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Father’s Day advice Ms. Simmons
What is the most important lesson your father taught you?
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Interviews and photos by Ronald E. Carrington
In honor of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 17, the Free Press took to Richmond streets to ask people that question. Here are some of the answers. “Don’t be afraid. Step up to the plate in life. Nya Simmons, 17, of Boulder, Colo., student
“Always be a man and a leader. Stand on your own feet and think wisely.”
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Kelonjee Adkins, 23, of Richmond, maintenance worker
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“My dad taught me the value of the dollar. Every dollar you earn, you have to work for it and spend it wisely.” Eric Philipkosky, 35, of Richmond, political professional
“My dad taught me how to change the oil in my car and to be self-sufficient.” Kurtshel Stroman, 37, of Chesterfield, school bus driver
“My dad taught me to do well in school, get an education and how to cook.” Raheim Watson, 39, of Richmond, car washer
“Do the right thing by people. Treat them the way you want to be treated.” Mr. Philipkosky
Cynthia Powell, 70, of Richmond, retired Virginia Commonwealth University employee
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Primary election results set up contests for November By Jeremy M. Lazarus
President Trump won’t be on the Virginia ballot in November. But results from Tuesday’s primary races for state seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives strongly indicate that the fall election will serve as a referendum on the president and his policies. That’s most evident in the Republican choice of a challenger for incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, the former governor, former Richmond mayor and former vice presidential candidate who is seeking a second term. Corey Stewart, a staunch supporter of President Trump and a champion of Confederate statues and anti-immigration policies, narrowly won the three-way Republican primary. The archconservative chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors received 44.8 percent of the vote to defeat Culpeper Delegate Nick Freitas and Hampton Roads minister E.W. Jackson in the primary contest. About 300,000 people cast ballots statewide, according to figures from the state Department of Elections.
Mr. Stewart will face Sen. Kaine in the Nov. 6 general election. In the 2016 presidential contest, Sen. Kaine’s running mate, Democrat Hillary Clinton, won Virginia.
Sen. Kaine, who is regarded as the front-runner in the Senate contest, already is girding for a tough battle with Mr. Stewart, who is promising to wrap himself in the Trump mantle and run a campaign of
non-stop attacks against the Democrat. In a post-primary statement, Sen. Kaine showed he is ready for the upcoming give and take. Please turn to A4
Dorothy F. Cotton, a lion in the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 88 Free Press wire report
ATLANTA Dorothy F. Cotton, who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators before marches and sometimes calmed tensions by singing church hymns, has died. She was 88. Ms. Cotton died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the Kendal at Ithaca retirement community in New York, said Jared Harrison, a close friend who was at her bedside. Mr. Harrison said she had battled illnesses recently, but didn’t specify a cause of death.
This Craftsman-style house at 211 E. 18th St. in South Side was once the home of Dr. James H. Blackwell Jr., a physician and son of the educator for whom the Blackwell neighborhood is named. The home was demolished last year after a fire. It exemplifies one of the wide range of home styles — from Queen Anne to folk Victorian, Italianate and bungalow — in the neighborhood now up for historic designation.
Blackwell community poised for historic designation By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Two members of Richmond City Council who represent the Blackwell area criticized Mayor Levar M. Stoney this week for failing to share information with them about a proposal to put the South Side neighborhood on the state and federal registers of historic places. At Monday’s City Council meeting, Councilwomen Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District, publicly dinged the mayor and his administration for keeping them out of the information loop. “This has been in the works for more than a year, and we’re just learning about it,” Ms. Trammell told her colleagues. “I don’t think that’s right.” Michael and Laura Hild, who are investing in the Blackwell area among other places in the city, have pushed the application and covered the expenses involved, including the required Please turn to A4
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Civil rights leader Dorothy F. Cotton, a Virginia State University alumna, speaks at VSU’s Founders Day convocation in March 2014. Patrick Kane/The Progress-Index/AP
Sister of police shooting victim pushes City Council for police reform By Jeremy M. Lazarus
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Princess Blanding, center, speaks to Richmond City Council Monday about the fatal police shooting of her brother, Marcus-David Peters, as supporters stand with her, Joseph Rogers, left, and Rebecca K.W. Keel.
Princess Blanding took her campaign for police reform to Richmond City Council on Monday. Joined by supporters, she urged the council to promote changes to prevent people who are suffering a mental health crisis from being fatally shot by a police officer like her brother, Marcus-David Peters. Mr. Peters, a 24-year-old Essex County high school science teacher and part-time Richmond hotel security guard, was fatally shot May 14 by a Richmond Police officer during an episode in which he clearly was suffering some kind of break with reality, which his Please turn to A4
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Ready for the future Armstrong High School senior Destiny Pleasants gets some help with her commencement regalia from her former history teacher, Graham Sturm, who then gives her a congratulatory hug outside the Altria Theater on Tuesday. Destiny, who plans to attend Virginia Tech in the fall, is among more than 1,100 students graduating this week from Richmond Public Schools.
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A small army of volunteers celebrates as one of their members cuts the ribbon to open the new playground at the Peter Paul Development Center in the East End. Staff from CarMax teamed with employees of the nonprofit center and community members last Thursday to build the new playground in six hours next door to the center at 1702 N. 22nd St. The CarMax Foundation provided most of the funding and partnered with national playground promoter Slices of life and scenes KaBOOM! to make the in Richmond playground a reality. Children who participate in programs at the 39-year-old center helped design their dream playground. Hundreds of kids from the nearby community are expected to use the playground. Founded in 1979, Peter Paul Development Center provides after-school programs and tutoring for 200 students in second through 12th grade. The center also provides services to families and seniors.
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Up close and personal with Mayor Stoney June 16 at Black History Museum Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney will be the subject of the latest InsideOut at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia. Rita Ricks, an inspirational speaker and business and spiritual coach, will lead the one-on-one discussion with Mayor Stoney that is designed to give the public a more personal view of the city’s leader. The event, which is open to the public, will be held 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at the museum, 122 W. Leigh St. in Jackson Ward. Admission is free for museum members; Mayor Stoney $8 for non-members. A continental breakfast will be available. Information and registration: www.blackhistorymuseum.org or (804) 780-9093.
City serving up healthy meals again this summer Seventy sites around Richmond will serve healthy meals to children and teens this summer through the city’s summer meals program run by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. Several of the programs will start on Monday, June 18, with others beginning June 25. Most of the programs will serve breakfast and lunch, with two serving breakfast only, three serving lunch only and one serving dinner. Meals are provided under the U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition guidelines and are free to anyone through age 18 on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration is required. Most of the sites will serve meals through Aug. 24. For information on the locations and hours serving, contact the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities at (804) 646-5733.
Rep. McEachin to host Henrico town hall June 18 Fourth District Congressman A. Donald McEachin is holding a Henrico County town hall meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 18, to listen to community concerns and needs. The meeting will be held at the Eastern Henrico Government Center’s multipurpose room, 3820 E. Nine Mile Road. The event is open to the public. Rep. McEachin RSVP at www.eventbrite.com or contact Rep. McEachin’s district office in Richmond, (804) 486-1840.
Marker to honor Army recruits killed in 1961 plane crash
A new state historical marker will recall the Nov. 8, 1961, crash of a charter plane near Richmond that killed 74 Army recruits headed to training in South Carolina. At the time, it was the deadliest airline crash in Virginia history and the second deadliest for a civilian aircraft in U.S. flight annals. The marker is to be dedicated at a public ceremony 1 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the intersection of South 2nd and Spring streets in Downtown. The selected site is near the Virginia War Memorial, which honors the state’s war dead. The marker recalls the crash of the chartered Imperial Airlines plane that went down while trying to land at Byrd Field, now Richmond International Airport, east of the city. According to published information, the recruits perished after being trapped in the burning wreckage. The only survivors were the pilot and flight engineer.
Transit union expected to vote Friday on new contract By Jeremy M. Lazarus
Two weeks before its launch, GRTC’s bus rapid transit system, Pulse, has cleared one of its last hurdles — a contract with unionized drivers. The company reached a tentative agreement Monday afternoon with representatives of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1220, according Frank Tunstall III, president and business agent for the local. Both Mr. Tunstall and the company declined to discuss details of the new, three-year pact before it was presented to GRTC’s board, the union’s board and the membership, which must ratify the agreement before it can go into effect. Mr. Tunstall said only that he believes that the agreement represents “a good contract.” Based on past contracts, the agreement is likely to include a pay increase for drivers retroactive to November and some improvements in benefits, although Mr. Tunstall would not confirm it. The union began talks with the company before the previous contract expired in November, and frustration had begun to build at the failure to ink a fresh deal. Mr. Tunstall Last week, drivers began to wear pins with the message, “No Contract, No Pulse,” in seeking to nudge GRTC to end the impasse that has stretched more than seven months. The local has not gone on strike in 42 years, and there was no indication that members had voted to authorize a walkout.
But the message to GRTC came through loud and clear. GRTC tapped a former chief executive officer, Eldridge F. Coles, who retired in 2013 after a 46-year career with the bus company, to lead negotiations to ensure there would be no service disruption. Now a GRTC board member, Mr. Coles, who once drove buses, hashed out the tentative deal in a seven-hour session with Mr. Tunstall and other union representatives. According to Mr. Tunstall, the GRTC board endorsed the contract Tuesday, clearing the way for the union’s vote. Mr. Tunstall said Wednesday that members are scheduled to vote this Friday, June 15.
Assault charge dismissed against Henrico School Board member Roscoe D. Cooper III Henrico School Board member the Rev. Roscoe D. parking lot of a Henrico County hotel. But Mr. CeCooper III is no longer facing an assault charge. rullo, a deputy commonwealth’s attorney, declined to The case against Rev. Cooper, the pastor of Rising pursue the case. Mount Zion Baptist Church who represents Henrico’s Mr. Foote is accused of trying to strangle Rev. Fairfield District on the School Board, was dismissed Cooper during the fight. He is scheduled for an Aug. on Tuesday. 9 hearing in Henrico General District Court on a Rev. Cooper walked out of Henrico County Genfelony charge to determine if his case should go to eral District Court after special prosecutor Robert C. the grand jury and ultimately to the Henrico Circuit Cerullo of Powhatan County asked Judge Thomas O. Court for trial. Rev. Cooper Bondurant Jr. to dismiss the charge. The judge agreed Authorities said Mr. Foote, who is engaged to Rev. to the request. Cooper’s ex-wife, Christy G. Cooper, allegedly attacked Rev. Paul L. Foote Jr. brought the charge against Rev. Cooper Cooper after luring him to the hotel on Gayton Road. – JEREMY following an altercation between the two on April 20 in the M. LAZARUS
City pools to open on Saturday Saturday, June 16. That’s the day the City of Richmond will open its outdoor swimming pools for the summer. The seven city pools are scheduled to open at noon on the day after Richmond Public Schools classes end for the summer. The outdoor pools complement the city’s two, year-round indoor pools at Bellemeade Recreation Center, 1800 Lynhaven Ave., and Swansboro, 3160 Midlothian Turnpike, as places to cool off and exercise. Here are the pools that will open Saturday:
East End Fairmount, 2000 U St. Powhatan, 5051 Northampton St. in Fulton Woodville, 2305 Fairfield Ave. North Side Battery Park, 2917 Dupont Circle; Hotchkiss, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd. South Side Blackwell, 238 E. 14th St. West End Randolph, 1507 Grayland Ave. The outdoor pools will be open seven days a week through Labor Day, Monday Sept. 3. Hours of operation: Monday through Friday, 1 to 4:30 p.m., open swim; 5 to 7
p.m., family swim; and 7 to 8 p.m., adult swim. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., open swim. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m., open swim. Bellemeade and Swansboro indoor pools are open Monday through Friday, but closed on weekends. Group swimming generally is held in the morning, with open swim from 1 to around 4 p.m. most days. The hours are extended on Tuesday and Thursday, with open swimming from 6:30 to 8 p.m. both days. All of the pools offer swim lessons. Details: www.richmondgov.com, go to the Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities section; (804) 646-5733 or (804) 646-1174.
