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An occasion for his honor S. Bernard Goodwyn is second African-American to serve as chief justice Free Press staff report

The investiture of S. Bernard Goodwyn as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia took place Wednesday in the Chambers of the Supreme Court of Virginia before family, friends, colleagues and fellow Supreme Court of Virginia Justices at 100 N. 9th St. Chief Justice Goodwyn, 60, was appointed to the Supreme Court

by Gov. Timothy Kaine in 2007 and was unanimously elected by the General Assembly to the court in 2008 and re-elected in 2020.

He succeeds former Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons who served on the bench for 25 years before announcing his retirement last December. Chief Justice Goodwyn assumed his current position on the seven-member court on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1.

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Sherman Washington, 31, of Richmond watches the demolition of the Creighton Court public housing community along Nine Mile Road in Richmond’s East End on Monday. He moved into the community when he was a 1-year-old.

He left in 2008. “I’m just glad that it’s gone,” he said. “I’ll miss it though. I have a whole lot of memories. There was a whole lot going on out here. ... My son doesn’t have to live out here.”

Left, according to the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Creighton Court’s demolition will be in three phases and will expand from 504 housing units to 700 units. The entire project is expected to take up to 10 years.

An informational meeting for tenants will be held June 9 from 6 to 7 p.m. behind the Creighton Court Property Management Office.

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Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, center, holds his right hand up as his left hand is on the Bible held by his wife, Sharon S. Goodwyn, as his daughter Sarah E. Goodwyn, left, looks on along with his son Samuel J. Goodwyn during the administration of the oath Wednesday in the chambers of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Strategist suggests Richmond voters will Federal judges deny bid support casino funds earmarked for schools for House elections, but a

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Political strategist Paul Goldman sees a path for Richmond to recover from the stinging political defeat it has suffered at the General Assembly after a bipartisan coalition rejected the state capital city’s plans for a second vote to bring a $565 million casino-resort to South Side.

Known as a talented thinker who spearheaded L. Douglas Wilder’s campaigns for statewide election more than 30 years ago, Mr. Goldman is now calling on the Richmond City Council to put an advisory referendum on the November ballot.

The referendum would seek voter approval to earmark all dollars derived from a future casino, if one is built, to the renovation or replacement of the city’s deteriorating school buildings, he said. The money could amount to $30 million a year.

In the past 25 years, just 11 new schools have been built, and one more is on the drawing board, leaving 32 buildings needing a major overhaul or a replacement building at a time when City Hall

is slashing maintenance dollars.

In Mr. Goldman’s view, the way to rebound is “to change the conversation.

This not about getting extra money for the city. It’s about finally providing the quality school buildings that Black students in this city deserve and need.”

“Council has authority under the charter,” he said, “to Mr. Goldman put a question on the ballot asking voters if they support using funding from a casino” to fund school construction.

“I’d do it myself,” said Mr. Goldman, who has led three referendum drives, including one to create an elected mayor, “but it might cost up to $100,000 to collect the 15,000 signatures that would be needed. The time is short to get it done the quickest and easiest way is for the council to do it.”

A leader in pushing for modernizing schools in Richmond and across the state,

new suit may change that

Mr. Goldman believes that voter approval of earmarking all casino funds for school construction could force state senators and delegates from Richmond to reconsider their current preference for Petersburg as a casino site.

He came up with this approach after the state legislature approved a new twoyear budget that Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin is now reviewing that includes language essentially putting a hold on Richmond’s plan to make a fresh attempt to win voter support.

The legislature approved language in the budget that both seeks to bar the city from holding the second vote and also blocks the casino-regulating Virginia Lottery from for at least a year considering a

There is still a slim prospect that elections for the Virginia House of Delegates could be held this year.

While a three-judge federal court panel killed one suit trying to force House elections, another suit popped up Wednesday seeking to prevent the 100 current members from serving through 2023 in districts that no longer exist.

On Monday, the panel led by U.S. Judge David J. Novak threw out the voting rights case political strategist Paul Goldman of Richmond brought seeking elections in November in the revamped districts the state Supreme Court installed late last year based on the population changes found in the 2020 Census.

Those revamped and renumbered districts replaced those that the current members were elected to represent. Without court intervention, those new districts would not go into use until

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GRTC’s ad policy struck down

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Game face Coach Anthony Grigsby of Blackwell’s RVA Trojans gives batting tips to one of his T-Ball players, Miles Clay, 5, of Richmond last Saturday during the opening game of the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League’s 56th opening season.

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When an animal rights group wanted to pay GRTC to carry its message opposing publicly funded experiments on dogs and other animals, the company said, “No way” in rejecting it as too political.

Five years later, a Richmond-based appeals court has found that GRTC violated the U.S. Constitution with its vague and arbitrary ban on such ads, clearing the way for the White Coat Waste Project and other groups with viewpoints, including the NAACP and other civil rights organizations, to advertise on buses in Virginia’s capital city.

Writing for a three-judge panel, U.S. Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Judge Julian N. Richardson found that “while transit companies may prohibit political advertising, (GRTC’s) policy as it currently exists is unreasonable and unconstitutional as applied to every would-be advertiser.”

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GRTC has been found in violation of its ban on ads from groups that include the NAACP and other civil rights organizations.

Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, June 9, 5 to 7 p.m. - Broad Rock Sports Complex, 4899 Old Warwick Road.

• Wednesday, June 15, 8 to 10 a.m. - East Henrico Recreation Center Pavilion, 1440 N. Laburnum Ave. • Thursday, June 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Neighborhood Resource Center, 1519 Williamsburg Road.

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The school year is nearly complete, but these signs that express care and concern are sure to remain in the minds

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

of John B. Cary Elementary School students, teachers and staff throughout the summer.

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Six ‘Strong Men & Strong Women’ recognized for leadership and lasting impact Free Press Staff

A union leader who fought for Black railroad workers, a self-trained civil rights attorney, and an advocate for women in science and technology are among six African Americans whose work will be honored by Dominion Energy and the Library of Virginia on June 16 at the Richmond Marriott.

Other honorees during the 10th annual “Strong Men & Strong Women in Virginia History” awards program include an NBA basketball star, a newspaper editor, minister and civil rights activist, and a public historian.

Since 2013, Dominion and the Library of Virginia have presented the awards to “honor prominent Africans Americans’ noteworthy contributions to the Commonwealth, the nation and their professions.”

“Through activism and rising to be leaders in their fields, these six honorees have uplifted and inspired,” said Bill Murray, Dominion’s senior vice president of communications. “Their leadership has provided an example for others, and their contributions have left positive and lasting impacts on society.”

The awards ceremony also will recognize Virginia high school students who won the 2022 “Student Creative Expressions Contest.” Winning entries included videos, spoken word, poems or essays that highlight past honorees.

Those winners are: Harmoni Townes, Varina High School, Henrico County; Thomas Patterson, Chesapeake Career Center, Chesapeake; Pia Wilson, Washington-Liberty High School, Arlington; and Ainsley Dunning, John S. Brittle High School, Bristol.

Suyapa Márquez, Dominion’s senior community affairs representative, said this year’s black-tie formal program marks a return to being in-person after last year’s virtual ceremony.

The awards ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at the Richmond Marriott Grand Ballroom, 500 E. Broad St. More information about current and past honorees is available at https://edu.lva. virginia.gov/changemakers/strong-mw/.

This year’s Strong Men & Strong Women honorees are: Samuel H. Clark (deceased), a Roanoke labor leader, was born April 11, 1885 and died June 25, 1979. He was hired as a brakeman by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company in 1913 and worked at the Roanoke yard for more than 50 years.

Mr. Clark joined the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen and, by the 1930s, was president of its local Mr. Clark union in Roanoke.

Elected in July 1939 as national president of the association, which later changed its name to the Association of Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen (ART&LF), Mr. Clark transformed the primarily fraternal association to a union focused on improving the working conditions of African Americans. Despite having only about 1,000 members, the ART&LF joined lawsuits and even funded their own cases to fight discriminatory practices by railroad companies and unions that represented only white trainmen. Following Mr. Clark’s 1943 testimony about Norfolk and Western’s refusal to hire and promote African-American locomotive firemen and trainmen, the national Committee on Fair Employment Practices called for the company and the unions to cease their discrimination, although little changed.

Similarly, U.S. Supreme Court rulings that upheld the rights of Black railroad employees in two 1944 cases that Mr. Clark’s union helped instigate did not lead to immediate improvements because the decisions were not enforced.

contentious conversations about how to understand the monuments that memorialized the Lost Cause.

Since 2019 Ms. Coleman has served as executive director of the JamestownYorktown Foundation, a state agency that operates two museums that explore the 17th-century confluence of American Indian, European, and African cultures and the American Revolution

residents. Unwilling to accept an unjust society, Hester fought segregation and discrimination while empowering his congregation to do likewise.

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Robert “Bobby” L. Dandridge, a Richmond native who now lives in Norfolk, was a star athlete at the city’s Maggie Walker High School and at Norfolk State College (now Norfolk State University). He led the Spartans to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1968 and earned the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award in 1969. That same year he was drafted by the National Basketball Association’s Milwaukee Bucks. Playing the small forward position, he was named to the league’s All-Rookie team in 1970. With future Hall-of-Famers Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Oscar Robertson, Mr. Dandridge was part of the team’s Big 3 that led the Bucks to their first NBA championship in 1971.

Dandridge joined the Washington Bullets (later the Washington Wizards) in 1977.

Once again he played a leading role, along with future Hall-of-Famers Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld, in capturing the team’s only Mr. Dandridge NBA title in 1978. Regarded as one of the best forwards of the 1970s and during his 13-year career, Mr. Dandridge was an All-Star four times and once named to the NBA’s All-Defensive Team. He was elected to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. After retirement Mr. Dandridge returned to Virginia and was an assistant coach at Hampton University, where he also earned a master’s degree in counseling. Settling in Norfolk, he is renowned for his youth basketball clinics and continues to develop mentoring programs for youth emphasizing leadership, life skills, and education.

Rev. Dr. B.H. Hester (deceased) was a Baptist minister in Fredericksburg, a civil rights activist and a newspaper editor.

Born Aug. 31, 1895, he died Feb. 13, 1972.

Rev. Hester graduated from Biddle University (later Johnson C. Smith University), in Charlotte, N. C., before earning a divinity degree in 1921 from Virginia Union University. He accepted a call from Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), in Fredericksburg, and became its pastor shortly after his ordination in May 1922.

Mr. Hester Throughout his career, he advocated against voter suppression, lack of educational opportunities, and violence against African Americans in Virginia and nationwide.

