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‘Senseless’

Police, community leaders seek leads in shooting death of 9-year-old Markiya Dickson on Memorial Weekend By Ronald E. Carrington

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A flier bearing 9-year-old Markiya Dickson’s picture is posted near an entrance to Carter Jones Park at 28th and Perry streets in South Side. The Chesterfield County third-grader was shot and killed at the park on Sunday. An 11-year-old was wounded.

Energy numbers shed light on RPS spending, savings By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond expects to spend $8 million to $10 million to ensure three new schools meet the standard of a national energy conservation program, according to the Joint Construction Team that is overseeing the work. But there is no evidence the expenditure will generate the kind of significant savings to justify the cost of meeting the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, standards, according to data on energy spending from Richmond Public Schools. The issue is raising serious questions as to whether the Joint Construction Team is paying a premium price for a meaningless label, thus investing extra money in the three schools and reducing the money available for other projects. The findings on LEED are emerging as the Richmond School Board prepares to meet Monday, June 3, to review recom-

mendations to reduce the overall cost of constructing a new middle school and two elementary schools. Their collective price tag could run $148 million, or $38 million more than the original $110 million estimate from 2017. According to school energy data obtained by the Richmond Free Press, RPS is paying bigger total bills for electricity and heat for its newest buildings comMr. Young pared with the bills for similar-sized older buildings. For example, RPS spent $305,805 on electricity and natural gas for Huguenot High School between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018. The school, which has space for around 1,400 students, opened in 2015. By comparison, the energy bill at Armstrong High School, which dates to

Dr. Roy A. West, former Richmond mayor, educator, dies at 89 By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Dr. Roy A. West, a decisive and outspoken man known for his strong opinions and who exercised power at City Hall as mayor while playing an influential role in public education in Richmond, has died. A controversial figure as the city’s second African-American mayor and a longtime high school and middle school principal who sought to use education to change the lives of city children growing up in poverty as he did, Dr. West succumbed to complications from pneumonia Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Gloucester where he moved to be near his son. He was 89. His life in public service and education will be celebrated 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, in Coburn Hall at his alma mater, Virginia Union University, according to Dr. West Scott’s Funeral Home. A wake will be held 6 to 7 pm. Monday, June 3, at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel, 116 E. Brookland Park Blvd. in North Side, a few miles from the Washington Park community where Dr. West grew up and lived most of his life. An outsized personality who ruled his schools with an iron fist, Dr. West made his biggest public splash in 1982 when he defeated three-term veteran City Councilwoman Willie J. Dell in the 3rd District. It was Dr. West’s first run for Richmond City Council. At a time when the mayor was elected by the vote of council instead of by Please turn to A4

the late 1960s and is nearly 50 years older, totaled $264,574, or about $41,000 less for the same period. And the energy bill for John Marshall High School, which is 55 years older than Huguenot, ran $247,630, or nearly $60,000 less. Armstrong and John Marshall are a bit smaller than Huguenot, but have close to the same number of students as Huguenot — 1,255 for Armstrong and 1,391 for John Marshall. Unlike those schools, Huguenot was awarded the LEED gold standard from the U.S. Green Building Council, which created LEED to encourage the design and construction of more energy-efficient buildings. A similar check of middle schools finds that RPS’ total spending on energy for the newest middle school, Martin Luther King Jr., outstrips energy spending at two older middle school buildings, Lucille Brown and Thomas Boushall, that have similar enrollments. Martin Luther King Middle has space for 876 students, compared with 779 for Brown and 885 for Boushall. RPS spent $198,671 in the 2017-18 fiscal year on energy for Martin Luther King, which opened in 2014. The energy bill for Lucille Brown was $172,424, or about $26,000 less, even though Brown Middle School is 15 years older and was not LEED certified. And the energy bill for electricity and natural gas for Boushall, which dates to 1986, totaled $129,552, or about $68,000 less. Similar findings appear with the city’s elementary schools. Energy costs to heat, cool and light the newest buildings, Oak Grove-Bellemeade and Broad Rock, are similar to the energy costs at Linwood Holton, which was built in the late 1990s. School Board member Jonathan Young, 4th District, is raising questions about the need for LEED certification for the three new schools. He said RPS officials told him that the LEED-certified buildings are not only energy hogs, but also cost more to operate and maintain. According to the minutes of the Joint Construction Team, whose members include city Chief Administrative Officer Selena Cuffee-Glenn and Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, the cost of gaining LEED Silver certification is projected to add about 8 percent to the buildings’ construction cost — or more than $8 million based on current projections and possibly as much as $10 million given rising costs. The Joint Construction Team does not explain why it is using LEED. Instead, in its minutes, the JCT points the finger of blame at City Council for requiring LEED certification for new public buildings, Please turn to A4

Police are still searching for the person or people who turned a Memorial Weekend community cookout into a tragedy Sunday when gunfire broke out at Carter Jones Park in South Side, killing 9-year-old Markiya Dickson and wounding 11-year-old Jaquez Moses. The park on Bainbridge Street was crowded with children and families enjoying the food and weather when shots rang out near the basketball court just before 7:23 p.m. “My baby (started running) and was trying to make it back to safety,” said Ciara Dickson, the mother of the third-grader who lives in Chesterfield County. “She was socializing at the community cookout. Someone — or a group of people — started shooting in another part of the park.” Organizers of the event quickly put Markiya and the wounded boy in a car and rushed them to VCU Medical Center in Downtown, where Markiya later died. With bandages visible on his arm and under his shirt, Jaquez was released from the hospital to his father on Tuesday afternoon. “I leave the house with three kids and I come back with two. This is not right,” said a tearful Mrs. Dickson during an emotional television interview. “She was my everything. A part of my heart is missing.” Charles Willis, executive director of United Communities Against Crime, said Tuesday evening that the two men who transported the bleeding youngsters were handcuffed by Virginia Commonwealth UniPlease turn to A4

Lonnie G. Bunch III named to head entire Smithsonian Institution Free Press wire, staff report

WASHINGTON When Lonnie G. Bunch III started working on the Smithsonian’s first African-American museum, he had no collection, no building and one employee. The Smithsonian Institution rewarded the founding director of the wildly popular museum on Tuesday by putting him in charge of all 19 of its museums, making Mr. Bunch Mr. Bunch the 14th secretary and first African-American to head the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Bunch, in an interview with The Associated Press, said his time leading the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will serve him well. “The Smithsonian is the most amazing place, and sometimes it forgets to act like it. I want it to act like the best institution in the world,” he said. Mr. Bunch, 66, replaces Dr. David Skorton, who will become president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges. His success with the Smithsonian’s African-American history Please turn to A4

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Splashing into the season Evan Mayfield, 10, whipped down the water slide Saturday at the 3rd Annual Cookout for a Cause at Westover Hills Elementary School in South Side. The free event, sponsored by Feed the Streets RVA, featured games, arts and crafts, bounce houses, food, music and other activities and vendors for youngsters and families to enjoy. Organizers asked only that each person bring a nonperishable food item to support FeedMore, Central Virginia’s hunger relief organization. Evan, who enjoyed the cool water on a hot day with other young people, attended the event with his mother, Deborah Perry, and his sister, Kaelyn Davis, and her friend, Anna Zohore.

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Standing up for the park Members of Fans of Monroe Park protest May 17 after credit card giant Capital One is allowed for the fourth year to set up a huge tent on the park’s west side for stockholder meetings. Under its deal with the city, the company secures the use of the property in exchange for a contribution supporting Altria Theater, which sits across the street. Holding signs showing their opposition are, from front left, Caroline Cox, Thomas Alleman Slices of life and scenes and Maggie Johnston, and, in in Richmond the background, Steve CarterLovejoy and Heather Price. The protest appears to have had an impact. Capital One removed the tent before Memorial Day, at least a week earlier than anticipated, but left behind a massive swath of dead grass where the tent stood. Capital One has tentatively agreed to cover the area with sod, the Free Press has been told. The agreement allowing the tent predates the nonprofit Monroe Park Conservancy taking on management of the park. Charles Todd Woodson, an organizer of the protest who is not pictured, has long criticized the changes authorized by the conservancy at the 170-year-old Monroe Park. He called leasing a portion of the public park to a private company that hurt the grass “adding insult to injury” to the city’s oldest park.

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Richmond Public Schools 2019 graduation schedule Several hundred Richmond Public Schools seniors are poised to don their caps and gowns and march across the stage to receive their diplomas and welcome a new chapter in their lives. Valedictorians and salutatorians at the various schools are scheduled to speak during the commencement ceremonies. Additional speakers have not been announced by RPS. The 2019 graduation schedule by date, place and school follows: Sunday, June 9 Location: Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. 1 p.m. — Armstrong High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Laura Blackwell and Salutatorian Corvell Poag. 5 p.m. — John Marshall High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Alexis Stokes and Salutatorian Jade Smith. Monday, June 10 Location: Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. 1 p.m. — Richmond Community High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Jordan Baker and Salutatorian Stephon Brown. 5 p.m. — Thomas Jefferson High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Cozette Olivia Bell Ferguson and Salutatorian Mya Renee Fife. Tuesday, June 11 Location: Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. 1 p.m. — Open High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Chantal Hernandez and Salutatorian Sabiya Davis. 5 p.m. — Huguenot High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Lahjae White-Patterson and Salutatorian Aaliyah Souleyman. Wednesday, June 12 Location: Altria Theater, 6 N. Laurel St. 1 p.m. — Franklin Military Academy. Speakers: Valedictorian William Wilkins and Salutatorian Akeja Evans. 5 p.m. — George Wythe High School. Speakers: Valedictorian Majestic Colley and Salutatorian Khalifa Kane. Thursday, June 13 Location: Downtown Richmond YMCA, 2 W. Franklin St. 10:30 a.m. — Richmond Career Education & Employment Academy. • Note: The Richmond Adult Technical Center graduation was held 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at Huguenot High School.

Maggie Walker’s home has big $ impact on local tourism, economy The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site in Richmond’s Jackson Ward contributed close to $900,000 in overall economic impact for Richmond last year, according to a new report by the National Park Service. The home of the late iconic businesswoman and civil rights advocate, located at 110 ½ E. Leigh St. and run by the National Park Service, is a popular tourist destination. Dr. Andrea DeKoter, chief of interpretation and education for both the Walker site and Richmond National Battlefield Park, told the Free Press that 10,961 visitors came to Mrs. Walker’s home in 2018. They spent $647,000 with surrounding businesses, she said, contributing to an estimated cumulative benefit to the local economy of $882,000 and supporting the creation of at least 10 jobs in the area. Visitorship when combined with the Richmond National Battlefield Park instalMs. Walker lations totaled 210,306 in 2018, according to park service data, with visitors spending $12.4 million for lodging, restaurants, food and other purchases. That overall spending supported 187 jobs locally and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $16.9 million, according to NPS officials. “We are delighted to share the story of these special places and the experiences they provide,” Doyle Sapp, superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield Park and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site stated in a news release. “National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy, returning $10 for every $1 invested in the National Park Service. And it’s a big factor in our local economy as well. “We appreciate the partnership and support of our neighbors and are glad to be able to give back by helping to sustain local communities.”

Richmond Public Schools will hold summer school sessions Monday through Thursday beginning Monday, June 24, through Thursday, July 25. The schedule was approved Monday night by the Richmond School Board. Summer commencement is July 25.

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Elementary schools 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Locations: Chimborazo Elementary: Students who attend Chimborazo, Bellevue, Mason, Obama and Fairfield Court elementaries during the regular school year. Broad Rock: Students from Broad Rock, Reid, J.L. Francis and Greene elementaries. Miles Jones: Students from Miles Jones, Redd, Westover Hills, Southampton and Fisher elementaries Oak Grove-Bellemeade: Students from Oak Grove-Bellemeade, Blackwell and Swansboro elementaries. Holton: Students from Holton, Overby-Sheppard, Ginter Park, Woodville and Carver elementaries.

Middle schools 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Locations: • Boushall: Students from Boushall. • Binford: Students from Binford, Hill and Martin Luther King Jr. • Brown: Students from Brown and Elkhardt-Thompson. High schools 7:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Locations: • Thomas Jefferson: Students from all high schools. • Performance Learning Center at Richmond Technical Center: Students needing credit recovery.

Correction Former NBA star Gerald Henderson, who rose to the pros after stellar starts at Richmond’s Huguenot High School and Virginia Commonwealth University, played on three NBA championship teams. Two of those championships were with the Boston Celtics in 1981 and 1984. He also played on the Detroit Pistons’ championship team in 1990. Boston defeated the Houston Rockets 4-2 to win the NBA title in 1981, and the Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 in 1984. In the 1990 finals, Detroit defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 4-1. In the 1984 finals, Mr. Henderson made the game-saving steal of a pass by the Lakers’ James Worthy to score on a layup in Game 2. The Celtics eventually won the game in overtime. The Free Press had incorrect details about Mr. Henderson’s career in a Sports section article published in the May 9-11 edition about local athletes contributing to NBA championships.

Virginia’s senior U.S. senator in Washington, Sen. Mark R. Warner, visited the Maggie Walker house April 26. He is the lead sponsor of the Restore Our Parks Act, which seeks to address the $12 billion backlog in maintenance needs in the nation’s national parks. His visit called attention to the legislation, which has bipartisan support, and the more than $700,000 in overdue maintenance needs at the Maggie L. Walker site. Mrs. Walker’s home has been part of the National Park Service since 1978. Free tours of the home are available starting at the site’s visitors center, 600 N. 2nd St., which is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturday. — NIA TARIQ

GRTC sees rise in riders purchasing passes By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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The National Park Service runs the Jackson Ward home of the late Maggie L. Walker, a Richmond businesswoman and national icon. Tours begin at the visitor center, 600 N. 2nd St.