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Dorothy F. Cotton, a lion in the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 88 Continued from A1
Ms. Cotton was among a small number of women in leadership positions at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was started by Dr. King and played a critical role in the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Cotton led the Atlanta-based group’s Citizenship Education Program. “She had a beautiful voice, and when things got tense, Dorothy was the one who would start up a song to relieve the tension,” said Xernona Clayton, who was Dr. King’s office manager in Atlanta and organized protest marches and fundraisers. “She had such a calming influence in her personality,” Ms. Clayton added. “She had a personality that would lend itself to people listening to her.” Born in Goldsboro, N.C., Ms. Cotton and her three sisters were raised by her father after her mother died when she was very young, according to her online biography at the Dorothy
Cotton Institute in Ithaca, which she founded in 2007 to help develop and train leaders for global human rights work. Ms. Cotton attended Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C., before earning a bachelor’s degree in English and library science at Virginia State College, now Virginia State University, in 1955. She earned a master’s degree in speech therapy from Boston University in 1960. She met Dr. King when he preached at the church she attended in Petersburg, Va., and was invited shortly thereafter to join the staff at the SCLC. Ms. Cotton became one of Dr. King’s closest colleagues and worked at the SCLC for 18 years. She commanded respect from her male counterparts within the group, said Bernard Lafayette Jr., a longtime civil rights leader who is now chairman of the SCLC’s national board. When Dr. King and others ventured to parts of the Deep South that had a reputation for violence against African-
Americans, Ms. Cotton was fearless, Mr. Lafayette recalled in an interview. “She was very courageous,” he said. “She never hesitated.” A key focus of Ms. Cotton’s work was voter education and teaching people how to read ballots, how to vote and the importance of voting, said Edwina Moss of Cleveland, who was civil rights leader Andrew Young’s administrative assistant. “She worked a lot in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia — just all over — everywhere where there was a need,” Ms. Moss said. “It was extremely important work. It was probably the core foundation of the organization.” Ms. Cotton remained active in civil rights and education after Dr. King’s death in 1968, later serving as an administrator from 1982 to 1991 at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. During a commemoration of Dr. King’s death in 1993, Ms. Cotton said that people need to take responsibility for car-
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Dorothy F. Cotton was the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under the direct supervision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
rying on the mission of racial equality. “Rosa Parks didn’t wait to see what everybody else was doing. She just did it,” Ms. Cotton said of the woman who inspired the yearlong Montgomery,
Ala., bus boycott in late 1955 by refusing to give her seat to a white man. “We should ask ourselves what we’re doing. It starts with ourselves, our families and our churches.” Mr. Harrison, who worked
with Ms. Cotton at Cornell University while she served as director of student activities, said a small private burial and larger public memorial are being planned in Ithaca, but details had not been finalized.
Blackwell community poised for Primary election results historic set up contests for Nov. designation U.S. Senate
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He described Mr. Stewart as a “cruder imitation of Donald Trump who stokes white supremacy and brags about being ‘ruthless and vicious.’ ” “Corey Stewart would be an embarrassment for Virginia in the U.S. Senate, where he would eliminate health care for millions of Americans and slash public education funding,” the senator added. Meanwhile, on a night when female candidates dominated in primary contests for the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans in the 4th District that includes Richmond broke with the trend in choosing a challenger to incumbent Democratic Rep. A. Donald McEachin. Ryan A. McAdams, a minister from Charles City County, captured 72 percent of the vote to defeat his female rival, Shion A. Fenty, for the chance to take on Rep. McEachin in the Democratic-leaning
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district that also includes Petersburg, as well as major portions of Henrico and Chesterfield counties, and stretches to Suffolk. In the adjacent 7th District that includes portions of Henrico and Chesterfield former CIA operative Abigail Spanberger easily defeated former Marine pilot Dan Ward in the Democratic primary. She won 72 percent of the vote and now will take on incumbent GOP Rep. David Brat in the Republican-leaning district. Among the women who won Tuesday was Democrat Vangie A. Williams in the 1st District, which includes Hanover County. She beat two men in her bid to carry the party banner against incumbent Republican Rep. Rob Wittman. Democrat Elaine Luria won the primary in the 2nd District, which includes Virginia Beach, the Eastern Shore and portions of Hampton and Norfolk. She defeated a female rival to become the party’s chal-
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lenger to first-term incumbent GOP Rep. Scott Taylor, who also overcame a female primary challenger. In the 6th House District that includes Roanoke, Lynchburg and most of the Shenandoah Valley, Jennifer Lewis defeated two men and a female rival in the Democratic primary in her bid to win the seat now held by GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who is resigning. She will face off against the GOP choice, Delegate Ben Cline. In the 10th District in Northern Virginia, state Sen. Jennifer Wexton emerged as the Democratic nominee after winning a primary over five rivals. She will challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara J. Comstock, who defeated her male primary challenger. In the race in the 9th District in Southwest Virginia, where no women candidates were running, Anthony Flaccavento won the Democratic primary and will challenge incumbent GOP Rep. Morgan Griffith in November.
Sister of police shooting victim pushes City Council for police reform Continued from A1
family acknowledges. Unarmed and naked, Mr. Peters was fatally shot after he charged Officer Michael Nyantakyi, who pursued Mr. Peters after seeing him strike a vehicle in Downtown and drive away at a high rate of speed before hitting two more cars and running off the entrance ramp of Interstate 95 off Chamberlayne Avenue. Officer Nyantakyi tried and failed to stop Mr. Peters with a Taser. He shot Mr. Peters, who threatened to kill Officer Nyantakyi as he advanced. The officer called for backup after identifying Mr. Peters as “mentally unstable.” However, Mr. Peters advanced on the officer in an 11-second confrontation that ended with the fatal shooting. Ms. Blanding repeated at the council meeting her belief that her brother would have survived if the officer had helped him in the mental crisis rather than shooting him. She called on the city to have mental health professionals rather than police officers respond to such situations. She also called for police officers to be trained to use a baton, pepper spray or martial arts to contain mentally ill people, rather than resorting to deadly force. Members of City Council allowed her to speak for about 10 minutes, but none offered any comment in response to her remarks or to the comments of several other speakers who also called for change. Police Chief Alfred Durham, who was
in the City Council chamber and had taken part in a public farewell for Deputy Chief Steve Drew, who is leaving to become police chief in Newport News, declined to comment. Officer Nyantakyi remains on administrative leave as the investigation into the shooting continues. However, other police officials noted that the department currently calls in mental health professionals when possible. Officers are trained to call for assistance from the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority’s crisis program when they identify a person as suffering from mental illness, officials said. Officer-involved shootings represent only a tiny fraction of the dozens of shooting incidents that occur in Richmond each year and result in death or injury. The city Police Department disclosed that there have been 17 officer-involved shootings since 2015 in response to a Free Press request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Seven, or 41 percent, of those have been fatal shootings. Already in 2018, there have been four cases, with Mr. Peters being the only person who died, according to the department. Two other cases involved officers who were on duty; the fourth case involved an officer who was off duty. In 2017, there were six officer-involved shootings, which resulted in three people being killed and three others surviving. Five of the cases involved on-duty officers, and
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Princess Blanding shares a happy moment with her late brother, MarcusDavid Peters, in this photo taken Oct. 15, seven months before he was fatally shot by a Richmond Police officer.
one involved an off-duty officer. There also were six officer-involved shootings in 2015, resulting in two deaths and four woundings. As in 2017, five of the 2015 cases involved on-duty officers, and one involved an off-duty officer. Only one officer-involved shooting happened in 2016, the department reported. The officer was on duty at the time of the shooting, and the person who was shot survived.
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review of properties that are 50 years old or older. The designation would allow investors like the Hilds to secure federal and state tax credits for renovating homes and commercial spaces. Fifty-two other city neighborhoods already have the historic designation. The board of the state Department of Historic Resources is on track to approve the Blackwell designation at its meeting Thursday, June 21, in Westmoreland County. The proposal so far has been unopposed and has secured a thumbs up from the city’s Commission on Architectural Review, an arm of the City Planning Commission. The nomination would represent an expansion of the Manchester Historic District that was created in 2002 and covers nearly 250 residences and businesses in the area roughly bounded by Cowardin Avenue, McDonough Street, West 9th Street and Decatur Street. If granted the designation, Blackwell, which was named after the late respected educator James H. Blackwell, would add more than 600 buildings in an area roughly bounded by Dinwiddie Avenue, 21st Street and a former rail line, East 13th Street and Cowardin Avenue-Jefferson Davis Highway. A few properties west of Jefferson Davis Highway and north of McDonough Street also would be included, including a former grocery store at 20th and Hull streets that the Hilds are restoring. The expansion would ensure the historic district covers most of old Manchester, originally a town in Chesterfield County and later an independent city that Richmond annexed in 1910. So far, according to the Department of Historic Resources, none of the property owners in Blackwell have written letters of opposition. The DHR only counts letters that are notarized. DHR Director Julie Langan said the only letter expressing dissent came from Kimberly Chen, a city planner who specializes in historic designation. Ms. Chen stated a concern on behalf of the administration about whether Blackwell would qualify given the amount of new construction. Ms. Trammell has not taken a position on the historic designation, but told City Council she was frustrated that DHR and the Stoney administration kept the proposal quiet so that she was unable to provide information to constituents. Ms. Robertson also expressed disappointment that her office was not contacted so that she could provide information to the people she represents about the impact the designation might have. The mayor has not responded to a request for comment about the council members’ criticism. According to DHR’s information, the agency limited its notices to the city to Mayor Stoney, Chief Administrative Office Selena Cuffee-Glenn, Ms. Chen and the Commission on Architectural Review. City Council members were not on the notification list. Ms. Langan said the mayor and the commission received official notice on March 23 about the Blackwell application. Ms. Langan said DHR limited the notices as it regards the CAR and the mayor as the “primary reviewers” of such Richmond applications. She said the City Council “is welcome to comment,” but DHR requires either the mayor or the CAR to endorse this kind of application for a proposed historic designation to move the board to approval. Ms. Langan noted that DHR also sent letters to listed property owners in the proposed historic district. She expressed surprise that a survey conducted last weekend found 76 Blackwell property owners who reported they did not receive the notice.