In his weekly newspaper, the Shiloh Herald, Rev. Hester called out the Richmond News Leader for its use of offensive language and secured a promise from its editor that certain words would no longer appear in the newspaper. Locally, he opposed city practices that discriminated against Black Fredericksburg

Christyl C. Johnson, an engineer who lives in Woodbridge, charts future missions at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center while also advocating opportunities for women in science and technology. Her interest in science grew while studying physics at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. During an internship at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Langley Research Center Ms. Johnson in Hampton, Ms. Johnson worked on laser systems for remote sensing of the atmosphere. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln in 1987 and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1990, Ms. Johnson joined NASA as a lead engineer and project manager. At NASA’s headquarters she managed missions of the Office of Earth Science before becoming deputy in the Office of the Chief Engineer.

After earning a Ph.D. in systems engineering from The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., in 2012, Ms. Johnson became executive director of the National Science and Technology Council at the White House from 2008 to 2010.

She now is deputy director for technology and research investments at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Samuel W. Tucker, (deceased) was an Alexandria native who was born June 18, 1913− and died Oct. 19, 1990. He read law with a local attorney after earning a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1933, and was admitted to the Virginia bar a year later.

In August 1939 he organized one of the earliest sit-ins at the Alexandria Public Library in the struggle for equal rights. Mr. Tucker filed Mr. Tucker a lawsuit to end segregation there, but the city built a separate library for African Americans instead. After serving as a major with a segregated unit during World War II, Tucker relocated to Emporia, where he opened a law practice. By the mid-1960s he was a partner in the Richmond law firm of Hill, Tucker, and Marsh, which specialized in civil rights cases. As the Virginia NAACP’s (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) lead attorney for decades, Mr. Tucker tried scores of discrimination and segregation cases related to schools, teacher pay, and jury selection before local, state and federal courts.

Mr. Tucker sat on legal teams that litigated to reopen Prince Edward County’s public schools when they closed rather than desegregate after Brown v. Board of Education (1954), as well as to end tuition subsidies for white students to attend private academies. He argued the landmark case Green v. New Kent County School Board, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1968 that local school boards must immediately implement desegregation strategies. Mr. Tucker’s continual battles for equal justice led to an unsuccessful attempt by white lawyers to disbar him early in the 1960s. He later received many accolades for his work, including a lifetime service award from the Virginia Commission on Women and Minorities in the Legal System.

Biographies in this article are courtesy of the Library of Virginia.

Christy S. Coleman, a Williamsburg public historian, began working as a living-history interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg in high school. She quickly recognized how museums can help people appreciate the complexity of history beyond heritage and memory. Ms. Coleman has held leadership roles at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the American Civil War Museum, in Richmond, where she oversaw development of its inclusive and complex interpretation of the Civil War. As co-chair of Richmond’s Monument Avenue Commission, she guided often-

RPS Spring 2022 Graduation Dates All graduations will take place at Richmond’s Flying Squirrels Diamond Stadium, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.

Monday, June 13 9 a.m. Open High School 4 p.m. – Huguenot High School 7 p.m. – John Marshall High School Tuesday, June 14 9 a.m. - Armstrong High School 1 p.m. - Richmond Community High School Wednesday June 15 9 a.m. – Franklin Military Academy 4 p.m. - George Wythe High School 7 p.m. – Thomas Jefferson High School Thursday, June 16 – Rain date

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Teach them well and they will lead The Richmond Public Schools 2022 valedictorians plan to study art, business, biology, nursing and pre-med when they enter college in a couple of months. But first they will graduate from their respective high schools between June 13 through June 15. We’re so proud of this group of amazing and awesome young scholars! Yay to them and their families and friends! Best of luck moving forward! From left: Anthony Rodriguez Ortiz, George Wythe High School, GPA 4.46.

Jermesha Artis, Thomas Jefferson High School, GPA 4.79. Jermesha plans to attend Norfolk State University on a full scholarship to major in biology and participate in the marching band. Debora Arteaga Ortega, Huguenot High School, GPA 4.86. Debora, who has an associate’s degree from Reynolds Community College, will attend the University of Richmond as a business major.

Lindsey Diggs, Franklin Military School, GPA 4.76. Lindsey will attend Virginia Commonwealth University to study biology and pre-med. Taliya L. Moss-Melendez, Richmond Community High School, GPA 4.94. Taliya will attend the University of Virginia on a full scholarship. Sanaa Hayes, Open High School, GPA 5.03. Sanaa will attend William & Mary and will major in biology. She is the top 2022 RPS valedictorian. Angel Shepperson, John Marshall High School, GPA 4.36. Angel will attend Virginia Commonwealth University to major in 2-D Animation with a minor in Illustration. Damarious Banks, Armstrong High School, GPA 4.1. Damarious will attend Norfolk State University to major in pre-nursing and nursing on a full academic scholarship.

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Local News Area school districts review safety measures after Uvalde school shootings

By Ronald E. Carrington

Former Seven Hills Health Care Center

Former city nursing home to become 86 apartments

By Jeremy Lazarus

Ground was finally broken on June 1 to officially start the conversion of Richmond’s former nursing home into 86 units of housing for low-income individuals who also receive on-site supportive services from Faith Community Baptist Church and other partners.

To be called Cool Lane Commons, the development located in Henrico County on the border with the city by Interstate 64, is the latest project of Virginia Supportive Housing, a nonprofit best known in Richmond for its single-room occupancy or SRO projects in the Carver neighborhood west of Downtown.

VSH plans to pour $23 million into the redeveloping the long vacant building at 1900 Cool Lane, according to Allison Bogdanovic, VSH executive director.

The development of the new apartments would be VSH’s largest in the Richmond area and is to include solar power, Ms. Bogdanovic said.

The building also will include offices and meeting spaces for Faith Community Baptist, led by Dr. Patricia Gould-Champ, and other service partners to offer programming for the residents and the nearby community, Ms. Bogdanovic said.

Ms. Bogdanovic stated that her agency

cobbled together at least 14 different sources of public and private financing, including contributions from Richmond and Henrico’s federal Community Development Block Grants, to make the project work.

Arranging the financing apparently took longer than expected to pull together. Ms. Bogdanovic notified City Council a year ago that work would begin in the summer of 2021.

The ceremonial start took place 10 a.m.

June 1 on the 5.3-acre property that faces Faith Community Baptist and sits just west of Armstrong High School and Fairfield Court.

Once the Seven Hills Health Care Center, the building for generations operated 169 beds to serve indigent elderly and disabled people needing specialty health care.

The center continued a Richmond tradition of providing such publicly funded care that dated back to at least 1850, but that tradition died 14 years ago after Medicare and Medicaid found the service well below standards and halted funding.

Seven Hills shut down in January 2008 after the 142 patients living in the building moved to other locations.

The city put the building up for sale in 2017, then teamed with the county to transfer it to VSH in 2019.

The May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has prompted local school systems to review their safety measures.

The Uvalde shooting resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. Ten days before the shooting, 10 people were killed at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y. Several killing sprees throughout the country have since occurred.

During its Monday night meeting, the Richmond School Board discussed safety policies, protocols and mental health services, noting they will be reviewed to identify areas that need improvement. Recommendations will be made before the 2022 school calendar year begins.

“A few months ago, I directed our head of security and safety to review and update (safety procedures) for every RPS school,” Superintendent Jason Kamras told the Free Press.

“They walked the buildings and clarified plans and (conducted) training with each building’s staff.”

In addition to conducting emergency drills in RPS schools, threat assessment teams are in place at each school, Mr. Kamras said.

“To our students, families, and staff: please know that I take your safety extremely seriously – it is truly my number one priority, as both superintendent and a father,” Mr. Kamras said in published remarks following the Uvalde shooting. He also said that the division’s director of security was asked to update their school-specific active shooter response plans.

As a rule, Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield Public Schools do not disclose sensitive security details and measures to avoid them being compromised

and ineffective in protecting students, faculty and school facilities.

However, each district has available for parents and students general information regarding the responsibilities of school safety officers.

Similar measures are in effect in other local school systems.

“In Henrico County Public Schools, each site has specific safety plans and procedures for school and office,” said Eileen M. Cox, a Henrico schools spokeswoman. “Our staff receives annual emergency training as well as participate in emergency drills with students.”

On Monday, Henrico County and HCPS, along with public health and law enforcement officials launched two town hall meetings, “Together We’ll Heal: A Community Conversation for Peace,” a dialogue focused on

hope, healing and a call to action in response to gun violence.

Chesterfield County Schools responded to a Free Press request for information on school security with an email distributed to county parents.

“The district has a threat assessment team trained through evidence-based practices to evaluate potential disturbances and respond appropriately,” read the email from Shawn M. Smith, the school system’s chief communications officer.

According to the email, each school has a team trained to respond to issues affecting students and staff members in connection with the critical incident and emergency response management plan.

CCPS also stated it supports students through school counseling and other easy-to-access school services such as conflict resolution and team building.

RPS music program nationally recognized Richmond Public Schools has received the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation.

For 23 years, the designation has been awarded to districts demonstrating outstanding achievement in providing access to music and education to students.

“Being selected as one of the Best Communities for Music Education for the first time provides an opportunity to showcase the outstanding music programs provided by RPS and is a testament to the dedication of our fine arts teachers who provide exciting and rigorous music education to RPS students of all ages,” said Superintendent Jason Kamras.

“Music education is an essential part of educating the whole child,” added Christie-Jo Adams, fine arts coordinator for RPS. RPS offers music education at all grade levels, starting at kindergarten. Visual art and general music are offered to all elementary students, and band and orchestra starting in fourth grade. RPS is also the only school division in Virginia that offers K-12 harp instruction.

The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its approximately 10,300 members around the world. The foundation advances active participation in music-making by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving, and public service programs.

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serve as chief justice. The late Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr. became the court’s first Black chief justice on Feb. 1, 2003, and served in that capacity until days before his death on Feb. 9, 2011, at age 55.

Justice Goodwyn previously served as a circuit court judge in Chesapeake for 10 years and as a general district court judge for two years.

Prior to going on the bench, Justice Goodwyn served as a research associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and as a litigation partner at a Norfolk law firm. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1983 and his law degree from UVA in 1986.

The husband and father of two adult children was feted by President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Virginia Louise Lucas who referred to the chief justice in her remarks prior to the swearing in as “Little Brother,” as did a former colleague and now senior judge Barbara Milano Keenan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin spoke admirably about the new chief justice, who also swore him in during his January inauguration.

