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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be only the third Black justice to serve on the nation’s highest court. Free Press staff, wire report

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks Friday in Cross Hall of the White House after President Biden introduced her as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Listening at right is Vice President Kamala Harris.

WASHINGTON Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday took her first steps on her history-making journey to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Just five days after President Biden made her the first Black woman ever to be nominated for the nation’s highest court, the 51-year-old appeals court judge began meeting with leaders in the U.S. Senate who must confirm her to the lifetime post. Tenuously in control, Senate Democrats are pushing for Judiciary Committee hearings later this month, with hopes for the floor vote in April. If confirmed, Judge Jackson would succeed Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 83, for whom she once clerked. In January, Justice Breyer announced he will step down from the bench during the summer. The timing of the vote will depend on the return of the 50th Democrat, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, who suffered a stroke in late January, underwent surgery, is in recovery and plans to be back in Washington to support Judge Jackson. Judge Jackson appears to have been the top choice of President Biden, though he vetted two other candidates, California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs of South Carolina, both of whom are Black. Just after taking office in January 2021, President Biden successfully promoted Judge Jackson with bipartisan Please turn to A4

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School Board approves $356.6M budget, after slashing $6M from Kamras plan By Ronald E. Carrington

After months of quibbling, the Richmond School Board approved a $356.6 million budget Monday night that provides a 5 percent raise for teachers and other schools employees, but eliminates money for new student laptops, instructional contracts and cellphones for employees. The 2022-23 spending plan, approved by a unanimous vote of the board, is $6 million less than the budget proposed by Superintendent Jason Kamras. But it maintains funding for two key central office positions a majority of the board sought to eliminate late last week.

It also added $1.6 million for the Richmond Virtual Academy, which would provide funding for about 30 teachers during the next school year for students engaged in virtual learning. That’s less than half of the current 70 teachers. Overall, the RPS budget seeks $201 million from the City of Richmond, or about $16 million more than the current school budget. The board and school administration has been at odds in recent weeks over several budget issues, with the School Board rejecting Mr. Kamras’ budget plan on a 5-4 vote at its meeting on Feb. 22. Then late last week, Board

Chairwoman Shonda HarrisMuhammed said a majority of the board wanted to eliminate RPS’ chief operating officer and the vacant cabinet-level position of chief student wellness officer. Angry parents emailed School Board members during the weekend, demanding

they approve a new budget as well as allow Mr. Kamras to do his job without interference. More than 50 parents, students and area residents held a rally before Monday’s School Board meeting at River City Middle School Please turn to A4

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Faster legal sales of marijuana snuffed out; Black advocates cheer By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The rush to start legal retail sales of marijuana next September has been snuffed out. With Black advocates cheering them on, five Republican delegates in the General Assembly halted Democratic efforts to push the start of sales to Sept. 15, or at least 16 to 20 months sooner than previously envisioned. Legislation that passed last year called for legal recreational sales to start after January 2024 when a new state regulatory commission finalizes the rules and regulations. The 5-3 party line vote earlier this week in the Republicancontrolled House General Laws subcommittee essentially prevented the advance of the bill by Democratic Sen. Adam P. Ebbin of Alexandria to speed up sales. That’s just fine with a host of Black advocates and organiPlease turn to A4

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On a roll for safe schools Harmony McKenzie, 4, makes her presence known as she attends the March to Fund Safe Schools last Saturday with her grandmother, Katina Harris, president of the Richmond Education Association. About 100 people walked from William Fox Elementary School on Hanover Avenue in The Fan to Monroe Park calling for funding to upgrade or replace Virginia’s aging schools. Before the march, Ms. Harris paused to support a bake sale benefiting the Fox School community in the wake of the Feb. 11 fire that destroyed the building. The school opened in 1911. Many of those attending the march called for a new George Wythe High School to replace the decaying school building in South Side that opened in 1960. Harmony attends the pre-school at Mary Scott School in North Side.

Richmond Planet license plate, with its symbol of Black empowerment, may be ready to go July 1 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

A tribute to Black empowerment will be on display on a Virginia license plate for the first time. By overwhelming majorities, the state House of Delegates and Senate have authorized the production of a state license plate bearing a flexed Black bicep sur-

rounded by thunderbolts radiating from a clenched fist. Known as the “Strong Arm,” this was the logo of the Richmond Planet, a weekly newspaper started in Richmond in 1882 by 13 formerly enslaved men. The paper later merged with the Baltimore-based Afro-American newspaper chain in 1938 to become known as the Afro-American

Masks coming off

Masks are coming off in Richmond and around the region. The change is a result of the latest recommendations from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last Friday that eases mask guidelines for about 70 percent of Americans. The CDC is using new metrics to determine whether masks should be worn indoors, including the number of hospitalizations in a locality, hospital capacity and new COVID-19 cases. The change reflecting the view that the nation has entered a potentially less dangerous phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the City of Richmond ended its mask mandate for city employees and visitors inside government buildings. Officials citing the CDC’s change in guidance, recommendations of local health officials and a decline in COVID-19’s infection rate in the city as key to the change. Richmond now joins Chesterfield and Henrico counties in relaxing mask mandates for government buildings. Additionally, a new state law took effect Tuesday, March 1, ending mask mandates for Virginia’s public schools. Richmond Public Schools now requires parents or caregivers to formally request that their child opt out of wearing a mask in class by emailing their child’s name and school to COVIDrps@rvaschools.net No reason to opt out of wearing masks needs to be provided. Public schools in Henrico, Chesterfield and Hanover already had adopted maskoptional policies. Federal law still requires masks to ride on school buses or public transportation.

Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

and Richmond Planet. Passage of the bill is a triumph for Richmond resident Reginald L. Carter. He led a successful social media campaign to generate the support of 450 vehicle owners willing to pre-order the plate recalling the Richmond Planet and its “fighting editor,”

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following location: • Friday, March 4, 4 to 6 p.m. - Southwood Pool House, Southwood Parkway and Clarkson Road. All events will provide walk-up testing, though appointments can still be set by calling (804) 205-3501 or going to www. rchd.com Call the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information on testing sites, or go online at vax.rchd.com.

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City Council reaches consensus on redistricting map

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By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The redistricting work of setting boundaries for the nine Richmond City Council and School Board districts appears to be complete. City Council reached a consensus Monday and is scheduled to introduce its proposed map at a special meeting on Monday, March 7, ushering in boundary adjustments due to population changes found during the 2020 Census. The map will be open for public comment for 41 days, with the council now scheduled to vote on the final map at its second meeting in April. The map would become effective in late May under the current schedule for approval. All of the changes, which are mostly small, are taking place north of the James River. District lines and precincts in South Side will remain unchanged, according to J. Gerald Hebert, City Council’s redistricting consultant. The most significant changes involve the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th districts. The 3rd District, now represented by Councilwoman Ann-Frances Lambert, needed more population. That district is proposed to gain a section of the current 2nd District north of Westwood Avenue, south of Laburnum Avenue and east of Interstate 95-64. The 3rd District also is proposed to pick up a section of Barton Heights bounded by Fendall and Hanes avenues, Hooper and Dove streets and the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike. That section is currently part of the 6th District, now represented by Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson. Separately, Main Street would become the new border for the 2nd, 5th and 6th districts in and near Downtown. As result, the 5th District, now represented by Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch, would gain a portion of the Monroe Ward area, bounded by Main, 2nd, Canal and Adams streets. The 2nd District, now represented by Councilwoman Katherine Jordan, would move south to the new Main Street border with the 5th District, mainly in the area near the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. There are two other small adjustments. The 7th District, now represented by Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, would send a few blocks of Shockoe Valley to the 6th District. Also, the 5th District would give up one block to the 1st District, currently represented by Councilman Andreas D. Addison. City Council members who will not see any changes to their districts include Kristen Nye, 4th District; Reva M. Trammell, 8th District; and Michael J. Jones, 9th District.

Tear-gassed protesters reach settlement with Richmond Police

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Traffic on Broad Street flows past the new 15story General Assembly Building at 9th Street in Downtown. More than $191 million is being invested in the building that was in planning since 2016, with development work starting in 2018. State officials are hoping Gilbane Construction can wrap up the work by this fall so members of the Virginia General Assembly can be in their new offices ahead of the 2023 legislative session. Their offices were moved during the construction to the Pocahontas Building at 900 E. Main St. The new General Assembly Building replaces the former offices, which was comprised of four connected buildings with the tallest at 11 stories. The site once was home to the Richmond office of the Freedman’s Bureau after the Civil War and the Richmond Freedman’s Bank that largely served Black people. The site later was home to the Life Insurance Co. of Virginia before the state purchased it several decades ago.

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Community meeting sparks recommendations to curb city gun violence By Ronald E. Carrington

Affordable day care. Better relationships with recreation and parks activities and schools. Summer jobs for teens. Mental health and first aid training. Those were some of the recommendations offered by about 60 community residents, public officials and representatives of nonprofit agencies that gathered Feb. 24 in a call to action to stem the tide of gun violence in Richmond. Called Community Action Partnership for Violence Prevention, the meeting was organized by School Board member Cheryl

L. Burke and City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, both of whom represent the 7th District, where 17-year-old Armstrong High School student DaShawn A. Cox was shot and killed shortly before 5 p.m. Feb. 17 outside the Ashley Oaks Apartments on Jennie Scher Road in Fulton. The meeting, held at the Powhatan Community Center, was slated as the first in a series of conversations to get community input on how best to stem the violence and support the community. “It is really important to have a meeting like this to be proactive in building more youth programming for gun violence

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A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were tear-gassed by Richmond Police during a social justice protest in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Six people who were among a crowd protesting at the former monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee alleged that their constitutional rights were violated and that the unleashing of chemical irritants on them amounted to assault and battery and gross negligence by Richmond Police officers. Attorney Andrew Bodoh was quoted in a daily newspaper as saying that his clients reached an agreement with the city in February. Mr. Bodoh said the agreement opens the same possibility for others who were also at the protest. He said he could not release the terms of the confidential settlement. “With this settlement, we are now positioned to take on the claims of other protesters who were in Lee Circle at the time the police officers engaged the crowd,” Mr. Bodoh said. “We expect the city to offer fair and prompt settlements to these individuals in order to avoid the expenses of additional lawsuits against the city.” Thousands of people, including families with children, were in the crowd on June 1, 2020. Police released tear gas on the crowd about 20 minutes ahead of an 8 p.m. curfew. The Richmond Police Department tweeted an apology nearly two hours later, describing the gassing as an “unwarranted action.” Mayor Levar M. Stoney and then-Police Chief William Smith, who resigned days later, apologized the next day and promised to discipline the officers.

Corrections Robert L. Harvey Sr. and Raymond Eldridge are the founders of the Regular’s Social Club who are depicted on a new mural on the north wall of the club at 2521 Chamberlayne Ave. The North Side location has been the club’s home since 1971. Information about the tribute mural published in a Cityscape feature in the Feb. 17-19 edition contained incorrect suffixes with the founders’ names as well as the date the club moved into the building. The Free Press regrets the errors. Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital, established in 1907, was a nonprofit that was founded by and largely managed and operated by Black physicians when it was an independent facility. An article published in the Feb. 24-26 edition about the plans of the hospital’s current owner, Bon Secours Mercy Health, to add new medical office space misstated the ownership interest of Black physicians. The Free Press regrets the error.

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City Council President Cynthia I. Newbille, left, and School Board member Cheryl L. Burke facilitate the community discussion about stemming gun violence at a meeting held Feb. 24 at the Powhatan Community Center on Fulton Hill.

prevention and safety training,” Ra-Twoine “Rosetta” Fields, founder and co-owner of the HolisticAgency, which provides medical, defensive and mental health support. Mr. Fields said the agency is working to diminish the contagion of gun violence particularly among youths in Richmond. “We need more youth centers so (young people) will not be in the streets,” Holistic Agency co-owner Eniyan Sankara added. “It is easy for young people to acquire a gun in Virginia, an open carry state.” Conversations among the assembled group reached a loud din as ideas were discussed in small groups and their recommendations, based on various age categories, were written on display pages attached to the walls around the room. Recommendations for the ages 1 to 9 category included operating 24-hour community centers; establishing a send-achild-to-camp program; requiring uniforms in schools and make schools year round; and teaching youngsters soft, social skills as well as life skills. For teens and young adults to age 22 and older, recommendations included teaching budgeting skills and setting up employment and second-chance programs. The information and recommendations collected at the meeting are being compiled for electronic distribution, and will be used for the focus of future meetings, organizers said.

RISC holds City Hall rally in effort to meet with mayor about gun violence By George Copeland Jr.

More than a hundred Richmond residents assembled outside City Hall last Friday, seeking to discuss their solutions to the rise in gun violence with Mayor Levar M. Stoney. Calling out and carrying signs with the names of the 150 people who have been killed in Richmond during the last two years, the crowd hoped the mayor would be willing to hear their concerns about the recent gun violence prevention plan he outlined and be open to an alternative. However, the group left City Hall disappointed but not dissuaded when they were unable to meet with Mayor Stoney. “I just want the mayor to understand that the gun violence in the city has not ceased but has gotten worse, and that we need some type of structure,” said Holly Gilliam-Shaw, a South Side resident who lost her husband and stepson to gun violence. “We need something new. We need to really address the issue behind the gun violence.” The rally, made up of religious groups, concerned citizens and community advocates, was organized by Richmonders Involved to Strengthen Our Communities, or RISC, which advocated for Richmond

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to consider a program first implemented in Boston in the 1990s called Gun Violence Intervention, or GVI. The program also has seen success in dozens of other cities since then. It utilizes a combination of social service groups and law enforcement to identify those with the potential of committing gun violence and employing intervention programs to redirect them away from that path and toward a better future. RISC had brought up the program during past meetings with Mayor Stoney. Officials said they have sought for more than a year to meet again with the mayor, but have been rebuffed. Eventually, the group sent a letter in early February with their intention to meet him at City Hall last Friday, even as the Mayor’s Office confirmed that he wouldn’t meet them. “We are not going anywhere. We are not going away,” said Rabbi Michael Knopf of Temple Beth-El. “The mayor can run and hide. As part of the GVI strategy, RISC is advocating that $25,000 be put toward a problem analysis to identify those most likely to commit or become victims of gun violence. RISC also is pushing for a twoyear, $250,000 contract to implement GVI in

Richmond through the National Network for Safe Communities, which has helped other cities create their own GVI programs. “We need solutions that will stop the violence in the streets,” said Don Coleman, RISC co-president and pastor at East End Fellowship. He said GVI works “because it’s focused on preventing the next act of violence—not on solving the last one.” Mayor Stoney decried RISC’s actions last week in an open letter to RISC leaders. He accused the organization of “bullying and intimidating public officials” and using “gun violence victims as pawns” in a wasteful effort that did nothing to advance solutions. “If RISC is really serious about gun violence prevention, they will focus their energies on working with us in the community, not against us,” Mayor Stoney said. “These efforts are not productive and bring us no closer to our shared goal of a safer city.” RISC has called on Mayor Stoney to attend its upcoming Nehemiah Action event on Tuesday, April 5, where the public will gather to seek commitments from public officials on furthering equity and justice in the areas of gun violence, affordable housing and health.