GRTC is carrying more people but taking in less money at the farebox. According to GRTC, the reason is because more people are buying discount passes that allow unlimited rides for one day, one week or one month. Forget all the talk about fare cheats and the rising tide of students from Virginia Commonwealth University who ride free under a contract the school has with GRTC. Instead, more people have figured out they don’t have to pay full fare every time if they buy the right bus pass. “GRTC has concluded that customers are increasingly taking advantage of the savings provided by these unlimited ride passes,” GRTC spokeswoman Carrie Rose Pace said of the passes that were introduced four years ago. “We track usage and have seen a marked transition of customers using the passes” and taking more rides as a result. The impact can be seen in GRTC’s budget numbers, Ms. Pace stated. In the current fiscal year, GRTC expects to have collected $7.1 million in fare revenue from Pulse and bus riders when the current fiscal year ends June 30. But GRTC projects that it will collect only $6 million from Pulse and bus riders in the 2019-20 fiscal year that will begin July 1, a nearly 16 percent decline. Overall, Ms. Pace stated that GRTC currently recovers about 16 percent of its operational costs from fare revenue, which is below the national average of 20 percent and a sharp drop from 2015 when GRTC covered about 24 percent of its operating costs from fares. The fare revenue decline in fiscal 2019-20 is coming despite the 17 percent increase in ridership that GRTC officials reported in mid-May. GRTC’s full fare, which has remained unchanged in the past few years, is $1.50 for a one-way ride in the city. If the ride includes a transfer, the cost is $1.75 one way. According to the transit company’s data, sales of full fare tickets have dropped 41 percent in the past

two years. GRTC also has not raised the price of the single and multi-day passes that provide unlimited rides since their introduction in 2015. According to GRTC data, the majority of bus riders now pay $3.50 for a one-day pass, which allows riders to take unlimited rides on Pulse, the 7.2-mile bus rapid transit run between The Shops at Willow Lawn and Rocketts Landing, and the regular buses for that day. Only a small fraction of GRTC riders pay for weekly or monthly passes, but those who do see major savings, and the number of customers buying those passes is beginning to rise, Ms. Pace stated. A seven-day unlimited pass is $17.50. Transit riders can save $7 a week with the pass compared with paying for a $3.50 daily pass for seven days. And the savings grow even larger for riders who spend $60 for a 30-day pass; they save $45 over the month for just one round-trip a day with a $3.50 pass. The savings are even more if riders take multiple bus trips daily. The data on declining income caught the attention of Richmond City Council

members during budget discussions. But council members were certain it had to do with thousands of people jumping on the Pulse and riding without paying, even though no council member or GRTC officials could produce evidence to support the claim. Only about 300 people have been found in the past 10 months attempting to ride Pulse without paying, according to GRTC officials. Under contracts with City Hall and VCU, GRTC is carrying more riders who can ride for free, including city high school students as well as staff and students from VCU. Despite the decline in fare revenue, GRTC’s staff has told the transit company’s six-member board of directors that the company expects to finish the year without a deficit despite such claims by some media outlets to the contrary. Ms. Pace stated that GRTC will adjust its approved 2019-20 budget to reflect the final numbers that City Council approved in finalizing the city’s budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, and she stated the budget would be balanced without a deficit.

GRTC to host public meetings Richmond’s public transit company will host two public meetings next week on route changes that are expected to take place in August, including a new route to serve the recently opened The Market @ 25th in Church Hill. The first meeting will be 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, in Room A of the Southside Community Services Center, 4100 Hull Street Road in South Side. The second meeting will be 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at the East End Branch of the Richmond Public Library, 1200 N. 25th St. in Church Hill. GRTC officials stated the meetings are being held to solicit public feedback on creating a new grocery store route, adding Sunday service to the north-south Route 2B North Avenue/Jahnke/ Midlothian Turnpike and extending service on the 86 Broad Rock/Walmsley and 87 Bellemeade/Hopkins routes, both in South Side. The service adjustments are expected to be in place by mid-August, GRTC officials said. City Council came up with $800,000 in the 2019-20 budget to cover the cost of expanded bus service after initially rejecting service expansion on claims that GRTC was not doing enough to ensure people riding its Pulse service were paying. Those claims were later shown by GRTC officials to be false.

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Goldman wins FOIA Local business owners recognized suit against city with inaugural Black Wall Street awards By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Craig Watson saw opportunity when he couldn’t find any places in Richmond that offered a public venue for poets like him and best friend Dontronn Goode to share their work. In 2003, he joined with Mr. Goode to start a production company called Lyric Ave to fill the gap. In the 16 years since, Lyric Ave has become a mainstay in staging programs where writers, poets, musicians, actors and other creative Richmonders can showcase their talent at places like the Hippodrome Theater. The business remains a parttime labor of love. Mr. Watson, for example, is involved in programming for the four area Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond as the nonprofit’s special events coordinator. Still, he hears plenty of praise and gratitude from people who got their first shot at appearing before an audience at a Lyric Ave event. Mr. Watson and Lyric Ave are among the first Richmond area recipients of Black Wall Street Awards that celebrate black entrepreneurs for their work in creating jobs and economic growth. The awards are the creation of Bmorenews.com, a Baltimorebased black news and information website owned by Donald Morton “Doni” Glover, which plans to offer the awards annually. It has established similar awards programs honoring black business owners in Baltimore, Atlanta, New Orleans, New York and Washington. Bmorenews.com’s first Richmond event took place May 16 at Maple Bourbon, 1116 E. Main St., a relatively new, but already critically acclaimed black-owned restaurant whose owner and operator, Jaynell A. Pittman-Shaw, was among the

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Richmond entrepreneurs receiving Black Wall Street awards on May 17 are, seated from left, Janelle Harris, Jaynell Pittman-Shaw and Tishawna Dortch Pritchett. Additional honorees are, standing from left, Jamil Jasey, James Pope, Donald Gee, Craig Watson, Darryl Jones, Darrick L. Hall and Mike Street.

honorees. Along with Mr. Watson and Ms. Pittman-Shaw, other honorees included: • Donald Gee, attorney and managing partner of The Gee Law Firm, which specializes in assisting people injured in accidents and also has a track record of philanthropy. He and his brother, Earl Gee, started the firm in 1990 with their former partner, U.S. Rep A. Donald McEachin, D-4th. • Darrick L. Hall, a finance veteran who has spent nearly 17 years keeping track of revenue and expenses and handling taxes for small business through his firm, DHL Bookkeepng and Tax Services. • Janelle “The Parallelist” Harris, actress, playwright and author of “The Ultimate WAIT Loss Plan.” An organizer of the Richmond awards event, she works full time as an airline gate attendant, but spends her spare time focused on creative endeavors. • The Rev. Michael Hathaway, owner and operator of Kingdom Kars Auto Sales and pastor with his wife, Danielle, of

New Generation Church RVA, which encourages members to become involved in business endeavors. • Jamil Jasey, a DJ and creator of poetry events and mentoring programs for children that promote reading and family togetherness. He has organized open mike nights for poets and been involved in creating artist events such as “Library Out Loud,” and “The Twisted Cultural Arts Festival.” • Darryl Jones, owner of independent DIP Global Media Films that has offices in Richmond and New York. Mr. Jones is an actor, photographer, screenwriter and producer of feature films and business videos. He also offers acting workshops. His films include “Meant to Be Broken,” Unbreakable Bond,” “Nobody’s Perfect” and “Void.” • James Pope, actor, hip-hop artist and expression artist. He runs a blog on rap music that recognizes area artists. • Tishawna D. Pritchett, a cosmetologist and author of “31 Tips to Healthy Hair,” Ms. Pritchett is owner and operator

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of a hair restoration and styling salon, Shawn’s Hair N More, in Henrico County, with her styling work featured in such magazines as JET, Essence and Extreme Hairstyling. She also operates the women’s empowerment ABLE Center and sponsors monthly community conversations for women. • Michael T. “Mike” Street, DJ, radio personality and station program director. Mr. Street is best known for his work with WBTJ FM106.5 The Beat and Big Country FM 98.5 in Richmond. Mr. Glover, the Bmorenews. com owner, created the Black Wall Street awards in 2014 to call attention to the role black businesses play in the community, to pay tribute to historic Jackson Ward in Richmond and the myriad of other “Black Wall streets” that sprang up in cities across the country and to remember the 600 black-owned businesses destroyed by white mobs during a three-day rampage in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921.

Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Wednesday ruled that the City of Richmond violated the Freedom of Information Act in failing to release more than 2,600 documents related to a still-secret deal to replace the Richmond Coliseum. Judge Hughes, who was sitting in for Judge Bradley Cavedo, ordered the release of the documents after finding the city wrongly tried to impose a huge charge on a private citizen for the paperwork that it previously had released to a Richmond newspaper for a far smaller cost. The judge also found the city was withholding other documents related to the Coliseum deal without proof that their release would affect negotiations as the city asserted. Judge Hughes’ decision represented a victory for Paul Goldman, leader of the Put Schools First campaign to modernize Mr. Goldman city schools. Mr. Goldman brought the suit after the city tried to block him from obtaining or reviewing the documents. “The city presented no evidence and instead thumbed its nose at the judiciary,” Mr. Goldman said after the nearly two-hour hearing. “They had to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that they had a right to withhold the documents. Instead, they tried to argue that the government is entitled to do what it wants.” In his suit, Mr. Goldman challenged City Hall’s requirement that he pay $2,018.20 in advance to see 2,643 pages of documents related to the Coliseum deal that the city provided last year to the Richmond Times-Dispatch for $269. The documents, which include email exchanges between attorneys for the city and the potential developer, undergirded a story that Times-Dispatch reporter Mark Robinson wrote about the development plan presented to the city by a private group, Navy Hill District. The story was published July 7, 2018, and became the basis for a supportive editorial in the paper advocating for the Coliseum replacement plan. Mr. Goldman said he argued that the city could not offer “a friends and family” discount to those who are supportive and charge a far higher price when someone else who might be critical requests the same documents. The city told Mr. Goldman that the $2,018.20 included $80 for copies and $1,938.20 to cover the cost of having a staff member review the documents to determine if some were too sensitive to be released. The city did not impose a similar review charge on the daily newspaper, city records show. Judge Hughes found that the city wrongly blocked Mr. Goldman from receiving information about the corporate structure of Navy Hill District that Navy Hill had provided as part of its bid for the project.

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Police, community leaders seek leads in shooting death a name for themselves without thinking of the consequences and repercussions of their actions impacting our community. “This is not going to continue,” he said. “Not in this community. Not here. Not now. Not ever.” Meanwhile, Maria Muhammad is organizing Walk of H.O.P.E., a rally and walk for the Richmond community to come together to stop the violence. The walk and rally, set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29, will start at the Manchester Courthouse, 900 Hull St., and end at Carter Jones Park, where speakers, food, music, activities and more are planned. While the event was scheduled long before Markiya’s death, the tragedy “has fueled the fire for the community to have the rally and walk,” Ms. Muhammad said. “This is the same park where we have begged the city to help with keeping the peace.” Sunday was the second homicide in May that claimed the life of a child. It marked Richmond’s 25th murder this year, three more than at this time in 2018. Seventeen-month-old Nariah Brown died May 10 from injuries sustained during a violent sexual assault at a South Richmond hotel. The toddler’s mother, Aija Brown, said she left her daughter in the hotel room with a person she trusted. Ms. Muhammad called Markiya’s death “senseless.” “We may not understand the reason now for the pain and suffering of losing that baby girl, but I think it is a calling from a higher power to tell us we have to stand up, take control of our community and increase our efforts to reach our youths,” Ms. Muhammad said.

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versity Police when they reached the hospital. That account was confirmed by the men, who declined to give their names to the Free Press. The men eventually were released, Mr. Willis said, adding he believes they are owed an apology by VCU authorities. Counselors were on hand Tuesday morning at Crestwood Elementary School in Chesterfield County, where Markiya was a student, as well as at Redd Elementary in Richmond, where she had attended for the past two years and made many friends. Family members were working Wednesday to plan funeral services, which had not been announced by the Free Press publishing deadline. Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press Community members and police expressed frustration that no one had come forward with information in the shooting Messages of condolence and love, a tube of bubbles and that has left the families of both Markiya and Jaquez with flowers adorn a boulder at the entrance to Carter Jones Park tremendous emotional and financial burdens, including tre- on Wednesday. mendous grief and unexpected trauma. neifeld@richmondgov.com. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for Markiya’s “We are asking the community if you see something, say funeral expenses. The Virginia Victims Fund, a state-run program, something,” said the Rev. Robert A. Winfree, pastor of New Life can help both families with medical expenses and counseling. Deliverance Tabernacle at 900 Decatur St., where more than 50 “Every homicide is a tragedy, but it is especially tragic when people talked about the need for the community to step up in it takes the life of someone who had so much to live for,” Interim the wake of the shooting and other crime in the area bordered Police Chief William Smith said in a statement. by Commerce Road and Boston Avenue. The department has received a number of tips, Chief Smith “This act was not by the people who are part of organized said. “But we need more. We need people to come forward and illegal activity,” Rev. Winfree told the gathering. “The people provide information, no matter how minor the detail.” who shot this young child are wannabes. Wannabes try to build Information, including photos and videos, can be sent anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 or www.7801000. com. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used, police said. anniversary, to increase its relevance and Continued from A1 People also may contact Detective Benjamin Neifeld in Richrole as a beloved American institution and mond’s Major Crimes Division at (804) 646-3246 or benjamin. museum helped his candidacy. public trust,” Chief Justice Roberts said.

