanaian dance class, story time, drum circle, and a panel discussion. This is a free family event. For more information please call (804) 501-1980. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 6 to 8 p.m. University of Richmond, Robins School of Business, Ukrop Auditorium, 102 UR Drive. Executive Speaker Series and Watts Lecture: William M. Lewis, Jr., first African-American managing director of Morgan Stanley and current managing director and co-chair of investment banking at Lazard Ltd.’ Free and open to the public. For more information please call (800) 700-1662 or visit: https://robins.richmond.edu/speakerseries/index.html Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. Tuckahoe Library, 1901 Starling Drive. Revisiting the Founding Era series features small group discussions with local authors local educators and historians, including Mike Halsey, secondary social studies specialist, Henrico County Public Schools; Jackie Dondero, history teacher, Deep Run High School; Joseph Rogers, program manager, American Civil War Museum; Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project; and Rodney Hall, retired teacher from Richmond Public Schools. For more information visit henricolibrary.org/calendar or call (804) 501-1910. Thursday Feb. 20, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Richmond Public Library, 101 E. Franklin St. Royal Reveal: Urban fiction author Nikki Turner Exclusive. Get an exclusive first look at Ms. Turner’s new book cover and an up-close and intimate conversation with the author, hosted by Clovia Lawrence. For more information please call (804) 646-5177. Saturday, Feb. 22, 5 to 10 p.m. Cultural Center of India, 6641 Ironbridge Parkway. Celebrating the “Ubiquitous African American Woman: Reclaiming Their Role in Pioneering Education Reform.” The event will honor seven Richmond area AfricanAmerican women, including Richmond Free Press publisher Jean Patterson Boone. For more information please call (804) 590-6846 or visit UAAWCelebration.com for tickets. Thursday, Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Atrium Come see RVA Community Makers — a mixed-media public art mural will reflect the creative visions of Richmond artist Hamilton Glass and local photographers Regina Boone, Courtney Jones, Brian Palmer, Sandra Sellars, Ayasha Sledge, and James Wallace. African-American Read-In will begin immediately after the unveiling and will take place throughout the galleries 5:30–7:30 pm. For more information please call (804) 340-1400. Saturday, Feb. 29, 1 to 3 p.m. Richmond Public Library, 101 E. Franklin St. Genealogy Workshop with Greater Richmond, Chapter, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. The organization strives to preserve African family history, genealogy and cultural diversity by teaching research techniques and disseminating information throughout the community. Their primary goals are to promote scholarly research, provide resources for historical and genealogical studies, create a network of persons with similar interests, and assist members in documenting their histories. For more information, please call (804) 646-5177 Thursday, March 5, 6 p.m. Fairfield Library, 1401 N. Laburnum Ave., Henrico County. Untold RVA Presents: “The General Gabriel Game Show.” This fast-paced trivia game will test your knowledge of local AfricanAmerican history from the founding era to today. Participants can win copies of “Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, The Gallows, and The Black General Gabriel,” local author Gigi Amateau’s award-winning historical novel about General Gabriel’s Rebellion. For more information visit henricolibrary. org/calendar or call (804) 501-1930.

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January 30-February 1, 2020

Obituary/Faith News/Directory

Jazz saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath dies at 93 Free Press wire report

Jimmy Heath

NEW YORK Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and John Coltrane before forming the popular family group The Heath Brothers in middle age, has died. He was 93. Mr. Heath’s grandson, Fa Mtume, reported that Mr. Heath died Sunday, Jan. 19, at his home in Loganville, Ga. A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Heath had been playing jazz since the 1940s in the early days of bebop. He was mentored by Dizzy Gillespie, idolized Charlie Parker, whose nickname was “Bird,” and would become known as “Little Bird” for how well he emulated Mr. Parker’s fluid style. Mr. Heath overcame his battles with heroin addiction, which landed him in prison in the mid-1950s, and had a long and productive career. He wrote most of the material for the Chet Baker-Art Pepper album “Playboys,” recorded with everyone from Mr. Davis and Mr. Coltrane to Milt Jackson and Gil Evans, worked on charts for Ray Charles and released

several of his own albums. In the 1970s, he helped found The Heath Brothers, which also featured brothers Percy Heath on bass and Albert “Tootie” Heath on drums. Their albums included “Marchin’ On” and the Grammy-nominated “Live at the Public Theater.” In 1993, he received a Grammy nomination for his own “Little Man, Big Band” album (Mr. Heath stood just 5-foot-3) and played in a jazz concert at the White House when President Clinton borrowed Mr. Heath’s saxophone for one number. In 2003, he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, which noted that “By combining his versatile style of performing and his outstanding writing and arranging abilities, he has set a high standard of accomplishment in the jazz field.” Survivors include his brother, Tootie Heath; his second wife, Mona; and a child from each of his marriages. His son from his first marriage, James Mtume, became a Grammy-winning musician and songwriter who helped write the Stephanie Mills hit “Never Knew Love Like This Before.” Another son, Jeffrey, died in 2010. His brother, Percy Heath, died in 2005.