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City Council plans to pump $600,000 into South Side trailer park By Jeremy M. Lazarus
City Hall is poised to pour $600,000 into Rudd’s Trailer Park in South Side. Richmond City Council voted 9-0 Monday to clear the way for the city to use a chunk of its federal Community Development Block Grant money to pay for improvements to infrastructure at the trailer park at 2911 Jefferson Davis Highway. The proposal to spend $600,000 on Rudd’s was included in an amended plan the city is submitting to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to explain its spending of about $8.5 million in CDBG and other federal housing funds. The trailer park investment apparently would be a first and appears to usher in a new era in which the nine trailer parks in the city are viewed as crucial affordable housing for lowincome families in a city where apartment rents and home prices are rising sharply. The investment would represent an about-face for a city that just three years ago sent building inspectors to condemn aging and often unsafe trailers at Rudd’s and other trailer parks. With the help of the Legal Aid Justice Center, more than 30 current and former mostly Latino residents of Rudd’s filed a civil rights lawsuit against Richmond challenging the disruptive inspections. In the end, both sides agreed to a truce in 2016 under which the city promised to be less aggressive in its enforcement and to work more with the Spanish-speaking residents to secure improvements of the mobile manufactured housing. The city has not outlined how the investment in the privately owned trailer park is to work. The Rudd’s name still is posted at the trailer park’s entrance, but ownership is now in the hands of a Massachusetts-based company, DPK Communities LLC. The company purchased the 34unit park for $408,000 in a foreclosure sale in April 2016 ahead of the legal settlement. Before the foreclosure, the park had been valued at $2.4 million for tax purposes. In other business at Monday’s meeting, City Council also voted 9-0: • To permit the private Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School, which serves low-income children, to buy eight adjacent tax delinquent properties for $145,000. The school plans to use the site to add new classrooms and a gymnasium next door to its current home at 2124 N. 29th St. The council conditioned the sale on the school’s agreement to allow public use of the gym for recreation and community programs. The school, named for an African-American educator and women’s rights activist, plans to invest $5 million to $6 million in the addition, which is expected to open within 14 months. • To revive a forum for residents on issues involving discrimination. To be called the Richmond Human Rights Commission, the new city arm would revive the former Human Relations Commission that was started in the early 1970s and operated until more than a decade ago when it was dismantled. A council-based advisory group led by Riqia Taylor, a Virginia Commonwealth University student, called for creation of the commission last year. Nine months later, the legislation promoted by City Council members Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, and Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, was approved. Final passage was held up at least one month to include in the measure authority for the mayor to appoint several of the commission members. Passage of the legislation is just the first step. The council and the mayor still must name members before the commission begins to organize, provide a way for people to file complaints and offer public sessions to hear concerns and complaints. In other matters, City Council also postponed action on a proposal to allow some of the city’s highest paid officials to live outside the city. Backing away from completely dismantling the residency rule, the council has amended the proposal to ensure the residency requirement continues to apply to 17 officials, including seven department directors as well as four deputy chief administrative officers and three council appointees, along with the city’s chief administrative officer, the police chief and the fire chief. Currently, 180 city officials are covered by the residency requirement, although an undisclosed number have been granted waivers to live outside the city.
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This 2014 photo shows one of the trailers in Rudd’s Trailer Park was condemned by city inspectors and one was not.
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May the ‘stiff’ win There’s no question the Trump effect has spilled over into Virginia. Right-wing Republican Corey Stewart won Tuesday’s GOP primary contest for the U.S. Senate. He now will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine in November. For those unfamiliar with Mr. Stewart’s background, let’s recap. To say that Mr. Stewart, an attorney and chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, is a right-winger is an understatement. He wants to preserve Virginia’s Confederate monuments. In 2017, he made several appearances with Jason Kessler, organizer of the bloody and deadly Unite the Right rally of white supremacists and neo-Confederates in Charlottesville. He appeared during the campaign with white nationalists and despises immigrants to the point where he openly boasts about the number of undocumented immigrants who have been deported from Prince William County. At his victory party Tuesday night, Mr. Stewart called undocumented immigrants “animals” and blamed them for “suppressing wages, taking jobs and committing crimes.” He also has been the headliner at several gun rights rallies opposing any new federal gun control measures. Earlier this year, he accused the students in March for Our Lives walkout events following the February Florida high school massacre of “exploiting these tragedies.” He was fired from the Trump campaign in 2016 after staging an unsanctioned protest at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington because he said the party wasn’t sufficiently loyal to Mr. Trump after the release of the “Access Hollywood” video with Mr. Trump bragging that he could grab women by their private parts. Mr. Stewart received national attention last year when he almost upset the slightly more moderate Ed Gillespie for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Some prominent state Republicans said Wednesday they no longer recognize the Republican Party with the rise of yet another extreme candidate. “I am extremely disappointed that a candidate like Corey Stewart could win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate,” former Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling tweeted. “This is clearly not the Republican Party I once knew, loved and proudly served. Every time I think things can’t get worse, they do, and there is no end in sight.” President Trump, the king of tweeting, offered his congratulations and blessings to Mr. Stewart on Wednesday, embracing, yet again, another candidate who many right-minded people view as divisive and on the fringe. “Congratulations to Corey Stewart for his great victory for Senator from Virginia,” President Trump tweeted early on Wednesday. “Now he runs against a total stiff, Tim Kaine, who is weak on crime and borders, and wants to raise your taxes through the roof. Don’t underestimate Corey, a major chance of winning!” Rarely is the choice between candidates so clear so early on — in this case, the day after the primary. But this year, the delineation is so painfully sharp and obvious. Mr. Stewart is dangerous. And he is anathema to the things we believe in. He also has pledged full support for the Trump agenda if he defeats Sen. Kaine in November. For Virginia’s sake, we hope the “stiff” wins in November.
Waiting to exhale There’s something peculiar about President Trump turning his highly important meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un into a real estate sales pitch. During a post-summit news conference, President Trump offered a glimpse of what he’d said to Mr. Kim during their meeting held in Singapore earlier this week to try to end North Korea’s nuclear threat with its recent missile testing. He noted that North Korea has “great beaches.” “You see that whenever they’re exploding their cannons into the ocean, right?” he told reporters as he began recounting a conversation with the Korean dictator. “I said, ‘Boy, look at the view. Wouldn’t that make a great condo behind?’ And I explained, I said, ‘You know, instead of doing that, you could have the best hotels in the world right there. Think of it from a real estate perspective.’ ” While people in neighboring South Korea and Japan and others around the world are frightened by the prospect of nuclear annihilation through Mr. Kim’s brazen threats, President Trump, the supposed leader of the free world, is thinking of where he can build his next Trump Tower to make a fortune. We see plenty wrong with this picture — and this president to whom, unfortunately, our destiny is tied. We were plugging for his success in this fragile summit because if he blew up, it could mean, literally, that we would be blown up, too. The summit clearly was a confab between two unpredictable, unstable men who, despite their rhetoric, care little about the people in their respective nations. Nothing was said about the longtime human rights abuses of the North Korean people, including starvation and murder. Why? Because we believe it is of little concern to Mr. Trump, who, from his own words, thinks violent, racist white supremacists in this country are “good people.” He also, from his own words, views immigrants as rapists, criminals and drug dealers. Mr. Trump has unapologetically torn apart thousands of immigrant families through policies and practices that United Nations officials have deemed a violation of human rights. Is it any wonder that Mr. Trump came away from the summit calling Mr. Kim “a talented man” who “loves his people”? By his own acknowledgment, Mr. Trump went into the meeting with little preparation. He showed Mr. Kim a strange propaganda film put together by the White House, displayed his armored limousine for the Korean dictator and signed a one-page document that experts say offers little to nothing more than what was agreed to in 1992. Its four precepts: That the United States and North Korea commit to establishing new relations; that the two countries will try to build a lasting and stable “peace regime” on the Korean Peninsula; that North Korea will “work toward” denuclearization; and that the two nations will try to recover the remains of POWs or MIAs. It is to the world’s detriment that Mr. Trump left the meeting without obtaining anything concrete about inspecting and verifying North Korea’s future steps to eliminate its nuclear weapons. Instead, our South Korean and Japanese allies were surprised when Mr. Trump announced he would stop the joint U.S. military exercises he deemed as “war games” and “provocative” now held with South Korea and remove U.S. troops from the area. We don’t believe that’s the best move for the United States or our allies, given the history of Mr. Kim and his predecessors. When Mr. Trump says Mr. Kim is returning to North Korea to “start a process that will make a lot of people very happy and very safe,” we believe it’s likely the calm before the storm. Just months earlier, the two were threatening each other, putting the world on edge as their verbal insults edged us closer to war. We don’t trust Mr. Kim. And we don’t trust Mr. Trump. The president is far from being a bridge builder. Just days before the summit, at an earlier meeting of the G7 in Quebec, Canada, Mr. Trump managed to further alienate the United States from its closest allies by threatening to levy additional trade sanctions and reneging on signing a joint communiqué from the assembly. He later escalated his attacks on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and pledged to punish the people of Canada economically because Mr. Trudeau criticized the trade tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump. We hope we are wrong, but we don’t see Mr. Trump as the next winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. We don’t know how all of this will end, but we’re still waiting to exhale.
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Add right to vote to U.S. Constitution The talk shows are filled with the latest rumor about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in our elections. What was done still remains a mystery. But Republican tricky leaks — the systematic efforts to suppress the vote — are an established fact, and a far greater threat to free elections. The facts are not in dispute. A recent report by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on extreme poverty notes that in addition to suffering the most extreme inequality in the industrial world, the United States ranks among the lowest for voter participation. Voter registration levels, for example, are 64 percent in the United States compared with 91 percent in Canada and the United Kingdom and 99 percent in Japan. This isn’t an accident. As The New York Times reports, conservatives have openly stated for years that they do better when fewer people vote. In the South under segregation, the power structure used any number of tricks — poll taxes, special quizzes, intimidation and murder — to keep AfricanAmericans from voting. Now Republicans are clear that they must suppress the vote if they
are to keep power. As Professor Donald M. Jones of the University of Miami School of Law stated at a Florida hearing of the National Commission for Voter Justice, “When it comes to the vote, we are in the second Civil War.”
Jesse L. Jackson Sr. The commission was launched by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition early this year to undertake a two-year mission of documenting the status of voting rights in the United States, educating the public about ongoing threats and inspiring reforms to reaffirm the right to vote. The NCVJ found that systematic efforts are underway to make voting more difficult in state after state. Voter purging and voter caging is being conducted on a much larger scale since 2016 than is popularly recognized. In Georgia in 2017, 320,000 voters who had been purged from the voter rolls had to file a lawsuit to regain the right to vote. In Florida, black voters are being purged after being labeled “inactive” by not responding to a mailed request for confirmation of address. The Interstate Crosscheck System, invented by Republican attorneys, is used by 27 states and is estimated to lead to the wrongful purging of hundreds of thousands of voters.
States also work to make voting harder. They limit the days of early voting, reduce the number of polling places, leading to long lines and frustrated voters, and relocate polling places to distant communities. Georgia is notorious for moving polling sites from black communities to inaccessible locations with poor advance notice. Ex-felons who have served their sentence are still disenfranchised in Florida and other states and students face more and more barriers designed to keep them from voting. Republican state legislators have pushed to pass voter ID laws across the country. Thirty-four states now enforce these laws. Eleven percent of U.S. citizens — 21 million people — lack a government-issued photo ID, the ACLU reports. One in four African-Americans lacks this form of ID. The Government Accountability Office found that strict photo ID laws reduce turnout by 2 percent to 3 percent. Open voter suppression laws had a far greater effect on the 2016 election than whatever the Russians did. Wisconsin’s rightwing Gov. Scott Walker previously signed into law new voter ID requirements, some of which a federal district court found discriminated against minority voters. Conservative judges at the appellate level upheld the law. Republicans openly bragged that this would make the differ-
Low unemployment — don’t be fooled The most recent unemployment rate report seems to contain nothing but good news. The overall unemployment rate is down to 3.8 percent, the lowest it has been since 2000. The black unemployment rate, at 5.9 percent, is lower than it has ever been. With the white unemployment rate at 3.5 percent, the ratio between black and white unemployment, usually stuck around 2 percent, is below 1.7 percent, a historic low. While it is risky to make conclusions about black unemployment, given month to month fluctuations, it is clear that the employment situation for African-Americans has improved in the 500 or so days since 45 took office. To be sure, much of the improvement in the labor market can be attributed to the Obama recovery. Former President Obama put everything in place to ensure that the labor market improved. Still, it would be churlish to deny that some 45-inspired policies may have improved the employment situation. With economic growth nearing 3 percent, and with business confidence stable, more than 220,000 new jobs were created in May. Tax cuts have encouraged businesses to add employees. The fact that wages have increased by more than 2 percent suggests some slight tightening in the labor market. Good news, right? So
why aren’t workers dancing? Black teens hardly have any reason to dance. Although the unemployment rate among black teenagers dropped nearly 10 percentage points, from 29 percent to 19.6 percent, a big part of this drop is contained in the fact that fewer teens are either working
Julianne Malveaux or looking for work. A year ago, there were 788,000 African-American teens in the labor market, but the number had dropped to 681,000 last month. Thus, fewer teens were working last month (547,000) than a year ago (579,000). Even though many teens have dropped out of the labor market because they don’t think they can find work, it is likely that more will look for work this summer. It is extremely unlikely that the lower unemployment rate for teens will sustain through the summer unless businesses are strongly motivated to hire part-time and temporary workers. Teens have no reason to dance, but what about the rest of us? The unemployment rate for black women is at an amazing low of 4.7 percent, more than 2 full percentage points lower than a year ago. The labor force participation of black women is down slightly. There are about as many black women in the labor force now as a year ago, despite population growth. Additionally, 45’s threats to cut the federal workforce, not yet substantially realized, will have a disproportionate effect
on black women because about 20 percent of all black women work for the federal government. If you combine this with the threats to the social safety net, not yet realized, but anticipated, one can understand why few are dancing, even though the growth music is playing. After having passed massive tax cuts that will only increase the deficit, House Republicans are talking about budgetary “clawbacks.” Last week, they discussed cutting food stamps by requiring more work of those who receive SNAP funding (a sizeable portion of SNAP recipients work but earn so little that they qualify for food assistance) and freezing some unspent funds from the child health program. House Speaker Paul Ryan, in his few remaining months in leadership, has pledged “entitlement reform,” including Medicaid and Social Security cuts. Even with lower unemployment and modest wage growth, these entitlement reforms bode ill for many workers. Many would suggest that we simply celebrate the good news — lower unemployment rates and more new jobs are certainly worth noting. But some of the gains are shaky, not solid. Some are a function of people dropping out of the labor market. And some people’s economic condition will not improve, especially with anticipated policy changes. While aggregate numbers look great, some people aren’t dancing because they haven’t been invited to the party. The writer is an author and economist.
