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4 Richmond School Board members question surging costs to build new schools in city

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City honors cousins Free Press staff report

Annie Reese spent five decades helping Richmond children cross the street safely as they traveled to and from school.

Her cousin, Joseph “Joe” Taylor, has spent four decades building an award-winning athletic career as a football coach.

Both received special recognition Monday from Richmond City Council for their accomplishments.

With both honorees surrounded by family and wellwishers, Ms. Reese was presented with a bouquet of roses Please turn to A4

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Annie Reese and her cousin, Hall of Famer Joseph “Joe” Taylor, athletic director at Virginia Union University, accept recognition Monday night from Richmond City Council.

City Council acts to reduce ‘drama’ during annual school funding debates

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond Public Schools each year would receive at least 55.4 percent of all real estate tax revenue City Hall collects under a policy unanimously approved Monday night by Richmond City Council.

Fourth District Councilwoman Kristen Larson, who spearheaded the effort, called it a way to provide the Richmond School Board with more certainty about the city’s minimum contribution to public education.

The 9-0 vote represented a big win for Ms. Larson considering that the council had rejected a similar formula-based approach just two years ago.

Setting a floor will “take some of the drama” out of the annual debate over school funding, Ms. Larson said, noting that as the tax base grows, so would the city’s support for public education.

Last year, when City Council approved a two-year budget, RPS was designated to receive $156.67 million in city funds in the 2019-20 fiscal year that begins July 1. That amount represented a $2.2 million reduction from $158.9 million

allocated in the current 2018-19 fiscal year.

Under the new formula and based on projections of expected real estate tax growth, the school system is on track to receive $163.9 million in the upcoming fiscal year even if the council rejects Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s proposed

9 cent increase in the property tax. That would represent a $4 million increase over the current city contribution.

If City Council approves the tax increase, the school system would receive $175.6 million, based on the projected $21 million the tax increase would generate.

Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras expressed disappointment at the development of the formula, which would provide a smaller percentage of real estate tax dollars to schools than the city has provided each year since at least 2009.

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Launching into the future George Mason Elementary School students look up with excitement at Amos Miles, an education specialist with the Science Museum of Virginia, during the launch of the Brothers United mentoring program. Richmond Public Schools launched the initiative Saturday to pair African-American children with African-American male mentors. Officials hope to expand the pilot program in the future to all city schools.

The projected cost of the three new schools that Richmond is preparing to build has jumped an average of $107 per square foot in just five months, adding tens of millions of dollars to the cost, according to four members of the Richmond School Board.

Now those members of the board are asking the city to explain why the cost has ballooned so suddenly, turning the new buildings into some of the most expensive in the state and eliminating an opportunity to build an additional elementary school.

The board members are requesting that the city advise them of “any measures that can be taken to bring the planned construction costs” more in line with the construction costs being paid by most other school districts in Virginia.

The concerns were expressed in a letter sent Wednesday to city officials. It bears the signaPlease turn to A4

Mueller report may be available in April Free Press wire report

WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr is combing through special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, removing classified and other information in hopes of releasing the report to Congress in April.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he had dinner Tuesday evening with Mr. Barr, who said he is willing to testify before Sen. Graham’s committee after he sends the report to Congress. Justice Department officials said Tuesday that more information could be released in “weeks, not months.”

Democrats, meanwhile, frowned at the waiting game. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, one of six committee chairmen who have demanded the full report by next Tuesday, said much about the path forward depends on whether the report backs up Mr. Barr’s conclusion that Mr. Mueller found Mr. Mueller no evidence that President Trump colluded with the Russians to influence the 2016 elections. By Mr. Barr’s account, Mr. Mueller made no finding on whether the president obstructed justice, a question now in Congress’ hands.

“The president has now an opportunity for weeks, it sounds like, to do these victory laps,” while Democrats wait on key decisions about investigating the administration, Rep. Cummings said.

Challenges lie ahead for both the Republicans and the Democrats, who hope to deny President Trump re-election next year.

Both parties are readjusting their aims and strategies in the post-Mueller probe landscape, pivoting to health care and other issues that are more important for many voters, even with Mr. Mueller’s full findings still unknown.

Sen. Graham said the attorney general is going through the report to take out grand jury material and classified information, neither of which can be publicly disclosed under the law.

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AG opinion paves way to rename Jefferson Davis Highway

By Alexandra Zernik Capital News Service

The portion of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Arlington County could be renamed as early as this summer thanks to the discovery of a loophole in state law and a legal opinion from the Virginia attorney general.

Attorney General Mark Herring stated the name change does not need approval from the General Assembly. Instead, the Commonwealth Transportation Board has authority to rename the section of Jefferson Davis Highway if Arlington County makes such a request, the opinion said.

The opinion also strengthens the authority

of other localities, including Richmond, to eliminate the name.

Mr. Herring’s opinion was requested by Delegate Mark Levine, a Democrat from Alexandria. Delegate Levine opposes having a road named after Mr. Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America.

“In Arlington County, one of the most diverse and progressive localities in the nation, we are saddled with a primary highway that honors a racist traitor and slave owner who led the fight to take up arms against our nation in order to preserve the brutal system of slavery,” Delegate Levine said in a newsletter Please turn to A4

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The portion of Jefferson Davis Highway that runs through Arlington County could be renamed as early as this summer.

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City introduces 4 new executives Four people have been named to executive positions at City Hall, including one charged with ferreting out fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars.

Richmond City Council on Monday appointed the new corruption watchdog, James Osuna, a former inspector general for the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, while Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced last week an overhaul of the management of the city’s development operations with three appointees.

Mr. Osuna, who is to start June 24, will a fill the newly created post of inspector general that City Council has spent at least two years creating, including securing a General Assembly-approved change in the City Charter. Previously, the city auditor, also a council appointee, reviewed spending practices and investigated allegations of fraud and waste.

City Council is paying a high price for the inspector general. Mr. Osuna is to receive a $170,000 annual salary and benefits, including starting pay of $143,000, in running an office to look into allegations of misuse of Ms. Ebert funds in city government.

Both the current city auditor, Louis G. Lassiter, and the past city auditor who secured council approval to launch the inspector general’s office, Umesh Dalal, have turned up little in fraud and waste, despite long-standing suspicions by city residents and past council members.

Most of the findings in the published inspector general reports have involved Mr. Dunlap a few low-level employees finding ways of padding overtime, using city vehicles for personal matters or receiving pay for time they didn’t work, but with only small amounts of money involved.

Meanwhile, Mayor Stoney named Sharon Ebert as the new deputy chief administrative officer for economic and community development, including the anti-poverty Office of Community Wealth Building.

Ms. Ebert, whose annual salary is Ms. Mitchell $160,000, takes over from the interim DCAO, Douglas Dunlap, a 19-year City Hall veteran who filled in after the departure of Lee Downey and who will now serve as director of the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Ms. Ebert, who has a background in architecture, brings more than 25 years of experience in state and local governments, the mayor stated. She previously held positions in New York and Yonkers, N.Y., Philadelphia and Bridgeport, Conn. Most recently, she served as director of community development in Johns Creek, Ga. Mr. Dunlap, whose new position comes with a $135,000 annual salary, previously served as deputy director of the Department of Planning and Development Review. Before coming to City Hall, he oversaw the Better Housing Coalition’s home ownership program for Cary 2000 in the West End and Jefferson Mews in the East End. Separately, Valaryee Mitchell, who has 18 years of experience in workforce programs, was named director of the Office of Community Wealth Building, with an annual salary of $120,000.

She will report to Ms. Ebert.

Ms. Mitchell had been serving as interim director in recent months after the former director, Reginald Gordon, was promoted to deputy chief administrative officer for human services. — JEREMY M. LAZARUS

GRTC wins State Roadeo For the second year in a row, a seven-member team from GRTC has won top honors at the Annual State Roadeo competition for bus drivers and mechanics.

The Richmond team beat rivals from 10 other transit companies from across Virginia to retain the “Best Overall Property” trophy.

GRTC hosted the competition at its South Side headquarters last weekend.

The four-member GTRC operator team placed first in the driving portion of the competition. The team amassed the most points in driving an obstacle course and showcasing safety, efficiency and professionalism, the company reported.

Driver Alvin Wattley gave the team’s point total a big boost in placing second in the 40-foot bus competition, GRTC noted.

The team members also included operators Maurice Carter, Roymone Harris and Rondell Dailey.

The company’s three-member mechanic team also placed first in the competition involving maintenance and repairs.

Doug Bauserman, John “Clem” Clements and Fred “Ty” McCormick are now slated to represent GRTC in the International Bus Roadeo from May 17 to 21 in Louisville, Ky., the company announced.

Financial Literacy Fair to be held April 5 Want information on how to budget and save? Need to learn about bank accounts and loans?

That’s the kind of information that will be shared at the Financial Literacy Fair to be hosted by Richmond City Treasurer Nichole R. Armstead from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the lobby of Richmond City Hall, 900 E. Broad St. Open to the public without charge, the event will include morning and afternoon workshops along with raffles, giveaways and refreshments, Ms. Armstead announced.

Separate workshops on banking and budgeting will be held 10:30 a.m. to noon, with additional workshops on those and other topics from 1 to 3 p.m.

With parking at a premium near City Hall, Ms. Armstead stated she has arranged for shuttle buses to transport people who park at the Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 Arthur Ashe Blvd., to and from the event.

Details: Ms. Armstead, (804) 646-7080 or nichole.armstead@ richmondgov.com

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Cityscape Slices of life and scenes in Richmond

This $28 million addition to the Virginia War Memorial is just months away from completion.

Begun in the summer of 2017, the two-year development will expand the shrine to recognize Virginians killed in the Global War on Terrorism, add a gallery to honor Virginians who have received the Medal of Honor, provide more exhibit space, create a 350-seat lecture hall and a studio for recording oral histories and provide 170 parking spaces underground. Public money and private donations are funding the project that will double the size of the nearly 70-year-old memorial at 621 S. Belvidere St.

City going all in for electric bikes

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

City Hall is trying to turn around its failing bike share program by adding battery-powered bikes to make it easier for riders to travel longer distances and get up the city’s hills.

The first 20 electric bikes with a yellow lightning bolt logo were added to the rental fleet last weekend, although the locations were not identified. The PedElec system allows riders to cycle at 12 mph with the battery-powered assist.

It is the initial step toward converting all 220 bikes at the current 16 docking stations to PedElec bikes. The city’s goal is to have all stations outfitted for battery charging and with PedElec bikes

by May. But the big question is whether the conversion to electric bikes will make a difference, given the current lack of use and widespread complaints about inconvenient docking stations for pickup and return of the rented bikes.

Richmond Bike Share reported that, as of March 26, only 377 individuals are active members of the program, meaning they paid for monthly or yearly passes, and just 681 people were occasional users.

That is evidence of how sharply interest has waned.

When the program launched in August 2017, Richmond Bike Share and its operator, Canada-based Bewegen, boasted that 1,000 people had tried the bikes in the first two weeks, and at its peak, the system reported 7,611 people had registered.

The lack of interest also is reflected in the meager revenue the program has generated.

Electric bikes power up at a docking station.

In the first 15 months, Richmond Bike Share generated $59,800 from rider payments. Bike rental rates start at $1.75 for a one-time, one-way ride and run $6 a day, $18 a month and $96 a year, with payments made via a mobile phone app.

Total revenue for the August 2017 to November 2018 period was $83,000, including advertising at and sponsorships of docking stations.

That compares to a yearly cost of $393,000 to operate and maintain the bikes and stations, according to Jakob Helmboldt, the city’s pedestrian, bicycle and trails coordinator who oversees the

operation that Bewegen and its partner, Corps Logisics, run under the Richmond Bike Share name.

At this point, a federal grant of $1.06 million is picking up the difference, but that funding is expected to run out around December, Mr. Helmboldt told City Council in January. At that point, taxpayers will be on the hook to subsidize any shortfall.

Like other cities, Richmond was attracted to the bike share program because the federal government was picking up most of the initial cost. The city put up $280,000, while the federal government provided the $1.06 million to help pay for installation and the first 2½ years of operating costs.

City officials called bike sharing a system that could add a new, healthy transportation option for visitors to see the sights and residents to commute to work.

The system was installed at a time when other cities already were moving toward dockless bicycles. By June, Richmonders will be able to rent dockless scooters as another option for getting around.

The impending arrival of the electric scooters comes as the city prepares to invest another $1.5 million in federal funds for an additional 20 docking stations and 220 additional bikes, all electric powered. Mr. Helmboldt told City Council that the new stations would fill in gaps in the system, but the increase in bikes and docking stations also will sharply hike the subsidy the city will have to provide, unless Richmond scraps the program like Baltimore and Seattle have done.

As spring begins, it is unclear when the new bike stations will be rolled out.

Kamras explains granting RPS employees vacation days with $1M price tag

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The loss of one word from the official Richmond Public Schools calendar apparently will cost the city’s school system up to $1 million in extra vacation pay.

The word: Designated.

Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras detailed the expensive error in responding to a Free Press query about seven extra vacation days awarded to 659 RPS employees with 12-month contracts, including principals and central office staff.

The Free Press reported on the snafu last week.

Mr. Kamras explained on March 21, after the Free Press reported on the snafu, why he had awarded the extra vacation days to employees, including himself. (Teachers generally have 9½-month contracts.)

“Unfortunately, the calendar that the School Board approved for 2018-19 had an omission — the word designated,” Mr. Kamras said.

