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Play it forward Richmond Flying Squirrels go to bat for the community

By Samantha Willis

As the Richmond Flying Squirrels prepare for the spring season and the opening home game on April 13 at The Diamond, the baseball team continues stepping up to the plate in the Richmond community — on and off the field.

“Our philosophy, and what the team hinges on, is three things,” said Todd “Parney” Parnell, the Squirrels’ vice president and chief operating officer who has been with the team since its Richmond debut in 2009.

“First, it’s got to be fun, every single day. If we as a team aren’t having fun, how can fans and their families have a good time?

“The second thing is to be different in everything that we do,” he said.

He pointed to his pants, black, printed with red, blue and orange skulls reminiscent of the talking skull in the Disney-Pixar movie, “Coco.”

The pants are a locally known signature for Mr. Parnell, along with his big voice and outgoing personality.

“That’s part of why I wear these,” he said.

“As a team, we want to present something this town has never seen before.

“The last part, which I feel is the most important,” he continued, “is to be impactful in our community.”

From the start, said Mr. Parnell, the Richmond Flying Squirrels have set out to be much more than a baseball team. The organization’s consistent goal of weaving into the fabric of the Richmond community has come to bear in many ways over

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Nutzy, the mascot of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, takes a photo with members of the G.H. Reid Lady Ravens squad during the June 2017 opening day at Blackwell Community Center, where the Flying Squirrels Charities has provided a facelift to the South Side field, pitching mound and dugouts during the past two years.

the years and continues today.

Mr. Parnell offered examples.

In a program designed to boost achievement, the Squirrels give “A” students from participating Richmond area schools tickets to ballgames. They can receive a ticket for each “A” on their report cards.

“When a kid comes up to the ticket booth, he may not be as tall as the counter, but he pulls that report card out, gets his tickets and treats his sister, his mom, his dad to a game. The smiles are a mile wide,” said Mr. Parnell.

The Squirrels also lead a reading program, in which students can read a certain number of books to get game tickets, along with several other education-related initiatives open to area school systems.

The Squirrels help foster relationships and understanding between youths of diverse backgrounds through partnerships with community organizations such as the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League, the nonprofit founded in 1966 to provide urban youngsters an opportunity to play baseball and travel to compete against other teams.

The Squirrels and MJBL co-host a youth tournament each year, said William M.T. “Bill” Forrester Jr., MJBL’s executive director. It’s an exciting event that brings teams together from the city and surrounding suburbs.

“We were seeing that kids in the city did not have the opportunity to play against kids from the counties,” Mr. Forrester said. “In some ways, baseball has become such a ‘country club’ sport that if kids don’t come from the more affluent communities, and they are not afforded opportuni-

School Board approves Kamras’ smaller, better-paid cabinet

By Ronald E. Carrington

A divided Richmond School Board voted 5-4 on Monday night to approve the hiring of four members of Superintendent Jason Kamras’ new cabinet, overruling members who objected to the enlarged salaries they are to be paid.

The four newcomers, who will occupy key leadership posts, will join Chief of Staff Michelle Hudacsko, who was hired earlier in March.

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Soaking up the sights Fraternal twins Kayden, left, and Kallie Hunter have a lot to hold their attention during the Southern Women’s Show on Saturday at Richmond Raceway. The 18-month-old siblings were attending the event with their godmother, Amber Bebbs.

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The cabinet members include a chief of schools, a chief academic officer, a chief of operations and a chief of community engagement, all coming from outside Richmond after Mr. Kamras swept Mr. Simmons Dr. Epp out remaining members of former Superintendent Dana T. Bedden’s cabinet.

School Board Chair Dawn C, Page, 8th District, led the majority of Elizabeth “Liz” Doerr, 1st District; J. Scott Barlow, 2nd District; Ms. Harris Mr. Hughes Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District; and Linda B. Owen, 9th District, in supporting the superintendent’s choices.

The dissenters included Kenya Gibson, 3rd District; Jonathan Young, 4th District; Dr. Patrick Sapini, 5th District; and Felicia D. Cosby, 6th District.

Mr. Kamras said the move consolidates the cabinet structure by reducing the team from nine to six members, which will save the system $200,000 annually. The six members include a yet-to-be-named chief talent officer, who would oversee teacher and staff recruitment and training.

‘Immortal’ Henrietta Lacks to be honored with cancer center

By Yasmine Jumaa Capital News Service

The year was 1951. The place: Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where Henrietta Lacks, a native of Halifax County, Va., sought treatment for cervical cancer.

Doctors made a remarkable discovery about Mrs. Lacks’ tumor: The cells remained alive Mrs. Lacks and multiplied outside her body, creating the first immortal cell line. Since then, her cells have helped researchers develop the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, in vitro fertilization and other medical breakthroughs.

Mrs. Lacks was never compensated for her contribution to science. She died in 1951 and was buried in an family cemetery in Halifax County. Her grave is unmarked.

Now, Virginia plans to recognize Mrs. Lacks by establishing a cancer research and treatment center in her name in Halifax County. The General Assembly recently approved legislation authorizing the project to honor the woman who gave the medical world the immortal HeLa cell line.

It is a fitting tribute, said Adele Newson-Horst, vice

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China’s new policy threatening recycling in U.S.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

At least half the cans, bottles, plastics and paper collected for recycling used to end up in one place — China.

Now China has decided to stop accepting most of the recycled materials that it once purchased. And that decision is having huge ripple

effects on recycling programs in Richmond, as well as other communities in this country and overseas.

As of Jan. 1, the Asian giant began enforcing its “National Sword” policy that bans 24 types of solid waste, including various plastics and unsorted mixed papers.

The new policy also imposed tough standards

beginning March 1 for the amount of contamination allowed in paper and other recycled materials sent to that country.

The result: A virtual halt to the 4,000 U.S. shipping containers that daily were being sent to China and the creation of a huge backlog of materials piling up at recycling plants.

While recycling has gone through significant

ups and downs through the years, China’s action appears to the biggest setback yet.

There is talk about a collapse of curbside recycling programs in some areas of the country, although such a move has yet to be considered locally.

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Work is moving ahead to create a Whole Foods Market at 2024 W. Broad St., former home to the original Pleasants Hardware. The old hardware company building and parking lot have been cleared to make way for the new 45,000-square-foot grocery, which is expected to open

by Thanksgiving. This will be Whole Foods’ 14th store in Virginia and the specialty grocers’ second in the Richmond area. The store is the first step in the creation of The Sauer Center, a larger retail and office complex

Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

that the C.F. Sauer Co. plans to develop near its headquarters and spice manufacturing operation at Broad Street and Hermitage Road. When complete, the new center is to encompass the grocery store, the former Virginia Department of Taxation building and two warehouses that sit behind the Sauer complex. The company has not released cost estimates, but based on current construction costs, is anticipated to invest at least $20 million to $25 million to create the complex.

March for Our Lives Mayor names new senior policy adviser rally Saturday

Richmond will host its own student-led protest against gun violence in schools and communities on Saturday, March 24, to lend support to a national rally being held in Washington that day.

Richmond Public Schools is teaming with the Richmond Branch NAACP and several other organizations to host the “March for Our Lives” that will include a rally and a march to the State Capitol in Downtown.

The rally will call for limits on sales of military-style weapons and sales of guns to teenagers.

The event grew out of protests against the shooting last month at a Parkland, Fla., high school that left 17 dead and the shooting this week at a Maryland high school that left two wounded and the shooter dead.

The march will begin with a rally from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St., organizers said. That will be followed by a march to the Bell Tower in Capitol Square at 9th and Franklin streets, where another rally will be held from noon to 1 p.m.

Sponsors also include Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, the Richmond Peace Education Center, The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and Liberal Women of Chesterfield County and Beyond.

Details: Kenita Bowers, (804) 780-7100 or communications@ rvaschools.net.

Annual VCU Wellness Block Party March 24 at MLK Middle School

The annual VCU Wellness Block Party offering health screenings, blood pressure checks and other services to the public will be held Saturday, March 24, it has been announced.

The free event will be open to the public 1 to 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St., following the “March for Our Lives” rally.

This is the 11th year for the event that students from Virginia Commonwealth University put on with support from physicians and community organizations.

“This year we hope to address issues that contribute to a community’s health and well-being, including preventative care, disease education, mental health care, nutrition, financial literacy and more,” said Nisha Gnawali, a VCU graduate student who chairs the block party committee.

Along with general health screenings for diabetes and high blood pressure, the program will offer vision screenings and tests for sexually transmitted diseases. Doctors and psychologists also will be on hand to consult with individuals, organizers said.

Shalom Farms and FeedMore also will be on hand to distribute produce to participants, according to organizers.

Details: Anne Dreyfuss, (804) 828-7701 or dreyfussaj@vcu.edu.

Corrections Hampton University will not be playing Virginia Union University during the 2018 football season.

An article published in the Free Press March 15-17 edition incorrectly reported that the Pirates and the Panthers would meet on the gridiron this fall.

VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor said that HU had contacted him, but the Panthers’ schedule was already full.

HU is struggling to fill its 2018 football schedule as it transitions from MEAC to the Big South Conference. The Pirates will not play a full Big South schedule until 2019.

Several of HU’s traditional MEAC opponents, most notably Norfolk State University, have dropped the Pirates from their schedule.

The Free Press regrets the error.

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Raymond H. Boone Jr., vice president for new business development at the Richmond Free Press, shows off the new honorary street sign that pays tribute to his father, the founder and late publisher and editor of the Free Press.

In a photo package, “In his honor,” published in the newspaper’s March 15-17 edition, Mr. Boone’s official title with the Free Press was inadvertently omitted. The editing staff regrets the error.

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Osita Iroegbu, a former Richmond reporter who has worked in public relations for Virginia State University and the city housing authority, has been named as Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s new senior policy adviser.

The mayor announced the appointment of Ms. Iroegbu on Monday to fill one of the two policy adviser posts that have been vacant since January.

He said the Richmond native would be responsible for advancing the mayor’s priorities in community engagement, diversity and inclusion.

“Her years of experience and engagement in the Richmond community as an educator, journalist and advocate for social justice make her the right person for the important job of helping everyone in our city share in the vision of One Richmond.”

The mayor’s office said Ms. Iroegbu’s starting pay would be $105,000 a year.

Ms. Iroegbu, who has most recently b een p u r s u in g a doctorate at Virginia Commonwealth University, said she looks “forward to engaging our diverse communities and helping to Ms. Iroegbu ensure their voices are included in policy efforts.”

Ms. Iroegbu is a graduate of the University of Delaware and earned a master’s in journalism from American University.

She is a former Free Press and Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter who also served as an instructor and assistant director of university relations at VSU. She also managed public relations at the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority from 2011 to 2014.

A first generation Nigerian-American, she was named a Governor’s Fellow in

2017 in the Virginia Children’s Cabinet while pursuing her doctorate.

She also participates with the Next Generation Steering Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and with Initiatives of Change.

Ms. Iroegbu also founded the Little Princesses Mentoring Program, which links girls with college mentors and cofounded the African Community Network of Greater Richmond.

Ms. Iroegbu will fill a position previously held by Lisa Speller-Davis, who left the mayor’s office in January to take a post in the new administration of Gov. Ralph S. Northam. Ms. Speller-Davis, who was senior policy adviser for engagement, was paid $110,000 a year.

The mayor has yet to name a replacement for Jonathan T. “Jon” Baliles, who served a year as senior policy adviser for opportunity before also leaving in January.

He was earning $85,000 a year.

Monroe Park to reopen in June

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Monroe Park will reopen in June, about two months later than expected, according to Alice McGuire Massie, chair of the public-private Monroe Park Conservancy that will manage the revamped park.

City Hall projected the grand re-opening of the city’s oldest park would take place in April, but Ms. Massie said work is taking a bit longer than anticipated.

Closed since the fall of 2016, the 7.4acre park bounded by Franklin, Grace, Belvidere and Laurel streets, has been undergoing a substantial makeover.

About $6.9 million is being poured into improvements, according to city documents, with about $3 million coming from private donations the conservancy has raised.

Some of the changes will go unnoticed, like the revamp of underground utility lines. Others will be more noticeable, including improved lighting, rebuilt paths and a leveled lawn for playing Frisbee and football.

There also will be space for picnicking, concerts and other events and game areas

Monroe Park under construction

for chess, checkers, horseshoes and other activities, according to the plans.

Ms. Massie believes the improvements will make the park more accessible and friendly for all users, though the conservancy has faced substantial criticism, particularly from residents of Oregon Hill, for the removal of existing trees and the overall plans.

Ms. Massie confirmed that more money will be needed to fully complete the improvements laid out in a 2008 master plan

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for the park, which opened in 1851.

While Ms. Massie declined to be specific about the amount still needed, the conservancy has stated on is website that it is still seeking to raise an additional $1.5 million in private support.

Some of that money would go toward restoring and upgrading the Checkers building, the eight-sided brick park house. Ms. Massie said the additional funding would allow installation of working bathrooms in the building, among other things.

City Democratic Committee election overturned

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The Richmond City Democratic Committee has been temporarily shut down and its current officers, including its politically connected chairman, James E. “J.J.” Minor III, removed after an arm of the state Democratic Party nullified the recent election, the Free Press has learned.

Mr. Minor, the son of state Delegate Delores L. McQuinn who won his fifth term as city committee chairman in January, is vowing to appeal the stunning decision of the political party’s 4th Congressional District Committee.

An appeal could suspend the congressional committee’s action until the appeal is resolved.

In a letter obtained by the Free Press, the congressional committee notified Mr. Minor and the city committee that the election of officers did not comply with the state Party Plan and were therefore void.