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Senate support from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is regarded as a staging ground for future justices. In nominating her to be the first Black female justice since the court began operations in 1790, President Biden hailed her as “one of the nation’s top legal minds” and said she would continue “Justice Breyer’s legacy of excellence.” She would be the third Black justice to serve on the court, including the late Justice Thurgood Marshall and current Justice Clarence Thomas. She also would be the first justice with experience as a public defender and only the second current justice along with Justice Sonia Sotomayor to have been a trial judge. She also would be the second youngest after Justice Amy Coney Barrett, 50. President Biden described Judge Jackson as “a consensus builder” in noting her legal track record and that she comes from a family of educators as well as police officers. His nomination fulfills a 2020 campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the nation’s highest court, following in the footsteps of Republican President Ronald Reagan who promised and

then nominated the court’s first woman, now retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Judge Jackson’s nomination has drawn applause from Black leaders across the country, ranging from Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, to Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation and convenor of the Black Women’s Roundtable. Cheers also have come from Democrats, including the two Virginians who will vote to confirm her, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, as well as 4th District Congressman A. Donald McEachin, who represents the Richmond area. Justice Breyer also has been enthusiastic, calling his pending successor “brilliant” and describing her approach to the law as mixture of “thoroughness and common sense.” Judicial colleagues have shown support for her, along with nearly two dozen lawyers who have clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement issued when she was nominated for the appeals court, the former clerks stated that they had “great respect for her legal abilities, her work ethic and her ability to work with colleagues of both like and differing views” and for her ability to treat everyone “who worked for the court with respect and kindness.”

Free COVID-19 vaccines Continued from A1

The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites. Want a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot? The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Community Vaccination Center, Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Center, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Thursday, March 3, 4 to 7 p.m. – River City Middle School, 6300 Hull Street Road, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Elko Middle School, 5901 Elko Road, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Monday, March 7, 4 to 7 p.m. – John B. Cary Elementary School, 3021 Maplewood Ave., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Tuesday, March 8, 4 to 7 p.m. – Oak Grove Elementary School, 2409 Webber Ave., Springfield Park Elementary School , 4301 Fort McHenry Pkwy., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Wednesday, March 9, 9 to 11 a.m. – Henrico West Health Department, 8600 Dixon Powers Dr.; 3 to 6 p.m. – Sacred Heart Center, 1400 Perry St., Pfizer and Moderna; 4 to 7 p.m. – Gayton Elementary School, 12481 Church Road, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. • Thursday, March 10, 4 to 7 p.m. – Northside YMCA, 4207 Old Brook Road; Chickahominy YMCA, 5401 Whiteside Road, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Children ages 5 to 17 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccinations and booster shots are available for all eligible of any age on a walk-in basis. No appointment is needed, but those interested can still do so for some events. People may schedule an appointment online at vaccinate.virginia.gov or vax.rchd.com, or by calling (804) 205-3501 or (877) VAX-IN-VA (1-877-829-4682). VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Those who are getting a booster shot should bring their vaccine card to confirm the date and type of vaccine received. COVID-19 cases have continued to decline in recent weeks following a spike due to the Omicron variant, with a new recent low of 729 cases reported Sunday. White House officials laid out a new national strategy Wednesday for containing COVID-19. The new initiatives will include a program to broaden the public’s ability to get antiviral pills and other drugs to treat people infected with the virus, along with new testing and distribution sites expected to begin in March in local hospitals, pharmacies and Veterans Administration clinics. A new COVID Action Plan for Virginia includes initiatives focused on increasing vaccinations in underserved areas, while shifting state priorities towards general health and health care infrastructure, rather than a specific focus on COVID-19. A total of 1,612 new cases of COVID-19 were reported statewide Wednesday for the 24-hour period, contributing to an overall state total of 1,643,050 cases of coronavirus since the pandemic’s outbreak. As of Wednesday, there have been 447,766 hospitalizations and 18,859 deaths statewide. The state’s seven-day positivity rate dropped to 8 percent on Wednesday. Last week, the positivity rate was 8.8 percent. On Wednesday, state health officials reported that 72 percent of the state’s population has been fully vaccinated, while 80.9 percent of the people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. State data also showed that more than 2.8 million people in Virginia have received booster shots or third doses of the vaccine. Among those ages 5 to 11 in Virginia, 297,966 children have received their first shots, accounting for 41.1 percent of the eligible age group in the state, while 249,390 children, or 34.4 percent of those ages 5 to 11, are fully vaccinated and 387 have received a booster shot or third dose. As of Wednesday, fewer than 136,000 cases have been reported among children, including 830 hospitalizations and eight deaths. State data also show that African-Americans comprised 22.4 percent of cases statewide and 23.3 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 12.1 percent of cases and 5.2 percent of deaths. Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 43,668 1,031 463 Henrico County 63,308 1,361 863 Chesterfield County 70,674 1,328 724 Hanover County 21,366 431 259

The only disparagement has come from Republicans, most notably Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who characterized Judge Jackson as “far left” despite a judicial record showing otherwise. At this point, it is unclear whether Sen. Graham and the two other Republican senators who joined in confirming her to the D.C. Court of Appeals, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, will vote for her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. During her eight years as a federal trial judge, she has heard notable cases, including a 2019 case in which she rejected environmental groups’ efforts to halt President Trump from building his border wall with Mexico. In another case two years

ago, she also shot down President Trump’s claim of absolute privilege and immunity as he sought to block a House committee subpoena for a former White House lawyer. In finding against the president, she wrote that “presidents are not kings” and that White House employees are not his subjects to control, but instead take an oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution and “in this land of liberty, work for the People of the United States.” She also found a Washington jail liable for mistreatment of a deaf inmate and upheld the right of public employees to collectively bargain. Judge Jackson already has received Senate confirmation three times, twice for judgeships and once to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, an

independent agency that sets guidelines for the terms those convicted of crimes will serve in federal prison. Judge Jackson, who also has worked in private law firms during her 26-year legal career, would bring extensive experience to the high court from her service on the bench, as a civil litigator, mediator and arbitrator and as a defense lawyer. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. Born in Washington, D.C., Judge Jackson grew up in Florida. Profiles of her have recalled that as a pre-schooler, she worked on coloring books as her father, a former teacher, studied law. He later rose to become the chief attorney

for the Miami-Dade School System. Meanwhile, her mother spent her career in education, eventually serving 14 years as principal of an arts-oriented magnet high school. While a Harvard undergrad, Judge Jackson met her future husband, Dr. Patrick G. Jackson, also a Harvard undergraduate. He currently serves as chief of gastrointestinal surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. She calls him “my rock today and every day.” They have two daughters, Leila, a 17-year-old high schooler, and Talia, 21, who is in college. During her nomination acceptance speech last Friday, the judge turned to her younger daughter and told her that “no matter what title I have, I’ll always be mom.”

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holding signs that read “Let Kamras Lead,” and urging the board to adopt a budget. During more than an hour of public comment before the board voted, parents accused the board of micromanaging Mr. Kamras and impeding progress. Mr. Kamras told the board that he couldn’t effectively serve as superintendent without a leadership team, including a chief operating officer. “It’s simply not tenable and would set me up to fail,” he said. “Please don’t tie my hands behind my back and expect me to perform miracles.” He said RPS also needs a chief student wellness officer. “Our students are facing unimaginable trauma from the pandemic and from the myriad of challenges they faced before COVID-19, challenges that only worsened over the last two years,” he said, including, “gun violence, housing instability,

poverty, and more.” During the public comment period, parents told the board that their children need the leadership of a chief wellness officer after enduring the two years of COVID-19 and virtual learning, as well as wearing masks every day during inperson learning. Parents also called for funding the Richmond Virtual Academy, which currently serves about 550 students from families that have opted not to return to in-person learning. Some students have health or other challenges that prevent them from physically attending classes, parents have noted. Mr. Kamras said the academy is funded entirely by federal stimulus money and that RPS needs to wean itself from reliance on the federal money, which will run out in mid-2024. Because of that, his budget proposal cut the virtual academy’s teaching staff from 70 to 10 during the 2022-23 school year.

But the budget approved by the board Monday night included funding for 30 positions, which is 20 more than Mr. Kamras’ plan provided for, although only half of the current number of students will be served. Tawanna Tyler told the board that the virtual program provided a learning environment in which her 6-year-old son, Marcus “M. Jay” Spencer Jr., could be successful. She said he has Kabuki Syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by multiple abnormalities, including growth delays and varying degrees of intellectual disability. She said her son is doing well through Richmond Virtual Academy. “We need to continue funding the program,” she said. The approved budget plan was sent to Mayor Levar M. Stoney, who is slated to present an annual budget for the city, including the city’s contribution to RPS, on Friday, March 4.

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John Mitchell Jr., who led the paper for 45 years until his death in 1929. Mr. Carter started the campaign out of admiration for Mr. Mitchell, who used his newspaper to fight lynching, promote Black pride and empowerment and advocate for racial justice at a time when state laws imposing strict racial separation were coming into force. Mr. Mitchell organized a 1904 boycott that bankrupted Richmond’s streetcar line after segregated seating was imposed. He also founded a Richmond bank, served on the Richmond City Council and ran for governor

in 1921 on the Lily Black ticket. Early during his tenure as editor, Mr. Mitchell was described as “a man who, conscious of his own strength of manhood, dares to hurl the thunderbolts of truth into the ranks of the wicked – injustice a target for his unerring aim.” He later adopted as the newspaper’s logo the bicep with the thunderbolts. Mr. Carter believed the license plate would be one way to remind people of the newspaper and its crusading leader. Richmond state Sen. Joseph D. “Joe” Morrissey submitted the legislation to authorize the license plate after Mr. Carter secured enough orders.

The bill passed 38-0 in the Senate and 100-0 in the House, according to the legislative information system, and now heads to the desk of Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin, whose signature on the measure will authorize the state Department of Motor Vehicles to produce the plate after July 1. Mr. Carter also led a successful campaign to fund a historic marker for the lone lynching victim in Essex County where he was born and grew up. He also was a leader in a community drive to get the City Council in Tappahannock, the seat of Essex County, to approve removal of a Confederate statue that had long dominated the courthouse lawn.

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zations who decried many elements of the legislation as a Democratic betrayal of their most loyal voting bloc, Black supporters. It also put the advocates at odds with members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, who helped push the Ebbin bill. One VLBC member, state Sen. L. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth, is a co-owner of a cannabis-focused retail shop in South Hampton Roads. “Advocacy by many from across Virginia has been a solid undercurrent that led to the death of an inherently bad bill, a bill that was bad for Black families and communities across the state,” according to the Rev. Lester D. Frye, a founding member of Today’s Black Agenda and first vice president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Richmond and Vicinity. In a statement issued on behalf of the statewide Cannabis Equity Coalition of Virginia, Rev. Frye, founding pastor of the Healing and Living Waters Ministry in Richmond, stated that he and others in the coalition “are already planning for the work needed to help build 2023 legislation that fully includes many who always seem to not be included in such impactful legislation.” Former Richmond City Councilman E. Martin “Marty” Jewell, chairman of CECVA, said that he and others who have pushed for Black inclusion in the potentially multibillion-dollar marijuana industry, opposed the Ebbin bill because it sought to advantage white-owned companies and leave out Black-owned businesses. The Ebbin bill would have authorized

the handful of state-licensed medical marijuana production and sales companies and 40 large hemp growers to pay big fees and open retail operations long before anyone else. According to Sen. Ebbin’s bill, the fees — $6 million from the licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and $500,000 apiece from the hemp growers — would have created an investment pool to provide grants to support the efforts of Black and Brown entrepreneurs, including ex-marijuana convicts, to launch start-up marijuana retail businesses. Still, the early advantage to the handful of dispensaries and hemp growers did not sit well with CECVA and other groups. “Allowing the big boys to buy their way to a more than one-year head start favors oligarchs and is obscene,” Mr. Jewell stated. He and other coalition members also expressed concern that only 30 percent of the sales tax revenue from marijuana sales would be earmarked to be invested in Black and Brown communities to “repair the damage from excessive enforcement.” CECVA has been pushing to increase the community investment share to 70 percent of collections from the special 21 percent tax the state plans to impose on marijuana sales, instead of allowing the lion’s share to go to fund universal pre-kindergarten. Chelsea Higgs Wise, in a statement on behalf of the Virginia CannaJustice Coalition, also hailed the House decision to snuff out the Ebbin bill. “Cannabis equity advocates are encouraged that more time will be spent” in creating legislation that would provide

for “a more equitable transition,” stated Ms. Wise, executive director of Marijuana Justice. Ms. Wise stated that the CannaJustice Coalition strongly opposed Sen. Ebbin’s proposed language that would recriminalize possession of more than four ounces and less than one pound of marijuana as a misdemeanor, instead of retaining it as a civil offense subject to a small fine. She and others in the coalition, including Kalia Harris, executive director of the Virginia Student Power Network, also were disappointed that Democrats did not use the Ebbin bill to support the CannaJustice push to ensure automatic re-sentencing of those serving time for marijuana possession offenses that are no longer crimes. She called the Ebbin bill an “attempt to re-activate the Drug War.” “Legislating new crimes associated with the possession of marijuana is working backwards,” the organization stated, and would continue to “empower racist policing,” given that the largest number of arrests for previous marijuana offenses occurred in Black and Brown neighborhoods. The coalition is supportive of a separate House bill that could open a pathway to resentencing of those convicted. Like CECVA, Ms. Wise also condemned the Ebbin bill for attempting to “legislate a limited-access market to benefit oligopolies and exclude social-equity operators and small entrepreneurs,” who are to include people formerly convicted for marijuana offenses. Members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus have not responded to requests for comment on the issues raised by CECVA and CannaJustice.

