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Walkout City students join Wednesday’s national demonstration for tougher gun laws on one-month anniversary of Florida high school massacre

By Ronald E. Carrington

Hundreds of Richmond area students joined their peers across the country and walked out of classrooms at 10 a.m. Wednesday to demand stricter gun laws in a national show of unity and solidarity one month after the bloody massacre that killed 17 students and staff at a Florida high school.

Roughly half of the 751 students at the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Gov-

ernment and International Studies marched out and stood on the front steps of the Lombardy Street school.

Like many of the demonstrations across the country, the students’ walkout lasted 17 minutes to honor of the 17 lives lost when Nikolas Cruz, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., opened fire on Feb. 14. He was armed with an AK-15 militaryPlease turn to A4

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Hundreds of students at the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond participate in an emotional tribute to the 17 people slain at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., during Wednesday’s national student walkout.

VCU center developing master plan for historic Evergreen Cemetery site into a memorial park is still months away, the VCU consultants are getRichmond’s biggest university is ting ideas from VCU undergraduates taking a role in restoring the historic, about the future of the burial ground but neglected Evergreen Cemetery. that sits on the city’s eastern border The Enrichmond Foundation, with Henrico County, just a stone’s the new owner of the 127-year-old thrown from the public Oakwood African-American cemetery, has hired Cemetery. the center for Urban and Regional The students are focusing on Dr. Howell Analysis in Virginia Commonwealth specific areas, such as improving the University’s Wilder School of Government and visitor experience, upgrading access and creating Public Affairs to create a master plan for the community connections. burial ground, which includes the graves of One of the class projects is to consider such notables as banker and businesswoman ways to reduce noise from traffic along East Maggie L. Walker and newspaper editor and Richmond Road and from a nearby city dump banker John Mitchell Jr. While completion of a plan to transform the Please turn to A4

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

In his honor Above, Raymond H. Boone Jr. unveils the honorary city street sign that pays tribute to his father, the late founder, publisher and editor of the Richmond Free Press. Location: 5th and Franklin streets in front of the Free Press building.

Right, attendees included, from left, Richmond City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, who spearheaded the recognition effort for Mr. Boone, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Mr. Boone’s son and City Councilman Michael J. Jones, 9th District. Ahead of the unveiling, below, Councilwoman Robertson offers remembrances of Mr. Boone and his impact as a crusading journalist to about 75 wellwishers and reporters during a ceremony inside the Free Press building. Other speakers included Mayor Stoney, Mr. Boone’s son and Free Press Managing Editor Bonnie V. Winston.

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Jubilant John Marshall players show off their 3A state championship trophy after their big victory last Friday at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center.

This was the Justices first visit to the winner’s circle at the state level since 2014.

John Marshall High wins state basketball championship Stories by Fred Jeter

The best may be yet to come for the John Marshall High School basketball team.

Tall, talented and boasting of having almost everything but seniors, the team strolled to the 3A state basketball championship title last Friday, routing Western Albemarle High School 63-42 before a crowd of 5,400 at the Siegel Center in Richmond.

It was apropos the state final was played on the court where “Havoc” was made famous by former Virginia Commonwealth University Coach Shaka Smart.

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U.Va. goes into March Madness ranked No.1

The University of Virginia has enjoyed having the nation’s best basketball team throughout this regular season.

Now the Cavaliers hope to maintain No. 1 status throughout “March Madness.”

Seeded first in the NCAA’s South region, the Cavaliers (31-2) will open NCAA Tournament play on Friday, March 16, in Charlotte, N.C., against No. 16 seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Tipoff is 9:20 p.m.

The second round, also in Charlotte, will be Sunday, March 18. If U.Va. beats UMBC as expected, the Cavaliers will play the winner of the Creighton University-Kansas State University game.

The NCAA Sweet 16 will be March 22 through 25 in Atlanta, with the Final Four set for March 31 through April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

The U.Va. team has no players from the Richmond area. However, the Cavaliers’ assistant coach, Jason Williford, who is now in his ninth season, is a former standout athlete at Richmond’s John Marshall High School.

Varina High School claims state 5A crown

The Varina High School Blue Devils kept winning and winning until there were no more games to win.

The Eastern Henrico County school ended its best-ever season on the hardwood on March 8 by defeating Wakefield High School of Arlington 64-60 to clinch the state 5A basketball title.

In prevailing at the Siegel Center, Varina notched its first state hoops championship while finishing the season 26-2.

It was the Blue Devils’ first trip to the state championship final since 1960. In that game, Varina lost 36-35 to Waynesboro High School in the old Group II final.

Amember of that 1960 Varina squad was Ken Willard, who went on to play in the NFL. This year’s Varina stars included Tyrese Jenkins, who had 21 points, and freshman A.J. Williams, who scored 17 points.

Varina Coach Andrew Lacey’s squad defeated Highland Springs High School, also of Henrico, in the state quarterfinals and Hampton High School in the semifinals to advance to the final.

Confederate group calls for more rebel statues in Richmond

By Saraya Wintersmith

As the city of Richmond grapples with whether to remove the statues to Confederates from Monument Avenue, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is calling for more to be built — with signs putting them in context to be placed at the African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom.

Ms. Coleman At a meeting last week with members of the Monument Avenue Commission, members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ local unit said three statues should be constructed to honor Confederate women, captured Confederate

soldiers and black people who “willing or not, loyally served” the rebels.

“With white men mostly off in the armies, trusted slaves ran or helped white women run the large plantations,” said Robert Lamb, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in making the case for a statue to AfricanAmericans in the Confederacy.

“Had the blacks mounted a serious reDr. Ayres sistance or work stoppage, they could’ve crippled the Confederacy,” he continued. “They didn’t do so.

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Dr. Aashir Nasim named VCU vice president Dr. Aashir Nasim is being handed the challenge of improving diversity and inclusion at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU President Michael Rao announced Monday that Dr. Nasim will be the new vice president for inclusive excellence.

His appointment is effective April 2, the university reported.

Dr. Nasim currently serves as interim senior vice provost for faculty affairs and director of the VCU Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry & Innovation, also known as iCubed.

In his new position, Dr. Nasim will lead the Division for Inclusive Excellence. He will be responsible for carrying out VCU’s newly adopted diversity and inclusion strategic action plan that is aimed at making the university a model in this area, according to the university.

Dr. Rao described Dr. Nasim as “a reDr. Nasim spected scholar who brings an important lens of diversity and inclusion to his work and to our university community. He is a thoughtful and passionate leader who embodies VCU’s mission of tackling difficult problems to serve the public good.”

As senior vice provost, Dr. Nasim has served as chief administrator for faculty affairs. As iCubed director, a post he will continue to hold in his new role, he has been involved in developing cross-disciplinary academic and research programs.

“VCU is at its best when its philosophy of diversity and inclusion informs its practices related to educating our students and improving the health of our communities,” said Dr. Nasim, who earned his doctorate in psychology from Howard University.

He has been a member of the VCU faculty since 2008, when he received a joint appointment from the Department of Psychology and the Department of African-American Studies.

Named a full professor in 2017, he has previously served as chair of the Department of African-American Studies and as a special assistant to the provost. He also is a National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities Scholar and a VCU Massey Cancer Center Research Program member.

Dr. Nasim began his academic career in 2001 as an assistant psychology professor at James Madison University. At JMU and VCU, his research has focused on topics involving tobacco and other drug behaviors, sexual risk behaviors and culture, identity and behavior.

Joe Morrissey fights to save his law license on March 26

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Once again, Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey is in a fight to save his law license.

A three-judge panel is gearing up to decide his future to practice law.

The panel is scheduled to hold a four-day hearing later this month to consider charges from the Virginia State Bar alleging that Mr. Morrissey violated legal ethics in seeking to cover up a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old receptionist in his office. The incident happened four years ago and Mr. Morrissey is now married to the former receptionist.

The face-off between the State Bar and the 60-year-old Mr. Morrissey is to begin Monday, March 26, in the John Marshall Courts Building in Downtown.

Mr. Morrissey has avoided any comment on the case since the State Bar issued the charges on Aug. 1.

Mr. Morrissey This is second time the State Bar has sought to strip Mr. Morrissey of his license.

Mr. Morrissey was disbarred by a federal court in 2001, and his law license was revoked in 2003 when he allegedly failed to notify clients and the courts of the earlier suspension of his license.

That license revocation lasted until 2012, when a divided Virginia Supreme Court overruled the State Bar and reinstated his license.

The current action stems from allegations Mr. Morrissey had a sexual relationship with the underage receptionist, then Myrna Pride, who worked in his office in summer of 2013.

Mr. Morrissey was indicted on felony charges and, under a plea deal, was convicted of a misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of minor and served three months of a sixmonth sentence in the Henrico County Jail. Then a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, he became the first legislator to commute from jail to the General Assembly.

Still, Mr. Morrissey denies that his relationship with Ms. Pride was sexual before she celebrated her 18th birthday in March 2014. The couple, now married, have three children together.

At the time, Mr. Morrissey claimed that he was framed by Ms. Pride’s former girlfriend, alleging that she placed sexually graphic pictures and text messages on his phone.

Spurred by prosecutors who believed Mr. Morrissey was lying, the State Bar opened its investigation into whether Mr. Morrissey violated legal ethics. The State Bar alleges that Mr. Morrissey made up the hacking defense, erased text messages that would have incriminated him, made up alibis and also prepared witnesses to lie during testimony.

The State Bar issued the new charges as it sought to remove his license for alleged ethics violations involving his representation of former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and the now defunct National Slavery Museum the former governor was seeking to establish in Fredericksburg.

A three-judge panel halted the proceedings in that case.

Now all of the charges are wrapped up in the case to be heard March 26.

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

This winter scene, appearing as though from a Currier and Ives plate, was taken at Meadow and Broad streets Monday as snow powdered the city. Richmond got 2 inches of heavy, wet snow as it was brushed by a storm that slammed New England with up to 2 feet. Still, the midMarch snowfall was one of the largest Richmond has experienced ahead of the official arrival of spring on Tuesday, March 20, according to the U.S. Weather Service. The record snowfall for March 12 is the 4 inches that fell in 1910. The average snowfall for this time of year is a half inch, the weather data shows. The forecast for the next 10 days calls for continuing chilly weather. Daytime highs are predicted to be in the 40s to 50s, with nighttime lows ranging from the upper 20s to upper 30s.

Proposed city budget includes $900,000 boost for GRTC

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

As construction is taking place on Richmond’s new bus rapid-transit system, City Hall is proposing to boost the GRTC subsidy to cover operating losses after July 1.

The proposed two-year spending plan Mayor Levar M. Stoney delivered to Richmond City Council last week included a $900,000 increase in the bus company’s subsidy for the 2018-19 fiscal year that begins July 1.

The increase would push GRTC’s subsidy from about $14.2 million in the current budget year to $15.1 million in the upcoming budget year, if City Council approves it.

According to GRTC, that sum includes about $380,000 to support bus rapid-transit operations, known as GRTC Pulse, for a year and cover the increased cost of health insurance for transit employees.

GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace said the increase also includes $250,000 to enable GRTC to continue to provide

reduced fares for seniors, minors and individuals with certain disabilities, and $271,680 to pay for the mayor’s proposal to offer free bus passes for students at the city’s public high schools.

The budget plan the mayor submitted provided no explanation on how the funding increase for GRTC was to be used nor did it provide any information on the cost of the free bus pass program. It also showed the senor discount was being eliminated but did not state that the money was being included in the subsidy increase.

Separately, GRTC plans to put up $100,000 to match a $100,000 grant from the Bon Secours Health System to pay for improvements to bus stops in the city’s East End. GRTC plans to receive public input before deciding which of the 173 bus stops in Church Hill and Fulton are to be improved with new shelters, benches and trash cans.

On other fronts, Rosemary Green, interim director of the city Department of Public Utilities, clarified information

the mayor provided in the budget about utility rate changes.

In a briefing to City Council Monday, Ms. Green said residential customers no longer would pay a flat $4.04 for each 100 cubic feet or 748 gallons used. Instead, if council approves the budget, the department would shift on July 1 to a conservation approach.

Residential customers would be charged $2.58 for the first 400 cubic feet used each month (2,992 gallons) and $5.11 for each additional cubic foot used, she said.

Ms. Green said the average residential customer uses about 600 cubic feet per month, and would save $3.70 on the current charge for water.

She indicated the total utility bill would be changed only slightly because the department also is proposing to increase the cost for natural gas service by 3.5 percent, or about $1.61 per month for the average customer.

At best, the average residential customer might see a reduction of $2.09 a month on the cost of utility services, including water, sewage and gas.

Henry L. Marsh III to introduce his memoir

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

He had his sights set on making his living as a truck driver.

Then Henry L. Marsh III went with a group of high school buddies to hear a school desegregation case in Richmond, and that experience changed his life.

In his soon-to-be released memoir, Mr. Marsh describes how he listened enthralled to the arguments of two Richmond legal greats, future law partner Oliver W. Hill Sr. and future federal Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III. “I liked the way they handled themselves and how the judges respected them,” Mr. Marsh recalls. “I didn’t understand all that they were saying, but … when I saw what (they) were trying to do, I was impressed.”

Then and there, he writes that he decided he, too, wanted to be a lawyer to “help make positive change happen.”

Nearly 60 years later, the soft-spoken 84-year-old Mr. Marsh is using his pen to take a walk back through the history he helped create as an attorney on the front lines of the legal wars for civil rights and as a longtime public official, including his rise to become the first African-American mayor of Richmond and service in the Virginia Senate.

Mr. Marsh provided the Free Press with an advance copy of “The Memoirs of Hon. Henry L. Marsh III: Civil Rights Champion, Public Servant, Lawyer” in which he offers anecdotes and memories of the role and he others had in attacking government-enforced and businesscondoned segregation. He dedicated the book to his wife, Diane Harris Marsh, a former dentist.

Mr. Marsh is scheduled to introduce his 232-page memoir 4 p.m. Monday, March 26, at an event the University of Richmond’s Black Law Student Association is hosting at the Law School.

His book adds to the literature now focusing attention on the role AfricanAmerican attorneys in Virginia played

in dismantling legal barriers to equality.

Much of Mr. Marsh’s book focuses on his work with Hill, Tucker & Marsh, the law firm he as a newly minted lawyer helped create with Mr. Hill and attorney Samuel W. Tucker.

The firm, which would produce at least 10 future judges, was a bulldog on civil rights, recounts Mr. Marsh, a Virginia Union University graduate who earned his law degree at Howard University.

Mr. Marsh states that one reason for the firms’ activity was its willingness sue local school boards for engaging in Massive Resistance to desegregating public schools as required in the famed 1954 Brown v.

Board of Education case.

“We were constantly fighting against race prejudice,” he recalls. “For instance, in the case of Franklin v. Giles County, local official fired all of the black public school teachers. We sued and got the (that) decision overruled.”

Mr. Marsh recalls fighting the Norfolk School Board for at least 20 years and the firm’s victory in Green v. New Kent County in 1968, when the U.S. Supreme Court told school boards in Virginia and across the country that it would no longer tolerate delay in desegregating schools.