The letter, dated March 15, is signed

by Petersburg Delegate Lashrecse D. Aird, chair of the congressional committee.

In the letter, Delegate Aird stated that an appeals committee reviewed the election after an objection to the results was filed. According to the letter, the committee members took testimony and found that the Richmond committee’s procedures “were flawed and inadequate to allow for the process to be adhered to and for maximum participation of those

in attendance.”

As a result, she stated the congressional committee and the state Democratic Party would oversee a reorganization of the Richmond committee and hold new elections for officers on or before April 20.

Delegate Aird stated that the date for new elections would be announced later.

After the new election, the city committee would remain under the supervision of the congressional committee for a year, Delegate Aird stated.

Mr. Minor, who is a city employee

and president of the Richmond Branch NAACP, believes the congressional committee’s findings will be overturned in the appeal.

“We adhered to all of the required procedures in holding the election for officers,” said Mr. Minor in response to a Free Press query Wednesday. “We will be filing an immediate appeal to the state Steering Committee,” which is allowed under the state Democratic Party Plan. The appeal would seek to overturn the congressional committee’s decisions.

Dems rename Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

Free Press staff, wire report

years to remove association with figures who oppressed Virginia’s Democratic Party African-Americans and Native is renaming its annual JeffersonAmericans.

Jackson Dinner, which was Presidents Thomas Jeffernamed after two slave-owning son and Andrew Jackson both U.S. presidents. owned slaves, while President The annual political event Jackson also championed the now will be called the Blue 1830 Indian Removal Act that Ms. Swecker Commonwealth Gala. led to the forced relocation of Party chairwoman Susan Swecker said Cherokee Nation. the change makes the dinner’s name more Ms. Swecker said President Jefferson’s inclusive and reflective of the state.

Virginia roots were a “challenge” in the Jefferson-Jackson dinners have been Democrats’ decision-making process held by state Democratic parties through- because his legacy looms large in the out the country. But party leaders have state. been renaming the events in recent The dinner is scheduled for June 16.

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Flying Squirrels go to bat for the community has become a smashing success and one of the most popular events of the year, Mr. Parnell said. ties to have decent fields and good equipment, they shy away “Grown men and women came up to me after the first Squirfrom the game.” reloween, thanking me and the team because they were able to The concept of the tournament is to “give the kids in the city make memories with their families. That’s what it’s all about and counties a chance to play together. We’re all neighbors,” he for us.” said. “We should all get to know and respect each other, and The future is bright for Richmond’s home team, one of just you can do that on the field.”

160 minor league baseball teams in the country. The Flying The Squirrels’ outreach efforts are inclusive of Squirrels, a double-A team, is affiliated with the everyone in the Greater Richmond community, San Francisco Giants.

Mr. Parnell said. Through its nonprofit Flying A new presence will be on the field this season Squirrels Charities, the team, in partnership with as the Flying Squirrels welcome Willie Harris, its the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation first African-American manager. and Community Facilities, has raised “hundreds Mr. Harris, a 39-year-old native of Cairo, of thousands of dollars,” said Mr. Parnell, and Ga., played in more than 1,000 big league games rebuilt and refurbished baseball fields around the with Baltimore, the Chicago White Sox, Boston, city. Among them are fields in largely AfricanAtlanta, Washington, the New York Mets and American communities, including Hotchkiss Field Cincinnati. In 2005, he was a second baseman in North Side and Blackwell Community Center and outfielder with the World Series champion Manager Willie Harris in South Side.

Chicago White Sox. The project, dubbed “Renovating Richmond’s Recreation,” He is familiar with Richmond, having played for the Richincludes 14 fields around the city. mond Braves in 2007.

The Squirrels also hosted a baseball glove drive, which yielded Next year, the Squirrels will host the Eastern LeagueAll-Star Game, 600 youth gloves that were given to the city parks and recreation the first time the event has come to Richmond since 1992. department to distribute to young players in the area.

Mr. Parnell said the team’s overarching commitment to the In response to concerns from parents in the city who felt community will remain as long as the team does. unsafe taking their children trick-or-treating in their neighbor“We’re going to keep using the resources we have here at the hoods, the Squirrels hosted “Squirreloween” for the first time a ballfield to help people make memories,” he said. “And we’re few years back, which drew a crowd of more than 500 for free going to keep working off the field to make Richmond the best candy, Halloween-themed games and costume competitions. It city it can possibly be.”

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Todd “Parney” Parnell says his goal since coming to Richmond with the Flying Squirrels in 2009 is for the team to become part of the fabric of the community.

School Board approves smaller, better-paid cabinet Continued from A1

“Those saved dollars will be reinvested in programs for RPS students,” Mr. Kamras said in an interview with the Free Press after the vote. “The consolidation is to combine some functions to make it more efficient to run the organization.”

Mr. Young, though, called the increase in salaries for the new hires “exorbitant.” He said he might have supported Mr. Kamras if the appointments had been accompanied by additional cuts in the central administration.

Mr. Young previously proposed $2.3 million in budget reductions, but none have received support from a majority of the School Board or as yet from Mr. Kamras. Mr. Young said while the cabinet has been reduced, he said that the appointments would require the hiring of at least six to seven directors to serve under the cabinet officers.

For example, Mr. Kamras also is proposing to have hire four people to supervise the city’s 44 public schools and report to the chief of schools. Mr. Young said Mr. Kamras is promising to reduce the central administration, but “I would have been more encouraged if I had seen some tangible proposals.”

These are the members of the new RPS leadership team: Chief Academic Officer – Dr. Tracy Epp, previously executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Dallas, Texas-based National Math + Science Initiative, which works with school systems to improve student success in STEM subjects of math, science, engineering and technology.

Dr. Epp is a former middle school teacher who later founded and led a private high school that reportedly sends 100 percent of its students to college and repeatedly has been ranked in the U.S. News & World Report’s list of best high schools.

Dr. Epp, who earned a doctorate at the University of TexasAustin, will oversee all the division’s academics, a role previously handled by two people, Mr. Kamras said. Her starting pay: $180,547 a year.

Chief Engagement Officer – Shadae Thomas Harris, a former fourth-grade teacher in Boston Public Schools and a principal in Springfield Public Schools in Massachusetts.

Ms. Harris is completing her doctorate in educational leadership at Harvard University, where she has worked on education projects involving Richmond Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice and the Virginia Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. She is a former Governor’s Fellow.

Ms. Harris will work with community groups, manage outreach to RPS families and serve as the school system’s liaison to city officials. Her starting pay: $175,250 a year.

Chief of Schools – Harry Hughes, a former teacher and principal who most recently served as an instructional superintendent for the Washington Public Schools and oversaw 11 elementary schools.

He will oversee the four people Mr. Kamras is proposing to hire to manage 44 schools, including two at the elementary level, one at the middle school level and one at the high school level.

His starting pay: $180,547 a year, a boost from his D.C. salary of about $152,000 a year.

Chief of Operations – Darin Simmons Jr., a former teacher who most recently worked for Accenture PLC, an Ireland-based business consulting firm and previously led D.C. Public Schools’

human resources operations.

He will oversee both facilities and RPS’ finance and budget offices. His starting pay: $180,547 a year.

The chief of staff, Ms. Hudacsko, who previously worked with Mr. Kamras in Washington, is working to coordinate operations and oversee communications. Her starting pay: $180,547 a year, or about $31,800 more than she made in Washington.

“I looked for several qualities for my cabinet,” Mr. Kamras said.

“I wanted to get the best professional in their field. I also looked

for people who had a passion for young people and who would be able to manage a complex system and help it grow.”

The superintendent said that “all of the cabinet members are committed to stay” through at least the five years of Mr. Kamras’ initial contract.

The four new cabinet members are planning to arrive within the next three months; all are expected to be in place as of June 1, Mr. Kamras said.

Staff writer Jeremy M. Lazarus contributed to this report.

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president of the nonprofit Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group.

“Her cells were and continue to be an astronomical asset to the scientific and medical world,” Ms. Newson-Horst said.

“The significance of her contribution to the world — not Virginia, not just Maryland, but the world — cannot be overstated.”

The General Assembly unanimously passed two bills, House Bill 1415 and Senate Bill 171, to create the Henrietta Lacks Commission, which will have nine members, including state officials, representatives of the Lacks family and local officials from Halifax County.

The commission’s goal will be to establish a public-private partnership to create the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County. The center would use biodata tools to conduct cancer research, provide cancer treatment to rural Southside Virginia and incubate biotech businesses in the region.

Delegate James E. Edmunds II, R-Halifax, and Sen. William E. “Bill” Stanley Jr., R-Franklin, sponsored the legislation at the request of the Halifax Industrial Development Authority. Delegate Edmunds called the project “a great economic driver for Halifax County” and said it “will hopefully bring some answers as to why the cancer rate is so high.”

“I would love to see new technology and techniques developed in a new center here,” Delegate Edmunds said.

Science has advanced significantly since Mrs. Lacks’ treatment at Johns Hopkins. In recent years, attention has focused on the ethics surrounding her case.

Cells were taken from her body without her consent. Some said that was wrong; others said it reflected medical ethics of the time. Moreover, Mrs. Lacks was an

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The late Henrietta Lacks was honored by the Virginia General Assembly in February.

At the State Capitol for the tribute are, from left, Mrs. Lacks’ granddaughter, Jerri Lacks; Halifax Mayor Kristy Johnson; Matt Leonard, executive director of the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority; Adele Newson-Horst, vice president of the Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group; Courtney Speed of Turner Station, Md.; and family member David Lacks.

African-American woman from a poor family, and some wondered whether race was a factor.

Those issues were explored in a 2010 book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” which was the basis for an HBO movie by the same name last year starring Oprah Winfrey. On March 8, The New York Times published a belated obituary about Mrs. Lacks, who the newspaper said had been overlooked when she died 66 years ago.

Belated recognition is what the Halifax County Industrial Development Authority had in mind when it proposed the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center.

“She left Halifax County … in the 1940s because of the lack of economic opportunities for African-American women. We’re trying to change that and bring her legacy back,” said Matt Leonard, the authority’s executive director.

He said the agency ran the idea by two of Lacks’ grandchildren and members of her legacy group.

“We got an immediate, very positive response from the family, which we’re absolutely and imminently grateful for because, without their support, their championing this to their family and to other members of the community, we couldn’t do this project,” Mr. Leonard said.

Henrietta Lacks’ granddaughter, Jerri Lacks, said the family wholeheartedly supports the effort.

“Words can’t explain how excited I am just to be part of the commission and to know that our grandmother is being honored in such a great way,” Ms. Lacks said. “What I hope it will accomplish is that people will be more aware of her contributions to science, and her legacy can continue to give people hope for a better life.”

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So far, leaders of the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority are putting on a brave face, despite seeing only uncertainty ahead for the recycling program they operate for 13 local governments, including Richmond.

In the fiscal year that ended June 30, CVWMA reported recycling nearly 50,000 tons of paper, metals, plastic and glass. But questions now are replacing previous assurances on whether the level of recycling can continue.

“The fiber market (paper and cardboard), which makes up 70 percent of the volume by weight that CVWMA’s programs collect, has been impacted the most,” Kim Hynes, CVWMA’s executive director, stated in response to a Free Press query about the effect China’s actions are having locally.

She stated that CVWMA’s contractor, Tidewater Fibre Corp. or TFC, has sought to change their processing at their Chester plant to create bales of cleaner paper.

But like other recyclers, TFC is not yet able to produce bales that meet China’s new standard that bars materials that are not virtually clean

of contamination. paper has dropped precipitously in The new China standard allows no the past year, from $130 a ton to $30 more than one-half of one percent of a ton as the China restrictions have contamination. Most recyclers can get taken hold. down to 1 percent to 2 percent, but Whether this will be short term no lower given the materials they are or permanent remains unknown, Ms. working with, according to experts Hynes stated, “although, with China’s in the field. new restrictions, the long-term susTFC is a big recycling player in tainability of recycling programs is Virginia. The company reports collectuncertain.” ing recycled materials from 700,000 She stated that CVWMA is workMs. Hynes households in the state, as well as ing to educate program participants from 4,000 commercial customers in Virginia about trying to do a better job of making sure and North Carolina. material they provide for recycling is of better TFC is still “recycling the material collected quality. by diverting to other markets, some domestically “The cleaner the material collected, the better and some in other countries, such as Vietnam, for marketability and the long-term viability of South Korea and India,” Ms. Hynes stated. the program,” Ms. Hynes stated.

“However, the problem is supply and demand,” She stated that CVWMA is working with she continued. With China essentially out of TFC and other contractors to bar collection of the market, “the domestic and international bins and carts that include worthless material markets are saturated, thus driving down the that can contaminate. That includes plastic bags, price for recovered commodities significantly,” plastic wrap and film of any kind, food waste, she stated. wires, hoses, plastic ties, bottle caps, Styrofoam According to the Institute for Scrap Waste and empty pizza boxes, Ms. Hynes noted.

Recycling in Washington, the price of recyclable It also includes electronic waste, yard waste

and other materials like coat hangers, bowling balls, batteries and other items that are not on the list of recyclable items.

Between 15 percent and 20 percent of the material picked up from households and from collection bins is useless for recycling and ends up in a landfill or in contaminating other saleable material, TFC has reported.

Ms. Hynes also urges people to place recycling material loose in the cart or bins. “Bags clog up machinery and slow the processing of materials. And they get mixed in with bales of paper and cause contamination.”

The key question now is whether the general public, which has supported recycling, will understand the world has changed.

Insiders understand that landfills may be the only option for much of the material.