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Our students deserve better The recent devastating fire at Fox Elementary School has heightened public concerns about the safety of school buildings throughout Richmond and around the state — and rightly so. Thousands of Richmond students are sent off to decrepit schoolhouses each week by parents and families to learn in buildings that pose serious health and safety risks. Chief among them is George Wythe High School in South Side. Built in 1960 and renovated in the early 1980s, the school should have been torn down and replaced years ago as students and parents have long pleaded. While the post-fire focus has been on rebuilding Fox Elementary, city and school officials must stop the political foot-dragging and address the health threat George Wythe students toil under every day, along with students in other aged city school buildings such as Woodville, J.L. Francis and Fairfield Court elementary schools, to name a few. Following the Fox fire, Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones tweeted: “I am glad that dollars were appropriated to assist Fox Elementary but what message is being sent to Southside residents? A school in a Black & Brown community has been in disrepair for decades and nothing has been done. Black communities need recovery as well.” Currently, he is among the members of City Council who are blocking transfer of $7.3 million to Richmond Public Schools for the design of a new building. On Monday, he successfully pushed for a further 30-day delay on a vote on the funds transfer. Money has been earmarked in the city’s capital budget since July 1, 2020, to replace George Wythe. The amount available for new school construction also was increased to $200 million in the city’s 2021-22 capital budget plan, with the funds to be available after July 1, 2023. But the continuing power struggle between City Council and the School Board over who should be in charge of the construction (the School Board took back control of construction from the city last year) and how large a building should be built (City Council wants a 2,000-student capacity building while the School Board wants a 1,600-student capacity building) is jeopardizing the timetable to get a new high school open in 2024. The student population at George Wythe, which is largely Black and Brown, should not be left to wonder if their promised new building, already tied-up by the political machinations of the School Board and City Council, will be shelved or derailed as the public spotlight swings to the needs of Fox students. More and more, however, the public is getting a grasp on the political undertow. Last Saturday, about 100 people, including parents, students and people from around the region, marched from Fox Elementary to Monroe Park demanding an investment to modernize aging school buildings around the state. Many made special mention of George Wythe, calling for work to begin now. “I’ve been speaking to fellow Virginia parents, and we agree that the fire at Fox Elementary is indicative of a larger problem with our public schools,” organizer Becca DuVal, who has two children at Fox Elementary, stated in announcing the March to Fund Safe Schools. “While few are as old as Fox, we are placing our children in buildings with aging and deteriorating infrastructure, and what happened at Fox could happen at any school,” she stated. A recent report by the state Commission on School Construction and Modernization found that nine of the 10 oldest school buildings in Virginia are located in Richmond and are still in use. Some of them haven’t been significantly renovated in 90 years, according to the report. That’s a major disservice to our Richmond Public Schools students. We call on Councilman Jones, the Richmond City Council, Mayor Stoney, the Richmond School Board and Richmond Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras to stop the shenanigans and live up to the lip service they pay about the priority they place on eliminating decrepit schools. Richmond’s students can’t wait.

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Gov. Youngkin and reality of racism On one of the final days of Black History Month, Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin released an interim report on critical race theory from the state superintendent of public instruction – an attempt to rewrite, revise and change our history. This report launches a new chapter in Gov. Yo u n g k i n ’s racist agenda to whitewash Virginia’s history and attempt to cover up the existence of racism in our Commonwealth and nation. The history of Virginia and our nation is difficult, complex and often untold. Teaching our students about equity and inclusion is foundational to our Commonwealth’s future, and we must strive to make sure every Virginia student has a complete understanding of history and how it impacts peoples’ lives today. As difficult as our history is, we cannot shy away from it. Instead, we must learn from it. We must learn the good, the bad and the ugly, and we must remember that Black history is Virginia’s history. Gov. Youngkin seems to

think that if we don’t talk about racism or inequities, they will somehow cease to exist. The reality is we know that racism is alive and well in our nation and Commonwealth, and that the overwhelming majority of Virginians support teaching our students how inequity continues to impact American society.

Susan Swecker The majority of Virginians also oppose a ban on critical race theory—once again demonstrating that the governor is only interested in catering to far right factions of his party. On the campaign trail, we saw Gov. Youngkin use CRT as a dog whistle to his far right base. Now that he’s in office, he’s doing the same. Governor, it’s not a dog whistle if you can hear it — and we hear it loud and clear. With only six weeks in office, Gov. Youngkin has done nothing but sow division and pit people against each other. His first action as governor was to ban CRT in schools. And since then, he has continued to dig in and wage a war against our public schools. He spearheaded efforts to bully our public schools and teachers by

creating a tip line for people to report if “divisive concepts” were being taught in school. But as Delegate Jeion Ward said on the floor of the House of Delegates during Black History Month, “there isn’t a tip line set up for Black parents to report when their children are facing discrimination and harassment.” The governor’s actions are alarming, deeply upsetting and dangerous. He has put up a complete facade. While he’s shooting hoops on the basketball court or delivering vests to committee meetings, behind closed doors he’s only further dividing Virginians. Don’t listen to his words, follow his actions. As Delegate Lamont Bagby, chairman of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, said last week, it was just over a month ago when Gov. Youngkin stood on the steps of our Capitol and promised to be a governor for every Virginian. He has insisted that we teach Black history and he even put out a statement praising the accomplishments and excellence of Black Virginians. But his actions speak louder and tell a very different story. Make no mistake: Gov. Youngkin is no mild-mannered

Fighting injustice in Ukraine and at home Before going to bed on Feb. 22, we knew that Ukraine and its citizens had been brutally attacked. In our hearts, we also knew that this was only the beginning of their terror. Although most of us initially wanted to deny the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats against an innocent nation, reality dictates that we acknowledge the hard, cold facts of the brutality of a pragmatic, authoritarian kleptocrat. It is clear that inhumanity is a constant in the human condition. The actors may be different and their methods unique, but the plot of inhumanity remains uncomfortably common. Although violent loss of life is always disturbing, it is no worse than the psychological destruction and murder of self-esteem consistent with never-ending discrimination. Russians viciously attack hospitals, schools, businesses, homes and every other vestige of Ukrainian infrastructure. I tremble at the news that innocent children and their mothers live fearfully in the relative safety of underground subway stations. They exist with the uncertainty of their futures and lacking the knowledge of what is happening with family members and friends who fight outside to protect them. As horrible as these circum-

stances are, they are no more destructive than living with the fear of being shot for merely driving, walking or jogging, like Ahmaud Arbery. They are no more disheartening than being denied the opportunity to selfidentify as gay, queer or straight as one’s inner consciousness dictates. They are no more threatening than burning books to erase personal and/or group

Dr. E. Faye Williams histories and ideas from records of human endeavor. And they are most certainly no more damaging than listening to Tucker Carlson swoon over, or having a former president brag about, the savvy of Vladimir Putin. The world’s current upheaval poses many challenges for us all, especially those prone to prejudice and thoughtless evaluation of others. What are we willing to do to help those who survive this horror? If a Ukrainian family manages to survive, what are you willing to do to help them? Would you send money? Would you be willing to help them move to another country, including ours? Would you be willing to provide a place for them to live while they recover? Would you offer any form of encouragement? Yes, we must pray for the people of Ukraine, but those who survive will need more than prayer. Sadly, if present behavior foreshadows future conduct, our treatment of

Afghan refugees gives reason for serious introspection and reflection. Years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” If you are serious about combating the animosity and hatred engendered by President Putin’s war, you must be equally committed to fighting the racial and cultural animus that lives in the DNA of our nation. If you love peace and justice and find this cruel Russian invasion antithetical to everything you believe, you must commit to fighting the injustice of President Putin’s war as well as the injustice that lives on the highways and byways of this nation. President Putin’s ruthlessness remains a threat to the peace and security of the world. If it happens in Ukraine, it can happen anywhere else that such ruthlessness is allowed to thrive. Former President Trump, Mike Pompeo, Steve Bannon and others of that ilk praise President Putin’s thuggery while criticizing the honest efforts of President Biden to salvage democracy from those who would cast it aside for personal gain and profit. Their threat to peace and security is as great as Russian President Putin’s. Given these facts, if we require guidance to plot a proper course of action, we are as lost as Vladimir Putin. The writer is co-national president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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I am sorry to have to tell you that there is no Critical Race Theory. There are Critical Race Theories. The term was originally developed in law schools as a field of study that showed how race neutral laws harmed African-American people. The term was then picked up by scholars in other fields for their own uses. And scholars being scholars, some have come up with rather silly ideas. One of these is “intersectionality.” This is where gender and race define one’s identity. In his book, “How to be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi says that he met one Black lesbian during graduate school. So he says that he knows what all Black lesbians are like. I have not known many Black lesbians, but I have known more than a few white ones. They are as diverse as straight women. Meeting one was does not mean that you have met them all. Intersectionality leaves out class, religion, oc-

cupation, location and all the other things that make one person different from the other. Not only is Dr. Kendi’s psychologic theory thin, but his definition of racism is just as thin. His definition of racism is any difference between African-Americans and white people. His example of biologic racism is African-American men having a higher rate of prostate cancer than white men. The reason for this is that African-American men have a gene in their regulatory T cells that creates an immunosuppressive environment around micro tumors. While this gene causes some harm in this case, in other circumstances, it likely has a positive effect in others. No one reads the work of William Julius Wilson, an emeritus professor of sociology at Harvard University. His work shows that two things occurred in the 1960s. The first was that jobs for low-skilled workers disappeared in urban areas. The second is that the

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I strongly recommend that the following titles be added to your book list: “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead “From Slavery to Freedom” by John Hope Franklin “Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge” by Erica Armstrong Dunbar “A History of Black America” by Dr. Howard O. Lindsey “Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation” by Velma Maia Thomas I enjoy reading the Free Press. Looking forward to another book list.

I was pleased to see your editorial, “CRT—Critical race truth,” and suggest adding this to the book list: “Richmond’s Unhealed History” by the Rev. Benjamin Campbell. Rev. Campbell traces racism from the earliest moments in our nation’s history. He is a seventh generation Virginian and, for many years, active in organizations of social change.

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lawyers, doctors and business people who were the backbone of African-American communities moved away because they were now able to due to federal fair housing and other civil rights laws. Those that were left behind went into what he calls “social isolation” and developed a number of pathologies. The problem with current African-American leadership is that they pretend these pathologies do not exist. Homicide is the main cause of death of young black males in urban areas. Child abuse and spouse/ girlfriend abuse are others. Then there is alcoholism, low educational attainment and drug abuse. The social isolation that led to these pathologies was the result of the end of Jim Crow, not the continuation of white supremacy. Until that is acknowledged, these problems can’t even start to be addressed, more less solved.

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Last week, the Virginia House and Senate passed our own versions of the 2022 - 2024 State Budget. Our budgets reflect our priorities, and are vastly different on two key issues: education funding and tax cuts.

would cost nearly $850 million over two years. While I am disappointed we did not fully lift the cap, this is the first step towards eliminating it in over a decade! The House budget retains the cap at its current level.

Across the 9th District, I’ve heard from constituents who prioritize fully funding our education system over tax cuts. A recent Wason Center poll shows a majority of Virginia voters prefer spending on underfunded government services, such as education, public safety and social services (59%), rather than providing tax cuts or tax rebates (38%). Voters overwhelmingly support cutting the grocery tax, either by a total repeal (47%) or by giving low-income Virginians a tax credit (25%).

The Senate Budget also includes $500 million in one-time cash for school construction and language similar to my bill adopting changes to the Literary Fund recommended by the Commission on School Construction and Modernization to make more money available to local school divisions through loans with lower interest rates and improve the health of the fund. The House budget takes $250 million from the Literary Fund to establish a construction loan rebate program.

The Senate Budget strikes the right balance, repealing the state tax on groceries and menstrual products and backfilling the resulting lost revenue for K-12 education. The House Budget on the other hand, adopts several of Governor Youngkin’s tax proposals. This means that the House budget invests $3 billion less than the Senate Budget in core government services, which are already underfunded.

Both budgets fund one reading specialist for every 550 students in kindergarten through third grade, but the Senate provides flexibility to allow these specialists to work with students in fourth through sixth grade.

The difference in tax policy leads to significant differences between the Senate and House budgets for K-12 Education. While both the House and Senate budgets increase K-12 funding over the next two years, the Senate provides approximately $240 million more to schools than the House. One of the biggest differences is funding for school districts with high concentrations of students living in poverty through the At-Risk Add-On. The Senate increases the At-Risk AddOn by $268.5 million over the next two years, while the House only increases it by $58.3 million.

The Senate Budget also includes an additional $44.3 million for early childhood education and pre-K programs, compared to an additional $6 million in the House budget. The House budget provides one-time funding for The College Partnership Laboratory Schools Fund. The Senate budget does not include this funding. These two budgets are now in a conference committee, which will iron out the differences. I am hopeful the final budget will prioritize responding to the urgent needs of Virginians and more fully fund our core services, particularly our schools. Virginia families are counting on us.