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ence in the election. The result, by the state’s own records, was that 300,000 eligible voters lacked proper ID. AfricanAmerican turnout was down dramatically and Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lost the key state by only 22,700 votes. We should take steps to ensure that no foreign power can interfere with our elections, but we should also act boldly to ensure that the right to vote is not undermined by zealous partisans at home. In the end, we should amend the U.S. Constitution to specifically establish the right to vote. This basic democratic value is now contested. We have public officials openly bragging about their schemes to suppress the right to vote. There is no greater threat to a democracy. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
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Monroe Park Conservancy failing people, public space that it’s supposed to serve Dominion Energy and Virginia Commonwealth University at the front entrance to the park across from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The conservancy could have sought alternatives to the proposed billboard. The conservancy also has placed a large, ugly electrical control station in front of the park’s elegant World War II memorial. This decision disturbs the sanctity of this memorial, which was designed by the famous landscape architect Charles Gillette in 1951 and is listed as a contributing structure to the Monroe Park Historic District. Fourth, the conservancy has failed to maintain the park’s trees. In December 2016, 15 healthy mature trees were destroyed without any effort to seek a city variance allowing the destruction. Since then, more old-growth trees have been destroyed despite requests from the public and the City Planning Commission for the conservancy to consider alternatives. Fifth, the conservancy is putting the interests of corporations ahead of ordinary people that the conservancy claims to want to attract to the park when the renovation is done. Recently, a huge corporate tent was erected for a month that further damaged and monopolized a significant segment of the park. The conservancy and the adjacent Altria Theater are actively marketing the tent as space for paid functions, transforming public space into an area for private use in a space that was to be a children’s play area. Finally, the conservancy has failed to adhere to a City Council resolution that called on the conservancy to diversify its board with community stakeholders and neighborhood representatives. In the four years since signing this agreement, the conservancy has refused to add
neighborhood representatives to the board. The community volunteers listed on their website do not represent or report to their respective neighborhoods. The refusal to honor this agreement is especially troublesome because the 2008 master plan for the park, which was celebrated for the transparency and public participation that went into it, has been ignored and altered. The Sierra Club believes there should be free and unrestricted use of this public park at no cost to all individuals and community groups as has historically been the practice. It is clear to our chapter members that the conservancy has failed to meet its responsibilities to the city and must be held accountable by having its lease taken away. The conservancy may yet accomplish a decent renovation of Monroe Park, but it is very clear that the wooded, historic public park that citizens cherished and loved has been irreparably and callously damaged with the approval of the conservancy. The responsibility falls squarely on Mayor Stoney and/ or City Council to correct the lack of oversight in regard to this very flawed public-private partnership development and the Sierra Club.
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The Sierra Club’s Falls of the James Chapter is renewing its call for Mayor Levar M. Stoney and Richmond City Council to end the agreement that transfers control of Monroe Park from the City of Richmond to the Monroe Park Conservancy. Here’s why: First, the conservancy has proven to be a poor manager of the project in failing to complete the renovation of the park in a timely fashion. Monroe Park has been closed for 19 months and it is unclear when the work will be done. The project also is over budget. Our chapter has determined that the renovation already has used more than $4 million in public taxpayer money, and it is not apparent where additional funds will be found to complete the renovation. Second, the conservancy has allowed work that does not meet mandated quality standards. For example, the granite curbstones adjacent to sidewalks were not reset properly after the sidewalk was removed. The brickwork in the park can only be described as shoddy. The historic Checkers House, which is listed as integral to the Monroe Park Historic District, is being altered in a way that that could affect the park and the house’s inclusion on the National Registry of Historic Places. Third, the conservancy is damaging the natural beauty of our city’s oldest park, which dates to 1851. That includes proposing a large, inappropriate sign recognizing corporate and institutional donors, even though most of the funding for the park’s renovation has come from taxpayers. Despite the opposition of nearby neighborhood associations, the conservancy, with the approval of the city’s Urban Design Committee, is moving ahead with its plan to post a 3½-foot-tall billboard to honor such contributors as
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Commission”), which owns and operates Richmond International Airport, to consider adoption of a resolution to revise its Rules and Regulations Regarding Conduct and Activities on the Property of the Capital Region Airport Commission (“Rules and Regulations”), including the standards and regulations for solicitation of funds, distribution of literature, picketing, marching, demonstrations, and other expressive activity, at its next regularly scheduled monthly business meeting on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, commencing at 8:00 a.m. in the Commission’s Board Room, located in the Airport Terminal Building, 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Richmond International Airport, Virginia, 23250. A public hearing will be held during such meeting at which time and place any person may appear and be heard for or against the adoption of the proposed revisions to the Rules and Regulations. A full copy of the proposed revisions to the current Rules and Regulations and the proposed resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed from a link on the Commission’s web site at www.flyrichmond.com or directly at www.flyrichmond.com/files/NoticeofPublicHearingResolutiontoReviseCRACRulesRegs.pdf. A hard copy of the proposed revisions to the current Rules and Regulations and the proposed resolution to amend the Rules and Regulations may be viewed at the Commission’s offices located at 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Suite C located on the second floor of the terminal building, Richmond, Virginia 23250, and written comments in advance of the meeting may be addressed to Mr. Jon E. Mathiasen, A.A.E., President and CEO, Capital Region Airport Commission, at the same address. CAPITAL REGION AIRPORT COMMISSION BY: Douglas E. Blum, Chief Financial Officer
GRTC NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Bus Stop Relocation & Re-routing Bus Stop # 3651 (Davis & Broad) relocation to DMV Dr. at the old Dept. of Workers Compensation parking lot effective Sunday, June 24, 2018. New Routes 50, 76 & 77 will re-route to this stop. -AndPermanent redesign of Routes 50, 76 & 77. Request for feedback on proposed permanent redesign. Monday, June 18, 2018 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. DMV (Central) Cafeteria 2300 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23269 Please send any routing questions or comments to: Email planningcomment@ridegrtc.com Phone: (804) 358-3871 Mail: Planning Division, GRTC Transit System, 301 East Belt Boulevard, Richmond VA 23224 Meeting locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. GRTC strives to provide reasonable accommodations and services for persons who require assistance to participate. For special assistance, call Carrie Rose Pace at 804-474-9354 or email crosepace@ridegrtc.com at least 72 hours prior to the public meeting. Si usted necesita servicios de tradución para participar, por favor mande un correo electrónico a: crosepace@ridegrtc.com. GRTC Transit System’s CARE and CARE Plus services provide origin-to-destination Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services to residents of the Richmond Region. To schedule a reservation, please call (804) 782-CARE (2273), email webcarecvan@ridegrtc.com, or fax (804) 474-9993.
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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter
The ‘Dubs’ grow a dynasty with latest NBA crown The Golden State Warriors, nicknamed the “Dubs,” have three NBA titles in the bag and more in their sites. Welcome to the “Dub Dynasty.” After sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, in four straight games, the Oakland, Calif.,-based Warriors are not only the NBA’s top team now, but arguably among the best of all time. The four victories, ending with a 108-85 Game Four rout last Friday, June 8, in Cleveland, were by a combined 60 points, the largest point differential ever in a 4-0 sweep. Golden State’s Steph Curry had 37 points in clinching the victory, while Kevin Durant, who was named Most Valuable Player of the finals for a second straight year, added a triple double — 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. There’s little reason to anticipate a decline for Coach Steve Kerr’s superpower. The Dubs’ four All-Stars — James referred to them as “Four Hall of Famers” in a postgame press conference — are all in their athletic prime. Curry is 30; Durant, 29; and Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, 28. The fifth starter, Andre Iguodala, is 34, but still among the league’s elite defensive stoppers. Some forget Iguodala was the MVP in the 2015 finals.
Now about that catchy nickname: “Dubs” is short for “W,” the first letter in “Warriors.” It’s a bit of a stretch, but the team’s fans embrace the nickname as well as headline writers. There’s little not to like about this juggernaut, unless you’re on the team playing against them. Golden State won the NBA championship in 2015, lost in the 2016 finals to Cleveland, and won the whole works in 2017 and now 2018. “We’ve got a lot of two- and three-time champs in there, and we’ll have plenty of time in our lives to discuss that later,” Curry told the Associated Press after Game Four. “So we want to keep this going as long as we can.” The sweep was the first in the NBA finals since 2007, when the San Antonio Spurs dispatched Cleveland, then led by a young James. Defying traditional logic, the Warriors have dominated the NBA without a go-to big man in the paint. The three crowns in four years have come with nothing resembling a George Mikan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Tim Duncan or Shaquille O’Neal. The free-flowing outfit is more about 3-point shooting, skilled passing and all-around finesse than brute strength. The achievements are of historic note. The Warriors rival the NBA’s all-time, multi-
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The Golden State Warriors celebrate with the NBA championship trophy after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers last Friday to claim the title.
season champs — the Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s, the Boston Celtics of the 1960s, the Los Angeles “Showtime” Lakers with Magic Johnson in the 1980s, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls in the 1990s and the Lakers with Kobe Bryant and O’Neal earlier in the 2000s. Minneapolis, before moving to Los Angeles, won the NBA crown five times between 1949 and 1954 when the NBA was just cutting its teeth. Russell’s Celtics won 10 times in 11 seasons, including eight in a row from 1959 to 1969.