Delta Air Lines fined $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers Free Press wire report

Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline’s own security officials cleared them to travel. Delta officials denied that the airline discriminated against the passengers in two separate incidents but agreed it could have handled the situations differently, according to a consent order released Jan. 24 by the U.S. Transportation Department. The department alleged that Delta violated anti-bias laws by removing the passengers, and ordered the airline to provide cultural sensitivity training to pilots, flight attendants and customer service agents involved in the incidents. In one of the cases in July 2016 in Paris, a passenger told a flight attendant that a couple made her nervous. The woman was wearing a head scarf, and — the other passenger claimed — the man inserted something in his phone. The flight attendant said she walked by and saw the man writing “Allah” several times while texting on his phone. At the captain’s request, a Delta supervisor and security officer interviewed the couple outside the plane. Delta’s corporate security office reported that the couple were U.S. citizens returning home to Cincinnati and “raised no red flags,” and they were cleared to fly, according to the consent order. But the captain refused to let them re-board the plane; they flew home the next day.

The U.S. Transportation Department said it appears that the couple would have been allowed to fly but for their “perceived religion.” The couple was not named in the consent order, but their representatives identified them as Faisal and Nazia Ali of the Cincinnati area. The other case in the consent order occurred five days later in Amsterdam. Flight attendants and passengers complained about a Muslim passenger, but the co-pilot saw nothing unusual about the man, and Delta’s security office said his record raised no concern. The captain prepared to begin the New York-bound flight, then returned to the gate and had the man and his bags removed and the area around his seat searched. The man was not subjected to additional screening before boarding a later flight, which the U.S. Transportation Department said showed that his removal from the first flight was discriminatory. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which represented the Alis, questioned the size of the penalty. Delta earned nearly $4.8 billion last year, and for a company that profitable, “$50,000 is basically a slap on the wrist,” said Karen Dabdoub, executive director of CAIR’s Cincinnati chapter. “But it’s a good sign that DOT is taking this seriously,” she added. “I’m glad to see that Delta received some sort of a sanction.” The government did not explain how the size of the fine was determined but said that it “establishes a strong deterrent against future similar unlawful practices by Delta and other carriers.” Delta disagreed with the government’s contention of dis-

crimination, but “Delta does not dispute that each of these two incidents could have been handled differently,” the government said in the consent order. Delta said that in both cases it acted based on the passengers’ behavior, not their identity, and its employees acted reasonably. In the case of the Alis, one of the complaining customers identified herself as a retired safety inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration, the airline said. The Atlanta-based airline said that after the 2016 incidents, it improved its procedures for investigating suspicious behavior to make it “more collaborative and objective.”

Floyd Joseph Malveaux January 11, 1940 – January 9, 2020

loyd Joseph Malveaux passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2020. He was the devoted and loving husband of Myrna Ruiz Malveaux, whose passing preceded him on April 13, 2018. He is survived by his sister, Deltinez Benjamin. Floyd was a caring and inspirational father of Suzette, Suzanne, Courtney and Gregory Malveaux; a proud grandfather of Nailah, Bennett, Jacob, Richard, Gabriel, and Soleil; and a generous friend, compassionate physician, respected colleague, and dedicated mentor to many.

Floyd had a modest upbringing in Opelousas, Louisiana, and was the son of Delton and Inez Malveaux. As a youth, he enjoyed spending many days with his grandparents on their farm, and swimming with cousins in the nearby bayou. At age thirteen, he left for boarding school to attend Immaculata Minor Seminary School in Lafayette, Louisiana; he departed from seminary school and returned to his hometown to attend Holy Ghost Catholic School during his senior year of high school.