“This is not a little disruption,” said Susan Collins, president of the Container Recycling Institute, a research firm, in citing the impact of China’s decision. “This is a big disruption to an industry that is mostly invisible. You put your stuff on the curb, and it goes away. But now there may be no place for it to go except a landfill.”

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March 22-24, 2018

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Dr. Accordino

Wilder sues VCU president, dean of school named for him

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

He may be 86, but former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is showing Virginia Commonwealth University he is not to be trifled with.

On Monday, Mr. Wilder, now a distinguished professor at VCU, publicly embarrassed the university by filing suit in Richmond Circuit Court alleging the university and its top leadership, including President Michael Rao, have engaged in a five-month cover-up of a bigoted verbal attack on his admin-

istrative assistant, Angelica Bega, by the dean of the school named for Mr. Wilder.

First reported in Style Weekly, the lawsuit has been picked up nationally, creating unexpected tarnish on a school that has touted its work to promote diversity and inclusion.

VCU is keeping mum.

“We haven’t been served with this suit,” spokesman Michael R. Porter, told the Free Press on Wednesday. But in any case, he said, VCU officials “would not discuss pending litigation.”

The dean of the Wilder School of Government and Pub-

Judge orders May 13 trial for inmate lawsuit over Hepatitis C treatment

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A federal judge will decide whether Virginia’s prison system must provide lifesaving treatment for Terry Riggleman and thousands of other state inmates afflicted with liver-damaging Hepatitis C. Senior U.S. Judge Norman K. Moon has ordered a May 13 trial in Charlottesville for a lawsuit that Mr. Riggleman, an inmate at the Augusta Correctional Center, brought last June over the denial of the treatment.

The judge rejected state arguments for the case to be dismissed.

Mr. Riggleman claims the denial of treatment amounts to the kind of “cruel and unusual punishment” that is barred under the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The case is a potential embarrassment for the state’s Democratic leadership, including Gov. Ralph S. Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring, who is representing the state prison officials named in the suit — Harold W. Clarke, director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, and Dr. Mark Amonette, the department’s medical director.

Mr. Riggleman filed the suit on behalf of himself and other inmates with Hepatitis C. However, the judge has yet to certify that the suit covers the other 9,000 to 12,000 state inmates who have contracted the contagious viral disease.

While there is still a long way to go, ultimate victory for Mr. Riggleman would impact those inmates, who could

gain expanded medical care but create a big bill for taxpayers having to pay for treatment of Hepatitis C in state prisons.

Thirty percent to 40 percent of the state’s 30,000 prisoners have been diagnosed with the disease, according to the suit.

A Riggleman win could force the state to spend $60 million to $120 million to provide inmates with new Hepatitis C medicines at $1,000 a pill, which promise a 96 percent cure rate.

The case has been smoldering since June when Mr. Riggleman, with support from the nonprofit law firm Nexus Caridades, filed the case seeking to force the state to end its allegedly deliberate policy of not treating inmates with Hepatitis C. In an 11-page opinion, Judge Moon found that Mr. Riggleman provided “ample facts demonstrating both the direct involvement of (Mr. Clarke and Dr. Amonette) in the denial of medical treatment and Defendant Clarke’s potential supervisory liability.”

Judge Moon wrote that both are keenly aware that thousands of prisoners have Hepatitis C, but “do not receive treatment for it.”

“Indeed, Defendant Amonette ‘has reported on many occasions to Defendant Clark that VDOC inmates known to be infected by Hep C are not receiving treatment,’ ” the judge stated in quoting from the Riggleman lawsuit.

The judge also adopted the lawsuit’s statement that Defendant Clarke has “deliberately, instituted, condoned and

ratified” a VDOC policy that results in inmates receiving no treatment for Hepatitis C. The judge found that Mr. Clarke could not escape liability by claiming his government job gave him immunity to this kind of lawsuit as “no reasonable prison official could have believed that the law permits him to fail to afford medical treatment for a prisoner’s known, severe and potentially life-threatening disease.”

Generally, government officials cannot be held liable for damages for doing their jobs, but there are exceptions.

The judge also found Dr. Amonette did not qualify for government immunity from suit. “(Dr.)Amonette argues, incredibly, that the facts merely evince ‘nothing more than disagreement regarding course of treatment,’” the judge wrote. “The problem here, though, is that there is no ‘course of treatment’ at all. (Mr. Riggleman) is infected with a serious, painful, life-threatening disease, yet, according to the complaint, he receives no treatment whatsoever for it.”

Judge Moon also rejected Mr. Clarke’s and Dr. Amonette’s claims that their plan for managing the treatment of Hepatitis C was “not a violation of clearly established law.”

“In sum, the defendants engaged in an abject failure to treat a serious disease and its symptoms that (they) knew about,” the judge stated, and so cannot pretend “this willful refusal … did not violate the Eighth Amendment.”

Mr. Wilder

lic Affairs, Dr. John Accordino, did not respond to a request for comment.

Using the state’s Whistle Blower Protection Act, Mr. Wilder alleges that Dr. Accordino went to Mr. Wilder’s office on Nov. 7 when he was absent and unleashed an unexplained tirade against Ms. Bega.

Dr. Accordino, who took over as dean in February 2017 after an eight-month stint as interim dean, “called Ms. Bega obscene names, accused her of violating VCU human resources rules, questioned and insulted her intelligence, threatened her employment with VCU and generally disparaged her humanity,” the suit states.

The verbal assault amounts to racial and sexual abuse and discrimination and was heard throughout the department and the building, the suit states, including by Dr. Kristine Artello, an assistant professor who reported “Dr. Accordino’s abusive behavior” to Mr. Wilder.

Mr. Wilder then reported the incident with Ms. Bega’s approval to VCU Provost Gloria Hackett and President Rao. But instead of acting on the complaint, Mr. Wilder alleges that Dr. Rao and the provost sought to shield Dr. Accordino from any discipline.

“At no time did VCU take any affirmative step to protect the complaining staff victimized by Dr. Accordino’s abusive, improper and unprofessional behavior,” the suit states. “Specifically, VCU failed to even suspend Dr. Accordino, leaving him in a superior and supervisory position over those complaining against him.”

According to the suit, when Ms. Bega refused to drop the complaint despite pressure from Provost Hackett, the university hired an independent company from Boston to investigate. Those findings have not been released.

Mr. Wilder alleges in the suit filed on his behalf by attorney Glen Franklin Koontz that the investigation resulted in VCU being told that the “claims against Dr. Accordino were credible and supported by the evidence adduced by the investigation.”

The suit also alleges “additional claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination were levied against” Dr. Accordino.

The suit claims that Dr. Accordino’s “abusive actions toward Ms. Bega and others” violate VCU rules and regulations, as well as federal and state laws. The suit also alleges that Dr. Rao’s and Provost Hackett’s deliberate refusal to address Dr. Accordino’s behavior also amounts to “malfeasance and maladministration.”

According to the suit, the actions of the president and provost show “an intent to cover up Dr. Accordino’s wrong-doing,” and by so doing caused Mr. Wilder, Ms. Bega and others to “suffer mental and physical anguish.”

The suit asks the court to issue a declaratory judgment finding the dean, the provost and president are in the wrong.

The suit also asks the court to impose a $2,500 civil penalty on VCU and to pay Mr. Wilder’s attorney’s fees and costs.

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March 22-24, 2018

March for Our Lives Two more people were hurt this week in the latest school shooting, this time at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Md. Authorities have identified the shooter, who is now dead, as 17-year-old senior Austin Wyatt Rollins, who was armed with a handgun. He either turned the gun on himself after wounding a 14-year-old boy and critically injuring a 16-year-old girl in the hallway Tuesday morning as school was about to start, or he was killed by a school resource officer who responded to the sounds of gunfire, authorities said.

There are many sad points to this story, the worst being that it is the 17th school shooting in the United States since Jan. 1.

The shooting also took place a week after students at Great Mills High School and across the nation turned out to support tougher gun laws in this nation and pay tribute to the 17 victims of the Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Fla. When will the shootings end?

The events in Florida and Maryland drive home the message that such terror can strike at any school in any city or town in the nation unless Congress and our state legislatures take action to reduce the availability of guns.

On Monday night, the Richmond School Board unanimously approved a resolution calling for a ban on the manufacture, sale, purchase, possession and use of assault weapons and the highcapacity magazines of bullets that go with them.

The board also called on Congress to fund school safety measures.

While we don’t want to see our schools become armed fortresses or turned into airport-like places with people waiting in lines for metal detectors or body scans, we believe something must be done. Efforts must include banning military-style assault weapons, raising the age for gun purchases and requiring background checks for everyone purchasing a weapon.

Additionally, actions must include efforts to analyze and understand what drives these young school shooters and to provide mental health intervention and treatment before they decide to mow down their fellow students.

We urge Richmonders to continue to add their voices to the national cry for change and join in Saturday’s “March for Our Lives.” People who cannot get to the national march in Washington can join the local rally and march at 10 a.m. in Richmond beginning at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St., to the Bell Tower in Capitol Square.

The local march is sponsored by Richmond Public Schools, the Richmond Branch NAACP, The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action-RVA, the Richmond Peace Education Center, various faith communities, students from local area schools and others.

We commend them all for standing up and speaking out.

The greater good We are disappointed that Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposed 2018-2020 budget holds no more additional funds to fix up the city’s dilapidated schools than the revenue expected from a meals tax increase.

We supported the city meals tax increase of 1.5 percent that is estimated to generate an additional $9 million annually to leverage $150 million to construct four new schools and renovate other buildings in dire need of upgrades.

In backing the measure that was proposed by Mayor Stoney and approved by Richmond City Council, we said this was only the first step.

It is now time for City Council, which has control and approval over the city budget, to find additional money for the schools.

It is also time for the Richmond School Board and new Superintendent Jason Kamras to see what savings can be delivered from its budget package to help with school maintenance and construction.

We are concerned, as the mayor pointed out, that $13 million allocated to Richmond Public Schools in the past for school maintenance has gone unspent. We call on the School Board to show the public the money and to show us a plan to use it for this critical purpose.

We also see the need for the city to establish a tax on cigarettes as proposed by Councilman Parker C. Agelasto.

While we’d like to see additional information on the impact of such a tax, we believe that the needs of the schoolchildren in the city of Richmond outweigh the special interests of companies such as Altria and convenience stores.

While the tobacco manufacturer continues to be one of the top employers in the Richmond area and donates millions of dollars to the cultural and social fabric of the city and nonprofit organizations, we believe the company will not suffer greatly if Richmond joins other jurisdictions around the commonwealth to tax the unhealthy product it produces — cigarettes. Taxing cigarettes in the city may help breathe life into our aging school buildings and advance the quality of education our RPS students receive.

Our primary concern is for the health, safety, education and well-being of the 24,000 students who attend the city’s public schools. We believe a small tax on cigarettes can add to that greater good.

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Sex scandals and ousters at the White House.

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Razor thin Pa. victory underscores importance of voting

“Eight days after Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon Johnson spoke to a joint session of the Congress and made one of the most meaningful speeches any American president had made in modern time on the whole question of voting rights and introduced the Voting Rights Act. And at one point in the speech, before President Johnson concluded the speech, he said, ‘and we shall overcome.’

I looked at Dr. King. Tears came down his face. And we all cried a little to hear President Johnson say, ‘and we shall overcome.’

And he said to me and to others in the room, we will make it from Selma to Montgomery, and the Voting Rights Act will be passed.” – U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia As the nation marks the 53rd anniversary this month of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches, the nation’s attention was riveted to a special

election to fill Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district seat, widely seen as a bellweather for the upcoming congressional elections in November.

The buzz around the Pennsylvania race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone centered on the possibility of a solidly Republican district flipping into Demo-

Marc H. Morial cratic hands. But as a civil rights organization staunchly committed to defending voting rights, we were much more interested in the voter turnout.

In the last midterm election for Pennsylvania’s 18th District, about 166,000 people voted. In this year’s special election, more than 228,000 people voted — an increase of about 37 percent.

And the margin of victory there was less than one half of one percentage point.

Pennsylvania was seen as one of three states where a razor-thin margin decided the presidential race in 2016. It’s also a state where a strict voter ID law,

passed in 2012 as a deliberate effort to reduce turnout among people of color, was struck down by a federal court.

Despite the court’s action, voters in Pennsylvania reported they were wrongly asked for photo identification by poll workers in the 2016 presidential election.

With the future of the nation dependent upon extremely thin margins like those in Pennsylvania, communities of color must remain vigilant. In 2016, 14 states had new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. In 2017, seven other states added even more restrictions.

The unexpected competitiveness in the Pennsylvania race is sure to spark interest in an April 24 special congressional election in Arizona. It will be held in a district where GOP dominance was seen as so insurmountable that Democrats didn’t even field a candidate in the last two elections. Arizona has a strict voter ID requirement in place and for years required proof of citizenship until the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that provision.

The other Ms. Walker Nine years ago, when she was just 26, Natalie Cofield was looking for a mentor. A young woman with entrepreneurship hard-wired into her spirit, Ms. Cofield was discouraged that people did not take her seriously and was disheartened that she could not make the connections she needed to further her entrepreneurial mission. So she started reading biographies of businesswomen, hoping to find inspiration on the pages that she could not find in real life.

Ms. Cofield found a kindred spirit in Madame C.J. Walker, whose life jumped off the page.

Madame Walker was the first African-American woman millionaire, it is said. The woman who used herbs, hair knowledge and a hot comb to create an empire. The woman who funded civil rights activity, and also boldly admonished the men of her era for their exclusionary attitudes.