Lonnie G. Bunch III named to head Smithsonian

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which includes a middle school to replace Elkhardt-Thompson and replacement elementary school buildings for George Mason and Greene elementary schools. The JCT reported in its minutes that it is requiring contractors to meet LEED standards solely because there is an ordinance on the books rather than because the extra cost for the LEED certification would be recouped from energy savings. Indeed, reduction of energy costs does not appear to come up in the JCT minutes. While City Council imposed a LEED requirement for new buildings in 2014, neither the city nor the school system has conducted a study to determine if the cost of participation in the LEED rating system saves enough money to pay back the extra cost within a reasonable time, such as five years. The Green Building Council, itself, provides no guarantee that constructing a building to its rating standard will provide substantial energy savings. The GBC also has acknowledged that a LEED rating is not required to construct a properly insulated and energy-efficient building.

Ground was broken for the $540 million museum in 2012 on a 5-acre tract near the Washington Monument. Construction was completed in 2016. Millions of donors contributed $315 million in private funds ahead of the opening. People still wait in line to get into the museum during peak vacation days. More than 3.5 million have visited it to see exhibits ranging from the glass-topped casket used to bury lynching victim Emmett Till to the “Mothership” used by Parliament Funkadelic and a slave cabin from Edisto Island, S.C. “What I’ve learned is about the power of inspiration, the power of a good idea, the power of getting people excited about a story, so I hope to share that and bring that to the other museums,” Mr. Bunch said. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is also the Smithsonian chancellor, said Mr. Bunch guided “the premier museum celebrating African-American achievements.” “I look forward to working with him as we approach the Smithsonian’s 175th

Letting go of the Smithsonian’s AfricanAmerican history museum will be difficult, Mr. Bunch said. “This has been the job of my career, the best thing I’ve ever done,” he said. As Smithsonian secretary, he will hire his eventual replacement. Dr. Spencer R. Crew, a Robinson Professor of U.S. History at George Mason University in Northern Virginia, will serve as interim director until then, Mr. Bunch said. Dr. Crew, who has published extensively in the areas of African-American and public history, served as president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati for six years and worked for 20 years at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, where he served as director for nine years. Dr. Crew also is on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Dr. Crew already has a connection to the National Museum for African American History and Culture. He curated the exhibition “Defending Freedom, Defining Free-

dom: Era of Segregation 1876–1968.” Mr. Bunch doesn’t plan to meddle, but there are some things he won’t let be watered down in his former museum. The museum “should never lose the fact that it’s using African-American culture as a lens to understanding what it means to be an American,” he said. “That notion of reveling in your African Americanness but then celebrating your Americanness is really special. That, I don’t want it to lose.” Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoological Park. Mr. Bunch expects to lead a more active Smithsonian that gets involved in weighty issues outside of just history. “My whole career has been about expanding the canon, making sure that African- American issues, that Latino issues, that issues of gender are at the forefront,” Mr. Bunch said. “And what I’m proudest of is that the Smithsonian will take the lead in grappling with these issues. ... No matter what happens, the Smithsonian will always be that place to help us understand a diverse America.”

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popular vote, Dr. West, then a middle school principal, followed up his victory with a quick jump to mayor — a huge and unexpected move for a freshman. At the time, civil rights attorney and Councilman Henry L. Marsh III was considered first among council equals. He had become the city’s first AfricanAmerican mayor after a black majority had been elected to City Council in 1977. Mayor Marsh’s election followed a contentious seven years of court battles over the previous whitemajority council’s annexation of a part Chesterfield County in an effort to bring in more white voters and prevent a looming black political takeover. With the council divided into nine districts in the aftermath of the court cases, Dr. West, who was new on the council, voted for himself as mayor and garnered the votes of the four white council members to land in the mayor’s position and eliminate the black majority that had overseen city government for five years. The power shift disappointed many, including Bernice Travers, current president of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, who remembers Dr. West’s feuds with and grudges involving other black leaders. “There was a sense of cohesion on City Council and

in the black community prior to Dr. West voting to appoint himself as mayor. He sided with the minority faction on council and with corporate leaders, thus dismantling the hope of progress for AfricanAmericans,” she said. Typical of Dr. West, his run for office was fueled, in large part, by his desire to get back at the School Board and then Superintendent Richard C. Hunter, who had demoted him in 1980 from principal of John Marshall High School to principal of Albert Hill Middle as the result of policy disagreements. At the time, City Council appointed members of the School Board along with setting the school system’s budget. And Dr. West, rather than sulking, sought a post from which he could have some say in those matters. Dr. Hunter resigned from the school system soon after Dr. West became mayor. Dr. West held the mayoral post for six of the 12 years he served on City Council. During his tenure as mayor, the city built and opened 6th Street Marketplace, a mall across Broad Street that was the biggest effort at the time to revitalize Downtown. The project ultimately failed. Also during Dr. West’s tenure as mayor, the city finally funded construction of Boushall Middle School in South Side after 12 years of trying.

But neither Dr. West nor anyone on council could halt the city’s steady population decline as numerous white and African-American families left the city for the suburbs. By the time Dr. West left the council in 1994 after his defeat by Viola O. Baskerville, a future member of the House of Delegates and future state secretary of administration, the city had hit bottom, with its murder rate soaring, its population shrinking and its outlook far different than the current of prosperity and growth in people and residential and commercial development. He was honored by City Council after he left with the naming of a green space off Forest Lawn Drive in North Side as the Roy A. West Recreation Park. In the years after he left office, Dr. West continued to serve the city. Council appointed him to represent Richmond on the boards of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. A later successor to Dr. West in the 3rd District, Councilman Chris A. Hilbert knew him as an involved resident. “I recall receiving emails that were sent in the wee hours of the morning letting me know his views on issues facing the council and on infrastructure issues within his beloved Washington Park neighborhood,” Mr.

Hilbert stated. “You always knew where you stood with Dr. West. He kept us all on our toes. We will miss him but know that he left a legacy of a true public servant,” Mr. Hilbert wrote in an email to the Free Press. Born in Richmond in 1930 during the Great Depression, Dr. West learned early that nothing would be handed to him and that education was one way he could rise from poverty. The son of a deaf woman who worked as a housekeeper, he grew up in a Washington Park home without indoor toilets. He overcame stuttering and went on to graduate from Maggie L. Walker High School and began his career in education after graduating from VUU. He would later earn a master’s from New York University and a doctorate from George Washington University. Dr. West initially taught business classes at Armstrong High School and was named the school’s Teacher of the Year in 1968. He also taught adult classes in the evenings. A hard worker, he would go on to serve as principal of the adult evening school for seven years while also serving by day as director of school food services for the city school system. He stopped working two jobs after being promoted to principal of John Marshall High School in 1976. He served there for four

years, then another seven as principal of Albert Hill Middle. He later served two years as principal of Mosby Middle and then as a magnet school planner before retiring in 1991 after 31 years with RPS. Dr. West was proud of his efforts to motivate students. As he once wrote, his efforts were recognized in the students’ “impressive academic achievements as measured by standardized tests and other assessment criteria.” In his view, his success as a principal emanated from his ability to “energize all involved — students, teachers, parents and community — to accept and expect excellence in an orderly environment.” He was a no nonsense leader, and students soon learned not to run afoul of him by breaking rules. He imposed discipline, asserting that learning could not take place “in a toxic environment,” and won attention when he had the front doors locked at Albert Hill Middle School as a security measure to keep out what he considered potentially disruptive individuals. While not all agreed, he described himself as “a teacheroriented leader and caring disciplinarian.” He also taught business classes as an adjunct professor at VUU for 20 years. He first became active in civic affairs in 1968 when he became president of the Wash-

ington Park Civic Association and got involved in the implementation of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s conservation plan to usher in improvements. Dr. West won numerous awards for his service, ranging from the Martin Luther King Jr. Medal from George Washington University for distinguished service in the field of human rights to the Richmond Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award for his efforts to build cooperation and understanding between different groups of people. In 1985, the Metro Richmond Chamber of Commerce named him the first recipient of the new Community Service Award. He also received the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Citizen of the Year Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Dr. West was a former president of the Metropolitan Economic Development Council and former member of the boards of Richmond Community Hospital and the Richmond Memorial Hospital Foundation. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Richmond and The Forum Club and was a lifetime member and trustee of St. John Baptist Church in North Side. Predeceased by his wife, Helen Hubbard West, who died in 1998, Dr. West is survived by his son, Mahlone West; daughter, Debra West; brother, Ira West; and two grandchildren.

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Fix what’s broken We are dumbstruck by the continuing depth of problems associated with Richmond Public Schools. The latest debacle to come to light: “Inappropriate practices” by those on the front lines in the city’s high schools, resulting in at least 280 seniors being prevented from graduating in the next two weeks. An audit prompted by issues that arose last year has uncovered major flaws in how schools have been awarding course credit to RPS students. Our initial reaction to the latest report by Superintendent Jason Kamras’ top staff was profound disbelief, then empathy for the angry parents and students who trusted teachers and school counselors to guide them accurately through the four-year process of what it takes to graduate. Already, Richmond Public Schools has one of the lowest graduation rates in the state, with only about 75 percent of its students graduating on time — that means in four years. This revelation gives another black eye to the city’s public school system, which is struggling to deal with issues of poor student achievement. Add to the list the latest raft of problems that give the perception of incompetence or indifference on the part of the “professionals” who work in the schools. It’s probably a good thing that Mr. Kamras has signed a five-year contract as superintendent or this latest debacle could have had him heading for the hills. We don’t mean to make light of a grim and urgent problem that can have grave and debilitating consequences for the futures of several hundred students. Strikingly, the entire episode shows that no one — largely former RPS superintendents and their administrators who may still be on the job — was really paying attention to whether Richmond’s public school students are being educated. For such a problem to persist for so long, even in the face of low graduation numbers, shows either a lack of interest in getting to the bottom of the issue or a desire to cover up the problem, pass the students and let the problem of a lack of education become someone else’s to deal with. If RPS officials were in charge of a soda pop factory and learned that only 1,100 of the 1,700 bottles on the conveyor belt were being capped, then they would be fired if they didn’t find a way to fix the problem and get all or most of the bottles on the belt capped. So why is it when only 1,200 or fewer students graduate each year after roughly 1,700 students started out in the class as ninth-graders, no one looks closely to see what’s going on? Why did it take an audit to uncover years of problems that have been inflating graduation rates and affecting students’ readiness to enter the workforce or go on to higher education? It is clear RPS has many broken parts, even beyond the old and dilapidated school buildings. The Richmond School Board must ensure that this mess is cleaned up. While the 280 or more students impacted by this may be able to go to summer school or remain in school another year to obtain the credits they need to graduate, the problem must not impact next year’s Class of 2020. If the RPS administration can’t fix the problem, then the School Board must fire the superintendent and his people. And if the School Board doesn’t fix the problem, then the voters in Richmond need to fire the board members. More than 24,000 children in Richmond are depending on us to make sure they get an education. We cannot let them down.

Virginians deserve the truth We didn’t expect much from the investigation into Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s racist medical school yearbook page, and that’s exactly what we got — not much. Results of the nearly four-month, $300,000 investigation that Richmond-based McGuireWoods law firm conducted at the behest and expense of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk were publicly released last week marked “inconclusive.” The team of high-priced lawyers and paralegals interviewed more than 30 people, a handful of whom were in Gov. Northam’s 1984 medical school class and worked on the yearbook in question. But, according to the report, the investigators couldn’t determine if Gov. Northam was either person in the racist photo that shows someone in blackface and another decked out in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe. “No one we interviewed told us the governor was in the photograph, and no one could positively state who was in” it, the investigators wrote. We are not surprised. Gov. Northam continues to deny that he is pictured in the offensive photo, although on Feb. 1, he released a public statement and a video apologizing for being one of the two people pictured. Then the very next day in a disjointed and disturbing press conference at the Executive Mansion, he recanted, claiming he wasn’t either one of the people in the racist photo. Strangely, he confessed that he’d dressed in blackface as Michael Jackson for a dance contest later in 1984. “I know and understand the events of early February and my response to them have caused hurt for many Virginians and for that, I am sorry,” Gov. Northam said in a statement on May 22 after the report’s release. “I felt it was important to take accountability for the photo’s presence on my page, but rather than providing clarity, I instead deepened pain and confusion.” The 55-page report, which includes summaries of the investigators’ two interviews with the governor and his chief of staff, offers a view of a weak and waffling leader who blames his staff for drafting his initial apology. But then he admits to reading and approving the statement before its release and making the video apology. In our view, Gov. Northam has lost credibility with Virginia’s voters. This latest episode simply continues the insult. Gov. Northam is no less culpable today than when the photo first came to public light on Feb.1. We still believe the governor should resign. James Boyd, president of the Portsmouth Branch NAACP, was correct when he said last week there was “zero trust” in the outcome of the investigation. Mr. Boyd rightly questioned whether the investigation was “independent” as EVMS President Richard V. Homan claimed. The investigating law firm, McGuireWoods, is solidly a part of Virginia’s good ol’ boy political network, with the firm having donated more than $1.4 million to GOP and Democratic candidates and various political action committees since 2015, according to the Virginia Public Access Project’s records. That includes nearly $75,000 to Gov. Northam’s gubernatorial campaign, his inaugural committee and his PAC, The Way Ahead, since 2017. The firm’s well-connected senior partner and former chairman, Richard Cullen, a former Virginia attorney general, led the inquiry. Mr. Cullen, a longtime Republican, reportedly represents or represented Vice President Mike Pence in relation to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. So just how independent an investigation could the public expect? As many people have pointed out, EVMS is a publicly supported medical school receiving millions of dollars annually approved by the Virginia General Assembly and the governor. Why would EVMS officials threaten the institution’s financial lifeline with a hardcore investigation that could tank the tenure and career of the governor, one of its very own graduates? Until Gov. Northam or someone else has the moral courage to claim they were the scoundrel in blackface or the idiot in KKK garb, Virginians may never know the truth. But we deserve the truth. Until then, we will remain vigilant as this clueless governor, and others, remain in or come to power.