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Floyd joined the faculty at Howard University in 1968 as an assistant professor of Microbiology after having completed Bachelor of Science (1961) and Master of Science (1964) degrees in Biological Sciences at Creighton University (Omaha, NE) and Loyola University (New Orleans, LA), respectively. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology (1968) at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI). Two years later, he attended the Howard University College of Medicine to pursue a Doctor of Medicine while maintaining his faculty status. Professionally, his impact was far-reaching and unparalleled. All of his life, Floyd had asthma, and was the child and grandchild of asthmatics. This influenced his career path as he sought to help others who were similarly challenged. He honed his clinical skills in internal medicine as a resident at the Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia prior to completing his subspecialty fellowship training (1976-78) in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins University. His fellowship encompassed patient care, as well as basic and clinical research. His research findings led to the groundbreaking development of Omalizumab, an important drug that is effective in treating individuals with relatively severe asthma. As a MD/PhD, Floyd returned to the Howard University medical faculty in 1978, garnering a number of research grants from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research and patient care. He was appointed Dean of the College of Medicine (1995-2005) and Vice Provost for Health Affairs (2000-2003). In the spring of 2001, Floyd oversaw the establishment of the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. The Center concentrates on genetic variations and their relationships to the causes, preventions and treatments of disease among African Americans. He established a thriving, medical practice in which he tended to asthma and allergy patients with offices in Washington DC, Baltimore and Columbia, Maryland. In 2005, he retired from Howard University and embarked on a tenyear science initiative as the Executive Vice President and Executive Director of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), a non-profit organization of the Merck Foundation. Under his direction, MCAN led efforts to implement innovative, evidence-based childhood asthma intervention programs in diverse, impoverished communities in the US (including Puerto Rico). Of note, one program was carried out in New Orleans in partnership with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the NIH and the deLaski Family Foundation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Floyd has always made it his mission to help underserved and at-risk communities get better access to medical care and increase awareness about public health. For example, early in his career, he coordinated the Schools without Walls Science Program for District of Columbia public schools, and later founded The Urban Asthma and Allergy Center in Baltimore. His impact is celebrated every year by the National Medical Association’s Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Section with a symposium in his name.

Floyd was extremely appreciative of the “Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD Endowed Chair in Public Health,” created by Howard University. The Chair will recruit a highly talented individual to lead the Master of Public Health program. The fund itself will be used to support the teaching, research, service, and other activities of the chair holder. This Chair was near and dear to his heart, noting “What I have learned through the years is there needs to be good research and evidence to manage health problems, but it is just as important to address the environment and conditions in the community.” Floyd was also a prolific scholar and speaker, and published his work in peer-reviewed scientific journals, presented findings at scientific meetings, and shared asthma and health-related information with lay audiences in newspapers and magazines. He served on numerous boards and received many awards and commendations for this work. He recently completed a personal memoir that recounts his life-long journey as an African American male who overcame segregation to achieve great educational, career, and professional distinction. In addition, his memoir showcases the loving adventures of a doting husband and attentive father. Floyd had a great love for family. In his later years, he immensely enjoyed being with his children and grandchildren, attending their school activities, taking long walks in the neighborhood, and playing their favorite game—charades. Floyd also loved to work out at the gym, meeting with a personal trainer three times a week. He often challenged and encouraged friends and family to join him. In Myrna’s final years, Floyd lovingly took on the role of her personal caregiver for more than five years, as she bravely battled Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). With his generosity, hard work, and great value for education, he also put his four children through college. The funeral service for Dr. Floyd Joseph Malveaux will be held Friday, January 31, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at The Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20016. Parking is available in the Cathedral’s underground parking (regular weekday rates apply). The repast program will be held immediately following the funeral service at the Howard University College of Medicine in the NUMA P.G. Adams Building, 520 W Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20059 (corner of W St, NW & 5th St, NW). Everyone is invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD. Endowed Chair in the Public Health established at Howard University in Dr. Malveaux’s honor. Donations may be sent to: Kenneth R. Ashworth Howard University Development Office 1851 9th Street, NW Room 311 Washington, D.C. 20001 Gifts may also be made online at: https://giving.howard.edu/endowed-chair-funds/malveauxendowed-chair-fund Updated funeral information, further details and guest book may be found at the Witzke Funeral Homes, Inc. website, www.witzkefuneralhomes.com.

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Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years after campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liberation Free Press wire report

OSWIECIM, Poland Survivors of the AuschwitzBirkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning about the ominous growth of antiSemitism and hatred in the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have with us the last living survivors, the last among those who saw the Holocaust with their own eyes,â&#x20AC;? Polish President Andrzej Duda told those at the commemoration, which included the German president as well as Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The magnitude of the crime perpetrated in this place is terrifying, but we must not look away from it and we must never forget it,â&#x20AC;? President Duda said. About 200 camp survivors attended, many of them elderly Jews and non-Jews who traveled from Israel, the United States, Australia, Peru, Russia, Slovenia and elsewhere. Many lost parents and grandparents in Auschwitz or other Nazi death camps during World War II, but were joined by children, grandchildren and even greatgrandchildren. They gathered under an enormous, heated tent straddling the train tracks that had transported people to Birkenau, the part of the vast complex where most of the murdered Jews were killed in gas chambers and then cremated. Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet army on Jan. 27, 1945. Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, brought the crowd to tears with the story of a survivor who was separated from his family: The man watched his young daughter, in a red coat, walk to her death, turning into a small red dot in the distance before disappearing forever. After the end of the war, when â&#x20AC;&#x153;the world finally saw pictures of gas chambers, nobody in their right mind wanted to be associated with the Nazis,â&#x20AC;? he recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But now I see something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, the open and brazen spread of antiJewish hatred.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do not be silent! Do not be complacent! Do not let this ever happen again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to any people!â&#x20AC;? Mr. Lauder said. Marian Turski, a 93-year-old Polish Jewish survivor, said he did not expect to make it to the next commemoration and wanted to transmit a message to his grandchildrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generation: That the destruction of the Jews began with small steps that were tolerated. What began with banning Jews from sitting on benches in Berlin evolved in incremental steps to ghettos and death camps. And that such horrors could happen anywhere, even in the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Auschwitz did not descend from the sky,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Turski said, crediting those words to Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen, among those present. Calling for people to not be indifferent, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because if you are indifferent, you will not even notice it when upon