The firm also was engaged on a host of other fronts, ranging from housing and voting rights to employment issues.

Among the cases Mr. Marsh is most proud of is a lawsuit against tobacco giant Philip Morris that forced the company to eliminate seniority rules that blocked the hiring and promotion of African-Americans to better paying jobs.

While he and his partners fought in the courts, Mr. Marsh also began a political career. He had gotten a taste for politics in 1965 in lobbying for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In some ways, his entry was accidental.

He writes that he first sought to recruit others to run for City Council in 1966.

While there already were two AfricanAmericans on the council, Mr. Marsh writes

that he believed additional representation was needed.

“I was running all over the state litigating,” he states. But after being turned down by others, “I finally decided to run myself. I thought, ‘I’ll do it for two years.’ ” He ended up serving on council for 25 years.

In his book, Mr. Marsh paints himself more as the mild-mannered diplomat than a civil rights firebrand, more focused on getting something done than fomenting marches and protests.

In 1977, he was elected mayor when African-Americans achieved a five-seat majority on City Council once a district system had replaced at-large elections.

His book does not mention Roy West, the African-American educator who later ousted him as mayor or those who dubbed him “King Henry” for his deft control of the majority.

The book does discuss the controversy that ensued when the new majority fired the white city manager, William Leidinger, and hired the city’s first African-American city manager, Manuel Deese.

He spends more time on his efforts to bridge the city’s racial divide. He writes about the relationship he built with Dominion Virginia Power leader T. Justin Moore Jr. that led to the creation of the biracial, public-private Richmond Renaissance — now Venture Richmond.

“Justin Moore and I felt we had to exercise some constructive leadership and do something. We and other like-minded individuals who supported a cooperative vision persevered. Together, we wound up making progress.”

Mr. Marsh worked on his memoir with a team of friends and two editors, University of Richmond law professor Jonathan K. Stubbs, who help produce Mr. Hill’s autobiography, “The Big Bang,” and University of Virginia doctoral student Danielle WingfieldSmith, whose dissertation focuses on Mr. Marsh and others involved in school desegregation.

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style assault rifle.

Seventeen Maggie Walker students each read a 20-second tribute to one of the dead in Florida. Several in the crowd, wrapped in coats and blankets in the morning chill, held a sign stating, “Never Again.”

The tributes were followed by a moment of silent prayer.

The emotional tribute brought some students to tears.

The students gathered behind the bust of Maggie L. Walker, the noted Richmond banker and businesswoman who advanced a myriad of justice and civil rights issues in the early 20th century.

The Richmond students, like those across the country, want Congress to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks before gun sales and pass a law Adam that would allow courts to disarm people who display warning signs of violent behavior.

Co-organizer Catherine Qian, a senior from Chesterfield County, sobbed when she delivered a tribute to 15-year-old Peter Wang, one of the Florida students who was killed in the massacre. He died wearing his JROTC uniform, holding a door

to help others escape.

He loved JROTC and dreamed of one day entering the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

“I thought about my brother in the eighth grade who Sachs was just accepted to Maggie L. Walker and wants to go to West Point,” Ms. Qian said in an interview after the walkout. “I couldn’t help but see my brother in Peter Wang’s shoes and the fact that this could happen to people just for coming to school and trying to get an education. This is unconscionable to me.”

Students used social media,

word of mouth and and students instead coordination with of picking a piece of the Walker adminismetal — a gun.” tration and director, The demonstraDr. Robert Lowerre, tions were prompted to organize the walkby EMPOWER, the out. youth branch of the “We have a duty as Women’s March. high school students Students from snowy to remember the vic- Catherine Qian Boston to Columtims at Parkland,” said Adam bine High School in Colorado, Sachs, a junior from Henrico where 13 people students were County, who also helped to killed in a 1999 mass shooting, organize Wednesday’s event. participated in the walkout. Stu“We are here to stand up dents who survived the Sandy against the underlying reason Hook Elementary School attack for these people being killed and in December 2012 in which 27 to demand that our legislators people were killed walked out fight for gun control. We need of Newtown High School in to see some legislative action Connecticut. to protect the lives of people Fifth-grade students in Ak-

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the John Marshall Justices led 19-7 after one quarter and 37-17 at intermission before mercifully lightening up on the pedal.

“We’ve played teams that quick.

But never as big and quick,” Western Albemarle High Coach Darren Maynard said after losing to the Justices.

John Marshall not only rules the 3A division now, but figures to do so for some time to come.

Coach Ty White’s starting quintet consisted of juniors Levar Allen and Demarr McCrae; sophomores Elijah Seward and Isaiah Todd, aka the “Bible Brothers;” and bespectacled freshman Roosevelt Wheeler.

The combo of 6-foot-10 Todd, who is among the nation’s top basketball prospects for the Class of 2020, and ultra-promising 6-foot-9 Wheeler form the ominous “Blue Forest” defense that’s hard to see over.

Western Albemarle, shooting 35 percent, was clearly intimidated. It’s hard scoring with shaky hands.

“It was almost like playing a college team,” Coach Maynard said. “I wish they’d move them to a higher classification.”

He wasn’t kidding.

It could have been worse. There were numerous fan-friendly John Marshall dunks, along with a pair of breakaway slam attempt misses. McCrae and Seward, ever the showmen, misfired while trying to add some degree of difficulty to their above-therim theatrics.

aggressive and we weren’t ready for their pressure,” Coach Maynard said.

Employing what it called a “Pack Line Defense,” Western Albemarle had been holding opponents to scores in the 40s earlier in the season, but there was no holding relentless John Marshall.

It would have been like trying to stop traffic on Interstate 95.

After starting the season 4-5 with all losses out of state, John Marshall finishes 23-6, with 13 straight victories, most by lopsided margins.

With such success, there can be skepticism, some of which came out in a postgame press conference. A reporter asked if the John Marshall players “all played together, yearround, on AAU travel teams.”

James Haskins/Richmond Free Press Coach White responded, “They The celebration begins as the John Marshall Justices take the state title last play AAU, but not on the same Friday. A perennial powerhouse in the 3A Division, the team finished the team.” season 22-6 after dispatching Western Albemarle High School in the final.

Todd, wearing the cut-down nets around his long neck, was Also, Todd was limited to 21 minutes and Aubrey Merritt were eye-catchers. asked if he was tempted to “transfer” of play and McCrae to 17 minutes be- Ashlock had 13 points and Merritt, the to an exclusive private school. cause of fouls. Todd played just seven epitome of defensive persistence, added While conceding “that’s what you minutes during the first half while John six assists and four steals. hear,” the towering 10th-grader quickly Marshall was going up by 20 points.

Ashlock and Merritt “would be start- shot down that notion.

The Justices are on a short list of state ers for any other school in Virginia,” So what do the new state champs champs that won the top prize without Coach White said. “Our top five or six do for an encore? a single prominent senior. (players) are all Division I players.”

Up next is the 2018-19 season with Things can only get better for the Asked who might be MVP, Coach everyone on the team returning. After team.

White replied, “The whole team.” that, there’s the 2019-20 season, with Seward, a southpaw with a smooth Overmatched Western Albemarle Todd, Seward and Wheeler returning.

3-point release, led John Marshall’s (23-7) finished with 14 field goals and The rest of Virginia would seem to scoring with 15 points.

20 turnovers, an undesirable ratio. be playing for second place.

Off the bench, juniors Jairus Ashlock “They (John Marshall) were very Stay tuned.

ron, Ohio, who were studying the Civil Rights Movement in class, organized a sidewalk protest.

Students hope the nationwide protests will prompt action and change.

But in Virginia, the General Assembly session that closed Wednesday saw all but one of dozens of gun bills killed, including a bill to require universal background checks before gun purchases and a ban on bump stocks, which are used to make semiautomatic weapons fire like an automatic weapon.

A bump stock was used in the October mass shooting in Las Vegas in which 59 people were killed and 527 were injured.

However, the messages delivered by young people have had an impact in Florida, where Gov. Rick Scott last week signed the first gun control legislation in 20 years. The law raises the minimum age to buy firearms from 18 to 21, extends a threeday waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns and bans bump stocks. It also creates a so-called “guardian” program that enables teachers and other school employees to carry handguns.

The National Rifle Association, which is headquartered in Virginia, has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida arguing the new law raising the age for gun purchases violates the Second and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

“This bill punishes law-abiding gun owners for the criminal acts of a deranged individual,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action.

On the federal level, the Republican-controlled Congress and President Trump have been ineffective in crafting a gun control bill that addresses the demands of the nation’s protesting high school students.

According to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, 66 percent of Americans want tighter gun control laws. The poll also shows an uptick in support for a ban on assault weapons, with 67 percent favoring such a ban and 29 percent opposing it.

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and concrete recycling plant, said Dr. Kathryn Howell, an assistant professor overseeing the work of 27 students.

She said another group of students is looking into signage to explain the history of the cemetery and to direct people to the graves of the most celebrated, such as Mrs. Walker.

“This is an opportunity for students to work on an actual project and have some bearing on what happens,” Dr. Howell said.

“It’s pretty special to be a part of this project and help the revitalization of Richmond,” said Gian Mobarak, a senior. “Historically, black culture was put into the shade, and we’re bringing light to it.”

Evergreen Cemetery was created in 1891as the African-American counterpart to Hollywood Cemetery and neighboring Oakwood Cemetery, both of which were for white people only at the time.

An estimated 20,000 people are buried at

Evergreen, according to the Enrichmond Foundation.

However, the cemetery’s founders did not require families to pay for perpetual care, and over the decades, vegetation has reclaimed much of the property. Burials continued until 2016 in one section that was maintained.

During the past decade, and, most notably, in the past two years, volunteers have worked to hack away the overgrowth in the older sections of Evergreen. Groups of volunteers, largely organized by real estate broker Marvin Harris, have cleared about 20 acres of the cemetery since 2016. But the majority of Evergreen’s 60 acres are still overgrown with vines, weeds and trees.

Mr. Harris is delighted that a master plan is being created and that students are playing a role.

“It’s a good thing to put something on paper that sets a goal for future improvement,” said Mr. Harris, founder and executive director of the Evergreen Restoration Foundation.

He said he has not been included in the plan-

ning, but continues to focus on cleaning out the unwanted vegetation. He said the foundation is fortunate to have a cadre of volunteers who regularly come out to work.

Ted Maris-Wolf, a caretaker Enrichmond hired last year to oversee work on the cemetery, also has enlisted Americorps participants, who recently worked for two weeks to clear another section of the land.

Under legislation approved last year, the state government is contributing $35,000 a year for maintenance of the oldest graves in Evergreen and the adjoining neglected and abandoned East End Cemetery.

“The earliest graves are now being rediscovered,” Mr. Maris-Wolf said. “We’re still defining the parameters of where the graves are.”

Through archival research, oral history and examining aged ledgers at the Library of Virginia, he said, “We’re looking at a number of ways to understand the relationship between the people in the community and those who are buried here.”

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They were an integral part of the heroic struggle against the federals and need to be recognized for that.”

Mr. Lamb and SCV member Harrison Taylor called for the city to develop the acreage in Shockoe Bottom that served as a burial ground for enslaved Africans into a slavery memorial and education site; erect the three new Confederate statues on Monument Avenue; and add signs in Shockoe Bottom putting the new statues and those already situated on Monument Avenue in context. They said no contextual signs should be placed on Monument Avenue.

Their hourlong presentation to commission members Ed Ayres, Coleen Butler Rodriguez and adviser Julie Langan was met with stoic silence as they praised the men and states in the Civil War who shed blood to preserve the right to own other human beings.

The Monument Avenue Commission, which was convened by Mayor

Levar M. Stoney to determine the future of the Confederate statues on the tree-lined street, has turned to small group “listening sessions” after packed a public hearing last year turned raucous and emotional.

Commission co-chair, Christy Coleman, said last week that no traditionally African-American groups have requested such a session with the commission. And four of nine other scheduled meetings were canceled by the groups requesting them when it was learned they had to provide space for the public, she said.

Early on in the March 7 presentation by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Mr. Lamb repeated the assertion that the Southern states’ secession from the United States was “not about slavery” but because of attempts by the Union to coerce the slave-holding states.

At that point, a man in the audience stood up and walked out of the room, saying, “I can’t take it anymore.”

The audience of slightly more than a dozen people was comprised mostly

of gray-haired white men.

“We urge that the context for slavery in general, and the Confederacy specifically, be thoroughly and objectively displayed in Shockoe Bottom to include the site of Lumpkin’s Jail (The Devil’s Half Acre), the Black Burial Ground and the sites for the Goodwin and Omohundro jails. …

Context for the statues should be provided here and not on Monument Avenue,” Mr. Lamb said.

He said private money should be secured to finance exhibits on topics such as references to slavery in U.S. Constitution and the Bible, the evolution and timeline of slavery throughout the United States, the role of slavery in the North, slave rebellions and the “sad role of those in Africa in the enslavement of their own race.”

He said removing the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. Stuart and Confederates Jefferson Davis and Matthew Fontaine Maury from Monument Avenue would be “tantamount

to a cultural crime.”

Mr. Taylor rejected the idea that the monuments, which were built between 1890 and 1929, long after the Civil War and during Jim Crow, were erected in defense and preservation of white supremacy.

“I don’t feel it’s true at all,” Mr. Taylor said. The statues were “put there out of respect to hold society together, which it did.”

In a March 2 public listening session with the Monument Avenue Commission, members of the Richmond Peace Education Center said the Confederate statues should be viewed as a form of “cultural violence.”

They said adding interpretative signs and additional statues would be insufficient to confront Richmond’s history of oppression. The statues’ removal would be a first step to heal racial trauma, group members said, and the persisting racial disparities.

Darien Wyatt, 18, a member of the center’s youth board, said she often hears preservationists falsely equate

statue removal with a loss of history.

“There are no statues of Hitler, but do you think (Germany) has forgotten him?” she asked. “Do you think the world will ever forget him?

“When people put monuments up, that shows pride,” she continued.

“Does the city of Richmond really want to send the message that we stand strongly behind people who fought for the enslavement of others? People who fought for injustice?”

Responding to a question on what happens after the Monument Avenue Commission submits its recommendations, Ms. Coleman said the people of Richmond have the power to determine how Richmond proceeds.

“The state law is very, very particular and states plainly that you cannot remove or deface or alter (monuments).

So if you want something to happen, then the people of this state have to either elect people that will make that decision or put together referendums to get it on a ballot. … It is really will of the people.”

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General Assembly adjourns with special session planned on Medicaid expansion

By Kirby Farineau and George Copeland Jr. Capital News Service

The Virginia General Assembly’s 2018 session came to a close on Saturday but remained divided over the state budget and Medicaid expansion, forcing a special session to resolve its differences.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam said after adjournment that he plans on dealing with the issue “sooner rather than later,” and called Tuesday for a special session on Wednesday, April 11.

“We’ve left one of our largest missions unfinished,” Gov. Northam said to legislative leaders. “As you all know, I want to be done with health care expansion.”

Gov. Northam, who took office in January, ran on a campaign that included expanding Medicaid to more than 400,000 Virginians without health insurance. But as the legislature came to a close, it became apparent that a special session would be needed.