Comeback king Smith-Pelly helps Caps win Stanley Cup
Devante Smith-Pelly was the long shot that paid off for the Washington Capitals, the National Hockey League Stanley Cup champions. It’s apropos the victory came in the gambling mecca of Las Vegas. The left winger was a force throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs and scored the tying, third period goal (at 9:52) in the Caps’ clinching the title in a 4-3 win June 7 over the Vegas Golden Knights. Scoring had become his habit. In 24 playoff games, the powerful 6-foot, 214-pound Smith-Pelly, known more for his Devante Smith-Pelly physical fore-checking, scored seven goals, holds up the Stanley including one in each of the last three Cup in celebration games against the Golden Knights. of championship Also, he was credited with 15 hits (diswin. lodging the puck from the puck carrier) and four blocked shots in his intimidating role against the Golden Knights. Throughout much of the playoffs, both at Capital One Arena in Washington and at Vegas’ T-Mobile Center, Caps fans chanted “DSP!” The hyphenated hero has become a classic comeback story. Considered washed up by some, the Ontario, Canada, native had his contract bought out by the Jersey City Devils on June 30, 2017. The Devils, preferring to pay him off rather than keep him, about 30 — and there was an ugly incident. On Feb. 17, Smith-Pelly was the target of a racist chant at Chicago’s thought he was through. Instead, he was just warming up. With a keen eye for talent, the Caps signed Smith-Pelly United Center where the Caps were playing the Blackhawks. as a free agent on July 3, 2017. It was a one-year pact for a The four spectators responsible were escorted from the arena and given lifetime bans. Both the Blackhawks administration modest — by NHL standards — $600,000. It was the best offer — as well as the only offer — on and the NHL apologized to Smith-Pelly for the incident. Smith-Pelly is one of two black players with the Washthe table. “This is amazing. I never thought this is how this season would ington Capitals. The other is 23-year-old Madison Bowey of end,” Smith-Pelly told NHL Insider. “I appreciate Washington Winnipeg, Canada. Bowey saw action in 52 regular season games but none in the playoffs. wanting to bring me in and give me a try. This is great.” En route to Washington, Smith-Pelly skated with the New It turned out to be the best money the Caps ever spent, and led to Jersey Devils, the Anaheim Ducks and the Montreal Canathe franchise’s first ever Stanley Cup in 44 years of existence. Smith-Pelly, who turns 26 on June 14, was steady, albeit diens of the NHL, and also with the Norfolk Admirals of the unspectacular, during the regular season, scoring seven goals American Hockey League in 2013-14. Considering his buyout in New Jersey, Smith-Pelly was little in 75 games. He was more recognized for knocking foes off more than an after-thought entering this season. But now he has their skates than for slapping the puck into the nets. But that all changed in the playoffs, when the stakes were moved to the forefront of the Caps’ plans looking ahead. “You only get so many chances to stick,” he told the Insider. “I highest. Black athletes are still rare in the NHL — there are only knew this could be my last one. I took the buyout personally.”
Sloane Stephens gearing up for Wimbledon after finals defeat in French Open Sloane Stephens was tough on both her opponents and the media at the 2018 French Open. The Florida native, who was seeded 10th in the tournament, advanced to the finals last Saturday, where she was defeated by top-ranked Simona Halep of Romania 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. It was a convincing, rebound performance by Stephens, who went into a slump — eight straight losses, all overseas — following her September 2017 U.S. Open title. After falling to Halep on the clay at Roland Garros Stadium, Stephens let the media know she wasn’t pleased with its reporting. “You guys are my biggest haters,” she told the press at the French Open following her defeat, according to media reports. “Can I just state for the record that all of you guys in here were tweeting that I had a losing record everywhere except in the
U.S.? So I think I have done very well to make the finals of the French Open. So if you want to tweet that, I’d be very happy because you seem to only want to say, ‘She’s 0-8 in other countries, and blah, blah, blah’ … yeah, it’s you and you and a lot of you,” she said, pointing to different members of the media. Stephens, 25, turned pro in 2009. She is now 54-24 in Grand Slam events. Following the French Open, her international ranking has shot to No. 4. Next on the tennis schedule is Wimbledon, which starts July 2 at the All England Club near London. Venus and Serena Williams also are expected to play at Wimbledon after some difficulties at the French Open. Venus, 37, lost in the first round, while Serena, 36, withdrew prior to the fourth round with a right pectoral muscle injury. In doubles, the Williams sisters were
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eliminated in the third round. “Within two weeks, (Serena) should recover and be able to hit again,” Serena’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, told Eurosport. “She should be ready for Wimbledon.” Serena is a seven-time Wimbledon champion, with her most recent single’s title in 2016. Venus has won the title at Wimbledon five times, most recently in 2008. Stephens has advanced to the third round at Wimbledon on three occasions and has a 10-6 career record on the fast, All England grass courts.
But the NBA was only about half the size then as it is now. Jordan’s Bulls took six titles from 1991 to 1998. Magic’s Lakers wore the crown five times from 1982 to 1988. The more recent vintage Lakers prevailed in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and again in 2009 and 2010. Now it’s the Dubs’ turn to make hoops history. They are the league’s clear favorite looking to next year and beyond.
Where will he go?
LeBron James and the future LeBron James carried the Cleveland Cavaliers on his broad shoulders all the way to the NBA Finals. But he couldn’t get the team across the finish line. So let the speculation continue well into the summer: Where will “King James” play in 2018-19 and beyond? In fact, there is so much deep analysis on this subject that experts have come to be called “LeBronologists,” all with well thought out but differing conclusions. Everyone agrees, however, that James is chasing another championship — or more — to strengthen his legacy. But there are many guesses about where he’ll go next. Some say he’ll stay in Cleveland, remaining true to his native northeast Ohio. That is, of course, if he doesn’t go to Houston to join close friend Chris Paul. Or if he doesn’t head to Los Angeles, where he already owns a mansion. Or if he doesn’t opt for a couple of up-and-comers in Boston and Philadelphia. Some people are speculating that he might go back to the Miami Heat, where he won two NBA championship rings, or even to the Golden State Warriors to form a team of the ages. The 6-foot-8 James, who can be the best player on the floor — and in the NBA — at any position, it seems, shows little signs of slowing down at 33. During this past regular season, he played in all 82 games, averaging 27.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 9.1 assists. And he didn’t slow down in the postseason. In the playoffs, he averaged 28.9 points, 8.9 rebounds and 7.1 assists, while
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logging 42 minutes a night. James’ bid to unseat Golden State likely ended in game one of the NBA Finals when the Cavs blew a chance to win at the buzzer of regulation play. Teammate J.R. Smith lost track of the score in the final seconds and passed up a close shot to win, thinking Cleveland was up by 1 point rather than tied. James’ exasperation with this mental blunder hit new heights and he lost self control. In the locker room following what became an overtime loss to the Warriors, he punched a white board, injuring his shooting hand. After scoring 51 points in the first game, James almost completely stopped shooting from outside in the last three games, but kept it secret. Following the Cavs’ Game Four loss in Cleveland, he revealed his self-inflicted wound, showing up at a press conference with his hand bandaged. James’ hand will heel, but what about his ego that has been bruised by the humbling team performance against the Golden State Warriors? Few people doubt that James likely will continue as arguably the best player in the game and perhaps the best of all time. But free agency starts in July. James will be on some lucky city’s roster, and history suggests that whatever that team is will forge its way to the NBA Finals. Counting Cleveland and Miami combined, teams led by James have been to eight straight NBA Finals. For now, at least, LeBronologists link him to about every pro team in America and Canada, except perhaps the Harlem Globetrotters. You never know.
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Personality: Addison Raso
Spotlight on winner of Governor’s Youth Volunteer Award Volunteerism is a major part of Addison Raso’s life. The 17-year-old junior at Atlee High School in Hanover County became active in community service as a camp counselor with Camp Hope Richmond, a faith-based nonprofit that partners with local ministries to provide camping opportunities to underserved metro area youngsters in the fifth through eighth grades. Since then, she has started a ministry for special needs youngsters at her church, Restoration Church in Mechanicsville, and co-founded a pageant, Miss Hanover Abilities Pageant, for young women who have a developmental disability. For her commitment and for dedicating hundreds of hours to serving others, Addison has been recognized with the 2018 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Youth Volunteer Award. The award was presented in April by Gov. Ralph S. Northam in a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion. Addison says she has viewed the mansion many times from the grounds in Capitol Square, but had never been inside. Her family also attended the event, where she was congratulated by people impressed by and interested in her work. “It was a little overwhelming,” she recalls, “but, overall, it was a very cool experience.” Addison credits Amy Gregory, a special education teacher
at Chickahominy Middle School in Hanover, with being a major help and influence in her life. Addison has volunteered as a teacher’s assistant with Ms. Gregory for the last three years. The students, she says, “are so fun to be around and they always put me in a better mood.” Several summers ago, she noticed at church that parents of special needs children couldn’t get through the service because of their child’s short attention span. “I had an idea to do a special needs ministry because I knew families that were really struggling,” Addison says. Her church accepted the idea and wanted the program to start that September when school began. The energetic Addison reached out to Wendy Atkinson, an occupational therapist who started the Cool Spring Elementary School Bridge Builders program that is similar to what Addison wanted to do at Restoration Church. Ms. Atkinson, she says, helped make her idea become a reality by offering pointers and tips. In September 2016, The G.I.F.T. — God Inspires Friendships Together — began. Now, during the church’s Sunday morning service, four to eight special needs children have their own program that includes Bible and faith-based lessons tailored specifically to their needs. Volunteer “buddies” help, Addison explains. “Since the class is small, kids
have individual tasks and goals — like learning the Ten Commandments — and help from their buddies,” she says. Her devotion to service didn’t stop in church. Addison founded the Miss Hanover Abilities Pageant with her friend and fellow church member, Allie Pullifiz. The pageant, held for the second year in March, is open to female contestants ages 13 and older who have a developmental disability. The pageant, she says, is sponsored and funded by the Hanover County Community Services Board of which Ms. Gregory is a member. “When you have an idea for a project, talk to the people around you and in your community,” Addison says. “You
will be surprised who and how many people around you are willing to help you get something started.” Addison also went on a mission trip to Haiti in November, where she worked with special needs youngsters at an orphanage. “In doing therapy with the kids, I realized that this is what I was meant to do,” she says. “I loved every aspect of therapy.” As for the future, she plans to attend James Madison University after graduating next year. She wants to complete a five-year program in special education or occupational therapy. Meet this week’s youth volunteer award winner and Free Press Personality, Addison Raso: Date and place of birth: Dec. 31 in Mechanicsville. Current residence: Mechanicsville. Family: Father, Frank Raso; mother, Terri Raso; one sister, Ashleigh Anderson; and two brothers, Cole and Brady Raso. High school attending: Atlee High School in Hanover County. Extracurricular activities: Varsity basketball and lacrosse; Beta Club, National Honor Society, All Star Basketball and Champions Together track.
Leadership roles in school activities: I am a varsity basketball team captain and a buddy for the All Star Basketball and Champions Together track programs. Latest honor: 2018 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Youth Volunteer Award. How I got the news that I was an award winner: I received an email from the Governor’s Office stating that I had won the award. Reaction: At first I was really confused because I never thought I would have won. But once I realized that I actually did win, I was very excited. What this award means to me: This award showed me that I am impacting not only the people I work with, but my community as a whole. Why I volunteer: I love helping others, but I also love how much the people I volunteer with or for help me. Number of hours I volunteer a week: During the school year, it averages around 10 hours a week or so, but during the summer volunteering consumes my daily life. Personal reward for volunteering: Knowing that I can make a difference in a person’s life. What motivates me to get involved in community service: I love being able to help all kinds of people and volunteering is the way I choose to do so. Volunteer roles with other organizations: I volunteer
with many organizations, such as Night to Shine, Challenger Sports, Miss Hanover Abilities Pageant, Camp Hope, The G.I.F.T. ministry, Across the Bridge ministries and more. How I start the day: I start my day with a positive outlook and think about ways I can make my community a better place. Three words that best describe me: Patient, compassionate and understanding. A quote that I’m inspired by: “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton Kindergarten taught me: To be myself no matter what anyone else thinks. Best late-night snack: Rainbow-color Goldfish. Person who influenced me the most: Amy Gregory, a special education teacher at Chickahominy Middle School, has been a major influence in my life and has helped me get involved in the special needs community. I have had the privilege to work with her students for the past four years. Book that influenced me the most: “Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss and Hope in an African Slum,” by Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede. What I’m reading now: “Three Cups of Tea” by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson. Next goal: To be granted admission to James Madison University and pursue a degree in special education or occupational therapy.