The Senate Budget includes the state share of a five percent teacher and staff raise each year, a one-time bonus of approximately $1,000 per position in June, and investments in the teacher retirement plan. The House Budget funds the state share of 4% salary increase and 1% bonus each year. The Senate Budget finally chips away at the cap on state funding of support personnel imposed in 2008 by providing nearly $272 million over two years to increase funding for positions already filled by divisions. As I have for several years, I introduced a budget amendment to fully lift this cap, which PAID FOR AND AUTHORIZED BY FRIENDS FOR JENNIFER MCCLELLAN

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Richmond Flying Squirrels chosen to help lead ‘The Nine’ The Richmond Flying Squirrels have been named a team captain of “The Nine,” a new baseball outreach platform focused on the Black community. Under the auspices of Minor League Baseball, or MILB, Richmond is one of five cities chosen to participate in the national project. “The Nine” is designed to honor the contributions of AfricanAmerican ballplayers, provide new opportunities for minority youths and diversify the business of baseball. Why “The Nine?” It is in honor of jersey No. 9 that Jackie Robinson wore in 1946 as a member of the Montreal Royals, the AAA affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson played one season of minor league baseball prior to breaking major league baseball’s

color line in 1947. Here are some specifics for “The Nine”: • Create new opportunities for youth programs for Black children in communities that are lacking in baseball and softball leagues. • Expand on Major League Baseball’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI), with emphasis on Pitch, Hit & Run contests and the Junior Home Run Derby. • Become involved with young adults at historically black colleges and universities such as Virginia Union and Virginia State universities in providing internships and mentorships with the Flying Squirrels. Overall, the program is designed to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce with the goal of elevating more minorities into

Parade of champions: John Marshall teams headed to quarterfinals Lady Justices look to pour it on in state quarterfinals

Justices’ boys team has talent, height and deep bench They come at you in waves— so tall, so talented, so tenacious and so many. With a full head of steam, John Marshall High School’s Justices rumbled into this week’s State Class 2 hoops tournament. Some might suggest, only partly in jest, that John Marshall would have been a better fit for last week’s CIAA Tournament in Baltimore. And in time, a majority of the Justices players will play on the college level. Coach Ty White’s white and blue clad North Siders went through the 2A Region like a sharp knife through warm butter, defeating Bruton High School of Williamsburg 75-26; Richmond’s Thomas Jefferson High School 78-44; and Greensville High School in Emporia 88-41. John Marshall is a team crying for nicknames. Call them the “Blue Forest” for their height. Coach White can go big with 6-foot-10, 6-foot-7 or 6-foot-6

up front if he chooses. Even as a junior, Parker John Marshall has domiOr you can call them the deserves to be in the con- nated state hoops in the lower “Blue Streaks” for their sprinter versation of the greatest Jus- enrollment classifications in speed in creating havoc defen- tices of all time. And that’s recent years. The Justices won she can shoot, too. John Marshall sively and choreoa star-studded list state titles in 2014, defeating She’s definitely one High School basketgraphing a relentless including the likes George Wythe High School 74of the best players in ball opponents are in fast break. of Fletcher John- 56; in 2018, defeating Western the area and maybe jeopardy—make that Sophomore Dason, Biggie Bell, Albemarle High School 63-42; the state.” double jeopardy. mon “Lil’ Redd” Ed Sherod, Milton and in 2020, defeating Gate Other key players Both the John Thompson and seBell, LaMar Tay- City High School 75-57. are point guard exMarshall girls and nior Reginald Roblor, Jeremy ShepThe Justices would have traordinaire MiAnboys teams have a inson form a blurring pard, Isaiah Todd, been an overwhelming favorite gel Harris, Khamaya clear path to the State backcourt that never Roosevelt Wheeler, to prevail in 2021 had Richmond Jaedyn Cook Earley, sisters Zuri Class 2 titles. seems to blink, much Dennis Parker Jr. Jayson Nelson and Public Schools not opted out Coach Virgil Burton’s hard- and Yasmin Hall and Jerri less stop. so many more. because of the pandemic. charging Lady Justices will Jones. Surely, John Marshall gives Coach White has so many Many suggest John Marshall Coach Burton, who doubles carry a 17-6 record into Friits opponents a case of the weapons. Ashaun Moore, is “sandbagging” in Class 2 and day’s state quarterfinals against as a Richmond Police officer, blues with its depth. The Jus- Ka’Shawn Cordes, Justin should compete in the larger Clarke County High School is in his fourth year and third tices could likely divide their Brown and Steve Stinson classifications. That it is not of Berrysville at 5:30 p.m. season as the Lady Justices’ roster into Team A and Team who share the limelight for allowed by the Virginia High at Huguenot High School in coach. Coach Burton played B, with both contending for John Marshall would likely School League. There are six enfootball at Virginia Union Richmond. a state crown. John Marshall be the leading scorers on other rollment classifications among The powerful John Marshall University under Coach Wilgoes at least 10 deep on any teams. the state’s public schools. High School boys 2A quarterfi- lard Bailey. night. The long bench is made Off the bench, Coach White So instead, Coach White Friday’s winners advance nal game will follow about 7:30 to order for full-floor pressure can insert 6-foot-10 Tyler Ma- offers this: “A Tournament of p.m. against East Rockingham to the state semifinals March at a jet engine pace. son, a lefty with a soft inside Champions.” 7 and 8. The finals are March High School of Elkton. “Our players look forward touch, and powerhouse 6-foot“I’d like to see all six champs Led by 6-foot-3 junior Jae- 10 through 12 at Virginia Comto and love playing together,” 7, 285-pound Malachi Dark. come together for one big tourdyn Cook, the Lady Justices monwealth University’s Siegel Coach White said. “They’re Coach White compares nament, along with the private rolled through the regionals Center. always ready for the call. Dark to Quinton Spain, who school champs,” Coach White with lopsided wins over King We play with a lot of energy. he coached at Petersburg High said. “Fans would love it.” William High School 62-34; Everyone plays full out, hard. School. Spain, who sparkled It’s hard imagining John Double threat in state quarterfinals Poquoson High School 49-34; There’s no drop off when we in basketball and football at Marshall as an underdog even and Brunswick High School substitute.” Petersburg High, is now an against the largest schools—that The John Marshall High School Lady Justices (17-6) will 67-31. On a team of stars, none offensive guard for the Cincin- is, unless a few college teams face Clarke County High School of Berrysville and the John Cook, who has committed shines brighter than 6-foot-6 nati Bengals. slipped into the bracket. Marshall High School Justices will face East Rockingham High to Old Dominion University, junior Dennis Parker Jr. Already School of Elkton on Friday, March 4, in the state basketball played previously at Richmond quarterfinals. a top national college recruit, Both games will take place at Richmond’s Huguenot High Christian and Thomas Jefferson Parker is special with his versaSchool, 7945 Forest Hill Ave. in South Side. The Lady Justices will high schools before transferring tility. He’s capable of being the play at 5:30 p.m., while the boys’ game will follow at 7:30 p.m. to John Marshall. best player on the floor at any The semifinals will be March 7 and 8, with the state finals “Jaedyn is a positionless position, from point guard to March 10 through 12 at Virginia Commonwealth University’s player,” Coach Burton said. center. He’s an accurate 3-point There is a new state high school scoring Siegel Center. “She can play on the high post. shooter and operates like a pogo champion in Virginia, and he is coming to She’s a good ball handler. And stick around the hoop. Richmond. Last week, Tyler Nickel of East Rockingham High in Elkton passed Mac McClung of Gate City High School as the career scoring leader among the state’s public schools. The 6-foot-8 Nickel tossed in 37 points in a win over Strasburg High School to reach Tyler Nickel 2,804 career markers. McClung, now playing in the NBA G-League, was the previous leader with 2,801. Nickel signed with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Sometimes, it seems, the more things NFL’s new hires Hill in November and will be suiting up for the Tar Heels next change the more they stay the same. season. Here are the nine NFL coaches hired since the end of the 2021 regular season and playoffs: The dust has settled and the number of But Nickel isn’t done with high school yet. Team New coach Previous job Black NFL head coaches will be the same Nickel’s 23-5 East Rockingham Eagles are coming to Richin 2022 as in 2021 — three. Chicago Bears Matt Eberflus Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator mond to face John Marshall High School on Friday, March 4, Lovie Smith and Michael McDaniel Denver Broncos Nathaniel Hackett Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator in the State 2A quarterfinals at Huguenot High School. were hired by the Houston Texans and Houston Texans Lovie Smith Houston Texans associate head coach Passing the 2,000 point mark is an extreme rarity. the Miami Dolphins, respectively, after Jacksonville Jaguars Doug Pederson Philadelphia Eagles head coach, 2016 to 2020 According to Virginia High School League statistics, here are coaches Brian Flores of Miami and David Las Vegas Raiders Josh McDaniels New England Patriots offensive coordinator Richmond area members of the select “2,000 Point Club”: Culley of Houston were fired. Miami Dolphins Michael McDaniel San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator • Tyrese Rice: L.C. Bird High School, 2,328 points Smith and McDaniel will join longtime Minnesota Vikings Kevin O’Connell Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator • Tyree Evans: George Wythe High School, 2,251 New Yorks Giants Brian Daboll Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator • Clyde Austin: Maggie L. Walker High School, 2,158 • Kendrick Warren: Thomas Jefferson High School, New Orleans Saints Dennis Allen New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator 2,134 • Moses Malone: Petersburg High School, 2,124 His star dimmed at the University Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL and the • Travis McKie: John Marshall High School, 2,094 of Illinois where his teams were 17-39 lack of Black head coaches has been a main • Frank Mason: Petersburg High School, 2,003 overall and 10-33 in the Big 10 from topic in recent weeks. His suit claims that Hunter Hoggatt scored 2,023 points for Altavista High School 2016 to 2020. text messages Flores received from New Smith spent the past season as an associ- England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick and Varina High School combined. Lovie Smith Michael McDaniel Nick Sherod, now a graduate player at the University of Richate head coach, under Culley, with Houston showed the New York Giants planned to head Coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh during a dreary 4-13 campaign. hire Brian Daboll as the new head coach mond, scored 2,815 points for St. Christopher’s School in a career Steelers as the only three Black head McDaniel, who has a white mother and before interviewing any minority candidate spanning eighth through 12th grade at the private school. Eighth-graders are not allowed to play on varsity under coaches in the 32-franchise NFL. About Black father, prefers the label “interracial” as required by the Rooney Rule. VHSL guidelines. 70 percent of the players in the NFL are or “biracial.” Traditionally, a person of Flores also alleged in the suit that DolBlack. mixed Black and white ancestry is con- phins team owner Stephen Ross asked him Coach Tomlin has been the Steelers’ sidered Black by the NFL. to “tank,” or deliberately lose games, and head coach since 2007. A 38-year-old native of Aurora, Colo., offered him $100,000 per loss to help assure Meanwhile, Coach Flores, who filed a McDaniel is a Yale graduate and accom- the Dolphins had a higher draft pick. class action lawsuit against the NFL, the plished violinist. He had previous NFL Speaking recently at the Super Bowl Former college greats Rolando Lamb and Harold Deane Dolphins, the Denver Broncos and the coaching stops with Cleveland, Atlanta, in Inglewood, Calif., NFL Commissioner New York Giants organizations on Feb. Denver and Washington before becom- Roger Goodell said the league “must Jr. will be conducting a Spring Break Basketball Camp April 1, alleging racial discrimination in hiring, ing the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive improve its diversity record,” but offered 4 through 8 at Crestwood Presbyterian Church, 1200 Charter Colony Parkway in Midlothian. has been signed as the senior defensive coordinator a year ago. no specific solutions. The camp is for boys and girls ages 7 to 14. assistant/linebackers coach for the PittsThe other seven NFL head coach jobs Under the Rooney Rule, NFL teams Sessions are from 9 a.m. to noon, with Lamb instructing, and burgh Steelers. went to white candidates. now are required to interview two minorSmith, 63, is a household name among In another category, the NFL lists ity candidates for an opening. Previously, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. under Deane. Lamb is a former standout at Virginia Commonwealth UniNFL fans. He posted a record of 81-63 Washington Commanders Coach Ron Ri- it was one. with the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012 vera, who is Hispanic, and New York Jets The San Francisco 49ers will receive versity, while Deane starred at the University of Virginia. Details and registration: Contact Jerrel Saunders, (804) 614and 8-24 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach Robert Saleh, who is of Lebanese two draft choices for developing a minority 6560. in 2014-15. ancestry, as “minority” coaches. coach, McDaniel.

State scoring leader to play against John Marshall

NFL Black coaches now total 3; Flores hired as assistant coach in Pittsburgh

Rolando Lamb and Harold Deane Jr. to host basketball camp

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The Fayetteville State University Broncos pose with the CIAA Tournament trophy after clinching the conference title during last Saturday’s finale in Baltimore. It was Fayetteville State’s first CIAA title since 1973.

VUU hoping for NCAA bid after slim CIAA Tournament defeat Virginia Union University has rested its case. Now it awaits its verdict. Coach Jay Butler’s Panthers have enjoyed a jubilant season, posting a 23-7 record while advancing to the CIAA Tournament finals last Saturday at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. But is it enough for a bid to the NCAA Division II version of the “Big Dance”? The NCAA Selection Committee will announce the 64-team field Sunday, March 6. Fayetteville State University, by virtue of its 65-62 win over VUU in the CIAA championship game, is in as an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament. Last Saturday’s victory was the Fayetteville State Broncos’ first CIAA crown since 1973. The 64-team NCAA field includes 23 automatic qualifiers and 41 at-large selections. Other automatic qualifiers in the Atlantic Region are champions of the Mountain East and Pennsylvania State conferences. That means five at-large picks. The Mountain and Penn conferences will hold their tournaments this weekend. The most recent Atlantic Region poll had VUU ninth, or one slot out of the eight-team regional lineup. Since then, however, the Panthers defeated Bowie State University in the CIAA quarterfinals and Winston-Salem State University in the semifinals, but fell behind Fayetteville State because of the CIAA Tournament finale, which was shown on ESPN-U. VUU would seem to be very much on the bubble in its efforts to gain entry into the eightteam regional.

VUU junior forward Robert Osborne certainly did his part to extend VUU’s season into March. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound forward/center had 25 points and 16 rebounds—including 10 offensive—in the disheartening loss to the Broncos. “The Wizard of Os” found the Baltimore nets to his liking. He had 16 points and eight rebounds against Bowie State University and 16 points and 12 rebounds against WinstonSalem State. He surely would have been MVP had VUU prevailed. Osborne, a powerful lefty out of Hermitage High School in Henrico County, and graduate student Jordan Peebles of Emporia were named to the All-Tournament squad. Earlier in the week, both were selected All-CIAA. The tournament MVP went to the Fayetteville State Broncos’ Jalen Seegars, a 6-foot-5 senior transfer from the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Seegars was joined on the All-Tournament squad by Fayetteville State’s Darian Dixon. Fayetteville State is coached by Luke D’Alessio, a Caucasian who is a familiar face around the CIAA. In 2003, Coach D’Alessio guided Bowie State University to the CIAA crown. Regardless of the outcome of the NCAA Selection Committee, the VUU Panthers have much to celebrate looking behind and ahead. Bouncing back after a season layoff due to the pandemic, VUU relied on a suffocating defense, balanced scoring and the emergence of Osborne to have the school’s brightest season since Coach Dave Robbins resigned in 2008.