Lawmakers passed more than 870 bills, and about 300 of them — on subjects ranging from taxes and criminal justice to education and government transparency — already have been signed into law by Gov. Northam.

The governor expressed pleasure over the resolution of a number of issues, including the increase of the grand larceny threshold, strengthening the Metro system that operates in Northern Virginia and policy reform regarding Dominion Energy.

On Medicaid, while the Senate budget has no provisions for expansion, the House spending plan allows for increased federal funding.

Republicans control both chambers by two-member margins, but there were bitter differences over Medicaid.

House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, said he is optimistic about the special session.

“We are all committed to completing work on a state budget long before July 1,” said Delegate Cox, who completed his first legislative session as speaker.

Senate Democratic leader Richard Saslaw of Fairfax and Sen. Mamie Locke of Hampton, the Senate Democratic Caucus chair, blamed Senate Republicans for “holding up the entire budget process for political reasons.”

Meanwhile Senate Republicans said they would continue to oppose Medicaid during the special session.

“Senate Republicans remain unanimously committed to passing a clean budget without Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, and we will continue to work toward that goal in the special session,” Senate Republican leader Thomas “Tommy” Norment Jr. of James City County said in a statement.

The legislature concluded its work the day after Gov. Northam signed one of the most-discussed bills of the session. Despite lingering opposition, the governor approved SB 966, which lifts a rate freeze that had been in effect for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company, but allows the utility’s broad discretion in reinvesting customer revenue. Critics claimed the bill, developed with heavy involvement from Dominion Energy,

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House Speaker Kirk Cox

favors utility interests over those of consumers.

In another utility-related action earlier during the session, lawmakers approved SB 807 by Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, which extended the moratorium on the closure of ponds where Dominion Energy stores its coal ash, allowing the state and utility another year on reaching agreement over how to address environmental concerns.

Legislators left Richmond without approving any of the numerous gun control bills that were submitted after recent mass shootings in Florida, Texas and Las Vegas. Among the gun-related bills, only one passed, SB 669, which restricts access of weapons to minors age 14 and older who had received involuntary mental health treatment.

Delegate Cox formed a select committee to study school safety, but said the panel would not take up gun issues, angering Democrats.

The first bill signed into law by Gov. Northam, a pediatric neurologist, reauthorizes a license for a hospital in Patrick County, allowing the facility to reopen. SB 866 took effect immediately — on Feb. 16.

Here is a rundown of other bills the governor has approved, as well as legislation awaiting action.

THIS BUS IS HEADED TO THE FUTURE. Streamlined routes are on the way.

Bills Taking Effect July 1 Gov. Northam signed several bills tackling child abuse. They include HB 150 and HB 389, which will require local social service departments to alert schools found to have employed anyone accused of child abuse or neglect.

Young people also will be helped by HB 399 and SB 960, which seek to create new work opportunities for students. The House bill requires school systems to notify students about internships and other work-based learning experiences. The Senate measure will promote partnerships between public high schools and local businesses on internships, apprenticeships and job shadow programs.

HB 35 will add a layer of oversight to the process that puts more violent juvenile offenders in adult detention facilities for the safety of other juveniles. It also will separate these juveniles from adult offenders when confined in adult facilities.

HB 907 and 908 will allow greater transparency through public access to government meetings through the Freedom of Information Act. At the same time, Gov. Northam approved bills creating more FOIA exemptions — for records relating to public safety (HB 727), certain police records (HB 909) and select financial investment documents held by board members of the College of William & Mary (HB 1426).

Bills on the Governor’s Desk In criminal justice, HB 1550 would raise the threshold amount of money stolen that would qualify for grand larceny from $200 to $500. The current state threshold, which determines whether the crime is a felony, is one of the lowest in the United States.

Immigration saw the passage of HB 1257, which would bar the creation of sanctuary cities in Virginia by enforcing federal immigration standards on all localities. Its passage in the Senate, like the House of Delegates, came down to votes split along party lines. Gov. Northam already has made clear his intention to veto the legislation.

Last year, the General Assembly passed HB 1547, which provides state funding to renovate select historically black cemeteries in Richmond. This year, legislators approved bills focusing on African-American cemeteries in Loudoun County (SB 163), Charlottesville (HB 360) and Portsmouth (SB 198 and HB 527). A fifth, HB 284, would cover every black cemetery in the state while broadening the groups able to receive state funds.

Also awaiting Gov. Northam’s signature is HB 1600, which would reduce the maximum length of a long-term school suspension from 364 calendar days to 45 school days. The bill provides exceptions in extreme cases.

HB 50 would prohibit teachers and other school employees from “lunch shaming” students who can’t afford school meals by making them do chores or wear a wristband or hand stamp.

Gov. Northam has until April 9 to sign, veto or recommend changes to the bills sent to him by the General Assembly.

Lawmakers then will return to Richmond on April 18 for a one-day session to consider the governor’s vetoes and recommendations.

GRTC has teamed up with the City of Richmond to rework our area’s transit system – so soon, you’ll see faster, more consistent service throughout the city.

Buses will come more frequently on many routes. Connections will be easier. Bus route names will be simplified. And at the same time, we’re launching the new Pulse route, with service from Willow Lawn to Rocketts Landing (and many places in between).

We’re here to help you through the changes.

We can give you a practice ride of your new city route with a GRTC Travel Buddy. Call 804-358-GRTC to schedule your free practice session. And watch for GRTC’s Outreach Ambassadors – they’ll be on many GRTC buses and at major bus stops and the Temporary Transfer Plaza. These specially trained friends in the field can answer any of your questions.

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Keep the pressure on We are encouraged and inspired by the activism of students in Metro Richmond and across the nation who staged school walkouts on Wednesday to remember the victims of the Valentine’s Day school massacre in Parkland, Fla., and to push federal and state lawmakers for tougher gun laws.

The voices of thousands of young people calling for basic gun legislation that will make their schools and lives safer cannot be ignored.

During more than 3,000 student demonstrations nationwide on Wednesday, students carried signs saying: “Enough is enough!” “Guns don’t die, kids die!” and “Arms R 4 Hugging.” In speeches on high school campuses and in interviews with the media, they said Congress and members of state legislatures need to act now to stop the bloodshed.

They asked for universal background checks for all gun purchases, for a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons and for the age for gun purchases to be raised to 21.

They spoke about their fears of sitting in class and wondering if they will be the next victim of a mass school shooting. They called for change now.

Recent polls by several national groups show overwhelming support for tighter gun laws, including 97 percent favoring background checks before all gun purchases. Support for that common sense stricter gun law comes also from current gun owners, according to an independent Quinnipiac University national poll in February.

Unfortunately, little has been done on the national level with so many mixed messages coming from the Trump White House and members of Congress lacking initiative and backbone.

Even in the Virginia General Assembly, where more than 70 gun-related bills were introduced this session, only one measure was approved. It restricts minors ages 14 and older who have been committed or detained for mental health treatment from purchasing a firearm until they are certified as mentally competent.

Instead of advancing common sense restrictions such as banning bump stocks that turn semiautomatic weapons into automatic killing machines, Virginia’s and the nation’s so-called GOP leaders are framing the conversation around “school security” and not taking up gun restrictions at all.

Rather, they talk about adding metal detectors at school doorways, putting police at all school entrances and exits and arming teachers to take down a school shooter, even suggesting paying teachers extra to take gun training and pack a weapon in their classroom as a first line of defense.

But as one educator pointed out, teachers aren’t given enough money to buy school supplies for their classrooms and now the government is ready to give them money to carry a gun. Something is wrong with that picture.

We agree. Something has been very wrong in America for a long time when people are willing to do more to protect their guns than their children.

The young people who walked out of class on Wednesday are getting a true lesson in democracy. They are seeing how the will of the people can be trumped by special interests, particularly monied special interests like the National Rifle Association that controls our lawmakers.

We hope the thousands of young people will “stay woke” and motivated and will be joined by their parents and other adults in the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington on March 24.

Keep the pressure on. Lawmakers in Virginia and around the country need to know that, without real change to toughen gun laws and to protect our youths, these young people will be gunning for their seats in statehouses in a few short years.

March madness A hearty congratulations to the John Marshall High School and Varina High School boys’ basketball state championship teams!

These two teams from Richmond and Henrico County have demonstrated the heart, skills, teamwork and season-long effort needed to become champions.

Their victories are noticed and celebrated not only by their peers at their schools, but by the Free Press and the community.

We also celebrate the tremendous effort by the Virginia Union University Panthers and Lady Panthers and the Virginia State University Trojans men’s and women’s teams. We salute the players and their coaches for another great season that turned into CIAA titles for the VUU Lady Panthers and the VUU men, as well as berths for all four teams in the NCAA Division II regional playoffs.

Joyfully, March Madness continues with the University of Virginia Cavaliers ranked the No. 1 basketball team in the nation as the NCAA Division I Tournament gets underway this week. We will be rooting for the Hoos.

All of these teams — high school and college — have represented our city, metro area and state with distinction. And we salute the players as they continue their educational pursuits and career dreams. We hope their efforts off the court lead to rewards even greater than a beautiful championship trophy!

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Trump’s budget would hurt us If you want to know how a president feels about your community, then all you need to do is look at his or her budget because it reflects their values — both what they value and what they don’t.

If you look at President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 budget, it’s clear he doesn’t value low-income and black and brown communities because he cuts programs that these communities disproportionately rely on, including the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (the food stamp program), Medicaid, the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program and Community Development Block Grants, which provide funding for projects and programs including affordable housing, anti-poverty programs and infrastructure development that inner-city and rural communities need to survive.

One of the most disgusting examples of this is President Trump’s proposal for the food stamp program, a program that serves close to 44 million Americans, 26 percent of whom are black. In addition to proposing to cut the program by $213 billion, which would leave 4 million low income people without these benefits, President

Trump proposes to prevent families from choosing what type of food they buy for themselves. He wants to send these families Blue Apron-style boxes of perishable and non-perishable food items, including items produced by American farmers.

Although the administration

Rep. Cedric L. Richmond has characterized this proposal as a cost-savings measure that would help low income communities eat more nutritious foods and American farmers make a profit, it is demeaning and disrespectful because it’s based on a notion that low income people can’t and shouldn’t think for themselves.

Under this proposal, SNAP beneficiaries wouldn’t be able to decide what they want to eat, including culturally appropriate foods for their family. And they wouldn’t know what foods they were getting, preventing them from planning meals for their family.

Additionally, there are logistical problems with the proposal.

Families may not have a car and be unable to pick up the box of food at the designated location in their community.

On top of that, providing an over-abundance of fresh perishable foods to families where parents work two and three jobs and may not have time to cook them may make a bad situation worse.

These concerns and others make it unlikely that this plan will save the federal government $130 billion over 10 years as predicted by the Trump administration.

The food stamp proposal isn’t the only issue with President Trump’s FY 2019 budget. His budget cuts two critically important education programs for low-income students — GEAR UP, a grant program focused on increasing the number of low income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education, and Promise Neighborhoods, an Obama era grant program that provides cradle-to-college-tocareer services for children living in low-income neighborhoods.

In addition, his budget would cut a number of programs that help workers, especially workers who belong to unions. His budget would cut Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants that the agency uses to help employers better enforce workforce health and safety requirements.

His budget also targets labor unions, whose membership is 14 percent African-American, by investing in more union focused investigations.

President Trump’s budget also would insufficiently invest in our nation’s infrastructure, while also cutting grants that fund infrastructure development at the state and local level.

Honoring a new generation of leadership All too often, our “history” month turns into a tribute to the past. And while the past is an important place to lift up, it is, indeed, a tributary, a stream that flows into the larger stream of an unbounded future. The future must always be greater than the present, or there has been no progress. And, in the words of Frederick Douglass, “progress concedes nothing without a demand.”

I spend much of Women’s History Month thinking of those who have come before me, whose shoulders on which I stand.

I claim Women’s History Month for black women and love to call our roll of luminaries that, for me, includes Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first black woman to get a Ph.D. in economics; Dr. Phyllis Ann Wallace, the first black woman to get a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University and the first to attain tenure at M.I.T. And there are more, but I also want to speculate about the future role of luminaries and reflect on that fact that many black women have made it possible for us to bask in a new generation of leadership. The past has laid a foundation, but the future is far more important than the past.

Thus, Leah Daughtry, who managed the 2016 Democratic Convention; Minyon Moore,

who had a key role in the Clinton campaign; and Yolanda Caraway, an amazing political operative who has worked for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, President Clinton and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, put a footprint in the sand for future leadership with their Power Rising conference in Atlanta last month. They gathered more than a thousand black women from around the country to develop a “Black Women’s Agenda,” deliberately

Julianne Malveaux mixing up the seasoned with the sassy, established leaders with those who are eager to make their mark.

Symone Sanders, the CNN commentator who made her mark supporting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders for president and who does not back down from a fight around principle and issues, led a panel of young women who spoke of the challenges in their work. Amanda Brown Lierman, a new mom and the political director of the Democratic National Committee, was among those on another panel about life in politics. Others on that panel included LaDavia Drane, who led black outreach for Mrs. Clinton’s campaign and is now chief of staff for Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clark of New York, and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who is running for Congress.

These young women aren’t playing. They are calling out their elders, but also calling out the

rules. They aren’t trying to toe a line. They are trying to make a difference.

One of the most promising young leaders is Tamika Mallory, one of the four co-leaders of the Women’s March. Ms. Mallory is a protégée of the Rev. Al Sharpton. Her parents were among the founders of the National Action Network and she served as its executive director for several years.

Because of her amazing work, Ms. Mallory earned a Phoenix Award from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in 2017. With appropriate humility, she accepted her award “for the people.”

The Akan (Ghanaian) word “Sankofa” translates as “go back and get it.” It is associated with the proverb “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which means “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”

The Adinkra symbol for Sankofa is either that of a bird with its head turned backward carrying a precious egg in its mouth.

The precious egg is the history of our leadership, the women like Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height and Sadie Alexander and Phyllis Wallace. Even while looking backward, though, the Sankofa bird is moving forward — like Tamika Mallory, LaDavia Drane, Amanda Brown Lierman and so many others.

In the paraphrased words of the poet Mari Evans, “Look on them and be renewed.”

The writer is an economist and author.

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President Trump proposes to invest $200 billion in repairing America’s roads and bridges even though there’s trillions of dollars of infrastructure work to be done across the country, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. This insufficient investment will force states to rely too much on the private sector for funding they need to start and finish projects, projects that will likely come with a cost for the very commuters they’re supposed to help: Toll roads.

President Trump calls his budget “An American Budget.”

But the Americans he has in mind aren’t those who are living paycheck to paycheck and aren’t those who are members of black and brown communities.

The writer, who represents Louisiana’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives, is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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A city cigarette tax would help fund school maintenance Let’s be honest. Richmond needs a cigarette tax.

On three occasions since 2014, separate task forces, assembled with many of the best minds in our area, have recommended this revenue source to Richmond City Council as one of the only untapped sources of funds the city can receive today without seeking General Assembly approval. Such funds could be used immediately for the maintenance and renovation of our public school facilities that continue to worsen and become more costly with delay.