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Above, Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens electrifies the audience as she sings with the Richmond Symphony last Friday at Friday Cheers on Brown’s Island. Ms. Giddens, who also played several instruments, was part of the three-day Festival of the River last weekend, celebrating art, music and the environment. Vocalist Samantha Reed, above right, also wowed the Friday night crowd as she performed with NO BS! Brass Band. On Saturday, Tony Award-winning tap dancer Savion Glover, left, kicks up his heels with some fancy footwork enjoyed by a rapt audience, right. The festival was staged by a variety of organizations, including the City of Richmond, Venture Richmond, the Richmond Symphony and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the James River Association.
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VMFA to focus on Ethiopia on Family Day Saturday Orange and blue memories
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Mary Ward Johnson, left, and her sister, Carolyn Ward Harris, look through an Armstrong High School yearbook last Saturday during a joint reunion of the Class of 1953 and 1954 at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia. About 36 class members attended weekend events marking the 65th reunion for the Class of 1953. Spouses and friends also attended Saturday’s dinner and dance that featured guest speaker Glenn Anderson, Armstrong High’s athletic director. Mrs. Johnson was in the Class of 1954, while Mrs. Harris was in the Class of 1953.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is holding Family Day, a celebration of African and African-American Art, ,from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at the museum, 200 N. Boulevard. The focus will be Ethiopia, with an exploration of Ethiopian culture through art from the VMFA collection, music, dancing and storytelling. Highlights include demonstrations of spices and natural healing remedies of Ethiopia, Anike Robinson of Books to Brushes with storytelling and a collaborative painting project for participants to join in, craft and design work-
shops, a freedom and independence textile workshop by the Elegba Folklore Society and a screening of the film by Tim Reid, “Abyssinia: The Wonders of Ethiopia.” Music will be provided by DJ Mikemetic, the Fenote Hiwot Beata LeMariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Choir and the Ethiopian Feedel Band. Also featured will be an Ethiopian coffee ceremony on the Pauley Center Patio in the museum’s sculpture garden. The event is free and open to the public. Details: www.vmfa.museum or (804) 340-1405.
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Local orthodontist aids cancer research with Smiles for Massey campaign By Samantha Willis
“I love making smiles,” said Dr. Chip Anderson, an affable, secondgeneration Richmond orthodontist who has been practicing 21 years. Although the doctor sports a smile of his own while explaining his passion for his work, a deeply personal tragedy inspired him to create Smiles for Massey, a fundraising campaign he founded in September 2017 to benefit the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Anderson’s daughter, Ariana, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at age 3, an unusual diagnosis for a young child. A little more than a month after being hospitalized for the illness, Ariana died in 2001. Despite the difficulty of her death, Dr. Anderson said it also was the impetus of his efforts to raise awareness and money for cancer research. For African-Americans, cancer is a particularly menacing, and often deadly, threat to their health. According to the American Cancer Society, African-Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate of any racial and ethnic group in the
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Dr. Chip Anderson displays a photo of his daughter, Ariana, who died in 2001 of acute myeloid leukemia. He recently launched the Smiles for Massey campaign to raise money for cancer research.
United States for most cancers. Of all ethnic groups, AfricanAmerican men are most at risk for oral cancer, according to the research. Nationally, oral cancer accounts for about 3 percent of all diagnosed cancer cases each year, according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. “All forms of cancer are serious, but oral cancer is of grave concern,” Dr. Anderson said. Dr. Anderson is a member of the Massey Cancer Center’s advisory board. A portion of the cancer research money raised by his campaign will be used specifically for oral cancer research. Dentists and orthodontists are often the first to notice symptoms of oral cancer, Dr. Anderson noted. “Those signs are any type of change in the soft palate of the mouth — the tongue, inner cheeks, etc. A sore or ulcer that doesn’t go away is something that needs attention right away.” Additional symptoms include a perpetual sore throat, pain in the mouth or jaw and constant bad breath, he said. But preventing an illness is better than treating it, he said. For oral
cancer, that means “no smoking, of course. And be sure to keep current on your dentist appointments,” he said. He also advises people to ask their dentist or orthodontist for an oral cancer screening if it’s not included in the regular examination. Currently, several dozen doctors, dentists and orthodontists in Central Virginia are participating in Dr. Anderson’s Smiles for Massey campaign by donating a portion of their service fees and requesting donations from patients. “They’re sharing the campaign information with their patients and colleagues,” he said. So far, about $17,000 has been raised; the goal is $50,000. He hopes to expand the fundraiser statewide next year. Dr. Anderson, along with his wife of 28 years, Margaux, and their 15-year-old daughter, Angelina, honor Ariana’s memory through the Smiles for Massey effort. “The whole point, all the work that we’re doing, is to save lives,” he said. Details on the Smiles for Massey campaign: www.aplusaortho.com/ donate.
Belles, beaus and big dreams
Fifteen middle school students donned evening gowns and tuxedos for the 14th Annual Belles & Beaus presented last Saturday by the Rho Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at an area hotel. From January to June, students participated in an array of programs, workshops and community service projects to help them transition to high school and prepare for the future. Saturday’s event was the culmination. The theme: Dream Big. The participants presented their vision boards depicting their dreams for the future and showed off a choreographed dance routine. The fundraising program benefits the chapter’s scholarship program. Ava Reaves
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Now’s the time to learn your new route! We can give you a practice ride of your new city route with a GRTC Travel Buddy. Call 804-358-GRTC to schedule your free practice session. And watch for GRTC’s Outreach Ambassadors – they’ll be on many GRTC buses and at major bus stops and the Temporary Transfer Plaza. These specially trained friends in the field can answer any of your questions. Get ready for Your New GRTC. Go to ridegrtc.com to check out the new routes, route names and numbers, and route maps – because your new route is on its way. Connect with us on social media!
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Faith News/Directory
Enrichmond announces team to oversee Evergreen Cemetery restoration By Jeremy M. Lazarus
who helped shape Richmond. The foundation bought the privately owned Evergreen Cemetery in May 2017 with state help, just two months before the state for the first time began providing funds to help tend graves in the historic African-American cemetery. “We’re coming together as a community, as family, to make it right,” said the Rev. H. Creed Taylor Jr., an associate minister of Saint Paul’s Baptist Church, a member of the new advisory team and descendant of several individuals buried in Evergreen, including a Civil War veteran. “The journey is just beginning, and there’s a lot of good, hard work ahead,” he said. Other members of the advisory team include Viola O. Baskerville, a former state secretary of administration, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates and former Richmond City Council member; Richmond jeweler Richard Waller Jr.; Dr. Johnny Mickens III,
The Richmond-based Enrichmond Foundation, the new owner of the historic Evergreen Cemetery in the city’s East End, has announced the creation of a community planning and review team to oversee restoration. John Sydnor, foundation executive director, stated that 30 people gathered last week for the first meeting of the team that the foundation wants to play a big role in the cemetery’s future. He said the plan is for the team to guide change for the previously neglected cemetery that is the final resting place of businesswoman Maggie L. Walker; crusading editor John Mitchell Jr.; physician and hospital founder Dr. Sarah Garland Boyd Jones; and 10,000 other African-Americans. The team’s creation is the latest step for the foundation’s effort to maintain and protect the cemetery and make it a center of history education about those
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great-grandson of Mrs. Walker; and John Mitchell, great-greatnephew of the renowned editor of the Richmond Planet, Mr. Sydnor said. Cemetery volunteer leaders also are members, including Veronica Davis, an author who helped raise awareness about the cemetery and its condition; retiree John Shuck, who has been a volunteer for more than a decade and real estate broker Marvin Harris, who organized Evergreen volunteers for the past two years, Mr. Sydnor said. So are Marilyn Campbell of the African American Historical and Genealogical Society; Mary Lauderdale of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia; Janine Y. Bell of the Elegba Folklore Society; and Ajena Rogers of the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, he said. Evergreen, which dates to 1891, was envisioned to be the African-American version of Hollywood Cemetery, but
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declined because of the failure to collect money for grave maintenance. It is the largest of the four African-American cemeteries that sit along the city’s border with Henrico County. Two of the cemeteries, which also had been neglected, are owned by the City of Richmond, which eventually is expected to turn over ownership or control to Enrichmond. During the past two decades, volunteer groups have led the effort to maintain Evergreen and East End Cemetery. Mr. Shuck has led the volunteer effort to restore East End Cemetery for more than five years and now leads a group called Friends of East End that focuses on that cemetery. In concert with Mr. Harris and Mr. Shuck, Mr. Sydnor said 1,500 volunteers have been recruited in the past year to participate in regular Saturday morning community cleanups in the cemeteries.
Mr. Sydnor said Enrichmond also has hosted workdays for church groups and corporate groups. As a result, more than two miles of pathways have been reopened, Mr. Sydnor said, allowing families access to gravesites that weeds and other greenery have long covered up. Enrichmond is now undertaking action in Henrico County Circuit Court to acquire East End, which also dates to the 1890s and was abandoned years ago by its previous owners.
WedneSday 12:00 p.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Bible Study
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Sharon Baptist Church 500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825
“MAKE IT HAPPEN” Pastor Kevin Cook
Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor
Happy Father’s Day
sunday, June 17, 2018 8:30 a.m. ....Sunday School 10:00 a.m. ...Morning Worship
9:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Morning Worship
Church School Worship Service
Mount Olive Baptist Church Rev. Darryl G. Thompson, Pastor
2018 Theme: The Year of Transition
8:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship
Tuesdays
Noon Day Bible Study
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Sundays
8775 Mount Olive Avenue Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 262-9614 Phone (804) 262-2397 Fax www.mobcva.org
Wednesdays
6:30 p.m. Prayer and Praise 7:00 p.m. Bible Study
11:00 AM Morning Worship 4:00 PM UBC Deacons, Deaconesses and Trustees Day
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Father’s Day/ Men’s Day Sunday Morning Worship June 17, 2018 @ 10:30 A.M. We invite you to join us as we worship God and thank Him for the great men in our lives! We will start the celebration with a Church School Breakfast at 9:00 A.M. Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.
2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor
Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study
Church School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 11:15 a.m. Bible Study - Wednesday - 7 p.m. Communion - 1st Sunday
Sundays:
Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship
8:30 A.M. 10 A.M.
Thursdays:
Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer
You can now view Sunday Morning Service “AS IT HAPPENS” online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer “full online giving.” Visit www.ndec.net.
ENROLL NOW!!! Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 4th Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
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(near Byrd Park)
(804) 359-1691 or 359-3498 Fax (804) 359-3798 www.sixthbaptistchurch.org
“Working For You In This Difficult Hour” 2300 Cool Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23223 804-795-5784 (Armstrong High School Auditorium)
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
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We will also emphasize “Go Purple” Sunday, in recognition of Alzheimer’s Awareness.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV)
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2040 Mountain Road • Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Office 804-262-0230 • Fax 804-262-4651 • www.stpeterbaptist.net
Come Worship With Us! Sunday, June 17, 2018 9:00 AM – Father’s Day Breakfast 11:00 AM – Worship Celebration
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The Senior & The S. H. Thompson Memorial Choirs
Lenten Season
Theme for 2018-2020: Mobilizing For Ministry Refreshing The Old and Emerging The New We Embrace Diversity — Love For All!
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Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays):
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Noonday Bible Study 12noon-1:00 p.m. Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Prayer
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Sixth Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Price L. Davis, Pastor
8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.