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Virginia Union University forward Robert Osborne pushes to get past a Fayetteville State University defender during last Saturday’s CIAATournament finale in Baltimore. Osborne scored 25 points during the game, an ultimate 65-62 heartbreaking loss for the VUU Panthers.

Three of the losses this season were in overtime, including a loss at Nova Southeastern University in Florida, the nation’s No. 1 ranked squad in Division II. Looking to 2022-23, VUU should be loaded. Only Peebles and Tyriek Railey aren’t expected back among the regulars, and Coach Butler is always busy refueling with fresh talent. It’s troubling to the CIAA’s old-timers that the conference hasn’t gotten much love in the national and regional polls of late. VUU won three NCAA titles — in 1980,

1992 and 2005 — under Coach Robbins, with Winston-Salem State and North Carolina Central University grabbing one each. The general consensus was that whoever wins the CIAA is a strong contender to be national champion. But in the last dozen years, the CIAA entries have struggled at NCAA crunch time, perhaps making a poor impression on the pollsters. So now the Panthers sit and wait, hoping their “Wizard of Os” might find a way for them to go “dancing.”

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The Lady Lions of Lincoln University proudly claim No. 1 status and their first CIAA championship trophy after defeating Elizabeth City State University 67-52 last Saturday in Baltimore.

Lincoln’s Lady Lions take home first ever CIAA trophy Number zero was the hero for Lincoln University’s Lady Lions. Bryanna Brown, wearing jersey No. 0, earned MVP honors while helping Lincoln to its first ever CIAA title. The native of Brooklyn, N.Y., scored 28 points as the Lions defeated Elizabeth City State University 67-52 in the tournament final at Baltimore’s

Royal Farms Arena. The Lady Lions beat Winston-Salem State University and Livingstone College in the quarterfinals and semifinals. The 22-7 Lady Lions now advance to the NCAA Division II tournament.

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Personality: Kathryn B. ‘Katie’ Ricard Kathryn Baum “Katie” Ricard is looking to turn an outpouring of support in the wake of an unexpected, catastrophic event into an opportunity for education in Richmond—and a fulcrum for community unity. As president of the William Fox Elementary School PTA, Ms. Ricard is hard at work following the Feb. 11 fire at the Hanover Avenue school in The Fan. The destruction was followed by a massive outpouring of community support—both money and other resources—and as the leader of the PTA, she has a great responsibility in how best to apply it. As she works to help the Fox community of students, teachers and others deal with the trauma, she says the blaze didn’t force a change in her goals as PTA president. “To be honest, my goals are still exactly the same,” she says. “I want to keep our community strong and I want our teachers to feel loved because both groups have undergone some significant trauma.” The fire, she says, has brought the community closer together in a way that might not have happened normally “as we bond for a common purpose.” A former vice principal in the Chesterfield school system, Ms. Ricard is helping parents and students manage the changes the fire has brought on. Students are learning from home now until a temporary replacement building at Clark Springs Elementary School is ready. “I think about what I want for my kids, and that’s what I want for all our students at Fox,” Ms. Ricard says. “Likewise, I think about the support I would have wanted when I was a teacher, and I’m trying to give that to our faculty and staff. And parents, please know that we are in survival mode right now. Don’t beat yourself up about the extra screen time. I’m definitely not.”

Spotlight on president of the William Fox Elementary PTA The sheer amount of support for Fox has inspired her to look at possibly supporting other Richmond schools that need attention. “How can we take our platform to focus the attention on other issues in public education?” she asked. “It is true that George Wythe has needed a new building for quite a while, and that needs to happen.” For now, Fox Elementary’s future remains her greatest focus. “The last few years have been hard on our families, but also on our teachers, who have had to change many of the ways they’ve done things,” Ms. Ricard says. “I want Fox to continue to be a place where people like to send their kids and where teachers enjoy working.” Meet an education advocate, Fox Elementary School supporter and this week’s Personality, Kathryn Baum “Katie” Ricard: No. 1 volunteer position: President, William Fox Elementary PTA. Occupation: Interim director of Youth Ministries at St. James’s Episcopal Church. Date and place of birth: April 10 in Wilmington, Del. Where I live now: The Fan. Education: Bachelor’s in history and social studies, Boston University; and master’s in education leadership, University of Massachusetts-Boston. Family: Husband, Darryl; and three children, Luke, 8, Grant, 7, and Nora, 4, plus two cats, Prince and Piper. When elected Fox Elementary PTA president: September 2021. Why I accepted position: During the pandemic, there were families who left Fox to find an in-person school option. With

these shifts, it became clear to me that it was the time to step up and support my school and community. I couldn’t simply “talk,” I had to “walk” and do the work. At the time, I was an assistant principal at a Chesterfield high school, so I felt I understood the needs of educators, but being a parent, the needs of our families as well. I’ve since transitioned to interim director of youth ministry at St. James’s Episcopal. In transitioning, I now have greater flexibility to support Fox through this period of change. Length of term: One year! But I hope to find new ways to support Fox, whether through another board position or chairing an event. No. 1 goal or project as PTA president: The last few years have been hard on our families, but also on our teachers, who have had to change many of the ways they’ve done things. My goal was to create events that brought our community together, such as a Fall Fes-

tival where our children “trunk or treated” and we all watched “Hotel Transylvania” outside. I also wanted to find ways to support our teachers and make them feel appreciated, whether it was dropping off treats or just finally buying a Keurig for the teacher workroom. I want Fox to continue to be a place where people like to send their children and where teachers enjoy working. Strategy for achieving goals: I say “yes” to all offers of community help, but had to create the organizational structure to support it. Our board members all have titles, but we’ve reassigned ourselves to new committees to handle the outpouring of support. We’ve also had amazing community members step up and lead endeavors for us like the book drive and providing lunches for teachers. I’m learning to delegate. How I found out about the fire: I woke up suddenly at 11 p.m. and checked my phone and there was a text from a friend who lives across from Fox. Soon after, another friend called and I got texts, images and videos from others. Initial reaction: I couldn’t leave my bed to go see it. I was frozen and just so sad for our students and teachers. I also thought, “I have to post something on the Facebook group for our community.” So I wrote, “Our thoughts and prayers are with our Fox community tonight. While we know our community is not defined by a building, that old building is pretty special to us.” What I have learned about Richmond that I did not know before the fire: Richmond is

a community that truly gives when the time is needed. The outreach from our community has been staggering and brought me to tears so many times. So many businesses have donated percentages (either part or all) of their sales to Fox. PTA boards from across RVA and the state have reached out offering help. Every day, my inbox gets at least five to 10 offers of help. It’s overwhelming, but in the best possible way. Teachable moments for Fox students: My oldest son, Luke, was helping bring in books for the book drive. He has seen packages of books arrive constantly at our house from strangers. He said to me, “People really care about us and want to help us.” I want all our students to know that after this terrible fire, the community cared for and loved our students. And I hope that they will do the same someday, for a community, a family or a person in need. Fox Strong means: We will stay together as a community, no matter what. A perfect day for me: Running in the morning with my running group, going to a park or playground with the kids in the afternoon, and making pizza and watching a movie as a family at night. What I am learning about myself during this moment: I’ve served in leadership for the last 10 years in the workplace. However, I’m finding myself truly leading in this moment. I’ve learned that I can take a difficult situation and create a plan of action for my organization to follow. After the fire, people wanted the PTA to crowd fund, but the Richmond Education Foundation was doing that. So instead, I shifted us toward community events, the

book drive and our art auction, allowing us to still raise money and support our teachers and students without duplicating efforts. Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Experimenting with cooking new things, especially when guests come. Could it end in disaster? Possibly, but I like the fun and challenge that cooking brings. Quote that inspires me: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” – Philippians 4:13 Friends describe me as: Calm, patient and kind. At the top of my “to-do” list: Laundry. With three kids, it’s always laundry. Best late-night snack: Anything sweet and sugary — ice cream, cupcakes, chocolate. I have a massive sweet tooth. Best thing my parents ever taught me: To care for others. From an early age, I learned that service was important. Person who influenced me the most: Emily Parks, my first principal in Massachusetts, under whom I both taught and interned. She taught me that reflection as a leader is so important. If I cannot articulate my “why” for doing things, I shouldn’t be doing them. Book that influenced me the most: “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman. He truly gets the joy and pain that parenting brings. What I’m reading now: “The House of Sky and Breath” by Sarah J. Maas. Next goal: Our community has been so generous. My next goal is making sure we are wise stewards of the money so it will go as far as possible. As a board, we also want to give back and support our other RPS schools so we are deliberating on how best to do that.

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Mr. Browne

Mr. Gordon

Dr. Hayter

Dr. Moon

Ms. Moon

Ms. Oliver

Mr. Williams

7 people honored by VMFA as RVA Community Makers Seven people were honored recently by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as RVA Community Makers, cultural luminaries who shine a positive national spotlight on the Richmond region. The honorees are chosen for the influence, impact and inspirational story and how they strengthen the community.

They are artist S. Ross Browne, a painter and designer; James A. Gordon III, principal of Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School; Dr. Julian M. Hayter, associate professor of leadership studies at the University of Richmond; The Moon sisters, Dr. Sesha Joi Moon and Enjoli Moon, founders of The JXN Project; Valerie Cassel Oliver, the

Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the VMFA; and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams of The Richmond TimesDispatch. Portraits of the honorees were unveiled Feb. 23 in the Atrium at the VMFA and will be on view through March 14.

Mr. and Miss CIAA 2022 Pageantry was at its best last weekend at the CIAA Tournament in Baltimore. Diamond Rawlinson of Elizabeth City State University and Nehemiah Simeon of Shaw University were crowned Mr. and Miss CIAA last Saturday during the tournament. It was the first time a Mr. CIAA has been chosen in the history of the tournament. The pair who serve as Miss ECSU and Mr. Shaw University, respectively, were chosen for the top CIAA awards by fan votes. Ms. Rawlinson of Raleigh, N.C., is majoring in early childhood education. Mr. Simeon is a pre-med student. Presenting Mr. Simeon with the award is Food Lion executive Garland Scarboro. Photos by Randy Singleton

Washington or Virginia Commanders? Va. aims to lure NFL team By Sarah Rankin Associated Press

Virginia lawmakers are advancing a measure intended to lure the Washington Commanders to the state by allowing the NFL team to forgo what could be $1 billion or more in future tax payments to help finance a potential new football stadium. The move, which comes a year after lawmakers gave the team preferential treatment for a lucrative sports betting permit, is intended to help Virginia secure its first major pro sports franchise and beat out Maryland and the District of Columbia as the team weighs where to go after its FedEx Field lease ends in 2027. “They’re going to go someplace. Absent some kind of incentive, they’re likely not to be here,” Tray Adams, a lobbyist representing the team, told a panel considering the legislation. The team declined to respond to questions from The Associated Press regarding its seriousness about Virginia or its site plans. But lawmakers who have been briefed on the project, including some who met with team owner Daniel Snyder at his home, have described a stadium that would be part of a broader multiuse development in Loudoun or Prince William counties in suburban Washington, with a resort and conference center, residences, an amphitheater and indoor concert facility. “It’s almost a mini-city,” Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw, a Fairfax Democrat who is sponsoring one version of the legislation, told his colleagues. The House and Senate passed differing versions of the measure in February with broad bipartisan sup-

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State Sen. Richard Saslaw of Fairfax, chief sponsor of the bill to lure the NFL Washington Commanders to Virginia, speaks to the rostrum staff prior to the start of Tuesday’s Senate session at the Capitol.

port and each will now take up the other’s version. Legislative leaders have said they expect the differences to be worked out by a conference committee, meaning final negotiations would happen in private. Both versions of the legislation would create a Virginia Football Stadium Authority tasked with financing the construction of a stadium and related facilities. The nine-member authority would be allowed to issue bonds, then recapture certain tax revenues to pay down that debt. The type and amount of taxes that can be recaptured varies between the two. The Senate version offers more help, allowing the capture of certain sales taxes generated across the entire campus, personal income tax revenues from stadium operations, corporate income tax revenues and pass-through entity tax revenues over 30 years. The House version allows only for the

recapture of sales tax over 20 years and would require that the team pay at least 50 percent of any naming rights revenues to the authority. Both measures say the revenues may be used for any purpose the authority “deems appropriate for the facility,” including but not limited to debt service on the bonds. The legislation does not set a hard limit on the amount of taxes that can be recaptured, nor does it allocate any money. The bill’s proponents say the project will result in a net benefit to the state despite the incentives. Sen. Saslaw has said the team estimates that, based on his version of the bill, $153 million a year would be generated in taxes, with $60 million of that going to the state’s coffers, $59 million to the locality’s and $34 million to debt service. About $1 billion in tax revenue could be redirected toward the project over 30 years, he has estimated, which would

not be expected to cover the entire cost of the stadium. Stadium funding initiatives in other states in recent years have drawn criticism as a drain of taxpayer resources. At each hearing his bill has received, Sen. Saslaw has argued the state is not putting any general fund money into the deal, nor will it be on the hook for the bonds. “The state is not backing the bonds. It’s forbidden in the bill,” he said pointedly during one hearing. Republican Sen. Steve Newman of Lynchburg, who supports the measure, described the deal as “self-help.” The team has been looking into new stadium possibilities for several years and seems unlikely to renew its lease at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., where it has played since 1997. Now called the Washington Commanders after the new name was unveiled in early February, the team has been mired in criticism since dozens of former employees revealed a toxic workplace culture. An investigation performed by an outside law firm and overseen by the NFL resulted in a $10 million fine, though no written report was issued. Members of Congress have recently pressed the league to turn over details. Mr. Snyder has faced sexual harassment allegations by a former employee as recently as early February. Those accusations, which Mr. Snyder denies and the NFL moved quickly to investigate, have been a point of contention in debate over the Virginia bill. Both chambers defeated similar amendments offered by Democrats that would have made the deal contingent on disclosures related to the investigations. “When you go into business with a

billionaire and you’re forgoing up to a billion dollars in tax revenue, I just think it’s appropriate to do due diligence rather than have things drip out month after month, week after week, year after year,” said Sen. Adam Ebbin of Arlington, one of several lawmakers who said he met with Mr. Snyder at his home to talk about the deal. The lack of transparency surrounding those talks has concerned some lawmakers. Delegate Elizabeth Guzman, a Democrat who represents part of Prince William County, said she was not approached by team representatives about the project. She wondered why Delegate Barry Knight, the Appropriations Committee chairman from the coastal city of Virginia Beach, was carrying the House version of the bill and why there had not been a meeting of the entire legislative delegation that represents the counties where the stadium could be located. Delegate Guzman also noted the region’s notoriously clogged traffic and wondered if the district’s infrastructure could handle the project. “I would love to see what they have to offer for us. What are they willing to do for Prince William County to improve our transportation system?” she asked. Virginia’s new Republican governor, Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin, seemed to throw support to the idea in his first address to lawmakers in January, making vague mention of the legislation. In an interview with the AP, Gov. Youngkin said he hoped he and the General Assembly could reach agreement on a bill that would “best reflect the interests of Virginia taxpayers and hopefully bring the Washington Commanders to Virginia.”