A cigarette tax is also good public health policy.

The first federal tobacco tax was enacted in 1864 to help raise revenue during the Civil War. During the Korean War in 1951, when 45 percent

Parker C. Agelasto of the adult population in the United States smoked, the federal cigarette tax was increased to 8 cents per pack. It has been

$1.01 since 2009.

All 50 states have a cigarette tax ranging from 17 cents to $4.35 per pack. The average state tax is $1.72. Yet, Virginia has the second lowest tax at 30 cents per pack. That rate was established more than a decade ago under former Gov. Mark Warner.

Today, 92 localities in Virginia impose a local cigarette tax.

These rates range from 5 cents per pack to $1.15, with the median rate for cities being 42 cents.

This accounts for 1.2 percent of the total tax revenue collected in Virginia cities.

Currently, Richmond has no tax on cigarettes and thus gets no revenue from this source, unlike every major city in the state.

In fiscal year 2017, the City of Newport News raised $4.8 million from its cigarette tax of 85 cents per pack. The City of Norfolk earned $7.5 million with the same tax rate.

If the City of Richmond implements a tax of 80 cents per pack, it could generate $5.3 million each year.

Implementing a higher cigarette tax now is more critical

given that the additional 1.5 percent meals tax approved by City Council in February is being dedicated solely to new construction of four schools and is not funding maintenance of the remaining 40 properties.

Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget now before City Council recommends only $1.5 million for maintenance of these other school buildings, 80 percent of which are more than 20 years old. That’s only 33 cents per square foot — not even 10 percent of the $3.40 industry average per square foot for school maintenance.

A dedicated cigarette tax will cut this deficit in half and raise an additional $1.17 per square foot of maintenance funding.

Furthermore, Richmond schools Superintendent Jason Kamras has requested $14 million in FY2019 to fund HVAC replacement and maintenance.

Such needs for our schools cannot go unanswered by City Council. Didn’t we just experience a similar crisis with residents in Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority public housing communities who went months without adequate heat?

It’s this historically low rate of school maintenance that has gotten Richmond into its current crisis with schools facilities.

According to the 2016 Bellwether Education Partners report, Richmond must “increase focus in preventative maintenance to reduce high-cost expenses,” and “proactive management of ongoing maintenance” will reduce operating costs. Simply put, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We can’t keep deferring maintenance of our school buildings as we seek to modernize and replace them for the 21st century. We must do both.

Opponents of the cigarette tax reject it as a dwindling revenue stream. That’s undeniable. However, it is available now and for the foreseeable future.

The kids can’t wait another generation to have all of our schools properly maintained to provide clean and safe places to learn.

Richmond can’t keep digging a bigger hole to hide in. We must adopt a cigarette tax now.

The writer represents the 5th District on Richmond City Council.

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The 2018 General Assembly adjourned sine die on Saturday after addressing about 2,600 bills. We passed 870 bills, but we were unable to reach agreement on a budget for 2018-2020. As reported earlier, the House and Senate versions are approximately $600 million apart, due to their disagreement over Medicaid Expansion. Gov. Northam has called the General Assembly back for a special session on April 11th to continue work on the budget. For now, the Governor has until midnight on April 9th to sign, amend or veto bills we passed.

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Affordable housing was one topic I worked on this year that was not as successful as I hoped. In 2017, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition's analysis of the availability of affordable rental housing showed that Virginia had enough affordable housing units for only 54 of every 100 low-income families.

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The General Assembly has authorized very limited use of these ordinances through a very confusing process, making it hard for localities to use these ordinances. Working with the Virginia Poverty Law Center, I introduced SB 290 to make the more straightforward process applicable statewide. Delegate Jeff Bourne and I also introduced bills to prohibit landlords from discriminating against renters based on source-of-income. While both bills failed, I plan to convene a working group of relevant stakeholders to identify barriers to increasing affordable housing units and recommendations to address these barriers in the 2019 Session.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

VUU loses in first round to VSU For college coaches, basketball season is never ending. As soon as one campaign ends, the next begins in terms of recruiting and preparation.

Just minutes after Virginia Union University suffered a season-ending 81-76 loss last Saturday in the NCAA Division II regionals to Virginia State University in Ettrick, Panthers Coach Jay Butler was gazing ahead.

“We feel good about the way we finished. Now we’ve got to keep it rolling,” he said. “And we’ll get to work, starting tomorrow.”

Despite losing six seniors from a squad that won the CIAA Tournament in surprise fashion, Coach Butler is happy about the future.

A prime reason for optimism centers around 6-foot-7 sophomore William Jenkins, who upped his game to another level in postseason play.

“Will is a great athlete. I can see him being preseason AllCIAA next season,” Coach Butler said.

Oozing with new-found confidence, Jenkins had 18 points (9 for13 from the floor) and seven rebounds in the loss at VSU. In Charlotte at the CIAA Tournament, Jenkins had 40 points and 23 rebounds as VUU won four games in four days to win its first CIAA crown since 2006.

“I wanted seniors to go out with a ring,” Jenkins said. “So I played like I was a senior myself.

VUU finished 18-15 with the loss at VSU. It marked the second consecutive season VUU has reached the NCAAs after a long drought.

“Our goal is to play on Saturday nights (in the CIAA final), go to the NCAAs each year and eventually win the NCAA,” Coach Butler said.

The VUU Panthers lose firepower provided by seniors Kory Cooley, James Paige, Andre Walker, Todd Hughes, Micah Thomas and Devin Moore.

Top returnees will be Jenkins; 6-foot-6, All-CIAA rookie pick Jordan Peebles; 6-foot-8 center Jordan Thornton; and 5-foot-10 ball handler Jemal Smith.

Already, there is help on campus.

Redshirts this season were 6-foot-6 Jordan White from Frederick, Md.; 6-foot-7 Raemaad Wright from King’s Fork High School in Suffok; and 6-foot-4 Demetrius Hoskins, a former Maryland All-State player from Baltimore’s Edmondson High School.

Coach Butler and his assistants have their searchlights out

Photos by James Haskins/Richmond Free Press

Virginia State University senior Richard Granberry goes up for a shot, helping the Trojans to their 81-76 victory over Virginia Union University last Saturday in the NCAA regionals in Ettrick. VSU would go on to lose to Shippensburg University in Sunday’s semifinal game. Top right, low post operator William Vedder of Virginia State University looks for an opening after taking the ball from Virginia Union University’s William Jenkins. Right, Virginia Union University senior Todd Hughes goes up for a shot against Virginia State University’s defense during the NCAA opener at the VSU Multi-Purpose Center in Ettrick.

for more talent.

“We’ll be hitting the pavement looking for more big men and another point guard,” Coach Butler said.

Coaches agree, if you snooze you lose.

At least in the eyes of the VUU coaching staff, the 2018-19 season is well underway.

VSU has one of best seasons despite NCAA loss This basketball season will go down as one of the best in Virginia State University history.

Before the Trojans’ season-ending, 77-58 loss Sunday to visiting Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in the NCAA Division II Atlantic regionals, the Trojans achieved these firsts: • Most ever wins: 25. The Trojans finished 25-5.

• Polls: VSU ranked No. 1 for the first time in the NCAA Atlantic Region during the final week of February.

• National exposure: The university hosted an NCAA Regional competition for the first time. Eight schools competed from three states.

VSU’s sparkling Multi-Purpose Center is one of

the premier basketball facilities in the region, and the team is one of the most consistently successful programs in Division II. Under Coach Lonnie Blow Jr., the Trojans are 71-17 during the past three years. They were 22-6 last season and 24-6 in 2015-16.

This season, the Trojans won the CIAA Northern Division title and, despite losing in the CIAA Tournament semifinals, advanced in the NCAA playoffs for only the second time in school annals.

VSU won a first-round game over Fairmont State University of West Virginia in 2016, and added an 81-76 victory over VUU last Saturday in the NCAA Atlantic region quarterfinals

in Ettrick.

The NCAA victory over VUU avenged a loss to the Panthers in the CIAA Tournament semifinals the week prior in Charlotte, N.C. As usual, VSU was most outstanding defensively and in rebounding. Over 30 games, the Trojans averaged 73 points while allowing just 66.

On the backboards, VSU held a 39.4 to 31.1 advantage over its foes.

Looking ahead to next season, Coach Blow must replace two-time, All-CIAA center Richard Granberry, along with point guard Waymond Wright and wing Trey Brown.

Top returnees figure to be wings Cyonte

Melvin and Walter Williams, 3-point specialist Brandon Holley and low post operators William Vedder and Andrew Corum.

Several others were redshirted this season, including guard Jalen Jackson, a transfer from Division I University of Tennessee at Martin.

Recruiting is made easier for Coach Blow because of VSU’s first class basketball facility and ongoing success on the hardwood.

The sign of a strong program is one that continues to thrive following heavy graduation losses.

This historic season came despite the loss of a pair of two-time All-CIAA picks from the year before, Kevin Williams and Elijah Moore.

Lady Panthers face heartbreaker in 1st round On a scale of one to 10, it hurt like an 11.

When the final curtain fell on the Virginia Union University Lady Panthers’ basketball season, it dropped with a bonechilling thud, and long before anyone expected.

In the most improbable of upsets, VUU’s season ended with a 63-56 loss last Friday to Bowie State University in the NCAA Atlantic Region quarterfinals at Barco-Stevens Hall on the VUU campus.

“I want to apologize to Virginia Union and the community.

I thought we would carry the torch further,” Coach AnnMarie Gilbert said afterward.

With a sweet sigh, she added, “We had a great season.”

That is indisputable. But no one, except perhaps for some spirited

ladies from Maryland, felt the Panthers’coach would be speaking in the past tense so early.

If there were betting lines on women’s NCAA Division II hoops, VUU would have been a prohibitive favorite.

Finishing 28-3, Coach Gilbert’s Lady Panthers were ranked No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the NCAA Atlantic Region. The team had lost only once in three years at BarcoStevens Hall.

The team also won the NCAA Atlantic region title for the past two years.

And this season, the Lady Panthers had routed the eighthseed Bowie State Bulldogs three times with a combined 49 points.

The most recent trouncing was in the CIAA final on March 3 in Charlotte, N.C., where the

Lady Panthers beat the Bulldogs 73-57.

Here’s how Bowie State Coach Shadae Swan summed it up: “You know when you lose to someone on the playground, you say, ‘Run it back,’ meaning let’s go again. Tonight, we ran it back.”

There were mitigating circumstances, for sure.

Dynamic VUU freshman Shameka McNeill suffered a knee injury during the CIAA Tournament and was unavailable to play in the NCAA regional game.

And VUU’sAll-CIAAseniors, Alexis Johnson and Rachael Pecota, couldn’t escape the Bulldogs’ sharp defensive claws.

On season, Johnson and Pecota averaged a combined 32.3 points and 17.7 rebounds.

VSU women also lose in NCAA opener

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Virginia State University’s Aja Robertson goes up for a basket in last Friday’s game against Edinboro University of Pennsylvania at Barco-Stevens Hall on Virginia Union University’s campus.

Both area teams in the women’s NCAA Division II Atlantic Region lost last Friday on opening night.

Along with host and regional top seed Virginia Union University’s surprise loss to Bowie State University, Virginia State University lost 80-55 to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Finishing 23-6, VSU Coach James Hill’s Trojans were led by seniors Mia Fitts and Alexis Smith with 14 points and 13 points, respectively, and by junior Chrisanna Green’s 12 rebounds.

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Virginia Union University senior Jayda Luckie pushes her way past Bowie State University’s Pere Alexander during last Friday’s opener in the NCAA Atlantic Region.

In what would be their final game, they settled for 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Try as they may, others couldn’t fill the void.

Gracious in defeat, Coach Gilbert credited Bowie State with “disrupting our rhythm,

our flow,” with a more aggressive “man” defense they hadn’t seen previously.

Dueling, high-volume pep bands also contributed to the chaos. It was the epitome of “March Madness.”

And then there was the

heckler.

For much of the second half, a passionate VUU fan seated in the front row at midcourt picked on Bowie State guard Kyah Proctor.

“You’re tired! You’re tired!” the heckler shouted. “You can’t play the whole game.”

Proctor politely smiled and kept going, finishing with 22 points, including three 3-pointers that were like daggers to the home team.

And she played the full 40 minutes.

The heckler “was my motivation,” Proctor said. “I drew my energy from him.”

The loss marked the final game for five VUU seniors, who will be hard to replace and won’t soon be forgotten.

Still, a strong cast will return to VUU next season, including the McNeill twins, Shameka and Shareka, promising center Jasmine Carter from John Marshall High School and others.

Coach Gilbert has proven to be a master recruiter, landing one star after another in three superb seasons on Lombardy Street.

Time heals, as the saying goes, but some sores are worse than others.

By next November, facing a brand new season, the anguish from the night someone “let the dogs out” will be forgotten — maybe.

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Artist John D. Freyer, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, has a unique specialty.

His “Fifty/Fifty” project, a series of social practice art projects, is explained as “part conceptually based performance art, part turn-of-thecentury medicine show” that encourages people to talk about drug and alcohol addiction and recovery.

Because the art projects are staged in public spaces, such as galleries, museums, on college campuses and around town, people initially aren’t aware they are part of the “audience” and engaged in social practice art.

The resulting casual conversations help de-stigmatize people recovering from addiction and those that support them.

Now Mr. Freyer’s work is going global.

The artist, author and educator was selected to be the first U.S.-based Tate Exchange Associate at Tate Modern in London, an internationally recognized institution housing the United Kingdom’s national collection of British art, as well as international modern and contemporary art.

From June 26 through July 1, Mr. Freyer will stage his “Fifty/Fifty” series at Tate Modern.

“Addiction and recovery is a global issue that needs to be dealt with on an intensely local level and, often, at a granular level as a single conversation,” Mr. Freyer says. “I welcome this opportunity to share my projects, story and good conversations over glasses of water, freshly brewed coffee and regionally specific simple suppers.”

“Fifty/Fifty” was developed “out of my personal experience of being in recovery,” Mr. Freyer says.

“Free Hot Coffee,” or Coffee Bike, is one of the projects in the series that will be featured at the Tate. The bike is a mobile hot coffee kiosk operated by students that either are in recovery or are allies of those in recovery.

The bike travels around campus and around town. Operators make coffee the old-fashioned way — grinding coffee beans, putting them in a paper filter and pouring hot water over the beans to makes the coffee in 3 to 5 minutes.

“They serve it in metal cups that can’t be taken away,” Mr. Freyer says. “So it makes space for people to have a conversation with each other about where we are as a country, about opioid addiction and reducing the stigma attached to recovery.”

The interaction with people in recovery may help shift negative perceptions about people struggling with addiction, Mr. Freyer says.

“What people find when they interact with students on the coffee bike is that these young people are nearly indistinguishable from the kids that are walking around getting coffee from the coffee bikes,” he says.

“There are a tremendous number of high achievers at VCU that are part of the recovery group. The students I work with are committed to maintaining sobriety through graduation in the university setting, which, you can imagine, is pretty recoveryhostile.”