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Holocaust survivor Bat-Sheva Dagan, center, is escorted as she places a candle in memory of those who died at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. She returned to the camp this week for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Soviet armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liberation of the camp.

your own heads, and upon the heads of your descendants, another Auschwitz descends from the sky.â&#x20AC;? As a Jewish survivor recited Hebrew prayers for the dead, the crowd bowed their heads or wiped away tears. Clergymen of other faiths also prayed. Then, with the famous gate and barbed wire illuminated in the dark and cold evening, guests marched in a procession to place candles at a memorial to the victims set amid the remains of the gas chambers. Most of the 1.1 million people murdered by the Nazi German forces at the camp were Jews, but other Poles, Russians and Roma were imprisoned and killed there. World leaders gathered in Jerusalem on Jan. 23 to mark the anniversary in what many saw as a competing observance. Among them were Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, French President Emmanuel Macron and Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prince Charles. Politics intruded on that event, with President Duda boycotting it in protest after Mr. Putin claimed that Poland played a role in triggering World War II. President Duda had wanted a chance to speak before or after Mr. Putin to defend his nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record in the face of those false accusations, but he was not given a speaking slot in Jerusalem. Those claims come as many Eastern European countries in recent years have been mythologizing their own peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behavior during the war and suppressing knowledge of wrongdoing, something Polandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government also has been criticized for. President Duda said Monday at a news conference that he felt that in Jerusalem, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Polish participation in the epic fight against the Nazis was ignored.â&#x20AC;? At the commemoration, he did not mention Russia by name. Yet he stressed how Poland was invaded and occupied, losing 6

million of its citizens in the war, half of them Jews. He recalled how Poland fought the Germans on several fronts, warned the world in vain about the genocide of the Jews, and for decades has been a responsible custodian of Auschwitz and other sites of the German atrocities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Distorting the history of World War II, denying the crimes of genocide and negating the Holocaust as well as an instrumental use of the Auschwitz for whatever purposes is tantamount to desecration of the memory of the victims,â&#x20AC;? President Duda said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truth about the Holocaust must not die.â&#x20AC;? Among others attending the observances at Auschwitz, which is located in the part of southern Poland that was occupied by Germany during the war, were German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. The United States was represented by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Organizers of the event in Poland, the Auschwitz-Birkenau state memorial museum and the World Jewish Congress, have sought to keep the spotlight on survivors. On the eve of the commemorations, survivors, many leaning on their children and

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-343 As Amended To amend City Code §§ 30-402.2, 30-411.3, 30-412.2, 30-413.3, 30-413.13, 30-414.2, 30-416.2, 30-418.2, 30-419.4, 30-420.1, 30-426.1, 30-428.1, 30-430.1, 30-433.2, 30-433.11, 30-434.1, 30-436.1, 30-438.1, 30-440.1, 30-442.1, 30-444.2, 30-446.2, 30-447.2, 30-447.11, 30-448.1, 30-450.1, 30-457.1, concerning permitted principal uses, and 30-1220, concerning definitions related to zoning, and to amend ch. 30, art. VI of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 14 (§§ 30-697—30697.3), concerning shortterm rentals. Ordinance No. 2020-026 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $76,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and to appropriate the funds received to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ SHSP Special Fund by $76,000.00 for the purpose of funding improvements to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ swift water and flood rescue specialty teams. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VILMA POSAS MARTINEZ Plaintiff v. ARTURO SOBRINO ORTIZ, Defendant. Case No.: CL120000212-00 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 9th day of March, 2020 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

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Defendant. Case No.: CL19003925-00 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 24th day of February, 2020 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 COUNTY OF HENRICO KRISTY LORAINE JENKINS Plaintiff, v. DAVID LAMON JENKINS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19-6498-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION Came this day the Plaintiff, upon her Complaint for divorce filed in the abovestyled case and her Affidavit for Order of Publication for service of the Complaint on the Defendant. The object of this suit is to put the Defendant on notice of the Plaintiff’s Complaint for divorce in the above-styled case. It appearing from Plaintiff’s Affidavit that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant and that the Defendant’s whereabouts are unknown, it is ORDERED that the Defendant is required to appear before this Court on or before March 2, 2020 at 9 a.m. to protect his interests. An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Benjamin R. Rand, Esquire Blackburn, Conte, Schilling & Click, P.C. 300 West Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23220 (804) 782-1111 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO DIEGO RIVOLLI RODRIGUES Plaintiff, v. GILVANE BATISTA DOS SANTOS, Defendant. Case No.: CL17004976-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year. It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, GILVANE BATISTA DOS SANTOS, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that her last known address is not within the United States, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, GILVANE BATISTA DOS SANTOS, appear before this Court on or before the 11th day of February, 2020, and do what is necessary to protect her interests in this suit. An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Mary P. Adams, Esquire Hairfield Morton, P.L.C. 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600