The room was filled with many from Chief Justice Goodwyn’s

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Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates C. Todd Gilbert, left, congratulates the newly sworn-in chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia S. Bernard Goodwyn, second from left as President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Virginia L. Louise Lucas hugs him and Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin looks on.

native Sussex County, including his pastor, Rev. Willie Lowell Diggs of Galilee Baptist Church in Branchville, who delivered a short benediction that was received with applause and laughter.

Following the investiture, the court adjourned and a reception followed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church next door to the State Supreme Court.

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elections set for next year.

However, the panel left the door open for journalist and author Jeff Thomas to file his own case as he had been blocked from intervening in the Goldman case.

Mr. Thomas, whose books on Virginia politics are considered classics, said Wednesday afternoon that he had taken advantage of the offer and had just filed his suit seeking elections this year in the new House districts, which he called “the right thing to do.”

The panel, though, found that Mr. Goldman could not make his case because he had not been disadvantaged.

Mr. Goldman is a resident of the former 68th House District that includes Richmond’s West End. The panel noted that the 2020 Census found about

85,000 residents living in that district, just shy of the ideal number for a House district of about 86,000 people, given the census’ finding of 8.6 million Virginia residents.

As a result, the panel found Mr. Goldman had no standing or right to sue in ruling for the first time in a state under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that only people living in districts with populations exceeding the ideal could bring this kind of voting rights case. Mr. Thomas lives in the former 71st House District, which includes Richmond’s North Side, which the Census found had more than 93,000 residents or 8 percent more than the ideal.

In past decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed as constitutionally suspect a deviation in legislative district populations greater than 5 percent

above the ideal or more than 5 percent below the ideal.

The decision in the Goldman case was a victory for current Republican Attorney General Jason S. Miyares, whose legal team had argued for the viewpoint the panel adopted in rejecting Mr. Goldman as a plaintiff.

Mr. Miyares continued the fight of his predecessor, Mark R. Herring, to block Mr. Goldman’s effort to gain new elections based on the requirements of the state Constitution that elections be held in districts that have been altered based on the Census results.

Mr. Goldman called the decision disappointing.

He said the ruling from the panel “slashes the right to equal representation in the state legislature as required by the one-person, one-vote principle” that the U.S. Supreme Court

laid down 58 years ago in the landmark case of Reynolds v. Sims.

That 1964 case essentially requires states to create congressional and legislative districts that are relatively equal in population and also applies that principle to local governmental units.

Mr. Goldman, who filed his suit a year ago, said an appeal would be futile even if he won.

He said state deadlines for holding primaries, printing ballots and starting early voting would likely arrive before any final decision was made, making it nearly impossible to hold House elections in November.

The problem with House election districts arose because House District population results from the 10-year Census came in nearly nine months after the December 2020 dead-

Strategist suggests Richmond voters will support casino funds earmarked for schools Continued from A1

Richmond casino license if city voters do get a chance to vote, reverse course and approve the proposal that was rejected last November.

The reason: In the wake of Richmond’s defeat of the casino, Senate and House members want a legislative audit group to provide a report on whether Petersburg would work as replacement site.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney has bemoaned passage of the language, while Urban One, the Baltimore-based Black media company that is planning to develop the casino-resort, suggested it might take legal action if the governor does not remove the language.

Mr. Goldman sees a better chance in making the casino the lynchpin of school modernization.

Surprisingly, Mr. Goldman led a 2021 campaign opposing the casino project.

But he has reversed course on the

second referendum and now argues that the legislature’s action shows “that the voting rights of Black citizens are now under attack.”

In his view, Richmond’s Democratic state Sens. Jennifer L. McClellan and Joseph D. Morrissey have turned their back on their Black constituents in the city by trying to halt a second casino vote.

Sen. Morrisey has said Petersburg deserves an opportunity to be considered after Richmond voters turned down the casino.

Mr. Goldman, a former law partner of the senator, believes that Sen. Morrissey as well as Sen. McClellan are having to take away the rights of Richmond voters to do that.

When “RVA’s Black community, through their elected representatives, voted to exercise their state law right to put a second casino referendum on the November ballot,” Mr. Goldman said, those senators focused on “negating the lawful judicial order already putting the referendum on the ballot. This is unprecedented.”

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Niemeyer in striking down GRTC’s policy as a violation of the First Amendment, a ruling that would affect similar transit bans in areas under the court’s jurisdiction, stretching from Maryland to South Carolina.

The opinion was released Friday, May 20.

GRTC, which is represented by the Office of the City Attorney, has not commented.

The ruling mirrors the opinions that appellate judges in at least four other circuits have issued in in striking down similar bans transit companies had imposed to bar viewpoint messages.

In his 38-page opinion, Judge Richardson rejected GRTC’s defense that it was a private company that was not obliged to obey the First Amendment.

Instead, he upheld a lower court’s finding that the 49-year-old company is a government-created operation that is subject to constitutional requirements.

While the three judges agreed that buses are not public forums like sidewalks that must be open to any and all ads, Judge Richardson found that the ban on political speech that GRTC has sought to uphold “is incapable of reasoned constitutional application.”

As written, the opinion only affects political ads but would not appear to affect GRTC’s bans on ads for candidates for public office, for alcohol and tobacco products or for pornography or ads that “contain vulgarity.”

GRTC’s policy “declares its intent not to allow any of its vehicles or property to become a public forum for dissemination, debate, or discussion of public issues, but fails to define what could constitute “political ads or public issues,” Judge Richardson noted.

“Faced with a broad, undefined standard and the directive to keep (GRTC’s) buses from becoming a forum to discuss ‘public issues’ (whatever that might mean),” he wrote that GRTC “employees have done their best to flesh out a reasonable test.

“But those attempts have fallen short.

(GRTC’s) actions make it clear that it does not rely on the plain meaning of ‘political,’ as it has consistently run ads that relate to the government or politics,” he continued.

“For example, (GRTC) ran an advertisement for the vice-presidential debate, which is certainly ‘relating to . . . politics.’ It also ran an advertisement for a pro-free26 speech art exhibit. And it has indicated that advertisements of the government itself are often permitted as ‘public service’ announcements.”

The judge noted that GRTC makes arbitrary distinctions. He wrote that an ad stating “Support our troops” would be acceptable if run by the U.S. government, but (GRTC) would reject the same message as unacceptably political if run by an individual or private organization.

GRTC also would ban ads calling for a boycott of the NFL or McDonald’s as political, he stated, which evidences that

ads related to the government or politics is not the standard that GRTC uses.

As an employee testified during the case, GRTC bans viewpoint ads.

“What does it mean for an advertisement to express a viewpoint?” Judge Richardson wrote in seeking to spotlight the problem.

“Consider two hypothetical advertisements. One, issued by McDonald’s, says, ‘Eat at McDonald’s.’ Another, issued by an animal rights group, says, ‘Don’t Eat at McDonald’s.’ These two advertisements express opposite viewpoints on the same issue. Yet it would seem, based on (GRTC’s) responses, the first ad would be accepted, but the second could be rejected as political,” Judge Richardson wrote, “but it is hard to discern precisely why.”

In his view, the McDonald’s ad would be acceptable because it is selling a product or service, while the anti-McDonald’s ad does not, a distinction he found unacceptable.

He noted that appears to be the reason that GRTC approved an advertisement encouraging spaying and neutering of dogs from Gracie’s Guardians, which provides spaying and neutering services, while rejecting White Coat’s advertisement, which, despite its similar topic, did not promote a particular product or service.

“The only way (GRTC) can legitimately employ its political advertising policy moving forward is to modify it in some way—to make it more clear, less discretionary, and more reasonable.”

line, delaying a redrawing of the lines and allowing the old boundaries to be used in the 2021 House elections.

The same problem arose 41 years ago, and that time, a federal judge allowed the November 1981 House elections to proceed in the old districts but ordered new House elections to be held in November 1982 after the election districts

were revamped. To get back on the two-year cycle, House elections were held again in November 1983.

But this time, the state’s legislative and executive branches teamed up to oppose that precedent, while civil rights and voting rights advocacy organizations stayed on the sidelines. None ever sought to join Mr. Goldman’s suit.

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Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Thursday, June 9, 1 to 4 p.m. - Fairfield Resource Center Anniversary Celebration, 2311 N. 25th St., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Sunday, June 12, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Sacred Heart, 1420 McDonough St., Pfizer and Moderna.

• Wednesday, June 15, 9 a.m. to noon - Henrico West Headquarters, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer and Moderna.

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Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible on a walk-in basis. People still may schedule an appointment online at vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682).

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster.

Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received.

RHHD also offers at-home vaccinations by calling (804) 205-3501 to schedule appointments.

Over the weekend, Virginia reached 1,800,000 cases since the pandemic first started. New COVID-19 cases in Virginia dropped by 12 percent last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health, while data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association showed an 11 percent increase in hospitalizations statewide within the same period.

The Department of Justice has joined efforts to reinstate a nationwide mask mandate for public transportation, asking a federal appeals court to overturn an April decision that lifted the requirement for airplanes.

As of last Thursday, Hanover has dropped from high levels of community COVID-19 to medium levels, while Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico are still facing high levels of community COVID-19.

White House officials have pointed to June 21 as a potential date when COVID-19 vaccines will be available for children under the age of five, if approval and authorization from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention go according to plan.

A total of 2,958 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,811,366 cases in Virginia since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 451,681 hospitalizations and 20,436 deaths statewide.

The state’s seven-day positivity rate rose to 18.8 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 18.1 percent.

On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 73.8 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 82.3 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

State data also showed that over 3.1 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine.

Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 320,606 have received their first shots, accounting for 44.2 percent of the age group in the state, while 273,945 children, or 37.8 percent, are fully vaccinated and 12,535 children have received a third vaccine dose or booster, making up 1.7 percent of that age group. As of Wednesday, fewer than 149,970 cases, 891 hospitalizations and ten deaths have been recorded among children in the state.

State data also shows that African-Americans comprised 22 percent of cases statewide and 23.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 11.6 percent of cases and 5.1 percent of deaths.

Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, June 8, 2022 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 48,407 1,113 513 Henrico County 70,879 1,488 942 Chesterfield County 79,084 1,465 765 Hanover County 23,264 715 287

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City’s housing options need a dose of creativity One of the biggest challenges facing Richmond is how to build affordable apartment units and homes.

By affordable, think households with incomes of $51,000 a year or less.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s estimate, $51,000 is the current median household income within the city, meaning half of the city’s households have incomes above that figure and half have incomes below.

More than 25,000 units of less expensive housing is needed for those in the lower half of the income scale, and the community is falling woefully short in reaching that number.

What we know is that the current method of creating housing that suits households with less money is not really a solution.