Because many people dismissed her as a mere hairdresser, her business success did not get the attention it deserved. Thus, she disrupted Booker T. Washington’s National Negro Business League Convention in 1912 by demanding the microphone.

She boldly told the gathered men that she “promoted myself” from the washtub to the kitchen to manufacturing. “I have built my own factory on my own ground,” she told the National Negro Business League.

Ms. Cofield founded Walker’s Legacy to fill the gap she found

when she looked for mentors and connections. It started as a quarterly lecture series and has evolved to “a digital platform for the professional and entrepreneurial multicultural woman. We exist to inspire, equip and engage through thought-provoking content, educational programming and a global community.”

Along the way, Ms. Cofield has attracted the strong support of established business leaders

Julianne Malveaux and thinkers, especially the endorsement of A’lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker, her biographer and the keeper of the Walker flame. “Every step of the way she has impressed me with her ability to organize, ramp things up, create partnerships,” Ms. Bundles said. “Every step of the way as she has tried to expand, she has met my expectations.”

Marie Johns, former deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration met Ms. Cofield when she was leading the Austin Black Chamber of Commerce. “Austin was hardly a hotbed of black business activity,” said Ms. Johns, “but Natalie impressed me with her energy and her acumen.”

Ms. Johns places the Walker legacy in a contemporary context. “Black women open businesses more rapidly than other groups,” the Obama appointee shared. “We need the kinds of support that organizations like Walker’s Legacy provides.”

The organization has grown from a one-person operation to four full-time employees, a

number of consultants and directors in Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Houston and other cities. The website gets around 40,000 unique views each month, and the number is growing. Its networking events sell out.

Ms. Cofield also created the Walker’s Legacy Foundation, providing entrepreneurial training to young girls, low-income women and single moms. Last fall, the organization collected business suits for Howard University students to wear for job interviews.

“We are a go-to organization for women of color who are looking for motivation, connection, education, personal finance and career advice,” Ms. Cofield says.

If you want to enjoy Madame C.J. Walker’s legacy, you can visit the Walker Legacy Center in Indianapolis, Ind., the national landmark to which the Lily Foundation has just committed $15 million to renovate the space that was part of the original Walker company office. Or you can peruse the Walker papers, now donated to the Indiana Historical Society. Villa Lewaro, the Madame Walker estate, has been restored and is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is a monument to the spirit and tenacity of black women’s entrepreneurship.

When asked what she is most proud of about her work, Ms. Cofield says she is proud that she never gave up on her vision and that she put her whole heart into the work. She sounds like her mentor, Madame C.J. Walker, who said that steadfastness and persistence are the keys to success.

The writer is an economist and author of several books.

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Election Protection focuses on the voter — not on the political horse race — and provides guidance, information and help to any American, regardless of who that voter is casting a ballot for.

Deadlines to register to vote in this year’s congressional elections are fast approaching. Call or log onto 866OURVOTE.org for help with registering, finding your polling place, voting by absentee ballot or to volunteer.

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Volunteers working hard to clear, maintain cemetery Re “VCU center developing master plan for historic Evergreen Cemetery,” Free Press March 15-17 edition: We’re writing to offer a clarification to your article. Toward the end of the story about Evergreen Cemetery, the writer refers to “adjoining neglected and abandoned East End Cemetery.”

In fact, a huge swath of East End has been cleared for years and is being maintained yearround by volunteers.

There has been a robust reclamation and restoration effort at East End Cemetery since the summer of 2013. Roughly 5 acres of the 16-acre

cemetery have been reclaimed during more than 300 volunteer workdays and thousands of additional hours put in by core volunteers. There have been 7,000 volunteer worker visits in that time, including 2,000 last year.

Thousands of plots have been cleared and roughly 3,000 grave markers have been retrieved from beneath the vines and dirt. Fewer than half the graves we uncover have markers, which means we’ve found an estimated 6,000 graves out of the estimated 17,500-plus burials in the cemetery.

After we find a marker, we wash and photo-

graph it. We post these images to FindAGrave. com so descendants can see their loved ones’ grave markers and final resting places, which may have been obscured for decades.

This effort has been spearheaded by the Friends of East End Cemetery, originally an informal group, now a 501(c)(3). The Friends partner with descendants, community members, scholars and institutions to do more than physical reclamation.

We have been prime movers in reclaiming the

powerful, often untold, stories of the community interred at the cemetery.

For more information on what’s happening, check out www.friendsofeastend.com. And if you’re interested in volunteering, visit our online workday calendar, then come on down.

BRIAN PALMER President, Board of Directors Friends of East End Cemetery Inc.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

U.Va. makes NCAA history it would like to rewrite The University of Virginia basketball team seemed ticketed for a magic carpet ride to the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.

Instead, the team’s season crashed and burned at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., last Friday in its opening round game against the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

It was a head-spinning upset. Historically, it marked the first time in 136 years that a No. 1 seed school was beaten by a No. 16 seed team.

The historic win spawned a lot of new monikers for UMBC, including “U Must Be Cinderella.”

The long shot Retrievers cracked the combination to Virginia’s prized defense and won with ease, 74-54, ending the Cavaliers’ season at 31-3.

U.Va. hadn’t allowed as much Jairus as 70 points all season while facing fellow Atlantic Coast Conference teams with multiple NBA prospects. The Cavaliers entered the NCAA Tournament not only seeded No. 1 in the South Region, but also No. 1 overall among the field of 68 teams.

“We’ll remember this. It will sting,” U.Va. Coach Tony Bennett said after the deflating loss. “Maybe a No. 1 seed will get beat again, maybe not. Maybe we’ll be the only No. 1 seed to ever lose. It’s life. It goes on.”

While U.Va hails from the powerful ACC, UMBC represents the modest American East Conference.

UMBC’s backcourt of 5-foot-8, 139-pound K.J. Maura of Puerto Rico and 6-foot-2 Jairus

Lyles, a transfer from Virginia Commonwealth University, was too quick and too savvy for U.Va. on this rare night.

Looking like an All-American, Lyles had 28 points on 9-of-11 from the field, 3-for-4 from the distance and 7-of-9 at the foul line versus one of the best defenses in college history.

Coincidentally, Lyles’ parents, Carol Motley and Lester Lyles, are U.Va. alumni. Lester Lyles was a star defensive back in football for U.Va. and went on to play in the NFL. For the Cavaliers, it was like an invisible hand at the rim was slapping their shots away. This was especially apparent from long distance. UMBC was 12-for-24 from behind the arc, while the Cavs were a meager 4-for22.

According to the betting line, Lyles U.Va.’s loss was second only to 15th seed Norfolk State University’s 86-84 win over No. 2 University of Missouri in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Norfolk State was a 21.5-point underdog, while UMBC was a 20.5-point underdog.

The Virginia loss marked the career end for two talented senior starters, Devon Hall and Isaiah Wilkins. All other players are slated to return next season to the ACC championship team.

Wilkins, arguably the best defender on the nation’s best defensive team, got some unwanted publicity earlier last week.

For decades, there has been talk — some serious and some in jest — of the “Sports Il-

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Jairus Lyles of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County goes up for a shot against the University of Virginia Cavaliers during the second half of the upset game last Friday during the NCAA Tournament’s first round in Charlotte, N.C.

lustrated Jinx.” For whatever reason, players and/ or teams on the Sports Illustrated cover seem to encounter head winds following publication.

Well, the magazine’s NCAA Tournament edition featured on its cover none other than Wilkins flexing his muscles.

Maye 1963 NCAA game went down to leave in the record books for different reasons VCU Rams Tyler Maye becomes the latest player with the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams to come down with “transfer-itis.”

Maye, who is from North Carolina’s Farmville Central High School, averaged a whopping 36 points per game as a senior.

That’s the highest scoring average of any incoming Ram in program history.

The 6-foot1 guard signed with VCU firstyear Coach Mike Rhoades last May after also being courted by Nebraska, Kansas State, Dayton, East CaroTyler Maye lina and others.

If Maye transfers to another Division I school, he must sit out a season. He would be eligible to play immediately at a lower division school.

As a Rams freshman, Maye came off the bench to play in 32 games, but averaged only about 7 minutes per contest.

It would come as a surprise if Maye is the lone Ram to bolt before the start of next season.

This isn’t just a VCU problem. Transfers are common across the landscape of college basketball. According to NCAA statistics, more than 700 Division I players representing about 350 schools transferred during or after the 2016-17 season.

Since VCU’s 2011 NCAA Final Four run, the program has lost 15 players who either transferred or dropped out for personal or health reasons.

The most famous now is Jairus Lyles, who left VCU following the 2013-14 season. On March 16, Lyles led the University of Maryland-Baltimore County to an improbable NCAA Tournament first round victory over the University of Virginia.

On March 15, 1963, an NCAA Tournament basketball game was played in which both schools could claim victory of sorts.

Loyola University Chicago won on the court with four African-American starters, which was largely unheard of for that era at the largely white school. And all-white Mississippi State University won in terms of mending tattered race relations.

Because of its far-reaching social significance, the Loyola-MSU NCAA Mideast Region matchup has come to be known as the “Game of Change.”

Amid much drama and controversy, it marked the first time a Southeastern Conference school had played an integrated squad in a high-profile matchup.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, here’s how Loyola Ramblers forward Jerry Harkness recalls it: “I get there and see these flashbulbs – pop, pop, pop – and I thought, ‘Hmmm, this is more than a game.’ It just felt more like this is history.”

Loyola, finishing 29-2, went on to win the national title, upsetting two-time defending champion University of Cincinnati 60-58 in an overtime thriller in Louisville.

But the real upset was at the regional game in East Lansing, Mich., — and not that Loyola won, but that the game came off at all.

A history lesson is needed to paint this picture.

It was 1963. Four young black girls were killed when their church was bombed in Birmingham, Ala. It was the year of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

It was the year civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Miss., by a white supremacist.

It was also the year that Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to block the enrollment of AfricanAmericans from the state-supported school to

keep his inaugural promise, “Segregation now, segregration tomorrow, segregation forever.”

In Mississippi, vocal segregationist Gov. Ross Barnett ordered an injunction, refusing to allow state-supported schools to face sports opponents with African-Americans on the team.

On three occasions prior to 1963, the Mississippi State University Bulldogs declined NCAA bids to avoid playing racially integrated teams.

“Go Ramblers!”

Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, 98, leads Loyola University Chicago in prayer prior to each NCAA game, and so far, her prayers have been answered.

Each prayer ends with an emphatic “Go Ramblers!”

In this year’s NCAA Tournament, the nun’s beloved team has defeated higher seeded University of Miami 64-62 on March 15, and the University of Tennessee 63-62 last Saturday, both on last-gasp “Hail Mary” type heaves.

Sister Jean, who also offers “scouting tips,” has become a media darling while the Ramblers have punched their ticket to the Sweet 16.

Loyola will play again on Thursday, March 22, when the team takes on the University of Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack in Atlanta. Tipoff: 7:07 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS. Sister Jean has been to the Sweet 16 before. She was working for Loyola in 1963 when the Ramblers won the NCAA championship title.

Finally, in 1963, MSU Coach Babe McCarthy and President Dean W. Colvard had had enough. Stealing off in the middle of the night to avoid possible arrest, Coach McCarthy took his team via a private plane to the NCAA regional game in East Lansing, where history would be made.

Following the team’s loss to Loyola, the Bulldogs got a surprisingly warm welcome back home in Starkville, Miss. No one was fired. No

one was arrested. Life went on, some would say, better than before.

Mississippi State had earned a first round bye into the NCAA Tournament as the SEC champion automatic qualifier.

Meanwhile, the Loyola Ramblers were on a roll that never stopped rolling until the team was presented with the national championship trophy.

In order, Loyola defeated Tennessee Tech, Mississippi State, Illinois, Duke and, finally, Cincinnati in a tense overtime struggle.

In the championship game, the five Loyola starters all played the full 45 minutes. Since then, all five have had their jersey numbers retired at the Jesuit school in Chicago.

Harkness and Ron Miller, both from Bronx, N.Y., and Les Hunter and Vic Rouse, both from Nashville, were the African-American starters along with white Chicagoan Johnny Egan.

“I knew it was important to win, to make a statement on the court that we could play with anyone,” Hunter told The Tribune. “We kind of ran up scores on all-white teams to make a statement. I was conscious of it.”

At the semifinals, Loyola pounded all-white Duke University, but made friends in the process.

Because the Ramblers had no pep band in Louisville for the game, the Duke band, impressed by Loyola’s talent and sportsmanship, stuck around another day and played for Loyola.

In the finals, Loyola’s four African-American starters were up against three African-American starters for Cincinnati, marking the first time in an NCAA Tournament that black athletes out-numbered white players.

But it was at the regionals with Loyola playing Mississippi State that more important history was made in 1963.

“You don’t realize at the time what you’ve done — even a little bit — for race relations,” Harkness told The Tribune. “That comes on later.”

The score for that game? Loyola 61, Mississippi State 51. It only goes to show that sometimes the score really doesn’t matter.

Coach Tubby Smith gets the boot at Memphis

Memo to colleges in search of a new basketball coach: One of the very best, Tubby Smith, is available again.

With Richmond roots, Smith is among college basketball’s most successful coaches. He is also among the most traveled.

The former Virginia Commonwealth University assistant coach was fired March 14 from the University of Memphis despite a 21-13 record this season and a 40-26 mark over two campaigns.

University officials cited dwindling attendance and donations for its decision. The school was eager to bring alumnus and former NBA star Penny Hardaway aboard. He was hired Tuesday as Coach Smith’s successor.