PROPERTY

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER FABIENNE KEBREAU Plaintiff v. BERNARD DEJEAN,

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND MARIAN C. DIXON, Complainant, v. ORMOND W. DIXON, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL19005919-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to partition the property briefly described as 3613 Stockton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060059004. As there are more than ten defendants in this matter; and As it is apparent that the defendants in this lawsuit represent like interests, and As the parties have not been served with process, then IT IS ORDERED that O R M O N D W. D I X O N , AUDREY BALLINGER, FAY MOSER, JANICE PARRISH, NORMA MOSER, CURTIS DIXON, ORMOND E. DIXON, REVERIA DIXON, LESLIE DIXON, DAVID DIXON, MARVIN DIXON, HOLLY DIXON, HANNA DIXON, HANNA DIXON, and HAMILTON DIXON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before February 20, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interest in this matter. The Court in its discretion hereby dispenses with the requirements of Rule 1:13 of the Virginia Supreme Court. A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Benjamin M. Andrews, Esquire (VSB No. 77824) AndrewsBrown PLC 5711 Greendale Road, Suite 2

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PAMELA SABWALAL Plaintiff v. ONASSIS ADDO, Defendant. Case No.: CL120000214-00 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 9th day of March, 2020 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

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Henrico, Virginia 23228 804-918-2091 benjamin@andrewsbrownlaw .com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. KATHY D. BOOKER-FUQUA, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4772 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3054 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001350/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Kathy D. Booker-Fuqua and Karen Booker. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, KATHY D. BOOKER-FUQUA and KAREN BOOKER, 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 K AT H Y D . B O O K E R FUQUA, KAREN BOOKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 12, 2020 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. MORRIS J. HOLDEN, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-5444 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1702 North 23rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000940/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Morris J. Holden, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MORRIS J. HOLDEN, JR, 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 MORRIS J. HOLDEN, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 12, 2020 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. ANDY ROOMY, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-4729 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4114 Lynhaven Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0090185/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Andy Roomy and Claudine Chalhaub. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANDY ROOMY and CLAUDINE CHALHAUB who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their 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 ANDY ROOMY, CLAUDINE CHALHAUB, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MARCH 12, 2020 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 Continued on next column

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804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH JOHNSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-5188 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4408 Corbin Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0180401/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joseph Johnson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOSEPH JOHNSON, 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 JOSEPH JOHNSON, 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 12, 2020 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 19, 2020 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. 3118 4th Avenue N0000997017 City of Richmond v. Anthony Johnson, et. al. CL18-6024 119 East 15th Street S0000193015 City of Richmond v. Howard A. Harris, et. al. CL19-317 1130 East 15th Street S0000636016 City of Richmond v. Donnell Seward, et. al CL19-3392 127 East 20th Street S0000353024 City of Richmond v. Lula P. Hudson, LLC, et. al. CL19-4293 120 East 21st Street S0000353029 City of Richmond v. Vernelle Cheatham, et. al. CL19-574 1800 North 21st Street E0001078007 City of Richmond v. George Sutton, et. al CL19-3776 1312 North 22nd Street E0000615006 City of Richmond v. Leroy Brown, et. al. CL19-3889 1205 North 25th Street E0000561021 City of Richmond v. Thelma Crawley, et. al. CL19-576 1207 North 25th Street E0000561022 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et. al. CL19-656 1207 North 25th Street Rear E0000561035 City of Richmond v. Lewis C. Dockery, Jr., et. al. CL19-1027 1209 North 25th Street E0000561023 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-814 1211 North 25th Street E0000561024 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-657 1215 North 25th Street E0000561026 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-815 1217 North 25th Street E0000561027 City of Richmond v. Parties Unknown CL19-1322 1219 ½ North 25th Street E0000561028 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-800 1112 North 26th Street E0000519007 City of Richmond v. Douglas E. Plymouth, et.al. CL18-5838 1200 North 26th Street E0000561015 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al.