Take Virginia Supportive Housing. It plans to spend at least $23 million creating 86 units of new housing for individuals in Richmond’s former nursing home on Cool Lane. Think about that. When you divide 86 into $23 million, VSH will spend $267,441 per unit.

While the end product may be affordable for those who will live there, that is pretty expensive for VSH. The nonprofit needed a lot of help, mostly from the government, to build this project. And when it costs so much to create a unit, it takes time, often two to three years, to put the financing package in place.

In other words, you don’t crank out two, three or four of these projects every year.

And VSH is not alone. Plans for transforming public housing into mixed-income communities are based on spending $250,000 or more per unit – as evidenced by the $70 million that has been poured into the development of the award-winning Armstrong Renaissance in the East End to create 220 classy apartment units and 36 new homes.

The same kind of costs are envisioned for the impending redevelopment of Creighton Court and the transformation of Gilpin Court near downtown on which community discussions have begun.

There has to be a better way to get more units built faster and at a lower price point.

Fortunately, there are wonderful models, despite the lack of attention in this area.

For example, Auburn University’s Rural Studio has spent the past 20 years learning how to create radically affordable, welldesigned 550-square foot homes – largely to improve the housing of residents of Alabama’s impoverished Black Belt. Before the spike in building costs, the homes they built cost $20,000 from start to finish.

Even if such homes would cost $40,000 to build today due to the spike in material costs, they would still be a bargain.

There are others who have been experimenting with ways to build using nonstandard materials that are cheaper, but strong and durable, that never get a look in the Richmond area, where advocates appear to spend a lot of time wringing their hands about the situation while offering little of the kind of practical solutions being tested elsewhere.

More energy also is needed to eliminate the zoning barriers that City Hall and neighboring counties have installed to block residential density and prevent various types of welldesigned, but less expensive homes from being developed.

Soaring property values here and across the country are making the situation more urgent and more dire. Before another overpriced high rise goes up in an area many workers can’t afford, we encourage city planners and developers to be creative as they pursue housing options for retail clerks, waiters, janitors, certified nursing assistants, secretaries and other hard-working people on the lower end of the income scale.

The blueprint is clear. It is time to end lip service about affordable housing. Let’s get busy and find ways to make it happen.

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Jan. 6 hearings a plea to defend democracy On Thursday evening, June 9, the House Select Committee investigating the sacking of The Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 will hold the first of its primetime, televised public hearings. The committee has done an exhaustive investigation, interviewing a thousand witnesses, looking at tens of thousands of documents.

The hearings will reveal new information about what was, in fact, a multi-layered effort to overturn the results of a presidential election, driven by the White House and involving Republican legislators, operatives, state officials, and donors. The hearings will ask every American to understand how vulnerable our democracy is, and how close we came to losing it.

The question, of course, is whether it is too late to save our democracy. Former President Trump has persisted in propagating his Big Lie about the election, despite the fact that court after court, many times judges appointed by Mr. Trump, his own attorney general and Justice Department, and partisan audits of votes in several states universally found no evidence of fraud that could have come

close to making a difference in the election result.

No matter. Mr. Trump has persisted, the right wing media led by Fox News has echoed his claims, and today, two-thirds of Republican voters say Joe Biden is not the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election and the election was stolen from Mr.

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Trump. Many Republicans join Mr. Trump in praising as patriots those who sacked The Capitol.

The Big Lie goes even further than this. Across the country, in the Congress and in the states, Republican officials have systematically blocked efforts to strengthen our electoral system, and instead, in states where they have power, have passed a range of measures to make voting more difficult.

Driven by Mr. Trump, they have also supported extremists for what used to be nonpartisan posts in charge of the administration of elections. In some states, they have given the Republican legislatures greater power to overturn the results of the elections. By 2024, Republicans in about 20 states will be primed and eager to ensure that their candidate wins — no matter what the voters say.

In Congress, Republicans

have filibustered attempts to reform our electoral laws to make clear how the electoral college works and how it must reflect the votes of the people. They have filibustered against attempts to set federal standards for voting that would make registration and voting far easier. They have even blocked efforts to revive the Voting Rights Act, the keystone of the civil rights movement that was gutted by five right-wing, Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices.

The last time the Voting Rights Act was re-authorized, it received nearly universal bipartisan support in the House and Senate. No more. Now, ensuring the right of Black people to vote meets with partisan opposition.

There’s the rub. Republicans in polls say that they believe that votes are counted honestly in states that vote Republican, in rural and suburban areas where Republicans congregate.

They say that fraud takes place in urban areas — areas where Black people and Hispanics live.

Mail-in ballots, which Mr. Trump objects to, are fine in Republican areas, but somehow illegitimate in urban areas. When senior citizens used mail-in ballots, there was no problem. Now that more African-Americans and Hispanics use them, they are viewed as suspect.

These fears are compounded

Pride, prejudice and power June is Pride Month in the United States. In big cities and small communities, LGBTQ+ people and their friends, families, and allies will celebrate freedom and progress toward full equality.

All fair-minded Americans can celebrate that progress.

But there is a growing shadow over this year’s celebrations. The far right political movement is aggressively trying to turn back the clock to a time when LGBTQ+ people were not treated equally under the law.

Anti-equality legal groups and anti-equality politicians are pushing legal and political attacks on our most vulnerable young people. MAGA movement political operatives are trying to win elections by stirring up fear and hatred against LGBTQ+ people.

They are proposing and passing laws that are stunning in their cruelty. Some make it a crime for librarians to let students read books with gay themes and characters — or for teachers to provide supportive information to LGBTQ+ students. Some make it a crime for doctors to provide appropriate health care to transgender youths. In Texas, parents who are simply trying to love and support their trans kids can now be charged with child abuse.

That is beyond unacceptable.

It is sadistic. Driving the passage of those laws is a false and inflammatory campaign to portray

support for LGBTQ+ people as the equivalent of pedophilia.

Right wing elected activists and pundits smear gay people as threats to children, and equality advocates as “groomers.” That kind of smear is dangerous. False and demonizing stereotypes have a long history that Black people know well. Lies about Black men were used by violent bigots to

Ben Jealous justify lynching as necessary to “protect” white women — and continue to drive police violence against Black people today. The more elected officials and far right wing activists spread the “groomer” lie, the more likely it is that some bigots will try to justify discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people as necessary to “protect” children and youth. And then there’s the Supreme Court. Historically, it was in June that the Supreme Court overturned state laws that made gay people criminals.

A dozen years later, in another June decision, the court ruled that states cannot refuse to marry same-sex couples. June has given us many reasons to celebrate the march toward full equality. But that could all change. Thanks to hard right justices named by former President Donald Trump, the same majority that considers states’ rights more important than voting rights is preparing to overturn Roe v.

Wade—stripping Americans of a constitutional right that the court has recognized for half a century. The far right court majority’s eagerness to eliminate a

long-recognized right to privacy and abortion is deeply troubling to those of us who support legal equality. Anti-LGBTQ+ legal and political groups that urged the Court to overturn Roe v Wade are hoping the same justices will reverse more recent rulings that recognized the equality of LGBTQ+ people and same-sex couples.

They don’t just want to overturn the court’s marriage equality ruling. They also want the court to let states criminalize homosexuality, making it possible again for gay people to be fired, or have their children taken away from them, because of their sexual orientation. They want to make America discriminate again. It is time for all Americans who support equality and civil rights to reject anti-LGBTQ+ smears and the harm and the discrimination they cause. And it is time to remember that the earliest equality marches were not focused on pride, but on freedom and liberation. Let’s celebrate pride this month.

Let’s make sure that people understand how much progress is at risk. And let’s organize.

We’re just six months away from local, state and national elections. Those elections will either give more power to the raging anti-freedom forces that want to take the country back — and move us all backward — or they will help us move toward the goal of freedom and justice for all.

Ben Jealous is president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

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by the so-called “replacement theory,” a favorite of the right wing media. The replacement theory essentially argues that Black, Hispanic andAsianAmerican votes are tainted because Democrats allegedly are plotting to use immigrants to “replace” white majorities.

America has experienced brutal battles over its democracy before. The Civil War was fought over whether the United States would remain united and free.

The civil rights movement had to overcome entrenched resistance to end apartheid Jim Crow in the South. Now democracy is at stake once more. Will Americans again rally to defend our democracy or will they succumb to a Big Lie grounded in racial animus that will drive our country apart?

The Jan. 6 committee hearings are yet another chapter in that ongoing battle.

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

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In historic shift, far fewer teens face adult U.S. courts

By Dave Collins The Associated Press

David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his case to the adult court system under state law.

Only 16 at the time, he said he got into fights and spent time in isolation. He missed his sophomore year in high school and the birth of his child. He was facing five to 10 years in prison. He was on a path, he said, toward more trouble with the law.

“I think if I would have stayed in the adult system, I would have come home probably a little worse,” said Mr. Harrington, now 24, who works as an advocate for young offenders. “I would have come home (after) listening to the ways on how to get better at ... certain illegal things, and I would have come home and been doing nonsense.”

Instead, he was able to convince a judge to send his case down to juvenile court.

He spent a month in a juvenile detention center before a judge found he did take part in the robbery and sent him home under house arrest, probation and a $3,000 restitution order.

He was allowed to see his family and friends and finish high school.

Data reported to the FBI each year by thousands of police departments across the country show the percentage of youths taken into custody who were referred to adult courts dropped from 8 percent in 2010 to 2 percent in 2019. The percentage dropped to 1 percent in 2020, although that year’s data is considered unusual because of the coronavirus pandemic, which closed many courts.

Instead, more teenagers are being sent to juvenile courts or community programs that steer them to counseling, peer mediation and other services aimed at keeping them out of trouble.

The shift has been mostly supported by law enforcement officials around the country. But some worry that leniency has emboldened a small number of young criminals, including in Connecticut,where state lawmakers passed legislation to clamp down on youth crime.

States around the country have been raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18 for most crimes. Only three states — Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin — continue to prosecute every 17-year-old in adult courts, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based group that advocates for minimal imprisonment of youth and adults.

The “raise the age” movement has been spurred by research showing teens’ brains haven’t yet fully developed key decision-making functions. Other studies show locking young people up in adult systems can be harmful — physically and psychologically — in addition to putting

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David Harrington, shown in this March 23 photo, spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager — the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his case to the adult court system under state law.

them at more risk to commit more crimes.

“We see across the board for young folks, regardless of what they may be charged with, that what works is communitybased intervention, what works is connecting young folks with people in their own communities, letting communities lead reform efforts,” said Naomi Smoot Evans, executive director of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, a Washington-based nonprofit working to prevent children from being involved in the courts.