“After 39 years of college coaching, I know that change happens and I

Short list Here are African-American coaches who have won NCAA Division I basketball crowns: • John Thompson, Georgetown University, 1984 • Nolan Richardson, University of Arkansas, 1994 • Tubby Smith, University of Kentucky, 1998 • Kevin Ollie, University of Connecticut, 2011 Coach Smith

wish the university and the team the best as they pursue a new direction,” Coach Smith tweeted.

The 66-year-old former Richmonder has surpassed John Thompson as the most winning AfricanAmerican coach in NCAA Division I history.

Coach Smith boasts 597 career victories compiled at six different schools, one more than Coach Thompson’s 596 wins at Georgetown University from 1972 to 1999.

Coach Smith is one of just four African-American coaches to win NCAA titles. He joins Thompson, Nolan Richardson and Kevin Ollie.

Coach Smith’s University of Kentucky Wildcats won the title in 1998.

Richmonders fondly remember Coach Smith as an assistant under former VCU Coach J.D. Barnett in 1979 to 1986. The Rams were 144-64 during that stretch, with three Sun Belt titles and four NCAA berths.

Since then, Coach Smith has

bounced around. He was head coach at Tulsa (1991-1995), Georgia (19951997), Kentucky (1997-2007), Minnesota (2007-2013) and Texas Tech (2013-2016) prior to going to Memphis, where he signed a five-year contract worth $15.45 million.

Breaking up is hard to do. Memphis owes Coach Smith $3.25 million for each of the next three seasons.

Along with Lon Kruger, who is now at the University of Oklahoma, Coach Smith is one of two coaches to lead five different schools to the NCAA Tournament.

More coaching chapters are likely to be written by Coach Smith.

“As a lifetime competitor, I believe that the game never ends, and I’ll be exploring the next move on and off the court in the coming weeks,” he tweeted.

Generally, about 50 Division I jobs open each year.

Among the schools with vacancies currently are Louisville, East Carolina, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Longwood and, coincidentally, High Point University, Coach Smith’s alma mater. Others surely will follow.

Before Coach Smith became famous as a coach, he was an outstanding college player at High Point, now a member of the NCAA Division I Big South Conference.

Coach Smith was a star guard at High Point from 1969 to 1973 playing under Coach Barnett. High Point then was in NCAA Division II. When Coach Barnett got the VCU job, he hired Coach Smith to be his aide.

Two years ago, Coach Smith and his wife, Donna, donated $1 million to High Point University to help fund its new basketball arena. High Point’s court is named in the Smiths’ honor.

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Personality: Alex Mejias

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Spotlight on president of nonprofit Business Coalition for Justice Alex Mejias, president of the Business Coalition for Justice, believes Richmond and the nation face new challenges requiring new ideas, new coalitions and new leadership.

That is the foundation for establishing BCJ, a Richmondbased nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness within the business community of the root causes of racial disparities in the United States and to mobilize the business community to take social and political action.

“In America, businesses have a voice in the political arena and they have influence whether they deserve or desire it or not,” Mr. Mejias says. “Recently, we have seen businesses challenge North Carolina’s bathroom law and some companies have stopped doing business with the National Rifle Association.

“This is businesses using their influence and their reputations to step in and get involved. And when that happens, things can change a lot quicker.”

Mr. Mejias is hoping the BCJ will effect change of its own in Richmond. Already, the organization that was founded in 2017 has launched the Richmond Community Bail Fund to help qualified, low-income individuals charged with nonviolent offenses get out of jail while awaiting trial.

Establishing the bail fund is part of BCJ’s mission to combat racial inequity with an initial focus on the criminal justice system.

“Our No. 1 objective is reducing mass incarceration and its negative effects in Virginia,” he says.

“Structurally, you can see a clear disparity between minorities and whites where there are more minorities in jail and in prison,” says Mr. Mejias, a University of Virginia law school graduate.

Another component of BCJ’s effort is “Responsible Policing Conversations,” what Mr. Mejias terms “proactive dialogues” that bring together local police departments and local businesses to discuss issues of race in policing.

The dialogues are based on a mutual desire for safe communities and eliminating racial disparities in arrests and the use of excessive force, Mr. Mejias says.

“Chief (Alfred) Durham heard about what was going on and was very positive about what we were doing.

He reached out to us,” he says. “We made it clear that BCJ was not adversarial. We wanted to know how the business community could support the Richmond Police Department’s work.

“We discovered the department was on top of keeping the force accountable,” Mr. Mejias continues. “They have training, implemented (the use of ) body cameras and have a fairly robust accountability.

Those were things that we wanted to make sure were in

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What: Open house for the Business Coalition for Justice When: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 Where: 404 E. Grace St. Details: For information about the organization and the open house, go to www.thebcj.org.

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BCJ also plans to get involved with grassroots efforts and lobbying to influence lawmakers to reform the laws and policies that have historically led to unjust mass incarceration of African-Americans and other minorities.

A native of New York, Mr. Mejias is of Puerto Rican and the Haitian descent. Professionally, he is director of strategy and business development for the web development firm Foster Made.

He says he wants to unite diverse communities and build new and unexpected coalitions that will strengthen the lives and economy of the River City.

“Right now we have eight to10 businesses, consisting of restaurants, retail and other entrepreneurships, involved in the nonprofit,” Mr. Mejias says.

He is working on getting a groundswell of small businesses to join. That, he says, would encourage larger businesses to get on board.

“We want the community to support us and engage with us.”

Meet a businessman with a passion for social justice and this week’s Personality, Alex Mejias: Community involvement: President, Business Coalition for Justice.

Occupation: Director of strategy and business development, Foster Made.

Date and place of birth: April 10 in New York.

Current residence: Richmond’s Church Hill.

Alma maters: Bachelor’s degree in religious studies, University of Virginia; J.D., U.Va. School of Law. Family: Wife, Ashley Mejias, and daughters, Belen, 7; Maisy, 4; and Yves, 1.

Reason BCJ was started: To provide an outlet for businesses to learn about and fight structural racial inequality.

Why I am excited about BCJ: Business has a unique voice in our society. Whether they deserve it or not, they can influence key stakeholders in government to effect change. In the past, businesses primarily

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leveraged that influence to advance economic objectives. We are now seeing businesses use their voice to advance the common good and justice. Our initiative is really an extension of that and a concentration of effort around an institutional injustice. Secondly, I love small business owners. As a group, they are action-oriented, pragmatic and they know how to hustle.

I’m excited to see what a group like that can achieve when they work together for a common cause.

Mandela The person who influenced me the most: My wife, Ashley.

The book that influenced me the most: Hard to pick just one, there have been many.

Most recently “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”

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What I’m reading now: “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah.

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How and why I got involved: This all began when Shawn Maida, the owner of Foster Made, asked the question, “What can we do as a business about the problem of police brutality?” From there, we started dreaming and speaking with other businesses about what an initiative might look like of businesses combating the brokenness in our criminal justice system. During the last 18 months, those conversations organically grew into the BCJ. Who can get involved in BCJ: Businesses and individuals in the business community.

My hopes for BCJ: To become the means and outlet for collective action in the business community in the areas of criminal justice reform and racial equity in Virginia.

How I start the day: After getting up and getting the kids going, I take a few minutes to meditate and then have some quiet time to think. I try to identify the most important tasks that need to be done and spend a few minutes reflecting on why I’m doing those things.

A perfect day for me: A morning hike with family, evening cookout and games with friends and closing the day with a few games of foosball.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Play foosball.

Kindergarten taught me: To be kind.

Best late-night snack: Something sweet.

How I unwind: Meditation.

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National Geographic acknowledges racism in coverage

By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press

if we want to credibly talk about race, we better look and see how we talked WASHINGTON about race.”

National Geographic acknowledged Dr. Mason, who also teaches African last week that it covered the world history in Charlottesville, said he found through a racist lens for generations, with an intentional pattern in his review. its magazine portrayals of bare-breasted “People of color were often scantily women and naive brown-skinned tribesclothed, people of color were usually men as savage, unsophisticated and not seen in cities, people of color were unintelligent. not often surrounded by technologies “We had to own our story to move of automobiles, airplanes or trains or beyond it,” edifactories,” he said. “People of color were tor-in-chief Susan often pictured as living as if their ancesGoldberg told The tors might have lived several hundreds Associated Press of years ago and that’s in contrast to in an interview Westerners who are always fully clothed March 12 about the and often carrying technology.” yellow-bordered White teenage boys “could count on magazine’s April every issue or two of National Geoissue, which is degraphic having some brown skin bare voted to race. breasts for them to look at, and I think Dr. Mason National Geoeditors at National Geographic knew graphic first published its magazine in that was one of the appeals of their 1888. An investigation conducted last fall magazine, because women, especially

by University of Virginia photography Asian women from the pacific islands, historian John Edwin Mason showed were photographed in ways that were Robin Hammond, National Geographic that until the 1970s, it virtually ignored The cover of National Geographic’s April issue almost glamour shots.” people of color in the United States who features twin girls. Michael Biggs sees a clear National Geographic, which now were not domestics or laborers, and it family resemblance in his twin daughters, reaches 30 million people around the reinforced repeatedly the idea that people Marcia, left, and Millie: “They both have my world, was the way that many Americans of color from foreign lands were “exot- nose.” first learned about the rest of the world, ics, famously and frequently unclothed, said Professor Samir Husni, who heads happy hunters, noble savages — every type of cliché.” the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi’s For example, in a 1916 article about Australia, the caption journalism school. on a photo of two Aboriginal people read: “South Australian Making sure that kind of coverage never happens again Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all should be paramount, Dr. Husni said. “Trying to integrate the human beings.” magazine media with more hiring of diverse writers and minoriIn addition, National Geographic perpetuated the cliché of ties in the magazine field is how we apologize for the past,” native people fascinated by technology and overloaded the Dr. Husni said. magazine with pictures of beautiful Pacific island women.

Ms. Goldberg said she is doing just that, adding that in the This examination comes as other media organizations are past, the magazine has done a better job at gender diversity than also casting a critical eye on their past. The New York Times racial and ethnic diversity. recently admitted that most of its obituaries chronicled the lives “The coverage wasn’t right before because it was told from of white men, and began publishing obituaries of famous women an elite, white American point of view, and I think it speaks to in its “Overlooked” section. exactly why we needed a diversity of storytellers,” Ms. Goldberg In National Geographic’s April issue, Ms. Goldberg, who said. “So we need photographers who are African-American and identified herself as National Geographic’s first woman and Native American because they are going to capture a different first Jewish editor, wrote a letter titled “For Decades, Our truth and maybe a more accurate story.”

Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must National Geographic was one of the first advocates of using Acknowledge It.” color photography in its pages, and is well known for its cover“I knew when we looked back there would be some story- age of history, science, environmentalism and the far corners of telling that we obviously would never do today, that we don’t the world. It currently can be found in 172 countries and in 43 do and we’re not proud of,” she told AP. “But it seemed to me languages every month.

Activist Mandy Carter to speak March 23 at Diversity Richmond Mandy Carter, co-founder of the as part of the “1000 Women for the National Black Justice Coalition and Nobel Peace Prize” to recognize, of Southerners on New Ground, is make visible and celebrate the valuspeaking 7 p.m. Friday, March 23, able and often invisible peace work at Diversity Richmond Event Hall, of women around the globe.

1407 Sherwood Ave. She is a 2006 recipient of the Spirit The theme: “What do we do of Justice Award from Boston’s Gay now?” & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, The conversation-style program, or GLAD, for her work on LGBTQ Ms. Carter which is free and open to the public, rights in the United States. will discuss the next steps in the women’s The program is part of Diversity Richmond’s movement. celebration of LGBTQ and Women’s History Ms. Carter is one of the nation’s leading Month.

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Honoring a hometown hero State, local and federal officials and community members gather for Saturday’s unveiling of a state historic marker honoring the late Lt. Col. Howard L. Baugh, a Petersburg native who was a pilot with the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Lt. Col. Baugh graduated from Virginia State University before entering the Alabama training program. During World War II, he was deployed to Sicily with the 99th Fighter Squadron and flew 135 combat missions. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the French Legion of Honor. President George W. Bush and Congress also awarded Lt. Col. Baugh and the other Tuskegee Airmen with the Congressional Gold Medal in March 2007. Lt. Col. Baugh died in 2008. Unveiling the marker, located at the corner of Sycamore and Old streets in Petersburg, are, from left, Lt. Col. Baugh’s son, Howard L. Baugh Jr., 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin, Porcher L. Taylor and other members of the Howard Baugh Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Lt. Col. Baugh’s two other sons, Richard A. Baugh and David P. Baugh, also participated in the event.

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Women’s health: Mind, body and spirit Health professionals offer guidance on their approach to long-term good health during “A Holistic Approach to Women’s Heath,” an inaugural women’s health summit held Saturday at Virginia Union University. The event was sponsored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Richmond Metropolitan Area Chapter, and brought together medical experts, psychologists, a wellness coach and spiritual leaders to focus on the issues that affect women’s overall well-being. Actor Daphne Maxwell Reid, right, served

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as moderator. Panelists included, from left, Dr. Daphne Bazile-Harrison, an obstetriciangynecologist; Dr. Lisa Bennett, optometrist; Dr. Wakeshi Benson, dentist-orthodontist; Dr. Brenda Bradley, certified integrative nutrition life coach; Dr. Kate DiPasquale, family medicine physician; Dr. Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie, internal medicine; Dr. Sasa-Grae Espino, oncologist; and Dr. Yvonne Knight, dermatologist.

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3 honorees to speak March 31

Two educators and a historian from the Richmond area will speak at a panel titled “Honoring Women Who Tell Our Stories.”

The event, presented by the BND Institute of Media and Culture, will be held 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 31, at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 122 W. Leigh St. It is free and open to the public.