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CL19-603 1202 North 26th Street E0000561014 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-604 1206 North 26th Street E0000561012 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-605 1208 North 26th Street E0000561011 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-606 1210 North 26th Street E0000561010 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-630 1212 North 26th Street E0000561008 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-607 1220 North 26th Street E0000561006 City of Richmond v. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, et.al. CL19-608 1220 North 27th Street E0000562003 City of Richmond v. Robert Santiago, et.al. CL19-996 1616 North 28th Street E0000864021 City of Richmond v. Gwendolyn Plymouth, et. al. CL18-6110 1816 North 30th Street E0000952012 City of Richmond v. Seklaw Enterprises, LLC, et. al. CL19-3195 1115 North 32nd Street E0000803028 City of Richmond v. Gabby Homes, LLC, et. al. CL18-5709 1607 Albany Avenue S0000231014 City of Richmond v. Carl E. Burnett, et. al. CL19-3862 2001 Albany Avenue S0000349008 City of Richmond v. Booker T. Ellis, et. al. CL19-579 5216 Beddington Rod C0081182021 City of Richmond v. James Edward Sheffield, et. al. CL19-3863 1601 Boston Avenue S0000286010 City of Richmond v. Ruth B. Wright, et. al. CL19-348 1412 Bowen Street S0071233009 City of Richmond v. Advanta E. Johnson, et. al. CL19-184 4509 West Broad Street W0002034002 City of Richmond v. W. Broad St. Bankruptcy Bldg. et. al. CL19-1263 1411 Brookland Parkway N0001222006 City of Richmond v. Terry L. Parrott, et. al. CL19-1002 3216 Carolina Avenue N0001157005 City of Richmond v. Maureen Morales, Trustee, et. al. CL19-2584 3212 Cliff Avenue N0001140023 City of Richmond v. Richard E. Souels, et. al. CL18-962 2411 Coles Street S0090065019 City of Richmond v. Rosa Westry, et. al CL19-3992 4025 Crutchfield Street S0002917030 City of Richmond v. Edwin Maurice Beane, et. al. CL19-3480 1917 Decatur Street S0000294025 City of Richmond v. Genesis Capital Corporation, et. al. CL19-148 2401 Decatur Street S0000681018 City of Richmond v. Dawn G. Johnson, et. al. CL19-575 2663 Decatur Street S0000905016 City of Richmond v. Thomas T. Bailey, et. al. CL19-1004 306 Deter Road C0050885002 City of Richmond v. Paul Harding, et. al. CL19-4687 3349 Dill Avenue N0051182031 City of Richmond v. Constance M. Vowell, et. al. CL19-3921 1507 Drewry Street S0071282008 City of Richmond v. Daniel Harris, Jr., et. al. CL19-461 3700 Dunston Avenue S0002468012 City of Richmond v. Aaliyah T. Kilpatrick, et. al. CL18-6029 2016 Edwards Avenue S0000457001 City of Richmond v. Charlie A. Anderson, Jr., et. al. CL19-1760 2111 Edwards Avenue S0000398016 City of Richmond v. Ruth M. Pinkston, et. al. CL18-6027 3211 Enslow Avenue N0001061015 City of Richmond v. Rosa Bell Worsham, et. al. CL19-4295 3521 Enslow Avenue N0001172023 City of Richmond v. Ernest Miles, et. al. CL19-48 1709 Everett Street S0000235018 City of Richmond v. Cheryl T. Carter, et. al. CL19-2585 2204 Fairmount Avenue E0000616016 City of Richmond v. Matthew J. Davis, et. al. CL18-5416 4324 Ferguson Lane C0080430024 City of Richmond v. Antoine E. Green, et. al.