In a country where an estimated 250,000 minors were charged as adults each year in the early 2000s, the number dropped in 2019 to about 53,000, according to the nonprofit National Center for Juvenile Justice in Pittsburgh.

That corresponds with a general decrease in crime across the country, including a 58 percent drop in youth arrests between 2010 and 2019, according to Justice Department estimates.

In 2019, an estimated 696,620

because of the fights he was involved in.

The robbery charge is being expunged from Mr. Harrington’s juvenile record after he filed a request, he said.

Mr. Harrington now works for the Youth Art & SelfEmpowerment Project, a Philadelphia group that provides art, music and other programs in jail for teenagers charged as adults and advocates against prosecuting them in adult court. He is involved in efforts to repeal the law that automatically sent him to adult jail.

“You’d rather be at a juvenile facility getting the proper care and treatment there,” he said. “The juvenile system ... it’s better because you’re able to go home and be with your family.”

Some officials, however, including lawmakers and police chiefs, argue aspects of the reform have gone too far.

In Connecticut, the death of

a pedestrian who was struck and killed in New Britain last year by a stolen car driven by a repeat teenage offender sparked calls by police officials and Republican state lawmakers to pass tougher youth crime laws — including more detention for repeat offenders.

The 17-year-old driver of the stolen car that killed Henryk Gudelski in New Britain had been arrested 13 times before on charges including reckless driving and assault.

New Britain’s police chief, Christopher Chute, believes the teen would have been detained in the adult system for those previous crimes before Connecticut raised the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18 a decade ago. He also said state judges have been rejecting many police requests to detain youth offenders.

“Talk about a broken juvenile justice system,” Chief Chute said. “Most of us in law enforce-

youths were arrested.

Mr. Harrington, who denied the robbery allegation, was sent initially to the juvenile section of an adult jail, the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center, under a state law that automatically sends youths to adult court for certain serious crimes. He faced the possibility of five to 10 years in prison.

He said he constantly had to watch his back to guard against aggression by others and got into two fights. After one fight, he said he was kept in solitary confinement for 30 days, which affected his mental health.

“Your hair is growing all out.

You barely getting any showers.

You’re just in the dark in a bed.

They’re not really hearing you out back there,” he said.

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons said in a statement that it acknowledges Mr. Harrington’s recollection but “there is no documentation” of the experiences he described.

The agency said he was housed in disciplinary segregation — not solitary confinement —

ment refer to this system as the arrest, release, repeat.”

Giovanni Circo, a University of New Haven criminal justice professor, authored a 2019 study that found no link between raising the age of adult criminal liability to 18 and crime increases.

“Not discounting anything that some of these communities are dealing with, which I’m sure is really frustrating and dangerous, but when we look at more widespread impacts of these sort of policies we just don’t really find any evidence that it has any sort of impact on overall crime rates,” he said.

For Mr. Harrington, prisons and jails are not places for children, period.

“When you’re in jail, no matter how much you stay out of trouble, trouble will find you,” Mr. Harrington said. “You’ve got to go into survival mode at a very young age. That’s not a place ... for a kid.”

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Stories by Fred Jeter

Trojans’ first home game to cover new turf

Virginia State University will have a new football coach and a new football field to start the 2022 season.

When the Trojans open Sept. 10 against West Virginia’s Bluefield State College at Rogers Stadium, Henry Frazier III will be the head coach. Coach Frazier replaced Reggie Barlow, who was 34-16 in five seasons in Ettrick.

Also, a synthetic field will replace the grass field that the Trojans have played on for decades.

Surrounding the football field will be a new state-of-the art polyurethane track. VSU, coached

by Wilbert Johnson, has hosted the CIAA track meet for many years.

Construction on the new facilities began right after the Trojans’ spring football game.

VSU was 3-6 overall and 3-4 in the CIAA last season. The Trojans opted out of the 2020 season due to the pandemic.

Under Coach Frazier, the Trojans will open the 2022 season on the road Sept. 3 at LenoirRhyne University in Hickory, N.C. Bluefield State will be the home opener challenger.

VSU is following an HBCU trend. Archrival Virginia Union opened the 2021 season with an artificial field of its own named Willie Lanier Field at Hovey Stadium.

Norfolk State of the MEAC introduced an artificial field in 2018 for Dick Price Stadium.

Hampton University of the Colonial Athletic Association also has played on an artificial field at Armstrong Stadium for several years.

Virginia State University joins a growing number of colleges choosing artificial grass for their football fields. Installation generally takes about 60 days, which means the new field will be ready for the Trojans’ first home game Sept. 10.

Lakers’ new head coach once made headlines for his moves in Richmond

Richmonders may recall Darvin Ham. As a member of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in March, 1996, Ham demonstrated the most emphatic slam dunk in the annals of the Richmond Coliseum.

Facing North Carolina in the Coach NCAA East Regionals, Ham hammered home a thunderclap dunk that shattered the backboard. Glass fragments flew all the way to the other foul line and resulted in a half-hour delay for repairs and cleanup.

A photo of the smashed glass appeared the next week on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Ham had made Richmond famous.

That same Ham, now 48, is back in the headlines as the new head coach of the wobbling Los Angeles Lakers.

Replacing Frank Vogel as head coach, Ham has his work cut out for him. The Lakers were 33-49 this past season and failed to make the playoffs despite a starstudded roster with LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis.

The hiring of Ham represents something of a milestone among NBA coaches.

With Ham running the show at the Crypto.com Arena in LA, there are now

a record-high 15 Black head coaches, 50 percent, in the 30team league. The Charlotte job remains open.

That’s up from 13 during 2021-22. Mike Smith in Sacramento and Ham replaced white coaches. Also during this season, the NBA was 73.2 percent Black Ham players.

It’s been a decades long, uphill climb for men of color on the sidelines. Bill Russell became the first Black head coach in 1966 with Boston. The Celtics won the 1968 and 1969 NBA titles with Russell the player/coach. He was later coach of Seattle and Sacramento.

In LA, Ham will have to make do with no first or second round draft picks.

The Lakers lost their 2022 picks through previous trades.

While undrafted coming out of Texas Tech, Ham played in the NBA from 1996 to 2005 and has served as an assistant coach in Los Angeles, Atlanta and, most recently, Milwaukee, where he helped guide the Bucks to the 2021 crown.

Ham’s colossal dunk at the Coliseum had a happy ending for the Texans.

The Red Raiders went on to defeat the favored Tarheels, 92-73, to advance to Sweet 16.

Now, on an even brighter stage, Ham can only hope to be the smashing success in LA that he was in Richmond.

Meet the NBA’s Black Coaches Coach

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Nate McMillan

Atlanta

Ime Udoka

Boston

J.B. Bickerstaff

Cleveland

Jason Kidd

Dallas

Dwane Casey

Detroit

Stephen Silas

Houston

Willie Green

New Orleans

Jamahl Mosley

Orlando

Doc Rivers

Philadelphia

Tyronn Lue

Los Angeles Clippers

Monty Willliams

Phoenix

Chauncey Billups

Portland

Mike Brown

Sacramento

Wes Unseld Jr.

Washington

Darvin Ham

Los Angeles Lakers

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Charlotte

Nadine Domond brings her coaching skills to VSU For the first time in a long time, Virginia State University will have a new head women’s basketball coach on the sidelines.

Nadine Domond is the successor to James Hill Jr., who posted a 246-184 record over the previous 16 campaigns.

Of Haitian ancestry, Domond, 46, comes to Ettrick with an impressive résumé as a player and coach.

From Stamford, Conn., the 5-foot-7 athlete scored more than 2,300 points and was rated as the nation’s No. 1 ranked point guard prospect while at Central High in Bridgeport, Conn..

She chose the University of Iowa, where she became a second team All-Big 10 selection. As a Hawkeye, she played as a freshman under C. Vivian Stringer and three seasons under Angie Lee. Domond went on to play one professional season in the WNBA with Sacramento and later in France, Poland and Israel.

She was an assistant coach at Hampton University and Apprentice School of Newport News before getting the head gig at Grambling State University.

At Grambling, she turned around a struggling program. The Tigers were 10-20 her first season and 17-14 in her second when

she won Southwestern Conference Coach of Year.

Since 2016, she has served as an assistant at Rutgers University under Stringer, her old college coach. Stringer, a Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame entry, retired at the end of last season.

In three of her six seasons at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights won at least 20 games.

Under Hill, the Trojans enjoyed five 20-win seasons and claimed the 2015 CIAA tournament championship. Hill, who was CIAA Coach of Year in 2009, 2010 and 2014, plans to pursue other coaching opportunities.

The Associated Press

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Coco Gauff, left, congratulates Poland’s Iga Swiatek who won the final in two sets, 6-1, 6-3, at the French Open tennis tournament last Saturday at Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

doubles event two days later, saying she tested positive for COVID-19.

The French Open’s effect on the rankings for both the WTA and ATP will hold

The Richmond Flying Squirrels are in the midst of a six-game Eastern League series at The Diamond. They are taking on the Erie Seawolves, the Class AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.

Remaining homestand: • Thursday, June 9 - 6:35 p.m. (Fireworks) • Friday, June 10 - 6:35 p.m.

• Saturday, June 11 - 6:05 p.m.

• Sunday, June 12 - 1:35 p.m. u Frankie Tostado hopes to be the next Matt Duffy.

Now an established big league infielder, Duffy led the Eastern League in hitting in 2014 with a 332 average for the Flying Squirrels.

Duffy remains the lone Richmonder to claim the EL title. With more than two months to go, Tostado has a long-range goal of duplicating the “Duffman.”

Through games of June 4, Tostado, 24, was hitting .324, second in EL behind Erie outfielder Kerry Carpenter (.333), who is at Frank Tostado The Diamond this week for the rival Seawolves. Carpenter is a former Virginia Tech slugger. Carpenter .326; Toasty .322 Tostado, aka “Toastie,” is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound, left-handed hitting first baseman from Camarillo, Cal., which is located between Los Angeles and San Diego. He was the Giants’ 19th round draft pick in 2017.

To qualify for the end-of-year EL batting title, a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances per game.

Turning back the scoreboard, here are some top batting averages recorded by former Richmond pros: • Ralph Garr (1970): .386 (151-391) • Terry Harper (1982): .384 (56-146) • Darrell Evans (1969): .360 (76-211) • Charles Thomas (2004): .358 (77-215) Those four all played for Richmond Braves, AAA farm club of Atlanta, and did not necessarily qualify for batting titles.

Duffy, currently with the Los Angeles Angels, boasts the best ever average by a Flying Squirrel.