Distortions of our history

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According to some historians, Afrodescendants first entered these United States in 1619 off the coast of Virginia. If we believe that narrative, Afrodescendants have been in this country for 400 years. If the people who were kidnapped and brought here had to tell the story, would they tell the same one? Would they say that we came before Columbus? That some of us might have been here even longer? There were captured Africans that came from the mother continent in 1619, but also thanks to the transatlantic slave trade, Africans were here who had come from Bermuda, Jamaica and other places. Why is this relevant? Because there is this misguided group of Afrodescendants, who are throwing shade at those who are not “American descendants of slaves,” or ADOS. Their shade is an odd version of the “Am I black enough for you?” game that some folks ran against President Obama and are now running against presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Corey Booker. What is black enough, when we, Afrodescendant people, all have enslavement in our background? Let’s make it plain: Europeans went to the African continents,

kidnapped people (sometimes with African acquiescence), brought them to the Western Hemisphere and sold us. Goods and people flowed between England (or New England, the Americas and Africa), including sugar, tobacco, manufactured products, guns and humans. Understand that everyone in the triangle was affected and that enslaved people

Julianne Malveaux were freely traded between the United States and other parts of the Americas. I am not sure what kinds of warped brains dreamed up the realities of enslavement and the ways that a minority in the South was able to control a majority. The laws that managed enslavement included laws that prevented literacy, ownership and much else. The laws often detailed the terms of punishment if restrictive conditions were breached. For example, a North Carolina law said, “Teaching slaves to read and write, tends to excite dissatisfaction in their minds, and to produce insurrection and rebellion.” Disobeying this law was punishable by 39 lashes or imprisonment for a free black person, or a fine of $200 then, or about $5,000 now. People violated the laws, of course, but the warped sensibility that prohibited the dissemination of knowledge is the basis for many sick stereotypes, such as “If you want to hide something

from a black person, put it in a book.” Fast-forward 400 years. Why are teachers in Loudoun County, Va., forcing fifth- and sixth-grade students to simulate enslavement with an obstacle course they called “The Underground Railroad”? Why were many of these students Afrodescendants? Why are the leaders of the school silent about the discipline that was ordered on the rogue teachers who took it upon their ignorant selves to construct such an exercise? Why has David Stewart, the principal of the Madison Trust School in Loudoun County, sent out a vapid apology for a “culturally insensitive” exercise and not a more strongly worded condemnation of the racism implicit in this nonsense? We have been here at least 400 years, and still some folks aren’t clear about the ways enslavement has shaped our nation. In Virginia, where both the governor and the attorney general (two of the top three elected officials in the state) have admitted to masquerading in blackface, albeit 30-odd years ago, teachers don’t see anything wrong with subjecting black students to a re-enactment of enslavement. Oh, they said they were teaching “teamwork.” Really? We have been here at least 400 years and our nation is not yet clear about its flawed foundation. There would be no house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — which should not be called the White House, but the House that

Free students from burden of college debt The reaction — shock, joy, disbelief, euphoria — revealed the importance of billionaire Robert F. Smith’s stunning gift, when he announced unexpectedly that he would pay off the college debts of Morehouse College students graduating this year. His gift literally changed the prospects and the lives of the vast majority of those 396 graduates. Morehouse is a proud, historically black college, the alma mater of extraordinary leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Julian Bond, Howard Thurman, and Maynard Jackson and many others. Full-time tuition costs $25,368. With room and board and other expenses, a year at Morehouse can cost nearly $50,000. Ninety percent of Morehouse students get some kind of financial aid, cobbling together Pell grants, federal and private loans, family loans and more. Morehouse seniors who borrow to pay for college carry an average of $26,000 in federal student loans. Private loans, federal Parent Plus loans, credit card and other debts are on top of that. The federal student loans alone would result in an average monthly payment of $276. Mr. Smith’s generosity has literally transformed the lives of those students. Now instead of putting off graduate school or being forced to live at home, and

later postponing marriage and children, they are free to benefit from the hard work they have done to graduate from college. They can seek jobs that they want without being forced to take one or more that can help them pay down their loans. They

Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are free to dream. Many of those benefiting from Mr. Smith’s remarkable generosity expressed what one student, Myles Washington, called a “level of survivor’s guilt.” All had friends who could not afford to go to college, or who were forced to withdraw early in the face of growing debts. Mr. Smith, the brilliant founder of Vista Equity Partners, has made a fortune largely in purchasing and selling software firms. Raised in Denver, the child of two parents with Ph.D.s, he graduated from Cornell University and later got his MBA at Columbia University. His gift to the Morehouse students is only a small part of his philanthropy. With this gift, he has set a standard for others of great wealth. He has, as he put it at the Morehouse commencement, “paid it forward,” by freeing the potential of young graduates. His gift should also rouse Congress to redress the folly of shackling the best of the young generation with often unpayable debt simply to get the education this country says they need. Student loan debt now totals more than $1.5 trillion. After home

mortgages, it is the largest source of debt, exceeding car loans and credit card debts. Almost twothirds of all students are forced to borrow to pay for college. They end with an average debt of nearly $29,000. The average debt of AfricanAmerican students is $7,400 more than that of white students, reflecting the wealth gap that has built up over years of slavery, segregation and housing and employment discrimination. Democratic presidential candidates including U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont are calling for making public colleges tuition-free. Sen. Warren has put forth a detailed plan to pay off a substantial portion of existing student loans. Some people, like U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, say we can’t afford to do that. But we are a wealthier country than Germany, yet college there is free. Mr. Smith’s generous promise should goad all of us into action. It is a personal tragedy and a national folly to burden an entire generation with often unpayable loans simply to get an education. We all benefit from a well-educated, active population. We all suffer when an entire generation is locked into debt from the day they get out of college. Mr. Smith has freed nearly 400 Morehouse graduates from that burden. We should demand that Congress act to offer every student that relief. The writer is founder and president of the national Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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Enslaved People Built — were it not for the labor of kidnapped people and their descendants. There would be no banking system if enslaved people were not used as collateral for European devilment. There would be no insurance industry were it not for the enslaved. But our collective ignorance allows us, all of us — African-Americans, European Americans, and others — to live in denial, pretending that there is fairness in a racist, patriarchal, predatory, capitalist society. We have been here at least 400 years, but we still aren’t clear about the nonsense and exploitation that affects and infuses our very foundation. Our entire nation needs to go back to school to learn some history. But there is a special place in hell for teachers in Loudoun County who think that enslavement is some kind of game. The writer is an economist and author.

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I question the sincerity and integrity of the people who authored the report because modern facial recognition software was not used in the investigation to give a definitive answer. Nonetheless, I am convinced that the person wearing blackface in the yearbook photograph is Gov. Northam. MIKE WILSON Richmond

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Notice of Public Hearing Submission of the Henrico County 2019-20 Annual Action Plan Henrico County is a participant in the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program Grant, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and is required to submit an Annual Action Plan (Plan) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by August 15, 2019. The Henrico County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM in the Board Room in the County Administration Building at Parham and Hungary Spring Roads to consider a resolution to adopt the proposed Plan and the proposed uses of funds. Funding for the program year includes: 2019-20 CDBG Entitlement Grant CDBG Funds Brought Forward 2019-20 HOME Entitlement Grant 2019-20 Emergency Solutions Grant Total Funds Available

$1,678,478 $92,064 $857,308 $143,640 $2,771,490

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day mandatory minimum sentence for abusers convicted of domestic violence, suggest a guilty conscience. Ralph Northam does not represent Virginia.Â Virginia will not tolerate racism.Â Virginia will not tolerate another day of Ralph Northamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so-called leadership.Â For the good of the Commonwealth, Ralph Northam needs to resign today. JACK WILSON Chesterfield County The writer is chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

HBCUs have long had a major impact Historically Black Colleges and Universities have impacted my life and who I am and created so many defining moments for me that I have lost count. I laud them because they deserve it. Growing up in Winston-Salem, N.C., gave me a front row seat to the power of HBCUs. I went to Atkins High School and most of the teachers there graduated from black colleges. North Carolina has 11 HBCUs, the second most in America, while Alabama has 12. Records show most HBCUs are in the South. While some may offer a different view, segregation made them possible. Education has always been a staple of our communities. These institutions of higher learning have made a lasting imprint in America. Johnson C. Smith University, a private HBCU in Charlotte N.C., became my college home for four years. It had a stellar reputation, prominent alumni, the campus was the right size for me and some of my friends were already there. The faculty and staff really cared about us and wanted us to succeed. My teachers inspired me to do my best each day. We were not numbers at JCSU; we were people. Our professors knew us by name. This made us feel like we were somebody. It made us feel like we were important and had a future. That kind of environment makes HBCUs so special. They instill in students an attitude of confidence and help them think critically about the world. Those

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intangibles provided me with the tools I needed for a successful professional life. While at Johnson C. Smith, I had an extended family and made lifelong friends. The closeness made us get through some of the tough times. We grew academically, emotionally and spiritually. I am a tireless supporter of HBCUs, especially my alma mater. They take both diamonds and diamonds in the rough and make them leaders. They provide you with the support and the smarts to make it in this global society. An HBCU graduate can go into the public square and compete with anyone. As alumni, we are ambassadors for HBCUs. We must give readily of our time, talent and resources. Somewhere in our neighborhood and in our city is a potential HBCU student. Our mission is to spread the word about the track record of these schools. They started a success model many years ago and it has not lost its power. Let us proudly tell the stories about our institutions. They were life-changing for us and they can be life-changing for future generations. DR. JAMES B. EWERS JR. New Orleans The writer is the former associate dean for student affairs at Miami University of Ohio at Middletown and is president emeritus of the Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio.

CDBG and HOME Program Administration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CDBG: $255,000; HOME: $85,000. Commercial Assistance Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; administration of the Enterprise Zone and Commercial Assistance program. CDBG: $196,000. Enterprise Zone Design Assistance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; provides design assistance for businesses considering improvements resulting in job creation. CDBG: $20,000. CONNECT Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; afterschool and summer program for high risk youth. CDBG: $171,500. project:HOMES Homeowner Rehabilitation Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rehabilitation of homes of elderly and/or disabled low income homeowners. CDBG: $121,542; HOME: $453,308. project:HOMES Critical Home Repair Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C;home repairs for low-income homeowners. CDBG: $571,500. HOME Inc. Downpayment Assistance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; counseling and downpayment and closing costs assistance for first-time homebuyers. CDBG: $27,500; HOME: $125,000. Southside Community Development & Housing Corp. Downpayment Assistance â&#x20AC;&#x201C; counseling and downpayment and closing costs assistance for first-time homebuyers. CDBG: $18,000; HOME: $65,000. CHDO Activities Rehab for Sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; purchase and rehabilitation of vacant singlefamily homes or construction of new homes to be sold to first-time low-income homebuyers. HOME: $129,000. HOME Inc. Fair Housing Outreach - educational programs on fair housing rights for County residents. CDBG: $15,000. Rebuilding Together of Richmond â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Home Repair Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; home repair for lowincome homeowners. CDBG: $25,000. Virginia Supportive Housing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cool Lane Apartments - support for the rehabilitation of a vacant building for supportive housing units $250,000. Circle Center Adult Day Services â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HVAC Replacement - CDBG $43,000. Sandston Historic Area Survey â&#x20AC;&#x201C; provides funding for a National Register District analysis and survey for Sandston. CDBG $26,500. Commonwealth Catholic Charities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Homeless Prevention â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CDBG: $30,000. ESG Program Administration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $10,700. Housing Families First â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hilliard House Emergency Shelter Program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $42,000. CARITAS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Case Management for Shelter Clients â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $20,000. YWCA of Richmond â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greater Richmond Regional Domestic Violence Hotline â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $14,500. Homeward â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Homeless Management Information System â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $2,500. Commonwealth Catholic Charities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Homeless Outreach â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ESG: $24,000. HomeAgain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rapid Rehousing Program - $29,940. The proposed Plan is available for review at the Henrico County Department of Community Revitalization at 4062 Crockett Street during normal business hours and can also be viewed online at henrico.us/revit. Online access is available at all County libraries. For additional information, or to provide comments, please call the Department of Community Revitalization at 501-7617 or email revitalization@henrico.us.

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Richmond Free Press

A8 May 30-June 1, 2019

Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Kenneth A. Merritt Sr., who helped Maggie L. Walker High win 1971 state championship, dies at 66 Kenneth Archie Merritt Sr., the point guard who helped Maggie L. Walker High School to the State Group AAA state basketball championship in 1971, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The 66-year-old Mr. Merritt, who died of coronary artery disease, was remembered by family and friends during a funeral service Saturday, May 25, at Bethlehem Baptist on Fairmount Avenue in Church Hill. The 1971 Maggie Walker championship team, which included state Player of the Year Richard Jones, defeated R.E. Lee High School of Staunton 80-63 in the final at University Hall in Charlottesville. The team, coached by Pierce Callaham, finished the season 21-3.