CL18-4804 3515 Florida Avenue N0001266018 City of Richmond v. Calvin Artis, et. al. CL19-61 3521 Florida Avenue N0001266022 City of Richmond v. Lucy N. Dark, et. al. CL19-4511 2705 Garland Avenue N0000703019 City of Richmond v. Valorie P. Watkins, et. al. CL19-801 2715 Garland Avenue N0000703022 City of Richmond v. Valorie P. Watkins, et. al. CL19-802 2319 Gordon Avenue S0000550015 City of Richmond v. George L. Morris, et. al. CL18-5672 2500 Gravel Hill Road C0040826026 City of Richmond v. Hampton White, et. al. CL19-643 2510 Gravel Hill Road Rear C0040826024 City of Richmond v. Myrtle G. White, et. al. CL19-928 1006 Halsey Lane C0050685016 City of Richmond v. Robert Santiago, et. al. CL19-1786 1010 Holly Spring Avenue S0071016011 City of Richmond v. Holly Spring, Inc., et. al. CL19-4567 3402 Hull Street S0002453007 City of Richmond v. JMJ Properties, Inc., et. al. CL19-1384 3620 Iron Bridge Road C0081065004 City of Richmond v. Diana Metzger Brooke, et. al. CL19-1356 2115 Keswick Avenue S0071030029 City of Richmond v. Erik S. Dowdye, et. al. CL18-5840 4704 King William Road S0060246024 City of Richmond v. R. Hugh Rudd, Trustee, et. al. CL19-1264 2900 Krouse Street S0080527053 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2902 Krouse Street S0080527054 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2904 Krouse Street S0080527055 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2906 Krouse Street S0080527056 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2908 Krouse Street S0080527057 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2910 Krouse Street S0080527058 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2912 Krouse Street S0080527059 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2914 Krouse Street S0080527060 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2916 Krouse Street S0080527061 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 2101 Lumkin Avenue S0080527062 City of Richmond v. Krouse, LLC, et. al. CL19-4237 3017 Krouse Street S0080562030 City of Richmond v. Lillian I. Lewis, et. al. CL19-3003 2508 Lamberts Avenue S0080814010 City of Richmond v. Temple M. Turner, et. al. CL18-5669 2508 ½ Lamberts Avenue S0080814009 City of Richmond v. Temple M. Turner, et. al. CL18-5670 3704 Lawson Street S0002905010 City of Richmond v. Alpheus Jones, et. al. CL19-3439 17 West Leigh Street N0000102005 City of Richmond v. Zena Herring-Rose, et. al. CL19-3275 2312 Lumkin Avenue S0080525010 City of Richmond v. Newstart Properties, LLC, et. al. CL17-4762 2320 East Marshall Street E0000296013 City of Richmond v. Ridge Point Real Estate, et. al. CL19-46 414 Marx Street S0000320001 City of Richmond v. Edgar A. Talbott, et. al. CL19-4730 3132 Maurice Avenue C0090252054 City of Richmond v. Wilber F. Jamerson, et. al. CL19-3197 1414 Melton Avenue E0001102020 City of Richmond v. Recharde Goodwyn, et. al. CL19-1591 2829 Midlothian Turnpike S0000911065 City of Richmond v. Lelia Scott, et. al. CL19-3890 3000 Midlothian Turnpike S0001345008 City of Richmond v. Cliff Eugene Taylor, et. al. CL18-6264 3709 Midlothian Turnpike S0002466036

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time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $2500.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $2500.00, 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 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) 646-6940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219

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BID COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB #20-1972-1JOK Chiller and Dehumidification Unit Replacements at Ratcliffe Elementary School Due: February 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. For additional information visit: https://henrico. us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/solicitations/

LICENSE Bateau LLC Trading as: Bateau A Coffee and Wine Experience 301 Virginia St Unit AL1 Richmond, Virginia 23219-4189 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage C ontrol (ABC) AUTHORITY for a Mixed Beverage (Seating Capacity - 1 to 100 seats) license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Harold L. Watkins, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

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Bevy of scorers keeps VSU on top The Virginia State University basketball team keeps opponents guessing. They never know which Trojan will ruin their day. Starting this week, six VSU Trojans were averaging between 12.1 and 7.4 points per game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always like to have balance. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of our success,â&#x20AC;? said Coach Lonnie Blow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no one with big numbers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; kind of like scoring by committee.â&#x20AC;? B.J. Fitzgerald, a 6-foot-5 transfer from Norfolk State University, leads the points parade, averaging 12.1 points per contest. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closely followed by Walter Williams, 11.7 points; Andrew Corum, 11.3; Antwan Miles, 10.6; Armond Griebe, 10.5; Daniel Rahama, 7.8; and William Vedder, 7.4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some nights, two or three will get you,â&#x20AC;? Coach Blow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next night, two or B.J. Fitzgerald three more might get you.â&#x20AC;? The Trojans began the week 15-6 overall and 9-1 in the CIAA, two games up on Bowie State University and three up on Virginia Union University despite losing to the VUU Panthers in the Freedom Classic. Since arriving at VSU, Coach Blow has never heard of a rebuilding season. He lost his top six starters from a season ago and hardly skipped a beat. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading scorer, Fitzgerald, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even a starter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We call him our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sixth starter,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? Coach Blow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He gives us a lot of offense coming off the bench. He may not be a starter, but he gets starter minutesâ&#x20AC;? at an average of 21.2 minutes per game. Redshirt senior Walter Williams, who missed last season with a foot injury, has been the Trojansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on-the-floor leader. The 6-foot-4 former Henrico High School All-State player is hitting 55 percent from the field (.471 beyond the arc) and 86 percent at the foul line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As much as we missed Walter last season, (the injury) might have been a blessing in disguise,â&#x20AC;? Coach Blow said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We won without him (VSU is the defending CIAA champion) and now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back, almost like another assistant coach.â&#x20AC;? The Trojans are looking more and more like the top seed from the Northern Division at the CIAA Tournament Feb. 24 through 29 in Charlotte, N.C. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs. VSU also would stand a chance of getting an NCAA at-large berth should the team fall short in Charlotte. After 20 games, Fitzgerald has been the leading scorer six times and Williams five times. Rahama andÂ Corum were the leading scorer or tied for first four times. Miles has led on three occasions. It was Corumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn as lead scorer on Monday, scoring 21 in VSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 70-68 win at Lincoln University. To show how deep the Trojans are, top season scorer Fitzgerald failed to score. VSU is right at the top where it counts more â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the standings.