In January, Mr. Freyer produced “Recovery Roast” for Tate Exchange. He worked in collaboration with the Tate Roastery and participants in recovery. The specially roasted coffee will be brewed and served during Mr. Freyer’s residency and project in London.

The opportunity to go global began last fall when Churchill Fellow Dot Turton, CEO of Recovery Connections, a peerled organization in London, was researching collegiate recovery programs in America. A colleague directed her to VCU

and Mr. Freyer.

“She became one of our primary partners, as well as a connection to the Tate museum in London,” Mr. Freyer says.

Subsequently, Mr. Freyer was told about the Tate Exchange program, applied and was accepted. Now in its second year, Tate Exchange explores how art makes a difference to society and creates a common space for the public to debate contemporary topics and ideas, to get involved and make a difference.

VCU School of the Arts and Mr. Freyer are the Tate Exchange’s first U.S. partners.

While happy, Mr. Freyer is circumspect about the opportunity as a person in recovery.

“The joy in my life is to be present and sober, with the ability to serve my family and my students in a way that I hadn’t been able to before.”

Meet artist-activist and this week’s Personality, John D. Freyer: Latest accomplishment: First U.S.-based Tate Exchange Associate at Tate Modern in London Date and place of birth: Syracuse, N.Y., in 1972.

Current home: Richmond.

Alma maters: Bachelor of arts, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y.; master’s of arts and master’s of fine arts, University of Iowa.

Family: Wife, Sasha Waters Freyer, and daughters, Georgia, 13, and Ruby, 10.

The importance of Tate Exchange: The Tate Exchange has 60 associates both from the United Kingdom and internationally. These include charities, universities, health care trusts and community organizations working within and beyond the arts. Now in the second year, associates at Tate Modern and at Tate Liverpool are working closely with one another and with Tate to respond to the theme of “production.” Their participatory program of workshops, activities and debates takes place throughout spring and summer 2018.

Impact being Tate Exchange Associate will have on VCU students: Student interns have supported the “Fifty/Fifty” projects, from posters and branding to helping shape a choral work that I created to premiere at the Tate in June.

Why I became a teacher: I wanted to share my interests and expertise with students.

Teaching philosophy: My unique appointment as an as-

sistant professor of Cross Disciplinary Media at the VCU School of the Arts affords me a diversity of teaching opportunities. My multidisciplinary practice intersects with departments and research units across VCU and my teaching philosophy reflects that diversity.

My primary teaching and advising responsibilities are within the Department of Photography and Film, where I teach graduate MFA and undergraduate photography and film majors at all levels of the curriculum.

“Fifty/Fifty” project is: A traveling series of interdisciplinary, social practice art projects fostering dialogue on addiction and recovery. “Fifty/Fifty” is comprised of “Free Ice Water,” “Free Hot Coffee” and “Free Hot Supper,” each respectively creating a space for solitude and self reflection, outreach and conversation, and community dialogue with diverse and often unexpected audiences. This project, like my previous online performance project/book, “All My Life for Sale,” embodies the core of my artistic practice, which is the engagement with “accidental” audiences for art, whether from an interaction with my mobile pour-over coffee station serving “Recovery Roast” coffee, or stopping for an ice cold glass of water on hot days on the streets of Richmond, Doha, New York City, Chicago or Iowa City. Initially, participants in my projects are unaware of their involvement in a social practice art work. The vast majority of them appreciate the gesture of free hot coffee and free ice water and walk on by.

But some of them need to know more. They ask, “Why is this here?” “Who is responsible for this?” and “Why are they doing it?” Art, for me, creates space for dialogue and conversations about what it means to live in community.

When and why I got involved in creating art: My mother was a practicing artist. Art was always a part of my daily life.

Types of art I involve myself with: I am mostly involved with photography and socially engaged project-based art forms.

What I hope people will take away from my work: I want people to walk away from my work with a changed set of assumptions about the subjects in my work.

Feedback I receive: Positive feedback about my work from the arts community and people not involved in the arts.

Greatest artistic influence: I would have a hard time selecting a single influence, as I feel like my work is influenced more by participants in my projects than any particular artist’s work.

My role as an artist: Is to create space for people and communities to be in conversation with each other about things that are important to them.

Public perception of artists: Separate or disconnected from the world.

Role of art in Richmond: I like to say that Richmond is the Arts Capital.

What improvements are needed: I think the new Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU will play an important role in creating a community dialogue about what Richmond is and where it is going.

Public support for artists is: Very important.

Perception of VCU: I feel very fortunate to be an assistant professor at VCUarts. As an artist and citizen that is committed to public education, working at the No. 1 public art school in the country is a great honor and a privilege.

Role school plays for artists: Beyond teaching and training artists and teachers, VCUarts plays a huge role in nurturing the creative community that makes Richmond such a leader in the arts and creativity.

How I start the day: I wake up at 5 a.m. each weekday and go for a swim at the Cary Street Gym. A perfect day for me: Is to wake up on time, get to the gym, get my daughters to school and get into my studio at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Compete in chili cook-offs.

Kindergarten taught me: To listen.

Best late-night snack: Chicken parm sandwich at Joe’s Inn in The Fan. How I unwind: Hanging with my daughters watching reruns of Mary Tyler Moore.

A quote that I am inspired by is: “All department stores will become museums, and all museums will become department stores.” — Andy Warhol The person who influenced me the most: My father, Jack Freyer.

The book that influenced me the most: “An Anecdoted Topography of Chance” by Daniel Spoerri, Dieter Roth and Robert Filliou.

What I’m reading now: “Our Lady of the Prairie” by Thisbe Nissen.

My next goal: Research and complete a new body of work during my upcoming 2018-19 VMFA Fellowship.

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Emmy winner Jesse Vaughan, 6 others to be inducted into Va. Communications Hall of Fame Emmy Award-winning director and Virginia Commonwealth University’s producer Jesse Vaughan, a Richmond Richard T. Robertson School of Media native and creative director of Ad- and Culture to recognize and honor vance Creative Service distinguished commuGroup at Virginia State nications professionals University, is among who were either born seven people who will in Virginia or have be inducted into the Virbecome distinctly idenginia Communications tified with Virginia and Hall of Fame. have made long-term The black-tie event, contributions to the which includes a cockfields of advertising, tail reception and dinner journalism, public relafollowed by a dessert tions, new media and reception, will be held communications. from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Mr. Vaughan, a Jesse Vaughan Thursday, March 29, at VCU alumnus, started the Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. his career directing local news for This is the 30th anniversary for the WTVR-TV in Richmond. He directed Hall of Fame, which was started by the 2002 feature film “Juwanna Mann.”

Southern Women’s Show this weekend The Southern Women’s Show returns to Richmond this weekend with fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, celebrity appearances and booths and exhibitors offering information, products and services, including boutiques with the latest styles, trendy jewelry, home décor, gourmet treats, health and fitness and beauty items.

The event will be held at the Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Ave., from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 16; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 17; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 18.

Celebrity guests include interior designer Vern Yip, formerly of HGTV’s “Deserving Design” and TLC’s “Trading Spaces”; Vickie Love, aka “Total Etiquette Diva”; Dwayna Litz, author of “Happiness No Man Required”; Tamara Caulder Richardson, known as the “Southern Belle Medium”; and Claire Hollingsworth, a Food Network Chopped Challenge Jr. champion.

Other highlights include local fashion stylist Jon Copeland showing Dress for Success Central Virginia’s donated attire; “Seeing Double: A Contest for Twins of All Types”; dance demonstrations by Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Richmond; and Girls Night Out and Mother-Daughter Day. Tickets are $12 for adults, or $15 for a three-day pass; children ages 6 to 12, $6; and children under 6, free with a paying adult. Advance discount tickets are sold online and at Walgreen’s.

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His most recent feature film, “The Last Punch,” chronicles Muhammad Ali’s last fight. He has been nominated for 49 Emmy Awards, winning 29.

The other 2018 inductees: • Joseph Cortina, founding partner and creative director of Cortina Productions, which designs and creates interactive multimedia for museums. A VCU graduate, he previously worked at WTVR in Richmond directing news and public affairs shows.

• Pamela K. El, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the National Basketball Association. The VCU graduate is responsible for the NBA’s global marketing operation, directing brand development, overall marketing and advertising for the NBA, the WNBA

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and the NBA G League.

• Jane Gardner, a retired awardwinning health reporter and local news anchor at WVEC-TV in Norfolk. She started as a weather forecaster and later reporter at WSLS-TV in Roanoke and later worked at WTVR in Richmond before moving to Norfolk.

• Gene Herrick, a retired photographer for The Associated Press.

He is best known for his images documenting major news stories of the 20th century, including the Korean War and the Civil Rights Movement, as well as photographing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Elvis Presley and Satchel Paige.

• Bernie Niemeier, publisher and owner of Virginia Business magazine. He has more than 40 years of

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experience in the publishing business.

In September 2009, he led a private equity-funded purchase of Virginia Business from the now defunct Media General. In 2017, he acquired full ownership of the magazine and is now its sole owner.

• Dwayne Yancey, editorial page editor of The Roanoke Times and part-time playwright. He has more than 30 years of experience in the news industry as a reporter, editor, Virginia political analyst and, more recently, a journalism entrepreneur, helping to launch hyperlocal news sites and publications for The Roanoke Times.

Tickets for the Hall of Fame event are $125. Details: www.support.vcu. edu/event/halloffame30.

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Women’s History Month presentation March 24 at Black History Museum In celebration of Women’s History Month, historian Elvatrice Belsches will present a talk about the four trailblazing African-American women who will be featured on the Virginia Women’s Monument in Capitol Square.

“Monuments of Virtue, Pillars of Grace: A Celebration of the Legacies of Dr. Sarah G. Jones, Elizabeth Keckly, Virginia Randolph and Maggie Walker” will be presented 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 24, at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. in Jackson Ward.

The women will be among 12 whose bronze statues will be included on the monument now under construction in Capitol Square.

The program is free and open to the public.

Dr. Jones, who died in 1905, was one of the first women to pass the Virginia Medical Examining Board’s test to become a physician. She was instrumental in establishing a hospital and nursing school that became Richmond Community Hospital.

Ms. Keckly, who was born in Dinwiddie in 1818, was a

dress designer who bought her freedom. She later became a designer and confidante to President Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln.

Ms. Randolph, who was born in 1870 and based in Henrico County, was a nationally known educator who led a program to provide vocational training and strengthen the school curriculum throughout the South.

Ms. Walker, who died in 1934, was the first AfricanAmerican woman to charter and become president of a bank in the United States.

Ms. Belsches is a historical researcher, author and lecturer who has served as a special projects researcher for the National Pork Service, The American Civil War Museum and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

She also has served as a historical consultant on several documentaries and was a historical researcher on director Steven Spielberg’s motion picture “Lincoln.”

Details: www.blackhistorymuseum.org or call (804) 780-9093.

Couple helps children, families with autism

By Ronald E. Carrington

Clement Britt

Young entrepreneur Move over Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. The young entrepreneurs, like Brandon Walker of Brandon’s Creative Clothing, are around. Brandon was among a select group of entrepreneurs ages 6 to 17 participating in last Saturday’s inaugural Richmond Children’s Business Fair at the Science Museum of Virginia. The event, sponsored by Acton Academy and Acton School of Business, helped youngsters develop a product or service, create a brand, build a marketing strategy and then open for customers at a one-day marketplace. Above, Brandon talks about his creations with potential customer Verona Williams.

For nearly a decade, Cedric and Melinda Moore have been providing services to children and adults diagnosed with autism.

With offices in North Chesterfield and Harrisonburg, the Moores’ company, Spectrum Transformation Group, is dedicated to helping families identify and access medical and non-medical services autistic children need to reach their full potential.

The Spectrum staff of 17 includes two clinical psychologists and three behavioral analysts who work with clients in the office or in the client’s home. They teach behavioral and social skills and language development for ages 5 and older with disorders along the autism spectrum.

“We think we are very unique because we ensure that each day we are setting the bar and raising the bar for ourselves,” Dr. Moore told the Free Press. “We always want to serve the people, but we also want to survive and thrive as a business.”

The couple splits responsibilities. Dr. Moore, a Thomas Jefferson High School graduate who has an MBA from Strayer University and Ph.D. in strategic leadership from Regent University, serves as chief executive officer of the company. He focuses on the business side of the company and day-to-day operations.

His wife, who earned a master’s from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and a doctorate in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, leads the company’s clinical side as director of outpatient services. She also oversees training and community education.

“Melinda’s always thinking of a better way to serve the community and people who have autism,” Dr. Moore said.

Dr. Moore was a sports standout at Thomas Jefferson High, where he played baseball, football and basketball. He went to

Cedric and Melinda Moore are owners of Spectrum Transformation Group, which they started in 2010.

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Eastern Mennonite University, where he played basketball and earned a place in the Royals’ record book for career assists — 210 between 1993 and 1999.

He returned to Richmond after earning his social work degree and met his future wife while managing a residential program for the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls.

“He was confident, caring and funny,” his wife said.

“She was bright and compassionate about serving,” Dr. Moore said.

The couple has two children, Brandon, 12, and Caitlyn, 7.

Ribbon-cutting for Native American monument April 17

By Yasmine Jumaa Capital News Service

After years of planning and several months of construction, a monument honoring the lives, legacy and achievements of Native American tribes in Virginia has been completed and now stands on the grounds of the state Capitol.

State officials are planning a ribbon-cutting for the monument on Tuesday, April 17.

“I think everyone who has seen it is very much in awe and approves of what has been installed,” said Delegate Christopher Peace, RHanover, vice chairman of the Virginia Indian Commemorative Commission.

The monument, titled “Mantle,” gets its name from Powhatan’s Mantle, a deerskin cloak said to be worn by the Native American chief.

Its spiral shape was inspired by the nautilus, the self-replicating living fossil. Commission member Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield said the design symbolizes the endurance of Native American tribes.

“We wanted natural materials but also some-

thing that would endure, and that’s how we came up with stone,” Ms. BroaddusCrutchfield said. “Once you get to the center of it, there’s a meditation area with an infinity pool.”

Engraved on the infinity pool are the names of the Ms. Broaddusrivers in Virginia that have Crutchfield Native American names, such as Appomattox and Nottoway.

After reviewing submissions from several artists, Ms. Broaddus-Crutchfield said the commission appointed Mohawk installation artist Alan Michelson to create “Mantle.”

Mr. Michelson described the monument on the commission’s website: “[Mantle] requires the visitor to neither look up nor look down, but invites one to enter — from the east — and participate in it. It is not conceived as a static monument to be venerated but an active one to be experienced by moving off the everyday grid and into the American

Indian circle.”

Funding for “Mantle” came from the Running Strong for Indian Youth Foundation, as well as from private contributions and other fundraising efforts.

Commission officials said the monument cost almost Delegate $1 million.

Peace “The Capitol Square Preservation Council and the Virginia Capitol Foundation have been masterful in the fundraising efforts — the most generous of which has come from members of our own commission,” Delegate Peace said.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be open to the public, Delegate Peace said at a recent commission’s meeting. Gov. Ralph S. Northam, who chairs the commission, and leaders of Virginia’s Native American tribes are expected to attend.