The panelists are: • Elizabeth Johnson Rice, who was among 34 Virginia Union University students arrested in 1960 during a sit-in at Thalhimer’s department store in Downtown to protest the store’s segregated lunch counters. Ms. Rice also was one of the first African-American teachers at Petersburg High School.

• Brenda Dabney Nichols, a retired Henrico County teacher, music educator and author

of the book “African-Americans in Henrico County: 1863-1993.” She also has worked with a committee to maintain Westwood, Quioccasin and Pryor Memorial cemeteries, three historic African-American cemeteries in Henrico.

• Elvatrice Belsches, a historical researcher, author and lecturer who has served as a historical consultant on several documentaries and on director Steven Spielberg’s motion picture, “Lincoln.” She also is curator of the Black History Museum’s new photography exhibit, “Yesterday’s Stories, Today’s Inspiration.”

Cathy M. Jackson, a journalism professor and historian at Norfolk State University, will moderate the discussion.

A reception will follow the program.

Details and registration: www.eventbrite. com; search for “honoring women who tell our stories.”

Women’s day

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Rochelle Bland, left, gets her makeup done by Elmaze of MAC Cosmetics during t h e S o u t h e r n Wo m e n ’s Show on Saturday at the Richmond Raceway Complex.

The three-day event drew thousands of women and their friends to an extravaganza of fashion shows, cooking demonstrations, celebrity appearances and exhibitors and boutiques offering an array of wares. Below, a model shows off one of the latest styles during her runway walk for a fashion show at the event.

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Pi Lambda Theta Virginia Area Chapter scholarship winners are, from left, Domonique Dowling of Glen Allen High School, Arkasia Wyatt of Huguenot High School, Kaitlyn Bohn of Glen Allen High and Jaela Parham of Hermitage High School.

4 area students receive Pi Lambda Theta scholarship awards Four area high school seniors were honored by the Virginia Area Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta at its annual scholarship program on Sunday.

The four were chosen for their academic excellence and their goal of becoming educators after college.

Domonique Dowling and Kaitlyn Bohn, students at Glen Allen High School, received the Dr. Dorothy Norris Cowling Scholarship of $1,500 each, while Arkasia Wyatt of Huguenot High School and Jaela Parham of Hermitage High School received the Dr. Virgie M. Binford Book Award of $500 each.

Domonique, who is completing a yearlong internship with Teachers for Tomorrow, has a 3.58 GPA. She plans to enroll at George Mason University.

Kaitlyn, who is a member of several school organizations, has a 4.2 GPA and plans to attend James Madison University.

Arkasia, who is ranked No. 5 in her class with a 4.129 GPA, plans to attend Norfolk State University.

Jaela, who volunteers with several community organization, has a 3.483 GPA. She has been accepted at several universities but has not yet decided where she will enroll in the fall.

The late Drs. Cowling and Binford were founding members of the Virginia Area Chapter of the international honor society for educators. The organization was founded in 1910.

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Dr. Marshall Banks, retired urologist and Roman Catholic deacon, dies at 78 Dr. Marshall D. “Billy” Banks devoted his life to ministering to people as a physician and as a deacon at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart near Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Richmond native specialized in urology, where he sought to heal people suffering from diseases of the kidney, urinary tract and male reproductive organs.

As a permanent deacon at the Cathedral, he filled in for priests.

He preached, baptized babies, married the faithful, visited the sick, presided at funerals and handled other responsibilities in the Roman Catholic church.

Described as a kindly, caring man, Dr. Banks’ life of service to others is being remembered following his death Sunday, March 11, 2018. He was 78.

His life will be celebrated during a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Cathedral, 800 S. Cathedral Place, with burial to follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

The family will hold a visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 23, at the Cathedral, followed by a service of remembrance with members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity of which

Dr. Banks was a Grand Chapter life member.

The 10th of 11 children, Dr. Banks initially wanted to become a chemist after he graduated in 1958 from Maggie L. Walker High School, where he was a scholar-athlete who played varsity baseball.

He earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Virginia Union University and then a master’s in the field from Howard University.

Dr. Banks He returned to Richmond to become a biochemical research technician at the Medical College of Virginia while also teaching chemistry at Maggie Walker.

His work at MCV sparked his interest in becoming a physician, and he then applied to Meharry Medical College in Nashville,

Former rapper Craig Mack dies at 47 Free Press wire report

WALTERBORO, S.C. Former rapper Craig Mack, best known for the platinum 1994 hit “Flava in Ya Ear” has died in South Carolina.

Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey says the 47-yearold Mr. Mack died at his home in Walterboro around 9 p.m.

Monday, March 12, 2018. Dr. Harvey said it appeared Mr. Mack died of natural causes.

The Long Island, N.Y., native helped launch P. Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment with his first album, “Project: Funk da World.” It was anchored by “Flava in Ya Ear,” which was nominated for a Grammy Award. The remix also included LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and the then up-and-coming Biggie Smalls. His follow-up single, “Get Down,” went gold.

“Craig Mack you were the first artist to release music on Bad Boy and gave us our first hit. You always followed your heart and you had an energy that was out of this world. You believed in me and you believed in Bad Boy,” P. Diddy said on social media last week. “I will never forget what you did for hip-hop. You inspired me, and I will continue to try to keep inspiring others. We will always love you.” #badboy4life” After Mr. Mack left P. Diddy, he released a second album, “Operation: Get Down,” in 1997 but left the music industry and devoted his life to religion.

After news traveled of his death, the rapper was remembered by artists ranging from Questlove to Lin-Miranda Manuel. DJ Scratch wrote on Instagram that Mr. Mack formerly handled his turntable setups and breakdowns.

“I’m so saddened to get a text about Craig Mack,” wrote Missy Elliott on Twitter. “I am grateful to have worked with him on this song on the Dangerous Minds soundtrack & he was so kind, funny & Talented ... Rest peacefully Craig.”

Tenn., where he earned his medical degree in 1970.

He and his new bride, Kathy Dyer Banks, also of Richmond, then flew off to Hawaii, where he completed a surgical internship.

He spent two more years in Hawaii as a surgical resident.

Two years later, they moved to Buffalo, N.Y., where he began a residency in urological oncology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center.

He finished his residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and became a member of the faculty. For several years, he taught medical students and instructed residents in surgical techniques at Wayne State and the University of Michigan School of Medicine.

He and his wife returned to Richmond to be closer to family, opening a private practice in adult and pediatric urology. He retired from the practice in 2006. Meanwhile, Dr. Banks began religious studies, earning a bachelor’s in Catholic Theology from St. Meinrad Archabbey College and School of Theology in Indiana in 2003.

After graduation, the now late Bishop Walter F. Sullivan ordained Dr. Banks as a permanent deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Richmond and assigned him to the Cathedral, where Dr. Banks served until his death.

He started playing a larger role as a deacon after closing his medical practice. He was a familiar face to many at the Cathedral. More than 200 people posted messages of condolences on the Cathedral’s Facebook page after Dr. Banks’ death was announced.

Dr. Banks was a member of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, the Old Dominion Medical Society and the American Urology Association.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus’ Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Assembly No. 3677 and the Bernard J. Quinn Council No. 11710. He also belonged to the Knights of Columbus’ Monsignor John J. McMahon Assembly No. 2205.

He was a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.

In addition to his wife of 47 years, survivors include his three sons, Marshall D. Banks II, Martainn D. Banks and Matthieu D. Banks; a brother, Dr. Willie J. “Mike” Banks of Arlington; two sisters, Delores J. Banks and Joan B. Winston, both of Richmond; and a granddaughter.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart’s social outreach program to help the underserved community.

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‘Rethinking Incarceration’

Author on justice, race and Jesus as a prisoner Religion News Service

CHICAGO The problems in the United States’ criminal justice system go all the way back to slavery, according to Dominique DuBois Gilliard, who directs racial reconciliation work for the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Both slavery and incarceration are means of racial and social control, said Mr. Gilliard, who sees these controls working together throughout American history — from Jim Crow to lynchings to the war on drugs to the privatization of prisons.

“Mass incarceration, particularly from 1970 to the present, is just the latest articulation and iteration of it, not this new manifestation,” he said.

Building on the work of civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander, Mr. Gilliard made those connections to a packed room at the launch of his book, “Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores,” recently at Wilson Abbey in Chicago.

He spoke afterward to Religion News Service about the role of Christians in criminal justice reform.

Are you hearing more people talk about criminal justice reform? If so, what do you think has brought this to the forefront of people’s minds?

I think we’ve finally gotten to the point where there’s bipartisan consensus that there’s a problem. Medical professionals also have gotten more vocal about how many people who are locked up actually need medical intervention instead of incarceration.

I would say the third factor — and maybe the most important factor — is that you’ve seen a lot more police chiefs and heads of departments bluntly say we cannot incarcerate ourselves out of this problem. These are people who have chemical dependencies who need some kind of intervention that incarceration is not presently meeting.

It seems “criminal justice reform” can mean different things to different people. Can you talk about some problems you see within the criminal justice system?

I think our system of solitary confinement is hugely problematic. Right now, we have about 80,000 people who are locked up in solitary confinement every day, and oftentimes that consists of people being locked in a small cell in the dark in isolation, given contact with sunlight and human interaction for only one hour a day. That is not incarceration. That is torture.

Another problem is our juvenile justice system. We have 13 states that don’t have a minimum age for trying juveniles as adults. When juveniles are tried as adults, their sentences are more severe. They don’t have the luxury of having their record expunged when they turn 18.

Another problem with our criminal justice system is the way that people are oftentimes exploited for their labor and the ways in which companies and industries are profiteering off their labor. They do it in a way where they say they’re training

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them with job skills. But these same companies these people are working for behind bars for 10 or 15 years, becoming proficient at that labor, the day they get released and apply for a job there, they’re denied a job because of their criminal record.

Another issue that we know: In a number of states, pregnant women, when they give birth in the midst of their sentences, they’re forced to be shackled to a gurney in the midst of their delivery process. We know being born into that stress-induced state has irreversible cognitive impacts on the child, but we still haven’t changed the law in light of that.

The obvious one is the racial disparity. We know that 1 in 3 black males are predicted to spend time behind bars in their lifetime and the number is 1 in 6 for Hispanic males.

How do you think the church has contributed to these problems?

One of the ways the church has participated in the problems

of our criminal justice system is how staunchly we have been in support of the death penalty, which is so ironic because one would think that since our faith revolves around the person of Jesus Christ, who himself was falsely incarcerated and put to death by the state, we would think differently about the death penalty.

It’s no coincidence that the communities that are least enthusiastic about the death penalty as a form of justice are the communities that are most targeted by our criminal justice system, being the black and the Hispanic communities, and the (faith) community that is most supportive is white evangelical Protestants, who are least targeted by the criminal justice system.

Why is this an issue Christians should care about and should be paying attention to?

As a church, we read biblical mandates to be present with the incarcerated as optional, but that’s not how the text describes it.

Matthew 25 does not say that some Christians should go and visit prisoners or those who are justice-oriented Christians should visit prisoners. Jesus says that all Christians have a responsibility to go and be present with the incarcerated. Jesus goes so far as to say, “When you did this to these people — the least of these — you did it unto me.” The church has really failed to be present with Jesus behind bars. And because we’ve failed to go be present with Jesus behind bars, our faith has been impoverished.

Most people don’t reckon with the fact that literally four of the books of the Bible were written in the midst of incarceration.

Particularly in Colossians, we see Paul pastoring the church from prison and actually pastoring them into faithfulness as they start to backslide. How many of us really believe that somebody in the midst of being locked up could teach the church how to be faithful to God? What would you encourage Christians to do to effect change within the criminal justice system?

Every church should be involved in one of these four ways: • The first is prevention. You can find out what’s the closest local school to you that’s underfunded, where you know that teachers are literally pulling money out of their own paychecks to buy school supplies and things to educate their classroom. If it’s not money you have, you can use your time, you can mentor students, you can tutor students, you can be present.

• The second thing is ministry to people who are behind bars.

Matthew 25 says we’re supposed to be present to the people there. Let’s take that seriously, and let’s go be present.

• The third thing is walking alongside people who have incarcerated loved ones. What does it look like to walk alongside a family that just lost their brother, their sister, their mother, their father and they’re trying to readjust to life now without this person who played such a critical role in their family structure?

• The fourth way is in the re-entry process. How do you walk alongside people in the midst of being released from prison?

The No. 1 thing people need is community.

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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, April 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2018-057 To adopt the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated revenues for such fiscal year for the objects and purposes stated in the said budget; and to approve the General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-058 To adopt the Special Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019, to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Special Revenue funds for the said fiscal year and to approve the Special Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-059 To accept a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for the fiscal year beginning Jul. 1, 2018, and for the four fiscal years thereafter; to adopt a Capital Budget for the fiscal year beginning Jul. 1, 2018; and to determine the means of financing the same.

Ordinance No. 2018-060 To appropriate and to provide funds for financing the school budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019.

Ordinance No. 2018-061 To adopt the Debt Service Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019, and to appropriate the estimated expenditures from the Debt Service Fund for the said fiscal year.