Learning Black history through portrayal By Nick Buckley Battle Creek Enquirer

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. A judge, an inventor and a cheerleader strolled into Christina Smith’s photography studio in downtown Battle Creek recently. The costumed trio was in fact 9-yearold Ayden Smith as Thurgood Marshall, 8-year-old Sha-Ron Hawkins as Lewis Latimer and 4-year-old Cailee Bess as Mary Smith. They were participating in a photoshoot for Christina Smith’s “Who Am I?” project for Black History Month. Ms. Smith, owner of Memories by Christina Ne’Cole, said she started the project as a tangible way “to teach young kids history about our Black inventors and leaders.” The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that 15 children have participated in the

project to date, portraying a wide range of history-making African-Americans, from widely celebrated icons such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, to lesser-known figures such as Mary Smith, the first Black cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys, or Garrett Morgan, inventor of the gas mask and traffic light. For the “Who Am I?” project, Ms. Smith posts one photo of a costumed child each afternoon on her social media channels, soliciting people to guess which figure is being portrayed, later revealing the identity in the evening. She said she is still accepting additional subjects to be costumed and photographed as other Black historic figures, with intentions of publishing the collection in a book. Shaquilla Brinkley, formerly of Battle Creek, traveled from her home in Portage, Mich., with her son, Sha-Ron, to participate in the project. He posed as Mr. Latimer,

the inventor of a longer lasting filament for light bulbs and author of the first book on electric lighting. “It’s important for my son,” Ms. Brinkley said. “He’s in a school that’s not very diverse. He’s one of two Black boys in his classroom. So he doesn’t really know a lot about Black history. I usually try to instill that in him throughout the year, but it’s really important this month. “I appreciate the experience for my son and for the community. I’m happy she’s doing this because she’s good at what she does.” Battle Creek City Commissioner Jenasia Morris, Ward 2, visited the studio to watch her sister, Cailee, participate in the photoshoot as Mary Smith. “It’s important for us to educate our youth about Black history and opportunities for people of color,” Ms. Morris said. “Once they see that, they know they can pursue that and know they can do anything.”

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Christina Smith photographs Ayden Smith, 9, for her Black History Month portrait project in Battle Creek, Mich., on Feb. 11. Ayden was costumed as the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In 1967, he became the first Black on the nation’s highest court.

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Happenings Jennifer Hudson wins top honor at 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards By Jonathan Landrum Jr. AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES Jennifer Hudson was named entertainer of the year at the 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color. After Ms. Hudson accepted the award last Saturday night, the singer-actor thanked the NAACP for inspiring “little girls like me.” She beat out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish. “I was just standing here thinking, ‘It was here—the NAACP Awards—where I watched so many legends and icons that inspired me,’” said the Oscar and Grammy winner. “Now, I’m standing here holding an award like this. It’s because of seeing the Arethas, the Patti LaBelles, the Halle Berrys, all these legends right here on this stand that inspired me.” Ms. Hudson played her idol Aretha Franklin in the film “Respect.” She was summoned to meet with Ms. Franklin in 2007 to portray The Queen of Soul shortly after Ms. Hudson won an Oscar for “Dreamgirls.” “Respect,” the drama-musical film released in 2021, follows Ms. Franklin’s life from childhood through the 1972 recording of the gospel album “Amazing Grace.” “This is for Ms. Franklin’s legacy,” Ms. Hudson said after she won the Best Actress award earlier in the evening. The awards ceremony aired live on BET in Los Angeles with some talent appearing in person while others watched virtually. There was no in-person audience. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the duke and duchess of Sussex, were honored with the President’s Award for their achievements in public service. He expressed gratitude to the NAACP for welcoming him into their community before he spoke about those in Ukraine impacted by the ongoing Russian invasion. “We would like to acknowledge the people of Ukraine who urgently need our continued support as a global community,” said Prince Harry, while standing next to his wife. The couple, who live in Montecito, Calif., outside Santa Barbara, was recognized for their outreach efforts in the United States and around the world. “It’s safe to say I come from a very different background than my incredible wife,” he said. “Yet, our lives were brought together for a reason. We share a commitment to a life of service, a responsibility to confront injustice

and a belief for the most overlooked that are the most important to listen to.” Both talked about inspiring the next generation of activists through the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award. It’s an award newly created in partnership by their foundation, the Archewell Foundation, and the NAACP, that acknowledges leaders creating change within the social justice and technology realm to advance civil and human rights. The award carries with it a $100,000 prize. On Friday, the inaugural award was given to Dr. Safiya Noble, who Ms. Markle called a “visionary.” Dr. Noble, professor of gender studies and African-American studies at UCLA, authored a study in 2019 entitled, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.” The paper exposes how common internet search algorithms are programmed to reinforce racial and gender-based biases. Dr. Noble also is the co-founder and faculty director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, a partner of the Archewell Foundation. She was a 2021 MacAuthur “Genius” Fellow. Samuel L. Jackson received the NAACP Chairman’s Award for his public service. The ceremony highlighted his acting achievements and activism, including a moment when he was expelled from Morehouse College in 1969 for locking board members in a building for two days in protest of the school’s curriculum and governance. A video shown at the event also mentioned Mr. Jackson’s efforts to raise awareness toward cancer checkup for men and autism. It also spotlighted him and his wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, who created a performing arts center at Spelman College. Mr. Jackson quoted activist Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund, after he accepted his award. “I was fortunate to grow up in a lot of different eras where I had the opportunity to use my voice and my legs and my body to fight for things that were right,” said the 73-year-old actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films, including Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever” and “Do the Right Thing.” Mr. Jackson also has starred in multiple Marvel films, including “The Avengers” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” “Right now, we still have things we need to do. The most important thing being the voting rights act,” he said. “I know we can’t change

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that. But we can put our legs, our bodies and our voices to work to make sure that people do get out and vote—no matter what they do to keep us from doing it.” The awards ceremony featured a performance by ninetime Grammy winner Mary J. Blige, who was a co-headliner at the Super Bowl halftime show in February. She performed her single “Good Morning Gorgeous” and “Love No Limit” from New York City’s Apollo Theater. Anthony Anderson, who returned this year as host of the NAACP Image Awards, won best actor in a comedy series. With his mother in attendance, the “black-ish” star screamed out, “I told you I was going to win, Momma!” before he ran on stage and chest bumped her. “I would like to thank my momma for sleeping with my daddy and making me,” he jokingly said before turning serious. “I’m just a kid from Compton, Calif. If you dream and believe,

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newcomer Emilia Jones, winning best ensemble. The film has been seen as a watershed moment for the deaf community in Hollywood. “This validates the fact that we, deaf actors, can work just like anybody else. We look forward to more opportunities for deaf actors,” said Ms. Matlin on stage before teaching the crowd sign language for “I love you.” Ms. Matlin is the only deaf actor to win an Oscar, but her “CODA” co-star, Mr. Kotsur, may be in line to join her. Mr. Kotsur won best supporting actor Sunday, becoming the first deaf actor win an individual SAG award. The SAG Awards are considered one of the most reliable predictors of the Academy Awards, which will be broadcast on March 22. Actors make up the largest percentage of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and their picks often align. SAG’s track record may also mean Will Smith, star of the Williams family tennis drama “King Richard,” is heading for his first Oscar. Mr. Smith won best actor award on Sunday, scoring his first SAG award. “That may have been one of the greatest moments of my career just now because my name was called for ‘King Richard’ sitting next to

Venus Williams,” beamed Mr. Smith. Netflix’s “Squid Game,” the first non-English language series nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, came on strong with three awards, including Lee Jung-jae for best male actor in a drama series and HoYeon Jung for best female actor in a drama series. “I have sat many a times watching you on the big screen dreaming of one day becoming an actor,” Ms. Jung told the crowd, fighting back tears. Jessica Chastain, who plays the infamous televangelist in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” won best actress Sunday, notching her first individual SAG award. Meanwhile, Ariana DeBose of “West Side Story” confirmed her frontrunner status with a win Sunday for best supporting performance by a female actor. Ms. DeBose’s award, too, had historic resonance. “It’s indicative that doors are opening,” said Ms. DeBose, speaking to reports in a virtual backstage media room. “It’s an honor to be seen, it’s an honor to be an Afro-Latina, an openly queer woman of color, a dancer, a singer and an actor. It’s indicative to me that I will not be the last, and that’s the important part.” The SAG Awards also coronated “The Queen” actress Helen Mirren. The five-time SAG winner was honored with a lifetime achievement award. “Honestly, any achievement that I’ve succeed in is the result of my mantra which is basically: Be on time and don’t be an ass,” said the 76year-old Ms. Mirren. “Thank you, thank you, S-A-G so much for this. I hate to say the word ‘sag’ at my age.” HBO’s “Succession” ultimately reigned in the best drama series category. Brian Cox fittingly accepted the award with an expletive printed on his face mask, and another uttered as he struggled to take it off. But he turned serious when discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the evening’s bluntest remarks on the invasion, he noted that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a comic and thus a fellow performer. He urged censored dissenters in Russia to speak out. “The people in Russia who don’t like what’s going on—and particularly the artists—I think we should join and celebrate them and hope that they can make a shift, as I believe they can,” Mr. Cox said, while the audience stood and applauded. The “Hamilton” trio of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs kicked off the broadcast with the declared theme of “Together again.” “We’ve returned to a world where all we have to do to hang out like this is get dressed up, show up, get swabbed, sanitized, screened, masked, vaccinated, boosted, rapid-tested and PCR-cleared within 24 hours,” said Mr. Odom “Now who’s ready to party?”

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anything is possible.” Other awards went to Will Smith, who won best actor for his role in “King Richard.” The best film award went to “The Harder They Fall,” written and directed by Jeymes Samuel and starring Idris Elba and Regina King. Issa Rae won for best comedy series and journalist and Howard University Professor Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” was honored with the social justice impact award. Sterling K. Brown shouted with joy when he won outstanding actor for a drama series. After Tiffany Haddish virtually presented him with the award, the “This Is Us” actor thanked the show’s network, NBC, before he joked about hanging out with Mr. Anderson’s mother. “There’s way too many white people on my show for me to actually win this thing,” he said. “But I got to say, ‘Thank you, Black people, for voting for me.’ I really do appreciate it.”

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Askia Muhammad, dean of The Final Call editorial staff, dies at 76 Free Press wire report

did not want to be the instrument of his downfall.” His long-running weekly program on WPFW, “Yardbird Sweets,” included jazz programming and frequent appearances by Minister Farrakhan. In an interview with The Final Call, Mr. Muhammad said the show’s name was taken from Charlie Parker’s song, “Yardbird Suite,” with the word “suite” changed to “sweets” to avoid any confusion. In 1993, Mr. Muhammad received the Washington Association of Black Journalists’ President’s Award. In 2003 and 2004, he won first place in the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Awards for his commentaries on The Tavis Smiley Show that aired on National Public Radio. In 2009, the Washington, D.C., City Council honored Mr. Muhammad for 40 years of news, world events and jazz programming benefiting his radio listeners. “A great oak has fallen among us,” said Hazel Trice Edney, editor-in-chief of the Trice Edney News Wire and president emeritus of the Capital Press Club. “The name Askia Muhammad had become synonymous with respected journalism long before I met him in person. Whether through his columns in Black newspapers or his comforting voice on WPFW, Askia had become known as a community servant, dedicated to racial justice for decades. He was warm, a perfect gentleman and fiercely dedicated to Black people.” A private service will be held with a memorial planned for a future date.CHURCH’S ANNIVERS A

Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62 Free Press wire report

advocating for health equity and social justice on a global BOSTON scale,” wrote Dr. George Q. Dr. Paul Farmer, a U.S. Daley, dean of Harvard Uniphysician, humanitarian and versity’s Faculty of Medicine, author renowned for providing in a statement. health care to millions of imPartners in Health, founded poverished people worldwide in 1987, said its mission is “to and who co-founded the global provide a preferential option for nonprofit Partners in Health, the poor in health care.” The died Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. organization began its work in He was 62. Cange, a rural village The Boston-based in Haiti’s central organization conplateau, and later exfirmed Dr. Farmer’s panded its operations death, calling it “devto regions includastating” and noting ing Africa, Eastern he unexpectedly died Europe and Latin in his sleep while in America. Rwanda, where he Pulitzer PrizeDr. Farmer was teaching. winning author Tracy Dr. Farmer was a profes- Kidder, who wrote the nonficsor of medicine at Harvard tion book, “Mountains Beyond Medical School and chief of Mountains: The Quest of Dr. the division of global health Paul Farmer, A Man Who equity at Brigham and Women’s Would Cure the World,” told Hospital. He wrote extensively The Associated Press the two on health, human rights and traveled together for a month social inequality, according to as Dr. Farmer treated prisoners Partners in Health. and impoverished people in “A compassionate physician Haiti, Moscow and Paris. and infectious disease special“He was an important figure ist, a brilliant and influential in the world,” Mr. Kidder said. medical anthropologist, and “He had a way of looking around among the greatest humanitar- corners and of connecting ians of our time—perhaps all things. He couldn’t obviously time—Paul dedicated his life go and cure the whole world to improving human health and all by himself, but he could,

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with help of his friends, give proof of possibility.” He added that Dr.. Farmer was instrumental in getting AIDS treatments, and created various health systems around the world. Michelle Karshan, vice president of a nonprofit prison health care system in Haiti who worked closely with Dr. Farmer, said he was determined, innovative and always knew how to get around obstacles and bureaucracy. “He didn’t take no for an answer,” she said. “He didn’t think anybody was too poor or too illiterate to be entitled to receive health care.” She noted that when the World Health Organization resisted giving HIV medication to people who were illiterate in Haiti for fear they would

not know when or how to take it, Dr. Farmer set up his own program and created a chart that relied on the sun’s position. He also hired people known as “accompaniers,” who would hike through Haiti’s rough mountainous terrain to make sure patients had water, food and were taking their medications. “I’m so sad for all the people who are not going to have him in their lives. He was there for everybody,” Ms. Karshan said. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry praised Dr. Farmer’s work, as did former U.S. President Bill Clinton. “Paul Farmer changed the way health care is delivered in the most impoverished places on Earth. He saw every day as a new opportunity to teach,

learn, give and serve—and it was impossible to spend any time with him and not feel the same,” President Clinton said in a statement. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with thousands of cases reported daily in Massachusetts, local health departments were overwhelmed by the task of contact tracing to help slow the spread of the disease. The state launched a contact tracing collaborative in April 2020, and asked Partners in Health to lead the initiative, which made more than 2.7 million calls to residents at a total cost of about $158 million, according to the state. Dr. Farmer is survived by his Haitian wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children.