While the monument has brought praise, one Virginia tribal leader said he is more focused

on daily challenges.

“We have a good relationship with the state, but our focus is — now being a federally recognized tribe — working on economic development for our members to help in education, health care and housing,” said Brad Brown, assistant chief of the Pamunkey Nation. “This monument does nothing to enhance our tribes or help our tribes.”

But Karenne Wood, a member of the Monacan Indian Nation and director of the Virginia Indian Heritage Program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, said in an interview that “Mantle” is an important and unique tribute to all Native Americans.

“I think it’s a huge deal. In the past, the only acknowledgment of Native people in Virginia has been honoring Pocahontas, who had a complicated history in Virginia,” she said. “This monument acknowledges the past and present of all Native people and all of their ongoing contributions and stories. And it will be able to tell a much more interesting history.”

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March 15-17, 2018 B3

Faith News/Directory

Musician Daryl Davis, who works to convert the KKK, to speak March 17

Blues mus ician Daryl Davis is coming to the Richmond area to talk about his pioneering efforts to use conversation to steer Ku Klux Klan members away from racial hatred.

Mr. Davis has earned national attention for his piano playing, as well as his practice of attending KKK rallies, meeting with Klan leaders and building relationships that have led members of the hate group to turn in their robes and hoods and leave the organization.

The 59-year-old recording artist, bandleader,

author and actor is to talk about that part of his life at the “Race and Reconciliation” program hosted by two area churches this weekend, it has been announced.

The program is 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Speaking Spirit Ministries, 4205 Ravenswood Road in Henrico County. Speaking Spirit is hosting the event with First Mennonite Church of Richmond. The event is open to the public without charge, but donations will be requested, church officials said.

Mr. Davis is well known in entertainment circles

for his boogie-woogie keyboard playing with the likes of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Percy Sledge, Muddy Waters and The Platters.

He also was the focus of a 2016 Public Broadcasting Service documentary on his work to dismantle the KKK through dialogue.

Mr. Davis has said that he got involved because he wanted KKK leaders and members to answer the question, “Why do you hate me when you know nothing about me?”

Mr. Davis

Former Highland Park church to become affordable housing

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Former Mizpah Presbyterian Church in Highland Park

Redevelopment and Housing Authority to undertake the replacement of the 200-unit Fay Towers in Gilpin Court.

CPDC’s first project to replace Fay Towers also benefited Highland Park. The company invested $11.4 million to convert an old school building across the street from the church into 77 apartment units that now serve former Fay Towers residents.

CPDC has moved slowly on the next phases of replacing Fay Towers, but after three years of planning, the company now appears poised to begin the work.

The company is proposing to transform the now vacant Baker School building at 100 W. Baker St. in Gilpin Court into at least 48 units for residents of Fay Towers, complementing the current private effort a block away to develop 12 apartments in the former headquarters of the defunct Independent Order

of St. Luke begun by Richmond great Maggie L. Walker.

Separately, CPDC is planning to develop 154 units of new apartments in the block bounded by 1st, Duval, Jackson and 2nd streets in Jackson Ward, with 72 units to be reserved for Fay Towers residents. The remaining units are to be marketed to the community. A former Catholic convent on the 2.5-acre site also is to be renovated.

The company has not responded to Free Press queries, but Orlando Artze, interim RRHA executive director, stated that CPDC “is proceeding” on the projects and is awaiting final approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which owns Fay Towers and authorized RRHA to replace it five years ago.

“Final approvals for the project are expected from HUD shortly,” Mr. Artze stated, “and closing on both projects is

expected this June. Construction would begin immediately afterwards.”

Meanwhile, City Council dashed hopes for quick action on the revival of the Human Relations Commission that was shut down in 2006.

Ms. Robertson said that two members of the council won support for putting off action until the council’s April 23 meeting to find out more about the commission’s duties and the city departments that would be assigned to work with the commission.

Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, co-sponsor of the measure, stated that the Mayor’s Office is questioning whether the appointment of the 13 members — 11 adults and two high school students — should be the sole province of City Council. The Mayor’s Office has expressed interest in appointing some or all of the members, Mr. Agelasto said.

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A derelict church building on North Side is headed for conversion into 76 apartments.

The new apartments would replace the long vacant former Mizpah Presbyterian Church in the 1200 block of East Brookland Park Boulevard near the Six Points intersection in Highland Park.

Richmond City Council approved a special use permit Monday night for the $18 million development. It is the latest project in Richmond for the nonprofit Community Preservation and Development Corp., a 30-year-old affordable housing developer based in Silver Spring, Md. The company also is moving ahead with plans to create more than 200 apartments in the Jackson Ward-Gilpin Court area.

The approval came as City Council also postponed action on creating a new Human Relations Commission as a forum to hear complaints about discrimination.

Replacing the old church is another positive sign for Highland Park, according to the area’s City Council representative, Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, who helped shepherd the permit to approval.

“This is great for our community,” she said of the promised change for the building that housed the Nehemiah House Community Center after the church left in the 1970s.

The proposed four-story development promises to deliver 41 one-bedroom units, 23 twobedroom and 12 three-bedroom units, according to CPDC. Most of the rents are to be based on the occupant’s income.

The development adds to the new apartments and homes that have blossomed in the area despite the recent loss of the neighborhood’s last grocery store and bank branch.

CPDC, which expects to begin the development in 2019, has become a mainstay for Highland Park development since being brought to Richmond in 2013 by the Richmond

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Obituaries/Faith Directory

Va. native Floyd Carter Sr., one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 95 Free Press wire report

Floyd Carter Sr., one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, died Thursday, March 8, in New York, where he served with the New York Police Department for 27 years. He was 95.

A native of Yorktown, Va., Mr. Carter was a decorated veteran of three wars. He simultaneously rose through the ranks of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and the NYPD, and was honored in 2007 with a Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush.

Mr. Carter joined the Army Air Corps in 1944 during World War II, and was commissioned a year later as a 2nd lieutenant bombardier navigator with the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black aviators in the U.S. military. They trained in Tuskegee, Ala. In 1946, he received his pilot’s wings and transferred a year later to the Air Force Reserves.

While training in Tuskegee, he met his future wife, Artherine, who was working as part of an all-female repair crew. He wooed her on several dates in his plane, and they were married at the air base in 1945.

In addition to serving during World War II, Mr. Carter flew during the Korean and Vietnam wars, and led the first squadron

of supply-laden planes into Berlin during the famed Cold War airlift of 1948-49. During the Tet Offensive, he flew U.S. troops and supplies into South Vietnam.

When he retired from the reserves in 1974, Mr. Carter was commander of the 732nd Military Airlift Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.

In 2012, he joined filmmaker George Lucas for a screening of his film, “Red Tails,” about the Tuskegee Airmen.

Mr. Carter dedicated his life to serving his country and his city.

He joined the NYPD in 1953, becoming a detective within three years. His duties with the NYPD included work as a bodyguard for visiting heads of state, including Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet head Nikita Khrushchev.

Mr. Carter earned a half-dozen citations for his outstanding police work, and survived a number of shootouts with armed bandits.

“He’s got a little history,” said his son, Floyd Carter Jr. “We were blessed, we sure were. He went from what I call the outhouse to the fine house. The Lord blessed him.”

He retired from the police department in 1980, but remained active into his 90s. In November 2015, he was grand marshal

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of the annual Veterans Day Parade in Bronx, N.Y. He also was honored by former New York Congressman Charles Rangel in 2005 for his lifelong achievements.

In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Carter is survived by his daughter, Rozalind Carter, several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Rev. Craig A. Matthews, longtime artistic director of the Richmond Boys Choir, dies at 63 Free Press staff report

The 18-member Richmond Boys Choir is celebrating the life of their caring and talented artistic director, the Rev. Craig Alexander Matthews.

Rev. Matthews, 63, died Tuesday, March 6, at his residence, choir officials said.

His role in the community and in music will be remembered at a funeral at noon, Thursday, March 15, at Second Baptist Church (Southside), 3300 Broad Rock Blvd., where the Richmond Boys Choir will sing.

“Every one of the boys situations in their lives. broke down in tears when If someone couldn’t come we had to tell them at to rehearsal, he would go rehearsal later that day to them to find out what that he was gone,” said was happening. He was Cecelia Garner, treasomeone they knew they surer of the 21-year-old could talk to.” nonprofit choir dubbed Rev. Matthews served “Richmond’s Ambassaas the choir’s artistic didors of Song.” rector since 2011, yearly “Rev. Matthews was leading the group to 70 more than a director to the performances at locales Rev. Matthews boys. He was a grandfather, near and far, including the father and mentor to all of them,” State Capitol and the White House. she said. “We serve boys 7 to 18, He also had a long track record as many who deal with challenging director of music at various churches,

Broad Rock Baptist Church 5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

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22nd Anniversary of Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles and People Theme: “Continuing Our Growth Through Knowledge and Understanding”

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Dr. Kirkland R. Walton, Pastor

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including Second Baptist.

A native of Saginaw, Mich., Rev. Matthews earned his undergraduate degree at Central Michigan University then came to Richmond to earn his master’s of divinity at Virginia Union University.

He went on to direct musical operations and choral offerings for Second Baptist Church in the Randolph area, First Baptist Church of Petersburg, Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in Henrico County, as well as Second Baptist.

Along with singing and directing, Rev. Matthews also earned recognition

for his compositions.

The Richmond Symphony Orchestra premiered his “Conversations: Gospel Concerto.” He also wrote and produced church hymns, such as “I AM Who I Am” and “Restore the Joy.” Survivors include his children, Alexandria N. Matthews and Nickolas B.A. Matthews, three grandchildren, his mother, Jewell Matthews, four brothers and a sister.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Richmond Boys Choir, 214 Cowardin Ave., Suite 104, Richmond, Va., 23224.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-045 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept a donation of professional services and associated tools valued at approximately $50,000.00 from Integral Group, LLC, and in connection therewith to execute a Contract for Donated Goods and Services between the City and Integral Group, LLC for the purpose of providing a citywide energy and climate action plan. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, March 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-053 To amend City Code § 29189, concerning fares for mass transit services, for the purpose of authorizing the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors by certain transit companies and establishing fines for patrons failing to produce proof of payment of fares pursuant to Va. Code § 18.2-160.3.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-054 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept a donation of services and materials in the form of site construction, hardscape, and landscaping improvements and future maintenance thereof in connection with the installation of the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument on City-owned real estate identified as Brown’s Island valued at approximately $103,800.00 from Venture Richmond, Inc. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-055 To g r a n t t o t h e Commonwealth of Virginia a nonexclusive, permanent easement over and across an approximately 20,053.61-square-foot portion of City-owned real estate located on Brown’s Island for the purposes of installing, accessing, and maintaining the Virginia Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-056 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Fourth Amendment to Controlled Public Access Lease Agreement between the City of Richmond and Venture Richmond, Inc. for the purpose of excluding from the “Demised Premises” certain real property. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-098 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept grant funds in the amount of $50,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services by $50,000.00 for the purpose of providing first responder training and supplies in order to administer critical care in the event of an active threat attack.

Ordinance No. 2018-099 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $6,500.00 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Police’s Department of Criminal Justice Services special fund by $6,500.00 for the purpose of funding police officer safety and wellness training initiatives.

Ordinance No. 2018-100 To amend City Code § 12-16, concerning the provisions of monthly financial synopses to Continued on next column

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the Council, and City Code § 12-32, concerning the disposition of funds from sale of real estate and certain insurance proceeds, for the purpose of revising the basis for calculating receipts to be credited to a special reserve assigned to support public schools in the city and requiring that monthly financial synopses provided to the City Council include activities with regard both to such special reserve and to another special reserve assigned to support the educational curriculum and programming of public schools in the c i t y. ( CO M M I T T EE : Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, March 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-101 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a First Amendment to Stone Brewery Cooperation Agreement, as Amended, dated March 2, 2015, between the City of Richmond and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of revising the definition of “Phase 2 Facility” to allow for the demolition of an existing structure and construction of a new building. (COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development, Thursday, March 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-102 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide funding for the rehabilitation of the Mayo Bridge. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-103 To designate the portion of County Road located between its intersection with North 23rd Street and its intersection with North 24th Street in honor of Willie M. Andrews.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-104 To designate the 1500 block of Williamsburg Road in honor of Mary Lou Decossaux.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-105 To designate the portion of Williamsburg Avenue located between its intersection with Goddin Street and its intersection with Williamsburg Road in honor of Spencer E. Jones, III. (COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-106 To designate the portion of Stony Run Road located between its intersection with Williamsburg Avenue and its intersection with Government Road in honor of Carl H. Otto.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-107 To designate the 700 block of Goddin Street in honor of Earl A. Robinson.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-108 To designate the portion of N Street located between its intersection with North 30th Street and its intersection with North 31st Street in honor of Percy and Angie Strickland.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2018-109 To designate the 1100 block of North 22nd Street in honor of Mary W. Thompson.

(COMMITTEE: Land Use, Housing and Transportation, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

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

Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk

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City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-046 To conditionally rezone the property known as 1125 Commerce Road from the M-2 Heavy Industrial District to the B-6 Mixed-Use Business District (Conditional), upon certain proffered conditions. The City’s Master Plan recommends Industrial land uses for the property. “Primary uses include a wide variety of manufacturing, processing, research and development, warehousing, distribution, office warehouse and service uses. Office, retail and other uses that complement industrial areas are often secondary support uses.

Ordinance No. 2018-047 To rezone the properties known as 200, 214, 220, 320 and 400 Hull Street, 15 East 2nd Street, 13 and 39 East 3rd Street, and 409 Decatur Street from the B-5(C) Central Business District (Conditional) to the B-4 Central Business District, and to rezone 501, 509 and 511 Decatur Street from the B-7 Mixed-Use Business District to the B-4 Central Business District. These properties were included in the City of Richmond’s Downtown Plan, which recommends that they be developed consistent with the Urban Center Character Area. The Urban Center Character Area calls for higher density, mixed-use development, typically arranged on a fine-grained street network, with wide sidewalks, regular tree planting, and minimal setbacks.

Ordinance No. 2018-048 To amend the official zoning map for the purpose of rezoning certain properties along Hull Street between Cowardin Avenue and East 9th Street to conform zoning regulations to the future land use recommended in the Downtown Plan.

This rezoning would encourage the continued revitalization of Hull Street by rezoning properties from “UB-2 Urban Business” to “B-5 Central Business.”

Ordinance No. 2018-049 To amend and reordain City Code §§ 30-442.1, 30-442.5:1, and 30-442.7, concerning permitted principal uses in the B-5 Central Business District, for the purpose of adding new permitted principal uses, as well as the priority street designation.

These amendments will make the zoning district more applicable to neighborhood-oriented commercial and mixeduse areas.

Ordinance No. 2018-050 To authorize the special use of the property known as 101 North 29th Street for the purpose of a singlefamily attached dwelling with a carriage house, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning designation for this property is R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single Family Medium Density land use.

Primary uses include single-family and twofamily dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. The proposed special use permit would authorize a density range from approximately 17 to 33 units per acre.