For example, the calendar published on the RPS website listed nine days for winter break — from Dec. 21 through Jan. 2 — “for staff and students,” instead of “designated staff (teachers) and students.”

“Because that word (designated) wasn’t there, the implication was that the division is/was closed, and so I notified staff accordingly. This decision was confirmed by the School Board attorney,” Mr. Kamras stated.

He added that the mistake would not

be repeated.

“The proposed 2019-20 calendar clearly outlines the days off for 12-month employees versus other staff.”

Mr. Kamras did not mention whether Mr. Kamras the actual contracts that 12-month employees signed offered specifics on the number of vacation days they were to receive, which would have trumped the calendar’s inaccuracy.

He also did not seek School Board approval for his decision, several board members said.

His award of more holiday time to employees is drawing fire from 2nd District City Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, a former School Board member. She said Monday that the contracts for 12-month employees include information on their approved holidays. She said the costly snafu should and could have been avoided had the superintendent relied on the language in the 12-month contract.

In response, Mr. Kamras stated Tuesday, “We felt it was proper — if not required — to follow the language of the calendar that the School Board adopted last year.

In addition, on a human level, we felt it was important to honor the spring break plans that 12-month employees had made with their families given the language of the calendar.”

The School Board, however, had

budgeted for just 11 vacation days for 12-month employees, and the addition of the seven extra vacation days is projected to cost $144,000 a day, or a total of about $1 million.

In his March 10 RPS Direct blog, Mr. Kamras made it official that 12-month employees were getting extra days off.

He announced that the employees would receive vacation pay during the upcoming spring break, which is to run from Monday, April 1, through Friday, April 5.

The School Board had approved 12-month employees being off only on Friday, April 5, largely because staff members use the break to work on a host of matters that are better dealt with when schools are quiet, including creation of the master schedule for the next school year.

Along with granting four extra days off for 12-month employees during the spring break, Mr. Kamras also announced that employees who used personal leave to take off on Dec. 20 and 21 and Jan. 2 would have that leave restored, meaning the school system would cover the cost of those days rather than charging it to the employees.

However, government officials said the school system would either have to pay overtime or give days off to the 12-month employees who worked those days, adding to the total cost.

Twelve-month employees were supposed to receive vacation pay only for Dec. 24 and 25 and Jan. 1.

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4 Richmond School Board members question surging costs to build new schools in city

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tures of School Board members Kenya Gibson, 3rd District; Jonathan Young, 4th District; Dr. Patrick Sapini, 5th District; and Felicia Cosby, 6th District.

The Free Press obtained a copy of the letter.

It was sent to the city’s procurement director, Betty Burrell, and Robert Stone, a city engineer involved in overseeing development of the new school buildings to replace E.S.H. Greene and George Mason Elementary schools and ElkhardtThompson Middle School. Copies of the letter also were sent to members of City Council, as well as the city’s chief administrative officer, Selena Cuffee-Glenn.

The letter follows up on a Free Press story in the March 21-23 edition that reported that the three schools are projected to cost $140 million, based on information provided to the council. That is $30 million more than the $110 million that Richmond Public Schools officials had projected they would cost.

The new schools are being financed with $150 million the city plans to borrow and repay using proceeds from a 1.5 percent increase in the meals tax that was approved last year.

When the Free Press asked about the multimillion-dollar discrepancy between the School Board’s projection of spending $110 million for the schools and the $140 million that the city is projecting, Angela Fountain, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works, responded, “City administration does not have any details related to RPS estimates.”

In the letter, the four School Board members note that the design firm, RRMM Architects of Norfolk, informed the School Board on Sept.

4 that the cost of the new middle school was projected at $182.48 a square foot. However, a new city report projects a $90 increase in the per square foot cost.

“When this design was built in Suffolk, it was the least expensive middle school project built (in Virginia) that year,” the letter states.

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“Please clarify why actual construction costs are $272.44 (a square foot), substantially higher than the state average.”

Suffolk is where CAO Cuffee-Glenn previously worked as city manager.

The current $272.44 figure comes from information city officials provided to City Council last week.

While the letter does not say so, the $90 increase means the city would spend $16.8 million more than Suffolk did to construct the same school.

The letter also notes that RRMM estimated construction costs for the new Greene and George Mason elementary schools “to be $178.90 per square foot. When that design was built in Suffolk, it was among the least expensive elementary projects (in Virginia) that year.

“Please clarify why actual construction costs are $295.89 per square foot (for Greene) and $294.08 per square foot” for Mason, the letter continues.

That is $116 to $117 more expensive per square foot, meaning Richmond will spend an extra $13 million to build Greene and an extra $11 million to build Mason, based on those figures.

Some of the difference can be attributed to the fact the general contractors will be doing the site work and installing new utility lines and demolishing the old Greene and George Mason buildings once the new buildings are in place.

However, people in the field say that the city would spend only a few million dollars for that work, not enough the explain the entire increase in construction costs.

By paying large amounts for the three schools, the School Board members noted that RPS is being denied an opportunity to build an Ms. Cosby Sapini additional new school.

“Put another way, the overage could cost 700 students the opportunity of being taught in a safe, modern facility in the near future,” the letter states.

“It is critical that we identify what is driving these excessive costs,” the letter states in requesting more detailed information.

Among the things that has caught the eye of the board members is the fact that Richmond plans to spend the same amount for architectural services and construction management as it did in building the new Broad Rock and Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary schools and the new Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School a few years ago.

The letter notes that the School Board was told that “we could maximize limited funding”

by using existing school designs rather than having custom school designs.

However, the city information on the cost of schools shows that no money was saved using that process.

For example, the city has disclosed that RRMM Architects plans to charge the city $4.19 million for designing the replacement for Elkhardt-Thompson and managing the construction.

That compares with the $2.83 million the city paid an architecture firm for designing and managing the development of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, which was custom-designed.

The city is planning to pay RRMM $2.35 million for the design and management work for Greene, or a higher price than it paid architects for similar services for Broad Rock and Oak Grove-Bellemeade. The city paid $1.7 million and $1.87 million, respectively, to architects for custom-designed schools.

At the end of the letter, the School Board members make a final plea: “Towards our shared goal to make the best use of taxpayer dollars and meet the essential needs of our city’s students, please advise if there are any measures that can be taken to bring the planned construction costs in line with standard fees.”

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during the ceremony.

She began serving as a school crossing guard in 1969 and “has earned a solid reputation for dedication, diligence and duty” as a member of the Richmond Police Department crossing guard unit, the council citation reads. She is best known for helping children

from her post outside James H. Blackwell Elementary School in South Side.

Mr. Taylor, who currently serves as athletic director at Virginia Union University, was saluted for his upcoming induction in December into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame for his stellar coaching career.

One of the nation’s winningest coaches, Mr. Taylor, who started coaching at the college level in 1978, amassed a record of 232-97-4 as head football coach at Howard University, VUU, Hampton and Florida A&M universities.

Among other achievements, he led Hampton to four black college national football championships.

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Robotic ruckus Students from Richmond’s Lucille Brown Middle School compete in the “Rover Ruckus FIRST Tech Challenge” held at Richmond Community High School last Friday. Teams of 12 students from the city’s middle schools, Franklin Military Academy and Community High designed, built and programmed a competition robot from a kit without instructions. Then, using remote controls, the students had 2½ minutes to maneuver their robots to pick up as many different shaped objects as possible and place them in a container. The robot placing the most objects in the container during the time limit was declared the winner. Results of the competition: Community High, 1st place; Franklin Academy, 2nd place; and Elkhardt-Thompson Middle School, 3rd place.

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On average, the council has delivered 59 percent of all real estate tax dollars to schools.

Ms. Larson said the council could always increase the support it provides to public schools. “The 55.4 percent is just the minimum,” she said.

The formula approach also drew fire from Paul Goldman, leader of the Put Schools First campaign that has pushed for the city to modernize all of its public school buildings.

“This is another ‘feel good solution’ that ultimately will not solve the key legal, educational fiscal issues denying RPS kids their right to equal educational opportunities,” Mr. Goldman stated.

“This is student government. We need serious leadership.”

While approving the approach, two members of City Council issued scathing criticism of the way the School Board and the schools administration are planning to spend tax dollars in the upcoming year.

Eighth District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell decried Mr. Kamras’ plan to lay off 17 attendance officers that operate across the school district in trying to reduce truancy Ms. Larson and, instead, have seven attendance liaisons work at specific schools on truancy reduction.

Ms. Trammell said the attendance officers already know the families and children and have a rapport with them. She said the new approach is likely to be a failure, and she urged the

School Board to reconsider.

Separately, 2nd District Councilwoman Kim B. Gray criticized Mr. Kamras’ assertion that his proposed budget would reduce spending at the central office.

She noted that the budget Mr. Kamras presented includes a $1 million increase in salaries for top school administrators compared with the amount spent on administrative Ms. Trammell salaries two years ago.

Ms. Gray said that the growth indicates that Mr. Kamras, instead of reducing the administrative cost of public schools as he promised, has in fact swelled it, undermining his argument about the need for more funding.

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Mr. Barr wants to make sure nothing is released that could compromise national security or intelligence sources and methods, Sen. Graham said. He said Mr. Barr also told him he wants to check with prosecutors who have cases associated with Mr. Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Mr. Mueller had referred cases to other federal courts as part of his probe.

Sen. Graham later told CNN he had spoken to President Trump about the Mueller report, who said “just release it.” Sen. Graham said President Trump was unlikely to claim executive privilege on any of the material.

The attorney general released a four-page summary of Mr. Mueller’s confidential report on Sunday that said the special counsel did not find that President Trump’s campaign “conspired

or coordinated” with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. It also said that Mr. Mueller reached no conclusion on whether President Trump obstructed the federal investigation, instead setting out “evidence on both sides” of the question.

Emboldened by the end of the investigation, President Trump on Tuesday strode into a highspirited gathering of Senate Republicans, flanked by party leaders, saying the attorney general’s summary of Mr. Mueller’s report “could not have been better.” GOP senators applauded his arrival, and he celebrated what he called his “clean bill of health.” He showed an eagerness to move on, Republicans said, specifically to focus anew on repealing former President Obama’s signature health care law.

At House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s own closeddoor caucus meeting Tuesday, the California Demo-

crat urged rank-and-file Democrats to “be calm” and focus on the policy promises of health care, jobs and oversight of the administration that helped propel them to the House majority last fall.

“Let’s just get the goods,” Rep. Pelosi said.

Not that the Democrats are forgetting Russia and the 2016 presidential election. Many Democrats dismiss Mr. Barr’s four-page summary as inadequate.

“I haven’t seen the Mueller report. I’ve seen the Barr report. And I’m not going to base anything on the Barr report,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland.

President Trump has said he “wouldn’t mind” if the full report were released. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s hesitant to agree to releasing information from Mr. Mueller that would “throw innocent people who’ve not been charged under the bus.” He is

blocking legislation approved unanimously by the House calling for the report’s release.

The president seemed to have heeded advice from allies, including Sen. Graham, who encouraged him to use the political capital he’s now gained to accomplish policy goals.

Rep. Pelosi’s advice to Democrats to stick with the strategy that won them control of the House in 2018 was reinforced by former President Obama himself, who counseled freshman Democrats at a reception Monday night.

President Obama advised the newly elected lawmakers to focus on constituents’ hopes and concerns, while also identifying issues they feel so strongly about that they’d be willing to lose their House seats in fights over them, according to people at the private party.

The focus must go beyond Russia and collusion, Democratic leaders said.

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to constituents.

“In that brutal Civil War, more Americans died than in all of our other wars combined. We still live with the terrible legacy of that ruthless and once-legal system of terror that represents America’s greatest shame.”

Before Mr. Herring issued his opinion, the general understanding was that local governments lacked authority to change names that the General Assembly had placed on certain roads.

Several years ago, the attorney general’s office issued an advisory opinion saying city governments had the power to rename state highways but county governments didn’t. Last year, legislators killed a bill to authorize local governments to rename highways in their jurisdictions.

On Jan. 1, the section of Jefferson Davis High-

way through the city of Alexandria was renamed Richmond Highway to match the name the road has always carried in Fairfax County.

To change the highway’s name in Arlington County, Delegate Levine took things into his own hands. He found a loophole in a footnote to transportation legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2012.

That legislation deleted a line in state law prohibiting the Commonwealth Transportation Board from changing the names of “highways, bridges or interchanges as have been or hereafter be named by the General Assembly.”

According to the opinion Mr. Herring released March 21, lawmakers’ actions in 2012 showed “clear legislative intent to empower the CTB to rename transportation facilities that were originally named by the General Assembly.”

“Accordingly, it is my opinion that the Com-

monwealth Transportation Board may change the name of those portions of Jefferson Davis Highway located in Arlington County, provided that its Board of Supervisors adopts a resolution requesting the renaming,” the opinion said.

The designation of Jefferson Davis Highway began almost a century ago. In 1922, the United Daughters of the Confederacy asked that a Southern transcontinental highway be named to honor Mr. Davis, who was a U.S. senator representing the state of Mississippi before becoming the first and only president of the Confederacy.

The Virginia General Assembly’s response was to name U.S. 1 as the Jefferson Davis Highway, stretching from Washington, D.C., to the North Carolina line. Today, Jefferson Davis Highway also can go by other names, such as U.S. 1 and Route 18.