8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service
Wednesday Services
11:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Every 3rd Sunday 2nd Sunday, 11 a.m. Mon. 6:30 p.m. Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wed. 6:45 p.m. Wed. 4:30 p.m. Wed. 6:00 p.m. Thurs., 11:45 a.m.
Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor
Father’s Day Unity Service
Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady
Rev. Robert C. Davis, Pastor
216 W. Leigh St. • Richmond, Va. 23220 Tel: 804-643-3366 • Fax: 804-643-3367 Email: ebcoffice1@yahoo.com • web: www.richmondebenezer.com
2003 Lamb Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 Dr. Arthur M. Jones, Sr., Pastor (804) 321-7622
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Baptist Church
Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor
1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 (804) 276-0791 office (804)276-5272 fax www.ndec.net
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New Deliverance Evangelistic Church
8:45 a.m. 10 a.m.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Triumphant
Thursdays Wednesdays Bible Study 6:00 p.m. ..... Prayer Service resumes in Sept. 6:30 p.m. ..... Bible Study
SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 11:00 A.M.
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Broad Rock Baptist Church
Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m. Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m. 4th Sunday Unified Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m. Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org
2604 Idlewood Avenue Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 www.riverviewbaptistch.org Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus
11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation
5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org
Baptist Church
3200 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223• (804) 226-1176
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Riverview
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Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting
P.O. Box 16113 Richmond, Virginia 23222
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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, June 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-110 As Amended To amend City Code § 2-1183, concerning the residency requirement for certain officers and employees, to modify the City’s residency requirement [so that it applies only to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief of Fire and Emergency Services, and the Chief of Police]. Ordinance No. 2018-163 To authorize 23rd Street Triangle LLC, to encroach upon the public right-ofway with an outdoor dining area encroachment at the northeast corner of the intersection of North 23rd Street and Jessamine Street in front 718 North 23rd Street, upon certain terms and conditions. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-164 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1606 Sewell Street and to authorize the conveyance of such property for $14,003.61 to ElderHomes Corporation for the purposes of eliminating blight and making such property available for redevelopment. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-165 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1611 Monteiro Street and to authorize the conveyance of such property for $11,649.78 to ElderHomes Corporation for the purposes of eliminating blight and making such property available for redevelopment. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-166 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1708 Monteiro Street and to authorize the conveyance of such property for $15,810.76 to ElderHomes Corporation for the purposes of eliminating blight and making such property available for redevelopment. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-169 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $500.00 from the Petco Foundation, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services by $500.00 for the purpose of providing canine and handler training and supplies for accelerant detection recertification. Ordinance No. 2018-170 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $138,186.00 from the Virginia Department of Social Services, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 20172018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services’ Richmond AmeriCorps Program special fund by $138,186.00 for the purpose of expanding opioid and prescription drug abuse prevention and recovery services. Ordinance No. 2018-171 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $279,978.00 from the Greater Richmond Transit Co.; to amend the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Continued on next column
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Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Economic and Community Development called the Pulse BRT Business Support Special Fund; and to appropriate the funds received to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the new Department of Economic and Community Development’s Pulse BRT Business Support Special Fund by $279,978.00 for the purpose of assisting businesses within areas directly affected by the prolonged construction of the Pulse BRT by providing parking- and beautification-related programs. Ordinance No. 2018-172 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $890,776.00 from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Main Street Station MultiModal Transportation Center project in the Economic and Community Development category by $890,776.00 for the purpose of funding the Main Street Station Phase 3 development. Ordinance No. 2018-173 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept $5,526,936 from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Main Street Station MultiModal Transportation Center project in the Economic and Community Development category by $5,526,936 for the purpose of funding the Main Street Station Phase 3 development. Ordinance No. 2018-174 To amend Ord. No. 2017036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and reappropriating the amount of $110,000.00 from the Sheriff-Jail Operations program to the Sheriff-Jail Administration & Human Services program for the purpose of ensuring appropriations properly reflect the assignment of personnel and procurement of goods and services within the Sheriff’s Office. Ordinance No. 2018-175 To amend Ord. No. 2017036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20172018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and re-appropriating the amount of $130,000.00 from the PDR-Prop. Maintenance Code Enforcement program to the PDR-Land Use Administration and PDRZoning Administration programs for the purpose of ensuring appropriations properly reflect the assignment of personnel and procurement of goods and services within the Department of Planning and Development Review. Ordinance No. 2018-176 To amend Ord. No. 2017036, adopted May 15, 2017, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by transferring and reappropriating the total amount of $1,325,280.00 from the Fire-Office of Fire Chief, Fire-Fire Administration, Fire-Fire Prevention, Fire-Office of Emergency Management, and Fire-Emergency Medical Services/Safety programs to the FireFire Operations, FireFire Training, and FireLogistics programs for the purpose of ensuring appropriations properly reflect the assignment of personnel and procurement of goods and services within the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Ordinance No. 2018-177 To designate the 3100 block of Hawthorne Avenue in honor of Clarence Lee Townes, Jr. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-178 To designate the 2200 block of Bainbridge Street in honor of Percy J. Minor, Sr. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Continued on next column
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Ordinance No. 2018-179 To amend City Code §§ 2-298, concerning the functions of the Department of Economic Development; 2-300, concerning the appointment, powers, and duties of the Director of Economic Development; 8-1, concerning reports and recommendations on the acquisition of real estate; 8-2, concerning the authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to lease City-owned real estate; and 8-55, concerning the role of the Chief Administrative Officer in the sale of City-owned real estate, for the purpose of setting forth the role of the Director of Economic Development in providing certain City real estate services. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, June 21, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) 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
City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, July 2, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-180 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of Railroad Avenue located between West 13th Street and West 14th Street, a portion of the west side of West 13th Street located between Riverview Parkway and Railroad Avenue, and a portion of the south side of Riverview Parkway near West 14th Street Extended, together consisting of 13,198± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions, and to authorize the Chief Administrative O ff i c e r t o a c c e p t a dedication of right-ofway improvements and property, consisting of 11,510± square feet, in connection with the closing of such portion of Railroad Avenue. Ordinance No. 2018-181 To amend and reordain City Code § 30-930.5 to modify the White House of the Confederacy Old and Historic District (1201 East Clay Street). Both parcels are currently located in the White House of the Confederacy Old and Historic District, created in 1970. Ordinance No. 70-111 created eleven (11) single structure historic districts all of which were considered to be of “historical or architectural interest.” Per City Code section 30-930.2, “the purpose of creating old and historic districts is to provide a means by which the city council may recognize and protect the historic, architectural, cultural, and artistic heritage of the city.” The property is zoned B-4 - Central Business District. The City’s Master Plan recommends institutional land use for the subject property and surrounding properties. Ordinance No. 2018-182 To rezone the properties known as 4910, 4920, and 4930 Forest Hill Avenue from the B-2 Community Business District and the POD-1 Plan of Development Overlay District to the UB-2 Urban Business District. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject properties as Community Commercial. Primary uses for this category include office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods or a section of the City. Typical zoning classifications that may accommodate this land use category: B-2, UB, and UB-2. Ordinance No. 2018-183 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 84-77-67, adopted Apr. 24, 1984, which authorized the use of the property known as 5901 Patterson Continued on next column
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Avenue and 804 Maple Avenue for the purpose of medical office use, to authorize the use of the property for office and personal service uses, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-4 Single-Family Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s current Land Use Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Office Transitional. Primary uses for this category include lowto-medium intensity professional, business and administrative offices, and medical and dental clinics that are compatible with adjacent residential uses and serve as separation between residential areas and nearby commercial or other higher intensity land uses or features. Ordinance No. 2018-184 To a u t h o r i z e t h e conditional use of the property known as 939 Myers Street for the purpose of authorizing a nightclub, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning designation for this property is TOD1 - Transit-Oriented Nodal District. The subject property is designated by the City’s Pulse Corridor Plan for Nodal MixedUse land uses. This designation is a transit oriented district located immediately adjacent to the Pulse BRT or other frequent transit service at key gateways and prominent places in the city in order to provide for significant, urban form development in appropriate locations. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk 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, July 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2018-167 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the County of Chesterfield for the purpose of establishing cooperation between the City’s Department of Police and the County’s Department of Police in the furnishing of certain law enforcement services. (COMMITTEE: Public Safety, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) 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 City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, June 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-157 To amend City Code §§ 30-692.1 through 30-692.7, concerning requirements for the location and design of wireless communications facilities, microwave relay facilities, and radio and television broadcast Continued on next column
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antennas, and 30-1030.1, concerning when a plan of development is required, and to amend ch. 30, art. VI, div. 11 of the City Code by adding therein new sections 30-692.1:1, concerning definitions, and 30-692.1:2, concerning applications for the installation or construction of projects, for the purpose of reflecting amendments to state law. Ordinance No. 2018-158 To conditionally rezone a portion of the property known as 5800 Patterson Avenue and the properties known as 5800, 5802, 5804, 5806, 5808, 5810, and 5812 Park Avenue; and 5801, 5803, and 5805 Pratt Street from the R-4 Single-Family Residential District to the B-7C MixedUse Business District (Conditional). The City’s Master Plan recommends mixed-use land use and public & open space land use for 5800 Patterson Avenue. Primary uses for the mixed use land use category include combinations of office, retail, personal service, general commercial and service uses and, in some cases, multifamily residential and dwelling units above ground floor commercial. Primary uses for the public & open space land use category include publicly owned and operated parks, recreation areas, open spaces, schools, libraries, cemeteries, and other government and public service facilities. The Master Plan recommends single-family (low density) land use for the remaining parcels. Primary uses for this category include single family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses. Ordinance No. 2018-159 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1637 Williamsburg Road for the purpose of a day nursery within an existing church, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-5, Single Family Residential. The City of Richmond’s current Master Plan designates the subject property for Single-Family Low Density land uses which includes single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre as well as residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses. Ordinance No. 2018-160 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2825 M Street for the purpose of two singlefamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-63 MultiFamily Urban Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Mixed Use Residential land uses which include, single-, two-, and multi-family dwellings, live/work units and neighborhood serving commercial uses developed in a traditional urban form. These commercial uses are limited in location, type and scale and are intended to provide for the convenience of urban neighborhood residents within walking distance, to respect the primary residential character of the neighborhood and to avoid traffic, parking, noise and other impacts that typically result from uses that draw patrons from outside the neighborhood. Typical zoning classification that may accommodate this land use category: R-63 and R-8. No residential density is specified for this land use category. Ordinance No. 2018-161 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3413 S Street for the purpose of a singlefamily attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-5 Single-Family Residential. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the property for Single-Family Low Density land use which includes, single-family detached dwellings at densities up to seven units per acre, and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses. The density of the development is approximately 25 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2018-162 To authorize the special use of the property known as 526 North Boulevard for the purpose of office uses, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is currently zoned R-48 (Multi-family Urban Continued on next column
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Residential). The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Multi-Family Medium Density land use, which is characterized by primary uses such as multi-family dwellings at densities up to 20 units per acre. Includes day nurseries, adult day care and residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses.