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Saturday, Feb. 1 Virginia State University plays Bowie State University in Maryland. Tipoff: 4 p.m. A VSU victory would give the Trojans a commanding three-game lead in the CIAA Northern Division.

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VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shon Hyland: A freshman with impact

The Virginia Commonwealth University Rams opened this season with a vacancy for a shooter. Nahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shon Hyland was quick to apply for and be awarded the position. Answering to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bones,â&#x20AC;? the 6-foot-3, 165-pound freshman from Wilmington, Del., has become an added attraction the Rams needed on the perimeter. After 20 games for the 15-5 Rams, Hyland is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth leading scorer (7.8 points average in just 19 minutes per outing). He does his best work beyond the arc, sinking 34-for-82 or 41 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bones has great spirit,â&#x20AC;? VCU Coach Mike Rhoades said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He walks in the room and makes everyone feel like a million bucks.â&#x20AC;? Swishing five 3-pointers, Hyland had a career high 21 points against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 18. It was the most points by a true Rams freshman since 2014, when Terry Larrier scored 21 points against the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Hyland tallied 17 points of his gamehigh 21 prior to halftime. The Rams won the game 91-63. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just went out and found my rhythm,â&#x20AC;? Hyland said of his game performance. Off the bench, he added 15 points (3-for-4 beyond the arc) in the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 76-65 win Jan. 25 at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. Twice, Hyland has been named Atlantic 10 Conference Freshman of the Week. He also tied for leading scorer with 15 points against Loyola University of Maryland on Dec. 29 and 16 points in the game against the University of Dayton on Jan. 14. Hyland ranks with the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; more celebrated recruits of recent vintage. He was twice All-State at St. Georges Technical High School in Middletown, Del., and was named Delaware State Player of the Year as a senior, averaging some 27 points per game. Hyland is the latest in a decades-long line of freshmen with impact at VCU. Undoubtedly the top freshman contributor during VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division I era (since 1975) was Kendrick Warren, who aver-

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aged 16 points and nine rebounds in 1991. Warren, who played under Coach Sonny Smith, was a McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-American out of Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thomas Jefferson High School. Prior to VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rise to Division I status, Len Creech (George Wythe High School) averaged 24 points per game in 1966 when VCU was called Richmond Professional Institute. In 1971, Greg McDougald (Bronx, N.Y.) averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds for Coach Chuck Noe. A season later, Richard Jones (State AAA Player of the Year at Maggie L. Walker High School) averaged 14 points and 13 boards under Coach Noe. Freshmen have always been eligible at VCU, which wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case nationally. Freshmen were not eligible at Division I schools until 1972-73 season. Meanwhile, rookie phenom Hyland adds plenty of black and gold sparkle to VCUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Siegel Center. And make no bones about it, he figures to keep ruffling the nets for seasons to come.

Richard Bland student is a hoops legacy One family has treated the Tri-Cities area to three scoops of hoops. Antonio Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham represents three generations of basketball excellence in the Tri-Cities area. The Richard Bland College freshman can trade hoops stories with his father, James Pelham, and grandfather, Leon Winfield. First about Antonio: His hyphenated last name comes from his mother Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maiden name, Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli (she is of Samoan ancestry), and his father. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound â&#x20AC;&#x153;stretch fourâ&#x20AC;? averages nine points and 6.9 rebounds for Blandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Junior College Division I program. The Statesmen were 9-9 entering this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antonio does a lot of things well,â&#x20AC;? said Coach Andrew Lacey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thick 6-7, so he can rebound. He can shoot the score inside and outside. Also, being a coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a good feel for the game.â&#x20AC;?

Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, James Pelham, was an All-State guard for Hopewell High School and went on to play on full scholarship at James Madison University in the mid-1990s. More recently, Pelham coached the prep team at Fork Union Military Academy. Pelhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father is Leon Winfield, who earned state tournament MVP honors in 1972 in leading Hopewell High to the State AAA crown. Pelham now resides in Columbia, Va., and runs his mentoring business, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Believe in Me Family Services.â&#x20AC;? Both Pelham and Winfield played at Hopewell under revered Coach Bill Littlepage, who is among Virginia leaders in victories. Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham said this of his role for Blandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Statesmen publication: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can play down low and bang, or I can play outside. I like to think of myself as being versatile.â&#x20AC;?

Antonio Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham

James Pelham

Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham said he hopes to eventually play at JMU, like his dad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;JMU has shown some interest,â&#x20AC;? said Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham. On visits home, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to look far for someone to go one-on-one with. His younger brother, James Puaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;auli-Pelham, is a promising junior guard for Hopewell Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerhouse program. This family tree of athletic jump shooters has many branches.

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