Some people want to keep the name as Jef-

ferson Davis Highway. More than 600 people signed an online petition stating renaming the road would be “a slap in the face to U.S. soldiers as a whole and should not be permitted to happen.” However, more than 4,300 signed a petition supporting the name change.

Delegate Levine said Arlington County supervisors could ask for the name change this month — and then the request would go to the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

“If all goes well, Arlington street signs could be changed as early as this summer,” he said.

Delegate Levine said times have changed since the United Daughters of the Confederacy sought to honor Mr. Davis and preserve his legacy.

“The vast majority of Northern Virginia no longer wants to honor the Confederacy or the racist legacy of Jefferson Davis,” Delegate Levine said.

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Is it just a bump on the head or is it a concussion?

Sometimes it’s hard to tell. But only half of the people suffering from concussions see a doctor — which means two million people are likely suffering from a brain injury without any help. Learn the symptoms: if you think you or a loved one is suffering from a concussion or other brain injury, please seek immediate medical attention.

Concussions A concussion occurs when a blow causes your brain to bounce off the inside of your skull. This can be a blow to the body or head. Concussions are traumatic and dangerous — even more so because people tend to discount their symptoms.

If someone you know displays the following after enduring head or body truama, they might be suffering from a concussion: • • • • • •

Headache Confusion Lack of coordination Memory loss Vomiting Dizziness

Fortunately, most individuals typically recover within 3 to 10 days. Each concussion you experience likely increases your chances of suffering another one.

Symptoms Common symptoms of a brain injury:

Non-traumatic brain injuries

• • • •

Headaches, nausea and poor balance Fogginess, poor concentration and fatigue Increased moodiness, anxiety and irritability Difficulty falling asleep and altered sleep

This type of injury, caused by an internal condition or body process, alters your brain functions.

Causes: • Stroke • Seizure • Tumor • Carbon monoxide inhalation • Lead exposure • Drowning • Choking

To learn more about treating and rehabilitating brain injuries, contact VCU Health’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Concussion Clinic at 804-628-4878. © 2019 VCU Health. All rights reserved. Sources: Brain Injury Association of Virginia; Brain Injury Association of America; VCU Health.

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Henrico woman wins settlement in $1M discrimination lawsuit against county

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Jeanetta Lee appears to have secured a signal victory in her lawsuit claiming that Henrico County engaged in racial discrimination in bypassing her in 2017 to promote a less qualified white man to manage the county’s in-house insurance office known as the Risk Management Division.

Without admitting fault, attorneys for Henrico County agreed to a settlement with Ms. Lee Monday after a jury had been selected and the trial was set to begin in U.S. District Court in Downtown.

The settlement terms, which still need county approval, were not disclosed.

Ms. Lee sued for $1 million in damages and other compensation. She declined comment.

However, her attorney, Christopher E. Brown, described his client, who still works for the county, as “very pleased.”

The Free Press has learned from a source that one condition of the settlement provides for the Virginia State Conference NAACP to work with the county to prevent similar situations.

While Mr. Brown would not confirm that provision, he said that Ms. Lee filed the suit as a way to push the county to recruit more African-American employees, ensure they “were treated better so far as hiring and promotions go and were provided the same opportunities and resources” as white employees.

Ms. Lee, who is African-American, works in Henrico County’s Risk Management Office as manager for damage and worker compensation claims involving the county. Her suit grew out of the competition with Jason Young, a safety specialist in the division, for the vacant director post two years ago.

The settlement was a surprise considering the stout defense the county mounted since Ms. Lee filed suit last year.

The county denied in court documents Ms.

Lee’s claim that Mr. Young received special treatment and coaching to win the promotion despite lacking the knowledge and experience the county required from applicants for the position and which Ms. Lee had.

Instead, the county asserted that it followed legal and accepted procedures and that Ms. Lee’s complaint amounted to sour grapes from being a losing candidate.

However, the county’s defense began to collapse on the trial’s opening day when the county’s

legal team was forced to tell U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne that six crucial pages of information had not been turned over to the plaintiff as required during the discovery phase.

The pages, which the lawyers presented in court, included notes that appeared to show that Mr. Young had been coached on ways to improve his chances to win the promotion.

Mr. Brown said the information “strengthened our case.”

Judge Payne, who expressed dismay at the

admission, told the attorneys that he would have to inform the jury about the missing pages before they began deliberations.

“We were prepared to go forward,” Mr. Brown said, but reopened settlement talks when the county’s legal team notified him that they were prepared to offer better terms. The court required the two sides to hold settlement talks well before the trial. Mr. Brown said those talks broke down because the “offer was inadequate.”

Japan ‘Sister City’ recognition Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney greets several students from Saitama, Japan, last week during their visit to City Council chambers to recognize the 20th anniversary of Saitama’s partnership with Richmond in the Sister City program. The high school students and two teachers from Urawa Municipal High School spent a week in the Richmond area through the scholastic exchange program. The students visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Maymont, where there was a welcome ceremony in the Japanese Gardens. Saitama and four other cities in Mali, Namibia, China and England have Sister City relationships with Richmond.

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White nationalist pleads guilty to federal hate crimes, avoiding death penalty in Charlottesville case Free Press wire report

An Ohio man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a deadly car attack at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, a case that stirred racial tensions across the country.

Under a plea agreement, James Alex Fields Jr., 21, of Maumee, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville to 29 of 30 charges stemming from the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. He did not plead guilty to one count that carried a potential death penalty. His plea agreement states the death penalty was taken off the table.

Mr. Fields appeared stoic, with hands folded in front of him for much of the hearing. He did not speak, except to repeatedly respond “Yes, sir,” when U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski asked him if he was pleading guilty knowingly and voluntarily.

Under the plea agreement, Mr. Fields admitted that he intentionally drove his car into the crowd because of the counterprotesters’race, color, religion

or national origin.

Judge Urbanski scheduled sentencing for July 3. Mr. Fields faces a life sentence in prison.

Mr. Fields was convicted in December in a Virginia court of first degree murder and other state charges for James Fields Jr. killing anti-racism activist Heather Heyer and injuring dozens of others. A jury found that Mr. Fields intentionally plowed his car into a crowd of people protesting against the white nationalists.

The Unite the Right rally drew hundreds of white nationalists to Charlottesville to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Hundreds more turned out to protest against the white nationalists.

President Trump sparked a national uproar when he blamed the violence at the rally on “both sides,” a statement critics saw as a refusal to condemn racism.

After Tuesday’s plea hearing, U.S. Attorney

Thomas Cullen said, “The defendant’s hate-inspired act of domestic terrorism not only devastated Heather Heyer’s wonderful family and the 28 peaceful protesters ... but it also left an indelible mark on the city of Charlottesville, our state Ms. Heyer and our country.

“While nothing can bring Ms. Heyer back or make the other 28 victims whole, it is our hope that this plea provides some closure and helps these victims move on with their lives.”

Ms. Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, said she and Ms. Heyer’s father agreed that they did not want prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

“There’s no point in killing him,” Ms. Bro said. “It would not bring back Heather.”

The car attack by Mr. Fields came after violent brawling between the two sides prompted police to disband the crowds.

During his state trial, prosecutors said Mr. Fields — who described himself on social me-

dia as an admirer of Adolf Hitler — drove his car directly into a crowd of counterprotesters because he was angry after witnessing earlier clashes between the two groups.

The jury rejected a claim by Mr. Fields’lawyers that he acted in self-defense because he feared for his life after witnessing the earlier violence.

More than 30 people were hurt in the car attack. Some who received life-altering injuries described them in anguished detail during the state trial.

Jurors in Mr. Fields’ state trial recommended a life sentence plus 419 years, although a judge still has to decide on the punishment. Sentencing in state court is scheduled for July 15.

A reporter asked Ms. Bro if she thought her daughter’s death had served some purpose, such as opening a discussion of race relations. She answered: “Sadly, it took a white girl dying before anyone paid attention to civil rights around here ... Heather’s death is at least a catalyst for change.”

Ms. Bro said she wouldn’t have chosen that catalyst and added, “I wish we would have woken up sooner.”

Dismissal of charges raises more questions in Smollett case Free Press wire report

CHICAGO Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. The star of the hit Fox network television show “Empire” still says he was assaulted by two men late at night in downtown Chicago.

But with little explanation, authorities on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Mr. Smollett, abandoning the criminal case only five weeks after the allegations were filed. In return, prosecutors said, the actor agreed to do two days of community service and let the city keep his $10,000 in bail.

The dismissal drew a swift backlash from Chicago’s mayor and police chief and raised questions about why Mr. Smollett was not forced to admit what prosecutors had said they could prove in court — that the entire episode was a publicity stunt.

Among those sure to keep pressing for answers is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who appeared blindsided by the decision. His voice rising in anger at times, Mayor Emanuel called the deal “a whitewash of justice” and lashed out at Mr. Smollett. He said Mr. Smollett had exploited hate-crime laws meant to protect minorities by turning the laws “inside out, upside down for only one thing — himself.”

“Where is the accountability in the system?” Mayor Emanuel asked. “You cannot have, because of a person’s position, one set of rules apply to them and another set of rules apply to everybody else.”

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Jussie Smollett, right, stands beside his attorney, Patricia Brown Holmes, at a press conference in Chicago after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped felony charges accusing him of faking a racist, anti-gay attack on himself. The “Empire” star agreed to do community service and let the city keep his $10,000 bail exchange for the deal.

Mr. Smollett has become a household name as a result of the case, but it’s unclear if the dropped charges will diminish the taint that followed his arrest last month. His insistence that he had been vindicated may make the entertainment industry cautious about fully embracing him.

Defense attorneys said Mr. Smollett’s record was “wiped clean” of the 16 felony counts related to making a false report. The actor, who also agreed to do community service, insisted that he had “been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one.”

“I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I was being accused of,” he told reporters after a court hearing. He thanked the state of Illinois “for attempting to do what’s right.”

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Cook County prosecutors’office said the dismissal came “after reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case.” Tandra Simonton called it “a just disposition and appropriate resolution” but said it was not an exoneration.

First Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Magats said prosecutors “stand behind the investigation and the facts.”

When dropping cases, prosecutors will sometimes insist that the defendant accept at least a measure of responsibility. Outside court, neither Mr. Smollett nor his legal team appeared to concede anything about his original report in January .

Defense attorney Patricia Brown Holmes said Mr. Smollett was “attacked by two people he was unable to identify” and “was a victim who

was vilified and made to appear as a perpetrator.”

Authorities alleged that Mr. Smollett, who is black and gay, knew the men and arranged for them to pretend to attack him.

Mayor Emanuel, who leaves office in May after two terms, said the hoax could endanger other gay people who report hate crimes by casting doubt on whether they are telling the truth.

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Chicago “is still owed an apology.”

“I’ve heard that they wanted their day in court with TV cameras so that America could know the truth. They chose to hide behind secrecy and broker a deal to circumvent the judicial system,” Chief Johnson said.

Chicago’s top prosecutor, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, recused herself from the investigation before Mr. Smollett was charged, citing conversations she had with a Smollett family member.

Many legal experts were surprised by the dismissal, especially the fact that it did not include any condition that Mr. Smollett apologize and admit he staged the assault.

“This situation is totally bizarre.

It’s highly, highly unusual,” said Phil Turner, a Chicago defense attorney and former federal prosecutor with no ties to the case.

Mr. Smollett reported that he was attacked around 2 a.m. on Jan. 29 on his way home from a sandwich shop.

Investigators said he made the false report because he was unhappy with his pay on “Empire” and believed it would promote his career.

The actor plays the gay character

Jamal Lyon on the hit Fox TV show, which follows a black family as they navigate the ups and downs of the recording industry.

Mr. Smollett said two masked men shouted racial and anti-gay slurs, poured bleach on him, beat him and looped a rope around his neck. He claimed they shouted, “This is MAGA country” — a reference to President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. He asserted that he could see one of the men was white because he could see the skin around his eyes.

Police said Mr. Smollett paid $3,500 to the two men, both of whom are black.

The men were brothers Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, and one of them had worked on “Empire.” An attorney representing the Osundairos has said the brothers agreed to help Mr. Smollett because of their friendship and the sense that he was helping their careers. They declined to comment.

Before the attack, police said, Mr. Smollett also sent a threatening letter to himself at the Chicago studio where “Empire” is shot. The FBI, which is investigating that letter, has declined to comment.

Mr. Smollett said he wanted “nothing more than to get back to work.” But his future with the show was unclear.

Shortly after the charges were filed, producers announced that his character would be removed from the final two episodes of the season.

Fox Television, which produces “Empire,” issued a one-sentence statement late Tuesday saying only that the company was “gratified” that the charges had been dropped.

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The Mueller report Make no mistake: In no way has President Trump been vindicated by the Mueller report — at least not according to the scant, four-page letter released Sunday by U.S. Attorney General William Barr that allegedly outlines the conclusions of the special counsel’s 22-month probe We want our readers to clearly understand that President Trump refused to be interviewed by Mr. Mueller or his team.

So how can the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election be complete without getting the sworn testimony of its chief witness-perpetrator, President Trump?

The letter states that while Mr. Mueller found that Russian government affiliates hacked into Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic Party computers and disseminated emails and other info via WikiLeaks and social media, the probe did not determine that Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign team “conspired or coordinated” with the Russian government to interfere with the election.

The letter goes on to state that Mr. Mueller’s probe does not conclude that President Trump committed the crime of obstructing federal investigations into the question of Russian interference in the election, but the report also “does not exonerate” him.