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Askia Muhammad, a renowned journalist, photographer, poet and columnist who served as an editor of The Final Call, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 76. For more than 40 years, Mr. Muhammad was a fixture on WPFW-Radio in Washington and at The Final Call, the newspaper of the Nation of Islam. His columns also appeared regularly in Black-owned newspapers, particularly in Washington. “Words are inadequate at this moment. So we just hold onto the vibration of love, truth, perseverance, hope and joy that Askia always exuded,” WPFW officials said in a statement announcing Mr. Muhammad’s death. “Let us reflect on the beautiful legacy that Askia left us and how we can collectively carry forth the impeccable vibration of his spirit.” An author, Mr. Muhammad’s most recent book, “The Autobiography of Charles 67X,” featured a collection of photos, poetry and personal essays covering his life as a politically and socially engaged journalist. Born Charles K. Moreland Jr. in 1947 in Yazoo, Miss., Mr. Muhammad attended college at San Jose State University. He later joined the Navy’s Officer Candidate School before leaving to join Newsweek magazine as an intern in 1968. He began attending meetings of the Nation of Islam in late

1968, and joined and received the “X” in his name in 1969, he said in a radio interview. Early on, he wrote for the Muhammad Speaks newspaper and became one of its first Muslim editors. When Minister Louis Farrakhan, current leader of the Nation of Islam, started The Final Call newspaper, Mr. Muhammad became one of its first editors. As the newspaper grew, he became chief of its Washington bureau, a White House correspondent and senior editor. His book, released in February 2018, included a never-before-released photo of then-Sen. Barack Obama and Minister Farrakhan. Mr. Muhammad told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he had agreed to withhold the photo because of its potential impact on the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. Mr. Muhammad had taken the photograph Mr. Muhammad in 2005 at a weekly Congressional Black Caucus luncheon where Minister Farrakhan had been invited to speak. Sen. Obama announced his candidacy for president two years later. “I swore myself to secrecy,” Mr. Muhammad, then 72, told the Atlanta publication. “If the picture was exposed, it could still be a deal breaker for Obama. I felt that there was an ambition that Black people had about Obama being elected president. I

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2021-347 As Amended To establish the 2022 City Charter Review Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the City Charter with the objective of making recommendations for appropriate revisions thereto. Ordinance No. 2021-359 As Amended To amend and reordain O rd. N o . 2 0 1 0 - 1 0 0 83, adopted May 10, 2010, which authorized the special use of the property known as 200214 East Leigh Street for the purpose of a multifamily residential use with up to eight dwelling units in an existing carriage house building with the commercial use requirement waived, to additionally authorize the construction of a mixeduse building containing non-dwelling uses and up to 63 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-024 As Amended To authorize the special use of the property known as 1801 Carlisle Avenue for the purpose of two two-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-045 To amend the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services called the Community Assessment Special Fund; to amend the Fiscal Year 20212022 General Fund Budget by transferring $25,000.00 from the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Special Fund Budget; and to amend the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services’ Community Assessment Special Fund by $25,000.00 for the purpose of funding a community assessment for the development of gun violence prevention and intervention services in the city of Richmond. Ordinance No. 2022-046 To amend Ord. No. 2021040, adopted May 24, 2021, which adopted the Fiscal Year 20212022 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, to (i) create a new line item in the NonDepartmental agency entitled “Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (for Hillside Court Playground),” (ii) transfer $150,000.00 from the Department of Public Works, and (iii) appropriate such $150,000.00 to the new “Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (for Hillside Court Playground)” line item in the Non-Departmental agency, all for the purpose of providing funds for improvements to the Hillside Court community playground located at 1500 Harwood Street in the city of Richmond. This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to the current ongoing declaration of a local emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed by Res. No. 2020-R025, adopted March 16, 2020, and as permitted by section 2.2-3708.2(A)(3) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”.

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The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the public participation instructions provided on the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@rva. gov in lieu of commenting by teleconference or video conference. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk. 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, March 21, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2022-036 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 80-260-81-41, adopted Mar. 9, 1981, as previously amended by Ord. Nos. 81-152-138, adopted August 24, 1981, 84-110-83, adopted May 29, 1984, 89-318-295, adopted Nov. 13, 1989, 2006-26-52, adopted Feb. 27, 2006, 2006-260-263, adopted Oct. 23, 2006, 2012-163-164, adopted Oct. 8, 2012, and 2017169, adopted Oct. 9, 2017, concerning the Beaufont Oaks Community Unit Plan, to amend the use of the parcel known as 400 Hioaks Road to allow for an expansion of the multifamily development known as “Beaufont Towers” located on the parcel known as 7015 West Carnation Street and also known as 350 Hioaks Road. Ordinance No. 2022-048 To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by Bellemeade Road, Columbia Street, Afton Avenue, and Lynhaven Avenue, consisting of 11,145± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-049 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2021-017, adopted Feb. 22, 2021, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 2525 Belt Boulevard, 2613 Belt Boulevard, and 2701 Belt Boulevard for the purpose of up to 36 single-family attached dwellings, to instead authorize up to 34 singlefamily attached dwellings and three two-family dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Industrial and Residential. Primary Uses for Industrial: Retail/ office/personal service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses for Industrial: Institutional and government. Primary Uses for Residential: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses for Residential: Duplexes and small multi-family buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural. Secondary uses may be found along major streets. The proposed density is approximately 11 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2022-050 To authorize the special use of the property known as 5 North Colonial Avenue for the purpose of a multifamily Continued on next column

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dwelling containing up to three dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The proposed density is approximately 36 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2022-051 To authorize the special use of the property known as 417 Libbie Avenue for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to 26 dwelling units and offstreet parking, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The proposed density is approximately 48 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2022-052 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2021-018, adopted Feb. 22, 2021, which authorized the special use of the properties known as 5300 Rear Hull Street Road, 5311 Warwick Road, 5315 Warwick Road, and 5323 Warwick Road for the purpose of up to 65 single-family attached dwellings, to instead authorize up to 73 singlefamily attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Residential. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multi-family buildings, and open space Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary Uses: Duplexes and small multi-family buildings (typically 3-10 units), institutional, and cultural. Secondary uses may be found along major streets. The proposed density is approximately 10 units per acre. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the March 28, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https:// www.rva.gov/office-cityclerk, and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 7, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2022-039 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of East 30th Street located southeast of a 16-foot public alley that runs parallel to and southeast of Stockton Street, consisting of 4,104± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-040 To close, to public use and travel, a portion of Logandale Avenue located southwest of East 29th Street and northwest of Maury Street, consisting of 11,550± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-041 To close, to public use and travel, an alley in the block bounded by Richmond Highway, Afton Avenue, Columbia Street, and Bellemeade Road, consisting of 2,450± square feet, upon certain terms and conditions. Ordinance No. 2022-042 To authorize the special use of the property known as 615 North 30th Street for the purpose of a twoContinued on next column

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family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions.The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The proposed density is approximately 28 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2022-043 To authorize the special use of the property known as 617 China Street for the purpose of up to two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed-Use. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural, and government. The proposed density is approximately 32 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2022-044 To authorize the special use of the property known as 4204 Hermitage Road for the purpose of an arts, education, and community center, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Institutional. Primary Uses: Institutional, cultural, government, and open space. Secondary Uses: Retail/office/ personal service and multi-family. The meetings will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to the current ongoing declaration of a local emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed by Res. No. 2020-R025, adopted March 16, 2020, and as permitted by section 2.2-3708.2(A)(3) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The meetings will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Planning Commission members and Richmond City Council will assemble in City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. The meetings will be streamed live online at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. a s p x . To w a t c h a meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the public participation instructions provided on the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@rva. gov in lieu of commenting by teleconference or video conference. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at https://www.rva.gov/ office-city-clerk. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

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Richmond, Virginia City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinance: Ordinance No. 2022-036 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 80-260-81-41, adopted Mar. 9, 1981, as previously amended by Ord. Nos. 81-152-138, adopted August 24, 1981, 84-110-83, adopted May 29, 1984, 89-318-295, adopted Nov. 13, 1989, 2006-26-52, adopted Feb. 27, 2006, 2006-260-263, adopted Oct. 23, 2006, 2012-163-164, adopted Oct. 8, 2012, and 2017169, adopted Oct. 9, 2017, concerning the Beaufont Oaks Community Unit Plan, to amend the use of the parcel known as 400 Hioaks Road to allow for an expansion of the multifamily development known as “Beaufont Towers” located on the parcel known as 7015 West Carnation Street and also known as 350 Hioaks Road. This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to the current ongoing declaration of a local emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed by Res. No. 2020-R025, adopted March 16, 2020, and as permitted by section 2.2-3708.2(A)(3) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams. Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”. The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar. Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the public participation instructions provided on the March 14, 2022 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda. Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@rva. gov in lieu of commenting by teleconference or video conference. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

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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 JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re AIDEN JAMES FORD RDSS v. MICHAEL JAMES STRASBURG, JR., Unknown father & TRACEY LEE FORD File No. J-100127-03-04-05 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) of Michael James Strasburg, Jr. (Father) Unknown Father (Father), Tracey Lee Ford (Mother) of Aiden James Ford, child DOB 08/2/2021 “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 and that: It is ORDERED that the defendant Michael James Strasburg, Jr. (Father) Unknown Father (Father), Tracey Lee Ford (Mother) to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 5/3/2022, at 2:40 PM, Courtroom #2 MCG.

Street, Tax Map Number N000-0577/064, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Binita L. Matthews. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BINITA L. MATTHEWS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that BINITA L. MATTHEWS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND MARIA-DORA MACHADO DE GONZALEZ, Plaintiff, v. PEDRO RENE GONZALEZ REQUENO, Defendant. Case No.: CL21-2988/6 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year. It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, Pedro Rene Gonzalez Requeno, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, PEDRO RENE GONZALEZ REQUENO, appear before this Court on or before the 22nd day of April 2022, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit. A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Jesse Baez, Esq. (VSB #85986) Brooks & Baez 9100 Arboretum Pkwy., Suite 190 Richmond, VA 23236 T: (804) 570-7473 F: (804) 548-4215 Counsel for Plaintiff VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BLONNIE LEE, Plaintiff v. BISMARK SEREBOUR, Defendant. Case No.: CL22000131-00 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 12th day of April, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire VSB# 27724 Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ERIN SPENCER, Plaintiff v. AUSTIN SPENCER, Defendant. Case No.: CL22000376-00 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 4th day of April, 2022 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ANGELA BLACK-JONES, Plaintiff v. DAMIEN BROWN, Defendant. Case No.: CL22000551-00 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 April, 2022 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JEREMIAH MINNICK RDSS v. UNKNOWN FATHER MICHAEL MINNICK Case No. JJ098657-08-00 Case No. JJ098657-06-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of the Unknown Father & Michael Minnick (Father) of Jeremiah Minnick, child DOB 02/22/2020, child. “TPR” 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 Unknown Father & Michael Minnick (Father) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before 04/29/2022, at 9:30 A.M., Courtroom #1.