It was the first state championship that bald head mine.’ And we were for a predominantly black high school together for 53 years.” since the Virginia Interscholastic AsMr. Merritt was a sensational sociation merged with the all-white ball-handler who keyed the Green Virginia High School League in the Dragons’ fast-breaking style of play. late 1960s. He succeeded with skill rather than Mr. Merritt met his wife to be, height. Livanna Carol Merritt, at a basket“I’m just 5-foot-5 myself and ball game when he was playing for Kenneth wasn’t much taller than Richmond’s Graves Middle School me,” Mrs. Merritt said. Mr. Merritt and she was a student at Randolph Instead of accepting offers to Middle School in the city. play college basketball, Mr. Merritt “I’ll never forget,” Mrs. Merritt said last joined the Army after high school and was week. “I saw that bald head come out on the stationed for a while in Germany. After he floor and I said to myself, ‘I’m going to make was honorably discharged in 1977, he joined

the U.S. Postal Service, where he worked for 21 years. Mr. Merritt also devoted his time to coaching youth sports, including basketball at John F. Kennedy High School and Bethlehem Baptist Church. He was predeceased by his son, Kenneth A. Merritt Jr. In addition to his wife, Mr. Merritt is survived by two daughters, Kennethia Merritt and Uvonda Brooks; four sons, Kennard Merritt, Kendrick Merritt, Kendall Merritt and Eric Thomas; three sisters, Jacqueline Sutton, Iris Merritt and Clara Epps; 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Kawhi Leonard and Steph Curry are ready NBA Awards finalists for the spotlight in the NBA Finals

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, Toronto aims to keep NBA star Kawhi Leonard well fed and happy in Canada. A cluster of Toronto eateries have agreed on a “Ka’Wine & Dine” program to schmooze Leonard, the Toronto Raptors’ unmistakably great basketball sensation. Leonard becomes a free agent as of July 1. Leonard has been told not to reach for his wallet. Everything is on the house. Another catch phrase is “Wine him, dine him, let’s re-sign him.” There’s more. Other businesses have offered auto service, legal help, Uber rides and even free use of a luxury condo. Toronto wants Leonard to stay that badly. It’s easy to see why. The brilliant 6-foot-7 forward, with hands the size of dinner plates, has guided the Raptors to previously unchartered land — the NBA Finals. Upstart Toronto will face the perennial kingpin Golden State Warriors in a series final that starts Thursday, May 30, and is sure to pack Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as well as garner a new breed of TV fans, many of whom speak French. Canadians haven’t been so excited since the transcontinental railroad laid down tracks more than a century ago. Leonard, obtained by the Toronto Raptors last summer from the San Antonio Spurs for DeMar DeRozan, filed a typically jaw-dropping performance in the Raptors’ Game 6 win over the Milwaukee Bucks to clinch the NBA Eastern Conference title last Saturday, May 25. Nicknamed “The Klaw,” Leonard had 27 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocked shots in the Raptors’ 100-94 triumph before another full house including can’t miss entertainer Drake. Canadians are hoping Leonard and his band of merry men can steal from the “rich” Warriors and give to the “poor” Raptors franchise in its first NBA Finals.

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Kawhi Leonard

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If there’s one man anymore front and center than Leonard at the Raptors home games, it’s Drake. In the Eastern Conference title game against the Bucks, the back of Drake’s shirt read: “Kawhi me a river.” Tears will flow all over Canada if their marquee leading man should pack up and leave. The Raptors minus Leonard would be

NBA Finals Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors vs. Eastern Conference champion Toronto Raptors Winner: Best of seven games Game 1: Golden State at Toronto, Thursday, May 30, 9 p.m. Game 2: Golden State at Toronto, Sunday, June 2, 8 p.m. Game 3: Toronto at Golden State, Wednesday, June 5, 9 p.m. Game 4: Toronto at Golden State, Friday, June 7, 9 p.m. * Game 5: Golden State at Toronto, Monday, June 10, 9 p.m. * Game 6: Toronto at Golden State, Thursday, June 13, 9 p.m. * Game 7: Golden State at Toronto, Sunday, June 16, 8 p.m. *If necessary.

like Royal Canadian Mounted Police without their horses. • Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry will be coming “home,” sort of, in the upcoming Golden State versus Toronto series. Curry lived one year in Toronto when his father, Dell Curry, was playing for the Raptors from 1999 to 2002. The Curry family lived in an apartment overlooking Lake Ontario. As a small eighth-grader at Queensway Christian College, Curry became a junior varsity sensation, earning the nickname “Pipsqueak Prodigy.” The Currys moved to Charlotte, N.C., the next year. The Warriors are the first NBA franchise to reach five straight finals since the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s and they’ve done it without two key components. With big men Kevin Durant and DeMarcus Cousins missing much of the playoffs with leg injuries, Curry has averaged 27.3 points throughout the Warriors’ series wins over the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers. The return of Cousins, who averaged 17 points and nine rebounds during the regular season, and Durant, MVP of the last two NBA Finals, would make the Warriors the top-heavy favorite this go-round. Golden State has become the gold standard of pro hoops. Soon, the team may be fitted for yet another crown. Considering everything, it should be made of gold.

The envelope please ... Finalists for the 2019 NBAAwards, the NBA’s version of the Oscars, have been announced. Winners will be named June 24 from Santa Monica, Calif. Awards are based on regular season play. Here are the finalists: Coach of the Year: Doc Rivers of the Los Angeles Clippers, Michael Budenholzer of the Milwaukee Bucks and Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets. Most Valuable Player: James Harden of the Houston Rockets, Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Giannis Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee. Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Golbert of the Utah Jazz, George of Oklahoma City and Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee. Sixth Man: Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers and Domantas Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers. Rookie of the Year: Deandre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns, Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks and Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks. Most Improved: De’Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings, D’Angelo Russell of the Brooklyn Nets and Pascal Siakam of the Toronto Raptors. Former basketball greats Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards and television commentator Robin Roberts will be presented the Sager Strong Award. There is a bit of a Virginia connection. Harrell, a native of Tarboro, N.C., played a postgraduate season at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. He first signed to play for Virginia Tech but later opted for the University of Louisville.

HU’s Jaelen Williams headed to NCAA Track and Field Championships

Jaelen Williams

Hampton University’s Jaelen Williams is heading to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, following a stellar performance in the 400meter hurdles. The junior from Phoebus High School in Hampton qualified by finishing third in his heat at the NCAA East Regional on May 25 in Jacksonville, Fla. Williams covered the distance in 50.27 seconds. National competition begins June 5 at the University of Texas in Austin. This is Williams’ second time qualifying for the NCAA nationals in his three years at Hampton. As a freshman in 2017, Williams ran the 400-meter hurdles in 50.32 to qualify for the NCAA Championships, where he finished 12th and earned Second Team All-American honors.

Former Super Bowl champ is new NSU assistant coach

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Norfolk State University has an added an assistant football coach with a Super Bowl victory on his résumé. Brandon Torrey, an offensive lineman with the 2008 Super Bowl championship team New York Giants, has joined Coach Latrell Scott’s staff in Norfolk. Torrey will coach the offensive line. The 36-year-old Torrey is a native of Durham, N.C., and played football for Howard University. During his career with the NFL starting in 2006 he played for or was on the offseason or practice squads of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Ravens, the Arizona Cardinals, the

New York Giants, the Tennessee Titans, the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans. In 2011, he joined the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League and served as team captain. The team made it to the UFL championship game for the third consecutive year in 2011. Another addition to Coach Scott’s staff is Aaron Corp, a former standout quarterback at the University of Richmond. Corp will concentrate on the NSU quarterbacks. This will be Corp’s second tenure with the Spartans. He also previously served as an assistant coach at Virginia State University.

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Spotlight on Richmond ambassador for USA Pickleball Assoc. One of the fastest growing sports involving a court and a net is not tennis or badminton. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pickleball! And Diana H. Garland is leading the charge locally as the USA Pickleball Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Richmond ambassador. The 69-year-old retiree is getting people of all ages hooked on the game that has been described as a mix of tennis, racquetball and ping pong. It is played on a smaller, badminton-sized court, with players using special paddles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; smaller than a tennis racket â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to hit a hard plastic wiffle ball â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just under the size of a softball â&#x20AC;&#x201D; over a net. Two or four players can play, with a point scored when the opposing player or doubles team fails to return the ball into the serving teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court. It takes 11 points to win, with the winner required to be up by two points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At first, I thought the game was a joke because the game has this stupid name,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says, recalling how a friend began talking about pickleball four or five years ago. Pickleball, she recounts, was started more than 50 years ago in Washington state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It came to Chesterfield County more than 12 years ago, thanks to the efforts of Linda and David Scott. It has spread to the city and surrounding counties since then,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two years ago, I borrowed a racket, stepped on the court, took a lesson and have been hooked ever since,â&#x20AC;? she says. Mrs. Scott, the USA Pickleball Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s district ambassador for Central Virginia, asked Ms. Garland in August 2018 to consider being an ambassador for the city and give Richmond the attention it needed to get pickleball going. She accepted and will serve as an ambassador until she decides to step down. In concordance with an ambassadorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission, Ms. Garland tries to grow the sport by finding people to play, places for them to play and encouragement to sharpen their skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to bring as many people as possible into the sport and teach them the skills to be the best players they can be in as many venues as possible in the Richmond region,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says. Last summer, she volunteered to help Wyatt Kingston of the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities to teach youngsters to play pickleball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we have had more than 400 people play in the city rec centers,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the first indoor womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s league in the area. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve hosted a clinic by a national pickleball coach. And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting ready to take our programs outside for the summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also teach more kids this summer and end the season with a tournament,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids love it because it is easier than playing tennis.â&#x20AC;? Older people also enjoy the game, Ms. Garland says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For longtime tennis players, former athletes or people wanting to have some fun, the smaller court takes stress off of knees and joints.â&#x20AC;? Currently, pickleball is played indoors at Humphrey Calder, South Side, Powhatan Hill and Hotchkiss community centers, Ms. Garland says. Days and times vary depending on the center, she notes, but at least one center hosts pickleball each weekday. The Randolph Community Center has three outdoor courts and six additional courts should open soon in Forest Hill Park, she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most indoor courts have loaner paddles and someone who will help beginners,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some places are better for beginners than others.â&#x20AC;? A full scheduled can be

venues have someone who will teach beginners the basics. Chesterfield County Parks & Rec has structured class schedules in spring, summer and fall for nominal fees. Clinics led by visiting pros are available for a higher fee. A few local certified instructors are beginning to offer private lessons. Need for lessons: The best way to get started is to take a class or find a venue where someone is available to teach you. There also is a lot of material on YouTube, but you need to get a paddle in your hand to learn. found on the RVA Pickleball Facebook page. Places2Play. org also has the pickleball schedule for Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield, as well as for places around Virginia and the United States where people can play pickleball. Potential players also can contact Ms. Garland at RVAPickleball@gmail.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pickleball is fun, great exercise and an excellent social sport,â&#x20AC;? Ms. Garland says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give it a try. You may get hooked. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regret it.â&#x20AC;? Meet this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Personality and pickleball ambassador, Diane H. Garland: No. 1 volunteer position: Richmond ambassador for USA Pickleball Association. Date and place of birth: July 20 in Richmond. Current residence: Richmond. Education: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in mathematics from Radford University.

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Family: Partner, PJ; son, Adam; daughter-in-law, Andrea; and granddaughters, Madison, Julia and Emily. Definition of pickleball: A sport played on a badmintonsized court where players use a rigid paddle to hit a perforated plastic ball over a tennis-like net. Origins of game: Invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle. Three dads, Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum, whose kids were bored with their usual summertime activities are credited with creating the game. Other games it compares with: Tennis, ping pong and raquetball. Why I love this game: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to exercise and socialize at the same time. When it came to Richmond: Over 12 years ago, pickleball came to Chesterfield County thanks to the efforts of Linda and David Scott. It has spread to the city of Richmond and surrounding counties.

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Happenings Local talent to shine in “Minerva Times Change,” an original opera By Jeremy M. Lazarus

“It’s a dream come true.” That’s how veteran Richmond actor, dancer and performer Keydron Dunn describes his first opportunity to sing opera. Next week, Mr. Dunn, 38, will join a diverse and talented Richmond cast of 20 — including dancers from the Latin Ballet — to present the world premiere of “Minerva Times Change” a three-act, music-filled creation that focuses on changing relationships between people and ancient gods and moves from ancient Italy to 18th century London and finally stops at a coffee shop in Richmond. The curtain will go up 8 p.m. Thursday, June 6, at First English Lutheran Church, 1603 Monument Ave. Mr. Dunn, a North Carolina transplant who works in the health care industry, feels blessed to be part of it. How fitting since Minerva is the name of the Roman goddess of wisdom, strategy, war and business. And how fitting that her name ends in RVA, the city’s brand. As it turns out, Mr. Dunn will play multiple roles in the show that features lots of singing and combines classical melodies from an obscure Handel opera called “Imeneo” with the modern sounds of musician and composer Niccolo Seligmann, a Richmond native now living in Baltimore. Mr. Dunn said he didn’t have much connection to opera as the son of a tobacco farmer growing up on a farm, but he said he developed a taste for it listening to public radio broadcasts. When he mentioned to a friend that he would love to sing opera, he found himself caught up in a whirlwind of activity. As it happened, the friend’s mother, Gabrielle Maes, 58, a Canadian transplant who has earned a reputation for bringing creative people together in Richmond, was working on creating an opera with Raphael Seligmann, a full-time banker who plays the violin and viola.