We know the Mueller investigation has led to the indictment and conviction of several Trump campaign officials, including Paul Manafort, President Trump’s campaign chairman, and Rick Gates of Richmond, who also served on President Trump’s inaugural committee.

Note, too, that this summary comes from an attorney general hand-picked by President Trump and who wrote a secret, unsolicited memo last June attacking the Mueller investigation and sent it to Trump administration officials. The memo likely set up Mr. Barr to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was fired by President Trump in November for recusing himself from overseeing the Russia probe.

Mr. Barr has a record of exonerating administration officials.

As U.S. attorney general during President George H.W. Bush’s tenure, he supported the president’s pardon of six key figures involved in the Iran-Contra scandal under former President Ronald Reagan, including the pardon of Caspar Weinberger, defense secretary in the Reagan administration.

The situation leaves truth-seeking Americans with little choice but to demand public disclosure of the full Mueller report.

We call on Mr. Barr to release the report, and we urge the House and Senate Intelligence Committees to continue their work to get to the bottom of what has transpired by using their subpoena powers to talk with Mr. Mueller and others.

From information previously released to the public, we know that Russians tried to influence the presidential election. We still need to know how such influence and interference by foreign entities can be prevented in the future.

We also need to understand President Trump’s financial ties to the Russians and what happened during the secret meeting between Russian emissaries and the president’s son, Donald Jr., and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Trump Tower prior to the 2016 election. What promises were made by President Trump and his people in exchange for Russian help with an election victory?

Those questions and scores of others remain unanswered. And until the American people get those answers, we will never clearly understand why President Trump was elected and continues to be a puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The American people deserve the truth. We urge Congress to help uncover it.

Unfortunately, the Mueller report’s ambiguity has left President Trump crowing and claiming victory over what he has long described as a “witch hunt.” Mr. Barr said in the letter that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, a Trump quisling, concluded that the Mueller report’s evidence is “not sufficient” to determine that President Trump has committed a crime. Did we expect any other conclusion from Mr. Barr, who has the power to determine whether a crime was committed?

At this point, the situation has emboldened President Trump and his right-wing GOP supporters to the extent that his administration has renewed its assault against the Affordable Care Act and other progressive Obama-era gains.

The U.S. Justice Department, led by Mr. Barr, is siding with a Texas judge’s decision that would effectively strike down the entire health care initiative that more than 20 million people have come to rely on. In Virginia alone, more than 400,000 people became eligible on Jan. 1 for health insurance through the state’s Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Another 400,000 Virginians already were enrolled in insurance plans through the ACA health care exchange in 2018.

We shudder to think what further attempts President Trump will launch to roll back recent advances to women’s reproductive health, voting rights, education and environmental and justice issues. It is up to clear-thinking members of Congress from both political parties to stop him.

Speak truth to power Note to Gov. Northam: Last week, you signed a bill sponsored by Virginia Legislative Black Caucus chairman Delegate Lamont Bagby of Henrico to create a state African-American Advisory Board.

According to the legislation, House Bill 2767, this 21-member board composed of citizen members — not lawmakers — is to advise you on developing economic, professional, cultural, educational and governmental links between state government and the African-American community.

Creating this board, 15 of whose members must be AfricanAmerican, does not absolve you or bring you any closer to making amends for your outlandish blackface revelations and the depths of your lack of understanding of white privilege and the pandemic of racism that permeates most aspects of life that continue to oppress people of color.

Creating a panel of people who are willing just to be in the same room with you will not give you a full understanding of the policies, practices and laws that need to be changed to bring equity and fairness to African-Americans and others. Such a panel only gives you cover to delay real effort and action to bring about change. It also insulates you from the criticism you deserve over this incident that has brought shame to our Commonwealth. For this panel to be respected and effective, it must include individuals who are unafraid to speak truth to power.

You need to find better ways to make amends and bring authentic change to Virginia.

We urge people, particularly those in the African-American community, to tell Gov. Northam how they feel about his efforts since his racist revelations in February, and to offer specifics on what the Commonwealth needs by way of change to move forward.

To make your voice heard, and to volunteer for the advisory board, contact Gov. Northam’s office at bit.ly/vagovcontact or call (804) 786-2211.

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We must invest in ourselves

In his 1993 classic “Race Matters,” scholar Dr. Cornel West characterizes what our fiscal priorities say about us as a community: “The neglect of our public infrastructure” is a reflection of “not only our myopic education policies ... but also the low priority we place on our common life.”

When will we stop pretending that something other than systemic racism has caused the state of Richmond Public Schools and the city’s deteriorating infrastructure?

Let’s get one thing straight: Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s 2020 budget proposal to invest in public education and to improve basic services is an effort to remedy racism. It’s effectively universal affirmative action with a price tag. Simply put, the mayor asks us city dwellers to invest in ourselves.

For decades after WWII, Richmond’s white leaders fought hard to prevent the city’s population from becoming majority black. As more black people moved into Richmond from nearby counties, more white residents moved out of the city. Federal highway “urban renewal” programs destroyed black neighborhoods while it simplified the commute for white suburban residents to drive into the city for work and quickly leave.

Beginning in the1980s, many black people left the inner city to live in the suburbs. Most have never returned. Frankly, some black people chose individuals in their families over the collective good of the black community. While black people surely did not begin this outmigration trend, we did help its proliferation.

In the past 10 years, Richmond’s population has rebounded significantly as cities became cool again. But the newcomers are increasingly white and/or multiracial people.

The result? Today, Richmond has lost its majority single-race black status and is now 48 percent African-American — a majority minority city, but not a majority black city.

Meanwhile, 75 percent of RPS students live near or below the poverty line because, in this country, public education is reserved for the poor and those with limited options simply based on where they reside. In America, your ZIP code determines your early educational opportunities.

To no fault of their own, the education of our children is subject to the income of their parents. This should not be, but it is. So how do we deal with it in a city with the high-

est poverty rate of any urban locale in the Commonwealth?

How do we confront this when it costs about 40 percent more to educate a student living in poverty?

As the story of black migration to the suburbs attests, if you can afford a better life, you likely jump at the chance,

Dr. Ravi K. Perry leaving your community behind. Those of us that remain are left holding the bag all the while struggling to crawl out of the gutter of underfunded schools.

Earlier this month, Mayor Stoney presented his 2020 budget to City Council, which includes a 9 cent property tax hike proposal. After the mayor’s presentation, Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell suggested Mayor Stoney was breaking a campaign promise to not raise taxes. Her strong opposition to taxes is representative of a larger culture that engulfs more than just local Richmond politics.

Ever since President George H.W. Bush said at the Republican National Convention in 1988 “Read my lips: No new taxes,” America’s orientation to tax policy has shifted to the right. The conservative theory argues the economy is not improved by tax increases, but by tax cuts. The sad reality is once you remove politics from the equation, there is scant non-partisan evidence to prove the theory.

Certainly, Mayor Stoney’s tax proposal is bold and ambitious and may not be a politically wise strategy. Risktaking mayors do not always get rewarded at the polls for implementing dynamic change, although history looks on them with favor.

To be clear, it is bold to propose a budget that addresses systemic inequality and decades of disinvestment — and mismanagement by some predecessors.

But risk-taking works and serves to get at the root of problems with an eye toward eliminating them once and for all. In 2016, Richmond elected Mayor Stoney, who ran on an agenda of being a mayor who would champion Richmond Public Schools and its students, focus on basic services and work toward healing our huge racial and economic divides — to build one city.

Investing in public education in a majority-black school district helps everyone because an educated public contributes to a productive social order, less crime and better health.

Substandard schools drive families away, shrink the tax base and hurt all city services.

Strong schools attract new families and make greater levels of economic and racial diversity

in the classroom possible, to the benefit of all kids.

Mayor Stoney pushed to establish an Education Compact between the mayor, City Council and the Richmond School Board so that the schools provide an annual accountability report to the mayor and council and the public can better understand what their dollars got them. This is exactly what Mayor Stoney ran on and what he was elected to do. What’s needed now is for City Council to get on board.

I get it — a modestly increased tax bill is aggrevating. But a school system that continues to fail our kids is intolerable and unjust.

But there’s another side of responsibly governing a city: Attention to infrastructure and the basic services that make for a functional urban environment. This means roads, fixing potholes and street and sidewalk repair. The mayor’s budget invests in addressing that fundamental need as well.

There is a price tag attached: The no-brainer cigarette tax and raising the property tax rate from $1.20 per $100 of assessed value to $1.29 per $100 of assessed value. This is, of course, significantly higher than the county tax rates, but still far less than the $1.53 per $100 of assessed value that Richmond property owners paid 30 years ago.

Here’s the reality of governing a city like Richmond: There are simply too few resources.

The city’s tax base is cramped by non-taxable property and by the decades-long and arguably, racist, moratorium on annexation.

Richmond is in fact a caricature of a national urban phenomenon: Concentrate all the most challenging problems in cities, deprive it of resources and then blame the local government and its elected officials (who are likely to be people of color) for failing to provide services that are on par with suburban county governments. That is what political scientists have long labeled the “hollow prize.”

This is the decades-long dynamic Mayor Stoney is seeking to reverse, and it rightly starts with schoolchildren.

While Mayor Stoney has lobbied for more state dollars, Richmond can’t rely on better state funding with a GOP-led legislature with little to no interest in funding the public education of families unlikely to vote for them — especially in the Trump era of severe disinvestment in cities, an era where federal dollars to urban cities is at its lowest.

It has taken two years, a lot of trust-building work and careful analysis to get to the point where our mayor, schools superintendent and School Board leadership are fully aligned — a point that literally has never

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been reached before in our 15 years under the current form of government.

It’s unconscionable that our local leaders would pass up the opportunity to build on the momentum to finally fix — and not just Band-Aid — our schools.

If we don’t invest in our own community, who will?

This is the moment when the rubber hits the road — the moment where we can decide whether to be a city looking in the rearview mirror, or a city that takes meaningful action on its deepest problems, using the tools at hand, to secure a better future.

The writer is chair of the Department of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020

The County Manager’s recommended budget synopsis is prepared and published solely for the purposes of fiscal planning and public information. Budgeted items do not represent commitments or obligations of the Board of Supervisors to appropriate funds for those items. The budget consists of estimates and requests submitted to the County Manager and his recommendations concerning those requests. Funds cannot be allocated or distributed until they are appropriated by the Board of Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing for the purposes of public information and fiscal planning regarding the proposed budget. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., in the Board Room at the Henrico Government Center, Hungary Spring and East Parham Roads, Henrico County, Virginia.

The public hearing is also for the purpose of allowing the public to question and comment on the proposed operating and capital budgets. All citizens have the right to attend and share their views on the proposed budgets within such reasonable time limits as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.

OPERATING BUDGET ESTIMATED RESOURCES: $1,324,558,787(*) General Property Taxes $ 487,345,000 Charges for Services $ 166,181,602 Other Local Tax Revenue 159,560,000 Meals Tax Revenue 9,000,000 Licenses, Permits, Fees 6,314,912 Total Estimated Revenue $ 1,490,253,632 Use of Money & Property 8,740,542 State Agencies 420,753,541 Federal Agencies 64,432,481 Fund Balances/Reserves/Adj. 25,993,340 Miscellaneous Revenue 14,406,776 Interdepartmental Billings (113,528,137) Recovered Costs 153,518,778 Transfers to Capital Projects (78,160,048) TOTAL ESTIMATED RESOURCES (Operating Budget) $ 1,324,558,787 (*) - Includes anticipated revenue to be used to fund car tax relief for qualifying vehicles. Relief is estimated for qualifying vehicles valued at $1,000 or less to be at 100%, for qualifying vehicles valued at $1,001 to $20,000 to be at 51%, and for qualifying vehicles valued at $20,001 or more to be at 51% on the first $20,000 of value only.