A hero’s homecoming

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Coco Gauff’s ranking jumps to career-high 13th PARIS American teenager Coco Gauff rose to a career-best No. 13 in the WTA rankings on Monday after her runner-up finish to No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the French Open.

Gauff, an 18-year-old from Florida, jumped 10 spots by getting to her first Grand Slam final before losing to Swiatek 6-1, 6-3 last Saturday.

Gauff had never been past the quarterfinals at a major tournament. She has made it to the finals of singles and doubles at Roland Garros.

Her doubles partner, Jessica Pegula, moved into the singles top 10 for the first time, going from No. 11 to No. 8, thanks to her run to the quarterfinals. Like Gauff, the 28-year-old from New York lost to Swiatek, who has now won her past 35 matches in a row.

Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles, Barbora Krejcikova, lost in the first round of singles this time — only the third woman in the professional era to exit in the first round at Roland Garros a year after earning the trophy — and dropped from No. 2 in the rankings to No. 14. She pulled out of the

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sway longer than usual, because the two professional tours have announced they will not award points this year for Wimbledon, which starts on June 27.

Bobby Dandridge is coming home.

The “Bobby Dandridge Legacy Celebration” will be held Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m., June 11, at the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School. The former NBA player was a star during the 1960s at the former Maggie Walker High School.

The Richmond native went on to excel at Norfolk State University and in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Bullets. He helped win NBA titles with Milwaukee in 1971 and with the Bullets in 1978.

In an illustrious career, Dandridge scored 15,530 points, snagged 5,715 rebounds and passed for 2,846 assists. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. He now lives in Norfolk.

Saturday’s event, at 1000 N. Lombardy St., is free and open to the public.

Baltimore to host more CIAA championship games, events CIAA basketball fans will become more acquainted with downtown Baltimore and its Inner Harbor.

The HBCU conference has extended its contract with the Charm City to include Al Jacqie the men’s and women’s Hutchinson McWilliams tournaments through 2025.

The original contract was a two-year deal with Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena, extending just through 2023. The new pact will include the 2024 and 2025 events.

Some positive signs led to the longer agreement.

Last year’s tournaments drew 36,390 fans for the five days with an economic impact of $19.6 million, according to Visit Baltimore.

The $19.6 million impact includes both direct spending for official CIAA events and off-site spending for lodging, food and entertainment.

Al Hutchinson, president and CEO for Visit Baltimore, said hotel occupancy was 65.5 percent, the highest figures in 15 years for that time period in late February.

The CIAA tournament had been in Charlotte, N.C., the previous 17 years. There was no tournament in 2020-21 due to the pandemic.

On the floor, the big winners in Baltimore were men’s champion Fayetteville State (defeating Virginia Union in finals) and the women of Lincoln (defeating Elizabeth City in finals.)

Royal Farms Arena, seating about 11,000 for basketball, is just a long jump shot from the Inner Harbor’s entertainment district.

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Personality: Sanaa Hayes Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools top 2022 valedictorian with 5.03 GPA It was in early May when pus sights” and the financial aid Sanaa Hayes learned that she package she received.

Sanaa plans to enter a prewas an extraordinary academic achiever, not just for her high medical program at William school, but the entire Richmond and Mary, and hopes to enter Public Schools system. medical school upon graduaThat revelation followed a tion. Her grandmother’s battle RPS valedictorian ceremony with breast cancer sparked her in which Sanaa was announced interest in oncology, but she may as the valedictorian for Open explore other areas of medicine, High School. And while she she says. was proud of the hard work Her experience at Reynolds required for her to earn a 5.03 likely will be an important part GPA, she had no idea that her of her collegiate life. In addition work and persistence placed to earning an associate’s degree her at the top of the city’s entire from the community college, she graduating class. also learned other lessons.

“I was surprised because I “It has really taught me how had no idea that I had the high- to manage my time better and est GPA in RPS,” says Sanaa how to find answers for myself when asked about her reaction beyond what is given in the to the honor. “I was very proud classroom,” Sanaa says. “Most of myself because I knew that of all, it has given me a hint as I had put in a lot of hard work to what I can expect at a fourand effort into my academics year institution, academically yond a 4.0: Putting in dedication through high school.” and socially.” and hard work toward rigorous Becoming RPS’ top valedicTime and work management torian is a challenging prospect, are central to Sanaa’s life, even courses can make achieving a and reaching that point was just outside of school. She is cur- high GPA possible. one of many challenges Sanaa rently the shift leader at a local High school: Open High School. encountered during high school. Tropical Smoothie Cafe, and Size of my high school Class She has learned both in person moves between working as an of 2022: 45. and online during the pandemic. intern at the Science Museum of During her senior year all of Virginia, babysitting and tutor- Extracurricular activities: I currently work as a shift leader her classes have been in person ing throughout the year. and for Sanaa’s last two years, Sanaa plans to apply the at a Tropical Smoothie Cafe. several of her courses were at commitment and hard work During the summer I am an Reynolds Community College necessary not just in writing her intern at the Science Museum as part of Open High’s early valedictorian speech, but also of Virginia. In between, I work college program. in her life as she continues to as a babysitter and a tutor. Over the course of my freshman and Now, with the end of their high move forward. school education in sight, Sanaa “You should not live up to sophomore years of high school and her senior classmates are anyone’s expectations but your I volunteered at Linwood Holton eager for new experiences. own,” Sanaa says. “You know Elementary School to help with “All of the seniors now feel yourself better than anyone school plays, school events at like the weight of finishing our else. Nothing can hold you Open High, and the Richmond last high school classes is be- back from what you dream of Folk Festival. ing lifted off of our shoulders,” accomplishing.”

Leadership roles in school Sanaa says. “We are now just Meet Richmond’s top valedic- activities: I was the sophomore pushing to make the most of torian for 2022, Sanaa Hayes: class vice president. I also was our last days together before a part of the Superintendent’s we move on into the world of Latest honor: Richmond Public Student Advisory Council duradulthood.”

Schools 2022 top valedicto- ing my sophomore year.

Looking beyond Open High, rian.

Family: Mother, Terri James, an Sanaa plans to attend the Col5.03. absentee coordinator for Cheslege of William & Mary, which GPA: MeetMe-VR-PrintAd_FREEPRESS 0524-HIGHREZ.pdf 2 5/24/22 1:57 PM she chose because of the “cam- What makes a GPA soar be- terfield County, and siblings

Damon (25), Dominic (23), Jada (12).

Date and place of birth: Jan. 17 in Richmond.

Reaction to valedictorian honor: I was very proud of myself because I knew that I had put in a lot of hard work and effort into my academics through high school.

Reaction to being named No. 1 valedictorian of RPS: I was surprised because I had no idea that I had the highest GPA in RPS. Family’s reaction: I honestly think that my family was and continues to be more excited than I was (when the honor was announced). They were crying and yelling happily when they heard the big news.

Main point I will make in valedictory address: You should not live up to anyone’s expectations but your own.

You know yourself better than anyone else. Nothing can hold you back from what you dream of accomplishing.

The university I selected: The College of William and Mary.

Reason: William and Mary was my top school before I started my college applications. In seeing how much I loved the campus (after a visit) and looking at the amazing financial aid the university provided, I was certain that William and Mary was the school for me.

How attitude impacts scoring high: Having a negative attitude can only hinder your chances of success. Negative thoughts = negative results.

What truly motivates me to study: The idea of failing scares me the most. I always like to know what is going on

in the class so that maybe I can help a classmate who may need assistance.

How much time I devoted to studying: I usually study when I feel the need to. I study about 5-10 hours a week, depending on when assignments and tests are due and how well I understand the information.

What really makes me smart: I am just blessed with a good brain.

A good teacher is: Someone who takes time to answer questions and acknowledges the differences in how each student retains information.

Career goal: I wish to work in the medical field as a doctor but I am not too sure on the exact specialty.

The secret to earning “A’s”: The secret is being able to constantly challenge yourself and push your limits when you think it’s impossible.

Biggest adjustments I’ve made during COVID-19 pandemic: Although I prefer to have class in person, I have adjusted to learning at home in both asynchronous and synchronous classes.

Silver lining of pandemic for me: When I was able to go back to school in person for my senior year of high school.

Resilience is: Pushing through the impossible and making it possible.

Most unforgettable experience during high school: When I received my associate’s degree before I graduated high school.

Teacher who influenced me the most: Irina Alekseeva.

How: She always encouraged me to pursue a career related to mathematics and sciences as she knew they were my strongest subjects.

Hobbies: I like banking, watching horror movies, shopping, and spending time with my friends and family.

A perfect day for me is: Going to the mall with my friends on a shopping spree and then watching horror movies with my siblings late at night.

A quote that I am inspired by: “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

— Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 12 Best late-night snack: Kettle corn popcorn.

Three words that best describe me: Gracious, tenacious and bright.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: I love watching true crime documentaries.

The person who influenced me the most: My grandmother is one of the strongest women that I know.

What I would like to change in the world: I would like to lower the gas prices across the globe.

In my community: I would like to advocate for the mental health challenges that are faced by everyone, including my classmates during hard times like now.

Kindergarten taught me: How to stay focused on my given tasks.

The book that influenced me the most: “The Hunger Games”

by Suzanne Collins.

What I’m reading now: “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley.

My next goal: I plan to effectively transition from high school to college and maybe plan to study abroad.

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Two popular local bands will launch Richmond’s largest lineup of free summer entertainment, including the annual Fourth of July festival and fireworks.

Legacy Band, an eight-member group that has been spreading danceable R&B, funk, soul and jazz music since 2015, will open the 65th edition of the Festival of the Arts.

Legacy will open 8 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the festival’s home base, Dogwood Dell, the amphitheater in Byrd Park, and the show also will be livestreamed on Facebook.

They will be followed 8 p.m. Saturday by the 11-member KOS Band, which also performs danceable sounds of Motown, pop and classic rock ‘n roll.

The festival will continue each weekend through August and wrap up Saturday, Sept. 10, with Afrofest, a celebration of African culture.

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In addition, the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities (PRCF), which presents the festival, will spread it more widely, with a show each Thursday at a different park.

Weekend Plans, a funk, hip-hop, jazz and soul group will open the programming 6 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at Monroe Park.

These performances will wrap up 6 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 25, at Battery Park with a show featuring the Richmond Police Department Band.

At Dogwood Dell, highlights will include a recital by the City Dance Theatre at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and a three-night presentation of Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, Friday, July 1, and Saturday, July 2.

The big Independence Day celebration will start 6 p.m. at the park on Monday, July 4.

The programs also will include a

Juneteenth events and weekend activities Richmond area residents who plan to participate in events and activities that will commemorate Virginia’s Juneteenth holiday have several choices. The federal holiday is on June 20.