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Ord. No. 76-301-266, adopted Nov. 22, 1976, as previously amended

by Ord. No. 87-265-259, adopted Dec. 21, 1987, and Ord. No. 92-81-221, adopted Jun. 23, 1992, granting authorization for a special use of the property containing 7.564 acres located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Jahnke Road and Blakemore Road, to authorize the use of a portion of the existing shopping center as a restaurant with accessory entertainment and nightclub uses, under certain terms and conditions. The property is currently zoned R-3 Single-Family Residential.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Community Commercial.

This designation calls for primarily “…office, retail, personal service and other commercial and service uses, intended to provide the shopping and service needs of residents of a number of nearby neighborhoods…”

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.

Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 2, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2018-111 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1208 and 1212 McDonough Street and 314, 316, 318, and 322 West 12th Street for the purpose of a mixed-use building containing up to 33 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The subject property is located in the R-8 Urban Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Downtown Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Downtown General Urban Area. The General Urban Area is characterized b y m e d i u m - d e n s i t y, mixed-use development, distributed along mediumsized bocks. No residential density is specified for this land use category. The density of the parcel if developed as proposed would be approximately 51 units per acre.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.

Richmondgov.com; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Candice D. Reid Interim City Clerk

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Ordinance No. 2018-052 To amend and reordain

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHERITA LEWIS, Plaintiff v.

JARRELL MILLER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000872-00 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 30th day of April, 2018 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

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Ordinance No. 2018-051 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1911 and 1915 Grove Avenue for the purpose of a day nursery within a church, upon certain terms and conditions. The current zoning for this property is R-6 Single-Family Attached Residential.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Single Family Residential at Medium densities.

Primary uses for this category “…are singlefamily and two-family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre.

Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semipublic uses.

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Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SONYA GREEN, Plaintiff v.

DON GREEN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL17000901-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 30th day of April, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

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

CANDI ANDERSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000376-00 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 26th day of March, 2018 at 9:00 AM in CC #2 and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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

NOVELLA W. CUNNINGHAM, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-297 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1810 Harwood Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S007-1133/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Novella W. Cunningham, Ferley Williams, Leroy Williams, Jr, Angeline Taylor, Lena Flippen.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, F ER L E Y W I L L I A M S , upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and LEROY WILLIAMS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, ANGELINE TAYLOR, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, LENA FLIPPEN, 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 JACQUELINE EVANS, FRANCINE EDWARDS, and LATANYA EDWARDS, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that SAMUEL EDWARDS, JR, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that F ER L E Y W I L L I A M S , upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, LEROY WILLIAMS, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ANGELINE TAYLOR, LENA FLIPPEN, J A C Q U E L I N E EVA N S , FRANCINE EDWARDS, L ATA N YA E D WA R D S , SAMUEL EDWARDS, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before April 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3004 P Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0628/030, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Jeff Smith.

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

IT IS ORDERED that JEFF SMITH and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

Virginia: In the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond John Marshall Courts Building Mieko Adeline Taliaferro, Plaintiff, v.

Miodrag Sibinovic, Defendant.

Civil Law No.: CL18-196-3 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart without interruption and without cohabitation for a period of more than one year, since September 6, 2014. And it appearing by Affidavit filed according to law that Miodram Sibinovic, the above-named defendant, is not a resident of this state and that due diligence has been used by or in behalf of plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city the defendant is, without effect.

It is therefore ORDERED that the said Miodrag Sibinovic do appear in the Clerk’s Office of the Law Division of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North 9th Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, on or before 27th of April, 2018 and do whatever necessary to protect her interest in this suit.

A Copy, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Rudolph C. McCollum, Jr. VSB #32825 P.O. Box 4595 Richmond, Virginia 23220 Phone (804) 523-3900 Fax (804) 523-3901 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANGELA JOHNSON, Plaintiff v.

MICHAEL PRATT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000781-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 24th day of April, 2018 at 9:00 AM, CC #1, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO VICTORIA ELAINE GOMEZ, Plaintiff, v.

FELIPE DE JESUS IBARRA GOMEZ, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18-877-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground that the parties have lived separate and apart in excess of one year.

It appearing from an affidavit filed by the plaintiff that the defendant’s whereabouts are unknown, it is ORDERED that the defendant appear before this Court on or before April 23, 2018, to protect his interests hererin.

An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Shannon S. Otto VSB No. 68506 P.O. Box 11708 Richmond, Virginia 23230 Telephone: (804) 545-9408 Facsimile: (804) 545-9400 Email: otto@lockequinn.com Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SEDRICK ANDERSON, Plaintiff v.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RAYDEEDRA FAJOBI, Plaintiff v.

OLATUNBOSUN FAJOBI, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000345-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who is a nonresident, appear here on or before the 16th day of April, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER LINDA SPAIN, Plaintiff v.

RODERICK PINKETT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000649-00 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 16th day of April, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TARA CULTON, Plaintiff v.

MARK PRATT, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000458-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 9th day of April, 2018 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure Counsel for Plaintiff VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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

MICHAEL KILDAY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-296 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2411 Whitcomb Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120224/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael Kilday.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHAEL KILDAY, 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 MICHAEL KILDAY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

EPPS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

No.: CL17-4680 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3007 Garland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000974/028, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Epps Investment Corporation.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, E P P S I N VE S T M E N T CORPORATION (a purged Virginia business entity), has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that WALTON M. BELLE, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS, LLC, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, 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 E P P S I N VE S T M E N T CORPORATION (a purged Virginia business entity), WA LT O N M . B E L L E , A L L I A N CE L A U N D RY SYSTEMS, LLC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

VIRGINIA:

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

JEFF SMITH, et al, Defendants.

No.: CL18-831 AMENDED

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

JAMES R. HOLMES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-392 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3334 Hazelhurst Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001549/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, James R. Holmes and Audrie H. Holmes.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES R. HOLMES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, AUDRIE H. HOLMES, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES R. HOLMES, AUDRIE H. HOLMES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before April 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney

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Custody Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield Commonwealth of Virginia, In re: anthony j. johnson, Jr bernita gills, Petitioner, v. nikki jaunita brown & Anthony J. Johnson, Respondents Case No.: JJ010970-04-01 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to amend custody of Anthony J. Johnson, Jr. (DOB: 10/12/01), whose mother is Nikki Jaunita Brown, and whose father is Anthony J. Johnson, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 16.1241A3. Father’s whereabouts are unknown.

It is ordered that Anthony Johnson appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before April 25, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

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900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

W. SPILMAN SHORT, JR, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-433 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3610 Stockton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060058/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, W. Spilman Short, Jr and Neal C. Short

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

IT IS ORDERED that W. SPILMAN SHORT, JR, NEAL C. SHORT, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JOHN S. FINN, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-273 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3813 Terminal Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090557/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record John S. Finn, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN S. FINN, 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 JOHN S. FINN, JR, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

MILES H. JOYNER, III, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-326 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 5221 Tilford Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0050867/086, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Miles H. Joyner, III.

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IT IS ORDERED that MILES H. JOYNER, III, that E. DON RISHER, JR, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0230954 on October 1, 2002, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before April 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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 MICHAEL KILDAY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

NEAL KENNEDY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: C17-4659 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1507 North 22nd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000778/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Neal Kennedy.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, NEAL KENNEDY, last owner of record of said property, 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.”

IT IS ORDERED that NEAL KENNEDY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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 LUKE ROGERS, JR, ELVA B. ROGERS, CHARLES H. WINBERG, upon information and belief deceased and KENDALL W. PAUL, upon information and belief are deceased, Trustee for a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 561 page 970 on January 23, 1980, or their successor/s in title, THOMAS N. MYERS, upon information and belief deceased and PATRICIA P. MYERS, upon information and belief are deceased, Beneficiaries of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 561 page 970 on January 23, 1980, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

2100 East Cary Street (23223-7078) Post Office Box 500 Richmond, Virginia 23218-0500 Telephone: (804) 771-9500 Facsimile: (804) 644-0957 E-mail: cpaulk@hf-law.com kbundy@hf-law.com Counsel for John W. and Lolita D. Kreckman

described property or currency pursuant to VA. CODE ANN. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before April 9, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before April 9, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given Notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 3213 2nd Avenue N0001072015 209 East 13th Street S0000147004 708 North 21st Street E0000328016 1424 North 21st Street E0000706001 1103 North 22nd Street E0000516014 504 North 26th Street E00003830011 10 West 29th Street S0001230014 9 West 30th Street S0001230027 1500 North 36th Street E0001544028 1237 North 37th Street E0001411018 1219 North 38th Street E0001768010 1225 North 38th Street E0001768012 201 Bermuda Road C0060422004 229 Bermuda Road C0060422006 229 Rear Bermuda Road C0060422007 5007 Bromley Lane W0200068004 5030 Brookbury Boulevard C0081063008 1001 Byswick Lane C0050692002 1208 Carlisle Avenue E0002295011 1613 West Cary Street W0000656016 5621 Cary Street Road -Unit #2 W0220162031 400 West Clay Street N0000208014 1314 West Clay Street N0000572029 60 West Clopton Street S0000793013 445 West Duval Street N0000210005 814 Edgehill Road N0000691026 100 East Federal Street N0000111029 2113 Ford Avenue E0000598023 802 Jessamine Street E0000330008 1929 Lakeview Avenue W0000841005 215 East Leigh Street N0000039005 3017 West Leigh Street N0001593001 2919 East Marshall Street E0000576010 3509 Rear East Marshall Street E0001118030 711 Mitchell Street N0000280004 713 Mitchell Street N0000280003 715 Mitchell Street N0000280002 2016 Newbourne Street E0120285019 2100 Newbourne Street E0120286032 2102 Newbourne Street E0120286031 5817 Orcutt Lane C0080530014 4812 Radford Avenue W0190018022 2000 Selden Street E0120257021 704 Webster Street N0000280010 1410 Whitehead Road C0070553040 615 Wickham Street N0000399025 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata cost of publication hereunder.

Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. Office of the City Attorney City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MICHAEL KILDAY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-271 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1407 Spotsylvania Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0608/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael Kilday.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHAEL KILDAY, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of Continued on next column

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

ALFRED B. DIXON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-431 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3613 Stockton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0060059/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Alfred B. Dixon and Eva V. Dixon.

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

IT IS ORDERED that ALFRED B. DIXON, upon information and belief deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of ALFRED B. DIXON, EVA V. DIXON, upon information and belief deceased, and the heirs, devisees, assignees or successor/s in interest of EVA V. DIXON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LINDA D. MYRICK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-279 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2409 Wright Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071578/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linda D. Myrick.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LINDA D. MYRICK, 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 FIRST SELECT CORPORATION, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LINDA D. MYRICK, FIRST SELECT CORPORATION, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Continued on next column

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

MICHAEL KILDAY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-272 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3014 4th Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000924/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael Kilday.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHAEL KILDAY, 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 MICHAEL KILDAY and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before APRIL 29, 2018 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

LUKE ROGERS, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-278 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3708 Bathgate Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0081101/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Luke Rogers and Elva B. Rogers.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, LUKE ROGERS, JR, and ELVA B. ROGERS, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that CHARLES H. WINBERG, upon information and belief deceased and KENDALL W. PAUL, upon information and belief are deceased, Trustee for a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 561 page 970 on January 23, 1980, or their successor/s in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that THOMAS N. MYERS, upon information and belief deceased and PATRICIA P. MYERS, upon information and belief are deceased, Beneficiaries of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 561 page 970 on January 23, 1980, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO JOHN W. KRECKMAN, and LOLITA D. KRECKMAN, Plaintiffs, v.

Carol Martin, Sharon Hampton, TimOTHY Hampton, GregORY Hampton, Alan Hampton,and THE VARIOUS BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF WILLIE B. HAMPTON, DECEASED, AND OTHER PARTIES,WHO MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS DEFINED HEREIN, WHOSE NAMES AND LAST NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN, AND MADE PARTY DEFENDANTS

BY THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES UNKNOWN, Defendants.

Case No.: CL17001635-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The above-styled suit seeks a judicial order declaring that certain real property located at 2614 Lindbrook Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23228 and more particularly identified as: (a) Tax ID Parcel No. 777-751-4911; (b) All that certain lot or parcel of land lying and being in Henrico County, Virginia, being a portion of Lot No. 112 as shown on the Revised Plan of a Portion of Hilliard Park made by Thornton L. Mullins, Certified Civil Engineer, dated July 24, 1941, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Henrico County, Virginia, in Plat Book 18 page 65 and more fully described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northern line of Lindbrook Drive (a.k.a Linbrook Drive), which point is marked by a rod and is at the point where the dividing line between Lots 111 and 112 as shown on the above mentioned Revised Plan of a Portion of Hilliard Park intersects with the said northern line of Lindbrook Drive (a.k.a Linbrook Drive); thence proceeding eastwardly along the said northern line of Lindbrook Drive (a.k.a Linbrook Drive) as it curves slightly to the right, the arc of a circle having a radius of 556.40 feet, a distance of 80.00 feet to a rod; thence leaving Lindbrook Drive (a.k.a Linbrook Drive) and proceeding North 37 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds West 200.00 feet to a rod; thence South 61 degrees 06 minutes 18 seconds West 79.93 feet to a rod; thence South 37 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East 200.00 feet to the point of the beginning. (hereinafter referred to as the “Property”) is rightfully and properly owned by Plaintiffs, who have title to the Property by adverse possession.

The persons whose interests are potentially affected in this suit are any beneficiaries, devisees, successors or assigns of Willie B. Hampton (“Hampton”), a previous owner of the Property who died in 1997.

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that there may be unknown parties potentially claiming an interest in the abovereferenced Property who cannot be located or identified after due diligence, and their names and addresses remaining unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants appear on April 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM in this Court to protect their interests.