Board of Supervisors Public Library Sheriff Circuit Court Clerk Circuit Court Services Commonwealth’s Attorney General District Court Magistrate Juv./Dom. Rel. Court Services Probation Juvenile Detention Home Electoral Board County Manager Public Relations and Media Services County Attorney Human Resources Employee Benefits Police Operations Police Communications/Radio Shop Animal Protection

ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS GENERAL FUND: $918,656,127 $ 1,130,564 Fire and EMS 20,677,778 Finance 42,431,206 General Services 2,700,823 Internal Audit 715,649 Information Technology 5,427,026 Agriculture/Home Extension 464,635 Recreation & Parks 6,286 Public Health 201,025 Public Works 23,072 Real Property 2,381,481 Economic Development 1,926,520 Tax Relief Programs 1,914,655 Cooperative Projects 1,992,181 Other Non-Departmental 2,602,393 Sandston Recreation Center 4,645,214 Building Inspections 2,216,187 Planning 70,636,878 Permit Centers 6,935,198 Community Revitalization 1,835,887 Education

SPECIAL REVENUE FUND: $177,517,668 School Cafeteria $ 23,236,967 Police Grant Programs - Education 51,694,481 Public Works Grant Programs – General Gov’t 250,000 Mental Health Community Corrections Program 2,106,331 Solid Waste Operations Social Services 22,765,797 Street Lighting, S.D.#2 Social Services/CSA 13,496,253 Street Lighting, S.D.#3 Capital Region Workforce Partnership 4,154,563 Street Lighting, S.D.#3.1 VJCCCA/USDA 987,694 Street Lighting, S.D.#12 Victim Witness 1,167,642 Street Lighting, S.D.#23 Special Drug Prosecutor 175,680 W & S Operations

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WATER & SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND: $96,685,261 $ 67,387,237 W & S Debt Service

GOLF COURSE ENTERPRISE FUND: $1,160,388 Belmont Park Golf Course Operations Central Auto.Maint./Motor Pool Risk Management

INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS: $162,588,096 $ 22,430,361 Technology Replacement 10,733,299 Healthcare

DEBT SERVICE FUND: $71,570,276 General $

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JAMES RIVER JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AGENCY FUND: $5,459,108 JRJDC Operations $ 5,359,108 JRJDC Facility Maintenance FIDUCIARY FUNDS: $4,450,000 $ 2,750,000 Line of Duty 600,000

Other Post Employment Benefits Long-Term Disability

TOTAL ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS (Operating Budget) Less Interdepartmental Billings TOTAL ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS (Operating Budget)

64,769,866 14,374,170 15,426,103 651,937 15,960,783 443,994 20,188,569 2,433,102 54,608,439 615,782 18,346,726 9,000,000 3,047,993 1,280,260 14,000 4,774,832 4,593,816 941,566 1,870,711 514,448,820 1,618,727 897,000 40,128,900 14,754,533 23,600 29,800 3,800 23,100 2,800

ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS: $322,677,800 $ 8,624,800 Public Works 11,300,000 Non-Departmental 3,650,000 Education 1,650,000 Water & Sewer Projects 14,950,000

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A copy of the proposed operating and capital budgets is available for public inspection in each of the County’s branch libraries and the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico, and is also available to be viewed on the County’s website at: http://henrico.us/budget/proposed-budgets/

Reject violence, affirm life Words fail to express the depth of our sorrow at the horrific violence against the Muslim community at the Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Faced yet again with an act of hate-fueled, anti-religious and racist violence in a place of worship, the Standing Together Steering Committee of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities recognizes such acts strike at the heart of our shared humanity. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community in Christchurch and around the world.

As we gather to denounce hatred, reject violence and comfort friends and neighbors, we are reminded of the collective work we must continue in order to make our society and world more just, inclusive and affirmative of all human life. We refuse to be silent while racist and anti-religious violence continues to spread across our nation and world. The lives of innocent members of our human family at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.; Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh; Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek; and Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch call us to work tirelessly to eradicate all forms of racism and religious bigotry.

To stand in solidarity in the face of grotesque

violence and human pain means to share a deep commitment to practice hospitality and pursue justice in affirming the inherent worth, value and dignity of all people, cultures and religious traditions. This is who we are and what it means to be people of faith who choose to stand together.

Once again, we call on all members of our community to take our heartbreak, our shock, our anguish and channel it into the concrete action that visions and builds a just, inclusive world where people practice their faith, share their culture, practice their religious tradition and live and exist as their authentic selves in peace.

We firmly believe that when we stand together in deep solidarity, we can transform our world.

STANDING TOGETHER STEERING COMMITTEE Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities Richmond Rev. Molly Bosscher, Dr. Imad Damaj, Rev. Dr. Alex Evans, Ms. Anne Gibbons, Rabbi Michael Knopf, Rev. Rachel May, Dr. Archana Pathak, Dr. Ravi Perry, Rev. Amy Russell, Dr. Corey D.B. Walker and Mr. Jonathan Zur

W. Broad Street and Brook Road Pedestrian Accommodations Henrico County Find out about proposed pedestrian accommodations on W. Broad Street (Route 250) and Brook Road (Route 1) in Henrico County. Work will include the installation of crosswalks, pedestrian signals and crossing buttons at eight locations along W. Broad Street (Towne Center West Boulevard, West Mall Entrance, Lauderdale Drive, Spring Oak Drive, Pouncey Tract Road, John Rolfe Parkway, Brownstone Boulevard and Tom Leonard Drive) and five locations along Brook Road (Virginia Center Parkway, Technology Parkway, Jeb Stuart Parkway, Main Mall Entrance and Magnolia Ridge).

Review the project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002 804-524-6000, 1-800-367-7623,TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

If your concerns cannot be satisfied, VDOT is willing to hold a public hearing. You may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written request to Phillip Frazer, Project Manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002 or by email to Phillip.Frazer@VDOT.Virginia.gov on or prior to April 11, 2019. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date, time and place of the hearing will be posted.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above.

State Project: 9999-964-455, P101, C501 Federal Project: HSIP-964-4(122) UPC: 108669

COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA NOTICE OF PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The County of Henrico proposes to increase property tax levies.

1. Assessment Increase: Total assessed value of real property, excluding additional assessments due to new constructions or improvements to property, exceeds last year’s total assessed value of real property by 4.47 percent.

2. Lowered Rate Necessary to Offset Increased Assessment: The tax rate which would levy the same amount of real estate tax as last year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate with the exclusions mentioned above, would be $0.83 per $100 of assessed value. This rate will be known as the “lowered tax rate.”

3. Effective Rate Increase: The County of Henrico proposes to adopt a tax rate of $0.87 per $100 of assessed value.

This is the same tax rate as was in effect in 2018. The difference between the lowered tax rate and the proposed rate would be $0.04 per $100, or 4.8 percent. This difference will be known as the “effective tax rate increase.”

Individual property taxes may, however, increase at a percentage greater than or less than the above percentage.

4. Proposed Total Budget Increase: Based on the proposed real property tax rate and changes in other revenues, the total operating budget of the County of Henrico will exceed last year’s by 5.7 percent.

Real Estate $0.87 $0.87 Computer Equipment and Peripherals Used in a Calendar Year Data Center 2018 Levy $0.40 2019 Proposed Levy $0.40 Calendar Year 2018 Levy 2019 Proposed Levy

Personal Property $3.50 $3.50 Disabled Veterans’ Vehicles $0.01 $0.01

Machinery Fire & Rescue Aircraft & Tools Vols.’ Vehicles $0.50 $0.30 $1.00 $0.50 $0.30 $1.00 Machinery & Motor Vehicles Specially Tools for Equipped to Provide Semiconductor Transportation for Physically Manufacturers Handicapped Individuals $0.30 $0.01 $0.30 $0.01

The Board of Supervisors will also fix a levy on all classes of property in Sanitary Districts #2, #3, #3.1, #12, and #23 for street lights: Real Estate Sanitary Sanitary Sanitary Sanitary Sanitary Calendar Year District #2 District #3 District #3.1 District #12 District #23 2018 Levy $0.003 $0.010 $0.031 $0.010 $0.010 2019 Proposed Levy $0.003 $0.010 $0.031 $0.010 $0.010 Calendar Year 2018 Levy 2019 Proposed Levy

Sanitary District #2 $0.001 $0.001

Personal Property(*) Sanitary Sanitary District #3 District #3.1 $0.001 $0.001 $0.001 $0.001

Sanitary District #12 $0.001 $0.001

Sanitary District #23 $0.001 $0.001

*Applies to all classes of personal property including aircraft, fire & rescue volunteers’ vehicles, disabled veterans’ vehicles, motor vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals, computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center, machinery & tools, and machinery & tools for semiconductor manufacturers.

All levies are per $100 of assessed valuation at fair market value.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rates and levies for calendar year 2019 on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., in the Board Room at the Government Center, Hungary Spring and East Parham Roads, Henrico County, Virginia. The Board of Supervisors shall permit persons desiring to be heard an opportunity to present oral testimony within such reasonable time limits as shall be determined by the Board.

Following the public hearing, but also on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, during the 7:00 p.m. meeting, the Board of Supervisors may fix an appropriate tax levy for real estate, personal property, aircraft, qualifying fire & rescue volunteers’ vehicles, disabled veterans’ vehicles, motor vehicles specially equipped to provide transportation for physically handicapped individuals, computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center, machinery & tools, and machinery & tools for semiconductor manufacturers for calendar year 2019.

The Board of Supervisors is not obligated to adopt the proposed tax rates but may increase or decrease them as it deems necessary, provided that before any rate may be increased, the proposed increase shall be advertised and the public given an opportunity to appear before and be heard by the Board on the proposed increase. The Board may adjourn to subsequently meet and fix tax levies no later than June 30, 2019.

A copy of the proposed budget is available at https://henrico.us/budget/proposed-budgets/ Given under my hand this 19th day of March, 2019.

Barry R. Lawrence, Clerk Henrico County Board of Supervisors

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CAPITAL BUDGET ESTIMATED RESOURCES: $322,677,800 General Fund Revenues $ 19,924,800 G. O. Bonds - Education General Fund – Ed. Meals Tax 9,000,000 G. O. Bonds - General Education Meals Tax Reserves 26,345,233 Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds Bond Premium 25,000,000 Va. Public School Authority Bonds General Fund – Tourism Reserve 2,000,000 Interest Earnings General Fund – Stormwater Dedication 2,348,000 Water & Sewer Fees General Fund – Land Reserve 2,987,015 Motor Vehicle License Revenue Designated Capital Reserve 14,055,000 Police Fire General Services Information Technology Recreation & Parks

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S. Washington Highway (Route 1) Improvements Town of Ashland Design Public Hearing Monday, April 22, 2019, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

VDOT Ashland Residency 523 N. Washington Highway Ashland, Virginia 23005 Find out about the proposed project to add left turn lanes and sidewalks on S. Washington Highway (Route 1) between Ashcake Road and Arbor Oak Drive in the Town of Ashland in Hanover County.

The meeting will be held in an open forum style from 5 – 6:30 p.m. This format will provide the flexibility to allow participants to meet and discuss the proposed project directly with project staff members.

Review the project information and National Environmental Policy Act documentation at VDOT’s Richmond District Office located at 2430 Pine Forest Drive in Colonial Heights, 23834-9002, 804-524-6000, 1-800-367-7623 or TTY/TDD 711. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.

Give your written or oral comments at the meeting or submit them no later than May 2, 2019 to Adam Brooks, project manager, Virginia Department of Transportation, 2430 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834-9002. You may also email your comments to adam.brooks@vdot.virginia.gov. Please reference “Route 1 Improvements in Ashland” in the subject line.

VDOT ensures nondiscrimination and equal employment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact the project manager listed above. *In the event of inclement weather on April 22, this meeting will be held on Monday, April 29 at the same time and location above.

State Project: 0001-166-286, P101, R201, C501 Federal Project: STP-5A27(547), STP-5A27(613), STP-5A27(614), UPC: 112042

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

VCU ends season at tourney

Coach Rhoades

Tacko Fall

In a proverbial sense, Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball team scaled numerous mountains this season.

Despite a lackluster preseason analysis, the Rams won 25 games with 12 straight victories, claimed the Atlantic 10 title and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Once at the tournament, however, “Mount Tacko” was too steep to climb.

That’s Tacko Fall, the University of Central Florida’s 7-foot-6 center from Senegal, who may be the Orlando area’s biggest draw now since the Magic Kingdom.

Led by Fall’s 13 points, 18 rebounds, five blocked shots and undeniable intimidation, UCF defeated the Rams 73-58 last Friday in the first round of the NCAA East Region games played in Columbia, S.C. The Rams shot poorly — 31 percent — for a reason. It’s hard finding the nets with a mobile, long-stemmed “mountain” between the person with the ball and the basket. It was a deflating final chapter to what had been a season-long celebration for the black and gold Rams.

Under second year Coach Mike Rhoades, VCU bounced back from its worst season this century (18-15 in 2017-18) to win the A-10 season crown after being picked a humbling seventh in preseason.

Coach Rhoades was named A-10 Coach of the Year and junior guard Marcus Evans was selected to the All-A-10.

The Rams scored non-conference wins over the University of Texas and Wichita State University and nearly upset the University of Virginia in a seesaw contest with 13 lead changes and six ties.

VCU closed its regular season with a tidal wave of momentum, winning the final 12 games, many by lopsided margins.

Twist to the plot: It all turned sour with 9:41 left in first half of the A-10

Horace Clarke

Tournament quarterfinals against the University of Rhode Island. That’s when Evans tumbled to the floor with a knee injury. At the time, the heavily favored Rams were up 16-13 in the game played in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center.

Evans didn’t return to the game and the Rams went on to lose 75-70.

Evans made a valiant effort to play in the NCAA Tournament game against UCF, but he was clearly below par with six points and six turnovers. Because of that, VCU’s final two losses will forever be remembered for a “What if?”

VCU becomes “D”CU: Defense triggered the Rams’huge improvement. VCU led theA-10 in these defensive categories — least points allowed, lowest field goal percentage allowed, lowest 3-point field goal percentage allowed and most turnovers caused.

Coming and going: The 2019-20 Rams will look much like the current team. The top eight scorers are set to return.

The Rams will lose only backups Michael Gilmore and Xavier Jackson.

Incoming freshmen are Jarren McAllister and Tre Clark are both 6-foot-3 wings.

McAllister is a native North Carolinian who played this past season at Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va., while Clark hails from Covington, Ga. VCU also is excited about the addition of walk-on guard Arnold Henderson from St. Christopher’s School in Richmond.

Henderson is the nephew of Rams legend Gerald Henderson.

Orange juice: The Rams will be tested early next season on Nov. 29-30 in the Emerald Coast Classic in Destin, Fla. Opponents in the eight-team field include Florida State, Tennessee and Purdue universities.

Next year, VCU’s non-conference slate includes trips to Wichita and Charleston, S.C., and a home game against Old Do-

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minion University.

As the marquee attraction, Louisiana State University is scheduled to play the Rams at the Siegel Center in November.

Former VCU Coach Will Wade recently was suspended as LSU’s basketball coach because of alleged violations.