Recognized as the oldest national commemoration of freedom from slavery in the United States, the holiday highlights June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed by Union troops that they were free. The information was purposely kept from them for 2½ years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation prior to the end of the Civil War. Following is a list of Richmond area Juneteenth activities and programs: Saturday, June 11, 11:30 a.m. – African and African American Art: Global Community Family Day, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Elegba Folklore Society’s dance-theatre presentation of lifestyles, folklore, language, family, spirit and more is designed for diverse audiences to develop a greater appreciation for heritage. Elegba’s learning experience continues 7 p.m.

June 11 with the “Torch Lit Night Walk Along the Trail of Enslaved Africans” at the Manchester Dock, 1308 Brander St. Interpreters will interweave the narratives of enslaved Africans with the historical record, characterizations of the day and music. This program is free and open to the public.

Sunday, June 12 at 2 p.m. Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground Historical Highway Marker Unveiling Ceremony, a celebration of the unveiling of a state historical marker at the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground.

Along with music, the event will include Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, Council Vice President Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and public historian Ana F. Edwards, chairwoman, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project. The ceremony will be open to the public and will take place at the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, 1305 N. 5th St. June 16 - June 18, The Exclusive Blacklist Weekend, a celebration of wine, spirits

and food, will feature jazz and premier chefs in the Richmond area. An event highlight includes the RVA Wine Crawl where attendees can meet five chefs who will prepare small plates paired with wine, beer, cider or a cocktail. The event’s location is 1500 E. Main St. Information and tickets are available https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/theexclusive-blacklist-weekendtickets-338278509127?aff=ebd ssbdestsearch.

Roundtree Green will discuss transformational life narratives and lead a storytelling activity designed to reduce generational trauma. Ms. Green also will sign and sell copies of her work, including “Grandmothers Gift of Memories: A Family Keepsake.” The event is at 1 p.m at the Atlee Branch Library, 9212 Rutlandshire Drive, Mechanicsville.

Registration is required by visiting @pamunkeylibrary. org.

Saturday, June 18, Dorey Park Henrico County will host a vendor fair, kids’ zone, food trucks, entertainment and fireworks. Events are free and open to the public beginning at 4 p.m. Fireworks start at 9:15 p.m. Dorey Park is located at 2999 Darbytown Road. No registration is required.

Sunday, June 19, 11 a.m.

- The Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Festivities will include live music, dance performances by the award-winning youth modern dance company City Dance Theatre, and food catered

by Charles Kitchen Caribbean Cuisine, K&M Salmon Balls and Cakes, and the Hardywood Pizza Kitchen. Hardywood is located at 2410 Ownby Lane.

Sunday, June 19, Juneteenth Program: The Long Walk Home Author and speaker Danita

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“Tribute to Prince” 8 p.m. Friday, July 8; a Latin Jazz show 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9, and the annual Gospel Fest with The Belle 5 p.m., Sunday, July 10.

The final two weekends in July will feature presentations of the Broadway musical “The Addams Family.” Those dates are July 22-24 and July 29-31.

Plunky and his jazz fusion and funk group will be featured on the first Friday in August, which feature reggae, hip-hop and other genres.

Two big shows are planned for the final weekends: The Festival of Virginia Fiddling at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, and the Latin Jazz Festival at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.

Further details on shows: (804) 6463677, www.RVA.gov/parks-recreation and on the PRCF Facebook page, which also will offer livestreaming of some of the performances and announce cancellations, if any due to summer storms.

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Longtime VCU executive assistant dies Antoinette Louise Best Dickerson was ‘values-driven and even-keeled’

For three decades, Antoinette Louise Best Dickerson worked behind the scenes to help keep Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts humming.

During her tenure, Ms. Dickerson served as an executive assistant for three deans, including the late Dr. Murry N. DePillars, for whom the school’s building is named.

“She was a values-driven person, and a kind soul who was even-keeled,” said her son, Kevin D. Best, associate VCU vice president for marketing. “Few ever saw her angry. She got her dander up only when someone tried to wrong her or her family.”

A Richmond native, Ms. Dickerson died Saturday, May 28, 2022, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, her family said.

She was 80.

Her life was to be celebrate d T h u r s d a y, June 9, at Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, 14 W. Duval St. in Jackson Ward, of which she was a lifelong member Ms. Dickerson and served as financial secretary for decades.

Ms. Dickerson was a 1959 graduate of Maggie Walker High School where she developed a talent for typing. Her ability to crank out letters, documents and other papers at 140 words a minute made her an office star and enabled her to easily

find positions.

Before joining the School of the Arts, she worked for the Richmond Urban League and other private companies.

Mr. Best said Ms. Dickerson had to give up her dream of a college degree but maintained high academic expectations for him and his sister, LaTisha A. Daniel, a registered nurse who serves as the patient flow coordinator for VCU Health.

‘My mother’s college was interrupted, but there was every expectation we would go to college,” he said.

Ms. Dickerson was predeceased by her second husband, James G. “Jeff” Dickerson III. Along with her two children, survivors include her brother, Charles F. Best Jr., and four grandchildren.

Union Presbyterian Seminary given grant to develop park Union Presbyterian Seminary has received a $1,000 grant to help develop its new Yaupon Place Eco-Park in Richmond’s Northside. The grant is part of Virginia Beautiful’s 12th Annual Green Grants Program, which provides provide financial assistance to projects that result in cleaner and greener places to live and work throughout Virginia.

Development plans for the park, which will be a 19-acre communal space, include landscaping activities for area youths to explore their understanding of nature. An environmental justice academy for teens also is planned.

The Virginia Beautiful grant funds will help purchase plants and supplies for community gardens and an urban farm planned for the park.

For more information, contact Becky Watson at bwatson@ keepvirginiabeautiful.org, or Evelyn Terry at eterry@ upsem.edu.

Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still ‘fearless’

By Michael Warren The Associated Press

Atlanta A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across America.

But Xernona Clayton has been working for racial harmony since the movement began, and refuses to accept mass killings as routine.

“We’re having too many racial conflicts,” Mrs. Clayton, 91, said recently in her office in Atlanta. “It’s so idiotic that we’ve had that racism in the first place. Because none of us had any say-so about how we got here.”

“My mind always goes back to what Martin Luther King would have said,” she said.

“He always said, ‘You know, we CAN love each other.’ He said, “There’s just no reason why we can’t.’ And it was hard

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Xernona Clayton, a key aide to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s, is interviewed June 3 in her offices at the Trumpet Foundation in Atlanta.

for him to understand why we don’t.”

King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, recruited Mrs. Clayton and her first husband, Jet magazine editor Edward Clayton, to bring more money

and attention to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an Atlanta-based civil rights organization whose first president was King. Already enlisting movie stars to host SCLC fundraisers, Xernona

Clayton was reluctant to leave Southern California.

But the two women bonded as Mrs. Clayton organized Mrs. King’s national singing tour.

Soon, she was securing care for bloodied protesters and calling her friends Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Bill Cosby for bail money.

In 1966, Mrs. Clayton learned that Atlanta’s Black doctors were restricted to one facility, Grady Hospital, and to just one day a week. “Wednesday was the day Black people would have their babies,” she recalled. “So I organized the doctors and told them, ‘We can do something about this.’”

She found a government ally who shared how much federal money was flowing to Atlanta’s segregated hospitals and took the doctors to Washington, scoring a White House visit. President Lyndon Baines Johnson had quietly encouraged such grassroots lobbying, and surprised her by insisting

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that hospitals nationwide had to desegregate before getting Medicare funding.

“I’m fearless, for the most part. You know, I’m not afraid to tackle an issue,” Mrs. Clayton said. “I’ll fight for what is right.”

In an era when national news organizations — including the AP — covered civil rights with all-white staffs, her friend Ralph McGill, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, had her speak to a television industry convention. She took them to task for their hiring.

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate WAGA responded in 1967 by making her the first Black talk show host in the South.

While King’s assassination only months later convulsed the nation, Mrs. Clayton and her guests provided audiences with a model for racial harmony.

She even persuaded a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to renounce the white terror organization. They too became

friends.

Barbara Walters recruited her for a network role, but Ted Turner hired her instead to set a tone of inclusiveness at Turner Broadcasting Service, which launched CNN. She served for years as Turner’s corporate vice president for urban affairs.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 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 27, 2022 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. 2022-159 To rezone the property known as 500 Maury Street from the M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Destination MixedUse. Primary Uses: Retail/office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Institutional and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-160 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 88-249-225, adopted Oct. 10, 1988, as previously amended

by Ord. No. 91-283-92-1, adopted Jan. 13, 1992, and Ord. No. 2014-193175, adopted Oct. 13, 2014, which authorized the special use of the property known as High Park School, containing 2.61 acres, more or less, located on the southwest corner of Brookland Park Boulevard and Second Avenue, for an apartment building for the elderly (persons 60 years of age and older), for the purpose of reducing the residency age requirement for at least 80 percent of the occupied units to persons 55 years and older, to authorize additional onsite parking, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Residential.

Primary Uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses: Duplexes and small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural. Secondary uses may be found along major streets.

Ordinance No. 2022-161 To authorize the special use permit of the property known as 909 North 29th Street for the purpose of five single-family attached dwellings, with off-street parking, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed-Use. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The density of the proposed development is approximately 24 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2022-162 To authorize the special use permit of the property known as 1114 Azalea Avenue for the purpose of an automated teller machine, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Corridor Mixed-Use. Primary Uses: Retail/ office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space.

Secondary Uses: Singlefamily houses, institutional and government uses.

Ordinance No. 2022-163 To authorize the special use of the property known as 3001 Commerce Road for the purpose of parking areas and drive aisles illuminated by lighting structures in excess of 35 feet in height, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Industrial. Primary Uses: Retail/office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Institutional and government.

Ordinance No. 2022-164 To authorize the special use permit of the property known as 1504 Park Avenue for the purpose of a single-family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.

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duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The density of the proposed development is approximately 29 units per acre.

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Ordinance No. 2022-165 To authorize the special use permit of the property known as 2312 Summer Hill Avenue for the purpose of a day nursery for up to 12 children, upon certain terms and conditions.

The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Residential.