Keydron Dunn, seated, shares a laugh with Ralph Seligmann, left, who wrote “Minerva Times Change” and his son, Niccolo Seligmann, who created the music. Below, Gabrielle Maes, who will play Minerva in the opera, shows off her costume.

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Both Mr. Seligmann and Ms. Maes had been involved in a Richmond-based presentation of the opera “Dido and Aeneas” last year and wanted to try another opera with a new company they are calling “Into the Woods” to again tap into the large pool of often overlooked talent in Richmond. A founder of Jefferson Baroque, a musical group that performs with original and replicas of 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century instruments, Mr. Seligmann was in the process of tearing apart “Imeneo” and writing the words for a completely new opera, while involving his son in helping to create the musical score. Meanwhile he and Ms. Maes, who will play Minerva as she transforms from a powerful goddess who can change outcomes to a coffee shop owner who can only listen and let people deal with their own problems, were looking for people who could sing and act. Mr. Dunn was among those who seemed ideal, given his broad experience in musical theater and other stage programs. “I’ve done it all,” he said. In one part of the show, Mr. Dunn will play a musically tal-

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ented servant of Handel, a tip of Mr. Seligmann’s cap to a real person who worked for Handel and composed scores. In the final act, Mr. Dunn will play Little Walt, a rapper, when the show shifts to the coffee shop in Richmond. Mr. Dunn views the opera as helping people understand that they have replaced old gods with the new god of technology that dominates their lives in the form of cellphones and computers. Mr. Seligmann hopes the opera also can be a breakthrough in attracting people who think opera is too highbrow. “This has something for everyone,” he said. “There is no etiquette to follow. We don’t care whether people clap in the wrong places. We just want everyone who comes to enjoy themselves.” In all, Into the Woods will present six more shows after opening night, including at 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, and then three more performances at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, June 13 to 15, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 16, all at the church. Details and tickets: www.intothewoods.online.

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Celebrations of remembrance and fun on Memorial Weekend Memorial Day and the holiday weekend was a time for remembrance and fun for people throughout the Richmond area. Above, Eddie Rose and Patricia Williams of the Mark Matthews Chapter of Petersburg, 9th and 10th Cavalry of the Buffalo Soldiers Association carry a wreath to be placed at the feet of the statue of Memory during Monday’s 63rd Annual Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial on South Belvidere Street in Downtown. Chuck Talley, above center, a Vietnam War veteran and member of American Legion Post 144 Battlefields in Highland Springs, pauses during the prayer after all the wreaths have been placed honoring the men and women who gave their lives defending the nation from the Revolutionary War through today. On Saturday, John Harris distributes American flags, above right, to volunteers who placed them beside the graves of veterans buried at historic Evergreen Cemetery in the East End. Alan Delbridge, center right,

volunteer and outreach coordinator with Enrichmond Foundation, helps with cleanup efforts at the cemetery, the final resting place for many notable African-Americans including pioneering Richmond banker and businesswoman Maggie L. Walker. Families and friends enjoyed outdoor activities during the weekend. Below, Andre Quarles, right, rides his 2-year-old daughter, Aniya, through Byrd Park on

Saturday, accompanied by other family members, from left, Ki’najma Quarles, 8; Alaura Oliver, 9; Ce’ondre Bland, 5; and Elijah Bland, 7. Hot dogs and hamburgers sizzle on the grill, below right, at the 3rd Annual Cookout for a Cause at Westover Hills Elementary School in School Side. Handling chef duties for the free event on Saturday is Nina Tucker of Nomad Deli in Highland Park.

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RVA East End Festival June 8, 9 at Chimborazo Park

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Enchanted by the dance Forty-six middle school students from the Richmond and Tidewater areas enjoy the art of the dance at the 7th Annual Richmond Renaissance Junior Cotillion sponsored by the James River Virginia Chapter of Jack & Jill of America on May 18. Theme for the cotillion held at First Baptist Church Iron Bridge in Chesterfield County: “The Enchanted Garden.” In the five months leading up to the cotillion, the youths participated in a range of activities promoting civic responsibility, social consciousness, self-discovery and community engagement. In addition to learning formal dances, they completed community service projects, had lessons on etiquette, financial literacy, goal-setting, professional dress and branding and team-building skills.

RVA East End Festival, a free, two-day celebration featuring the art and musical talents of public school students in Richmond’s East End, will be held Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, at Chimborazo Park, 3201 E. Broad St. The Richmond Symphony, in collaboration with the City of Richmond and several civic organizations, is providing its “Big Tent,” a traveling amphitheater-style stage, to produce the festival. Money raised at the festival through individual donations and corporate and foundation support is used to boost music and arts programs at Richmond Public Schools in the East End. Now in its fourth year, the festival has raised more than $200,000 since its inception. Festival highlights include a Saturday evening performance by the Richmond Symphony and daytime events featuring student musical and dance performances as well as local artists. “This is a great opportunity to deliver positive messages — self-love, equity in social justice and education and fairness in our community

— through music,” said Zenobia Bey, aka ZBey, a spoken-word artist who will perform with the River City Blues Band on Saturday afternoon. Saturday’s schedule starts at noon and ends after the symphony’s 7 p.m. performance. Among the groups performing on Saturday are the Franklin Military Academy Orchestra, the Armstrong High School Dance Troupe, the Chimborazo/George Mason Band and Orchestra, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Tritan Elite Dance and the Bellevue-Fairfield-Woodville Combined Band. Sunday’s performances from 1 until 6 p.m. include Hill City Church, Sa’Vannah Aaliyah, Disciples of Praise and Cora Harvey Armstrong. Along with the performances, there will be food trucks, a beer garden, local retail vendors, community organizations, face painting and appearances by costumed characters. Details: www.richmondsymphony.com/event/ rva-east-end-big-tent-community-festival/201906-08.

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2IVERVIEW Dr. John E. Settle Jr., retired veterinarian, dies at 79 "APTIST #HURCH Dr. John Edwin Settle Jr. cared for untold numbers of dogs, cats and other pets for more than 30 years at the veterinary hospital he founded and ran in Henrico County. He and his wife, Audrey Settle, a retired Philip Morris executive, also created a series of college scholarships and other funds in making philanthropy a major part of their lives. Dr. Settle died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at his residence in Virginia Beach. He was 79. Family and friends celebrated his life at a memorial service Thursday, May 23, at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach. Dr. Settle grew up in the Ettrick community adjacent to Virginia State University. He began his veterinary career after earning his undergraduate degree in animal husbandry at Penn State University and his

doctorate of veterinary medicine at Tuskegee University. He taught veterinary science and animal husbandry at Tuskegee and later at Virginia State University before opening the Laburnum Veterinary Hospital near Richmond Raceway. He maintained the practice until 2005, when he retired and relocated to Virginia Beach with Dr. Settle his wife. He and Mrs. Settle established scholarships at each of the colleges they attended, Penn State and Tuskegee for Dr. Settle and Keuka College for Mrs. Settle. The couple also established the Audrey and John Settle Scholarship to benefit college-bound students

in Hampton Roads. They also started the Dixon-Settle Fund for Women with the Hampton Roads Community Foundation in honor of Mrs. Settleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activist mother, Eddythe Dixon. Dr. Settle was a member of the Virginia Aquarium Foundation Board, the Pennsylvania State University Educational Equity Board and an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was predeceased by his first wife, Betty Thompson Settle. In addition to his wife of 21 years, Dr. Settle is survived by his son, John E. Settle III; daughters, Hope Settle and Angela Settle; and two grandchildren. The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Audrey and John Settle Scholarship Fund, ACCESS College Foundation, 7300 Newport Ave., Suite 500, Norfolk, Va. 23505.

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The typical photo of American Jews on synagogue websites, camp brochures and Jewish organizationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fliers features happy-looking white people. A newÂ report, however, suggests that picture is incomplete. A review of national and regional Jewish population studies found that Jews of color represent 12 percent to 15 percent of the American Jewish population and that many younger Jews who grew up in multiracial households identify as nonwhite. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Counting Inconsistencies,â&#x20AC;? a meta-analysis undertaken by researchers at the Stanford

Graduate School of Education, estimates there are 1 million Jews of color in the United States of about 7.2 million Jews in all. The report found vast inconsistencies in how Jews of color were counted in recent population studies of American Jews. Many studies didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask about race or ethnicity. Others were inconsistent in their questions or used nonstandard language.Â The report recommends that future population studies follow federal guidelines for collecting data on race and ethnicity. Jewishness is typically passed down through the mother; if the mother is Jewish, her children are, too. In recent years, the Reform movement has begun recognizing theÂ children of a Jewish mother

or father as Jewish. But interracial marriages and children adopted from South America, Africa and Asia are increasingly accounting for the growth in the number of Jews of color. Judaism also welcomes converts. Jews of color say they consistently face discrimination in Jewish institutions. Jared Jackson, founder and executive director ofÂ Jews in All Hues, said he keeps his cellphone handy on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, because he frequently gets calls from Jews of color denied entrance to synagogues because they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognized as Jewish.

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8:30 a.m. ....Sunday School 10:00 a.m. ...Morning Worship and Holy Communion

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Good Shepherd Baptist Church

During the month of June all Sunday Worship Services will be held at 10 a.m. Church School will be held at 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday Sunday 10:30 AM Bible Study 9:30 AM Church School 6:30 PM Church-wide Bible Study 11:00 AM Worship Service 6:30 PM Men's Bible Study (Each 2nd and 4th) (Holy Communion Thursday each 2nd Sunday) Wednesday (Following 2nd Sunday) 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting

11:00 AM Mid-day Meditation

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Deacon, Deaconess and Trustee Anniversary SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019 11:00 AM Worship Celebration Guest Speaker: Dr. Earl Bledsoe

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OPEN HOUSE June 1st 9am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11am

For more information contact the church 400 South Addison Street Richmond, Va. 23220

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137th Anniversary

Weekly Worship: Sundays @ 10:30 A.M. Church School: Sundays @ 9:00 A.M. Bible Study: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30 P.M.

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

Initial Sermon of Bro. Avi Hopkins March 24, 2019 @ 3:00 P.M.

Join Us as We Celebrate this Important Moment in the Life of Our Church Family.

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11:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Every 3rd Sunday 2nd Sunday, 11 a.m. Mon. 6:30 p.m. Tues. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wed. 6:45 p.m. Wed. 4:30 p.m. Wed. 6:00 p.m. Thurs., 11:45 a.m.

New Deliverance Evangelistic Church

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

Remember... At New Deliverance, You Are Home! See you there and bring a friend.

Dr. Wallace J. Cook, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Dr. James E. Leary, Interim Pastor

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2305 Concord Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23234 (804) 232-8440

8:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

Rev. Dr. William H. Smith, Sr., Pastor and Mrs. Joyce Smith

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1127 North 28th St., Richmond, VA 23223-6624 s Office: (804) 644-1402

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Jones Bibbs, Pastor

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Celebrating Our 4th Anniversary as Pastor & People

St. Peter Baptist Church

SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019

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June 2, 2019 @ 10:30 A. M.

Pastor Kevin Cook

Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

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500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825

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Broad Rock Baptist Church

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

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Presentation of the Twelve Tribes of Israelâ&#x20AC;?

June 2, 2019 â&#x20AC;˘ 3:00 PM Guest Speaker:

Dr. Darius Beacham

and the Brown Grove Baptist Church of Ashland, VA

WEDNESDAY SERVICES

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Hebrew 12:14 (KJV) www.ndec.net Tune in on Sunday Morning to WTVR - Channel 6 - 8:30 a.m.

Noonday Bible Study 12:00 p.m. (Noon) Sanctuary - All Are Welcome! Wednesday Evening Bible Study 7:00 p.m. (Bible Study)

CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (NDCA)

SATURDAY

Accepting applications for children 2 yrs. old to 5th Grade

8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer

You can now view Sunday Morning Service â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IT HAPPENSâ&#x20AC;? online! Also, for your convenience, we now offer â&#x20AC;&#x153;full online giving.â&#x20AC;? Visit www.ndec.net.