Debbie Downer: If you’re looking for a negative to attach to this season, it may be the overall strength of the A-10.

Both VCU and A-10 Tournament champ St. Louis University lost in the NCAA first round while the University of Dayton and Davidson University were eliminated in the first round of the NIT. Coach in demand: Coach Rhoades’ success hasn’t gone unnoticed. University of Nevada — Las Vegas Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois publicly announced that Coach Rhoades is her No. 1 candidate to replace Coach Marvin Menzies, who was fired March 15.

Also, there is speculation that Virginia Tech Coach Buzz Williams will be leaving for Texas A&M University after this season.

Coach Rhoades’ name has popped up as a possible successor to Coach Williams in Blacksburg.

Coach Rhoades has not indicated any interest in leaving VCU. However, Rams coaches have a recent history of bolting to biggername schools: Jeff Capel to the University of Oklahoma, Anthony Grant to he University of Alabama, Shaka Smart to the University of Texas and Coach Wade to LSU. In summation: The Rams dominated the A-10 this season and likely will be favored to do so again in the 2019-20 season. On firm footing, VCU has been to eight NCAA Tournaments in the last nine years and there is no reason to expect a slippage.

After one awkward season in 2018-19, the Rams are enjoying the view from the mountaintop.

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Elizer Zambrano

Flying Squirrels to add Latin flavor and to purchase tickets.

Get ready for some béisbol on Arthur Ashe Boulevard.

Professional baseball in Richmond has had a Hispanic-Latino The Richmond Flying Squirrels will open the season at home on Thursday, April 4, against the Hartford (Conn.) Yard Goats. influence dating to the 1960s, when the team was called the Richmond Virginians, the International League affiliate of The Diamond will have a Spanish accent this season.

Honoring baseball’s deeply rooted association with Latino the New York Yankees.

Among the first players was second baseman Horace Clarke and Hispanic cultures, the Richmond Flying Squirrels will become the Las Ardillas Voladoras de Richmond each Friday from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Clarke played during the 1963 and 1964 seasons in Richmond before joining the parenthome game starting Friday, April 5.

Using the Spanish equivalent of Flying Squirrels as its club Yankees in a career spanning from 1965 to 1974.

Clarke’s manager in Richmond was Cuban native nickname, the local Eastern League affiliate also will wear Preston Gomez, who later managed big league teams in alternate uniforms that will carry the logo in Spanish, San Diego, Houston and Chicago. with a green and blue color scheme.

From 1966 to 2008, the Atlanta affiliate This is part of minor league baseball’s Richmond Braves occupied Parker Field and nationwide Copa de la Diversión. The Flylater, starting in 1985, The Diamond. Team meming Squirrels are partnering with the Virginia bers with Hispanic and Latino backgrounds Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the were shortstop Vinny Castilla and pitcher Virginia Hispanic Foundation.

Armando Reynoso from Mexico, first baseOn the 11 Friday dates during the season, man Francisco Cabrera and pitcher Pascual special Latin and Hispanic pregame entertainOpening soon Perez from the Dominican Republic, centerfielder ment will be featured, along with themed contests, music and specialty food during the game.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels Andruw Jones from Curaçao, pitcher Luis Tiant On Friday, April 5, baseball and wrestling fans open at The Diamond on Thursday, from Cuba, and catcher Javy Lopez and second will be able to meet Mexican wrestler La Parka. April 4, against the Hartford Yard baseman Chico Ruiz from Puerto Rico.

Ruizplayedpartsof12seasonsinRichmond,from From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., fans can climb into a Goats of Connecticut. First pitch: 6:35 p.m.

1973 to 1984, and was always a fan favorite. wrestling ring with him and pose for photos on The trend continued when the Squirrels came to The the Funnville Fan Zone Main Stage at The Diamond.

La Parka, who debuted in Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Diamond in 2009.

Last season’s Eastern League All-Stars featured Dominican Worldwide in 1992, wears skeleton-like attire in a tribute to the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos. outfielder Luigi Rodriguez.

A fixture has been catcher-turned-bullpen coach Eliezar He made his debut in the United States with the former World Zambrano. The native Venezuelan was an active Squirrel Championship Wrestling in 1996 as “The Chairman.”

The announcement of Las Ardillas Voladoras was made every season from 2009 to 2017.

Dominican Francisco Morales will serve as Richmond hitting earlier this month at Huguenot High School, with members of the Falcons baseball and softball teams modeling the Flying coach and Venezuelan Lipso Nava as fundamentals coach.

Former Squirrels’ managers include Venezuelan Jose AlSquirrels’ new Friday uniform.

Also, the Lakeside Youth Baseball League will designate guacil (2015) and Mexican Miguel Ojeda (2016).

It’s too early to say what this year’s lineup will look like. two teams this season to wear Las Ardillas Voladoras uniforms, But based on a half century of history, expect a Spanish the same style as the pro team.

The Flying Squirrels also launched a dual-language website accent on the field as usual and, starting this year, all around — www.ardillasvoladoras.com — for fans to view promotions the stadium.

Suspect arrested in death of W&M football player Nate Evans The investigation continues into the death of Nate Evans, a Lee-Davis High School graduate and sophomore football running back at the College of William & Mary.

Evans, a 19-year-old native of Mechanicsville and 2017 Lee-Davis graduate, was shot as he was being robbed shortly before midnight Thursday, March 21, in Norfolk near the campus of Old Dominion University.

On Monday, police arrested Kri’Shawn D. Beamon, 20, of Chesapeake, who was being held without bond in the Norfolk City Jail on charges of second degree murder, robbery and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Police did not release any further details, but noted that Evans had close friends at ODU. Evans, the son of Brandi Evans-Fose of Mechanicsville, ranks Nate Evans with Lee-Davis’ alltime football standouts.Atwo-timeAll-Metro performer, Evans rushed for 3,466 yards and scored 56 touchdowns for the Hanover County school.

His success on the gridiron continued at W&M. In two seasons wearing jersey No. 3, he rushed for 684 yards and five touchdowns.

He was also a valuable kick returner forspecial teams. However, he was not participating in this season’s spring football drills under new Coach Michael London.

A gathering to remember Evans was held Monday night at Kaplan Arena on the W&M campus. Among those addressing the grieving audience were Coach London, W&M President Katherine A. Rowe and Athletic Director Samantha Huge.

“William & Mary grieves today the death of Nate Evans, an immensely talented young man,” President Rowe said. “I extend condolences and the deepest sympathy on behalf of the community to Nate’s family, friends, teammates and those close to him.”

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Coach Hamilton

Coach Sampson

3 African-American coaches remain in NCAA Tournament

African-Americans continue to dominate NCAA Basketball Tournament action as players, but not so much as coaches.

Only three head coaches among the remaining 16 tournament teams are African-American. There were only 10 African-American coaches in the original field of 68 teams. That includes two from HBCUs — North Carolina Central University and Prairie View A&M University.

African-American coaches whose teams are advancing to this weekend’s Sweet 16 are Leonard Hamilton of Florida State, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson and Tony Benford of Louisiana State University.

Coach Benford requires Sweet 16 an asterisk.

The NCAA Basketball Previously a Tigers asTournament, which started with 64 teams, is now down sistant, Coach Benford was to 16. Here is information on named interim head coach the upcoming games: earlier this month to replace suspended head Coach Will West Region — Thursday, March 28, in Anaheim, Calif.: Wade, formerly of Virginia Gonzaga vs. Florida State, Commonwealth University.

7:09 p.m.; Michigan vs. Texas Other African-American Tech, 9:39 p.m. Region final coaches in the NCAA field on Saturday, March 30. were Coach Ritchie McKay East Region — Friday, March of Liberty University; Coach 29, in Washington: Michigan Johnny Dawkins of UniverState vs. Louisiana State sity of Central Florida; Coach University, 7:09 p.m.; Duke vs.

James Jones of Yale; Coach Virginia Tech, 9:39 p.m. Region Ron Hunter of Georgia State final on Sunday, March 31.

University; Coach Levelle South Region — Thursday, Moton of North Carolina March 28, in Louisville, Ky.: Central University; Coach Tennessee vs. Purdue, 7:29 Byron Smith of Prairie View p.m.; Virginia vs. Oregon, 9:59 A&M University; and Coach p.m. Region final on Saturday, Travis DeCuire of the UniMarch 30. versity of Montana.

Midwest Region — Friday, Coaches McKay’s and March 29, in Kansas City, Mo.: Dawkins’ teams won first North Carolina vs. Auburn, round games before being 7:29 p.m.; Kentucky vs. eliminated in Round 2.

Houston, 9:59 p.m. Region final on Sunday, March 31.

In NCAA Tournament history, which dates back Region winners advance to to 1939, only four Africanthe NCAA Final Four on April 6 and 8 in Minneapolis.

American coaches have won the title. They are Coach John Thompson with Georgetown University in 1984; Coach Nolan Richardson with the University of Arkansas in 1994; Coach Tubby Smith with the University of Kentucky in 1998; and Coach Kevin Ollie with the University of Connecticut in 2014.

Coaches Hamilton and Sampson are familiar faces on the NCAA sidelines.

A 70-year-old native of Gastonia, N.C., Coach Hamilton has a career record of 554-425 with Oklahoma State, Miami (Fla.) and Florida State universities. His record with FSU is 354-215.

Coach Hamilton has guided the Seminoles to seven NCAA berths, including a run to the Elite Eight a year ago.

Coach Hamilton is one of only four African-American basketball coaches in the 15-member ACC. The others are Coach Jeff Capel III at Pittsburgh, Coach Danny Manning at Wake Forest and Coach Kevin Keatts at North Carolina State University.

Meanwhile, the 14-team Atlantic 10 Conference has only three African-American coaches — Coach Anthony Grant at Dayton, Coach Ashley Howard at La Salle University and newly named Coach Jamion Christian at George Washington University.

Coach Sampson, a 63-year-old native of Laurinburg, N.C., has a career mark of 614-323 in coaching stints at Montana Tech, Washington State, Oklahoma, Indiana and Houston. He is 116-51 at the University of Houston.

Coach Sampson has taken Houston to the NCAA Tournament twice. In 2002, he guided Oklahoma to the Final Four. In all, his teams have made 15 NCAA brackets.

Coach Benford is a 55-year-old native of Hobbs, N.M. He posted a 62-95 record as head coach at North Texas State, and has served as an assistant at New Mexico, Marquette, Nebraska and Arizona State before joining Coach Wade’s staff this season.

NSU bows to Colorado in NIT Norfolk State University’s long basketball season ended a long way from home in thin Rocky Mountain air.

The final chapter was a 76-60 loss at the University of Colorado in Boulder on Monday night in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Coach Robert Jones’ Spartans had advanced to the second round with a stunning 80-79 upset victory at the University of Alabama on March 20.

The triumph in Tuscaloosa was just the second postseason victory in NSU Division I history, dating to 1997. The other was an upset of Missouri in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA tourney.

NSU’s 22 wins are the second highest number of wins in the university’s NCAA Division I annals. In a season that began Nov. 2 with an exhibition victory over Virginia State University, NSU finishes a grinding, nearly five-month campaign at 22-14.

NSU won the MEAC regular season title with a 14-2 mark, but fell to North Carolina Central University in the MEAC Tournament final at the Norfolk Scope.

The Spartans were 11-2 at home, 9-8 in road games and 2-4 at neutral sites.

Competing two time zones away, the Spartans couldn’t overcome a 20-point halftime deficit at Colorado. The University of Colorado Buffaloes now advance to the NIT quarterfinals.

Mastadi Pitt had 14 points; Alex Long, 11; and Nic Thomas, 10. Steven Whitley added seven points and seven rebounds.

It was the final game for NSU seniors Pitt, Long, Derrik Jamerson, Jordan Butler and Armani Branch.

The game was played before a live crowd of 5,891 fans and a nationwide audience watching on ESPN.

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Personality: Joyce Woolridge Spotlight on chair of 3rd Annual Women of Faith Praying for A Cure prayer brunch Joyce Woolridge is an advocate for people to have their annual health checkups and cancer screenings.

“Cancer checkups are not to be run from,” she says. “They are to be run to, especially women. It is also important for men because they can have breast or prostate cancer, as well as other forms of the disease.

“As African-Americans, we need to open our minds to say, ‘God has blessed me this year and nothing is wrong.’

So we need to have a (cancer screening again) next year,” Mrs. Woolridge says.

The retired music teacher and Henrico resident takes cancer seriously. Her daughter, Dr. Tanya L. Woolridge, died of breast cancer at age 30.

That is why Mrs. Woolridge joined the Richmond Metropolitan Chapter of The Charmettes Inc., a women’s organization dedicated to bringing community awareness to cancer through education, community projects and health fairs, as well as providing services and support for people with cancer.

Mrs. Woolridge is chair of the chapter’s annual “Women of Faith Praying for A Cure” prayer brunch, scheduled this year for Saturday, April 20.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used by The Charmettes to purchase wigs for cancer patients, provide mammograms, host community forums, support cancer research efforts and support activities for

families and children fighting cancer.

“We believe that through prayer, financial support and research, researchers will eradicate cancer in our lifetime,” Mrs. Woolridge says.

In 1981, The Charmettes adopted a national push to help end cancer. The national organization, established in 1951 in West Palm Beach, Fla., now has 19 chapters in six states and the District of Columbia that have contributed more than $600,000 to the Howard University Cancer Center.