Primary Uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses: Duplexes and small multifamily buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural. Secondary uses may be found along major streets.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the June 27, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, 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, June 13, 2022 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. 2022-168 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by increasing estimated revenues from real estate taxes by $8,607,617.00, transferring funds from various agencies and nondepartmental programs, and appropriating (i) a $1,887,025.00 increase in estimated revenues from real estate taxes recognized but unappropriated by Ord. No. 2022-029, adopted Feb. 2, 2022, (ii) the aforementioned $8,607,617.00 increase, and (iii) the aforementioned transferred funds to various agencies and nondepartmental programs; and to amend Ord. No. 2021-045, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 Internal Service Fund Budgets and made appropriations thereto, by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Information Technology Internal Service Fund by $6,672,361.00 to provide for employee c o m p e n s a t i o n adjustments in the Department of Information Te c h n o l o g y a n d f o r automated services to various departments.

Ordinance No. 2022-169 To authorize the City’s participation in a firearm buyback program with The Robby Poblete Foundation pursuant to Va. Code § 15.2915.5, and in connection therewith to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Grant Contract between the City of Richmond and The Robby Poblete Foundation for the purpose of authorizing a firearm buyback event in accordance with Va. Code § 15.2-915.5 to reduce gun violence by decreasing the number of available firearms in the city of Richmond.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the June 13, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, 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.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KIMBERLY A . KRUGER, Plaintiff v.

RANDY A. KRUGER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001528-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, RANDY A. KRUGER, cannot be located within the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant, RANDY A. KRUGER, appear before this Court on or before the 19th day of July, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Mary P. Adams, Esq. VSB No. 24551 Hairfield Morton, PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile madams@hmalaw.com Counsel for the Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOSE FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, Plaintiff v.

ANGELICA DE FATIMA BOLIVAR CASTRILLON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22-2490 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, Angelica De Fatima Bolivar Castrillon, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that her last known address is at an unknown location in Colombia, South America; it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant, Angelica De Fatima Bolivar Castrillon, appear before this Court on or before the 18th day of July, 2022, and do what is necessary to protect her interests in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Brooks & Baez 9100 Arboretum Pkwy., Suite 190 Richmond, VA 23236 T: (804) 570-7473 F: (804) 548-4215 Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BHANU MITTAL, Plaintiff v.

MAHIMA NAGPAL, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001574-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, appear here on or before the 19th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

DELISHA ERVIN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001577-00 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 19th day of July, 2022 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, Continued on next column

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Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO MARY LOUISE COOKEPAYNTER, Plaintiff v.

KEITH JEFFREY PAYNTER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22-2516 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period of more than one (1) year.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that diligence has been used b or on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant is, without effect, and that his last known address is 1727 Debbie Lane, Richmond, VA 23223, located in the County of Henrico, Virginia, it is therefore ORDERED, that the defendant, Keith Jeffrey Paynter, appear before this Court on or before the 18th day of July, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Richard M. Bing (VSB #18457) RICHARD M. BING, P.C. 7400 Beaufont Springs Drive, Suite 300 Richmond, Virginia 23225 Telephone (804) 272-7900 Facsimile (804) 747-1921 rbing@binglawoffice.com VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER MUHAMMAD JUNAID, Plaintiff v.

JASMINE DOUGLAS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22000706-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown appear here on or before the 8th day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

WARRENT ELLIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001399-00 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 1st day of July, 2022 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER CESAR MEJIA, Plaintiff v.

GIRLES AVILA MATEO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001398-00 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 1st day of July, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

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

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FRANCISA BAKER, Plaintiff v.

JOSHUA SALLIE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL22001397-00 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 1st day of July, 2022 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

Drive, Tax Map Number C006-0760/044, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Arthur J. Collier, Jr. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ARTHUR J. COLLIER, 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, 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 ARTHUR J. COLLIER, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

N0001553026 1519 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000928051 1532 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0000672031 1613 Mechanicsville Turnpike E0001234005 1307 Milton Street N0001073002 1407 Milton Street N0001075044 2006 Newbourne Street E0120285026 2605 Q Street E0000475003 2829 Q Street E0000523015 1901 Rawlings Street E0110165023 102 East Roanoke Street S0043278040 4324 Shackleford Road C0090950084 1522 Spotsylvania Street E0000665018 1524 Spotsylvania Street E0000665017 5739 Swanson Road C0070261042 3301 Terminal Avenue C0090590020 807 Tilden Street W0001474036 3306 Twyman Road C0090692046 3307 Twyman Road C0090692030 5907 Ullswater Avenue C0070410030 2211 Venable Street E0000375005 1321 Vinton Street E0100196023 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 costs of publication hereunder.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7949

LACOUNTES D. COLEMAN, RICHARD L. SMITH, JR., WILLIAM WALLER, MARGIE PAGE THOMPSON, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” MARGIE FRANCES THOMPSON, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” EMMETT THOMPSON, if he be living or if he be dead, his heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” JOYCE H. SMITH, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown,” FRANCELLA H. COLEMAN, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successors-in-title as “Parties Unknown,” LILLIAN PAGE HARRIS, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successorsin-title as “Parties Unknown” and LAKEITA SMITH WALLER, if she be living or if she be dead, her heirs, devisees, creditors, and successors-in-title as “Parties Unknown,” Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-2737 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to approve the partition and/or sale of a parcel of land located in Henrico County, Virginia commonly known as Three (3) acres - Verna Court (ADJ Wingfield), Henrico, Virginia 23228, Parcel ID No. 779761-1821 (the “Property”).

It appearing that there may be additional heirs of the Property who are now unknown parties, it is ORDERED that: Those unknown heirs or unknown parties of interest appear before this Court on or before July 18, 2022 after due publication of this Order of Publication in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, Henrico County, Virginia and do what it is necessary to protect their interest herein.

A Copy, Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ask for this: Gerald W. S. Carter (VSB #29792) HARRELL & CHAMBLISS LLP Eighth & Main Building 707 East Main Street, Suite 1000 Richmond, VA 23219 804.915.3224 (direct dial) 804.915.3244 (direct fax) Email:gcarter@hclawfirm.com

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

1ST PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1624 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3 East 35th Street, Tax Map Number S000-2292/012, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, 1st Properties, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, 1ST PROPERTIES, LLC, Madona Gali, Registered Agent, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s 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 1ST PROPERTIES, LLC, Madona Gali, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BRETT L. MARTIN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1251 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2904 Monet Court, Tax Map Number C008-0854/092, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Brett L. Martin and Daphne M. Martin.

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

I T I S OR D ERE D that BRETT L. MARTIN, DAPHNE M. MARTIN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

VALERIE BROOKS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1022 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1705 North 19th Street, Tax Map Number E012-0283/003, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Valerie Brooks and Clinton Peterson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, VALERIE BROOKS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, CLINTON PETERSON, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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.”

I T I S OR D ERE D that VALERIE BROOKS, CLINTON PETERSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

ARTHUR J. COLLIER, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1132 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 606 Effingham

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 58.1-3965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 110 East 13th Street S0000116020 203 East 16th Street S0000192001 205 East 16th Street S0000192002 1520 North 22nd Street E0000776003 1105 North 25th Street E0000519024 1306 North 30th Street E0000624012 1101 North 31st Street E0000722026 209 East 33rd Street S0001874035 204 West 34th Street S0001882009 826 North 35th Street E0000966001 619 North 38th Street E0001554002 132 Bartee Road C0060420042 1401 Bryan Street E0000606012 1409 Bryan Street E0000606018 3720 Cottrell Road C0080948032 6321 Daytona Drive C0070553036 6343 Daytona Drive C0070553034 1201 Decatur Street S0000084016 1409 Decatur Street S0000152022 4041 Dorset Road C0080914052 5506 Euclid Avenue E0100195018 5508 Euclid Avenue E0100195019 5510 Euclid Avenue E0100195009 3101 Hanes Avenue N0001038014 2200 Hull Street S0000570012 6001 Hull Street Road C0080605047 314 Hunt Avenue

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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 3508 Carolina Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222.

In execution of a certain Deed of Trust dated Deccember 13, 2018, in the original principal amount of $157,950.00 and recorded in the Richmond City Circuit Court Clerk’s Office as Instrument No. 180025430.

The undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the front of the Richmond City Circuit Court, 400 North Ninth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 on June 30, 2022, at 10:00 AM, the property described in said Deed of Trust, located at the above address, and more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land known as No. 3508 Carolina Avenue, lying and being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, and designated as Lot 8 and the southern 15 feet of Lot 7, Block 36, on the Plan of Highland Park, a plat which is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Henrico in Plat Book 6, page 86, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the western line of Carolina Avenue distant thereon 140 feet northwardly from the intersection of the western line of Carolina Avenue with the northern line of Highland Street; thence from said front extending back westwardly between parallel lines 140 feet to an alley. It being the same property conveyed to 3508 Carolina Ave LLC by deed recorded in the Richmond City Circuit Court Clerk’s Office as Instrument No. 180025429 and confirmed by Final Order of Judgment recorded in the Richmond City Circuit Court Clerk’s Office as Instrument No. 220003547.

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of ten percent (10%) of the sale price or ten percent (10%) of the original principal balance of the subject Deed of Trust, whichever is lower, in the form of cash or certified funds payable to the Substitute Trustee must be present at the time of the sale. The balance of the purchase price will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Purchaser’s deposit may be forfeited to Trustee. Time is of the essence. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser may, if provided by the terms of the Trustee’s Memorandum of Foreclosure Sale, be entitled to a $50 cancellation fee from the Substitute Trustee, but shall have no further recourse against the Mortgager, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Additional terms to be announced at the sale. For more information, including a form copy of the Trustee’s memorandum of foreclosure sale and contract to purchase real property, contact: Aaron D. Neal at McNamee Hosea, PA, 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 200, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770, 301-441-2420. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The sale is subject to seller confirmation. Substitute Trustee: Craig M. Palik, 950 N. Washington Street, Suite 210, Alexandria, VA 22314.

MH No. 19925-0006.

VIRGINIA: CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO E. MICHAEL HARRIS, GERTRUDE H. MCDONNOUGH and SHERWOOD A HARRIS, Plaintiffs, v.

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

DELORIS Y. BAILEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1789 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 714 West Clay Street, Tax Map Number N000-0307/026, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Deloris Y. Bailey.

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

IT IS ORDERED that DELORIS Y. BAILEY, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

WILLIAM H. DUNHAM, IV, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1275 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3612 Patsy Ann Drive, Tax Map Number C008-0985/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William H. Dunham, IV. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM H. DUNHAM, IV, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in Continued on next column

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interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM H. DUNHAM, IV, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

LOTUS TREE VENTURES, LLC, Alan David Walker, Registered Agent, which has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to the registered agent’s 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 LOTUS TREE VENTURES, LLC, Alan David Walker, Registered Agent, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JULY 14, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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

LOTUS TREE VENTURES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL22-1248 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 921 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0059/019, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Lotus Tree Ventures, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, Continued on next column

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