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PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CORNELL GASKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-5381 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1320 Stockton Street, Tax Map Number S000-0147/021, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Cornell Gaskins. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CORNELL GASKINS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CORNELL GASKINS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. CORNELL GASKINS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-5382 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3601 Stockton Street, Tax Map Number S000-2761/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Cornell Gaskins. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CORNELL GASKINS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that CORNELL GASKINS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BINITA L. MATTHEWS, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-5087 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1230 Moore Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. REGINAL GOODWYN, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-4770 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3711 Meridian Avenue, Tax Map Number S008-0885/042, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Reginal Goodwyn. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, REGINAL GOODWYN 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 MERCHANT’S ACCEPTANCE, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that RE G I N A L G OO D W Y N , M ERC H A N T ’ S ACCEPTANCE, INC, an entity not appearing in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. DOYEN PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-137 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2408 Melbourne Street, Tax Map Number E012-0251/007, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Doyen Properties, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DOYEN PROPERTIES, LLC, an entity listed as inactive 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 D O Y E N P RO P ER T IE S , LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Continued on next page

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OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. ELECTRA PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL21-5069 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2401 Clearfield Street, Tax Map Number C008-0615/042, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Electra Properties, LLC. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ELECTRA PROPERTIES, LLC, an entity listed as inactive 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 ELECTRA PROPERTIES, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before MAY 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY FRIENDS OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HAM, INC., Plaintiff, V. PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO MAY BE SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST TO THE TRUSTEES OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HAM, INC., Defendants. Case no.: CL21-6403-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to appoint a Special Commissioner to convey the Property identified in Exhibit A herein to Friends of Sons and Daughters of Ham, Inc., upon its agreement that it will restore and then maintain the cemetery located thereon in perpetuity. The successors in interest to the trustees of Sons and Daughters of Ham, Inc. are unknown to the petitioner. It is ordered that the fact of such petition be advertised, and notice is now given that on May 27, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. in the Henrico County Circuit Court, 4301 East Parham Road, Henrico, VA 232730775, the Court will hear evidence on this matter from any interested individual. I ask for this: Hugh T. Antrim, VSB # 14721 ThompsonMcMullan, P.C.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pursuant to the terms of Orders of Sale entered in the Richmond Circuit Court, the undersigned Special Commissioner will offer the following real estate for sale at public auction at Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 3600 Deepwater Terminal Road, Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 2:00 pm, or as soon thereafter as may be effected. The sale is subject to the terms and conditions below and any other terms and conditions which may be announced on the day of auction. Announcements made on the day of the auction take precedence over any prior written or verbal terms of sale. 2304 4th Avenue N0000610007 City of Richmond v. Asset Properties, LLC, et. al. CL21-3054 1426 North 19th Street E0000771012 City of Richmond v. Oliver C. Lawrence, et. al. CL16-3806 1200 North 21st Street E0000556018 City of Richmond v. Willie Davis, et. al. CL21-5067 1207 North 25th Street Rear E0000561035 City of Richmond v. Lewis C. Dockery, Jr., et. al. CL19-1027 1801 North 25th Street E0001084001 City of Richmond v. Xavier Keeton, et. al. CL21-3147 236 East 36th Street S0042766012 City of Richmond v. James R. Gause, et. al. CL21-4457 2401 Alexander Avenue S0080815058 City of Richmond v. Equity Trust Company, Custodian, et. al. CL21-3341 2403 Alexander Avenue S0080815057 City of Richmond v. Equity Trust Company, Custodian, et. al. CL21-3342 1816 Bainbridge Street S0000242001 City of Richmond v. Brunson Contractors, LLC, et. al. CL21-3819 2520 Belt Boulevard Rear C0090480026 City of Richmond v. Edward Bittner, et. al. CL21-3121 3100 Bradwill Road C0040575010 City of Richmond v. Milton G. Townsend, Jr., et.al. CL21-4117 2119 Broad Rock Boulevard C0090420014 City of Richmond v. Sheryl Taylor Simmons, et. al. CL21-2363 3601 Carolina Avenue N0001270010 City of Richmond v. Willie C. West, III, et.al. CL20-3992 2005 Chamberlayne Parkway N0000532009 City of Richmond v. Dominion Staffing, Inc., et. al. CL21-2667 2916 Cherokee Road C0040660038 City of Richmond v. Ernest E. Davis, et. al. CL21-2199 5029 Clarence Street S0060343005 City of Richmond v. Kelson Creek, LLC, et. al. CL21-4075 1604 Columbia Street S0071377003 City of Richmond v. Stella Clark, et. al. CL20-3075 2306 Creighton Road E0120294004 City of Richmond v. Lynn Vanesia Brooks, et. al. CL21-3055 4025 Crutchfield Street S0002917030 City of Richmond v. Edwin Maurice Beane, et. al. CL21-3611 3422 Delaware Avenue N0001265003 City of Richmond v. Gregory Mario McKoy, et. al. CL21-2644 1307 Enfield Avenue S0071177017 City of Richmond v. A & H Investment Properties, et. al. CL21-3667 1311 Enfield Avenue S0071177019 City of Richmond v. Helen K. Alvis, et. al. CL21-2197 1812 Fairfax Avenue S0000546004 City of Richmond v. Orchid, LLC, et. al. CL21-4215 3121 Falcon Road C0011092002 City of Richmond v. Kay Ann Strong, et. al. CL21-3356 816 Faye Street C0050760018 City of Richmond v. Kelson Creek, LLC, et. al. CL21-4105 1528 Floyd Avenue W0000608035 City of Richmond v. Steven C. Davis, et. al. CL21-2364 2111 Ford Avenue E0000598022 City of Richmond v. Neal Kennedy, et. al. CL18-351 316 German School Road C0050963034 City of Richmond v. Know Him For Yourself Ministries, et. al. CL20-5070 320 German School Road C0050963032 City of Richmond v. Know Him For Yourself Ministries,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. AUDREY E. DUVALL, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL22-136 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3108 4th Avenue, Tax Map Number N000-0997/001, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Audrey E. Duvall and Ellen M. Duvall. An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, AUDREY E. DUVALL, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and ELLEN M. DUVALL, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that AUDREY E. DUVALL, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, ELLEN M. DUVALL, 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 19, 2022 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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et. al. CL20-5071 104 West Graham Road N0000539027 City of Richmond v. Elizabeth Bernice Randolph, et. al. CL21-4217 2917 Grayland Avenue W0001279006 City of Richmond v. Russell Robinson, et. al. CL21-1013 1712 Greenville Avenue W0000785016 City of Richmond v. Lillie Virginia Green, et. al. CL20-3002 505 North Hamilton Street Unit L W0001704161 City of Richmond v. Peas & Queues, LLC, et. al. CL21-4219 2606 Hawthorne Avenue N0000635007 City of Richmond v. Emma W. Stafford, et. al. CL20-4114 3408 Hazelhurst Avenue N0001351008 City of Richmond v. Terry K. Cousins, et. al. CL21-2621 1649 Hopkins Road C0090199022 City of Richmond v. Charles Weir, et. al. CL21-3346 1818 Hull Street S0000241002 City of Richmond v. Brunson Contractors, LLC, et. al. CL21-4302 2212 Hull Street S0000570007 City of Richmond v. MWW, LLC, et. al. CL21-2642 2214 Hull Street S0000570006 City of Richmond v. MWW, LLC, et. al. CL21-2643 3406 Hull Street S0002453005 City of Richmond v. J Fam Entertainment, LLC, et. al. CL21-4303 5607 Jarvis Road C0060760018 City of Richmond v. Kelson Creek, LLC, et. al. CL21-4106 1830 Keswick Avenue S0071032003 City of Richmond v. Clementina Cruz Quintero, et. al. CL21-3340 450 East Ladies Mile Road N0001664014 City of Richmond v. Hybernia Hocker Wood, et. al. CL21-2985 2312 East Marshall Street E0000296017 City of Richmond v. Robert L. Acuff, III, et. al. CL21-2100 3503 Meadow Bridge Road N0001561024 City of Richmond v. Thurston W. Norman, et. al. CL21-4323 2912 Midlothian Turnpike S0001226004 City of Richmond v. Kelson Creek, LLC, et. al. CL21-4107 2307 Mimosa Street S0071229057 City of Richmond v. Up 2307 Mimosa, LLC, et. al. CL21-3348 700 Northside Avenue N0001154026 City of Richmond v. Shanae A. George, et. al. CL20-2367 1212 Oakwood Avenue E0000962016 City of Richmond v. Orchid, LLC, et. al. CL21-4304 2037 Orlando Road C0090372061 City of Richmond v. John Womble, et. al. CL20-67 2006 Parkwood Avenue W0000896019 City of Richmond v. David O. Green, et. al. CL21-3906 4200 Richmond Highway S0090221006 City of Richmond v. Malea, LLC, et. al. CL21-3628 3425 Sherbrook Road C0020156002 City of Richmond v. Carolyn Jones, et. al. CL21-4441 3 South Shields Avenue W0000942039 City of Richmond v. Robert Alan Jones, et. al. CL21-4433 2712 Southgate Street S0090500007 City of Richmond v. Henry Willis, et, al. CL21-4861 1710 Spotsylvania Street E0120333009 City of Richmond v. James Henry Roots, III, et, al. CL20-1651 1413 Vinton Street E0100197007 City of Richmond v. Roy F. Humphrey CL18-6178 419 Mitchell Street N0000222003 City of Richmond v. Christian Charities, Inc. CL22-122 TERMS OF SALE: All sales are subject to confirmation by the Richmond Circuit Court. The purchase price will include the winning bid plus 10% of the winning bid. High bidders will pay at the time of the auction a deposit of at least 20% of the purchase price, or $5,000.00, whichever is greater. If the purchase price is under $5,000.00, high bidders will pay in full at the time of the auction. High bidders will pay the balance of the purchase price to the Special Commissioner, and deed recordation costs, by a date and in a form as stated in a settlement instruction letter. Time is of the essence. If a high bidder defaults by not making these payments in full, on time, and in the required form, the Special Commissioner will retain the deposit, and may seek other remedies to include the cost of resale or any resulting deficiency. Settlement shall occur when the Richmond Circuit Court enters an Order

of Confirmation. Conveyance shall be either by a special commissioner’s deed or a special warranty deed. Real estate taxes will be adjusted as of the date of entry for the Order of Confirmation. Properties are sold “as is” without any representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, subject to the rights of any person in possession, and to all easements, liens, covenants, defects, encumbrances, adverse claims, conditions and restrictions, whether filed or inchoate, to include any information a survey or inspection of a property may disclose. It is assumed that bidders will make a visual exterior inspection of a property within the limits of the law, determine the suitability of a property for their purposes, and otherwise perform due diligence prior to the auction. T h e S p e c i a l Commissioner’s acceptance of a bid shall not limit any powers vested in the City of Richmond. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale. Individuals owing delinquent taxes to the City of Richmond, and defendants in pending delinquent tax cases, are not qualified to bid at this auction. Bidders must certify by affidavit that they do not own, directly or indirectly, any real estate with outstanding notices of violation for building, zoning or other local ordinances. Questions may be directed to Gregory A. Lukanuski at greg.lukanuski@ rva.gov or (804) 646-7949, or to Christie Hamlin at christie. hamlin@rva.gov or (804) 6466940. Gregory A. Lukanuski Deputy City Attorney Special Commissioner 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia 23219

protect their interests, if any, in this suit. Enter: 1/27/22 I ask for this: Curtis D. Gordon, Esq., V.S.B. # 25325 Jason L. Shaber, Esq., V.S.B.96186 Kyle Roberts, Esq. V.S.B #95631 DANKOS, GORDON & TUCKER, P.C. 1360 E. Parham Road, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Telephone: (804) 377-7424 Facsimile: (804) 262-8088 Email: cgordon@ dankosgordon.com Email: jshaber@ dankosgordon.com Email: kroberts@ dankosgordon.com Counsel for Plaintiffs

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HENRICO COUNTY HARRY SALANECK; MICHELE BUDICH OZKAN; THOMAS KUSPIS; RICHARD KUSPIS; GORDON T. NAIRN; M. JOHN NAIRN; PETER SALANECK; THEODORE SALANECK; JULIA SALANECK BRITT; JONI KUSPIS WEGNER; KENNETH NANNEY; GLENN NANNEY; JOHN SALANECK, III Plaintiffs, v. JOHN STOLAR, JR.; DEBORAH A. SHADE; LYNN STOLAR KOPSIE; MARY URSULAK GALLAGHER; THE COUNTY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA; ANDRE STOLAR; PARTIES UNKNOWN; and The Unknown heirs, descendants, devisees, assigns, and/ or successors in title to Dane Terry Hilbert, Edward Salaneck, Sr., William Salaneck, Sr., Karen N. Hilbert, Ivan Hodich, Julia Hodich, Mary Hodich, Franklin H. Moore, John Ursulak, Frank Ursulak, Russell J. Hilbert, if any there be, the consorts of any of the said unknown heirs who are married, the lien creditors of the said unknown heirs, if any,) and other persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, whose names are unknown and are included in the general description of “UNKNOWN HEIRS and PARTIES UNKNOWN” Defendants. Case No.: CL22-152 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to sell a certain parcel of real property situated in Henrico County, Virginia, being originally owned by Dane Terry Hilbert and more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto belonging, lying and being in Tuckahoe Magisterial District, Henrico County, Virginia, known and designated as Lot 6, Block A, on the Plan of Sterling Court made by Chas H. Fleet & Associates, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, dated July 10, 1956, recorded June 13, 1957, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court, Henrico County, Virginia, in Plat Book 29, page 16, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of the property. Andre Stolar, Unknown Heirs, and Parties Unknown, devisees, and/or successors in title to Dane Terry Hilbert, Edward Salaneck, Sr., William Salaneck, Sr., Karen N. Hilbert, Ivan Hodch, Julia Hodich, Mary Hodich, Franklin H. Moore, John Ursulak, Frank Ursulak, Russell J. Hilbert, may have an interest in the property by deed, by inheritance, or by duly recorded liens. Affidavit having been made and filed that due diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the identities and/or locations of certain parties to be served, and that there are or may be persons whose names are unknown, interested in the subject matter of this suit; It is ORDERED that Andre Stolar, et al., if then living or if dead, their heirs, devisees, assigns, or successors in title, and other unknown heirs or parties who have an interest in the subject matter of this suit, who are proceeded against as Unknown Heirs and Parties Unknown, appear before Court on or before the 28th of March, 2022 to

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Director of Children and Youth Salary Commensurate with Experience DŽƵŶƚ KůŝǀĞ ĂƉƟƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ ŝŶ 'ůĞŶ ůůĞŶ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ zŽƵƚŚ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŵŝŶŝƐƚƌǇ͘ DƵƐƚ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ƐŬŝůůƐ͘ WƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚ ŚƌŝƐƚŝĂŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝďůĞ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ ƉƌĂǇĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƚŝĐŝƉĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ůŝĨĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƵŶƟů ĮůůĞĚ͘ WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂƉƉůǇ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ŵĂǇ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ĂŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ŽĸĐĞ Žƌ ƐƵďŵŝƚ Ă ƌĞƐƵŵĞ ŝŶ ůŝĞƵ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ͗ DŽƵŶƚ KůŝǀĞ ĂƉƟƐƚ ŚƵƌĐŚ͕ ϴϳϳϱ DŽƵŶƚ KůŝǀĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ 'ůĞŶ ůůĞŶ͕ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ ϮϯϬϲϬ͘ dŚĞ ĞͲŵĂŝů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ŝƐ ŵƐƚǇůĞƐΛ ŵŽďĐǀĂ͘ŽƌŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂǆ ŝƐ ;ϴϬϰͿ ϮϲϮͲϮϯϵϳ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĐĂůů ;ϴϬϰͿ ϮϲϮͲϵϲϭϰ Ğǆƚ͘ ϮϮϳ A Criminal History Background Check is required.