“In 2006, the chemotherapy infusion center at Howard was named The Charmettes Inc. Gwendolyn B. Rodgers Chemotherapy Infusion Suite in honor of the long-term support” the organization has provided, Mrs. Woolridge says.

The late Ms. Rodgers was one of the founders of The Charmettes.

Mrs. Woolridge says her daughter’s death was the turning point for her to help others dealing with cancer. Her daughter, she says, had graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed her residency at MCV, done an internal medicine fellowship at the University of Florida and was planning to return to Richmond to practice when she died.

“Young people need to know that you don’t have to be 25 or 30 to have cancer,” she says.

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What: 3rd Annual Women of Faith Praying for A Cure prayer brunch, sponsored by the Richmond Metropolitan Chapter of The Charmettes.

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20.

Where: Fifth Baptist Church Family Life Center, 1415 W. Cary St. Tickets: $30; proceeds to purchase wigs for cancer patients and to support the chapter’s efforts to support children and families fighting cancer.

Details: Keynote speaker, Elder Kathryn Nelson of Mt. Gilead Full Gospel International Ministries in Richmond, and musical guest Gregory Mitchell.

Information and tickets: Joyce Woolridge, event chairperson, (804) 239-0951.

“Cancer can affect anyone — from babies to adults.”

With 21 members, the Richmond Metropolitan Chapter of The Charmettes sponsors an annual toy drive for patients at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, participates in various programs sponsored by the American Cancer Society, including the Sisters Network Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, hosts several community health forums and provides health information and awareness through its nurse’s ministry at Fifth Baptist Church.

The prayer brunch is The Charmettes’latest effort to help people dealing with cancer and other diseases.

“We continue to seek in-

novative ways of raising awareness of cancer,” she says.

Meet health advocate and this week’s Personality, Joyce Woolridge: No. 1 volunteer position: Chairperson of The Charmettes’ “Women of Faith Praying for A Cure” prayer brunch.

Occupation: Retired Richmond Public Schools music teacher.

Date and place of birth: Jan. 12 in Elon, N.C. Current residence: Henrico County.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Hampton University; and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Family: Husband, Calvin Woolridge; son, William C.

The Charmettes is a sisterhood of dedicated women committed to improving the quality of life within our communities through advocacy, education, service and support for cancer research.

How I start the day: I start my day by turning around, getting on my knees and letting the Lord lead me throughout my day.

A perfect day for me is: Everything is quiet, things are going well and never missing a day hearing from my grandchildren.

Woolridge III; daughter, Tanya L. Woolridge, who is deceased.

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

When and why I became involved with Richmond Metropolitan Chapter of The Charmettes Inc.: I became a member of The Charmettes in 2016 because I lost my daughter to cancer. I’m very passionate about helping others and giving back to my community by supporting fundraising events, community service projects and working with an amazing group of women for a wonderful cause.

A quote that I am inspired by: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

I’m excited about this organization because: The Charmettes’ purpose is to help bring awareness to cancer through education, community projects, health fairs and providing services and support for people with cancer.

What I’m reading now: “Target: Alex Cross” by James Patterson.

The Charmettes’ mission:

How I unwind: Walking.

Three words that best describe me: Honest, dependable and trustworthy.

At the top of my “to-do” list: Finding time to de-clutter the clothes in my closet.

The person who influenced me the most: My mother.

My next goal: To become more involved with the chapter’s community service projects and help with bringing awareness to cancer research.

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Hundreds of members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority filled First Baptist Church of South Richmond for Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication ceremony for the historical markers honoring Richmond native Dorothy I. Height, 10th national president of the sorority.

Right, Jeffrey Randolph of Chesterfield, the great-nephew of the late civil rights icon, helped to unveil one marker, along with Connie Cuffee, president of the sororityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richmond Alumnae Chapter, and Virginia First Lady Pam Northam.

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The unveiling of a new historical marker saluting late Richmond native Dorothy I. Height for her role as a national civil rights leader was a gala affair.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event drew a big crowd to the ceremony at First Baptist Church of South Richmond on Decatur Street that included several of Ms. Heightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relatives, Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax, Gov. Ralph S. Northam and other officials and admirers of the woman former President Obama called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;godmother of the Civil Rights Movement.â&#x20AC;?

Speaker after speaker sang the praises of Ms. Height, who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 in recognition of her fight to secure rights for women and African-Americans as the longtime leader of the National Council of Negro Women.

And then came the unveiling of the marker that now stands in front of Richmond Public Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hull Street Branch in the 1400 block of Hull Street.

Just one thing was missing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a second historical marker calling attention to Ms. Heightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in expanding the influence of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10th national president.

The state Department of Historic Resources had announced March 18 that the two markers would stand together and be unveiled at the ceremony.

Department spokesman Randall Jones acknowledged Monday in response to a Free Press query that the information had been inaccurate, but based on information he had at the time.

He stated that the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oversight board had been expected to approve the sorority marker at a March 21 meeting,

City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, left, presents President Connie Cuffee and members of Delta Sigma Theta Sororityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richmond Alumnae Chapter with a certificate of recognition honoring Ms. Height at Monday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Council meeting.

but that meeting was canceled.

In addition, the Richmond Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority also learned only two weeks ago that it would need city permission to install the marker, according to Doris Bey, a representative for the chapter on the marker committee.

Monday night, 6th District City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson introduced legislation to secure that permission. The legislation, which could be adopted at the next council meeting, authorizes the city administration to accept the Delta marker valued at $2,700 to also be installed in front of the library.

Connie Cuffee, president of the sororityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richmond Alumnae Chapter, said the sororityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marker was on view at a reception held after the unveiling of the state marker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought that our marker could just be put up beside the state marker, but then we found out it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work that way,â&#x20AC;? Mrs. Cuffee said Monday night after City Council presented her and other chapter members with a certificate of recognition honoring Ms. Height.

Mrs. Cuffee said another ceremony will be held to unveil the sorority marker after the state and city provide the necessary approvals.

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The survey found that 72 percent of African-American young adults said they spend regular time in private prayer, compared to 58 percent of white young adults. Forty-seven percent of black young adults said they regularly read the Bible privately, compared to 33 percent of white young adults. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that they were still engaged in the disciplines of the faith, prayer and Bible reading really says that something is really still going on in their lives,â&#x20AC;? Dr. Croston said.

The survey was sponsored by LifeWay Students, the arm of LifeWay Christian Resources focused on student ministry, and included only those who had attended a Protestant church twice a month or more for at least a year during high school.

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The father of two adult children who are millennials said both expressed how important finding a congregation with a young adult ministry was to them as they looked for a new church after moving away from home. His daughter, Dr. Croston said, gave up on one congregation because it no longer offered a vibrant group that focused on young people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are her words: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything there for me anymore,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? he recalled.

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Broad Rock Baptist Church

Early Morning Worship ~ 8 a.m.

Sunday School ~ 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship ~ 11 a.m.

4th Sunday UniďŹ ed Worship Service ~ 9:30 a.m.

Bible Study: Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Sermons Available at BRBCONLINE.org

â&#x20AC;&#x153;MAKE IT HAPPENâ&#x20AC;?

Pastor Kevin Cook

St. Peter Baptist Church Worship Opportunities Sundays: Morning Worship Church School Morning Worship

8 A.M. 9:30 A.M. 11 A.M.

Unity Sundays (2nd Sundays): Church School 8:30 A.M. Morning Worship 10 A.M. Thursdays: Mid-Day Bible Study 12 Noon Prayer & Praise 6:30 P.M. Bible Study 7 P.M. (Children/Youth/Adults) -OUNTAIN 2OAD s 'LEN !LLEN 6IRGINIA /FlCE s &AX s WWW STPETERBAPTIST NET

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225 (804) 276-0791 office (804)276-5272 fax www.ndec.net

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a realityâ&#x20AC;Ś. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.â&#x20AC;?

Rev. Dr. Price L. Davis, Pastor

FRI. SAT.

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Initial Sermon of Bro. Avi Hopkins

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redeeming Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s People for Gods Purposeâ&#x20AC;?

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2604 Idlewood Avenue Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 www.riverviewbaptistch.org Rev. Dr. Stephen L. Hewlett, Pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph Reavis, Sr. Pastor Emeritus

2901 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223 (804) 648-2472 ~ www.mmbcrva.org Dr. Price London Davis, Senior Pastor

Antioch Baptist Church

A MISSION BASED CHURCH FAMILY EXCITING MINISTRIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS & SENIOR ADULTS BIBLE REVELATION TEACHING DIVERSE MUSIC MINISTRY LOVING, CARING ENVIRONMENT

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Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday Worship Sunday Church School Service of Holy Communion Service of Baptism Life Application Bible Class Mid-Week Senior Adult Fellowship Wednesday Meditation & Bible Study Homework & Tutoring Scouting Program Thursday Bible Study

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Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

216 W. Leigh St. â&#x20AC;˘ Richmond, Va. 23220 Tel: 804-643-3366 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 804-643-3367 Email: ebcofďŹ ce1@yahoo.com â&#x20AC;˘ web: www.richmondebenezer.com

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5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 â&#x20AC;˘ 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

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Sixth Baptist Church

with BISHOP VINCENT MATHEWS

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SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

Mandate for Righteousness and Justice

1701 Turner Road, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225

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Serving Richmond since 1887

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New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

P.O. Box 16113 Richmond, Virginia 23222

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SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2019

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:00 pm

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Church With A Welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

With Ministry For Everyone

Human Coalition Clergy Summit

Write: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Listen Ministry â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enthusiasmâ&#x20AC;?

African-American young adults are more likely than their Caucasian counterparts to drop out of Protestant churches during their early adult years, new research shows.

But equal percentages of black and white young adults say they currently attend services regularly.

A new analysis of survey data released March 13 by LifeWay Research of Nashville, Tenn., found that nearly three-quarters of black young adults said they stopped attending church regularly for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22. By comparison, 65 percent of white young adults said they halted regular attendance during that period.

But 44 percent of white and black young adults who attended church regularly for more than a year in high school said they currently attended church at least twice a month. A quarter of white young adults Dr. Croston said they did not currently attend church, compared to 19 percent of African-American young adults.

The survey, which was conducted in 2017, sampled the views of U.S. Protestant adults between the ages of 23 and 30.

Despite the early adult dropoff in attendance, a black church expert at LifeWay Christian Resources said many AfricanAmerican students continue to feel they have a connection to a church they previously attended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very often in African-American culture, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really, really tied to what we would call our home church, the church you grew up in,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Mark Croston, former pastor of East End Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va., who works for the publishing division of the Southern Baptist Convention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And so for many of our students, as they would move away to college, they would in their minds still be holding onto their relationship with their church where they grew up.â&#x20AC;?

Dr. Croston, who earned his doctorate from Virginia Union Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology and

Theme: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vessels of Honor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Women Making an Impactâ&#x20AC;?

Bishop G. O. Glenn D. Min., Pastor Mother Marcietia S. Glenn First Lady

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship Service

Wednesday Services

We Pray Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richest Blessings for You & Your Family in The New Year!

Saturday Noonday Bible Study 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Sanctuary - All Are Welcome!

Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m. (Bible Study)

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

LentenKing, Season You can now view â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Martin Luther Jr. SundayCommunity Morning Service Mosby joins with the larger Christian â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IT in celebrating the Lenten season asHAPPENSâ&#x20AC;? a time ofonline!

Also, for your convenience, reflection, fasting & prayerful consecration.

Join us we now offer on the journey and follow along with our Lenten â&#x20AC;&#x153;full online giving.â&#x20AC;?

Calendar at www.mmbcrva.org Visit www.ndec.net.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:21a (NLT) & Matthew 5:14 (NLT)

Conference Site: New Deliverance Evangelistic Church 1701 Turner Rd., North ChesterďŹ eld, VA 23225

Anointed speakers and sessions designed for the youth.

For Conference Information, Registration please visit: www.ndec.net

Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA) ENROLL NOW!!!

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 5th Grade Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program.

Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old.

For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Richmond Free Press

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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 8, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-012 As Amended To authorize the special use of the property known as 602 Libbie Avenue for the purpose of an office use, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2019-083 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept a marker, valued at approximately $2,700.00, from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, to be installed at the Hull Street Library located at 1400 Hull Street to commemorate the life of Dorothy Height, a Richmond native and nationally recognized civil rights activist. (COMMITTEE: G o v e r n m e n t a l Operations, Thursday, March 28, 2019, 12:00 p.m., Council Chamber) Ordinance No. 2019-084 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the acquisition of certain fee simple interests and easements for the public purpose of constructing multimodal transportation and drainage improvements along Hull Street Road between its intersection with Hey Road and its intersection with Warwick Road.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so.

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

Candice D. Reid City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, April 15, 2019 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 22, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2019-085 To amend ch. 30, art. I of the City Code by adding therein a new section 30-101, concerning the duties of the Department of Planning and Development Review with regard to the mailing of notices, and to amend City Code §§ 30-456.6, 30-1045.4, 30-1050.3, 30-1050.4, 30-1120, and 30-1130, concerning actions, notices, and public hearings by the City Council and the City Planning Commission, for the purpose of making the Department of Planning and Development Review, instead of the Office of the City Clerk, responsible for mailing all notices of public hearings required by ch.

30 of the City Code and general law.

Ordinance No. 2019-086 To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by T Street, North 26th Street, Nine Mile Road, and North 27th Street consisting of 3,034± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions.