Ordinance No. 2018-062 To adopt the Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019, to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Internal Service funds for the said fiscal year, and to approve the Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-063 To adopt the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Richmond Cemeteries Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Richmond Cemeteries for the said fiscal year for the operation and management of the facilities; and to approve the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Richmond Cemeteries Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-064 To adopt the Department of Public Works’ Parking Enterprise Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 20182019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Department of Public Works’ Parking Enterprise Fund for the said fiscal year for the operation and management of parking facilities; and to approve the Department of Public Works’ Parking Enterprise Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-065 To adopt the Electric Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Electric Utility for the said fiscal year; to make appropriations from the Electric Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Electric Utility and for the purchase of vehicles; and to approve the Electric Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-066 To adopt the Gas Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Gas Utility for the said fiscal year; to make appropriations from the Gas Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Gas Utility and for the purchase of vehicles; and to approve the Gas Continued on next column

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Ordinance No. 2018-067 To adopt the Department of Public Utilities’ Stores Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Department of Public Utilities’ Stores Internal Service Funds for the said fiscal year; and to approve the Department of Public Utilities’ Stores Internal Service Fund Budgets for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-068 To adopt the Stormwater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Stormwater Utility for the said fiscal year; to make appropriations from the Stormwater Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the stormwater utility and for the purchase of vehicles; and to approve the Stormwater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-069 To adopt the Wastewater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Wastewater Utility for the said fiscal year; to make appropriations from the Wastewater Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Wastewater Utility and for the purchase of vehicles; and to approve the Wastewater Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-070 To adopt the Water Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2018, and ending Jun. 30, 2019; to appropriate the estimated receipts of the Water Utility for the said fiscal year; to make appropriations from the Water Utility Renewal Fund or Operating Fund for renewing, rebuilding or extending the plant and distribution system of the Water Utility and for the purchase of vehicles; and to approve the Water Utility Budget for the fiscal year commencing Jul. 1, 2019, and ending Jun. 30, 2020.

Ordinance No. 2018-071 To a m e n d s e c t i o n 2 of Article I of the pay plan adopted by Ordinance No. 93-117159 on May 24, 1993, as previously amended, to provide a 1% pay increase for classified and unclassified permanent City employees.

Ordinance No. 2018-072 To amend and reordain section 3 of Article III of Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, to suspend the Career Development Program for certain Police and Fire officers for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.

Ordinance No. 2018-073 To amend section 12A of Article III of Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, concerning salary supplements for the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, to provide the Commonwealth Attorney with a salary supplement of $49,586 and a contribution to the Virginia Retirement System on his behalf of $10,006 and to provide the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office with $830,586 for salary supplements and $203,108 for a contribution to the Virginia Retirement System for members of the office for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.

Ordinance No. 2018-074 To amend section 12B of Article III of Ord. No. 93-117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, concerning salary supplements for the Sheriff’s Office, to provide the Sheriff with a salary supplement of $27,154 and the Sheriff’s Office with $3,545,177 for salary supplements for members of the office for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.

Ordinance No. 2018-075 To amend and reordain section 25 of Article III of Ordinance No. 93117-159, adopted May 24, 1993, to suspend the Educational Incentive Program for certain Police and Fire Officers for Fiscal Year 2018-2019.

Ordinance No. 2018-076 To amend section 43 (Step-Based Pay System for Sworn Fire Fighters and Police Officers) of Article III of the pay plan adopted by Ord. No. 93117-159 on May 24, 1993, for the purpose of providing for a step advancement for certain sworn fire and police personnel.

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Ordinance No. 2018-077 To amend ch. 2, art. IV of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 21, consisting of §§ 2-751— 2-753, concerning the Department of Citizen Service and Response; and to repeal § 28-3 of the City Code, concerning the management and operation of the City’s 311 Call Center.

Ordinance No. 2018-078 To amend City Code §§ 2-297, 2-298, 2-299, 2-300, 2-1392, 2-1393, 5-12, and 16-84 and to amend ch. 2, art. IV of the City Code by adding therein a new div. 3.1 for the purpose of effectuating the reorganization of the Department of Economic and Community Development into a new Department of Economic Development and a new Department of Housing and Community Development.

Ordinance No. 2018-079 To reassign the duties and powers assigned by ordinance not codified in the City Code, by resolution adopted by the City Council, or by agreements entered into by the City from the Director of Economic and Community Development and the Department of Economic and Community Development to the Director of Economic Development, the Department of Economic Development, the Director of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Housing and Community Development, as appropriate, for the purpose of effectuating the reorganization of the Department of Economic and Community Development into a new Department of Economic Development and a new Department of Housing and Community Development.

Ordinance No. 2018-080 To amend City Code §§ 2-1183, concerning a residency requirement for certain City officers and employees, and 22-317, concerning an additional retirement allowance for certain City officials, for the purpose of effectuating the abolition of the Department of Economic and Community Development and the creation of the Department of Citizen Service and Response, the Department of Economic Development, and the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Ordinance No. 2018-081 To amend the pay plan adopted by Ord. No. 93-117-159 on May 24, 1993, to exclude the classification of Director of Economic and Community Development from and to include the classifications of Director of Citizen Service and Response, Director of Economic Development, and Director of Housing and Community Development in the unclassified executive service.

Ordinance No. 2018-082 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for § 2-729(c), concerning fees applicable to subscribers who use the City’s emergency communications systems and for whom the Department installs, maintains, or repairs equipment in vehicles, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2018-083 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for City Code § 7-112 for the purchase of niches in columbaria, to establish revised charges therefor.

Ordinance No. 2018-084 To amend and reordain City Code § 8-277, con cerning fees for use of Dogwood Dell Amphitheater; and to repeal the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for the use of the Carillon in Byrd Park by City Code § 8-277(b).

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To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 27-245(a), concerning mandatory charges for using meters for on-street and off-street parking spaces, for the purpose of increasing on-street parking meter charges.

Ordinance No. 2018-089 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A for City Code §§30-1020.4(a) and 30-1020.5, for the purpose of amending fees for filing applications for certificates of zoning compliance.

Ordinance No. 2018-090 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for section 24365 (concerning fees for installing gaslights) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2018, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2018-091 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-191(2) and 28191(3) (concerning fees for residential gas service), 28-192(2) (concerning fees for residential gas peaking service), 28193(2) (concerning fees for general gas service), 28-195(f) and 28-196(f) (concerning fees for transportation service), 28198(2) (concerning fees for municipal gas service), 28-202(c) (concerning fees for large volume gas sales service), 28-203(c) (concerning fees for large volume, high load factor, gas sales service) and 28204(b) (concerning fees for natural gas vehicle gas service) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July 2018, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2018-092 To amend City Code §§ 28-899, 28-922, 28-923, and 28-924, concerning the City’s stormwater utility, and to amend the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28923 (concerning fees for residential stormwater service) and 28-924 (concerning fees for developed residential properties stormwater service) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2018, to modify the stormwater utility’s rate structure and to establish revised charges for the stormwater utility’s services.

Ordinance No. 2018-093 To amend and reordain certain fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28-650 (concerning fees for residential wastewater service), 28-651 (concerning fees for commercial wastewater service), 28-652 (concerning fees for industrial wastewater service), 28653 (concerning fees for state and federal wastewater service), 28654 (concerning fees for municipal wastewater service) and 28-799 (concerning fees for discharge of hauled materials into designated septage receiving stations by contractors) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2018, to establish revised charges for such services.

Ordinance No. 2018-094 To amend and reordain the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 28326 (concerning fees for residential water service), 28-327 (concerning fees for commercial water service), 28-328 (concerning fees for industrial water service), 28-329 (concerning fees for municipal water service), 28-330 (concerning fees for state and federal water service), 28-458 (concerning fees for water for fire protection) and 28-549 (concerning fees for water use during conservation periods) of the City Code, effective as of the date of rendering bills for Cycle I in July, 2018, to establish revised charges for such services.

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in redevelopment, conservation and community development programs, including the construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for targeted public facilities included in these programs; construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public institutional, operational, cultural, educational and entertainment buildings and facilities, including but not limited to the theaters, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, libraries and museums; acquisition of real property therefor as appropriate; and the making of appropriations to the City’s Economic Development Authority (“EDA”) to be used by the EDA to finance capital expenditures or to make loans or grants to finance capital expenditures for the purposes of promoting economic development; to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell such bonds for such capital improvement projects, to provide for the form, details and payment of such bonds; to authorize the issuance of notes of the City in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds; and to authorize the issuance of taxable bonds, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such general obligation public improvement bonds.

Ordinance No. 2018-096 To cancel all authorized but unissued bonds authorized by the City of Richmond in Fiscal Years 2013-2014 and 2015-2016, to authorize the issuance of public utility revenue bonds of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $54,000,000 to finance the cost of capital improvement projects of the gas, water and wastewater utilities and public utilities buildings and facilities for the following purposes and uses: enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the gas plant and transmission lines; enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the waterworks plant and transmission lines; enlargement, extension, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of the wastewater plant and intercepting lines; construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, and improvement of sanitary and storm water sewers, pumping stations, drains and culverts; construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, improvement and equipping of public utility buildings and facilities therefor, including but not limited to the stores division; and acquisition of real property and real property rights (including without limitation easements and rightsof-way) therefor as appropriate; to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative O ff i c e r, f o r a n d o n behalf of the City, to sell such bonds for such capital improvement projects; to provide for the form, details and payment of such bonds; to approve the form of supplemental indenture of trust; to authorize the issuance of notes of the City in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds; and to authorize the issuance of taxable bonds, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same period as such public utility revenue bonds.

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Ordinance No. 2018-095 To authorize the issuance of general obligation public improvement bonds of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $173,000,000 to finance the cost of school projects and general capital improvement projects of the City for the following purposes and uses: construction, reconstruction, improvements and equipment for public schools; construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment for various infrastructure needs, including traffic control facilities, streets, sidewalks and other public ways, bridges, storm sewers, drains and culverts, and refuse disposal facilities; participation

Ordinance No. 2018-097 To cancel all authorized but unissued notes authorized by the City of Richmond in Fiscal Year 2015-2016, to authorize the issuance of general obligation equipment notes of the City of Richmond in the maximum principal amount of $2,457,600 to finance the cost of equipment for the following purposes and uses: acquisition of computer, radio, office, solid waste collection, o ff i c e f u r n i t u r e a n d miscellaneous equipment and vehicles for the various departments, bureaus and agencies of the City, and equipment for City schools; and to authorize the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City, to sell equipment notes to finance the acquisition of such equipment, and to authorize the issuance of taxable notes, for the same purposes and uses, in the same maximum principal amount and payable over the same

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Ordinance No. 2018-085 To amend and reordain City Code § 14-336, concerning stormwater management program fees, and to amend and reordain Appendix A of the City Code by adding therein new fees for City Code § 14-336.

Ordinance No. 2018-086 To amend the fees set forth in Appendix A of the City Code for sections 12-120(a)(1), 12-120(a) (2), 12-120(a)(3), 12120(a)(4), 12-120(a)(5), 12-120(a)(6), 12-120(a) (7), 12-120(a)(8), 12120(a)(9), 12-120(a)(14), 12-120(a)(17), 12-120(a) (21) and 12-120(a)(22) of the City Code, concerning rates and discounts for parking facilities operated by the City.

Ordinance No. 2018-087 To amend City Code § 27-219, concerning fines for parking violations, for the purpose of adjusting the fines for certain violations.

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period as such general obligation equipment notes.

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 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 mixeduse 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

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KEONDRA FIELDS, Plaintiff v.

LAMONT FIELDS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000909-00 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 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 SHANNON BATSON, Plaintiff v.

KENNETH BATSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000908-00 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.

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Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney 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 TAWANDA GRAHAM, Plaintiff v.

ANTHONY GRAHAM, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000925-00 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 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 FELICIA ALLEN, Plaintiff v.

LONNIE ALLEN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18000796-00 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: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney 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 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 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

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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.

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

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

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

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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

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

DILCIA T. JACKSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-872 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2105 Redd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000604/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Dilcia T. Jackson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DILCIA T. JACKSON, 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 DILCIA T. JACKSON 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

belief deceased, LIONEL GLASPIE, upon information and belief deceased, FANNIE G. BASKERVILLE, upon information and belief deceased, PERNELL GLASPIE, upon information and belief deceased, ALICE WILLIAMS, upon information and belief deceased, MARGARET E. BEARD, upon information and belief deceased, VIRGINIA BRUNSON, upon information and belief deceased, GLADYS M. JONES upon information and belief deceased, CATHERINE E. COLMAN, upon information and belief deceased, ERVINE BASKERVILLE, who upon information and belief died, May 10, 2008, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, MAXINE A. GLASPIE, ALLEN GLASSPIE, ROBERT GLASSPIE, PLAZA MOTORS, INC, a corporation no longer listed 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

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

DELORES ANDERSON HARRIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-960 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1911 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000294/022, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Delores Anderson Harris, Benjamin Brown, Sr., Lizzie Whiting, Ida Anderson and Mary Anderson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DELORES ANDERSON HARRIS, BENJAMIN BROWN, SR, LIZZIE WHITING, IDA ANDERSON, and MARY ANDERSON, 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 DELORES ANDERSON HARRIS, BENJAMIN BROWN, SR, LIZZIE WHITING, IDA ANDERSON, MARY ANDERSON 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

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

personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DAVID H. GOUGER, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0011336 on May 11, 2000, and a Corporate Assignment of Mortgage/Deed of Trust at Instrument Number 0441209 on December 14, 2004, 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 MAP/MAC, LLC, which upon information and belief is a defunct Texas corporation, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 00-11336 on May 11, 2000, and a Corporate Assignment of Mortgage/ Deed of Trust at Instrument Number 04-41209 on December 14, 2004, 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 SAM J. BROWN, who upon information and belief is deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ROSA BROWN, DAVID H. GOUGER, Trustee of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 00-11336 on May 11, 2000, and a Corporate Assignment of Mortgage/ Deed of Trust at Instrument Number 04-41209 on December 14, 2004, MAP/ MAC, LLC, which upon information and belief is a defunct Texas corporation, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0011336 on May 11, 2000, and a Corporate Assignment of Mortgage/Deed of Trust at Instrument Number 0441209 on December 14, 2004, 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

J A C Q U E L I N E E VA 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

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 EPPS INVESTMENT CORPORATION (a purged Virginia business entity), WA LT O N M . B E L L E , A L L I A N C E 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: 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

Custody Virginia: In the County of henrico Shannon Kirsch and Gregory Kirsch, Petitioners, v.