ENROLL NOW!!! Our NDCA curriculum also consists of a Before and After program. Now Enrolling for our Nursery Ages 6 weeks - 2yrs. old. For more information Please call (804) 276-4433 Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE

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, June 17, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Conference Room of City Hall and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, June 24, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances:

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances:

Ordinance No. 2019-140 To authorize the special use of the property known as 319½ South Pine Street for the purpose of a dwelling unit within an accessory building, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in the R 7 Single and Two Family Urban Residential District. The City of Richmond’s Downtown Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Downtown General Urban Area which is “… characterized by mediumd e n s i t y, m i x e d - u s e development, distributed along medium-sized blocks.” No residential density is specified for this land use category. The density of the parcel if developed would be approximately 20 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2019-141 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2009‑224‑224, adopted December 14, 2009, which authorized the special use of the property known as 410 Hancock Street for the purpose of converting the existing building for commercial uses or residential uses or both, for the purpose of removing the off‑street parking requirement, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is located in an R-7 Single- and TwoFamily Urban Residential Zoning District. The City of Richmond’s Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood Mixed Use. Neighborhood Mixed use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed use districts. No residential density is specified for this land use category. The proposed residential density of the site would remain at approximately 33 units per acre. Ordinance No. 2019-142 To amend and reordain Ord. No. 2009‑225‑225, adopted December 14, 2009, which authorized the special use of the property known as 703 North Harrison Street for the purpose of converting the existing building for commercial uses or residential uses or both, for the purpose of removing the off‑street parking requirement, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is currently zoned M-1, Light Industrial. The City of Richmond’s adopted Pulse Corridor Plan designates a land use category for the subject property as NMU (Neighborhood Mixed Use). “Neighborhood Mixed use areas are cohesive districts that provide a mix of uses, but with a larger amount of residential uses than other mixed use districts. (City of Richmond, Pulse Corridor Plan, p. 29). No residential density is specified for this land use designation. Ordinance No. 2019-143 To rezone properties known as 10, 14, and 18 East Canal Street; and 108½, 110, 112, 112½, 114, 114½, 116, 118, and 120 South 1st Street from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the TOD‑1 Transit Oriented Nodal District, and 108 South 1st Street from the B-3 General Business District to the TOD‑1 Transit Oriented Nodal District. The Pulse Corridor Plan calls for a future land use designation of downtown mixed‑use, in which the central business district of the Richmond region features high‑density development with office buildings, apartments, and a mix of complementary uses, including regional destinations. No residential density is specified for this land use designation. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at; the Main City Library located at 101 East Franklin Street; and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Ordinance No. 2019-119 As Amended To amend Ord. No. 2018297, adopted Dec. 17, 2018, which created the Navy Hill Development Advisory Commission and announced the Council’s intent to hold public hearings, all for the purpose of providing for the Council’s consideration of a development proposal in the area generally bounded on the west by N. 5th St., on the north by E. Leigh St., on the east by N. 10th St., and on the south by E. Marshall St, to provide that the Commission shall furnish the Council with a final report no later than 90 calendar days following the date of introduction of the relevant ordinances instead of 90 calendar days following the date on which a majority of the Commission’s members are appointed. Ordinance No. 2019-130 To p r o v i d e f o r t h e granting by the City of Richmond to the person, firm or corporation to be ascertained in the manner prescribed by law of certain easements upon, over, under, and across certain properties located at 3502 North Hopkins Road and 3516 North Hopkins Road for the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection, repair, replacement, and removal of communication lines and associated appurtenances in accordance with a certain Deed of Easement. Ordinance No. 2019-137 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $5,000.00 from Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Virginia Campaign, and to appropriate the increase in grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 20182019 Special Fund by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Summer Food Program Special Fund for the purpose of increasing the number of healthy meals served through the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ Summer Food Program. Ordinance No. 2019-138 To amend Ord. No. 2019123, adopted May 13, 2019, which amended ch. 22, art. VII of the City Code by adding therein a new § 22-206, establishing a voluntary retirement incentive program, for the purpose of modifying the time period during which a member ’s election to participate in the voluntary retirement incentive program must be made. Ordinance No. 2019-139 To declare that a public necessity exists and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to acquire, at a tax delinquent judicial sale, the property located at 1613 Overlook Street and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer or the designee thereof to accept title to such property for the expansion and maintenance of Bellemeade Park as public green space and for recreational uses. Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so. Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at www.Richmondgov. com and in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO DULCE CELESTE JOLON YAT Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM ALFREDO RAMIREZ PAZ Defendants. Case No.: CL19-2351 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 Continued on next column

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year. It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, WILLIAM ALFREDO RAMIREZ PAZ, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, WILLIAM ALFREDO RAMIREZ PAZ, appear before this Court on or before the 8th day of July, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit. An Extract Teste: Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk

v. YAMINAH JACKSON, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001392-00 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 25th day of June, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

120 East 20th Street S000 0293 019 1312 North 22nd Street E000 0615 006 721 North 24th Street E000 0333 030 1612 North 28th Street E000 0864 023 1822 North 28th Street E012 0426 003 1509 North 30th Street E000 0794 029 517 Arthur Ashe Boulevard pka Boulevard, Unit G12 W000 1207 141 517 Arthur Ashe Boulevard pka Boulevard, Unit G13 W000 1207 142 517 Arthur Ashe Boulevard pka Boulevard, Unit G14 W000 1207 143 912 Chimborazo Boulevard E000 0879 017 914 Chimborazo Boulevard E000 0879 016 4025 Crutchfield Street S000 2917 030 3055 Hull Street S000 1582 011 3057 Hull Street S000 1582 012 3704 Lawson Street S000 2095 010 17 West Leigh Street N000 0102 005 3401 Lynhaven Avenue S008 0778 017 3401A Lynhaven Avenue S008 0778 016 2829 Midlothian Turnpike S000 0911 065 2831 Midlothian Turnpike S000 0911 066 2001 Newbourne Street E012 0312 001 2007 Newbourne Street E012 0312 002 3317 Q Street E000 0878 022 2616 Redwood Avenue E012 0279 018 5205 Salem Street E010 0107 004 5207 Salem Street E010 0107 005 1605 Whitehead Road C007 0497 002 The owner/s of any property listed may redeem it at any time before the date of the sale by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and cost thereon, including the pro rata costs of publication hereunder. Gregory A. Lukanuski, Deputy City Attorney Office of the City Attorney for the City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Room 400 Richmond, Virginia (804) 646-7940

and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that BARBARA SUZETTE WA L K ER , and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUly 11, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

(VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER KEVIN BROWN, Plaintiff v. NICOLE ROSS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001651-00 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 17th day of July, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHAWN LITTLEJOHN, Plaintiff v. CRICKET WILLIAMS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001583-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months. It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 8th day of July, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER FREDDIE HAMPTON, Plaintiff v. JOCELYN HAMPTON, Defendant. Case No.: CL19000090-00 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 8th day of July, 2019 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire VSB# 27724 The 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 PAMELA SMITH, Plaintiff v. HENRY SMITH, Defendant. Case No.: CL18003808-00 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 has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 25th day of June, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 and protect his interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The 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 SHAMSU ABDUL-AZIZ, Plaintiff Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER PAUL SAMUELS, Plaintiff v. HANNAH SCHWARTZ, Defendant. Case No.: CL19000203-00 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 25th day of June, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 and protect her interests. A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER IVY RIBEIRO, Plaintiff v. DOUGLAS MATTOS, Defendant. Case No.: CL19001393-00 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 25th day of June, 2019 at 9:00 AM, Courtroom #2 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

CUSTODY VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re Jayla & Jamal Andrews Case No. J-096170-08-09, J-096171-07,08 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“RPR”) for Unknown (Father) and Sara Andrews (Mother) of Jayla Andrews, child, DOB 06/23/2018 & Jamal Andrews, child DOB 06/23/2018. “RPR” means all rights and responsibilities remaining with parent after transfer of legal custody or guardianship of the person, including but not limited to rights of: visitation; adoption consent; determination of religious affiliation; and responsibility for support. It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father & Sara Andrews (Mother) to appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his/her interest on or before July 29, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Courtroom #4

PROPERTY Notice Judicial Sale of Real Property Owner/s of the below listed properties are hereby given notice that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, proceedings will be commenced under the authority of Section 58.13965 et seq. of the Code of Virginia to sell the following parcels located in the City of Richmond, Virginia for payment of delinquent taxes: 209 East 15th Street S000 0191 003 211 East 15th Street S000 0191 004 225 East 15th Street S000 0191 011 Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. MAC RICHARDSON, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-6028 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1311 North 34th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000959/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Mac Richardson. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MAC RICHARDSON, 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 RECOVERY PARTNERS II, LLC, an entity not listed 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 MAC RICHARDSON, RECOVERY PARTNERS II, LLC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUly 11, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. JOHN A. SAVAGE, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL19-1000 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2803½ Barry Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0001229/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John A. Savage. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, John A. Savage, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.” IT IS ORDERED that John A. Savage, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JUly 11, 2019 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter. An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7940

CURRENCY

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v. BARBARA SUZETTE WALKER, et al, Defendants. Case No.: CL18-6181 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 607 South Nansemond Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W000-1586/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Barbara Suzette Walker. An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, BARBARA SUZETTE WALKER, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 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

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-0776-1 $ 235.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND IREEF BOYD; CL18-4679-1 $699.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND LAMON COLEMAN; CL17-3771-1 $429.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RUQUAN DOCTOR; CL18-2705-1 $803.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CHAUNCEY DUCRE; CL16-182-1 $1,210.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CORDERO HINES; CL12-3599-1 $1,931.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JAMES JACKSON; CL18-2438-1 $342.10 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND IRA JONES; CL18-2405-1 $280.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DONNELL JOYNER; CL11-5795-1 $1,575 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TRAVIS MARROW; CL17-5231-1 $270.02 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ZYEJUAN REDD; CL17-5513-1 $2,952.10 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DEZMONIQUE TOWNES; CL18-1026-1 $641.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DOMINIQUE WALKER; CL10-3803-1 $1,626.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TIMOTHY WARD; CL10-1986-1 $656.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CLEON WARE; CL17-3915-1 $439.00 UNITED STAES CURRENCY AND KHALICK WHITAKER; CL14-2531-1 $327.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DERRICK YOUNG; CL11-2510-1 $7,166.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JORGE ZAMARRIPA-MUNOZ; Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 2, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. the Circuit Court for

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-2984-2 $909.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DAVON BAILEY; CL14-5081-2 $762.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CURTIS CUTHBERTSON; CL18-2706-2 $334.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND EDWARD HARRIS; CL18-3728-2 $338.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ISIS HAYES; CL18-2302-2 $481.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND WILLIAM JEFFERSON; CL17-3567-2 $302.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JACQUAN JOHNSON; CL18-1027-2 $286.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TRAVIS JOHNSON; CL18-4221-2 $650.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JOHNATHAN MCKENZIE; CL17-4512-2 $443.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TRAVIS MILES; CL16-3987-2 $715.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TUSHAWN WALTERS; CL17-5232-2 $644.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MARQUISE WILLIAMS, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 9, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-0767-6 $528.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND AESHA ARCHER; CL18-2709-6 $213.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND WINSTON CHAY; CL18-1958-6 $330.00 UNITED STATES CURENCY AND CHARLES DELK; CL17-4224-6 $218.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ALFONSO GREENE; CL17-1009-6 $744.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MATTHEW LAWSON; CL18-2987-6 $289.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ANGELO LONG; CL18-3731-6 $280.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND LATIF MACK; CL18-5601-6 $400.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND GILMER PUPU; CL18-1350-6 $1,416.01 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND LAMAR SMITH; CL11-2018-6 $353.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ESTEE WASHINGTON; CL14-1848-6 $14,680.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RICKY WOOD, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 9, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-1008-4 $766.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CURTIS BASSETT; CL18-2992-4 $2,915.32 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DARLISHA DAVIS; CL13-2794-4 $679.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ALEXIS DOUGLAS; CL16-3443 $419.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TOMAR HARRIS; CL15-1798-4 $5,700.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MARK HENRY; CL18-2707-4 $492.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ADAM JOHNSON; CL18-4674-4 $2,130.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND BILLY KING; CL17-2282-4 $588.67 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TONY MASSENBURG; CL17-4545-4 $751.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JOHN ORTIZ; CL19-541 $263.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TOBIAS SMITH; CL18-4222-4 $780.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RAMON THOMAS; CL17-5515-4 $9,996.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TUSHAWN WALTERS; CL17-2819-4 $338.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHAUMAS WYCHE, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 13, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL17-2283-5 $301.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DOMINQUE ADAMS; CL17-1959-5 $1,335.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND NORMAN BOSWELL; CL18-2708-5 $1,272.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND WILLIE GREENE; CL10-2011-5 $7,000.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND GEORGE HARRIS; CL17-2820-5 $767.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ANTHONY LYNCH; CL18-1991 $731.21 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ERNEST MOORE; CL17-1480-5 $922.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ELIJAH SAMUELS; CL18-1022-5 $957.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TRE’VON SHRIVER; CL10-5345-5 $1,017.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RAWLE STANTON; CL18-2986-5 $2,428.61 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ERIC WELLS; CL17-5107-5 $840.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND BRANDON WEST, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 8, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson Continued on next page

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B6 May 30-June 1, 2019

Sports Plus Stories by Fred Jeter

Deontay Wilderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s KO power shows no signs of letting up Deontay Wilder is power personified. The 33-year-old native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., packs a knockout punch the likes of which no one has seen in the rich history of the ring. After annihilating Dominic Breazeale on May 18 with a vicious right hand to the jaw in the first round of the match in Brooklyn, N.Y., Wilder is 41-0-1, with 40 knockouts. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a higher percentage of KOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (98 percent) than the iconic legends of the sports, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, etc. Wilderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opponents generally hear birdies chirping just moments into the contest. Of the 40 KOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 20 have come in the first round â&#x20AC;&#x201D; under 3 minutes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a career dating to 2008. Breazeale lasted just 2 minutes, 51 seconds before Wilder gave him a one-way ticket to the canvas. Wilder has reigned as the World Boxing Council heavyweight champ since 2016 when he became the first American to hold the prestigious title in nine years. Known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bronze Bomberâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a tribute

to Joe Louis, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brown Bomberâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wilder casts a commanding presence in the ring, standing 6-foot-7 with a 6-foot-11 wingspan. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncommonly lean and fast for a heavyweight boxer. He weighed in at a rough-and-ready 223 pounds for the brief Breazeale bout. Wilder grew up in Tuscaloosa and starred in football and basketball at Tuscaloosa Central High School.Â He dreamed of becoming an athlete at the nearby University of Alabama. When that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out, he enrolled at Shelton State Community College and began pursuing a career in boxing gloves. Wilder posted a 30-5 record as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The lone blemish on his pro rĂŠsumĂŠ was a draw against Tyson Fury last December. And even in that fight, Wilder knocked Fury down in the 12th and final round before the decision went to the judges. Now time is nearing for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;unificationâ&#x20AC;? fight among the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite heavyweights. Englishman Anthony Joshua holds three titles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; IBF, WBA

and WBO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but is little known on this side of the Atlantic. Undefeated Joshua is fighting Andy Ruiz on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will mark Joshuaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first fight on U.S. soil. All of his previous fights have been in England, Scotland and Wales. If Joshua prevails against Ruiz as predicted, a Wilder versus Joshua super showdown would be a promoterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, as well as a fanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, dream made in boxing heaven. Among those hoping a Wilder versus Joshua bout becomes a reality is former heavyweight champ George Foreman â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Wilder and Joshua fight, it will be the biggest heavyweight fight of all time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bigger than anything,â&#x20AC;? Foreman told TMZ Sports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be a wonderful thing to see.â&#x20AC;? Foreman, known for his explosive knockout power, sees a lot of himself in Wilder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a puncher, a real live puncher,â&#x20AC;? he told TMZ.

Boxingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blockbusters

Here is a list of heavyweight champs with their records and knockout totals: â&#x20AC;˘ Deontay Wilder, 41-0-1, 40 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Mike Tyson, 50-6, 44 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Rocky Marciano, 49-0, 43 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Wladimir Klitschko, 55-3, 49 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ George Foreman, 76-5, 68 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Riddick Bowe, 43-1-1, 33 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Joe Louis, 66-3, 52 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Jack Dempsey, 54-06-9, 50 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Joe Frazier, 32-4-1, 27 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Lennox Lewis, 41-2-1, 32 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Jack Johnson, 74-13-10, 40 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Sonny Liston, 54-4, 39 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Michael Spinks, 31-1-2, 21 KOs â&#x20AC;˘ Floyd Patterson, 55-8-1, 40 KOs

Coach Penny Hardaway poised to return Memphis to its glory days Penny Hardaway may the best thing to hit Memphis since Elvis. Quicker than you can say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Now or Never,â&#x20AC;? Hardaway appears on the verge of returning his alma mater, the University of Memphis, to past glory. Entering his second season as the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach, Hardaway, 47, has landed the NCAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1-ranked prospect â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Wiseman Coach Hardaway â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and No. 1 overall recruiting class. Expectations are soaring high into the Tennessee sky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Memphis. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bluff. We want all the smoke. We want everything,â&#x20AC;? Coach Hardaway told the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper. According to 247Sports.com, Coach Hardawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven incoming freshmen are ranked from No. 1 to No. 108 overall nationally. Also he has signed the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-rated graduate transfer, Rayjon Tucker, from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, although Tucker is considering the NBA draft. In contemplating potential lineups for 2019-2020, Coach Hardaway said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like daydreaming in heaven.â&#x20AC;? And as for the hoops-loving city of Memphis,Â â&#x20AC;&#x153;The city is on fire,â&#x20AC;? Coach Hardaway said. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a look at Coach Hardawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoops harvest: â&#x20AC;˘ James Wiseman, 7-foot-1, Nashville, Tenn.; the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1-ranked prospect. Among the finalists for Wisemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball skills were blue bloods University of Kentucky, University of North Carolina and the University of Kansas. Â â&#x20AC;˘ Precious Achiuwa, 6-foot-9, Montverde, Fla., No. 14.

â&#x20AC;˘ Rejean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boogieâ&#x20AC;? Ellis, 6-foot-3, San Diego, No. 37 â&#x20AC;˘ D.J. Jeffries, 6-foot-5, Olive Branch, Miss., No. 56 â&#x20AC;˘ Lester Quinones, IMG Academy in Florida, No. 65 â&#x20AC;˘ Malcolm Dandridge, 6-foot-8, Memphis, No. 98 â&#x20AC;˘ Damion Baugh, 6-foot-4, Tennessee Prep, No. 108 â&#x20AC;˘ Rayjon Tucker, Charlotte, N.C., native who averaged 21 points and seven rebounds while hitting 41 percent of his 3-pointers for Little Rock. Some background on Coach Hardaway, whose real first name is Anfernee. At Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Treadwell High School, Coach Hardaway was named Parade Magazine High School Player of the Year. He signed

Richmond/VCU/Memphis link These men with local ties figure into the history of the University of Memphis Tigers basketball. Dana Kirk: After three seasons coaching at Virginia Commonwealth University, Kirk was hired by the University of Memphis. He led the Tigers from 1979 to 1986, reaching the 1985 NCAA Final Four. George â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ticâ&#x20AC;? Price: The Danville native played at VCU from 1974 to 1976 and was the Memphis coach from 1997 to 1999. Tubby Smith: A former VCU assistant, Smith coached Memphis from 2016 to 2018, preceding Coach Penny Hardaway. Sean Taggart: A 6-foot-9 post player from George Wythe High School, Taggart was a starter on the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2008 NCAA Final Four entry.

with his hometown University of Memphis and became a consensus All-American in 1991. Coach Hardawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 25 jersey was retired by the university. After being drafted as the third overall pick in 1993, the 6-foot-7 guard went on to become a four-time NBA All-Star in a career stretching to 2007. His only previous head coaching expeJames Wiseman rience prior to last season was at Lester Middle School in Memphis. Still, the University of Memphis wanted Coach Hardaway as its coach so badly that it bought out the final three years of Coach Tubby Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contract, worth about $10 million, following the 2017-18 season. This past season, theTigers squad, which included Coach Hardawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Jayden, went 22-14 while advancing to the second round of the NIT. Recalling past excellence, Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; starved fans want much more. Memphis has a storied past. The Tigers have been to 11 NCAA Sweet Sixteens and to the NCAA Final Four in 1973, 1985 and 2008 before falling back in the pack. The team plays at the 18,119-seat FedExForum, which it shares with the NBA Memphis Grizzlies. Now if Hardawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recruits can be translated into victories in the American Athletic Conference, the Tigers may once again become a marquee program. Who knows? FedExForum might even surpass Graceland Mansion as Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; must-see destination.

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(VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney

includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 19, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney

AND ANTWANNETTE USANGA; CL18-2704-8 $572.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHAWN WASHINGTON; CL13-1581-8 $400.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND ERICA YARBOROUGH, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. Â§ 19.2-386 et. seq. (which includes former Section 18.2249) (Michie 1999). It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that due diligence has been used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth to ascertain the whereabouts of the Defendants and effect service of process, without success, it is therefore ORDERED that the Defendants do appear on or before August 19, 2019, at 9:00 am in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond, John Marshall Courts Building, 400 North Ninth Street, and do

what is necessary to protect his or her interests. I ask for this: J. Andrew Johnson (VSB #41587) Assistant Commonwealthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-2710-7 $8,210.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RICO ALBERT; CL18-2703-7 $1,655.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JOEL ALICEA; CL17-2293-7 $4,089.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KENNETH BANKS; CL15-2001-7 $281.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND COREY BROWN; CL13-1587-7 $1,827.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND TREVON BROWN; CL14-2346-7 Bank Account AND CAMERON CRAWFORD; CL18-1993-7 $400.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DAQUAN TERRY; CL16-4907-7 $628.20 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MARIO DAY; CL15-16-7 $1,885.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND COREY GARDNER; CL13-2250-7 $258.94 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JONTAE HASKINS; CL11-2203-7 $850.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DONTE MASSENBURG; CL12-1062-7 $224.25 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND SHAYE ROBINSON; CL18-1024-7 $332.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND BOBI TAYLOR; CL10-3808-7 $5,615.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND LATANYA THOMAS; CL14F-2989-7 $1,224.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND BRIANNA VANCE; CL18-3732-7 $4,730.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KYLE WEBB, Defendants. ORDER The object of the above captioned suits is to forfeit to the Commonwealth the described property or currency pursuant to Va. Code Ann. Â§ 19.2-386 et. seq. (which Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Plaintiff, v. CL18-0501-8 $2,650.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND RAMEL ARMSTRONG; CL10-2305-8 $2,796.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KEVIN BROWN; CL19-538 $1,626.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND KIP DICKENS; CL17-3226-8 $1,002.85 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JAMAL HILL; CL16-181-8 $994.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND XAVIER HINTON; CL17-0395 $2,056.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND BRANDEN JONES; CL18-1352-8 $494.89 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND WILLIE REVISH; CL17-3770-8 $3,998.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND OLIVIA RICHARDSON; CL18-87-8 $11,281.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND DUSTIN SHOENBAUM; CL12-2305-8 $459.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND CHARLES TALLEY; CL10-3809-8 $135.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND JAMES THOMAS; CL10-1993-8 $1,765.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND MELVIN THORNE; CL17-5786-8 $662.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY Continued on next column

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LICENSE Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Grill II, LLC Trading as: Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian Grill 6329-6331 Jahnke Road Richmond, Virginia 23225 The above establishment is applying to the Virginia D epartment of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a Wine and Beer On Premises and Mixed Beverages On Premises license to sell or manufacture alcoholic beverages. Dolores Fer man Reyes, Managing Member NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www. abc.virginia.gov or 800-5523200.

REQUEST FOR BIDS For Certain Easements Upon, Over, Under and Across 3502 North Hopkins Road and 3516 North Hopkins Road In the City of Richmond The City of Richmond is seeking bids for certain easements upon, over, under, and across certain properties located at 3502 North Hopkins Road and 3516 North Hopkins Road for the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection, repair, replacement, and removal of communication lines and associated appurtenances in accordance with a certain Deed of Easement, for a duration of 40 years, subject to certain responsibilities to be imposed by the Deed of Easement and subject further to all retained rights of the City of Richmond.

Applications are now being accepted for the following positions: PCA or CNA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Licensed Medication Tech Experience working with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Dementia Residents Please bring a current TB report when applying All references will be checked. Good pay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Good days oďŹ&#x20AC;. Call for appointment (804) 222-5133

Timmons Group is seeking a Senior Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Developer with Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (or Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) or foreign equivalent in GIS or related field & 5 yrs (or 2 yrs) exp performing GIS software installation and admin; designing & developing GIS Web/Desktop apps; performing conceptual & physical data modeling for GIS apps; & w/ ESRI products, incl ArcGIS Desktop, ArcObjects, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Javascript API, & ArcGIS Web AppBuilder; PostGIS; & OpenLayers. LOC: Richmond, VA. Please send cvr ltr, CV, salary reqs & refs to S. Fossum, Benefits Manager, 1001 Boulders Pkwy, Ste 300 Richmond, VA 23225 MINISTER OF MUSIC Fourth Baptist Church is seeking a part time Minister of Music. Candidate must have a minimum of 5-7 years of experience. Candidate must have a college degree in music or an equivalent arts degree, must be able to read music, play piano, organ and keyboard, be knowledgeable in the use of related technology and software. Candidate must be able to offer a blended style of music, i.e. Hymns, Anthems, Traditional Gospel, Praise and Worship and Contemporary Praise and Worship. Salary is competitive. Please email all resumes to George Dorman at grgdorm@aol.com.

ACLU of Virginia Development Associate ACLU-VA in Richmond seeks organized, analytical applicant with customer service mindset to join fundraising team as Development Associate. Exciting opportunity to enhance civil liberties and civil rights in Virginia. Visit https://acluva.org/en/about/careers for details. EOE.

Thank you for your interest in applying for opportunities with The City of Richmond. To see what opportunities are available, please refer to our website at www.richmondgov.com. EOE M/F/D/V

AVP, Production Services Lead sought by Bank of America N.A. to identify, analyze, & document probs w/ prog func., output, online screen, or content. Reqs: Bach degree or equiv. & 5 yrs exp. troubleshooting, maintaining & improving network infrastructure using Cisco switches/routers, BIG-IP F5 LTMs/GTMs, Cisco, Juniper Firewalls & BlueCoat proxies; Using Wireshark, Splunk & Cacti to identify issues & provide solutions. In the alt, emp will accept a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree & 3 yrs of exp. Job Site: Richmond, VA. Ref#3310923 & submit resume to Bank of America N.A. NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. No phone calls or emails. EOE.

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All bids for the easements hereby offered to be granted must be submitted in writing to the City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 2019. Bids will be presented to the presiding officer of the Council of the City of Richmond on Monday, June 10, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. in open session and then will be presented by the presiding officer to the Council and be dealt with and acted upon in the mode prescribed by law. The City of Richmond expressly reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The successful bidder shall reimburse the City for all costs incurred in connection with the advertisement of this ordinance in accordance with section 15.2-2101 of the Code of Virginia and shall post the bond required by the ordinance. A copy of the full text of the ordinance is on file in the City Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, and the full text of the ordinance and Deed of Easement to be executed is available at: https://richmondva.legistar.com/LegislationDetail. aspx?ID=3947219&GUID=FF615E6B-542B-4912-9CD68629D0225F72&Options=ID|Text|&Search=2019-130

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Please address any questions or bids to: Candice D. Reid, City Clerk City of Richmond 900 East Broad Street, Suite 200 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 646-7955

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