Ordinance No. 2019-087 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 84-309-31, adopted Feb. 25, 1985, as previously amended

by Ord. No. 2001-310283, adopted Oct. 8, 2001, which authorized a special use of the property known as 5612 Grove Avenue for the purpose of non-medical office use, to authorize personal services and modify parking requirements, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R-4 Single-family Residential District. The City’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Office Transitional. Primary uses for this category include “… low-to-medium intensity professional, business and administrative offices, and medical and dental clinics that are compatible with adjacent Continued on next column

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residential uses and serve as separation between residential areas and nearby commercial or other higher intensity land uses or features.”

Ordinance No. 2019-088 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 2202 West Cary Street, 2206 West Cary Street, 2208 West Cary Street, and 10 South Shields Avenue for the purpose of up to 17 single-family attached dwellings and two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.

The properties are located in an R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District.

The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates the subject property for Single Family Medium Density land use. “Primary uses are single family and two family dwellings, both detached and attached, at densities of 8 to 20 units per acre. Includes residential support uses such as schools, places of worship, neighborhood parks and recreation facilities, and limited public and semi-public uses.” The proposed density of the dwelling is approximately 32 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2019-089 To authorize the special use of the properties known as 5400 Hull Street Road, 5336 Hull Street Road, and 5348 Hull Street Road for the purpose of self-storage facilities and multifamily dwellings containing up to 245 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the B-3 General Business District and the R-4 Single-Family Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as General Commercial.

Primary uses include a broad range of office, retail, general commercial, wholesale and service uses, typically located along major transportation corridors and serving large portions of the City, the region or the traveling public. No residential density is specified for this land use designation. The residential density of the proposed development would be approximately 20 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 City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SAMANTHA ASHWORTH, Plaintiff v.

JODY ASHWORTH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003605-00 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 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANDRE DORMAN, Plaintiff v.

WENDY DORMAN, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18001483-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

VIOLA SMITH, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003238-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

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

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 20th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

JAMES SEABRON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000634-00 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 9th day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROBYN ROBERTS, Plaintiff v.

JEREMIAH ROBERTS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000856-00 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 9th day of MAY, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 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 Virginia: in the circuit court FOR the cIty of RiCHMOND EMMIL BRADLEY Plaintiff v.

LETITIA R. BRADLEY, Defendant.

Case No. CL19-618-5 order of publication

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo martrimonii.

WHEREFORE, an affidavit having been filed by the Plaintiff, Emmil Bradley, that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant, Letitia R. Bradley, it is ordered that Letitia R. Bradley, appear before this Court on May 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., to protect her interests herein.

An Extract, Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ASK FOR THIS: Wyatt J. Taylor, Esquire (VSB #79754) Friedman Law Firm, P.C. 9401 Courthouse Road, Suite A Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 (804) 717-1969 (telephone) (804) 748-4161 (telecopier) Counsel for Plaintiff/Husband

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on or before the 16th day of April, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 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

the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 30th day of April, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

to Maircale Thompson (Mother), of Royalty Johnson-Mormon, child DOB 07/02/2018, custody status.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Maircale Thompson (Mother) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 07/09/2019, at 9:40 AM, Courtroom #2

2:20 PM, Courtroom #2

Plaintiff, v.

JAMES STEELE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-64 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1608 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000864027 to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, James Steele.

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

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES STEELE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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 LYNCHBURG CONSTANCE DIANE COOPER TAYLOR, Plaintiff v.

JAMES EARL TAYLOR, JR., Defendant.

File No.: CL16000519-01 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is for the plaintiff to be divorced from the defendant on the grounds that the parties have been living separate and apart for more than 12 months, the defendant’s whereabouts being unknown.

It is therefore ORDERED that JAMES EARL TAYLOR, JR., appear on or before the 26th day of April, 2019 at the Lynchburg Circuit Court and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: EUGENE C. WINGFIELD, Clerk I Ask For This: Debora Cress Embrey, Esq. VSB# 025299 147 Mill Ridge Rd., Ste 213 Lynchburg, VA 24502 (434) 528-3996 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KARLI JOHANSEN, Plaintiff v.

TIFFANY REYNOLDS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000137-00 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 17th day of April, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her 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 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DANIEL EDWARDS, Plaintiff v.

DIANNA EDWARDS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000742-00 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, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect her interests.

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

MARLON GORDON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000773-00 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, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PATRICIA PARIS, Plaintiff v.

MARIO PARIS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000744-00 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, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and protect his interests.

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

SHELTON DETROIT HICKS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19-613-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Obtain a divorce a vincullo matrimonii or from the bonds of matrimony.

It appearing from a affidavit that diligence has been used without effect, by or on the behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or city defendant is.

It is ORDERED that Shelton Detroit Hicks appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interests on or before the 1st day of May, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TRAMAINE CEPEDA, Plaintiff v.

MIKE CEPEDA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18003821-00 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 22nd day of April, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. 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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re RASHAWN MARTIN Case No. J-095527-07 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) Sammy Lee Martin, Jr. (Father) of Rashawn Martin, child, DOB 07/06/2006.

“RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Sammy Lee Martin, Jr. (Father) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 05/06/2019, at 2:50 PM, Courtroom #4

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER TERESA POAGE, Plaintiff v.

ROBERT POAGE, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19000284-00 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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHANEKA ANDERSON, Plaintiff v.

DELVIN WASHINGTON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL18002643-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re ROYALTY JOHNSONMORMON File No. J-096279-03-01 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The purpose of this hearing is to: Provide notice

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VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KEVON YSELAH LEONARD BELL v.

PHAROAH RA-G HORUS KEVON ROBINSON Case No. CL18-4455-8 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Change name of minor.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Kevin Nathaniel Bell appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before April 30, 2019.

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re EMMANUEL DEJESUS NOLASCO-HERNANDEZ File No. J-093900-08 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) for Marvin DeJesus Nolasco Albertos (Father) of Emmanuel DeJesus Nolasco-Hernandez, child DOB 05/05/2011, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Marvin DeJesus Nolasco Albertos (Father) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 05/23/2019, at 2:00 PM, Courtroom #3 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re SA’RENITY HOPE ALLISON’BEST File No. J-096175-03-04 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) for Christy Rivera (Mother) & Unknown (Father) of Sa’renity Hope Allison’Best, child DOB 06/30/2018, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown Father and Christy Rivera (Mother) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before June 3, 2019, at 10:00 AM, Courtroom #4 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re KING WENDELL AUSTIN File No. J-091783-08-09 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Unknown (Father) and Special Mitchell (Mother) of King Wendell Austin, child DOB 11/21/2015, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendants Unknown (Father) and Special Mitchell (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 05/14/2019, at 2:20 PM, Courtroom #2 VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JONIA MONIQUE AUSTIN File No. J-091-782-08-09 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Jonathan Andre Austin (Father) and Special Mitchell (Mother) of Jonia Monique Austin, child DOB 08/17/2014, “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support.

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

JOAN C. R. PRIDE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5568 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2904 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001343/019, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joan C. R. Pride.

An Affidavit having been filed that THOMAS J. DOBSON, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 THOMAS J. DOBSON, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

JOAN PRIDE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5841 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1803½ North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E012-0427/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joan Pride.

An Affidavit having been filed that WILLIAM B. BRAY, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-36823 on November 21, 2002, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that D. SAM PERRY, JR, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-36823 on November 21, 2002, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his/ her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that THOMAS J. DOBSON, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 WILLIAM B. BRAY, TRUSTEE of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-36823 on November 21, 2002, D. SAM PERRY, JR, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 02-36823 on November 21, 2002, THOMAS J. DOBSON, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

ALBATROSS, INC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-85 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2404 Marion Mashore Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0565/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Albatross, Inc.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, A L B AT R O S S , I N C , a n entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 A L B AT R O S S , I N C , a n entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

IVORY MASHORE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5977 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2414 Marion Mashore Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-0565/004, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ivory Mashore, Elvira Mashore, Joyce MashoreMoody, Sara Bailey Mashore and Jeffrey Mashore.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, IVORY MASHORE and JEFFREY MASHORE, 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 ELVIRA MASHORE, upon information and belief decease, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CLARK COGAN, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located, and has not filed a response to this action; that FIA CARD SERVICES NA, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located, and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of Continued on next page

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First African-American player with Cincinnati Reds dies at 94

By Fred Jeter

Chuck Harmon, a trailblazing African-American athlete in both baseball and basketball, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at age 94.

Mr. Harmon became the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team in 1954, and remained a familiar figure around the Queen City of the West as a regular participant in fan and community events.

He joined the Reds on April 17, 1954, seven years after Jackie Robinson became a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

A third baseman and outfielder with plenty of speed, Mr. Harmon played in 289 big league games, compiling

a batting average of .238, with seven homers and 59 runs batted in.

In addition to the Reds, he also played with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies.

Mr. Harmon grew up in Washington, Ind., and helped Washington High School to the Indiana state basketball championships in 1941 and 1942. He went on to play basketball at the University of Toledo in Ohio, where he became captain of the team. He also excelled in baseball at the school.

Following a stint in the Navy, Mr. Harmon received a tryout with the NBA Boston Celtics in 1950, along with two other black players, Isaac Walthour and Chuck Cooper. Mr. Harmon was among the last to be cut.

Boston broke its color line by signing

Chuck Harmon

Mr. Cooper.

Mr. Harmon then joined the Utica, N.Y., team in the American Basketball

League as a player-coach, becoming one of the first African-Americans to coach an integrated squad in the nation.

He made the change to baseball shortly thereafter. After his Major League Baseball career ended, he played four seasons in the minors, from 1958 to 1961 in the Triple A league for five teams.

Following his playing career, Mr. Harmon served as a baseball scout for the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves, and as a basketball scout for the Indiana Pacers.

Mr. Harmon is well remembered.

A bronze statue of Mr. Harmon is displayed at the entrance to Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great American Ball Park. A statue of Mr. Harmon also is on display at the Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Youth Academy.

In 1997, a street in Golf Manor, a suburb of Cincinnati, was named in his honor.

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IT IS ORDERED that IVORY MASHORE, JEFFREY MASHORE, ELVIRA MASHORE, upon information and belief decease, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CLARK COGAN, FIA CARD SERVICES NA, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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

MARIA HICKS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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

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

JOAN C. R. PRIDE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5515 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2902 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001343/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joan C. R. Pride.

An Affidavit having been filed that WILLIAM M. MYERS, JR, and THOMAS J. DOBSON, Beneficiaries of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-12345 on June 1, 2010, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM M. MYERS, JR, and THOMAS J. DOBSON, Beneficiaries of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 10-12345 on June 1, 2010, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

CLIFF EUGENE TAYLOR, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6264 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3000 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001345/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Cliff Eugene Taylor.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CLIFF EUGENE 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; that IRENE T. EDWARDS, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 09-13346 on June 22, 2009, 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 LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, an entity purged from 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that CLIFF EUGENE TAYLOR, I R E N E T. E D WA R D S , Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0913346 on June 22, 2009, LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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

described as 1022 Kinney Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0000619/094, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Mary Pauline Page.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MARY PAULINE PAGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that EDWARDS J. MAYNES, SR, Registered Agent for HARTSHORN COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that MARY PAULINE PAGE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, EDWARDS J. MAYNES, SR, Registered Agent for HARTSHORN COMMUNITY COUNCIL, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that MARK ROBINSON, MARQUITA ROBINSON, JAMONDRE JOHNSON aka JAMONDRE ROBINSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

GARLAND T. JOHNSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-63 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2501 Dana Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0090064/032, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Garland T. Johnson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GARLAND T. JOHNSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that GARLAND T. JOHNSON, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

JOHN H. HICKS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6266 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2626 Lancelot Avenue,, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0090301/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, John H. Hicks and Maria Hicks.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, JOHN H. HICKS, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MARIA HICKS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

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

TAVIA M. JOHNSTON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-47 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2710 Haden Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0080772/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Tavia M. Johnston and Anthony T. Johnston.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ANTHONY T. JOHNSTON, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that ANTHONY T. JOHNSTON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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.

JOAN C. R. PRIDE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5514 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2900 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001343/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joan C. R. Pride.

An Affidavit having been filed that THOMAS J. DOBSON, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that THOMAS J. DOBSON, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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

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

JOAN C. PRIDE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-5593 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2965 Blendwell Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C008-0853/040, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Joan C. Pride.

An Affidavit having been filed that THOMAS J. DOBSON, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that THOMAS J. DOBSON, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, an entity cancelled in the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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 OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MARY PAULINE PAGE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-6175 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly

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

PAMELA JO LESTER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL18-4189 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3300 Utah Place, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001075/038, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Pamela Jo Lester, Crystal Lester, Mark Robinson, Marquita Robinson and Jamondre Johnson aka Jamondre Robinson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARK ROBINSON, MARQUITA ROBINSON, and JAMONDRE JOHNSON aka JAMONDRE ROBINSON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with

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

GENESIS CAPITAL CORPORATION, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL19-148 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1917 Decatur Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0000294/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Genesis Capital Corporation.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GENESIS CAPITAL CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, that DODL & MKINNEY, PC, a terminated Virginia corporation, Trustees on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 0625320 on July 25, 2006, 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parties Unknown.â&#x20AC;?

IT IS ORDERED that GENESIS CAPITAL CORPORATION, an entity purged from the records o f t h e Vi r g i n i a S t a t e Corporation Commission, DODL & MKINNEY, PC, a terminated Virginia corporation, Trustees on a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-25320 on July 25, 2006, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 2, 2019 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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