John T. Dugan, Respondent Case No.: CA17-40 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to Terminate the parental rights of John T. Dugan and declare Gregory Kirsch to be the legal father of Ella Mason Dugan and McCrae Jacob Dugan.

It is ordered that John T. Dugan appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before Monday, May 6, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk Ryan F. Furgurson Wlliam B. Cave & Associates, LLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 102 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 327-9222

VIRGINIA:

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

DELL D. GRAVES, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-119 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2122 Parkwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0000940/027, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Dell D. Graves and Estelle L. Graves.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, DELL D. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, and ESTELLE L. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that SPENCER L. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, WILLIE EUGENE GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, EDITH MCCRAY, upon information and belief deceased, LIONEL GLASPIE, upon information and belief deceased, FANNIE G. BASKERVILLE, upon information and belief deceased, PERNELL GLASPIE, upon information and belief deceased, ALICE WILLIAMS, upon information and belief deceased, MARGARET E. BEARD, upon information and belief deceased, VIRGINIA BRUNSON, upon information and belief deceased, GLADYS M. JONES upon information and belief deceased, CATHERINE E. COLMAN, upon information and belief deceased, ERVINE BASKERVILLE, who upon information and belief died, May 10, 2008, or their heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, who may have an ownership interest in said property, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that MAXINE A. GLASPIE and ALLEN GLASSPIE, 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 ROBERT GLASSPIE, who may have an ownership interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that PLAZA MOTORS, INC, a corporation no longer listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DELL D. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, ESTELLE L. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in title, SPENCER L. GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, WILLIE EUGENE GRAVES, upon information and belief deceased, EDITH MCCRAY, upon information and

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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.

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

CHARLES M. TAYLOR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-609 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 525 St. James Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000078/044, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Charles M. Taylor.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHARLES M. TAYLOR, 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 CHARLES M. TAYLOR 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.

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-357 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 103 – 105 East Ladies Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1546/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, 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: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-352 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 217 East 34th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002286/010, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, 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.

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

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-354 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2115 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000558/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, 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: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-355 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2219 2nd Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000559/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

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

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-298 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 401 Whitcomb Street , Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120224/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, 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: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-356 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2403 Bainbridge Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000581/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Linilton Realty Company, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that FA I T H LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, LLC, owner of record of said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that FAITH LINTON, Registered Agent for LINILTON REALTY COMPANY, 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: 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.

JEFF SMITH, et al, Defendants.

No.: CL18-831 AMENDED 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 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 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.

SAM BROWN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-608 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3012 P Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0628/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sam Brown and Rosa Brown.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SAM J. BROWN, who upon information and belief is 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, ROSA BROWN, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been

VIRGINIA: 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, FERLEY WILLIAMS, 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 FERLEY WILLIAMS, 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,

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, EPPS INVESTMENT 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

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.

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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

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March 22-24, 2018

Sports Plus

VSU’s Aaron Harris becoming a heavy hitter

By Fred Jeter

Harris began playing baseball when he was about 5 and was quickly smitten with the bat and glove.

Aaron Harris has compiled some batting statistics even the “I played basketball and football, too, but baseball has been great Hank Aaron would be proud of. my passion,” he said.

Baseball fans are familiar with Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, It helped that his father, Brad Harris, played baseball at who set numerous slugging records — most Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. notably with a former record 755 homers — One of Harris’ high school coaches, largely with the Atlanta Braves.

Kelcey White, steered the young infielder Now let’s meet Virginia State University’s toward VSU. Aaron Harris, who just happens to hail from “Coach White has ties with Coach MorAtlanta. gan,” Harris explained. “I came up for a The red-shirt sophomore third baseman visit and really liked VSU.” has both the name and the game to draw As a freshman in 2016, Harris hit a shade attention. under .300 for the Trojans while also taking In helping VSU to a 12-5-1 start, Harhis turn on the pitching rubber. ris was hitting a pretty as a peach — .482 “Aaron’s got a good arm and, as a fresh(27-for-56), with seven doubles and 20 runs man, he threw an entire, 10-inning game for batted in. us,” said Coach Morgan.

The swift Georgian also leads the team in Harris sat out last season to concentrate stolen bases, with 10 swipes in 10 tries. on academics — he is a health-physical “Aaron can really swing the bat. He’s education major — and his physique. He a line-drive hitter who can also run,” said returned to the diamond this spring carrying Coach Merrill Morgan. about 15 more pounds of muscle than as a Harris came to VSU after earning Allfreshman.

County honors at Mount Zion High School “The weight lifting has made a difference. and Dutchtown High School in the “HotI’m hitting the ball harder,” he said. lanta” area.

Harris opened the season on the bench, “I grew up a Braves fan, of course, and have but that quickly changed. In the season lid been to a lot of their games, both at Turner lifter against Salem International University Field and Sun Trust Park,” Harris said. of West Virginia on Feb. 3, a frosty 28-degree “But I can’t say I was named after Hank day, Harris had the hot bat.

Aaron. I come from a very Christian family In a pinch-hitting role, he knocked in Aaron Harris and got my name from the Bible.” two runs with a crisp single and VSU went

Baseball on back burner The CIAA has lost its automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division II baseball tournament because of its lack of competing teams.

Only five CIAA schools are sponsoring baseball. They are Virginia State, St. Augustine’s, Chowan, Winston-Salem State and Lincoln universities. Six schools are needed for an automatic qualifier. Elizabeth City State University dropped baseball this year.

In addition to losing the NCAA qualifier, the CIAA baseball teams will have no end-of-season tournament, often hosted

by VSU, and statistics are not compiled for the CIAA website.

That might change next year with the CIAA’s addition of Claflin University of South Carolina, which has a baseball team. However, rumors are afloat that Chowan and Lincoln universities might be looking elsewhere for conference affiliation, which again would reduce the number of CIAA schools fielding baseball teams to less than six.

on to win 10-9.

He has been a fixture in Coach Morgan’s lineup ever since, generally in the fifth slot.

While Harris’ first name and hometown make one think of Hank Aaron, his nickname is actually “A-Rod,” after another former big league baseball star, Alex Rodriguez.

“I guess it’s because I play third and kind of look like him,” said Harris.

With a laugh, he added, “Even my high school principal called me A-Rod.”

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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

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

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 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

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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.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MILES H. JOYNER, III, 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 E. DON RISHER, JR, beneficiary of a deed of trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-30954 on October 1, 2002, 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 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.

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

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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,

BIDS COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION BID ITB# 18-1597-2JOK Longdale Elementary School – Replace Dry Pipe Sprinkler Systems Due 2:30 pm, April 11, 2018 A d d i t i o n a l i n fo r m a t i o n available at: http://www. henrico.us/purchasing/

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REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST aNd STaTEmENTS OF QUaLIFIcaTIONS The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company invites highly qualified firms to prequalify and submit Letters of Interest and Statement of Qualifications along with background information on Form HECO-16 for construction services related to the:

Virginia Board for People with Disabilities

Requests FFY 2018 Competitive Grant Proposals The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, the state’s Developmental Disabilities Council, seeks to support local, regional and/or statewide projects that encourage inclusive communities and result in changes to policies, programs, and systems through the release of its Creating Inclusive Communities – Request for Proposal (RFP). The projects are related to employment, inclusive education, and housing.

The Board has approximately $400,000 available for multiple projects in Virginia (which would begin October 1, 2018), which are 100% federally funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Funding for individual projects may range from $10,000 to $150,000.

The 2018 RFP, forms & other important documents needed to complete an application are available at https://www.ddsuite.org/index. The deadline for Letters of Interest is April 27, 2018. Questions regarding grants management or the RFP process should be directed to Jason Withers, at (804) 786-9375 or by email at Jason.Withers@vbpd. virginia.gov.

REFERENCE/E-LEARNING LIBRARIAN (#FA251)

(J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from an American Library Association accredited school. Under the general guidance and direction of the Coordinator of Library Services, this position will provide both face-to-face and virtual reference services, develop and implement library services to support e-learning; actively promote library services and resources among students and faculty; evaluate and select print and electronic materials; and perform special projects as assigned. The selected candidate must be able to successfully pass the College’s preemployment security screening.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelvemonth professional faculty-ranked appointment. Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $56,610-$112,256.

Approximate maximum hiring salary: $56,650.

Review of applications will begin MAY 4, 2018.

Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu.

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans/ AmeriCorps/Peace Corps/ Other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

Ivy Mountain Musculoskeletal Center Project RFP #17-117

Project Overview:

This project includes a +/- 190,000 GSF outpatient Musculoskeletal Center that includes Orthopedic clinics, a multi-disciplinary Sports Medicine Center, a Joint Replacement Center, a Surgery Center with associated support services, an Imaging Center, administrative and conference services, a pharmacy, and a therapy suite. The project will also include a 350 car garage and a central utility plant.

The IMMSKC project is located at 2270 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA. The project will take place in phases. The first phase will be the demolition of the former KCRC building. The second phase will include the building of the garage, the utility plant, and major site work.

The final phase will be the construction of the MSKC building itself.

The first phase of construction is expected to start April 2018, with the final phase achieving Substantial Completion June 15, 2021. The project is targeted for LEED Silver.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company seeks to retain Mechanical, Electrical, and Facade Design-Assist Partnerships to join our team during the design phase to provide constructability review, scheduling and optimal phasing scenarios, cost estimating, value management, early equipment release packages, and construction services for WhitingTurner and the University of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of the University of Virginia Higher Education Capital Outlay Manual. These contracts will be awarded as a competitive negotiation utilizing Whiting-Turner’s standard subcontract form. Remaining subcontractor packages will be awarded via the competitive bidding process.

Interested applicants should reply to the following address and request a prequalification form: The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company 9210 Arboretum Parkway, Suite 190 Richmond, VA 23236 Attn: Mike Anderson mike.anderson@whiting-turner.com (804) 330-4700

COORDINATOR, OPEN ENROLLMENT (#FA394)

(Community College Workforce Alliance/ J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College) The primary mission of the Community College Workforce Alliance (CCWA) is to provide quality workforce training solutions to the greater Richmond/Crater area. This service takes two distinct forms; open enrollment and contract training.

The Coordinator, Open Enrollment will assist the Assistant Vice President, Workforce Development in marketing, consulting, organizing, and supervising the delivery of open enrollment training programs that meet the needs of individual and small-tomedium size businesses in the region.

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time, twelvemonth professional faculty-ranked appointment.

Salary commensurate with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: $62,270$126,288. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $62,270. Application reviews will begin MAY 4, 2018.

Additional information is available at the College’s website: www.reynolds.edu.

AA/EOE/ADA/Veterans/ AmeriCorps/Peace Corps/ Other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond.

To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com.

EOE M/F/D/V

The Fifth Baptist Church Summer Ministry is seeking interested persons that love working with children to fill full time positions.

The dates of camp are June 18 - August 24, 2018.

Experience working with children preferred.

Send resumes via email, fifthbc@mail.com or mail to: Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23220 ATTN: Summer Camp Director Manager, Leaf Buying (Altria Client Services LLC - Richmond, VA): Establish oriental tobacco grade specs, manage on-site trial & production runs in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria & Macedonia, & negotiate prices w/ suppliers. Manage the quality inspection process & monitoring of crop conditions of oriental tobacco in specified countries.

Accept & reject purchased grades on behalf of Altria’s operating companies. Provide accurate & timely price & volume forecasting models for oriental tobacco mkts. Reqs: Bach’s deg in Agricultural Eng’g or related plus 5 yrs exp leading oriental tobacco purchase prgms & supplier mgmt, incl5 yrs exp in each of the following: working w/ multiple off-shore &/or oriental leaf mkts; coordinating w/ multinational leaf suppliers; managing supply-based & supplier negotiation activities; & SAP. 20% int’l travel throughout Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria & Macedonia is req’d. Each Altria co. is an equal opportunity employer.

We consider qualified applicants w/out regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other protected class. Send resumes to: http://www. altria.com/Careers, Req. #17744BR

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT Chesterfield County, Virginia (Richmond-Metro Area) is seeking an energetic, collaborative, strategic thinker who can articulate a clear vision for community enhancement and revitalization efforts. The individual will have considerable knowledge of the social and economic implications of community revitalization as well as a thorough understanding of community development, enhancement and maintenance concepts that ensure appropriate development and redevelopment that is sustainable and environmentally consistent with Chesterfield’s vision.

Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree in urban planning, or related field (master’s degree preferred) and a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible redevelopment planning experience, which should include experience working with community engagement, master planning and site plan review. Experience should also include five years in a senior management capacity in a comparably sized or larger community with similar “aging” challenges or equivalent combination of training and experience. Certification through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) is preferred.

Pre-employment drug testing and an extensive background investigation including an FBI criminal check required.

For more detailed information, please review the position recruitment profile at www.chesterfield. gov/careers.

This recruitment will remain open until April 13 at 5 p.m. Interested applicants should submit a confidential resume with cover letter and salary requirements to: Mary Martin Selby, Director of Human Resources Chesterfield County Human Resources P.O. Box 40 Chesterfield, VA 23832 (804) 748-1551 Email: executivesearch@chesterfield.gov An Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Workforce Diversity