Entered 1/26/18 An Extract Teste: HEIDI S. BARSHINGER, Clerk WE ASK FOR THIS: Courtney Paulk (VSB No. 45523) Kelly Bundy (VSB No. 86327) Hirschler Fleischer, A Professional Corporation The Edgeworth Building Continued on next column

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

CASE NO. CL17-473-6 $ 828.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND RAYMOND DENSON; CASE NO. CL14-2988-6 $ 12,559 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BERNARD JAMES; CASE NO. CL17-4663-6 $ 865.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DOMINIQUE JONES; CASE NO. CL11-1174-6 ONE LOT OF ELECTRONICS, AND DAVID LONCAR; CASE NO. CL17-5118-6 $1,193.10 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND LEON MCDANIEL; CASE NO. CL11-5813-6 $407.50 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRYSON NEWSOME; CASE NO. CL17-3439-6 $904.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND UNIQUE NICHOLS; CASE NO. CL13-4023-6 $1,174.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANTHONY ROBINSON; CASE NO. CL11-2390-6 $2,341.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DARYL ROBINSON; CASE NO. CL13-3459-6 $424.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ROBERT SCOTT; CASE NO. CL16-2287-6 $2,552.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TIMOTHY WARD; CASE NO. CL16-3262-6 $922.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MARVIN WHITERS; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to VA. CODE ANN. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before May 2, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

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

CASE NO. CL17-5127-2 $348.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TERRANCE ADAMS; CASE NO. CL17-5202-2 $2,244.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND KEVIN BYARS; CASE NO. CL11-2192-2 $546.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JAVARE HARGROVE; CASE NO. CL11-5796-2 $244.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MICHAEL MARROW; CASE NO. CL11-4395-2 $250.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND PAUL MILBERRY; CASE NO. CL16-5066-2 $435.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TEMONTEKE MORRIS; CASE NO. CL11-2394-2 $170.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND FORREST PRYMAK; CASE NO. CL13-3503-2 $385.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TERRENCE ROBINSON; CASE NO. CL10F-4097-2 $975.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND RAKEISHA ROBERTS; CASE NO. CL10F-4638-2 $2,259.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JACQUELINE KENNARD; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to VA. CODE ANN. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2-249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before April 6, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

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

CASE NO. CL17-4030-5 $6,006.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND RANDALL BAILEY; CASE NO. CL16-1675-5 $1,370.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANTOINE BRAXTON; CASE NO. CL11-2382-5 $220.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND REVELLE CRADLE; CASE NO. CL11-4397-5 $865.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TRAMMELL HARRIS; CASE NO. CL14-240-5 $277.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MARSHAWN HARVEY; CASE NO. CL17-2939-5 $510.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MARSHAWN HARVEY; CASE NO. CL11-3206-5 $3,005.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND STEPHEN M. RAGLAND II; CASE NO. CL11-5819-5 $6,980.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MICHELLE LUTCHMAN; CASE NO. CL16-1984-5 $2,841.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND RON MCCRAY; CASE NO. CL15-2868-5 $318.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TRE’VAUGHAN NELSON; CASE NO. CL10F-1730-5 $314 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MONTEA PERKINS; CASE NO. CL10F-3214-5 $3,715.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JEREL FORD; CASE NO. CL10F-4963-5 $1,031.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND WALTER HETMEYER; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the

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

CASE NO. CL13F-5109-4 $ 270.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND CARLOS BROWN; CASE NO. CL11-1309-4 $ 213.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MYISHA GIBBS; CASE NO. CL17-463-4 $ 870.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND KHIRY JOHNSTON; CASE NO. 10F-1989-4 $249.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DALTON PIERCE; CASE NO. CL17-2938-4 $804.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND CARLTON SMITH; CASE NO. CL10F-2005-4 $111.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND DEVIN ARCHIE; CASE NO. CL10F-3347-4 $132.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND SAMUEL SINGLETON; CASE NO. CL10F-4091-4 $483.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND KELVIN REAVES; CASE NO. CL10F-5344-4 $202 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND QUANTREC MEADOWS; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success,

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

CASE NO. CL17-1773-7 $ 3,220.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND MARVIN ADAMS; CASE NO. CL17-4664-7 $ 442.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JAMAR BLACKWELL; CASE NO. CL16-4907-7 $ 628.20 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ABDUL-YASEEN MUHAMMAD; CASE NO. CL 11-5800-7 $ 309 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND TONI DOUGLAS; CASE NO. CL17-3913-7 $1,205 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND LEON GREEN; CASE NO. CL17-3500-7 $6,112.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ALBERT GRUMBLATT; CASE NO. CL15-1355-7 $3,268.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND BRIAN HARRIS; CASE NO. CL16-4635-7 $890.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JUSTIN HART; CASE NO. CL11-5814-7 ONE LOT OF ELECTRONICS, AND BRYSON NEWSOME; CASE NO. CL17-3571-7 $787.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ANGELIQUE PARKER; CASE NO. CL15-1723-7 $160.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND JOSE RUBIO; CASE NO. CL10F-1724-7 ONE LOT OF ELECTRONICS, AND KAHLID BASKERVILLE; CASE NO. CL10F-2016-7 $18,899.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RYAN NICHOLS; CASE NO. CL10F-4635-7 $700.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND WAYNE BARNES; Defendants.

ORDER

The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999).

It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before March 28, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests.

I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1593-2CLE – Upham Brook Trunk Sewer - This Work consists of providing approx. 15,700 feet of 48” and 54” diameter sanitary sewer, two cast-inplace diversion structures, five 72” diameter tunnels, and rehabilitation of approx.

2,450 feet of 8” diameter sanitary sewer. Due 3:00 pm, May 1, 2018. Additional information available at: http:// henrico.us.finance/divisions/ purchasing/.

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1605-3CLE – Bathroom Improvements – Holladay ES and John Rolfe MS - This project consists of Renovations, Finish and Fixture upgrades and ADA Accessibility. Due 3:00 pm, April 3, 2018. Additional information available at: http:// henrico.us.finance/divisions/ purchasing/.

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 18-1603-3JCK Human Services Building Ground Floor Renovation Due 2:30 pm, April 10, 2018 Additional information available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/ COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION ITB # 18-1590-2CLE – Lighting Replacement at Three Chopt ES, Short Pump MS, Freeman HS, Highland Springs HS, and Varina HS - This project consists of replacement of existing lighting. Due 3:00 pm, April 4, 2018. Additional information available at: http://henrico.us.finance/ divisions/purchasing/

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The City of Richmond announces the following project(s) available for services relating to: RFP G180018049 – Richmond Public Library Integrated Library System (ILS) Receipt Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 2:30 P.M. Receipt Location: 900 East Broad Street, Room 1104, 11th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219

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Information or copies of the above solicitation is available by contacting Procurement Services, at the City of Richmond website (www.RichmondGov. com), or at 11th Floor of City Hall, 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Phone (804) 646-5716 or faxed (804) 646-5989. The City of Richmond encourages all contractors to participate in the procurement process.

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City of Richmond, VA Dept. of Economic & Community Development Division of Neighborhood Revitalization 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-646-7025 On or about March 26, 2018 the City of Richmond will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of the Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program (LBPHC) is authorized by Section 1011 of the Residential Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 4852) and funding is provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), approved May 5, 2017. The Health Homes Supplemental funding is authorized under Section 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-2), Community Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended for the following multi-year program/project March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2021: RVA Lead Based Paint Hazard Control program, for the purpose of reducing lead based paint hazards in low and moderate income households with lead poisoned children or residential units with children under the age of six and or expecting mothers with lead based paint hazards who are also low and moderate incomes. Healthy homes funds will be used to address asthma triggers and trip and fall hazards in residential units that also have lead based paint hazards. Funds may also be used to address vacant rental units that have lead based paint hazards that will be marketed to low and moderate income households with children under the age of six or expecting mothers. The target are is encompasses all of the City of Richmond and will be carried out by the City Of Richmond, Project:HOMES Inc and the Richmond City Health District.

The City of Richmond, VA is requesting the release of $2,310,314 in Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grant, $400,000 in Healthy Homes Supplemental, $200,000 Community Development Block Grant match, $100,000 in City General fund match, for March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2021.

The proposed hazard control activities to be funded under this/these program(s) is/are categorically excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act requirements, but subject to compliance with some of the environmental laws and authorities listed at § 58.5 of 24 CFR Part 58. In accordance with 58.15, a tiered review process has been structured, whereby some environmental laws and authorities have been reviewed and studied for the intended target area(s) listed above.

Other applicable environmental laws and authorities will be complied with, when individual projects are ripe for review. Specifically, the target area(s) has/have been studied and compliance with the following laws and authorities have been established in this Tier 1 review: Airport Hazards, Coastal Barriers Resource Act, Flood Insurance under the Flood Disaster Protection Act, Clean Air Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Explosive and Flammable Hazards under 24 CFR Part 51 Subpart C, Farmland Protection Policy Act, Noise Control Act, Sole Source Aquifers under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Wetland Protection under Executive Order 11990 and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act . In the Tiered 2 review, compliance with the following environmental laws and authorities will take place for proposed projects funded under the program(s) listed above: Site Contamination and Toxic Substances, Historic Preservation and Flood Plain Management Program requirements. Should individual aggregate projects exceed the threshold for categorical exclusion detailed at §58.35(a), an Environmental Assessment will be completed and a separate Finding of No Significant Impact and Request for Release of Funds published. Copies of the compliance documentation worksheets are available at the address below.

An Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determinations for this project, and more fully describes the tiered review process cited above, is on file at City of Richmond, Dept. of Economic & Community Development, Division of Neighborhood Revitalization, 1500 E. Main Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

‘Battle of the Bay’ is history The popular “Battle of the Bay” football game is history — at least for now.

Longtime rivals Norfolk State University and Hampton University will not play each other during the fall football season, largely as fallout from HU’s decision to leave MEAC, the MidEastern Athletic Conference.

The NSU Spartans and HU Pirates have played each other every year since 1962. It is among the most anticipated matchups in Virginia and all of HBCU football.

The decision not to play is NSU’s. Instead, the Spartans will play a non-conference game against South Carolina State University.

In a prepared statement, NSU Athletic Director Marty Miller said, “We made a determination to play South Carolina State as a non-conference game this season to fill our 11-game schedule.

No determination has been made regarding future games with Hampton University at this time.”

Hampton University clearly has ruffled feathers with its November announcement that it is leaving MEAC to join the Big South Conference. HU, however, will not play a full Big South football schedule until 2019.

The MEAC has imposed a $250,000 fine on HU for exiting the conference without proper notification.

Meanwhile, HU struggles to fill its 2018-19 football schedule that includes only Monmouth and Charleston Southern universities and Presbyterian College from the Big South.

Virginia Union and Shaw universities have been added from the Division II CIAA, along with Virginia University of Lynchburg from the National Collegiate Christian Athletic Association.

In what may have been the final “Battle of the Bay” last Oct. 14, Hampton defeated Norfolk State 16-14 at NSU’s Dick Price Stadium before a crowd of 6,149.

Had nothing changed, this year’s game would have been at HU’s Armstrong Stadium.

Hampton loses MEAC final, NIT in first round Hampton University’s final MEAC basketball season included many cheers, but ended with a double downer in tournament play.

The Pirates lost to North Carolina Central University 71-63 in the MEAC Tournament final last Saturday at the Norfolk Scope. The Pirates defeated Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T State universities to reach the championship.

Prior to Saturday’s loss, Coach Buck Joyner’s Pirates had won 10 straight games while grabbing a share of the MEAC regular season title. Sophomore guard Jermaine Marrow, a firstteam All-MEAC selection, had 21 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and one turnover in the finale.

Despite the MEAC championship loss, the Pirates were invited to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost on Tuesday to the University of Notre Dame 84-63 in South Bend, Ind., during the tournament’s first round.

This was the Pirates final basketball season in MEAC. Hampton University will move to the Big South Conference next season. The university joins Tennessee State of the Ohio Valley Conference as the only Division I HBCUs not aligned with historically African-American athletic conferences.

Hampton was member of the CIAA from 1912 to 1995, when it joined MEAC.

Claflin University joining CIAA Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., has been accepted as the 13th member of the CIAA, the nation’s oldest historically AfricanAmerican athletic conference.

The announcement was made Wednesday by CIAA Commissioner Jacqui McWilliams from the athletic conference offices in Charlotte, N.C. Founded in 1869 as an HBCU, Claflin will be leaving the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to join the CIAA on July 1.

The Claflin Panthers don’t have a football team, but its basketball team won the SIAC men’s title this winter.

The addition of Claflin stretches the geography of the CIAA conference from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, its northernmost member, to Claflin, now the southern most member. The South Carolina school is located 383 miles from Richmond.

The rumor mill continues to spin regarding CIAA membership.

There is speculation Chowan University of North Carolina may leave the CIAA to join Conference Carolinas and that Lincoln University also may bolt for the East Coast Conference.

Contacted by the Free Press, the CIAA neither confirmed nor denied those possibilities.

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Virginia Commonwealth University forward Justin Tillman loses the ball in a squeeze by University of Rhode Island players during the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Rhode Island defeated the Rams 76-67.

VCU Rams locked out of NCAA by A-10 loss The big story individually this basketball season at Virginia Commonwealth University was the forceful showing by All-Atlantic 10 senior Justin Tillman.

The big story next year may be who will replace him.

Averaging 19 points and 10 rebounds, the 6-foot-8 Detroit native collected 18 double-doubles, matching the most by a Rams player since Bernard Hopkins in 1996. Tillman also made the A-10 AllDefensive team.

Tillman battled to the final horn, scoring 23 points and grabbing 15 rebounds in the Rams’ 76-67 loss to the University of Rhode Island in the A-10 Tournament quarterfinals last Friday in Washington.

The Rams finished a disappointing 1815 in Coach Mike Rhoades’ first season, failing to snare a NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 2010.

VCU was not selected as a NCAA at-large entry or to play in the National Invitation Tournament, and chose not to pursue one of the lesser tournaments.

Instead, the focus is on preparing for the 2018-19 season.

Barring further additions, Tillman’s low post successor would seem to be Marcus Santos-Silva, a 6-foot-7, 260-pound freshman who saw limited duty, or 6-foot-9, 200-pound junior college recruit Corey Douglas.

Douglas averaged 13 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots this season at Tallahassee Community College.

Originally from Louisville, Douglas

prepped at Fork Union Military Academy before playing as a freshman under Coach Rhoades at Rice University. He transferred to Tallahassee when Coach Rhoades left Rice for VCU. Missing link: Perhaps what hurt VCU the most this season was the absence of adequate back-up for Tillman in the paint.

The Rams’ depth was diminished when 6-foot-10 Abdel Hamdy left to become a graduate transfer to Texas Christian University.

Hamdy has been the key man this winter for the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference.

The team qualified for the NCAAs. Rice East: Should Coach Rhoades Douglas evolve as a regular, VCU could have two former Rice Owls’ starters in next season’s lineup.

The other is guard Marcus Evans, who earned All-Conference USA honors at the Houston school while averaging about 20 points per game.

Evans, from Chesapeake, sat out this season at VCU after transferring, and will have two years of eligibility. Reports are encouraging that he has fully recovered from Achilles surgery.

Flip the script: This season, the Rams hosted the University of Virginia, the University of Texas and Old Dominion University at the Siegel Center. It gets tougher next season as VCU travels to

those destinations.

In A-10 action, VCU was host to heavyweights Rhode Island, St. Bonaventure and Davidson. Next season, the Rams must travel to those schools.

Also in 2018-19, VCU is to play in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the likes of St. John’s, Temple and California.

Looming also is a home-and-away series with Louisiana State University; details are to come.

Rams en route: At least on paper, Vince Williams is the crown jewel of Coach Rhoades’ first freshman class. The 6-foot-5 wing from Toledo, Ohio, is a leading contender for Ohio Mr. Basketball while playing at one of the state’s top programs, St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy.

Other freshmen on the way are 6-foot-4 KeShawn Curry from Jacksonville, Fla., and 6-foot-1 P.J. Byrd from Houston. Curry is prepping this year nearby at Fork Union Military Academy.

Numbers game: Now we get to the shady side of college hoops. Schools are allowed 13 scholarships.

VCU loses three seniors — Tillman, Jonathan Williams and Khris Lane — and already has four players coming in. That means someone — or more likely a few players — will have to go.

With the season over, Coach Rhoades can devote his full energy to recruiting high school players and looking for college transfers. Scholarships are only good for one season at a time, underscoring the “big business” nature of the sport.

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