An affidavit having been filed that the present residence of the Defendant is out of state and we do not anticipate Defendant will accept service, it is ORDERED that the Defendant appear before the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico on the 25th day of June, 2018, at 9 AM and protect his interests. An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk
at 9:00 AM 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
Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, June 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2018-168 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2003-323-282, adopted Oct. 13, 2003, which authorized the special use of the property known as 700 Dinwiddie Avenue for the purpose of a shelter and social service delivery use, to authorize the addition of a modular classroom within an existing parking lot, under certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for the subject property is M-2, Heavy Industrial. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Industrial. Primary uses for this category include a wide variety of manufacturing, processing, research and development, warehousing, distribution, office-ware- house and service uses. Office, retail and other uses that complement industrial areas are often secondary support uses. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www. Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk
Divorce Virginia: in the circuit court OF the county of chesterfield ashley-ann mary miller Plaintiff v. corey michael miller Defendant. Case No. 041CL16001912 order of publication May 2, 2018 That the object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo martrimonii from the defendant on the grounds of more than one year of continuous separation; An Affidavit having been filed that the Plaintiff has been unable to locate the Defendant, it is ordered that Corey Michael Miller appear before this Court on or before July 17, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this matter. An Extract Teste: WENDY S. HUGHES, Clerk
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND DEBORAH ANN (THOMAS) CLAYTON, Plaintiff v. ANTONIO TERRELL CLAYTON, Defendant. Case No.: CL18-1896-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimonii or from the bonds of matrimony. It appearing from an affidavit that diligence has been used without effect, by or on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is. It is ordered that Antonio Terrell Clayton appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 15th of June, 2018 at 9:00 AM. A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND Christopher mark atkinson, Plaintiff v. roula Aldiyab, Defendant. Case No.: CL18-2087-7 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period of more than one year. The Plaintiff seeks dissolution of marriage only. It appearing from an affidavit that diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Plaintiff to ascertain in what County or City the Defendant is, without effect, it is ordered that the Defendant appear before this court on the 29th day of June, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests herein. An Extract: Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Freeborn & Peters LLP 411 East Franklin Street Richmond, VA 23218-0470 (804) 644-1300 Virginia: in the circuit court for the county of hanover tyquan lewis, Plaintiff, v. Rachelle Price, Defendant. Case N. CL17002814-00 order of publication The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is Ordered that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 16th day of July, 2018 and protect her interests. A Copy Teste Frank D. Hargrove, J. Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure VSB #27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 Virginia: in the circuit court for the county of hanover israel velazquez, jr., Plaintiff, v. eveling lopez velazquez, Defendant. Case N. CL18001798-00 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 20th day of July, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests. A Copy Teste Frank D. Hargrove, J. Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure VSB #27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667
custody0 Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ashley nicole rivera, Case No.: JJ095510-01-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Grant sole and legal custody of Ashley Cabrera Rivera pursuant to Virginia Code 16.1-241A3 It is ordered that the defendant mario cabrera martinez appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before September 20, 2018, 10:45 AM.
PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. EDWIN TYRONE DAVIS, SR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2052 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 323 North 34th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000959/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Edwin Tyrone Davis, Sr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, EDWIN TYRONE DAVIS, SR, upon information and belief deceased, last owner of record of said property, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ELSIE D. BELL, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that HARRIETT B. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that EDWIN TYRONE DAVIS, SR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ELSIE D. BELL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, HARRIETT B. DAVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HENRICO HEATHER LYNN ROBINSON, Plaintiff v. KEVIN ALTON ROBINSON, Defendant. Case No.: CL18-2203-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is for the Plaintiff to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the ground that the parties have continuously lived separate and apart without cohabitation for a period of more than one year.
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ericka bradley, Plaintiff v. melvin bradley, Defendant. Case No.: CL18001886-00 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 31st day of July, 2018
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DAVID RILEY, et al. Defendants. Case No. : CL18-2238 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1111 North 32nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000803/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, DAVID RILEY. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DAVID RILEY, 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 DAVID RILEY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq.
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City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2126 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1208 Carlisle Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0002295/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE and RICHARD T. FULLER. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE and RICHARD T. FULLER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, that ANNA E. JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE, R I C H A R D T. F U L L E R , ANNA E. JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2126 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1208 Carlisle Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0002295/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE and RICHARD T. FULLER. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE and RICHARD T. FULLER, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, that ANNA E. JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that MARVIN A. DOUGHTIE, R I C H A R D T. F U L L E R , ANNA E. JEFFERSON, upon information and belief deceased, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
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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 NEXT CALL INC and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that RICHARD J. JORDAN and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before July 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
Plaintiff, v. ROSENA O’SULLIVAN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2049 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2620 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120171/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Rosena O’Sullivan. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROSENA O’SULLIVAN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ANDREW J. GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that KATIE GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that ROSENA O’SULLIVAN, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ANDREW J. GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, KATIE GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, prior owner in chain-of-title, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. S.L. SHEFFIELD, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2182 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5817 Orcutt Lane, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0080530/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, S.L. SHEFFIELD AND DORA E. SHEFFIELD. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, S. L. SHEFFIELD, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and DORA E. SHEFFIELD, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that S.L. SHEFFIELD, DORA E. SHEFFIELD and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RUBY TAYLOR, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2660 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1410 Whitehead Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C007-0553/040, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RUBY TAYLOR. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RUBY TAYLOR, 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 RUBY TAYLOR and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before July 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD J. JORDAN, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2350 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2100 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120286/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RICHARD J. JORDAN. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD J. JORDAN, upon information and belief deceased, per a deed filed in the records of the Henrico Circuit Court at Deed Book 158B page 17 on October 25, 1899, 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 RICHARD J. JORDAN and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before July 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond,Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. NEXT CALL INC, et al. Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2221 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1314 West Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000572029, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, NEXT CALL INC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEXT CALL, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD J. JORDAN, et al. Defendants. Case No. : CL18-2351 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2102 Newbourne Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120286/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, RICHARD J. JORDAN. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RICHARD J. JORDAN, upon information and belief deceased, per a deed filed in the records of the Henrico Circuit Court at Deed Book 139B page 166 on April 2, 1892, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. RUBY J. PARHAM, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2010 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2407 Marion Mashore Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0566/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ruby J. Parham and Rose M. Ferguson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, RUBY J. PARHAM, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, ROSE M. FERGUSON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that RUBY J. PARHAM, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ROSE M. FERGUSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ANDREW J. GUERPILLON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-2048 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2616 Whitcomb Street Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120171/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Andrew J. Guerpillon and Katie Guerpillon. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANDREW J. GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and KATIE GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, 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 ANDREW J. GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, KATIE GUERPILLON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Continued on next column
VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. WILBERT M. HOBSON, JR, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-1844 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3818 North Avenue,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0160083/015, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Wilbert M. Hobson, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILBERT M. HOBSON, JR, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARTHUR F. SAMUEL, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 1040 on September 24 1985, or his successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that COMMONWEALTH H E AT I N G A N D CONTRACTORS, INC, a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that WILBERT M. HOBSON, JR, ARTHUR F. SAMUEL, upon information and belief deceased, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 54 page 1040 on September 24 1985, or his successor/s in title, COMMONWEALTH H E AT I N G A N D CONTRACTORS, INC, a t e r m i n a t e d Vi r g i n i a corporation, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Continued on next column
Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given Notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 2103 2nd Avenue N0000558008 1007 North 3rd Street N0000088025 1009 North 3rd Street N0000088026 1011 North 3rd Street N0000088027 7 West 20th Street S0000295030 322 West 22nd Street S0000491024 907 North 24th Street E0000429018 1001 North 26th Street E0000475031 1005 North 26th Street E0000475032 1007 North 26th Street E0000475033 1009 North 26th Street E0000475034 32 East 28th Street S0001121002 1720 North 28th Street E0000864004 1715 North 29th Street E0000952034 1321 North 31st Street E0000720027 28 East 32nd Street S0001874022 1322 North 32nd Street E0000720003 204 East 37th Street S0042908003 2810 Burfoot Street S0001121020 2811 Burfoot Street S0001123023 2214 Carrington Street E0000469018 2216 Carrington Street E0000469017 3315 Cliff Avenue N0001546033 3319 Cliff Avenue N0001546034 3313 Delaware Avenue N0001160020 2009 Halifax Avenue S0000642015 3101 Hanes Avenue N0001038014 2308 Harwood Street S0071178002 2859 Hull Street S0001223013 3713 Lawson Street S0042906030 3304 Midlothian Turnpike S0002141004 2312 aka 2308 North Avenue N0000488004 2316 aka 2314 North Avenue N0000488003 2114 P Street E0000468015 2512 Porter Street S0000695005 2514 Porter Street S0000695004 2100 Redd Street E0000665041 3210 Richmond Henrico Turnpike N0001258042 3218 Richmond Henrico Turnpike N0001258039 2403 Ruffin Road S0080668016 2701 Selden Street E0120319001 1831 Thomas Street N0000946014 1831 1/3 Thomas Street N0000946013 1831 2/3 Thomas Street N0000946012 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata cost of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. Continued on next column
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Office of the City Attorney City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: CL18-111 NEAL KENNEDY, et al, Defendants. ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2320 T Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0709/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Neal Kennedy. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEAL KENNEDY, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that NEAL KENNEDY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1687-5CLE – Williamsburg Park and West Broad Park (SH-15, PART 1) Sewer Rehabilitation - This Work consists of replacing approx. 875 feet of 10-inch and 12-inch diameter gravity sewer pipe and rehabilitating approx. 7,650 feet of 8-inch diameter gravity sewer pipe. Due 3:00 pm, June 26, 2018. Additional information available at: https:// henrico.us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/.
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BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1692-6CLE – Chamberlayne Farms and Chamberlayne Hills Area Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (SH-53) Project - This Work consists of providing approx. 900 feet of 8-inch, diameter gravity sewer pipe and rehabilitating approx. 6.6 miles of 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch diameter gravity sewer pipe. Due 3:00 pm, July 10, 2018. Additional information available at: https:// henrico.us/finance/divisions/ purchasing/. COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide “A Proposal for Architectural and Engineering Services for the Tucker High School Renovation” Pursuant to RFP #18-1668-5JCK is due by 2:30 p.m., July 20, 2018. The Request for Proposal is available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/
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ENGINEERING CONSULTING The Virginia Department of Transportation, located at 1401 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219, is seeking expressions of interest from consulting engineering firms who wish to be considered to provide Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) services for a Fredericksburg District-Wide fixed billable rate contract. This contract will be for a two (2) year contract period with two (2) optional one-year renewable terms and will have a maximum value of $3,000,000.00 per term, and will be administered by the Fredericksburg District. Responses must be received by 2:00 p.m. on June 29, 2018. A copy of the Request For Proposal (RFP) may be obtained at http://www.virginiadot. org/business/rfps.asp. For additional information, contact Kimberly H. Mitchell at 804-371-9875 (TRS 711). VDOT assures compliance with Title VI requirements of nondiscrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.
ENGINEERING CONSULTING The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking expressions of interest from consulting pavement engineering firms who wish to be considered to provide professional engineering services for pavement design and evaluation on an on-call basis throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. The proposed two-year limited services term contract with two (2) optional one-year renewable terms will have a maximum value of $2,000,000 per term. The Department anticipates, but does not guarantee awarding multiple contracts to more than one, but not to exceed 2 qualified prime consultant firms as a result of this Request for Proposal. The contracts will be negotiated and awarded in accordance with the procedure set forth in the current Manual for the Procurement & Management of Professional Services at the time of advertisement. Responses must be received by 2:00 p.m. on June 26, 2018. A copy of the Request For Proposal (RFP) may be obtained at http://www. virginiadot.org/business/rfps.asp#Materials. For additional information, contact Nishant Patel at 804-371-0945 VDOT assures compliance with Title VI requirements of nondiscrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – RFP# 154703-RT The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is requesting proposals from firms to provide Maintenance Rating Program Roadway Asset Evaluation and Analyses. All proposals must be received by 10:30 A.M. on July 10, 2018 at the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Central Office Mail Center – Loading Dock Entrance, 1401 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219, Attn: Ryan Thompson, Procurement Officer II. For a copy of the Request for Proposals (RFP 154703-RT), go to the website: www.eva.virginia.gov (solicitations & awards) and reference the solicitation number. A mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held at 10 A.M., June 15, 2018, at Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), 1221 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219 in the Auditorium Conference Room 3. The Department assures compliance with Title VI requirements of nondiscrimination in all activities pursuant to this advertisement. For questions or additional information email: Ryan.Thompson@VDOT.Virginia.gov